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mentary effect, but of misleading the House as to the number of sheriffs who would be elected by the popular voice in the dif ferent corporate towns of Ireland. The charge was that he had led the House to believe that in every corporate town in Ireland the sheriff was to be appointed by the town council. Now, if the House had put that construction on what he had sail, he had done the House much wrong, for he did suppose that the House was fully aware that all corporate towns, not being counties of cities, had no sheriffs at all. There were but I 1 towns in Ireland in which, by possibility, a sheriff or clerk of the peace could be elected by the town-cotincil. His ( Sir Robert Peel's) objection applied to every elective officer—( Hear, hear)—who might be appointed, after a severe contest, to perform the functions connected with the administration of justice. But when the Right Hon. Gentle man charged him with a watt of candour he ought to allow him to remind him that the question of population ought also to be taken into consideration. In those 11 towns there was a population of 638,000, and he did think this fact alone was a strong argument. The Bill provided that all local matters, and all matters connected :;ith any bridge adjoining the town, ; or the port and harbour thereof, should be entrusted to the management of the town-council, any person refusing - to give a true account in writing of matters connected therewith might be committed by the mayor to prison for three months.— ( Hear. ) But he was speaking of the a dministration of justice. The Noble Lord (J. Russell), and the Noble Secretary at War, bad admitted that there ought to be some separate pro- ; vision to secure this object ; that it was a fair subject for the consideration of the Committee. Lord J. RU SSELL observed that the Crown had under I the Bill the power of rejection. Sir R. PEEL—Yes ; but he had attempted to show how insufficient was the control, how divided the responsibility. It w onld be better to give the Crown the nomination. Let them look at the reports before the House, and they would find convincing proofs that popular election would not secure the due administration of justice.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then emoted the opinion of Mr. Barrington, given in 18:?.5, r.;ainst 6he efficiency of charter justices, as compared with county magistrates, on the ground that the firmer did not act as the latter did, under a sense of responsibility to the Lord Chancellor. Why then should the mayor be one of the corporate justices, when he was elected annually, arid perhaps after a severe contest? He knew that on that point also they must give way. They could not resist the force of that argument, and the practical authority of their own reports. —(Cheers.) Then as to centralization. He complained that when Town-councils, which would probably elect persons of the Noble Lord's political sentiments, were in ,question, the Noble Lord said, that centralization was much to be depre cated; but when the magistrates were concerned, the majority of whom were opposed in political feeling to the Government, then the Noble Lord found centralization an excellent system, and deprived the magistrates of the power of appointing con stables • but the moment Town-councils were me ntioned, he appealed to the old constitutional principle, that those who had local knowledge and experience were the fittest to be intrusted with these appointments.—( Loud cheers.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer had urged in defence of this power being vested in the Town-council, that the police were mere watch men, mere Dogberries, like the old superannuated metro ' politan watch, whose only business it was to parade about the streets, and who had no power whatever. If so, why did the Right Hon. Gentleman insist that they should be pre ' served ?—( Hear, hear.) He now came to the adminis tration of property. With the exception of the one single ar gument—the analogous character of the corporate system—_ every speaker who had diverged from that beaten track had laid great stress on his (Sir R. Peel's) 'plan, and as it seemed to Lave made some impression, he should not attempt to evade it. He was asked, why appoint this commission, and is it to be permanent or temporary ? That commission was expedient on these grounds. They (the Opposition) admitted that towns had a right to the application of their own corporate property to their own local purposes, and that every effort ought to be made to recover their lost property. But there were in many towns no authorities in existence for this purpose. He ob jected to investing the town-councils with the right to corpo rate tolls as an improvident arrangement, and cited the autho rity of Mr. O'Connell in 1825 in proof of the corporations . having no title whatever to these tolls, and he contended, that if this were satisfactorily made out, he had no doubt that the • course which he recommended would be the most agreeable to the people of Ireland. The Noble Lord was, however, shocked at the mention of a Commission.—( Hear, hear.) Why, if there was any Government which had less right than another to astonishment from that cause, it was the Government of the No ble Lord—( Laughter and cheers)—which had been mainly con ducted in its details through the intervention of Commissions. There was the Poor Law Commission; even the Bill which he was now carrying through the House for the consolidation of turnpike trusts—( Hear, hear)—had a Commission, on the ground that petty local authorities—(Laughter)—were not fitted to be intrusted with the management of these concerns. Why, if the Noble Lord had so easily swallowed this wind mill, and now was choked with this pound of fresh Irish but-, ter—if he would consolidate turnpike trusts, and insist on giv ing town councils power to collect tolls, he did say the Noble Lord was straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel.— (Cheers and laughter.) And what did he (Sir R. Peel) pro pose? That there should be two temporary Commissioners, to control a revenue of about 17,0001.—( Hear, hear.) But to say that it was an insult to the people of Ireland to refuse them Corporations, was ridiculous. Would any man, after he went home to-night, because he was living in the borough of Marylebone, feel himself-insulted to-morrow, when he awoke and foundno lord mayor or town council ? Manchester and Bir mingham were not blessed with these institutions, from which Belfast wished even to be released, and yet, according to the Noble Lord, these institutions Ballingcrea and Belturbet were dying to enjoy. It was a remarkable fact, that though by the English Corporation Bill towns might apply for a charter of incorporation, and the Crown was empowered to grant it, in not one single instance, although eight months had elapsed, bad that privilege been exercised. With respect to the ap pointment of municipal police, the Attorney-General for Ire land said, that in towns where the 9th George IV. was in ope ration, the election of Commissioners excited no party or reli gious dissensions. He took that fact as important, for, with the exception of the appointment of municipal police and the administration of justice, these Commissioners regulated all municipal matters ; and if they were administered without ex citing party feelings, why should the Government intrust the regulation of these concerns to a Town Council that would have, in spite of them, a political character?—(Hear.) With regard to the qualification, when the Noble Lord brought in the English Corporation Bill, he stated that he had not taken the 101. franchise as the basis for municipal qualification, be cause it was the Parliamentary qualification also, and he wished a municipal election to be neutral ground. Why, then, did he not do so in Ireland ? The municipal qualifica tion was also the qualification for the Parliamentary franchise, and hence would follow the consequences which the Noble Lord apprehended when be brought in the English Corpo ration Bill—that the municipal struggle would also be a poll ' tical struggle. The Government had certainly acted strangely in this particular.—(Hear, hear.) He should make no reference to any other point which bad been urged in the course of the present discussion. lle had, it was true, been requested by many Honourable Members to ex plain the precise details of the measure which he proposed. In answer to that request, be would tell Hon. Members that the most satisfactory mode of getting •at those details will be by voting for the motion of the Noble Lord near him, (Lord Francis Egerton) for the only way in which he. (Sir R. Peel) could explain the precise enactments of his plan was, by get ting from the house the power to make, in committee, those provisions which he would undertake to prove to be the most desirable for ,the object sought to be attained.—( Hear, hear. ) Proud as his Majesty's Government however were of thir own plan, either from its similarity to his, or from other causes, yet they would trust this side of the honk so far as to enter into a fair competition.—(Cheers.) He admitted that the main objection he had to the present measure was not on account of the patronage which it would place in other hands, but even this was a strong ground of objection, though a secondary one ; when the effect of party differences in Ire land were seen to prevail to the extent which had been ad mitted, it, was not fit that the administration of justice, and the management of the police of that country , should be committed to municipal councils.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) The Bill provided for an annual registration of the municipal electors in the same way as the Parliamentary electors, for annual elections of town councillors, of mayor, and every other corporate officers; and would it be attempted to be denied that in each of these elections the strength of parties in a city or borough would be tried. No man could doubt but that politics would interfere. That corporate bodies - would become political bodies, capable of being influenced by indi. viduals of their own party, and of being perverted when a ne cessity might arise for the promotion of their own objects. — (Loud cheers.) In short, he believed those town councils would be soon influenced by clubs, under whose guidance no minations for corporate offices would be regulated. What did he find to be now the state of things in Cork, where the num ber of freemen was considerable? There a club was estab lished which, by the unity of its members, compelled the ex clusion of their opponents, and enforced the selection of their own candidates.—( Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) This was not all. By the post of this day be had received in formation of the institution of a club in the city of Dublin for the express purpose of controlling the municipal elections.— ( Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) The proposition af forded a tolerable specimen of the system of govern ment by which Protestant wealth and intelligence was to be protected. Oh f" " these coming events," did, indeed, " cast their shadows before," and this was a shadow of a system which would exclude the administration of equal jus tice and stop the equal flow of civil privileges. Here was esta blished the " Central Independent Club of the Citizens of Dublin" at a Municipal Reform meeting, held in the Royal Exchange on the 13th o f F e b ruary , 130. The document announcing this stated that " the near approach of Corporate Reform calls loudly for the energies of Reformers to coun teract the efforts of th e old the Ministerial benches.) T Corporators of th e i r aut h or it hen strip, y. s ye i ti , he would saidth say, the Riohtthe Hon.old Baronet on the oth er s id e o f the House, are afraid of the in fluence of the old Corporators,you say, you dread the danger of the two parties being pitted. against each other—each being engaged in a violent contest for offices which would have the appointment jeroifesGhrya‘nvdheJmurieeesa, convictions t whom ees a r b e il t l e s a b r e e h t a o d be a e f d ound, and Petty ob tained, but your own cheer against the old Corporators Lord, i orssa noisy argument in favour of the proposition of the the Member for North Lancashire.--(Cheers.) You admit . unconsciously, by that cheer, the consequences anticipated on this side of the House, as likely to arise in these towns, namely, that they would become the arenas in which contending faC tions would contend for victory, and that victory would taint the equal and fair administration of justice.—( Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet then proceeded to read the objects for which the Association in Dublin was framed. He mentioned that the establishment of Club nomination, under the ceeding of the Legislature. He fully recollected that when the great measure of emancipation was under consideration in the House of Lords, the Duke of Wellington was asked, would he aeree to Roman Catholics becoming Prime Mi nisters and Colonial Secretaries, and holding such high posts as Presidents of his Majestv's Council. in answer to thet question the Duke of Wellington, then at the head of the Government. replied, that he would make no such distinctions that he would leave those high offices open to persons profes sing the Roman Catholic religion ; and after that declaration from such a quarter, sanctioned by the decision of Parliament, were they to be told that Roman Catholics were unwo o r r th t y: ) to hold such offices as mayors, aldermen, and members councils ?—( llear, hear.) In opposition to these views, which er he then took the liberty to pres.s upon the consideration of the fDr Keoei d house, he recollected that the `p ` thee o • that different quoted. The Ho use, he believed, were aware different versions of the speeches of that individual had at various times been given, but the utmost that could really be established against him amounted to this—that he said the Protestant religion would eventually fall, andhe the Roman Catholic eligion be triumphant. Upon that, tn, was to be founded a reason for refusing justice to the people of Ireland! Surely lion. Members must recollect numerous occasions during the discussions on the Emancipation Bill, in which for similar purposes similar speeches were read in that House, and used and contended for as though they were valid arguments. Had they not heard during the de bates on the Catholic question quotations from the speeches of Mr. O'Connell and Dr. Doyle, and he knew not whom else, to prove all that the speech of Dr. Keogh was now used to establish ? But be would ask with what marvellously little effect did such quotations as those arrest the wise, enlightened, and liberal course of such men as were the tr'e ar.d early ad vocates of Catholic relief—Lord Grey, Mr. Fox, and others? He begged pardon; those speeches were all read after Mr. Fox's time. There was no denying for a single moment that when the peonle were aggrieved, inflammatory expressions fc , 111; but there was mere true wisdom in cutting 1. - c,Lvr‘d branch than in assailing the per, , nt stern. they Freared to let it go forth to the people of leeleesd, that in some respects an English legislature had deemed it right to grant them equal privileges, hut that in others those privileges were to be denied? Would they allow it to go forth that the Scotch and English municipalities were to be on terms of perfect equality, but those of Cork, Limerick, Kil kenny, and even Londonderry could not be trusted, for they, it was apprehended. would prove nothing but schools of treason and rebellion? If such were the answer that the people of Ire land were to receive, had they net some reason to say that they ought not to repose any confidence in a British legislature? The Right Hon. Baronet opposite, the Member for Tamtvorth, at the time of the passing of the Emancipation Bill, had most truly said that the spirit of that measure should be carried through every one of our institutions, and enter into every one of the operations of the executive. To that extent, he (Lord J. Russell) would go at once ; he would sa y , do not introduce that into one institution, and exclude it from another ; all such rules should be general, if acted on at all. Protestant and Ca tholic should, under all circumstances, be treated alike. He was one of those who would not, he confessed, allow it to be asked, had such or such a Catholic barrister been appointed to such or such a situation ? He would reply that the Bill of 1829 bad pat an end no all such distinctions. As to the policy which we should pursue towards Ireland, lie contended that it would be far better to conciliate the goodwill of the people of Ireland, by just measures, than by occupying too much time or attention as to what might be the opinion or the influence of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. It was nothing to him (Lord J. Russell) that the measures he conscientiously brought forward and advocated in that house bad the support of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. He cared little for the obloquy which might attach to being supported by that gentleman. As long as the measures were in themselves good, and calculated to cement the union between Great Britain and Ireland, he cared not for all the abuse and vituperation which might be poured forth upon him.--( Hear, hear.) He professed his belief in what the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen said as to the effect of equal laws upon Ireland : he did believe that if the laws were alike, and that justice were fairly administered, it would be found that there existed on the part of the people of Ireland no desire to separate from this country, and that heart and hand, in liberty and he hoped in prosperity, we should all be come one people ; but if, on the other hand, rankling jealousy and sectarian spirit were allowed to supervene, or rather to continue, if the Government and the Legislaturd were to say that they must look mainly to the promotion of their own reli gion, he believed that, sooner or later, through many painful struggles, it would be found that, though the arms of England would prove victorious, as they so often had before, yet the repeated conquest would prove but too dearly purchased, while a wise, salutary, and conciliatory policy would for ever avert the danger. Sir R. PEEL, before he applied himself to any of the topics contained in the speech of the Noble Lord who bad just sat down, would make one or two comments upon the speech of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman the Member for Dublin, as the House would recollect that gentleman had retired from the House immediately after de livering his speech of that evening. He ( Sir R. Peel) had of course not the least wish to provoke a contest with the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin, and notwithstanding that he had at various times been the object of much coarse, be would not say offensive, observations from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he felt no inclination to return attacks of that nature. The complaint on the part of the Hon. Member for Dublin was, that on a former night he ( Sir R. Peel) had misrepresented a speech of his, by reading from a report which he alleged had been, on account of political feelings, unfairly given. The fact was, that that report was taken from the Mirror of Parliament, which he now held in his hand, and he thus proved that the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin was wrong, and that he ( Sir R. Peel) was right.—( Hear.) -The passage to which the Right Hon. Baronet referred was to the effect that Eng land had received a large instalment ; he then called upon the people of Ireland to use their reason, and they would see that all those bodies of representatives would in the towns through out Great Dritain become normal schools for the science of agitation.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member, he went on to say, had charged him (Sir R. Peel), in common with other persons who filled the office of Chief Secretary in Ireland, with having deliberately offered an intentional insult to the people of Ireland ; from that he scarcely thought it ne cessary to vindicate himself, seeing that it was a charge which proceeded from that quarter against every person who had ever filled the office of Chief Secretary in Ireland for many years past : it was the customary charge brought against all who proved obnoxious to him in his political views ; he described them all as the etemies of Ireland, and in that there was no thing now ; but he must be allowed to say, that it was a novelty to have the charge echoed in chorus by the 'Mi nisters of the Crown.—( Long-continued cheers.) The Hon. Member for Dublin had charged him with injuring and in sulting the Irish people. He would ask his Majesty's Minis ters how long since he had ceased to bring similar charges against them and their political friends? How long since they themselves had escaped from the severity of his censures? The whole of the Government of Lord Grey, and even many of those Ministers now in office since that Noble Earl had ceased to be the head of the Government, had been exposed to teproaches of that Hon. and Learned Gentleman almost without limitation. Now, as to the question before the House the Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he should demand equal justice for Ireland ; so likewise did the opponents of the present Bill—they, too, demanded equal justice for all classes of Irishmen. With equal laws men could or ought to be con tent, but he, as well as the Hon. Member for Dublin, would say that they ought not to be content with less ; but the ques tion was, would identity of corporate institutions yield that result ? And, in considering a question of that nature, we did not scruple to admit that the fear of ulterior consequences was not without its weight. Nevertheless, he also admitted that th., fear of ulterior consequences was no conclusive-I-ca se-a against conceding a claim really. founded in justice; but if the extreme of justice were done now, the danger lay in the probability of its operating injustice hereafter by an un equal distribution of justice. The Right Hon. Baronet. then proceeded to observe, that the ulterior measures to which he had alluded threatened the tranquillity of Ireland and in tegrity of the empire—that the House of Lords was menaced with alterations—that Ireland was told she could have no jus tice till that body was elective, till household suffrage was obtained, and a variety of similar measures. He ( Sir R. Peel) could not rest his idea of justice to Ireland upon such a foundation ; he should rather resist now at what might be called the first step, than incur the hazard of being forced to do so when the forces of the enemy were further advanced.— (Hear, hear.) the should now proceed to analyze the speech of the Noble Lord : and the single argument upon which it rested was this—that having given corporate reform to Eng land and Scotland, would they dare refuse it to Ireland ? He seemed to say to the House, " You shall not be at liberty to con sider; as to Ireland the whole matter is concluded ; you must not think of refusing the demand of Ireland for new municipal institutions." So far, indeed, did the Noble Lord go in his support of ancient institutions, that he really thought he was for re-establishing and re-endowing the monastic institu tions of that country. The Noble Lord quoted from that great authority, Mr. Burke, a passage directed at first, he thought, against the monastic establishments of the Re formation, but he afterwards found it was in favour of the monastic establishments in France in the time of the Revolution, and the Noble Lord argued, that because they (the Opposition) were willing to abolish Municipal Cor porations in Ireland, they were acting in direct violation to the sentiments of Mr. Burke. He was the more surprised at this charge as the Noble Lord the Secretary at War had in the course of his speech last night said that the two measures pro posed were so nearly sake that he hardly knew how to draw the distinction between them, and that he was the more ena moured of his own measure on account of the similarity of fea tures, which showed that they had sprung from one stock. True, they were not exactly the same, Facies non una duabus ! Nec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum." (Cheers and laughter.) But what the ch ief and distin g uish-. ing o rnament of these illustrious sisters was, that both mea sures provided for the complete annihilation of corporate bo dies.—(hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had abandoned his argument. He said he would abide by his principles. Why, before the Noble Lord concluded his own short speech, he showed that he was afraid to carry out this measure on the analogous principles for whi c h he - c;ontended. The very first objection which he ( Sir R. Peel) had on a former night taken with respect to the summoning of juries, and the administra tion of justice, shook the Noble Lord's resolution. So stror.gly did be feel the force of that objection, that he had resolved to allow the Lord- Lieutenant to nominate the sheriffs and ma gistrates. He hoped he might be allowed to refer to the speech of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Attor ney-General for Ireland made last week, as this was in effect but a continued debate, in which the Right Holt, Gentleman 'stated that he (Sir R. Peel) had been guilty—not exactly of : a purposed misconstruction of the Bill, for the Right non. Gun. tleman was only using such language as would have a Parlia. th „ • S i l`N 5 LONDON, IVEDN - SDAY, MARCH 9, 1836. telusive prt l; .ext of applying an analagous Institution in Ii eland to that of England, will subject Ireland to that exclu si•re posy ession of power by one party, and that undue and rtiat administration of justice which were considered the m. tin evils of the present s) stem —( Hear, hear.) He, in co mmou with his Majcsty's Government, contended for equal justice to Ireland, and for the equal administraticn of justice, and he now admitted fairly that he did not believe that country could be sriely governed on any principle save that, but he thought it of infinite importance that an established rule should there be laid down rather than a _pretence set up of following the example of English Municipal Reforms.—( Hear, hear.) He knew that many Hon. Friends differed from him on the subject of the removal of Roman Catholic disabilities.— ( Hear, hear.) He however avowed, that he did not repent of the course he had taken. Notwithstanding the experi enee of the intervening time, and the disappointment of many as to the result, yet still his conviction was not dimi nished, that in the year 1829, the period had arrived when, from the state of the public mind in England, and the division of Protestant feeling upon the subject, the main tenance of those disabilities could no longer be enforced.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") To those less sanguine than him self, he stated then that, upon a review of the opinions of the country, and of the equal divisions of the House of Commons on the subject, that his counsel was at once to consent to the complete and unqualified removal of those disabilities. It had been said that this proposal for corporate reform was in con formity with that measure. Would exclusion; he would ask, remedy grievances ? Would the Protestant of Ireland not complain of his exclusion from a participation in that power to which his wealth, intelligence, and weight, entitled him ? ( Cheers.) He ( Sir IL Peel) had stated that he was willing to incur the risk of removing Catholic disabilities, though he foresaw the period when another contest would arise ; of that contest he had stated himself to be ready to run the hazard, rather than continue politic2l distinctions. In that opinion he still remained, but he said now, repeating the words he had used at the time to which he alluded, that if ever the contest should arrive, when the question should be, nit the settlement of civil equality, but of predoninanee to one sect is Ireland over another, that then, backed by •the consciousness of hay-. ing done justice and of being right, trusting to the suppbrt of the Protestant .population, he would resist, to the utmost, any speculative. measure, however plausible in appearance, which. L-in his judgment—was likely to diminish the security of the Protestant Establishment or to lead to Protes tant persecution.—( Cheers.) In redemption of that pledge— not knowing whether the Protestant mind in this country would be satisfied with the measure which proposed the aboli tion of all monopolies of civil privileges, and seeking to esta blish equal laws—not, knowing, he repeated, whether the great mass of public opinion would be satisfied, he would now say that, supported by the consciousness of hiving done justice —believing that the proposition of the Noble Lord (Lord F. Egerton) was conformable with justice and better calculated to promote the cause of " good government and quiet regula tion of cities and towns"—to prevent the spread of religious dissensions, and to ensure the impartial administration of jus tice, rather than consent to the establishment of these munici pal assemblies which would form the nucleii of others still more dangerous, he was willing to incur the hazard of rejecting this plan in preference to incurring the greater- evils which he believed would follow its adoption. (The Right Hon. Ba ronet resumed his scat amidst loud and continued cheers.) The House then divided— _ Ayes Noes Majority .. Vitt CES OF SI OCKS TI) IS DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK II ink Stock. —! India Stock ..... ... 3 per Cent Iled. .. -.- — Ditto Bonds ..... 3 per Cent Cons 41;...3%, South Sea Stock — 1 , 4 per Cent — • Old Anmutics — Ditto Iled -• New Ditto — New 3N, per , Ccnt Nem P per Cent ----. Exvh. Bills, Cl,OOO IS pm. Bank LongAnnuitivs to ex pire Ditto 500 • .... IA tlit pm. Jan 5, :;+.41 - . Ditto Small . IS - 20 pin. Oct lo I , ' Ditto Commercial — pm. .. Jan 5. ,n — I:6C l6 3-16 Ditto Advertised — pm. Jan 5, li4) — Bank Sim:: for Account — April 5, ISM lndia StAck for Account 9 1 34 Jan. 5. 1;.,;0 — Consols for Account Onininin — pin. 6 4 ;,gin. Pit it LN tile 101tE1(iN FUNDS Ttlls DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds ... ' Peruvian Bonds . Belgian Bonds 10:l!. Ditto Account — Ditto Account. 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He proposed this, although he knew that there was very important business be fore the House. Sir R. PEEL wished to ask the Noble Lord when he intended to proceed with the Civil Registration Bill ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that he intended to do so on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Four o'clock. Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto .:.......... ......... 2 Us 25 95 Bordeaux Franklin t on Maine, Ex. M. 15316 Peterslotugh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL MAJOR, cabinet-maker, Poole. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN KEEP and JOSEPH KEEP, grocers, Nottingham. BANKRUPTS. JAMES BOURCHIER, oilman, Lamb's Conduit-street, to surrender, March 21, at one, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tribe, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury-square; Clark, official assignee, Copthall-buildings. HENRY BELLINGHAM, surgeon, Assembly-row, Mile End road, Middlesex, March 15, at two, and April 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Jervis, Queen street, Cheapside. JULETTA BUSHNELL, livery-stable keeper, North-row, Park-place, Middlesex, March 18, at twelve, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Pancras-lane ; Lane, Argyll-street, Regent-street. SAMUEL MUNDY and JOSEPH MUNDY, clothiers, Brad ford, Wilts, March 22, at two, and April 19;" at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Crowder and Maynard, Mansion-house place, London ' • Johnson official assignee, Basinghall•street. CHARLES WILLIAM KELK, seed-merchant, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire, March 30, and April 19, at eleven, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs. Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Field-court, Gray's Inn, London ' Marris and Smith, Caistor. JOSHUA SHAW, plumber, Heanor, Derbyshire, March 22, and April 19, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Not tingham. Valiance, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Gregg, Not tingham. JOHN FAULDER, sack.dealer, Birmingham, March 29, and April 19, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Arm strong, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, London. WILLIAM HILDROW, grocer, Darlington, Durham, March 29, and April 19, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Darlington. Stevenson, Darlington; Burn, Great Carter-lane, Doctors' Com mons, London. JOHN IRELAND, builder, Manchester, March 19, and April 19, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, Loudon; Ackers, Manchester. HENRY LOCK, mill-Wright, Bracondale, Norwich, March 14, and April 19, at eleven, at the office of Mr. West, Norwich. Lythgoe, Essex-street, Strand, London ; West, Norwich. WILLIAM FERRY and JOHN BOOTH, glass-manufac turers, Carr's-hill, Durham, March 30, at eleven, and April 19, at ono, at the Bankrupts' Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Briggs, Gateshead ; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London. JOSEPH HADLEY, bone and horn button-manufacturer, Bir mingham, March 19, and April 19, at twelve, at the Anchor Inn, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Gatty, Red Lion-square, London; Cresswell, Birmingham ; Sproule, Tewkesbury. WILLIAM THORN, ironmonger, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, March 21, and April 19, at eleven, at the Grosvenor Arms Inn, Shaftesbury. Yenning and Naylor, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London ; Chitty, Shaftesbury. - CHARLES NEEDHAM, the younger, and EDWARD PEARCE, power-loom cloth-manufacturers, Salford, Lancashire, March 23, and April 19, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Scott, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, London ; Greenhaigh, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Buckley, Manchester, and C. Nunn, gingham manufacturers, Old 'Change, Cheapside, March 29, at twelve—J. Gallier, car penter, Park-street, Regent's Park, March 28, at two—H. Geode, seedsman, Harpur-street, Red Liou-square, March 28, at ten—J. S. Feaks, cordwaincr, Cambridge, March 23, at eleven—F. C. Westley, bookseller, Strand, March 29, at twelve—T. Emmett, pininaker, Holborn-hill, March 29, at twelve—T. Burne and Co., warehousemen Watling-street, March 29, at two—J. Eads, linen draper, Stonehouse, Devonshire, March 29, at one—H. Molyneux, linen draper, Penzance, Cornwall, March 29, at two. In the Country. R. Lubbock, ship builder, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Airil 4, at six, at the Angel Inn, Great Yarmouth—T. Tempest, grocer, Leeds, March 30, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds—J. Duffel, grocer, Bridge, Kent, April 4, at seven, at the York Hotel, Mar gate—A. Surtees and Co., bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, March 31, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission Boom, NeWcastle-upon- Tyne—ll. Coates, cattle dealer, Colchester, Essex, April 5, at eleven, at the Three Cups Hotel, Colchester—Al. E. Burnard, dealer, Bideford, Devonshire, April 6, at six, at the Fortescue Arms Hotel, Barnstaple—E. Bevan and M. Yates, merchants, Bristol, April 12, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.—AIARciI 29. W. Williams, victualler, White Hart-street, Drury-lane—J. Bishton and CO., iron masters, Wolverhampton—R. Claxton, tailor, Norwich—J. Brooke, chemist, Lincoln—J. Heygate, cotton spinner, Mansfield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. BUCHANAN, YOUNG, and MORGAN, merchants, Glas gow, March 11 and 26, at two, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. JAMES ARCHIBALD, flax spinner, Kirkaldy, March 11 and 26, at twelve, at M'Glashan's Inn, Glasgow. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MARCII B.—Wind N. N. E. —Arrived from the River last night and to-day, and proceeded, the Hashemy, Rood, for Bombay ; Stratheden, Cheape, for Calcutta ; Reliance, Cockle, for the South Seas; Orwell, Lancaster, for Madras; and the Planet, Straughton, for Gibraltar. PORTSMOUTH, MARCII B.—Wind N. E. to W. N. W. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7. —Wind S. S. E. to S. W. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7. —Wind S. S. W. to S. W.—Arrived the Ellen, Yeoman, from London, with sails split and loss of head rails, knees, do., bound to Singapore. STA NGATE CREEK, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Countess of Durham, Todd, from Trieste. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Arrived off—the City of Roches ter, —. from Odessa. LIVERPOOL, MARCII s.—Arrived off—the Mary,,, from Berbice ; Dalhousie Castle, —, from Mobile; Columbus, —, from New York ; and the Gertrude, —, from Lisbon. DUBLIN, MARCII 6.—Arrived the Olive Branch, Gordon, from Terceira. BELFAST, MARCH 6.—Arrived he Courier, Smith, and Alert, White, from London. YARMOUTH, MARCH 7.—The Red Rover was brought in here yesterday from Lowestoffe Bzach. ARBROATH, MARCH 5. —The Britannia, Dunkie, which was stranded on Culne rocks, has been carried into Alloa. RAMSGATE, MARCH B.—A ship's long boat, marked "Arab," picked up off the Galloper, has been brought in here. The Pluto, steam packet, bound to the Mediterranean, which put back yesterday, having sprung a leak, will 'not proceed. The Samuel, Wesbury, from Whitehaven to Belfast, struck on one of the Capelands, off Drogheda, on the 4th instant, and filled. The London Packet, from Aberdeen to Leith, was on shore near Peterhead on the sth instant, awl it was feared would be wrecked—crew saved. The Ariel, Hepburn, bound to Oporto, has put back to Sheepness with considerable damage. Vienna, effective II 2M.10 11 Trieste ditto lO 14 Madrid 37 Cadiz .... Bilboa '36 3 4, BircOona Seville 561./i Gibraltar 4B LNGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn l7!.i Genoa 26 Milan..,. . 'll Venice 47 Vaples =1 0 ,4 Palermo per oz. 1272. Lisbon 5.r, ' Oporto 56% 'Rio Janeiro 1 31!4 Bahia •... 26 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight i jg Cork 1 y, PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ, Portugal Gold, coin £9 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 10v Silver. bars, standard 0 5 0 HIGII 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 9 minutes after 7. f minutes after 7 HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 24, 1836. PHIS DAY, being the FOURTH DAY of DRAWING of the SIXTY-SEVENTH HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, No. 1,126, say One Thousand One Hundred and Twenty-six, obtained the First drawn Prize of Baneomarks One Thousand, and the Premium of Bancomarks 100,000 net. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 5 minutes past Three o' Clock. t l it,,, tf * =4 ° , 6=4') . j ._..4. '. 1 4 S i Ir . -i,bir • ''. -,,, ' " 5 ‘ , ..i,& , .. ..::. ::r ..- 3717,",i,. -k... :v.* - . . nn¢ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1836. A full Report of the Southwark Meeting on the Taxes on Knowledge will be given to-morrow. Though the Tories mustered all their strength last night in the House of Commons, on the question of the Irish Corporation Bill, yet they were defeated by a majority of sixty-four, the number of votes in favour of the Bill being 307, and against it 243. Of course the beaten party will attribute this defeat to the inclemency of the season. It was the snow, last time, that robbed them of a victory ; and now, we make no doubt, it' is the rain. However, be the cause what it may, one thing at least is certain, that the defeat of the Tories is an overwhelming one. In vain will they try to recover it ; in vain call the House of Lords to their assistance. Their hour is come, and whether wil lingly or unwillingly, they must consent to be extinguished Not a day passes, but presses this ungracious truth still more forcibly upon them. Desertions from their camp are of almost hourly occurrence ; their numbers are growing " small by de grees and beautifully less" ; and at no very distant period, no thing will remain of them but the name. Indeed a genuine Tory is already become rather a scarce article in the political market ; but, singularly enough, we do not._find that his value rises in consequence. Very few would bid high for the Recorder of Dublin—that unhappy looking gentleman, whose face is a perfect title-page of tribulation,—and as for the Member for Belfast, he, together with his wig, might be had for an old song. But thefe is no occasion for us to impress these facts on the Conservatives. None know better than themselves the degree of contempt in which they arc held by the people. Indeed some of them seem actually to be proud of it, as Mawworm was, when, ac cording to his own account, the boys hooted him, and tied brick-bats to his " pious tail." Mr. GALLY KNIGHT is of the number of those who thus boast of their sharing in the unpopularity of the Conservatives ; and congratulated him self last night on the fact of his having found his way to the Opposition Bench. 'We congratulate him too, and pray that he may long continue there. He is worthy of the party to which he has attached himself : they are worthy of him—and both arc equally worthy of the signal con tempt of the community. Has over such a wretched ex hibition been witnessed as the faction made of itself last night ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM strove hard to make out a case against the Government measure ; but succeeded only in developing his own short-sightedness as a Statesman. He would not, forsooth, support the Ministerial Bill, be cause the " possessors of wealth, refinement, education, and luxury" were against it ; while only " an overwhelming mass of the population, who, he admitted, were rising in wealth and intelligence," were in its favour. Yet the indivi dual who can talk in this strain calls himself a Statesman Heaven help the country if he was ever again to wriggle into place. But the Right Hon. Baronet's most serious objection to the Corporation Bill was, that it would en able Mr. O'Corixxu, to become Lord Mayor of Dublin. " This," said he—and we can imagine bow he looked when he said it—" this would be the last warning symptom of the approaching dissolution of the Legislative Union be tween the two countries." There is something certainly terrific in the idea of a Lord Mayor DAN ! DAN, the agitator, is a dangerous being ; but DAN the Lord Mayor would of course, in his new civic capacity, put himself at the head of a light regiment of Aldermen ; storm the Castle ; knock the Lord-Lieutenant on the head with his mace ; summon all the Irish Corporation to arms ; and proclaim the Repeal of the Union! What wonder, then, that Sir JAMES GRAHAM is horror-struck at the bare idea of such a contingency. But, to be serious, not a single argument did the Tories brine , forward last night, though Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord STANLEY each tasked his powers to the utmost, that in the slightest de gree affected the Corporation Bill. The reasoning was all on the side of the Reformers ; and Mr. O'CoNNELL, in particular, proved incontestably that if the Bill were not passed in all its integrity, the question of the Repeal of the Union would acquire ten-fold power. The debate was an animated and a protracted one ; but there never yet was one in which the Opposition displayed so little tact or judg ment. The Carlow Election Committee closed its inquiries yesterday, and the whole of the evidence is now before us. There is not a line of it, with the exception of copies of three letters, with the substance of which the public is not already acquainted. To republish such a mass of evi dence could serve no purpose. The country is heartily sick of an affair which ought never to have been brought under its notice. We care not to anticipate the Commit tee's Report ; but Mr. O'CONNELL has signally tri umphed over the unfortunate Ex-Sheriff, who is as great a loser in political reputation as in pocket. We stated at the commencement that Mr. O'CONNELL had no thing to fear from investigation ; and that his sole error was in placing reliance upon the honor of a man of whom, personally, i he knew so little, The result proves that we were perfectly justified in making such a statement. Mr. RAPHAEL cuts a most contemptible figure throughout ; and though the Committee may acquit him of all blame in giving publicity to the transaction, we believe that few men of ho nour will henceforth trouble him with their confidence. The first of the three unpublished letters was written to Mr. O'CONNELL by Mr. RAPHAEL, before the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had a personal knowledge of the Ex-Sheriff. It is a very silly affair, and runs thus : ...__ . . ......... 4. Great Stanhope-street, May 23, 1835. " Sir,—ln one of your many brilliant speeches, all of which I have read with eager delight, there is this remarkable, and by me never-to-be-forgotten sentiment--' Ireland is the idol of my worship—whoever is a friend to her, is as dear to me as the red blood that flows through my veins.' lam a friend to Ireland, and therefore I call upon you, Sir, to redeem that noble pledge. Ido not ask you to assist me to a seat in Par liament, but say you shall have a seat, and that very soon.' My gratitude to you shall be remembered, and I shall endea vour to do my part towards relieving and making happy the brave inhabitants of your ill-treated country." Of this letter Mr. O'CONNELL, took no notice, although he dined in company with Mr. ltArnAm, at the House of Mr. I. 1,. GoLnsmin, on the second day after it was writ ten. This puts an end to the calumny of Mr. O'CONNELL having sought out Mr. RAPHAEL, with a view to induce him to become a candidate for the honour of a seat in the House - of Commons. The second letter is the private one, referred to so often by Mr. RAPHAEL, in. the course of the correspondence published by him in the newspapers. It is as follows : (" Strictly confidential.) " Aug. 3, 1835. " My dear Sir—Tell me in the strictest confitience whether you have any wish to be a Baronet? Of course I not ask you without a sufficient reason. One word is not to' be communi cated to anybody until I know your determination. " Believe me to be your's, very faithfully. " DANIEL O'CONNELL." The confidence here enjoined was not literally abused by Mr. RAPHAEL ; but no man of honour will say that it was observed in the spirit in which -it was imposed—in the spirit. in which any gentleman would consider himself bound to observe it. Mr. RAPIIAEL did not publish the letter ; but he rote to the Times to assure the world that he had it, an iat it contained something very terrible indeed. The To. ries were in raptures ; and though we do not believe that Mr. RAPHAEL read the letter to any Member of the Carl ton Club, they all talked of it as containing some charge against. O'CoNNELL which would put so end to his political career. Now they have the identical letter, and are wel come to make their best of it. The following is Mr. RAPHAEL'S answer, and, with the letters published before the appointment of the Committee, include the whole of the correspondence : _ " Great Stanhope -street, Aug. 3, 1835. " MY DEAR SIR,--I have no hesitation in stating that to obtain the honour you allude to would be a very high step in my ladder of ambition ; but I must in candour say that I should consider it a poor recompense for the loss of my scat in Parlia ment, which, from what you told me yesterday, is, I fear, in great jeopardy. I rely, however, on you fulfilling your en gagements with me to secure my seat, if possible, by fighting the battle so long as a bad vote for the petitioners remains on the poll, or at all events to the end of the present session. To allow 56 of our votes to be struck off would leave fearful odds to contend with on a future vacancy. " I am, my dear Sir, your faithful and humble servant, " ALEXANDER RAPHAEL. " To Daniel O'Connell, Esq." Judging from the whole of the investigation, it appe ii s to us that Mr. RAPHAEL is a very silly person indedd— one of the numerous class who have more ambition than brains, and more money than they know how to employ to to an useful purpose. Without possessing—according to his own confession—the very moderate share of abi lity to qualify him for composing a letter to be published in the newspapers, he would be con tent with nothing less than a voice in the Legisla tive Councils of the British Empire. But his Parlia mentary career is now closed, and in climbin g c , the " ladder of his ambition" he is not likely to place his foot on a Baronetcy. Of course Mr. RAPHAEL'S ladder is little shorter than Jacob's, else he would not talk of the dignity of a Baronet as a mere " step." But with the exception of a few words, when the Report of the Committee is laid upon the table of the House of Commons, we will dismiss altogether an affair which nothing but the sheerest ignorance and the most pitiful egotism could tempt any man to bring before the country. Mr. O'CoNNELL's triumph is really most complete. With re spect to his offer to pay the expenses of the Carlow election incurred by Mr. RAPHAEL, over and above the two thousand pounds lodged in his hands, we need only say, that the Committee is bound to see that he do not lose a sixpence by the transaction. At the same time his generosity in making such a proposal entitles him to the respect of every lover of fair and impartial dealing. We do not hesitate to affirm that, when the report of the Committee is generally known, Mr. O'CoNNELT. will rise as much in public ` estimation as Mr. RAPIIAEL deserves to sink—if indeed there be a lower depth than the oblivion into which the Ex•sheriff is fast descending. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER will bring in his Bill to amend and consolidate the laws respecting the Stamp Duties to-morrow evening, when his plan for reducing the Newspaper Stamps will be laid before the House of Commons. We are obliged to postpone till to-morrow the publica tion of a Royal Decree of the Spanish , Government, dated the 28th ult., relative to the liquidation of the national debt of Spain. The Scarborough Subscription, which we took the liberty of recommending to the attention of our readers last week, we are glad to see, proceeding in a satisfactory manner. The widows and orphans of the seamen who fearlessly sacrificed their lives in the cause of humanity, will not, we are assured, be allowed by the British Public to feel the miseries of want and poverty, in addition to their grief for the loss of their husbands and fathers. Their destitute situation comes home in a peculiar manner to the bosoms of those who, in the pursuit of business or pleasure, may be exposed to the perils of the sea. The whole of the Paris Papers of Monday have been re ceived. The new Cabinet is no longer doubtful as to its strength in the Chambers ; and it is, therefore, very possi ble that M. THIERS will now take a decided course. It is reported that the recent reverses which followed the move ments of the Christinos in the Basques, has again led to the consideration of the question of active intervention on the part of France, and that the Cabinet has decided that a French army shall enter Spain, if such be the desire of the QUEEN'S Government. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 7. Five per Cents., 107 f. 50c. Four per Cents., 102 f. Three per Cents. 80f. 00c. 80c. 70c. 75c. Bank Actions, 2,1 W. 2,165 E. Bente de Naples, 100 f. 99E 9.5 c. 1001. 99f. 90c. 100 E sc. Roman Five per Cents., lit 3%. Spanish Actives, 43Y,, 44% LA %. Spanish Differes, 23 21!4. Spanish Passives, 1 4 MY. 14%%. itoya, Spanish Loan, 34. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 104. Pori iiguese Loan, Five per Cents , 80 79%. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 48%. • tlaytian Loan, 395 f. 390 f. EXCHANUE ON LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —c ; money, 25t t,0% Three months, paper, 25f. 35e.; money, 25f. 32%c. —Coors Authenlique. BOURSE, THREE O'CLOCK.-Since the morning there has been a great tendency to a fall in almost all the securities, owing to the bad news which the Moniteur has officially pub lished. The question of intervention has been brought up again in consequence, and the Three per Cents., which opened at 81f. 10c., are now 80f. 85c. The Active Spanish stock and the other Spanish securities are very low; the news from the frontiers has entirely discouraged the speculators. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 110 f. 30c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 95c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, . 7 -; Gueb hards, —; Differes, —; New Loan, —; Actives, 441; Passives, 14/ ; Ducats, 100 35 ; Romans, 1031 ; Pedros, 791- ; Belgians, 104 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 390 f. —c. ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 15; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Dificres, 21k; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —. German and Brussels Papers have been received. The former are wholly taken up with a defence of the occupation of Cracow by the three " Protecting" Powers. There is no news in the Brussels Journals. • BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bnussus, MAReu 5 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. Loan of City, IFC32, Four per Cent 9: 1 ,4 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 13,i% Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ll4 —Brussels Papers, March 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Fiwn. 27. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Bank Shares —4llgemeine Zeitung, March 3. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the LORDS' nothing. was said or done which requires par, ticular notice. In the COMMONS' the adjourned debate on the Irish Munici pal Reform Bill occupied the House until four o'clock this morning. The numbers for Lord F. Egerton's amendment were 243, against it 307—thus making A MAJORITY OF 64 in favour of the second reading of the ministerial measure. For the details of this decisive victory of the Reformers over the enemy (whose loss was even far greater on this than on the former division which took place on the Address), we refer to our Parliamentary Report. In another place, also, will be found some remarks on the glorious triumph achieved this morning. The " Conservative" confederacy, we apprehend, will soon undergo a process of annihilation similar to that which they devised against the Municipal Institutions of Ireland. COURT OF A LDERMEN.-=Yesterday the Lord Mayor nominated the preachers of the Spital Sermons at .Easter. His Lordship presented petitions from a relative of the late Alderman Turner, praying for relief, on the ground of her ancestor's services.—Referred to the Police Committee. On the motion of Alderman Wilson, returns of the amount of relief to persons confined in the City prisons were ordered. A conversation took place on the subject of Charges to the Poor at the City Hospital. The late high tides have done serious injury to many of the islands under cultivation on the Essex shore of the river. New England Island, one of the most fertile of those isolated farms, has been considerably encroached on by the sea ; and it is singular that land impregnated with salt water loses its fer• tility for at least forty years after being thus overflown. Forty seven years ago the same island was rendered sterile by a simi lar inroad, from which it bad only recovered within the last half-dozen years.— Greenwich Gazette. GREAT MEETING AT GUILDHALL' ON MONDAY. On Monday evening, as is customary when any thing ,01 public or political nature is going forward in the Citv, O:ur was a strong muster at " Codgers Hall," to discuss and' aseer min the result of the great meeting held at Guildhall on that day. Shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. Stvaine of Flee t-strect hiclr tered the room with a Second Edition of The Sun, he announced contained a full and ample report 0 1. th e , pro ceedings on that day. The announcement was followed w much applause; and Mr. Galway, at the request of the cora pany read the report, which elicited the warmest approbatlf,a of all present. After Mr. Galway had got throug h the columns, he rose, and said. that the public , and I)°,, cularly the Gentlemen present, were exceedingly indebted tt:;t',7, proprietors of that excellent and public-spirited paper The for the exertions they made on the present as on former o ce . ! t sions, to• convey to the public the earliest intelligenc e of gc`i'rt. public events.—( Cries of " Hear," and cheers.) He 1 1 l a Galway) hadattended the great meeting at Guildhall' on day, and occupied a position fio which he could dstiniclU ni e hear every syllable that dropped from the speakers, : 1( d !, could, therefore, with truth bear testimony to the C%traor. nary accuracy of the ample and faithful report which be just read.—( Cheers.) He could with perfect truth dec r iaT that of all the public meetings and assemblies he had evea, tended, he had on no one occasion found their proceedingsc:d justly and faithfully placed before the public.-01' e% a n cheers.) He (Mr. Galway) would mention one gentillrnitly who had been there, who, he was happy to say, is a '" respected member of that " Codgers' Hall," of whose talaath he had the highest opinion ; and from the great accuraeY. vc ia which eaten gentleman had written, in the incredibly short that which h ust have been obliged to do it, he felt satisfied 13 he possessed very superior capabilities as a reporter, 35 ". fc it otherwise. He would repeat that the highly indebted to the spirited exertions of The - Sun, 4 " 1 ,,,). begged therefore to propose a vote of thanks to them for their begged exertions. a ho Mr. SWAIisE, in seconding the proposition, said he Fi n f present at the meeting, and could corroborate the assertion c‘. gentlemen prasemA he Mr. Galway as to the great accuracy of the report OF the P r ceedings. ( 1 . The proposition was then put by the Grand, an d ear' k amidst loud cheers. The health of the Proprietor of The Sun was thee P r ,f s i posed by the Worthy Grand, and was drank with the us" honoursCodgers Hall," and a little one in: e sti& The Secretary of the Society, Mr Williams, was We; ,te to communicate to the Proprietor the cordial thanks -0 'the members present for his exertions; and Mr. Lang,Man.o t o landlord, at the request of the company, pledged h ints take in The Sun for the future. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS. e el Yesterday morning the following prisoners were sen tenc to transportation : o les Fon SEVEN YEARS—William Skinner, Alexander fit Cornelius Poley, William Jones, 22, David Keefe, \ C ri,: l o, Merris, William Johnson, William Turner, Robert Sreit, o ,"„',. r y James Hows, James Parceles, James Kenny, George Wa l t er William Ford, William Ayton, William Horsman , - 13 t r e Y Wells, Thomas Charles Dixon, Elizabeth Sullivan, i ti e be rt Price, John Jones, 17, John James, 18, Josiah Good, P', l ° , o l, Parker, Joseph Taylor, Ellen Diamond, John Thomas 11 '. 0 - 56 Robert Bonner, John Rolfe, Robert Pulsford, Thomas ' aged 12, Joseph Reed, and Edward Patterson. S ee) FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.—James Henry Sims, \Vilna.- t and Ralph Allanpon. rl O Fon LIFI. John Smith, Thomas Howle aged 14f ri tt , e s Phillips, Ann Thompson, Willi am Gale, John Samne,t,:srd Patrick Moline, George Ha rwoo d, John Colson, °- o o s- Braidley, Mary Moore, John Hills, J o hn Douglas, ali a if tbs bar, James Wright, alias Dawson, Ann, otherwise "/,: tt let Cook, William Bone, Robert Var.devel, George James Arran, Henry Page, William Henry Smith, Jelin to and James Taylor.—John Longport was also sentoe old transportation for life, but previously to undergo three I n° hard labour in the House of Correclion. 11 111• or A great number of prisoners were then sentenced t° terms of imprisonment. THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBEBI;•,40, William Jourdan, otherwise John Leary, Thomas Sab i ' to . Henry Mott, and Thomas Seale, who wer convicted of:, a mitting the robbery at the Custom-house, were then o il t ioo for judgment. The prisoners were sentenced to transports for life. ee The RECORDER passed the extreme and awful se nten ce the law on the following prisoners, viz. : n John Drummond, John Davis, John M‘Vie, and 93r01r Simmonds, for burglary • Charles Willis, for hightfoi bery ; Dennis Crawley and William Pye, for robbery. The Court was adjourned until the sth of April next. • THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY-) CITY, TWELVE CYCL-- Arrival this morning, a French mail—no ship letters' THE FUNDS. las t The length of the debates in both H ouses o f Psalm -o ° l ,o night, with 0' Connell's evidence b e f ore t h e C o mmittee , g re occupies the attention of the public this morning' The express from Pa r is i s o f littl e i mpor t, with fromexccaeor tion of the confirmati on o f th e t e l egrap hi c despatches IA lonia, published yeste r d a y. Thi s in general being supposea_ lo ` e t much exaggerated, and not,of that important nature 91"5isb first imagined, has prevented a further fall in the '-'„Ptiotea Stocks.] Actives closed yesterday at 43i -a, and may be il 'oeie , at present 431 ; Passive, 14k ; Active, 21k 4 ; 78 ; Three per Cents. 48,} 49 ; Columbian, 30:k ; 33 34 ; Dutch 21 ; 55 , 1 f Ye steri Consols opened this morning at the closing price ° be er day, 91-1 furl the Account ; for Money, 91i En g Ou t ' Bills, 18 20 ; India Bones. 35. Bank and India St° c ce The Columbus, New York Packet, of the 16th, is head—letters and papers not yet received. 00e • Per The Spanish Funds at Paris have improved near Cent., owing to a general opinion that the French ill` e ared' tion will take place in Spain. 2 HALF-PAST - 0 gad!. Two Morning Journals have published from th e 1 0 40 Gazette of the 29th of February, an important decree !ate' Consolidation of the Internal and Foreign Debt, w ithout er r rest, which we are informed is not correct ; and v/firmcosl quested to give to the public a true translation of te' corn important articles of this document, of which a vol. 41 1 l• li° version has appeared. The following is the correction ° tl l ° Articles alluded for The Madrid Gazette of the 29th contains a de cree t . equalization of weights and measures over all the eountsfo os carry this important operation into effect, a Coanisr:oe° eight persons has been appointed to present to the Ger o ifor° the basis of a general system founded on a simple an°,, ar ti rot standard. It is stated in the same decree that a siel'` — il s t'" sure with regard to the coinage will be adopted as soon ell' former is put into operation. A ,bt „ Art. 4.—The consolidation of the three species of /.---,,ece tioned in Art. 1, shall be effected in the space of si% o-orts sive years, to commence with the present, and by si'‘ ti 'dove fil :e Art. 16.—The consolidation shall be effected, the to 0 4 ment delivering bonds of the debt of 5 per Cent - ' 74 11 , 13 amount that may be necessary for the rea li za tion in " le at the current course of the respective periods of- - i o. For the debt, without interest .. 25 Per : n o. For the current debt, with paper ''' interest ' 34 per 1- 0. For the votes not consolidated 33 per I° l je co Since the early part of the morning there ha s m a rt ,et jf improvement both in the British and Foreign ' e °°, 0 Consols, which were 911 1 for the Account, ar ia buyers at 91i, owing to the majority for Ministers I; .2,0/ House of Commons last night. Exchequer Bil ls ' I • 1 0' India Bonds, 4 6. A have /1 In the Foreign Msrket, Spanish Active Bonds eyes, as proved from 431 to 434 441; Passive to 16 ; D'" -r o c it l4 e 22k. This is owing to the Spanish decree of the' dise r well as to the Carlist victories in Catalonia beiU l . Ce; dited. Portuguese, 78-I 4 ; Three per Cents., 4S4:•ifar l ‘ c lombian, 301 31 ; Mexican, 34 34. In the Sha lt " most of the railroads are lower this morning. CO THREE 0' C. 4 Consols fer the Account, 94. • THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICE S ' t o BItITISII FUNDS. 0 Indiarn t ni a su m t ................• ..... 741: South Sea Stoek .••• ••• ••" .....• .. Ditto Old Annuities ....... ' . t . Ditto New Annuities .... :it, 10 x. Bilk, 10,0/.... • ......... •• P 0 Ditto Ditto 500/ ...................• .. ••0 Bank Steck for Opg• .. 17 ' Luba Stock for Act. ...... Consols for Act. .• r.tnk Stock 3 per Cent. Red fp% 3 per Cent. Cons 9IN .1!.„ per Cent. 3 1 ,e, per Cent Red 100 F; New 8% per Cent 100% 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire J. 51 isro Oct 1850 Jan. 1860 it• ; Austrian, 5 per cent FOR 103% FartugueseNDS. B o nds, b P er cc . ...." ° , -,1 Belgian, i per cent Br, zilian Bends Buenos Ayres, 6 per cant — Dpriuttscslari.o,Sv p1.ritct0c.n..t.......c..c....01::::15, Russian Bonds, 5 Pe r ..... ' , Chilian, 6 per cent Celombian, 6 per cent. Spanish , liitto , 51e 5 ta p l e l r ic e . e .;;; ............................................. Ditto, 334 Danish, S per cent Greek Bands, 1625 ,:, 5 1.s p z e c r en : t. i . n . it ,-- ...... . Mexican, 5 per cent. — French, 3 per cent ....... .......,...0 r D e i r tt u o va ti n p , e i r ti c zi en , cent., E French, xehang s . per cent .............•::. .. ,, , , t. 51 ; :.2 briuitttc01:,524precrecnet...,............. ..... ........____. 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