The Sun. — London, England, 1839-02-19 00:00:00

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T IPS Nlnjesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, - 1 1-11- His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis tributions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT TEN aed do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) Vfer a great many potsibilitics of obtaining "LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, al . f. NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS- TtiIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis t rihntions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS :.nd upwards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended to. Persons desirout to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to vin,T, any order, the Prospectus and,Purticn'ar , , upon ad 4ressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGIL THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 19, br performed r r. AUY OF LYONS, or Love and Pride. Mr. Macready; Colonel llamas, Mr. Hartley; Pauline De,:chappolles, Mi-s Helen Faucit. 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EVENING or MORNING EDITION may answer best, according as the mail arrives in the evening or morning. Subscribers will please to notify to their respective News' -agents, or to this Office, what Edition of The Sur will answer their purpose best. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, Feb. 19, 1839. -3t47 , irrt 11,,k,,.„6„ „ _A.„ LONDON : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1839. EVENING EDITION: In the House of Lords last night a considerable number o f pet i t i ons were presented for and against the Corn-laws, and some against the Sale of Beer Act. Most of the Peers had petitions in favour of the laws, which, we regret to say, their Lordships ih general support. Their Lordships show as determined an oppo sition to the poor man's pleasures as to his means of subsistence, and tax his bread while they try to prohibit him from drinking beer with his companions, so that they may talk over their miseries. Poor people! called in mockery-, derision, and scorn, the free men of England, they can neither eat untaxed bread nor drink their poor sup of beer at liberty, nor converse freely with one another. The slaves of the West Indies, because their tyrants could rely at all times on their power, were not so restrained and restricted, so watched and goaded, as the hard-working, honest labourers of our country. The shivering peasant of the South of England is now one of the most pitiable beings in existence, with sense enough to feel his injuries but not courage enough to redress his wrongs. A short conversation took place relative to the ap pointment of Mr. TURTON. The Earl of WINCHIL SEA asked whether Viscount MELBOURNE meant to lay on the table any papers relative to that appointment. The Noble Viscount replied " no," and the Noble Earl announced his intention of mentioning the subject to-day. The Earl of DURHAM then said that he had made the appointment, that it had been beneficial to the public, and that if he had the opportunity he would make the appointment again. The Earl of WINCHILSEA, with the lofty air of a pure patriot, said he had nothing to do with the Noble Earl, and that the question wholly lay between him and her Majesty's Government. Lord CoLcinsTEtt postponed his motion relative to the Navy from Thursday till Friday. Lord BROUGHAM'S motion, to which we have else where adverted, occupied the remainder of the evening. The COMMONS sat only till six o'clock, as if they were reserving their strength till to - morrow. T he i r chief business was to receive petitions, principally on the subject of the Corn-laws- Mr. PRYME gave notice of his intention to move an po a mendme n t to M r. Villi ers ' s motion to-morrow, the pur per.t of „ hick is t o l ower the duty on corn annua ll y, and luster the pric e at w hi c h t h e l owes t d uty i s to b e levied. the -r• DUNCOMBE presented a p e titi on f rom proprietors and manager of Drury lane Theatre, ef2raplain of the Lord Chamberlain for interfer ang the amusements of the people on Wed , aYs and Fridays in Lent. The Honourable Mem aoegrricelltmoej tobe heard on the petition as one bringing before the House, and after some opposition ° O . ,: rs part of th e S PEAKER, succeeded in his object by e verance, and forced on a short debate. Upon a ulvlsloo, however, the House decided by 160 to 70, that they would not which was wfor the e et i grant the prayer of the petition, CHAmBERLAtx. As louse to interfere with the LORD far as the House of Commons is con cerned, the propri e t ors, managers, and performers of the National theatre, may be rui ne d b y the crder of the Loan CHAMBERLAIN Mr. C. BULLER gave notice that on the House going THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY,-EVENING EDITION,-FEBRITARY 19, 183 f this as a vital question, and they will be traitors to themselves if they do not refuse their support to every Member of Parliament, and every Minister who will not cordially aid them in procur ing the repeal of the starvation laws. The Duke of WELLINGTON took the same side as the Duke of RICHMOND, and, like all Legis lators who never look beyond their own slovenly legislation, aye, and unjust legislation too, he grounded his principal objection to altering the Corn-laws on the fact that protection had been granted to the agriculturists for 35 years. Bear this in mind, men of England. To allow in justice once to be perpetrated by the Legislature, is to secure it immunity for ever. The agriculturists have plundered us for thirty-five years, and the honest Duke assigns that as a reason why they should continue to plunder the other classes. He would appear to think that the Corn laws, because they were co-existent with his great victories, had inspired him with skill and his army with bravery. All that he said last night about the severe trials the country had gone through under the Corn-laws, he might have stated with equal justice of the penal laws against the Catholics, which he nevertheless re pealed in 1829, as we hope the people will repeal, if the Peers will not, the starvation laws in 1840. Lord BROUGHAM'S motion was rejected with out a division. By the abuse which the limes poured on Lord DURHAM'S report yesterday, describing it as " 'cuing loose a flood of radicalism at the adminis tration of Sir FRANCIS (HEAD) little better than what one might have expected from a pupil of Mr. JOSEPH HUME, or an untaught sympathiser with his virtuous friend MACKENZIE," as furnishing " evidence of the blindest and most incorrigibl e pre judice respecting principles and questions of the high. est moment," &c., it is evident that our contemporary has found out that the interest of his own party especially required the suppression of that able • document. In fact, the cunning Editor has been seduced, by his love of priority, and the arts of some person more accomplished in cunning even than himself, to render the public a great service, which he never intended. To .find the Times making it self an instrument for exposing the follies and crimes of Toryism, is a high gratification for all right minded politicians. Mr. DUNCOMBE is entitled to the gratitude of the public for bringing before the House of Commons the Order of the LORD CHAMBERLAIN for sus. pending theatrical amusements on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent. The LORD CHAMBER LAIN, though the responsible party to this case, is not the only personage whom the people have to thank for this arbitrary encroachment on their innocent and rational recreations. Left to him self, the Duke of ARGYLL would never have thought of interfering with the public amuse ments under the pretext of religious motives ; hut there is a busy, meddling Priest at Fulham, who, unhappy himself in every relation of life, cannot look without pain on the happiness of others ; at his instigation the objectionable injunction has been issued. Thus it is that we are met at every turn by the ill-timed impertinence of the clergy. These " round,: fat, oily men of GOD" are con stantly preaching up self-denial and mortification of the flesh to others; but how 'much of these virtues do they practise themselves ? They show us the horny way to heaven, but they take good care to choose the primrose path for themselves. As to the observance of Lent, it has become among Protestants a ridiculous, if not a profanefarce. It has no earthly connection with the religion of the New Testament, but is one of the multitudi nous superstitions engrafted upon it by the crafty policy of a dominant priesthood.' We would ask the sticklers for this rag of the garment of the Scarlet Abomination, how many Protestants have in their hearts the least veneration for it ? Whether the only real difference between Lent and other seasons be not the piles of salt fish which custom accumulates on the fishmongers' stalls ? Among Catholics it is a season of fasting and penitence. Though we disapprove of the practice of the Church of Rome in overlaying the simplicity of the Christian system with superstitious rites and observ ances, yet we honour the sincerity with which that which is conceived tobe a religious duty is performed —for sincerity, like charity, covers a multitude of faults. But if the keeping of Lent be really obli gatory on the conscience of Protestants, they must of all men be the greatest sinners. As far as we have observed, we think, if there be any difference in their deportment, they are more given to harmless enjoyment, and look sleeker and more plump in Lent than during any other period of the year. We hope, from what Lord JOHN RUSSELL statedlast night, that although the House of Com mons declined to interfere with the functions of the Lord Chamberlain, the restriction will be withdrawn, and the great hardship that would otherwise be inflicted upon the multitude of persons who depend upon the daily performances of the Theatres—to say nothing of other grounds— be prevented. It is utterly absurd to at tempt to make people religious by such means. Proceedings like these bring religion into discredit, and tempt many 'to fling it altogether away. It will be seen by an article in another part of The S un , headed " Lent E c cent r iciti es ," that a Reverend fool or knave_has been attempting to play off some of his clerical.,tricka _upon the people of Dover— with what success 'our readers will judge. In quoting the subjoined indignation-stirring article from the Falmouth Express of Saturday, it is of importance that we should state, in justifica tion of our abstinence from all comment, that no more information has reached us respecting the out rage narrated, than what is embodied in the article itself. The statement may, or may not be correct ; it may be highly exaggerated ; or it may fall far short of the truth, for anything we at present know about the matter. But this we do know, that if the insult here narrated was actually offered to the Flag of England, the writer will find that her MAJESTY'S Ministers— Whig though they be—will exact from France a terrible retribution. Our Navy may not be all that patriotic Englishmen could desire ; but it is not in so dilapidated a condition as to leave us without the power of chastising the insolence of the most potent of our maritime rivals. In the mean time the necessary inquiries will be instituted. INSULT UPON THE BRITISH FLAG BY THE FRENCH. she bad previously brooked for three centuries ! With such governors it would be wiser at once to land our ship's' guns, disarm our officers, and 110 longer offer even the pre tence of an armament to the bullying insult et the foreigner. —Falmouth Express. • The Paris Journals of Sunday have all been re ceived. Their contents are of no political interest. The appearance of a pamphlet by M. C ORMENIN , entitled no room for extracts i n our co l umns o f t hi s da a y, is the only event which exc i tes attent i on i n t h e i iv e French capital. The accounts from Madrid are of the 10th. They do not confirm the report which reached Paris on Saturday, of the dissolution of the fortes. though it appears that such a measure was re commended to the QUEEN. The Carlists are in high glee. According to them, the affairs of the Pretender arc as flourishing as those of the QUEEN are hopeless. The discovery of a conspiracy at Ceuta, is expected to lead to much bloodshed in that city. Truly the state of Spain is deplorable. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.- 1 / 1 6uNA, Fes. 7 Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. 101 Three per Cents. Balk Shares all .•. .................................. —AllgemeineZeitung, Feb.l3. eANIBURG, EOILSEN FIALLE, FEB. !2. Bins. 'Money Austrian Metal'. lues, 5 per cent. lO6 106 MP,' ditto S per cent. Ditto ditto 2j per cent ...... Ditto Bank Shares ..................... ... .......... 1455 1 , 52 Anglo-Russian Loan .............................. .. titissran 3 per cents. Meal ...................... Paper Inscription, 6 per cent... Russian inscription, Hope and Co., 34 and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — - Ditto, :3 per cent. Dutch 14, 2 per Cents. 3 Ditto 3 per Cents ID Polish Bonds, 3 p e r cents. New Tickets lt,s Anglo- Danish I.oan, a per cents 71% 7l ii Norwegian !Ran of 1034, 4 per cents Spanish; in piastres, :3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cen - orcek 4 per cents. 15".3:3, guaranteed 1.4 h ranee - EXCI-IANGES ON LONDON. HaNtrwito, }Ea. 12.-13 634 ; two month., 13 5. sTocsnot.st, FEB. 5 —Two months, 12 3 ST. PETEESBUIItiB, FEB. I.—Three months, 11 5-:6. VE33.1:1, FEB 9.--;l'tlice M.lllllf, 6. 2e l A. Hamburg rapers, Feb. 12. US% I:=,:'y Letters from Constantinople of the 28th of Ja nuary state that Lord PoNsoNßy is engaged in negociating a treaty of Commerce between Portugal and Turkey. During the late fire at the Porte the jewels of the Prime Minister were stolen. They are said to be of immense value. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—TiIe Cotton Market continues very dull, and in an inactive state, with a little decline in prices. The sales to-day, 2,0.00 bags, chiefly American, all to the trade. Arrivals this morning, French and Malta mails, the latter by the Londonderry, sailed from Malta on the 241 h of January, Gibraltar 7th of February, Cadiz Bth of Feb., Lisbon 11th of Febru.i.ry, Vigo 13th of February. We have received the 'Oibral'ar Chronicles to the 10th of February. " Gibraltar, Feb 6, Secretary's Office. " His Excellency the Governor has received a commu nication from her Majesty's Consul at Malaga, dated the ath inst., notifying that her Catholic Majesty has declared the Fortress of Metilla, on the Africa coast, in a state of rigorous blockade, which is hereby made known fur the information of the public. " By bis Excellency's command, " G. A DDERLEY, Colonial Secretary." The above papers:do not contain any later news from the theatre of war in Spain, than previously received by the French papers. 4 We have received Malta papers to the 31st of January. We are happy to learn that her Majesty the Queen-Dow ager continues to enjoy good health, and takes her walks daily. HOUSE OF LORDS -(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing writs of error. The Judges were also in attendance. The Peers pre sent were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Selkirk, Lord Wynford, and the Bishop of Ely. The Judges in attendance were the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Vaughan, Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. riaron Gurney, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Pattison, and Mr. Justice Williams. THE QUEEN V. JOHNSON. This case came before their Lordships upon a writ of error brought by the relator Samuel Dalton. upon a judgment of the Court of Exchequer Chamber at Westminster, affirming a judgment of the Court of Quo"en's Bench on a quo warranto information tried in that Court at the relation of Samuel Dal ton, against the defendant in error, who has since 1833 exer cised the office of Alderman for the Ward of Portsoken. The case arises out of proceedings which have been agitated for se veral years past in the Ward of Portsoken, and which have been frequently brought before the Court of Queen's Beach in order to determine who is legally the Alderman of that Ward—whether the defendant in error, or Mr. Michael Scales. The facts of the case may be thus shortly stated. In February, 1831, a vacancy having occurred in the office of Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken by the resigna tion of Sir James Shaw, a Court of Wardmote was held for the purpose of electing another Alderman, at which Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey and Mr. Michael Scales were candidates. Mr. Scales was elected upon that occasion by a majority, and a re turn to the precept for such election was made in the usual manner to the Court of Alderman. A petition against Mr. Scales' return having been presented to the Court of Aldermen, that Court,lon May 10, 1831, rejected Mr. Scales for insufficiency. Mr. Scales then obtained a mandamus against the Court of Mayor and Aldermea, calling upon them to admit and swear him into the office of Alderman. To this mandamus•the Court of Aldermen made a return, stating in substance that they lad acted upon an ancient custom of 'the city in the re jection of Mr. Scales, and that they had acted legally in so doing. A motion was made in the Court of Queen's Bench by Mr. Scales in Michaelmas Term, 1831, to quash that return fur insufficiency, but the Court held that the return was good in point of law, and showed a sufficient reason why the Court of Mayor and Aldermen should not be compelled to admit Mr. Scales into the office of Alderman. The vacancy in the Ward not having been filled up, another election took place in the month of December, 1831, and upon that coo •asion Mr. W. Hughes and Mr. Scales were candidates. Mr. Scales was elected at the Wardmote a second time, and a return thereof was made in the usual manner to the Court of Aldermen. C n the 3d of January, 1832, Mr. Scales demanded 'o be admitted, bet the Court of Aldermen again rejected him for insufficiency, and Mr. Hughes' was admitted and sworn ii4to the office. Af terwards a quo warranto information was granted against Mr. Hughes, calling upon him to show by what authority he exer cised that office. Mr. Hughes not pleading to that in formation, judgment. of ouster was pronounced against him. Upon this, Mr. Scales again applied to the Court of Queens Bench, for, and obtained a mandamus against the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, commanding them to admit him into the office of Alderman. The Court made a return to the second mandamus, relying on their right to reject Mr. Scales, and the Court of Queen's Bench affirmed that return : a third election took place, Mr. Scales and Mr Johnson were the Candidates, and the former was again elected. and again refused to be admitted, and the Court of Alderinen. on the 29th of October, 1833, admitted the present deft ndant on error." A quo wurranto information was then filed against him ct, the relation of an inhabitant of the %card named Dalton, complain ing that the defendant in error exercised the office of one of the aldermen of the city, without any legal right : plea and replication were put in to that information, and upon its coming on for trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, a bill of except.ons was tendered to the summing up of the Learned Judge. Judg ment was given for the, defendant in error in the Court of Queen's Bench in Michaelmas Term :1835, and upon that. judg ment ,oming for review in the Court of Exchequer Chamber, it was affirmed ; and from that judgment the present writ of error was brought. The intelligence received this morning by the Lisbon mail, chiefly relates to the debates on the Address to the Queen, which took place on the 4th inst. Alexander de Campos attacked the Ministers, in a long speech, for not having performed their duty on various occasions. To these charges the President of the Council, Senor Ban deira, replied seriatim, and said that the reports from the several Secretaries of State would soon be laid before the Chamber. On the following day was discussed a para graph in the Address relating to the slave trade, expressive of the readiness of the Chamber to sanction such measures for its abolition as may ba con sistent with the liberty of commerce, the national dignity, and the interest of the Portuguese Colonies. It was latc in the day when this question was proposed, and it was adjourned until Wednesday. Exchange at Lisbon in London, 30 days sight, 54d. per Milrei, discount on ex-paper money, 46 per cent. This is the day that the fate of the Belgian que;tion will be decided in the Chamber of Representatives ; for several days past it has been anticipated that the King of Belgium will sign the last protocol, and it is •also known that he has a majority in the Chamber for so doing. For several days past precautions have been taken by the Ministers to prevent any disturbances on the decision being announced. We should not be surprised to hear of some serious commotions on the part of the people, bu they must give way and submit to•superior power, as fif , y thousand French troops are near at hand to enforce obe dience to King Leopold. • Perhaps ere long a similar con ference may take place on the unhappy state of Spin and that an end may be put to that destructire civil war is the general wish of the British people. Consols, which; closed yesterday at 92:i 8 for the Ac count opened this morning at the above price. Money, 921 4, little business doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 58 61; India Bonds, nothing doing ; Bank Stock, 205 206 ; India Stock, 256 257. Mr. ERLE appeared for Mr. Scales. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was Counsel for the Crown ; and The RECORDER attended on behalf of the City of London. After Mr. ERLE had concluded for Mr. Scales, Lord BTtotioxam moved that the judgment of the Court below should be affirmed, with costs. The Loan CHANCELLOR and Lord WTNFORD concurred with that motion. —Judgment affirmed with costs. In the Foreign Market no speculations have taken place as yet, and prices much be the same as they c l ose d ; Spanish Active, 191 a ; Portuguese, 351 364; Three per Cents., 223 • Belgian, 991 ; Brazilian, 80i ; Colombi an , 291 ; Mexican, 243 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 541 55 ; Five per Cents. 102 103. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 205% 6 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ... ..... 93%%%% Ditto Bonds 64 62 pm 3 per Cent Cons. 92% % % ! South Sea Stock — 3 I. ? per Cent lol' Old Annuities — Ditto Red. lOl 1001-i New Ditto New 3% per Cent 100!4 %'A 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17 it New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 00 58 pm. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 58 60 pm. Jan. 5, 1861) 15 1-16 15! Ditto Small 61 58 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 11% 15-16, Ditto Commercial - - pm Jon. 5, 18615 ' — Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 -- Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5, 1870 -- Consols for Account 9z% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds - ! Peruvian Bonds - Belgian Bonds . - Ditto Account - ' Portuguese Bonds . Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account - Ditto Account Chilian Bonds - , Prussian Bonds - D tto Account - Columbian Bonds Ditto Account - Ditto Account - i Ditto Metallic - Columbian Bonds, 1824 - Ditto Account ~ ........ ... .. 30 j 1 )itto Account - Danish Bonds - f Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account -! Ditto Account. Greek Bonds - J French, 5 per cent. ......110f. 75c, Ditto Bonds, 1825 -; ----- 4 per cent. Ditto Account - I ---- 3 per cent ...... -f. - e Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen , lB ; --. Exchange. Ditto Account - ! Dutch, 2% per cent. 543 ;4 Ditto, 6 per Cent - Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Account - PRICE; OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per t , hate ,• • ....... .. ailway • 20 '2 k,I % 13 I • 12% 17% British Iron Company Cheltenham and Great Western R EaAtern Counties Railway Brighton Railway Union Bank of Australia ...... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ON BOARD OF THE SOHO STEAM SHIP, LYING IN THE RIVER THAMES, OFF ST. KATHE RINE'S DOCKS. HALF-PAST ONE: We have received the Ronal Gazette of British Guiana, of January 3, which contains as address from his Excel lency the Governor, to the free labourers of British Guiana, on the occasion of.the New Year; this document is in lan guage, calm, and kindly, but, at the same time forcible and dignified.—( It is too long to be copied.) It ends by stat ing—Your Christmas day has pissed, they who have wit nessed your peaceable, orderly deportment, will testify in your favour, and compare the quiet of freedom with the boisterous and troublesome revelry of slavery—when guards were doubled, and patrols of soldiers scoured the country. The Old Year has closed, the prisons contain one-half fewer prisoners than they did six months ago, every thing proves your general obedience to the laws of civilized life. The above papers are a week later than those received yesterday. Money Stock coming to market, has caused during the morning, rather a heaviness in the British Funds. Consols may be quoted at 92 3 for the Account, Money 92 11; Exchequer Bills, 60 58 ; India Bonds, 64 62; Bank Stock, 2051 6 ; India Stock, 257. In the Foreign Market, the prices arc much the same as in the early part of the morning. Spani3h Active, 19k ; Portuguese, 35i 36 ; Three per Cents., 214 22-1-; Belgian higher, 99-1 100 ; Brazilian , 80i ; Colombian, 201 304 ; Mexican,. 24 . 1 • ' Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541 55 ; Fi ve per Cents., 1021 103. We have no further arrivals. The New York packet of the Ist inst. is daily expected. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 9* Since half-past five o'clock this morning very great excite ment has prevailed in the City and the Eastern part of the me tropolis, in consequence of the circulation of a report of the splendid steam ship, the Soho, being on fire,which was soon as certained to be true, and attracted a great assemblage of per sons to the spot where she laid off, St. Katherine's Docks. The iirst intimation on shore of the fire was about ten minutes after five o'clock, by the ringing of the alarm bell of the Soho. At that period the conflagration appeared to be confined to the fore hold of the vessel, but before an hour had elapsed it extended to the fore cabin and the deck, which in a very short time pre sented a mass of flames. Every assistance w;.; sent by the officer on duty at St. Ka therine's Docks on being apprized of the disastrous calamity, and shortly after eight o'clock one of the large floating engines of the Docks arrived alongside of the ill-fated vessel, and was set to work on the flames; another floating engine, belonging to the Fire Brigade, from Rotherhithe, followed, and that was set to work also, the whole giving employment to about 300 auxiliaries. At half-past eight o'clock there was every appearance of a greater ascendancy of the fire, for it could be distinctly seen that every portion of the fore part of the ship was in flames, and bursting into the machinery department to the stern. The immense quantity V water that was discharged from the floating engines, which in power exceeded ten large ones, had not the least effect on the devouring clement, and the only method left to save the vessel from utter destruc tion was to scuttle her. On Captain Wycombe being applied to by the firemen, he gave directions to the crew to cut holes in the vessel's side and scuttle her. They immediately com menced, and soon cut two largeheles in the fore part. The ves sel's hold was soon inundated, but there was not sufficient water to scuttle the vessel entirely, and at 16 feet she grounded, having about 8 feet under the deck. This was effected by half-past nine, and the_ tide running down fast. When it was perceived that the vessel had grounded,. Hamilton, the sub engineer at Watling-street, was let down through tha fore hatchway by the means of a rope, to discover where the fire was most raging, and after being drawn up, directed the atten tion of his brother firemen to the side, and under the decks. The fire was somewhat abated at eleven o'clock ; but up to the time of our reporter quitting the vessel (twelve o'clock) it was not got safely under, and the engines were still playing. ONE O'CLocx.—We are happy to state that the firemen have succeeded in getting the fire entirely uncle, . An examination have taken place, as far as the water in the hold will admit, and it appears that the fore-part is almost burnt out ; the cargo is' completely consumed. The damage, we are glad to hear, is much less than was at first supposed; it is estimated not to exceed 5001. CORN LAW I)ELEGATES. With feelings of inexpressible shame end humiliation, we are compelled to record another insult inflicted on the British flag, by a nation that once trembled to encounter it upon the seas. We pledge the respectability of the Falmouth Express, for the accuracy of the facts; and we believe we are giving them in substance, as they have been transmitted to the Admiralty. The day of the attack on the Castle of Ulloa, Vera Cruz, her Majesty's packet Express, Lieutenant Croke, R. N., was in the harbour ; but seeing the preparations by the French for the bombardment, a native pilot was in duced to intrust himself to the safety of the British flag, and pilot the gun-brig to the Island of Sacrificios. On his way thither, Lieutenant Croke, with the Engli s h colours flying, passed the corvette which Prince de Join. vine commands ; mutual civilities being exchanged, as her Majesty's packet was proceeding, signals were seen flying at the French Admiral's mast-head. A shot teas presently fired by the corvette on the quarter of the Express packet, an English jack was shown at the Frenchman's mast-head, and a boat was discerned pulling from him. Lieut. Croke hove-to, and a French officer having boarded the packet positively demanded the pilot. The packet being under the guns of the corvette, the commander, after some objection and remonstrance, felt compelled to surrender him, and he was forcibly taken on board the French ship. Now, be it remembered, the pilot had only embarked on board a neutral vessel, under the con fidence which foreigners have hitherto reposed in the protection of the British flag. An English officer induced him to leave the safety of his home, and he felt that be was surely intrusting himself to the officer of a nation powerful enough to protect him. In vain, however, the poor man—with England's ensign and pennant waving above his head--in vain he entreated the rights of that confidence which had brought him, not to pilot an enemy against his country, but a neutral and armed ship from dan ger. In vain be averred that should he even be forced to pilot the French to the action, his own indignant country men would reward his involuntary treachery with death. His just remonstrance was vain—for the first time the Bri tish flag was implored in vain—the red cross of Albion was dishonoured, humiliated, and powerless. The respect which, under Whig impotency, England ceases to main. tain for her own glorious flag, availed not for the security of even the decent rights qineutrality. A British officer, beneath his own pennant, with the commission of his Queen, and the uniform of his country, in her Majesty's armed brig, was compelled, by superior force, to resign his pilot a prisoner into the hands of the enemy—a prisoner to lead the foe to the attach and slaughter of his own country men ! The Anti-Corn-law Delegates met to-day at 12 o'clock, when Mr, Baines moved, and Mr. •Johnstone seconded a vote of thanks for Lord Brougham's able, unanswered, and unanswerable speech of last night. The motion was carried, with the addition of the word " unsolicited ;" the Delegates then adjourned till three o'clock to-morrow. into a Committee on the Controverted Elections Bill, he would move to appoint permanent assessors. Lord MORPETH announced, that he would, in a few days introduce a Bill to regulate the grant to the Clergy of Ireland of last year. The New Poor-law (Ireland) Amendment Act, a proof of slovenly legishltion, went through a Committee. The Highway Acts' Amendment Bill was read a se cond time. All the business was unimportant, the Members seeming to be impatient to get off to hear Lord BROUGHAM in the Lords, and a rich treat they had. Lord BROUGHAM brought forward his motion last night in the House of Lords to refer the peti tion on the Corn-laws to a Committee of the whole House, with a view to hear evidence at the Bar of the House on that subject. His Lordship made a most temperate and most able speech, and used not one word that could irritate and provoke their Lord ships. Never did we hear from him more guarded and careful language, without one taunt or one sneer, though enlivened by several good-humoured remarks, when he was interrupted by. " Hear, hear," or the pithy contradictions of-his opponents. Never in his whole career did the Noble Lord make a speech better calculated to avert opposition or win over all but the most determined enemies. Of its merits as an exposition of the evils of the Corn laws, which it was hardly intended to be, it is not necessary now to speak. We shall say merely that we have never heard the evils of those laws in des troying a regular corn trade, inflicting equal injury on our own and on other countries, giving a pre mium to the foreign manufacturer against our own, and banishing our manufacturers from the foreign markets, stimulating the making of machinery abroad, which Lord BROUGHAM characterised as the making of manufactories, forcing the ma chinist and the manufacturer to expatriate themselves, causing great fluctuations in the market—the very thing the law was made to prevent, we never heard these various evils of the Corn-laws, more forcibly, more, clearly, and more succinctly put. They made no impression, we are afraid on the Peers, but they will not be lost on the people, whose conviction that these laws are a nuisance will be strengthened by Lord 13RouGH A st's masterly speech. The principal object, however, of the speech was to move their Lordships to grant an inquiry at their bar, and as the Noble Lord demonstrated, the evils of the Corn-laws under the various heads he treated of, he gracefully and firmly tendered to their Lordships evidence on oath at their bar to prove every one of his assertions. Their Lordships were not prepared to deny, and could not deny the facts which lie stated ; they could not deny that the Corn-laws have converted a useful trade into a ruinous and gambling speculation ; they could not deny that thoSe laws cause great fluctuations in prices, rendering every man's income uncertain, and placing every manufacturer and trader's operations beyond his control. They could not deny the moral effects of these laws in checking or destroying prudence,- but they would not hear evidence at the bar to substantiate the facts which Lord BROUGHAM stated. They denied that the price of corn at Dantzic was as Lord BROUGHAM asserted, that our manufacturers were going to decay, or that our trade was liable to any check, they denied that bread was dearer in England than in France—they denied that the En glish farmer could enter into a successful competi tion with the foreign farmer ; but still they would not hear evidence at the bar, nor call evi dence to prove even their own case. Taking the showing of the advocates of the Corn-laws to be correct, never was there a law based on so many mierute facts which require to be substantiated. For example, the price at which corn can be grown here and abroad, the quantity which might by pos sibility be obtained from other countries, the effects of skill- in .cheapening production, the quantity of acres of land which would be thrown out of cultiva tion by bringing in foreign wheat, the effects that it would have on prices both here and abroad, with a score or two of other points, equally minute and equally important, are all disputed, and all ought to he settled to the fraction of a farthing before the Lords can be justified in levying as Lord BROUG HAM styled the Corn-law, a poll-tax on the people ; but on every one of these points, as well as the injury those laws do• to our foreign trade, there are opposite and conflicting statements, and yet the Lords refuse to allow of an inquiry into them. But though they refuse to allow of the inquiry, the public will make it for themselves ; and as they will certainly come to a different conclusion from their Lordships, and will, by and by, overturn their deci sion, they will make these would-be rulers of society appear contemptably silly. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM took a prominent part in opposing Lord BROUGHAM, and as it appeared to us almost cried over the horrid ingratitude of the flourishing manufacturers, who would not allow the hitherto suffering agriculturists to enjoy their prosperity in peace now that wheat is up to 78s. the quarter. The landowners only want to be let alone. He and they, if they agree with him, must have lost their memory, and be deficient in foresight. They are like boys, who, when the sun shines, believe the weather is to be continually fine. Have they forgotten that wheat was down to 365. in 1835, and that since the pre sent Corn-laws were established in 1828 the agricul turists have called for two committees of inquiry be cause they were in deep distress.. Since 1828, the fluc tuations in the price of wheat have been upwards of 100 per cent., causing corresponding fluctuations in the price of all the necessaries of life, and the dis tress of the farmers has been continued and great. Even this year all the farmers of the North of Eng land and Scotland, whose crops are a complete failure, all the growers of hops andfruits, who have had both short crops and low prices, do not rejoice at those high prices of wheat, which gladden the heart of the eich Duke of BUCKINGHAM, while they con demn the poor to hunger and nakedness. But does that Duke expect present prices to be per manent ? The low prices since 1828 have been coin cident with an increasing trade. According to all accounts that is now impeded. It is not positively arrested, but its progress is slower than it was ; and whenever a slackened trade and a fertile year shall come together, we can tell this Duke prices - will fall lower than they were in 1835. The Duke, like the savage who sells his hammock in the morning, is equally forgetful of the past and blind to the future. The Duke of RICHMOND joined the Duke of BUCKINGHAM in complaining of the ingrati tude and audacity of the manufacturers and merchants. The Noble Lord has lately been at Liverpool, and seen spacious clocks crowded with ships, anti quays loaded with merchandise, he has seen some of the active and enterprizing merchants who trust . their ventures across the gl o b e , ma ki ng large fortunes, and heputs up his hands with astonish- mint at these men calling out against the Corn laws, because they have escaped ruin. Like Lord STANLEY, he has seen cotton-mills erecting, and new warehouses building ; and he is angry that men who give forth th ese s i gns o f prosper i ty can petition against a tax on their bread, and the bread of their seamen and weavers. The wealth of our havens and of our towns —once the pride and glory of British statesmen —seems now to move their spleen, and they are vexed that the intelligent and skilful men of Liverpool and Manchester should, in spite of the Corn-laws, have gathered wealth, while the skilless drones whom the land lords rule, have, in spite of levying a poll tax on the community, gone to decay. We have fallen on evil times, times boding still worse evils, when we see Peers of England look askance with envy and hatred on the mer cantile wealth and manufacturing greatness of England, and find in the past success of the most skilful, diligent, and ingenious men in the world, a reason for refusing to listen to a prayer for inquiry and redress. He moved a direct negative on Lord BROUGHAM S motion. Viscount MELBOURNE followed the Duke of RICHMOND, and resisted the motion, on the ground that it would impede the success of those who pro moted it, that their object might be better obtained in another manner, that it would engage their Lord ships in endless inquiries, and elicit nothing satis factory in the end, there being less dispute about facts than about opinions. If Lord MELBOURNE be prepared, as we are inclined to hope from some of his observations, to propose a measure just and satis factory to the country, on his own responsibility, we shall not object to the course he has pursued ; but if he be not prepared to propose such a measure, or to support it when proposed by others, to join with those who, from the most obviously selfish motives refuse inquiry, will be fatal to his character and his influence in the country. We repeat, for his information, that the townspeople, par ticularly of the manufacturing districts, regard Comments on the outrageous insult were superfluous— every Englishman will feel not more indignant than ashamed ! Shall we dare to resent it? Where is the force to command respect? It is mockery to complain— it is only one more insult; and since the eff, , minhte crea tures that degrade our Government have held office, the flag of Britain has experienced more insult in three years than CORN LAWS. Mr. Pryme is to move this evening an Amendment on the Motion of Mr. Villiers, respecting the Corn-laws, to the fol lowing effect : That this House resolve itself into a Committee, for the purpose of considering' whether it be expedient that the lowest average price to which the Duty of one shilling'per quarter on the importation of Foreign Wheat attaches, should, from and after the 30th of June next, be diminished from 735. to 7k. ; anti that the several lowest average prices at which any higher Duty may attach, should respectively be diminished by the sum of two shillings. Whether it is expedient that, from and after the 30th day of June in each of the four succeeding years, the several lowest average prices of Wheat on which the respective duties on the importation of Foreign Wheat may attach, should be dimi nished by the sum of two shillings. Whether it is expedient that, from and after the 30th day of June in this and each of the four next succeeding years, a dimi nution shall take place in like manner, of one shilling per quarter on the lowest average prices at which the respective duties on the importation of Foreign Barley, Oats, Rye, Pease, and Beans shall attach. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S-YESrERD4 Y. TILE DERBY. The Derby betting was confined to a small field of horses, was dull, and, except in two or three instances, unimportant. We have only to point out an improvement in Brother to Bay Middleton, Kremlin, and Meunier, and a marked decline in Erin go Bragh and Zimmerman. Amongst the others there was not the slightest change worth notice. 9 t• 1 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh 20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Zimmerman. 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dev of Algiers—taken 1000 to 45 agst Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin 25 to 1 apt Lord Jersey's Ilderim 28 to 1 agat Lord Albemarle's Tros—taken 30 to 1 agat Lord Lichfield's Gulnare colt—taken 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Meunier 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark—taken 33 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's Accelerator 50 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Hugh Lupus—taken 50 to 1 agst . Sir G. Heatheote's Oronooko—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heatheote's Valaineourt—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Clark's Dragsman—taken 1000 to 7 agst Lord Westminster's Decoy colt—taken 1000 to 16 agst each of Sir G. Heatheote's lot in one bet—taken 300 even between Accelerator and Epidaurus—taken. The great Steeple-chase match between Jerry and Sir Wil liam, run on Friday last at Melton Mowbray, was won by the latter easily. THE MARKETS.—There was no new feature worth observation in any of the Markets of this day, prices of all sorts of provisions remaining the same as they have been for title of E T ir ; e P :or ' some days past. was .---- br A oug n h e t ' o V ut i . A ll d ll e d i p e h r i t l l a i s e t e understand that the following gentlemen are to have silk gowns : Mr. Richards, of the Common Law Bar; and evening. It is what is called "a comic extravaganza," and is from Mr. V. Richards, Mr. Hater Mr. Mr. Girdleston, and Mr. Stewart, of the pen of Mr. Leman Rede. The Foreign Prince is no less a the Chancery. personage than the old acquaintance of the patrons of the Adeiphi, Wethat lc William Follett is regret to state kir viz, Jim Crow, alias lion of this celebrated Mr. Rice. The plot consists in the introdoc personage piece, e the e , into the family of a a wealthy tallow so indisposed —we understand from breaking a blood vessel—as to chandler, Mr. Dawkins (Mr. Cullenford), and his successful court. prevent him attending to his professional duties. ship of the daughter ( Miss Shaw) the sister (Mrs. Fosbronkc), and the ANOTHER CHIMPANZEE. i —Within the iast few housemaid (Mrs. Keely), of the worthy dealer in candles. The :14r:IPEnA.,:e,RE days th e me nager i e o f th e zoological Society in the Regent's Park " Foreign Prince" is descried by the young lady in a misty evening in has received an acce ss i on . The council have just purchased another St. James's Park, and is set down in consequence by the housemaid male chimpanzee. He is not quite so large as the former chimpan. as Prince Estficrhazy I The lovers of the three females (Messrs. zee, of amusing memory, whom many of our readers visited three 0. Smith, Saville, and H. Beverley) are incensed in the highest years sinc e , i n wh a t was th en the keeper's kitchen, bu the is healthy, degree at the success of the "dark gentleman ;" the housemaid looses and in good Spi r it s, an d equa lly worthy of notice. It ma y be worth her ch,:racter and situation, and is discarded by her sweetheart. reminding ou r yo unger f r i en d s that the chimpanzee is from Africa. Jim Crow is pushing matters a little beyond the bounds of conven- COTTON WORKS DESTROYED BY FIRE.-- I tional propriety, when he is interrupted by the appearance of a po. We are sorry to state that Airdrie Mills were this morning (`lon. liceman (Mr. Sanders), and his wife, Mrs. Crow, with four little day) burnt to the ground by tire ; thus throwing, at this inclement specimens of the Crows of " Old Kentucky." The unfortunate ar. season of the year, and while provisions are sold at such an exor_ rival of these individuals prevents his intended elopement with the bitant price, a great number of families out of employment. it sister of the tallow-chand er, and affords an opportunity to the four originated, we understand, from the gas ; but so rapid was its pro_ young gentlemen to " jump Jim Crow," after the manner of their gress, that, though every exertion was used to subdue it, it proved proAenitor. This piece has been written to afford Mr. Rice an op_ of no avail. The appearance of the fire when the conflagration was portunity of diversifying his former performances, and is well ma. at the highest, was truly grand and terrific ; the whole s k y f or caged in every respect for that purpose. It abounds in good puns, miles around exhibited one sheet of vivid light; and when the roof and that sort of dialogue which makes the audience laugh in spite and walls fell in, the dense smoke that arose presented an of thernselces. Mrs. Reeky played excellently, and the piece was appearance as if the earth had opened to allow the pent up 1 given out for repetition without a dissentient voice. volcanic ether to issue forth to terrify and destroy. We are happy ROGUES IN GRAIN.—The landlords are hardly to hear, however, that no li ves were l os t, although several narrow less busy j , st now than the Devil is said to be in a storm. Every escapes were made. Two boys were ccaopel;td to leap O„;s1 il,o .t],ik., aii:.6,t tiie) , t , either che'ti"t " '''' "r ''''''i ' r (- - -'''' ,4 windows, and it Was reported that one o f them had either gut his with threats the ignorant farmers, in order to get up petitions 'in legs broken, or, at least. sustained severe injury.—Glasgoto Chron. I favour of the execrable and impolitic bread-tax. - • METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning, in a leading article on the Navy, and on der: most effectual means of manning it, says, " the tar has powers which belong to him alone. He is a monopolist, and commands his price. The British mer chant and the foreign merchant sometimes pay that price; the British Government attempts to secure the article at a lower price, and fails—fails miserably. The real solution of the pretended enigma—why cannot the British man of war obtain hands enough tp navigate and fight her, as she used to do?—is, that the British sailor has not the same inducements as formerly, to prefer the Royal service to other sea-faring occupations." Our Contemporary then proceeds to comment in a favourable spirit on a naval pamphlet lately published by Captain Berkeley. Tire Morning Chronicle, in a brief digest of Lord Brougham's Anti-Corn-law speech last night, observes, that " his Lordship exposed very happily the inconsistency of the advocates of the Corn-law, who, on its first intro duction at the close of the war, were quite indignant on being told that they wanted to raise the price of corn— they only wanted to make the price more steady." In a second leading article on the Corn-laws, the Morning Chronicle justly and pertinently asks, " Among the most unreasonable of the pretences now in requisition against the hearing, by the Legislature, of evidence on the Corn law grievance, is that of its being likely to prove an inter ruption to the course of public business. What business has either House of Parliament that can compete with this in importance ? The entire population of the country is interested on the one side or the other. The price of the people's food is surely a paramount subject of inquiry ! The safety of starvation is no very valuable security. The size of the loaf touches us nearer than Normal Schools or Irish Corporations." These few sententious observations are neatly and forcibly put. The Morning Advertiser, alluding briefly to the Marquis of Normanby's departure from Ireland, remarks, " the ap pointment of a successor to this Nobleman, ought to be a matter of great care with the Government. One more justly popular, they cannot well find; but to appoint one who would not do the same justice to the country, would be an act of political suicide." The principal leading article in the Morning Herald of this day, refers to Lord Brougham's speech on the Corn laws, which was delivered last night in the house of Peers. Our Contemporary pronounces his Lordship's speech to be "a dull, prosy, inconclusive harangue," but, as he gives rather a rapid summary of it, than boldly grapples with its arguments, it is clear that they are far too strong fur his weak digestion. In another article the Herald essays the facetious on the subject of the Marquis of Normanby's de parture from Ireland, and remarking incidentally on Lord Glenelg's resignation of office, says:—" By this manoeuvre his Lordship's honourable colleagues have killed two birds with one stone; they have provided a place in the Coun cils of the State, for O'Cennell's Irish Viceroy ; and they have half appeased Lord Durham, by turning out the Mi nister through whom they administered a reprimand to the ex- High Commissioner, for his silly and seditious pro clamation." The Morning Post, contrary to its wont, is quite sta tistic on the question of the Corn-laws, and adopts as its foundation argument the hardy assumption that the pre sent movement against this impost is " wholly artificial, altogether unconnected with any genuine conviction, or honest impulse of the public mind—anti. national, not in a political sense merely, but - in a moral sense also, and tending, it success were possible, directly to the ruin of the country." Of a verity, cheap bread has the directest possible tendency to ruin a country LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-THIS DAY DEAL, FEB.B.—Wind W. moderate.—Came down from the river and remain with the outward bound, the Ganges, 'Donald, for South Australia; 141olson, Paste'', Tobago ; Tom and Jessie, Henderson, Leghorn; Underwood, Mof. fatt, St. Kitt's ; Mary Lion, Davidson, Trieste ; Margaretta, Preston, Gibraltar ; Joseph Fenton, —, Malta ; Lion, Brown, Jamaica. Arrived, the Hero, Saab, China. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18—Wind N N. E., fine.—Arrived the Britannia, Wilson, from Hartlepool. Sailed, the Geor giana, Scott, for Berbice; Globe, Simmons, Charleston ; African, 'free, Cape Coast Castle; Macassar, Strubon, Batavia ; Chase, Austin, Bordeaux; Marlborough, Bridge, Jamaica ; Dale Park, Snell, Madeira and Jamaica ; St. George, —, St. Kitt's ; Perfect, Edwards, Gloucester; Regent, Blaikie, Waterford; Felicity, —, London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Arrived the City of London derry, (steamer,) Donnan, Gibraltar; Tagus, (steamer,) London ; Hercules (steamer), Cork ; Limerick (steamer), Dubli n. FALMOUTH, FEB. 17.—Wind W. S.W. to N. W., fresh breezes with bail and sleet.—Arrived the City of London donderry, (steamer), Donnan, from Gibraltar, sailed 7th inst., Cadiz Bth, Lisbon 11th, Vigo 13th, with mails ; Pomona, Penny, London. Sailed the Alert, (packet,) Lieutenant Mornington, for Havannah and Mexico, with mails ; R-indom, (packet,) Lieutenant Jones, West Indies, with mails ; Jeune France, Martinique ; City of London. Berry, (steamer,) Dorman, London; Sarah Ann, Dumik, Cardiff and Constantinople. LIVEkPOOL, FEB. 18.1—Wind N. E. moderate.—Arrived the Margaret, (steamer,) from Cork. Sailed about sixty vessels of the outward bound fleet. COWES, FEB. 18. —Wind N.N. E.—Sailed the Jacob Catg, Derks, for Batavia; Falcon, M'Beal, Liverpool; Lucia Wigeter, J. J. Jorige, Liverpool ; Leda, New York ; Malaga, Raymond, New Orleans ; African, Ceder, Genoa. RAMSGATE, FEB. 18. —Arrived the Minerva, Jones, from London. SournamproN, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Jeune Austen Litz, Adderles, from Bordeaux; Sarah, Lelan, Cork. LYMNGTON, FEB. 18.—Sailed the Elizabeth, ITLean, for Mogadore. TORBAY, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Venus, Coke, from Teneriffe. GLOUCESTER, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Jeune Charles, Makin, from Marseilles. SUNDERLAND, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Amanda, from Fecamp ; Leopoldini, Havre ; Ebenezer, Miller, Calais. Sailed the Gem, Marshal, for Lisbon. HULL, FRB. 18.—Wind N. E.—Arrived the James, Kronholm, from Lisbon ; Jonge Caroline, Smidt, Antwerp. MILFORD, FEB. 16.—Arrived the Hannah Booth, Best, from Liverpool; Castlereagh, Dublin. Coax, .FEB. 16.—Sailed the Theodosia Thompson, James, for Ciguaforte; Jones, Newfoundland. WATERFORD, FEB. 15.—Arrived the St. Patrick, Har. rup, from St. John's. HULL, FEB. 17.—The Sarah, of Grimsby, which was stranded on the 7th inst. has been got off and brought into the harbour. BERWICK, FEB. 16.—The Union, of Pittenweem, and Good Design, of Bo'ness, stranded on Holy Island, are gone to pieces. The Kellie, of Dundee, which was stranded at Newton, has been got off. The Tay, from Newcastle to Aberdeen, has put in hero with damage and leaky. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—The Eugenia. Yalta, ran on West Point Beach last night, but proceeded this day for Dantzic, without apparent damage. CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX. STATE OF THE POLL, TUESDAY. Wnkley. Adey. ..1868 1354 Ono o'clock . Majority LATEST NEWS FROM PORTUGAL, The Londonderry steamer arrived at Falmouth on Sun. day, with mails from the Peninsula. She sailed from Gib. raltar on the 7th, Cadiz on the Bth, Lisbon on the 11th. and Viz() on the 13th instant. The Portuguese Cortes were'still occupied with the dis• cussion of the Address in answer to the Queen's Speech, Another topic has, however, excited much interest-- namely, certain demands made by the See of Rome witl an intimation, it is said, that if they are not fully conceded, the Queen of Portugal will not be recognised by his Holi• ness the Pope. The propositions are as follow:—_1. That all matrimonial dispensations shall alone ori. ginato with the Court of Rome, and be established upon the same footing as observed previous to the present legiti mate Government. 2. That all the bishops who may have been dismissed • . - ---. •••••••• ••,•,•“.4 from their respective dioceses shall be reinstated, not those only who were confirmed in their different offices by the Holy See, agreeably to the propositions of the legitimate Government, but also those who were pioposed by the Go vernmentof the Usurper. " 3. That all priest; who have been suspended, or are absent from their different churches, be reinstated after the same manner as the bishops. " 4. And finally, that the Portuguese Government will cause to be replaced all the crosses and figures of saints in the various niches throughout the capital, which have been demolished by order of the Municipal Chamber." Our correspondent writes that these propositions have been warmly opposed, and are not likely to be agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies. Exchange at Lisbon on London at 30 days' sight, 54d. per milrei. Discount on el-paper money, 46 p er cent . The Tyrian packet, Lieutenant Jennings, arrived on Saturday at Falmouth, with the West India mails; she sailed from St. Thomas's on the 10th, and from Cape Henry, St. Domingo, on the 15th ult. The Alert packet, with the Mexican mails, and Pandora packet, with the West India mails, sailed from Falmouth on Sunday morning.-- Times. THE MARKETS. ET—Feb. 18. I'cr Too. a. 4 Wall; Ewa Hartlepool Dixon's Butterknowl. lB 0 Walls End Barrington Tees 20 6 Walls End Clavering Tees )9 6 Walls End Cragwood Walls End South Durham 21 9 Walls' End "rtes 22 9 Walls End Tees Tatsfield 2l 0 Walls End West Heron 21 Uswpen 2l 0 Howard's Netherton Main 21 3 Llanelly 25 11 Walls End Elgin 2l ti last market-dars 99. COAL !VAR Per Ton, s. d, Adair's Pontop Windsor 6 Wi'Wigton Wylan ` , 2 0 Walls End Bewickc and Co it.'2 Walls End Gosforth 22 p Walls End Hilda 2l 3 Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch 9 Walls End Belmont Walls End thaddyll'e Hetton Walls End Helton '3 6 Walls End Strwar.'s 73 9 Walls End Whit well Ships arrived sine, The vexatious obstinacy of Mr. Adey, in keep ing open the poll for the Coronership, is producing results of which Ile appears to be utterly ignorant. He is alienating many of the Tories, creating sympathy for his opponent, and adducing the best possible proof that the mode of election should be changed. As it is, in nine cases out of ten, the poor candidate has no chance with the rich, and the office might aswell be sold to the highest bidder. When Mr. Wakley has leisure to attend to his Parliamentary duti, s, his first motion should be, for leave to bring in a Bill to shor ten the period for keeping open the poll as at elections for Members we doubtwhet h e in r the e t h of Parliament. F IRE AT A FACTORY.-This morning, S a _ turday, between three and four o'clock, a fire tit was di scovered eng i n e house of Messrs. W. and P. be ll y , Bo w . bridge, Leicester. The fire was got under by h alf- p ast five o'clock. The amount of damag e cannot at present be ascertained ; but iil i , 3 ,-hicr will be repaired for less than four nn t h o usand pounds worth of cotton worsted is more or -"thds: Tess injured . L e icestershire Mercury. Printed and Publisher! 1111.7111)0 YOCNC.• .N.4-112,—:.;trand, Th, ;:„„ 1-12;"Sti,o(i, 1,1 the leunty _ . of M ii ‘ th ' ,e x -- Tue , day , February 19. 1639' ?., ,~,~ COURT CIRCULAR. - The Queen honoured Covent Garden Theatre with her presence last evening. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Lady Caroline Barring-. ton, Earl of Fingal], Hon. Major Keppel, and C olonel Wemyss. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of he Majesty. Mr. Gibson Craig had an interview with Lord John R e sell yesterday at the Home Office. His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the America n Mi. 1 nister, and Gederal the Spanish Minister, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Bishop of Salisbury and Sir Henry Parnell bad in terviews yesterday with Lord John Russell. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Co lonist Office for Sir John Colborne, Governor of the Canada!, and for Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant Governor of upper Canada. The Marquis of Normanby arrived at the Clarendo n Hotel last evening, from Ireland. A Deputation. consisting of Sir R. Nagle, O'Connor Don, and Mr. French, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Home Office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India Colocties. Sir R. Burke, Bart , arrived yesterday at Farrances Hotel, from Hastings. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the Malta Papers received to the 3d instant.) The Confiance, steamer, is gone to Constantinople , t ° convey Mr. Bankhead, our new Secretary of Legation' to his post. The Hazard, sloop, has sailed to Smyrna , t° relieve the Talbot, for some time past stationed at Tow dos. The Carysfort has been ordered to Mahon and Bar' celona, to relieve the Castor, Captain Byatn Martin, o f till, former vessel, having been appointed to the comman d °f our naval force on the southern coast of Spain. Tb e , Wolverene, sloop is gone to Sierra Leone, to be empl o y e° on the African coast, in the suppression of the Slave Trad e ' and is to receive her Commander, Captain .Howard, on board, at Gibraltar. The Harlequin will soon follow, ei n the same service. The Barham, frigate, has nailed for England, whither the Rhadamanthus, steamer, is likewise to proceed, to repair some serious injuries, sustained ie consequence of having struck upon a rock on her las voyage from Toulon. Sir Thomas Reade, our new Consul at Tunis, Wer' rived in the Rhadamanthus, and will proceed to his del nation in the Minden. The Ganges, 84, the Powerful, 84, and the Dello' 18, are expected from England. The Talavera, for some time stationed at Athens, is expected back at Malta, rat ther the Hastings has returned from Mahon, to be age"' placed at the disposal of the Queen Dowager. A vessel, it is expected; will be immediately ordered 1 1 Constantinople, to convey thither Captain Walker, late the Vanguard, who has been appointed to command ti' e d British naval officers received as naval instructors on boar of the Turkish fleet. Among these officers are said to be Commander Lidgard, Commander Massie, and Lieutenant Foote, besides several others, who are expected to arri ve overland from England. CAPTAIN MARRYAT. TO HIS HONOUR THE VICE-CHANCELLOR' • 8, Duke -street, St. James's, Monday, Fob. 1 8 ._ SlR,—The newspapers of this day, although their n ver sions vary a little, all report that in granting an injuriet;?. against me, you have coupled my name with the worcf al . honest. Assuming, therefore, that such is the fact, I rep ' ture to address you. If one of Mr. Van Amburgh's wild beasts were to CO'M to your Honour and apply for an injunction against e tb lamb who is introduced into the den, to prevent his devoured by the said lamb, your Honour would -certain l y d. receive the request with caution ; at all events, you von' not, upon such an exparte statement, pronounce before.. the Court that the lamb was a carnivorous ruffian. I n ‘ e g r e tainly am not a lamb, nor is there much of the lion is "I'„" Colburn ; but still the analogy so far holds good betwe e ' . us, in our relative . situations as bookseller and authorr. that the first is generally the preying party, and the latter the one preyed upon; and with this knowledge, wilieh,r must certainly possess, ought not your Honour toie, paused before you came to such a hasty decision, and u p : know d the exparte statement of a bookseller so well kno 8. Mr. Colburn, pronounced to the Court and to the world my conduct was dishonest? Should not your Honour hif', reflected upon the importance attached to any ex p l vssios this kind from a person in your high and responsib;e tion; of the injury which one hasty word might inflict up: the character of an officer who has now to disprove thi t ' " sertion to the Admiralty, from whence he receives his'', mission, to his brother officers, and to the public at larg e ' May I inquire the reason of this gratuitous prejuti ment? Your Honour was applied to for an injuctioar a . t; . upon the showing of the-party you were right in granting 'l5. but your opinion, as well as your decision upon the In nrl a to of the case, you were bound, as a Vice-Chancellor an d,, ,i; a just man, have reserved until the evidence on bel i, sides had been produced. It is true that the expressi on 1 " afterwards qualified, but that avails little. It is also pr o _ liable that your Honour may pronounce a very differ judgment, upon hearing the whole merits of the "cafe fa still, the injury must to a certain degree remain. - 1 -' 0 motion flies like the wind, while refutation halts J ail ., behind. The world receives with avidity the one, w hile I looks with suspicion'upon the other. oaf I must observe that th e fi rs t no ti ce I h a d o f any .e.• h proceedings having been instituted against me, was throng the report of The S un o f S a t ur d a y. Wh et h er M r . Cyr burn has law on hi s s id e I d o not k now, an d ver y lif t ''' . care ; but of this I am certain, that I have honesty on mi ne ' Trusting that the winding up of this case will prove caution to your Honour, n o t t o p ronounce so h as ty a P I T ment in future, I am you r H on o ur ' s very o b e di e nt butab e servant, F. MARRYArr. LENT ECCENTRICITIES. (From the Dover Chronicle.) h oe A peculiar sensation has been experienced in Dover for t few days back, in connexion with the observance of Lent.' .. 4 '; public ball having been announced for Valentine ' s Theatre, one of our Pastors put out the following dee laii° against it, in the form of a placard : TO THE INHABITANTS OF ST. MAST'S, nov/te- My Fellow Christians, and Fellow Townsmen, ill An event will occur among us to-morrow, at which r u be much scandalized. Tn ost It will be the second day in Lent (a season every when - tha t night at o' r solemnly observed by Christians), and on the evening of day a Public Ball, on an unnsually magnificent scale, is t° given in your Theatre. This will be a scandal and au offence to you; and well it I:Olt! for it is a gross v i o l at i on of public decency, and a w ilful p ° rage upon y our moral and rel i g i ous feel i ngs i n pa rti 0 ;, 6 I sympathize with you, and so do many more like me. An' the rest, your worthy Mayor feels for you, who unwitt”e, consented to be placed among the Stewards, and whose -°° to quent desire and endeavour to have the thing put a ster f , (when he perc e i ve d t h e error w hi c h h e was i n ) h as b e en (I'' garded and overruled by others. The only comfort and consolation which I can offer tot0"e: upon this occasion is—that this scandal (as it will now trat y place) will be:almost entirely conducted and supported by ifish gers—people who are determined to gratify their own S e too t, and forbidden desires, at the expense of treading, under,' fee l and shamefully violating your best and holiest feelings. he ir for you, I say again, and thus , publicly protest aga inst: H e wickedness. It i s an i n j ury an d an i nsu l t, h owever , whichanon must now endure. May the sins of others not be visited us ! ONE OF YOUR PASTOR Ash Wednesday, 1839. od, As predicted by the " Pastor," the ball did take place 1 as he also announced it would be, it really was "on an ally magnificent scale," and a tt rac t e d an unusua ll y large o f of course of fashionables, not exclusively strangers. Eve ° f e lt worthy Msyor, me understand, " an d many more lik e him,"c,oo4 so much on tiptoe on the occas i on , t h at t h ey ha d a j01„1000 go at the dawning, de s pit e o f a ll t h e i ntolerant and 'of bubbles that had been put forth to put a stop to the thing; the we are farther told that the incident actually added eclat to t he enjoyment of the evening. Yesterday the following echo t° " Pastor's" Bill was stuck over the town in large characters TO THE INHABITANTS AND VISITORS OF DOVER . , e 4. Ladies and G en tl emen, --A n event occurre d amon g tis terday by which you were much scandalized. a by It was the seco n d d a y o f L en t ( a season c hi e fly observe d the "Mother of Harl o t s " an d a f ew o f h er P ro testant tw o " rents), and on the morni ng o f th a t d ay a p u bli c bill, of rope usually absurd and ignorant character, was put forth by of ,our Pastors." his was,a scandal to common sense, and an offence to Yisle ; and well it might be : for it was a gross violation of decency; and a wilful outrage upon your nu ional, and it' c o d ticular your Protestan., tetlings. I sympathize with you , ~0 3 so do maay more like me. Among the re t, worthy ra w . h 0 M-- feels ;or you ;—but most .or hi s bigotted Curate , e , he unwittingly placed in the station which he occupies, Sa bS f of • quently desiring and endeavouring when he perceived his_ o nt ,o have the T. ing put a stop to, who has, on- the Pr` rt . occasion, been unive.sally disregarded, and abindantly diculed. , ti The only comfort and c.‘nsolatio which I can offer t° t he now is, that this scandal (for it has now taken place) o r3s tio n offspring of an utter stranger to i eformed principles -- 3 0 5 11 determined to gratify, wnene,er he slyly ca n , his own s 01 and forbidden desires; thou.Ji seeking to tread under foot. shamefully violate, your best, your Protestant feelings- n ot-- I feel for him ; but must publicly proclaim him a s' a i ll g strainer and Camel-swallower—a dandy Ball and plarg Parson out of Lent, and a "cunning 1-aac" at all Seal May his follly Le visited upon himself and his approving c i re, ONE OF YOUR SYMPATIIIZEL' Friday, Feb. 15, 1839. SECOND-HAND SILVER WAT 6 Too A variety of some dozens may be selected from, priceoth Guinea, each ; some rather more modern, Two and Tyree Guineas each ; and an assortment quite equal to new, a nd Guineas each. The whole have been carefully examine'ort are warranted. T. COX SAVORY, W a t c h ma ker, 47, hill, London, (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange -.BIRTS. n On the 15th inst., in Harley-str H eet, the lady of --enii Le Marehant, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., in Bedford- square , t h e w if e o f the" -a .' e v. J* Endell Tyler, of a daughter. ______---- MARRIED. , get< On the 16th inst., at St. Ni c h o l as Church, Readl oa ding' Whitworth Russell, Esq., of C am b r id ge-lodge, near o f the to Maria, only daughter of M r . Th omas Saun d e rs", same place. D lED. ya 13, On the 17th inst., a t D over Mar S o phia Praed, ag e d f eldest daughter of th e late James Bckwell Praed, Esq" Tyringham, Bucks, and of Trevethow, Cornwall. On the 12th i ns t., at Windsor, Robert Battiscombe, Esq.' aged 86. • On the 16th inst., in Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Joseph Pinekard, Esq., aged 73. We* On the 14th i ns t., at hi s res id ence in Fludyer-stre et, minster, Hugh Thomas, .Esq., aged 78. On the 14th inst., at Liverpool, Mr. W. B. Dobson. Chels ea ' On the 14th i ns t., at his residence, King's - roa d, Mr. Richard King Thomas. the late Onthele4ytd, Esq., aged h inst ., a atTw 7 i 4. ckenham, Mary, Samuel sn relict of AAPPIACIIAA.I.A. A.AL A W.,. A .•