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='1(..411 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. r ... 43 minutes after I J Evening OL,HNI, r ARK EL E CTI ON.-SUB- T'l' C RIPTIONS for DEFRAYING the necessary LTGAL EXPENCES of the RE-ELECTION of D. W. R VEY, Esq., for the Borough of Southwark, will be re eitcd at the following places Prescott and Co., Threadneedle-street. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall. Lttidon and Westminster Branch Bank, Southwark. o, , eph Parkes, Esq., Treasurer, Counter-street, Southwark. ,nd at the Central Committee-room, Bridge House lintel. JOHN C. BARNS, Hon. Secretary. Co , muittee-rcom, Feb. 23, 1839. 21-.,:day, No. IT., price Is., of the new humourous work, A V Y Dit E A NI Y. Edited by FLIT ! th humourous etchings by PETER PALETTE. my of the scenes are quite equal to those of Nicholas y, and the illus; rations to coy of Cruickshank's."—Age% Foster and llextall, Strand. laic:sty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His - 2;lajesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, Ills Majesty the RING of PRUSSIA, UTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis o M:mey, which (though they are NO LOT- S, of:tr a great many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE_ BROTHERS at HAMBEHIGH, and URINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, rcv SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS :TIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis ms co stein various portions, from POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS wards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended 1 - ,o;:s desirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to Lluy order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon ad- WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBUBGH. !I THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION 'INS PORTIONS OF 4,000/., 7,5001., and 30,0001. 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To-morrow—There will be no performance. Thursday —The Lady of Lyons ; and the Invincibles. Friday —There will be no performance. LONDON : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1,:.39. EVENING EDITION. In the Lords petitions were presented for and against the Corn-laws, and for the reduction of the Post-horse duty, a serious grievance. The Marquis of NORMANBY announced that the second appendix to Lord DURHAM'S report would be r to his hands on Friday, and he should lose no time in laying it on the table of the House. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he will to-morrow call the attention of the House to the subject of Bo- Nugh Courts. We hope the Noble Lord means to re- Ivive his excellent plan for local courts. The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill . vtas road a second time, after a short conversation, in which Lord BROUGHAM declared his especial satis t,on with the 10th clause, which gave their Lord- powcr to amend this present Amendment Bill : : . .'iession, which he was satisfied would be necessary. true was Sir ROBERT PEEL'S description of our er i :,- . ously slovenly legislation. A short conversation took place as to the pardon of a man named COPELAND, who had been twice tried within two years for capital offences, which certainly leaves no la s, - ,:rable impression as to the manner in which the law not justice, that has always been unknown in Ireland) 1.; whiinistered in the Sister Island. Lord BROUGHAM, for e•niell he received the thanks of Lord RODEN, is - to-day to weve for returns connected with the subject. Their I..ur,:ships then adjourned ; it being no part of their ;urclions to devise means for correcting our notoriously bk) ' only legislation. In the Commons, amongst the pe:itions presented was one by Mr. Blackstone from Warrington, deprecat irg• " the dishonest clamour raised by the manufacturers ag,,iitst the landed interest." We hope Mr. G REG , , Ir.SMITH, Mr. COBDEN, and others, will mark that. To ask for justice and freedom is dishonest clamour on their parts! They are also accused, we see, in a pe tit:o 1 from the East Suffolk Agricultural Protective Society, of "avowedly contemplating the ruin of the laeded interest. Such is the gratitude of the land owners, who are indebted t o th e s kill, ingenu.. ty, ar.d in dustry of the manufacturers for more than half the value of their estates. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply to Captai❑ Pr,c,Finu., said if it were necessary he would introduce a rneiFure to alter the 38th section of the Imprison ment for Debt Act. Another conversation took place on the insult to our 11 : 1 7, when it was wrung rather reluctantly from Mr. V;oon, we br - ,ow not why, that the Express packet artiy,:d in England, and that the Admiralty 1 1'd seen a communication which Lieutenant each:l?. had addressed to the Consul at Vera (:cuz. Mr. WOOD again referred to Commodore Don- GLAr.; being satisfied, and thought it not discreet to say all to knew. There is more in this matter than has yct tome before the public. It appears, too, that the Lieuieraut has addressed a letter to his Commending (1111 t 4 1*, which ought to be laid before the public in viae4on of that OCricer, who was bound, occording to an opinion prevalent in th e serv i ce , as state d b y Cap tur ai Pr.cuiA.l, to have bundled Prince DE JOIN vILLE, whoeve r ii , come en bo ar d, nec k an d crop i nto t h e sca. gut 4,l!asiied ..vbether nerrotiations were still going on, . 1 %1 WOOD dean:answering the question. 1\1!%,T. DUNCOMBE has become unwontedly active as ,( 11 7:g t ..:t . i.i tor, and gave notice of a resolution touching t Aiwlicirc_sot,, for Thursday and of a moti on gTre ielij out of th e workho"sea f)r ; l' Poor Mr. W YNN seems to ha(ve-ineis'g)iviinogts'offtche propriety of his own conduct. He doubts whether ho ought to sit, and and having stated a wish for the House to inquire into the subject, left his case to their dis cretion. On the motion of Mr. JERVIS, to which there was no opposition, a Committee is to be appointed this (lay, to inquire whether Mr. WYNN have not accepted oflice since his election and vacated his seat. Mr. HArtvEv, may yet triumph over his Learned foe. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, and ex plAined, amongst other things, that in 2,190 parishes the tithes had been commuted, and an income se cured to the holders of tithes. of 750,0001. Sr ROBERT INGLIS spoke strongly against the BP, and a.!clared the tithe tax to be a right of property fully equal to a man's claim to the produce of his own labour, or to the Earl of DURHAM'S claim to his estate. Mr. STANLEY called the attention of the Hilose to the Church discrepancies in Wales. Mr. HOME contended that Church property was national property, and regretted that the Bill did not go further. Mr. ESTCOURT, Mr. LAW, Lord DUNGANNON, and other ultra-Tories spoke against the Bill. Sir ROBERT PEEL separated himself with re. gret from his friends, and supported the Bill. He thought it likely to benefit the Church, and therefore he and the Whigs go together, while the Ultras of both scles condemn the Bill on different grounds. The Bill was read a second thine without a division, the Church people declaring that they would oppose it in Committee. Tie Registration Amendment Bill was committed pro forma. Tile Second Reading: of the Supt.:lnc Courts (Scot !afid) 13ill, after a short discussion, and a tlivisien vn Mr. WALLAcE's amendment to put it ( ff for six months, was read a second time, by 159 to 21. Mr. 'WALLACE is too honest to meet much support in the House of Commons. The Factories Bill, with which all parties professed themselves tolerably well pleased, as an improvement on the I.fll of last year, was also read a second time. Mr MAULS proposes in it, that no child shall work in more than one factory cn the same day, avarice having defeated legislation on that v.oint ; Surgeons arc to be especially appointed to grant certificates of age, and will we presume be paid. We shall soon have more functionaries in England th in in France, Germany, or Russh. The power of recovering lost time is to be wholly done away by the Bill, as it is in eature. The time now devoted to education is to be continued, but rather differently di .tibutcd. The hours of labour are to be from half p ist 7 in the morning to half-past 7 in the eveeiog, with ;-$0 minutes' rest for meals every six hours. Holidays are to be observed, so that Dr. SOUTHEY'S remark that thetory children never play, Will no longer be correct, unless the Saints, which kindness forbid, snatch this en joyment from the little ones. Some alterations are also m :de in the penal claus.-s. After a brief debate, in which Mr. BAINES properly called the attention of the House to the sufferings of young milliners, and to the eff•cts of the Corn-laws in making harder the hard fate of a fictory child, the Bill was ordered to be com mtted that day fortnight. The Salmon Fishery (Scotland) Bill—but whether No. 1 or No. 2, for on the catching sulject there are o Bills hi the House—was read a second time, after a division. At a Quarter past Eleven the House ad. jtotrned, it being re:,olved to give Mr. BROIHERTON no trouble, and to keep honest men's hours. We have been expecting for the last month to see some communication from the Marquis of LON DONDERRY to the LORD MAYOR on a subject which has lately attracted so much public attention, and with which the Noble Marquis is so well ac quainted—the coal monopoly. A letter has at last appeared, marked by more than the usual brevity of his Lo!dsbip's epistles, but distinguished like all his literary productions for courteous language, ele gance of expression, and conclusive reasoning. It is a hard blow for the LORD MAYOR, and coming from such a quarter, and abounding as it does with such irrefragable logic, it must give him ten-fold more annoyance than all the anonymous epistles and slanderous attacks directed against him by the plundering, interested ►monopolists. The Noble Lord can have no interest in stinting the London supply—on the coitrary, all his in terest lies the other way, for the cheaper the coals are in London, the greater will be the demand at Newcastle, and as a Select Committee of the House of Commons decided last year that a ton of best coals could not be put on board a ship in the Tyne for less than 10s. 6d., including prime cost, he may always reckon on that price. The mono poly to him must "therefore be injurious, and he can have no motive in coming before the public but to put ass end to this needless agitation, to disabuse the LORD MAYOR, and to convince the inhabi- tants of London that the price of coals has been fixed by a decision of this Committee, as unaltera ble as the law of the Medes and Persians. The _following is the laconic, elegant, and answerable letter : " TO THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. " Holdernesse House, Feb, 23, 1839. _ " MY LORD—The enclosed is the whole story, which )on seem to know nothing about ; and one ton of northern coals is worth three of your 225. coals to the consumer, end all your monopoly grades included. " I am your obedient servant, " VANE LONDONDERRY. " N.B.—The facts speak for themselves." Now, the "whole story" is founded on this re port which states that taking into account, wages of men and boys, waggons, grease, ropes, corves, spontage, tret, discount, and scorage, del-credere commission, half-metage paid by one party, and half-metage paid by another, lights; ballast, and lighters, sacks, screens, weighing apparatus, wages of men for loading, screening, carting, shooting, (why did it not include also the gallons of beer and the tobacco ?) and a great many other items which leave the reader in utter astonishment,that coals going through so many and so complicated operations, could be sold at the low price of 325. 6d. per tou. At the end of each of the lists of particulars, except one, are put down the vague terms " risk and pro fit," but the first probably is so great and the other so small that the Committee, in order not to injure the public credit of the traders, did not consider it prudent to specify the amount. The Lord Mayor must be mad to suppose that the best coals can be had for 225. ; and, according to the Gallant Mar quis, his Lordship, instead of benefitting the public, is actually inducing them to pay 665., independent of the " monopoly grades," for coals which they can have for 325. 6d. This shows how plain and clear a great statesman can make a complicated question, and how much the public should be on their guard against these doings of the Chief Ma gistrate, who " seems to know nothing about the story.,, The Oxford Clerical Intolerants are at length beginning to awake from—what GIBBON justly calls—" the fat slumbers of the Church." The Ministerial plan of education has evidently alarmed them into unusual vijlance ; and they. have been holding a public meeting in the Town-hall of Oxford, at which Lay Lords and Spiritual Lords, and a large host of Deans, Arch deacons, &c. were present, for the purpose of im pressing, or endeavouring to impress, upon the public mind, the fact that no system of general education can possibly be of the slightest avail, that does not acknowledge , as its foundation p r i n . ciole of action, the wisdom and tolerance and im maculateness of Mother Church ! To swerve from this principle—or even to relax so far as to admit that some little Reform may be necessary in our ecclesiastical Establishment, rs—not to enlighten, but to obscure ; not to elevate, but to degrade, the mind of the rising genera tion ; wherefore the Oxford Churchmen are resolved that, so far as in them lies, there shall be no system of national education established, un less it acknowledge as its foundation creed, the wisdom, tolerance, sanctity, and paramount practical value of the Thirty-nine Articles, and all matters thereunto appertaining. Mr. VILLIERS stated in his speech on the Corn-laws last Tuesday, according to the Times' report, with which that of the Chronicle and our own agree, " that no iess than 1,500,000 persons, &wended upon the cotto n t ra d e, for their d a il y , , bread ; that the value of that trade to the country wa5.34,000,000/. yearly, that:the capital employed in tit trade, fixed and floating, was 20,000,000/., that 17,000,000/. annually was employed in wages," &c. In the Chronic/e, one phrase vaties from that of the Times' report, and it is this—" . not fewer than 1,500,000 persons depend for the i r support "on the cotton trade." Of this statement the Standard of last night gives the following version : " According to the report of that gentleman's (Mr. Vdliers') speech in the newspapers, he is made to state that the value or yearly produce of the cotton trade to this country i s 34,000,0001.,' i n w hi c h sum is included 17,000,000/. expended in wages for 1,500 000 persons of all a es and sexes in the wages department '' The Standard, in the same article, quotes Mr. BAINEs's work on the cotton trade, as he might hive found it there written, that " the number of individua!s directly employedin the manufacture,with those dependentonthenzonnst amount t 01,500,000/." rie Standard might have known, therefore, and must, we think, have known, that Mr. VILLIERS TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY,-EVENING EDIT neither said, nor meant to say, and he is not re ported to have said, that 1,500,000 persons were actually employed as labourers in the cotton ma nufacture, and in the receipt of wages ; but 1,500,000 persons, including masters End their families, were directly dependent upon—not all ' labouring in the cotton manufacture for subsistence. Having thus perverted Mr. VILLIERS' state ment, the Standard proceeds to argue upon it in this fashion .; " Next Mr. Villiers is made to state (by nobody but the Standard) that there are 1,&00,000 persons receiving wages to the extent of 17,000,0001. yearly. Well, let us try this by the rule of three. This gives 111. 7s. per annum, or 4s. 4d. to each per week ? In all their wan derings into the cheapest countries in the civil Fed world, the manufacturers have not shown zny country where labour is obtained or can be obtained cheaper than this I" To find out what each person actually gains of the 1500,000 persons dependent on the cotton trade, the Standard ought to have subtracted from the num ber the infants and the aged past labour, and those who are unable to work from other causes, and it ought to have added the profits of the masters, as well as the wages of the men. But it would not suit the Standard's purpose to be either ;ref.:mate or true, and, therefore, it first misrepresents Mr. VI LLI arts' statement, and then builds on it a false conclusion. Such a proceeding is quite in accordance with the usual tactics of the Standard, but its errors will, no doubt, be repeated as gospei by all the landowners and parsons in the kingdom. In the pamphlet published at Glasgow in 133 G, the average price of cotton is stated at 7d. per lb.; since then the price has fallen, and Mr. JOHNSON, in the table we published on the 22d instant, gives it 61d. to 61d. for 1837 and 1838. The Standard, how ever, taking Mr. VI LLIERS' calculations, which apply to the present time, assumes 10d. per lb. as the price of cotton, " which gives," it says, ' " 19,170,000/. for the raw material, which, added to •17,000,0001., the sum stated to be paid in wages, is 36,170,0001, or 2,170,0001. more than the whole produce of the trade, exclusive of all other expenses attending the production of the various articles." This is another specimen of the Standard's tactics. Taking the price at 7d., the price of the raw • material will be somewhat less than 13,500,000/., showing, not 2,170,0001., with the 17,000,0001. more than the whole produce of the trade, as the Standard says, but 3,500,0001. less. False state ment the second of the Standard. The rest of the statements of our veracious Contemporary in the same article are of the same description—deductions from false or perverted data, and well calculated to mislead those who follow the Standard, and never examine the falsehoods assumed as the basis of its reasoning. In the House of Coalitions, last night, Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Thursday he would move a resolution to the effect that no re strictions should he placed on houses of theatrical entertdinment within the City of Westminster, that are not placed upon similar establishments within the City of London. Mr. DUNCOMBE, it seems, is sadly puzzled to understand why Westminster is to be annually visited with a gloomier Lent than any other part of the kingdom. The Hon. Gentleman is not much of a theologian, it appears, or he would . know that where wickedness most abounds, there should be chiefly exhibited the sackloth-and-ashes habiliments of repentance. Why should London not enjoy privi leges, which, according to the canons, cannot be extended to Westminster ? Has London the sins of a Parliament and P Court to answer for ? When does London exhibit the spectacle of hundreds of Representatives betraying the interests of their coun try and their constituents to advance their own—of Bishops clothed in purple and fine linen, preferring seats in " high places" to the pulpit of the village Church, where a starved curate is fain to stay the cravings of a starved peasantry with the husks of God's word—of Peers weighing their selfish grati fications against the wants, physical and moral, of millions, and discovering the latter to be as dust in the balance against the former ? These are enor mities not witnessed in London, with all its ma nifold haunts and ramifications of crime. The paunches of the Aldermen are not to be com pared in insatiability to the Hells of the West End ; nor are there any who will contend that the avarice of the Stock - Exchange is so injurious to the public morals as the prodigality of St. James's -street, May-Fair, and the Quadrant. And as according to the Divine law the sins of unre -1 penting fathers are visited upon their children, so by immemorial usage the transgressions of an unreclaimed Episcopal Bench, Peerage, Court, and House of Commons, are annually laid upon the heads of those scape-goats of the Imisdeeds of the Aristocracy—the Patent Thea tres. After this elucidation of " the wisdom of our ancestors," in sanctioning, for time out of mind, the practice of starving actors in Lent to expiate the peculiar sins of the City of West minster, we trust that Mr. DUNCOMBE will see the necessity, in moving the withdrawal of his motion on Thursday, to make a handsome apology to the House for having ever thought of bringing it forward. What would become of religion if we were thus on all occasions to uncloak hypocrisy for no better reason than to prevent the starvation of a handful of obscure fellow-creatures ? The insult offered to the British Flag in the Gulf of Mexico was again brought before the House of Commons last night, and we now notice it only to call attention to one very remarkable fact connected with it, as serving to expose the system adopted in the administration of the Navy. The Express packet, to whose flag the outrage complained of w a s offered, has arrived in England under the command of Lieut. CROKE, the Officer who experienced and protested against the outra g e ; and yet the Admi ralty is without any detailed information upon the subject. Why ? Because it would be informal—it would be contrary to precedent, to receive any communication from an inferior officer, when there is a superior through whom it may be officially filtered I To obtain the truth by the simple pro cess of a direct communication with the individual best able to furnish it, is an idea not to be enter tained by the Board. Now, mark the official rou tine of business in operation. Lord INGESTRJE puts a question to the Secretary of the Ad miralty concerning a circumstance reported to have taken place in the Mexican Gulf. The Right Hon. Gentleman knows nothing about the matter, but Parliament being impatient, he sets about obtain ing the necessary information. This he could have by writing to Portsmouth or Falmouth ; but the observance of official precedents being all-im portant in Whitehall, he finds himself obliged to send a packet to Mexico for Commodore Dou- GLAS'S Report. It so happens, however, that the insult to our flag was offered before the appearance of the Gallant Commodore in the Gulf ; so that it rests with him to send an other packet back again to England for the neces sary information, which only Lieutenant CROKE can supply ; and thus, rather than depart from an usage most convenient for superior officers, but often unjust towards men of a thousand times greater professional merit, the circumference of the globe is nearly thrice travelled to obtain information less correctly than it could be got at the fireside I We are not here attempting to prejudge a question which is yet very fat from being definitely sett l e d . We are merely showing the simple working of that aristocratic system of administration, the ramifica tions of which are injuriously felt in every branch of the public service. We learn from the report of the proceedings of the National Convention (yesterday) that Mr. FROST has been dismissed from the Magistracy ; and it is said that the Government is preparing to prosecute the Convention. The Tories will be gra tified, and the country will weep. 13 , r the arrival of the Liverpool steamer at Fal mouth, from the Tagus, we have received Lisbon Papers to the 19th inst. inclusive. On the 13th, Viscount SA DA BANDEIRA, the President of the Council, delivered a long speech in the Cortes, in support of the paragraph in the Address to the Throne, recommending the total abolition of the Slave Trade. He protested that nothing could be more unfair towards Portugal than to insist that the Government was not most anxious to put a stop to a traffic utterly disgraceful to any civilized country. It was true that Portugal appear ed somewhat passive hitherto, but the reason was that her energies were so crippled by domestic calamities, that she could not do more than strug gle to maintain her own independence. During the last sixteen years, the Government of Portugal had devoted all its attention to the prosperity of Brazil, to the utter neglect of the African colo tries. This gave an indirect encouragement to the slave trade, by enabling corrupt functionaries to convert such colonies into slave depots, and tacitly allowing pirates of all nations to carry on the trade itself under a flag, which in reality they had no more right to hoist, titan an Algerine corsair would have to raise the. flag of England, Portugal derived no advantage whatever from the trade, as the built of the traders were all foreigners, and such as were not, belonged to a class of persons who take good care to keep themselves out of the reach of the administrative authorities. With re spect to the very general belief that England paid large sums to Portugal to abolish th e Sl ave T ra d e , his Excellency assured the Cortes that it was a mere delusion. True, that according to the stipu lat ions of the Treaty of Vienna, Great Britain paid Portugal 300,0001., but that was as an indemnit y to the Portuguese Government for ships improperly declared prizes by British Court:-; of Admiralty. With regard to the abandonment by England of part of a,loan of 600,0001. due by Portugal in con sideration of a Treaty expressly abolishing the Slave Trade, his Excellency observed that without any such consideration the Portuguese Commissioners, Count Po RTO SA NTo, and the Duke of PAMELLA, offered to guarantee the Treaty, provided Lord CA sTI,E REAGH would consent to abandon the Treaty of Commerce of 1810, by which P ortuga l was a l oser, but this his Lordship positively declined. It was therefore a delusion to suppose that Portugal was not as voluntary a party to the Treaty for abolish ieg the Slave Trade as England herself, though her maritime weakness at present did not allow her to adopt those decided measures of prevention, which were so easy to so influential a naval power as Great Britain. However, the Portu guese Government would not he wanting to itself in any measure, consistent with the dignity of an independent kingdom to abolish a traffic disgrece fill to humanity. These sentiments were well re ceived by the Cortes ; and we trust will receive the sanction of the Chambers. We regreat to lea tn t h a t t h ere is no appearance of an increasing harmony among political parti2s in Portugal. By many, another revolution is dr....aded. As for the Senators, it is impossible to bring together the requisite number to form a House—so little interest do the Portuguese aris tocracy take'in the functions of a legislator. The following' extract from the Lisbon correspondence of the Post, contains all the general news to be found in these Papers : From the accounts presented by the Lisbon Milting Company, up to the 31st of December last year, it tip-. pears that their outlay was 108 contos, without making any allowance for the wear and tear of their ships, and the ingress was only 40i contos, scy the proceeds of the fish and sperm oil, so that our Newfoundland merchants need not be under any great alarm regarding the injury which this Company will do their trade with Portugal before the end of 1841. That great outlaw of the north of Portugal, Thomas Congos:es, was killed at Yalladerea by some labourers sego were in his pursuit ; no less than eight shots'eutered 11,i3 bodr. Excliarges on England 551-, paper money, 43 par to (Ls., and trade very dull. The city continues ti aLquil at the time of closing this letter. Two slight shocks cf an e:' ,- thquake were felt here, at three a.m., en the 14!h, and one a.m., on the 16th, the heat on those days had been excessive. In another part of our Paper will . be found the Report of a case lately decided by Lord JEFFREY, in the Court of Session, in which it was attempted by the executor of a testator to withhold payment of a bequest to a Religious Society, on the ground that the doctrine which the legacy was avowedly intended to propagate, being what is called Unitarian, was contrary to law. Lord JEFFREY has set the question at rest in a way that if it be not very palatable to the narrow-minded bigot who is fet tered by a State-established creed, or to the still more inexcusable zealot who, not so fettered, de nies to other men the privilege which he claims for himself—the privilege of forming his own religious oi,inions without let or hindrance of any de scription—will, we trust, teach both these classes of religionists more moderation than they have been accustomed of late to exercise towards their ftllow-Christians, the Unitarians. The former class act in conformity with their professed princi ples. They hold it to be the duty o f ever y man to adopt the religious doctrines prescribed by the State, and they therefore conscientiously hate, and as far as they dare, persecute, all who do not adopt them. They in fact deny the right of private judgment in matters of religion as much aS the Ca tholics do, and naturally regard all who exercise it as usurpers and rebels. They are at least con sistent in their uncharitableness. ,But what shall be said of the latter class when they, with all their ab horrence of the intolerance of the Church and all their clamour about religious liberty in the abstract, ac tually outstrip Churchmen in the race of religious persecution ? Surely such persons " know not what spirit they are of." They seem not to know that the right of private judgment carries with it a perfect immunity from all consequences of a tempo ral nature—that it not merely absolves the indivi dual who exercises it from responsibility to civil and ecclesiastical tribunals, but that it is the sacred shield which ought to protect him from suffer ing the least inconvenience, either in his civil or social capacity, for the religious opinions which he conscientiously holds. It matters not what those opinions may be—that is no part whatever of this question ; they may be the most remote that it is possible to conceive from those which are generally reputed orthodox ; the right to hold them without molestation of any sort is nevertheless inviolable, or religious liberty is but an empty sound. Touch this right, and you de stroy it, for the moment you attempt to fix a limit between the implicit faith required by the Catholic Church and the utmost latitude of belief, or even no belief at all, you recognize an autho trii,taattivvee r i y n t p e r r i p il r e e i t p a i t e i on o f o n S fa c i r i l b ) t r ‘ e ,, , t and: le a t s l s i s m a p i t l i o o p u t of which by the Church of I Rom . ° constituted the ground, as indeed it formed the only justification, of the separation of the Reformers of the sixteenth century from her communion. who ofthat uponthe supposed Unitarians heresy It may, the re f ore , not b e i nexpe di ent f or the Pro testant, partic u l ar l y if h e b elong to any dissenting e denomination , rt i because a even s heretics, refuses them the name of Christians, to keep in remembrance that lie is violating the very funda mental principles of religious liberty by practically punishing the exercise of the right of • t playa e judo - ment which he professes to hold sacred ; subvertin , the foundation on which the Reformation was esta blished, and virtually conceding to the Church of Rome the grand principle for which she has always struggled—the exclusive authority to interpret Scripture. We say virtually conceding this right ; for if it is to be vested in mortal man, the Catholic Church has a paramount claim to its possession. In connection with this subject we beg the atten tion of our readers to a letter, in another column, from a correspondent at Bath. It appears that some Saints of that very saintly city have compelled the proprietor of the Bath Chi-ankle to discharge his foreman, because he was a " Unitarian in reli gion and a Radical in politics." Was there ever such inquisitorial tyranny as this heard of ? What a scandal ! what a disgrace to the men calling them selves Christians, who could be guilty of such an act ! To send their emissaries into our workshops to smell out heresy, and then to ruin the objects of their treachery Talk indeed of the persecution of the Romish Church, why these men of Bath, had they dared, would have burnt their victim at the stake. The P ar i s J ourna l s o f Sunday contain no news of any politi ca l i nterest. The O ppos i t i on Journals in noticing the co mp l a i nts ma d e i n E ng l an d of the violation of the British Flag, in the Mexican Gulf, by the Corvette com manded by t h e P r i nce DE J OI NVILLE, taunt the Govern went with this, the first fruits of the system of promot ing boy Princes to commands to which they are inade quate from their youth and inexperience. Had the insult wantonly offered to cur Flag by the Prince, led to a war between the two countries, France would have reason to curse the system of Royal favouritism which h as prevailed i n t h e m ili tar y an d naval services since the accession of King LOUIS PHILIPPE. Madrid Journals of the 17th have been received. A split has taken place between ESPRTERO and his protege, General ALAIX, for some time Minister of War. I n consequence o f thi s Count CLONARD, the prosecutor of CORDOVA and NARVA EZ, i s , by Royal Decree, d a t e d t h e 16 t h, di sm issed from the Captain General s hip of Andalusia, and subjected to surveillance- it of GLASGOW, FEB. 23.-1. he mai yesterday morning, did not arrive till mid-day, and when we went to press, th e evening mail had not arr ived. Mr. Bolam has conveyed to the aut horities, through hi s so li c i tor, an intimation that it is nct his inten von to apply for the' remov al of his trial. The case, the re _ fore, will come before a N ewc astle jury.—G a t es h ead Observer. There is no truth in the statement that one of the tigers exhibiting at St. Jamey's Theatre ate up th e panther last week. OAT -F BRIT A RY 26, 183 METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning iteralti, inthka,emirte of a leading arti c l e on the new Eoglish Pocr law Bill, says !--," The Bill is only an embodiment in one shape of those principles which, in many shapes, have of Etc years expended their forco in diminishing the influence of the territorial aristocracy of England. The new Poor-taw is, crap!ratically, a money mroger's measure. Its object is to lower wages uni versally. We trust soon to see a real amendment of our Poor-law system." Speaking on the subject of the Ministerial Bill brought forward last night in the Commons, for regulating the Ecclesiastical revenues of England, our Contemporary observes, in a perfect trnra-port of orthodoxy. " Parliament is nothing more than the guar d:an of Church property. Any appropriation of Eccle siastical resources to other than spiritual purposes would, undoubtedly, constitute as frightful a breach of the duties of guardianship, as ever came under the cognizance of a C,urt of Equity, or of law." The Hera !d has a third ar ticle on Mr. Fox Maule's Factory Bill, which he declarer to be an improvement en the present one ; but adds that the evils of the system lie deeper " than the new Bill is aPe to reach." The Morning Chronicle, speaking. of Viscount Dun gannon's speech last night in opposition to the Ecelesias teal Reform 8 7 11, observes shrewdly enough, " Whet M. Von Raumer was in this country, he dined at the Archbi shop of Canterbury's, where the plate and the attendance exrited his especial wonderment. But though they have Archbishop of Canterbury in Prussia, and the plate of a:I the Clergy in that kingdom would not perhaps be equal to a tithe of that t:f his Grace, they somehow or other howcy,r astonishing it may appear to Lord Dungannon. ntrive to have schools and education. Perhaps the Viscount can tell us how it happens that, as we have the richest Bi,hops in Europe, our schools should yet remain to be established." The Morning Post seems to be in an exceeding hum to embroil Lord Durham with Lord Melbourne—in fact, to get up a pretty '• skrimmage" between them, slily ob serving " Parliament has now been sitting for three weeks, and we think, therefore, that we cannot fairly be accused of impatience or precipitancy, if we remind Lord Durham that no part of 11;s boast of a triumphant refutation' has yrt been realized." The Times, in a leading article on the subject of Sir Francis Head's Correspondence with the Colonial Office., observes, •• The main and incurable phrer.zy of the Mel. bourne Government respecting the North American Pro vinces, has been from the beginning its eagerness to accept for truth the fraudulent pretences of a band of irreconcile able traitors; and its real or affected incapacity to pene trate the mask of a prepared and org;inised The Times has another article, which will be found in 7/te Sun of this day. The Morning Advertiser, commontimi on the debate which took place in the Commons on Friday nizia, on the Affirmation Bill, has the following just remark There is no right more worthy of being held in sacred inviolability by an enlightened people than liberty of con science, nor can a more deadly injury be inflicted on a wyll constituted mind than fiat of controlling, by a species or moral torture, more unendurable- than any physical ap pliance, the course indicated by its solemn and deliLrate convictions." THE MARKETS.- (THIS DAY;) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, and a fair business done ; prices much as last quoted. Fish.—Turbot, 7s. to 10s., and 205., and higher ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to ss. and 10s. each ; Soles, 10:1. to 3s. 6d. and 4s. per p: it ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s each. Meat.—Beef, 7d. to Bd. and Bid. ; Mutton, 7irl. to 81-d• ; Veal, Bd. to 9.1. ; Pork, 7id. to 84-d. Vegetables i t fair suiply, and most kinds in season, at the market prices as pre% iutv4y quoted. HAY MARKET. Supplies of Hay, Clover, and Straw good ; the demand brisk, and former prices supported. Hay, 70s. to 955., 100 s., and in some cases higher. Clover, 80s. to 1004., lan - i 110 s. Strew, 325. to 42i. per had. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies to a fair extent and the demand good. Tur. bot, 7s. to 10s. 208. and 255. ; Cod, 2s. to Ss. 10s. and 12s. ; Soles, 6d. to W.. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each; Salmon, ls. 93. to 2s. 63. per lb. ; Whitirg, 4d. t.o 6d. nod 103. per pair. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Arrivals this morning —French mail ; also front Malta a,ld Alexandria, sailed -hat. 26; Beyrout, Jan. 20 ; Malta, Feb. 7 ; Corfu, Feb. 2 ; Gibraltar, Feb 14 ; Feb. 18 ; Vigo, Feb. 20. LivEkr,oi,t, COTTON MARKET, FEB. 25.—We have again to report a moderate inquiry for cotton, without any change prices. The sales 3.000 bags, chiefly American. We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 15t1; Feb. Messrs. Hill and Raven, the contractors, with the Bom bay Steam-fund, for the carriage conveyance across ;he Isthmus of Suez, would by the middle of January have finally organized and established their line, the delay in this affair has been occasioned by the bad faith of the various Arab sheiks and camel owners. On the 17th of January the contractors would have two carriages in readiness, one at Cairo, to convey English pas sengers thence to Suez, the other at Suez for the same purpose to Cairo ; the trip between the two places will be performed in twenty-four hours, the distance being ninety miles. The weather throughout Egypt during the whole of De cember and beginning of January has been very bad, at Cairo particularly cold. We have received Smyrna Papers to the 10th January. They do not contain any news of importance. Calcutta Papers to the 13th December, and Bombay to the Ist January, have been received; but their contents have been anticipated by the overland express from India, via Marseilles, some days since. The Malta Papers, received to the 7th Februarv, con tain the following ;—" On Wednesday last her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the greater part of her suite, drove out to the Inquisitor's Palace, the country residence of Mr. Greig, Chief Secretary to the Govern ment, where her Majesty was received by his Excellency the Governor, and Mr. Greig." The last advices from Alexandria, of the 28th, state that the Nile steam-ship was returned from Syria, leaving Ibraham Pacha in that country. This indefatigable Commander had during the worst weather kept up a series of attacks against the insurgent mountain ears, at a time when the roads were impassable. Mehe met Ali continues adding to his naval force, and extending improvements of navigation. A steam vessel, lately finished in the Arsenal at Alexandria, has been sent in pieces across the Desert to Sues, for the service of the Red Sea. The number of passengers who passed through Egypt during the last year, tin their route to and from India, have been double to what it was in previous years. According to the Bombay papers, received to the end of January, the movement of the troops towards the north of that frontier was continued. The Governor-General himself was in these provinces, and had a most flattering and friendly interview with Runjeet Singh at Ferozepoer Attended by all the splendour of the East. Our chief arrivals this morning are mails from Lisbon and Alexandria. The former bring no news. TEIE FUNDS This being settling day in the British Market the brokers and jobbers are busy in adjusting their various accounts, of which the extreme fluctuation has been about I per cent. ; there is no doubt that the settling will pass off well. Consols, which closed yesterday at 924 for Time and Money, opened this morning at 92i 93 for the Account, Money 924 j (April account). Exch e q uer Bill s , 63 65 ; India Bonds, 63 65; Bank Stock, 2054 206. - 4 In the Foreign Market the various prices continue much the same as they left off. Spanish Active, 18f i ; Por tuguese, 34i 35 ; Three per Cents., 21i 4 ; Belgian, 100} ; Brazilian, 80i 81i; Colombian, 28i 291; Brazilian Scrip, li 21- prem. ; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. , 55 i ,k, i ; Five per Cents., 103-1 f. pnicEs OF STOCKS THIN DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 205% India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 93!-4 % Ditto Bonds 65 pm 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 3 / 4 ,9 ; South Sea Stock 3 9 per Cent. -; Old Annuities Ditto Red. lOO4 11 New Ditto New 3% per Cent 100%% ' 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1731 - New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, .£1,0i;0 ... 65 64 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 63 65 pm. Jan. 5, ISM l5 1-16 i Ditto Small 65 63 pm. Oct. li , ' 1850. -1 Ditto Commerci a l. - - J. 5: Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870. pm Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... - India Stock for Account -- Consols for Account .tP3 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto New Bonds 34%7/ Ditto Accoun' , 4% 5 4i, —1 Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 18.21 1 :4 1 4 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic.. Spanish Bonds . ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1834 l9 , Ditto Account. -._-! French, 5 per cent..,.... —f. —c. ---- 4 per cent, --- 3 per cent. ---- Exchange. —f. —c. Dutch, 2t per cent. s ` ,Vi Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 10 3 ,04 Ditto Account DAY AT ONF. O'CLOCK. Paid. P er h ni e Great Western Railway Company.. .. South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 9 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ielgian Bonds No% Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Bl.l, I Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1894 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account tired: Bonds Ditta Bonds, 1525 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen , — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES Till' THE FUNDS. -CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ......... ........... —.265 , 4 India Stock 05134 3 per Cent. Red 93% Ditto B on d s 65 3per Cent Ccus •... il2% Ditto Old Annuities 02 :i, per Cent. Red WI Ditto New Annuities New 3y,', per Cent 10•% Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2%d....fil pm. Ncw 5 per Cent — Ditto 50.1 63 poi. tong Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ (35 ;on. Jan. 183 ' Oct. 1539 Jan Ist 3) FOREIGN FUNDS Aqurian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent. 100 Prazilian Bonds Bl Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent — Chi4i.n, 6 per cent Colimlb.an, 6 per cent Vitt°, 1824 — Danish, 3 per cent 7 6 1,4 Grech Bonds, 1825, 5 per et — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, (i per cent., 18 95 — P. , ruvian, 1825,6 per cent..." Portuguese Fonds, 5 per cent. 7-1 Ditto yew Ditto .... 34% Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Booth, 5 per cent 114 Ditto, Metallic , Spanish, 5 per cent lB% fDitto, f :onsolidated French, 5 per cent.— ...... —t —c. !Exchange 'French, S per cent 2.34 per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. /034 k RES. Tway 5O Birmingham and Derby Rai _ Great Western Railway . ~ - .... London and Brighton Railway l3 I.,,ndnn and Birmingham Railway 1 - .0% London and 14ecliwich Railway .... ................ London and Croydon Railway (New Scrip) IllancheAer and Birmingham hallway ....... Ditto ditto Extension — South Eastern and Down' i It is not true, as stated in the Teri , Papers, that 11:‘? Hon. Captain Berkeloy was obliged to resign his ap pointment at tilt Admiralty - . It vb as quite a voluntary act on the part of the Hon. Gentleman. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THiS DAY.) The douse aat to-day at ten o'clock to hear Scotch Ai:prals. The Peers in attendance were the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Tweeddale, and the Earl of Thanot. GORDON V. CLYNE. The ease mrne before their Lordships, upon appeal from the judgment of the Court of Session. The question in the case was as to the validity of a ecttlement executed by a gentlinsn named Clyne, who was a solicitor in the Su pr, ni 7 Cc'"rts in Scotland. The Court of Session decided in favour of the Validity of the deed. The facts of the case which are extremely intricate, are totally devoid of interest, except to the puties concerned. Mr. FINNEY, on 135balf of the appellant, was addressing their Lordship's when on; reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY. Picas and Demurrers occupied his Honimr the Vice- Chancellor the whole morning. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 25.—Wind N. W., moderate. Arrived and remain, tho M:lrquis of Huntley, Molloy, from Gibraltar ; Grant, Sawyer, West Indies. Came down frcm the river and proceAed, the Marquis of Camden, Read, for Madras; Chicore, Halsey, Charlrston ; Lusitania, Gib bmi, Oporto. PortTsmotrrn, Fall. 25.—Wind N. W. to N.N W. Arrived the George Canning, Byron, from St. Michael's ; Elizabeth and Ann, Jenkins. Cork ; St. James, Sebor, London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind, N. W. Arrived the Al batross, Foster, from St. Michael's ; Latoruex, Marseilles ; Tagus (steamer), London; City of Limerick (steamer), ditto ; Hercules (steamer), ditto; Devonshire (steamer), Dublin ; Royal William (steamer), ditto. RAMSGATE, FEB. 25.---Arrive3 the Dugn?Fcline, from Nita; s, with loss of anchor and cable ; Perseverance, Vrics, London ; and Peter sod Rebecca, Cork. DOVER, FEB. 24.—Arrived Coe Erstating, Ndson, from Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, FEB 24. —Wind W. N. W. to W. S. W._ Arrived the Liverpool steamer, from Gibraltar, left the 14th instant, Cadiz the 15th, Lisbon the 18th, and Vigo t e 20:h ; and Rose, Resnick, Cape Gracius a D2.OS. Sailed the Premier, Keith, for Trinidad ; Celt, Clarke, Antwerp; Pomona, Dublin; and Liverpool steamer, Brooks, London. Off port the Demerara Plante', Willis, from Cape Ilaytien ; L'Orient, Genoa; Leila, Orfeur, Odessa; and Wheaten, Hamlyn, Bordeaux. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25 —Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrived tie Ripley, Stewart, from' Calcutta; Regulator, Bond, Borbice ; Corciron, Nic%ols, New Orleans; Denmark, .laue:on, ditto ; Boiram, S'myrna; Fenelie, Wakeham, Malaga; Morderrgion, Genoa; Carron, Potter, Mar seilles; Times, Ellis, ditto ; Louisa, Hedge, Salver ; Mooney, Downes, Lisbon ; Alice Adams, Davis, ditto. BRISTOL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Hcro, from Fayal. SAL COMBE, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Speedy, Willis, from Gijon, leaky, cargo shipped, sails split, &c., having experienced heavy gales on the 19th end 20th inst. flasTINGs, FEB. 25.—Off port, the Espedite, West mark, from Marseilles. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Keliac, St. Übe's, HARWICH, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Antonius, from Rot terdam ; and Two Sisters, Jacobs, from London. Hi LL, FEB. 25.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Catherina, from Elspeth ; Diana, do. ; Louisa, Antwerp; Union, Bremen. Sailed the Dove, Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro. HUMBER, FEB 25.—Arrived the Ornilus, from Altona. , . BELFAST, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Pollock, Meikle, from St. John's, New 13!unsAick; Ge.m, Humphreys, Dunkirk. LIMERICK, Fan. 22.—Arrived the Alarm, Hannington, from London ; Eleanor, Oak°, do. CORK, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Ella (packet), Crottz, from London. WATERFORD, FEB. 22.—Arrived the Regulator, Angel, frirn London. WATERFORD, FEB. 23.—Part of the deck of a vessel pith a compass and binnacle, with the name of Alert thereon, has been driven on shore at the entrance of the haibour, supposed to be part of the wreck of the Alert, Symonds, from Cardiff to this port, and it is frared the crew are drowned. DARTAIOUTII, FEB. 24.—The Ann Petley, Champion, Marseilles to Liverpool, sprung a leak, and foundered about 100 miles off LTEhant, on the 21st inst., crew saved by the Kelloe, arrived off this port. rjAvEarocr„ FEB. 25.—A vessel waterlogged, with Ann nd Anne on her stern, in large yellow letters, was passed, on the 23d inst., off Youghall, by the Ripley, Stuart, arrived at this port. CORK, FEB. 23.—The Victory steamer, in coming from Whiting Bay, a few days since, was enabled to get hold of the mast of the Fanny Voart, which sunk off the light house twelve months back, and pulled it out. There is now six fathoms water over her. SCILLY, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Kate, Tregarthen, from the Mediterranean ; Hispona, Hope, Requegada. The Louisa, flaneah Moore, from Lisbon to Poole, vas totally wrecked en the western rocks of these islands last night ; crew drowned. Part of the hull, long-boat, and about 20 quarter casks of wine, saved. NEWPORT, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Law Ogilby, Morris, from London ; Erin, Sharp, Guernsey. PARLIAMENTARY DIV ISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the .Fieuse of Commons.) MONDAY', ixi. 25, 1839. SUPREME COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed,—" That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 139. Acland, Sir T. D.-.N Devonshirej Hobliouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C. Ag!ionby, H. A.--Cockermouth Nottingham Alsager, IL-Surrey Hodgson,iltd.-Berwick-on-Tweed Alston, Rowland-Hertfordshire Hope, Charles- Linlithgowshire Arbuthnot, General-Kincardine- Hope, G. W.-W ymouth shire Houston, G. J.-Renfiewshire Archbold, Robert-Kildare Howard, P. 11.-Carlisle Ashley, Lord-Dorsetsloire Howick, Visc.-Northumberland Bailey, Joseph-Worcester Hughes, W. 8.-Carnarvon ' Baillie, I - I. I).- Honiton Flumphery, John-Southwark Baines, Edward-Leeds Inglis, Sir It. H.-ox. University , '.annerinan, A.-Aberdeen irton, Samuel-Cumberland Baring, F. Thornhill-Portsmout3i Johnstone, J. J. I , -Pverfries- Barrington, Lord-Berksb re shire Bateson, Sir R.-Londonderry Kinnaird, Hon. A. F.-Perth licamish, F. 8.-Cork Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry- Bernal, Ralph-Rochester Taunton Bewes, 'l' -Plymouth Law, Hon. C. E. - CambridgeUni v. Blackett, C.-South Northumber- Lennox ' Lord A.-Chichester land Lister, E. I anliffe-Bradford Blcnnerhassett, A.-Kerry Lock i•ar t, -- • M -Lanarkshire Blunt, :::ir Charles-Lewes leishington, Dr.-Tower Hamlets Bodkin, J. J.-Galway t o. Lynch, A. H.-Galway Bolling, W.-Bolton Mackenzie, Thomas-Ress.shire Bramston, T. \V.-Essex South Mackemie, W. F.-Peeblesshire Bridgeman, Hewitt-Ennis M`l.cod, R.-Inverness Briscoe, J. 1.-Wes bury Marsland, Thomas-Stockport brotherton, J.-Salford Martin, John-Tewkesbury Bryan, Moj. Geo.-Kilkenny Co. Mildmay, P. St. John -Winches- Burr, D H. D.-Hereford ter Busfield, W.-Bradford Morpeth, Lord-Yorkshire Campbell, Sir John-Edinburgh \lurray, Right Hon. J. A.-Leith Chalmers, Patrick-Inverbervie Noel, William H.-Rutland Chetwynd, Major W. Staftbrd Norreys, Sir Denham-Mallow Chute, W. L. \V.-West Norfolk O'Bilen, Cornelius-Clare ( layton, Sir William-Marlow O'Connell, elaurice-Tralee Clerk, Sir G.-Stamford G'Ferrall, Richard M.-Kildare Colquhoun, John C -Renfrew Ord, W.-Newcastle-upon-Tyne Courtenay, P.-Bridgewater Paget, Lord Alfred-Lichfield Craig, W. G.-Edinburghshire Palmerston, Viscount-Tiverton Crawley, Samuel -Bedford Parker, John-Sheffield Cresswell, Cresswell-Liverpool Parnell, Sir H. - Dundee Crompton, s.-Thirsk I Pereeval, G. J Went Surrey Furry, William-Armagh IPhili pS, Mark-Manchester D'lsraeli, 13.-Maidstone Philips, G. R.-Poole Donkin, Sir IL-Sandwich eltimptre, John P.-East Kent Douglas, Sir C. E.- Warwick Pringle, Alexander-Selkirkshire Duff; James-Banffshire Pryme, George-Cambridge Duke, Sir James-Boston Rice, Edward Royd- Dover Duedas, C. W. D.-Flint Rolfe, :-ir It. M.-Penryn Dunclas,V'red rick-Orkney Scallett, Hon. J. Y.-Guildford Dungannon, Lord -Durham Seymour, Lord-Totness Du Pre, Ge.;rgc -Bucks Sinclair, Sir George Caithness Ebrington, Viscount-N. Devon Slaney, R. A.-Shrewsbury Etwall, Ralph-Andover Spry, Sir S. T.-Bodmin Farnham, E 8.-N. Leicestershire Stanley, W. 0.-A nglesea Ferguson, Haut -Kirka . dy Stock, Dr.-Cashel Fitzalan, Lord-Arundel Stuart, Villiers-Waterford Co. Fort, J.-Clitheroe Strangways, Hon. John-Dorset Godson, R.-Kidderminster Strutt, Edward--Derby Gordon, lion. W.-Aberdeenshire Tancred, H. W -Banbury Goulburn, Right Hon. H.-Cain- Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P. -Man bridge University Chester Graham, Right lion. Sir J. R. G., Thompson, Ald.-Sunderland Bt.--Pembroke I hornhill, G.-Huntingdonshire Grant, lion. Colonel-Elginshire Troubridge, Sir T. E.-Sandwich Grant, F. 'N.-Inverness-shire Turner, Edmund-Truro Grey, Sir Georgo-Devonport Waddington, H. S.-West Suffoik Grimsditch, t .--Macclestield Walker, R.-Bury, Lancashire Guest, J. J.-Alert: l :yr Tydvil Wilbraham, George--Cheshire Hawkins, J. H.-Newport, Isle of Wilshere, William-Yarmouth NVight • Wood, Sir Matthew-London flayter, W. G.-Wells Hill, ford A. M. C.-Evesham Hindley, Charles-Ashton Hot house, Benj.-Rochester MINORITY. Aglionby, Alajor F.—Cumberland Bruges, %ti. H. L.—Bath Collins, \V —Warwick Davies, Colonel—Worcester Denistouii, J.—Glasgow ::vacs, G.—Dublin County ridden, John—Oldham Finch, F.—%Valsall flume, Jo:euli—Kilkenny Lushington, - Charles—Ashburton' Manlatul, Henry—Stockport Morris, D.—Carmarthen TELLERS. Manle, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Steuart, Robert—Haddington, tic -NOES, 21. Parker, R. T.—Preston Redington, T. N.—Dundalk Salvrey, Lieut.-Col.—Ludlow Seholetield, Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Warburton, H.—Et idport White, Andrew—Sunderland Williams, William—Coventry TELLERS. Wallace, Robert—Greenock Gillon, Wm. D.—Linlithgow SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) No. I BILL. Order for Second reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed,—" That the Bill be now read a second time Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question:"—The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 29. Hobhouse, I'. B. Stanley, E. J. Morpeth, Viscount Stock, Dr. Morris, David Talfuurd, T. Noon O'Connell, M.. 1. Vigors, N. A O'Connell, Morgan Wakley, Thomas O'Ferrall, More Warburtqn, H Reddington, 'l'. N. I Williams, W. Rice, Edward Salwey, Colonel Scholefield, J. Shell, IL L. kglionby, H. A. Bodkin, John James Brotherton, J. Dmidas, C. W. D. Dungannon, L,,rd Ebrington, Lord Finch, Francis Fketwood, H. Fort, John Gordon, 11. Hawes, B. TELLERS. Wallace, It. Gillon, W. D. Alsager, Richard Arbuthnot, MAL 11 A i chbold, Hubert Baines, E. , JORITY-NC4S, Easthope, John Fa*nham, E. B. Fitzalan, Lord Forester, lion. G. Godson, Itch rd Gordon, Ho. W. Grant, Hon. Colonel Grant, F. W. Grimsditch, Thomas Hastie, A. Hodgson, Richard Holmes, W. Hope, Charles Hope, G. W. Houston. George Howard, P. H. Hughes, W. a Irton, Samuel Johnstone, Hope Barington, Lord Bcrkcley, H n. C. blackstwne, W. S. Blennerhassett, A. Bolling„ W. Bram,ton, 'l'. W. Broadwood, Henry Brocklehurst, J. Bruges, W. H. L. Burr, Higford Chute, W. L. W. Craig, W. Gibson I).ui,lass, Sir C. Duke, Sir James Duncombe, T. S. Du Pre, George 55. Lennox, Lord A. Lockhart, A. M Mackenzie, Thomas Ma( Kenz;e, W. F. ikl•Leoci, 11. Nlarslancl. Maule, Hon Fox Plington, J. S. ' Parker, It I'. Plumptre, J. P. Richards, Richard Th , rnhill, George Vi'liers, Vi.count Waddington. H. S 1 here, ‘Villiain Winningten, H. J. TELLS as. Chalmcr,, P. Duff; James THE HON. F. H. BERKELEY M.P., AND THE BRISTOL. CIIARTISTS.-In answer to a request from the Chartists of Bristol, asking Mr. Berkeley to support, in his place in Parliament, the People's Charter, that gentle.. man has written to the Working Men's Association, stating that he is friendly to an extension of the suffrage, shorter Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot ; but that he thinks that the measures preposed by the advocates of the People's Charter arc ant calculated to afford a remedy for ti,e -rlcv itices he adtmts to exist, and there! - ore C annot con _ rcientiously support their views. —Bristol Gazette. THE COAL TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 24, Alpha-road, Feb. 2 3 , 1839. SlR,—Myself and a number of individuals who meet at a respectable house at the West-end of the Town, and who are constant readers of your valuable paper, have seen in The Sun, of the 22d instant, that the Lord Mayor uses coals equal to those at 365. per ton., for which he pays only 225. You will greatly obUge myself and friends, and I lease no doubt the public, if you will have the goodness to form me where they are to be purchased. The insertion of this letter and the answer w ill be esteemed a very great favour by Sir, your humble servant. BENJAMIN SWALLOW. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audien.o3 yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty took equestrian exercise esterday in the Riding-sch(A at Pimlico The Esri of Surrey, Earl of Uxbridge, 'Viscount Mel bourne, Lord Melgund, and the Honourable William Cowper, joined the royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Oil:abridg e yesterday at Cambridge-house. The Agent of Jamaica, accompanied by Lord Settforel, Lord St. Vincent, Sir Alexander Grant, Sir Henry ington, Mr. C. Long, and Mr. Crighton, had an inten7lew with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday et the Colonik office. Mr. Serjeant Arabin had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. The deputation from the Central Negro Emancipation Committee, consisting of the R.c. J. Burnet, Mr. Joseph Sturge, Mr. G. Stacey, Mr. R. Peek, Mr. J. H. Trcd gold, Mr. J. Beaumont, Mr. H. Tuckett, Rev. J. li• Hinton, and Mr. S. Fox had an interview yesterday with the Marquis of Normanby. The Russian Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. A deputation from the North American Colonial Asse elation, including Mr. Al itander Gillespie, Jun., Messr s ' Atkinson, Bliss, Brown, Carter, Dowie, Robert Gillespie, Pemb, , rtott, and Robinson transacted business at the Colo nial-office yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial- 016e° from Sir William Nicolay, Governor of the Mauritius. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE' ARRIVALS. Mr. Evans, in Hertford -street, May-fair, from Brigh ton; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Evans, in Hertford-street, from Brig - bre:l; Mr. Compton and Lady Doraville and far° il Y', in GI osvenor- square, from Sautry House, Dublin; ~ Hon. Somers( t Maxwell, M. P., in Lower Brook-stre et, from Cavan ; W. Massey Stanley, Esq., Al. P., at the Clarendon Hatt 1, from a tour; Sir Thos. and Lady L et " . bridge, at I'am:tree's Hotel ; Colonel Yorke and the Ho n. Captain Liddell, at the Clarendon Hotel, from D ui. ', I T Castle; Frank Sheridan, Esq., from ditto; Lord Ch ar ''' Manners, in the Albany Chambers, from Belvoir Castle Sir Clayton and Lady East and family, in Manchester street, from Hall-place, Berks ; Mr. St. John Mildroat in Berkeley-square, from Nice ; Lieut.- Colonel and le Alice Peel, in Wilton-crescent, from the Continent ; g; Under- Secretary Backhouse, in Hans-place, from Sr'" HAL Lancashire ; Mr. ani Lady Caroline Russell, in Nlansfield-street, from Southill Park ; Mt s. and the M is l Robuls, in Hill-street ; Lord and Lady Fitzharris, at l Ar Malmesbury's, Whitehall-gardens, from Heron Court , Ilea. , Andover ; Lord Castlereagh, in Chapel-street, ParkAane' from Paris ; Mr. Vaughan and Viscountess Forbes , i n Hertford-street, from Chilton Hall, Suffolk. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Lady Harriet Drummond, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Worthington's Hotel, Dover, e n route for Paris ; the Rev. Lord Decies, for Melton Met bray ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Ashburnham, fro— keley-square, for Ashburnham Place, Battle, Susses; Mrs. Milford,' for Paris ; the Marquis of Chandos, o °l Buckingham House, for Stone ; the Hon. Colonel a t Mrs. Rice Trevor, from Stratton-street, for Brighton Hon. Captain Keith, R. N., from Mivart's Hotel, for LO'" many ; the Hon. Colonel Lowther, M.P., from Breen street, for Cottesmore Lodge, the seat of Lord Lonsd sle; the Earl of Eglinton, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Efl i t ton Castle, Ayrshire, Sir John L. Rogers, 8art. ,WD'' ...,1,,Z 1 Stevens's Hotel, Clifford-street ; Admiral Sir James' shed, Bart., from ditto. Viscount and Viscountess Canning on leaving. Malta in his yacht proceeded to Genoa, where one of O crew was unfortunately drowned. The Noble Vise nan't n and his lady are shortly expected in town for the seas° j after an extensive cruise, during which they have vi sited Constantinople, Athens, kc. Its The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, PL I- „, of Devonshire, Lord Fitzgerald, Earl and Countesa Sand,v:.ch, Earl and Countess of Lincoln, Earl of Bei er ley, Lord Cremcrne, Earl and Countess of Carnarn Earl and Countess Cadogan, Lord and Ladies Honors a, Augustus Cadugan, Haddo, Earl and Countess of Jer ac /d and Ladies Villiers, Earl and Countess Brov:nlow, f and Lady Ashburton and the Hon. Misses Baring, 311- 1 , long list of fashionables, have passed the winter 'U 11,1, and are expected in the course of the ensuing moa t ' return to this country. FESTIVITIES AT GOODWOOD PARE IN CS' Mk LRBRATION OF TYE EARL OF MAacu ATTAINING ••-- tiff' JOILITY. —Tile approaching festivities at th e above Par k , celebrate the coming of age of the Earl of March, b ed. t° the Dukedoms of Richmond, Gordon, and d.,tehigaS' create the liveliest interest for miles around, and it is ne e less to add they are on a princely scale. On Wednesoel); next this happy event takes pl ace . N o ex p en se has the spared by the Duke of Richm on d t o ren d er t hi s one (); ' t he most splendid entertainments that ever was given in , county of Sussex. There will b e a s t ag h un t in the ing, a n d it i s natura ll y conc l u d e d t h ere w ill b e a bril s ; field. I n th e a f ternoon hi s G race w ill g i ve a grand /Pare, quet to a di s ti ugu i se d party o f t h e N o bili ty an d Gen t ,4, and we believe that the Tennis Court, at Chichester, ain. been fitted up expressly for the family tenantry to din P l a y At the close of the evening there is to be a grand of fireworks, a f ter w hi c h t h e gran d b a ll w ill t a ke P,l ce , The ball roo m occup i es t h e eastern w i ng o f the e‘ i pat and is stated to be upwards of 80 feet in length. now magnific en t a p ar t men t, w hi c h h as rema i ne d in on l I dly fini.hed st a t e f or a great many years , h as b een splend furnished f or thi s occas i on . A SIBIOPtUDLIS supper for pas' persons will b e serve d up s h ort l y a f ter 12 i n t h r ee NO; The exten s i ve sca l e on w hi c h t h e arrangemen ts are I t o may be jud ge d f rom a temporary e difi ce b e i n g erect e d allow three carriages to set down at. His Royal Highness Prince George of C lit9 b : bridge, o n hi s return from abroad, will have an e stabli s fr ment at Coo m b e W oo d, th e seat o f th e l a te Earl of Liv e d ; pool, which, it is understood, the Duke has purcha e eo . but it is at present under lease, we belive, to a Rev. The tleman, who keeps a seminary for young gentlemen. young Prince will attain his majority next year. nd The Marquis of Lansdowne will give a g o d dinner to-m orrow , a t L ans d owne H ouse , t o Count tip Countess W oronzow , Cou n t P o zz o di B orgo , and Sal''' . guished party. od Lady Doinvile's first soiree dansante this se p o, will tak e pl ace i n G rosvenor - square on M o nday ni t b, March 4. Her Ladyship's second party will be on the O. The French Ambassador and Countess Seb, a 4 tiani will comm e nce a series of di nner p ar ti e s on Sataue-d next, at Manchester House. His Excellency is exP ev l o o to take his departure for Paris at the close of the ens ni month. ks t The Duke of Wellington has been, for the few da3 - s, suffering from the effects of a cold, but we be happy to state that hie Grace was so f ar recove red as t ° able to attend in the House of Lords yesterday evening' t ijl Sir William Follett i s conva l escent , a lthough S suffering from the severity of his recent illness. t he The Dowager Countess of Pembroke and Ladies Emma and Georgiana Herbert, have arrived in t from Wilton House, near Salisbury, for the season. d o r Count Stroganoff, son of the late Anil:o s l o J Extraordinary from the Court of St. Petersburgb , art cle at the York Hotel, Albemarle-strect, with important spatches from the Court of Russia, on Sunday erenil: I t e Count Seal Pilsach, on the arrival of his ri g l g o a ncss Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador , ' t w ill Vienna, is expected to proceed to the Hague , w here he fr o resume his diplomatic functions as resident Minister the Imperial Court. 15 f ge The Earl and Countess of Minto had a t be party to dinner on Sunday evening, at the Admiralty, spe principal guests being Viscount Palmerston, Le / 0 W Lady Holland, Dowager Countess Cowper, Lady poi Cowper, Count Thun, Right Hon. Poulett Th 7 E. Mr. Samuel Rogers, Hon. Captain Grey, Hon. "' Elliott, Mr. Allen, &c. ha ve The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings been entertaining a distinguished party at Castle I) , eg i,,al ton, their seat in Derbyshire. Mr. Christopher an a t oe Caroline Turnor, who have been among the guests' taken their departure. afe The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorviobo entertaining Lord William Russell, the Hon. CaP t * - Gordon, R.N., and Captain and Lady Harriet Aaiiole Hamilton, at Bentley Priory, near Stanmore. Lord 'i t sod Hamilton, wlto has been making the tour of Es ll3 ' Palestine, is on the eve of returning to England. v ing The Countess of Lincoln is, we hear, imPra:vre in health. Her Ladyship and the Noble Earl ar e sent at Rome. tiug Letters have been received from Malta, s i ttt im that her Majesty the Queen D owager i s co nsiderabl„gr n p l r e o l v: t ed in health, sf,)r taking herand d t ( h p a a t r s t u h r e e h f a o s r m ß a d o e m d e efi :n itve d i G a e r o rs oi ; on the Isth Mareh. The Marquis of Ncrinanbv has fixe : d . _ y-i lir s f s n A ti tt i be and Thursdays, fr,tu t we l ve t ill f our, as public Colonial-otEce. N a l b ."--- out W to e o led id establishmentC 0 LOSS E U i s under new maroigement, with a grand concert, a la Mu sa open early sP pa dre terspersed with vocal music. w hich We are requested to contradict the rumour era b e r has been ind us t r i ou ,l y c i rculated, that Mr. P o tter, 51 .„, of for Wigan, i s a b out to retire from the re present ati " that borough. w biCh MR. CODRINGTON, M.P.—The accident as, o p happened t o hi m w i th the Duke of B eau f o rt's ho se' S:turday i 3 not likely to be attended Wit!' o f 6 quences m ore ser i ous t h an are generally th e resait E , simple fractur e o f t h e l eg , which unfortunately happened to him by a kick from a brother sportsman's horse Sir jail Pechell, the new Lord of the I N Le so t ralty, is e ld er . brother of the Member for Brightop;n 0 " f sit as a member of the same Board in the Admini s traito. _ lsc er, I .17' es Grahp.-e. Sir John is a very efficient niv. ato,tbe tias Lt.:voted tti.ucti of his tune aad attentio science of naval gunnery. 27: 1 4417 cr.") r t Avar + ,, ,4 ~ Vii . / altn4.