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Advertisements sent to The Sun as late as midnight, will be inserted in all the Editions —Morning, Afternoon, and Second or Latest Edition, thereby giving them general circula tion in town and country, without any addi tional chapge. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, Feb. 19, 1839. - , - _,,,- ~2 ; . - , : e .. • 4';'. ... ' '' . 1' ...,r7Z, . , . ,' -'" 4, fc 4 tt ''''''; ''' 4 `-. 1 - . 4. 4=5 ' ''', ."?.I:R' -.., r. 0 ,•-• ..,_ j h d .- 6 - 1 , 74 x, e4.9-imv• LONDON : SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1339 EVENING EDITION. Every night affords us strong evidence of the bro therly love which the people of this United Empire bear towards each other. Petitions fo r and against the Corn-laws, that is, one class complaining of another as desiring to plunder them, or actually doing so, were the firs. specimen of this love presented to our notice last night in the Lords. Then came petitions from Irish Catholics, complaining of the abominable Protestant ithe System, and petitions from Protestants praying that the Catholics may not have one farthing of the public money, to which they so largely contribute, for their College at Maynooth. As we nightly pursue our task of noti c i ng th e p r oceedings in Parliament, and see the conflicting accusations and claims of the different c!asses, it seems to us as if we were dealing with the ancals of different nations, as much opposed to each other as the Arilled Chinese and the untamed Esqui- We, however, are all brothers, living under one ternal Sovereign. The Earl of .ATINTO gave a further explanation about tle insult offered to the British flag, and read an ex tract from the despatch of Commodore DOUGLAS as fol lows :—" I have also had the satisfaction of receiving an exploration from the French Admiral on the subject ut the pilot who was taken out of her Majesty's packet Express, the-affair having been entirely through inad yerti n .e on the part of his Royal Highness the Prince DE JoiNviu.r..” As the Noble Earl said he had re ceived no other information on the subject than this, he must be one of the most easily satis fied and most placable of mortals. But both be an d Mr. W OOD in the Commons, seem to have no other standard of the national honour than the discre tion of Commodore PETER DOUGLAS, and both agreed in expressing an opinion that if he thought our honour was vindicated, it must be as bright as the sun. We rather approve of Lord COLCHESTER'S hint, that our OtTii e: who suffered the insult ought to receive a notice to b mere peppery in future. The Earl of RODEN asked the Marquis of NOR-. NBY very solemnly three questions co ncerning the mur dcr of Lo . d NOR BC RY, as if he half suspected the Noble Marquis to be in the secret of the murderers. The Marquis assured him that three persons had been ap prehended on suspicion, but as to the alarming con spiracy against life and property, of which the happy Protestant landlords in Ireland live in continual dread, he had received no evidence of it. The heat displayed by Lord CHARLEVILLE towards the Noble Marquis make'', us wish that he had been in the command of the Express, and he certainly would not have allowed a man to ba taken from her if he were as prompt at sea 3 in the red papered room in which the Lords now assena'A. --.... Lord — C.,LCIIESTER moved for some returns con- I Lected with the Navy, and brought the whole sub ject before their Lor.iships. The Earl of MiNTO made a defence, and gave a long account of the state of the Navy, both under the present and former administrations. Earl DE GREY said a few words about his administration of the Navy in 1835, end admitted that the clamour for economy had compelled even the Tories to keep the fleet low. The evening was ' wholly occupied by tlis discussion, in which Lords ,RIPON, HARDWICKE, and MELBOURNE, took part. We nave, however, referred to this debate in another article There were numerous petitions presented in the Coin mons cotn,,!ainng of grievances inflicted by one class on another, and complaining of some acts of oppression ; 1 and like those presented in the Lords, they were striking proofs of th e b ro th er l y l ove which exists between our Government and its subjects, and the different classes of our people. I LordINGESTRE referred to the " insult to the Bri- lil.lll tish flag," and received the same explanation from Mr. WOOD as was given to Lord MINTO in the other House. The Bill for improving the prisons of Scotland, which are notorious for their imperfections, was read a second time, after some of the Scotch Tories had complained of the expense to which it would subject the counties. On the motion of Mr. HAWES for the House to go into a Committee on the Affirmations Bill, a Bill which allows persons who have a conscientious scruple against taking an oath to depose on affirmation, Mr. GOULBURN, on the ground that the Bill was trifling with the solemn sanction of an oath, moved that it should be committed that day six months. A consider able debate ensued, which was characterized by more quiet reasoning, than is usual in the House of Commons. We cannot say that it was not disfigured by party spirit, for it was a pure question of reason, and yet we find Mr. GOULBURN, Sir ROBERT INGLIS', Mr. Re corder LAW, Mr. Recorder SIIAw, Sir ROBERT PEEL, etc. on one side, and Dr. LUSIIINGTON, Mr. O'CON NELL, LOMMORPETH, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, etc. on the other, proving that it. was debated from party motives and in a party manner. One exception, indeed, there was—Mr. (iinsoN stood out from amongst his brother Tories, and made an excellent speech in favour of the Bill. It will be noticed by those who are curious on such matters, that the Churchmen who rely on oaths for the protection of the Church, oaths not being wanted for the protection of anything useful, and who are eager to enforce them for her security, all op posed the Bill, and opposed it partly because it would be dangerous to her. Again we find the Church and its friends barring the way to improvement and insisting on preserving a superstitious power over the mind for her behoof. The source of moral obligation in an oath, and what makes it binding on the conscience of man, was slightly touched on by Mr. O'CONNELL ; and when that part of moral philosophy, or phsychology, shall have been properly - investigated, our legislators will be as desirous of getting rid of oaths as they now are of retaining them. Dr. LUSHINGTON'S, Mr. O'CONNELL'S, Mr. GIBSON'S, and Sir R. PEEL'S speeches should be read in extenso. The Tories in the end prevailed, and Mr. GOULBURN'S amendment was carried by U 5 to 93. This was not a Ministerial question, but nevertheless we cannot help looking at the division as an indication that the Tories have gained several votes ; and the majority, on important party questions, will be doubtful. The division cowsluded the business of the evening. We can congratulate our numerous Naval Cor respondents, anti, in particular, our zealous friend, Captain NAPIER—and we may venture to congra tulate ourselves—that their and our continued exer- sons to bring the state of the Navy under the while notice, have not been unsuccessful. At length that great question, which ought never to have been made a vehicle for party calu!.nv or party triumph, seems in a fair way to be fairly, im partially, and, we wish we could add, boldly consi dered. The subject was last night brought before tl►e House of Lords by Lord COLCHESTER, in a temperate and able speech. His Lord ship dv.elt much on the inefficiency of the Navy for the protection of our own coasts, and referred, with impressive effect, to the letter which Captain NAPIER addressed, through our columns, to Lord PALMERSTON. Lord COLCHESTER also stated the danger to which our commerce and our revenue would be exposed by any temporary blockade of the coast as a strong reason for keeping ships at home, " to guard our native seas :' We had always," said the Noble Lord, " a great num her of merchant ships bringing over the riches of other countries here, and all those ships with their cargoes would be at the mercy of those who had possession of the seas. If the ports were blockaded there could be no imports ; and by a paper laid on the table of that House a few days ago, relating to the duties paid on goods brought in by navigation in 1838, it appeared, that the amount of duty on import goods was very near 23,000,000/. a-lear. The blockade for one month, therefore, would deprive the re venue of nearly 2,000,0001. That was not all—the export of British manufactures amounted to about 45,000,0001. a-year, which was about 3,600,000/. a month, and the manufacturers would have that amount in goods thrown upon their hands by a blockade of one month." But the Noble Lord's statement, though it was minute and touched many tender places, did not go to the root of the evil. Naval Captains, however humane and considerate, have been bred up too long under the system, and they so firmly believe that the victories which have been achieved in con junction with it and in spite of it, have been achieved by it, that they never will radically and effectually reform it. Injustice—glaring, outrageous, mon, strous injustice—is the root of the evil,' and the difficulty of getting seamen, the superabundance of officers, the sons of the nobility pensioned on the Navy, the neglect of old and deserving, but unfriended officers, breaking their spirit and makine , them pine and decay, the placing a landsman at the bead of the Admiralty, are all but the off-sets of the system of injustice acted on towards the seamen. That fur nishes a pretext for increasing the number of officers to keep impressed men in order—that makes the officers rely for the government of their men on terror only—deprives them of those habits of civil wisdom which would fit them to perform civil duties as well as manage ships, and, by making the generality of them mere fighters or military martinets, places in most cases a civilian at the head of the Admiralty. But this monstrous system of injustice—so fraught as every one knows with evils, of which we shall immediately give one striking example—found advocates and de fenders last night amongst the saintly Peers. No. doubt, too, there were Bishops in that House—the Christian salt of corrupt human nature—who lis tened, without reproving to Lord RIPoN, defending man-stealing, aye, and the stealing of brethren, not black savages, and robbing them of their wages and exposing them to pestilence, battle, and sudden death. Impressment is a greater crime than steal ing Negroes, and Peers who have eternally profes sions of religion in their mouths, and Bishops who claim power and honour for teaching men virtue, sanction and practice this horrible atrocity. Here is a proof of its immense injury to society. The Times has published an extract from a forth coming work of Capt. MARRYATT on the United States, in which he says TIIE AMERICANS EMPLOY AT LEAST 30,000 OF OUR SEAMEN IN THEIR SERVICE." He shows that the American mercantile marine has many advantages over ours ; and as our mercantile Marine has many advantages over our ships of war, particularly now, when they are only half-manned, and have plenty of work, our native and best seamen prefer American ships to English merchant ships, and keep away from English men of-war, as they would from a lazar-house or a prison. They go thither when they cannot possibly help themselves, or when they are carried. Now, there is one peculiarity in the life and condition of a seaman, which seems always to have been overlooked by those who have had the administration of our naval affairs. He can quit his country with great facility. In fact, he is carried away from it at the charge of the shipowner and merchant, and if he find suitable employment and better treatment in another country than in his own, he can remain abroad. To those who have inquired into this subject it is known that, prior to the American war, our seamen were • accustomed on the breaking. out of war and the beginning of im pressment, to take refuge in Holland. Since the United States became independent they have found a more agreeable and a safer asylum in that free country. There their own language is spoken ; there their own manners and customs prevail ; there their own countrymen and relations are established, and thither our ill-treated (by land lubbers), persecuted, impressed, and flogged seaintes find a home and a refuge : and while our Navy can scarcely get a man, thirty thousand of our best seamen are serving in the American merchant ships, and will, in case of war, serve in her Navy. So it was during the war, and England was then put to all the enormous expense, and she suffered all the disgrace, of her last shameful con test with the United States, because she would vilely and cruelly impress her own seamen, and would not resign her barbarous claim of forcing them from American ships into her own justly hated service. In this short history, in these facts, that 30,000 of our seamen are now to be found in American ships, and that their former proper desertion from their country led to the American war, we may behold the march and the results of injustice. But the Peers, lay and ecclesiastical, approve of this abomi nable system of slavery—for it still exists at sea, and impressment still hovers over our S eamen—though it inflicts such deep wounds on the national prosperity and national honour. This deep sons was no otherwise touched by the Lords than for them to express a hope that it might not be healed ; but as long as it continues, the Navy of England will be rotten to the core. The Earl of MINTO was able, by a comparison with Tory Ad ministra• tions, to defend his own ; but this is not what the people o f E ng l a nd d e mand of a Whig and a Reforming Adminis tration. What merit can it he in them that they are not quite as bad as the despised and condemned Tories ? The Navy now, according to Lord MINTo, is in a better state than it was in 1828. Why could he not say it E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, -EVENING EDITION, -FEBRUARY 23, 1839. is perfect ? It has a few thousand men more now than ' then, but it seems to be as much hated as ever. We should have had reason to praise Lord MINTo, and the Ministers, if he could have said, " I fortunately induced your Lordships a few Sessions ago, much aided, lam proud to say, as I was by the Right Rev. Bench, to declare that impressment is a flagrant injustice, which shall never be revived ; by that single measure I have restored that noble profession to, the high estimation in which it ought always to be held by a maritime population ; our people are now willing to enter the naval service, they crowd to it, and we can now boast of having 25,000 picked and prime seamen in our sea-going ships, with out the admixture of one soldier ; and we have, my Lords, a number of ships ready for sea in our various ports, both abroad and at home, so that by drafting the half of these prime seamen into other ships, and completing the complements of all by volunteers or soldiers, we can, in a short space of a week, now that the Navy is, happily for the nation, restored to the affections of the people, have fifty sail of the line on the ocean, defying the world if ne cessary, but so displaying our mighty strength my Lords, founded. on justice, that I hope never to have occasion to call it into active and warlike operation." If Lord MINTO could have said something of that kind we should have thought he had made out a com plete defence of the Ministers, but as he could only say that we have a ship or two more here and there, and a few thousand more men than under the Tory Adminis tration, costing, however, more money, we see no thing in his conduct to merit our approbation. The defence is good, excellent we will say, against his Tory detractors, because he shows that his conduct is somewhat better than theirs ; but what is that to the long• suffer ing seamen ? What to the public, necessarily left de fenceless by the just desertion of our seamen ? What to insulted humanity, outraged by retaining ready for use the vilest system that ever disgraced a civilised country ? We see nothing in the debate to give us one grain of satisfaction, except the admission on all sides that this is no party question, that the Navy has been neglected, and that it must be more attended to and more honoured, or the country will be exposed to great danger. • position was the concluding observation in the following • sentence : "We must not deceive ourselves, Gentlemen, with re spect to our actual situation ; whether the refusal to ac cept the treaty be considered as leading sooner or later to hostilities, or only as tending to perpetuate our embarrasments without leaving us the hope of retaining in the e id the inha bitants of Limburg and Luxemburgli, there can be no doubt that such a resolution would be contrary to all tte real in:e. gists of the country, and particularly that of these two provinces." Yells and interruptions of all sorts followed. The war advocates denounced the ministers as " Misera ble, prverse, and perfidious," sentiments which were ap i pl.uded by the galleries. MI this bluster will, however, end in smoke, The more sensible part of the Be'gian community regard the very idea of a war as realness. Even the demagogues who make the most nose have no stomach for fighting, now that they per ceive they can no longer calculate upon French sym pathy. To talk of fighting, and to fight, are two very different things in the estimation of the most patriotic Belgians. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday. On Wednesday a number of colonial delegates from the island of Martinique had the honour of an interview with the KING to represent to his MaJEsTY the distress to which the inhabitants were reduced in consequence of the lata earthquake. The KING received the deputation very graciously, and immediately ordered that a remittance of 1,500,000 francs should be made to relieve such of the colonist as are without any means of support. The /lioniteur of Thursday contains the following articles of a Royal Ordonnance, preceded by a report of the Colonial Minister, detailing the destruction of life and property occasioned by the earthquake in Martinique : .. A r t. 1. An extraordinary credit of 2, 9 00,000 f. is opened to the Minister of the Marire and Colonies, out of the grants for 1839, to meet the urgent expenses, which c•:uld not have been foreseen by the budget fcr this year, to be thus appropriated :—To repair the damages done to the military buildings at Martinique, 500,000 f. ; subven tion to the interior service of the colonies, 900,000 f. ; ac cessory services, 800,000 f. " 2. The regulation of this credit shall be proposed to the Chambers during the next session. " The Minister of the Marine and Colonies is charged with the execution of this ordonnance." Everybody admits, and always has admitted, the necessity of educating the rising generation. What ever business the man is likely to follow, it has been considered necessary, in all ages, and amongst all people, to educate the boy to perform it well. Education, therefore, may 1)e considered as an essen- ' tial part of social life ; wanting which, if it were possible to want it, one generation would lose the knowledge. another had acquired. Such being its vast importance, it savours somewhat of imperti nence, much of arrogance, and still more of usurpa tion, for any body of clergy to petition against all National Education which is not placed under their controul. In a country like ours, where men are not constrained to be of one religion, the members of every other sect can never consent to such an enlargement of the power and dominion of one body of priests ; and such a claim, therefore, is tantamount to a demand that there shall be no National Education. The Clergy of the Established Church, who now actually make such a demand, so far as the State can provide for education, are re solved to withhold from the people that essential element of social welfare, unless they can make it subservient to their own aggrandizement. How very wicked ! In the same manner, and on the same principle, they long song ht to prevent marriage, and therefore to make men and women live in con cubinage or promiscuous intercourse, unless the ceremony were performed by them, and were made the means of adding to their worldly power. In like manner, they long tried .to prevent children being baptised, unless by them, and denied them all security for their civil rights, by refusing to acknowledge any system of registration, except that kept of baptism by them. The necessity to pro vide an income for them is at the bottom of the present Corn-law. In every quarter, in every relation of life, in every part of society, we meet the priesthood, and are controuled, thwarted, and oppressed by them. Their advice, assistance, and influence may perhaps assist the members of the community to reach another ' world, but it most certainly gives them complete dominion in this. These remarks are dictated by observing that numerous meetings have of late been held, and petitions agreed to at various places in .Holborn, amongst other parts of the metropolis, to resist all National Education, except it be placed under the controul of the Established Church. We venture' humbly, but respectfUlly, to inquire how long the priesthood, under the pretext of promoting [ religion, are to assume the controul and mastery of civil society ? At least, let them confine themselves to their own sphere, and not make religion a means lof establishing a worldly dominion foe them, which goes even to withhold from the people an essential ; element of social welfare, unless it can be made sub servient to their ambition. . The election contest is carried on with great anima tion. M. ()DILLON BARROT, following the example of GUIZOT and THIERS, has published a long address to hiss constituents of Chauney, which, contrary to general expectation, turns out to be a very dull affair. The cotton manufacturers of the Eastern departments of France have protested against being restricted in the purchase of raw material to the markets of Havre and Marseilles. Reports had reached Paris that Russia was preparing to take possession of the principalities . of Wallachia and Moldavia, under pretence of crushing commotions dan gerous to the interests of the Sublime Porte ! This will be an appropriate sequal to the denationalization of unhappy Poland. The following are extracts from the French papers : Our correspondent at Toulon sends us the following statements under the date of the 16th of February : " As the latest accounts gave reason to apprehend Spain is losing its possessions on the coast of Africa, we have received, through Algiers, important intelligence from that coast. Alhucemas had held out, and some troops that presented themselves before Metilla met with a very bad reception; this last city is blockaded, it is well furnished with ammunition and provisions, and Morocco supplies it with fresh provisions. The insurgents have repaired the fortifications, which are now in good condition, and they will be able to hold out for a long time. The Moors have offei ed them their services." _ _ . ----•-- At the date of these accounts, there had been no move ment at Ceuta ; Spain had sent fresh troops to that place. Matillo is only 30 leagues from Tlemecen, the ancient capital of the province of Oran, and in the kingdom of Fez.— Constitutionnel. BOURSE—PaaIs, THURSDAY, FEB 21. HA Lr. PAST Tusee.—For the account the Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 75c., rose to 78f. 85c., declined to 78f. 70c., and closed at 78f. 75c. The Five per Cents. from 11 If. 5c., rose to 111 f. 15c , declined to 111 f. 5c., and closed at 111 f. 10c. First Highest low st Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents. 4 per Cents. lO2 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50 np r Cetrs. Lafitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 5,000 f. Sh. 5105 ...5105 ...5165 .. 5105 Belgian 5 per Cents. 8 per Cents. 6B 40 ... 6,4 40 ... 61 40 ... 63 40 11a..k 555 ... 560 ... 555 ... 564 Spanish Acti,e New Deferred 77i ... 734 ... 71i ... 71i Portuguese 3 per Cents. Neapolitan . 99 10 ... 99 10 ... 13) 10 ... 99 10 Boman it ,ILWAY SHARES. St. Germain s+s ... 585 ... 585 ... 595 Ve sallies, R.B. Charleroy 450 ... 450 ... 450 ... -;5 / '1 leans ',men ... 3:0 - 320 ... 320 A debate of considerable length and some interest took place last night in the House of Commons, on Mr. HAWES'S motion for going iato Committee on the Affirmation Bill. This Bill, our readers are aware, was intended to give relief to those who have conscientious scruples to the taking of an oath, by allowing such persons to make an affirma tion—an indulgence which the Legislature has already granted the sects of the Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists. To common understandings it can not fail to appear passing strange, that one man should not have as good a right as another to have his scruples of conscience, in regard to the same reli gious matter, respected. Yet we find our enlightened legislators have, in their plenitude of wisdom, seen proper to establish a distinction where no other persons can perceive a difference. With them the measure of a. man's claim to relief is not the weight of the burden he feels on his conscience, but the religi ous banner under which he has chosen to enlist himself. If he call himself a Quaker, a Moravian, or a Separa tist, his objection to oaths is at once recognised as valid, his conscience is not to be coerced ; but if he have the misfortune to be a Member of the Church of England, he is presumed to have no conscience at all. This is literally the sum and substance of the arguments advanced by the opponents of Mr. HawEs's measure. They stated broadly, that as there was nothing in the Thirty-nine Articles which prohibited church going persons from taking an oath, they had no business to entertain any religious scruples on the subject, and that their call for relief ought not for one moment to be listened to. These gentlemen pay a high compliment to their Church. Here we see the real value they set upon the great Reformation principle, the right of private judgment, for the assertion of which they are, after the lapse of three centuries, raising monuments to Cranmer and Ridley ! "If the Members of the Established Church," remarked Mr HENRY GOUL BURN, " made such a declaration, they could not he sincere in their profession, and they must be acting either ignorantly or fraudulently." Let this Gentleman hold his tongue about ignorance. When such gross ignorance of the very first principles of religious liberty is displayed by one who has enjoyed all the advantages of education, and all the means of enlightenment which an extensive intercourse with society can afford, he is the last man on earth who should tax others either with ignorance or fraud, because, forsooth, they do not choose to see with his eyes—with the distorting optics of bigotry and intolerance. When a Light of the Church—a great man and. a •Captain in our Israel, is in the very blackness of darkness on the fundamental point of the Protes'ant . faith, what must be the deadening, the blighting, influence which a State-esta blished, creed-bound, priest-riding system of religion exercises over the minds of the unreflecting, and un educated portion of its members ? Strasburgh to Basle 320 ASP H A LTES AND DI l U AIENS. Seyssel (A) t3.o ...23 ' 0 ...'_'3oo ...2300 D,z Maurel. (B.) Galvaniz.d Iron NELSO7 ONIAL A meeting of the Generni Committee of Subscribers was held this day at the Thatched House Tavern for the purpose of . receiving the Report of the Select Sub Committee on the different designs submitted to them, when it was determined to adjourn the re ception of the Report until this day fortnight ; and that in the mean time the models should be open for the inspection of the Committee and their friends during the next week, at Mr. Rainy's Gallery, with his permisson, ar.d to the public at large the week following. Tickets of admission to be obtained of Mr. Scott, the S cretary. THE MARKETS.- (THIS DAY.) Last night a public meeting of the electors of South wark was held in Davis's Riding School, Webber- s t reet Blackfriars-road, Mr. Anderso n in the Chair, ' to ta ke measures for securing the re-election of D. W. Harvey, Esq. Resolutions to that effect were passed unani mously. Mr. Harvey then addressed the meeting ; and afterwards introduced Colonel Thompson, wh o , though not an elector of Southwark, urged on the electors, from personal experience, the importance of sending Mr. Harvey back to the House without delay, to be " the terror and scourge of hypocrites of all classes." With reference to allusions by preceding speakers to the Corn-laws he said—" The enemy need not rejoice ; it was reckoning without their host. The delegates, it was true, w ere gone to their constituents ; but it was with instructions to take earth seven spirits worse than himself, and be back with them in West minster in three weeks." COVENT-GARDEN. Plentiful supplies of everything at Market. The new crops of Sallads, Asparagus, and Scakale are very fine. Old Onions scarce and dear. Trade generally br,sk. Plants, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per doz. ; Asparagus, 4s. to 9s. per bundle ; Celery, is. to 1;. (id. per bundle; Onions, Is. per sive ; Carrots, 45. to 4s. 6d. per doz. ; Brocoli, 6d. to h. 6d. per bundle; Tu nips, 3.1. per bunch ; Oranges, 4s. to 14s. per 100 ; Lemons, 4s. to 10s. per 100; Apples, 4s. to 21s. per bushel; Rhubarb, 9d. to 6d. per bundle ; Scakale, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per punnet ; Cabbages, Is. to Is. 6d. per doz. ; Spinnsch, Is. to Is. 6d. per s:oie ; French llmns, .ss. per 100; New Potatoes, 2s. to 2s Gd. pm- lb. ; Cucumbers, 10s. per brace. II UN G RIIFORD MARKET. Supplies of Fish good ; Turbot, ss. to 10s. 15s. and 20s. ; Cod, 2s. to ss. 10s. and 12s. ; Soles, 10d. to 4s. per pair ; Lob ste•r>, Is. to 4s. each. Vegetables in fair supply and prises the same as at Covent-garden. We have not space in our leading columns of today to notice, as it deserves, the subject of a petition pre sented in the House of Commons last night, by Admiral Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, from 1,758 seamen of North Shields, praying for an amendment of the regulation for the payment of seamen's wages ; but we shall take care not to lose sight of it the first convenient opportunity. We understand that the adjourned meeting of the Anti-corn Law Delegates has been fixed to be held in Manchester, on Friday, the Bth March, when a more numerous attendance from all the important towns is ex pected to be present than even at the former great meeting. The future course of proceedings will then be finally agreed upon, and we should not be surprised if from that meeting a movement originates that will influence mate rially the complexion of our political and Parliamentary history. shire Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire Bailey, Joseph—Worcester Bailey, J. D.—Sudbury Baker, Edward—Wilton Barrington, Lord—Berkshire Bateson, Sir R.—Londmderry Bentinck, I ord G.—Lynn Berkeley, Hon. C.—Cheltenham Blair, J.-- Wigtonshire Blakemore, Richard—Wells Blennerhassett, A. —Kerry Bolling, W.—Bolton Bradshaw ' J a mes—Canterbury Bruadley,Henry—East Yorkshire Bruce, Lord E.—Marlborough Bruges, W. H. L.—Bath Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk Calcraft, John Hales—Wareham Canning, Right Hon. Sir S. Lynn Cantilupe, Viscount—llelston Chapman, Aaron —Whitby Clerk, Sir G.—Stamford Clive, Viscount—Ludlow Cole, Hon. A rthurH. —Enniskilleh Compton, H. Combe—Hampshire Copeland, W. T..—Stoke.upon- Trent Darby, George—East Sussex Davenport, John—Stoke-upon- Trent Dunbar, G,?orge—Belfast Dungannon, Lord _Durham Du Pre, Gearge—Bucks Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire nstcourt, 'l'. G. B.—Oxford Univ. Fatnhain,E B.—N. Leicestershir e Fei!dcn, W. J.—Blackburn Fitzroy, lion. Henry—Lewes Fazsimon, Nicholas—King's Co. Gladstone, W. E.—Newark -o n- Trent Godson, R.—Kidderminster Goulburn Right Hon. H.—Cam bridge University Graham Right Hon. Sir J. R. G., Bt.--Pembroke Grant, Hon. Colonel—Elgins hire Grimsditch, Halford, Henry--Lei.:esters hire Handley, Henry—Lincolnsh ire llawkes, Thomas Dudley Hepburn, Si r T. —Haddingtonsh. Hodgsory ltd.—Berwick -oil- Tweed Hope, Charle s —Linlithgowsh ire Hope, G. w._w i lmouth Hotliam, Lord—Leo minsterHonston, G. J . ew:h ire Hughes, W. 13.—Carnarvon Hurt, Francis—South Derby T E LLERS. Ingeare, Viscount—Staffurds hire Fremantle, S lr Thomas —Rucks highs, Sir R. 11.—Ox. University Holmes, W.—Berwick-onTweecl The Brussels Papers of Thursday received to-day, represent the debate in the Chamber of Representative s on Wednesday, on the ultimatum of the London Con ference, as violently intemperate. In urging the abso lute necessity of settling the question at once, the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs placed the situation of Bel. gium fairly before the Representative body. The Go vernment did not approve of the Treaty, butt it was without a remedy. We quote the words he Mi nister : " Before it decided on the proposal which it submits to you, the Government has materially weighed the situation of Belgium, both at home and in respect to foreign countries, All further attempts at negocia tion being fruitless, nothing remained but to place itself in a state of opposition to the five great Powers, who have again bound themselves by formal conventions." The Minister then went on to show that not only the Five Powers, but the German Diet were opposed to the claims of the Belgian people. But what served to bring down upon him the clamorous censure of the Op- TWENTY THREE LIVES LOST.--A Cumber land paper gives an account of the loss of 23 lives by an explosion of fire-damp. The melancholy event occurred on Monday in the " William pit," about a mile and a half from the foot of the shaft, in the direction of Parton ; Of the 23 who perished, all, with the exception of two or three, who had evidently been burnt to death, died from suffocation, caused by after-damp. DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW.—An Inquest was held onTuesday at Charing-cross Hospital, on the body ef a journey man butcher, named Spicer, aged 19, who died of locked-jaw in that Institution. The deceased had at one time attributed his illness to a strain in lifting a piece of meat weighing 20 stone, and at another to a fall received in "larking" in a public-house. No fatal conse quences had been anticipated. The Surgeon said lock-jaw might follow the most trifling injury. Verdict—": Accidental death." DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning shout eleven o'clock, as a man of the name of George Carpenter, aged about 40, a carman, in the employment of a Mr. Hutchins, a builder, of Hammersmith, was driving his cart, laden with rubbish, along the Belgrave-road, Pimlico, he fell down in a fit, and the near side wheel of the cart passed obliquely over both his legs and over his left hand. The door fellow's left leg was fractured, and his right leg Woken at the knee-joint. His left hand was literally smashed; Ile was conveyed to the hospital in a state of insensibility. DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM SUFFOCA TION.—CAUTION TO MOTHERS AND NURSES.—An inquest wad held on Tuesday in lligh.street, Lambeth, on the body of an infant aged four months, whose death, according to the medical evidence, was occasioned by having the bedclothes too closely pressed over its face, no doubt accidentally. Verdict—" Died by the visitation o: God." MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—On Tuesday week the body of Mr. Thomas Sales, farmer, of Penshurst (whose mysterious disappearance took place about six weeks ago and caused so much sensation), was found by Thomas Pankhurst, near the Ivy tree at the Footbridge, near Leigh. It was floating at the time, in a shocking state of decomposition, one hand being entirely gone. The body was taken home, and an inquest held upon it ; but nothing transpired which could throw a light on the cause of the fatal act, though numerous reports have been in circulation since the deceased absented himself —Brighton Guardian. NE SPAPER STAMPS FROM THE RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF COM MONS, DATED FEH. 5, 1839. ( We have i oom only for the returns relating to the Lon don Daily Morning and Evening Papers.) Quarter ending June, 1838 101,000 Courier — Sept. 94 0 00 Dee. 98.000 June 234,000 Globe - Sept. 216,0 00 Dec. 216,008 June 523 000 Morning Chronicle Sept. 496,000 Dec. 491,000 .). June 239,000 Morning Post — Sept. 221,000 Dee. 199,000 June 340,000 Morning Herald ... - - Sept. 460,000 Dec. 455,000 June 390,000 Morning Ade,rtiser)_ Sept. 390,000 Dec. 390,000 June 265,000 Standard — Sept. 250,000 Dee. 255,000 ( _ June 402,000 7he San Dec. 276,000 June 870,000 The Times Dec. 020,000 A PROTESTANT PARSON'S STORY. " He would mention a circumstance that occurred yes terday. His friend and himself were coming from Liver pool, and who did the Meeting think sate back to back? Why, Dr. Cooke and Daniel O'Connell I Dan had not his stockings fairly pulled en, but there was the Doctor, stockings and all in order. When they reached Birming ham, no one was so noisy as Dan in looking after his dinner, and the travellers said, for once they would follow Dan. It happened that there was a scarcity of one of the two things that are plentiful in Ireland, namely, potatoes and children. I)an was bawling lustily for potatoes, when an Irish Pro testant clergyman handed him dish and all. And were they not angry with this clergyman for doing so? Only let them think how it would sound in the House of Com mons, to have it said that a Protestant clergyman had been —not spoon feeding—but dish feeding no less an indi vidual than Dan O'Connell."—Vide the Rev. Thomas Drew's speech at the London Hibernian Society, reported in the Morning Herald of yesterday. " I'll tell you a story, sad, but true"— Quoth the Protestant parson, Tommy Drew— " I chanced to be coming per rail-way fast, From Liverpool on Saturday last, When who should I sec, as I cast a look Of horror towards them, but Doctor Cooke And Daniel O'Connell I—alaek ! alack Sitting quite cozily, back to back 1 Dan's stockings (the sloven) were bath half-off, A sight that from modesty made ma cough, But the Doctor's were on, and he looked as neat As a candy one meets in Regent-strt et, Which made me observe Ivith pride, ' What a man, Is this Doctor of ours compared to Dan I' " When we got to Birmingham, Dan, the sinner, Roared out, like a hurricane, for his dinner, Whereon the rest of the travelling clan Said, " Well, for once we will follow Dan," And beckoning, bid the attendant waiters, Bring dinner, and not forget the taters*.— Well, dinner came, but the taters few Scarcely sufficed for half the crew, And Dan, who seemed in a terrible pout, Would, spite of his bluster, have gone without, Ilad not an Irish parson caught The only plate with Utters fraught, And shoved it towards him, with a face Full of pity for Dan's distressing case. " Oh, scandal to Mother Church I' cried I As I marked this act of courtesy ; What ! a Protestant parson treat as a mar. Worthy politeness, tho Papist Dan, And, disregarding his cloven feet, Give him the wherewithal to eat ? Shame on such heresy ! Gracious Heavens, What will the Tories say in St. Stephens, When once 'tis known that a Protestant priest, Who ought to have cursed him, to say the least, Has dishonoured his cloth, by treating Dan As a Christian, and worse—as a gentleman?" s The Rev. T. Drew's mode of pronouncing the word " potatoes. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Post of this day bas a lengthy leading ar ticle, full of abuse of . the "Anti-Corn-law agitators," in the course of which, speaking of the Delegates, who since the commencement of the Session have been daily holding " a little ridiculous conclave at Brown's Hotel," our spright ly Contemporary compares them to " a bull in a china shop I " We hope this waggish simile is inappropriate ; f otherwise, Mr. Brown will have an immense amount - of crockery and furniture to pay for. Oa Messrs. Villiers and Wood, the Post is particularly vituperative, but as the abuse is general, it is not likely to do these gentlemen any very alarming injury. In another article, meant to be sta tistic, our Contemporary endeavours to-prove that the re peal of the Corn-laws would not be attended with the slightest benefit to the community. The Times indulges in some speculations on the proba bility of Ministers making the Ballot an open question, by nay of purchasing the continued support of the Radicals; and adds, " any contract of the Cabinet to make the Ballot an open question, is a mere bubble bargain. Open it they may, but they cannot open it wide enough to let inal 1 the Radicals want. Every individual in the Administration knows that very well ; and it is, therefore, exceedingly probable that the Administration will concede the opening, as required. They will trust to the good sense of the country, to prevent their feint from taking effect." We wish Ministers would trust to the " good sense of the coun try ;" and the Ballot would be carried before the rising of Parliament. In another part of this ingenious, but sophis tical, article, the Times insinuates that " Lord John Rus sell is tired of public life, and sighs for retirement." The object of this sly, unfounded inuendo, can deceive no one. Speaking of the debate which took place in tha Lords last night on the subject of the insult offered to the British flag by the Prince de Joinville on the coast of Mexico, the Morning Chronicle justly says :—" This insult to our flag has fortunately had no unpleasant results ; but it might have been otherwise; and it is only necessary to look to the sensation which the circumstance has produced in Parliament, to be satisfied that it is dangerous to trifle with the feelings of British seamen." Our Contemporary observes in another part of the same article,—" Th oug h Earl Minto has proved himself an able and efficient admi nistrator, enough transpired in the course of the debate to show that it is well for the country that Sir James Graham is no longer at the brad of the Navy. He seems to have done more to cripple that main arm of the national defence, than any man who ever filled the office of First Lord of the Admiralty." The Morning Herald takes fright at Lord Colchester's motion in the House of Lords last night on the subject of the Navy, and observes, in a perfect fever of apprehension, most injurious to our fair Contemporary at her time of life, —" The case is one of the last necessity. England must make any sacrifice that may be required, in order to pre serve her independence : or England must be prepared to surrender that independence, at the first summons of any powerful antagonist." The Morning Advertiser has a leading article on the Corn-laws, in which our Contemporary says, and justly, " The Corn-law question is not a struggle of classes, but the death-struggle of a nation." PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF AIONOP9LY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Subar in Mina ing.lane, and comparing the same against foreign sugar, : London, Feb. '22, 1839. The Gazette of this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at... 355. 91d Although some purchases of Foreign Sugars, made by the London Sugar Refiners in the last week had the effect for a few days of simulating an . dvance in price, yet, upon importers finding tha the buyers were firm, in most instances, in refusing to pay the ad vance demanded, the market has receded to the old rates, and some Foreign Sugars have since been sold on previous terms; free labour Sugar, therefore, from the Manilla may be quoted as before at from 21s. to 235. per cwt., being about 13s. per cwt. less titan the average price of West India Sugar. There have la: en no sales of Refined Sugar for exportation, the ex-ts.unty price of that article exceeding the foreign value of it by 6s. per cwt. British Treacle is worth Bs. 6d. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has been sold, duty free, this week in London at 31s. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the nation of 225. 6d. per cwt., in other words, fid. per cwt. on Treacle contributed by the pour roan towards West India Bounty, and not, as it is erroneously sup posed, towards ir venue. In fact, the poor man might purchase Ma. nilla Sugar. if duty free, for 10s. per cwt. less than he pays for the cwt. of British Treacle duty free. The protective duty on Bri ish Plantation Coffee over that on Foreign Coffees, is 250 per cent. ad valorem. We have already stated the figures demonstrating that favouritism in the duty on West India produce costs the nation 4,210,0001. per annum, over and above the amount of duty paid on, mind the foreign value of, the different articles supplied. CONVERSIONS TO THE CATHOLIC FAITH. —James Wheble, Esq., of Woodley Lodge, late High Sheriff of Berkshire, in a letter to the editor of the Reading Mercury, reckons the number of conversions to the Cathode faith in England, to be about 2,000 annually. Within the last few months, Dr. Walsh, Bishop of the Midland District, has confirmed 692 converts in the Eastern Counties. Among other converts, Frederick Lucas, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barister-at-law, has abjured the tenets of the Society of Friends, and embraced the Catholic Faith.— Catholic Ma gazine. Mr. Briscoe, the Member for Westbury, it ap pears by the published List of Votes, was the only Wiltshire Mem ber that voted in favour of Mr. Villiers' motion : several of our Members, however, were not in the house on the division.— Wilts Gazette. USURY IN FRANCE.—M. Libaud, formerly an officer of cavalry, has been sentenced by the Tribunal of Correctional Police in Paris to pay a fine of 3,000 f, with costs, for the offence of habitually lending money at the usurious interest of between 12 and '24 per eent. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO PAUPER CIIIL DRE:I.—At Worship.strect yesterday, the churchwardens of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, applied for, and obtained, a sum mons against the matron of an establishment of pauper children at Enfield, on a charge of gross cruelty to several of the unfortunates committed to her care. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House.of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. '22 1839. AFFIRMATION BILL. Order for Committee read; Motion made, and Question proposed,—" That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words •‘ this House, will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the sa id Committee," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :" The House divided. MINORITY—AYES, 93. Aglionby, H. A.---Cockermouth i Howard, P. H.—Carlisle A g lionby, Major F.—Cumberlantli Ilumpliery, John—Southwark A rchbold, Robert—Kildare Hutton, llobert—Dublin Baines, Edward.—Leeds Ingham, 11. -South Shields nannermisn, A.—Aberdeen Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Baring, F. Thornhill—Portsmoutk Langdale, Hots. C.—K naresbo- Barnard, E. G.--Greenwich rough Barron, H. W.—Waterford City Leader, J. Temple—Westminster Barr , G. S.—Cork Co. Lister, E. Cuislitle—Bradford iteamish, F. B.—Cork Lushington, Charles—Ashburton Bewes, T —Plymouth Lushington, Dr.—Tower Hamlets Blake, Martin J.—Galway Marsland, Henry—Stockport Make, W. J.—Newport J. I.—Westbury Martin, John—Tewkesbury B tins lewitt, ltegsnald—Monmouth :11elguisd, Viscount —Hy the Bodkin, J. J.—G a l w ay Co. Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Bri dgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Bri,eue, Murray, Right Hon. J. A.—Leith O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare ;:rottierton, J.—Salford O'Connell, Daniel Dublin Maj. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Pattison, James--London th•owne, R. D.—Mayo O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee 1 1' ; r uIl a e t r ' , Cliarles—Liskeard Pechell, Captain—Brighton l;usfield, W.—Bradford • Philips, Mark—Manchester Butler, lion. P.—Kilkenny Co. Phillpotts, John—Gloucester Cavendish, Hon. G. H.—N. Derby Pinney, %V.—Lyme Regis Cayley, E. S.—N. Yorkshire Power, James—Wexford Co. Chalmers, Patrick—lnverbervie Pryme, George—Cambridge Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Rice, Edward Royd—Dover Collier, John—Plymouth Roche, E. 11.—Cork Co. Cowper, Hon. W. F.—Hertford Rolfe, •:..ir It. M.—Penryn D'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T.— Salwey, Lieut.-Col.—Ludlow Lan \sett:. Scholetield, J.--Birmingham Divett, Edward—Exeter Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Duckworth, Samuel—Leicester Stock, Dr.—Cashel Duke, , 11. W. D. — Flin t Strutt, Edward—Derby Sir James—Boston Strickland, Sir G.—W. Yorkshire 1) I' i Elot Hon. J 1' —Roxburglishire Style, Sir CLarles—Scarborough i•lvans, G.—Dublin County , .J. .i. l'ancred, H. W.—Banbury erby Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co ridden, John—Oldham Wallace, Robert—Greenock =,,, William—North e ll Finch. F.—Walsall Warburton, H.—Thitlport 1 d Fort, J.—Clitheroc White, Andrew—Sunder land Gibson, 'I homas—lpswich Williams, William—Coventry Grattan, Henry—Meath Wood, G. W.—Kendal Greenaway, Charles—Leominster Wyse, Thomas—Waterford !lilt, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow Elindley, Charles--Ashton TELLERS. flobliouse, T. Benj.—ltochestcr Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Horsman,Edward—Cockermouth Parker, John—Sheffield - M AJORITY— Acland, I'. D.—West Somerset .'.'Court, Captain—Tamworth Ad :re, Lord—Glamorganshire Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine., -NOES, 125. Samuel—Cumberland !James, Sir W. C.—Kingston.. on• Hull Jones, John—Carmarthenshire Kirk, Peter—Carrickfergus Knightley, Sir C.—Northampton shire. Law, Hon. C. E.— CambridgeUni v. Lefroy, Rt. Hon. T.—Dublin Uni- versity Lidded, Hon. H.—North Durham Lockhart, A M.— Lan arks h ire 'Lowther. J. H.—York Mackenzie, Thomas—ltess.shire Maclean, Donald—Oxford Marsland, Thomas—Stockport Maxwell, Henry—Cavan 41iles, Philip . W..Skynner—Bristol —x Lord—O xfordshire Mordaunt, Sr John—Warwicksh. Morris, D.-Carmarthen Noel, William R.—Antrim c, l'a c in m wertts: Parker,°Nrccill: Montagu—Devon eh i mptre, John P.—East Kent Polhill, Frederick—Bedford eowerscourt, Viscount—Bath e PL) . a re i ci : e t a vi . tatiHon.Coi Joseph—Hastings -1 tBri Praed, W. M.—Aylesbury p r ingle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Protheroe, Edward—Halifax pusey, Philip—Berkshire Item, Sir J. Rae—Dover Richards, Richard—Meritmethsh. itickford, \V.—Aylesbury Round, Charles Gray--1,,,,, N. Round, John—Maldon ltushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk aushout, Geo. Bowles—Evesham iliarpe, General—Dumfries Rt. Hon. F.—Dublin Univ. ,heppard, Thomas—Frome 3.Lithorp, Colonel—Linco:n Simerset, Lord G.—Monmeuthsh Stanley, Edward—Cumberland sr..nley, Lord—North Lancashire Stuart, Villiers—Waterford G. Stormont, Viscount—Perthshire l'eigmnouth, Lord irylebone Thomas, Colonel—Kinsale Tyrrell, Sir J. 'f.—Nordi Essex Vere, Sir C. B.—East Suffolk Villiers, Viscount—Weymouth Vivian, John Ennis—lrmo Waddington, H. S.—West Suffoik Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashire Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth Wilbraham, Hon. It. B.—Laue s . shire Williams, Robert—Dorchester Wood, lhonlas—Mkidlesex Young, John—Cavan NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of Meat not large, and the demand limited owing to the bad weather for keeping ; prices but barely sup ported.-Beef, 2s. &I. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 25. Bd. to 3s. &1., and 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. ikl. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Iod. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. id.-Game and Poultry in small sup ply : trade heavy and prices lower:-Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; Chickens, 2s. to 3s. ; Goslings, 6s. to Bs. ; Ducklings, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Hares, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Rabbits, 10d. to Is. 6d. ; Ducks, 2s. to 3s; Guinea Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 3s; Turkeys, 4s. to Bs. ; Woodcocks, 4s. to 6s. ; Snipes, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Teal, is 6.1. to 2s. ; Pigeons, 10d. to Is. 6d, ; Widgeon, Is. to Is. 9d Eggs plentiful, and ss. to 2s. per 120. MONEY and COIVIMERCIAL NEWS T ll' EL TE 0' CLOCK. Arrivals this morning, French mail ; no ship letters. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 22.—The demand continues very moderate, and the trade seems still incline.' to persevere in only purchasing what their immediate necessities re quire ; consequently our market has been fiat throughout the week, and closes heavily at prices rather in favour of buyers, with a decline of -4- per lb. The sales to-day are 2,000 bags, of all kinds, 500 American on speculation. Speculators have taken 1,000 bales of American during the week. TILE FCNDS. We have no arrivals this morning with the exception of the French mail, which does not bring any Continental news of importance ; consequently the operations in the Funds to the present time is of little impor►, and the prices of the various Funds may be quoted as they closed. Consols 92:1- 37,-, both for Account and Money ; Ex chequer Bills 60 62; India Bonds 62 64; Bank Stock 205} 206 ; India Stock 256 E 257 i. To the present time scarce a bargain is doing in the Foreign Market, and the prices may be quoted the same as they closed at. Spanish Active, 19,4 ; Portuguese, 35i; Three per Cents., 21 22; Belgian, 99 100 ; Brazilian, 80i 81 ; the New Loan, 11 to 1 prem. ; Colombian, 29. k ; Mexican, 23i 24 ; Dutch Two. and-a. Half per Cents. , 54- 55 ; Five per Cents., 103.1. We aro exceedingly dull in the City at present, both for arrivals and intelligence. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. lank Stock .2oti India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9:3!,1,% :3 per Cent. Cons. 93 7 ,4 N :1.., per Cent. — Ditto Red. N,w sys per Cent lOO M‘ . 2 9 1 i New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpirc Jan. 5, IS6O l5 1-11 Ott. 10, ISA — Jy.n. 5, 1S6•1 — Jan. 5, 1880 ••• --- April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5, 15570 — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — 13elgian Bonds Ditto Account .._7.7 Ditto Bonds 69. 64 pm South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.31 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 63 62 pm. Ditto 500 -- pm. Ditto Small 42 64 pin. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account -- Conso's for Account 92 % rills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds_ Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account... Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto, .pr Cent. ........ 21. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds ll tto Account Colombian Bonds Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1821 . Ditto Account . Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 751 };, ~ Ditto Bonds, 1834 -- Ditto Account — , Ditto Account. Greek Bonds... — French, 5 per cent....... —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 113:23 .— —. 4 per cent —l. —c. Ditto Account •—t. c .. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent Eicchange. —l. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2 per cent.... 55 4 5!‘4 Ditto, el per Cent. — , Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per tihwe Cata Branca Mining Company 6Y4 S Cobre Copper. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 24 9 Eastern Counties Railway l3 IPA II I, nano and Birmingham Railival Company NlLnehester and Birmingham Railway l5 14304 Do. Do. Extension COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. ._ . .. . kmaterdarn C.F. 12 414 , .103raitar 4S I)itto, at 'light ........,........ 12 1%; Leghorn .. ..... 30 1t0ttr..rdam....................2 U. 12 414 Genoa 25 SO Antwerp... Hamburg. 111.13. 13 11 1 Venice A1t0na..... 1 . 40.5, :3 days' sight •'s :15 ; Palerrao per oz. 1.9 Di1t0....... ........... 3 Ms. 45 65 , Lisbon '''% Nlirseinei. B )urdeaux Frankfort on Mains, Ex.M. 151 i Bahia . , 27 ?:,i.ersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 11 ' Buenos Ayres B,rl i ;1 Vicuna, effective 1.1...2 M 10 4 Philadelphia 46 'l' icste ditto lO 6 PAIGE OF' BULLION, per OZ. ki Ai, rid 57 Portugal Golcl, c0in......f 3 18 0 Calia.... -....... ..... ..... 37 Biboa .... 36% New Doubloons OO 0 3 ircelona S ridlle. 36% Silver. bars. standard 0 5 ON, - - - ---- HALF-PAST ONE. The accounts from New Orleans of the 10th of Jan., state that the scarcity of money is a subject of great re , mark. Harder times have never been felt in the above city. The cause of this state of things is obvious. The situation of the banks is such as prohibits them from dis counting or affording accommodations. The suspension of specie payments forced upon them by the recent crisis has subjected them to a forfeiture of their charters ; until re stored to their privileges by the Legislature, they are dis abled from extending their circulation. An Act to relieve them is now under discussion in the House of Repre sentatives ; and the pecuniary distress, which now prevails extensively, and is impeding all business in the community, imperatively calls for immediate action. We have not experienced, for sonic days past, so blink a morning for intelligence as the present ; owing to which, both the British arid Foreign Markets, have continued in an inactive state during the morning. Accounts from Liverpool state that the ship Republic from New York, was off the Orm's Head, supposed to h sve sailed on the sth inst., in all probability the New York papers will be received in the afternoon train from Li verpool. The Consol Market at present, is not quite so steady as during the morning, and may be quoted a shade lower, 921 ; for the Account, same for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 63 62. In India Bonds, nothing doing ; Bank Stock, 206 ; India Stock, 2571• In the Foreign Market the various prices are much the same as in the earlier part of the day ; Spanish Active, 19k 1; Portuguese no alteration, 351 ; Three per Cents., 2l: 22; Belgian, 994 1001 ; Brazilian, 80} 81 ; Colom bian, 201 ; Mexican, 231 24; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54- 7 1 5:4: Brazil Scrip, 11 j. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 934. CORN-.LAWS.-Mr. Paulton delivered a lecture on the Corn-laws at Maidstone last night, which was attended by fifteen hundred persons, Many had to go away for want of room. Mr. Paulton was enthusias tically cheered at the conclusion of his address, which was listened to with profound astention. Mr. Labouchere has resigned the Vice•Presi. dency of the Board of Trade, and accepted the situation of Under. Secretary for the Colonies, SALE OF A HUSBAND.—Last week a man re siding at Chapelen-le-Frith, was " put up to be soh2 by auction," by his adorable wife, who, it is presumed, had grown heartily sick of his society. The " conditions of sale," were, that the fellow should be put up at 195., the person advancing Is. upon that to claim him. No one appearing inclined to bid, the sale was postponed to an rode. finite period.—North Derbyshire Chronicle. inquest body was of a h ge e n i t d lem o a t n i . - , N Queen's u. P ho I l e —ff re isoA o n i n c o o ni n n s tq u hU m e consumption. The circum- D enamed Tuesday, E c A i h n l o . t i H w h e i , stances connected with the case will be gathered from the following died there verdict which was . returned :—" The Jury find that William Thomas• Lear Cholwick died a natural death ; but they cannot re cord their verdict without expressing their strong feelings on the inhuman conduct of a tailor, who had been a servant of the de ceased, and had received large sums of money and great favours from the family, and but for whom deceased would have been re. leased from custody." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen sat yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, to Sir Francis Chentrey, for her bust. Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Fade' quer had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. I lie Royel dinner party at the Palace last evening in' eluded Lord and Lady Neiman, Lord Lc.‘veson, Righ t Get,rte St:vens B‘ng, Sir Frederick Watson, and Colonel Armstrong. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens , honoured Sir George Seymour with his company at dinner yesterday, at his residence at Hampton Court. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Tottenham.str eet Theatre with her presence last evening. His Excellency the American Minister had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home Office. The Bishop of Vermont, United States, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, i" Downing-street. • Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial . _ office, front Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, and from Sir . George Gipps, Governor of South Wales. Sir George Grey, the Judge-Advocate-General, Colonel Rowan, Mr. Alston, and Mr. Sanford, had interviews yes— terday with Lord Juhn Russell. The French Ambassador and Count Senfft transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of her M a j est Y: s , Most lion. Privy Council sat yesterday in the Comic" Chamber to considei petitions respecting patents. Those present were the Lord President, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord l3rougham, and the Judge of the Prerogative Court. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council In waiting. - . Sir Frederick Pollock was heard in support of a peti tion for an extension of Wright's patent for cleansing or bleaching linens and cottons. A number of witnesses were examined in support of the petition. The Marquis of Lansdowne, on the part of their Lord ships, granted an extension of the patent for the term 0 ' seven years. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty yester" day at Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty honoured Mr. W. C. Ross, A. R. A., with a sitting yesterday for a portrait on a larger scale than those he has hitherto painted. The Royal Dinner party last evening included the Duke of Argyll, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Lord and Lady Portman, and Lord Dalmeny. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance at the Palace duritz the evening. The Honourable Mies Cocks and the Honourable Miss Cavendish have succeeded t:e Honourable Miss Murray f and the Honourable Miss Spring Rice, as the M aids Honour in Waiting on the Queen. The Earl of Fingall, Viscount Melbourne, Lord an d Lady Portman joined the Royal Circle at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at Buckingham Palace. the Queen's Levee, on Wednesday, the Duke et Buckingham and ChandeS was presented, on coming t° , his title, by Lord Lyndhurst. Immediately after the Lor. ra Mayor was presented to the Queen at the Levee, Alderman Johnson, Senior sheriff of London and Mr dlesex, was presented, and his Under Sheriff, IV'f' Langham. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephen s ' honoured the Countess de Salis with his company on Wednesday, at her residence in Carlton Gardens. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most 119 i nourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Con the Office. There were present the Lord President, t"" Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint. Wea. The Chevalier de Mora had a long conference on tuesday with LOrd Palmerston at the Foreign Office. , Messrs. A. Gillespie, Atkinson, Brown, Bliss, Car te " Dowie, Gillespie, Pemberton, and Robinson, a deputation of the North American Colonies Association, had an in terview with Viscount Melbourne on Wednesday in Donn' ing-street. The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday nt the Foreign-office. Mr. Alston had an interview yesterday with Viscoust Melbourne. The Judicial Committe of the Privy Council sat en Wednesday. Sir Charles Wetherell concluded his ree l ' in Rajundernarain Rai v. Bijai Govind Singh, from B e % gal. Judgment was deferred. The Lords present rI O Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. iti st i l , Erskine, and the Judges of the High Court of Adm ire rB"'. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN CE ARRIVALS. e at, The Earl of Stradbroke, in South-street, from his 5 11 Henharn Hall, Wanford, Suffolk ; Viscount Eastnor, Hill-street, from Leamington Spa ; Lord CloncurrY n ' t b, Bennet-street, from Lyons Castle, his seat near MaYn, a .„ ( l; Ireland ; Sir T. B. Hepburn, from his seat in Sc ot ir o , Viscount Maidstone,in Wilton -crescent, from Melton 11 ",_ ° 0 bray ; Sir Charles Knightley, in Upper Brook-street; l'avf, his seat, Fawsley Park, Daventry ; the Hon. Colonel 9 o f ther, in Bruton-street, from Melton Mowbray; the Ear dge Darlington, in Upper Brook -street, from his bunting I° in Leicestershire ; Lord and Lady &-)mour, in St. Jan i „ e i b street, from their seat, Maiden Bradley, Wilts; Sir os p; and Lady. Howard, in Belgrave-square, from Brig ht e st, the Hon. H. and Lady Harriet Corry, in South -str isp • r from a visit to ail Earl and Countess of Belmore, a t scat in Ireland; Sir R. Batson, Bart.,M. P., in Queeti'sti.r-nerd May-fair, from-his seat, Belvoir Park, near Belfast •, Ij Castlereagh, M. P., in Chapel-street, from Paris •'S' f k Hill, Bart, M. P., in Conduit -street, from his seat, '11 1,,, c' stone, Salop • Lord Hawarden, in Grosvenor-street , " i i ° his scat, Dun'drum, Cashel, Ireland; Lord and LadY therton, in Grosvenor-place, from their seat, Tedder—a'r Hall, Penkridge ; Sir John Owen, from his see, p ee, Pembroke; Mr. C. W. Codrington, M. P., in Park-Pi e s' from Dodington Castle, Gloucestershire ; Mr.? . I ,f 'll .-e y Kingsley, at Morley's Hotel, from Ireland • Joseph P a ',." e- t, sen., Esq., M. P., at the Cavendish Hotel, ' Jermyti•s o tr-e st from Leamington ; Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., 31 •." P• dittto, from ditto ; Mrs. Bailey, at ditto, from ditto' ward Luc as , E sq ., M. P., at ditt o , f rom dittoi, , M r '„, a s e, Mrs. Harl e) , at dit to , f rom B r i g h ton ; M r s. W• df in Nl , insfield-street, from Hastings; Sir Oswald and 1480 Mosely and family, in Porland-place, from their a°at's, Staffordshi re ; M r . J. H . Vivian, M.P., and James's-place. DEPARTURES.• se at, Lord Segrave, from Spring-gardens, for his Berkeley C as tl e , Gl oucesters hi re; Vi sco unt and ma d Countess Bridport, from Wimpole-street, for Easthaol s '" o f pa • rk, on a v i s i t t o t h e M arqu i s an d Marchion ees an d Down,hire; Lady Colebrookc, for Dover ; 01. " Lady Anna Maria Tollemache, for Dover, Norfolk;. r e; E i .trl of Hardwi c k e , f or Wimp o l e H a ll, Cambriqg csbi for ~ieutenant-Colon el North, from Arlington strect",-I;gbi Wrexton Abb e y, near Banbury ; Mr. and MI -3 * (1 1 '140 Murray and family, f o r Dover ; Sir George 00 the Talbot, from Dover street, for Cheltenham; for lion. Mr. Barrington, for Paris : Dr. Lareln e L' r , tb' ditto, the Rev. Sir John Seymour, Bart., fo r ; f ier , church Rectory, Herts ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stodeu 'r" tber, for Brighton ; the Hon. John Carnegie; lorAi lt l ; pad Hon. Miss Calthorpe, for ditto; William Cra,wford,,isra; from the Cavendish Hotel, JermynLstreet,.' for Scat' Cs. S. R. Crawford, Esq., from ditto, for bis residence!toi; dogan-place ; T. Haythorrie, Esq., from ditto, for Br ' s dine r John Russell, Esq., from ditto, for Scotland; -o,srab, Boggs, E , , fro , m ditto, for Liverpool; IV. u re i l io , Esq., from ditto for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. frie Wn'i from ditto, fur Exeter. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENti OXFORD, FEB. 21.—A congregation was bol den v ier e day for granting Degrees, &c., when the following conferred : freer' BACHELOR OF DIVINITY.—R cv. Richard Lane Christ Church. ,f Cbri° MASTERS OF A EITS. —R,2v. Herbert G. Adams, ,t" de Church ; Rev. F. P. L owe (F e ll ow ) . M a gdalen L' °o witit' Edward R. Strickland, Trinity College Gordon ; ter bread, Brazennose Coll,ge. Vi c • BACHELORS OF Awrs.—George P. G. Coser st li q tre" k ' College ; Rev. Richard J. T. Thomas, Christ U n , John E. S. Schrelber, Balliol College. 'll rea d The Professor of Poetry has announced that be velvlov't his terminal lectures on Tuesday, March 12, at ty o° in the Clarendon. ho 're t/ 4 11. On Monrl4 evening, there was a meeting in t - r y . 7 hall, of the Oxford branch of the Church Ilission 2 b y A P ciety, which was most numerously and retir e "' cse °° ' tended. Several Gentlemen ably advocated the filth'and a very liberal collection was made in aid of th u 0; There was a meeting at the same place on Tuesfidgfestieo: ing, to discuss the Government plan of National rsl fele at which the Bishop of Oxford presided, when se'fioo f 0 lutions were agreed to for recommending that relt ooe struction in connection with the Established . Ch urc, form part of the plan. -, ' „ r s ' . . . . a' By the late Act of Parliament all 'e €C.-g , til e/Poi widows, or next of kin, are liable to a penalty of 100; " i% 01° P lect to prove wills or take out administrations Wit hin ' do after the death of the te.tator. oil „ f it!' The Hon. H. F. Berkeley paired 0 rac ite Affirmation Bill last night with Mr. St. Paul, and I,lr.- 00' Mr. Lambton. Sir John Peeliell, Bart., succe,as .o. e up „, ~,,,,ra v Captain Berkeley as one of the Junior Lords of tt_ . teM i ,4 7o, f l o pe THE LINENDRAPERS, LACEAIEN , ~..t i oti° yte; SIERS' INNTITUTION.—Yesterday the seventh annual ie s 'i s pol, e l above Institu , ion was held at the London Taverr i, urvO r ,, si i ; street ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor prcsiding• . r et4rJobi three hundred members sat clown to dinner. Th e SeC , itti ail' recent that the Society had 10,0004 fo i nded InE i n" ' 1, 0 tl' recent subscriptions and donations amounted to t 2 ,t h. '" 7 ":.,f .1 3-11 ,01 There are now living, in the parish " tha ile i g p ce' corn, twenty.thrae persons, whose ages average m ore ito of $ years each ! Headcorn, we should think, must be a c3 rc h e re! and would almost suit the Irishman who said ne wo I," ~, vs b h ",,to place where people didn't die, in order to go and end h` s , t 3 airia , DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Last rog' c ,,',.si- ole half-past eleven o'clock, as a man was driving a ca rt "- ,1 0 10 0 s t an or ie be re ii or ink n.'s Church, the horse became vi r,' restive, pavement. The man, in endeavouring to 1 , ..y h° l ` l _, o „ ft 10;to re' the animal's head, fell out of the cart, which. passed ''" - a te , ' - ~ as tonveyed to Charing.cross Hospital, 'And is n et c :lrkeil. ; 0 cover. His arms, one leg, and some of - his ribs are b. •yO . . f. najOr it ,st o t • The Dublin Tory papers claim a i ii for th jii in their favour on the result of the ~ egistration go in g ° E •vVS•:,, P'' APPREHENSION OF 71-UNITED going ~,„e.,,,, two cases which came before Mr. Bennett, of flattoo-re 1,01: he)' o p , office, on wednes,!ay, that gentleman decided than , tli / 0 „ ' 'oil , no right to apprehend persot4s on the mere suspicio. v ' e " s t hel . c oal! templated felon ; even If they were known as thi e , ne at tr_' 4 , o De he said, be engaged in or charged with some unlawful acv (a l' he ill of their apprehension. In one of these cases the Pri!°_,, i t on " - t o assaulted the constable and torn off the skirt (4. his ar c e — u oy 0 apprehended, but the Magistrate liberated Inn' a P P _,,„ 1 .115° ground that he had been taken into custody' ilnP r° P e "' o arC P ° 01 3 JUVENILE GAMINGi—At QUeell"'S_ bra 01_ t ot office yesterday, a lad who gets a living by hawkt :!, pi , c h ; ro t , brushes, was charged by a policeman with playing 3 .A c a e 1$ ,is ll hole" Hospital-row, Chelsea. Mr oregorie disch!rg_7 l st h e - ordered his father to come for the property, in orne'! be made acquainted with the conduct of th e bole • ' _..............„.....„,/ 1, 11.;4 1„,