The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

they do not-yield th a t prof i t to the fishmonger they wise would. The annual meeting of the Diocesan Association for promoting education in the principles of the Etalshed Church, wai held on Wednesday, at the DebiGry Rooms, in the city of York. A very gra. tifying report of the proceedings of the past year was read by the Rev. Edward Churton, M.A., the olerical secretary. Several schools in connexion with the board had been established in the dioceses of York , a : n d Rion, both of which are embraced in the opera -40.11s 0 r the board. On Wednesday evening a paper, by Mr. Claudet, Was read before the members of the Society of Arts, contai ning an account of the improvements that have and!en made in the various branches of the art of photo .l during the last few months ; and many new , interesting particulars were brought forward. Mr. ulstidet also described at some length a new discovery, wille ll ala Pears likely to affect materially the optical part of the process, and to render many of the ope bt,"B much m ore certain than they have hitherto • This is his own d i scovery, and he seems to liar , e follow e d it with zeal an d perseverance ; and his :2 !Irks upon the subject showed that he has spared cimer time.._nor labour in its iiivcstigation, COURT CIUCULAR• WiNDSolt, PRILAT.--The Queen and P th ri e n p ce le A ns l u b r e e r_t Walked for some time this morning in grounds and the Home Park. Their Royal Highnesses the Prin d ce the of pr ll in 'a e l e e s s s , Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, an other exercise. Alie, were taken to-day for pony This evening her Majesty ancalndheridllnlglussetrniooouls, Consort took equestrian exercise in the rand Colonel attended by Major-General Weymsa I3ouverie. Frogm The Q u een and Prince Albert dined Royal Ili h ' Duchess of Kent, at Ral I". g. ness the . t andhis with her ore 4touse, this evening. Her Majes y Marchioness of Douro, ./I!.ighness were attended by the ... the -l'eelitit SYdney, the two Maids atira°ol.ln, and the two Equerries in Wm g -o'ftinliontohuer'Hon. ti_nr,,t,toerivas?. L. Co urtern - ty, Captain Meynell, and Dr. The Duches -------- bridge and t yes lighnesses the a p n of h Glou o c f ett a e m r visited thei h r e dteitary Grand D 1I Here- Y, n alucheesessosf Mecklenburgh Strelitz r'la at Cambridge House. (1441: oflll3inet Council was held at two o'ncelocklin• pre teril°°ll, at the Foreign -office. . 0 sent were ir Robert Peel, the Duke of Welling- Ef,/l, Lord Srncliffe, the Duke of Bucc e the 44berdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir Jam E ar ancellor of the Exchequer, Earl ofes Graham, I uch, eis E stete a rr rl RiPon, and Lord Granville Somerset. soon Theod Chancellor joined his colleagues Haddington, after three o'clock. Lord Li , a Wharneliffe arrived in town on . T e h . ursday R..ht, fro his seat, Wortley Hall, Yorkshir Ile Council sat three hours and a half. sir Robert poLeiTestSandon had an interview with kr. Joehrdaf Excise, had an inter vi n Vood, Chairman of the .. he uer yes ter eW with the Chancallor of the E n'' a t Ilia official residence in Dow:in% for s a grand t,a`3r Robert Peel issued cards yesterday the 3 d of ptb7ulentary dinner party, on Monday, ... - q treet. The uary next, at his residence in Whitehall -gardens. 04rneuus guests will appear in full dress.4COß--al-I;i'rEGEN CC' k IIIINTING APPOINTMENTS. mil ''. arqub ; comb:; Tues., b or. ..,. arson s hds., Mon., Adlecom , Eitedlsuetheo7peeeti. lids., Non., Racethorp ; Si r i t 'en; Fri., Pluckbarn. Tues., Ows to • utton's hds. Mon Castle Batham ; . Sat., Wed., Settrington 4r, 4 Wo Wed -.union, taptld , e Al;bey-.11. wed., tirrl.:l4'stt:orwilliinadila'siii.hds., Mon., Averley Wood; post ; T,,.. se‘llier's lids., Me,, , HOUg /Mal Sat., Ii:111 I °CV er on the Xsur ; Thurs., Guide Girsby ; -- 11. ast X, tit , Bossingharn sire,t. a !Ids., Mon. Lydden ; Wed., Ro n , J.: Fr . Aerise Mill. toltho iElliott's beagles, Mon., Wed., Al°- 14,1 'Y; Fri • Linthill ; -gsworth h • , ' Grindstone Edge -11. ~Ilawk. , `l, Tues., Elnisall Lodge ; Thurs., 44. Na"tiarj°,B ; Sat., Grove Hall-10}. Tues., 4 1)ley ii au,;s ~bds., Mon., Headon Chiral), ~... urs., the C•l 4 ,: e'4 ; l'hurs., Sandbeek Park ; tar! or ti°i. , Hook 40,1,.arewood's lids., Mon., Scarcroft ; We-, Fri. ; Headon Ruffori aria heighten Bar —10. ker '3.' /lona Oxton Warren ; Lord .1,,;',10i Roxton Wov,,tru°ro.agh's hd s , Mon, Ormsby ; wed., Wed., Cocking Lord ji: ri., Melton *Low Wood—il. quoil Lo r d ~,rl'Y Bentinck's ?ids. Mon., CoddingtonP Th.. -ues., West Bark With ; Wed., Gate lrial•ti Wickenly--1 hurs., Burton; - I.leu ßht s. ll ' 1...1"a Holt.; Tues., Barden . Hill ; T s4t kid Bo f ; Fri., Ashfordby —14) 4. 3 '; . Fri., Wi Wolk hds, Tues., Little Bentley Halt , ti st°°---10 tl rha rn c I, . ti,leti,d t'ar-PIY hds., Mon., I 3 on Hill; Wed., Sun . 'at.-e 1 i?ge; Fri. Chester I3ar-10i. il\Vttl.°l4' Bilge' hi arra., Mon., Acklam arwo,th Illtiels; Fri. Newton -10i.. Blue Bell; Ibt/V01101,11., Tues.: Over D insdale—Thurs., Rudby )Iri., 11elik'uaWakeraeld; Wed., Hilton (a stag), I • !. Iforl,"1.4011 Lank Turnpike Gate-10}. at 12; '116,,,..' / Ids ; T Woods. bTlie°-'1) ttad Beechtirliines••hizhds , Mon., Midcalder q°918;44-nuti(1...................4 Castle! Thurs., • Ormiston Hill ; Sat., "atE<-101. ' GA 10, 0 4 , -.4 toulls----____NU RABBITS. ~ 4,„, ,t,„,z 1 , sk. Moss on Saturday last, Thomas Edge, of farm- P,uetiN., , and three th r young men, itrorNtct9itaric:atroeda beforre other Rev. Y Joshua Thomas charge of trespass pre-- 44141 v ~.111,last the:Bl7:l 4 ftd lle father.- Pal "" Lord sta J or ke eretr• nley, one of her Majest's theyoung b h 'ea of State. It appears that . ...4n 41 Obt • Morris, of I;) Li 11 altled permission from Thomas inci ih ,C hrigt aV t a day's ferreting for rabbits, as a sort ~,•" Lath„4l4 gift, on h' I d , near Hoskar Mos , V`ll.,lvertZt'iand that, in Itsheancousrse of the day, they stlppokortisi Wolked into a field adjoining to one of ti e ti nt it , efonging to his Lordship, erroneously 111 fi l l, ,„ at the time to belon g to the former gen_ .. - gtetOk, ,„.- hey were seen by his Lordship's games. t,k, aile.'ll`? Mforrned them that they were trespas to o,`l'eY ittirnediately retired, expressing their t o ,', tiot Co '' keeper, and tolling him that the tree.pone toe tll,rnitted knowingly. The damage d tQ`ekita 4 , 4 Lalf 4 a P of the field does not amount to more ihe toper'arthing, rated at the very highest. 1 likt4ti„,„Nere4llPeared to support the information,an.nd es of f., Magistrate convicted the parties, and inl. (21; al) addlttyo sh.illinga each and c n os d t s s, and costs I i t 4 the ~,,i.._llal fine of eight . pl ' 4 th 44l Y 1 0 ';`,'`. 1 "g men, who unthinkingly, assist them , f' th' tipott....!lltnself, carried a gun to gly, and un -414;1' Chtir ctiere are fines infieted by a c l ergy m an.ng ~,Iliool atootiot,!' of England, on four poor labouri_or q tar 'Ln, with the expenses, to near 20 . / I . , y enter' 'i(tihreer fol ing a nobleman's field in a mistake. ionicki. As, tic), are all parishioners of the . con ; ,tb ,sistrate . l e d walisaonfd (10 not live very . far distant the noble complainant. astounding 't atip44onnt of the fines and costs, .an tiltsry thou tilted as it may appear, damage -‘44le ''and till' h 1 1 l , b es t c actua value of the damage th Tit 'l5 Lordship.--Liverpoo/ Chronicle. \I tl' !Ilt•t 1 It(l4te'r- COLLEGE ti3all,ot, Per tr.' RLMUILLING OW BALIOL '% 4 F4 eo4 aP, generally known that the rebuildin o g i r, o u .'ltl of p 11u been suspended, in consequence ept any r p, „: ,t.,„,;7_, bellow: of th.at Society t9.aeac_hiter jtltili4vi Liu Y Z..Ir. Pugi n , the Catholic 'Trove ~ tSitel:ttits °fIPPIPI 'a Pi?"' Whichg w r a i s tt a er a ',Atte' `k N , 4i 9 i ' i l , test the. Retlf4orinin•aitionhaaysinwell as his claims l ,„ )11N tave friendship of the Fellow s of the College, 1 0"114.,,,1411tue0 One %side t hepi ns of Mr. Basevi for 'N.; • , 11e 4d 4 of M,.. Pugin's.—Oxford Chronicle. ti c i l lt. to thaY last, City police-constable Pring, be- ci titti,et b e lie Firs t, division of police, t'ild nip s at .In a state of in b• t was sent to the hiving been foun .tpi.tiftt he lt koo I. L e ri° Y'L• ti '., i t - would 1.- -ne, Wiiere, on ins arrival, t. 4 4 ti aPp,4r -, bo reported to the superintenden itkti qlo s' had such an effect upon his already ex 1i44,11s sha t 11 Proceeded to the kitchen of the iN, to ot h i t i -",4, knatching u one of the men's razors, ::tli, 41‘0931-:))Z °Pon the dresser he drew it several , a,,, ti, Wags 1 throat before an tine could approach He r llosp inlmediately conveyed to SL Barthole tal, and little hopes are entertained of 'l\,l; Pitl•°ll4)S Ilt,lt. e„,:lelbt IN Tus THANIES.--On Wednes ,ZEl ttl'-riq,,r h ld an in at the York Arms, / Nrity 'e'rottd, on the body of George Gregory, tit!t,tifilt it' 9,"a of 11 widow keepin g a greengrocer's t k 4 . 19 1 1 tli ' "wer-arsh, Lambeth-. The evidence it o ,Ytid 4 %roller proved that &ceased was of weak fi,,Zt(lptt, rir3ioflae, if jeered at or reprehended for 4:41.'(i wittitidettl, a.t the was dangerous to himself and ,ti t...t,,1tt 91x Months since, he had nearly drowned lt,4ll.pittr a rid ~,4 female relative who scolded m. In k,iitkk hits „'"o9,7_,ten heir last his mealier, the onlyl.een9:kll:pil?tl;to p:a, became abed ridden, and h d the "1):tt!8 °I his LI mecuePrera(TnevhilcBhtliinjteasleiaving it lithe I e p th e ,4. ki l o fe 9. 3'oenger sister reprimanded him. Ile t tip ,:oft,.s ~,411`'llie.ne_ra.n out of the house. In the even . .44N tglii4te, .Pi . iig in the New -cut, and, in reply ~t,alt.it.:,wnokree, said the e had been " kicked and cuffed 1)„kt Itwtilturn ther e no naoro, but go and dm an, Lt4t,eerio:.4lk said this, he ran off like a madman, ttiqqiakllittl.aotti Zore alive. Verdict, "Found drowned." I', Pt'y °tear, 44/11.-r. Watson mentions a 4404.4,,t10.1,00405cee, which took Place in the West 4:_l), 1 3r ttr , or near Liverpool. A man, about ti, NI f 4 i), l , . a ge, a drunkard, Was admitted into ,loi4tv mi n A k,or'llt under latemorrage from the bowels, ~,, roj.iAtk '', expectoration. A short time, about (I.)::4fore .death, the attendant nurse s ob- E , h t , 4h t ,11 (.04.1•Iike streak th mouth, playin g Nth '''k 14 ek and 1" e d 111 •' • till titor,of FI ST ~„ upper .ip, ans. continuing NetL4tWq eitry'lliratio.:""e flame was persistent with the ,11:.a,, 44. clip,iitti3o,,.. aend not at all lambent. This ex ; ~.114:141111cirs i k an_ ? ponth.),t reported for a dr!.y .o At e ~ t " ons, u it as a proof of Divine ctkCil Zi,,ieepinitlY, the body was not exa- FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING OF J.N. 21. The 'ollowing are the speeches of M. Thiers and M. Guizot on the Address. We have already given an out line of them, but some of our readers may wish to see them at length : M. Thiers, after describing the bad policy of the Minister, both as regards the right of search and the treaty with Morocco, tells M. Guizot, the Minister of peace, that he was on aril brink of war for a. miserable settlement in the Pacific. It makes one shudder, he said, to think on what a slender thread hung the peace of the world ; if, instead of there being at Otaheite three French frigates to two English ones, the forces had been equal, blood would perhaps have been shed in the Bay of Pa peiti, and in Europe ; the pacificatory at any price would have been unable to stop its torrents. The Ministry of peace has brought France nearer to a war than any pre vious one.—(Oh.) Well, then, if no serious danger threat ened, what excuse have you for the sacrifices you have made ? And for what has all this been done ? For a miserable islet, at which we had only two fishing-vessels, whilst other nations had hundreds. It has been said that the possession of this island would be beneficial to our trade with China ; but this is not the case, for no vessels would take that route. It is a chimera to which the best interests of the country have been sacrificed. You have committed a fault against our commerce, and also against our moral power. In this opinion I have many partisans, but it is sought to take them from me by insinuating that I am an enemy to our maritime interests.—(Oh ! oh !) Such, however, is not the case ; for my wish is, that France should have a powerful navy—in a word, I am a friend to a real navy, but I am a decided enemy to what I will call an illusory navy.—(Noise.) I repeat that, in occupying the Mar quesas Islands, you have committed a fault injurious to our naval forces, and that will be a sufficient answer to those who accuse me of not being favourable to it. I believe that the country ought to have a real navy, and I remember well a remark made by Admiral Lalande with regard to the French fleet in the East, "I had," he said, "some excellent vessels, capable of beating anything they might meet, but I had others which had just left port, and might have been taken in hn hour." The superiority of France should be in number. But, it will be said, England has had as many as 100 ships of-the-line and 200 frigates, and France was never able to have more than 60 of the former. That may be the case ; but England has possessions to defend, which are scattered over every sea, whilst France might concentrate her forces, and enter into line with a superior num ber ; but, in order to do this, her ships must not be scat tered as far as Oceania, in consequence of the stupid occupation of the Marquesas Islands. The millions de voted to that expedition should have been employed in finishing the port of Algiers, and the magnificent har bour of Martinique. I shall now speak of the English alliance ; my position with regard to that question is very similar ; some wish to make me pass for a par tisan of alliance with England an any price; whilst others, and particularly the Hon. M. de Peyramont, pretends that, in 1842, at least, I was a sort of enemy to it ; per mit me therefore, gentlemen, to offer a few explanations on this point. The Hon. M. de Tocqueville stated yesterday, that although the English alliance might have been desirable in 1830, it has since ceased to be so. At that epoch an alliance with England must have been generally approved of. But now, because in certain given cases I appear disposed to withdraw myself from England, I am accused of copying the policy of the empire. No, gentlemen, Ido not copy the empire ; those who do so are the enemies of our good relations with England. In my opinion, alliances are governed by circumstances, and I also think that there is no alliance that does not entail serious sacrifices. The history of the past proves my assertion. France was once allied to Germany, and she sacrificed her continental interests to the necessities of the war which was then carried on against England. Much at present is said of continental alliances—you know my opinion on the subject. Per mit me to tell you that there is something chimerical in alliances on the continent. Frankly, is there any one possible for UR at the present moment ? It is for this reason that I am a partisan of peace—but not of peace at any price. Time will undoubtedly change the con dition and the feeling of certain Powers ; but at present there is not a single one of these alliances which is pos sible. The longer war shall be kept distant from us the greater chance there is to find alliances on the conti nent of Europe. In all alliances some sacrifices must be made. Thus, the first condition of an alliance with Russia would be the sacrifice of our interests in the East. An alliance with Austria would sanction for ever her rule over Italy ; and that with Prussia, the most probable of all hereafter, would be to confine us for ever in the limits fixed by the treaties of 1815. So that it is my conviction that the solution of the great European questions—that of the East, for instance, and the interest of our revolution—requires an alliance with England ; and I may add, that the analogy of the two Governments will prevent England from again forming a coalition against us, as she did forty years back. The interest of our African possessions also re quires the English alliance ; for a war with England. without producing the loss of that country—far from it —would considerably impede our intercourse with it. From all this, I come to the conclusion that we ought not to fling ourselves without conditions into the Eng lish alliance ; but that still it merits being maturely and seriously meditated on and weighed. How then, since I am in favour of this alliance, have I differed from the present Cabinet ? In the manner of conducting it — which is a most grave and important consideration. The situation has become singularly modified of late years, and in the following manner:—When you find in a country a party disposed to act efficiently with you, as was the case with the Whig party, then you may form an alliance with that country; but when in place of the Whigs, a Tory party is found in England, that is, a party holding itself on a certain reserve, and not wishing to act freely with France, then I say that you ought not to pledge yourself to that party, as you are now doing. Such is my idea—to engage your self with those who consent to act freely with you, and keep on the reserve with those who show a different countenance towards you. But, in any case, do you sup pose that an affair like the right of search can be a means of alliance with England to act as you did in 1840 ? What did you find in 1840 ? I will suppose that at that period I was alone, and I take on myself all responsibility ; there was no ambassador in London, I suppose , • and it is I alone who am the culprit.— (Loud laughter on the Left.) Well, at that period France was irritated against England, on account of the treaty of the 15th of July, and it was to it that concessions ought to have been made ; and yet it is France that you cause to make the concession. It is impossible to more completely mistake the state of the patient and the nature of the malady. This treaty on the right of search was then consented to, from which you have been told that it was impossible to extri cate yourselves unless by a weakness or a folly. how then was it got out of ? It has not been got out of at all. The first year, they said to Lord Aberdeen, " Receive at least our dispatches, that we may be able to say that negotiations are commenced."—(A laugh.) The second, not knowing what they had next to do, they deter mined on naming a commission—that is, to prepare for the question an indefinit.. adjournment.—(Marks of denial.) And supposing that this affair had been decided in the line of policy prescribed by the French Chambers, what would have been gained ? The difficulty would have been transferred from the French Legislature to the other side of the Channel, and all that would have been done was to excite the dreadful storms in the Eng lish Houses of Parliament.—(Marks of dissent) And do not think, gentlemen, that it is a small matter to bequeath such difficulties to an allied Government—it is to pre pare absolute impossibilities for one's self. If, after the treaty of 1840, in place of conceding the treaty on the right of search, you had given England to under stand that it was not an opportune moment to bring forward that question—if, in place of crying up so loudly the English alliance, you had cultivated it discreetly and noiselessly, you would have effected in finitely more —you would have been able to make the double influence of the two nations felt in Greece— you could have stopped the effusion of Christian blood at Constantinople—and have given the French residents en the banks of La Plata an efficient protection. I de fine the present policy as at the same time feeble and vain. That is, the former is proved by the fact that you have gone to the furthest ends of the world to seek for com pensations fur your weaknesses, and this has in its turn become the cause of fresh acts of weakness on your part. It is vain, for when you wanted to establish fresh and sincere relations with England, you flung the right of seareh between the two countries—words in place of things. But what do I say ? You have given us things—the Pritchard indemnity, the treaty of Mo rocco, and the commission on the right of search,— (Great agitation, and the sitting was suspended for some minutes.) The Minister of Foreign Affairs—The Hon. Deputy who has just spoken has imputed to me an intention which I had not previously felt, and which I do not entertain since I have heard his remarks. He has supposed that I should speak to him of 1840, and to the legacy which he then left us. I regard the question of 1840 as one already judged both in France and Europe. I maintain that the opinions of all sensible men who observe the course of politics are decided on that point. Ido not require, either for my cause or for myself, to speak now of the Cabinet of the Ist of March, and of the state in which affairs were left when it retired from power.—(Approbation.) Neither shall I follow the Hen. Member through all the questions on which he has entered, ques tions military, political, and historical, questions on all our possible alliances, and on all the phases of the policy of our country; I do not think it necessary so infi nitely to ex tend the field of a discussion such as that which now engages our attention. I shall not therefore speak but on subjects which are actually pending—(Approba tion.) Happily all these questions have been settled since your last session, and I can therefore, without further preamble, enter on an examination of affairs, all the de tails of which are fresh in your recollection. You will remember how things stood at the close of last session. You left the Government in serious difficulties. When things of paramount importance are on the mind, secon dary interests and embarrassments are forgotten. When, therefore, at the close of the session, we found ourselves thrown on these important affairs on our own responsibility, every idea of persons instantly disappeared ; we no longer thought but of the great interest involved, and of the great duties imposed on us, and we endeavoured to settle those questions according to those inte rests and those duties. Taken in themselves, isolated even from all foreign complication, they were diffi cult and serious. A first war with a neighbouring State in Africa, the first steps of a new establishment at four thousand leagues from the mother country, were serious affairs. There was also to be taken into consi deration the connexion existing between Morocco and the country with which our relations were as impor tant as frequent. The whole of our foreign policy was based on the questions which you had left pending. We proposed to ourselves to settle these questions in main taining the right , the interests, and the dignity of France.—(Llear, hear.) I shall take up, one after the THE, SUN, LONDON, other, the several questions under discussion—Morocco, Otaheite, and the right of search ; and I shall examine how w e have resolved them, in paying att ntion to the interests, rights, and dignity of each. In the Morocco affair, our course of conduct was this—we declared pub licly what our intentions were. Much has been said of communications made to the English Government; but I can declare that I communicated nothing but what I have already stated. That being done, we reserved to ourselves the office of transacting our own affairs. We willingly accepted the good offices of the agents of Eng land, but we did not ask for their interference. Great and efficient instruments were not wanting to effect what was wanted. Our laud forces were commanded by an illustrious general, and we can say that Algeria was twice conquered by Marshal Bugeaud—once in 1830, and agein from 1841 to 1844. All the means of success were placed in the hands of the Marshal, and at the same time we advised the Crown to give the command of the fleet to the Prince de Joinville. This was as suming a grave responsibility, for it is always a grave matter to intrust a command and the termination of a political affair to a young Prince. It was greatly so at that particular juncture, for there is not one of you but is aware of the use—and allow me to say, of the abuse —made of the Prince de Joinville's pamphlet on the state of our navy. That publication was represented as a mark of against the Cabinet. The noble Prince had, in fact, been placed in a delicate situation, and we considered it our duty to afford him the first opportunity of proving his devotedness to the honour and dignity of the country, and at the same time his full knowledge of the policy which suited that country.—(Lead marks of approbation.) The Prince de Joinville, in publishing his note, had not intended anything else than to show himself a good citizen and a sound seaman. M. Dupin—Every one approved his conduct. The Minister fur Foreign Affairs—l think M. Dupin cannot have comprehended my words. When I said that the Prince intended nothing but to act like a good citizen and a sound seaman, I evidently had the appear ance of speaking in terms of approbation ; but what I meant was, that his note was misrepresented, and a sense attributed to his words which they were not intended to bear. That was what I intended to say, and the appro bation of M. Dupin is not, therefore, necessary. The conduct of the Prince responded to the confidence of the Government ; but every one must see that the re sponsibility was grave for us, and that there was some merit in incurring it. This being done, our policy re specting Morocco clearly defined—all our measures taken to carry on our affairs ourselves—the commanders by sea and land placed in complete possession cf all the means which they required—we conceived that the war ought to be carried on rapidly, and peace arrived at promptly. It has been said that we did this on account of Otaheite—the assertion is false. Were there not such a place as England in the world—had her interests not been in any way connected with those of Morocco—the simple fact of Algeria being deeply concerned in the mat ter would have rendered it our duty to arrive promptly at peace.—(Hear, hear.) I trust that M. Thiers, after what I have just said, will not reproach us for having paid undue attention to the legitimate interests of Eng land in this circumstance. I shall not at present enter into the consideration of the clauses of the treaty; they will be examined hereafter, when the paragraphs are brought forward. I only wanted to give the Chamber a general view of the manner in which the affair has been conceived and conducted. I now come to Otaheite, and on that matter I have to say that there are several ques tions which the Hon. Deputy (M. Thiers), I will not say confounded, but mingled up together. There is first the occupation of the Marquesas ; I can say that this ques tion was discussed two years back at great length in this Chamber, and yet M. Thiers preserved silence. Why, if the taking possession of these islands appeared to him then an enormous blunder, did he not demand permission to speak, and declare it? I cannot but think that his ideas have become considerably modified since then, otherwise his silence would be inconceivable.— (Ilear, hear.) But, however the Hon. Gentleman may have thought on the matter, the Opposition spoke, the Chamber heard them, and decided the question. The other Climber also did so, and it was in conse quence of the vote of the two Chambers that the expedition was proceeded with. The Hon. M. Thiers has confounded dates and facts. The Government never bad an idea of possessing itself of Otaheite, and putting France and England in contact on that point. All it sought for was a desirable port in those seas. The admiral sent on that expedition had considered it his duty to assume the protectorate of Otaheite, of which no mention had been made in his in structions. Two reasons determined us not to refuse what the admiral had done, and the first reason was, that the protectorate of the island of Otaheite was of some importance to our establishment in the Marquesas, and the other, that we did not wish to see the French flag withdrawn immediately after its appearance.— (Marks of adhesion) This provisional protectorate, a proti ctorate not yet sanctioned by the Government, con tinued for fourteen months. It had, it is true, met with difficulties and embarrassments ; but there had not been anything like tumult or sedition ; everything went on regularly and peaceably. When, on the contrary, Ad miral Dupetit Thonars thought it his duty to convert the protectorate into a sovereignty, disturbances commenced. Thus, during the fourteen months of the protectorate, Mr. Pritchard, who vsias then at Otaheite, was unable to excite any insurrection; it was after the assumption of the sovereignty that he was able to do so. The Government, therefore, were not so much to blame when, after having accepted the protectorate, it refused the sovereignty ; the former appeared to it necessary to protect the interests of France, for which the latter was useless. I now come to the last incident, that of Mr. Pritchard. You will remember the strong sensation created in Eng land on the receipt of the news of his arrest ; this emo tion appeared to me to proceed from two causes—first, the quality of agent of the English Government, with which he was invested ; and, next, his religious charac ter. The conduct adopted by us in this matter was this —we first sought to establish the truth of the facts of the case ; to prove that Mr. Pritchard was not an official agent, but a simple foreigner, living under the protection of a law common to all. Had he been a consul, there would have been certain forms to be observed with re gard to him, when desiring his expulsion ; but he was not consul, and the truth of these facts we have been able to prove to the English Government. As to his re ligious character, we have also established that he has nothing to complain of at our hands ; we have proved that the most perfect religious liberty prevailed in Oceania. This was done, we remained quiet, in order to allow the angry feelings which had been raised in Eng land to subside. When the proper moment arrived to examine the affair to its foundation, what was the con• duct of the Government ? We fully maintained the right of the French authorities at Otaheite to expel any foreigner who shall disturb public order. After having supported this right, we maintained that our agents at Otaheite had just reasons for using it ; and that they had acted properly in so doing. After this, we made the ad mission that some of the conduct used towards Mr. Pritchard was open to blame, and to be regretted, for it could not be admitted that French agents should, in any quarter of the globe, forget those maxims of equity and consistency which were the rule of all regular Govern ments.(Exclamations on the Left.) Our conviction was, that in the arrest of Mr. Pritchard some of those maxims had been departed from, and I will explain in what those ,acts consisted. Without entering into any irritating details, we considered that although there was enough in the circumstances of the case to warrant the authorities in taking every measure for their safety, yet that it was unnecessary to keep Mr. Pritchard in soli tary confinement for eight days, and prevent his seeing even his wife and children. ' We thought that it was neither just nor proper to use more severity than was really necessary. We considered that the step which had been ordered by the admiral on his arrival at Ota heite six days after should have been done at the time, viz., to compel Mr. Pritchard to leave the island. In saying this I do not mean to shelter the Governer ent be hind the Governor of Otaheite, for that would be neither honourable nor just. They had no such intention. M. de Bruat was one of its most intelligent and bravest officers. He every day gave proofs of that. We have admitted that there were certain points connected with this affair for which it was honourable in us to express our regret and our disapproval, and we, at the same time, thought that there might exist reasons why a pecuniary indemnity should be granted.—(Mermurs on the Left.) The Chamber sees that I do not avoid any point con nected with the question.—(Approbation.) Indepen dently of the rules of which I have spoken, there is a fact of which I will remind the Chamber. Some years before this affair two French Catholic missionaries had been ex pelled from Otaheite. Those missionaries had gone to that island under a Government which forbad any preach ing contrary to the established religion of the State.— (Movement.) The will of . Queen Pomare is the charter of that country. The missionaries who went to preach at Otaheite acted at variance with that law, and it was in virtue of it that they were expelled from the island. Violence had, it is true, been used towards them, but two years after Admiral Dupetit Thouars had de manded and received an indemnity of 2,.500 piastres for the treatment they had experienced. The admiral was perfectly right in what he did, but it served as a prece dent for the French granting an indemnity to Mr. Prit chard. At the same time, however, that we agreed to this indemnity, it was expressly stipulated that it was not given on account of his expulsion, but merely in consequence of the harsh treatment to which he had been subjected. It would be weakness in them to deny that they were glad that this indemnity had been the means of removing the elouds which had hung over their relations with England, but they should at the same time have granted the indemnity had no political con siderations been connected with the affair. This, gen tlemen, is what I have to say on the ensemble of the question. At a future time I shall enter more into de tails. I will now say a word as to the conduct of the English Government with regard to the affair of Mo rocco. It was made known to us how far its interests might be involved in it; it strengthened its force on that station, but at the same time kept it below our own, to make it apparent that it only sought to protect the legitimate interests of the country. This done, it entered into our complaints, and both at Tangier and elsewhere represented those complaints to be just, and our demands moderate; it did more, it tendered to us its good offices. In fine, the English Government accepted a situation which was difficult and delicate for it—that of being present and watching our success; and it had the good feeling to wait to see what we considered it just and prope r to do. We well knew what were the feelings of England on the subject, but she demanded nothing of us. Do you imagine that, if affairs had been taken iu another spirit, they would have taken the turn they have done? convictionApOonbi e no rt i y e o c r ln d w w ti ol i l l I qt these e e o re v Ee e na g t fl o ei swh e n ‘ Av l i o g mr, hldbtsae from rs oa t md h o e ra Cal letter P a t e m ar r b if s e r r o: —m o ,L t Ao h fr i yd s is," writes the British Minister on this occasion, " that the sincere desire of the two Governments to cniti vate the best and most cordial understanding renders it almost impossible that incidents of this nature, if they are viewed dispassionately, and treated in a spirit of justice and moderation, can ever lead to anything but an amicable and happy is sue . ,, T h i s, gentlemen, i s the TTALADAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, _lB4k. feeling which characterises both the incident itself and the reciprocal situation of the two Governments. In order that such incident should nut carry in its train grave consequences, it was necessary that both Govern ments should act with a spirit of justice and moderation. M. Billault here demanded permission to speak. The Minister for Foreign Affairs—But there is some thing grander and more novel than this good intelli gence. France has often been at peace with England, but behind their outward show of friendship there always subsisted a jealous and hostile spirit of rivalry. The prosperity, progress, and activity of one of the Govern ments were a source of annoyance to the other. But this is no longer the case ; for both, acting in the plenti tude of their liberty, in place of being opposed as for. merly, are able to aid each other. Such was the present opinion of the two Governments. There are then, I say, two Governments in Europe who consider it their duty to act towards each other in a particular way, and act so; they continually testify a mutual confidence in each other's intentions and acts, and the care of their gravest interests end neither in a rupture nor a coolness.— (Hear, hear.) The result, then, of all that I have just alluded to has been this— the King of the French went to England.—(Murmurs on the Left.) This result is not a conjectured one, but palpable and undoubted. It has been said that we have hurried on matters to admit of this visit. We precipitated nothing ; all were resolved maturely and independently ; and when nothing more ex isted to embarrass the two Governments the King went to London. The propriety of this journey has certainly not been contested by any person, and its political utility cannot I.e impugned either. Although the personal inter course between Sovereigns is not at present so important as at other periods and under other forms of government, yet certainly they have a certain influence on the good accord of States and on the easy arrangement of affairs. You know the result of this visit, you have beheld the manifestations of the sentiments of the Queen of Eng land, of her husband, of those of the whole country, towards the King and dynasty of July, towards France herself, towards our policy of peace and lib era l conser vatism. Every o ne b e h eld this —Europe witnessed it— and do you suppose that the spectacle is without fruit? —that France was weakened or humiliated by these in cidents ? Ask where you please in Europe, and I will, beforehand, agree to accept the answer.--(Loud approba tion.) But what Europe witnessed and comprehended, France herself' also understood. I saw the King's re turn to France—l saw how he was everywhere welcomed —I saw a just pride displayed at the consideration with which he was greeted in England, and a just satisfaction at the removal of all difficultie s between the two States. —(A fresh burst of approbation.) I shall only add one word more on the question which has been alluded to so repeatedly in the course of our discussion —I mean the right of search. Ido not wish to give my words an extension beyond what facts will bear out. I do not say that this question is already settled, for the conviction of England was that it was the only means of putting down the slave trade, and you all know with what honourable perseverance that question was prose cuted in England. It was then necessary to prove to England that other means might be devised to effect the desired object. This was an immense step, and that step had been made by the nomination of the mixed commission. Believe me, this commission is not ap pointed to elude the question—the names of the persona appointed to compose it—taken as they are from the most considerable of the two countries—will be a proof of the contrary. Gentlemen, such is the position of affairs at present, and there is a vast distance from this lofty region to mere party struggles. In which of the two will the Chamber place itself ? 'Will it side with mere party squabbles, or will it take into account great public interests ? Such is the question which the dis cussion will resolve. I have placed it before you in all its truth. The Chamber must decide.—(Loud appro bation.) SITTING OF JAN. 22. The discussion on the Address was resumed to-day. M. Bechard, in opposing the Address, said that he was equally an enemy to the line of policy pursued by the present Ministry and to that professed by the party of M. Thiers, neither of which deserved the name of a na tional policy, as understood by the party of which he was a member. The commercial interests of the coun try were, he considered, sacrificed to the English alliance. M. Dupin, sen., in alluding to the questions of Morocco and Otaheite, stated his opinion that on neither of those points had the dignity of the country been properly pro tected. He condemned the Ministry for not obtaining an indemnity from the Emperor of Morocco for the ex penses of the war, and accused them of sullying the honour of France by the haste in which the .treaty had been ratified. The conduct of the Government at Otaheite, he maintained, was also dishonourable to France, as their flag should never have been withdrawn. If the agents of the Govern ment had acted right in expelling Pritchard from the island, what cause was there for blaming them, and granting an indemnity? This could only have been done by way of a peace-offering to England, and he trusted the Chamber would never give its sanction. With regard to the measure which the Government had declared it had adopted of a mixed commission to seek means to obviate the necessity for the right of search, he thought the idea perfectly illusory. The measure of a mixed commission had been designated by the Minister as a grand pas; in his (M. Depin's) opinion it was a faux pas. Ile was an advocate of peace, but he would not that everything should be conceded to one ally, and refused to another. His motto was, each for himself, and each at home. He preferred it to an alliance with England, if it was to be paid for at the high price placed on it. After brief speeches from M. Herbert and others, the Chamber divided on the first and main paragraph, when Ministers had a majority of 28. DUTCH MAIL. Tun Gus, JAN. 19.—The birth-day of her Ma jesty, our beloved Queen, has been observed in the usual manner. At noon there was a brilliant parade of the troops composing the garrison. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 18 —Among the days which are remarkable in the history of Amsterdam, the 19th of January deserves to be remembered, espe cially by aged persons, who well recollect that on that day, 50 years ago, the French were brought into the city as soi-disant deliverers from the yoke of slavery. Experience has taught both old and young to know what this catastrophe led to. May posterity take heed, and maintain the present independence of the kingdom of the Netherlands, formally the Seven United Provinces, that the Netherlands may remain what they desire to be, a powerful, and therefore important State in Europe. THE HAGUE, JAN. 20.-- - -We have before us the statement of the revenue in 1843 and 1844, from which it appears that there has been a considerable increase in 1844. The total amount in that year was 54,225,805 florins, and in 1843, 53,027,097 florins. It is still affirmed that Mr. Rochusson is appointed to the post of Governor-General in our India pos sessions. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 21.—1 t appears from the official statement of the produce of the several taxes in 1844, which presents a considerable increase above the re ceipts in 1843, that the few branches which have fallen off (not to the amount of 50,000 florins in the whole, the Post-offica and th e l o tt er y, w hile on the other hand it is highly sa ti s f actory to see the i ncrease in the Excise nearly a million) of the direct taxes are to the amount of nearly 340,000 florins. THE HAGUE, JAN. 2 0.—The members of the Second Chamber of the States-General are summoned for the 6th of February next. Though the Stoats Courant of to-day does not yet announce the appointment of Mr. Rochusson to the post of Governor-Gen era l o f I n di a, we can posi tively affirm that the King's choice has fallen upon him. He is the forty-sixth Governor-General since that important colony was acquired for the mother country by the c ou r age an d firmness of the Dutch. ROTTERDAM, J AN. 20.—We learn that by a reso lution of his Majesty, a loan to the amount of one million of flori ns , b ear i ng i n t eres t a t f ou r per cent., is to be opened at Amsterdam on the 17th of February next, for defraying the expense of draining the lake of Haarlem. Our private letters from China, dated the end of September, 1844, inform us that his Majesty's brig Areno sailed from Macao at the beginning of that month, with Messrs. Moddermen and Rochusson to visit the northern ports of China, Chan-Hay, To- Choo, To-Ningpo, and Amoy. These gentlemen will persevere their inquiries in those little-known ports relative to the interest of our commerce. The Areno soon after leaving M acao was t a k en by a violent storm, in which it lost its bowsprit and yards, and suffered other damsge. It was forced to put back to Hong-Kong, where it may b e more easily repaired than at Macao. The captain expected to u t p c u h pap put to sea again at the beginning of October.— STORM. Yesterday the su dd en storm S a L of et t te h r e .) FATAL EFFECTS ofrr CALAIS, JAN. 21. that took place in the afternoon produced one of those disasters by which loss of life and of property occurred, and probably without the immediate reason being ever ascertained. A lugger, or, as it is called here, a chasse maree, left Dunkirk in the morning, bound for Abbe v ill e , laden with coals, sa l t co d , and brandy. From some unknown cause sh e came on shore between f o u r a nd five o'clock, P.m. to the east ward of the jetty, the wind blowing severely from N.N.E., which ought to have enabled her to have pursued her intended course. After she struck on the sands, and was di m l y seen through the haze, the life-boat approach e d. N ot a soul was seen on board, and it became us e l ess, i n such a heavy sea, to run the risk of coming on board, as the vessel was breaking up. It was once supposed that a man was seen attached to the mast by a rope. Such, however, was not the case, and there can be no doubt that the crew have perished, for so violent was the wind that they could not have escaped, even had they taken to the small boat. What renders the supposition more reasonable is, that a boy picked up a five-franc piece close to the vessel when the tide was out. It was ascertained by the ship's papers, washed on shore, that there were four men and a boy on board. How different was the appearance of the sea to what took place on land ! A short time after this fatal catastrophe the doors of the theatre were prowded by ladies and others, invited to a carni va l b a ll g i ven by the young m en of Calais. It was the first this season, and a great number of well-dressed charac ters, unmasked, ornamented the elegant ballroom. Tbn polka was extremely well danced by eight young ladies, in Polish costumes, with their cavaliers. They all footed it away, as if the dance had been their study through life. The house was crowded to the ceiling. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16, 1845. MEMORANDUM.--Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 76th Regiment to bear on its regi mental colour and appointments the word " Nice," in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the Regi ment at the passage of the river Nive, in the month of December, 1813. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 24. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. G. Forbes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires ; Cornet H. C. Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forbes ; W. H. Orme, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Morgan, Jan. 24. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. C. Kortwright to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; W. F. Richards, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Kortwright, Jan. 24. 22,1 Foot—Lieut. W. D. Hilton, who was cashiered in • the Gazette of the 23d of July, 1844, has been restored to the service, Jan. 24. 32d Foot—Lieut. G. Vavasour, from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Griffin, promoted, Jan. 24. 42d Foot—Lieut. T. R. D. Hay to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, promoted, Jan. 24. 55th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Martin, 51. D., from 73d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Shanks, promoted on the Stag Jan. 24. 66th Foot—Lieut. G. A. Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice Caldwell, who retires ; Ensign H. Coates to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor ; J. C. IlaWkes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coates, Jan. 24. 98th foot—Ensign 0. Latouche to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Suirdale, who retires, Jan. 24 ; Ensign R. Reid to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hussey, who retires, Jan. 25 ; F. A. Hardy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Latouche, Jan. 24; Gentleman Cadet W. Croker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Reid, Jan. 25. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. W. D. Hilton, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutucant, vice Tench, deceased ; Ensign M. Smith to be neutenant, by purchase, vice Hilton, who retires ; J. O'Flanagan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, Jan. 24. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant W. Ready (Staff-Lieute nant and Adjutant of the Invalid Depot at Chatham), to be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 24. STAFF. — Lieutenant G. Rand, from the 49th Foot, to be Staff-Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Invalid Depot, at Chatham, vice Ready, promoted, Jan. 24. MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Lieutenant, of the Bth Foot, promoted on 19th November 1844, are John Henry Robert de Robeck, and not John Henry Edward Robeck, as stated in the Gazette of that date. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet Major R. B. Rawnsley to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. E. Jackson, retired on half-pay, Jan. 6 ; Second Captain H. G. Teesdale to be Captain, vice Rawn sley ; First Lieutenant W. Fred. Crofton to be Second Captain, vice Teesdale ; S econ d Li eu t. J. F . L. Baddeley to be First Lieutenant, vice W. F. Crofton; First Lieut. H. E. Morritt to he Second Captain, vice Luard, retired on half-pay; Second Lieut. J. A. Norie to be First Lieutenant, vice Morritt ; Second Lieut. G. L. Chandler to be First Lieutenant, vice R. M. Fyers, re tired on full pay, Jan. 17. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 21. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant A. Flemyng to be Captain, vice H. W. Parke appointed to the Ar tillery Companies of the Corps ; First Lieutenant W. B. Langford to be Captain, vice T. Holloway, appointed to the Artillery Companies of the Corps; Second Lieut. E. T. T. Jones to be First Lieutenant, vice Flemyng, promoted; Second Lieutenant J. H. Jolliffe to be } irst Lieutenant, vice Langford, promoted; Second Lieutenant J. W. A. Kennedy to be First Lieutenant, vice G. A. Schomberg, appointed to the Artillery Companies of the Corps; Se cond Lieutenant R. Boyle to be First Lieutenant, vice J. Roberts, appointed to the Artillery Companies of the Corps. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. The Hon. C. S. Cowper to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. B. Burroughes, Esq., to be ditto ; T. W. B. B. Proctor, to be ditto ; W. R. Haggard, Esq., to be ditto ; H. Vil lebois, Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 31, 1844. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Hilary Term.—Eighth Victoria. January 23, 1845. This Court will, on Saturday the Ist, and on Monday the 3d, Tuesday the 4th, Wednesday the sth, and Saturday the Bth days of February next, and also on Monday the 10th day of Fe ruary next, and the two next following days, hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the busi ness in the Crown, Special, and New Trial Papers, and giving judgment in cas es th en pen di ng ; a selection will be made from the Special Paper, and notice given. • BY THE COURT. WHITEHALL. JAN. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Smith, tin., of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. William Dettmer, pianoforte manufacturer, Upper Mary lebone-street, to surrender Jan. 31, and March 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road, Gray's Inn. henry Isaacs, woollen draper, Yarmouth, Jan. 31, at eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday -street. City. George Hawkins, clothier, Colchester, Feb. 7, at half past two, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard -street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street. Lional Watling, butcher, Gilbert-street, Hanover square, Jan. 31, at half-past two, and March 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Pain and Hatherly, Basinghall-street. Samuel Smeeton, cattle salesman, Sibbertoft, North ampton, Feb. 5, at twelve, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Weller, King's-road, Bedford-row. Joseph Evans, innkeeper, Bourton-on-the-IThl, Feb. 11, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Tilsey, Moreton in Marsh. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. W. Monteath, teacher of navigation, Liverpool— a div. of 4d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver pool. W. Wagstaff, cabinet maker, Liverpool—a div. of 11d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. C. D. Broughton, banker, Nantwich, Cheshire—a div. of 20s. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. G. Brown, draper, Carlisle—first div. of ss. in the pound, to all those who have proved their debts since June 14, 1842, and a second div. of 9d. in the pound to all who have proved on or before Dec. 18, 1844, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. H. Allen, timber merchant, Porthcawl—third div. of 2s. Id. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, and on any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. • G. Groves, miller, Wick and Abson—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. J. Acraman, Bristol. T. Lediard, scrivener, Cirencester—first div. of lid. in the pou n d, o n Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. W. Pennington, miller, Bedlington, Durham—first div. of Is. 2id. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Overington, plumber, Arundel, Feb. 14, at half past eleven—J. Burgess, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, Feb. 14, at eleven—T. Sherwood, brickmaker, Reading, Feb. 14, at twelve—C. Tapp, coach maker, Wigmore street, Marylebone, F e b. 15, at twelve—J. T. Maund, hosier, Birmingham, Feb. 14, at one—J. L. Heathorn, shipowner, Abchurch-lane, Feb. 19, at eleven—W. Broome and W. Hardy, drapers, Oxford-street, Feb. 14, at eleven—W. Morrison, cooper, Globe-street, Wapping, Feb. 18, at one—J. W. Robey, builder, Upper John street, Fitcroy-square, Feb. 18, at half-past one. In the Country. J. and S. Owen, merchants, Sheffield, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Seary, maltster, Swrdur, Flintshire, Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—E. Davies, blacksmith, Liverpool, Feb. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein;-mentioned. J. Brett, currier, Bury St. Edmund's, Feb. 15—R. Tucker, farrier, Dean-street, Westminster, Feb. 15— C. H. Hambleton, licensed victualler, Northampton street, Feb. 18—A. Tulley, grocer, Hackney, Feb. 19— J. Wrigglesworth, cheese factor, Leeds, Feb. 17—E. Foster, grocer, Sheffield, Feb. 18—J. Banks, seedsman, Birmingham, Feb. 27—J. Trevitt, butcher, Lapley, Staf fordshire, Feb. 15—G. Harrold, merchant, Birmingham, Feb. 15—R. Rochester, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham, Feb. 13, and not Feb. 12, as previously advertised—T. Caldicott, grocer, Newport, Feb. 14—D. J. Mackenzie, provision merchant, Chambers-street, Minories, Feb. 14 —G. Bate, horse dealer, Forton, Staffordshire, Feb. 14— W. Scovell, jun., brick maker, Chilworth, Southampton, Feb. 14—C. Redman, builder, Herne-bay, Feb. 14—G. Purt, ale merchant, Upper Thames-street, Feb. 14—J. Jones, apothecary, Berner's-street, Oxford-street, Feb. 14—E. Heron, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham, Feb. 14— E. Heron, shipowner, South Blyth, Northumberland, Feb. 14—C. F. Biggs, mercer, Birmingham, Feb. 14, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Cockshott and R. Yates, fustian manufacturers, Manchester—T. Taylor and J. Roose, sail makers, Li verpool--,-W. and T. Eastwood, plumbers, Dewsbury, Yorkshire—S. Clarance and C. Bird, egg agents, Ivy lane, Newgate-street—R. Varley, J. Fairolough, and W. Harrison. wollen cloth merchants, Leeds—T. Brad bury and G. Brierloy, quarrymen, Lymm, Cheshire—J. Burt and J. Edwards, wheelwrights, Church-street, Chelsea—J. B. Holmes and W. T. Gooch, writing case dealers, Poultry—J. Tyler and A. J. Lane, attorneys, South-square, Gray's Inn—E. J. Teale and B. Wain house, attorneys-at-law, Leeds—T, and C. Buck, letter pressprinters, Cullum-street,F e nehureh-street— J. W. H. - Hargreaves and A. A. Moller, lace ma nufacturers, Not tingham—J. Turner. T. T urn er, W. Turner, and Turner, farmers, W o lf e h a mcote, WarwickshireWarwickshire_ n. Blackburn, T. Blackburn, jun-, L Ifeywores,o and llorsley, warehouse-keepers, Liver po ol - f . 7 15"- gam's L. Iteyworth, jun.)-4. Hari, and dll Moor or s ire— . and J. house, carpenters, Brantford—l. Polley and T. Lambard, Upperthong, Sexton, drapers, Brent gro cers , Bethnal-green-road - -W. Peek, J. Peek, and H. Winch, tea merchants, Liverpool—A. Munro and W. Congreve, printers, Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields— J. and W. Carter, ivory turners, Fleur-de-lis-street, London--11. F. Cotterell, T. Cooper, jun.,and J. 11. Cot terell, land surveyors, Bath (so far as regards T. Cooper, jun.)—S. A. Holland, M. Holland, and E. Holland, Li verpool—J. and R. Body, mercers, Callington, Cornwall —W. Jones and E. P. Sells, coal merchants, Bankside, Sonthwark—P. and W. C a d man, merchants, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William King, merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 30 and Feb. 13, at one, at Thomson and Gilchrist's, spirit merchants, Glasgow. John Paterson and Co., cloth singers, Glasgow, Jae. 28 and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Waterloo Hotel, Glasgow. A. Lindsay and Co., thread -worsted manufacturers, Glasgow, Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, at twelve,at the chambers of Cullen and Railton, Glasgow. William Munro and Co., merchants, Dornoch, Jan. 28 arid Feb. 18, at two, at Gunn's Inn, Dornoch. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar. for the week ending Jan. 21, 1844, is 30s. 10d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im partation thereof into Great Britain LAW CHANGES.—We have reason to believe that Mr. Platt, Q.C., will be the new judge ; but his appoint ment is deferred until some other changes which are in contemplation shall be arranged. Mr. Horace Twiss is, we understand, to be the new Commissioner of Bank rupts ; and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, it is said, will suc ceed Mr. Twiss as Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.—Evening paper. DEATH OF bins. NORTON.—It is with no ordinary feelings of regret that we have to announce the death of the lady of William Fletcher Norton, Esq., of Elton Manor, in this county, at 40, Wellington-square, Hast ings. This amiable and excellent lady had been for some time in a declining state of health, and it had been recommended by her medical adviser to try the air of Hastings. where she accordingly went on the 21st De cember la , t. She appeared at first to derive some benefit from the change, but this hope was soon dispelled ; she gradually became weaker and weaker, till at length she breathed her last on Saturday, the 18th inst., at twenty minutes before four o'clock.—Nottingham Review. CONTEMPLATED VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON. —We undei stand that it is the intention of her Majesty to honour Brighton with a visit in about a fortnight. According to the present arrangements the Royal chil dren will arrive at the Palace on Saturday, the Ist of February, and it is expected that her Majesty will arrive on the following Saturday. Mr. Henry Saunders arrived on Thursday night for the purpose of giving the neces sary instructions for the reception of the Court, and was to take his departure again in the afternoon. The-news of an early visit from her Majesty has diffused the greatest joy among the inhabitants. REPRESENTATION OF EAST CORNWALL.—ID conse quence of the lamented death of the Earl of St. Ger mans, which took place at Port Eliot, on Saturday last, there will be a vacancy in the rspresentation of East Cornwall, in the room of Lord Eliot, now Earl of St. Germans, who will be called to the Upper House. We understand, on good authority, that a requisition is now in course of signature, calling upon T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq., of Lanhydrock, to come forward as a candidate on the Liberal interest. Mr. Robartes is at present out of the county; but as the heir to the wealthy and ancient house of the Hon. Mrs. Agar, he has long been looked upon as in every respect fitted for the high position which he is now to be called upon to assume. He com mands the esteem and affection of men of all parties in. East Cornwall; and his politics, though of a decided cha racter, are by no means extreme. If Mr. Robartes con sents to be put in nomination, he will receive the sup port of Sir William Molesworth, and Sir Coleman Rash leigh ; and as he proposed Mr. Charles Sawle at the last election for Bodmin, it is most probable that Sir Joseph Sawle will give him the weight of his influence. There is certainly not a gentleman in East Cornwall more eli- SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT WOLVERHAMPTON.--OR Saturday night last information was received at the police-station that a woman, named Sarah Bartlam, was lying dead in an empty house in Farmer's-fold, who, the neighbours had reason to suppose, had died from the effects of her husband's ill-treatment. At about eleven o'clock on that evening Colonel Hogg, with Mr. De hane, surgeon, proceeded to the house, and found the corpse locked up in it, without a particle of clothes of covering, except an old sheet thrown over the body. Owing to several suspicious circumstances attending the case, notice was given to T. M. Phillips, Esq., coroner, who on Tuesday evening commenced an inquest at the Hop-pole Inn. The husband, John Bartlam, was taken into custody by the police on Sunday. The inquest., after some preliminary inquiries, was adjourned till the following Friday, and a post mortem examination is to be made in the interim.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. Bible from his position, or better qualified from his ta lents, to represent that division of the county, than Mr. Robartes, and we heartily wish that the electors may succeed in securing his services.—Plymouth Journal. EARL DUCIE AND THE GLOUCESTER FARMERS. —The Gloucester Farmers' Club, at their annual dinner on Saturday, gave a remarkable instance of their grati tude and good taste. On the President paying the usual compliment to Earl Ducie, by proposing that nobleman's health, "as a friend to agriculture," Mr. John Long objected to the toast. He would not drink the health of a corn-law repealer—not he—how ever high his public character as a practical farmer, or however great his private worth. The sin of being a repealer was an insurmountable barrier to Mr. John Long's raising his glass to his lips, and with the pertinacity of a certain animal, more noted for stub bornness than sagacity, he persisted in his objection, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the President and the respectables present, and a scene of indescribable confusion followed, amid which the toast was withdrawn! —Cheltenham Examiner. PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING IN PORTUGAL. Sennor Baretto Ferraz delivered a speech at the close of Tuesday's sitting, which the reporter in Wednesday's Diario disposed of in this fashion :—" The ♦ery ad vanced hour, and the state of fatigue in which we find ourselves, do not permit us to give this important dis course, which we will insert entire in one of our follow ing numbers." The speech was delivered at the " very advanced hour " of eight o'clock in the day, and the paper was not published until one on the day following. The Evesham Town Council on Wednesday met for the purpose of appointing a master for the Free Grammar School, when Mr. Moore was elected by a ma jority of 8 to 4, on precisely the same terms as his pre decessor held the office. ILYRACOMRE.—A large whale, thirty feet long, was washed on shore at the back of the Tor-hills, on Thurs day morning. CASE OF THE NAILORS.—DUDLET.-..-We regret to hear that, though trade is so much improved, the nailors are still very badly off. This they ascribe to the large discount—we believe twenty per cent.—taken from their wages by their masters. A meeting of three hundred heads of families has been held, when they determined, in the language of a communication addressed to us " to give the masters one week's notice for 20s. in the pound, which is every man's due right." We trust that timely concession will spare these poor creatures the horrors attendant upon a " strike."— Worcester Chronicle. TaooN.--MAri DROWNED.—On the morning of Friday, the 10th instant, a lantern and hat being found tossing about the breakwater, it was suspected that some unfortunate person had met a sadden death in the gale of the preceding evening. On inquiry being made among the vessels in the harbour, it was discovered that Captain James Baillie, of the Phenix, of Port-a-Ferr, was miss ing, and immediate search for the body was commenced, but it was not found until Sabbath morning. The cause of this unfortunate accident has not been ascertained, but the supposition is that on leaving the village on Thurs day evening, to go on bo ar d, h e h a d, i n t h e d ar k , gone too near the edge of the breakwater, and had been blown into the sea by the violence of the gale. Captain Baillie was unmarried, and was much respected in his line of life. The corpse was interred in Crosby churchyard on Monday. THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS.—We yesterday saw letter from a soldier in this regiment to his brother here. It is dated Sukkur, Upper Siude, and gives a most de plorable account of the ravages of fever in that gallant corps. Seven hundred men, besides women and children, are constantly under medical treatment, and unfit for duty. Deaths are also so frequent, that in one day seven men were carried to the dead-house waiting for inter ment. Up to the date of the letter, one captain (Browne) and 50 men had fallen under the disease, and there was no prospect of returning health, though he reports the mornings and evenings cool. It is intermitting fever ; and the letter seems to intimate that not one of the regiments has escaped its fury, though it is less violent in some cases than others. A man belonging to Stirling, of the name of Kesson, is among the dead,— Stirling Observer. THE FIRE IN HUNGERFORD-MAREET.—FURTHER PARTICULARS.—When the flames were first discovered they were burning fiercely in a pile of straw, containing between 30 and 40 loads. An attempt was made by the persons connected with the market to extinguish the fire. Owing, however, to the firm hold it had previously obtained, it defied their exertions. Messengers were therefore dispatched fur the aid of the engines. The numerous brigade and County and West of England en gines attended with all possible expedition, and were set to work from the river Thames. The firemen, although they exerted themselves to the utmost, were unable to extinguish the conflagration until about 25 loads of straw and a couple of waggons had been destroyed, and considerable damage done to the booking-office of the market. The property destroyed belonged to Mr. Milli gan, corn-merchant, and was insured in the Sun Fire office, and the building was insured in the West of Eng land-office. The precise cause of the fire is unknown, but it is generally supposed to have been the work of some incendiary. THE SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY AND THE SPANISH GOVZRNHENT.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs has transmitted to the Consul of Spain, in Lon don, the decision of the Queen, in virtue of which the Spanish Government is to subscribe 201. a year towards the Dreadnoaght hospital establishment in the Thames. —Shipping Gazette. hang er o f -- T he- Earl RANGERsHIP OF GREENWICH P Gn Earl of Aberdeen, the newly-appointed Rang wich Park, has taken possession of Chesterfield House, Matilda, the Ranger's official residence , late in the occution of her late Royal Highness the Princess Sophi a It is stated that the general sale of e ffects, which has been extensively advertised, will not take place, and that a small &c., will be publi c l y scad, Lordportion o n ly o f t h e f urniture, the rest at a valuation. Abe r d een h av i ng taken Teltgoim. ---.he quantity of sprats brought into this town have been very great during the past wee k, and large q uant i t i es e have been sold as manuro.—Cam bridge Ad vert i ser. CAUTION TO CABMEN.—At Marlborough-street Police - court, on Thursday, three oab- drivers were fined five shillings and costs riceuiwy unattended, for leaving their ca b s on th e stan d in SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Symptoms indicative of increasing discon tent among the supporters of Ministers are exhibited at the Agricultural Protection meetings. The near ap proach of the Parliamentary Session seems to have been selected for these manifestations of landed dissatis faction with the policy of Government—possibly with the hope of awing Sir Robert Peel into obedience. We scarcely know which is mcst the object of pity to lookers on—a Minister whose policy is watched with jealousy, and whose measures are the subjects of incessant upbraiding and complaint by the party which placed him in power as the protector of their interests, or the party it-elf. " The agricultural interests," said the Duke of Richmond in the /louse of Lords, " placed the Minister where be. is, and it can deprive him of the power it conferred, if he betrays the in terests to which he owes his elevation." Though uttered by a Duke, the head of the Protec tion-to-Agriculture party, they were vain words. From the day they were spoken, down to the present day, the agriculturists have filled the country with their com plaints of the sad consequences of Sir Robert Peel's " sliding-scale " and tariff, folioed, as they were, by his Canada Corn Bill and other measures of minor influence, but having the same tendency. Yet Sir R. Peel con ; tinues to preside over the councils of the country. In different alike to the supplications and objurgations of the agriculturists and the other protected interests, whom he deceived by his cajolings when leader of Opposition, he continues to alarm their apprehensions. 'They meet, as they have often met, to upbraid Sir Robert Peel with his perfidy ; to deprecate any further inroads upon their interests ; and to threaten him with their vengeance if he venture to proceed another step in the course of free trade, of which he has openly expressed his admiration and approval "in the ab stract." Which, we repeat, is most to be pitied—the betrayer, or the betrayed ; the Minister who acquired power by deception ; or the interests which trusted to his smiles, and put a desired interpretation on his ambiguous phrases ? The agriculturists now confess that they find themselves in a worse position than they would have occupied had the Government they dis placed been allowed to pass the measure which excited their alarms, and provoked the combined opposition by which it was defeated. They are now the prey of dis content and anxiety. Perplexity as to the future in creases the burden of their dissatisfaction. They toil without recompense, and have no hope of a beneficial change. Such is the staple of the lugubrious speeches which have been delivered at several Agricultural Protec tion meetings recently held in different parts of the country. We have the proceedings of three of these meetings held within the present week. At Gloucester, the at tendance at the anniversary meeting of the Farmers' Club was extremely meagre ; and those who were pre sent were there rather to give utterance to complaints against the Government and their landlords, than to communicate anything satisfactory as to their present or prospective condition. The report, though evi dently drawn up with caution, stated that "On the subject of the tenure of land, it had been a point that had excited much doubt, whether it ought properly to be introduced for discussion in a Society whose more immediate object was to promote practical improvements in agriculture. It was, however, held, that no v er y great a d vancement could be made in farming unless some security was felt in the tenure by which the farmer held his land, so as to secure him a return for capital expended, and therefore the Committee had sanctioned the introduction of the subject, which would form one of the early questions for discussion." This question gave rise to considerable disagreement. Whether the landlord should not make the out'ay, and charge a per tentage upon the rent, instead of requiring the tenant to supply the means of improved cultivation out of his diminished resources, was warmly , debated. In the end, however, " a Committee was ap pointed to draw up a form of agreement between land lord and tenant, suitable to the wants of the Vale of Gloucester." One tenant-farmer (a Mr. Watts) declared, that the cause of the very thin attendance at the meet ing was " the disinclination of landlords to help their tenants in these times of difficulty and distress." Another declared, " these were not times for farmers to lay out their money in improvements." The health of Earl Ducie being given from the chair, was the signal for considerable altercation ; some refusing to drink the toast because of his Lordship's speech at a meet ing of the Anti-Corn-law League in Covent-garden Theatre, in which he declared an opinion fa vourable to the abolition of the corn-laws ; others calling upon the objector s t o con f u t e his Lordship's arguments before they refused to drink his health on account of them. Is not this a pretty state of things at a Farmers' Protection dinner ? Verily the straw is moving—and in the right direction too. At the North ampton Agricultural Protection meeting, on Wed nesday, the symptoms of dissatisfaction with the measures of Ministers were yet more unequivocal. Sir Charles Knightley, one of the county Members, spoke out his mind in terms which would be worthy of attention were they likely to be fol lowed up in Parliament by any movement indicative of a settled purpose. As it is, they are mere empty com plahats ; expressive, however, of the deep regrets of the party for having sold themselv es t o Peel, who leads them captive at his will. Tho lion. Baronet, how ever, did his best to convince his auditory that he felt and deplored the helpless condition in which they had placed themselves. He begun at the beginning ; enu mtrated each of the measures relating to agriculture which Sir Robert Peel has introduced, and showed the evil effects of those measures on the interests of agriculture. At the Sussex Agricultural Protection Society meeting, held yesterday, the Duke of Richmond in the chair, there was much of compliment to the Noble Duke who presided—much of earnest exhortation to union of opinion and action, in order to effectually stem the torrent which was setting in against " protection ." and a manifest wish on the part of the Duke to modify and subdue the restlessness and discontent which existed on account of the policy which her Majesty's Ministers have adopted with respect to agricultural produce. The Duke has had the mortifying and nauseous task imposed on him of eating his own leek. His threat of expelling Peel has failed. Tho agricultural Members in the House of Commons have shown that they lack the pluck for which his Grace of Richmond rave them credit, when he lifted up his warning voice in Parliament, and threatened the Minister with venfPes ante. They have broken faith with their constituents, as Sir Robert Peel has done with the agriculturists, and other class interests. Their votes in the House of Com mons are in direct antagonism with their speeches at the hustings. Sir Robert Peel knew of what kind of stuff his majority was composed, and he acted accordingly. Like the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. Baronet knew and still knows, he can do what he will with his own." Ho has tried, and proved them as subservient to his purpose as ho could wish. His future policy will be shaped in accordance with the past. STANDARD. —We insert elsewhere th e op i n i on given by the Queen's Advocate and Mr. Bethell against the several measures proposed Se be offered to the Ox ford Convocation on the 13th proximo. We own that this opinion surprises us, not only because it seems, upon principle, very unduly to limit the power of the Uni versity, but also because we have reason to believe that the board had not taken the course that it adopted without the very best legal advice. However, if the matter is to go off it is much better that it should go off upon a legal quibble than in any other way. The board has honourably vindicated itself before the country by seriously attempting to do what is right—and the country will " take the will for the deed," whatever the event. This is the position in which we are placed by the real tyrant of this nation—the grim despot whe paralyses every legitimate authority—" Law Costs." To proceed by legal process against Mr. Ward would probably cost the University ten thousand pounds, and every attempt to enforce the proposed statute, if adopted, would probably cost as much. The bishops in the same way are precluded from clearing the Church of un worthy or disgraceful ministers---" Vivat le.r," as Raggl• makes his " Ignoramus " exclaim, and an " Ignoramus" he must be, who can patiently contemplate the can. tinuance of such a state of the law. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Jan. 24. The Court took the special paper this ',lay. Nothing of importance or interest came bef(n'e their Lordship.. BAIL COURV, Jan. 24. (Sittings in Banco.) TME POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS V. TRH GUARDIAN/ OP Till KINGSBRIDGB UNION. Mr. Tommiisoil moved for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to the guardians of the Kingsbridge union, commanding them to appoint a chaplain to the workhouse there. The affidavit on which he made the application showed that the union was duly constituted by the Poor-law Commissioners on the 28th of May, 1836. On the 24th of March, 1841, the Poor-law Commis sioners issued an order directing that a chaplain should time. d i s i in e ce af tria r t w pe ar r ds iod w - be appointed, and a gentleman was accordingly chosen but on that or delegaing : e a v n e d r, m s i e n n is t t i e n re hi d s f r o e r si s g o n m a e ti t other had been appointed. On the tthfuorfthFeerbroulinrdaroonyealt Commissionerstbhye its ss admitting j s e u c e t c , l sort of discretionary power to the regulation d olf o B u 4 b 2 t ' l s e e , he o h whether guardians as to the fitting time for filling up the a Commissioners) did not i n fact J 3 Pointment, th ey ( t h e altogether order of the 24th o f March. To satisfy that doubt, the Commissioners subseq uently issued a peremptory order, that a chaplain sho u ld be elected w i t hi n two months from th at date. O n. receiving th a t or d er, the g uard ians communicat e d with the Commi ss i oners, in closing a strings of resolutions whi c h ev i nce d clearly that their object was procrastination, and that they hoped to be able to secure the gratuitous services of the neighbouring clergyman. They craved a further delay, which the Poor-law n l Commiss ' era did deem it e x p e di ent to grant, and therefor eo it not that he was instr uc t e d t o move f or t h at rule. was Mr. Justice ou IVILLLuds— Y maytake a rule to show cause. The other motions were of an unimportant cha. meter. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 24, (Sittings in Banco.) The Court proceeded to-day with the new trial paper. ACRIMAN V. COOPER. In this ease a rule had been obtained in Hilary term, eating upon the defendant to show cause why the verdict in his favour should not be set aside, and a new trial had. Mr KELLY, as Counsel for the defendant * - who About to reply, when 4 ri JO 'P':,