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long speeches were made, and the Bill was abandoned. Was it not evident to the country that they were hypo critha? What had the Reform Act done for us ? Our expenditure in 1830 was 52,018,0001.; in 1835, 48,787,0001. ; in 1849, 57,581,0001.(Hear, hear.) sine the passing of the Reform Bill we had added 41,000,000/. to our national debt. By the reductions of ;the interest the fundholders had been mulcted 1,452,0001., or the interest of the debt would have been so much more than at present.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt great improvements had resulted since the Reform Act; but he (Mr. Osborne) agreed with the Hon. Member for Surrey when he said that the Crown had no power, and that it Was a sort of president's chair. There had been a change of parties, a shuffle of the sal-Oa:since the famous resolution, and now the influence of the House of Lords—of the aristocracy, " had in creased; was increasing, and ought to be diminished." — (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Osborne) had no wish to see the House of Commons completely tenanted by one class ; but he found that thirty-three Peers sent fifty-two Mem bers there ; and that, in fact, the House was enacting a sort of high Life below Stairs.—(A laugh.) Many an Hon. Member was nothing more than " my Lord Duke's man"—(A laugh)—and no doubt the " Lady Bab's" re presentative was in the list. (Laughter.) Lord Broughani; in his " Political Philosophy"—(oh, oh) — we must draw a distinction between his speeches and his pen—(A laugh)—anything proceeding from his pen was entitled to some degree of respect (Laughter)—Lord Brougham said there would be no such thing as bribery if there were no small constituencies, and he noticed that lodgers were excluded from the franchise, and the most ingenious artisans, the men of letters, scientific men, and that by a law framed for the purpose of drawing a line between ignorance and intelli gence; no doubt it did draw the line, and left informa tion on the excluded coast.—(Hear, hear.) But, was there no other form of corruption but that of money—no other means of bringing up unwilling members to vote? It was generally supposed that the whip was the emblem of the Secretary to the Treasury; but Hen. Members were in the secret, and knevi very well that it was the ishing-tod—(A laugh)—and 'the Parliamentary Isaac Walton—(A laugh)—was indeed an expert " fisher of men."—(Laughter.) He knew well how to throw the line skilfully for a country gentleman—(Laughter)—he knew how to' bob for a patriot.—(Groat laughter.) Garters or ribands did for some; but that House had a peculiar fandy for the honours of the bloody hand.—(Renewed laughter.) When the Melbourne Ministry was in diffi eulaihs, and Europe was ransacked for it vote, who did not remember the miraculous draught of baronets that appeared all alive its the Gazette one afternoon?—(larch laughter.) The days of chivalry' ware gone; it was easier for: w Member to win his spurs by succouring a Minister in difficulties than , by breaking it lance for a damsel in distress.--=(Loud laughter): Did this apply to one side of the-House alone ? What said 'a great Conservative paper the other day, apologizing . for the small division on the:Address? He read, in the Morning Herald, that an Hon. Member " wished 'to be invited to the Duke of Devonshire's ball, which he hoped to accomplish through Lord John"—(A laugh)that another was to' have his lady and daughters commended - to her Majesty's next ball; a third wanted promotion in the navy for his son, and another wished a son sent as-an attache to Vienna or Paris; while a fourth hoped to' get a piece of ground on easy terms from the Woods and Forests.—(Laughter.) Thus, though money was not paid to gentlemen out of the Treasury, there were, notwithstanding, inducements held out to them that acted as effeetually; and therefore he said they had no business to call themselves a pure House of Commons.—(Hear.) As to the ballot, he was ready to admit that both its evils and advantages were exaggerated; but if the people wished it,' and if there was a probability of thereby extinguishing corruption, why should it not be given ? He would advocate the ballot as a protection against the passions of the many as well as against the prejudices of the few.—(Hear.) As to the inequality of the representation, why should Not tingham, with a population of 51,000, only send two Members to Parliament, while eight small boroughs in South Devon alsurnt two each? He regarded house hold suffrage as nothing more than a return to the an cient practice, the principle of which was clearly laid down in Sergeant Glanvilfe's ComMittee, as referred to by the Hon. Member for Montrose. (Hear, hear.) They were told by the Secretary for the Home Depart ment that he wished to walk in the ancient ways of the constitution. Why, one of the ancient ways of the con stitution was triennial Parliaments—(Hear)—and when gentlemen connected revolutionary sentiments with trien nial Parliaments, he asked them if it was triennial Par liaments that destroyed the Monarchy? The answer must be no. It was septennial Parliaments that must be called revolutionary; and so far from the advocacy of even annual Parliaments being an innovation, he found that in 1745 - a motion for annual Parliaments was re jected by a majority of only 35.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to electoral districts, he confessed he felt some difficulty, but he did not pledge himself to all the propo sitions of the Hon. Member for Montrose by voting for his Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He voted for it because he saw no prospect of reform from any other quarter. The Noble Lord refused to bring in a Bill. He (Mr. Osborne) felt that they could not stay as they were, and he was obliged, therefore, to take the proposition of the Hon. Member for Montrose, as coming nearest to his views.— (Hear.) Historians seemed to think that our ancestors had fallen into great mistakes on the subject of elections in consequence of their ignorance of the actual state of the population. The great Lord Shaftesbury, he be lieved, first agitated this point 'of electoral districts; and another Chancellor, Lord Brougham, was also favourable to the establishment ci electoral districts. That Noble and Learned Lord stated, in a published work, that " the only real remedy was extending the number of voters ; or, if that was impossible, increasing the six, of the elect prat districts."—(Hear, hear.) He did not wish to map the country into districts, but he was much in clined to consolidate several small boroughs together, as was the case in Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member for Glasgow a few nights ago brought forward a motion for the enfranchisement of five parishes in this vicinity—Hammersmith, Chel sea, &c., a district inhabited by people of the highest resrastability, a great proportion of them being literary men, and which paid poor-rates to the extent of 500,0001. The Home Secretary spoke on that occasion, and, he believed, said very little; but there was an Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Campbell) who gave the most extraordinary reasons he had ever heard for not agreeing to the mo tion, reasons which he had read with great regret, as he was the son of one of the greatest men in this country, who had made his own fortune, and who boasted that he liked " plain John Campbell" better than any title that could be conferred upon him.—(Laughter.) That Hon. Gentleman, who seemed to have read English history in the spirit of a dancing-master, told the House that he had attended a parochial dinner in this district, and he thought the low people not fit for the franchise.—(Laugh ter.) Low people! Why, his information was, that the Hon. Gentleman had attended the dinner and made long speech full of quotations from Aristotle, and then, because his hearers did not relish the speech, he said they were dull fellows and not fit for the franchise.— (Laughter.) He would ask the Hon. Gentleman ifhe knew all the voters who supported him at Cambridge? Did the Hon. Member for Cambridge know who were the voters that supported him from Barnwell?—(Great laughter.) He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would take the earliest opportunity of attending another parochial dinner and making the amende honorable to the people of Hammersmith, Knightsbridge, and Chelsea.—(A. laugh.) But another gentleman, it appeared, had else where sneered at the Hon. Member for the West Riding or not being educated at Oxford, and seemed to think that no gentleman could be a leader of a party without having an university education.--(Hear, bear.) Did the Hon. Gentleman who made use of these remarks throughout the country know that his own leader was not educated at the university?—(Hear, hear.) Did he remember that the Noble Lord was not educated at the Univerity ? He would sup port the motion before the House, because he believed it would add to the security of the constitution and promote the cause of freedom and industry; and he would support it because he believed it would make that House what it ought to be—the House of the Commons of England.—(Cheers.) Mr. H. BERKELEY wished to say but one word. He congratulated his Hon. Friend on having a distinct intimation from the. Home Secretary that he was pre pared to meet one part of this question on a !future occa sion. The difficulty they bad had for the last thirteen years, since the ballot was brought forward, was to get Ministers—on their legs—(A laugh)—but the Right Hon. Gentleman now told them he would meet and answer that ueation. Mr; LOCKE KING, amidst loud cries for a division, moved the adjournment of the debate, but the cries being renewed with ve h emence, he said ;hat, seeing that the wish of the House was against his motion, he would withdraw it. It was accordingly withdrawn, and the House then divided on the original motion of Me. Hum e , when there appeared For the motion... Against it ••• 86 ••• 242 Majority ••• •• • - -- 146 Mr. AGLIONBY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to effect the compulsory enfranchisement of lands of copyhold and customary tenure. Sir G. GREY said, that after the roport made by the copyhold commission he would not oppose the introduc tion of the Bill, but he could not promise the support of the Government in its future stages. Sir R. INGLIS was disinclined to encourage needless amateur legislation. Not even a person of the most san guine imagination could hope that the Bill would be car ried, and therefore ho would vote against the motion for leave to introduce it. Lord D. STUART supported the motion. The House divided, and the numbers were— " Noes ... Majority —65 Mr. F. NIAULE moved for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill to render more simple and effectual the titles by which congregations or societies, associated for purposes of religious worship or education in Scotland, hold real property required for such purposes. The House adjourned, at a Quarter to One o'clock. DR. CRucEnx.—Elsewhere, in our advertising columns, will be found a last tribute of respect, ad gratitude to the m emory of this amiable miration 4 and and excellent philanthropist. We have a melancholy satisfaction in joining our voice with those of the ad mirers of Dr. Crucefix, and in thus expressing a kin dred feeling of regret at his departure. The large manufactory for the distillation of bittu minoui products at Cordesse, near Autun, was last week entirely. dest roye d by are, notw i t h stan di ng t h e utmost erartrlfts or the people of the place and the surround leg coavltry. The water thrown on the flames by the engine# appeared Only to increase their intensity. The total. 1 043 6f the property ts' estimated at 255,000 f.; only ifkooor. of which a" covered by insurance. AsmErs ROYAL A2dPHITHEATRIC. Proprietor, XL W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. • Mad Hes. Gardoni and Amille on the Dcuble Tight Ropes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Wood•cutters. THIS EVENEsIet, , The performance will commence at a Quarter- to Seven, with' a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; for, the Brigand •f Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of' Battfs peerless Scenes of th• Circle, supported by the accomplishedqutistes of tke establish ment. T. conelude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story. Bax-effice open from Eleven tilt four. . To day, at all Booksellers and Circulating Libraries , T HE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS. I. ANTO).TIII k ; or, the PALL of ROME. By W. Wilkie Collins -3 vols. post Svo. Dr. JOHNSON ; his RELIGIOUS LIFE and his DEATH. By the Author of " Dr. Hookwell," " The Primitive Church," &c. 111. Svc, heatly bound, 12s. The NOMADES of the WEST. A Romance of Canada. 3 vole. post Bvo., 311. 6d. Iv. The MARTYRS of CARTHAGE. By Mrs. Webb, Author of " Naomi," &C. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRERY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENT NI,. Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J Anderson ; Beauseant, Mr. Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; general Damas, Mr. Baker; M. Desehapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des chapelles, Miss Vandenhoff. _ _ _ . , Te be followed by The Operatic Play of ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang 3yne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osisaldistone, Mr. Rafter; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper; Bailie Nicol Janie, Mr. Emery; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter; Helen Mac gregor, Mrs. Ternan. Private boxes, N. as., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. FIRST PRICE. I. d. I s. 4. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 • Boxes - - 2 0 rit - - - 2 0 Pit • • s 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 Upper Gallery - 0 0 No Half-price to Upper Galles,' Box-book-keeper, lir. I. Isovey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, - - lWill be performed AS YOU LIKE IT. Jaques, Mr. C. Kean Rosalind, Mrs. C. Kean. • , After which the Comedy of NEIL GWYNN& King Charles Mr. Webster ; Charles Hart, Mr. Varidenhoff ; Joe Haynes, Mr. Selby ; Orange. Moll, Mr. Keeley; Nell' GWynne, Miss Reynolds ; Mrs. Snowdrop, Mrs. Stanley. - To conclude with an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Moggy Snag's, Mrs. Keeley. Tke Boa-office Is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ALELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic' Draina, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed bre, 0. Smith, Worrell; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING WIII - bs performed the Opera of THE NIGHT DANCERS. After which ROT AND COLD. To conclude with MT WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watt.% St. John's Weed. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; and Mrs. Mowatt. ♦lter which THE POET'S SLAVE. ' • To conclude with DON CAESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cesar, Mr Davenport; Lazatillo, Miss Marshall; )laritana, War Vining. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRL►:ICH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE. Last Night of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. • Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence . . THIS EVENING, At Eight o'clock, when will be perfbrated Herold's Opera,. in Three Acts, entitled ZAMPA on, La Fiancee de Marbre. Zarepa, M. Choilet ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Killy Leroy ; Daniel Capnzzi, M. Slyer; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Chtuton ; Ritta, Madlle. GniChard. To conclude wlitftheTifet Act of LB POSTILLON DE LONATMEAU.. Chapelou, 3L Chollet.. The B•x-office of the Theatre is .open daily from 7.le,ven. till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemett o 2 Madanie Vest!la. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Maths ws. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES THE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes, bs.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25. ; Gallety, Is. No lair-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcrop, 15 New Bond-street. . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morning, SO min. after 3 I Evening, 11 min. after 4 To-Motsew —Morning, le min. after 4 I Evening. 43 min. atter 4 the annual motion, christened by some parties Mr. Humes Charter, are, as we have already observed, strictly in accordance with the ancient scheme of the British Constitution ; or, seeing yet further, that they are actually compatible with the policy adopted towards Ireland and towards the English colonies by the existing Government—who shall presume to sneer them down as the dreamings of political tran scendentalism, or the insane aspirations of a body of legislative fanatics ? Among the fanatics of this character we are proud to be enrolled ; and if this transcendentalism then we too are indeed transcen dentalists. What can be said as to the witty sarcasms flung at the Treasury benches last night with an air of such malicious bonhommie by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Middlesex ? What ? But that, as on divers previous occasions, according to the old adage " many a true word has been spoken in jest." As our facetious contemporary, Mr. Punch, has very recently suggested=and sug gested, too, with a humorous accuracy worthy of the author of the "Comic Grammar"—statesmen in office have a marvellous aptitude for forgetting their antecedents, but remembering their relatives I In illustration of the correctness of the remark, at any rate as far as the former peculiarity is concerned, we may turn directly to the discussion of yesterday in the British House of Commons. There indeed we shall find many an evidence of the facility with which the most popular of our liberal statesmen can sink their antecedents rts reformers in the waters of oblivion—enlarging upon the beauties of conser ',ration where they had formerly only recognised the necessity for improvement. Agains t such inconsis tencies we have only to, briog forward, as the most terrible means of repreacb, the speeches _delivered by these same statesmen when they vaunted their windy patriotism from the tempestuous ranks of the Op position I The Irish Parliameotary Voters Bill, adjourned from last Monday night, in consequence Of one of the most fierce and factious oppositions' upon record in the history of party warfare, comes on again this evening for consideration in the House of Commons. No less than eight mortaldivisions took place - on that evening, for no better or stronger reuon than to await the termination of the Irish assizes--a reason, to our minds, entirely insufficient to warrant the reck less and unprincipled conduct of the Protectionist party on' the occasion, or at all to justify such a profligate waste of thi public time. We :feel con vinced the public will not deem the absence of a'few . practising barristers a sufficient reason to stop' the prOcess.of legislation on a great and important ques tion, the justice and expediency of which has been affirmed ley a large majority of the House of Cornmons, and which lias been tong and loudly called for . by the people of Ireland. We do not believe the absence of one or - two country gentlemen from an Irish county during the assizes will at all retard the dispatCh of publiC business, and we fully agree with a gentleman who has won the respect .of all parties in ' the House, as well from hii urbanity and ever;fiowing' good humour, as from his practical usefulness—Mr. M. J: O'ConroLL—" that 'it was' not the first duty of an Irish Member to attend the *Sikes." It is distressing, we had almost said disguiting, to _ see men of sense and talen t yielding to the paltry dictates of faction, and seizing every opportunity which the present un fixed and indefinite forms 'of the House admit of to throw vexatious obstacles in the way of their political opponents. We cannot but regiet the course'which Mr. Disalut, so mischievOusly for the public in terest and so ruinously for 'his . own 'charac ter, pursued on Monday evening. It melancholy to see a man of his ability and undoubted eloquence stooping' to the vile trickery of a faction who would blindly butiainly oppose every step tend ing to advance the liberties - of man. We have more than once expressed better hopes of the eloquent leader of the Opposition,' we have even indulged in the hope of seeing him one day come out from among the herd of obstructives and leave them 'in their in significance. We will confess we had some lingering hope that he would not give to the littleness of fac tion the varied talent which was "meant for man kind," and we trust ere it be too late he will reflect on his position, and not be led by the fiery partisan ship of wily and unscrupulous advisers into any further opposition to a measure called for no less by expediency than by wisdom and justice. We trust, at least, he will be no further party to the disgusting exhibition of Monday night, and , that the measure will be allowed to proceed this evening with the due deliberation required by so important a , subject, and without further obstruction than is legitimate on a measure under the consideration of rational and honest men in a deliberative assembly. The question itself is a very simple one, and to our mind requires little argument to enforce its necessity and justice. A few facts and figures will clearly show that the people of Ireland are not fairly represented in the British House of Commons. We would first take an aggregate view of the representative body in the three kingdoms: The population of England and Wales, about 16,000,600, has 500 Members, or one to every 32,000 persons ; Scotland, 2,500,000, has 53 Members, or one in every 48,000 persons ; while Ireland, with a population 'of 8,500,000, has 105 Members, or one to every 81,000 persons. Now in this broad and simple view of the case the injustice to Ireland is manifest to the simplest understanding. If the deinocratic principle were carried out to its full extent, in accordance with the spirit of the Reform Bill; and that the representation were strictly apportioned amongst the whole constituent body in the United Kingdom, the result would be as follows : —Taking the population according to the census of 1841, in round numbers, at millions, the 658 Members constituting the House of Commons would give one Member for aboutievery 41,000 persons, and in a representation thus equitably apportioned the numbers would stand thus :- - . Members. England and Wales would have 892 Scotland Ireland Thus, by the present unjust and inequitable distribu tion, England has about 27 per cent. more than her proper share, Scotland about 10 per cent. less, and Ireland 49 per cent. less than her proper share in the representation. Though these facts and figures are not, perhaps, strictly pertinent to the question immediately at issue this evening, yet, as they give a broad and general view of the inequality and injustice of our present representative system, we thought it right to place them before our readers preparatory to our notice of the apportionment of the franchise. In the counties of England there is one voter for every nineteen persons, in Wales one for every 18 persons, in Scot land one for every thirty-three persons, and in Ireland one for every one hundred and twenty-three persons. Thus, it is clear that the franchise of Ireland is as narrow as its representation is unjust and unequal; and if she is—as she ought to be—treated as an in tegral portion of the empire, this crying injustice should be at once done away with, and her people placed on something like a fair footing with the other portions of her MAJESTY'S subjects. Upon what principle of fair play or common justice these equitable, claims of the people of Ireland should be refused or delayed we cannot imagine, as the obstruc tives have not condescended to favour the 'public with any argument on the subject ; at least, none that could for a moment stand the test of a rational exa mination, and we trust the people of Ireland, or any portion of them who have been deluded into a league with those who would tax the poor man's bread, and who would refuse them the rights of a common citi zenship with their fellow-subjects, will at once awaken u forasteenpst protection, oetioerfc wrongs, i h or e no i position,gs, abandona ndh aa a s n ef d av , ce g tri i o v bn i e n e g up been thatt the h would un le i dm n insane ne or -f pc t o re yt a human progress and human liberty. It is much to be lamented that some measures should not be adopted to prevent a recurrence of the disgraceful s cene of Monday evening last and we sincerely trust the present Parliament will not separate without adopting some means to prevent the recur rence of the mischievous farce enacted a few evenings since, alike unworthy the dignity of the 'louse of Commons, and detrimental to the public interest. Those who are interested in the safety of Sir Jonx FRAN KLIN are requested by advertisement to enter their subscriptions for a kind of miniature ex pedition, to be diepatobed in quest of that di," THE WtA.THER.--Sui OIYICE, MARCH 1. THERDIODIETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 46; Noon, .48 BAROMETER, 3014. WIND W.S.W.--fine sunshiny weather. .. 4Z 14 - ' ' , 0 0 IL I 44 - • ' ', %:,..,1E1 7 41 . .. , . 4 •10 1 1)...40t , , , • II ' ~",' ''.'„. 3 ),4; . , o 4 , SP I 4 % . s'‘'.' ' . " . 4 lb4Aji. . ..., ' ' 4. ',. , . . . . . .; y , .... 4 , ~ 4 ~.... .._ _.... , YeArs.t . ' „,-, .... 1 4,- ,,i '.l " ' r , 4 1 ! l' i,11 4011rAto• • ",..<4. 6. . * :it 1• ' ""i;;; ; ;,, , z - -laitikr << LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1830. Another struggle for Parliamentary reform was gallantly made last evening, but, as a matter of course, proved wholly ineffectual. Under the direc tions of our veteran Reformer Jossru Humß, the Honourable Member for Leicester, the Honourable Member for Sheffield, and the Honourable and Gal lant Representative of Middlesex, endeavoured to urge upon the consideration of the Legislature the neces sity of extending the suffrage, of adopting the ballot, of consenting to triennial Parliaments, and of ar ranging the elective districts in a manner more ac cordant with the principles of the Constitution, and in a form more proportioned to the relative size of the constituencies. All to no purpose ! Sir GEORGE GREY was obdurate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was more than obdurate, his rejec tion of the scheme being enforced by the sarcasm of his language. It is strange too that the pseudo lovers of democracy—these most specious Whigs and so-called Liberals—should persist in flinging back in the teeth of the people such demands as those we have enumerated, as though they were propositions of unparalleled extravagance. It is strange, we say, because the requirements comprised in the motion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose are either such as have been acknowledged in pre vious legislation, or such as are strictly com patible with the legislative measures intro duced and carried by the present generation of statesmen. Triennial Parliaments, for example, are no novel theories spawned from the new-fangled philosophy of a CHEVALIER, and assented to by the squally new-fangled social philosophy ofa FOURRIER. Septennial Parliaments, contrasted with them, are as things of yesterday to Ithe matters of antiquity ; for what we now ask is only a return to the ancient custom of our constitution. The extension of the suffrage, at least to some moderate extent, is a schethe precisely resembling the one propounded by the Go vernment in reference to the sister island, and intro duced to the Legislature under the form of the Parlia mentary Voters (Ireland) Bill. When we ask, therefore, for the extension of the elective franchise to a larger section of the people in Wales and England —to something more than 800,000 out of a population of 16,000,000, or, taking even the revised calculation of the Home Secretary, to something more than 944,000, out of an adult male popula tion of 4,500,000—we are on l y asking for the appli cation to the chief portion of the United Kingdom t r he gove C rn a m bit e s n et t ve a r d y v is abbloeonsfor wthheicbilette hasof dtheoesmeed of the smaller of the British islands. We are only seeking a small instalment of that wholesome r e f orm which has been lavished wholesale upon the English settlers in Southern Africa, and in others of our colo nial possessions. With reference to the ballot, mor e . over, we are simply requiring from the national re.: presentatives that mode of voting which ha s been long in vogue in their most conser vative and most aristocratic clubs—that mode of voting which has twice saved the people of France on occasions of tremendous emergency from being plunged anew into all the horrors of a social and political revolution. Finally, as to the better distribution of the country into electoral dis tricts, we maintain that Mr. HUME and the rest of the Radical Reformers are insisting upon a necessity which is altogether removed beyond the reach of con tradiction. It is removed beyond the reach of con tradiction, for inasmuch as it admits of no argument whether it is just or unjust that a borough of 20,000 voters should have as many representatives as a borough of 60,000 or 70,000. • f;wing, therefore, that the demands coraprioed in T.HE LONDON, FRIDAY' SUN,' EVBNING, anguished. navigator. Those who are interested in the safety of Sir JOHN Ross, to say nothing of his well-earned and most honourable fame as an Arctic explorer; are bound by the common principles of prudence to pause before embarking in an undertaking of this character, and to meditate upon the probable futility of any such enterprise. Our respect for the abilities of Sir JOHN Ross, and our regard for the reputation of one of our .most eminent mariners, impels us to speak thus before the scheme—a scheme, to our thinking, 'more than usually perilous—shall 'have become further developed. Rather than witness any futile attempts of a mere supplementary descrip tion, we would gladly see the concentration of all the intelligence, the energy, and the munificence of the English people upon the bold and competent expedi tion of relief, fitted out under the direction of the Government. Here, as elsewhere, union is of all things the most desirable, because without union all endeavours at affording assistance must necessarily prove ineffectual. After holding the office of Lord Chief Justice of England for the long term of eighteen years, Lord DENMAN this day resigns it, and retires from the pro fession of which, for the greater part of .half a century, he has been a distinguished ornament. It is now fifty years since Lord DENada' was one of the most assi duous and most esteemed of the pupils of Mr. CHARLES BUTLER, the eminent conveyancer, a learned and a liberal man, whose friendship (a prize of which any man might be proud) had been earned by the assiduity of his pupil, and from whom that pupil acquired those liberal principles and that knowledge 'and reverence for the EngliSh Constitution which urged him on every occasion, where great constitutional prineiples were at stake, to at once rush fOrward, careless of . consequences, 'to preserve the ark of the Constitution inviolate.' it 'was this reverence for constitutional principles that urged him on to under take the defence of BRANDRRTH and the other vic tims of the' unconstitUtiOnal spy system which SID MOUTH (to the eternal disgrace _ of his memory be it recorded), sought to naturalize in this country ; it was this reverence ,for' constitutional principles which urged him on to undertake, in conjunction with one even more illustrious than himself, the defence 'of Queen CAROLINE, whom 'it was sought to crush by an unconstitutional Bill' of Pains and Penalties ; it, was this reverence for constitutional principles which induced him to de nounce, in terms which are now " familiar in our mouths as household Words," trial by jury as " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," if tricks and tamperings with the jury lists, such as those prac tised by the Irish officiali with the Dublin jury list on the trial of the monster indictment against O'CoN NELL could for one moment be tolerated. A Liberal during the whole course of his career in Par liament end' at the bar—it Liberal during the ear lier portion of his career on the bench, he seems during theiatter portion of his career, as Judge, to have - suffered his mind 4 ' to be cribbed, cabinned in, and confined" by the 'mere lawyers, most of the old high prerogative Tories, who were his colleagues on the bench, and by some of whom helad latterly Suffered himself 'to be led. 'His ' conduct in the celebrated STociniLE and HANSARD case first exhibited the influence which his high prerogative col leagues ' had acquired over him, an influence Which . afterivards became plainly manifest in all cases in which the Press was concerned, which came before him for trial. In the Lord Chief Justice of 'latter days, who evidently feared while he hated the press, and who let no opportunity escape of " feeding fat his ancient' grudge," by stretching to its utmost extent the law of libel, it was scarcely pos sible to recognise the former Liberal Member fOr Not tingham. In this respect the career of his suc cessor, Lord CAMPBELL, presents a marked and most favourable 'contrast to that of LOrd DENMAN. Lord • DiNDILAN, like many other great Whig laWyers, was fond of talking about the freedom of the press hi Parliament and of toasting it at dinner, but neither himself nor his friends ever made any attempt to secure for the press the freedom, the possession of whiCh was, according to their own statements, so necessary. Not so Lord CAMPBELL ; no sooner was he raised to the peerage than, he intro duced and carried the new Libel Law, which may justly be called the Bill of Rights of the Public Journalist, which has made the liberty of the press A reality, instead of, as it was before the passing of the law, " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare," and which, conjoined with the libel law of Mr. Fox, may be considered as the palladium of that liberty. A better successor for Lord DENMAN than Lord CAMP BELL the Ministry could not have nominated—equal to Lord DENMAN in his reverence for the Consti tion, in sound good sense, and in decision of cha racter, he is of more liberal principles, and is not likely to suffer himself to be led • away by the in fluence of his colleagues. No man ever left the bench more respected than Lord DENMAN, no man was ever raised to it of whom greater expectations were formed than Lord.CiatruLL. Of eminently judicial mind, a sound lawyer, a ripe • scholar, " a man of most upright and just integrity," we feel certain that JOHN Lord CAMPBELL will more than realise the most sanguine expectations of his most ardent ad mirers. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Journal des Debats says that the slight uneasi ness which had manifested itself in the neighbourhood of the Column of the Bastille, had completely disap peared, and that during the whole of Wednesday the greatest tranquillity prevailed throughout the whole of that quarter of the city, as well as in every other part of the capital. The tiloniteur contains the following official con tradiction of the rumours of war, which have, during the course of the last few days, been extensively cir culated in Paris. The official journal says : r The t o Government da r e has received this day dispatches f rom Russia, e c " The alarming reports which it h as b een en d eavoure d to put in circulation fur the last two d a y s h ave to-day thatacquired they a m r o a r e devoid foundation. We are Prussia, a nd Austria, and they enable us to affirm that the therefore, peace of Europe was never more secure. The news of the entry into Switzerland of French, Pru ss i a n, and completely unfounded. is, cannoton its gua rd aga i ns t the T A h u e st p ri v a b n lic armie s be toomuch propagation of false news, evidently invented with a view to the approaching elections." It would appear, however, by the following ex tract from the Constitutionnel, that the relations be tween Prussia and Switzerland are not of that amica ble character which the friends of peace could desire, and we think it is clear from the tenor of the article, that should Prussia attempt to make good her claim to Neufchatel by force, France will interfere in defence of Switzerland. The Constitutienrze/ says :-- " A certain number of political refugees in Switzer land disturbed by their intrigues the neighbouring states, which demanded their removal. Switzerland, recognis ing these well-founded fears, had already expelled the greatest number of these refugees, and continues, so far as lies in her power, to give satisfaction. Austria has been the first to do justice.to the loyal ardour with which this measure has been executed and is yet executing. But it would appear that Prussia is not guided by the sole interest of neighbouring states. She wants to take advantage of the circumstance to revive her ancient pre tensions over the principality of Neufchatel. Not satis fiedwith the almost complete solution of the precise point touched by the general question, she would raise a second altogether of a personal character. This tendency having become manifest by s igns sufficiently significant, France, interested and resolved alike to protect the inte grity of Switzerland, has taken the precaution to rein force considerably the garrisons of the east." The semi-official Patric contains the -following an nouncement:— "Russia completely unites herself to France on the Greek question. The Rusj.an ambassador in London, M. do Brunnow, has received from his Government orders to act in accord with the French ambassador in the nego tiation to which our mediation has given rise." N. Duconx, who was.the Prefect of Police under General CATAIGNAC, is the republican candidate for the representation of the department of Haute Vienne. The members of the Mountain have issued a long address to the people, which occupies two columns of the National, on the subject of the elections. In the course of this address we find'the following definition of Socialism : " The idea which triumphed at the barricades of Fe bruary is S ocia l i sm, that is to say —the emancipation of the masses by labour, labour raised to the level cf pro perty, which it engen ders ' and legitamises, the general comfort being assured by an equitable remuneration of labour, and the abolition" of u sury.' N. VICTOR H ENNEQUI N, the editor of the Demo cratic. PaeJlque, has been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 f. for the publication of an article reflecting on the PRESIDENT of the Re public. The Grand Duchess of BADBF, the aunt of the PRESIDENT, has arrived at the Elysee. DuPIN is recovering. FA,1115 Boum, FEB. 28.—Latest Prices—Five per EngHai ...... Scotch•. Irish •••• • • • • Foreign Barley. Oats. Malt. ,Flpur. Sacks. 6,730 2320 Wheat. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 'Qrs. 2,540 6,280 7,320 10,810 1,560 1,140 •MITUPIELD. Notwithstanding that our, market to-day was very moderately supplied with Beasts, the time of year con sidered, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. Scarcely any prime Scots were on offer, and the top, price of Beef was 3s 8d per 81bs. The numbers of Sheep were less than those exhibited on this day se'nnight ; nevertheless, the Mutton trade was in a very inactive state, at a fall in the currencies of 2d per Blbs. The primest old Downs, in the Wool, sold with difficulty at 4s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Shorn Downs produced 34 6d to 3s 8d per Bibs. There were about 50 Dorset Lambs in the market, in good condition. Calves—the supply of which was small—moved off slowly, at about bta tionary prioes. Id Pigs„ scarcely any business was transacted. Milch Cows moved off slowly, at froni 141 to 181 each, including their small Calf. Pei albs. to sink the offal. s. d. tO a. d, s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts..... 2 $ 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 ' 3 8 Second quality •.• • 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 6 3 8 Ditte eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Large Hogs ...... 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 3 6 310 Small Porkers •••• 3 .8 4 0 Suckling Calves •• 18 0 25 0 Quartar old Pigs •• 16 0 21 0 Inferior Shoop .. 3 0 3 2 Lambs •••••. • • • • 0 0 0 0 ' TOTAL SUPPLY' AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Plge. 725 2,650 I 130 240 FOREIGN SUPPLY. • j • Sh26oeep. . I Ca 41 lves. I Pigs. Beasts. $4 SCOTCH., Beasts. 100 I Sl] eep. 45 Calves. I rigs lirzurcuiTz AND LEADENNALU These markets were heavy to-day, at drooping prices, although the supplies were not large. . At per stone by, the Carcase. s. d. to L. d. ' s. d. to a. d tleef t inferior...... 2 2 2 4 Hutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 middling ••• • 2 4 2 6 -- middling ••2 10 3 0 primelarge 2 8 210 •..•. 3 2 3 6 - prime small .. 3 0 3 2 , Pork, large 210 3 4 Veal— 3 0 310 small .• 3 6 4 0 BOROUGIE SOP Fine Hops are very scarce and quite as dear as last week, although the amount of business doing in them is trifling. In the middling and inferior kinds very few transactions have taken place. New Mid. and East Kent pockets, 61 6s to 111 lis ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 61 3s to 81 5s ; new Sussex ditto, 5/ 8s to 6110 s; new Farnhams, 121 to 131; yearling Kenta, 31 to 41 10s; yearling Sussex, 218 s to 3/ 15s ; old Hops, 11 to 31155. MARCH l, 1850 Cents., 95f. 30c.; Three per Cents., 57f. 50c. ; Bank of France, 2,275 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, FEB. 28. The only transaction was—Boulogne and Amiens, 6%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d ult. have arrived. The house of General AMETTLER had been searched by order of the Captain-General of Madrid. MADRID BOMA, FEB. 23.—Three per Cents., 29 for account ; Three per Cents., 12k, paper. Ex change on London, 50 20. GERMANY. It was officially announced at Berlin on the 26th ult., that Hanover had withdrawn from the alliance of the 26th May. The elections in Wirtemberg are over, and the democrats have succeded in returning three-fourths of the Members. The Cologne Gazette of the 27th says : " The appointment of M. HASSENFLUG as ministerial presi dent at Hesse-Cassel, will not involve any change.in regard to the Federal States. Major HAYNAU, bro ther to the Austrian general, has been appointed to the War department ; M. LAMITSCII, Minister of Finance ; and M. BAwsmAcx, secretary of legation, and formerly ambassador at Vienna, Minister of Foreign Affairs. This change in the Ministry is evidently owing to Austrian influence. Prussia con sequently supports the late Cabinet. This plainly indicates a tendency to break off the Prussian alliance with the federation state. The Chambers are to be dissolved immediately. One of the German journals, in speaking of, the new Minister HassEst-, FLUG, designates him Hessenfluch, the curse of Hesse.' TURKEY. Advices have been received from Constantinople to the Bth ult., at which date the arrival of the Croats who bad been' dispatched by the Austrian Internuncio to assassinate KossuTti and his companions, and who were arrested at Varna, was expected by the next steam-boat. It is singular that this intelligence should arrive in London• on the same day with _the Gazette of Vienna which,; aftei a silence of several months, at length publishes. a report purporting to emanate from Shumla, in . which the state ment of the attempted assassination of Kos- Sinn is treated as an abstird fable. Of the credit due. to the Statements published by the Austrian Government in their official journals, some idea may be formed from the statement which appeared in one of them about a fortnight since, that there had been an emeute in London, that Lord PALMERSTON'S house had been attacked, and himself saved from massacre only by the intervention of the military, and that in consequence. of the emeute the Ministry had resigned. We attach the same;degree of credit to the denial of the assassination plot that we do to the narrative of the English emeute. ITALY. It is said that the Pore has succeeded in obtaining a loan of 40,000,000 of francs, at 74, and that he will return to Rome at Easter. On the 19th and 20th ult. two additional French regiments left Rome. On the 20th the gates of the city of Florence re ceived an unusual reinforcement of troops. The intelligence from. Naples is distressing. ♦bout fifty.more individuals of the higher - ,classea have been arrested and thrown into prison ; and from this it is evident that the Papal and Neapolitan Go vernment act on the same system. MARKET NE WS:--(THIS DAY.). CORN-ENCHANGE=FRIDAY. . . The arrivals of English Wheat.,for our market, 'ACE, Monday, have been on the' inUreasi ' and of full average quality, the total supply coastwise having amounted to 2,5 , 0 quarters: The shoir of samples of bOth red and white here to-day • was,' howaver, comparatively small; yet the deniand for all Aeseriptions ruled very inactive, at barely stationary prices, and a total clearance was not effected. Only 1,560 quarters of Foreign Wheat hay. reached us, but a large quantity is close at band. Fine dry samples were held at full prices. In all other kinds so little was doing that the quotations were almost nomi nal. The show of English Barley 'was large, that of foreign small. Most kindi ruled heavy on somewhat lower terms. An unusually large supply of Malt, upwards of 10,000, quarters, was brought forward. All kinds were exces sively, heavy, and at a fall in value of is per quarter. Fine. Qats were dull, at previOus rates. Damp qualities ruled heavy on somewhat lower terms. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour had, in some instances, a down ward tendency. ' ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. COLONIAL. SuaAL—The market has been rather firmer, and more has been done in British Plantation. Barbadoes, by auction, went 6d per cwt. higher, fine yellow 41s to 425. Demerara crystallised brought 38s 6d to 41s 6d for ord and mid yellow, and 37a for good brown. • REIINED.—There has been a moderate demand; fair grocery lumps 48s to 50s. EAST INDLL—Madras, about 4,800 bags, sold at full rates; soft brown 29s to 30s 6d, and yellow 318 to 33s 6d; good and fine 39$ 6d to 41.36 d. Mauritius, 6,000 bags brought full quotations, yellow 37s to 39s 6d, and mid to good brown 32s to 345.• Bengal 4,620 bap, nearly all sold at steady rates; white Benares 38s to 40s 6d, fine 41s to 425, and fine soft strong yellow 44s 6d to 45s 6d per cwt. - FOREIGN.—There has been rather more inquiry. Yellow Savannah about 5,000 cheats, sold at 20s. 3d to 20s,lid per cwt in bond, and 5,000 chests of brown Per nambuco at 18s 9d, being a cargo. Strong white Bahia has realised 23s 3d per cwt., COFFEE.—This article has continued dull. and with a drooping tendency as regards prices. Native Ceylon has been sold at .598 to 60s for • good ord. and Plan tation at 618 to 63s for fine fine ord, and low mid grey at 51s to 58s for triage, and 64s 6d for pea-berry. Mocha fine has realised 80s* 6d. mid 70s, and triage 37s to • 66s ; and Madras has been - taken in at 565, and Penang it 488 j 'Bahia , at 52s to , 56a for good and fine ord. Rio at 511 to 53s for a similar quality, and some parcels from Nassau, New , Proildence, at 40s 6d to 41s for triage, and 55s for good ord pale. COCOA.—Bahia has- been . taken in at 32s for good, Trinidad •at 42s to 43s for ord grey, and Guayaquil at 30a to 32s for 'grey. ' SALTPETRE.—There has been a moderate demand at steady prices, ranging from 251 to 280 6d for Bengal, 18i and 3 per cent. refraction. • SPlCES.—Pimento has been dull. Sales hare been made at Sid to 60 per lb.' Ginger is cheaper, and with more offering. Calcutta has realiied 17s 6d to 20, 6d. Cloves have maintained their price, and Nutmegs are at about former rates. BicE.—The market has been dull. Bengal was obtefly taken in at 10e 6d, the rest selling at 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Carolina bas been taken in at 195 to 195 6d. Madras sold at 7e 6d to 8s 6d per cwt. Corrox.—This article has been quiet. TALEow.—P.Y.C. is 36s 6d to 36s 9d per cwt on the spot and dull, and 38s for the lasethree month's. TEA.—The market is firm, with fair deliveries. Con ' gull common 91d to 10d, blackish leaf Pekoe flavour Is 5d to is 9d, Twankay 9d, and fine Hyson kind 10d to Is, common Hyson is 2d to is 3d per lb. BUM.—There has been very little doing. GREEN" FRUIT.—The stock of Oranges is considera bly reduced, and as the wind is contrary for arrivals the price . bas improved; three cargoes of St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went freely at an advance of 2s per box. The last cargo of Seville Sours in the market sold by the same parties at 5s per chest advance. Lemons are becoming scarce, some parcels are withdrawn for a higher figure. Nuts of all kinds in request, and the market has assumed a firm Pppearance fox all kiuds. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWt'. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market fcr Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, but no anxiety to purchase was shovrn, the market being well supplied. The sales were estimated at about 4,000 bales, without any alteration in prices, and inclueed 200 Pernam and Maranham, at 6&d. to 68d. ; 600 Bahia, at 6jd. to 6id. 300 Surat, at 4id. to 41d., and 50 Sea Island, at ls. id. to Is. sd. per lb.—ln Railways a slight improvement occurred in both London and Midland Stock; the busi ness was larger in anlount, and the market closed firmly. The Corn market is very dull to-day, but with small arrivals. In colonial and foreign produce there has not been much doing this week. The result of the wool and indigo auctions we have already noticed, and we have merely to add that sugar is firmer, that corn-3 continues heavy, and that tallow is neglected. Upon the condition of the tea market, we have the following from Messrs. Franks and Son:— " The Tea Market during the early part of the month was very active, owing to the continuance of the specu lative demand, and very extensive operations were made in Congous of all descriptions; the highest price given for common Congous was l ld., at which point the de mand subsided, and attention was dire coed to the medium and fixer quelities, in which a large business was done at but little advance on pre vious rates ; subsequently, upon the cessation of the speculative excitement, common Congou receded to 9d.; very few parcels, however, could be bought at this price, and a de man d for export having arisen, nothing can now be procured under led. Not. withstanding this decline there has been no heavy pres sure on the market, and large holders are not disposed to give way; the general opinion still is that the market will continue firm for black tea. In green tea a good business has been done at im= proved rates. The speculative demand for Hyson has subsided, but previous prices are maintained; Im perial has been in request for export. There have been large inquiries for Twankay for Canada. The small stock on hand, which has been nearly all bought by the shippers, has prevented any extensive business, where contracts have been made an advance of lid. to 2d. has been given. Canton Gunpowder of the re cent arrivals has sold freely at ls: 3d. ; thO finer qualities continue very scarce, and secure' full prices. In Scented Orange Pekoe a fair business has been done from the recent arrivals, at about previous rates. Scented capers have been quiet. The advises per Overland mail still show considerable excess in the shipment of black tea over the previous year, but as we have before remarked, this cannot be taken as any proof of an excessive shipment for the season; the pro bability is, that the import will be under the consump tion. In green a large deficiency is shoWn, which must cause improvement in prices of all"kinde." Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Co., of Manchester, send us the following:— " The practical bearing of this market from the com mencement of the month to its close has been of a droop ing and downward tendency, interrupted only for two or three days in the early portion of it by a spurious sym pathy with an abortive attempt in the Liverpool market to resuscitate and raise the position and value of Cotton. Pacts, after all, are the most powerfully argumenta tive and convincing, as many can now testify who have hitherto been believers in the doctrine that the high prices ruling here would induce a correspond ing response from foreign markets. Notwithstanding the aggregate amount of transactions is eery considerable, and is mainly the result of the extensive operations en tered into during January, few purchases of magni tude have been made during the present month. Indeed purchasers may be said to have cautiously confined themselves to existing and necessary wants, under a very natural impression that many 'descriptions of both Cloth and Twist would of necessity experienc e a decline." The numerous railwa . y meetings held yesteielay, not only in the metropolis; but also in various parts of' the country, went oft upon the whole, as amicably as could be expected. The' directors are meeting the views of shareholders, and if late results are somewhat discou- raging, especially'as regards dividends, future prospects are sounder. The shareholders in the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, at their half-yearly meeting, re. ceived a very favourable report, and a dividend was de r clared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The " screw " improvement is likely to work out such portant results, that we are truly pleased to chronicle the encouraging prospects of the company, and shall look with interest to the carrying out of the proposed arrangement for steam communication with Sydney. The English Funds have been looking up a trifle this morning. Consols have ranged froth 94i to 951 for Money, and are now 95f to i for Account. Exchequer bills remain at 545. to 575. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 97f to 1. At Frankfort, on the 26th ult., stocks were better; and at Amsterdam, on the 27th, much the same. In the Foreign market Peruvian Bonds are dwindling. They have been done at 77 and 75f for the Active, and at 33i to 32. for the Deferred. M ex i can B on d s have been 29- 1. The arrangements for an addition of members td the new committee, and the payment of the remanets, are reported to be all but settled, though we have no official information yet that such is the case. Russian Scrip is 11 to 2 premium. Spanish Three per Cents. are 56i. Railway Shares are rather better. South-Western have rallied decidedly, and also Great Western; Mid land, however, are rather lower. North-Western have rallied. South-Eastern look flat. The week's railway receipts made up to this date are as under:— 184 L £12,511 36,727 7,526 4,227 19.133 1,663 ONE CL*Ci P ,;r' tittiTlSl ‘ , UNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. E per Cent. Reduced Arms ... 95% 1 4% 95% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... -... 94% 25 V 8 95(4, New 34 per Cent. Anus Long Anna. to expire Jan.l860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 5-16 8 5-16 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001. ....».... 87 p 87 p Consols for Account 9 5 14 95 1 / 2 Exchequer Bills I%d. & 2d 1,0001. June 54 57 p 500/. June ............ 54 57 p Small. June 54 57 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Ma. O'CLOCK. Eastern Counties North Western South Western Caledonian Midland Great Northern 1850. .£13,849 37,913 8,068 5,921 19,565 2,641 PRICED Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto, Account Chilien Bonds 6 per Cent ;... Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account . 76 74% Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cent., Converted Ditto, Account 3 2 14 32 1 4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ... 107 ex d 107 ex d Ditto Scrip 1%% 2 p L 2po Spanish :5 per Cent. 1840 17% 17 3 / Ditto, Account Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in London. itAIL P w R A IC y ES SHA OF RES. rim. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford jtmct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Caledonian Do. New 10/. Pref..... 10 `..., Ph % 7% Eastern Counties... Do., New Pref.rence, 6 per Cent. .... ...... 10 ...... 11% ...... ........ Eastern Union,. Class A (late E. U. Shares) 26 Do - . Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 .... 15% — ... 15% East Lancamhira East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 274 27 Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref 1 2 1,E lO% . Great Western 100.-- 56% 56 57% x.d. 57%x.c1. Ditto, ILi Shares Ditto, Fifths. ... . . ..,... 20 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 — Ditto,' Thirds ' 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ...... Ditto, ditto . Do. Fifths:— ...... 10 Do. Thirds ......... lB .. Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... Do. (W. Riding Union) 19 ..... 2% 3 . London, Brighton, and South Coast... lOO '. ..... 78 1 / 2 79 ......... 78 1 / 2 London and N Western 100...102 1 / 2 102 102 x.d. 103rd Ditto, New Quarters 12 Ditto, Fifths l2 ..... 11% 12 x.d ... 12 x.d. Do. 101. (M. & B.) C 1 •—•• 1 36•-• .. •.- .. 1A London &S.Western lOO ..... 65 64Nx.d...... 64A x. d Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire..-.100 ...... Ditto, New 101. Prof... 10 Do. M anc hester and • ' Lincoln Union. .... 4/. 21. ...... 3% dis B% dis Midland ...... ....... ....iio ..,..39 38 1 / 2 39 1 / 2 x.d 391 t Do., 50/. Shares .... 30 .. ••• 43/4 5 4%.., s,* Do. Consolid. Btistol and N0rf 8 0 i 1k nn . i . n .. g ..7.. 6 .. P .. e . r . c .. t. .. 7.1°°00 l -23% 2 1 7- 2 x31 /.cl North British ........ ... 25_ .... , ... ~ ... Ditto, Quarters ...... sm 29 - - 236 North Staffordshire ... 17% 6 l /2 6ih Reading, Guildford, and ' Reigate Sh rews bury and Birm... 121/2 ...... ......... .. South Eastern - l 7 3' 1 ' Do., Registered No. 4 10 , 5%..... York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ........... 25 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 17 8 4 17 1 / 2.ii . i ........ ........ .. '.. 1 5 71: i Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 6 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 6 1 / 2 .20 ...... 217 11 ... Paris and Rouen 2 2 0 0 :::..... 2 9 % ... ...... ! s ß am OUe b ll re all an d ElB le Hav r e u B B r r a a z z i i i l i i a a n n c l o m ea p e erla e l u . i . a .. b . :1 2 3 4: 1 117 .. E .. 5 . . ra iA ... 51/2 5 , 4 Cobra Copper United Mexican 2 84 7 14 % 7le JOINT . STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock.... 10 ' ........ 17 1 44119 f 4119tritli9. - • 25 0..... ',mi. -- . WWI n% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY'I LONDON, MARCH 1. W• W W light SITS an d LONDON, .s. ~ fine . ch ar weather. The Chester, arrived ampton from Sunderland, saw a vessel's top-gallant-inast7 head, or a schooner's main-top-masthead three feet out of water, painted lead colour, apparently nearly 0,7 , with signal halyards rove, the vessel apparently soa, quite uprie•ht—the Shipwasb, light vessel bearing N.W. by N., half-a-mile. DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind E. to N.E.—Arrd. Cassimer Calliborne, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh. Arrd. from the River, Culclee, Port Philip. Arrd. from the River and aid. Sir Robert Sale, Port Philip; Missia si PP i ' New York; Emerald, Antigua, COWES, FEB. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. William Glen Anderson, Webster, St. John's, Now Bra and at South and Brest. • TORBAY, FEB. 28.—Wind Easterly.—Off Port, Il liebh Eblers, New York, for Hamburgh. Off FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind variable and light.'" Port, Athol, Coffin, ape of Good Hop. lA' HOLYHEAD, FEB. C 28.—Wind S.W.—eA r rd. Do n, verpool, tor London, leaky. ,_ (WO' PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind variable. --Tee Ca r° Frances got on shore on the Wools ternes s yesterdayand came off after throwing part of cargo overboard- ~.... LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind variable and lig h ', l ,, lisabel , ,, , G Arrd. r(,s , New Loch 0 rle Lomond,Orleans; e Chi u t Rankin, k p i n a 8 , c ° C I, a v lc i u r t g t i a n ; i9, l% ; au ales . Howes, New York; Emily, Valentine, Sbangbaoe's Bella Porfirio, Byott, Islay; Daring, Toby, 1311 „ ell e . Ayres; Liverpool, Apalachicola;_ . Robert Parlor. 1 e .% goble t 7 son, Charleston; Delaware, Tarbet, ditto; Kane, Baltimore; Albert,'Gregory, ditto; Li , Ter 7th, New York; Albert Gallatin, Delano, ditto, ss" e 4 4,, February; Ellen, Fisher. St. John's, New Bruen,. Sld. Arab, Charleston; Zenobia, St. John's, Nevi P A r ite; wick; flinc:it), Calcutta; Duke cf Wellington, "!_ co; Conquering Hero, Port Natal; Fanny, San Freels, Mexican packet, Rio Janeiro; Reaper, J a maica' Jo be Gines, Havannah; Susan Lord, New O r l e ans; , Horricks, ditto, JamaiCa; 'John Haven, Boston. sill, PILL, FEB. 28.---Wind'E RE., light and foggY. Ajax, Trinidad; Anna, St. Vincent. atr 'NEWPORT, FEB. 28. Wind N.E. .--.. sla. il e : Wild, Norfolk, United States.C SWANSEA, FEB. 28.—Wit;c1 S.E.—Sid. Sult an, quimbo. , i ,l'n 11. , PETEBHEAD, FEB. 27.—Wind S.— ~,m e.l- Sld. .i.l Ear' to and Hamilton Ross, Greenland. ~ nes iefs SUNDERLAND, FEB. 28.—Wind S.S.W.--Siu• ••:, few 's, St. John's, New Brunswick; Harvest, St- n" New Brunswick. • PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28. A quantity of wr eck :1: 0 fallen in with about twelve miles north of 13alfour,c0,• a cask of biscuits marked " P X X." Bremen brig, arrived at Desvelos Bay, 'The 3 ° 2 6 2 0 Nov., with loss of rudder and other damage, after . 4 04" on the rocks to the eastward of Watchman's lialt, he r was condemned, as there were no means of rePair wa . there. . . g th e GOOLE, FEB. 28.—The Eagle has been go t ° Spurn. a O r FLEETWOOD, FEB. 27.—The Portia, strode ~ Blackpool, has been got off and towed 'in hete. a a All f .) HOUSE OF LORDS.—(TH IS "" b ," 'Tb, The House sat again to-day to bear *Pea"' Deo Peers , present were the lord Ccellor', dO6 Patagonia, being Brougham, Lord Campbell, Earl Waldegraver an Bishop cf . Norwich. , DEWAR V. CLEGHOEN• i ire re . ,l 43 ' - The arguments in this part•beard.apPet" -rdsbiPs sumed to-day. The case came before their 1.°,, e6 ,00 upon appedl from the judgment of the Court of 1 6 a of in Scotland, on the construction of the term; er i t h „t tbe entail of 1739, by which the Court had decide° " A ii s ble heir did not, on succeeding to the estate, hec nni- to the debts of the predecessor. Mr. Bethell and Mr. Inglis appeared for ihe for aPPteb's‘ la'nt ; and' Mr. Wortley aad Mr. Ande rsoa respondent. . . hiPo l3l ' The further arguments occupied their Lore.. ,,, whole morning. IS DAY) ROLLS' COURT.—(TH THORNBEARD V. SIMARD. a oar ,The further argaments in this part-heard, eas pied the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. ...„. - r1 II ) VICE-CHANCER Y.—(THIS Jl"'- r.-LANO*) ah (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of EN"" - II , '" ' His Honour was occupied the whole m orel li tid . hearing unopposed cause-petitions, short oetleii'ghtest cEttise-petitions, none of which posse ssed the BC feature of interest. cs.) • (Before the Tice-Chancellor KNIGHT D j BIBBERING V. EARL nALcAnaAa• re iwat" The arguments in this part-heard case were and occupied the Court the whole morning. , • ~ (Before the Vice-Chancellor NVIGRA S ' i I ..niet. MONYPENNY V. DERINO• , 0...- The arguments in this . part.heard case We" r • this morning. ot Coar te f • Cases had been sent for the opinion of the , s ge 0 Common Pleas and the Exchequer upon the I , r ae h ls- o se t e ' ° „f . a will devising gavelkind land in Kent. OK" courts had certified in different ways as to the :1 0 1 0 W i ra the devise. The case now coming on, the f Ou of 6 th whether a case should be sent for the °Ow n - court, or whether his Honour should decide the going' The arguments occupied the Court the vvliole -, ---------'-------". . . y .. ) . A B y O oun W g man,-ST R na E me E d T iii — ch LT E H y l an S , v 1 ., 1t . a d a r e I, deg' alc • himself as a labourer, was charged with he ln 'boas e ' pU blic" and abusive to the landlord of the Crown ' in Covent-garden. , h , prio °l3 l The landlord stated that late last night `""i, a - t ono came into his house and called for some gie; — se Ph - s that the prisoner was drunk, he refused to se r e ieg " . ...,,a se Ao g The prisoner then became very abusive, a n i_ d i,ges"," female in the bar, he made use of filthy sn", a poliv': language, which induced the landlord to call ' ll ,. etas - man and give him into custody. The Pr ie°°. he very violent character. k wh en a. The prisoner did not deny that he was drop abe lee entered the Crown, but he was exasperated si. tell hie' lord's refu sa l t o serve hi m , and he certainly did 1c what he thought of him. o boe • be . 0 hishis fist h th e r n ea o t t en on - ie ly g d te id , t , h p a i l t , ob bli „ t oto I°- hi in The when he caught him outside. 1 ,.„, n? a for Mr. JARDINE asked. if the prisoner was ...-- -/c for- gaoler stated that he had been once in custod/ be Th e an T a h ss e a p u r l toner said " No, it was for being tirti- fi r ld . 11 re; complainant was telling an untruth when Om an - ther h e ; male was in the bar, for he never saw no 1 0 411e fr e a f Mr. JARDINE observed that no decent ina n 'i s sge ° Pr . drunk or sober, make use of such Ohl n osoe ° 3 as that which had been deposed to, and as the rooterpi , was evidently a very bad character, he she ll ' ' him to the House of Correction for seve n daYs• Op The prisoner was accordingly removed in ens ' Lit e° • CABINET '—.„ ib g iri Aigir . COUNCIL THIS .1../AY•••"" e W.-- assembled in Council this afternoon at the of D o!' office. There were present the' Marq uis f 0 161 11 -' dowse, Lord John Russell, the MarquiL? to 14° Campbell, Sir John Hobhouse, carde, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Xll3 in to, Right the IP rtj Labouchere, Earl Grey, Sir George Gr re ll ht i l l; Chancellor, Sir F. T. Baring, and the l' ll jg o bee - Mr. Fox Maule. The Chancellor of the '''' was absent through indisposition. se' 'The ~,;ghtf MADAME SONTAG'S SECOND CONCr T. d a y P'. 0 , cond concert of Madame Sontag, on 4-nes ,,clise ce - 0 abtritlhlieanCt,onsaenrdv,atiofirpeo,sswibalse,attended by ac a' l ea thli b the first. The great eantaetrviecne 11 1 1 1 ° e l ii .e e: r 1 )° , vviirae li cl ud f°brter r : ' the treasures of her voice with more effee" 00 ii "Bel raggio" absolutely electrified. eel t bool3 .. M dlle. Parodi was also greatly successful, the cf evidently far better suited to the stage . --11 sPi re' cert room, her dramatic power was i n ' ge If -ti • WO 10 4 ciated by the Parisians, and an air from Jo s d oehl t he at once decided her triumph. Calzolari and 1.3, t he at . have already become favourites, and, i11, e ., Sontag concerts are the "lions" of the ear se ssi°ll -At the, 0 4 UNITERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON•"----- rviti 0' of the Council of Universty College, °' S i e a b tti one g ; P O Dr. Hare, senior physician to the St. Ma r Y ' , vid e° ral 'Dispensary, was appointed assistant PP.' reli University College Hospital. • . 6 so se/ e " ct , We regret to state that Mr. Disraeli I o f o ttel l indisposed as to be for the present incapable ing to public business. The P l a t t THE NEW DISCOVERY IN DmArriEss" .0. Of ) ,'o iw t m u h t: icoh o r f tasn Y utb r j a de n ics e tc e omv h er a r : appointed Messrs. t eJ P e ke's r6 ' B 4o and Floureus, to report upon the m erits _, .frieso., , f a 0 of X l. ' °r the A m _ b e e y d r Y i int e b a r a sa r i h e , •memoir. •ror. ~, of the:Arts in ce PRESENT PROM PRINCE ALBERT TO Us e oj, As d to ‘ ti o razdx.—Prin I .Eton College a copy of the large work 01 ' f ly-1W i tbe On th e t ( 0 0, in t be ceding the title-page is the following .nacre Anted to 0 handwriting of his Royal Highness--" P re - 5 1,0 (4. Pl ri , boys of Eton Colle with a hope that th is . r libr . vo to the ir 1 not be considered merely as an ornament ~,,,r r ec „tier le A e j Y u t g r s e e h t s aa . p td :re e s un e dt( n itroeef : u n eed : Ce but as a work freely to be used by there w dso r t be and_ the acquirement of taste.—Albe rt ; AriasWina b 1 led Feb. 6, 1850." A great number of works, _resen been Y Archbishop of Canterbury, have also just , t he ..., a .1,8 to the boys' library by his Grace. k retu rn ,n "' STAMP DUTIES IN IItELAND. -- '" , d fa , amount of the, stamp duties paid in.lre ,a n ssu ed. „ 0 30 year 1840 up to the present time has been iss ue 4 6% t isi lowest amount_ is that of 1842, wlai ell . lo op ' 1 04 9 the highest is that of 846, when the n o tor collected amounted to 613,355/. The ara n " lie' was 538 1 249/. . ere 0 Inao for Linco, err y, o f The railway gates on the East smashed through by the up crossing the highway at Sibsey flig b .• on S n° morning last.—Boston Herald. . • Green' i . Gr .1111;711.9. ~.i.i., a On the 22d ult., the wife of W. Taylor , 4- "' , wieb, of .a daughter. express, grain a 6 °' sge of , DIED. Ono t th he e 21st 2et u e l i t t .., , it a t t l ll le a r w ef e od 9, y . J e . rh ß e r h a i i r ti e l o l4 Z t . q. s t; fl;r : s- ; 1 : 11 ., Clapham-road, London, aged 31 Vieli n. Ol er ' On the 26th ult., at Buriton Rector/ , liallts' oe Jr . the daughter of the Rev. J. M. Sumner. T. cook , On the 25th ult., Ann, the wife of Mr. T. o r , 3i , J 0., cial-road East, aged 55. ' • Wife °I la'l On the 26th ult., at Surbiton, Eliza , ~. iii oo trap, 42d Regiment, H. E.I.C.S. _ str eet, P On the sth ult., Mr. G. R. Scott, Care,' r f Inn. ..risTOF a,' ~. fOu.' 1I PY, 1 , 40..., 411, London: Printed and Published by ''''„ . Ofg e. ' 011 0 - No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The i'" 4 " - :n ale Strand, in the Precinct of the Sava; "- Siddltiosi hiday, March 1, 18100., 57 p 57 p 57 p 55'" 100 L/2 111 10% 7 12% am. 6% DEDICATED TO THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, MEMOIRS OF HUNGA.RIAN' LADY. By THERESE PULSZKY. With an Historical Introduction. By FRANCIS PULSZKY. Late Under Secretary of Stato to Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria and Ring of Hungary. Henry Colbarn. Publiitter, 13, Great Marlborough-street.