The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. rrHE ER A NEWSPAPER• ma numerous and important Public Meeting of the Lic:nsed Victuallers of Greenwich, held last. Tuesday, on the su'ject of the Beer Bill, Mr. White of Deptford iu the Chair, Mr. Mitchell proposed, " as an act of gratitude towards the ELIA Newspaper, due to it by the Licensed Victuallers— That the ,Meeting, individually and collectively, pledge them selves to support the ERA Newspaper, for the active part it had taken in behalf of the Licensed Victuallers, not only by taking it in themselves, but also by recommending it to their friends." Which, after being seconded, was carried unani mously. The Chairman remarked, that he could not too strongly re commend the ERA to the notice of the Licensed Victuallers, for the able manner in which it had advocated the cause, and for haring done more good for them than any other, from its extensive circulation. Fora full Report of this Meeting, see the ERA of this Day and To-morrow. 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Didthar, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An- Vioin-r. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben. iinwe, ° Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar . W. L. Payne, rtlr. C. J. Smith, 'Air. Bender, auto, Mr. Goitzh, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bar- Mr. Smitli, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wall a, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss len Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, .Lianduke, 'Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After ,shieh, THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE. On Monday, Richeliea, Ph The Portrait of Cervantes, and Clnos is CCM'? Again. On Tuesday, King I ear, with Rob Roy. On Wednesday there will be no performance. i, A: r, V,* -- rAr fi -cre. • , •12 - 6'l.* -Z9)e:147. .4 • * LONDON : SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1839. th Lord BROUGHAM last night presented a petition from Glasgow against the Corn-laws, which was received as such. His Lordship in presenting the petition, re ferred to some recently recovered accounts of the De bates in Parliament, about the year 1770, and quoted a small but admirable specimen of Mr. BURKE'S wisdom, delivered at that period. His Lordship, by other re marks, introduced the petition with some pomp, to their Lordships. It was of great size, and was carefully tied up ; but when it was opened the Duke of RICHMOND discovered that it did 'not refer to the Corn-laws, but was against Church Extension. This little mistake eseited some laughter. Lord BROUGHAM then moved, assuming the debate to be a continuation of that of the evening before, and ,:refore making uo speech, that the House resolve itself into a Committee to take into consideration the Acts regulating the importation of corn. Lord MELBOURNE saw no reason for the motion. On a division it was supported by 7, and opposed by 61. So ends, we are afraid, the Corn-law question, for this Session, in the Loch. We regret this for the sake of the Peers ;to them it is pregnant with danger—to the country it is full of hope, as it foretells the extinction of two evils, where we sought to get rid only of one. If the Peers will not put an end to the Devil's laws, the authority of the Peers must itself be put an end to. Their Lordships immediately adjourned. Sir STRATFORD CANNING, in the Commons, put a ques tion to Lord PALMERSTON, which elicited the statement that the last advices he had received from Washington were by the Great Western ; that the negotiations with respect to the boundary question were still going on ; an'el that he believed the best feeling on the subject existed in the Government of the United States. His Lordship said not one word about Mr. CoLoumous being expected here on a special mission connected with this subject, as was reported yesterday. The adjourned debate on the Corn-laws was re sumed by Mr. HUME, and was virtually concluded by &c ROBERT PEEL, for the House would not, after he had addressed it, listen to any other person. And let us at once notice the superiority of the be haviour of the Anti to the Pro Corn-law men. Tile latter would not hear any one of their oppo nents with patience. Mr. POULETT Tnom etre and Lord Hownic were both denied a hearing, while the Anti-Corn-law men gave great and silent attention to Sir ROBTRT PEEL. They comprehend and will be better able to refute ii:s arguments. The speakers who intervened between Mr. HUME and Sir ROBERT were Col. Wool), Mr. HANDLEY, and Mr. HOBHOUSE, the latter of whom made a bold straightforward speech against all compromise. Sir ROBERT PEEL spoke for t , .vo hours and a half, and was heard throughout with unabated attention. The Right Hon. Baronet made a plausible statement, and was the more feasible, inas much as he pretended calmly to examine and refute the arguments of his opponents, while he misrepre sented them. For example, Mr. GROTE had stated that we could get 1,000,000 quarters of wheat from the Conti nent, obviously meaning that supplies could not be imme diate, and, till cu l t i vat i on was extended, could not be en larged; Mr. CLAY, again, adverting to the capabilities of the world, held forth the fertile land on the banks of the Vistula and Oder as offering us hereafter a boundless supply ; with a specious candour, and which did but the more betray the jesuitism of the proceedings, he arrayed these two statements against each other, as if they both applied to the present moment. Then assuming for his purpose that the million of quarters to which Mr. GROTE limited the immediate supply, would ba the utmost quantity we could get from the whole world in all time, he made the Tory side of the House ring with cheers as he pourtraycd the wholly inefficient effects of the millions of quarters in altering the relative condition of our own and foreign manufacturers. He forgot that neither the manufactu rers nor Mr. VILLIERS count so much on the abolition of the Corn-laws making an alteration in the prices, as on that abolition allowing of much mutual interchange, which the laws now prohibit, and setting their industry free. Again, Sir ROBERT, referring to Lord Howices statement that the growth of wool had flourished since the duty was abolished, in order to prove that the apprehensions o f the a griculturists from the repeal of the Corn-law was unfounded, made the Noble Lord appear to prove that the abolition of the Corn-laws would raise the price of corn without lessen ing fluctuations in price. But Sir ROBERT should know that both the rise in the price of the wool and the fluc tuations in its price, are consequences of our Corn laws, which cause fluctuations in the price of nil things, and also enhance their price. Sir ROBERT took bold of the manufacturers' state ment, that their prosperity was corning to a still stand ; that, impeded and hampered in the opera tions, they were unable to go on prospering as is natural to industrious and willing men ; and, to prove that they were wrong, he quoted the amount of deposits in some savings banks, which we rejoice to know are increasing. Because the moral habits of the artizan are improving, and they are becoming frugal and careful, and because the Corn-law has not been able wholly to annihilate the irnmrnse advantages of our great coal fields and the wondrous ingenuity and skill of our people ; and because they hare not wholly stopped the pro gress of population, Sir ROBERT finds them advantegeous. Admitting his speech to be clever for The debates of the night before last have made his andieece, we must, at the same time, say that it was one fact very manifest. 4 mere collection of poor fallacies, unworthy of the great questio Our statesmen will not nhe undertook to discuss. He made the Mi. give up the Corn-laws, because that would derange enters look ridiculous, we admit ; and the proudest of his t r i umphs was obtained over their indecision. the reven ue . W e b e li eve th e y ar e mistaken ; but , taking the matter on their showing After Sir R. PEEL had done, Mr. BROTHERTON, Mr. Has eve , this, that these abominable laws are to be kept up Mr. FIELD- and other gentlemen, essayed to addres s the House, but the landlords would listenln order i to keep up another bad system. Our ealy to • lea- own friends. Mr. FIELDEN then moved financial system as an opprobrium. We have waste an adjournmenta. of the debate to Monday—for the motion 61,and extravagance at home and abroad. The duties moved an against it 475. Mr. EWART subsequently on timber, on sugar, on coffee, the excise on malt adjournment till Tuesday—for, 53, against, and soap, the legacy and probate duties, have 377 ' Finally, after a lonhgathubbub, the debate was ad- long been a scandal and a reproach to the coun journed till Monday. W protracted debates, we knowmnayotb, e c r a e tn s lanai combining th these em t 7 amongst the Minister. witl he the ). And because the Ministers will not look these with the dissensions' absolute necessity .or all the Members of the difficulties and these evils in the face, and amend p.ltate themselves from Lord M " 1 them, the large towns to Corn-laws must be continued. That all ik;:r constituents madmen for E9°DitNi who calls CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER may play pursuing an honest and with Exchequer Bills and make the Bank of Eng- J ;ISt object —an object which •is dear to their hearts, land an annual present of 300,000 i. or 400,0001., we cannot help believing that they indicate a speedy dissolution of the Ministry. Before our paper goes to press Lord MEL BOURNE must be convinced that he has made a fatal mistake, and become the object of pity to his friends, and derision to his enemies. The obser vations of Mr. HUME in the House of Commons, and of Mr. COBDEN at the meeting of Delegates, to which respectively we refer, show distinctly wherein Lord MELBOURNE has failed. Not con tented with giving a silent, and in so far a discreet vote against the bulk of his own friends and sup porters, he must needs explain at some length the grounds of his conduct, and in doing that he cha racterised their proceedings as wild and mad. Having earnestly, and with all our might, advocated that which Lord MELBOUNE calls wild and mad, we must in justice to our own views retort the epithets, and pronounce the plan of up holding the present scheme of annual plunder, under the misnomer of protection to agriculture, long after it has been proved to be equally injurious to the agriculturists and the manufacturers, after it has smitten the people with poverty, and their extraordinary toils with barrenness, as the most insensate and wicked that ever entered the heart of a statesman. There is but one opinion of Lord MELBOURNE'S speech ; it was excessively foolish, and has deprived him for ever of the confidence and respect of the Liberal party. We can scarcely imagine what caused the con temptible outbreak. Was it a desire to demon strate that he was above being guided by the subor dinate Members of his Cabinet, and that he was resolved while he allowed them to frisk a little at liberty, and prate about freedom of trade, to show that he was still their arrogant and in sulting chief ? Else why did he so stigma tize the agitation which one of them has avow edly encouraged ? His desire to show his supe riority, was the ground-work, probably, of his departure from his usual coolness, and his private resolve was much strengthened by the passionate ardour of his old colleague, Lord RIPON, and the rapturous applause with which the Lords received his proofs that the Corn-laws had worked wonders. Lord MELBOURNE, we are afraid, was envious of Lord RIPON, and sought to gain, by equal folly, an equal share of the applause of fools. The bub ble-jock arguments of that Nobleman, made an impression on Lord MELBOURNE, and having neither knowledge nor skill to detect Lord ittPoN's mistakes, he could do no better than adopt them, and run a race with him to win their Lordship's cheers. And what was Lord RIPON'S statement ? We answer, a dishonest one ; and one which the Noble Lord knew to be unfair, for in esti mating the fluctuations caused by the present Corn-laws, he actually excluded from his calcula• tions the only very bad harvest which has yet o c• curred since they were passed. The intensity 0. the national suffering, and the excess of nations agitation are caused by the last bad harvest, and that year Lord RIPON excluded from his calcu lations. He left out the part of HAMLET. He ought, too, if he meant to argue the question as a statesman, not as a hired lawyer, to have told their Lordships that the fluctuations in the price of food were necessarily diminished in proportion as an exclusive commerce made all the world tributaries to our skill and regulated our mar kets by the equalized seasons of the whole globe, and that fluctuation ought to be less now than twenty years ago ; and consequently it was not enough to prove that the price of corn had not varied latterly more than formerly, and more than other commodities. He should also have shown that as our commerce was extended, and the world had been at peace, fluctuations in the price of corn had become less and less. Corn, or taking it in its widest sense, food—for when wheat fails potatoes may be plentiful, and when potatoes do not yield as much as usual, rice may be abundant—food is the production of every part of the globe, and when a dearth or scarcity occurs in one place, may be procured from another. As our commerce, therefore, extends, so should the price of food become steady in our markets. To prove Lord ItunoN's case, he ought to have shown that corn had been, as compared to hemp and silk, in price, stability itself. The market for it extends over the whole empire, and all are buyers of food. The market for silk, cotton, or hemp, is confined to a few ports, and all are not buyers of them. Cotton is hardly im ported into any place except Liverpool and Glas gow. China-silk probably comes only into Glas gow, Liverpool, and London. These articles are in the hands of a few merchants, and may be the objects of the speculation of a few rich individuals. Corn, as Mr. BURKE said, as quoted last night by Lord BROUGHAM, in, the universal market of the world has no tendency to fluctuate, and the proofs quoted by Lord RIPON of its great fluctuation, though excused by him in a comparison with other things, are in fact proofs of the injury inflicted on the com munity by the Corn-laws. The price of corn, in a community where the peculiarities of one place or one season may be corrected by another, ought not to fluctuate. If that were true in Mr. BURKE'S time, it is still more applicable to our time ; and the tables quoted by Lord RIPON, though they deluded Lord MELBOURNE, were the condemnation of the Corn-laws. Moreover several of the articles quoted by Lord RIPON—as cotton, on which a duty has been laid since 1830, and a duty (that on printed cottons) removed—have been subject to fis cal regulations, which wheat has not. An honest reasoner would have observed that, and not wilfully have led the Lords into error. Cotton, hemp, and silk are the products also of almost single countries, and nine-tenths of our hemp comes from Russia, and nine-tenths of our cotton from the United States. Further, fluctuations in the price of them have no tendency to make the price of corn fluctuate, but fluctuations iii the price of corn make the prices of other commodities fluctuate. The plentiful years of 1822 and 1823, and of 1831 and 1835, led to the speculations and great rise of prices in 1825 and in 1836, which rises made a part of Lord RIPON'S case. In fact, fluctuations in - the price of corn are the great parents of fluctuations in the prices of other commodities ; while fluctuations in the prices of these have little or no influence over the price of food. Naturally, then, the price of corn in a com mercial country is comparatively steady and uni form ; while other articles, from being the produc tion of limited spaces, and affected by fluctuations in the price of corn, are naturally much more liable to fluctuation than corn. An honest' reasoner' would have pointed out these differences ; Lord RIPON only sought to make the worse appear the better season. His success was small, for he merely proved that the Corn-law had made the price of food as fluctuating as that of hemp or China silk. Whether hemp fluctuates or not in price is not of much importance, but extensive fluctuations in the price of Corn are ruinous to all classes. The dishonest and weak reasoning how ever of Lord RIPON seems to have. confounded Lord MELBOURNE, and led him to run a muck against his own party. Being now so completely forsaken by Lord MELBOURNE,' we are reluctantly compelled to go backs and ask what there ever was in his career, to make him the chosen leader of the Liberal party ? With the exception of having united himself with Lord GREY, there was nothing in his previous life to warrant the confidence of the friends of freedom. A careless lover of pleasure, he was ill-fitted to be t he champion of a severe contest. A high-flown Whig, verging on Toryism, he was never the cor dial friend of the people. His accepting the office did as little honour to him as to the Liberal party ; for if they thought of choosing him, to win the support of a Court and Tory party, he seems to have accepted the high trust only to betray it. THE SUN, LONDON, SATUP,DAY, MA Ca 16, 1839. the Parliament will not abolish the Corn-laws. That pensions may be paid, our bread must be taxed. That the Army may be kept up to the point of oppression, the poor must starve. That Commissioners may be multiplied ad itilinitton, our manufacturers must be ruined. That states man may have their salaries without earn ing them, the Devil's laws must be fastened for ever on the people. If the Tories, and the landlords, and Lord 'MELBOURNE, though we know not why we should any longer separate him from the Tories, had wished to spur the lazy zeal of all classes to demand with ten-fold vigour the total and immediate abolition of the Corn-laws, they have done, it by declaring that to abolish the Corn• laws will compel our statesmen to reform the financial system of the empire. The Corn-law delegates dined together last even ing, at Brown's Hotel, when some excellent speeches were made on the debate of last evening in I both Houses, and on the great question which has assembled them in London. We regret that we can find space for only a small portion of the proceedings. Our readers will be delighted to find that the Chair man, Mr. SMITH, a declared enemy of all mono polies, did not forget to pay a high compliment to the Chief Magistrate of the City of London, who hasbeen labouring, almost single-handed, ever since his accession to the Mayoralty, to put down the monopoly in the coal trade, so injurious to the in habitants of the metropolis. His Lordship's health was drunk with enthusiasm, and there appeared to be but one feeling as to the disinterested part which he had taken against a powerful and hypocritical body, who, like the landlords, pretend that their only object is to keep prices steady, while they know that their only, object is to put money in their pockets at the expense of the public. ____ There are many highly important questions, apart from those at present exciting so general an inte rest among the bulk of the people of this country, which imperatively call for the immediate attention of the Government. Of these not the least mo mentous is the Canadian Boundary question, re specting which it does not appear that . the Govern- , went has received any official intelligence by the Great Western, notwithstanding the very serious disputes which have arisen between the State of Maine and the Province of New Brunswick respec- ring it. This was admitted by Lord PALMER sToN in the House of Commons last night ; and we may here observe that such an admission — amounting as it does to a confession of gross and culpable neglect in some quarter — has not a little surprised us. It is not because we are apprehensive of a war with the United States that we lay such stress upon this question. We have too much confidence in the wisdom and discretion of Congress, to fear a result which every honest man of both countries is bound to do all in his power to prevent. But while the question remains unsettled, it will be a source of constant weakness, irritation, and jealousy to both Governments. It will, in some sort, place the question of peace or war at the disposal of border ma rauders, excited to acts of outrage by Canadian rebels, and all who prefer living by rapine to supporting themselves by honest industry. As a great portion of the disputed territory is acknowledged by the New York papers to be of very little value to the American Government, while its importance to England as a territorial connecting link is immense, we cannot perceive any obstacles in the way of a speedy and amicable arrangement, provided the two Governments enter upon its ad justment in a spirit of mutual confidence and good faith. With respect to the New York papers we cannot too much admire the caution with which they allude to the recent " Border Troubles," as they call them. " Though this business on the border," says the New York Gazette, commenting on the intelligence already published respecting the seizure of the Land Agents of Maine and New Brunswick and the attack on the lumberers, " is calculated to give uneasiness to our citizens, and : create great solicitude in the minds of those who wish to see our amicable relations with Grieat Britain - preserved—and every good citizen does so wish--we have no serious apprehensions on the subject. It is impossible that Great Britain and the United States can go to war for so paltry an affair as a disputed title to a few hundred thousands or a few millions of acres of pine lands." And the New York Morning Herald—no admirer of the policy of this • country—is equally temperate. " We trust," observes this lively and influential journal, " that our Govern ment, as well as Governor HARVEY, will take measures immediately to preserve neutrality and to stop these local squabbles ; they are alike dis graceful to the people of both countries, and in stead of tending to settle the question, will only render its final adjustment ten times as difficult as it would be without local interference." We have no doubt that these very sensible and highly praiseworthy suggestions will be responded to by Congress ; but while the question remains unsettled, it is useless to legislate for the tranquili zation of the Canadas. Let the Government settle the boundary question beyond the possibility of fur ther cavil, and there will be an end of the brigand connection benweeu the "sympathizers" and the traitors in the Canadian provinces. This should be the preliminary step to any extensive project of North American legislation. Next in importance is the American boundary question is that of the putting an end to the civil war in Spain. It is almost impossible to conceive, and still more so to justify, the non-interference of England and France, during so many years of civil butchery in the heart of a kingdom for the main, tenance of the rights of whose Sovereign they are bound by a solemn treaty. While civil war deso lates Spain, we lose the services of a fleet sta tioned on her coast ; and that too at a time when all our ships are wanted for the protection of our own commerce and possessions in other parts of the world. The squadron commanded by Commo dore Lord JOHN HAY, instead of tossing idly in the Bay of Biscay, should have been, during the last summer, either in the Mexican Gulf, or on the coast of Persia, to give due weight to the remon strances so uselessly addressed by our Ambassador to the SHAH. With the Canadas and Spain off our hands, we could easily and effectively direct our attention to the East—soon about to become the theatre of important changes. The more we free ourselves of trifling sources of weakness and distraction, the better we stand prepared for exercising the highest prerogatives of a great people—the extension, with out violence, of the blessings of an enlightened ci vilization, and the maintenance of a general peace, by the combined influence of concentrated power and strict integrity. It . requires but a small share of political sagacity to enable Mi nisters to perceive that we are on the threshold of events which must soon engross our undivided at tention ; and that in the interim, no policy could be get rid of questions which excite the jealousy wiser of to o our friends, and foster the hopes of our enemies. Personal disputes between the leaders of the Doctri naire and ReAnn parties continue to prevent the formation of a French Cabinet. M. ODILLON BARROT's supporters will not hear of M. GulzoT ' S appointment to the Ministry of the Interior, and nothing short of this will satisfy the Doctrinaires and a section of the friends of Count MOLE. The blame is wholly attributable to M. GUXZOT, whose vanity will not be satisfied with the only Office in the Cabinet for which his talents and his sympathies adapt him—namely, the Department of Public Instruction. On Wednesday, M. THIER3, brought about an interview of the disaffected leaders, which lasted three hours, but which the obstinacy of the Doctrinaires rendered of co effect. At this meeting the left was represented by MM. ODILLON BARROT, DE SADE, and DE MORNAY ; the left centre, by MM. THIERS, ROGER, and MALLEYILLE ; and the Doctrinaires, by MM. GuiZoT, JoSErli PERIER, DUCHATEL, RENIUSAT, and HEBERT. The following brief account cf what took place is from the Cannier Francais of Thursday : " The Left and Left Centre explained, in terms the most bonourable to the Doctrinaires, the proposals. which these declined. M. Guizot replied by refusal. M. Bar rot, he said, planted the flag of the Left in the Presidency of the Chamber, M. Thiers that of the Left Centre in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, M. Guizot would plant his in the Home-office. M. Barrot denied that there were three flags—there was neither rivality of persons nor distinction of opinions. M. Thiers reduced M. Guizot's objection to a question of personal dignity. The Doctrinaires, though touched by the frankness of their explanation, neverthe less refused to yield, and declared they would remain faith ful to the Coalition. The sincerity of this may be trusted. If, however, hostilities should recommence, they must com mence on the part of the Doctrinaires." This statement is followed by the subjoined observa tions on the unfitness of M. GuIZOT for the office to which he aspires. We regret to be obliged to admit that thereas too much truth in them . " How can M. Guizot pretend to an equal partition cf office, with but thirty cotes behind him ? There is also another motive of exclusion, that we mention with regret. but that ought not to be passed over in silence, now that all negotiation is at an end. M. Guizjt has ahvaly ma nsg: d the Home Departm ent, through the medium of M. francs Ga to the tin'lt gAI Guizot who gave a hundred undertakingthou-and of the Pantheca Litteraire; and be it was who increased the subve rs i on o f Mi n i s t e rial Journals. M: Guizot has principles, but he also has weak nesses ; and it was impossible to entrust to him the manage ment of the elections and the Secret Fund. At such a • price, the Doctrinaires would pat too dear." Louis PinurEE,since he mou n t e d th e Th rone ; has had for Prime Ministers, LAFITTE, PERIER, SOULT, GERARD, MORTIER, BROGLIE, BASSANO, THIEItS, and MOLE—in all nine, or a new Prime Minister, independ ent of minor changes, every year. Doting the fifteen years that the restored family reigned there were only eix—TALLEYRAND, RICHLIEU, DELSALES, DECAZES, VILLELE, and POLIGNAC. The French, however, give the Administration of Louts PIIILLIPPE the preference for steadiness, and assert that, notwithstanding appear ances, he has had only one ..g Prime Mi n i s t er a ll hi s r e ign. offi n ee al Ordinance in the has not been .:14, un mindfulConoiutenittort? o l hf o iis t. , E hfr , ui erosuncdi 'Thur By sday; a liy following personages, sup porters of the late Ministry, have bcen raised to the Peerage : • Vice-Admiral Rosamel, late Minister of Marine ; Lieutenant-General Schramm; Mcssra. Gay Lussac, Ls Pinsonnii;re, and the Duke Cautnotit Laforce, unsuccess ful Ministerial candidates at the last elections; Barons Dupont Delporte . and Nau de Champ Lillis, former Pre fects, and M. Mi.lard, a Councillor of State." The vast number of promotions made in the fleet blockading Mexico has caus::d great complaints among Naval officers in France. It is said that the Ministry ••at first hesitated to comply with the Royal request, but the Prince DE JOINVILLE cut the matter short by say ing that he had promised them, and that lie must keep his word. This, says the National, is one of the g:cat advantages of allowing Naval C a pt a i ns o f t we nty to exercise authority in military expeditions. They give promises like children and keep them as Ministers. The French Papers state' the helgian question has been made a pretext for the grand movements nom going on among the Prussian troops, and that the real cause for setting the whole army in motion, from the Duchy of Posen to the banks of the Rhine, is the dis- putc between the Catholic and Protestant population. Some of them even infer that the disaffection which prevails in the Rhenish and Polish provinces seriously threatens the security of the Protestant dynasty. . . The latest accounts from Madrid are to the Bth inst. General RODIL was about to appear once more on the political and military stage. He arrived in Madrid on the 7th, and received from the REGENT the appoint ment of Captain-General of Catalonia. No news had arrived from the North, nor was anything known of the movements of ESPARTERO. -Don CARLos, according advices from B ty-onne cf the 11th instant, remains at Tolosa. :The following announcement of importance to mer chants includes all the news in these papers : " The Journal du Huvre publishes a letter from the Minister of the Marine to ths: Maritime Prefect at Cher bourg, informing him that in consequence of a recent decision of the Minister of Commerce, grounded on a report submitted to him by the Board of Health at Mar seilles, all vessels from Gibraltar shall henceforth be exempt from quarantine, when provi.hd with clean bills of health, inspected by the French Consul, and attesting the existence of a good state of health in Morocco. Such exemption, however, will not be applicable to vessels laden with goods from Morocco, and susceptible of contagion, when the Captains shall be unable to_prove by the produc tion of a certificate delivered or inspected .by the French Consul that such goods have not been simply transferred from one vessel to another, but have been taken on board en libre pratique at Gibraltar, after a stay of at least 20 days in that place. In the absence of this certificate the vessel is to be subject to a quatantine of 20 days, with the obligation to land at the Lazaret. This new regulation applies to all the ports of France." BOUBSE.—Pasts, TIIURSDAY, Manctt 14. first Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents(ex. div.) 158 30 ... 108 35 ... 1U 25 ... 105 30 4 per Cents lOO 75 150 75 ... lOU 75 ... 100 75 3 per Cents 79 35 . 7i 45 ... 79 30 79 45 Bank of e ranee Lalfitte Bark 1055 ...1057 50 ...1055 ...1055 5,004 f. eh 5225 ...5225 ...5215 ...5220 Belgian 5 per Cents C9 80 ... 60 33 ... 69 SO ... 69 SO Bank SSS 650 ... 585 ... 600 3, anish Ac ive 21% ... 2! 1 4 ..• 2 l!is ..• 213( Passive 5 ... .5 ... 5 ... 5 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARE,. St. Germai Versailles, Pi. B 507 50 ... GOO ... 597 5 1 1 ... 600 LB. ......... Rouen 915 ... 917 5 ; 915 ... 947 50 Orleans Strasburg to sale .. 332 50 ... 332 50 ... 332 50 ... 332 50 ASP H A LTES AND Bit U LIENS. Seyssel (A) 2lOO —.2100 —2lOO ...210,) NORTH DEVON ELECTION. The state of the poll on Fllay was as follows : For Buller. For Buck, South Molton, at 11 o'clock ... ~... 172 • 103 Tiverton, at i past 1 o'clock Collumpton, at 2 o'clock Churnl.• igh, at; to 11 o'clock Crediton, at I to 2 o'clock - - Totals... 1145 PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION, (From the rotes and Proceedings of the Roust of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1839. CORN IMPORTATION. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Question (12th March), " That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consi deration the Act regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn :" (Mr. Villiers)—Question again proposed ; Debate resumed : Motion Made ' and Question put, " That the Debate be further adjourned till Monday next." This House d.vided ; Ayes 61, Noes 475. MINORITY-AYES, 60. Attwo , , , d, Thos.—Birmingbain Leader, J. Temple—Westminster Beamish, F. B.—Cork Lushing ton, Charles—Ashbnrton Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth Martin, John—Tewkesbury Brotherton, J.—Salford Nlolesworth, Sir William—Leeds Browne, It. D.—Mayo Muskett, George A.—St. Alban's Cayley, E. S.—N. Yorkshire O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. Collier, John—Plymouth O'Connell, Daniel- Dublin Currie, Raikes—Northampton Pattison, James—London Dashwoocl, G. H.—Wycombe Philips, Mark—Manchester Denistoun, J.—Glasgow Protheroe, Edward—Halifax D'Eynccurt, Right Hon. C. T.— Rippon, C.—Gateshead Lair bet h Roche, William—Limerick Duke, Sir James—Boston Russell, Lord John—Stroud Duncombe, T. S.—Finsbury S.talwey, Lieut.-Col.—Ludlow Duncombe, Hon.A.—East Ret ford Scholefield, J.—Birmingham Easthopo, J.— Leicestr r Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Ewart, W.—Wi ,an Strickland, Sir G.—W Yorkshire Fenton, John—Rochdale Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Finch, F.—Walsall Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Fleetwood, P. H.—Preston Thoruely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Visors, N. A.—Carlow Co Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe- Villiers, C. P.—Wolverhampton tersfield Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Hindley, Charles—Asliton Wallace, Robert—Greenock Hohhouse, T. Benj.—Rochester Warburton, H.—lli idport Hollond, Robert—Hastings Ward, H. G.—Sheffield! Howard, Sir IL—Wicklow Lo. Williams, William—Coventry Hume, Jo,e)ll—Kilkenny Wood, G. W.—Kendal Hutt, W.—Hull Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow Jervis, S.—Bridport TELLEAS. Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Fielden, John—Oldham Langton, Col Gore —Somerset Harvey, I). W.—Southwark MANCHESTER, FRIDAY. h o noe r one t timeonly moderate itnali a dh t eee rHa taketda eye THE COTTON TRADE —The w o ec k r os i bo n i g - ley-bridge, is general, and similar int en ti ons are lik e l y to mp b e l aa nee ace for r ff r oo i e rr d t gh i re n e t yb o ec e ti ff toe c tr : dhu a a t rsi ntAgh thois we n e , en g u n d s no doubt limited in a great measure, by the determination of many of the large manufacturers not to take the prices of Tuesday, though it is probable that very needy holders, if determined to quit stock, must submit to a shade less than is to-day generally asked. The opinion has gained ground this week, that cotton will go higher, as the importations continue unsually small of last year's crop. Yarns are as dull as ever; and, if any change, it is for the worse since Tuesday. The position of the spinners is now worse than it was Svc or six weeks since, though at that time it was hardly thought possible to be so. There seems now but to be one opinion among them, that it is only a further and greatly reduced production, can make the business a pay ing one. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY. -11l our piece market there is nothing to notice different from the last two or three weeks. The demand is moderate, but there appears no hope of any thing like an advance on any kind of goods at present. Yarns—The spinners continue at full work, and their stocks small. They were asking a little advance to.day, but without generally obtaining it. Wool—This article is in more demand, and late prices fully realized in all kinds to-day. NAVAL INTELLIGENC-4. -----...--- (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, MaKen 15.--Ia Dock —Not anything in Commlision. In th e Basin—Watcrwitch, 10 ; Cu rlew, 10; and Snipe cutter. In Harbour—Britannica, 129 ; Flag -shi p Victory, 110; Ordin ary G uar d -s hi p iEtna, 4, destined fur Livcrpool and the West C oast o f Scotland, to pick up volunteers for the Royal N avy ; At S Ito) al George yacht ; Emerald and Gossa. mer tender s . pithcad—Powcrful, 84, nine days from Sheerness, with the loss of a hay.-er anchor and cNble. ARRIVALS AND SAILINGS DLTRING THE PAST WEEK. Wedn es d ay , 1 3 .—H er Majesty's ship /Etnacame out of the Basin. Thursday, 14.—Arrived the Powerful, 84, from the Eastward. Sailed the. Zebra, 16, for the Mediterranean. The Clio and Childers hauled cut of Dock into the Bason durir,,g the week ; the Clio is m asted, and will pro bably be put in commission in a few days. The Powerful is not nearly manned, being upwards of 160 seamen short of her complement. It is supposed they will draft a number of the new raised men now on board the Flag Ship and Blake Hulk, to complete her establishment. The Waterwicb and Curlew are fitting out rapidly; a party is lent to each vessel from the Britannia, which will no doubt t en d to ma k e t h e n ew raised men good seamen, and will greatly assist to expedite the equipment of the vessels. On the 11th test., the following Gentlemen passed their examination at the Royal Naval Colleg e, touchin g their proficiency i n Navigation to serve as L ieutenants i n the Royal Navy, v i z . : M essrs . H. P. Hope , John Norman, D. Miller, S. S. L. C r ofton, F. M'Gregor, W. N. Hastie, W. D. C arro ll, an d F. P. Coull. The Indus • 80, a beautiful teak-built ship, is to he launched to-morrow; great preparations have been made for accommodating spectators. and it is expected if the day her is ito, thous:111;1s 0 , 7 CIL. • vc:r.s,..l launched iato native element. The sight i.as buonie rather rare of late, no vessel having been launched at this port since the Nep. tune, during the Administration of Sir James Graham. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T}- IS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 15. —Wind S. S. W., squally, throughout with rain.—Arrived and proceeded for the river, the Ort'.. 1,-..z9nby, from the South Seas; Agnes, Canning, Ceylc.n, and several others, names unknown Came down f:orn the river and proceeded, the Royal Tar (steamer), Lewis, Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Wind W. S. W. S., strong breezes.—Arrived the Iris, Gibson, from London. Put back, her Majesty's ship Zebra, for the Mediterranean; Jane, Erskine, Mitchell, Hash:ire!, PLYMOUTH, MARCH 15. WindW. S. W.—Arrived the Jenne Caroline, from Nantes ; Victorine, Prival, from do. ; Renard, Gillard, from, do. ; Victoria, from do. FALMOUTH, MARCH 14.—Wind N. W: to S. S. W., strong breezes—Arrived the Lyra packet, from the West Indies, sailed Cape Hayti, 13th ult. ; Ellen Woodward, Odessa; Triton, Marseilles. Sailed the M7ry Wyler, Miller, Am.)terilirn ; Shepherd, Jackson, London ; Road, fur do. ; Valieyfield, for do. ; Caroline, Cherstean, for do. LivisarooL, MA RCHl4.—Arrived the Collingwood, Downe% for Calcutta ; Bombay, Gay, Mobile; United States, Oldridge, New York; South America, Barston, ditto; Schemes, Con sten, Senegal; Henry, Cleal, St. Michael's; Hebe, Thompson, Leghorn ; Mona, Son ev, ditto ' • Two Sisters, Finley, Trieste ; Adventure., Hardy, Leghorn ; Lady Harvey, Alexander, ditto ; Venus, Borden, ditto; Jernima, Bordeaux; Jahen, Ben - bel, ditto; St. Jean, Perrin, ditto; Mathali, Julien, ditto; Emma, Jarvis, Lisbon ; Vertrued, Russell, Charerre; Rembrandt, Ant werp ; Henrietta, ditto ; Henrietta, ditto ; Harlingen, llyk, Harlingen ; Catherina, Emden • Delfina, Brandt, ditto ; For tuna, jay, Rotterdam ; Maria, fla lander, ditto ; Zeldernurek, Zevolle ; Th-,ynes, St: Domingo. Off port, Superior, far Mo bile ; Barrington. ditto ; Kutusoff, Ness York. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERFOOL CiZTTON MARKET, MARCH 15.—We had a good dornand, but without excitement or improvement in prices until Wednesday, when the accounts brought by the Great Western up to the 25th ult., were received here, strengthening the previous opinion of a short crop. This had the effect of producing a very animated and general inquiry, speculators buying freely, and the result is a very large business being done, under an advanca upon all kinds, of from id, to -.W. per lb. The business done to-day is estimated at 10,000 bales, the Market healthy ; specu lators have taken 3,500 bales of American, 2,500 Pernams, 700 Bahia, 1,500 Maranbam, 1,000 Carthagena, . and 2,390 Surat. EXports, 100 bales of American. • Arrivals this Morning—A French Mail, also a Mail from St. Thomas's and Jamaica, by the Lyra, which sailed from St. Thomas's on the 30th of Jan., liarbadoes on the 14th of Jan., Cape Henri Feb. 12. By the above convey ancewe have received Jamaica Papers to the 7th of Feb. The Barbadoes Mercury, of the 12th January, states that a severe shock of an earthquake was experienced at Bridgetown :on the previous day. Its duration was at least one minute. The walls of many houses iu the town and its vicinity were, it is acid, cracied. The R,tecr brig of war, in thirty days from Portsmcuth, arrived at Barbadoes on the 9:h January, it was reported that ale was to receive on beard the 69th Regiment, fir. Canada. By a paragraph in the Guiana Papers, it appears that the Governor of British Guiana had been in correspond ence with the Governor of the Bahama Islands, and that the latter had refused to sanction the emigration of the labourers of the Island under indenture. Barbadocs papers received to the 20th Jan., confirm the statement in the Jamaica paper•, of the severe shock of an e:xthquake felt there on the 11th Jan. Trinidad papers received to the 19th January are un interesting. Hobart Town papers received to the 3d Nov. " A deputation - of the meeting for legislation by represen tation, vvartr.d upon the Lieut.-Governor on Tuesday last, to present their petition to the Queen for transmission to England. Ills Excellency received the deputation. " Our letters from :the country inform us that the late rains have been pretty general, and that the crops are looking well. Owing to the arrivals from Sidney, a rise in the price of wheat is anticipated; 3,000 bushels were engaged by one individual on speculation in the early part of this week at 7s. 3d. The latest accounts from Sydney quote Van Diemaa'a Land Wheat at 6s. 3d." We have a number of arrivals this morning, not less than three American packets from New York, but they are of old dates ; also from the West Indies, with several files of papers from the different islands, all of which have very scanty intelligence. It appears by the accounts from Jamaica the labonrers do not work as they ought to do ; and report says that his Excellency is going to take some measures to bring them to their proper senses. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the closing prices of yesterday, 93 for Money, and 93i for the Account; at present the market continues in a very uncertain state. Exchequer Bills 60 62 ; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank Stock 199 200 ; India Stock, 2541 2551 for the opening. The Foreign Market continues in the same state as that of The British. Spanish Active 204, 21i; Portuguese, 342 35; Three per Cent. 211 Belgian, 1011 102; Brazilian, 802 : Colombian, 202 30; Mexican, 232 24; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 554 , 1 -; Five per Cents., 1031 Spanih receded to 201 I. PRICTtS OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank stsc.k .... .. . . ......... ..... India Stock 3 per Cent. 1ced............... --- Ditto Bonds CS pm S per Cent. Coos. 93% , South Sea Stock • — 3 per Cent — ! Old Annuities Ditto Red. New Si per Cent 10 0 34% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17:31 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 ... 60 61 pm. Jan. 5, 1561 - Ditto Small 6O 61 pm. Oct. 10, 1656 — Ditto Commercial — pro. Jan. 5, 17,69 — Ditto Advertised pm. Jan. 5, MO — Bank Stock for Account...2oo}, o 1 4 April 5, 1180 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 —l Consols for Account ...... .. SBli PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds lB 17 3 4 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account - - Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ... ...... ..... Ditto Anemia' Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Chillan 1.1:.::ds D.tto Account Columbian Bonds —S Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1524 — Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account 29% U Ditto Account — Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account ... 20% 1209 Greek Bonds ' French, 5 per sent 1 —c. Ditto Bonds, 18 , 25 ' ------ 4 per cent. -f. —tt Ditto Account — -- 3 per cent. —f. —a Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ---- Exchange. —f —e. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2v ' per cent.......... 55% Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Accou ,, t — Ditto Account ....... ..... Neapolitan — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. .Per Mare. Eastern Counties Railway l3 9i fy 9 Great Western Railway Company 65 75 4% Brighton Railway . London and Greenwich Railway Company vtl 16 9 ,E London and Southampton Railway Company 381. 17s. 9d. 42%14 Colonial Bank COURSE OF EXCH, imsterdzm C.F. 12 3% Ditto, at light Rotterdam 2U. 12 4 Antwerp... Hamburg. ..... M.& 13 10% 13 11 Parr, 3 days' mg' t Ditto... ......... 3 Ms 25 60 Mars,illes B,ut deaux Frankfort on ." , Taints, ELM. 151 ?eterslun gh, ruble... 3 Ua ll Berlin Vienw, effective f1...2 M lO 3 TricAf ditto.... ........ 10 4 It Cadiz.,.. Bilboa Barcelona 361 ANGE YESTERDAY. Gibraltar 4B I Leghorn 11 I Genoa 25 80 Milan '3l Venice 47 Naples .............. 40 Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon .......... ................... 51 Oporto .................... 51;, Rio Janeiro Bahia ... 27 Buenos Ayres -New York, 21 clays' sight. Philadelphia • 45 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Portugal tlold, c0in...,43 18 0 Foreign Gold, in bars... 0 0 0 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dcllars 0 4 ION Silver in Bars HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which were rather heavy in the early part o the morning, at 93 to i f for the Account, have since im. proved to 93),- f ; Money, 93k. Exchequer Bills, 60 62 ; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank Stock, shut ; India Stock, do. SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Eastern Counties Railway Great IVestern Railway London and Brighton Railway . - 10% London and Greenwich Railway London and Southampton Railway 42N London and Ctorlon Railway (Trun,) l l l /i Manchester and Mrrningham Railway ... Ditto ditto Extens . on 5 1,4 York and North M.dland Railway l9 The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne have issued cards for a grand dinner on Monday next. The Earl and Countess of Sandwich have arrived in town from a tour of several months on the Con tinert. The N.bble Earl has taken a mansion in Upper Brook-street for the season. _ _ _ His Excellency Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, has, we hear, experienced a slight relapse of bis previous indisposition, but is once more in full course of recovery. His Excellency Rcdshid Pasha having taken the large mansirn which formerly belonged to Lord Ormond, in Bryanston-square, will remove immediately from bis re sidence in Regent's Park. Elegant decorations in the Oriental style have been recently executed in his Excel lency's Ilex residence., The Countess Sebastiaiii is :uilTerio:' , from on in flammatory affection of the lungs; but wo have learnt on nquiry that ber Excellencyis doing well. It appears by accounts from Bordeaux that the Chilian frigate, which is now ready, has been detained there by a process from a mercantile house, which has a claim against the Chilian Government. We must remind the holders of Chilian Bonds in the British Market, who have been for many years deprived of their dividends, owing to the bad faith of the Chilian Government, that those funds which bad been remitted for the building and equipment of the above frigate ought to have been applied for the payment of their dividends. In the Foreigh Market, Spanish Active became heavy in the course of the morning, and receded from 215 to 203. 1, at present may be quoted at 201 -I; Portuguese, 344 35 ; Three per Cents., 214 i ; Be'glan, 1014 102 ; Brazilian 80 1 ,- ; Colombian, 295 30 ; Mexican, 235 24 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 554 4 ; Five per Cents., 1034 2-. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock lndia Stock _ 3 per Cent. Ned Ditto Bonds 04 t 3 per Cent. Cca5....... ...... 93% Ditto Old Annuities it per Cent. Red 101% Ditto New Annuities New 351 per Cent L'o% !Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2►%d...12 pm, New 5 per Cent — Ditto 50+1 61 pm Long Annuities to expire Dittn 5001 el I,m. Jan. ISO i — Bank Stock for Opg. 9 C0% Oct. 1359 Jan. 16(50 — Consols for Act 93% FOREIGN FUNDS Asturian, 5 per cent Portuguese Rond;, sper cent. Belgian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bends 70 Mission, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent ... Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lll% anion, 6 per cer• 2 5 14 Ditto, Metallic.. — Colomb.an, 6 per cent Spanish, 5 per cent 2O r s Ditto, 1R•24 Ditto, consolidated — Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent —f. —c. Greek Bonds, 1825, sper et Exchanev —f —c Mexicm, sper cent French, 3per cent —f —r. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 — , hitch, 21 per cent...„........ 55►1, Peruvian, 1325,6 per cent I7N Ditto, 5 per cent. 103% CORN-LAW MISREPRESENTA- TION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The statement of expenses and produce of land brought forward 14 Mr. Christopher is calculated to mislead those only who know nothing of the mattsr. Every farmer who reads it must know that it is falla cious, and may thence be led to reflect as to what sort of a case it is which requires to be bolstered up :vith fallacies. If the account is a true one, either the land must be wretched, such as ought never to have been broken up, or the farming is wretched, such as ought never to be seen ; but which will continue to be seen to the end of the chapter so long as dolts are protected, as it is called, by a restrictive law. We may be quite sure that. in Mr. 'Christopher's statement every item of expense that could possibly be pressed into the service has been brought forward, whil s e it is equally certain that the other side of the account has been kept down far below what truth demands. The quantity of grain used for seed may be fairly enough stated, but the pro duce is in every case kept below the truth. To say nothing of turnips and clover, it may be asserted, with out fear of contradiction on the part of any intelligent and honest farmer, that land upon which it is worth while 'to expend the sums set down in the statements will yield from 40 to 45 bushels of barley, and from 30 to 35 bushels of wheat per acre. If we go no further into the account than this(and it would not be difficult to show that other fallacies as great, or nearly so, are involved in it.), it therefore appears that to the ss. 9d. per acre profit in four years must be added the value of at least 6 bushels of wheat or 425., and at least 4 bushels of barley or 155., making a total of 31. 2s. 9d., instead of the ss. 9d. The fact is, the statement is too gross to deceive any one who is not anxious to be deceived, and is, perhaps, as dishonest for its concealments as for its miscalculations. WHAT'S IN A NAME? " I understand that the Bishop of Gloucester bursts into tears every now and then, and says that I have given him the name of Simon, and that all the Bishops now call him Simon 1 How should I know that Dr. Monk's rime was Simon? When tutor in Lard Carrington's family, he was called by the endearing; though somewhat unmajestic, name of Dick."—SIDNEY SMITH. Dr. Monk, in the splenetic tones of a Timon, Complains that wag Sidney has nick-named him Simon, Such a silly complaint's the best argument, sure, To prose him a Simon—the real Simon Pure! METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning, in a leading article on the subject of the Rev. Sidney Smith's third letter on the pro jected Reforms in the Church, as regards Deans and Chapters, says, " Mr. Smith calls Earl Grey his excellent patron. They have hitherto thought alike on matters re lating to Church and State ; may we not therefore con clude that their opinions are still identical, and that the retired Statesman feels with the indignant Residentiary, that a stop should now be put to ecclesiastical changes— that enough has been done atpresent." The Morning Chronicle observes, in reference to the Corn law discussions in the Commons, which just now monopolize public attention—" Lord John Russell, cn Thursday night, told them in a speech distinguished for moderation and good sense, that it would be useless to repeal the Corn-laws after the destruction of our foreign trade, for the evil would then be irreparable, and the mo nopoly useless ; but that if, as was alleged by several Mem bers, our manufactures were yet safe, that was the strongest of all reasons for now making the change while there was vet time. Sir Robert is deaf to all these considerations He deems the opportunity favourable fur ingratiating him self with the landowners, and halloos them on in their blind expedients." The Morning Post commenting on the effect that a re peal of the. Corn-laws would have in Ireland, remarks as follows:—" It is appalling to contemplate the effect on Ireland of a repeal of the Corn-laws. It would destroy the exchangeable value of almost the only largely-existing property in that kingdom. Cheap bread would be of no use to the populace, for they would not have any thing to buy it with, were it selling for a farthing the pound." The Morning Advertiser contains a leading article sug gested by the disastrous, though by no means unexpected, result of the late Corn-law debate in the House of Lords, in the course of whiCh oar Contemporary says:—" The Chartists have done their work nobly ; they have for the moment disunited the Liberals ; and as a necessary result, they have armed the Lords, and the Anti-Reformers, and the Anti-Corn-law Repealers, with a power which they could not otherwise have obtained." vv The Morning Herald is quite enraptured with Sir Robert Peel's speech last night in the House of Commons, which our ecstatic Contemporary declares to have been " wortby of his genius, and worthy of his position." It . was so ; but even this is not saying much for it ; for the Right Hon. Baronet's "genius" is little better than mere dexterous special pleading, and as for his " position," it is among those carping, discontented spirits who are doomed in the " comfortless regions of Opposition." A very in different speech, therefore, may be worthy of such a " genius," and such a " position 1" RAILWAY PROCEEDINGS, &c, (From the Votes of the liousc7: of Commons of March 15.) Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Extension) Railway Bill—Presented, and read first, time. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Bill—Presented, and read first time. Preston and Wyre Railway Bill—Read third time, and passed. Northern and Eastern Railway (No. 2)—Petition for Bill reported ; referred to Select Committee. Northern and Eastern Railway (No. I)—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Ward and Mr. Marshall. Slamannan Railway—Report from Select Committee read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Dennistoun. _ _ _ Railways (Ireland)—lteport thereupon deferred till Monday, April 8. Carlow Borough Election—Petitions of George O'Far rell and others, electors, and Robert Lawler and others, electors, complaining of that election, to be taken into consideration upon Thursday the 11th of April next, at the same time that the petition of Thomas Gisborne, Esq., is ordered to be taken into consideration ; and Mr. Speaker to issue his warrants for persons, papers, and records. Corn Importation—Order read for resuming adjourned debate on question, " That this House will immediately resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Act regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn"—( Mr. Villiers). Question again pro posed—Debate resumed. Motion made, and question put, " That the debate be further adjourned till Monday next." The House divided ; Ayes 61, Noes 475. Original ques tion again proposed; further debate arising, motion made, and question put, " That the debate be further rdjourned till 1 uesiay next." The House divided ; Ayes 53, Noes 373. Original question again proposed ; further debate arising, motion made, and question proposed, " That the debate be further adjourned till Wednesday next." Amend ment proposed, to leave out the words " Wednesday next," in order to add the words " this day six months" instead thereof. Question proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." Amendment and motion, by leave, withdrawn. Debate further adjourned till Monde} next. - Leave of Absence—To Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, a week ; Sir Denham Norreys, a week ; Mr. Wilson Jones, a week ; Mr. Edward Cooper, a week ; Mr. Henry Ashley, a week ; Colonel Grant, a week ; Mr. Thornely, a month. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported :- 1. " That, in the case of the North Union Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." _ 2. " That, in the case of the Sawmill Ford Bridge and Road petition, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. " That, in the case of the Liskeard Small Debts petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 4. " That, in the case of the Slamannan Railway peti tion, the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on giving forthwith the nctices required by the Standing► Orders in some Newspaper of the county of Stirling ; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such Order has been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the 5. " That, in the case of the Anderton Carrying Com pany petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis pensed with." The second and fourth resolutions were agreed to. The Report was ordered to li. on the table. Mr. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and his bride have returned to town. His Execllen 'y is ob served to wear in society the star and ribbon of Saint Laza rus, with which he was lately invested by his Sardinian Majesty, on signing the Treaty of Commerce between Sar dinia and Belgium. Count Po'lon, the Sardinian Minis ter, has received in return King Leopold's Order of the Belgian Lion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party on Thursday evening, at his residence in Downing street. _ _ . The Hon. Wm. Bingham and Lady- Harrie Baring entertained the Countess of Tankerviile, the Be!, gian Minister, and Madame Van der Weyer, and a distin. guished party at dinner, on Thursday evening. Seymour Allen, Esq., of the Ist Life Guards, has arrived at Portland-place, from Woburn Abbey, Bed fordshire. We understand that the young man who was severely wounded in a duel, which took place a few days back at Psris, is not the Duke de Rovigo, but his brother, the Count, who visited this country some years ago. CHURCH-RATE DEFEATED.-011 Thursday a DiEn. , fisole meeting of the parishioners of Nuneaton, called by two of On the 17th ult ,at Rome, William Yates, Esq. , 0 " the Churchwardens to grant a rate to enable them to pay hail, in the county . of Chester, aged 36. wi f e of their accounts for the present year, and the balance for the On the 10th inst., at Tillmouth-park, Elizabeth, th repairs of the Church, was held in the vestry. A hand_ Edward Tewart, Esq., of Cuupland-castle, bill bad been previously issued calling on the parishioners and York- place, Portman-square. Esq' 1 Dent oe ' to oppose the rate as illegal, from its being retrospective. On the 13th inst., at Notting-hill, Samuel The third Churchwarden attended the meeting, and de. aged 57. of Bal a. Glared that be did not ask for a rate for the expenses of the On the 14th inst., at Maidstone, Isaac Minet, of year, and declared that the second question could not be vvyns, Kent, aged 72. , ieod Nl T Y lie ' On the 14th inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Peter 3lac entertained; consequently no rate was granted. —L • Mr' ewes- of Fenehureb-street. tershire Mercury. nave, On l4th ins+ at Gilbert-street, Grosvenor-sa MURDER OF A YOUNG GENTLEAIAN ' the ' • ."' • BY Augustus Kraus, Queen's Foreign Messenger. 59t 000 f sits FELLOW PurlL.—A young gentleman named On the 15th inst., at Grosvenor-place, John, young Joseph Alsop, about 18 years of age, was mortally stabbed 1 - • John King, r.::€l., aged 6. of 11411- ' fellow-student (F. H. Medliurst), on Swur4. -1 . ) Y,.. a On 1 the _2th inst.. Ann, wifo of Yr. James gil,F , :n , ~• -- . house of the Rev. Mr. Sturmer, at Haves .• "- -! s t ee ,,t,.Peninville, afr-d .44. ... . , ..„ ,A 00 1 3", t.3 . x' . .r;' , 1-. - ei- - , - • ~t-."4.--..r.sids----,-,--.. 0; t ore t.e, mia,!•!:,tratc.3 toL Loastsn : I)r,i:cd ;:nd Pub.:6lA 1):, .. A .. Ev;dcnce having been adduce!? b 4'• ' II(' ”' . ' , —i" - '' Wr—W•''CL'"'''''''':'''"'''''''• ...-''- 7-'.'7'''''' . Y 0 ri .d ' " ' • B e th, . stI•PDO ta Uxbridge, the prisoner, who is about 21 years of age, Wag No. IP, ,Ytrand, at The Sem Office, No. 112, remanded for further examination till :Monday h 161839 next. 1 t its county of Middlesex. —Saturday, Blaru Stran MARRIED. o s ser On the sth inst., at Kingston Church, Hants, ile nr /bargb' Es, Mars' son of the late William Hase, Esq., of Lunen tisn ioso to Jacintha, youngest daughter of Major Weston ih late 2d - Dragoon Guards. n i bar d On the 14th init., at St. Peter's. Walworth, ‘ir• ^- ,6 -g ooP Perkins, of Old Fish-street, Doctors' Commons, to MarYnistag second daughter of Mr. Joseph Douglass, lane, St. Paul's. of Great m EVENI G Ern rioN. COU JLAR. The Queen gave audienc.s yesterday at Buckingham Palace to Viscount Melhoura,:, Lord Hill, and Lord John Russell. Viscount Melbourne, Riht Rm. George Stevens Byng, Hon. Fox Maui , . and the lion Mrs. Maule, Col. Armstrong, and Mr. Rich joined the Royal - circle at the Palace at dinner last evening. • The Duke and Duchess nt Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, and Baron Knes(beck, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury wiih their company at dinner yesterday, at there residence in Arlington-street. The Earl of Fiagall, Mr. Fow,ll Buxton, Mr. Robinson, and Captain Pring had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Colonial Office. General Alava, the Spanisil Millistcr, had an interview with the Chsucellur of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. Hervey Kingscote had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. The Duke of Richmond 14 , 1 an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home Office. The French Ambas.sador transacted business yesterday at ...e Foreign-office. A deputation respecting the Factory Bill, headed by Mr. Mark Phillips, transacted business yesterday at the home-ofSoe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party on Thursday, at his residence in Downing-street. His Excellency Reshid Pacha, having taken the large matis;on which formerly belonged to Lord Ormond, No. 1, Bryanston-square, will remove immediately from his resi dence in the Regent's Park. Elegant decorations in the Oriental style have been recently executed in his Excel lency's new residence. MARKETS.-(T HIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supply of vegetables was larger, trade lively, and prices much as last week ; Plants, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per dozen ; Asparagus , Bs. to 14s. per bundle ; Celory, Is. 6d. per bundle ; Onions, Is. per sieve ; Carrots, 4s. 6d. per dozen ; Brocoli, 2s. per tun& ; Turnips, 43. per bunch ; Oranges ss. to 12s. per 100 ; Lemons, Gs. •o Bs. ; Apples, ss. to 308. per bushel; Rhubarb, Is. to Is. 6d. per bundle ; Strawberries, 4s. 6a. per oz. ; Cucumbers , ss. to 10s. per brace ; Spinach, 28. per sieve ; Peas, 205. per quart ; French Beans, ss. per 100 ; New potatoes, 2s. per lb. ; Old Potatoes, 40s. to 60s. per ton. . _ _ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A good supply, but the demand was not lively; and prices much the same as before. The supply of Game and Poultry was not large, and trade was very heavy. BILLINGSGATE AND lIUNGERFORD FISH MAR- KET S. Supply good and trade lively ; prices much as last quoted. (From the London New Price Current of March 15.) SUGAR.—The large parcels of Mauritius brought to public sue- Lion this week have checked the sale for West India Muscovadoe sl for Refining, the operations have been trial, at former rates. 14° dry brown Sugars arc now to be bought under 595, and froM that up to 68s, comprises about the whole extent of the market ; of the superior qualities there is a very scanty show. This afternoon prices remain firm, 61s 6d was paid for a board of low dark greyish Je• mica, and 62s Gd for one rather better. REFINED.—The advanced rates of last week have been supported• In double crushed no sales; a small parcel of lumps manufacture d from Manilla has been sold for packing at 4Ss. Pieces at late prices; iu Bastards the operations have been limited. EAST INDlA. —Bengal : 806 bags have been offered at auction which said at 67s for good mid white, and 63s a 66s Gd for bright damps, and 61s 6d a 62s for washed. Java: 101 baskets at auction sold briskly at advanced rates,good strong grey brought 28s a 28064 fine yellow 26s Gd, damps 25s Gd a 265, washed 265 a 275. Manilla at auction 2,500 bags sold at 23s Gd a 245 Gs for fine brown to loy , yellow, and 22s Gd a 23s for washed; privately 1,000 bags have been sold at 24s a 24s Gd. MAURITIUS.—There has been a good demand ; the whole O f 12,000 bags at public sale finding buyers, and the biddings were brisk, mid brown brought 595, good 60s, ord yellow 62s Gd, Lai d 63s a 63s 6d, good 64s a 64s 6d, fine 65s a 65s 6d and 665, Mi d grey 635. This afternoon 8,163 bags at public sale were all sold at prices fully equal to those of last auction, low to mid brown went at 57s Gd to 58s 6d, good to fine 60s Gd a 61s, mid to good yellollf 63s a 64s 6d, fine 65s a 66s and 66s 6d. - FOREIGN.—In white and yellow Havannah prices remain &M. Brazil has maintained late rates; only 20 chests Bahia have beer% offered at auction, which sold at 27s a 28s for good mid grey' white, and 24s a 25s for low, heavy grey. Of Lima 1,148 bags Were offered at auction and were taken in at the general valuation, o rd yellow at 245, good brown 233, syrupy 218, since then they have been Fold 6d under the buying prices. MOL A SSES.—For West India prices have improved Is per cWt Barbadoes fine at 338 ; Demerara fair at 31s 6d, good 325, and corn. mon St. Vincent's at 3ls per cwt. To.day 34s paid for fine Barbadoes, fine Demerara 32s 61: 1 , St. Kitt's 31s. COFFEE.—British Plantation : a further advance of Is to 2s hi° been obtained for clean qualities ; unclean sorts are also rather dearer : at public sale 89 casks 3 barrels Berbice sold readily, ur di : nary mixed at 87s Gd, unclean fine fine ordinary 988 6d, middling 105 s Gd to 106 s; 125 bags very unclean ordinary Demerara WI taken in at 90s; by private contract middling Jamaica has been S ol , at 113 s to 116 s ; for East India descriptions admissible at the 6d au" 9d duty, prices have improved. Ceylon is wanted by the grocers, s, 102 s offered for good ord. Ceylon of black ordinary quality fetc h, '" 26s to 295. Mocha of fair cleanly garbled quality was princiPa lii ` taken in at 92s to 955, mid at 98s, and pale yellow at 100$; Suma tra of middling quality sold at 468 a 488; good Samarang at its ; clean bold Batavia sort, like Ceylon, at 72s 6d to 745; Laguayra fine C P a 70s; and superior yellow Java was bought in from 77s to 711$; cargo of Brazil, some of it equal in appearance to middling Jamalc s ' brought from 59s to 765, fine fine ord coloury Rio, equal to raid Jl. s: maica, 73s a 765, fine ord 665, rather dark 60s 6d a 635, colour,' low 59s a 59s 6d. Cocos.—Prices remain firm for British Plantation. Foreign wanted, fair Para at 3.5 s per cwt., Ibo bags damaged Guayaquil s°l at 23s a 28s per cwt. Oms.—Cod has commanded 311. 10s, and pale Seal 511 a 31/ 106• In Sperm prices are fully as high. For Linseed Oil 27s 6d has be er ' accepted. Rape : lower rates have not been submitted to. PAM' at 40s. Taut:W.—ln the early part of the week, for Petersburg Yellow Candle on the spot, 50s 3d to 50s 6d was paid for first qua' lity, but prices have since given way to 49s 6d to 503 ; for delive r y in April 40s 3d to 48s 6d ; for the last three months, 465 ad to 41 ' per cwt. Town Tallow has told steadily ; at public sale 70 casksinferior Tallow, imported from Havre, brought 47s 3d to 47 1 Odi and 27 casks East India 46s to 46s 6d ; 196 cas k s Petersburg Soap Tallow withdrawn at 47s per cwt. Rom, BRANDY, •ND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica is held for previo u i s t rates, bat Leewards must again be quoted rather cheaper, a °p i parcel of proofs having been sold at 3s, and 50 puns 36 per c ent ove:proof at 4s 11d, but generally there are not sellers of the forw l 'i under 3s Id. Prices rem a in firm for Brandy ; in Geneva under 253 t to 2s 4d there are no sellers. British Corn Spirits as last quoted, b it is supposed that at the next meeting of the Distillers the P' will be reduced 2d or 3d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—At auction 4,027 bags Calcutta have been dart refraction 16 % to 13i per cent brought 26s to 26s 6d, refrac t ' 7 % 25s 6d, ref ra ction 61 26 to 26s 6d, ref r action 5 to 3 pe rcept 26s 6d, to 27s per cwt. ; in British refined, prices are lower, 311 in hhds, and 328 in brls This afternoon 2,436 bags Calcutta at auction were all sold, le ; fraction 6 !i to 4 per cent went at 26s a 26s 6d, and 7 toB pe rms at 25s 6d per cwt. RICE. —ln East India Rice, prices have given way ad a 1 ' p er cwt. At auction 4,651 bags Java all sold mid white at 14s a and damaged at lOs a 11s 6d. 2,852 bags Bengal have also 1)6 "" offered, not above half found buyers, good mid white at 15e 6ul i: 16s, and good at 16s 6d, the remainder was bought in at 16 5 . Carolina there has been nothing doing. pt INnuo.--The East India market continues very quiet. g auction, 13 Guatemala sold at 3s 6d to is 3d for low and olid dill) Cortes, which is 2d per lb. lower than the last sale. PRICE OF BREAD. the 41u. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 100. for Loaf, Good Bread may be had at 8,2 d, PRICE OF SEE: JS.—Marcia 15, rar Cwt. Per Quarter. aB,. New English Red Clover 70s. 11•2 s St. Foin 40s. 4 4 , Old Dto ditto -s. -a. -s Rye Gras- 225. 354. r . 40s , New Foreign Ditt's ...6Es. 003.1'93 r.icey Grass --s 4. a 4.r d . AAP. Old Ditto Ditto -s. 403. 603. Linseed, for feeding 465. 525 30 New White Clover C& Ms. O VOs. Ditto, for sewing -s. 5,, 6 0 • ,05. Old Ditto Ditto -s. 453. 60s. Ditto, for crushing...-5 43 '' 01. Ne, Trefoil 2O, 253 20s. Canary .... s PO , . 3 , , Old Ditto -s. !Ss. 225. Hemp -s. vs 42 Treloliiirn 10s 11s. 1:33. Per Bushel. , cs ed. English Carraway -s. 433. 465. White Mustard...l Is. 14• --. od. Foreign Ditto -s. 40 3 .44 5. B rown Di tto 1 5 3. Od. 2e.: 0,1 Coriander -s. las. 21s Tares 4, 6d. v* W. Rapeseed, Engh. h tine per Last) 361.38' Foreign 341. • PR ICES OF POTATOES AT SPEIALFIELDS. York Reds (from vessel) 4/. lOs. to 51 Os. per ton. Scotch Reds ditto 4l. ss. to 4/. 15s ditto I(!dneys 44 los. to 51. Os. ditto Shatv, PRICES OF HOPS.-March 15. F:srnham ;'oaks, (per cwt.) ...... 6i Os. 71. 15s. to W. 55 ' East K.ni Pockets... 4/ Ns. 51. 15, to 8! Ss' Ditto Las. 4l. 4s. 51. 10,. to 7/ Ps" Mid Kent Pockets 3l. 15s. 51. ss. to 13 / ,I.l' Ditto liege 3i. 103. 4/. 10a to 7... n. Sussex .1 , 3'. 3/ 15 3 . to 4'. l'-'" Yearlings '2l. 10s. 3/. 3s. to 41. 4 ,..' Old old: COAL MARKET.-March 15, s. d Adairs 2O 6 Burton Main 29 Carr's Hartley . Lease's Main l9 I Pentop Windsor Russell's High Main c t. 5. 0 Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 4 0 Wills End Lambton ........ :4 Walls End Hartlepool .......• t o g Dizon's Butterknowl ......... f 29 Walls End Adel,We ...... a Walls End Barrett ............ Walls End 15 rowu's Deancr9;l 0 W. iis Wall s Wals End l u ld End West End En d CA' Seymouragwnnd ........... alls last market-day, 4. • —OOO Westwe,t Tone .• . 20 0 Townley 2O 0 Walls End Be, icke aid Co `,'Cl Walls End Go4or.li Walls End llea!on . Walls End Ho'spur Walls End Kiliingworth . 20 9, Ships arrived since _ . , .6s' PATENT LEVER WATC— g • With silver double-bottom cases £ 6 f l 6 With silver hunting cases • l•b Abl e This celebrated construction (the most accurate on roe a watch can be made) is offered, with the latest illoest ments .e. the detached escapement, jewelled in fe u ; oi ly capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, end.boie taming power to continue going while winding up, at t he " price, by T. COX SAORY Watchmalcer, Silver and Goldsmith, 47, , Cornbill, Lonlleso - (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. oth On the 7th inst., at Tralee, the lady of Major Patton,f Regiment, of a. son. ° On the 13th inst., at Blackheath, Mr s . Frederick a son.