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Advertisements sent to The Sun as late as n,itinight, will be inserted in all the Editions —Morning, Afternoon, and Second or Latest IlLion, thereby giving them general circula tion in town and country, without any addi- tional charge. 'nice, 112, Strand, London, Feb. 19, 1839. R-44, .` t >"•-r 44e :. 4 " 1 1 )4-,&"4-1 LONDON : HIJR , ;DAY, FEBRUARY 21,•1939 EVENING EDITION. The House of Lords did not meet yesterday. Mr. Du PRE took his seat for Buckingham, in the room of the present Duke of BUCKINGHAM. A considerable number of petitions were presented is rtvour of the pr; sent Corn-laws. Some of the people of Beccies, and other places in Suffolk, alarmed, 1 st Liuwiedge should overturn the Church, petitioned P,v,-11:ment against any stem of national education with the Church Establishment. Mr. IlAwn•presnted a petition from DAVID JONES, ,ne assenting Churchwarden of Llanelly, who was imprii,n,d for not providing bread and wine for the S-terainent when he had no fonds, and announced his intention of calling the attention of the House to the sulAtet on Friday. The CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER'S motion rel:give to the Royal Exchange was withdrawn. Mr. M'KINNON askod the CHANCELLOR whether the delay in completing, the dam and sea-wall for the new Houses of Parliament arose from quicksands, which, not being financial matters, the CHANCELLOR was un- to answer. r to Lord G. SOMERSET, the PRESIDENT Of D of TRADE said he was convinced, from cir cumst„iict:s which had lately come to his knowledge, that it was important, by the appointment of a Committee, or some Government measure, to make regulations for rai;l,vays which had been formerly neglected. This part of the slovenly legislation of Parliament cannot, for th , - safety of the people's lives, and the security of their property, be too soon attended to. On the Committee of Sup d ly- being postponed, Mr. PATMiON inquired whether the statement in the City of the Times of yesterday, that no portion d, - ficieney bills had been paid off since 'st f January, was true. The CHANCEL-, , utlic authority of the Comptroller of the uer, whose letter he read, stated that it was not true, and that a larger amount had been paid off s:e.cm the Ist of January than at any similar period of former years. rticic Mr. WYSE after making a speech on his favourite subject of education, for which he was reproved by thu Speaker, as he allowed no person to make a reply, wit ,drew his motion for an Address to her Majesty, to establish a Board of Education. Members were re- Jested by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, not sanction other ntNlsures till the Bill he meant to introduce on the subject came before the House. ,Ir. HUME obtained some of the returns relative to Canada which he required ; the motion for the others wa3 postponed. The House adjourned at an early hour. The President of the Board of Trade last even inLf novie two statements with reference to railroads, which we leave him and the Government to recon cile with their duty to the country. He began his remarks with these words—" He could not say it was the intention of Government to suggest any proposition on the subject ;'' and ended thus,--« it seemed to be absolutely necessary that some step should be taken to protect the public from the se rious inconveniences to which they were now ex posed." Now, if it is absolutely necessary to take p, who ought to be so competent, or who e bound by so many considerations to commence the movement, as the Government ? France and BelTum . furni s l t proofs of the great convenience to the puulte of such works being placed under the control of th e Executive—the fares are at the low and the people derive most of the advan ,e.N. the syste m is capable of affording ; but in Some 5t We have on several occasions indicated that ' Delegates and the enemies of the Corn-laws should rather endeavour to enlighten the working agri culturists than the Members of Parliament ; the latter are now so. dependent on their con stituents, that they must vote agreeably to their wishes. So far as the town population is concerned, this is obvious ; and between the county constituencies and their Members there is a similar dependence and sympathy. The town po pulation have no wish to coerce the judgment of the agricultural population, they would rather en lighten it. On that alone can we lay a solid foundation for the permanent welfare of the na tion. As long as the people are not en lightened, the national policy, whether it concern Corn-laws, or our foreign relations, will be at the mercy of any successful faction ; and instead of proceeding steadily forward in one direction, will be thrust on one side by the Tories, and on the other by the Whigs, as either for the moment gets the upper hand. To ensure both a safe and steady policy, it is of infinite more importance to enlighten the constituency, than to influence Members of Parliament. More certainly, then, if not more speedily, to obtain success, the manufacturers should appeal to the farmers, who have a common interest with them, and not to the landowners, who suppose they have an interest in opposition to both. Such of the Delegates as were in the House under ch O ai n l c e of the the eo r Crown, or a gravestnot excepting and ie most f Justice thatresponse of tho i ef b l o ac 4 uie ffi lei c nirc e ,is s i Bench, is that of a First Lord of the Admiralty, and yet, in the discharge of his Hioh official duties, oc a c s a b si a on L al o l y r d pleased c hai Cham berlain's . t t o he b p e r a e s se m nt ai ‘: 2 F .p i r r o st po L s ord" is facetious Actbc!. l aoi of ' s a n Deputy ew Tragedy. the w.e m perusal ean n o o tf to ci t fi c f fifth the Noble Earl of ever being intentionally guilty ay u of indulging in a witticism, either original or borrow e d, and yet did the subject of his sp eech es affect the honour and safety of our country less nearly, t h ey would amuse us exceedingly. Let us glance, b y way of illustration, to an occurrence in the Ho use of Lords on Tuesday evening. There had appeared in our columns of that day an extract from the Falmouth Express of Saturd a y l ast, detailing a most atrocious i nsult offered by a French Captain at the instance of his Admiral, to the British flag in the Gulf of Mexico. The sub stance of our Contemporary s statement was to the effect that on the day of the attack on the C ast l e of St. Jean d'Ulloa, by the French, a native pilot took shelter on board her MAJESTY'S pack et E x . ?ress, from whence, in violation of the righ ts o f neutrality, he was forcibly dragged again.stthetoore monstrances of Lieutenant CROKE, R.N. , and compelled, under pain of ins tant death, to lea , d Fi t r h s e t enemy against his native cou ntr y . Lor d c VILLE, seeing this report i n the p ublic Jour nals, and being desirous , no doubt, of dis abusing the public mind respecting it, occasion on Tuesday evening to question Earl MINT° upon the subject. The Noble , Lord" appeared delighted that such an appeal had been made to him. In his own bland words, h e " was glad that he could give a perfectly satisfac, tory answer to the matter referred to. So ap. pcared the House. But what was the answe r which so delighted the Noble Earl? That the t! THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY,- EVENING EDITION,-FEBRUARY 2L of Commons on Tuesday night, and saw the county Members bring up petition after peti tion in favour of the Corn-laws, till the num ber amounted to many hundreds, must have been struck with dismay at the formidable and well organized oppostion on the part of the working agriculturists they would have to surmount. The names of places from which petitions were pre sented for the abolition or the repeal of the Corn laws on Tuesday evening fill about one-third of a page of the Parliamentary Votes; while the names of the places from which petitions were presented against the repeal fill three pages and a third, or they were at least ten times as numerous as the petitions for the repeal. Every parish, and almost every corn growing hamlet in the empire would seem to Yave found some person in it capable of drawing up a petition, and had come to the Legislature with a prayer for the continuance of wrong. The places which peti tioned for the abolition or repeal are generally well known, such as London, Manchester, Newcastle, Ste., but many of those which petitiOned against the repeal never to our knowledge met our eye be fore. In the books of the House of Commons, however, a petition from Foggathorpe tells as much as a petition from London, though presented by the Sheriffs, and one from Goulthorpe-cum-Gow thorpe is as valid as one from Manchester. Both are received alike, and shoved into the great bad,' ; Burton-Coggles, Tardebig, Fillongl e y, Monk So ham, Thornton-le-Fen, Asgarby-cum-Boughton, Hough-on-the-Hill, Woolfardisworthy, etc., etc., tell as much in the list as Greenwich, Yarmouth, Devonport, Coventry, Norwich, Birmingham, The Tower Hamlets, and Gloucester, though they are not quite as well known. All the landed gentry and apparently all the clergy, who make such excellent l e v e r s for moving the country people, seem to have been at work, and the consequence is, that the petitions for continuing the Corn-laws from such renowned places as those we have mentioned, are ten times as numerous as those from the known parts of the empire. To overcome this opposition which even a 'Mi nistry with all its power scarcely dare to coerce, the towns' people should organise a regular sys tem of instruction. Only a few months have elapsed, in fact, not more than a few weeks, since the Corn-law question was diligently taken up by tin manufacturers, and they have already made a great progress towards attaining their object. They are not aware, perhaps, or they do not recollect that the agriculturists have in sundry associa tions a means ready organised, and which has been for some time, to grab what they can. It is a bcautiful illustration of the theory that all the interests of the State are united to find the agriculturists and the manufacturers forming them selves into organised bodies to oppose and thwart each other. Mr. CAYL EY, the gentleman who, on Tuesday evening, so eloquently sought to get the Corn-law starved factory-cripples against their masters, was, we believe, the author of the present extensive combination of the agricul turists to maintain the oppression exercised in their behalf on the other classes. In a letter which he wrote to the Marquis of CHANDOS, in Oct. 10, 1835, he strongly urged the necessity of ';union and co-operation amongst the agriculturists to obtain relief from their distress." He insisted that three-fourths of the arable land in Great Britain could not then pay the expenses of cultivation, though the Corn-laws were in full vigour; and since then the agriculturists have formed a combination to "obtain relief from the Legislature, from the inju ries inflicted on them by trading politicians and philosophers" of whom the agriculturists have a great horror. This combination of the agricultu rists must be (and can only be) broken up by the farmers being instructed in their true interests before any Ministry, we are afraid, will dare to grant redress to the suffering manufacturers. Most formidable is the conspiracy, as exemplified by the numerous pe titions which the country gentlemen and the clergy have organised against the liberties, the purse, and the prosperity of the nation ; and it will need all the energies of the enlightened inhabitants of the towns, though they be as strong and as unwearied as their own steam-engines, to preserve themselves free and the empire from decay. They now know their danger, they have already made considerable progress in averting it, and we have no doubt'of their ultimate success. The Corn-law Delegates yesterday, very properly, unanimously, and without any doubts or bickering, passed a vote of thanks to Mr. VILLIERS, for the able manner in which he brought their case before Parliament, and to Mr. STRUTT and the Minority of 172, who so well seconded him. Thus to reward and encourage their deserving, though discomfitted combatants is wisdom. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday, in opposition to Mr. VIL• LIERS'S motion for hearing evidence at the bar on the subject of the Corn-laws, plausible as we grant it to be, and great as is the effect we think it not unlikely to produce o❑ .the obtuse capacities of many of our thick-and-thin Tory agriculturists, to whom it was specially addressed, is, after all, but one string of dexterous fallacies from begin❑ing to end. Yet, as is generally the case with those cun ning, nimble-witted sophists who sacrifice truth to effect, and are solicitous only to make their inge nious points tell, the Right Hon. Baronet over shoots his mark, and, quite unawares, is made the dupe of his own exquisite cunning. " I am asked," he observed in the speech in question, " to enter into an inquiry at the bar, as to the operation of the Corn-laws. Why do I resist it ? Upon the narrow ground of there being no direct prece dent ? Upon the ground merely that the inquiry would consume the time of the House ? Ido not resist it upon any of these grounds. I resist it from the strong conviction on my own mind that the present system of Corn-laws ought to be maintained, and because you have hitherto brought forward no plausible arguments to my mind. And yet when Mr. VILLIERS offers to bring for ward these plausible arguments ; when he offers to prove by the testimony of competent witnesses at the bar, that the Corn-laws are deeply injurious to all the best interests of the nation—then, forsooth, Sir R. PEEL must put his veto on the motion, though that motion has no other object than to fur nish him with the very '' arguments" which he him self expressly declares that he is in want of ! Talk, after this, of the fair dealing of a Tory ! Why, the phrase is the bitterest irony, when applied to a politician of this stamp I But Sir ROBERT PEEL is well known, and to say, therefore, that on the question of the Corn-laws—or indeed on any other question—he is playing the part of a clever political juggler, is merely to repeat what has been said and felt a thousand times already. whole story was a gross fabrication, trumped up to cast dishonour upon our flag ? That a pilot was sent on board a French ship as a compliment to the French by a British Captain, but that the pilot was not a Mexican subject ? That the pilot was a Mexican, but that he went on board the French squadron at his own especial desire ? no ; the answer was the very reverse of what would have led the House to participate in the Noble Earl's self-satisfaction. It was that the report was es sentially correct ; that a Mexican subject had been dragged a prisoner from under the protection of the flag of Great Britain, in the face of the protest of a British Naval Officer against such violence ; but that Admiral BAuniN, after making the poor pilot accessory to the destruction of the lives of hundreds of his countrymen, had thought it prudent to address a letter to Lord MINTO, gently deprecating the rash conduct of his subordinate, and invoking the kindly indulgent sympathies of the high and mighty Members of the Board. So frank an explanation from a naval hero in the hour of victory, was of course irresistible. If the French Admiral made the dishonour of, our flag accessary to the capture of St. Jean D'Ulloa—if to over-awe the Mexicans he dared to treat the British standard with all the insolence of a con queror, he repaired the injury in the opinion of Lord MINTO by ironically applauding the mea sures taken by his Lordship to prevent the possi ble recurrence of such an untoward manifestation of French naval daring I But, however delighted Lord MINTO may be with the explanation which he had it in his power to offer in the House of Lords on Tuesday, we beg to tell him that it has neither satisfied the Naval Service, nor the country. To do this—if indeed such be his Lordship's object—it will be requisite to lay all the Papers relative to this affair before Pa:liament, for it would be preposterous to suppose that so grave a question could have been settled without the interchange of a number of official documents, which have not yet had time to be rendered illegible by the irradi cable dust of Whitehall. We have hopes that this view of the question will forcibly present itself to some Noble Peer, who may make the pro duction of these papers the subject of a very im portant motion. For our own part we are as tena cious of the blessings of peace, and particularly peace with France, as any of her Majesty's subjects ; hut it is because that we would avoid all unneces sary wars,as the scourges of humanity, that we would carefully guard against a tame Lubmission to insults, which must have the effect of prematurely provoking hostilities. As was well observed by WASHING TON, in his last Message to Congress, the best way to avoid war is to be prepared fur it ; the best way to live at peace with all nations, is never to allow it to be suspected that our nationality can be outraged, under any pretext whatever, with impunity. These are maxims of which Lord IVIINTo does not ap pear to understand the full force ; and yet their ap preciation is essential to the proper guidr.nce of the Naval affairs of this country. On the state of the British Navy generally, and Sir JOU N BARttow's official defence of it in par ticular, our columns of this day contain a long letter from a Veteran Naval Officer, which we re commend to the notice of the Lords of the Admi ralty. As the Gallant writer has promised to follow it up with statements going more into detail, we shall riot weaken the force of his observations by a premature comment upon them. Nor are the communications which appear in our columns the only ones which we receive from Naval Officers of high rank, upon the dilapidated condition of this, the most important branch of the public service. Many of our most valued Naval Correspondents— long since grown grey in an ungrateful service_ could handle a cutlass, or a boarding-pike, with more facility than a pen ; and certainly, in their younger days, never dreamed that the commander of a British seventy-four would ever find it necessary to study the now common-place graces of newspaper composition. In the honest simplicity of their hearts they persuaded themselves that reward followed upon the heels of merit, and that a thorough seaman and a true Briton in the day of battle had no need of Court lingo to recom mend his claims to the notice of the members of the Board of Admiralty. They have lived long enough in obscurity to arrive at very different conclu sions. And when veterans accustomed by their early habits to estimate the naval service as the most glorious in the world—to prize strict subordination to the will and pleasure of the Board as the first of moral duties—to look upon the British Power at sea as almost coeval with the sea itself— to regard Victory and the British Flag as synoni mous ; when such men raise their voices against abuses in the Navy, it is an insult to common sense for any mere official to tell us, that by the help of a multiplication table he can prove all such charges to be utterly groundless. Naval Officers are among the last men in the world to com plain without reason ; and when in the list of their complaints we find so much about their own personal neglect by the Board, we may be certain that their privations are of no ordinary de scription. We insert in another column some correspon dence relative to the management of the Post-office, in regard to the communication between London and Dublin, and between Dublin and the interior of Ireland. Will it be believed that, in the present improved state of railroad travelling, the Post office Authorities could hesitate a moment in taking advantage of further improvements ? And yet such is most unaccountably the fact. By a trifling alteration in the departure of the Dublin mail packet from Liverpool five hours can be gained in our intercourse with Ireland—and that, too, at no additional expense. Nor is this all : by the despatch of a morning mail from Dublin (merely taking advantage of a day coach now on the road, and which would carry the mails for nothing,) forty-eight hours can be saved in the correspondence between the capital and the provinces of Ireland ! With a knowledge of these facts, if the Post-office hesitate any longer, the Government, and not the Post-office, must bear the responsibility. The people of Ireland are under deep obliga tions to Messrs. JOHNSTON, the indefatigable newspaper agents, for their laudable anxiety in this respect, to promote the general good by facilitating the public intercourse throughout and with the Sister Isle. The present policy of LOUIS PHILIPPE leads strongly to the inference that there is an hereditary and reckless obstinacy in the BOURBON family, like that of the STUART family in England, and like that, destined to bring it to ruin. For the first six _years of his reign he had acquired a high cha racter for foresight, firmness of purpose, and skilful management of parties, which his conduct, strange and unaccountable ash has been for the last two years, had not destroyed. Late events, however, have cleared up the mystery, and leave no doubt that he is prepared to go all lengths—even sacrifice his own family—to preserve what he considers the prerogative of monarchy in France. This has been his ruling passion from the commencement. It was for this that he began first to desert LAFA YETTE and LAFITTE, the representatives of the class that placed him on the throne, and for this he rejects the counsels of THIERS and SOULT, and, indeed, all his former friends. He rejects those who would save the ORLEANS dynasty, and falls back on the old bigoted party— the friends of the exiled family—the men who hate him and his race, and who are possibly in league candi dates with the Continental despots to place his rival, the l r o lis L t i aNnAdci ard on Constitu tional of BORDEAUX , on th e Throne. Accord ing to the last accounts of e l ection proceedings, td t i h ao e tnea F s t r oe principles.nocl:p ose Ministry those v T The o a e r e im ac putting dieef madness so of u r vp tile Ca p Ministry was wisdom comp are d with this, but still it is only the legitimate con clusion of that policy which ng laws th e expres e Fren c h peop l e . led the Citizen King to fawn upo n th e nort h ern agtti h his consolati on , t h at Powers, to support de s p oti sm in Spain, to cherish priestcraft in France , to re ject the alliance of Eng la ou n n d t , toh a f e n public rui t eb o nl ic p ci s u o t opf d i nl o i i b en w o n r t by my haveo among gagg B all the evil resulting from this folly works for their good. All the great leading men in France (ex cepting one or two Carlists) are in favour of Con stitutional Government, and the violence of the op posite party only gives tenfold effect among the people to the moderation and firmness of the coalition. about to "seal 2,000 troops to re-inforce the French army now making war on Mexico. We trust that mea sures will be speedily taken to render their landing in South America unnecessary, as otherwise the flames kindled in Mexico may spread to Europe. No news from Brussels had reached Paris up to post hour, though the popular anxiety to learn the manifestations of public feel ing in Brussels at the opening of the Chambers was unusually great. This was much increased by the publi catioa of a violent letter from M. DUMORTIRR, a member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, in the columns of the Constitutionnel of Tuesday, calling upon the French patriots to assist the Belgians in resisting the ultimatum of the London Conferenee. The news from Madrid is of the 12th, but it con sists merely of rumours and speculations, fit only to serve as topics of lounging gossip on the Prado. The Carlists alone are busy preparing for another grand expedition across the Ebro. As for ESPARTERO, he is so occupied with plans for the arrangement of Royal matrimonial alliances, that he allows the Carlists to do just as they please. All he is anxious about is to prevent them from disturbing his meditations by un ceremoniously beating up his quarters. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, FEB 19. First Highest I ow , st Last Price. PriCe. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents. llO M ... 110 ! 0 ... 110 '75 ... 110 2') 4►% per Cents _101 , 50 ...• 104 50 ... 104 50 101 50 _ - Sp Cents. 7B 50 ...78 55 ...di ... - 8 55 Bank of France 2610 ...VII/ ...WOO ...2403 Belgian b per Cents. 3 per Cents. 6B 35 ... 6)4 35 64 ... 67 60 11:t4,k ...... ~. ._ S 6) ... ;Al ... 560 ... 51,11 Spanish'Acti.e Neapolitan .. ltoman EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2af 10c , money, 25f lie.; three months, paper, 241. 97;5, c., money, 241. 95c. The news from Brussels, in our columns of this day, is more than usually interesting. Nothing could have happened more likely to involve the Government in a quarrel with the populace than the resignation of Count DE MERODE, at a moment of such excitement. Count DE MERODE, though a man of moderate abilities, enjoys the entire confidence of the high Catholic party, and re s;gus rather than consent to sign the Treaty with Hol land, dictated by the London Conference. Still it was hoped that the firmness of the Government, and above all the precautionary measures adopted to maintain the public peace, would be adequate to any emergency. If the mob, however, forgetful of their own safety and the interests of their country, push matters to extremities, time Five Powers will not leave to King LEOPOLD the dis tressing duty of making war upon his own rebellious subjects. Foreign troops will be poured into Belgium, and thus the mad and wicked instigators of a vain re sistance will be accessary to evils such as Belgium has not endured since the Treaty of Vienna. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) SITEE V. BROAD. Mr. THESIGER appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hum FREY for the defendant. The plaintiff is a shoemaker residing in Field-lane, and the action was brought to recover compensation in damages for an assault committed on his wife on the sth November last by Mary Dynum, who then resided with her father, the keeper of a " shop for handkerchies" in the same lane, but who has since been married to the defendant. It ap peared, from the evidence of the witnesses for the plaintiff, that the assault, which was of the most savage nature (two of the fingers of the plaintiff's wife having been severely Limn), was altogether unprovoked ; the witnesses on the other side, however, deposed that the first assault was com mitted by the plaintiff's wife, by spitting in the face of Miss Dit'num. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 5 PRICE V. LUCAS. This was an undefended action to recover the sum of 341. 14g. 6d. for clothes supplied to tae defendant by the plaintiff, who is a tailor in Sackville-street, Piccadilly. The Jury found for the amount claimed. England, the Government have stood by listless while all the high roads of the kingdom have been given up to private Companies, and they still re main in the same state of apathy, though the pub- Lc with one voice call out for protection. Is the President of the Board of Trade afraid of offend ing some of his Constituents, or is the Go vernment reluctant to enter into a contest with the Railway Companies ? or is this, like all the mea sures that most intimately affect the people, to be left an open question, and anirs to go on as now, till the Companies acqiiire almost unlimited power ? The Press, with one or two exceptions, for which there are good reasons, are unanimous in urging the Government to take some step. The Tories will support them, as we may infer from the observations of the Duke of WELLINGTON some twelve months ago, and from the organs of that party at the pre sent time. The writers in the Liberal Press express themselves strongly on the subject, but not more strongly than their political opponents, as the fol lowing extracts will prove. In the last number of the Quarterly Review, a writer well acquainted with the subject thus expresses himself We fear that a fatal error has been committed in placing instruments of ouch immense importance to the national interests in the hands of private speculators. Many of the inconveniences to the public that might have been anticipated from so false a principle have been already experienced. The evil may be remedied when it reaches an extent that will become intolerable:" And the following are the opinions of the Times and Morning Herald:— " At present both the public and the Post-office are al most entirely at the mercy of the Companies, to whom mo nopolies of the most extensive nature have thus been been granted without the reservation of the right of inter ference in the proper quarters."— Times. " Having obtained from the Legislature powers with which they ought never to have been entrusted, they openly declare war upon the public, and baying driven for a time all other modes of conveyance off the roads they resolve to render their monopoly as offensive and onerous as possible." —Morn ing Herald. Mr. GILLON brings on to-night his motion re specting the taxes on internal communication, a subject which, we trust, will meet with that attention from the House of Commons which its unquestion able importance demands. The revolution which the radual adoption of the railway system is producing in cur internal communications, though in many respects of the highest national benefit, has never theless its concomitant disadvantages, which it is the business of the Legislature, if possible, to re move. One of the greatest and most obvious of these is, the tendency to monopoly, inherent in the rail way system. as it has been hitherto established in this country. The old mode of travelling, which was regulattd by a salutary spirit of competition, has been almost entirely superseded by the new, which places the public completely at the mercy of private companies responsible to no one, and carrying on their operations without the least check from any apprehended rivalry of other parties. On all the lines of road, particularly on the great northern trunk of communication, it is now extremely diffi cult to find the means of conveyance, except on the railway. And why ? Because the coaches and horses that used to convey passengers have been taken off the road, in consequence of the inability of the proprietors to compete with the railway people. Now, wihout wishing to encroach upon the the just and useful privileges of the Railway Com panies, we may be allowed to state our opinion that the coach proprietors, the innkeepers, the mortgagees of the turnpike revenues, and the public, too, have a strong claim on the consideration of Parliament for the remedy of those evils which Parliament has been the means of inflicting upon them. The. least that the Legislature can do is to administer justice with an even hand, between the parties whose interests clash in this case. Can it be considered fair—to take but one instance—that the proprietor of a coach should pay a tax of more than two-pence per mile for every passenger who travels by his vehicle, while the rail way proprietor pays only at the rate of hali;a far thing. Yet such is the fact. The coach-mas ter is compelled to pay a fixed duty for the passengers which his coach is licensed to carry, whether he gets the passengers or not, whereas the railroad proprietor is permitted to make a return of the number of passengers he conveys, and is charged only for that number ? Is not this a mon strous injustice ? Does it require more than to be barely mentioned, in order to be instantly re dressed? With this and other exclusive bur dens with which the coach proprietors are op pressed, it is utterly impossible that they should not be crushed by their more privileged com petitors, who, if the taxation were equal, as it is most unequal, would still have an immense ad vantage over them in other respects. Let the Legislature, therefore, interpose its au thority to protect the sufferers from the ruin that must otherwise soon overwhelm them. This it is the more loudly called upon to do, as it has refused to impose any direct controul on the monopolies which it has created by the too ample powers with which it has unwarily invested the Railway Com panies. We were neither surprized nor disappointed at the decision come to by the House of Commons on Mr. VILLIERs' motion. We never expected that the House would enter into such an inquiry, and never entertained or encouraged the opinion that any great advantage could result from it. To collect six hundred and fifty-eight gentlemen under one roof, all with their minds previously made up, all animated with party spirit and Lry with zeal, and to set them questioning and cross-questioning witnesses on the influence of taxation on prices—on the effects of changes in the currency, and of the Bank monopoly, on productive power and profit—on the relative skill and intelli gence of the agriculturists, in different countries, on the growth of manufactures abroad and their de cay at home, with a view to distinguish how much of either is caused by " slovenly" or unjust legis lation, and how much is the result of national laws—on the precise price at which a quarter of wheat can be grown at home, and imported from abroad, &c., seems to us, we will own, about as happy a method to confuse and perplex a plain question as can well be devised. But if we are neither sur prised nor disappointed by the result of Mr. VIL LIERS' motion, much less are we disheartened. The 172 gentlemen, who voted far the inquiry, may be considered as all pledged to the repeal of the Corn laws, and how many more have their minds made up, like Lord HowruK, Lord JOIIN Rus- SELL, and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, to the necessity of an alteration, the first division on the merits of the question will demonstrate. We should not be surprised if the numbers on both sides were then pretty nearly equal ; but the mere minority, backed as it is by a great mass of the community, and founded as are its demands on justice and reason, is quite large enough to ensure us our object at no distant day. We know no good cause which has not suc ceeded, though supported at first by much less minorities, and we have not the small est doubt of ultimate, and even speedy suc cess. There are some things, aye, there are many things, which Parliament, with its " slovenly" legislation; cannot accomplish, and we venture to say that it is beyond the power of Queen, Lords, and Commons, even if united, now th a t th e p u bli c at tention is well roused towards the subject, to continue the atrocious Corn-laws. The Paris Journals of Tuesday, received to-day, con ain very little news of interest. The Government is CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Feb 15, 1k 1 :39, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 7ls. 6d. I Oats rtarley IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TEIE ..7.:X WEP KS PItECEDING. Wheat '73. sd. Oats Barley 4os 10d l Rye DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Whcat Barley THE . MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET, Supplies of all kinds of fish were to a fair extent, and the de mand was good. Turbot, ss. to 10s., 155., and 20 ; Cod, 2s. to 55., 10s., and Its. ; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, ls. to 4s. each. The Meal trade was good, owing to the fine weather. Beef, 7d. to Bd. and 8 1 /d. ; Mutton, 710. to 8 1 Atl. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. Vegetables were in good supply,:and late prices were maintained. CITY FISH MARKET. There was plenty of Fish at market, and the trade was briAk prices as at Hungerford Market. HAY MARKETS. Supply good, and the demand in every way equal to it. Ilay 755. to 875., 955., and 100 s. ; Clover, 803. to 1005 and 110 s. Straw, 30s. to 40s. per load. COLONIAL MARKET. _ For home consumption a fair business doing ; but for export nothing passing. Imports to a fair extent. B. P. Sugar sold more briskly at 6d. per cwt. higher than last week, from 545, 6d. to 60s. and up to 645. and 655., At public sales 161 casks and 121 bags B. P. Coffee, realized former prices, as did 300 bags Brazil, and69l St. Domingo. 1,482 bags Black Pepper sold without showing any variation in price. Of 200 bags Brazil Cocoa, part sold at from 345. to 40s. CLIELTENHA l'er Bushel. s. d. to 5.11.1 Wheat tsarley Oats 3 9 6 6 Beans Cease. M MARKETS. Fel lb. d. tc d Beef 6 f 9 Mato') 7 8 Pork Lamb ... 0 0 Hay 31. 15s. to 4!. Od. p,r ton. LEEDS CORN MARKET.. Feb.2o Wheat, Norfolk and Sutihik, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire --.-- Grinding . Beans )sits, t'otatoe —Mealing, For. —l. to—d Eng. 141. to 161. per stone Shelling 36.. t• 211=. per load Rapeseed, English, 301. to 32 , ..„ F,reign, 30. to nz. goer lat., HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. Wheat. Marks 5lO to 534 Oats, Upland .. . ...._ ... to - - Mecklenburg 460 to 516 Met.ilenburg 168 to 166 Magdeburg .... :41 to 528 -- Elder l4O to 171% Eider 465 to 483 Holstein 144 to 1...-0 Anhalt, white 510 to 534 Petersb.!& Riga to red ... 510 to 531 Malt, Pomeranian 195 t• 20t. Holstein - Rye, Mecklenburg .... 255 to 3.0 Pease, Upland, yellow 213 to 330 Holstein .. ...... ... 312 to :33;1 Beans 224 to 255 Archangel — CO -- Tares ' .10 to 315 Barley, Mecklenburgh 240 to 252 Rapeseed 4 Bto 425 Magdeburgh . 270 to 2i5 Ditto Cakes Lower Elbe ... to Linseed ditto 52 t 3 51 COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7%t0 9% I , larinham Georgia, Ist sort 0% 0 Madras 6% ti 2d B 9 Surats 514 64, 3d and 4th .... 74 s Domingo -7% 84 COFFEE. Mocha In to II Domingo Batavia • .... ..... 5% 64 La Guavra 5 64 Sumatra 4 4% Porto Rico 5% 74 Rio 4% 6 Havannah ... ... 4 7 Bahia ...... . _ .4 4; SUGAR:— ((With 8% Discount.) tfavannah, White...... 6N i to)o Bahia, White 6 1 h toS Brown...—. 534 6IA Brown... 5,, 6 Rio, White: 5'9 : Pernambuco, White ...63. 7 Brown THAMES TUNNELL.—This morning, at one o'clock, a fire broke out in the steam engine house of the Thames "runnel, which consumed the roof of the same, but fortunately did no further damage. The fire originated in the room appropriated to the drying of the miner's clothing, but has not caused the slightest interruption to the works of the Tunnel, which are pro ceuling very satisfactorily. CHANGE OF FORTUNE.—A man named Ed ward Jenks, who for many years has lived in a miserable hovel in Qucen.street, Seven.dials, in a state of extreme poverty, has within the last week, by the death of a relative abroad, come into possession ofa sum exceeding 5,0001, The late Lord St Helen's was born in 1753, and unmarried. He was one of the trustees of the British Museum and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His Lordship was the second son of Sir William Fitzherbert, by Sarah, only daughter of William Perrin, Esq. He was employed in some important diplo. matic missions, and created an Irish peer in 1791, and in 1801 he was further created an English peer. The issue of his Lordship's elder brother are not in remainder to the peerage, which is conse quently extinct. THE CIIARTISTS AT FAULT.—In compliance with a very respectably signed requisition, the Constables of Halifax convened a public meeting of the inhabitants of that town and neighbourhood, " To consider the propriety of petitioning Parlia tnent fur a repeal or alteration of the Corn laws." The meeting was fixed for Wednesday last, in the Old Assembly Room, at the Tal. bot Inn ; and the Chartists of the district made arrangements for attending in considerable numbers, with a view to thwart the object of the meeting, as they had done in Huddersfield and Bradford. The Halifax Express says, " The result greatly chagrined the Chartists ; and, under the circumstances, the speeches go forth to the public with as much real weight as if they had been delivered at the town's meeting. The course adopted by the requisitionists was, we think, the most proper they could have chosen; for the Chartists having rejected the Constable's claim to the Chair, it was not the meeting tonvened by the authorities of the town. The Chartists, in their subsequent speeches, gave vent to their anger and disappointment. One of them, who had come from Bradford in order to move an amendment, was furious with rage; and as the party were not pre pared with resolutions, but only with a declaration of a negative character, they had no business which they could transact." THE COMPULSORY CLAUSE.—In the 1R501... vent Court, yesterday, an application made by Mr. Wright, an attorney, in re Thomas Ford was granted. The prisoner had been confined sonic time in Whitecross-street prison. Mr. Wright ob. tained a vesting order, and subsequently the assigneeship. He had obtained considerable property, and had sold a copyhold estate in Essex belonging to Ford, which had realised 2701. He now came to the Court for an order to surrender the property and receive the money as assigned. AN OLD MISER.—An old woman, named Grace Locke, lately died at Sutton.at-Hone, near Dartford, in Kent, leaving large sums of money to many persons. She continued, up to the day of her death, to adhere to the penurious habits that marked her whole life, denying herself not only the common corn. forts, but also the necessaries of life. To her apothecary she has left, by will, 5,0001., and to other persons, a sum little short alto. gether of 30,0001. We have been favoured with the sight of a letter from Demerara of a late date, which states that the Christmas holy. days I ad been observed by the negroes with the usual festivity, and they were again quietly settling down to work.—Bristol Gazette. OUR CORN PROSPECTS.—The young wheat plant (says the Mark Lane Express) after emerging ft om its recent covering of snow, looks strong and healthy; and, as far the year has hitherto proceeded, everything is going on favourably ; in fact, a more auspicious winter has rarely been experienced; and and should the spring and summer prove etmelly propitious, a greater crop of wheat will be produced next autumn than for many years past. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TW EL VE 0' CL OC K. Arrivals this morning, French and Ostend mails. No ship letters. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 20. —The Columbus, from New York, packet ship of the Ist instant, off the port inwards, will, perhaps be up in time for the three a.m. train. COTTON MARKET, FEB. 20 —The market continues in a dull and inactive state, the sales 2,500 bags to the trade, ssiihout change in prices. The accounts received from Manchester this morning, state that there was not the slightest symptom of improve ment in the market yesterday, and the prices of yarn, espe eially of the ordinary shipping numbers, continue so de pressed, that a considerable number of spinners have be gun to work short time, or have shut up their mills alto gether ; the market for goods was also much depressed yesterday, and power-loom printing cloth was again rather lower in price. Accounts from St. Pierre, Martinique, of the 11th Jan., state that at five o'clock on the morning of the 11th they experienced a terrible shock of an earthquake, which lasted nearly two minutes ; a quarter of the town has been greatly damaged. Several persons have been killed, and others wounded; the town of Fort Royal is nearly de stroyed. A boat has just arrived from Port Royal with the information that more than 800 persons have been already found dead and wounded. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date : " BRUSSELS, FEB. 19.--M. Goldsmith, provisional Di rector o 1 the Anglo-Belgian Bank, was received y esterday by the King. It is assured that the resdutions of the Ca binet have been signed by MM. Nothomb, Willmar, and Theux. " The following are the reports of what will take place in the sitting of to-morrow ( Wednesday) :-Ist. The Mi nister of Foreign Affairs will continue to complete his pre ceding Report, in rendering an account of the negotiations which took place without coming to a conclusion. 2d. In stead of proposing the ratification of the decision of the Conference, signed by M. Van de Weyer in the name of the King, M. Count de Merode in quality of the Minister of Finance ad interim, will present a project to authorize a forced loan of 100 millions of francs, in order to face the expenses of the armament. " The greatest measures have been taken for some time past to maintain public order. The garrison of Brussels has been reinforced. In the Court of the Palace of the Prince of Orange is a park of artillery composed of 23 pieces of cannon. ANTWERP, FEB. 19.—TELEGRAPH DESPATCH.—" Brus sels, 19th February, half-past Three o'clock.—Brussels is tranquil. The Chamber has assembled. A part of the Civic Guard is under arms." Dutch Funds, 54i ; Five per Cents., 1008. To the present time no American papers or letters, by the Columbus, of the Ist instant, from New York, have been received. We have very few arrivals this morning. The only news we have as yet is from France and Belgium. The latter was anxiously sought after. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prces of yesterday, 924 s for the Account and Money. Exchequer Bills, 58 60; India Bonds, 62 64; Bank Stock, 205206; India Stock, 2561 2571. The Foreign Market continues inactive as yet. Spanish as they closed, 191 1 ; Portuguese the same, 354 36 ; Three per Cents., 22i ; Belgian Stock no alteration, 991 100 ; Brazilian, soi 811, a shade higher; Colombian as they closed, 29/ 4; Mexican also, 241-; Dutch Two and-a-Half a shade lower, 55i ; Five per Cents., 104 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2o6' 3 per Cent. Red. ... ......... 93% % 3 per Cent. Cons. 9 2% s. i 4 :3 , , per Cent - Ditto Red. lOl 1(.0% New 3% per Cent 100 %'4 New 5 per Cent. - Bank Long Annuities toexpire t Jan. 5, 1860 15 1-16 15 Oct. 1 , 1, 1859 I 4 15-:6 Jan. 5, 18811 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April s , 5, 1880 - ____ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds - pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17,il Exch. Bills, £l,OOO —6l pm. Ditto 500 ...:9 61 pm. Ditto Small pm. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... . 205 India Stock for Account Jin. 5; 1970. —l Consols for Account 9, 3 4 T. ..4 I'RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. 2.2% 1 4 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account — i Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824 ...29%4 1 , 4 Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account 'AN Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 76 5 ii, , Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account Ditto Account. l9i Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 - 4 per cent ...... —f. —c. Ditto Account , ----- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. . —_— Exchange. —f. —t'. Ditto Account Dutch, 2b per cent. 55 Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account 55% Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent — Neapolitan Ditto Acc0unt....,,...... . . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAYAT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per share Cobre Copper. Brighton Railway Lon , ion and Croydon Railway Company l6/. Bs. Ditto New Scrip Midland Counties Railway Company. 6O 51 North Midland Railway Company 55 55 National Provincial Bank of England 35 39 HALF-PAST ONE. Accounts received from Jersey this morning state that it is affirmed his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has re ceived a second despatch from Lord John Russell, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, dated the sth inst., in reference to the Act adopted by the States, at their sitting of the 23d of January last. Report says shat his Lordship, although approving generally of the provisions of said Act, deems it susceptible of serious amendments and modifications, and has thought proper to intimate his opinion to the Privy Council, that the said Act should not, in its present form, be allowed or con firmed by her Majesty, and his Lordship has recommended the following dispositions as addenda to the project :- 1. That the inspection of the Fishery on the Granville Beds, shall be confided to the officer of her Majesty's Navy commanding on the station... 2. That the inspector shall have power to deposit on the pares, the oysters taken from dredgers convicted of an in fraction of the law, and to have them sorted at their own expense. Lastly, That it shall be held unlawful for any boat or smack to have dredges on board, wherever the fishing on the coast of the Island may be prohibited. It appears that at Brussels proclamations have been dis tributed in several quarters of The town, as well as to the army in the invirons of the Casernes, in which it is stated the Belgian army, of 100,000 men, will be dishonoured by submitting to the partition of Limburg and Luxemburg without making resistance. Consols have reached, since the early part of the morn ing, 92*, buyers for the Account; may at present may be quoted 921 ; Money the same ; there has not been much htsi ncss doing. Exchequer Bills, GI ; India Bonds, nothing done ; Bank Stock, 206 ; India Stock, 256;f. In the Foreign market, the intelligence from Belgium has not had any effoct on the said funds, which are quoted 99 100; Brazilian, 804 81g. Nt alteration from the morn ing price. Colombian, 294 ; Mexican, 24i; Portu guese, 351 36 ; Three per Cents, 2.2 i; Spanish Active, 191 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents, 554; Five per Cents, 1031 The speculators on the Foreign securities are waiting to hear the result of the decision of the BeigiAn Chambers before they undertake operations of magnitude. We have no papers or letters as yet from New York by the Colunibus. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92i. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 2 6 India .B.)ck 0 56: 4 4 3 per rent. lied 935 , .; Ditto Bonds .'per Cent Ccus ' ,2% ; ~ tto Old Annuities 3.,i, per Cent. Red 100 , * Ditto Sew Annuities ...... .. New 3!.4 per Cent 1 1% , Ex. Bills, 1,1410/ 2y4d....6! pm Ncw 5 per Cent Ditto boo/ 61 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 . pm. Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS Asturian, 5 per cent — !Portuguese ', , ond , , sper cent. 13..sli.„ian, 5 per cent 99% IDitto New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent 'Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent.... Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 11454 Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colomb.an, 6 per cent Spanish, 5 per cent. 1 9 14 Ditto, 1824 2954 Ditto, Consolidated Danish. 3 per cent 75% French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Exchange —t: —c Mexican, 5 per cent — French, 3 per cent —f..--c Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 — Dutch, *4 per cent. Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent.... Ditto, 5 per cent. 103% SHARES. London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway 7% London and Birmingham Railway l7l London and Southampton Railway 45 London and Croydon tt away (New Scrip) Midland Counties Railway 5l North Midland Railway ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.-A Meeting of the Rate-payers of this parish was held this morning, the Vicar in the Chair, to take into consideration the alleged misconduct of the Guardians, in the case of a pauper named Hickey, and the girl Croker, who was sent to the Cape of Good Hope. The pro ceedings had not terminated when we went to press. . . • DEATH OF A FOREIGN AMBASSADOR.— The General steam Naviga lw- l be' , . e d We announce the death in London o f a di p l omat i st, lately Am. packet the Britanni a , f rom Harriburg, arra oeo 0 ,1 bassador to this Court, Constantine William de Ludolf, Count of at three o clock, p.m., yesterday. f , " 1 n •0 0 / the holy Roman Empire, Commander of St. John, Groam of the PRIVATE BILLS.—LORDS .---° til l° r -11 P e fic , Chamber to his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies and his Am- was ordered by the House of Lords that ri ° r ot ; ti lie/' bassador to the Court of the Tuileries, who died yesterday, at SO' Bills be received after Tuesday, the 9 60 l'! :11 AP" :7 f'o, 1 years of age. His Excellency had been for a great number of years from the Judges thereon after Tuesday, th e ;A1 4 '00 1 ;9 1 , Minister to the Court of St. James. The death of an Ambassador THE NEW HOUSES OF rA.' ,of h o i 0 in England is one of the rarest events on record in diplomatic circles. The Count Ludolf was descended from an ancient German architect, Mr. Barry, and the two e P d r ed ofe t V,:e io rl b lo; tl irt f d te, Smith and M. De la Recite, who proce , _ ar ,ite • i4l rot family, which, we hear, migrated to Naples, when Caroline of and the West of Scotland to select the f.l_ ra tet'" ce . ,, r o j , Austria ascended the Neapolitan Throne. con , truceion of the new edifices, have un°,,iidia ctrl' ' MURDEROUS WORK.—The week before last, which is to be forthwith presented to the '"," o°,o' l ' til t, ' in a little more than three days, Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., and a the House. 'The embankment wall is Beartildati°iPivitlXiff small party of friends, shot 1,313 pheasants, and an immense glm- time has been yet named for laying the fc ' ul cro 3° ) Fi el / tity of hares, rabbits, partridges, and woodcocks, on his estate at i b nee as e,t, b uh e , e ao n tus c ee a isg l . c h ' u t l T a e t hr e e d tel b ne y asye t e l a i o o rf s st e iv p ei e i r tie s e in ap s pos 7 c : br a ye t t , c ; :e n c v e th s er6re' ll o l' Lynfoi d and Tolls, Norfolk.—Boston Herald. e RELIC OF ROYALTY.—In the Museum of Cu het' street and Parliament-street will be renewed' si'.- (1 11 1, riosities at Dresden is a horseshoe, which Augustus the Strong, C i Elector of Saxony, and titular King of Poland, broke between his The Dublin mail had not arrive u P r''' s ed fingers, to disp rove an un f avoura bl e o pi n i o n of the vigour he de. o'clock train left Liverpool yesterday forenoon' i o y lo ...v rr,,esti ~,, te rlP , lighted in displaying. SAVINGS' BANKS.—UIf '— ,tha t v - 1 p, , r SA VA GE A SSA uf, T.—An Irish labourer, one of was presented to the House of Lords, praY ing o t oe 13 1 1 0 1, 0 f0r ,r the Munster men who have sworn to a four years' hostility to the for s the purpose of carrying on the business o eneo c 0 , 00; natives of Kilkenny, was yesterday fined at Marylebone office the may he appropriated also to the service of b jays S oiti t sum of 5/ for having bitten off the lip of a man connected with the The Duke of Leeds, on Tue s o p e r, ~I, opposite faction. A desperate riot had been the prelude to this sa. . a hi s f 8 0 first time in Parliament after the death ,ifi t i , vage act. In default of payment the prisoner was committed to psi. oaths and his seat in the House of Lords. 1,1 1 . ' a I'd, ,f , son for two months. Both parties resided in Colwell buildings, Ox. H T 0 O N ' of tl ' it ,/,. ford-street, a long-established colony of Irish, where riots and assaults DEATH OF THE RIG-- ,i o ner Di sera a are of daily and nightly occurrence. I The Right Hon. W. Adam, Lord C s d u m n ra da 7 lcar , , t i , ol l : l v o t i j e c ii vil , o ,i f i , , ;, h Scotland, died at Edinburgh on PORTERAGE OF PARCELS.--A gentleman of years aP .„ the Joe tl' e, the Cheapside was yesterday summoned before the Magistrates of Guild- year. Mr. Adam was for many Ye ,ointrn en". Ill s ,% , George IV., and filled some high 214 o , iva les. . }e tiv ,c ' p e ,er hall for refusing to pay Is. 6d , the carriage porterage of a parcel. The defendant said the parcel had been taken into Fetter-lan tinal destination of the coach, instead of being left at the Cross Keys Fox was an event that made much imp p w o " iitio t i c . ,sta p i s 1 , , wall tinder his Majesty when Prince r t ess . a , ti l „ I N."; booking-office, in Wood-street, whereby the porterage had been 1 fr0m ,..„ 0 „ its fi" ce ieh r ,:io,'„l doubled. It was contended that there was nothing in the Act to' pointed to the Jury Court in Scotland, or _ o r of A use ),, 1 ,0, on the retirement of Mr. Adam compel the delivery or parcels at any office except where the coac l i sha,led.s.f,wvaa teas finally stopped and a decision of Sir Peter Laurie's to that effect ' " Why is the Jury Court like Para fam..y two so r ° 0 0 00 ,0 0 ,, referred to. Alderman Venables (the silting Magistrate) proprietors of a coach held out to the public that the Cross made for Adam." Of Mr. Adam's 0 it s „'" well C , sir,l' circumstance that gave occasion to t d he i : e 7 „..._ ,,, ,, _ wo o are s , o , one of their booking.houses, it should be considered sofor a 3 ll l pu th r 'e _ o ther is " • all' a parcel directed to Wood-street past their office in that street for the poses, to deliver as well as receive parcels. The professions. One is Lieutenant-Gen eral l They. ought not to carry to the lonian Islands. The the .0,,,ir purplse of increasing their porterage. The summons was dismissed , Clackmannanshire. , , A K L B ; K and C. . G B . . C , • one of f andtle was Lords f° o r xi rY K. L. ° er"- A'a° if31:11 ci 7' ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-THIS DEAL, FRB. 20. —Wind E.-N. E , blowing a One' rain.—Arrived from the River, and sailed the The ' '' rier, from Bombay. Sailed the outward-bound. 01 PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20.—Wind E. to E.N .gi breezes, and squally. * 1 PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19. Wind N. N. E. A — 111 111 0 ; Reform, Soper. from London; Shennon (steamer), Faille Arnica, Lisbon ; Solace, Barrett, ditto. , ,try' FALMOUTH, FEB. 19. —Wind S. E. to N.N. eezes, and squally.—Arrived the Devonshire (,t bro f Fe - Mills, from London, and proceeded for Dublin. The hiq ui deer (packet), reported as sailed yesterday , again last night, but proceeded this morning. , 11 .4 1 LIVERPOOL, FEB. 20.—Wind N. E., fresh.---Arr', port, the Columbus packet, from New York, sailedder Ist inst. ; Royal Admiral, Valparaiso; A 1e 9. 11 0, m 1 mond, Savannah ; Henry, New Orleans; Ee ' ° ' James, ditto ; and Medora, Charleston. Sailed Mr, for Rio Janeiro • Jolly Tar, Russignoe, Bareeloort rian, Brown, ' Africa ; Victors, Dickson, '."1" and Charlotte, Gorham, Boston. In 11 40 COWES, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Mary, Cork ; and Sarah, Bermuda. 0 1 0 RAMSGATE, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Hann b from Shields, with starboard quar t e r, damag e "' gill been in contact with a schooror ; Telemachus,' i Newcastle. Sailed the Premier, Keith, f ur jiii ttle / An:je, Welger, Bahia; Norham Castle, Davidsos, andria ; Verne, Hubert, Odessa; 13ergens er :orr Santander; Day, Cadiz; Archangel, Gallis, 460. Minerva, Jones, Lisbon ; Doradc, Thomas, St. I .!'i Antonius, Schaper, Liverpool. foofr,/ LEITH, FEB. 18 —Arrived, the Mars, Ro be— Pi t the Mauritius; Branch, Currie, St. M'chaer6; Walker,:Trieste • Majestic, Leslie, Lisbon. F o r!' e STOCKTON, VEB. 18.—Arrived, the Pe t ' t Joseph, from Dunkirk. LERWICK, FEB. 4.—Sailed, the Jacob and Barcelona. . „ of YARMOUTH, FEB. 20.—The Martha, - • L °. coal laden, was totally lost on Hasbro Sand, ) morning ; crew, except one, sated. DOVER, FEB. 20. —Arrived Ann Hall, Rottercl°Co CLYDE, FEB. 18.— Sailed Vistula, New Orle ln b s o ; 0 0 i M'Phail, Havannah ; Vemila, Sutherland, S t. fs l c bf SALCOMBE, FEB. 19 —Arrived Phosphor us ' Portsmouth; Adder, Wells, Portsmouth. fool l PENZANCE, FEB. 19. —Arrived Cork Pack et ' • Cork. Partri GLOSTER, FEn. 20.—Arrived Hebe, Charente. DA RTOUTH, FEB. 19.—Arrived Joseph Willi ii°ls 'll Peter and Rebecca, Perry, Cork ; Marianne, oip Bahia ; Nell, Gardner, Wo odbridge, with co l ° bound to Liverpool. • Odd , MILFORD, FEB 19.—Sailed Resource, b"1.....a rt ;, HARWICH, FEB. 20.—Arrived Helen Mil' Newcastle. 0. 1? HOLYHEAD, F EB . 19 —Off p or t Elizabeth (- 7.1 , HULL, FEB. 20.—Wi n d E. N. E. , fresh bre`";., Warrior, St. John' A , N. B. ; Di ana , Anson, A nt : e stlei STRANRA ER, FEB. 10.—The stern of $ 'tod " Shannon, of Maryport," on it, a mast, boon', washed on shore yesterday in the Bay of Luer. The David Cannon, Duffei, was driven on sh :ti Odessa, during a gale on the 20th ult., but in or be got off after discharging cargo. t' METROPOLITAN poLAv a SUMMARY. ealt s fe The Morning Herald of this day I Pp e el s , warmest terms of approbation of Sir Robert 1 . 0 .13'",:q on Mr. Villiers's motion respecting tbe C° ttri bu V serving that " The speech was rich in all tbe a sir g!', f oratory of the very highest class, and proved x bes clooi intimacy with the tru es t an d y e t mo st cemP le , s ?,l the case." On the subj ec t o f M r . Villier s c ored Contemporary says, " He was permitted tc!ceroleir, privilege . of shapi ng hi s case i n hi s own 1 131- ree l ' fogging fashion. Th a t case , we nee d scarcely( 0000 sisted of a mass o f f a l se suggest i o ns, and ° pressions." the The Times in a lengthy leading article ?filo of Lord Durham and - his appointment of r a ? says, Has Lord Durh a m th e h ar dihood to netterlf) respect and esteem of the Canadians must be:bioti ing to a Government, wherein persons vib °s ,. - 0 05/ so blazoned throughout the world, bore so — a r !j ot, rank, and stood so high in official favour." 5,0000 porary is harping on this stale subject usqu 6 ride s V The Chronicle has two elaborate leading 81 ' 0 0 ° ° o ! Corn-laws and Sir R. Peel's speech ; and Normanby, of who our Contemporary sa3 s ' t he '"j first who suggested to the minds of Irishn lo d eo° patriot Lord •Lieut enan t, an d h e no t only silly he realized the conc e pti on ." °tl The Morning Ad ver ti ser h a s an ar Ll ii te P i° Ballot, suggested by t h e R ev . S. Smiths:, on that subject. The art i c l e i s fairly ni l ' reasoned. t oilbe is . , The Morning Post in a vi o le n t artic'e - or" ter laws, says, with int r epid assuran ce, that srocl tion has been laid hold of by the 4 16 1 0 0 1 ' lican party, for the purpose o f p us hing fort y 9 plishment of their r e v o luti onar y v i e ws." 4 14 0 7,,ed l The Courier of last evening,. speaking a s , chilsea's observations in th e H ou se of L e h r t he , per Mr. Turton's appointment, s a ys, " Even sau,p , " which Lord Durham m a d e b ee n as crirnina to tr go ccj to morality as it was said to be, the inky . / oP e could not have been h a lf so' serious, nor t . ile aus t ned' Lord Durh am h a lf so p r o voca ti ve of cl i %de o ,i f lf hypocrisy and calumnies of those who have c , be ll ls o o l , j a u c d t g a e nd ei t t h h e er a . vnt o , b n ef t v e e s it ub w je a c s t pa o s f si m ble r. f;c o. l l l ,.. t e r ri in the Commons on Tuesday night, the C ii °4l o .icl' its regret at the course taken by Lords " e „ o sed Russell, and adds, " the plea that the Pr e r,be e s I n o would lead to a waste of time, is childish in ' t i e le The Globe contains a spirited leading sro, subject of Ministers' ref usa l to h ear evidenc e , s od ',DJ laws, from which w e quo t e th e f o llowing a l i' d to 1 1 remarks :—" Amongst tf:e evidence tenderc„ On t o fused by, both Houses of Parliament, a s to k t' o o . t d, ration of the law of Landlords, we " not -11 0 1 , cl 'Off ° A 4 I Fever Hospital returns in this city are be. ot,j; number of patients admitted, and rate 11 , 1 e- boe, there is not room, are at this moment, ' for time been exhibiting the consequences vij„(001, follow on high prices of food. That portionfo-e o e t lotion whose means of commanding the pi n the i r) of life are most limited, go to the ',oi phrase—OT more accurately, go to their g ra a b O V high prices. Aye ! sneer, storm, bluster, ,itoef i f,:ct is true—it has been witnessed, and re - 0 0( 1 ' 1 ;0 1 i will be witnessed a g a i n , a t ever y recurren ce w hiel l sons, aggravat e d by l aws o f i m p ro vidence , a ofL " G r p creed that the food of .the people, in a 1 1. 0 0 1 r tent and equal fertility, sh a ll not be store d ' ( 0 of oth er l an d s , i n th e regu l ar cours e of cal io.o f e itb e wrongs have their limits, the s l ee k sophist s ° 4 ;1 may trifle too long." - s asi b y A' Alluding to Mr. Villiers's motion on V ic ha te, bo ir f , Standard says, " the p ar t a c t e d in the d e L y ters, was meao and shuffli ng . , While t"irillic o oo t ; Corn laws, they resisted the motion of M r ; be r e „ o ll lic 1 John Russell inti ma ti ng that he might Il e 'oi s r is"' rate to a motion for a Select, Committee. . c o rlv, t io not seem to be very satisfaciory . to the an ti ; tbr e ,liii tutors." On the subject. el_ Lord :',Durha m . House of Lords on Tuesday, our Contenti'hist"o sinuates, " if' his Lordship' should o' r , l o iP d it 1 ` 1 „ effect, he would diminish the number of L' e s teo f t d o e upon our maiden Queen; and if he s hould e fo case of all who have e ver com p r o m ised an ti , ° t lie would make a v acanc y t h at hi ms elf Inig j o tie,V to occupy. Lord D ur h am , w h ose o wn d° all) is irrepro tchablh., must h ave sm il e d inter n! I( cture he 11, ard last night." giS; THE LATE LORD ST. HELE I4S ,: O7 . ship, whose death we announced yesterday, Wa s ', - 1, 1 ;%'"0" was the son of William Fitz.herhert, who died on e y pel h ol r i ' f' 1772, by Mary, daughter of Littleton Poyntz 31 ' e "„ lady had died several years before her husband--e'e.tt, bruary, 1752. The late Lord Alleyne Fitz-h el :00, 1 • V in 1791, Baron St. Helen's in the Peerage of the English Peerage in 1801, by the same title. o ptl'' G.C.13., a trustee of the British Museum, A- 1g " geti l St. Helen's was never m a rried. C 4C •il' ie t". l ', x QUEEN ADELAIDE.--We Bre ber '„ob' happy to hear, by the last arrival from Malta, eu ip I of tinned to enjoy the best health, a nd w as daily je A O while walking or taking carriag e exe rcise. ~tell Lord Henry Russell, who is L ie eaO t i t ' i Tyne frigate, Capt. Town s h en d , on the Mediter,so-08 his way home from Malta, on l eave , his Lordship 0 11 f . state of health. v llO It is said that G enera l liourmo lll, t g ee to return to France, will take up his residence 500. tany, where apartments are al r e a dy engaged I°' Itli 14 0 0;:se t A person from the Tax-office, [l° t he e t s o viable office of ‘. window-peeper," is visiting' 21 0 1 , lar west for the purpose of c h arg i ng a ll houses , 73 mor t i: which have eight widnows and upwards. ofi l - • ` lie n .Co' t ~1 ,~ ~._ ~. % et , 41 ~ .j ~ • ~ 3a 'qv \ 711 ~I,"a I. J .`ij~i , 11:1!u '" , VI