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1410}1 WATEr Morning 30 • IS Ma; rav i n g AU' .riblxt ions TERIES offer goo &re 1 Tlti tril AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOR RONN. it utes:aftcr S I Evening 5 minutes after 9 ,esty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA. 11-10RISED and GUARANTEED several Dis cf Money, which (though they are NO LOT . and do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) .t many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMM - MOH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, lOW SELLING SHARES far any of the said DIS BUTIONS of MONEY, at ♦arious prices. The Die utions contain various portions, from oNE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS sd upwards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended us to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to tho Prospectus and Particulars, upon ad dressiug, .s.VITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGII. 'sons desir giving a: THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 7, Will 'be repeated the Play of THE TEMPEST. Ir. Warne ; Prospero, Mr. Macrcady ; Arid, Miss P. Horton. 'r which the Pantomime, called nd FAIR ROSAMOND: or, Old Dame Nature and the Fairy Art. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard ; Clown, 111 r. T. MathewU Columbine, Miss R. Bodmin. TO..MWTOV: —Fair Rosamond; The King :nut the Duke, encon ; and the Invincibics. rnpest, and Fair Rosamond. ar, and Fair Rosamond. Tell ; The Omnibus ; and Charles the 9lonzo, lIMILEQUECT S! atv,rd: & c (IT —No performance. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Ice of the great alterations in the MIAs in several parts of the !ow publish a Morning Edition of Ile to be despatched by the Morning By this arrangement such of our Sub as may receive the Evening Edition too late, can suit themselves by having a MORNING EDITION, containing the close of the Debates in both Houses of Parliament, and all other news arriving in London up to the hour of Morning Publication. Those Subscribers who wish to be supplied with the Morning Edition will please to notify the same to their revectice News Agents, or to The Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. arnvat of Kingdom, The ,S'itn, Second Editions, containing the Ikbates in t 22 :0 the hour of post, in the Evening as usual. EL ~'=~, Me W 44-111 LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1330> The House of Lords only met yesterday to carry up the'r Address Mr, 'WALLACE, in the Commons, took the opportu nity of presenting a petition to claim his right to make a speech on presenting petitions whenever be thinks Other Members will insist on the same xnd the tacit resolution of the House not proper tight to allow speaking on petitions was at once Icrvcked on the head, and the right to speak ved. How many minor Members have acquiesced :le privation, and have suffered themselves ed of their dearest right, that for which the House, is a curious pht-nomenon for philosophers to explain. The Speaker indeed seems to think the matter yet operi to decision, but he will be sure to have the great majority against him. 3 Int b I .'etitions against the Corn-laws were ,presented frty,n Greenock, nrightoq, and Edinburgh. Mr. PALMER, as if the Government and the Legis- Lture had n'Jt enough to do, was anxious that they :should taltr., on themselves the care of loading timber ships, which Mr. POULLTT THOMSON thought the shipowners would not allow. In answer to an inquiry, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he could give ?lb information as to when the Mili tary Commission will make a Report. Who can ? Notices were g i ven t o b r i ng .in Bills to amend the Registration Act, the Highways Act, which is amended, we believe, every year .by the country gentlemen, and for assimilating the registration of voters in Ireland to that of voters i s England. The Sessional Orders, with their reiterated absurdities, occasioned a snarling kind of discussion quite worthy of the subject,, but they were passed without amendment, though n at without a division. Mr. WYNN, the vigilant guardian of privilege, took notice of Mr. Harvey:s case, which is to be brought under the notice of the House. It would be curious if he were compelled to vacate his seat, notwith standing his resignation of office and salary. The bringing up the report of the Address served Mr. O'Connell for an occasion of making another speech 4 011 Belgium. The Hon. and Learned Member, whose "delight is wordly strife made a severe attack on the Xing of Prussia and an ex-Lord Chancellor, and gave a smart slap to one of the "ornamented things," who in military co fume last night moved and seconded the Address. 31r. O'Connell's attack on an ex-Chancellor woos felt by the Speaker to be an invasion of the privi leges of another Assembly, and Mr. O'Connell was obliged to cut short the yarn of his vituperative oratory. it does ncithes the 1121141 es of Parliament, nor the individual Members credinben vehement and scur rilous assaults are made in one House on Members of the other, though, if anything can justify Mr. O'CoN NELL for; openly attacking the Lords, it was the pro digious. applause which their Lordships gave the evening before to a severe castigation inflicted on Mr. O'CON• NELL. Such unseemly conduct should have been laid aside when the Parliament was reformed ; it was proper enough for rival boroughmongers, but not for patriots. We cannot appreciate the merit of the abuse, and therefore refer our readers to it, to judge for themselves. A good deal of desultory talking, chiefly relative to Mr : O'Connell ; Ireland, and its social condition, to India, and papers ; to Canada, and Lord Durham's report, ensued. The principal speakers were Mr. Shaw, Mr. Plumptre, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, and Sir Robert Peel, but nothing worthy of particular notice was said or done. The Report on the Address was agreed to, and the House is to meet at half-past one o'clock to-morrow to carry it to her Majesty. At half-past seven the House adjourned. We expected that Mr. WOOD'S speech in the House of Commons, and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S comment, would excite a great deal of attention, and wo are not disap pointed. They formed nearly the sole subjects of dis cussion at the meeting of the Corn-law Delegates yes terday, and are likely to be re-echoed from all the towns in the kingdom. At the meeting the Chairman began and remarked, that though the export of cotton yarn, the raw material of cloth, had increased, the export of" cotton cloth had diminished. " The fact is," said Mr. SMITH, "we are exporting the means of manufacturing to " other countries ; the value of the coal exported was 180,0001. of copper, 136,0001. of tin blocks .52,0001., of tin plate 83,0001. There had been an increase of above fifty per cent., an increase of 180,000/., in the exportation of coals." Properly did Mr. SMITH say that - had Mr. Woon done his duty, he would have expressed the feelings of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a most unworthy representative. Mr. GREG followed, and Mr. ItAwsoN, Mr. A SIIWORTII, Mr. JOHNSON, 411(1 others, followed Mr. GREG, and all attacked poor WOOD, who will never, apparently, know peace in Manchester again. It is necessary to observe, before We say another word on his statistics, that every month, nay, ci,ery mek, tends to give a somewhat different character to facts from that given to them by Mr. Wool), and we should have better known what confi dence to place in his statements, had he mentioned the days on which his quoted years respectively begin and end. Letting that obscurity, however, pass, ghat is the amount of Mr. WOOD'S statements, that they should be considered an argument in favour of the Corn-laws? I. le tell s us t h at the export of our woo ll en manu f actures Is decreasing, 385,000/. in 1838 ; while the quantity of wool exported is increasing to the extent of 158,0001. lie proves, too, that our cutlery and hardware, ere while the great staples of England, are fulling off 2322000/. in 18353 ; while the amount of iron exported, of which cutlery is made, is increasing. Now, such fitets as these—and obviously Mr. Wool), and who ever ( - rammed him, did not select those most favourable to the decay of our manufactures—may well be set off against the increase in cotton twist and yarn exported. But these are merely half-wrought mate rials, and, by being exported, give a great deal of em ployment to industry, which is not native. It is almost exclusively, too, the produce of mills, requiring to com plete it a comparatively small quantity of labour, while, to make it into eloth or hosiery, sets many human beings at work. Though we protest loudly and determinedly against the restrictive system, in all its branches, those who advocate it and will not, allow our people to eat cheap bread, ought in consistency and honour to pro hibit the exportation of yarn and twist and wool and iron, that our people may reserve to themselves the privilege of manufacturing them into cloth and cutlery. Admitting the great increase in prosperity in 1838 which Mr. WOOD sought to establish, how does it prove the benefit of that system which the cotton-spinner's son, now a rich landlord, said should not be lightly meddled with ? The people multiply—no thanks to the Corn-laws. They emigrate and spread themselves all over the world—but not from loving the Corn-laws. They export their property and extend the trade of the country. As the people in c.:Tease, both at home and abroad, experts and imports increase ; and all that can he said for the Corn-laws is, that mischievous as they arc, they are not so powerful as wholly to crush the natural ever-welling spring of hu:nan prosperity. As the people multiply, they require more accommodation, more carriages, mere vessels, more houses ; and hence that increase in the number of ships which Sir RosEter PEEL assumes as an index of benefit conferred on the community by a profligate system of legislative plunder. It is plain, too, fr,)m Mr. WooD's statistics, that it is the produce, not of untutored art, but of consummate mechanical ingenuity, which is chiefly exported. By its contrivances, which have been as little caused by the Ccrn-laws, as the rain which fell to-clay, our skLful people have been enabled to bear up against the extra ordinary burdens heaped on them by the landlords ; and because they have not altogether sunk under them, and have staggered and struggled on, we are aetually called on to admire the burden, which is slowly crushing the na tiorad industry, and told on no account to remove it, We lately called attention to a new locomotive engine, invented by a Mr.KOLLMANN, of which one great merit is to allow of vehicles, carrying passengers on the railroads, to be flexible and light, whereby from ten to twenty tons dead-weight is got rid of in one train. But if he were to go into the House of Commons, and tell Mr. WOOD and Sir ROBERT PEEL of the many advan tages to be obtained by thus diminishing thee weight to be dragged, of the lessened friction and decreased expense, and if they were to carry into mechanics the philosophy by which they make laws, they would answer, " Tell us not of these evils, do you not see that the locomo tive goes a-head, and even performs its journey with considerable rapidity ?" What do they care for the enormous friction caused by the unnecessary weight ? What is it to them that the furnaces are quickly burnt out by the heat necessary to drive the ponderous machine ; that the rails arc always out of order ; that the train is sometimes upset ; that the ex treme prersure now and then blows up an engine ; that the whole work is scarcely profitable, and is continually carried on amidst uneasiness and danger, all which might be avoided by lessening the weight ;—what aro all these to mechanics of the calibre of Sir R. PEEL and Mr. WOOD, as long as the machine can be drawn from one end of the rail to the other ? The nation does not stand still ; the Corn-laws have not yet brought it to a dead lock ; and though it groans under their weight, and the friction threaten it with destruc tion, Sir BOBBY and Mr. WOOD exult in its progress. The moral lesson these politicians teach mankind is quite on a par with what we have supposed to be their skill in mechanics. " More than a million and a half of pounds sterling," says the benevolent and righteous Earl FITZWILLIAM, " have been taken out of the pockets of the people of England in the short period of two months. Really fellow-citizens this is too bad." Too bad indeed ; why, the devastation of a barbarian conqueror, the invasions of an ATTILA or a BUONA PARTE, or even the more destructive progress of a French Revolution, preseat no such gigantic and rapid scheme of plunder and destruction ! Yet Sir ROBERT PEEL thinks it ought on no account to be meddled with. Street prigs, or burglars, pointin to their blowens and their kids, may say " See how therlive in'elover by our labour ; sec, too, what a colony of friends in Field-lane we maintain by what we prig ; see, also, how we employ policemen, Bow-street runners, constables, gaolers, &e., &c., and acknowled4, at once that for the Stat e ou rs i s a most profitable inatry." And if Sir ROBERT PEEL and the rest of our Legislators dare to stand up in the Houses of Parliament and defend the Corn-law robbery, because the landlords and farmers are enriched, and have something to sell, something to pawn, and something to give away, why may not prigs and burglars with equal justice defend their own equally honourable occupation to that of plundering one part of the com munity by law ? Much as we hate and detest the Corn laws as restrictions on industry, as impediments to na tional wealth, as inflicting slow and painful death on multitudes of people, we hate them less on these accounts than on account of their perverting the moral sense of the community, as exemplified by Sir ROBERT PEEL, after the example of some Journals, standing up in the House of Commons and de fending an acknowledged legislative robbery, because it does not wholly arrest the natural and commanded pro gress of society. If the nation, however, continues be sotted, the Corn-laws will, ere long, effect even that. Had the opinions of Mr. O'CONNELL any weight on the Continent, we should exceedingly regret the random observations which he made last night relative to the dispute between Holland and Belgium. Mr. O'CONNELL professes to have the greatest hor ror of war, and yet he scruples not to indulge in language which, if ad-opted by the House of Commons, would spread the flames of war throughout Europe. The recklessness with which he attacked the King of HOL LAND was only equalled by the extent of his misconception of the real merits of the question which has so long en gaged the attention of the London Conference. The estab lishment of a Constitutional Monarchy in the very heart of Europe, without the instrumentality of the sword, is the crowning effect of that policy which Mr. °Vox- NELL affects to regard as wanting in zeal for the civil and religious liberties of the Belgian people. But this is a view too comprehensive for Mr. O'CorotELL's powers of political vision. The country will learn, with all the pleasure which so amusing an announcement cannot fail to convey, that the Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln, Colonel Stirlloar, has charged himself with bringing before the House of Commons a motion for the return of the cork-screw expenses of the Earl of DURHAM'S mission to Canada. As the Gallant Colonel enjoys the reputa tion of being a toast-and-water drinker, the friends of the Noble Earl may object to his being properly quali fied to test the extravagance of the uncorking system ; but it may he confidently pleaded, in answer to such an objection, that there is not another Member of the House of Commons whose genius would have suggested so very original a ground for attacking the administration of a Lord High Commissioner. The CHANCELLO R of the EXCHEQUER, it appears, is of opinion that Lord DURHAM having received no salary for his services, the length of his Lordship's wine-merchant's bill is not a proper subject for Parliamentary investigation. C o l one l SIBTHORP thinks differently, and that is a sufficient reason for much grave deliberation on our part before coming to any decision upon the subject. The only thing in the shape of a rational ob jection that can be urged agejnst the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman's motion, exclusive of the CHANCEL LOr of the ExcnvauEa's explanation, is, that it does not go far enough. Why limit inquiry to the cork screw expenses of the Noble Earl ? Why make a dis tinction between the eatables and the drinkables ? The Gallant Gentleman gave it as his own opinion, " that means should be taken to submit to the consideration of the House all the expenses connected with his Lordship's mission." We trust, if inquiry take place at all, the ad mirable suggestion which we have just quoted will not be lost sight of. With the cork-screw and fur-cloak expenses, let us have a clear account of the ham and beef, tea and coffee, and bed and blanket costs of the Canadian mission. The items will, of course, supply all the information that such Con servative statesmen as Colonel SIBTHORP want, to qua lify them for framing a new Constitution for Canada. Our readers will find in another column a reply to the letter of Mr. Cumuli, inserted in The Sun of Saturday, from the Auditors of the Church-rate Abo lition Society. We must candidly confess that it does THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUANY 7, 1839. not meet the imputations cast upon the Society in that ample and open way which we had expected, and which alone was calculated to remove those suspicions which have for some time been gathering in the minds of the Abolitionists throughout the country. In such a case as this it was incumbent on the parties accused to court the utmost possible publicity. They were charged with misap plying the funds whieh had been raised with mush difficulty, and entrusted to their keeping for the further ance of a great public purpose. They should, without a moment's hesitation, have published such a statement of the expenditure 'uf the money as would clearly show the uses to which it had been appropriated. It is a misapprehension on the part of the Committee, whose sentiments we presume the Auditors represent, to sup pose that any injury to the cause of Abolition can arise from following this course, because they state that the accounts were open to the inspection of any subscriber who chose to come and examine them, and who of course might copy and publish them. If it was demed essential to the proceedings that se crecy as to the mode of applying the funds should be preserved, why, it may be asked, was this partial pub licity permitted ? Besides this, the Committee should recollect that very few of the country subscribers, who were, as we arc informed, the priucipsl contributors, could avail themselves of the invitation to come and examine the financial documents. They aught very justly say, " It is more proper that the documents sbould be sent to us than that we should go to them. Have we not done enough when we have given our money, which some of us can but ill spare ? And have not we as good a right as the London subscribers to know what has been done with it ?" We hope, therefore, that the Committee will recon sider their determination to withhold from the sub scribers at large a speeitic account of their expendi ture. The statement of the bare fact that they have received 1,3551. I3s. and spent 1,3 ESL 9s. 4d., which is all that they have given to the public, can satisfy no one. It merely shows that the money is all gone, and thus really supplies an addition ni reason for inquiring bow it has been disposed of. he Hanover Gazelle of the Ist instant announces the appearance, in the third number of the collection of the Laws, the Royal Cabinet Orders relative to the dissolution of the Board of Privy Council, and the formation of a Council of State in its room. It is of great length. The King presides at all sittings of the Council of State when he thinks necessary. He is, besides, represented by a President ; one of the Mem bers acts as Secretary. The Council of State consists, 1. Of the Princes of the Royal Family, who are of full age. 2. Ordinary Members, by virtue of their office.. 3. Extraordinary Members by virtue of the King's appointment. The latter attend only the sit tings In Pleno, and when they are especially summoned by the President. The Council is divided into the Plenum in which eleven Members must be present, and into four sections—Justice ; the Interior ; Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, Finances and Trade ; Mili tary Affairs. The President is his Highness Major-General the Prince BERNHARD, of Solms, Braunfels. It is said that Count MuNsTEa has declined being a Member of the Council of State, on account of his great age and infirmities. The New Hamburgh Gazelle has a letter from Hano ver of the 27th, stating that the Chancery of Justice of that city decided a few days ago that the affair of the six Professors shall rest for the present, and this, because a difference respecting the competency of dif ferent Tribunals exists ; that is to say, a case in which the authorities do not agree whether the cause ought to be brought before the Judicial or the Administrative authorities. GERVINUS, who h.s divided his cause from that of the rest, has bee❑ rejected in his applica tion for •restoration to his office, but has now adopted the mode of petition, and this has been referred to the Cabinet. We have received the whole of the Paris Jonrnals of Tuesday. They are still occupied with the prepa rations which the leaders of the Ministerial and Oppo sition parties are making for an election contest which is to decide, not only the fate of a Cabinet, but of a system of foreign and domestic policy. The National intimates that the Prefects and Sub-Prefects have al ready received their instructions from the Minister of the Interior, and that bribery is the order of the day. The Constilutionncl resents the calling the coalition an anti-Cabinet intrigue, and'contends that the conduct of the Cabinet was such as unite honest men of all opinions against it. Such, however, is the pre vailing excitement among the French Journals, that it would be a waste of time for one unacquainted with the merits of the question in dispute, to refer to them for an explication of it. To com prehend thoroughly the present state of political events in France, it is necessary to view them from an altitude midway between the ground occupied by the supporters of the KING, and the space allotted to themselves by the leaders of the Opposition. It will no longer serve the purposes of truth to laud or censure indiscriminately either the acts or intentions of the Court, or the Opposition party ; because, while it is manifest that several Members of the Opposition, such as M. ODILLON BARROT, aim only at the welfare of the people, the majority probably look only to a change of system, which would secure to themselves or their friends, the Lion's share of the Government patronage. The great corruption of the Court has been justly and loudly denounced ; but in extenuation of the conduct of Louis PHILIPPE, it must be admitted that he found all the elements of political depravity prepared to his hand, and that in employing them he had some reason to infer that he was only depriving his subjects of liberties which they themselves had given decided indications of an incapacity of wisely exercising. Had the Revolutionists of July known anything about the working of a well-balanced Constitution, they would have begun by destroying that system of centralization which has converted France into one vast manufactory of Government jobs, and by sparing which they exposed the Electoral Colleges to the temptation of bartering away their liberties. In the next place, they would have given to France a new and direct electoral system, and not have left the liberties of thirty millions of freemen to depend upon a Royal interpre tation of a piece of blotted parchment, to which they gave the sounding name of a Charter. In the realiza tion of their theoretical dogmas, they imposed regal tests, instead of raising an impregnable rampart, in the shape of clearly defined popular rights— rights to be guarded as well as exercised by the people—against a Royal assumption of despotical power. The conse quence was, that the people of France saw no means of correcting the crimes of the Govern ment, but by fresh attempts at Revolution, forget ful that the power to change a dynasty is common to all states, even the most barbarous, and that where the throne is most insecure the people are most un happy. LOUIS PHILIPPE saw the grand error of the Revolutionists from the outset—he had witnessed the (in Kingly eyes) fearful power of the Chamber of Deputies, and he adopted the expedient of securing a personal majority to defend him in that quarter. The Minister of the Interior had only to hint at a new road, or a local Government job of any kind, to secure the return by the Electoral Colleges of any num ber of Court candidates ; and thus, by aeroit manage. ment, the King vested in himself the executive and con stitutional attributes of the three estates of the kingdom. This is what has led to the present coalition—a coalition formed of irreconcileable elements, it is true, but tho roughly united against the u nconstitutional power of the King. Strong in corrupt influence the King has ap pealed from the coalition to France; and, driven in self defence to resort to a wider sphere of political action, the loaders of the coalition have declared war against bribery in the Electoral Colleges. But this is not enough. The coalition, to secure a permanent triumph, must widen the basis of the a nti-Court confederacy. They must declare for an extension of the franchise, and the establishment of a system of direct re presentation. Without these reforms the consti tutional balance can never be so preserved in France, as to secure at one and the same time the liberties of the people and the prerogatives of the country. Still the people will be great gainers by the present appeal to them ; because it will serve to fami liarize them with the practical working of a constitu tional system. They will learn that restricted as are their liberties, they are sufficient to enable them to con troul the measures of the Crown without the ne cessity of an appeal to brute force. Having once thoroughly acquired this knowledge they will not be such fools as to look to a change of dynasty as the sale remedy against political grievances. They will have recourse to peaceful agitation—to that whole some troubling of the political atmosphere, without which it becomes so putrid as to be only fit for the respiration of slaves and tyrants. For this reason we rejoice that the Chamber of Deputies has been dis solved under circumstances so exciting ; and we re joice the more, - from a confidence that the opposi tion in self-defence will be obliged zealously to invoke the patriotism of the Electoral Colleges. As to the rumoured determination of the King to resist every majority of the Chamber opposed to his darling system, it received on Monday an official con tradiction. We never believed there was a syllable of truth in it. Once rid of the Belgian question, and with certain guarantees relative to Spell, the King will and may yield without the shadow of a compromise. The Belgian Chambers stand prorogued by Royal Ordinance, to the 4th of March. To this, under exist ing circumstances, extreme measure, King LEOPOLD is driven by the obstinacy of the Deputies, who have manifested something approaching to a determination to resist the adoption of the Ultimatum of the Lon don Conference. Whether the KING will then ac tually dissolve the Chambers, or try the effect of in terniediate reflection upon their counsels, is a question already mooted in the political circles of Brussels and Paris. But to dissolve them before the elections are over in France, is what the KING cannot do, con sistently with any regard fin. the p ea c e o f E uro p e . Awarethat the sympathies of a larg e p roport i on o f th e Freneb people are enlisted in their behalf, the Belgi,ins breathe out nothing but " threatenings and slaughter " against the King of HOLLAND :trid his German Allies. This dangercus excess of courage would be soon cooled, in a collision with the Prussian troops on the frontier ; but we trust no measure will be left untried to allay it, without the firing of a single shot.. It will be seen by a reference to extracts from the Brussels Papers that the admission of General SKrizY NECKS, a Pole, into the Belgian army, has given um brage to the Governments of Russia and Prussia. It is possible, however, that the rumours of the papers upon this subject are greatly exaggerated. The same obser vation may apply to the reports of the military prepa rations on the Be!gian frontier. When the Hon. Member for Dublin, last evening, was making reprisals on a Noble Lord, the SPEAKER inter rupted him, and expressed his conviction that the House would see the " propriety of at least setting a good ex ample" in their proceedings. We do not enter into the merits of the dispute between two men of great ability and of great influence among a numerous class, nor do more than advert to the impolicy of friends of the people fighting with each other, to the delight of their opponents, but we must protest against the doctrine laid down by the SPEAKER. It might do for Quakers, and might have been practiced by the primitive Christians, but among all other classes it is now a dead letter. The House of Lords is to a certain extent an irresponsible body ; the SPEAKER has no more authority than any individual Member, and the blame being shared among some three hundred personages, falls very light on each ; but if the LORD CHANCELLOR, like VAN BUREN, can not control those over whom he presides, or prevent some of them from making inroads upon their friendly neighbours, what can they expect but retaliation ? The House of Lords wants reform in that respect, as well as the Government of the United States ; and while they remain with only a nominal Speaker, without the power to restrain Members, a result similar to that of last night must be the consequence. Mr. O'CONNELL was interrupted, but did that pre vent him from replying to the charges, not certainly at such length, but with equal bitterness and acrimony? and, for aught we know, with as little foundation in truth as the imputation on himself, which he declared bitterly groundless? But gross abuses lead to reform, and possibly the little skirmish of last night may lead to an " Eliot Convention." THE ADDRESS. MUNORITY— Aglionby, Major F.—Cumberland Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth A ttwood, Thos.—Birmingham Barron, H. W.—Waterford City Make, Martin J.—Galway Blcwitt, Reginald—Monmouth Malkin, J. J.—Galway Co. Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis Rrocklehurst, J.— ‘taccicS field itrotherton, J.—Salford Browne, R. D.—Mayo Bryan, 111:.j. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Buller, Charles—Liskeard Bulwer, Sir E. L.—Lincoln Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenuy Co Chalmers, Patrick—lnverbervie Chapman, Sir M. I..—Westmeath Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Cothington, Sir E.—Devouport Collier, John—Ply month Collins, NV —Warwick Conyngham, Lord A.—Canterbury. Currie, Rai kes—Northampton Denistoun, J.—Glasgow D'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T. Lair bet h Duckworth, Samuel—Leicester Duke, Sir James—Boston Dusdas, C. W. D.—Flint Easthope, J.—Leicester Etwall, Ralph—Andover Euston, Earl—Thetford Evans, Sir G. De Lacy—Westmin.. -AYES, 86. !Hume, Jacob—Kilkenny !Hutt, W.—Hull Jervis, J.—Chester Jervis, S.—Bridport Johnson, W. Augustus--Oldham 'Langdale, lion. C.—Knarcsbo- • rough Leader, J. Temple—Westminster Lister, E. Co nli Brad ford Maher, Jno.—Wexford co. Martin, John—Tewkesbury Molcsworth, Sir William—Leeds Nagle, Sir 11.—Wes , meath O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Callaghan, Hon. C.—Dungar. van O'Connell, Daniel. Dublin O'Connell, John—Athlone O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee ;O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co. IPattison, James—London Pechell, Captain—Brighton I'ower, John—Waterford Protheroc, Edward—Halifax • Itainsbottom, J.—Windbor Roche, E. ll.—Cork Co. Roche, William—Limerick Rundle, John—Tavistock Salwey, Lieut.-Col.—Ludlow Scholefield, J.—Birmingham Somers, J. P.—Sligo Somerville, Sir W.—Droghede Style, Sir Charles--Scarborough Tanffed, H. W.—Banbury Thffnely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Vigors, N. A.—C w Co Villiers, C. P.—WriVerhampton wakiey, Thomas—Finsbury (ill) Wallace, Robert—Greenock Warburton, H.—Bi idixat White, Andrew—Sunderland Williams, William—Coventry Wood, Sir Matthew—London eter Evans, G.—Dublin County Fenton, John—Rochdale ridden, John—Oldham Finch, F.—Walsall Gillon, Wm. D.—Linlithgow Grote, George—London Hall, Sir Benjamin—Mary lebone Harvey, D. W.—Southwark Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe tersfield TELLERS. Hill, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham buncombe, T. S.—Finsbury Hindley, Charles—Ashton Ward, H. G.—Sheffield NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Wallace,—Two Bills for ths better regulation of the Sal mon Fisheries in Scotland. 2. Mr. Ward,—Petition from Sheffield, praying the House to alter the system under which the Petitions of the People are now received without being heard. 3. Mr. Baines,—Return of th. quantity of Corn liberated from Bond in the Port of London in the year 1837; with the date and amount of each delivery, and the sum paid as duty thereon. 4. Lord John Russell,—To nominate the following Committees : Standing Orders :—Lord Viscount Clive, Lord Viscount Ehring ton, Mr. Estcourt, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Montagu Chapman, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Pcndarves, Sir Robert Price, Lord Viscount Sandon, Sir George Strickland, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. George Wilbraham, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Prinsle. Petitions for Private Bills :—Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Baines, Mr. Robert Clive, Captain Gordon, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. liteorge Cavendish, Mr. Compton, Mr. Handley, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Finch, Mr. Hope (Gloucester), Mr. George Philips, Lord Viscount Eastnor, Mr. Bingham Baring, Mr. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, The O'Conor Den, Sir Charles Style, Mr. Aglienby, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. Crawford, Captain Jones, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Stansfield, Lord Worsley, Mr. Greene, Mr. Pease, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Edward Rice, Mr. Mild_ may, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Halford, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Wodeliouse. Privileges : Mr. Bernal, Mr. Williams Wynn, Lord John Rus sell, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Viscount Clive, Lord Viscount Palmer. ston, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Hume, Sir Matthew Wood, and all the Knights for Shires, Gentlemen of the Long Robe, and Merchants, in the House. Printing :—Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Hume, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Baring, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Strutt. Public Petitions :—Mr. George William Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Hume, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Clay, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. Greene, Mr. Macleod, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Yates, Mr. William John Blake. Expiring Laws :—Mr. Baring, Mr. Attorney-General, Mr. Soli. citor-Genetal, the Lord Advocate, Lord Viscount Ilowick, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. John Parker, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Hume, Mr. John Jervis, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. Bennett, Sir John Guest, Mr. Bernal. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS: CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK ARRIVALS TIIIS MORNING.—French and Ostend mails, also a tnall fr-ortx Hrklifax by the Star ; sailed the 20th of January. :We have received Halifax Papers to the 18th OPENING OF TIER LEGISLATURR.—On Monday, at 2 o'clock, his Excellency came down in the usual state to the Council Chamber, and opened the Sessions with the following speech : ORDERS OF THE DAY.-THIS DAY. 1. Standing Orders;—Committee to be nominated. 2. Petitions for Private Bills ;—Committee to be nominated. 3. Privileges ;—Committee to be nominated. 4. Printing;—Committee to be nominated. 5. Public Petitions ;—Committee to be nominated. 6. Expiring Laws;—Committee to be nominated. 7. Queen's Speech to be considered. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met this morning at One o'Clock, in order to proceed to the Palace, to present the Address to her Majesty, agreed to by their Lordships. The mover and seconder, Earl Lovelace and Lord Vernon, the Duke of Norfolk, the Bishops of Ely, Here ford, and Norwich, and the Earl of Shaftesl?ury, were the Lords present. Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Houseme — t — a — t Half-past One o'clock, in order to proceed to Buckingham Palace to present the Address to her Majesty. Amongst those in uniforms were the mover and se conder, Mr. Buller and Mr. Wood, Lord John Russell, ~ Sir John H o bh ouse, M r. P ar k er , Mr. Fox Maule, Gen. Evans in hi s Ribb on o f t h e B at h, and Mr. R. Stuart. Among s t th e M em b ers we noticed Mr. Baines, Mr. Maule, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. C. Lushington, Mr. Sciwie neld, Mr. Williams, Mr. Jo hn O ' Connell, and Mr. Elliot. Lord JOHN R U SSELL a ppeared at the Bar, and sa id that her Majesty, having been waited upon, bad been pleased t o appo i nt that s h e w ould receive that House at half-past two o'clock. The House then adjourned till a Quarter before Four o'clock. Earl G rey on T ue sday last met with a s er i ous accident, whil e read i ng in the drawing room at Howick.h a ll , one of the large Paintings having fallen on his Lordship's head. The blow almost proved fat a l to the Noble Earl, who is not yet out of danger. —Tyne Mercury. The dinner to Mr. Hume is to take place the first Wednesday after the Easter recess. ( Extract.) " Mr. President and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legis. lative Council: " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly: " The loyalty for Which Nova Scotia has always been conspicuous was never more cordially expressed than in your joint Address, congratulating her Majesty on her ac cession to the throne, nor more pleasingly exhibited than iu the rejoicings which took place in all parts of the pro vince on the occasion of her coronation. I could not open the present Session in a more acceptable maneer than by acquainting you that her Majesty received with gratitude and satisfaction the assurance of your devoted attachment to her person and government ; and that, in promoting the interests of her faithful subjects in this colony, the Queen will discharge one of the most grateful duties of the station to which it has pleased Divine Providence to call her. " I am happy to be able to congratulate you en the con tinued prosperity of the Province. . "At the present moment we have ample cause to be thankful to the Almighty for an abundant harvest, a suc cessful fishery, an improving commerce and revenue, and an uninterrupted tranquillity. " I lii the full enjoyment of this last and greatest blessing, we cannot but deeply lament that our loyal brethren in the Canadas are not equally forward ; and I am assurer , that while admiring the noble stand which they have success fully made against the late nefarious attempts to sever their connections v.ith the parent kingdom, .you will sincerely feel for the sufferings of the families of those brave own who have Fallen while - defending the authority of their So vereilln, and their own dearest rights. " You cannot have failed to observe with high satisfac- tiun that every act of her Majesty's Government relating to these colonies, have clearly indicated her firm resolve to withstand all attempts to destroy or weaken her supremacy over them. " It affords some gratification that it is contemplated to substitute steam packets for the sailing vessels now em- ploycd i❑ the conveyance of the mails between Great B.itain and Halifax. ' " To secure the attainment of al the advantages antici pated from this arrangement, the co-operation of the Le gislature of the several colonies to be benefited by it is es ; and I obey her Majesty's command in submitting matter to your consideration, and, in inviting you to assist in improving the mail routes, and to offer such other facilities as may depend on you, with a view to increased expedition rt the communication between this place, New - Brunswick, and Quebec. . " Her Majesty trusts that the measure, involving, as it does, considerable additional expenditure by the mother country, will prove beneficial to the public, and give satis faction to the colonies. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly— " I have ordered the accounts of last year and the esti mates of the present to bo laid before you ' • and I have the further reliance on your readiness to make due provision for the several branches of the public service. " Mr. Speaker,• and Gentlemen of the House of As sembly— " Your Address, complaining of the habitual violation, by American citizens, of the treaty subsisting between Great Britain and the United States, on the subject of the fisheries, has engaged the serious atten.tion of her Majesty's Government; and you will be happy to learn it has been determined, for the future, to station an armed force on the coast of Nova Scotia, to cn- force more strict observance of the provisions of the tre4ty by the Americans, and that her Majesty's Minister at Wash ington has been instructed to invite the friendly co-opera tion of the Government of the United States for that purpose. " The mostattentive consideration has been given to your several other addresses in the last Session, and it will be my duty to lay before you the replies which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to return to them." LICERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FF.II. —The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a moderate extent; sales from 3 to 4,000 bags at firm prices. THE FUNDS. We have received official intelligence this morning that the Belgian Chambers have been prorogued for one month, not as was stated yesterday, dissolved. This, no doubt, is to give time for reflection on the part of Minis ters before the sword is unsheathed, also to be in possession of her Majesty's Speech ; it also appears that the Austkian and Prussian Ambassadors do not approve of a Polish General having a command in the Bel gian army, and threaten to leave, Brussels if he is not discharged ; this is certainly a verylarbitrary measure. Consols opened for Money rather lower than they closed, 9l 4- 92 ; for the Account, 92 to I }, little doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 64 66; India) Bonds, 61 63 ;! Bank Stock, 2021 203 ; It a lia Stock. 3521 3i. ; Spanish Ac tive rather lower, 181 19 ; Portuguse, 364 7; Three per Cents., 231; Brazilian, 79k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 54K i ; Five per Cents., 1024 3. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank* Stock 202% India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9211 % Ditto Bonds 6l pm 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 15, South Sea Stock 3% per Cent lOO% Old Annuities Ditto Red. lOO%l, New Ditto New 334 per Cent 9954% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17M New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... Gil (14 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l4 15-16 15 Ditto Small 66 r4im. Oct. 10, 18511 It 13-16 Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l4 11-16 A Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 18641. — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 9214 2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian 80nd5...% ........ ...... Peruvian Bonds , w ... Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Colombian Bonds 27% Ditto Account — Ditto Account Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824 t.) ill; Spanish Bonds.. — Ditto Account Danish Bonds 76 514 Ditto Bonds, 1534 Ditto Account Ditto Account. l9 18% Et Greek Bonds i , French, 5 per cent....... —f. —e. Ditto Bonds, 18225 — 4 per cent. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2!4 per cent. 5456% Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account 54% Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. 414 105. 7,e 5% 17 8 red 631. Pls. 6d. Bissoe Bridge . t andoliga Mining C0mpany.......... General Mining Association Real del Monte Mining Co., Registi Ditto Unregistered _ _ . Brighton Railway Lendon and Birmingham Railway Company ... 00 173 4 London and Southampton Railway Company 381. 17s. Dd. 441 4 4 Alf,nchester and Birmingham Railway l5 15 British North American Bank PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, FEB. 5. 3 per Cent. Consols - .i per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Hibernian rank .. - Ditto New, 1830 9!,0 par Cent. I)ebenturea 92 Bank stock Royal Canal Stock grand Canal Stock - City of Dublin Steam Comp. National Insurance Company City Debentures, 4 per cent. Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - per cent HALF-PAST- ONE. Consols:continue heavy, and have receded to 91i 92 for the Account ; Money, 91i. Exchequer Bills, 66 64 ; India Bonds, 61; Bank Stock, 2021; Spanish Active, 18i- 9 ; Portuguese, 36i 7 ; Three per Cents., 22 ; Bel gian, 981 ; Brazilian, 79f ; Colombian, 282- 94; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541 k; Five per Cents., 1021 THREE 0' CL 0 CIE Conslos for the Account, 91i 92. STATE OF TRADE. There was a little more demand yesterday, both for goods and yarn, than ou the preceding Tuesday ; but little actual business was done, and the Market continues extremely flat, so much so, indeed, that several of the manufacturers of heavy goods, and a number of spinners have this week begun to work short time. To what extent this has been carried, we are not able to say precisely, having heard some conflicting statements on the subject 5 but we have no doubt, that unless there should speedily be a change in the Market, the number of mills wholly or partially stopped will be considerably increased.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, FED. 4.—The market to.day has been more unfavourable than that of last Monday. In deed, but a very limited number of pieces have been sold at any price. The wool market has been quite as dull, and prices are rather inclined to give way. HUDDERSFIELD MARKHT, TUESDAY, FED. s.—This was a brisk market, although there was an apparent dullness its the Piece Hall, and comparatively few buyers. The fact is, most of the business is done to order. The:principal demand is in light fancy woollens, such as doeskins and tweeds, and in fine broads. The demand for some styles in fancy woollens is far beyond the supply. In fancy waistcoatings, especially swandowns, there is a fair demand. The warehouses, during the week, still continue doing above an average trade for the season. Prices on the whole are remunerating, not withstanding th,, high price of the raw material, which is bought in confidence that wools will maintain their present price. Those of our readers who are subscribers to the Mendl,ty Society are well aware that the tickets of the Society are in very ill odour with street beggars, who always turn up their noses atibem. The other day a beggar called at a house in the Tything, and had a ticket given to him. He looked at it for a moment with huge disdain, and exclaimed " None of your paper currency—l am for cash payments ;" he forthwith corn. mitted the obnoxious " rag" to the kennel. It is very clear to us that if the " benevolent" would Issue paper only, our streets would be still more free from beggars. We are indebted to the Society for our comparative exemption from these impel tinences. DR. CARSON'S METHOD OF SLAUGHTERING CATTLE.—The terms smothering and strangling have ignorantly been applied to the new patent method of slaughtering; but the patent method differs so far from these modes of destroying life as to be exactly the reverse of them. If an ox be killed either by knocking, pithing, smothering, or strangling, or by any other method, and immediately stuck in the usual way, a mass of fluid, to the amount of between forty to seventy pounds, and contain ing, with the colouring matter of blood (which is admitted to be renewed at every breath from the purest part of the atmosphire), the lymphatic, lacteal, and serous juices of the parts traversed by the larger circulation, nearly all the edible parts of the body, and the chief nutritive fluids, will be instantly discharged ; while the same animal, if •killed by the new method, and stuck in the same way, would not be found to yield more than a spoonful or two of this mass, which, when properly distributed, is the most delicious and nutritive part of the frame, and which, if entirely with drawn, would leave the remainder unfit for human food._ Liverpool Albion. We understand Lord J. Russell has appointed Mr. Wedgwood, the ex-Peace Magistrate, Registrar of Hackney Coaches. --- We are authorized to state, that in consequence of the death of his father, the Right lion. Henry Labouchcre, was not present at the dinner given by Lord John Russell to the Parlia mentary supporters of Ministers on Monday last. QUEEN'S BEN CH.-(THIS DAY.) CRIM. CON.—WALTON V. GOMME. Mr. Triestdea and Mr. WATSON, were for the plaintiff; Sir F. Pommels and Mr. Peeversoone, for the defendant. Mr. TIIESIGER said the plaintiff is a lithographic drafts man, in the employ of Mr. Hullmandell, card the defendant nn erehitect. The parties reside at Hammerernith. The action On brought to recover compensation in damages from the defendant for criminal conversation with the plain t:ff's wife. The Learned Counsel then stated the circum stances of the case at some length, as they were afterwards detailed by the following witnesses:— Henry Wm. Bonsor, clerk to the plaintiff% attorney, produced a certificate of the marriage of the plaintiff and his wife, in Feb. 1830. Francis Dunavon, of Kensington, deposed—l know the plaintiff and his wife, and was present at their marriage. 'fire plaintiff resides at Hammersmith. He and his wife have been separated for some months. Mr. Walton is about 30 and his wife 23 or 24. Cross-examined.—Mrs. Walton's brother and sister were also present at the marriage. I have known Mr. Walton nearly a dozen years. I have known Mrs. Walton since she was four or five years old. I knew her father and mother ; they acre net present at the marriage. '1 be father kept a baker's shop at Kensington, not quite half a m ile from the church ; he was in an infirm state of health at the tine—the mother was nut. Thomas ReeVe , , the brother of Mrs. Walton, gave her away. Mr. Walton's wother was not present at the marriage ; she lived at Hol land-terrace at the time. None of his brothers or sisters wire pr crt. Holland-terrace is about a mile from the church. There were none of Mr. Walton's friends present that I know of. The wedding party consisted of Me. Wal ton, Miss Reeves, and her brother and sister. Curiosity induced me to go. I went purposely to see it. I thought the marriage would not have taken place, as Mc. Waltun's lewdly was so much superior to the other. Matilda Goodall—l was formerly iu the service of Mr. Walton, the plaintiff. I went there on the 9th of March. Ile was living at Hammersmith. He is an artist. I lived with him neout three months and a fortnight. Sometimes Mr. Walton staid at home, but he was generally away during the whole day. The defendant was lodging in the house when I went there. He and Mrs. Walton used frequently to go out together. I have frequently seen Mr. Gomme in the bed-room when Mrs. Walton was dressing ; he would remain sometimes for half an hour. My master generally returned between seven and eight, except on Thursday evenings, when he went to the Bri tish Institution, and did not return till ten or eleven. On one occasion (about the 11th of April) between one and two o'clock I went to the parlour to ask a ques tion, thinking there was no one there but my mistress; the door was shut too, but not fastened : I opened the door and asked my mistress a question about the other servant having an improper disease. Mr. Gomme seid •‘ Ah, what ?" I then locked" towards the sofa and saw my mistress lying on it and Mi.. Gomme with her. Ile seemed very muc confused, and put his hand to a certain part of his dress. I was very much surpiised and stood still for nearly five minutes. After which I went out of the room. A short time afterwards Mr. Gumme came down, and wished me not to mention what I had seen as he should be ruined. He said he was a rogue and a villein, and that if Mr. Walton found it out he would tell him all about it, and that it was not her filth but his. After that they went out more frequently than before. They generally had tea together, and when my master came the leaves were boiled for him. Mr. Walton seemed very kind and affectionate towards his wife, and she was very kind towards him. He always spent his even ing at home except on Thursday. I gave imy mistress notice to leave. Some time after Mr. Walton's brother (Joseph) called on me and made some inquiries. On Tues day last I saw Mr. Gomme rear his grandfather's house. He said if I spoke the plain thing he was a ruined man. Cross-examined—l have known nothing of Mr. Walton's family until the last twelve months. When I went there Mr. Gomme was an inmate of the family. There were three rooms down stairs, and three bed-rooms up stairs. Mr. and Mrs. Walton slept in one, Mr. Gomme in ano ther, and myself in the third. Mr. Walton seldom dined at home, not more than three times, except on Sunday. Two o'clock was the usual time for dinner. They gene rally supped all together about ten. Mr. Gomme was almost always at home during the whole day. He is a house surveyor. He used the parlour for the purpose of carrying on his business. Mr. Walton's house was his home and his place of business also. Mr. Gomme is 22 or 23. Mr. Walton has sometimes gone away without a breakfast, and left Mr. Gomme and Mrs. Walton to break.. fast together. I have sometimes sat up until 12 o'clock to let in Mr. Gomme. Sometimes Mrs. Walton and Mr. Gomme have gone to town about 5 or 6 o'clock to meet Mr. Walton at the play, and they have all come home together. This has bappetied two or three times a week. Sometimes master has come home to tea, and they would all go together. I don't recollect Mr. Gomme and Mrs. Walton returning together before Mr. Walton. Mr. Walton's mother came to the house, and remained about a mont:r. Mr. Gomme was away about a week. When Mr. Walton's mother was in the house, Mrs. Walton slept with me, and Mr. Gomme and Mr. Walton slept together. Old Mrs. Walton did not leave her bed room, as she was ill. Mr. Gomme and Mrs. Walton dined together as usual, her sister being sent down into the kitchen to me. When I went up stairs on the 18th April to ask about the other servant, it was in consc . quence of my mistress having promised to examine her, as I did not like to sleep with her if she was diseased. I did not know that Mr. Gomme was in the room at the time. I had a little dispute with my m stress before I gave warn ing. I remained there six weeks after seeing what I have mentioned. I never told either Mr. Walton's family or Mrs. Walton's family any thing /theta it. I don't remem ber that Mr. Walton ever slept from home. He has some times come home as late as eleven or twelve o'clock—not more than onco or twice. Emma Cooper—l went into the service of Mr. Walton, at the latter end of June or beginning of July. Mr. Gomme was living in the house. I lived there six weeks before any discovery took place. Mr. Gomme and my mistress used to go out a great deal together. One day Mr. Gomme said lie believed people said there was something between him and-my mistress, but it was wrong. On ono occasion they went out together, and Mrs. Walton did not return before nine o'clock. I recollei t seeing Mr. Gomme in my mistress's bed-room, when they were going to a concert. After they went out I went into the bed-room and saw the bed had been flattened, and had been made different from what it had been in the morning. It was . generally neces sary to make the bed twice a day. It was very often tumbled. When Mr. Walton was in the house Mr. Gomme did not sit so near her. When Mrs. Walton sometimes came into the kitchen Mr. Gomme came and called her away. On the 31st of July Mr. Walton desired me to watch during the night. I understood that Mr. Walton was going away. Mrs. Walton's sister (Ann Reeves) was in the house. She slept with me. I went up stairs between 10 and 11, having left Mrs. Walton and Mr. G. in the parlour. I soon afterwards heard Mr. Gomme and Mrs. Walton come up stairs, and they bade each other good night. I heard them go into their rooms. Mrs. Walton locked her door, but Mr. Gomme did not. I heard Mrs. Walton open her door very softly, go down stairs, and then come 1 4; again. She went into her own room and remained • about ten minutes, and then went out and opened Mr. Gomme's door, an:. l . said " Come in now—come in now." ;Lire was getting out of bed, and I heard his bed creak, 's room. The he then went into her room. in bout an hour's time I got out of bed, and went to Mr. Go r e n. : door was open. I looked into the room , and in the bed, but could not find him. My mistress's door evzs.: little ajar. The dog began to fly at me, when l said, " Mr. Gomme, where are you, there are thieves down stairs, and I wish you would come down." My mistress came to the door, and asked what was the matter. I said I thought there were thieves at the kitchen window. She said it was all nonsense. I then went down stairs and opened the parlour door. No one was there. As I was about leaving the parlour he called from the staircase, " What the devil's the matter ?" My mistress said, " She thinks there are thieves." He said, " It's all nonsense : I only went down to put the cat out."—( Laughter.) I found the cat in the kitchen. Mr. Gomme then came down, and I said, " Wherever have you been; what were you doing out of your bedroom?" ald ho said he had been down in the parlour reading. On the following day Mr Gomme came down for his boots. He said, " Whatever made you come into my bedroom last night?" I said I had reasons for it. He said he knew some one had a spiteligainst him, and wanted to injure him. He had just come down to the parlour for a bock. ' I said, " Before I disturbed you I went down stairs." He said " I saw you." I said " Tha' you did not, for I v. as not down at all before that time."—( Laughter.) He de sired me not to tell anything of what I had seen, I after wards saw my master and told him. During the time I was in the service of the family I thought they were a new married couple, they lived so happily together. Cross. examined —I saw my master the next day at Lis mother's, at Holland-place. He bad arranged for me to watch, and meeehim there the next evening. I told him Mr. Gomme had out of his bed-room. He returned home with Mr. Joseph Walton, and they turned Mr. Gomme out of the house. Mr. Walton did not go to bed that night, and the next day went to her mother's. Mr; Walton slept in Mr. Gonime's bed. I was in the house 'five or six weeks before this happened. William Wilde—l am a tailor at Kensington, and have frequently seen the plaintiff and his wife together. They lived as happily together as any persons could do, according to all appearances. I don't know any thing of Mr. Gomme. He dresses well. James Roberts, collector of the assessed taxes at Ham-. mersmith—Mr. Gomme's father is a builder. There is considerable property belonging to the family. I don't know the defendant personally. Sir F. Pot.eoce then proceeded to address the Jury on the part of the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord ABINOER. ) There were two Special Jury cases in the Paper to-day, but very few of the Jurors answered to their names. The causes were withdrawn. (Before a Common Jury.) LEARMOUTH V. GRANDIN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as assignee of an insolvent named White, for a balance of accounts amounting to 4131. 12s. The insolvent and a Mr. Attwood had been in partnership as printers, and had received many advances from the defendant who was uncle to Attwood. The advances were put down in the books of the firm in the name of Attwood. Mr. White had represented to his as signee that these advances had been made on Attwood's account, who was now dead, but Mr. Cresswell, who vc,s for the defendant, put in letters from White to defendant, acknowledging that the money was advanced on the pa, t nership account. He also put in an account in White's handwriting, wherein he debited White and Attwood, and credited the defendant, in which he made the firm debtors to the amount of 38/. 17s. The Learned Gentleman also put in a bill of exchange signed by White for the exact half of that sum. _ _ The Jury found for the defendant. Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Knowles were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Butt appeared for the defendant. BELGIAN PAPERS. -- - BRUSSELS, FEB. 4.—The Moniteur Beige of to .obl contains the officiel communications of the Government- t° the Chambers respecting the negociation with the Loud° Conference. They fill four or five-columns of the Joure set and Supplement. General Skrzynecki, whose admittance into the B gian army by a decree of the Ist of this month wag , 411. uounced in the Monitcur yesterday, has been placed ti ponsibitile till a suitable employment can be assigned ttlee, conformably to Art. sof the law of June 10, 1830, Ilse pos eeon of the officers.—Moniteur, Feb. S. Petesstes. FEB. 4. —The Ministers of the I n terior c d Foreign Affairs, of Justice, and of War, successiv.ely tr" 1" sacted business wits: the King. On Friday evening, after the sitting of the Chamesor Representatives, the Russien Minister despatched an e;t* traordinary courier to Frankfort and Berlin. At eight o'clock the English Ambassador despatched) 1 courier to London. It is reported, for there are reports of all kinds, that t be foreign Ambassadors have asked for and received th air,. passports. The Sovereign, it is said, would not cons to: to violate his royal word respecting General Skrz y nec In thh4case we may consider the adoption of th e Order • ( 0 _ the day on the Treaty of the Twenty-four Articles a I thing decided Ott. A person who has arrived from Germany this mor sing (says the Esp , ir of Leige) assures us that a Prussian • e ssay of 60,000 men is going to advance into our territory. It seems that the number of horses 57hich the G (Oro . ment expected from Germany for our cavelry, and '`ho portation of which over the frontier of the' Lowec Rh" eta: has been prohibited by the Prussian Govtarnment, very considerable, 3,000 it is said. We do not kn e be whether it would be practicable to pass much delay tl ever French frontier, but at all events this would', elute "'"" c delay and iticonvenience. titlp f B RUSSELS , F l ee 5 —The official part of t he s igiet tion e . : wi announcer that the King has accepted the less Baron de iluam t, Minister of Finance, and o f M. Ernt;e Minister of Justice. The functions of the Fine rice l l n f performed ad interim by Baron Felix de Mere de; sn the latter by the Minister of Public Works. ROYAL ORDINANCE. By the advice of the Council of Ministet s, we have decree The d— Chambers are adjourned from the 4th ..day of F e ' bruary instant, to the 4th day of March next.. Given at Brussels, this sth of Febrary, 1339. (Signed. LEO.POL,,v v • • DE TliEu'm The statement of the two Ministers, and. the iro c 'l, - ,:t plete state of the negociatione, fully justify the of the Chambers to the 4th ,March, which beyno 01.6- 0 implies that they cannot be convoked by the Governrc? before that time to be acquainted with the reolutti!oo, which it has to take on the serious political clu es ' t ee which engages the attention of this cot= try; Government will not in any case proloug that % %stool "i t certainty beyond the time when it can put art en dt ., ° _, without endangering the interests of' this 'colic') Moniteur Beige, Feb. 5. Chimp ° BRUSSELS, FEB. s.—The prorogation of the for some weeks is generally approved. A Jo tirni„ga nonnees. under the head of Carlsruhe, that the 8118- t he : e to t ments for the occupation of Luxemburg, accordtc.,• 1, decision of the 24 Articles and the decisions oft 9 — t ie be are finally made. The Bth and 9th Divisions will efK,etpp occupation, the 4th and sth (Prussians) will regot ili g itb the frontiers as a corps of obser'ation. It is agr ee " - Os France that these last Divisions shall not take part military demonstrations in Luxemburg. The Fren ch n os not enter Belgium unless the federal troops shouldjnirip the limits of the districts ceded, or ir troubles shoul d — the their presence necessary in Belgium'. In tahis cas e • Prussians would advance to Liege.— Courrier COLOGNE, JAN. 2p.—Yesterday afternoon at 2 o 'e' an d orders were received here by telegraph, for the 14th 15th Divisions immediately to call in the resor t° 0 ° and to increase the battalion to 1,000 rrten. Expresses were immediately sent to the district plots trates, and such'measures were taken that- the two Po•-- will be ready to move on the Ist. Feb. rsELG lAN 1. UNDS—Bar 'USIA Dia, Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent .... ...••••• Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cen ". Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ........ ...... Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent........ , ••••• •'" 53 Rank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society —Brussels Papers, Feb. 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 26. Five per Cents. Metalliques Foal' per Cents . Three per Cents. 148 5 5 i Bank Shares —AllgemeineZeitung, Jan. 31. HAMBURG BOR3EN HALLE, Fri • 1 . sod' it M. 10 Austrian Mctariques, 5 per cent. - Die° ditto 3 per c.nt. -- ... Ditto katto 24 per cent, Latin Bank Shares Aiiglo-Itunian Loan lt Itil: t p,si," RUSTiall 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent lO4 II tisgini Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th 98g Series Ditto, Certificates P , ,rttiguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent — l',itto, 3 per cent 514 Dutch .4, per Cants. 53% Ditto 5 per Cents 138 );1 ,6" i Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets „ 11:1 .7', Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents ••••••••••••• ~ )017. Norwegian Loan of 1534, 4 per cents. .......,••••• 101Yei •••• Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents..... Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent .. ;-• .... Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France --- EXCHANGES ON LONDON: HAMBUEG, IE6. 1.-135% ; two months. 134. STOCKHOLM, JAN. 20.—Two months, 12 6 Sr. PRTPIRSBURC: 11, JAN. 22.—Three months, 11 114 6 . —Hamburg Papers. Feb. 1. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Jam 29. 1. Bills. Mott Sr.. Schuh!. Sch., 4 per cent. 10 3 14 I Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102 191% I:xchange on London, three months 6 20 ~ —Prussian Statc Gazette, Jan. 30. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, TEL 5. .." lIALY-PAST THREE.—The Market has given way. Toe t' Toed count the Three per Cents, opened at 78f. 40c., declined to 713 0 0 and closed at 78f. 15c., a fall of 40c. The Five per Cents. 0 4 110 f. 40c. declined to 110 f. '2oc., and closed at 110 E 2SC. ,* . P er , 25c. For money, the Three per Cents. are 50c. and the x i ' . 50 1. Cents. are 25c. lower. The Lafitte Bank I,ooof. shares O 4 e: lower, but those of 5,000 f., are sf. higher. The Belgian ' 0 6 ' Cents., have fallen i per cent. The Belgian Bank dined 15f The Spanish Active oscillated from 191 f. ic , • to 1 9 o fer s hares ha' 0 4 closed at 191 f., a fall of f. The Neapolitan Bonds are 5 5 c* - .1 1,1 The Belgian Three per Cents, for the Account, 65E 50e:: ,Vet ; Railway Shares have declined. The' St. Germain, 30E L ; t "dE 9 1. seines Right Bank, 25f. ; the Versailles Left Band, SC; sn. Rouen, sf. , 1 04 , First Highest / off" - rricOs Price. Price. Price. . 110 ' French 5 per Cents. llO 5 ... 110 15 ... 110 5 ••. 106 4% per Cents lO6 ... 106 ... 1 0 0 " j 06,,,, 4 per Cents. lO2 ... 102 ... 102 "%i i/v 3 per Cents. 7S 10 ...74 10 ...77 90 •;• 1 080 Lafitte Batik 1,003 f. Sh 5,000 f. Sh. 5210 ...5215 —.5210 • Belgian 5 per Cents. 98 14 ••• 98 % ••• PS% .. 5 0 41 Batik •550 ... 5.0 ... 535 ." 0 . 7 Couponsso Dutch 234 Cents 54% ... 54 1 ,' ... 54 q "* ON Spanish Active Passive Neapolitan .. AS 60 ... 08 70 ... 98 5 u ": 100 Itoinan it A ILW AY SHARES. 84° St. Germain B3O ... 840 ... 830 *** 525 Ve baffles, B.R. L.B. Charleroy 440 ... 440 ... 440 e" 1,15 Rouen Strasburgh to Bale 335 ... 335 ... 335 *" THE MARKETS.-(THIS DA BILLINGSGAI:E AND HUNGERFORD FISH ISI Supplies good of most descriptions, and trade lively. To r " - I gS; to 10s., 155., 205., and 255. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 55., 10s., sn i bi tittO Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, jls. to 4a. each ; 3d. to 9d. and I s. each HAY MARKETS. goo° The supplies were but moderate; the demand coutinUt4 prices much as before. TOBACCO MARKET. This is about the only article in which there is a good bu op doing. Prices range from sd. per lb. in bond for ordinary' se• Is. 4i d for flue. Last year at this time the format was 211 ° ' the latter 10d. per lb. of There was only one CO public LONIAL saIe, MAR and that was of 5.j66 KES. at ° Da. 0 Mauritius Sugar, which was not ail sold; that which ws" realized about its former value. B.P. Sugar sells slowly, an a0;00 tains its value. Tea brought the sale prices, and in some p rd a trifle more. Rice dull. Spices steady in price. Cotton trifling business, and prices were firm. 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS 1 " DEAL, FEB. 6. —A M., Wind N. N. W. ; P.m., Wind S . NV";;;;ene 1 V —Arrived and remain, the Victoria, from Ber bice ; Di (naval steamer), Wallace, fromthe Westward. ....M r' 04 P O RTSMOUTH, FEB. 6 —Wind N. W. to WA W., tine- ul t ' ; her Majesty's brig Pantaloon, from Santander, sailed 631 - O l t i t th e Sportsman, Williams, and Chipstow, Hooper , C ork. n' sresi' Corsair, Greg, for Hamburg; Montreal, Griffin, and Shan no . , London ; Elfin, Baker, Sunderland. Pi.vmourn, FEB. a.—Wind S.S.W.—Fan. 6., 9 a.sf.- - " NVIne ,111 , moderate. scl ° , p ,J, FALMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind W.S. W. , str on g breezes, ti,- with rain.—Arrived the Star packet , Li mit. Smith, froml' el' with mails, sailed 21st Jan. ; Alert, Gi b s on , Kutch. _A th e 61' LIVERPOOL, FEB. G.—WindS.E , moderate.—Arriv.t. ,rtire' field, Allen, from New York; Isabella, Br o wn , L isbon ; ":0;r0! Amsterdam; Severing, Beckwith, Colchester; Matild a . IP f 0 Rosa, Yarmouth ; Baltic, London; Marquis of Bute, Ne°l3,ll/ 1 1 con (steamer), Belfast ; Duchess of Kent, and Brilliant, loves Off Port, the Remac, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed the .., .0 0; , Manning, for Charleston; Liverpool (steamer), Tarquin, 14e " otie e ; Phoenix, Antigua; Emma, Smyrna; Trio, Buag, 1413ntephoL Frederick, Fleming, Baltic ; Calcutta, M'Kennell, S t ' s ol e " Stamboul, Sloman, Constantinople ; Mary, Sheppard, Ch 0 4 Orion, Roberts, rieste. el °f e te REDCAR, FEL T s.—Part of a vessel's bowsprit, the le'- .. ,;., sun k between the Tees and Soaton, was seen yestenlett OA, Northumb , flaw!, of Newcastle, it is reported, strucl‘ -01.`' rocks, on the 3d inst., and remained an hour; also two ' 24her , 0 1, names unknown, struck, but got off immediately. . 1 .141 0 _,e0 HULL, FEB. 6,—The Lima, ."Ablin, from London to i'''. ol P'" has put in here leaky, with loss of anchor and table, h e ' ll ed i on t i JERSEY, FEB. 4.—Arrived tire Harmony, from Ne-;°ttit '' - ,41 Hope, Galiibcan, which sailed 28th ult. from Liverpool, 4 stv on the 3,1 inst., with loss of bowsprit, pumps choked, In discharge. tO WS. PORT TALBOT, FEB. s.—The Trial, Sterling, from Bouen , 0 sea, is on shore near this port. ii ..idge St- ae LANMADUCK, FEB. s.—The Grace, OSWCII, from ..,• • -,,,....--- Liverpool, is on shore in Roscully Bay, and full of Wil— . il it saved. e O r ; el AMELARD, JAN. 26.—Several beams of northern tio1 h "-„i a g' S 84 MI I M and RA. Also part of the waist clothe. ' painted green, have drifted on shore here. Kra elee GCERNSETI FEB. 2 —Sailed th 0 Bawn Rus Kob e r St. Übes. ~, rde a% . , t te , PORTLAND, FEB. 4.—Arrived off port the Ceres. D' °' ... l ore"' ..c. PENZANCE, FEB. s.—Arrived the Havre, Off port the Dart, Nunn, from Sligo, with lose of bu l itto * Flora, Port-au-Prince. Stow SCARBOROUGH, Fee. s.—Arrived the Henrietta, frool o , . er, BRINTOL, Fait. s.—Arrived the Eldon, from St. lin r e f ts AO Sroerrosr, FEB. 4.—Arrived the Eleanor, Waller, f ° lia ellir dam ; lkina William, Topp, Harlingen. Min i LEiTII, F us. s—Arrived the renbraght, Yotrags 0 Aid& (0 gen ; Albion, Turnbull, Rotterdam Rhine, Watson , oil, W elt' Se . IP HULL, FEB. 6—Wind S.S. W.— Arrived the Dines, r , Coeg o Monte Video; Enterprise, Smart, Kutch; Em i li e , ~ . 1 ,, Smith, Prone ow, genhapen. Sailed the Nelda, Nicholson, for New Ac'" i; '~'ejc - yest 4 To;; *Only 4 t th NI, in D L -24 to !lad i Nate TE D c Offitt Th terda FA the r kri stre, Arid tr c, C c till