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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY,-EVENING EDITION, -FEBRUARY 15, mi 9 net...fully give its. time and attention, but he hoped they would employ themselves long in their endeavours before they utterly despaired of the amendment of our election tribunal, and assented to regulations similar to that of the Noble Lord—( Hear). Mr. KELLY rose amidst cries of " Divide."—He snit' this was a subject to which he had always paid the dsepest interest, and on which he had bestowed no little tune and attention. The question was undoubtedly of the very highest importance. It was at all times of im portance that any institutions connected with the adminis tration of justice should be se constituted as to insure the cenfiderice of the country ; and it was now undeniably clear that the Election Committees of this House had lost the con fidence of the people.—( Hear.) The Election Committees ef this House had not only lost the confidence of the people, bat they had even brought discredit and suspicion, and re proach upon this House itself; and this was a truth which could no longer be disputed. When it was considered that this was proclaimed loudly by the public voice, the only remaining question to be determined was, how that great and grievous evil could be best remedied? Many ob jections had been made to what was somewhat vaguely, if not erroneously, called a transfer of the jurisdiction of this House. Before it was -assumed that this House was about to part with any of its privileges, or any of its jurisdictions, he would ask the pre liminary question, whether this House had not al ready parted with all the jurisdiction it ever possessed over the trial of controverted elections? It was scarcely neces sary to enter into the history of the establishment of the privileges of the House; but whatever might belong to these privileges, they could not claim the merit of so re mote a piece of antiquity as others which were possessed by the House. It was well known that for no less than two or three centuries preceding the reign of Elizabeth, the right to amend false returns, and determine all ques tions in the nature of controverted elections, was vested in the Crown. It was exercised by the Crown either the the Privy Council, the House of Lords, or the Judges, or sometime's by the mere exercise of the power of niving directions to the Sheriff at once to amend the return. Hippy for the Constitution of the country—hsppy_ in deed for the libel tics of the people, the House of Co:nmons 43 early as the reign of Queer., Mary, attempted to secure itself the jurisdiction of ail returns to Parliament. and in the, streggie which terminated in favour of the House of Commons as late as the reign rf James 1., the jurisdiction heeione generally settled stied recognised in this House, and in this fleus , .•, no doubt, it continued uninapared until the year 1770, when the Grenbille Act passed. He, might he allowed, perhaps, to vindicate his Noble Friend from the he:pun - ohm of having fallen into an historical error when it teas supposed the house still permitted the question of controverted elections, to go to the House of Lords. He believed that that had arisen from a typographical error in the Report of the Debate of 1770, became io doubt when his Learned Friend referred to historical -- , nt a he would tied that the very latest received when •eres raised as to the exclusive right of th:s !repine all returns, was the reign of James I. the case of Sir Thomas Godwin who was returned for ehingliam. Adi ;Lute arose concerning his return A i•r! Tfilde by the Crown, first, through the Lord .elselloe—sfterwerds the Judges—ultimately by the Ise of Lords, to settle the question of disputed re 'Die Hoene of Commons fortunately persisted ie claiming todtself the right of determining all questions of that nature, and firstly prevailed—the pretensions of the Crown were withdrawn, and from that time till 1770 no q was raised as to the exclusive rights of the House. 'ereey all kcew, as early as the year referred to by the l;i tit Hoeourable Member for Tanaworth, the Bth of the Third, the exclusive power of the House was recognized by the Legislature. But this was no longer the question house to &I turns a ciao tion. The House having assumed and I(3D g e:vrcised this power, it was found for s:Neral years before the Grenville Act passed, that this House was alto. ineompreent to disCherge the duties it had assumed consisteetly with the administration of justice in the king dem. It was 'Ound that although then, as now, there vre.c - many eminent lawyers in the House, that then, as nog;, this House was an assembly of the first gt . ntlemen in the. kingdom—still, it was not possible to administer ro the satisfaction of the people—it was found, that althosgh Counsel was engaged, and witnesses were etarnined at the bar, the whole took place before efepty, benches, and it was only when the division t.)ok place V),t Members rushed to their places to vote. In consequence of that state of things the Grenville Act was passed, and he would seriously beg to ask of this House, before they reiis- , (1 such strong objections to whatever called the transfer or their own jurisdiction, had they not by that Act of Par. liqment parted with all their jurisdictions? The motion di l not seek to deprive the House of the power of compel ling the attendance of witnesses, or of compelling the pro duction of documents, and of punishing delinquency. At presentthe House had no power of conic oiling or qualifying the decision of Committees from the moment of their appointment—they had no power over them whatever. It rtepeared to him, therefore, in vain to talk of the ju ri.-eJetion'of that House when that jurisdiction was already transferred to the Committees to whom the Election Petiti9ns were referred. The important ques tion wee this—was an Election Committee competent to the due administration ofjustice upon the oaths of those sworn to administer? It was not ; and whatever might be the Bill of his Right lion. Friend, and however superior it might be to any other bill yet suggested, even that Bill would fail to c9nstituf e a tribunal from that House competent to admi nt,ter the law. In order to determine the question whe ther an Eiection Committee was competent to administer other justice they must first consider what were the duties that Committee had to discharge. It had to decide upon the most difficult and complicated questions of law. The Right Hon. Baronet who, with his transcendant abilities, was capable of turning anything into ridicule, bad endeavoured by a supposed preamble, to show that, by adopting the motion of his Noble Friend, the House would be inflicting some thing late an insult upon itself. He (Mr. Fitzroy Kelly) begged leave to say, with all respect to the [louse, that was no more an insult to the House not being a legal tri bunal, to say that it was incompetent for the decision of complicated and difficult points of law, than to say it was incompetent to conduct an army, to navigate a ship of war, or to amputate a limb. Another difficulty arose from atotal ' absence of any uniform decisions—there were no autho rities of previous Committees binding on tribunals of the same nature ; that was an evil that called aloud for the remedy ; and the consequences were such that no man who considered this question could fail to look at with deep regret. He would take the great and important question of the opening of the registration on Irish petitions. If that had once been decided there would have been a government principle for every tribunal, afterwards. If that question had been satisfactorily determined, at the first moment it was raised before an Election Committee, that would have pre vented an expense almost incalculable—would have pre vented a great number of petitions from Ireland—would have prevented argument after argument, day after day, on various Committees, and would have prevented that which was far more discreditable—a. series of conflicting deci sions, so that at the present moment no Counsel could safely advise what the decision of a Committee was likely to be,—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the House would look to past experience, before they rejected the plan of his Noble Friend. The Hon. Member, after pro ceeding- a short time amidst loud and impatient cries of " Divide, divide," concluded by saying he sincerely re gretted that the experience of the last few years, with respect to Committees had been such as to create the greatest dissatisfaction, amounting, in fact, to absolute condemnation by the public of those tribunals ; and be trusted that some mode would be adopted by which the confidence of the people would be restored.—( Cries of " Divide, divide.") Lord MAHON rose to reply, amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide." He was understood to say that he was anxious to make to the House a historical statement in re ference to what had fallen from his Right Hon. Friend, and in support of his ( Lord Mahon's) opinion, he quoted the autho r ity of a g re at m aster of election law, (it - env:lle. From his authority it would appear, that during the time he had alluded to, triers were appointed by the House, for the purpose of deciding controverted elections, until in 1672 the Lord Chancellor claimed the right of deciding ail cohtroverted elections, which claim was resi‘ted by the House of Commons. He would not now go further into the subject. He had been rcquested by his R.,ght lion. Fri en d the Member for Montgomeryshire to withdraw his resolution, and to bring in a Bill on the sub- J7t , he would tell the House why he could not accede to this request. Suppose he had brought in his Bill, and it 1-11 been found p er f ect i n a ll i ts deta il s, h i s R i ght Hon. .iend might vote against it:on the ground that this House pos , essed the privilege of determining on the election of tembers, and that this Bill would be in opposition to that leg c, and he would be perfectly justified in acting in this r. He (Lord Mahon) therefore thought it was batter to put it to the vote on this resolution whether the 1-12usl would abide by its privileges or not ; if they do not tli?n a Bill might be brought in. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House when the numbers were— For the motion 63 Against it 1:1P ner divid Majority against it ll4 Sr ROBERT PEEL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the jurisdiction for the trial of contro verted elections. He believe he would best discharge his duty by merely moving the introduction of the Bill on the present occasion, and the discussion might be taken in a subsequent stage of the measure.—( Cheers.) With re spect co the question put by the Hon. Mcmb•r for Col chester (Mr Bernal), as to how far an oath which was not binding on eleven would be binding on six, he would say 0;4 he proposed that the Committee should assemble under altogether a different influence, and therefore the arguments of the lion. Gentleman did not apply. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. FACTORY CHILDREN. Mr. P. MAULE, in moving for leave to bring in Bill to regulate the employment of children and young persons in factories, said be thought it would be better at that late hour (past tltelve) to defer an explanation of its provisions till the second reading. Mr. HINDLEY wished for some brief explanation, if only five minutes—(Laughter) —of the objects of the Bill. --(Hear.) Did the Government mean to alter the hours of the factory children's labour? Did they intend to strengthen the hands of the inspectors and sub-inspectors ? Mr. F. NIA ULE said the Government were not pre- Pared to alter the provisions of the existing Act as to the hours of labour or the ages of the children. But they did intend to give additional Powers to the inspectors and sub-inspectors, believing that such additional powers were necessary to carry the Ant into execution. Into a detail of the means by which Ibis object was to be effected, it would be best, perhaps, to entcr on the second reading.—( Hear.) Lord ASHLEY said he did not think at this late hour it was necessary to give a fuller explanation of the Bill ; for the discussion of which, however, he hoped ample op. Port ,unitY would be afforded.—( Hear. ) 4 ' n lioN. MEmnsa asked if any improvements were to a . ffected i n t h e e d ucat i on of the factory children. • I"- F. MAULS said he believed the Bill would have teztlect of snaking some improvement in that respect. ,to wax then g i ven to b r i ne i n the Bill. cp XPO RTATION OF COTTON HOSIERY the motion of Mr. M. PHILLIPS, returns were LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1839. EVENING EDITION. In the Lords, petitions were presented by the Bisho p of" LONDON, from Cheltenham, for Biblical Education ; by Lord BROUGHAM, from a parish in Carmarthen, in favour of Mr. HILL'S Plan of Postage ; and from a place in Norfolk, and from Cripplegate, for repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord WHARNCLIFFE referred to the Earl of Due- HAM'S despatches, some of which it appears, from Lord MELBOURNE'S statement, are supposed to be unfit to be produced to-morrow. The Duke of WELLINGTON is to move for the production of Sir F. HEAD'S despatches. A short conversation took place on the subject of Education, when the Marquis of L ANSDOWNE said, that the Government had proposed the most practical, not the most complete plan ; and Lord BROUGHAM, while he professed all his ancient zeal in the cause of education, condemned the constitution of the proposed Board, and declared against a "little" plan as exciting all the animosity of opponents, and cooling the zeal of supporters. It is curious to see the willing Ministers on this point, as on many others, baulked by the priests, who must, after all our boasting of freedom, be considered as the real rulers of the country, and as the masters of the minds and wealth of the people. Oa the Marquis of SALISBURY giving notice of a Committee on Turnpike Trusts, Lord BROUGHAM suggested that the Noble Marquis should include rail roads, which would soon be the only mode of travelling, and recommended that Ministers should abolish the post-horse duty, or it would abolish itself. A new writ was moved in the Commons for Devon port, Sir G. GRE Y having accepted the office of Judge Ad vocate. Petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws were pre sented from the West Riding of Yorkshire, from Newcastle on-Tyne, from Portsmouth, Knaresborough, Worcester, and from an agricultural parish in Suffolk ; against the repeal, from the Chamber of Commerce, Limerick, from three places in Sus3ex, from Henley-on-Thames, and other places. A petition was presented by Mr. LEADER from two advocates of Montreal complaining of being unjustly dragged from their home and being shut up in prison, and praying for redress. Lord JOHN RUSSELL took an early opportunity of informing Sir R. PEEL, Sir E. KNATCHBULL, and the rest of the Corn-law advocates, that he did not think it incumbent on him fo declare before Tuesday what the Government meant to do in relation to the Corn-laws. This nettled Sir ROBERT PEEL, who en deavoured by a sort of threat to extort a knowledge of what the Government meant to do, but all that Loan JOHN vouchsafed to inform him was, that when the Government had only a plain aye or no to give to a question, it was not usual to state beforehand which it meant to give. This course is what we yesterday recommended, and it is wise in the Ministers to keep their minds open to information. What they may learn on Tuesday, or between this and Tuesday, may have a great influence on their judgment. We have not, however, much hope from the Ministers, and assure our readers that they cannot be too earnest in convincing them that to oppose Mr VILLIERS will for ever forfeit the favour of the townspeople. Lord MOBPETII moved for leave to brirg in a Bill for regulating Corporations in Ireland, and explained that while the Ministers preserved the amount of the fran chise for which they contended last year, they now pro posed to limit it in those towns where poor-rates were paid, to those who had paid them three years. Besides the towns named in the Bill the Crown is to be empowered to extend corporations to, any town of Ire land, containing 3,000 inhabitants. The Bill does not differ much from the Ministerial Bill of last Session, and encountered no opposition. Some conversation took place, and there was some beat, and something approaching to personality—for what Irish subject is ever broached without ?—but there was nothing very fierce except the denunciation of Sinner O'CONNELL by Saint COLQUHOUN, and the earnest and solemn pro test of the Member for Oxford University against de stroying any of the bulwarks of the Church. Every thing politically vile, corrupt, and injurious is a defence for her, and keeps the public from penetrating into the citadel of her deformities. On this account the Church party now stand up for the Irish Corporations as they formerly stood up for the Rotten Boroughs. They could not help them3elves in this case, and leave was given to bring in the Bill. Lord 111 A HON then moved the following resolution " That in the trial of controverted elections ; the objects of justice, uniformity, and despatch would be best at tained by a tribunal, not consisting of Members of that House." His Lordship supported his motion by an ela borate argument, contending that in the olden times, the Lords decided controverted elections ; he did not, how ever, propose to revive their power, but to establish a Court consisting of three Assessors, who should hold their office for life, and who should also constitute a Court Of Appeal, for the conflicting decisions of Revising Barristers. Before this Court all controverted elections should be tried, its decision to be final. Cases of cor ruption to be made the foundation or a special report. After a general election the Court might be assisted by two other Assessors, constituting three Courts for the ex traordinary despatch of business. The whole of the Asses sors, the Noble Lord proposed, should be appointed by a Committee of the House, to be nominated by the Speaker. His Lordship's plan was opposed at great length by Mr. WRIGHTSON, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Mr. WYNN, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, chiefly on account of its being unconstitutional for the House of Commons to part with a power which it has always abused. It was supported by Mr. PEMBERTON, Mr. BERNAL, Mr. KELLY, etc. The debate occupied the whole evening subsequent to seven o'clock. It was a sustained and dry performance, full of Parliamentary lore, and little common sense. Lord MAHON was pressed by his Right Hon. Friend Mr. WYNN, to withdraw his resolution, but he divided the House, and was sup ported by 63 votes. The number against him was 177, or a majority of 114, determined to retain in their own bands that power of doing wrong, which the House has invariably exercised with partiality. We. said so much onthis subject last Session, when it was under discussion, and it is now so much less in teresting than it was then, that we shall probably not return to it. The House seems inclined to follow the example of the Ministers as to the Queen's Speech, and to moot only questions in which the public at present take very little interest. We shall see, however, and it will be an important fact, whether the indifference of Ministers, and the neglect of Parliament, can stifle in the people the sense of injustice, and the demand of redress. Sir ROBERT PEEL afterwards obtained leave to bring in his Bill to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Petitions. A new Factory Bill—Factory Bills being amongst the scandals of our Legislature—one of those subjects on which, like the merest tinkers, they have always made two holes when they have mended one—a new Factory Bill was brought in and read a first time, after a short conversation. Mr. PHILLIPS obtained a return of the quantities of cotton, gloves, and hosiery imported into this country, including what was bonded for exportation between 1835 and 1838, which will show, we have no doubt, that the English are at the expense of maintaining colonies which the Corn-laws turn into markets for the produce of other nations. The House adjourned at a little after Twelve o'Clock. The Papers to which Lord JOHN RUSSELL re ferred on 'Tuesday night, when he brought forward the subject of a National System of Education, will be found in another part of our Paper. They con sist, it will be seen, of a Letter from the Noble Lord to the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, containing some general hints rather than anything like a definite plan for the extension of education, the suggestion of a Normal School for the qualification of Teachers, and a proposal that the direction of the plan and the distribution of whatever funds may be voted by Parliament for carrying it into effect, shall be committed to the President of the Council and four Members of the Cabinet for the time being. The immediate establishment of a school for training the teachers to be employed in the educa tion of the people is a feature of the plan which must meet with the approbation of all who know any thing about teaching, and who know also the lamentable incapacity in this respect of those on whom the practical part of education de volves. It seems hitherto to have been considered that to possess knowledge, and to be able to com municate it effectually to the young, were one and the same things. Every man who had con trived to stuff his head with Greek, Latin, and Mathematics, was supposed to possess an intui tive faculty, by which he could make others as wise as himself without condescending to study the mode, or fancying that there were any principles to be attended to in the art, of instruction. The con sequence of this has been, that not one half of those who go to school, as it is called, derive any benefit from -the schoolmaster. They may learn some thing from their schoolfellows—they get nothing froth the master, for the simple reason that they do not understand him. This absurd notion is however, happily beginning to be exploded. Edu cation is beginning to be viewed as ad art, which, like other arts, requires to he studied before it can be prac tised. The principles, too, on which the normal school is to be established, as laid down in the Marquis of LANSDOWNE'S reply to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, meet our entire concurrence. There is to be no exclusiveness here ; • the school is to be open to all, without distinction of religion. Here, we fear, our approbation of the Government plan must end. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as we under stood the explanation which be gave of the inten tions of the Government in carrying it out, stated that the schools to be established throughout the country were to be divided into two classes; one class for members of the Church, and the other for Dissenters. It is ridiculous to call such a scheme a National System of Education. If it can be called a system at all, it is the most anti-national one that it is possible to conceive, for its sure and certain result, were it carried into effect—which we never can believe it will be—would be, not to cement, but to disunite the nation—to sepa rate the community into two distinct classes, and to keep these classes apart by a bar rier, founded upon religion. Unfortunately, there exists already too much estrangement between the professors of different creeds. Exclusiveness is the order of the day. Between the members of the Established Church, and those who are not within its pale, there is no religious, and scarcely any civil communion. The arrogant pretensions put forth on the one side, and the spirit of resistance displayed on the other are daily widen ing the breach. What, in such circumstances, is the duty of a Liberal Government ? Is it to stand by and look with indifference on a state of things which, if a timely remedy be not applied, will become an incurable evil ? This would argue a degree of insensibility to the welfare of the country of which any Government would blush to be thought capable. Is it not incumbent on those who are invested with the guardianship of the national interests to endeavour to allay religious oEcitement., and to break down the walls of partition which sec tarian prejudices build up , betAtt.'n the different portions of the sams civil community—often of the same neighbourhood ? Surely this is the paramount duty of an enlightened and patriotic Go , vernment. Any plan of e d uca ti on e m anat i ng f rom the Stec ought; therefore, to have f or it s o bj ect , at least for one of its main objects, to bring about a gradual reconciliation between Conformists and Non conformists, by associating together the rising generation of both classes, under the same roof, during the process of instruction, and at an age when a lasting direction is given to the feelings. Now, not only would the whole benefit to be derived from this union of sects in one educa tional system be sacrificed by Lord JOHN RUS SELL'S plan, but the opposite evil, the baneful effects arising from the one sect being arrayed in hostility against the other, incalculably increased. The Government would be deliberately sanction ing, the intolerance—patronising the exclusive ness of the Church—and that too, in opposition both to its co nvi c tion s and its practice. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with great candour, acknow ledges that his plan ought to have been on the broadest scale of comprehension—that it is de fective in Catholicity—that the enlarged measure, which we are advocating, has been eminently suc cessful in Ireland. Why then is it not adopted in England ? Can any one earthly reason be ad vanced for not applying it to this country ? Had it been a new experiment, we should have been told that it was a dangerous, or at all events an uncertain one ; but as it has stood the test of trial under the greatest possible difficulties, there is no valid or even plausible excuse for not introducing it into England. Ihe path which th e G overnment oug h t to pursue is broad and clear. It should lay it down as a rule, never to be in any case departed from, that no school esta blished on an exc l us i ve p l an — no sc h o ol thatis not open to all without religious tests, shall receive one penny of the public money. This is the ruling principl e o f t h e norma l sc h oo l , w h y s h ou ld it not be the fuling principle of all ? Neither the festivities of Shrove-Tuesday, nor the inaugural solemnities of the first day of Lent, so dreaded by the Catholic abominators of fish and fasting, have distracted for an instant the attention of the people of France from the grand affair of the elections. The excitement hourly increases ; and we are sorry to see the bitterness of tone, at first indulged in by the Journals, more than keeps pace with it. The Constztutt,onnel is /having recourse to the republication of its own revolutionary articles; while the National, never very guarded in its re marks, claims an extra license, to free itself of the bile engendered by the late pros ecu ti on o f it s Edi tor. In the meanwhile, the Central Committees are hard at work, and it is but fair to, state, that on both sides the most unscrupulous measures are had recourse to, in order to secure a triumph. It is reported that the War Department has been offered to, and accepted by Marshal VALLEE, Com mander of the Army in Africa. The KING, no doubt, despairs of continuing such a nondescript as General BERNARD in office, against the will of the army, and the oft-declared sentiments of the Legislature. A report has reached Paris that the Belgians con template striking medals in honour of the speeches in Parliament of Joseph Hume and Daniel O'Con nell, repudiating the decision of the London Con ference. In a letter frorn Vienna of the 4th inst„ 1,200 persons are stated to have attended the last Imperial bail. The Empress was present during the greater part of the, evening. The proportion of English visitors was strikingly great, contains ui s i Majestye s The Second Chamber of the States of Wintemberg has voted an address, in a reply to the speech from the th rone, on t h e open i ng of the Legislative Session. The German p a p ers remar k th a t thi s is the first time of such an address having e ver been matte a subject of discussion in the Legislature of tha. ki ng d om. Th e a dd ress a passage on the questio n c f B elgium, in which the assureDe { the King that, if the g enera l peace should be disturbed, would find the people and the army ready to make any sacrifice for maintaining the integrality of their common Ger man Fatherland. Another paragraph, intended to allude to Ha nover, that:ks the King fur all that he has done " for the protection and respect due to existing constitutions and public treaties." In ,s ther respects the address is nearly a re-echo of the Royal Speech. paragraph, proposed to be add e d t o it , In favour of the l i berty o f thep and which was well recei ve d b y t h e Chamber, was reserved' as theA r e ssubject of a special motion. The Lcipsic Get: - .ette states that the Prussian Government has de finitively resolved upon causing marriages to be celebrates'. before a Civil Magistrate Instead of an ecclesiastical one ; but that the law en this subject wrlThot be promulgated for some time. The Journal of Odessa announces that the year just ended has been one of the most brilliant for-the trade of - that rapidly rising port - since its foundation. The value of the imports for the last year amounted to twenty-two millions of roubles, while the ex ports exceeded thirty-eight millions. In the course of the year, the number of ships that arrived at Odessa exceeded eight hundred, from all parts of the world, and all departing, exported the produce of Southern Russia. Nearly a million of chetwerts of wheat were exported, mostly the growth of the Crimea. On the 26th ult. the Court of St. Petershurgh went into mourning for eight days for the death of the late lamented Duchess ALE3iANDER of \Vur temberg. Letters received from the Havannah announce the arrival 01 the Prince de Joinville in that island. A letter from Guadaloupe of the end of November, gives the following account of the ravages of the yellow fever and other cgs eaves in that colony :—" We have had the yellow fever, the typhus and other fevers, at the Point-a-Pitre and Russo Torre. Almost all the Europe ans w h o arr i ve d in the colony died in a few days. Most of the gend armes sen t f r om France three years ago have fallen victims ; the t roo p s in the several environs in particular have suffered and are -reduced to an insignificant number. In one company of at tillery only four men survived. The epidemic has severely visited the priests of the several parishes ; those of Base Terre and Pointe-a-Pitre have perished. The medical men have escaped, almost alone, the disorders which they combated with the most devoted self-denial. The Isle of Marie Galante, which had till now been spared by epidemic disorders, even in the most fatal periods, has now had its share; the principal sufferers there were childrep. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB 13. First Highest J ow. st Last friiCe. Price. Price. Price. French 5 ner Cents. llO 70. 110 75 ... 110 6U .. 110 65 4% per Cents lO6 ... 105 ... 11.6 ... 105 3p r Cents 7B 70 ...7.3 70 —.78 70 ...18 70 Rank of France 260:2 50 ...2(302 50 ...2602 50 ..".2f02 50 Lafitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 5,02nr. Sh. 5175 ...5!80 ...5175 ~ 5180 Belgian 5 per Cents C4i - upons Spanish Active • New Deferred 7% 7 % ... ~. Passive Portuguese 3 per Cents 23 ... 23 ... 23 ... 23 Neapolitan .. Roman lOO ... 100 ... ET% ... 097 5 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 592 50 ... 582 50 ... 582 50 ... 580 50 Ve sallies R.B. L.B. Rouen Bordeaux to t a 'leste 405 405 ... 405 ... 4, 5 St~asburgh to Bale 327 50 ... 327 50 327 50 ... 327 50 ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. Polonceau We have just received the Madrid Journals of the 6th, containing an address sent to the QUEEN by the Ayuntamento of Malaga, to thank her for the putting an end to the state of siege of that city. The municipal authorities decidedly disapprove in this document of the measures now revoked. The Moniteur Belge of Wednesday contains the following Royal Ordinance : Leopold, King of Belgium, &c. By the advice of our Chamber of Ministers we have decreed, The Chambers are convoked for Tuesday 19th February instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Given at Brussels, 12th February, 1839. (Signed) LEOPOLD. (Countersigned) DE THE UX. It was confidently stated in Brussels that several persons of rank and influence were travelling about Luxemburg, endeavouring to excite the peasantry to the commission of acts which_ would compromise their neutrality. The more moderate and respect able journals strongly censure such an insidious attempt to involve Belgium in a quarrel with Europe, now that she can no longer calculate upon the sympathy or support of France. The same papers remind the people of the immense weight of taxes which their obstinacy must impose upon them, by the keeping up sii army, the expense of which is underestimated at 60,000,000 of francs annually. Truly this is pay ing rather dear for their whistle._ The Belgians ought not to be eager to see their kow imitate the conduct of WILLIAM the TACITURN Of Holland, whose dogged determination of purpose has cost the Dutch 139,300,000 florins, exclusive of the injuries sustained in the way of commerce; MITCH FUt?DS. AftstuKii;i., i vii. 13. tttlial Debt, 214 per Cent Money. 81N. 54% .54 3 A Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A :nen Syndic, ci per cent 94% 95 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 71.; 82 Cemmercial Company, 4•:, p er 1731 17,Y2 Ditto (0!_12 and 133'3) 5 t 1.4 ~ 1. . lot to! jA tL ea h if-1 1 , p'cr ceht. . : ............ . ................ Inttai 1837, 5 per cent. .................. 128 IW,i Exchange on London, One month Two mon':hs BELGIAN I.. UN l iS—BlitJasets ttt 13 Actual Debt & 2 Per Cent, ..-• • Rothschild's Lied?, 5 Ctnt. ,• • . o,j.A I,tan rrili:tr Mißlans; it'zi• ...... `6V 4 3 per Cent. 6B Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent h7 Sficicty of Commerce, 1N per Cent ll7 Bank of 132.1gium, 5 per Cent National Society . . fripers, Feb. 13. AUSTRIAN PUNDS.-Virxrsa, 5 Five ptt Cerits. Metalliques • • - Fp= per Cc! . • • . ln 1f43 Three pt`r Cents. ..01 si ib Bank Shares n F g. ti F N c Db.s Deni ._ m, Fr.E. 8 l PRt e s o Bills. Ft. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 10 3 1,4 Prussian English I,!ati,ll'oo, 4 per cert. :7! ITN ?' k4tc7iango on Ldrid,M, thite innriths 0 19% Gazelle. 9e9. 6. Money. lO! SPORTING iNTELLtGENeu. TATTERSALL' AS'.--11' EsrERDAI., The attendance yesterday *as thin; and the betting so fiat and uninteresting as to affm-d little opportunity I.r cornirienta If we statE that kremlin and Meunier were backed at even less odds than those quoted on Monday, and that. Ilderim Aas, noroi,; nally, at an improved price, we say all that is worth nientiening 9 to 1 agst Ld Jersey's Bro. to Bay :Middleton—taken and afterwards offered 1 5 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambean—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Et in-goz•Bragh-- , taken 18 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers 25 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's kremlin—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Ilderim 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epidaurns- - --taken 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Btilivark 35 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Meunier—taken 40 to I agst Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko 50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's /Ether—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Worrall's Peon—taken 1000 to 10 agst Duke of Richmond's Delos 1000 to 20 agst Antler and Deception—taken 1 00 to 10 agst Duke of Richmond winning the three events, having Reel only for the Oaks. " , ...ord Stanley will l ea ve town to be present at the a pp roac hing grand s t eeple chase at Li ver pool, when he will visit his father, the E Earl of Derby, at Knowsley Park. AWFUL SUDDEN DEATH.—A professional gentleman named Christopher Waggett Dunscombe, Esq., from t Cork, who was s topping at Hughes's Hotel, Wick low-street, Dublin, returned from th e residence of his brother-in - la w, a Mr. Bachelor, about six mil es from town, on Tuesday, got off the car a t th e h ote l door, walked up stairs, spoke to a gentleman i n th e d raw i ng room, and seemed i n Perfect health and spirits. He called the waiter, an d desired him to p ay the carnati. The waiter had scarcel y lef t the room for th e purpose when he heard him fall, an d, upon return i ng, found hi m i n an apparently lif e less state. Doctors were immediately called in, wh en bl eedin vain—the v it a l spark had fled. other He w meansas a fine.loong resorted man, but about thirty years of age.— Dublin Packet. g and were tine-look to, in ARDENT SP IRITS , — The use of opium i n t hi s country as a means of intoxication is spreading rapidly. We have to mention a curious fact, well worthy of remark, if true, and if false of easy refutation. It is in those districts where the well intentioned enthusiasts, vulgarly ca'led teetotalers most abound, that the use of opium as a substitute for ardent spirits has most ncreasvd. This has been the case nr,rc especially in these townF, and among those communities, where the ordinary means of intoxi cation have been abjured. CHANCERY COUNT.-(THIS DAY.) ordered of the quantities of cotton gloves and hosiery im poFted into the United Kingdom, distinguishing the quan tity for home consumption and the quantity bonded for exportation in each year, from sth January, 1835, to sth January, 1839. The Hon. Member said bis motive in moving for these returns was to show how we were losing the markets for our manufactures—bow rapidly foreigners were not only superseding us in foreign markets, but actually competing with us in the home market. Mr. FOX M A ULE brought in a Bill for regulating the Employment of Children and Young Persons in Factories. The House then adjourned at Ten Minutes after Twelve o'Clock. READ the NORTH BRITON of TO-MOR ROW, Price 6d., containing the LOCAL INTELLI GENCE OF ALL PARTS OF SCOTLAND, the Political and Miscellaneous News of the Week, Parliamentary Debates ; Reviews of New Books, &c. Orders received by all Newsmen in Town and country. 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[IS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His Alajesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His-Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA. laving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis zributions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT- T Es. and do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer great many ro‘sibilitiei of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGII, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK,. are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS and upwards. Orders for less than lot. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particu'ar;, upon ad dressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. TO-MORROW EVENING, FEB. 16, Will bo performed THE TEMPEST. Prospero, Mr. Macreedy ; Alonzo, Mr. Warde; Miranda, Miss Helen Faneit. After which HARLEQUIN AND FAIR ROSAMOND. Monda y —King Lear, and Fair Rosamond. Wednesday—There will be no performance. HIGH WATEIt AT LONDON BUDGE TO-1110! - : ROW. Morni:4 44 minutes after 3 I Evening r minutes alter 4 TO OUR SUBS C RIBERS. In consequence of the great alterations in the arrival of the Mails in several parts of the Kingdom, we now publish a Morning Edition of The Sun, in time to be despatched by the Morning mails. By this arrangement such of our Sub scribers as may receive the Evening Edition too late, can suit themselves by having a MORNING EDITION, containing the close of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament, and all other news arriving in London up to the hour of Morning Publication. Those Subscribers who wish to be supplied with the Morning Edition will please to notify the same to their respective News Agents, or to The Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. Second Editions, containing the Debates in Parliament up to the hour of post, in the Evening as usual. ff-c . - - f rf ..IA, . A-wyy CHAPMAN V. SEVERN. The further arguments in this part.heard case, the facts of which v, e have alreadygiven, occupied the Loan CHANCELLOR the who'e day. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) The Vier...CHANCELLOR took abort causes and unopposed petitions, none of which possessed any point of interest except to the parties concerned. THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY.) COIN EXCHANGE There have bean small supplies of both English and Trish Corn this week, but good of Barley and Foreign Wheat. There was snore firmness in the Wheat trade, and Monday's prices rather exceeded. Barley, Beans, and Pease remained as last reported. Oats obtained rather higher prices, as the demand was fair, and the supply had fallen off. Flour continued to meet a heavy demand. ARRIVALS, 1 Wheat. I barley.. I Oats. f.' eui 2, !40 /rs 6,b`..0 qrs. LOCO Irs 3,e30 acks 3,0-0 1,220 English Ir;s 137 Forei 6 ii I 1,550 SMITHFIELD. - brls Supply short, and sale very dull, although prices were lower except for Veal. Beef, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. Beasts, 441 ; Sheep, 1,810 ; Pigs, 343 ; Calves, 82. Societies, Some of these defects appear to admit of an immediate remedy, and I am directed by her Majesty to desire, in the first place, that your Lordship, with four other of the Queen's servants, should form a Board or Committee, for the consideration of all matters affecting the Education of the People. For the present it is thought advisable that this Board should con- WEE is.. I fist of: The Lord President of the Council. The Lord Privy Seal. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, and The Master of the Mint. It is proposed that the Board should be entrusted with the ap. plication of any sums which may be voted by Parliament for the parposes of Education in England and Wales. Among the first objects to which any grant may be applied, will be the establishment of a Normal School. In such a schaol a body of schoolmasters may be formed, compe - tnit to assume the management of similar institutions in all parts of the country. In such a school likewise the best modes .of teach. ing may be introduced, and those who wish to improve the schools of their neighbourhood may have an opportunity of observing their results. The Board will consider whether it may not be advisable, for some years, to apply a sum of money annually in aid of the Normal Schools of the National, and of the British and Foriegn School They will likewise determine whether their mea , ures will allow them to afford gratuities to deserving schoolmasters; there is no class of men whose rewards are so disproportionate to their useful. ntss to the community. In any Normal or Model School to be established by the Board (our principal objects should be kept in view, viz.,— 1. Religious Instruction, 2. General Instruction. 3. Moral Training. 4. Habits of Industry. Of these four I need only allude to the first; with respect to Re. ligious Instruction there is, ..s your Lordship Is aware, a wide or apparently wide difference of opinion among these who have been must forward in Promoting education. The National Society, supported by the Established Church, con. tend that the sthoolmaster should be invariably a Churchman; that the Church Catechism should be taught in the school to all the scholars; that all should be required to attend church on Sundays, and that the schools should be in every case under the superintend ence of the clergyman of the parish. The British and Foreign School Society, on the other hand, admit Churchmen and Dissenters equally as schoolmasters, require that the Bible should be taught in their schools, but insist that no Cate chiztn should be admitted. Others again contend that secular instruction should be the busi_ nest of the school, and that the ministers of different persuasions should each instruct separately the children of their own followers. In the midst of these conflicting opinions there is not practically that exclusiveness among the Church Societies, nor that indifference to religion among those who exclude dogmatic instruction from the school, which their mutual accusations would lead bystanders to suppose. Much therefore may be effected by a temperate attention to the fair dishes of the Established Church, and the religious freedom sanctioned by law. On this subject I need only say that it is her Majesty's wish that the youth of this kingdom should be religiously brought up, and that the right of conscience should be respected. Moreover, there is a large class of children who may be fitted to be good members of society without injury or offence to any party I mean pauper orphans, children deserted by their parents, and the offspring of criminals and their associates. It is from this class that the thieves and housebreakers of society are continually recruited. It is this class likewise which has filled the workhouses with ignorant and idle inmates. The Poor Law Commissioners have very properly undertaken to amend the vicious system which has hitherto prevailed, and in the neighbourhood of the metropolis much has been already done under their auspices. It is in this direction likewise that certain good can be accom plished. It sometimes happens that the training which a child of poor but virtuous parents receives at home, is but ill exchanged for the imperfect or faulty instruction which he receives at school, debased by vicious association; but for those whose parents are dead, or who have no home but one of habitual vice, there can be no such danger. In all such instances, by combining moral training with general instruction, the young may be saved from the temptations to crime, and the whole community receive indisputable benefit. These and other considerations will, I am persuaded, receive from your Lordship the most careful attention. I need not enter, at present, into any further plans in contemplation for the extension of the blessings of sound and religious education. I have, &c. (Signed) J. RUSSELL. The Lord President of the Conncil, &c. Bet keley.square, Feb. 6, 1839 My Lord—l have had the honour to receive your Lordship's letter, canveying to me her Majesty's desire that I, as President of the Council, together with certain other of her Majesty's servants, should compose a Board, or Committee, to consider the state of edu cation, and direct the application of any sums which may be ap propriated by Parliament for promoting its improvement. I hasten to express my readiness, whilst I continue to fill that situation, to discharge my share of such a duty, convinced as I am of the importance of the objects proposed, and the improbability of their being satisfactorily accomplished without the countenance and superintendence other Majesty's Government. I at the same time beg leave, at the outset, to state my opinion, that the establishment of a Normal School, for training masters in the most perfect methods of communicating literary and industrial, as well as moral and religious instruction, is the most pressing and important of these objects, both in itself and as being a necessary step to the attainment of the rest; and also the strong conviction which I entertain that it should be a positive condition of such an establish ment, that it should beso regulated and provid , d with sufficient meats to enable the teachers, who iffe trained there, to acquire and to give such religious instruction as may be required at all ordinary schools, in the principles of the Church of England, without any exclusion of those who may be connected with such other religious persuasions as are known to prevail amongst a considerable portion of the po pulation of the country, who may be desirous of and should be enabled to receive similar instruction from their own Ministers, subject to the control and superintendence of the authority under which the school will be placed. That such a regulation should be distinctly promulgated and un derstood, appears to me indispensable for its success, in diffusing widely those benefits which all are alike entitled to receive, and combining with the most approved methods of education the most solid foundation on which it can be placed.—l have, &c., (Signed) LANSDOWNE. The Lord John Russell, &c. Whitehall, Feb. 9, 1838. My Lord,—l have had the honour to lay before the Queen your Lordship's letter to me of the Gth instant, and I am commanded to inform you that her Majesty is pleased to approve of the course your Lordship proposes to pursue.—l have. &c., (Signed) J. RUSSELL. The President of the Council. IRELAND. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 13. LORD NORMANDY'S DEPARTURE. A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the friends of good Government in Ireland, was held this day in the Commercial_ buildings, to determine upon the most complimentary and satisfac tory manner of expressing their sentiments towards Lord Normariby previous to his departure. Amongst those present were Mr. Thos. Esmonde, Sir David Roche, M.P., Sir Thomas Finlay, Sir James Murray, C. M. St. George, High Sheriff' of Leitrim, Daniel Farrell, High S: - .eriff of Sligo, Thomas Dickson, Q. C., Richard Moore, Q.C., Carew O'Dwyer, Leland Crosthwaite, O'Gorman Mahon, Colonel Morris William Murphy, John Power, &c. Sir THOMAS ESMONDE, Bart. was called to the chair. Mr. A. l'en , di was appointed Secretary. A discussion of considerable length Cnstied as to the most effectual time and place for an aggre gate meeting of the citizens to adopt an address to be pre sented to his Excellency. It was finally determined to hold a meetiiig to-Morrow, at the Arena, Lower Abbe:, -street, and a Com mittee was appointed to prepare the address and resolutions, and make arrinigeme.:ts for the meeting. His Excellency will posi tively leave on Saturday at twelve o'clock, and as it is determined tlig a Public demonstration will be made on the occasion, he will be a:eoiiiiii! 4 lled to Kingstt wn by a number of the citizens. The usual undress fereivell levee will he held on Saturday morning, from ten to twelve o'clock. NATIONAL BANK.—A run has been made on this Bank in Cork., some other quarters in the South for several days past. It is Sala td h'itc been occasioned by some change in the local manage. went. As prO;iipt Vrtynierit was forthcoming the establishment has weathered the storm, and tk panic is new completely terminated. LAW APPOINTMENTS.—It is confidently rumoured that the Chief Justice is about to retire, and it is said that Mr. Brady, who has been Attorney-General but a few days, will be his successor. It is much Wife likely ; however, that Mr. Justice Perrin or Baron Richards will bC ptbinoted to the office, or Sir Michael O'Loghlen, if he could be induced tc leave the Rolls, and that Mr. Brady will be the successor of the Learned Judge promoted. Several parish meetings in Dublin or the vicinity are announced to addresirLord Normanby before his departure. COURT CI tiCULA.R. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness t;,:.' Duthess of Kent, honoured Covent Garden Theatre with her presence last night. Her Majesty arrived soon after nine o'clock, attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Mur .• . . orripany... Wemyss. Lady Flora Hastings was in waiting on the iy Duchess of Kent. R Her Majesty rode out on horseback yesterday after :; 5 noon, attended by the Hon. Miss Mui ray, Baroness Lelizen, - . Miss Quentin, Earl of Fingall, Colonel Wemyss, Earl of , t tltbridge, Hon. Major Koppel, and Lord Alfred Paget. 32, Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Ii 13s Queer. , 6 ...It. Is The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of F-PA Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. 'rivals, . An Agriettl,ural Deputation, composed of the ands t• of Buckingham and Chandos; Sir T. F. Freemantle,lVJ : W . M. Praed, EST, M. P. ; W. Rickford, Esq., M._ s Y q. : ,rehased B. D'lsraell, Bsl. l M.P. ; R. A. Christopher , E__ • M.P. Messrs. Hor _ _D . u_ke , ket at 92-, M. P. ; W. S. Blacksictio. Esq. , '•-• • ' i at 92a i wood, Brickwell, Hoare, Curtis, d e Pulver, W. Har ier Bills, 6, G. Dodd, W. Hayward, i-r. ' W Bonney, I 1"-Ythe Rev. F. Litch idia Stock, ding, J. R. Barker, Thurnall, ana - u •mt Melbourne, C. Read, N. Active, whi field had an interview yesterday with Vise .. ry ; Portugt in Downing-street. ' , 80+ ; Colour Mr. i\ I r. G e J o o r h g n e G Lewisor e h L u e d f e v a r n e , i • Dutch 'lNiffirL•ecrGviec,owrgewitNhieLhoorllds, Johnanu 2 Cents , 1021. business doing Russell yesterday, at the Homee f dis. A Deputation, including ths:rAfteent for Jamaica, Mar. , .H. Lushington, Sir A. TREE O'CLt quis of Sligo, Lord Seaford, F. Grant, had an interview yesterday with ~..,...- r..!-_ , - ,-,- r- - .,., .i i___., The Commander of the Forces had an interview Hester- • --------_------- - -- - r!! - - --- . ..._. 1 b jm ji t . D . o - . 370 y a isi n (- d 4 ;c o The D uc h ess o f L ee d s , w h o h a s been extremely day with Loiti J(.hn Russell. . . L,n( - ion: Printed and Published y, ..., . ~o. str unwell since her arrival in town, from H°rnbY Castle, was much The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview yes- i Ne. 112, Strand, at The .S7!n. Othce, iNo , . 183 9, better yesterday. , ____.—....--...-------..----.------ terday with Viscount Melbourne. ' the county of Middlesea.—Friday, February in,:_................., VV beat. I Barley, err Quarter. 1 F. to s. landford 72 f 6 ;hard 6.•1 St _ ituntiug(l,,n 55 79 34 , 24 29 Long Sutton., 58 78 16 • 20 58 78 26 32 20 24 56 77 22 31 16 20 'letvark 62 82 c 4 31 19 :13 - ;ottinghqm fit 79 29 31 19 28 l'et,rlwroligh 59 82 35 42 22 29 Plymouth « 58 80 30 34 20 23 ,;nteiract -- 77 , Iraford 65 83 36 .Iponghran . 63 81 24 Wislic c 63 82 43 - 27 58 22 28 30 18 2S - 20 HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. Alb eat . Marks 5lO to 534 Oats, Up1ard............. to —; Mecklenburg 460 to 510 Dilecltenburg 171 to IS Magdeburg.... M3l to 52H -- Elder lOB to ifi!! --......... DUCT 465 to 48.5 -- Holstein 151 to 1.0 --.• Anhalt, white 510 to 531 Peterso.!* Riga to - --- red ~. 510 to 5A Malt, Poineraniait.. ID) t • 20, llolslein :(ye, Mi..eklenburg .... 270 to 3'36 [' case, Upland,. yellow 2441 p, 3;',0 ,„ -- Holstein 272 to 3361 Beans 221 to 255 -- Arehangal • --to ' Tares.... '55 to 3(4 3ariey, Mecklenbargh 216 to 252 Rapeseed 4:43 to 405 Magdeburgh . 240 to 235 Ditto Cakes . '34 to SI Lower Elbe ... to Linseed ditto 52 to 51 COTTON. 9A, Mar.tnham ... 0 Madras f, ii 9 Surats 8% . Ditningo COFFEE. Mucha 10 to II I Domingo ~.. Carolina and Tennesace Georgia. Ist sort 954 9.(1 ljd and 4tii Batavia Sumatra 4 4 Rio 4% 6 11:thia _ La C;11 , 1. ra. Porto Rico tii 9 J% 74 Havannah 4% 7 s. I. to 8. 41 '24 2.5 2( 24 3) 31 25 38 18 22 38 S. to - 113 38 .- 32 38 32 34 3:e PAPERS ON EDUCATION. (PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT lIY HER MAJESTY'S COMMAND.) Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, Feb. 12, 1839 My Lord, Whitehall, Feb. 4, 1839. I have received her Majesty's commands to make a communica. lion to your Lordship on a subject of the greatest importance. Her Majesty has observed with deep concern the want of instruction which is still observable among the poorer classes of her subjects. All the inquiries wbich have been made show a deficiency in the general education of the people which is not in accordance with the character of a civilized and Chrhtian nation. The Reports of the Chaplains of gaols show that to a large number of unfortunate pris mars a kowledge of the fundamental truths of natura' and revealed religion has never been imparted. It is some consolation to her Majesty to perceive that of late years the zeal f. r popular education has increased, that the E.tablished Church has made great efforts to promote the building of schools, and that the National and British and Foreign School Societies have actively endeavoured to stimulate the liberality of the benevolent and enlightened friends of general education. Still much remains to be done ; and among the chief defects yet subsisting may be reckoned the insufficient number of qualified schoohmsters, the imperfect mode of teaching which prevails in, perhaps, the greater number of the schools, the absence of any suf. ficient inspection of the schools, and examination of the nature of the instruction given, the want of a Model-school which might serve for the example of those Societies and Committees which anxiously seek to improve their own methods of teaching, and, finally, the neglect of this great subject among the enactments of our voluminous legislation. SUGAR.— (With 83A Discount.) Havaunah, White , 6yitol6 Brown filo, White ": Brown - 516 5% Bahia, White... 6 1,4t08 Brown 5+4 6 Pernambuco, White 6 7 Brown 5 5! LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-THIS DAY DEAL, FEB. 14.—Wind W.S. W., moderate.—Came Mown from the River, the Tigris, Symond, for Ceylon; Giraffe, Burn, Laun ceston, and remain in the Dowr.s. Arrived, and proceeded for the River, the Warrior, Severight, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Put back, the outward bound which sailed yesterday. PORTSMOUCH, FEB. 14.—Wind S. W. to W.N. W., fresh breezes and hazy —Arrived, the Ulysses, Gall, from Baltimore, nine of the crew prisoners, having mutinied ; Perfect, Evans, London; G reen end, Sirius, ditto; Cygnet, Lemon, Cherbourg; Flower, Moore, Shoreham. Sailed, the Gladiator, Britton, London. Sournastrrom, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Isole, Jacob, Nantes. SALCOAIBE, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Yanston, Janvis, Oporto. STARCROSS, FEB. 11.—Arrived the Liberty, Hill, Oporto; Petit, George, Bordeaux. Barsror., FEB. 14.—Arrived the Bessaeul, from St. Gille. CARDIFF, FEB. 13.—Sailed the Eliza and Mary, Touirnin, Vianna. HARWICH, FEB. 14. Arrived the Amity, Holmes, Leith. YARMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Diligent, Bidemont, Brest. Hum., Fes. 14.—Wind W.S. W., fresh gales.—Arrived the Hot riette, from S. Michael's; Mersey, Mather, St. John's, New Bruns wick. 11 15, A.M.—lt has been blowing a heavy gale from the west PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Concord, Brom. head, from Kertch ; Maria Anne, Bcvon, Sables. Sailed the Bo livar, Patrick, Creek ; Manely,ißidley, London. FALMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind N.W. to &S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrived off port, the Myrtle, Young, from St. Ives ; Erasmus, Marks, Batavia. Sailed the Fortitude, Wilson, London; George IV., Leggett, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 14.-It has blown a gale all night from the west ward, and has blown hard all day from the same quarter.—Ar rived the Nicholas Biddle, Hurn, from New York; Bella Portena, Monte Video ; Kent, Smart, Honduras ; Dart, Grace, St. Michael's; Rambler, Gilbert, Odessa; Courrier, Bordeaux; Dampier, New lands, Jamaica; John Peat, Smyrna; William and Henry, Savage, Portaferry ; Ann Brown, ditto; Elizabeth, Blake, Newry; Mars, Matley, ditto ; Rosalind, Fenwick, Fowey ; May Flower, Beath, Teignmouth ; Mary and Jane, Newport; Salacla, ditto; Vigilant, ditto; Prince of Waterloo, Swansea. Off port, the Isaac Newton, Mobile. Sailed Laura Ann, Caseby, Lisbon. OFF THE GALOPER, FEB. 1 I.—Catherina Charlotte, Leilo, Lisbon. CoaK, FEB. 12.—Arrived the 1119nroy, Sinclair, from Honduras; Lady Bute, M`Kinlay, Clyde. Sailed the Protector, Edgar, London. DUBLIN, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Duke of Cambridge (steamer), from London. Sailed the Hugh, Crosby, for Trinidad. CORK, FEB. 12.—The Victoria (steamer), from Liverpool, in coming in last night got In contact with the Laurel, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; the latter received damage. HULL, FEB. 14. —The Mersey parted from her anchor this morn_ ing, and drove on the Middle Sand, but got off' at high water, and is now aground close to the harbour. COWES, FEB. 14.—Wind W.—Put back Falcon ; Lea, Nill, Gardner, ditto. MARGATE, FEB. 14.—Arrived off, Vivian, Essay, Mauritius ; Minerva, Hundsworth, Charlestown ; Highflyer, Newton, St. Michael's. RAMSOATII, FEB.l4.—Arrived the Varrier, Hubert, Amsterdam ; Archangle, Gallasee, ditto; Olaf, Karre, Fischer, ditto; Premier, Kerth, London ; Fortitude, Nicholls, ditto ; Bruce, Turnbull, Sun derland; Swift, Mitchel, Newcastle, with bows stove, having been in contact with the Pier. DOVER, Faa. 13.—Arrived off, the Anna Catherine, Bakker Batavia ; Fame, Matheson, Boston ; Lord of the Isles, Dodd, New. Castle, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. —We con tinue to have only a moderate demand for Cotton. The transactions to-day are estimated at 3,000 bags, chiefly American, without change in prices. The Great Western Steamer has been spoken by a vessel arrived at Portsmouth, on the 4th inst., in long. 27 30, out six days and a-half. We have received the Antwerp Journal of yesterday's datiO. On Sunday an English Cabinet courier from St. Petersburgh, on his way to London, passed through that city. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., Feb. 12, 541; Five per Cents., 1061, We have a scarcity of arrivals this morning, airy the Belgian papers received, of yesterday's date, do not bring any news from either the Dutch or Belgian armies of any importance. The only part worth noticing is that the Chambers wer'3 to meet on the 19th instant; and that the Austrian and Prussian envoys, instead of remaining at Aix la. Chapel', were proceeding homewards, and were on their way to Frankfort. Consols, which closed yesterday at 921 i for Ac count, and _Money the same, opened at the above prices. Eicebeguer nills, 63 63 ; India Bonds,6l 63 ; Bank Stock, 204 k 205 k ; India Stock, 2531 2541. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active same as they closed, 19i 19i; Portuguese left off 351- 36 4, at present 361; 'Three per Cents., 9.21 221- ; Belgian, 99k ; Bra iilian 79.1 80i; Colombian, 29k ; Mexican 231 24 ; Outeli Twe-and-a-half per Cents., 541 i ; Five per Cents., 'till!: PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE o'cLotk. tank Stock " - • - .'.40354 India Stock - - 25:”4 ,J per Cv6t. 11ed. -t"• '931,4% Ditto Bonds;;;, - •- 60 Pm. 3Fa Cent. Cons. 92% 4 South Sea Stotk.;;;;4 ..“;.:. ---,--- 3 ~- per Cent — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 100.34% New Ditto Nov 3;4. per Cent ilk% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17711 tiTcilt 5 tiizrCen,..,:.,' ',; ;;;; .. -. . ,5 E*.ch. Bills, X, 1 ,0c)0 ... 63 (13 pm. !sank Long A niiiiiliti t.deT!oiti 11:49;;".....*;;;;5?)0 ;:. 64 65 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — DittS Sinz.l3 ' -••• ,- t. 61 65 mr; Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial - i'ri Jan. 5, 1860 -- Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... '2 .5 1 ,4 Aril 5, 18.80 ~.. . — India Stock for Account ... -- an' 5; 1,t,0.:;" • --- . 4 -, Consols for Account 9 -2% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND) THIS DA ; Al' O"'E o .)*(jsOCK Austrian Bonds — I Peruvian 80nd5...... . : .... : . -,-- Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds ' 80U Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account , 44.:1..' Ditto Accoun. Buenos Ayres Bonds • - -,- Ditto; 3 per Cent::„ — Ditto Account - Ditto Account • ••i 2214 ChlKait Bond's •—• • • - Prussian Bonds D ttg Ace6unt - . - ... • Russian Bonds, 1822 — Columbian Bonds ...... .....,... •-,-- Ditto Account _ Ditto Accoutit • • -- ,- - ... Metallic — Co!umbian BondS, 1824 ..: .. -- Silal l i4l nondk • - ... — Ditto Account •• • • - —I DPW Actoinit.. 4. Da n i s h 116,, r 1; •• , -- --- • 75Ni ' Ditto Bbnds; 1834 ...;:.U1;6%1,,,' Ditto Adcoiiiit ~.-, Ditto _Accounts .:::.- • • 19%1,5 (;reek Bonds —. French, 5 per C0nt...., --i'. -..t... Ditto Bonds, 1825 _: -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account -- 3 per cent. - c. Mexican Bonds,- 5 per (7ein. ... —...._....- Exchange. —c • Ditto Acedulit ~,.. .. a.... ,-, Ditch, 2 si pe;cent. 5i Ditto AcCount ;.. I Date, 5 per eent, " - , Ti Neapolitan . - •.• • -- -- I Ditto Account. .. "*. Ill'''. ol' SHARES till - -- - DAt AT ONE O'CLOCX. Pala. PS* WI: e British Iron Company Brighton Railway t . non and Birmingham Railrral I 'A 173 X. 4X, St Lche , iter and Birmingham Railwa . ... 15 Do.. Do Extension • 7 6N', Midland Counties liail*ay tottitAilY. :. - 50 94 K /th Midland Hallway Company ':;,!; 51 35 Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac .............. 2 j4N Bahia Steam 6 O 'A Col , nial Bank ......... 1‘ Canady Company ....................................... 23 29 Danube and Mayne Company ~ . 411 Hs, 4d. 27 Mexican and South American ..................... ... 6 A Worthing Tontine .-....... .................. . ..... It Is. 21 . Hs' HALF-.PAST ONE. We do not hear of any further arrivals, and little busi , ness has been done in the British Funds to the present time. The Government Broker has purchased about 7,500 Consols, giving the turn of the Mai kct at 924 ; the prices during the morning may be quoted at 02i- i for the Ac count, Money the same. Exchequer Bills, 63 65; Bank Stock, 2054.; India Bonds, 63 ; India Stock, 2531. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which reached 1 9“, has receded to 192, heavy ; Portuguese, 364 ; Three per Cents., 9 21; Brazilian, 801 ; Colombian, 291 ; Mexican, 231 24 ; Belgian, • 991 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 54a ; Five per Cents , 102 i. In the Share Market a little business doing. Western, 14 prem. ; Brighton, aft dis. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92a 4- Great CITY FISH MARKET. The supplies were good again, and prices much as before. Tur. hot, 6s. to Ios., 15,., and 21s. ; Cod, 2s. to Bs., 10s., and 12s. each ; Lobstersl Is. to 4F. each ; Whiting, 3d. to fid each; Had. clock, 6d. to Is. 2d. each ; Soles, 9d. to Cs. 6d. per pair. .70UNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE Oats. S. to 3. 40 42 42 44 38 42 38 42 30 34 35 42 30 32' 31 4:1 35 42 38 Ci 11 43 32 44 30 32 Posse METROPOLITAN POLITICAL, SUMMARY. The Morning Herald of this day c ontains a tea(ssay de strongly in condemnation of Lord John Russell , r; 2 de _ conduct, in reference to the Corn-law he Glared to be " worthy of the Administration to will' a au b t belongs,"an opinion which our vixen Contemporary no eu conceives to be the bitterest and most truculent sap ar r. " Lord John Russ.ll," adds the Herald, ma y be u• stood to have given the landowners And farmer s . 0 ,: which be viU , question" t England fair warning as to the course Lor ( r t: e 111 1 P adopt on the Corn-laws, inasmuch as' h is somewhat tauntingly recommended Sir Robert and the great Conservative party of whicL' he is t " e , - : 11 ' id leader, to assume, if they pleased, that Go , i'ernm en • a iLlv, support Mr. Villier's motion, and to prepre :d F Englabto and we trust that the farmers and landowners P will prepare to meet the emergency. It is ireflc ssi , i b i l , e b - place further, reliance on the miserable and xrga , t, - v „, / ° . nest Cabinet that now presides over the destinies et "7,, land." On the subj..:ct of Sir Francis Heed's jle e ,;, published letter, the Morning Herald observes, of quite obvious, whatever the Goverment prints m a y Sea fir the matter, that Sir Francis Head has been - b etra)e the same purpose for which Lord Glenelg: was trea Cb e ously sacrificed—to propitiate Lord Durham.. The Morning Post, speaking of the Marquis of rl o manby's resignation of the Irish Viceroyalty , gle es i t o f following on dits :—" The office of Lord Lientem in. Ireland g& es a-begging. We h ave reaso n to believe that I, has been offered to Lord Radnor, and after less than 2 4 be lurs „, consideration refused by the Noble Earl. We have ren to believe that it has been offered to Lord Tavistuelt_B:‘, after a period of deliberation still more brief, refused al° s the Noble Marquis. The. , general impression yesterdaY Was that. Ministers, after theset two refusals, had mad e a tender° the office to Lord Albemarle, and that there e'l. tome probability of this Noble Earl relieving the Ge,rela " meat from its embarasseeent upon the subject.' r, a leading article on the Corn-laws, our Contempeet states that " the public declaration of Lord Melboutunie: that he ties himself an advocate for the existing a i t i c ity , from entertaining a conviction of its paramount a u t rice was, pro tanto, good ; but whatever degree of i puti c e i in this declaration might by possibility have exercise law calming the calculated agitation of the AlltiC °/11 3 conspirators, his Lordship, at the moment he uttere ra t, neutralized and destroyed, by intimating that--hi s 1 1 3 a conviction notwithstanding—he cal y demanded sin a degree of pressure from without, as might afford ' 1 7.1 0 decent excuse for yielding, to concede the whole Matte' dispute." ea The Morning Chronicle, in a short leading article, the subject of Education, observes, with perfect trilk:s " when Lord Brougham commenced his valuable lahsse;e on Education, the Clergy of the Church of Engl and 11- 10 not yet awake ; and we suspect, if he had not roused tiler; they would have slumbered on to this day. lb° ire iltu af historian will not forget, that of the United Churatree, England and Ireland, the English branch suffered tulth centuries. to pass without once concarning then:lo l °, s : b the education of the people; and the Irish branch, tujogn. Lon sworn to keep schools, violated their oaths." ° al ' bleb temporary has another article on the Corn-laws, in o e he makes a strenuous appeal to the justice and good se of the agriculturists. lo u se The Times, speaking of a brief discussion in the of Commons last night respecting the Corn-laws, eei,:e " It had been generally believed, and we ourselves belie still, that the design of Ministers is to roist • the bar ° lion of evidence respecting the Corn.la.ws at the the House." Lela The Morning Advertiser contains an articl e oe - • s Durham's Report ; in the course of which, institutiatry parallel between Ir e l a nd and Canada, our Contemiggiaso remarks, " in both countrie'a the adminiatrationd of th e ,• o o ' a ensa` i has been the contest of f a ction, and not the p rof of justice; and in both countries have similar causes P duced similar results. " MONEY MARKET and CITY IiWW:LS (FRoM THE sIORNING PAPERS OF THIS RAY./ , Dfark et CHRONICLE —The firm state which the English Stoc k fe chug fo r t presented for some days past is still maintained, and„„ the co ls generally is in expectation of a further improvement. l'u'j e dure“ t Money left off at 92i to B. ; and for the Account, 92i ;,., 0 1 to I Three.and-a-adf per Cents., 1001 to 1 , ; ditto New, l " e d to 2154 , ' Exchequer Bills, 63 to 65 pr e m. Bank Stock I:as adverse 0 re g,' to 205, in consequence, we presume, of the increase in the the or surplus capital, which w as shown in the late Terg t th e Bank; but, as we then stated, it must be borne in h3itd that . decy' s : • augmentation of this fund is trifling, compared with the dia Soo ' which it had undergone f or so l ong a p er iod previousli• I is 254 to 254, and Long Annuities 15 1-16. eonshl e '' bje f This was settling day in the fo r eig n market, anck'as 3 - wing C ' amount of business has be en t ransac t e d i n it since the b e g i n„ ore the month, the adjustment o f th e accoun t was looked for v n than usual interest ; but it p ass ed offs a tisf a cturily, and o ?T o been out any difficulty. The prices of yesterday genera , ' ° I , mar e maintained, and the appearance of things is good. TO' closed at 19a to 1; Deferred, 81 to 9 : Passive, 4 t ° c m % ggt ° guese Five per Cents., 35 %to 361 1 ditto Three per thafit f ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1021 t oe ; ditto Two -and -a. TOW' Cents., 541 to j ; Brazilian, 79e to 801 ; Belgian,9 9 7.51 t to 76; Russian, 114 to 1141; Mexican, 23i "' bian, 29 to; Peruvian, 17 to 18. of t be the shamr. There is a furthei improvement today of 11. inTh e Birmingham Railway, but Great Westerns are 10s. 1° 1%5101 others are without alteration, and there has not been Inu"' ke d it doing in them. London and Birmingham were last marked t O4 " to 87 prem.; ditto new, 25* to 24 prem. ; Southampt on, isfa ncl o ', per share; Great Western, 13i to 14 prem.; Leeds an d d• t° ter, 19 to 21 prem.; Manchester and Birminghanis l at :a s iand , prem. ; Birmingham and Derby, 11 to 9 dis.; North' dis l to 1 ; coo dis. to prem.; Brighton, 34 to 3* dis. , Blackvvall, 1/ oder ° Croydon, 121 to 13 per share; South Eastern, 6f-, to 5i dis• I- Counties, 1{ to dis.; and Greenwich, 16e to 171 per sho' 1 POST.—The settlement of the half monthly account toms engrossedbpsSr much of the attention of speculators in the o ft! Stock Market. The differences arising upon the transactio n ' and last few days in Spanish and Portuguese Stock have been 13 „ r t - he isi some of the weaker parties found it difficult matter to n''" o f se" engagements, but we do not believe there was any serious We Remy fault to deal with. The tr ansact i ons for the New Acconn` lo wer not of any magnitud e. W hat was done, however. prices. Five per Cent. P ortuguese Bonds left off at 35* proved to at 6, Sue Three per Cents, at 22 t o, with the ° ;/, and Activ e Sp an i s h, v_A of dividend certificates, at 191 to It appears that the Confer e° tot London have forwarded to the Belgian Government a re g u , s e4 p e n t he they would forthwith di sarm ; such has, at all events, be tscf• current report here to-day, and we h ave no doubt of its ; 1 „„ lehi s Ve have, neve r th e l ess, scarcely any variation to not i ce in the of the Dutch and Belgian Securities. in BO eels H t E o - R d a A y L , HERALD.—The LionT he accounts wcohniscehquheatvi consequence e o e t u received thed taining banking accommodation in that city and the chief difficulty iff rio of to n l err i,l Belgium, which arises from the disorganisation of the ce ll he and monetary system of that State by the late stoppage °f t h - d been of Belgium, the celebrated house of Cockerel' and C°• ha compelled to apply to the Government for permission CO co t their payments for a given time, which, according to the c° — cs" custom of Belgium, is generally conceded ' when the PY,T.triiesoishi sh. ow by thei r sc h edule that their assets sufficiently exce ed in t hus ties; the object of this suspen s ion bein applying from arrest or legal interrupt' d • on, during the 11 1 t b • a extension thus granted. netarft Some int ere st has been created to-day in the leading lin° nt Ade' .American Bank is about to be immediately g 10 prevent the l'aft,l'ot. the commercial circles, by the announcement that an imPor ts th e ans pices of men of the highest integrity and wealth in the Citl ia T v voi. Wet countenance also of the Bank of England, time L'on d° ,, n h a a o bje of minster Bank, and an eminent private banking firm. w ith ' this institution, whose headquarters will be in New Ynl T "'2, lo o be• agency in London, is to facilitate the commercial transac""alisia tween the two couutrie?, and also to render facilities for 0" ot pas the exchanges upon sound banking principles; and, if P rude fhtsio ed c . naged, it ma form a desideratum that hitherto has not been w ito by the late mode of conducting banking or monetary oper ations the existing banks of the United States. „0,019 fornied, under _:thoe Very considerable activity continues to prevail in the Share Market, the demand for Birminghams having conside7ei a re creased without any apparent sound reason; neverthele °4 lo .lgb .A. W ° now quoted at 86 prem. Great Western are 131 P re°. h i. las. 'l - dis. Greenwich 3 dis. Southampton Average are 5a pr e„ '. prem., Croydon ditto is 31. Bs. dis., and the New Scrip 2 * 3 Z o joni 3 British North American Bank Shares are 1 a 2 pre ~ and Bank 4/ a 5 pr em ., G enera l Steam Nav i gat i on 10i prem.,t thing Tontine 11. 10s. prem. We.M.MMINIMPt n•OMIN BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB• ur last have had more busin es s doing in British Plantation since; brought former prices. A small car go f rom N ev i s an d St. Kit" w as ~, 595' ° forward last week and w ere nearly all taken a t prices " - o wing c 635. Sugars continu e t o arr i ve coastwise, the stocks re m he bufe d r " . first hands here b e i ng qu i te i nadequate to the want s g s ' e Molasses—Every puncheon in first hands is sold- "Tr ob iers, demand ; but the stocks being entirely in the hands o fthe et le qu' le can give no account of the market. Coffee—The Mar k for vale t bare of sampl es , most o f t h e S toc k s h av i n g been boug h t ozedo" Ports. Dyewoods continue very scarce and are much Bristol Gazette. LADIES' GOLD WAH est The follo w i ng Watches are London ma de, of very superio r . lity, and warranted to perform correctly. GOLD WATCHES— Engine-turn ed cases, with elegantly chased gold dials, the movements highly 10 0 finished and jewelled in two holes ............... Ditto ditto, double-bottom cases, i. e. to wind, at 12 19 ° the back PATENT LEVER WATCHES in engine turned Gold Cases, with elegantly finished Gold Dials. The lever construction is the most accurate. These Watches are with the improve- 0 ments (and have a detached escapement) , 12 jewelled in four holes .............................. L's Ditto ditto, double. bottom cases, i. e., to wind at 14 14 0 the back T. COX SAVORY, v ino. Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &c., No. 7,4 Cornhill, 1,0 (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street.) _ N. D. Second-hand Watches Purchased in BIRTHS On the lth inst., at Tarent Gunvi -- l, Dorset, th e lady 0f the Rev. John Watts, of a daughter. S G e°rge On the 12th ;list., in Parliament-street, Mrs. t• Burke, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., in Tavistock-square , Mrs. R o bert 611 ' iti'' of a daughter. blacken Oe. At Banerofts, on Ash Wednesd a y , Mrs. Henry of a daughter. On the 13th inst. , in Ca mbrid g e-street, the lady of W illi° Shee, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 12th inst , at Dagenham, Essex , Alexander, suevesli t s on of John Milner, Esq., of Chadwell , to Emily, Yu daughter of the late Robert Martin , Esq. , of Ilford, Botitrjort On the 12th inst., at St. Mary-le - Strand , William ,`,tsin Esq., R.N., to Elizabeth Horns, eldest daughter of 'AY Smith, R.N. Jab° On the 12th inst., at Union Chapel, Islington, r'ss, of Jennings, to Sarah Ann Palmer, relict of P almer, Alton, Hampshire. DIED. ' v olli , Ou the 7th inst., at Calverley-terrace, Tunbridge-% On the 11th inst., at Gravesend, Mary, relict of the late George Wood, E s acd 146 1 age O d n 9 the 11th inst., Edward John, the only s.°n of Mra.rsV.7il7 liasn t , , :vard Gedge, of Cape Coast Castle, age d four u Ye_ t I ad stre" On the 1-2, 1 inst., Mrs. Frances Lawrence, 0f ° Brunswick-square, relict of Ethelbert Lawrence, sq., of the Island of St. Cii;istopher, aged 78. Sara uel On the 13th inst., at his house in Grafton- street, Prado, aged 86. Mr. Jclo.lx' ognitchburn, vol. formerly 1~ fnrA VEy, TR K - ] At VOL ~ oitp ni WEI Th M 4,e 4. 4 a I hnr n ol the e~ •:'Prese Al so, t XOIle d ap T hep I sN ten s of 0 A si A IA 440 In v % are