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... itrE. ;SDAY. m onger :nglqnd herbit 301 t RAW' Lot. •• LDELAIDE. received it has not been tad 3d. ou t ' de, however, 3IsTERI , to be sh o , Et y C0MP .. . % ,.. *been con 0: t hat L riatio " ns and' ,ding „ and el:0 It ♦•o', i‘taria, RottO Glasg° w itsit , Kon g. - stewaT" yfir Rowena. d• Earlyouthaa. tS aue.• - •:Lace • ta a ierly, o ot ' a a heavf_,, Lain clatuaico, Brabrt i gt9 co n L9 ll ' e . Lout da nm. " 0 , ca got j trrd• Ca toeo' cu ins aralia a ' 0 0 . A ca tty slher, 10 °41 h, from pe t (Coun t, ' riro °' Ids t I save"' /r 1 1: 4 fta at 14 0 0 fr a . 11 1 e t, and 0 7,TCWS I,:rrer )und at has b ee ' t A b ii r t t rgo , n , h i K la te. -- Ac Lot t°ll' aboe• rlis Mo. a l 11 ; . ! 1•,.., s the uke Catnbri,lve attended ser.ice t e,terday zuorning in St. George's Church. Mr. Jobn Lee had the honour of exhibiting his mode °f a new saf ty railway earriag-0 before his Royal High. tress the Duke of Cambridge y, sterday. ,7 1 , 4 " I CA. Murray arrived at the Pavilion at "' 'gnt , n on M •ndav evening on a visit to her Alaj -sty, :ef , a T in v. sterda• mot i•ing fir to 11 "! .1 ' 101s . ,1 11 ~n tt.e suot..w of tit W.,:, ow I y, i,a.l an int..rvi, 1% . rt ye-r• rtay, ei•,l Dowt.ing street. I t:e deoutatiois wit , * TnliNed ••fpart.i-s from the re l ., e , ;v:, , Airy -1" 'le , St. ,Taira-- 'A. and St. An• e, acrinted by Public wee, ings r• to pavers. Fr. 411 ienotie, Mr. 4n 'Me D .J. li ani• I!, Me. n G.. 111111, Mr. 11 t Wit,on, dMr J o h n Willintns. From St. .1 We S! Ver. 'Mr A. Beckett., Mr. tie,sOt, Mr. Alill3, Mr. Ad and, 'or, Keith, M . Eva••s, , r Es en. Nlr Clnatners, Mr bass.'. Front Sr. Ann • -.olio—Mr. George, ,1 MA.shbv.- Mr Niehols, and Mr Tyrrell. r• rilbs-n i: • 'go M.p„ M P., •:zid Duncan orn tatti, d M,'. er and Mr Wt.b,„ter, tr::nsact . etl a bitsttless at by the Board of rya& . 3.3:evsoteurr ofda 1 . and pre-exitedthefollowing memorials in he Direct Nora.ern Railway from Lon•ton to A. era Lincoln viz : 11 Q Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town-Council of the city of Ecinburt•li. 4.1", Chamber of C, Manufactures of the munerce am. Cit of Edinburgh. Barkers,, Manufacturers, Merchants, and others of Eon,- !:, ° , ll , ;l. :a u t p r a l-l t r t h a o n vo t s s t o , f u E a d s i i nbu l , h. Pe Provost, strares. and Town-Council of Leith. r o f berdpen. Magistrates, and Town-Council of the City Thtlev?ssttMagistrates and Town-Giuncil of Old `-nntenet. and Seven Trades of 0:d Aberde• n. /larr C °nvener. M aster of Hospital. Deanries, and Mem of the C onvener Court of the City of Aberdeen. The Manufacturers and others of Aberdeen. R Magistrates, and Town-Council of the I.ler').Yal Bergh of Du.ibl.r. Theciliants, Shipowner • and Inhabitants of Dunbar. , ''revosf. Magistrates, and Town-Council of the Th e ) j? .. l Burgh of Hadrian-non. ji9,.., t °at' Magistrates, and Town-Council of the Th I .sareh of Elt , in . tler.ehat;is, BanCers, and Inhabitants of the Burgh Th e rah, :11,4„Tv.,.,n51, Magistrates, and Town-Council of the A F. B urgh of Inverary. sistinn.cPutation on the subject of the Coal Trade it e p on . .guts Viscount Howick, M.P. ; ; B ell ltr m T . s t, M.P. ; Hon. Henry T. Liddell, IL t i•-• ; Mr. lfird,•, M.P, ; Mr. Forster, calf e 4s ) n, M.P. ; M r . t ; ra nger, 31. P .,! I Mr. filet Yest e '4 ll `3 l " , ..; had an interview with Sir Robert Peel the deputation of Paper-makers had an interview with A : chancellor o f t h e Exchequer yesterday, at hi s c 7•""eiel res i dence in Downing-street. The deputation onsist e d of Sir William Magnay, Mr. Dickinson. Mr. moron, Mr. C rompton, M r. W r i gley, Mr. Giles. Mr. o ewdney, and Mr. Smith. Mr. Gibson Craig, M P., k eompaniecl the deputation. Mr. john Wood. Chair manthr of the . Excise, was present with the Chancellor of Excht quer at the conference. 2i-Lorci Stanley has nearly recovered from his recent attack of gout. His Lord s h ip v i s i ted Sir R. Peel yes terda . k r • Charl es R ussell, and Mr. Saunders, had an .. , I t.t,crviEw w i t h the Earl of Dalhousie esterchty, at the v al,,,e of t h e Board of Trade. oJoespatches w ere sent off yesterday evening from the ni al - office for the Governor of Gibraltar. ..p.el4lrelnin,rous deputation of between fifty and sixty men on the subject of cotton, including Mr. Mark b, ) 1 1 ,„. 13 , 5 ' I:f.P., Viscount Satolon M I'., Sir Howard had 'ALP.. Mr. I /swab!, M P., ' and Mr. Brotherton. interview with Sir Robert Peel in Doviting street". • mr 3 esterday. tarp ee ; a nd Lady Caroline Kerrikm have arrived at Far- The B• lgrave,•treet. tertC:Judicial Committee of th•• Privy Coune.il sat ye 6d3ilrihe Lord.. p.esent were the Lord President, 1 .41 . , triii a lghaz, the Chancellt•r f the Duchy of Corn ' tiut 1 utle,e of vie Admiralty Court. IN' I, PP fr Csnatia, Ceunter r Macpherson," • eard, • • , • • • tj • •11., /1. • Y 1 n TON' kill'ictitylotiv .r(e'Ets:Aivititle'r it‘li.alieissty.Baoldll" He Albert, at tPin(g took a carriage .ng teOdeti by Coslonel Bucl;ley , EqiterrY in .W,„*"„roin.g- On coming 4itLing‘ akti walked on the chain pier th i s m orning . the Killg''-rr wda'lked ' t he pier her Majesty took a drive along e alighted, an‘ again got hethe battery her Majesty and the PHove, whete they ag k to ~ e.aPlanade and beach as far as ilioeir earn and returned to t h e /ware. and -e Pri " of VV I, the Princess Roya l, carriage airing, attended b, n_ a , S ) t Iton, took a *'ik ett on the 'wager Lady Lyt e 1 Buckley ti ..1 . chain Pier this morning. te by "one drive this Princess . Alice, and , Hit Cute': tek 4r:olt alestY arid Prince Albert, vva. .ng, took a atteriu:: Ylde, the Equerries in at P° ll l phaeton. Majesty of her Jetty . the Doke of Norfolk had an audience of her Ma- The p. 41.1 this day . of Liverpool also had an audience for London. Th e ~„. •-otintess f (;* ,igh took her dep arture ilhig on the Quee n. tesso;l4l°.tess:f io- u in n s t b° E r .igc - timbe arrived ke ';'sloro,bo. rough as Lady in W . a Waiting, thi,dayu.r ,h). Gore, the Groom in tosucceed the Coun ace alhane, 4 44 e. ''''l and countess of Beverley, the Ma . rgui_ arriv ed o f a ß t re t the r . ; bfjoih!otttenant-General the Hon. G. A. !Lydon:had the honour 11,:!,°!t...he RoYal the party. the Neelt th''''7,- v Nil- TO ARUNDEL '-' 'AsTLE.—NN e und t er t s o ta h n o d oo t n ha r t it Intention of her M jasty t' and Prince Ittotroirld buchess 0( War ' folk with a visit A to lbe A r rundel Castle to may he Leith t., what of ueera,,- °I,NDON.--We learn, , (In thef (wca' L i T i vt re t he la7to 14'''qestionable authority, 0 ,L r 5 i 0 . 1, 3, Lord Sandon -or" Lordship kol t o I ,iidetl departure of ~, offering to his tin that the p i . '. ("lon. was Sir It Pt e '!'ride, wi!Ft a ' a Lord'.' the oaehiwerley of the Board of 1 , ita the Noble _ e pettii.... net. No nDp acq,,aint,' " will doubt that. hisb itotti(ifil talentii and aequirern.entsnn iint the judgment i din ','''° done honour to the kid dill: leett'd for it r, fleets (Ted.twr For persona a , , , _, on went ;an t 4ttult, l'itninit,ion of trio I r'm • proper to decline t..m4,___ the ow' tiowever, his Lordship b ht h,ii,:vi, the titi"-et'• Rad he his i Vierwise' lijk :',..Daltionsie would have been 1 , 0 3 4 v ie.Prisident. —Liverpool Co . e mr reneral meeting , 4 t tll l'r,Att COUNTY INIEETING.—A. `1 county was tie . al ready to act nyder on Ttle‘-,olninisers of ,StipplY in the:'hipor„, Iva.tt It4laY, John Ilay, Eiq • of Le - 44 ear re Port on the pr -Sent Sy•;.t(efnattoh;,4 Mtn, l' ' `1 meeting), l'ltie ofirencY, Prepartd by David lvti,,, t. cottimite appi,oited at a previous approved of. A series. Scottish t E i_s . h . b., n k Dundee ul - oft.,.toilitit4t,itted and unanimousl7 . and 414 Y irtt t 1,,n18. foun led on the r4-13(--. 'tem of currency t 'k aii to isirenee with our existing s 3 s . vies, seconded "Y c4..e ' bY Colonel Dalgairns, of Balga ,rt deprecating unanimously tikre ~"19nul Sivinhiir 0 o'' Marcus, and n iahse the 1 , „ e a to Th . n. ' led to merr?r. 7a,, ttr ' e mewing res. v ,dee, etser. . frit Y Tlhe suill"et —Edinbur gh 'l' factory operatives Itt Ites,r?.reiS AT BUILY.—The rned .a.teit, ----• valro.v and Co,' mill. who tmuny.p.;Tag. The Dett„r, li.eatlMd their work on Monday ... • Ii" Elton, who out last thrt4.4 "(a 'eavers at somerset,„ A •4:1, out. • The I)tover 1(41t about six weeks awn. st'..t relllal ' sirs. w,iker And I,,pro,,,in"tn fust an ,sesvers at 1M,,,, millwrights, Ib Paiii' 1 Inn]. Bury are al- ~ still 011 '• ' II- , Simpson, land,S• nlailin,•-'l,. (SY' at Me"rs and Co.'s, a t m e , ..K t .'s, • • Walker of )4'inu ''. S' r-oid also at Messrs. G e out, - r an likelihood tr rz, 4rra11,.. 40r does t,ere apPPR- , _manches e -4(1.,i; 'aent being made at presen t. —Manchester i PA,,..,„"' _ On Friday '44, -`OltY CoNvIcTIONS AT BACU,' ti George tltinrlt ll'ettl' before James Whiltak-r an Mill, w" ‘leelid'cl'• INIr T. . Ashworth, of Acre having Antiriot -' 0 1 It L 1 anitcBl with costs, Fac -141, Ni,,,,,.rp n t ; IA o 2 ~ ~ s r ace ircEng . to the 1 work _ 1 _ Lee Needs kets Nils i F Ins I d of Mill, was also I.‘, 21. • .0 ward . mr .for not , \ 1 not Na v a costs for the like offence, __l. ,fames Lord, f„,' 'Mead "g proper school vouchers. M • for not send ."l4 k '4Ws Mill. was fined 2/. and costs, d 'n his mill with I/. and costs. tp th,:lotiee of Pn ae•idetit which haPp delta..'ll..t:ertil'Ying sur.,eon.— Manchester G n u e ard i t m 'an i . _ ope. 4 - OF WEBTOR AND CREDIToR i rIP 2.-`°tl the new itiat) that.. Act (passed in the last . session sthus deseribe 1 1 , 1 4 lett„.°llglnated with Lord Brou gham o ' f Prisons for . the letrtttErleynzmailtlressed t? the InspectorfromLiverpeol, and t whi r c e h . of Parliad t'ltetitePt ieeludeeacrientlithd'4trnitek er on Pria°n, s'iiihuesZer lYit,,ll:l:arliament by her Majesty's.coloyan". some prisoners tqlrit 11711.Z44:f inforrua, !ion given him by 1 who must, habitsfromof k re m p ,w th e It'oittilltY4A's, Fianavie---ex trehne:iev ea 1 think they i•iteßit,,lnß classes, and I have every reason n t e o w. I do not 41i.kt41,711 a very fair account of what they k has ever been iedge Of the „.,,,4,liier'tsYstern of givin assumedr provisions and that , ul t b 4, as it has been to be btytnsoms -,ltt, t, --4s scarcely ever given except Na to t em a s will) we re riot housekeepers and possessed km. "1-411furti • • ' I have made in the . e.. tlve„'eve that ?er in which des of settlement b , h._ --rt ci,b,_ a•ssignm!!nts 01: other.ino . e t ' rifling d ex o -_ etas ill debtor and their creditors, without ' the middle ti, 4 kl i et,,ii,e4 more eeneral than formerly amongst believe ....' 4 th' ~,:a'terEl. 1.7.'p0n the whole, I conscientiously '.,, ee of-,gh the new act will doubtless lead to a salutary de- to law, h . a% e shitariedit, '' Ili `atition, on th'e part of shopkeepers, in giving credit, and proier,flot prevent credit being given when it is necessaryik the I.4opkvi,_4titi tl_iat.it will work a great good . in of checking in this hi' ovfre4jle.4tldt. illnal)pirtl y ( e w nt l in iell a we r a e rg t e he am ru o i n n nt of misery t a o n rs d 1t!,4'11.. Illat'.l,9litiation incidgent to imprisonment in a lel in sat; per''.l,,ff!! will of snunging-houses,o andexe. othereeppolsni it,j"kiiriand to'ueniseati,a of .courese,ioenndtciiiaattoruhre nev. , , excite Act will be tiati,,Al,43 tO the worl;linign'Plianand small dealer, but I am Wth,'4,,, this notion is altternether filla'cious." Suchthe rt,,lit m ore striking pass altogether froni this letter, showing .n t'i. s a 3 in c'f the lle‘v Act a‘baolis.hing imprisonment in execution b a rns s ender 201. lIRII %.,1:°11Y eox • KENDAL. it the Town q 1 , xe 0 , • ,, , • N ICTIONS AY Whitwell nod t ( 1"_ 0 . 'I. Sdurday last, :Messrs..l. ___,,ared be : t he Itt"atn,,,.:su,ll,lfta:uurers of that ttho,. ie, haaPrPge of Mr. 4 t•l'l i :Z r' r "" ',I) irigls,:ortr:.:.natriosfwth're Factories Regulation t4ln'ini,.,4ll"l"Yirz. in'their mill six children, without ob the .I.tie certificate or school attendanT required by 41`1,11111,* ,Three ~I the children, it appearc I, had oceat rit., i,lll, 'tended the school of' a fieuale (I)l!rpariii,l",,.%vho g q her son to mak . out a paPer fr other , ~` (lie th it tl t 4 be, a certificate of attendance For an who could h n e o r, ~-'ili two,; % te n, no certificate whatever had been obtained, it'-C- rhi rm :.' n, r 3 had not attended 5 ,.. 11( - )ol for the full . time ~, "Y the Act. After going fully into the circum (4 the ease, the rna',istrittes decidi cl to inflict . a c 1i4.1„,. uf thirty I ill' -i , - for each of the six tli - 4 ill , ,• 1 ings and (~,,,ts . n.. eneh least C. ell 'gaily emplyed. Mr. Wilson, on behalf of , it t Bed that there had been, to say the d ..R''`,°s th. 1 ; ' 11 1 no. cg l eet on the plrt of Messrs. Whitwell an . -- ` , l a ~f.:; "oe•rvin r 'with etreater attenti in, the provl of Nt.,, i,,, la,. T . 114Pnro'o Lei„ ate. remaa in the employ I, .'‘rT.'.l;•'°). Trel,trie old efg.,' woollen manufacturers, vv;rn'; %.''' rl 'ar :}ii t• wn wt;s also siimmoned by Mr. teriZt't Ili% e--th'ld"Y•ter -4' 5. d'x' Proplovin a ‘ll-Id yOnti.dry to the strict 4 4. ir of att en !waithemlit obiaining the necessary dancse at school, as required by !,he 0 wad. 4 Died 14 'ad 003t8......Manchester Guardian THE PROPERTY and INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, Whatever may be said of other royal speeches, I think it must be admitted that the Queen's Speech, just delivered to Parliament, has much of pith and substance in it, particularly that part which alludes to the property and income-taxes. It was for much too long a time considered a political truth that those taxes should he only considered as war taxes. and that at other times taxes on consumption should be• alone resorted to. I have for very many years (and I remember the former tax on property and income) been 01 ()pinion that a tax on property is the most legitimate of all taxes; it produces most money to the Excheqtter, iu proportion to its amount, and is paid by those who can best afford it. All our institutions tend to the protection of property, and ours is the only important country in Europe where axation falls so lightly on it. I entirely separate tie property from the income-tax: the latter ought only to be resorted to in the event of war, and I say from - its inquisitorial nature, ought to be submitted to only upon the mist imminent danger to the country, when victory must be bought-- and chained to our masts at aey price. When Sir R. Peel three years ago proposed the property and income-tax, it was submnted to cheerfully by the peopie, Its however oneness or distasteful-the latter was, any expedient was considered better than !hat we should have a deficient revenue in a time of com paritii e peace. Al,.,st of us remember—and those who do not can easily refer to it—the statement that was made by Sir R. Peel when he brought forward his propositions—the estimate which he mide of its prohatile production; arid the amount which it actually produced in 1843. the first year of its complete operation, does not say much for his financial talents, and certainly does not justify all those eulogiuniJ that his political friends of all vai ties so freely encumber him with. The following estimate and pro duce will be found nearly or quite cornet:— . Estimate. Produce 1843. Lands and Hous•-s I)ivirlu•nds 646,000 Public Offices, &c. Prop.rty £2,396,000 £3,555,358 Profits on Trade...'..... £1,250,000 Ditto on Lands Income £1,370,000 Income .£1.838. , 466 Property 3,555,358 £2,396,000 £5,394,224 £3.766,000 Excess 1,628,224 £5,394,224 No one .. can divine, and it i s use l ess to guess, at the pr - ipo,Lion which it is announced will be made by Sir R. Pt el next Friday; but we may, I think, very safely conclude, that the property-tax in some shape or other. will be proposed to be continued, and in common with a vcry great many others, I am in grcat hopes that the pr ,, ?.rty-tax will alone be proposed to be continued for a lieriod of from five to seven years, and that it will be riised in amount to at least 51. per cent. upon all fixed and tangible property whatever, and if it were carried op to 101. per cent., it would be so much the better. THE NORTH BRITIS'II REVIEW—No. IV This new Review, which has already acquired A just celebrity among those who have read its able articles, fully maintains its chstattek in the present number, and as a .proof of the varied fertility and historical knowledge of the contributions, though it contains not less than five articles, all relating more or .less to the Christian religion, they are entirely exempt from monotony and repetitions. These are " The Scottish Monks, " Life and Writings of Dr. Arnold," " Palestine," " E.says on Christian Union," anti " The Jesuits in France." The first is founded on several publications which, within the last few years, have appeared at Edinburgh, edited by Mr. Cosmo Innes, and extracted from manuscripts which had been mouldering for ages in the Advocates' Library. The wild hatred of Popery which all at once blazed up in the north about the time of Knox, the destruction of the magnificent cathedrals which adorned the country, and the almost savage treatment which the Queen of Scots and the bigoted adherents of the old religion experienced at the hands of the Reformers, have appeared to many incomprehensible on any other imaginable grounds than that the people were reduced to the lowest degree of barbarism, that their uncultivated nature was taken advantage of by designing Churchmen and greedy nobles, and that a spark thrown among such dangerous materials was only necessary to light up the conflagration which destroyed every vestige of the established religion. The abominable conduct of the clergy, and especially the bishops, abbots, and monks, however, fully ex plains the phenomenon. They were not only men of immoral lives in private, but they harassed and oppressed the people. The Church laid its iron grasp upon everything suited to its purpose, terrified the dying to force from them bequests, spent their thys in hunting and fishing and other carnal amusements, and their nights in revelling and debauchery. The following picture makws the wonder cease : " The abbots and monks were wholly given up to luxury and idleness ; and tht unmarried state of both the seculars and r , gulars, gave infinite scandal to the world ; for it appeared, that the res'raining them from having wives of their own, made them conclude, that they had a right to all other men's. But their own re • corded evidence of their guilt, will go farther to settle the sad truth of the charge. In one of the last Provin cial Councils held in Scotland, the canons it promul gated, bear the humiliating confession, of the corruption and profane lewdness of the clergy of almost every de gree, at the same time that their gross ignorance of literature and science is candidly admitted':—' Omnium fere gEaduum, morum corruptela, ac vitm profane obsce nilas, flint bonorum liiieratunt aitiumque omnium, crasser iynorantia.' The Popes, too, beheld with dismay, the tottering condition bf their ostentatious dominion ; and one of the Innocents directed to three English Bishops a Bull, preserved in the cartulary of Moray, by which they were enjoined to redress, by all the terrors of the h u e n s zn s i , s i h n e unpunishe d e a a a m n o ce n g of all e Scottish t c i c l e a r l g r y u . l e Tthh they ecclesia s ti ca l an d c i vil powers, the atrocious evils that marry, he resign the clerical character, when necessary for their interests, or the gratification of their passions ; and re sume it again at will, in order to enjoy, under priestly ge, immunity from their., crimes, (No. 260.) They disobeyed, too, the commands of their superiors, and the thunders of the Vatican in vain called upon them to re turn to the 'strict discipline,of their Church. (Glasgow, No. 22.) This is the condition to which the Puseyite would bring the Reformed Church, and here we cannot help extracting from the article on " Palestine" some just strictures on the principles of Newman and Pusey, and the other mischievous innovators in the English Church, premising at the same time that " sincerity in their professed faith as Christians," is, we fear, a very rare quality among them. The writer thus de scribes them : " But, in starting to enter upon this ground, we can , not refrain from an expression of the mingled feeling of grief and shame—of perplexity and alarm, that has at tended our perusal of some of the volumes before us. i e n r g m as they h i e ya and; ' and moreover,t ipot. r h a o p o h h i c s , i o s f see th n is an o d i ss r . ea e d m i h n od G y English lite rature ,— an d espec i a l ly so much as is biblical facts arid narratives,important or entertaining, are heard of, and sornel mes read by many of that now large Class of cultured persons, at home and abroad, h , o, ehnoillig to turn away from that mass of meet and irrerra ,vi4ence which suAeins the Go‘p I history, g dwell with malign pleasure upon the dark Church ;' bile at the , ama .• Ist'ssiry of the the indiscretions and font— they are catching at raries, as affordii their Christian conteMpo unbelief. -A co them se l ves reason enough for their in this view then, mortifying and distressing • is to think that men, occupying responsible positions in the Church,—inen who, if one may judge by the alphabetic honours which float at the rear of their names,. are well infOrmed persons. and therefore are precluded from the apology . of ignoracce, should exhibit them- . selves beforethe world as the credulous and unscrupu lous swallowers of the monkish nonsense of the East ; and ss the dupes of the mo-t fl'msy sort of enthusiasm which a man can be moved by, and which is only just pardonable in und:a. eighteen ;' and that these persons—clergy and laity—while they seem, and we doubt not are, sinc e r e i n their professed . faith as Chris tians, yet employ their energies, and show themselves all alive, not in dofence of their evangelic history., such as inspired men have left it, but of the old wives fables of the most debauched periods of church history !" The history and character of the Jesuits are full of interest, and lay hare the unsupportable despotism which the modern reformers would establish in these days of freedom. The ,vast authority possessed by the General of that dangerous sect, would not be at all unwelcome to certain of the bishops in our own church, if we may judge from recent exhibitions. ‘• In order," says the writer, "that an opinion may be formed of the enormous uncontrolled power of the General, we shall now enumerate some of the principal acts he can perform. He admits whom he pleases, when he pleases, and on the terms he pleases, into the Society; he can order any member of the Society to perform any duty in any part of the world; without a moment's notice; he may reels( from any part of the world any Jesuit sent thither even by the Pope's orders, and transfer him to any other country or duty ; he may dismiss from the So ciety, at will, any of its members ; he may direct a num ber of coadjutors to be sent to a general congregation, .J and may name the two persons who are to act as dele gates from any province, together with the Provincial, either by directing them to he elected by the provincial congregation, or electing them himself without farther trouble ; he alone can summon a congregation ; he ap points and dismi-ses at pleasure all the officers and dig nitaries of the Society, of whatever rank they be, to whom he grants more or less of his own power as he deems expedient, recalling it at pleasure, no one having any power whatever but as his delegate, and he having the power of annulling any act which may have been performed even in virtue of his own authority by any of his subordinates ; finally, he can inflict what penances and punishments he thinks just, or freely pardon any misconduct or misbehaviour." Be id. there articles there are ethers which will be found interesting to the general reader, among which are Dana's System of Mineralogy, Thornton's British Empire in India, and Travels in Kashmir and the Punjaub. AN APOLOGY FOR. THE NERVES; or their Influence - and for , o,tanee in Health and Disease. By Sir George tqfevre„4l I).. Fellow of the Rotial Collet,e of PhysiPians, late Physician to the Rritish Ernbas,cy at the Cowl of St. Paersbur o h' 6*e. London, Long man a d , 1844. This is certainly the most popular, the most read able, and, the most understandable physiological treatise we have ever met with. The recent dis coveries of Liehig seem to have turned the heads of ou r modern physiologists. They look to nothing but the mere chemical compiisition of the solids and the fluid., and are fast retrograding into the exploded ab surdities of humoral pathology. They are a species of medical Pusevices, who, paving attention exclu sively to external., neglect that by which alone what would he otherwise the lifeless form becomes animated, and lives, and moves, and bas its being. In their sys tems the nerved go for nothing. It was high time that a protest should be entered against those exclu sive views; and we are rejoiced to say the nerves could not have found a better apologist than Sir George Lefevre. He , is a shrewd observer, has bad ample 'opportunities for observing, and has turned them to excellent account. But it is not alone as a F cient , fie nreduction that this work is worthy of all praise. The ordinary reader will find it one of the most entertaining of :hooks. The legislator and the Atate.man may find in it much that is worthy of study. We quote his observations on physiognomy and phrenology as an instance " Lavater, is too much forgotten in the present day. His facial angle cannot but :persuade those who study it care fully, that they can read the man in his physiognomy. There is nothing repulsive to religion or morality in these doctrines. The same Almighty power which created the whole may have assigned different 'functions to its parts. We are not all created with the same moral or physical powers : St. Paul has said that some enjoy gifts which others do not. But all phrenologists are not agreed as to the seat of the organs of specific moral qualities ; and so long as there can be any doubt upon such a point, the whole science must dis solve as the baseless fabric of a vision. It is sometimes ob jected to phrenology, that it is an apology for immorality and crime, and that the vicious may screen themselves under its cloak. This objection, however, cuts both ways, for if our actions or propensities depend upon organization, then to do good or ill is not voluntary on our parts. We should not have more power to doill in one case than of refraining from it. in the other. That certain states and conditions of the brain do influence moral actions, is beyond all doubt. Not only do the various forms of insanity prove it, but also the un conquerable propensities manifested by some who are still re • puted of sound mind. The disposition to steal is not unfre quently innate, where no plea of want can justify it. I knew the son of a Polish nobleman who had this propensity—no thing could cure him. All means had been tried, the mildest and the severest, but to no purpose. There are few shop 'keepers in London who cannot point out persons of rank who will readily lay out 100/., yet, if they have an opportunity, will steal a yard of lace. It is useless to multiply similar in. stances. Accidental circumstances coincide in giving great weight to the opinion of physical cerebral derangement in fluencing the moral man. ' The most pious have been made reprobates by a fall from a horse. I, myself, knew an in stance of a highly-gifted youth becoming a dull, foolish lulu from' this very cause. He laboured under convulsions for some time, and recovered all but his senses. " Dissection does not always afford us sufficient physical evidence. Our senses are too obtuse to identify these subtile conditions, but we have sufficient moral proofs that some thing does occur,—that some change in the balance is effected, some disorganization of the nervous mass; for we dad friends Tht , property-sax now produces Add for property now excused 1,200,000 Add 21. per cent., about.. £4,755,358 3,244,642 %faking together £8,000,000 Which would admit of the following reductions in taxa tion:— Windows, about £1,500,000 Sap Gla-,s 400,000 Pap-r BOO,OOO Hips 250,000 Tea Sugar Cotton £6 750.000 • Leaving a considerable surplus to be dealt with us eircum st.inces ',al' arise. I have always been of opinion that England may., and ought to be ma& a cheap country to live in; and if we are now alive to the principle of a taxation on property. nothing can be [pore easy than to accomplish it. I cannot see, why the principle, if adopted here, should n:4 be ext-nded to Ireland. lam sure that justice to England imperatively requires it. It is all nonsense Trt-land being the poorer country: all know :h•• difference between St. Giles's and St. James's. Dor setshire and Lancashire, but no one ever dre,,mt of a dif ferent fiscal system. 'l,' ..these measures should be added astrict and search ;Fig examination _into all Our colonial and other ex ,,enses, and , t will he found that reductions may }— which wi!hont impairing the efficiency ~f mews, would tend very greatly to taxati.,n. made, our estabiish fug ther reducti n or MERCATOR. Hull of Commerce, —/FSTItrCTION OF A SHIP BY FIRE OFF EAST GREEItUICH.—Sitortly after three o'clock on Monday, a fire was discovered on board the ship Henry, of 500 tons, the property of Mr. Fletcher, of Limehouse. She was taking in a cargo of coals at the West India Dock buoy, from a collier alongside. The report circulated at the time is, that a boy belonging to the Henry had been collecting shavings and wood in the hold of the ship, which by some means not ex plained caught fire. The boy in his fright ran on deck for water to extinguish the flames, and on returning with the bucket he found the fire burning so furiously as to defy control by ordinary means. Pierce, a lighterman, cast the ship off the West India Dock buoy, and in a short time after the Unity and Pilot steam tugs arrived, and towed the Henry higher up the river. During this the mate gave orders, and assisted in scuttling her in four or five places, and while this was being done she was towed clear of the shipping to above the Folly-house in Blackwall reach, where she might be sunk in deep water on the west side next the Isle of Dogs, and in order that she might be kept clear of the navigation of the river. At this moment the ship, fore and aft, was one entire blaze —masts, rigging, and all. It was deemed neces sary to attempt a further scuttling, but the danger of doing so was so great that it was abandoned. After high water, she was run on shore at the west side of Blackwall-reach, near the point off Greenwich. As the tow warps were burnt. it was found impossible to hold her in deep water after the fall of the tide, and it was therefore necessary to run her on shore to prevent her driving amongst the shipping at Blackwall, and causing a still greater calamity. The scutt ling not having been effective, the vessel was then allowed to burn out, as no water could be brought to bear on the flames. The flames continued to rage with unabated fury until seven o'clock, the main and mizen masts, rigging, fore rigging, and fore-topmast having been previously consumed. The vessel was what is termed lightly laden, and was bound for Sierra Leone, after taki ng i n p ar t o f h er cargo i n coa l s. MR. COBDEN'S MOTION FOR A COMMITTEE:—Mr. Cobden has intimate t hi. intention of moving for a Select Committee to inquire into the alleged distress of tne farmers and the fartn-la'iourers, should he not be antici pated by those gentlemen who designate themselves re presentatives of the agricultural interest. All our readers may not understand the nature of a Select Committee ; it usually consists of ten or twelve gentlemen, who assemble to exigible witnesces during the dry, when the 11 , ,use is not sitting, so that their ..peciaf labour., do not interfere with the progress of public business. Indeed, a Select Committee is rarer refused to any parties who can make out a plausible case of griev ance or distress. A Select Committee was granted to those who complained that their spaniels and lapdogs were stolen ; to those who were aggrieved by smoky chimneys ; to th, gamblers on the turf ; and to the writers of dramatic pieces. Nothing could he in , ,re reasonable than to ask, (41 the part of the farmers and farm-labourers, that their alleged. distress, which has formed the staple o" so many lugubrious ' , rations at the Protection Societies, should bit thoroughly in vestigated by a Select Committee, so as t o ascertain its nature and extent, the causes in which it has originated, and the remedies pr , per to be applied. Mr. St Iff,rd O'Brien, the Chair man of the Publication Committee of the Protection Society—rath: r indiscreetly—as suggested by Sir Robert. Peel—at once assented to the rropriety of the measure; but the more war• members of his party cautiously held back. Mr. Cobden has done good service by applying such a decisive test to the professions of sympathy tor the alleged distress of the farmers and farm-labourers, so liberally made by the Dukes of Richmond and Buck. ingham, anal their co 6inees and associates in the Corn. trems' House of l arliem nt. If th , se gentlemen be, lieved what they said, they must eagerly embrace the opportunity of establishing their case before a Par liamentary Committee; but, if they oppose inquiry, and refuse all investigation, no man con resist the inference that they have no confidence in their own atat"mnents, but feel conscious of practising a delusion on the credulity of the country, an-. especially on those classes for whose i. , teres.s they affect to be most deeply concerned.—The League. _ _ SUSPECTED MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER Ilits - BAND AT WALES.—The greatest sensation was caused in this town on Wednesday, from the circumstance that a cabinetmaker, named Thomas Mattocks, residing in Dagger-lane, had been taken into custody by the police, on a charge of murdering his wife, who lad 'been found lying on the floor of the house, dreadfully burned, and quite dead. The man Mattocks was brought before the magistrates at the Police-court on Wednesday morning, and sufficient evidence having been heard by'them to warrant the remand of the prisoner till aft , r the Coro n-r's inquest on the body, he was taken to the gaol.— Hull A 1. e% liser. THI Intsn SOCIETY —This Society held the first general meeting at their rooms, 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, yesterday, Viscount Castlereagh in the chair.. The Secre tary, Mr. Conan, read the report detailing the proceedings of the Committee since the formation of the Society in July last. He then submitted the rules agreed upon by the Committee, which, together with the report. were put to the meeting and carried. Several resolutions having been passed, Lord Trim lestown was called to the chair, and thanks having been voted to Lord Castlereagh, the meeting separated. SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. INzgs held an inquest yes terday afternoon at the Green Man, Berwick-street, Oxford street, on the body of Mr. Francis Walsh, aged thirty-three. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was related to Captain Pidding, and carried on the business of a tea dealer at the premises of his brother, Mr. W. S. Walsh, who is an extensive wine and spirit merchant in Berwick-street. On Friday evening deceased was left dosing by the counting house fire, and was found dead in his chair the next morning. Verdict—" Died from apoplexy." THE LABOURPRS.—At the great assembling of landholders last week, there was an attempt made to make the labourers believe that these landholders are their "friends." The Buckingham clique have avowed that, brown bread and Bs. a week wages is plenty for a labourer wife and family, and yet would have them believe that they are their friends ! How far will landholders' impudence carry them? The landlords now plainly see that the corn-laws cannot continue much longer, and they are making displays to frighten Sir Robert, in order to stave off_ repeal as leng as they can. It is come to this at liet .--From a Correspondent. s'uN l LONDON, fritrttSDA IP7MOII,NINOLYPIIittiAItY LI And relations, with whose well-regulated, conduct . We hay©been all our li ves conversant , .lantich at once into the most extravagant or life; sometimes 7.without appa rent rii*iacatiaii, while at others we attribute it to some very unsatisfactory cause." A work on the nervous system, which.,o,boula. cots taro no allusion to mesmerist% Would be like the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted. The following are some of his observations on this topic:— " Wsmium:V.—This subject must be considered physiolo gically and morally. In the latter sense it surpasses and thing which can come within the eogitiAante or oiir senses, and, at all events, is out of the pale of medical inquiry. The exhibition) Which tee have daily made before as, if true, can only be referred to the class of miracles. It may not be amiss to warn the public how far, and by what complication of machinery, systematic imposture may be cart-led " Considered physiologically; it itlay be asked what is tru e , and what is new in these histories ? and whether, in this YleW, the Whole be not reducible to excited nervous in fluence, which has at all times prevailed under particular circumstances, without usurping any specific name or min " There is nothing new in the discovery; that pain may be suspended by moral hyipfetsion ; the number is, perhaps, comparatively few of th ose w h o have not proved this in their oWii persons. The pain of toothache is recognised to be as severe as any to which flesh is heir,—the stoutest are knocked down by it. The celebrated Tom Crib was deptiVed of ail his muscular force during a lit of it 1 and yet this agonizing pain, this torture which often makes a man run his head against the wall,.is entirely dissipated, not merely for the Ilion - lent, but for weeks ;—not by oils and opiates, not b the extracting iron, but by the simple rap at the door of him who is supposed to have the Irons in his pocket. The fear of incurring a momentary pain still more severe than the 9n!:.3 In operation, is sufficient to expel the latter. We re quire no name for this phenomenon ; we speak of its effects; and we see, in this instance, that moral causes can operate upon the nervous, system, and suspend physical action ; the pain in question being referable to irritation of the nerves. If the passions of the mind, of which fear is one, he still more wrought upon, the sentient condition of the nerves may be so paralysed as to allow the tooth to be extracted, or the limb to be amputated, without causing pain to. the patient. see no reason to doubt of the veracity of these witnesses ; I can find ho object in deception, no reason to suspect collu• sion, because there is nothing more extraordinary in the effects of the will,directing all its powers to . the consumma tion of one o bj ec t , t h an that this should. be ' effected by the operation of one passion. It is the faith which removes ntountains. This is a word which seldom finds entree to medical levees ; it sits at the gate like MOrdecal, and it is sure to triumph. It will finish by hanging its foes, scepti cism and credulity. It Is the same that cured the woman of hemorrhagyt and the man at the pool !pf Bethesda. Why should we suppose that its reign is over? It is as paramount in the present day as in times gone . by. It has . existed from the beginning of timeotnd wilt endure to the end. It is a part and parcel of our moral eXistence. It re presents a great power equal to a host or army, dxercising its influence over our moral and physical being. It is not at our own disposal ; it is not in the power of all . ta,helieve ; but those who -do, and do in right earnest, often reap the fruits of what some would style their weaknesi. .loW . strong in fi t av h nh e o i t r hfoeweakness.uflnadi Elaine; systems; fo for it t o u npweoinlal sometimeset , so h w ic e h l wellacquainted agsot rekindled. • t t yh a en s yo t h t c o ab s ne e u s : t l , 9n a and' ad' with'n I TUESDAY NlGiriT'S GAZETTE CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RE LIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SUMMER CIRCUITS, 1845. tfORTIt EWA etlltt7Yr., Henry Revell Reynolds, Esq., Chief Commissioner. Yorkshire, at Sheffield, Friday, June 27. Yorkshire, at Wakefield, Saturday, June 28. At the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, Wednesday, July 2. Yorlk,hii•e i at York, Ftidayi July 4. At tlie city and county of the city of York, on the same day. Yorkshire, at Richniond, Munday, July 7. Durham, at Durham, Tuesday, July 8. Northumberland, at the Moot Hall, Newcastle-uponTyne j Thuriday, July 11 1 ; At the towii and county of the town of Newcastie-upon- Tyne; on the same day. Cumberland, at Carlisle, Saturday, July 12. Westmorland, at Appleby, Tuesday, July 15. Westmorland, at Kendal, Wednesday, July 16. balicaohife j at tiailtastd Thursday ; July 174 Cheshire. at Ch es t er , Wednesday, 'July 23. . . At the City and C oun ty o f th e C ity o f Ch es t er , on the same day. Flintshire, at Mold, Friday, July 25. Denbighshire, at Ruthin, Saturday, July 26. Merionethshire, at Dolgelly, Tuesday, July 29. Anglesey, at Beaumaris, Thursday, July 31. Carnarvonshire, at Carnarvon, Friday, August 1. Montgomeryshire, at Welsh Pool, Tuesday, August 5. Lancashire, at Liverpool, Thursday, August 7. lIO3IE CIRCUIT. John Greathed Harris, Esq., Commissioner. Kent, at Dover, Friday, July 4. At the City and County of the City of Canterbury, Satur day, July 5. Kent, at Maidstone, Monday, July 7. Sussex, at Horsham, Fridav, July 25. Hertfordshire, at Hertford, Friday, August 8. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT. William John Law, Esq., Commissioner. Berkshire, at Reading, Saturday, June 21. Oxfordshire, at Oxford and City, Monday, June 23. Worcestershire, at Worcester and City, Wednesday, June 25, Herefordshire, at Hereford, Friday, June 27. Radnorshire, at Presteigne, Saturday, June 28. Brecknockshire, at Brecon, Monday, June 30. Carmarthenshire, at Carmarthen, Wednesday, July 2. Cardiganshire, at Cardigan, Thursday, July 3. Pembrokeshire, at Haverfordwest and Town, Friday, July 4. Glamorganshire, at Swansea, Tuesday, July 8. Glamorganshire, at Cardiff, Wednesday July 9. Monmouthshire, at Monmouth, Friday, July 11. Gloucestershire, at Gloucester and City, Saturday, July 12. Somersetshire, at Bath, Monday, July 14. At the City and County of the City of Bristol, Tuesday, July 15. Devonshire, at Exeter, Thursday, July 17. At the City and County of the City of Exeter, on the same day. Dev onshire, at Plymouth, Saturday, July 19. Cornwall, at Bodmin, Monday, July 21. Somersetshire, at Taunton, Thursday, July 24. Dorsetahire, at Dorchester, Saturday, July 26. Wiltshire, at Salisbury, Tuesday, July 29. At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, Wed nesday, July 30. Southampton, at Winchester, Thursday, July 31. "In a physiological sense, all these apparently wonderful phenomena are true, but they are by no means new. Of the rest of mesmerism, as far as the opeiitions of the mind are concerned, and its knowledge of thing's, these are new; it will require undeniable evidence to prove them true. If they be, they rank with miracles, and are without the pale of physiology." We had marked out several other 'passages for quo tation from this very delightful book, Vat want of space compels us to omit them. We-take leave of Sir George Lefevre with a high admiration for his talents, and with an ardent wish soon to meet him again. TH MIDLAND CIRC UIT. David Pollock, Esq., Commissioner. Essex, at Chelmsford, Monday, July 7. Essex, at Colchester, Wednesday, July 9. Suffolk, at Ipswich, Thursday, July 10. Norfolk, at Yarmouth, Saturday, July 12. Norfolk, at Norwich, Monday, July 14. At the City and County of the City of Norwich, on the same day. Norfolk, at Lynn, Thursday, July 17. Suffolk, at Bury St. Edmund's, Saturday, July 19. Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge and Borough, Monday, July 21. Huntingdonshire, at Huntingdon, Wednesday, July 23. Northamptonshire, at Peterborough, Thursday, July 24. kutlandshire, at Oakham, Friday, July 25. Northamptonshire, at Northampton, Monday, July 28. Warwick.shire,at Warwick, Wednesday, July 30. Warwickshire, at Coventry, Friday, August 1. Leicestershire, at Leicester, Monday, August 4. Lincolnshire, at Lincoln and City, Wednesday, August 6. Nottinghamxhire ' at Nottingham, Saturday, August 9. At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, on the same day. Derbyshire, at Derby, Tuesday, August 12. At the City and County of the City of Lichfield, Thursday, August 14. Shropshire, at Shrewsbury, Saturday, August 16. Staffordshire, at Stafford, Tuesday, August 19. Warwickshire, at Birmingham, Friday, August 22. Bedfordshire, at Bedford, Monday, August 25. Buckinghamshire, at Aylesbury, Wednesday, August 27. E O'DONOGIRIE. By HARRY LORRE- QuER. Pio. 2. , • • The number of Captain Lever's new work for the present month is not so full of incident aA the one which h as preceded it ; nevertheless • 'it will be read with no sma ll d egree of interest and amusement, par ticularly the scene between poor old Sir Archy and the Beggars, in which that good old gentleman be trays no inconsiderable degree of astonishment at the sight he beheld, and want of temper at the cool impu dent wit, indulged in at his expense in the following dialogue They were all busily engaged in stowing away the proveuder of various sorts and kinds, as luck, or the preference of the cook, decided, laughing or grumbling over their portions, as it might be, when Sir Archibald *Nab hurriedly presented himself in the midst of theta-. an appearance which seeired to create no pecu liar satisfaction, if one were to judge fr‘im the increased alacrity of their movements, and the evident deSire they exhibited to move off. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Laycock, tallow chandler, Colne, Lancashire—a final div. of is. in the pound, Feb. 18, and every following Tues day, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. G. Grantham, grocer, Manchester—a first div. of 3s. Bd. in the pound, Feb. 18, and every following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. C. Petrie, miller, Bedlington, Durham—a first and • se cond div. of Is 2d. in the pound, Feb. 12, and any following Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. C. Crespin. shipping agent, Eastcheap--a third div. of 61. in the pound, Feb. 12, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Basinghall-street. C. Mann, banker, Romford, a first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, Feb. 12, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Basinghall-street. " The O'Donoghue laughed as he witnessed the dis comfiture of the ragged mob, and let down the window sash to watch the scene. '6 "Tis goiag we are; God be good to us!' Ye needn't be cursing that way,' said an old hag, with a sack on her back, large enough to contain a child. " • Eyah! the Lord look down on the poor,' said a little fat fellow, with a flannel night-eap and stockings without any feet; there's no pity now at all, at all.' " • The heavens be your bed, any way,' said a hard featured little woman, with an accent that gave the bless ing a very different signification from the mere words. " Blessed Joseph! sure it isn't robbers and thieves we are, that ye need hunt us out of the place.' "Such were the exclamstioni on every side, inter mingled with an undergrowl of the Scotch naygue— the ould scrape-gut,' and other equally polite and flat tering epithets. " This is no' a place for ye, ye mild beldames and blackguards; awa vve ye—awa wi' ye at once.' " Them's the words ye'll hear in heaven yet, darlint,' said, an otd fiend of a woman with one eye, and a mouth garnished by a single tooth. Them's the very words St. Peter will spake to yourself.' " Begorra, he'll not be strange in the other place anyhow,' muttered another. "Tis there he'll meet most of his countrymen.' " This speech was the signal for a general outburst of laughter. " Awa wi' ye, ye ragged deevils; ye'r a disgrace to a Christian country.' DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basiughall-street. R. H. Marshall, draper, Plymouth, March 4, at one—W. Brookes, lamp-manufacturer, New street-square, Fetter-lane, March 4, at half-past twelve—W. Robertson, insurance broker, Great St. Helens. March 4, at eleven—S. T. Watson and W. Byers, woollen warehousemen, Skinner-street, March . 4, at half-past twelve. In the Country. G. A. Cator, wool merchant, Leeds, March 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. W. Green, bookseller, Leeds, March 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Rich ardson, glass manufacturer, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, March 5, at eleven at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court--J. Hayton, s hipowner, Wigton, Cumberland, March 5, at half past two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. S. Carter and R. Cornford, merchants, Liverpool, March 4, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Tomkinson, linen draper, Kidderminster ! March 5, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. A. Goodeve, warehouseman, Aldermanbury, March 6—J. Hubbard, auctioneer, Ramsgate, March 4—G. Fielding, iron monger, Thame, Oxfordshire, March 5—W. A. Mearns, ale and porter brewer, Clapham, March 4—C. Parry, furniture broker, Cleaver-street, Kennington-road, March 5—J. Coles, jeweller, New Bond -street, March 4—C. Dotesio, hotel-keeper, Slough, March 7--J. R. King, druggist, Bath, March 5 W. Richardson, glass manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 5—A. and R. Procter, coach pr o p r i e t ors , H u ll, M arc h 7—F. Deflinne, check manufacturer, Manchester, March 5 W. H. Hayward and R. Collier, cotton spinne rs , Manchester, March 4—J. Writes, victualler, Old Kent-road, March 4—R. J. Webb, wine merchant, Bath, March 4—E. Glover, junior, ironmonger, Leicester, March 4—D. Hannah, banke r , Caven dish-square, March 4—J. H. Utting, upholsterer, Newman street, Oxford-street, March 4—J. C. Ross, merchant, Sa vage-gardens, March 4—W. Stinton, cook, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, March 4—C. Rayner, grocer, Blackburn, March 4—P. Blackburn, builder, Salford, March 4—J. Raper, tailor, Bridge-road, Lambeth, March 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Gregory and H. Burlingham, ironmongers, Evesham, Worcestershire—C. A. Jaquin and J. Coral, button-manufac turers, New Union-street, Moor-lane—F. and C. Ifirrison, drapers, Luton, Bedfordshire—C. Roe and J. Facey, corn factors, Bristol—J. J. Young and A. Boucneau, marble dealers, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-road—J. Cleaver, M. Attwood, and J. Barwell spelter manufacturers, Ripley, Derb3 shire—A. and J. S. Buckley, cotton manufacturers, Ryecroft, Lancashire—W. Gledhill and S. Jagger, delvers, Bradford—J. Farie, P. Tasker, and A. Tod, iron merchants, " ' Throth we wear breeches an us,' said an old fellow on crutches; 'and sure I hear that's more nor they do, in the parts your honour cornes from.' " Sir Archy's passion boiled over at this new in dignity. He stormed and sitore, with all the impetuous rage of one beside himself with passion; but the effect on his hearers was totally lost. The only notice they took was an occasional exclamation of— " There it is now! Oh, blessed fatherl hear what he says! Oh, holy mother! isn't he a terrible man?'— comments by no means judiciously adapted to calm his irritation. Meanwhile symptoms tory were sufficiently evide n t. .C r i pp l es were taken on the backs and shoulders of th e i r respect i ve fr i en d s; sac k s p of evacuating the terri and pouches were slung ove r th e nec k s. " So far as this work has gone it promises well, and is far less likely to cause ill•feeling towards the writer on the part of his countrymen than the man ner in. which he has depicted their passions, preju dices, and peculiarities in his former works. FRANCE ILLUSTRATED ' with Drawings. by Thomas Allom, and Des cr i pt i ons by the Rev. G. N. Might, M.A. Fisher, Son, and Co., London. 1845 . This is the first Number (if a series of pictorial illustrations of the landscap e an d arc hit ec t u ral beauties of France, from the pencil of Mr. Allom, whose artistical talents are so well knoWn, and so justly appreciated, that to name is to praise him. Mr. Allorn's name is a sufficient voucher that the drawings will he all first-rate works of art : and, from our persenal knowledge, We can vouch for the strict and portrait-like accuracy of the drawings contai ned in the present Number. The letter-press descr iptions, by the Rev. G. N. Wright, are well. written, and display a coniiderahle amount of a ntiquarian research. Liverpool (so far as regards A. Tod)—J. Mullins and C. Wigley, leather pipe makers, High Holborn—E. A. Bowker and G. Metcalfe, copper-plate engravers, Manchester—J. and T. Radcliffe, commission agents, Stockport, Cheshire— T. 0. Dobson and C. Lonie, ship brokers. Liverpool—J. Mather and J. Brindley, tobacco dealers, Manchester—.T. M. Kronheim, J. Skirving, W. Shepherd, and F. W. Sutton, patent stereotype founders, Earl street, Blackfriars (so far as relates to J. Skirving)—G. Pacey and T L. Gillott. iron mongers, Leicester—J. Bullen and R. Spaull, auctioneers, Wormwood-street, Oki Broad-street--E. and T. Longton, machine makers, Manchester—J. Chadwick and A. Andrew, Manchester warehousemen, Manchester—J. 11. West and G. Ives, brewers, Hertford—W. Burnie and W. Dickson, mer chants, London—J. Shuttleworth and J. Eastham, coal dealers, Blackburn—R. and J. Lockwood, maltsters, • Crow field, Suffolk—J. Whittaker and C. B. Palmer, druggists, Swansea—T. S. and W. P. Peters, corn merchants, Man chester—C. Fairweather and W. Matthews, jun., wine mer chants, Kirton, Lincolnshire—T. Hagger and H. Payne, grocers, Falbourn, Cambridgeshire—L. Williams and W. Watson, powder flask manufacturers, Birmingham. TEE LATE SIR JAMES SHAW, BART----It IS in contemplation by the civic authorities and inhabitants of Kilmarnock s t h o a erect a statue in memory of the above late resp eCted Baronet in PENRYN FLOATING HARBOITIL—We have much satisfaction in stating that there is every probability that the Board of Admiralty will sanction the proposed plans for rendering Penryn River a floating harbour with all necessary conveniences for ware housing goods, &c., Mr. Walker, their engineer, having, we under stand, made a report in favour of this national. project. The official document may be expected shortly.—Fahnouth STATE OF THE STRE*Ts.—Tuesday i number of police-constables of each division were employed to serve a printed notice upon shopkeepers and householders, requiring them to keep, the footway in front of their respective places of business and dwel ling-houses sweptdaily during the continuance of thelrost and snow. The neglect of this notice subjects the party to a penalty of 10s., under the 63d section of the Police Act. FOOT-RAC E AT. SLouan.—The long -pendi ng f on t. race fora sweepstakes of 501. each distance one mwileuh,,,bleetdwiesteannJeaecbky son (the American deer), Maxfield the (North Star),:nbdylltahvelehse(atvhye Welsh Chicken), came off on Tuesday afternoon at Slough. The road, which fall f snowhad been of th the night considerably re,w ts blockedoloarod the several men, especially engaged for that purpose. The sweepstakes were won by Maxfield beating Davies by between fifteen and twenty yards, and Jackson by upwards of fifty yards. It will be recollected that, a short time since, Jackson beat Maxfield in a three-mile race, without any apparent effort. Jackson also heat the celebrated Sheppard in an hour's match not long ago, per forming in that time upwards of eleven miles. The mile on Tuesday was run by the winner in four mi,iutes and forty-nine seconds. Con siderable sums of money changed hands, and the knowing ones got the best of it. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS' . T. and E. Oldham, contractors, Aberdeen, Feb. 17 and March 15, at two, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. David Bansley, perfumer. Dunfermline, Feb. 14 and March 7, at twelve, at the chambers of R. Gardiner, Dunfermline. James Hamilton, Arthur Hamilton, and Co., agents, Glas gow, Feb. 18 and March 17, at four, at the Eagle Inn, Glasgow. We understand that Madame O'Grady, the lady of The O'Grady, of Killiallyowen. county Limerick, and now residing with her family at her marine villa, Car riumahon, Monkstown, received through the post, on Sunday evening, a threatening notice, to the effect that it was intended to shoot her, unless certain terms were entered into with her tenants in Limerick, and that, not withstanding she had left Killallyowen, she could be as well found out for that purpose in Monkstown as in the county of Liraerick.—Limerick Chronicle. THE IRON TRADE.—During the last week an ad vance of IL per ton has taken place generally through out the district in the price of manufactured iron, occa sioned by a number of heavy orders received by some of the largest firms in South Staffordshire. Many of these orders were sent in at the prices agreed upon last quar ter-day, but were refused at the late rates; and we are informed of one house that returned orders to the ex• tent of 2,000 tons. The best forge pig (No. 1) now brings 4/. los. ; and bars 81. per tun; being an advance of ss. on the former. and 20s. on the latter. The ad vance was declared by the trade yesterday week. We believe we may state with confidence, that that at no former period were there such large orders for railway iron in South Staffordshire as at the present time; but the great drawback on the state of prosperity is. that the supplies are re quired in a much more limited time than it is possible to execute th..m ; and this, amongst other causes, may account for the refusal of the orders referred to. That the existing high and remwnerating prices will be main tained, there is scant ly a doubt, as, according to the estimate of those most experienced in the trade, twenty thousand tons will be required for steam-boat and ship building, under contract at the present moment ; _for . th . e railways projected in Great Britain t wo thousand me:, and on the continent of Europe five thousand miles, making altogether 7, 000 miles , for which three hun d red We tons of iron per mile will be re q uired. shall h ave more furnaces immediately at work throughout the dis trict ; but it will be a long period, judging by the causes at present in operation, before the supply is equal to the demand. We may mention that Welsh iron in Liver pool is now worth 71. 10s. per ton ; and that, on the Ist of January, 1844, the same could be bought for 41.75. 6d. From that time to the present,thek in se riseh; te sb m e w en r s l t as ea t d ..... y, w ith the exception of a slightccc iiirekinghism Journal. - - FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.— As the workers of one of the pits atothe Rosehall colliery, near Coatbridge, we e de scending the shaft to their employment, on the 31st ult., the rope broke when those descending were supposed to be half way down the shaft, and they unfortunately fell to the bottom and were killed.— Glasgow Herald. DEFR4t!DIIgG A RAILWAY COMPANy.—O n Friday, before the magi s t ra t es at D over, George Rigden Stapley was charged by the railway authorities, with coming by their trains from Tun bridge to Dover, having only paid for a ticket to Paddock Wood sta tion. The defendant stated that he paid to Dover, but supposed he took up the wrong ticket, as two others were paying at the same time. Ile was fined 155., including costs, and in default of payment committed for a week. Ile had not a sixpence .in his pocket and seemed in a very poor condition. weekly m ee ti ng o f t h e DUBLIN, FEB. 10.—The Repeal Associatioa, held to-day, in the Conciliation Hall, was nume rously attended. At a quarter before one o'clock Mr. O'Connell made his appearance, and was received with vehement demonstra tions of enthusiastic applause. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was accompanied by William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P. ; Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P. ; Patrick J. Somers, Esq., M,p, ; Maurice Henry Grattan, E sq . : , M.P. ; John O'Connell, Esq., M.P. ; John O'Connell, Esq., 31.1'. ; and several leading members of the Associa tion. On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, seconded by Mr. O'Brien, Robert Dillon Browne was called to the chair, amid prolonged ap plause. The rent for the week was announced to be 5141. Is . 2d. The Marquis of Waterford's head coachman became deranged whilst driving four horses and the drag, from cover; he fell off the box seat, and would have been killed but for Mr. Unlock, who sat with him. He is now in the lunatic asylum, Waterford ; he was a very steady, respectable man, and held in' great esteem by the Noble Marquis and his lady —Tipperary Free Press. LOWESTOFT, FEB 8 --Loss OF THE EMERALD, OF BELFAST.—The Emerald, of Belfast, Harrison , _ from London to Aberdeen, with guano, struck upon the Barnard Sand, about twelve o'clock last night, the wind blowing strong from the N.E., with snow storms, and shortly after wards sunk. The crew took to the rigging, and at daylight this morning (Saturday), a boat from Kessingland Beach rescued them from their perilous situation,- and landed them in an exhausted state, destitute Of e veryt hi ng .._i pm i c h Express. 3, 1 645, VARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMOA',"3, The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Sir GEORGE CLERK took the oaths and his seat upon his re-election, as Vice-President of the Board of Trade, for the borough of Stamford. The Hon. Baronet immediately after stood before the tab!e, and said he begged leave to present certain papers by command of her Majesty. RAILWAYS. Mr. KEMI3LE presented a petition in favour of the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway Bill. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Sir GEORGE HENRY SMYTH presented a petition from the inhabitants of Colchester against the Medical Reform Bill. WINDOW-TAX. Mr. WILLIAMS (of Coventry) presented a pe tition from the inhabitants of Gravesend, praying for the total repeal of the window-tax. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. S. CRAWFORD begged leave to present a Petition from the inhabitants of the town of Rochdale, against any enactments which might have the effect of removing the existing restrictions upon unqualified medical practitioners, and praying that a measure might be passed which would tend to the further protection of time profession. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY BILL. An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could' not ascertain, presented a petition in reference to the Eastern Counties Railway Bill. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the medical practitioners of Malmesbury, against the Government Medical Reform Bill: it expressed a hope that the Government would pass a Bill in favour of the erection of a new medical college, and establish a summary mode of punish• ment against all persons who should be found prac tising without the proper medical license. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from the solicitors of Lincoln, cotnplaining of the excessive amount of fees required from parties applying to be admitted to practice as attorneys and solicitors in the courts of equity and common law, and praying the House to abolish them, as also to abolish the annual certificate fee. UNIVERSAL PEACE SOCIETY. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from the members of the Universal Peace Society, in which they stated they regretted to hear that a statement was made in her Majesty's Speech advising an in crease in the naval force of the country. They thought it unnecessary, and, instead of an augmenta tion, a reduction ought to take place. The practice of war they believed was contrary to the spirit of Christianity, and entirely unnecessary. They desired the Government to appeal to reason, and use the power of arbitration, in order to settle any dispute that might arise between this country and foreign nations. The Hon. Member said he heartily con curred in the prayer of the petition. APOTHECARIES' ACT. Mr. HASTIE presented a petition from the sur weons of Scotland, praying the House to abolish the Apothecaries' Act. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that, on the 25th inst., he would call the attention of the House to the report of the Commissioners appointed last year to inquire into the frauds committed in the port of London. PRIVILEGE. The Sergeant-at-Arms appeared at the bar of the House, and stated that an action of trespass having been commenced against him on the 19th of January in the previous year, by a Mr. Thomas Howard, he had now to state that a declara tion disclosing the cause of action was filed against him on the 23d of December, 1844. Under the advice of the law-officers of the Crown an appli cation was made to a judge in chambers on the 24th of December, 1844, and two months further time to plead obtained. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, in con• sequence of the information that had been received from the Sergeant-at-Arms, he thought it would be better to pursue the course that had been pursued in 1843, when a similar communication was made. He should propose to have the paper printed with the votes, and he wculd now give notice of a motion on the subject of those proceedings for to-morrow. DORCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAIL WAY. On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Captain HARRIS said that he wished to address a few words to the House on a subject which reflected on himself and a noble relative of his in the other House (the Earl of Malmesbury) with regard to the Dorches ter and Southampton Railway. Certain rumours had ►one abroad that his noble relative had influenced the Board of Trade with regard to this line, and that rumour had been strengthened by what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Dorsetshire. He did not believe that the Board of Trade could be influenced in their decisions by any person ; and he would not have said a word on the subject were it not for what had been said in the House with respect to it. The company who undertook the formation of the railway between Dorchester and Southampton communicated with his noble relative and him self on the subject, and they both saw the great importance it would be both in a local and national point of view ; it would place the defences of the country along the coast on a more secure footing, for, in case of invasion, cavalry could be conveyed with the greatest expedition, and the disembarkation of hostile troops at any point along the line could best be prevented by cavalry. Oa public grounds, therefore, as well as on private ones, they supported the line. A meeting was held on the subject in the month of May, at which his noble re lative and himself attended, when subscriptions were raised to defray the engineering expenses. A second meeting was held at Dorchester in July. Certain resolutions were agreed to, and it was laid down as the rule that every member should take shares to the value of 5001. Several meetings were held in the autumn, and his noble relative having obtained an interview with Lord Dalhousie, the latter declined to come to any decision at that time, stating that he must be guided entirely by the public service. He had said so much both to vindicate himself and his noble relative, as he had ever found that the House was ready to listen wah indulgence on such subjects as these.—(Hear, hear.) CANADA. Mr. ROEBUCK then rose and said, that he had given notice of a question which he intended to put to the Government on the subject of the late elec tions in Canada. He was reluctant to bring this question forward, as the Government of Canada at present was only an experiment, and he was ex- tremely unwilling to express any opinion upon the proceedings that were going on in that country. Circumstances had occurred, however, which now induced him to allude to the subject. During the last year Sir C. Metcalfe dissolved the Parliament of Canada. New elections took place, at which, particularly in Montreal, disturbances had occurred. A petition had been presented to the Legislature of Canada complaining of the legality of the election, and impugning the conduct of the returning officer, the sheriff of Montreal. That subject was at the present moment under the consideration of the due and proper tribunals, and what he wanted to know was this —whether her Ma jesty's Government had any peculiar circumstances to state or lay before the House, for the purpose of explaining the conduct that had been pursued, on the part of the Colonial Secretary, with re s ,ect to the returning officer of the city of Montreal. He had been given to understand, and he wished to know whether such was the case, that notwithstand ing the complaints that had been made against the returning officer, the Secretary for the Colonies had advised that a vote of thanks should be given to him. Ile wished to know whether the statements that had been made to him were true—namely, that the thanks of her Majesty had been given to the returning officer of the city of Montreal at a time when his conduct was under the consideration of the proper tribunal—the House of Assembly ? and if that question was answered in the affirmative, the next question he should wish to put would be, whether there would be any objection to lay before the House the mode in which those thanks had been conveyed? Mr. G. W. HOPE said that, as the Honourable Member had given him notice of the question, he was prepared to answer it. With respect to the election petition that was pending, he was not aware of it. What was known of the transaction he could state shortly. He was quite ready to produce the papers that had been adverted to. It appeared that, previous to the election at Montreal, an application had been made by the oppo sition candidate, in which he stated that the stipen diary m agistrate thought it would be advantageous to under military protection. T o commencethis polling the returning officer would not consent, and in no ease was military aid resorted to until it became essentially necessary. It was true that preparations were made to prevent any disturbance taking place, large numbers being expected to arrive. The mili tary were in readiness, but they acted upon one oc casion, and one only. Everything was done by Mr. Young that could be to secure order and free access to the poll for both sides ; and according to the report of Sir Charles Metcalfe, the general peace ful manner in which the election was conducted was owing to the course pursued by the returning officer. The Governor expressed his gratification that no life had been sacrificed, and stated that great credit was due to the troops and to the officers, and that, without their assistance, it would have been impossible forthe voters to have exercised the franchise freely, in con sequence of the intrusion of non-voters, On the re ceipt of that dispatch. which had arrived before the . l Canadian Parliament had met, and before, therefore; i i t ~.t h- , possible to ascertain what elections would be petitioned agai2St 7 the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had felt it his duty to transmit to the Governor of Canada a dispatch conveying, not the thanks of her Majesty, but his own expression of approbation of the conduct of Mr, Young and Captain Wetherall for the efforts which they had so successfully made for the preservation of the public peace ; and he had desired that this expres sion of his approbation should be communicated to, those gentlemen. There had been no thanks returned in the name of her Majesty, and no statement had been made beyond the expression of . the approbation of the Executive Government to the Exientive officers for their exertions.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME thought the House ought to have be fore them the details of the circumstances which had led to the extraordinary changes which had recently taken place in the public mind in Canada. Great dis content now reigned in the colony, and it they wished to preserve the colonies in a state of usefulness to the country they must govern them according to the wishes of the majority of their population. While Sir Char:es Bagot was there unanimity and con tentment reigned, but -no sooner bad a change of .Ministry taken place than discontent arose. The Governor dismissed his Executive Council, and for nine months governed without one. This gave rise to dissatisfaction and discontent. Hence had arisen those scenes which had taken place at the elections; and it appeared to him to be necessary that all the documents connected with the subject should be laid before Parliament, so as to enable them to ascertain what had caused these sudden changes. He protested against the present system of government. RAILWAYS. Mr. WALLACE, seeing the Noble Lord filo Chancellor of the DucliY of Lancaster in his place,. would ask him if it was his intention to press the second reading of the Railway C(4lFrolidtqion Bills to-morrow. He (Mr. Wallace) considered a" longer time ought to be granted for the consideration of measures of so much importance. He was preparud to propose two additional clauses in those Bills, and if they were pressed forward he should be obliged to give notice (it' those clauses to-night ; but he would much rather postpone his motion to a future day. Lord GRANVILLE SOMENSET considered it of great importance that the Bills should pass the House with as little delay as possible. He felt great disinclination to put off the Bills. He would move the Committee to-morrow night, and on this day 'week would bring up the report.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WALLACE was perfectly satisfied with the explanation of the Noble Lord, and would render him all the assistance in his power. THE PORTLAND VASE. Mr. CHRISTOPHER wished to put a question to his Right Hon. Friend, which: as suggests d by the wanton destruction of the Portland vase. From the police reports of that morning, it appeared that the magistrate had no power to exact from the de stroyer of that precious relic of ancient art s penalty higher than a fine of five pounds, or to inflict a greater personal punishment than impri sonment, with or without hard labour. He begged to call the attention of his Right Hon. Friend to this subject, and he wished him to inform the House whether it was his intention, by legislation or otherwise, to take measures to prevent the recurrence of such an outrage ? Sir R. PEEL said the trustees of the British Mu seum intended to hold a meeting on Saturday next, for the purpose of considering this iniportant subject ; the result of that meeting would, in all probability, be some communication on their part to her Majesty's Government. Ile would, therefore, not express any opinion till that communication should be made. COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH BRAZIL. Mr. BOUVERIE wished to ask a question of her Majesty's Government on the subject of the commer cial treaty between this country and Brazil. It had been asserted that our commercial intercourse with that country must rest on a reciprocity treaty, similar to the one that expired last year, which was at treaty of that description. An additional reason for assuming this probability, which amounted indeed almost to a certainty, was, that more than one-fifth of the exports of Brazil consisted of the article of sugar. Now, if the Brazilian Government insisted on a re ciprocity treaty in reference to this article ofcommerce, there was no prospect of any agreement between this Government and that of Brazil as long as that frivolous distinction remained on the stitute• book between slave-grown and free-labour sugar. He apprehended that the Act passed last year on the subject had proved nugatory, inasmuch as the only sugar that had come into this country unCer that Act was imported from Venezuela, and was slave-grown, while that which was expected to arrive would consist, to a great extent, of North American sugar, from New Orleans, which was also slave-grown. If, therefore, this reciprocity treaty was to be concluded, the distinc tion must be abandoned, and he could only express a hope—which was also that of a large majority of the country—that the Right lion. Gentleman would, as on many former occasions, put his consistency in his pocket, and remove this distinction. lie would put the question, which was this—whether there was any negotiation, or likely to be any, between this country and the Brazilian Government for the conclu sion of a commercial treaty ? Sir R. PEEL said that no negotiations were pend ing between this country and the Brazilian Govern ment on account of any alteration in the tariff of import duties of that country. There had been a proposal made to the British Government in respect of one of the ordinary treaties of commerce, but there had been no change in the tariff duties. Mr. RICARDO hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would abandon the principle of these reciprocity duties, which made the commerce of this country dependent on that of others. Mr. M. GIBSON thought the Government ought to abandon all attempts at tariff treaties. It must strike every person that the limits within which the Government could negotiate with foreign countries were too narrow to admit of much advantage. The difficulty did not lie abroad, but at home ; and he thought a negotiation with a cen•ral society for the protection of agriyulture would be snore likely to lead to permanent results than any treaties with Brazil, or elsewhere. The fact was, class interests must be consulted before any great change could be made in the import duties even in the most necessary articles of human food. It was the Right lion. Gentleman's adherence to protection and differential duties hich prevented a successfur termination to the negotiations with I3razil, and he did not anticipate the Right Hon. Baronet would give up these notions. The Right lion. Baronet must know that when the Brazilian Government was informed by Mr. Ellice of the amount of duty which the British Government intended to impose on foreign sugar, as against British colonial sugar, the Brazilian Government at once cut short the nego tiation. lie did not know whether he was at liberty to move for the production of the instructions of the Government to Mr. Ellice, but if the Right Hon- Baronet would consent, he should be anxious to sea them on the table of the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the Right Hon. Baronet had given notice that on Friday he would make a stet emerit to the' House of the greatest im portance to the commercial .interests of this country, he was anxious to know what course the Right Hon. Baronet intended to pursue. Iwo courses might be taken. A resolution might be moved, which would leave the House at -liberty either I'o affirm or reject it; or an amendment might be moved on the resolution. • 'He wished to know if the Right Hon. Baronet intended to press the House to a decision on that day. - Sir R. FEEL begged to assure the Noble Lord opposite, in reply to his question, that if it should appear inconvenient, he would not press the House to come to a decision on Friday next on - the financial measures he should propose.—(Hear.) Upon that day he would endeavour to state to the House, as clearly as he could, what the views of her Ma jesty's Government were with reference to the financial and commercial policy of the country.— (Hear, hear.) But, of course, in doing it, he begged it would be borne in mind that it was of the utmost importance that the House should come to a decision at as early a period as possible upon the proposals he should make; but he would repeat it, that he would not, if it should be objected to, press the House to come to a decision on Friday.—(lle a r, h ear. ) o. e r r ßd y uos g fs l e a tl d hoe t hear h o Tadr eta o that - announcement JOHN anyino t RionUf that theill , e I, (FL w i or a rd s Trea sury, r i 3 Lor s d make on that day would depend upon the course adopted by the Right lion. Baronet. Such, then, being the case, he (Lord J. Russell) hoped that the Right lion. Baronet would consent not to take a vote on his measure on Friday. Sir R. PEEL had only to repeat the hope that the House would see the importance of coming, with as little delay as would be consistent, to a decision upon the measure he should have the honour of proposing on Friday. With respect to her Majesty's Government, it should be re collected that it was their business to give no unne cessary delay to the public business ; but at the same time he would most readily acluiesce in the proposi tion of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER an nounced that the sum to be proposed by her Majesty's Government as that neces-ary to meet the demands of the public service for the coining year, Would be 1.5,400,5001. observable in Mr. lIUME hoped that t he laxit y the Exchequer-bill officers on late occasions wo p u re ld se b n e t checked in futu re. Mr. IVTLEJAMS -hoped that, from the ~~ -