The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. WISH WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 46 minutes after 41 Evening THE INTENDED CHARTER OF ENG LAND BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED in BLOOD COLOUR and adapted to hang up in every public-house and every cottage in the United Kingdom. GRATIS with NEXT WEEK S LONDON DISPATCH—price 4d. of all NewsmeM. (Office, 20, Cath er i ne - street. Ad vert i sements ' t ill Th urs d ay Night 6d. per line and the duty. VDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXXXIX. Advertisements for this :forthcoming Number are re tested to be sent to the Publishers on or before Monday. larch 18, and Bills on or before Wednesday, March 20. 39, Paternoster-row, March, 4, 1839. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, MARCH 4, Will be performed, JANE SHORE. !lichard, Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. Vandenhoff; Lord Hastings, Mr. Elton ; Dumont, Mr. Phelps ; Jane Shore, Miss Helen Faucit ; Alicia, Mrs. Warner. After which, THE KING AND THE DUKE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Tuesday, The Lady of Lyons, with Katharine and Petruchio, and High Life Below Stairs. - ` )P4 '?? 16I wr . , , r. i r w. tot , r f ann. LONDON : MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1839. EVENING EDITION. The Report of the Commissioners on Railroads for Ireland, has given rise to a question of the greatest importance to the community ; and we have little doubt that not only the Government, but par ties prejudiced in favour of entrusting such under takings to individual enterprise, will soon be con vinced of the great error committed in leaving this question so long undecided. Ai it is, there is but one opinion as to the mischievous effects that have been already produced by what may be called the voluntary principle. It has led to enormous out- I lay at the expense of the public, and to the great detriment of the projectors themselves, and deprived the Government of that control which it ought to have over a system which is making the most im portant changes in the trade, commerce, and pro perty of the kingdom. It is, indeed, melancholy to look back on the millions that have been need lessly squandered in contesting different lines, in bribing interested parties, and in carrying Bills •_hrough Parliament, that ought to have cost the country nothing. We believe we are near the truth in stating that one-half of the money expended on these purely national undertakings, might have been saved had our Government, like all the Govern ments on the Continent, adopted the system which they now propose for Ireland. There never was a more erroneous doctrine than the doctrine that pri vate individuals, and more especially public com panies, are the best judges of the expediency of any undertaking. The bridges built over the Thames on the voluntary principle, and the ruin entailed by th 2 countless companies of 1825, prove the very reverse. In fact, of all modes of carrying into effect great undertakings, this is the most expen sive, and that the holders of Railway Shares find to their cost. Had the great road that now intersects the country, been formed on principles like those laid down for Ireland, had a Commission of disinterested persons been appointed to value the land, and the Le gislature determined the line, and thereby prevented private individualsfrom robbing the public, in a thou sand ways, the cost of travelling would not have amounted to one-half of what the companies are now compelled to demand. Even in theory this ap pears incontrovertible, and we have pressed it on the Government for the last seven or eight years, but we trust not to theory alone. Practice has verified the prediction. In Belgium, where the system has been adopted, the success has even ex ceeded expectation. According to an intelligent traveller, Mr. CHAMBERS, the length of line now in operation in that country, amounts to 157 English miles, the expense incurred (and land there is about as valuable as in England) is only about 6,2501. per mile, the fares are exceedingly moderate, and such has been the concourse of pas sengers that already the first executed lines have nearly repaid all the outlay. In England, even with the utmost economy on the part of the Di rectors, the vast expense so needlessly incurred must keep up the fares, check communication, and in the end lead to new rival lines. Sir ROBERT P EEL , it appears, called his refrac tory squad t oge th er on S atur d ay , an d l ecture d t h em on their want o f discipline and disobedience in the House of Commons on Friday evening. It certainly was inexcusable in the hungry troops just as victory appeared to be hovering over their camp to scare her away by the exhibition of bigotry more in flamed than ever, and intolerance become absolute rancour. The country will never be content to place confidence in such a divided, rapacious, or virulent crew. They even broke a compact which their leaders had made, out of mere hatred to the bulk of their fellow-citizens. Sir ROBERT appears tame, plausible, and friendly enough, but when he cannot restrain his troops now, what will he be able to do when they are flushed with victory. The country is in a hopeful state, it has lost, we regret to say, its confidence in the Whigs, and the exhibition of Friday has convinced it that the Orange Tories are more savage than ever, and must be kept in strict restraint, or they win glut themselves with blood. We are glad to learn that Mr. VILLIERS iS to bring forward a motion in the House of Commons, we believe, on the 14th instant, for the total repc al of the Corn-laws. The motion for an inqu . ry into the allegations of the petition of the Ma 1- ehester manufacturers was necessarily and proper'y confined to their statements, and did not go o the whole subject. Only one branch of the guy tion has as yet been adverted to, and when the whole question is brought forward we shall I anxious to know what the Saintly party in the Hot: e or Commons, the PLUMPTRES, the INGLISES, ESTCOURTs, the GOULBURNS, and others, vi say in support of a law which fills the hospiu with disease and the gaols with criminals, ancl which sta rves mu l t i tu d es o f h uman beings out c,f existence. if they wish to see the cause whir h they so zealously espouse made loathsome to the bulk of the community they will vote for the con tinuance of the Devil's laws. We are amazingly surprised that any indepen- I dent Journal can defend Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S conduct in relation to Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion. What necessity was the Noble Lord under to resist it ? Surely when the Ministers consent to make the Corn-laws, which touch the safety of the em pire and the character of the Legislature, an open question; they might with propriety have left the performances in the Theatres on Wednesday and Friday in Lent to be decided by the good sense of the House of Commons. It was puerile in the Noble Lord, it was unworthy of any Minister, it was especially unworthy of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Whigs, in the present state of parties, to take the side he did. He resisted his own friends to oblige the most arrogant Churchman, one of the most violent enemies of the popular party, in the empire. It was enough to have ruined a Minister of 'far higher popularity and character than ever Lord JOHN RUSSELL has acquired. We refer our readers to an extract from the Guiana Chronicle of the 16th of January, for a fine sample of Colonial Legislation. It appears from that Paper that Mr. HOLMES (better known under the familiar designation of " BILLY HOLMES, the Tory whipper-in") was appointed by a faction "Agent" for the Colony during the administration nf its affairs by Col. BUNBURY, who obtained an unenviable colonial celebrity, in consequence of a dispute with the Chief Justice of St. Lucia—the particulars of which are not yet quite forgotten in England. It appears from the Guiana journal now before us that the appointment of Colonial Agent is likely to be confirmed, unless the authorities in Downing-street put their veto upon it, by instructing their representative in the Colony to act upon liberal principles instead of Yielding to a faction which has always been and ever will be the enemy of freedom, Passing from Guian a to Demerara, we find every day's experience proving that that Colony is gradually relapsing Into the state o f wre t c h e d ness i n w hi c h t h e latel amented G overnor Sir .I.4.ugs CARMI cHAE L SMY TH f oun d i t . U n d er t h e e ^llent administration of that able and efficient representa hve of the Crown, improvements Were everywhere discernibl e ; but a few months have .served to class them in the record of things past. The good Govern ment of our Colonies, under every administration, seems to be simply a matter ofchance—if, indeed, there be such a thing as chance recognised in the world. Young men are to be provided for—troublesome old men are to be got out of the way, and as a matter of course, the Minister of the day looks to the Colonies for places of honourable exile. It sometimes happens—as in the case of the appoint ment of BILLY HOLMES to a Colonial agency— that the consequences of a bad Colonial choice at first, re-act upon the Government at home. For is is it to be supposed that, had the Government exer cised a due degree of care previously, that the Legis lature of Guiana, or any portion of it, would select the Hon. Whipper-in of the Tories as Agent for that Colony, with a salary of 1,5001. a-year ? And what are to be his duties, if his appointment be confirmed ? Why, to rail in the House of Com mons against the Emancipation Act, now that the Planters have pocketed the twenty mil lions so generously granted by the British people for the eradication of slavery. Colonial agents are in five cases out of six the agents of Co lonial factions and not of the mass of the people. Have we not seen this in the case of the Canadas? Have we not witnessed it again and again is the case of Jamaica ? And is it not plain from the Report alluded to that the case of Guiana is not an exception ? We have inserted elsewhere a Letter from the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society, in answer to the charges brought against them by Mr. BESLEY, their former associate. We call the attention of our readers, and particu larly those of the metropolis, to the proceedings which took place at the Court of Common Council on Thursday. Since the Lo RD MAYOR hasbeen in office, he has been annoyed by anonymous slanderers, at tacked by certain portions of the provincial press, and even abused for his ignorance by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, because he has shown him self the friend of the poor, and the determined enemy of a monopoly which costs the inhabitants of London a million and-a-half year. The most vio lent attack, however, remained to be made, and that too, by a member of the Common Council, not in open Court, but in a letter in reply to a polite communication from the LORD MAYOR, request ing this gentleman's company to dinner. The letter speaks for itself. It seemed to excite the in dignation of every person in Court, excepting Mr. WIRE, who was once a Reformer, but who ap pears now the chosen advocate of abuses, and the abettor of a combination which not only the LORD MAYOR, but Mr. GALLOWAY, Mr. ANDERTON, and other disinterested Reformers, have justly de nounced as a most injurious conspiracy. We wish Mr. WIRE joy of his cause and of his client. When two persons debate a question, the on-looker always comes to the conclusion that the man who gets into a violent passion has the worst of the ar gument. The truth of this is so generally admitted that it has become a proverb, and any one who con trasts the calm and firm conduct of the LORD MAYOR with the raving madness of Mr. POTTER (for that is the coal-factor's name will have no hesita tion in admitting that the proverb never was more remarkably verified. A Committee has been ap pointed to take the scurrilous letter into considera tion, and we have little doubt that the Common Council will vindicate their own dignity, as well as the dignity of the Chief Magistrate, by visiting the author with the highest punishment they can inflict. If Mr. WIRE, after making use of the expressions attributed to him, does not bring forward a motion relative to the course pursued by the LORD MAYOR, and we believe he will not, the public may judge what a bad cause that must be which a City Attorney cannot defend. We received, last night, Brussels papers of the Ist inst., from which highly important ex tracts will be found in our columns of this day. The Central Section, which represents the whole Chamber of Deputies, has solemnly re solved that the King has not only the power to sign the treaty with Holland, but that his Majesty is justified by a proper regard to the interests of his subjects in adopting such a measure. Agreeably to the constitution of the Chambers, some forms re main to be gone through, but henceforth we may regard the question as virtually settled. The arrest of the few malcontents who are endeavouring to embroil their country in a war with all Europe, was regarded as an act of necessary firmness by the people of Brussels. The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday have all been received. They are filled with rumours respecting the elections ; but as the result will be known in the course of a few days, it would be idle on the part of Foreign Journals to anticipate facts by mere speculations. The election commenced on Saturday, and on Friday the Debats came out with a long article, in which it implored the electors to support the Government candidates as the representatives of peace, order, and the Char ter. The Courrier Francais preached a different doctrine, and in a strain not unworthy of one of the most respectable organs of the Opposition. We quote an extract from it : '• It is pretended that the resistance of the Opposition will go beyond the Ministry ; but this is an interested ca lumny. If the Crown be compromised in the present struggle, it is compromised by the Ministry alone. When we say that the Ministry exposes Royalty, tole rates the personal intervention of the Sovereign and the Princes in public affairs, and perverts the national institutions for the benefit of the Royal prerogative, we accuse not the Crown but Ministers, who are responsible even fur the errors of the Royal power. The evacuation of Ancona, the abandonment of Spain and Belgium, the hostile measures at one moment adopted against Switzerland all these grievances, serious in themselves, but which are of secondary importance when considered in a political point of view, are not the causes which have united the most diversified opinions against the: Cabinet of the 15th of April. Resistance is offered to it, because it is in itself a serious infringement upon the national institutions—because it has not sprung from the majority, and cannot command a majority—because it repre sents itself as the organ of an immutable system, and converts fre Royal prerogative into a sort of despotism to be imposed on the Chambers, the electors, and the country. Resist ance is offered to it, because, in giving a false direction to the government, it places Royalty in danger—because it corrupts at once liberty and power—because it is the organ and instrument of the Court. The system of the 15th of April is the Government of the Court, and this system is energetically repelled by the Opposition, which thinks that the ejectors have a right to assert their opinions, that the country is in a majority, and that the majority ought to govern." There has been recently a decided movement among the shopocracy, in favour of Ministers. This class of electors has the greatest abhorrence of war ; and its members being in a thriving con dition the they cannot perceive the want of a change of system, The Ministerial organs have so worked upon their fears, that they are now among the surest defenders of the MoLg Cabinet. The following extracts from the Journals, include all the news contained in them of any interest to English readers. The Prince pE JOINVILLE landed at Brest from Mexico on the :, 2 .6th ult., and proceeded immediately to Paris. The Duke of ORLEANS set out to meet him on Thursday. The Phare de Bayonne of the 26th has the following passage :—lt is reported in some circles at Madrid, that the prorogation of the Cortex has no other object than to terminate the negotiations relative to the treaty which has been spoken of for this last month, and by which it is said the English will be allowed the free importation of their cotton manufactures into Spain. It is added that in exchange for this concession, an advance of money, to which the name of a loan is given, will be made to the Spanish Government. According to the current reports, 20 millions of reels aro to be immediately paid into the Treasury, and 15 millions more added under the name of interest of this loan as it is called. Though the execution of such a project would be calculated to consum mate the ruin of the Spanish manufacturers, the penury of the Treasury is so great, and its wants so urgent, that we must expect to see it carried into effect very shortly...-. .T. e Commerce. soußs....r. —PLUS, SATURDAY, MARCH 2. First Highest Lowest Last. Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents llO 95 ... 111 10 „. 110 95 ... 111 10 3per Cents 79 5 ... 79 40 ... 79 .„ 79 49 Bank of rrarice —.. ... Latfitte Bank I,ooof. 5,001 f. sh„„ 5150 ...5195 ...513. _4195 Belgian 5 per Cents lOO% „. 100% ... 10031 ... L OON 3 per Cents ...... Bank 562 50 ... 56 2 50 „. 560 ... 560 S anish Ac ire 19% ... 19X .., n% ... 19% Neapolitan Roman ........,.. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles R. B 550 ... 560 ... 550 ... 560 Chatieroi... 450 ...459 ... 400 x.. 450 Orleans • 440 ... 440 ... 440 ... 440 Strasburg to Bale 325 ... 325 ... 325 ... 323 ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Polonceau 425 425 p .. 425 ... 425 We were not prepared for the unfavourable re sult of the negociations with Portugal upon the Slave Question, which will be found in the Lisbon correspondence of a Contemporary, inserted irk a.iolher column. Our Government has now but one course to pnrsue, if it consult its own dignity and the rights of humanity. Having failed in ne gociating the observance of a just Treaty, it only remains to enforce it at all hazards. This is the way to bring the Portuguese Government to its senses. The news received this morningfrom the Spanish frontier is not calculated to clear up the mystery which hangs over the massacre of the Carlist Generals. On the 26th ult. "an Order of the Day" was published at Elisondo by command of MAROTO, which, in the name of Don CARLOS, continues MAR.wro in his command ; approves of the massacre at Estella, and declares the pre vious decree for the outlawry of that infamous as sassin to be a forgery. A different version of this affair is given in our City article, according to which MAROTO has raised the standard of the QUEEN. We must await further and more authentic intel ligence. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1839. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY The anxiety which has prevailed in the City for two days past for some further official arrivals respecting the barbarity committed by General Maroto in assassinating the Carlist Generals has not been realized as yet. The express from Paris bas furnished us with contradictory ac counts, and upon which no reliance can be placed. Up to the present hour no Papers from New York have been received in the City. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 92i 93 Money, and 93k 4, for the Account, may be quoted rather better at present, 934 buyers for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 65 67; Bank Stock, for the open ing, 206 207 ; India Stock, 2564 2571. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed on Satur day at 204 i, at present 20 f ; Portuguese closed at 354 I, may be quoted at 354- ' • Belgian, 101 fr ; B raz ili an , aok 81 ; Colombian, 294 i ; Mexican, 231 H 244 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1i 2 prem. ; Dutch Two-and-a-alf per Cents., 55} i ; Five per Cents., 1034 1. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 6O 49 ereat Western Railway Company 66 77% Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway IP London and Southampton Railway Company 38/. 17s. 9d, 44 London and Croydon Railway Company 161. gs. 12% Ditto New Scrip Manchester and Birmingham Railway l5 134 North Midland Railway Company: 55 554 British North American Bank PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 2. 3 per Cent. Consols 3 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Ditto New, 1830 33g per Cent. Debentures... 9i% National Insurance Company Bank Stock . City Debentures 4 per cent. Grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. LIVERPOOL, COTTON MARKET, FEB. 2.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been extensive, 8,000 bags have been sold at full prices, 2,1100 bales have been taken on speculation. Consols have improved to 934 11 for the Account ; Money, 934 ; Exchequer Bills lower, 64 ; Bank Stock, Shut ; India Bonds, 65 67; India Stock, 256. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active rather lower, Isi- 20 ; Portuguese, 35 to 354 ; Three per Cents., 214 22 ; Belgian, nothing done ; Brazil, 804 ; Scrip, 1 k prem. ; Colombian, 29}; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55} i ; Five per Cents, 1031 r ; New Loan, 1004 i. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 26534 India Stack 25g 3 per Cent. Red O4 Ditto Bonds 67 3per Cent. Ccus 024 ? Ditto Old Annuities :134 per Cent. Red. 101% iDAto New Annuities New 334 per Cent 1,0% ,Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 254d....64 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ It 4 pin Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 03 pm, Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Ditto. New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent lO% !Ditto, Consolidated French, 5 per cent. f. —c. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —,. Dutch, 256 per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. 'O. SHA RES. Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds BO7 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent., — Chilian 6 per cent 26 Colomli.an, 6 per cent 27% Ditto, 1824 29 Danish, 3 per cent 76% Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent _ Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 — Peruvian, 1825,6 per cont — ._ ..... .......,. Birmingham and Derby Railway 49 Great Western Railway .- . --- London and Brighton Railway - 12% London and Blackwall Railway 7 London and Birmingham Railway 1;0 Ditto Quarter Shares London and Greenwich Railway IN London and Southampton Railway 43Yy London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 12% London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto ditto Extension 44 North Midland Railway LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, MARCH 2.—Wind, S. W., fine. Arrived and proceeded for the River the Dash, Kilbick, from Nassau. Came down from the River and remain with the outward bound, the Campbel, Robson, for Tobago ; Elizabeth, Walker, Greenock. MARCH 3. —Wind E. S. E., fine.__. Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Lady Raffles, from Calcutta ; Alonzo, Walters, Plymouth. Came down from the River and sailed with the outward bound, the Montreal, Griffing, for New York; Victoria, Goulding, Brazil. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2 AND 3.—Wind S. E., fine.-. The Elizabeth, Meral, for London; Dibden, Richards, ditto. Sailed the Indus, Jobling, for Bordeaux ; Dart, Pepperell, Dartmouth ; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2 AND 3.—Windvariable.—Arriv e d the Marquis Camden, Reed, from London ; Th e ti s , Fe zic, Fayall ; Ann, Johnson, London ; Azores packet, Gib son, Velli. Sailed the;Motson, Paisby, Tobago; Bees. wing, Chancellor, --; Perseverance, Lang, Malta; Derwent, Addison, Gibralter ; Henriette, Guadaloup ; Clara, Dunn, Antwerp. FALMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind S. S. W., fresh gales. March 2.—Wind S. E. to E. S. E.—Arrived the Bra. ganza (steamer), M'Leod, from Gibraltar—sailed the 21st ult., from Cadiz, 22, Lisbon, 25, Oporto, 26, and Vigo, 27 ; Mary Wyllie, Miller, Jacmel ; Edgcombe, Ant werp, and sailed 2d for Gloucester ; ewer, Le Brun, Jamaica, and sailed the 2d for Newport and Brazil ; Sarah Nicholson, Bemton, Trieste ; Active, Snell, Swansea ; Splendid, Heisler, London, and sailed 2d for Belfast ; Duke of Cambridge (steamer), Bally, ditto, and pro ceeded for Dublin; Braganza (steamer), M'Leod, Lon don ,• Aurelia, Blackburn, Constantinople; Joseph Peel, Cork, Malta; Pheasant, Scott, Gibraltar; Regent, Blake, Waterford, LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Wind N. W. - 3. Wiad S. E.-- Arrived the Queen Mab, from Cullender ; Kate, Cuthbert, son, :it. Michael's ; Friends, Allen, Leghorn ; Finland, Allen, ditto, after being on shore on the rock : James Dunn, Lisbon ; Dolphin, Baiter, Rotterdam ; Pauline, Perre, Ostend; Hardware, Viner, Lisbon ; Adelaide, Granby, Cadiz. Sailed the Triton, ;Scorjee, for Brazil; Africa, Baxter, Havannah ; Medora, Barbadoes ; Louisa, Menall, Mobile; Francis Armstrong, New York ; Sheffield, Allen, ditto ; Argo, Bordeaux ; Azores (Packet), Peters, St. Michael's; Rosalind, Marseilles; Europe, Swindall, Lisbon ; Melly, Pernambuco; Centurion, Manger, ditto ; Avon, Robinson, Demerara ; Woodman, Good, Rio Janeiro ;:Jeune glise, Laguay ? St. Thomas ; Alexander, Scott, Barcelona ; Cincinnatti, Barston, I:Jew Orleans ; Montreal, L aw t on , ditto ; Superior, Taylor, Mobile ; Mariame, Bonnynaap, New York. The Irish agriculturists continue to afford testi linnFAY in favour of a community of interests and objects with England Thair Papers teem with reports of public meetings for the 'purpose of peqetuating the iniquitous tax on bread. The Sessions re-opened this morning, before the RE CORDER, Alderman PIRIE, and Alderman Sir C. MARSHALL, with the usual eivil authorities. The RECORDER, in charging the Grand Jury, mentioned that the number of cases, 227, though not so great as it was in many instances, would probably be considerably in creased before the sessions were closed. There were fewer serious charges than ordinary, and none of those upon which the, Learned Recorder observed, presented any fea ture of remarkable interest. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS • CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The packet ship George Washington, which sailed from New York on the 7th ult. arrived at Arklow on Saturday, and forwarded the letters and papers by a steamer to Li verpool, all was quiet in the Canadas ; exchange in Eng land for first rate bills 9 ; United Bank 1191. From Cape of Good Hope papers received to the 3d January :—" On offering our readers the compliments of the season we have to congratulate them on the state of the revenue. The accounts of course have not yet been made up, but his Excellency has stated in his address to the Council, that it has increased beyond all expectation. Of the present harvest we hear contradictory accounts; we infer that it is generally neither markedly above nor below what is estimated an average crop. " The new Governor, Sir Geo. Napier, has been chiefly engaged in making himself acquainted with the present state of the colony, in completing arrangements with the native tribes beyond and upon the border, and in the security of the eastern province and the protection of pro perty. " Another feature in this year's history is the formation of six joint-stock companies, including two banks and two insurance companies. " The great increase in our foreign trade, and in the num ber of vessels entering Table Bay, has given occasion for a Commercial Wharf Company, for landing and shipping goods. " Extract from the Custom House books : Total Imports and Exports. Imports Exports Quarter ending Oct. 10, 1838." We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 22d February. As usual, the news from Spain which they contain has been anticipated by the French papers. • Arrivals this morning —Two French, two Ostend, one Dutch, and one Hamburgh mails; also, a mail from Gibraltar, by the Braganza, sailed on the 21st of Fe bruary, Cadiz 22d, Lisbon 25th, Oporto 26th, and Vigo the 27th. Our arrivals this morning of most importance are from the United States, Lisbon, and the Cape of Good Hope. From New York the private letters are of a favourable nature, in respect to commerce, which has begun to revive, having been very dull for some time past. In the Canadas all was tranquil. The Exchange upon England 9, United States' Bank 1191. Accounts from Logrono, 23d February, state that on Maroto receiving the news of the decree of Don Carlos, putting him out of the law, he harangued the troops under his command, to the number of 6,009 men, declaring to them that he proclaims Isabella legitimate Queen of Spain. At the same time he sent Colonel Arizabal to Leon el Conde, to join him. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY. The House sat to day to hear Scotch Appeals. The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Earl of Wicklow, and Lord Valli. GORDON V. CLYNE. The Lord CHANCELLOR and Lord BROUGHAM gave the judgment of their Lordships in this case, which came be fore the House in three appeals in the course of last week. Their Lordships ordered the first appeal to be dismissed with costs, and the third and appeals to be dis missed, reserving the question of costs. Lord Baouanast, after he had concluded giving judg ment, said, " My Lords, I consider it to be my duty, in performance of strict justice alone, to make a few observa tions at this moment in reference to what has occurred in ano ther place relative to one of the Learned Judges from whose decision, the present appeals are brought. I allude, my Lords, to Lord Glenlee. I have been in constant corres pondence with that Noble and Learned Lord ; and from that correspondence, and the intimate acquaintance I have with that Learned Lord, I will take upon myself to de clare that upon not only matters of Scotch juris prudence, but, also upon subjects of literature and science, the mind of that Learned Lord is as strong, as active, and vigorous as ever, and however much I may re spect the high authority that has taken upon itself the arice of pronouncing upon the capacity—the judicial capacity of the Noble and Learned Lord—however much, I say, I may be inclined to listen to that high autho rity, and to that superior illumination of mind, still I will not bow with that deference which may be due to that authority until I have lost my own memory of what Lord Glenlee is now and always has been. In the opinions I have expressed to your Lordships, with refe rence to my Lord Gienlee, my Learned Friend, Lord Lyndhurst, cordially concurs ; and he would have been here to have stated his opinions had it not been for the fact that he has not heard any of the arguments in the appeal upon which your Lordships have just given judgment. I have, however, my Lords, the authority of Lord Lyndhurst to state that he has been in correspondence with one or two of the other Judges who have been alluded to in another place, particularly the Chief Justice of the Court of Session, and be is decidedly and deliberately of opinion that the great faculties and the intelligent minds of those illustrious and venerable men are as strong and as vigorous as ever. It is, therefore, my Lords, no light matter that fabrications should go forth to the public, and that they should be accredited in high places. It is true, that much depends upon the fancies of men ; but I know that when once it is promulgated that the mind of a man is gone or going, let that mind be ever so sound or strong, there will he plenty of persons ready to believe that they have themselves observed symptoms of an aber ration of mind. If, my Lords, it is necessary that the judicial character of the Judges of Scotland else. where should be carped at—if it is necessary that their conduct should be attacked, let it be done in the manner pointed out by the Constitution—by an address of both Houses of Parliament to the Crown, and not by holding up the Judges to derision and contempt, by stating that they had survived their faculties and intellects, and that they sat upon the Bench, which they could not adorn, that they might have a pretext for receiving the public money for the discharge of duties they had no longer the capa city to perform. For my own part, my Lords, I would much rather be arraigned at your Lordships' bar, where I could defend myself, than submit to be the butt of such shafts, and the victim of such attacks. I trust, my Lords, that your Lordships will pardon me for having made these observations, but I felt it to be my duty to do so, considering the situation in which I am placed, of being the oldest Judicial Peer present in this House. If my Lord Eldon bad been alive, I have no doubt that he would have considered it his duty to adopt the same course which I have done, because it is the special and the precious privilege of your Lordships to defend, to sustain, and to protect the Learned Judges, when you know that they have been foully, falsely, and unjustifiably assailed." THE MARKETS.- (THIS DAY . CORN EXCHANGE. Last week furnished a large arrival of Foreign Wheat and Irish Oats, moderate quantities of English Grain, and a fair return of Flour; and the trade was dull for every article. The fresh supply of English Corn has been small, but the show of Foreign Wheat and Irish Oats being con siderable, the buyers manifested scarcely any disposition to do business. The little fine English Wheat for sale went off slowly at hardly so good prices as last week, and other sorts, together with the Foreign, were Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Barley was dull at a decline of Is. per quarter. Beans met a slow sale at last quota tions. Boiling and Grey Pease maintained their terms. The Oat trade was extremely dull, and to effect sales Is. per quarter decline was submitted to on all but the finest quality. Flour again resumed the heaviness previously complained of, and lower rates would have been taken, but the bakers' stocks were sufficient to induce them to decline buying. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP Wheat, Red (old) -s. --.8 Beans, Small (new) 439 41s -- White (old) 4. -s. (old) 46., 184 - Red 1838) 62s. 655. - Tick (new) 34s 35. Fine 665. 68s. .-- Superfine 70s. 745. - Harrow (new) 375. 38s. -.White (1838) ....665. 68s. -- Fine 70s. 72s Brank Superfine 755. 808. Oats, Feed -Foreign free...... 665. 82s. New 253.29 e; Ryc 425. 455. - Poland --8 3, Barley 365. 425. New 9 53.303 -. Grinding .365. ngs -- Potatee 28,303. - Malting .............40a. 445. Malt 565. 655. Scotch 283.318. 4-- Fine New 665. 70s. - Irish .235.... 26..285. Pease, Grey, New 3533. 365. Flour Town (per sack) .... 60,65 r . - Maple New 3's. 38s. Seconds 56 5-44. - White 40s. 42a. -....- Nsrth C0untry....543.55:. - Boilers 425. 445. Bran Ils 12 ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST VVEE/3. Wheat. Barley. vats. 13'0 0 0 . English Irish - r 5 93 30,521 - Foreign SMITHFIELD. Beasts were in pretty large supply, but as the trade was nut brisk, prices of beef were lower by 4d. per stone than those of this day week. Mutton was a fair trade, at former prices. A short supply of Lamb, and the price moderate. But little done in Veal; price unaltered. Pork was a shade higher. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d.; Mutton, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4J. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Beasts, 3,279 ; Sheep, 19,440 ; Pigs, 301 ; Calves, 66. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her august Mother attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Winchester, from Isaiah, chap. 5, verses 3 and 4. The lessons were read by the Rev. Mr. Haden; the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London and the Sub-Dean. The musical ser vice was Boyce, in C. The anthem was " 0 Lord, thou hast searched me" (Croft). Mr. Knyvett presided at the organ. In the Royal suite were Lady Lyttleton, Lady Flora Hastings, the Honourable Miss Cocks, Lady Gardiner, Lord Byron, the Honourable Colonel Cavendish and Mr. Rich. , After the service her Majesty and suite returned in three carriages to Buckingham Palace. The Queen rode out on horseback on Saturday, attended by the Hon. Miss Murray, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quen tin, Lord Byron, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Right lion. George Steven s By ng , M r. Ri ch, and Lord Alfred Paget. The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne had audiences of her Majesty on Saturday. Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday. Among the company were, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Duke of Argyll, Marchioness of Breadalbane, Marquis of Conyngham, Earl at,d Countess of Tanker ville, Earl of Lovelace, Count Woronzow, Viscount Lis more, Lord Rossmore, Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothsay, Hon. Miss Stuart, Lord Fitzalan. The Band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening, A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Mel bourne, Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Vis count Palmerston, Marquis of Normanby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thompson, Viscount Howick, and Lord Morpeth. received o Despatches from sat romG urday Governor the Colonial t Office. rLiglt,atßritish Guiana, were Viscount Melbourne gave a Parliamentary dinner on Saturday, at his residence in South-street. Among the company were the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl of Gos ford, Viscount Falkland, Lords Vernon, Carrington, Polti more, Seaford, Barham, and Marcus Hill, Sir Richard Phillips, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir C. Grey, Messrs. Edward Buller, G. R. Smith, 0. Stanley, and E. J. Stanley. The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained at dinner on Saturday, the Duke of Buckingham, Earl and Countess of NSTiusrcroeuyn, teEarlViscountess Mahon, of oDn and Lordvon, Earl John Fitzroy. artdCo uns s of Cawdor, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTURES. Lord Monson, from Lord Warwick's, Carlton-gardens, for Gat ton Park, Ensem, Surrey; Lord A. Fitzclarence, for Goodwood; Earl and Countess Beachamp, from Portman-square, for Madres field Court, Worcester; Earl of Coventry, for Croome Court, near Aster; Captain Scott, for the York Hotel, at Brighton; Baron Dimsdale, from Mivart's Hotel ; Lord and Lady Hatherton, from Grosvenor-place, for Teddesley Park, Staffordshire; Colonel Sir F. 11. Reynett, for Hampton Court Palace; the 'Duke of Newcastle, Mynnynghara from Portman-square, for his seat Clumber Park, Notts; Sir John Crosbie, from Hanover-square, for his seat in Sussex; the Hon, Captain and Mrs. Keppel, from ditto, for Hastings; Lord Canti_ lo p e, from Upper Gresvenor.street, from Goodwood, on a visit to at Sir Robert urea:, froth the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. fromkenharn; Lord KilmoreY. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Haddington, r ,in Berkeley-square, House, near Dunbar ; Mrs. Ci*yering A3 Air'a, in May-fair; the Hon. Colonel Anson, in his seat Shavington H at a T ll, " S m hr a ci s Aintree, near Liverpool; the Hon. Charles Langdale, MP., ill Ile- Pnt-street ; Alexander Murray, Esq., M. r. , frorn his villa at Twic. from Brigli. land; Cambridgeshire Lord of Huntingdon, and Mrs. Power, at their new residence on Cumbe.y„ College ; the Hon. Twistletpn Viennes, in the AlbanY, land terrace, Regent's Park; Lady p is s h H i r o e t e ; l , t hßilteieger Regent's Earl e e n l e tt. y api - ni s adp u aer a krNes:, Countessef trai the i e; n and Mrs. Gordon, at Chelsea trathfieldsaye, i ; , : c i ir i i. : 4 nLaLdi Lieutenant-Col. CharlottetCo o n l : o C ann li d e c s : M e mi y sb , se f rß r i o a r nrdy: the Gloucester Hants Lord .rl of : on el , l h in ir g e t i o n , th a e t E A ar p l s o le f y li H ar o a u vv se ic , 4 f , ro in m ijr h c4 i o s k, :e t ::: ; t e i r n r a C ce ° , n Brighton; fro the hheif:Dsuekate A. Macdonald, in Connaught-place, kern Hon. rept, from a visit to from a con. ~ street, from their and Lady Clinton, from their Sefton, at Croxteth seat,t Maden Bradley, Wilts; the Hon. Co!. Anson, M.P., in Hill_ the Earl and Countess of Park Lancashire; tinental tour Bryanston.aqbare, ; the Hon. 'Mr. • Kennedy, ' in '. Lord Fitzalan, in Hyde Farlt-Plase, &cm'. ... Brighton; Lord Tullamore, frem his seat in Ireland; Sir cf;O s : y,geffln, Dart, from tri ht • Lord 'l4enno* from Ireland, . on ,4. 2 Tl' G and La ; d t y h eseEyamr Seymour, u o r f , M i o n u nsttc. as): m e I *e from,seo3.t : Isis Csuel: : in Castle I re: - tie reneral Steam Navigation Company' s packet, the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House, yestErda f° LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. By the arrival of the New York packet ship George Washington, we have received files of New York, Mon treal, Quebec, and Toronto papers to the date of that ves sel's sailing from New York, the 7th ult. Owing to contrary winds and calms, the vessel has not yet been able to make this port ; but Captain Holdridge landed some passengers at Arklow, who brought here the letter bags and newspapers. We subjoin the following extracts : MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Bee.) MEXICO, DEC. 27, 1838.—Matters are in such an ano malous state now, that surely they cannot remain much longer. Here we had a three days' Ministry of Gomez Pedraja and his confederates for a reform of the Con stitution of 1824, say from the 12th to the 15th instant, during which we bad a regular tumult, unaccompa nied by any other excess than ringing of bells and a few broken windows, and cries in the streets of " Vive la Union" and " Viva Federacion"—all which led to nothing after all. The troops remained firm, and threatened to leave the city and proclaim Santa Anna as Dictator. Upon this Bustamente quarrelled with his newfangled Ministry, who retired, and once more left the political field to the " Centralists;" but confidence in Bustamente is gone, and he has had the greatest difficulty in forming a new Ministry, composed of Tornel for the War Depart ment, Gorortija for Foreign Affairs, Colonel Corlina for Finance, who, by the way, is a much better Colonel of the " Battalion de Commercio" than a Minister of Finance; and Lebrija, brother of the Administrator of our Custom house, for the Interior. Meantime the interior of the country was rather troubled, but all is quiet again. Our communication with Tampico continues to be cut off by Canalijo, with his troops, and hitherto the efforts to persuade General Urrea to give up his " federal" plan and submit to Government have proved nothing. How Government will manage to raise funds is not very clear. Hitherto it had subsisted on patriotic loans and u few contributions—ultimately the clergy must pay for the war, which will serve them right, as they are preaching it up in their churches. The Diario of Havana, of the 18th instant, contains news from the city of Mexico, of the 21st December, an nouncing the appointment of Don Manuel Edouardo Go rostizo to be Minister of the Interior ; and he had taken the required oath and entered upon the discharge of his functions. It appears from these dates that the Mexicans were striving to force the French to give up the blockade of Vera Cruz, by means of starvation. The Admiral had written a note to the Commander of the camp at Anton Lizardo, informing him that he would permit individuals to come into the town from the country in order to sell their cattle and provisions to the fleet, and that they would be paid in bard money. The Mexican Commander re fused to accede to this offer, and laid it before the Go vernment. NEW BRUNSWICK. The Legislature of New Brunswick met for the dispatch of business on the 13th instant ; upon which occasion his Excellency Sir John Harvey, the Lieutenant-Governor, delivered a speech full of interesting matter with respect to the improvement and prosperity of the province, and containing important information with respect to the whole of these provinces. His Excellency expresses his satisfaction at again meeting the Legislature, and in tendering his co-operation in all such measures as were calculated to promote the prosperity of tire province, he congratulates both houses upon the state of the province, in which tranquillity and good order, security of person and property, plenty and contentment, may be said to pre vail ; and contrasts such a situation with that of the sister provinces, in which the extraordinary spectacle has again been exhibited, of loyal subjects having to defend their lives, property, and institutions against attacks from armed bsnds of hostile citizens of a friendly nation. Upon this subject his Excellency well observes : " With the institutions of other States we can have no desire to interfere, nor even to animadvert upon them, so long as our rights and securities are not endangered. The power of controlling the excesses of its population, by enforcing submission to the laws, is one which would seem essential to be possessed by the Government of every well constituted state, and of which the absence might almost be regarded as amounting to a virtual dissolution of the social, and consequently of the international, compact. Entertaining these opinions, I observe, with satisfaction, that the officers of the general government of the United States, supported by the approbation of the moderate and respectable of all classes of its citizens, appear to be ex erting themselves with energy in their endeavours to de monstrate, that in that Union there does reside the power of controlling the action of its citizens, and thereby main taining its friendly relations with foreign states." Upon the important communication by steam with the mother country; and land and water communication between the lower provinces and the Canadas, the following extract fron his Excellency's speech will be found interesting:— " Recent events have shown the great importance of the communications between those lower provinces and the Canadas being rendered more practicable, not only for the passages of the mail carriers, but of troops at all sea sons of the year. In connection with this subject, I have to invite your early attention to a despatch which I have received from the Secretary of State, and which I shall cause to be laid before you, relative to the establishment by the home government of steam packets, for the conveyance of her Majesty's mails to Halifax, and suggesting that the improvement of the roads and com munications between that place and Quebec should be brought under the consideration of the provin cial Legislature; and, with reference to that part of them which passes through this province, I recommend to your consideration the great advantage, as well with a view of expediting and facilitating our intercourse with Lower Canada, as to the opening and settlement of the country, which would attend the early completion of the Royal Road,' upon which so large a sum has been already ex pended. lam happy to say that the result of a recent examination of that road, which I shall direct to be laid before you, appears satisfactorily to prove that the land through which it passes is in general well adapted for set tlement. In further connection with this line, I would draw your attention to the recent explorations of the ob structions in the bed of the St. John River, above Fre dericton, the report of which will also be laid before you ; and I would further suggest an immediate exploration of a road direct from Fredericton to the Restigouche, to strike that river opposite the commencement of the Metis road. This line might, perhaps, be advantageously con nected with the Royal road, and also with the settlement of Stanley. I would likewise suggest the improvement of the road from Bathurst to Dalhousie and Campbelltown ; also the shortening of that from Sackville, in the county of Westmoreland, to the Nova Scotia province line, across the Tantamar marsh. All the other lines of great roads will doubt less receive a due share of attention. I would more par ticularly indicate that from St. Andrew's to Fredericton and St. John, including on the latter line a more safe, expeditious, and convenient passage across the mouth of the river St. John than at present exists—an improvement by which the whole of the western section of the province, including Federicton and the city of St. John itself, would be greatly benefited. To this object legislative aid has already been afforded. The experience which I have recently had of the advantages possessed by the fort of Shediac, as a convenient point for connecting the naviga• tion of the Bay of Fundy with that of Northumberland Straits and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, will, I trust, be turned to future useful account; and I suggest the appro priation of a small sum, to be applied to the objects of erecting a jetty or wharf in that harbour, and making a correct survey of the channel leading to it, with a view to determine any doubt which may now exist as to its safe and perfect accessibility during the whole of the open season of the year." His Excellency then goes on to suggest the advantages of giving encouragement to agricultural pursuits in a country whose soil is fertile, and whose climate ensures an abundant return to the cultivator. As to the Fisheries, it is suggested that a bounty, judiciously guarded against abuse, might be very beneficial. Upon the subject of the Report of a Geological Survey and Exploration of a sec tion of that province, his Excellency expresses a hope that the liberality of the Legislature will enable him to continue so useful a research. To promote emigration and facilitate settlement in the province, it is proposed that the practice of granting isolated lots should be discontinued, and that situations well adapted for settlement should be selected by Government, particularly along great roads, and laid out and divided into lots. The expediency is also suggested of se teeing propersites, and making reservations for inland towns and villages, to which roads should be made. On the subject of a survey of the Bay of Fundy, a dispatch from the Colonial Secretary would be laid before the Legislature, intimating that such survey would be commenced as soon as that of the Gulf of St. Lawrence should be finished. It was also intimated that a dispatch was received from the same de partment, indicating a warm interest in the actual condi tion of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country resident in New Brunswick, and which his Excellency would bring under the early notice of the Legislature. His Excellency concluded his excellent speech by recommending the erec. tion of a substantial public building, in which all the public offices might be concentrated, and the public records de posited. OPENING OF THE LEGISLATURE OF NoT,'A SCOTIA. At two o'clock on the 14th inst., his Excellency the Lieutenant -Governor proceeded in State to the Council Chamber, and being seated, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was directed to command the attendance of the House of Assembly ; the House attended accordingly, when his Excellency was pleased to deliver the following speech ' 5 Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Le gislative Council. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. " The loyalty for which Nova Scotia has always been conspicuous was never more cordially expressed than in your joint address congratulating her Majesty on her ac cession to the throne; nor more pleasingly exhibited than io the rejoicing which took place in all parts of the pro vince on tne occasion of her coronation. Such being the general feeling towards our beloved Sovereign, I could not open the present Session in a more acceptable manner than by acquainting you t that her Majesty received, with gratitilde and satisfaction, the assurances of your devoted attachment to her person and Government; and that, in promoting the interests of her faithful subjects in this colony, the Queen will discharge one of the most grateful duties of the station to which it has pleased Divine Pro. vidence to call her.' " I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the con tinned prosperity of the province. At the present moment we have ample cause to be thankful to the Almighty for an abundant harvest, a successful fi3hery, an improving corn 'Tierce and revenue, and for uninterrupted tranquillity. " In the full enjoyment of this last and great blessing, we cannot but deeply lament that our loyal brethren in the Cartads ace pot equally favoured and lam assured that .irhile admiring the noble stand which they have success fully; made against the late nefarious attempts to sever the connection with the parent kingdom, you will sincerely feel for the sufferings of the families of those brave men who h ave f a ll en w hi le defend i ng th? 44Ceof , ty of their Sovereicn and their owo dearest fights. " You canfibt hil've railed to observe with high satisfac . tion, that every act of her Majesty's Government, relating to these colonies has clearly indicated her firm resolve to withstand all attempts to destroy or weaken her supremacy over them. " It affords m© gratification to state that it is contem plated to substitute steam-packets for the sailing vessels now employed for the conveyance of the mails between Great Britain and Halifax. " To secure the attainment of all the advantages anti cipated from this arrangement, the co-operation of the Legislatures of the several colonies to be benefited by it is essential ; and I obey her Majesty's command in submit ting the matter to your consideration, and inviting you to assist in improving the mail routes, and to afford such other facilities as may depend on you, with a view to increase expedition in the communication between this place, New Brunswick, and Quebec. _ _ " Her Majesty trusts 'that this measure, involving as it does considerable additional expenditure by the Mother Country, will prove beneficial to the public, and give satis faction to the Colonies. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly :-- I have ordered the accounts for last year, and the esti mates for the present year to be laid before you, and I have the fullest reliance on your readiness to make due provision for the several branches of the public services. " Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council ; " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly ; " Your address, complaining of the habitual violation by American citizens of the treaty subsisting between Great Britain and the United States, on the subject of the fisheries, has engaged the serious attention of her Majesty's Government ; and, you will be happy to learn, that it has been determined, for the future, to station an armed force on the coast of Nova Scotia, to enforce a more strict ob servance of the provisions of the treaty by the Amerieans ; and that her Majesty's Minister at Washington has been instructed to invite the friendly co-operation of the Govern ment of the United States for that purpose. " The most attentive consideration has also been given to your several other addresses in the last session ; and it will be my duty to lay before you the replies which her Ma jesty has been graciously pleased to return to them. " As many of the members who come from a distance must be inconvenienced by being detained so long in Halifax, I rely on your continued assiduity in the dis charge of your respective duties ; and you may be assured of my ready concurrence in all measures which may appear conducive to the real advantage and welfare of this happy province." UPPER CANADA. His Excellency Sir George Arthur, the Lieutenant- Governor of Upper Canada, has been making a tour of inspection of the Western District of that province. From the London Gazette and Toronto Patriot we learn that his Excellency had everywhere been received with the honours and respect due to his rank, as the representa tive of her Majesty in the sister province. Upon his return to Toronto his Excellency was received at Chatham with every demonstration of respectful joy, and an address was presented to him from the Clergy, Ma gistrates, and other inhabitants of that place, and its vicinity, congratulating his Excellency on his visit to that distant part of the province ; viewing with great satisfac tion the fruits of his Excellency's foresight, prudence, and activity, which had saved the province from devastation and murder ; expressing a hope that the gallant militia of the district might soon be permitted to return to their homes; and trusting his ;Excellency might long he spared to govern the province in more favourable times. At St. Thomas's another address was presented to his Excellency, from the inhabitants of that place and its vicinity, expressive of the pleasure which that oppor tunity afforded to them of addressing the representative of their Sovereign. They said that the appearance of his Excellency in that part of the province at that season of the year, evinced his great regard for the safety and security of all her Majesty's loyal subjects therein ; that they viewed with admiration his Excel lency's dignified administration of the province; that they could not forbear to express their just indignation at the lawless proceedings of the citizens of the United States, who, not content with harbouring murderous traitors— enemies of God and man—had themselves come forward to perpetrate crimes revolting to humanity; and that nothing was more worthy of praise than the endeavours his Ex cellency had used to allay religious discussion in the pro vince, and to unite her Majesty's subjects in the bonds of Christian charity. PLEASANT News.--One of the most gratifying bits of intelligence in a small way that have reached us within a day or two is the statement of the Rochester Democrat, that Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie, the gentleman who commences revolutions by mail-robbery, is about to pull up stakes from among us, and plant hi:nself and his paper at the aforesaid city of Rochester. We care not where he goes, but it will be something for our city to be rid of him. —New York Commercial. COURT-MARTIAL—The finding of the Court-martial in the case of the Beauharnois prisoners has been confirmed by his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, and by it Brien, Chevrefils, Joseph Dumouchelle, Laberge, Louis Dumouchelle, Goyette, Rochon, Prieur, Lanois, De La rimier, and Touchette, are all found guilty, and sentenced to death. What number, if any, of the above will be exe cuted, is not known. Tho evidence for the prosecution in the case of Nicholas and the other prisoners mentioned in our last was closed two days ago, and they will enter on their defence to-morrow. SATURDAY, JAN. 76.—The evidence for the prosecution against Pierre Rome Narbonne and others was opened and four witnesses were examined, whose evidence was con clusive against all the prisoners but Antoine Dore and Francois Camgie. MONDAY, JAN. 28.—The evidence for the prosecution was closed this day at two P. sr., after the examination of six witnesses, and the prisoners were allowed until Thurs day next at ten a.m., to prepare their defence. (From the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.) PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 7.—A very important subject, not only to the United States, but also to every country to which our commerce extends, gave rise to a brief debate in the House of Representatives at Washington on Satur day last. I allude to the Tariff. Mr. Pickens, of South Carolina, said that " every Tyro in politics must know that parties were now organizing throughout the country in reference to the great Tariff question, which was to be decided in 1842." On this subject the difference of opinion between the northern and southern States will be wide the former as manufacturing communities, requiring high duties for the protection of American industry • while the latter, as exporting commun i t i es, w i ll contend ' for low du ties, by way of facilitating and increasing their sale of cot ton, rice, and tobacco to foreign countries, and also to be able to purchase manufactured goods at the lowest pos sible price. The interests of the north and south are, therefore, of a conflicting character, the former being the manufacturers of America, and the latter the agri_ culturists and producers for export, Mr. Pickens is the leader of the Calhoun party in the House; and similar demonstrations have been made by Messrs. Cal houn and Benton in the Senate. In 1842 the duties, by the graduated scale of the existing tariff, will reach their minimum; and as the next Congress will continue until March, 1841, there will, doubtless, be efforts made by both parties in that Congress to modify the law. It is, and be, a question of momentous importance ; and tle allu sion to the subject by Mr. Pickens may be Considered as the firing of the first, or original gun of the contest, which, in all probability, will take place in the long Session of 1839-40. As one of the signs of the times, it may be re marked that the southern States are straining every nerve, through the machinery of southern conventions, to establish an additional number of packet and trading ships to Europe from their own ports—to establish At lantic steam navigation —to project and construct more railroads and canals —and above all, to promote manufac tures amongst themselves. The elements of conflict, therefore, will be of an essentially different character to those which animated the last memorable dispute upon the same question. On the same day the notorious Dr. Theller, who joined in last winter's invasion of Canada, and afterwards escaped from the citadel of Quebec, presented a petition to the Se nate through Mr. Clay, complaining that he had been tried as a British subject, and not as an American citizen ; that although he was born in the British empire, he was a natu ralized citizen of the United States ; and he prayed the action of Congress in the matter. This was, of course, an attempt to create an excitement on the much agitated ques tion of the last war--" once a British subject, always a British subject." No sensation, however, was produced. The petition was laid on the table, and Mr. Clay remarked in presenting it, that if the Canadian Judges had tried Theller as a British subject, it was wrong ; but if they had tried him as an American citizen, it was all right. No other senator spoke on the petition, and thus the affair rested. The whole amount of Treasury notes authorised by the Act of October 12, 1837, 10,000,000 dollars, has been issued ; from which, after the nctes redeemed are deducted, there remain outstanding e,,813,882 dollars. presents those material s o f pa i n ' anad a „a and fearful n o loner ent and interest w hi c h h ave, al's so freni'ae excite ntly formed the prominent features of tt letters for the last four months. All is now quipt on the frontier ; and the reports emanating from Toronto and the western districts of another " projected invasion near Sandwich by a body of from 900 to 1,200 men," I firmly believe to be without the slightest foundation. Governor Arthur has returned from the London Dis trict and Sandwich to Toronto. H. Sherwood, Esq., the President of the Court-martial at London, has also re turned to Toronto, Forty-five prisoners were tried there. Four or five officers of the Sandwich invaders will, it is expected, be hung. Bedford was hung at Sandwich on the 12th ult., and Clark on the 14th. Detroit is in a sad state. That city is said by the papers to be infested with desperadoes. A few nights ago some of them attempted to set the Michigan Bank on fire, and actually burnt a quantity of valuable papers in a neighbour. ing office (Bates and Talbot's), after breaking it open. Efforts are now being made in several States to abolish imprisonment for debt. In Ohio the Legislature has abo lished it as a barbarous practice. It has been shown in New York that an old man is now in Flower-hill gaol, where he has been incarcerated for eight years for a small debt. A dreadful tragedy of love, jealousy, suicide, and at tempted murder, occurred in New York on Saturday. A young Greek from Smyrna, named Paolo, became violently enamoured of a pretty German girl, named Josephine Ger man. She rejected his advances in favour of another; and he, maddened by love, jealousy, and despair, entered her Voom with a brace of loaded pistols, one of which he fired at Josephine, and with the other shot himself ! He expired in a few minutes; but the unhappy girl still lingers in dreadful and hopeless agony. On the following day a ruffian, named Fountain, struck a police officer with an axe, in New York, and divided both his jaws. He iA since captured, but the poor officer lies at the gates of death. lam sorry to add, also, that g‘icra were six suicides in New York and its vi c i n i ty last week. _ -- Al;eaJtiful girl at a boarding-school i n Alb any, While performing an affecting piece 94 the piano, expir e d as she EVENING EDITION. played the last note or cadence of the composition. Her immortal spirit winged its way to heaven before the vibra tions of the music had ceased. According to an Act of the last Congress, the United States army should amount to 12,539, officers and men. At present it is only B,6s3—minus 3,886, to be raised. Stocks are now rather dull. United States Bsnk at the last prices quoted ; Delaware and Hudson, 81* ; Ex change on England, 9 2 1 premium. Cotton is on the ad vance, say from a cent. to a cent. Great shipments of flour are going on for England. 10,000 barrels will be on board for Liverpool within the next two days. Price from 9 dollars to 9 25. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning has a leading article on Lord Morpeth's motion in the Commons, on Friday last, respecting a public grant for Irish railroads ; in which our Contemporary expresses his objections to the motion in the most indignant terms :—" We declare most unequivocally that any British Member who, after the week's deliberation now afforded him for analyzing and unmasking thi s i n i qu it ous p l ot , s h a ll st ill dare to surrender, into the hands of Irish plunderers, the bard-earned produce of English labour, of which this first loan of 2,500,000/. is confessedly but a diminu tive sample, to be followed by future millions of indefinite amount—such false and fraudulent representative of Bri tish electors, ought at once to be assailed byan unanimous ad'iress from his constituents, demanding the immediate resignation of his seat." In another article on the sub ject of Mr. O'Connell's motion on Thursday last for an assimilation of the franchises of Parliamentary electors in England, Wales, and Ireland, the Times says :-- " Assimilate indeed ! Will Mr. Daniel O'Connell bring in a Bill to assimilate the electors who are to enjoy the franchises, as well as the franchises them selves ? Will he inspire his enlarged Irish constituency with enlarged notions of religious and civil liberty, of the nature of government, of the ends of policy, and of the true benefits of British connection ? N o , he will do none of these things. He demands, under the guise of popular franchises, increased power and domi nation for himself, and for those who drench him in the waters of absolution." Hard words these—mere as sumption without proof! The Morning Chronicle, speaking of a meeting of Tories which took place on Saturday at Sir Robert Peel's, " in o b e di ence , it i s sa id , to a spec i al summons ; , observes, " It is understood that the rebellion of Friday night, on the question of the Irish Municipal Bill, so happily described by Mr. Sheil, led to this step. Sir Robert read them a severe lecture on the evils of anarchy, and the culprits, after exhibiting due s igns of contrition were forgiven their offence." In a second article on the subject of the late outrage offered by the French to the British flag at Mexico, our Contempo rary remarks as follows :—" That through the inadver tence or ignorance of the commander of the French cor vette, an ins alt has been offered to our flag, no body denies. That such conduct might be a just ground of quarrel between the two nations, we will, if it pleases our Contemporaries, readily admit. In proportion, however, as the incident is grave, and susceptible of se rious consequences, it ought to be treated, not with the petulant curiosity hitherto evinced in the House of Commons, but with calm and temperate deliberation." The Morning Herald, in a leading article filled with abuse of Ministers and all things Ministerial, says, " the present Administration depends notoriously for very existence, on the support of Irish Papists and English Dissenters. The subversion of the Established Church is the task allotted to Lord Melbourne and his associates, as the equivalent of their official wages. In almost every movement they contrive to indicate their hostility to the Church of England." Surely Lord John Russell evinced anything but hostility to tiro Church when he allowed himself to be ear-wigged by the Bishop of London, " in the presence of another dis tinguished Prelate," on the subject of Lent theatrical en tertainments ! In his remarkable speech on that ques tion his Lordship exhibited the utmost meekness and deference—not to say subserviency —to Episcopal au thority. Speaking of the insult lately offered to the British flag, our Contemporary remarks—" The insult was most public and humiliating, and most public and humiliating ought the apology to be. It would not. be beyond the measure of the offence to insist on the dismissal of Admiral Baudin from the service." The Morning Post is quite frantic about Lord Ebrington's appointment to the Irish Viceroyalty. " The reasonable complaint," quoth our choleric Con temporary, " of every honest and straightforward Englishman against the present Government is, that it is a shuffling and treacherous Government. It will n ot stand by what it does, openly and manfully. Look, for instance, at the perfectly O'Connell-like combination of shuffling with bullying—of trickery with impudence-- which constituted the defence of Lord J. Russell when called to account respecti:g Lord Ebrington, and his declared hostility to the Church Establishment." The remainder of the Post's leading article is precisely in this coarse and violent strain ; we may dismiss it, there fore, with the remark that it ill becomes a J o urnal which, from its light and fashionable character, a spires to be the pride of the drawing-room—the " Pet of the Petticoats !" On the subject of Lord Ebringto n ' s appointment, the Morning Advertiser justly says, "if his Lordship needed any strong recommendation to the high an d re sponsible office to which he has been recently appointed. that recommendation is most opportunely supplied by the outcry which the Tory press and the Tory Peers have made against his assumption of the Lord Lieu tenancy of Ireland." In another article on Mr. Dun combo's motion, the Advertiser remarks as follows By the debates in the Commons it would appear that mortal sin may be incurred in one part of the kingdom by an act which in another would be regarded, not only as legitimate, but praiseworthy." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 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—taken 14 to 1 agst Captain Healey's Van Buren 15 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy 15 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 100 to 6 agst Caravan 20 to 1 agst Mr. Topham's The Drone 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Eaglet DERBY BETTING.• 17 to 2 agst Ld Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton. 16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 15 to 1 agst Mr. 'Bowes's Erin-go-13ragb. 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers 2 5 tf.', i agst Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor 25 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros LIVERPOOL WATERLOO COURSING MEETING AT ALTCI4. I r - THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. The Wat er l oo Cup, by 32 A I of 20 sovs. each; t k l. winner t o rece i ve 3 00 sovs., the second 100 soy.. ; a winner of three courses 30 soya., of two 20 sovs, of one 10 secs.' and the dog that is beaten in the first ties for the Cup by th e winner of it an additional 10 sovs. A bonus o t 1701. to be reserved for the sixteen beaten dogs in the first round. Mr. Reddish's Eyedrop beat Mr. Harriot's Bugle-eye, Air' Kershaw's Kouli Khan beat Mr. J. Kalvert's Martha ; M r • i 131undell's Brenda b ea t M r . P.-H oughton's Erico, Marquis o f Douglas's Driver beat Mr. A. 'Graham's Stewartfield, Mo. J• King's Tipp o be a t M r . J e bb' s S nowball, Mr. E. G. Homily's liidolgo beat Mr. Perkins's Fly, Mr. J. Ball's Bugle beat i 1 Stanton's Blue Bonnet, Mr. J. A. Kaye's Hamlet beat At • Moore's Sam Slick, Mr. Segar's Speculator beat Sir 11. Campbeel's Carnarine, Mr. Chaloner's Empress b ea t Mr. Smith's Cellingwood, Mr. Hobson's Rachael the Earl of Stradbroke's Madman, Marquis of Douglas's tiraffin beat Mr' Eden's Enterprise, Mr. Easterby's Emerald beat Mr. Swan's Solomon, Lord Talbot's Tara bet Mr. ii. Hornby's Lyneu' Mr. W. Lamb's Laurel Leaf beat Mr. R. Harpur's Hipr: drome, M r . J ames Bi rch ' s Spruce beat Mr. A. Graham's .bo'' Kilbride. First Ties—Kouli Khan beat Eyedrop, Brenda beat Driver , Tippo beat Hidalgo, Bugle beat Hamlet, Empress beat Speen; lator, Draffin beat Rachel, Emerald beat Tara, Laurel Leal beat Spruce. Second Ties--Brenda beat Kouli Khan, Bugle beat TiPin (after an und ec id e d course), Empress beat. Draft. Emeriti" beat Laurel Leaf. Third Ties—Brenda beat Bugle, Empress bee t Emerald. Deciding Course—Empress beat Brende. rod won the Cult The Waterloo Purse, a Sweepstakes of 10 'sovs each. 16 Sub scribers. Th e w i nner to receive 10e, sovs., the second sovs. ; winners of two courses 5 so ;s. each; and winners one course 2 sovs. each. Marotlis of Douglas's Clyde be.at Mr. J. S. Calvert's Bird lime, Mr. Smith's Mundig le.,at Mr. W. G. Unswerth's niable, Lord Talbot's Thornasina ran a bye ; Mr. H. }Loral," Holywell, draw n; E ar l of Stradbroke's Mina beat Mr. 1: Harriott's Hornsca, M r . A . Graham ' s My Lord beat Robinson's Skimmer, Sir H. Campbell's Grace best Ai r ' Swan's'Sergeant, Mr. P. Chaloner'• s Earwig beat E. Ker shaw's shaw's Knight E rrant, Mr. J. Ball's Bugle Horn beat Mr. Graham's Lilly, First Ties—Clyde beat Mundig, Grace beat My Lord, M ins beat Thomasina, Earwig beat Bugle Horn. Second Ties—Minx beat Clyde, Earwig beat Grace. Deciding Course—Minx beat Earwig, after a course of un paraleled length, and won the Purse. The Altcar Pur se o f 1701 . fir the beaten dogs in the first 40, round. The winne r t o rece i ve 100 goys., the second sovs., and the remaini ng 30 sovs, to be divided amongst the losing dogs. Martha beat Bugle-Eye, Enterpri se beat Madman, ice beat Stewartfield, East Kill ride beat Hippodrome, Sas!) °"'" beat Blue Bonnet, Lynch beat Solomon, Carmine beat Coiling wood ; Fly ran a bye • Snowb a ll d rawn. First Ties—Erico beat Martha, Sam Slick beat Fly, Carmin e beat Enterprise, Lynch beat East Kilbride. Second Tics—Erico beat Sam Slick, Carmine beat Lynch' Deciding:Course—Carmine beat Erico and won the Purse. The Lords of the Treasuryhave issued a' warrant, taking from Ilfracombe the charater of a s e p s-. srtaatpelep.o_rt,lavnedst of Eng land unitingit as Barn - cioneserek va t t o iv. DRURY-LANE T t!le c port of ------- _ HEATRE.—Mr. Bunn has In formed us that, in consequence of the resolution of the' House or Commons, he has determined that the Thestsf Royal Drury-lane is to he open every Wednesday G' Friday in Lent. REPRESENTATION OF RICHMOND.—Thi.4 bo rough is now in all the bustle and spirit of electiorxeringt in conseq uence of the vacancy occasioned in the represen tion by the elevation of Lord Dundas to the Houc,e of Peers, through the lamented death of the Earl of 3,etland. d " soon as p oss ibl e after the demise of his Lordship, mil Stapleton, E sq., of the Grove, Richmond, came forwar d and canvassed the electors. On Saturdays an Address from Om Hon. Lieut.-Gen. Sir L. Dundu ;vas issued, offering' himself as a candidate upon the Reform Association of the boro n b are using all tbeir :0; ; deavours to promote and seizure Sir Robert's election, ash serugf• with a prospect of complete surcess.— Gateshead Ob b efirrm Interest ; and thw Rla s sai d taaii ‘tsst 1 4 /A Th e 'lllll