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long speeches were made, and the Bill was abandoned. Was it not evident to the country that they were hypo crites? What had the Reform Act done for us ? Our expenditure in 1830 was 52,018,0001.; in 1835, 48,787,0001. ; in 1849, 57,581,000/.—(Hear, hear.) Since 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 cards,: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 cf Commons completely tenanted by one class ; but he found that thirty-three Peers sent fifty-two Mean hers 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 Bib's" re presentative was in the list. (Laughter.) Lord Brougham, 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 I. f 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 artizens, 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 Hon. Members were in the secret, and knew very well that it was the fishing-rod—(A laugh) —and :the Parliamentary Izaac Walton—(A. laugh)—was indeed an expert " fisher of men."—(Laughter.) He knew well how to throw the line skilfully for a country gentlete an—(Laughter)—he knew how to bob fir a patriot.—(Great laughter.) Garters or ribands did for some; but that House had a peculiar fancy for the honours of the bloody hand.—(Renewed lenghter.) When the Melbourne Ministry was in diffi cultihs, and Europe was ransacked for a vote, aho did not remember the miraculous draught of baronets that appeared all alive th the Gazette one afternoon?—(Much laughter.) The days of chivalry were gone; it was easier for a Member to win his spurs by succouring a Minister in difficulties than by briaking a lance fir 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 road, in the Horning Herald, that al Lion. Member " wished to be invited to the Duke of De sanshire's hall, which he hotel to accomplish through Lord John"—(A. laugh)—that another was to have his lady and daughters commended to her Majesty's next hail; a tfiird wanted promotioa in the navy for his son, and another wished a sin 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.—(L 'tighter.) Thu:, though money was not paid to gentlemen out of the Treasury, there were, notwithstanding, inducements held out to them that acted as eMetaally; and therefore he said they hail no business to call themselves a pure House of Commone.—(Hear.) As to the hallot, he was ready to admit that both its evils and advantages were exaggerated; bat if the people wished it, and it there Was a probability of thereby extinguishing corruption, why should it nit 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.---(Elear.) As to the inequality of the representation, why should Not tingham, with a population of 51,000, only send two Members to Parliament, while fight small boroughs in South Devon also sent two each ? He rega aled house hold suffrage as nothing more than a return to the an cient practice, the principle of which was clearly laid down in Sergeant Glanville's Committee, as rff rred to by tile Hon. Meath: r for Mantrote. (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 cf the ancient ways of the con stitution was triennial Parliaments—(hear)—and when gentlemen connected revolutionary sentiments with trien nial Parliame al, he asked them if it was triennial Par liaments that destroyed the mot arch; ? The answer must be no. It was septennial Parliaments that must be called revolutionary; aid so far from the advocacy of even annuli Parliements being an innovation, he found that in 1745 a motion fir annual Parliament; was re jected by a majority of only 35.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to electoral districts, he confessed ho felt some difficulty, but he did not pledge himself to all the propo sitions of the llon. Member for Montrose by votieg for his Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He voted for it because he saw no prospect ef 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. INfember 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 ef the actual state of the population. The great Lord Shaftesbury, he be lieved, first agitated this point of electoral districts; and another Chancellor, Lerd Brougham, was also favourable to the establishment cf electoral districts, That Noble and Learned Lord stated, in a publicised work, that the only real a rnedy was extending the number of vet 'rs ; or, if that was inapotFilile, increasing the size of the elect Oeicae"— (ile:.r. hear.) He did net rich to !el ;t) the country into distrhsls, bin he was much in choei to consolidate several small boroughs together, as was the ease in Scotlan 1. —(lleer, hear.) The Honourable Member fur Gl+ 5p.... , a le w nights ago brought forward a motion fir the enfranchisement of five parishes in this vicinity—Hammersmith, Chel sea, &c., a district inhabited by people of the highe:t rest e stability, a great proportion of them being literary meta and which paid poor-rat ?s to the extent of 500,0001. The Heine Secretary spoke en that occasion, and, he believe), seid very little; but there was an Hen. Gen tleman (Mr. Campbell) who gave the most extraordinary reasons he gal ever heard f:r 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 f rtune, and who boasted that ha liked " plain John Camplaeli" better than any title that could be conferred upon him.—(Laughter.) That Lion. Gentleman, who seemed to have real 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 a long speech fall of quotations from Aristotle, and then, because his hearers did not relish the speech, he said they were dull fellows and not fit far 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 Hoe. 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 fur 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, hear.) 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. IL 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 had 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 question. Mr. LOCKE KING, amidst loud cries for a division, moved the adjournment of the debate, but the cries being renewed with vehemence, he said that, 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 Mr. Hume, when there appeared For the motion... Against it ••• 96 Majority . .. 24 2 Mr. AGLIONBY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to effect th© compulsory enfranchisement cf lands of copyhold and customary tenure. Sir G. GREY said, that after the report made by the copybold 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— Ayes Noes ... 97 , . 32 Majority ... Mr. F. MAITLE moved for and obtnined leave to bring in a Bill to render more simple and eff, etual the titles by which congregations or societies, asso2,iatk d for purposes of religions worship or edaca'ion in Sealant], hold real property required for such purpose. The House adjourned, at a Quarter to One o'clock. CRUCEFlX.—Elsewhere, in our advertising colainns, will be found a last tribute of respect, ad miration, and gratitude to the memory of this amiable and excellent philanthropist. we have a melancholy , satisfaction in pining our voice with those of the ad mirers of Dr. Cruceilx, and in thus expressing a kin dred feeling of regret at his departure. The large manufactory far the distillation cf bittu micous products at Cordesse, near Autun, was last weak entirely destroyed by fire, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the people of the place and the surround ing country. The water thrown on the flames by the engross app e ared only t..) increase their intensity. The to:al loss of the property is estimated at 255,000 f.; only 55,000 f. of which are covered by insurance. To day, at all Booksellers and Circulating Libraries, THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS. I. ANTONIN & ; or, the FALL of ROME. By W. Wilkie Collins. 3 vols. post Bvo. Dr. JOHNSON ; his RELIGIOUS LIFE and his DEATH. By the Author of "Dr. Hookwell," " The Primitive Church," See. heatly bound, 12s. The NOMADES of the WEST. A Romance of Canada. 3 vols. post Bvo., 31s. 6cl. The MARTYRS of CARTHAGE. By Mrs. Webb, Author of " Naomi," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. TIIIS EVENT N,,, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Mcluotte, Mr. J Anderson ; Ueauseant, Mr. Montagne ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; General Damns, Mr. Baker; M. Deschapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des ehapelles, Miss Yandenhoff. To be followed by The Operatic Play of ROB ROY 3IAC6REGOR ; or, Auld Lang 3yne. Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Rafter ; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery ; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter ; Helen Mac gregor, Mrs. Ternan. erivate boas°, IL 35., 21.128. 6d., 21. 25., 11. Ils. 6d., and 11. Is. Stalls, ss. each. s. d. s. d. FIRST PRICE. SECOND PRICE. Boxes - - 4 0 Boxcs - - 2 0 Pit - - - 2 0 Pit - - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 1 0 Lower Gallery - 0 6 I Upper Gallery -0 6 No Half-price to Upper Gallery. Box-book-keeper, Mr. J. Povey. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYISIARKET. Mr. B. Webster, S'ele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, _ _ ' Will be performed AS YOU LIKE IT. Jaques, Mr. C. Kean Rosa!ind, Mrs. C. Kean. . After which the Comedy of NELL GWYNN - E. King Charles Mr. Webster; Charles Hart, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Joe Ilaynes, 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 Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. The Boz-offise is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATE.IL ROYAL. ADELPHL ;:or Llic , 11rectIon o Nlz.:l3.me Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a ne;;CiOMestiCDrama, called THE WILLOW COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed tan' , 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 THEATG.E. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lesgee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of THE NIGHT DANCERS. Alter which HO C AND COLD. To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TUE NOBLE HEART. Characters by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Davenport, Ryder, Johnstone, Belton, Lee, Howard ; and Mrs. Mowatt. After which THE POET'S SLATE. To conclude with DON C;EiAlt DE BAZNN. Don Cre3or, Mr Davenport; Lazarillo, Miss Marshall; Marlton% Miss Vining. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA CONIIQUE. Last Night of M. CHOLLET'S Engagement. Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the Trench Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, At Eight o'clock, when will be performed Herold's Opera, V in Thme Acts, entitled ZAMPA ; ou, La Fiancee de Marbre. Zampa, M. Chollct ; Alphonse de Monza, M. Killy Leroy ; Daniel Capuzzi, M. Soyer ; Dandolo, M. Chateaufort ; Camille, Madlle. Charton ; Rilta, Madlle. Guichard. To conclude with the First Act of LE POSET.LO.N DE: LONJUMEAL'. Chapelou, M. Chollet. The Isex-oilice of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five. Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mltchell's Royal I ibrary, 33, Old Bond. street. ZOTAL LYChUM THEATRE. fader the Management of Madame VestrlS. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma'he we. EVENING, Will be performed CHARLES TILE TWELFTH. After which THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. Dress Boxes ; Upper Boxe*, 43. ; Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, Is. No self-price to any part of the house. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15 New Bond-street. ASTLEY' I:OYAL AMPHITIIk;ATICA. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena. New Grand Spectacle. Madlles. Gardoni and Amino on the Dcuble Tight Rapes in a petite Ballet entitled The Hungarian Wood-cutters. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven, with a new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON; or, the Brigand of Savoy. To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish ment. Te conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story. Box-office open from Eleven tail r ota. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DA —Morning, 50 min. after 3 I Evening, 11 min. after 4 To-Nfoaaow —Morning, 31 min. after 4 I Evening, 48 min. artei 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAUCH 1. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34; Iligheit, 46; Noon, 48 B.A.ROMETEB, 30'34. WIND W S.W.—fine sunshiny weather. .. )1. Z ' A___ . )-1 4-r c t_ ~1 / 4 ., ".."..,, --- .. a . : .4 4, -,..... • 7 , p r , ..,*-3,..1K' 4, ,,, / , p A,. , , ; ' , l —.• t - ; ( ii3 .- , • :1 ' ' .r . r-- ~.. "-.1- -,7 ',,-1,-0 , -• .. ..., ,\.•:e;Pl`k,,f,••7 . \ 1i 4 ., :5 `," , -7 4 " '.(za qsl' ---,-.,-, ' ' i '!' 4l)- , ' . - iifoiLv_t 0i1i"•14,...7-.:- _—,....,. ebelenina gnu LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1850. 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 JOSEPH HUME, 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 cf 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 equally new-fangled social philosophy of a FOURRIER. Septennial Parliaments, contrasted with them, are as things of yesterday to :the 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 scheme 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 of calculation of th e H o me S e cretary, t o some thi ng more tha n: 500 914 0 , 0 002 w , out e ar e ofon only yn asking adult fr themale popula tion appli cation to the portion chief • on of the United Kingdom of those very boons which the Cabinet has deemed advisable for the better government of the smaller of the British islands. We are only seeking a small instalment of that wholesome reform 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, more 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 wet 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 trict., 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. Seeing, therefore, that the demand* comprised in 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 be 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 bug 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 ! 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 as reformers in the waters cf oblivion—enlarging upon the beauties of conser vation where they had formerly only recognised the necessity for improvement. Against such inconsis tencies we have only to bring forward, as the most terrible means of reproach, the speeches delivered by these same statesmen when they vaunted their windy patriotism from the tempestuous ranks of the Op position I The Irish Parliamentary 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 mortal divisions took place on that evening, fur no better or stronger reason than to await the termination of the Irish assizss—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 the 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 by a large majority of the House of Com mons, and which has been long 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 his urbanity• and ever flowing good humour, as from his practical usefulness—Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL—" that it was not the first duty of an Irish Member to attend the assiees." It is distressing, we had almost said disgusting, to see men of sense and talent 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 regret the course which Mr. DIsaAELI, so mischievously for the public in terest and so ruinously for his own charac ter, pursued on Monday evening. It is melancholy to see a man of his ability and undoubted eloquence stooping to the vile trickery of a faction who would blindly but vainly 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 16,000,000, 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 democratic 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 27 millions, the 658 Members constituting the House of Commons would give one Member for about every 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 MaJesre'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 fur 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 cf a common citi zenship with their fellow-subjects, will at once awaken to a sense o f th e i r pos i t i on, an d , g i ving up the insane cry for pr o t ec ti on , abandon a faction that would per petuate their wrongs, and has ever been the enemy of 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 scene of Monday evening lest; 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 House of Commons, and detrimental to the public interest. Those who are interested in the safety of Sir Jonx FRANKLIN are requested by advertisement to enter their subscriptions for a kind of miniature ex pedition, to be dispatched in quest of that dis• tinguished 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 pr.,- fession of which, for the greater part of half a century, he has been a distinguished ornament. It is now fifty years since Lard DENMAN was one cf 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 principles 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 BRANDRETR 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 officials with the Dublin jury list on the trial of the monster indictinait against O'CON NELL could for one moment be tolerated. A Liberal during the whole course of his career in Par liament and at the bar—a Liberal during the ear lier portion of his career on the bench, he seems during the latter portion of his career, as Judge, to have suffered his mind " to be cribbed, cabinned 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 he had latterly suffered himself to be led. His conduct in the celebrated STOCKDALE and IhetsAnD case first exhibited the influence which his high prerogative col leagues had acquired over him, an influence which afterwards 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 DENMAN, like many other great Whig lawyers, was fond of talking about the feeedom of the press in 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 C AMPBELL ; no sooner was he raised to the peerage than he intro duced and carried the new Libel Law, which may justly be callod the Bill of Rights of the Public Journalist, which has made the li:)erty 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 pall zdiurn 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,CAmenELL. 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 D6bats 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 Moniteur 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 : " The alarming reports which it has been endeavoured to put in circulation for the last two days have to-day acquired more consistency. We are authorised to declare that they are devoid of all foundation. The Government has received this day dispatches from Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and they enable us to affirm that the peace of Europe was never more secure. The news of the entry into Switzerland of French, Prussian, and Austrian armies is, therefore, completely unfounded. The public cannot be too much on it s guar d aga i ns t th e g popffaacishg false news, evidently invent e d with a election s ." y p i r e o w p propagation oena approaching 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, Francewill interfere in defence of Switzerland. The Constitutionnel 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 welf-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 th e sole interest of neighbouring states. She wants to t a k e advantage of the circumstance to revive her ancient pre tensions over the principality of Neufchatel. N o t satis fied with 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 signs sufficiently signifi cant , 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 complet e ly unites herself to France on th e Greek question. The Russian ambassador in London, M. do Brunnow, has received from his Government orders to act in accord with the French ambassador in the nego tiation forwhich our mediation has given rise." M. Docou x , aho was the Prefect of Police under General C A VAIGNAC , is the republican candidate fur the representati on o f th e d e partin6nt of Haute Vienn e . 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 tt the barricades of Fe bruary is Socialism, that is to say—the emancipation of the masses by labour, labour raised t o t h e level cf pre perty, which it eng en d er s and legi:amises, the general comfort being assure d b y an equitable remuneration of y. labour, and th e a b o li t i on o f usur y M. VIC TOR HENNFQUIN, the editor of the Demo cratie Pacifique, has been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 E for the publication of an article reilec.,ing on the PRESIDENT of the Re public. The Grand Duchess of Bansri, the aunt of the PRESIDENT, has arrived at the Elysee. M. DUPIN is recover i ng . BOUR BB , FEB. 273.—LAtest Prices—Five per 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 BOLSA, FEB. 23.—Three per Cents., 29 for aocount ; Three per Cents., 12i, 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. liassENrLuG as ministerial presi dent at Hesse-Cassel, will not involve any change in regard to the Federal States. Major ITAYNAu, bro.- ther to the Austrian general, has been appointed to the War department ; N. LAMITSCH, Minister of Finance ; and M. BAWINIBACH, secretary of legation, and formerly ambassador at Vienna, Minister of Foreign Affairs. This change in the Ministry is ;:vidently 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 Hassaas- FLUG, designates him llessenfluch, the curse of Hesse.' " TURKEY. Advises have been received from Constantinople to the Bth ult., at which date the arrival of the Croats who had been dispatched by the Austrian lnternuncio to assassinate KOSSUTH 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, after 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 suTer is treated as an absurd 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 cf 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 POPE 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. About fifty more individuals of the higher classes 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 NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat for our market, since Monday, have been on the increase, and of full average quality, the total supply coastwise having amounted to 2,540 quarters. Tie show of samples of both red and white here to-day was, however, comparatively small; yet the demand for all eeicriptions ruled very inactive, at hwely stationary prices, and a total clearance was not effcted. Only 1,560 quarters of Foreign Wheat have reached us, but a large quantity is close at hand. 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 I): eign small. Most kinds 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 13 per quarter. Fine Oats 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. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Malt. I flour. I— -- -- I -- Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks English .. ... 2,540 6,280 7,320 10,810 G,730 Scotch• •.. • Irish .... ..• Foreign • • • • 1,560 1,14) ..._ -- 2,220 MONEY and COMMERCIAL INEI. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, but no anxiety to purchase was sholrn, the market being well supplied. The sa!e3 were estimated at about 4,000 bales, without any alteration in prices, and included 200 remain and Maranham, at 661. to qd. ; 600 Bahia, at 6id. to 64d. 300 Surat, at 4id. to 44d., and 50 Sea Island, at Is. id. to Is. sd. per lb.—ln Railways a slight improvement occurred in both London and Midland Stock; the busi ness was larger in amount, and the market closed firmly. The Corn market is very dull tc-day, but with small arrival'. In colonial and foreign produce there has not hen 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 colic continues heavy, and that tallow is neglected. Upon the condition of the tea market, we have the fJllowing 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 Cougous of all descriptions; the highest price given for common Congous was l ld., at which point the de mand subsided, and attention was dirt wed to the medium and finer qualities, in which a largo business was done at but little advance on pre vious rates ; subsequently, upon the cessation of the speculative excitement, common Cungou receded to 94d.; very few parcels, however, could be bought at this price, and a demand fur export having arisen, ru,thing can now be procured under 103. Not. withstanding this decline them 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 continue firm f:r black tea. In green tea a good business has been done at im proved rates. The speculative demand for Ilyson has subsided, but previous prices are maintained; Im perial has beea 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 lii. to 2d. has been given. Canton Gunpowder of the re cent arrivals has sold freely at Is. 3d. ; the 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 msil still show considerable excess in the shipment c f 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- Lion. In green a large deficiency is shown, which must cause improvement in prices of all kinds." Messrs. M‘Nair, Greeuhow, and Ce., 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 end downward tendency, interrupted only for two or tilt ea 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. Facts, after all, are the mos: powerfully argumenta tive and convincing, as many can now testify who have hitherto been believers in the doctrine thet the high prices ruling here would induce a correspond ing response from foreign markets. Notwithstanding the aggregate amount of transactions is very 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 experience a decline." The numerous railway meetings held ye-terclay, 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 Stem Shipping Company, at their half-yearly meeting, re• ceived a very favourable report, and a dividend was de c!ared at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. The " screw " improvement is likely to work out such im 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 trills this morning. Consols have rangel from 94i to 94 for Money, and are now 95* to I for Account. Excl equer bills remain at 545. t> 575. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 97f to At Frankfurt, 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 33 to 32f for the Dererred. M e xican B on d s have been 29 f . The arrangements for an addition of members to 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 to 2 premium. Spanish Three per Cents. are 564. 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. Th© week's railway receipts made up to this date are as under:— 1850. 184 9. Eastern Counties £13,849 £12,511 Noit t i Western 37,913 36,727 South Western 8,068 7,526 Caledonia❑ 5,921 4,227 Midland 19,565 19.133 Great Northern 2,641 1,663 BRITISH FUNDS 11118 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIt. (From the Official List.) 3 FN.' Cent. Reduced Annuities . 95 % 1 4 54, 3 per Cent. Consols Anna ... ...... ..... 94% 95 1 / s New 3 1 4 per Cent. Atuas. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 18G0 B% D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 B% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16 India Stocl - — Do. Bonds, 10001 B7 p Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 l i id. 2d. March. June. 1,0601. 500/ — 54 57 p Small — 54 57 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... Ditto for the Account ...... ... 55 3 4 56 54 Mexican 80na15,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 77 75 76 Ditto for the Account 76 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted, 1841 Ditto for the Acceunt ..... ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO7 ex d. Ditto Scrip 1..7i % 2 p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 17 Y 8% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account . ...... .... Dividends on the above paayble in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SIIARE., Birmingham & Oxford Junct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 Caledonian bitto, New 101. Preference 10 .....• 7 1 4 % to Eastern Counties . Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent. 10 Eastern Union, Claes A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 East Lancashire ..... .., ...... 25 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. ... . Edinburgh and Glasgow Groat Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 1214 lO4 to Great Western .........100 ... 56 1 4 56 x.d. to 571 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkahire NO Ditto, ditto Ditto Fifths ... Ditto. Thirds — ..... .... 18 ...... 7 Do., West Riding Union.— 10 .... . 2% to 3 Lond.,Bright.,& South Coastloo ....• 78 LA,. London & North Western..loo... 102 102 3 44 x.d. to 103 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Fifths l2 •.... 11%x.d... to 12 Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western .......100 ..... 65 x.d t' 643/4 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. 6341 h to Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 2s. ... 37/ R dis to Midland.— .... ........ ...100 ...39 38 1 % x.d to 391,4 Ditto, 501. Shares ..... ...... SO Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 gorth British —.. ......... . 25 ...... Do. Quarters 6 14 ...... 236...... to Nort,'• Staffordshire... .. R._ading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 ...... 15 15'4 to 15 South Easterr Ditto, Registered No. 4 to 13' 1 4 ro 1 r ) la , 0 . N and e w c r a s e t w l B E e r x s t v e i cnk. 202 .... 5 ... . . : 1 8 4 14 1/2.... to 1 36 1 10 -i4 to e' ca an stl il e York and North siitiland ..50 Ditto, Preference Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pr ef S 10 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege. Paris and Rouen .. ... .. Raman and:H avre 2O 9 Sambre and Meuto MINES. Brazilian Imperial 24% 51 / 2 ..... to Ditto Cocaee and Cuiaba... 3g United Mexican JOINT STOCK Commercial of London 20 London Joiut ;3Lock , .._., i 7 NARROW ESCAPE.—As Mrs. Chatterton, the wife of the gallant ryiernh,r for Cork, was driving on Monday in Hyde-park, one of the brougham horses suddenly com menced kicking in a very violent manner, and quickly demolished the dashing board and driving sear, and hurled both servants to the ground. Luckily the coach man retained his reins, and the lady (who behaved with the greatest presence of mind) was happily eNtricated from her perilous aittmtiou without any injury. LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G—(TIIIS DA Y. ; LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind light airs l e fine clear Is eather. The Chester, arrived a t 6°l / I st anipton from Sunderland, saws vessel's top-gallsn fce'to; head, or a schooner's main-top-masthead thre e n ew of water, painted lead colour, apparently nearlY with signal halyards rove, the vessel apparen tl y N a g s quite uptight—the Shipwash, light vessel bearing P'" by N., half-a-rnilo. DEAL, FEB. 23 —Wind E to N.E.—Arrd. Cassinre Calliborne, St. Domingo, for Hamburgh. Arrd. froro t River, Culloden, Port Philip. Arrd. from the %fe w ' and sld. Sir Robert Sale, Port Philip; Mississig il York; Emerald, Antigua. COWES, FFB. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Glen Anderson, Webster, St. John's, New 13runsvrt. and Brest. Tonnay, FEB. Easterly.—Off Poepitheilir Ehlers, New Yolk, for Hamburgh. ht Off FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind variable and Port, Athol, Coffin, Cape of Good HOpe. la• HOLYHEAD, FEB 28.—Wind S.W.—Arr d. Don ' verpool P , for London, leaky. rar ' ' oRTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind variable.--aac line Frances got on shore on the W oo lsterncss yeat elll- and came off after throwing part of cargo overboare-,,,. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind variable and lig h L"" ti ., Arrd. Loch Lomond, Rankin, Calcutta; It ' , Groan, New Orleans; China, Pascol, Virginia; u s ,,'" h i : • Howe::, New York; Emily, Va!entine, Sha„ n r„ a e s . Bella Portion, Byott, Islay; During, Toby, L'", - ;- Ayref ; Liverpool, Apalachicola; Robert Parker , 1 : c . 0 , sea, Charleston; Dtla.ware, Tarbet, ditto; It ° " n l a s, Kane, Baltimore; Albert, Gregory, ditto; 1. A ' ;,a - ith New York; Albert Gallatin, Delano, ditto, e- Loa February; Ellen, :Fisher. St. John'., New Bruc i r, oi . Sld. Arab, Charleston; Z,nobia, St. John's, Ne w ditto; wick; Hindoo, Calcutta; Duke cf Welliegte c t Conquering Hero, Port Natal; Fanny, San Y llll3-- Ssit Mexican packet, Rio Janeiro; Reaper, Jamaica; awl Gints, Havannah; Susan Lord, New Orleans; s' Horricks, ditto, Jamaica; John Haven, Boston- SW. PILL, FEB. 28.—Wind E S.E., light and foggy' Ajax, Trinidad; n 2 St. Vincent. tr NEWPORT, FEB 28. Wind N.B. Sid . arrre t Wild, Norfolk, Unittd States. CO' SWANSEA, FEB. 28. L-Wind S.E.—Sid. S ultan, quimbo. PETERHEAD. FEB. 27.—Wind Du blita 511‘ terprise, ant Hamilton Ross, Greenland. re SUNDERLAND, FEB. 28.—Wind mv Are St. John's, New Brunswick; Harvest, et. Ao New Brunswick. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28. A quantity of wreck o p fallen in with about t .velve miles north of Balfoa c „. a r, a cask (f biscuits marked "P X X." The :bleialls Bremen brig, arrived at Desvelos Bay, ra - tegl ia ,:beicl Nov., with loss of rudder and other damage , af ter ape on the rocks to the eastward of Watchman's t) o l 3 ` her a 3 condemned, as there were no means of r e p airing there. og t b° GOOLE, FEB. 28.—The Eagle has been go t Spurn. d neat FLEETWOOD, FEB. 27.—The Portia, stranae- Blackpool, has been got off and towed in here. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS The House sat again to-day to hear apPeo* 1,00 Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Brougham, Lord Campbell, Earl Waldegrave• as Bishop tf Norwich. DEWAR V. CLEGHORI`r. W ire re : The arguments in this part-heard,apPes',.: Burned to-day. The case came before their . 1 -4°,' - „,01 1 , upon appeal from the judgment of the Court a ' in Scotland, on the construction of the term s of a t e ",.. t he entail of 1739, by which the Court bad decAed heir did not, tai succeeding to the est tv.e, hec) o3e "- to the debts of the predecessor. no ,l P" Mr. Bethell and Mr. Inglis ap -,red for thVirl:be lant ; and Mr. Wortley aad Mr. ' Anderson I°r re spondent. ht The further arguments occupied their L ordsbl3 whole morning. .7 ROLLS' COUItT._(THIS THORNBEARD V. SHEARD. The further arguments in this part-heara cise pied the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. A if. VICE-CIIANCER Y.—(THIS -I,l* (More the VICE.CIIANCELLOR of EN GL k . yil lb j His Honour Iva; occupied the whole wor li l hearing unopposed cause-petitions, short Causerhteo came - petitions, none of which possessed the 4, feature of interest. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGIIT BB° f") SIBBERING V. EARL BALCARRAs• The arguments in this part-heard case were re and occupied the Court the whole morning. (13(f)re the Vice-Chancellor W WW I ./ MONYPENNY V. DERING. 60 04 The arguments in this part.heard case were re- , this moreipg. f Cities had been sent for the opinion of the w ° „ il o ge 0 Common Pleas and the Exchequer upon the 1e,g", 0 a will devising gavelkind land in Kent. - ." ° r, - ditl.,`" courts had certified in different ways as to the It o - 0 the devise: The case now coming on, the queT, ib whether a case should be sent for the opinion °* wt. court, or whether his Honour should decide the -tuff The arguments occupied the Court the whole I BOW-STREET.--(THIS A young man, named _Richard Ryan, wbu," e s,:ltou himself as a labourer, was charged with bedloboase' and abusive to the landlord of the Crown Public ' in Covent-garden. Of The landlord stated that late la s t night t ho Prs-is olog came into his house and called for some gin; e that the prisoner was drunk, he letved to 9 ,c r ' ae ie;; The prisoner then became very abusii e, an a2; 0 0 00 female in the bar, he made use of filthy and ( "„. sP pol ice ; language, which induced the landlord to call in; was - man and give him into custody. The Pris" - be very violent character. , ,ibefi The prisoner did not deny that he was drugs 19 entered the Crown, but he was exasperated xt,,,l",eobl'. lord's refusal to servo him, and he certainly di(' ooY what he thought of him. he sh " The landlord said he not only did that , ' " / 311 his fist in his fete , threatening to " pitch 1 O d e when he caught him outside. Mr. JARDINE asked if the prisoner was knc/Wil:foref gaoler stated that he had bce p n once in ousted/ " Th e an assault. 101 14 fr The prisoner said " No, it was for being -r - fe, , ' complainant was telling an untruth when h e 5- e - iheZr male was in the bar, for he never saw no worli a " he": 0 Mr. JARDINE observed that no decent iniu l 'i li ng ol ' drunk or sober, would make use of such Slthf 41-riooo,t as that which had been deposed to, and as th,S P e otO° l was evidently a very bad character, be e bon.. him to the House of Correction for seven daY 6 ' to g' The prisoner was accordingly removed in eto _ ~;3ters CABINET COUNCIL THIS DAY.- - T he assembled in Council this afternoon at the 7pos: office. There were present the Marquis downe, Lord John Russell, the Marquis,u,',„ 1) Cls °‘ carde, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl of Nlnlies.jr; Campbell, Sir John Hobbowe, Right the D°'; Lqbouchere, Earl Grey, Sir George Gre:f! 11° A t' ' Chancellor, Sir F. T. Baring, and the . 1 - I , 4— ,heil ti " Mr. Fox Maule. The Chancellor of the Pl c " was absent through indisposition. Se# MADAME SONTAG'S SECOND CONCERT•:xligild" cond concert of Madame Sontag, on Ttle s " B , 4 4 , 9 neej d at the Conservatoire, was attended by an 07A to''' brilliant, and, if possible, even more crovu'd fob the first. The great cantatrice never Peu re ol 138 , the treasures treasures of her voice with more effec t ' best e- ; Bel raggio" absolutely electrified every boOO - aslusoitegdretoattlyhe sstuacgceestshfatlol:lvoteopeporli:c cert room, her dramatic power was Instan"de P t ' t elated by the Parisians, and an air from Je cai a ti Oe le ,h - 0 at once decided her triumph. Calzolari an or d, "'" have already become favourites, and, in 14 II . 0 0 Sontag concerts are the "lions" of the dal h ' e sear UNITERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.- -- A t of the Council of University College , on ,tll,-or ')." e , to Dr. Hare, senior physician to the Sr. Maryre",,:iicior ral Dispensary, was appointed assistant P.' rid University College Hospital. se s ail' We regret to state that Mr. Disrae li is Of s it indisposed as to be for the present incapable ' lO W ing to public business. The „„ a itt TIIE NEW DISCOVERY IN DEAFNESSo"..- P'o and cf . France has appointed Messrs. ArtiPl,ralenori Floureus, t.) report upon the merits of .5 1 r* l i r 0 important discovery iu the treatment of ( In t l : 8 ib etn which subject Mr. Yearsley had address memoir. co d PRESENT FROM PRINCE ALBERT TO boi:°ols Eton tee College a copy of the large work Of G a r- „leo l r ib° the Arts in the Mediaeval Ages." On the ' 4 O , 10 00 ceding the title-page is the following inscriptieted to handwriting of his Royal Ilighness-- -= ' Pr e ! en boos a rt boys of Eton College, with a hope that th'Urtilktioo' not be considered merely as an ornament to t''', eo tel'oer but as a work freely to be used by thew for Q " r Cs' l pe and the acquirement of taste.—Albert ,W bi ntd e Feb. 6, 1850." A great number of works, w''' - en n rese" Archbishop of Canterbury, have also just f to the boys' library by his Grace o h 0 STAMP DUTIES I I A retur . ;_„o,:ka N RELAND.-- - d amount of the stamp duties paid in Delay c o, 05 0 year 1840 up to the present time has been ir tl 4 629 A 9 ct iso lowest amount is that of 1842, whi ch 't s "15 49 the highest is that of 1846, when L t i h n e ,co :t rr i;l: joi collected amounted to 613,3551. Thee 510111) liee' was 538,2491. insbi re 0 44° The railway gates on the East croising the; highway at Sibbey ;„ 00 smashed through by the up express tra'- inurning laq.—Roston BIRT On the 22d nit., 6 " e HS. with, of a daughter. the wife of W. Taylor, Esg•l ° a 60 ~ s 0 0 WED. • EA. , 1 , 5 0 3, On the 21st ult., at Hereford. J. BraithWaite,J. or Oa the 21st ult., at Hawe.., Yorkshire, Mr. p i le Clapham-road, London. aged 32. , F,velii3 e , On the - ;.6ili 1.1 t., at Billiton Rectory-, Haut:, 00 0 the daughter of the Rev. J. M.l.4unter.Co o l;' C ° , Oa the 25th ult., Ann, the 15ife of Mr. J. j,ilr of major cial-road East, aged 55. ,11 On the 23 - h ult., at Surbifon, Eliza, w ife 011 3 trap, 42d Regiment, tree ° t Li f3e On the sth ult., Mr. G. It. Scott, Carers Inn. -Th i jO,' Or Y v Nu.; ti Lo;Idon: Printed and Published hy nau )- 0 4 ,iCel No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sal;• the Btrand, in the Precinct of the Saveh Luiddleaex: Friday, March 1, 1850.. sraxTitrxEa.D. Notwithstanding that our market to-day was very moderately supplied with Beasts, the time of year con sidered, the demand for that dtseription of stock ruled heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. Scarcely any prime Scots were on off r, and the top priced Boil was 3s 8d per Bibs. 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 81h.. The primest old Downs, in the Wool, sold with difficulty at 4s 2d to 4s 4d per Sibs. Shorn Downs produced 3s 6d to 3s 8d per Blbs. There were about 50 Dorset Lambs in the market, iu good condition. Calves—the supply of which was small—moved off slowly, at about ita tionary- prices. In Pigs, scarcely any business was transacted. Milch Cows moved off slowly, at from 14 to 181 each, including their small Calf. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d, inferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Second quality .. •• 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxen.. 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots •••• •• 3 6 3 8 Uarge coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Prime small ditto • • 3 6 3 10 Suckling Calves ..18 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep •—• 3 0 3 2 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 2,50 FOREIGN Sheep. 261 s. d. to s. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 8 Coarse-woolleddlttc 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs • • •• 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers •• •• 3 S 4 0 Quartzr old Pigs —l6 0 21 0 Lambs •• •• •••• •• 0 0 0 0 AT MARKET. Calves. I Pigs. 130 240 Beasts. 725 SUPPLY. Beasts. S Calve!. I rim 41 ...... 1 rigs SCOTT Beasts. 100 NED/GATE AND LEADENEALE. These ❑ arkets were heavy to-day, at drooping price s, although the supplies were not large. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d dee f,i nfer10r...... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior •. 2 6 2 8 - middling .... 2 4 2 6 middling.. 210 3 0 - primelarge .. 2 8 210 prime 3 2 3 6 - prime mall .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 4 Veal.• •• •• ........ 3 0 310 - 5ma11........ 3 6 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Fine Hops are very scarce and quite as dear a 3 last week, although the amount of business doing in them is trifli❑g. In the middling and inferior ki❑ds very few transactions have taken place. New Mid. and East Kent pockets, 61 6s to 111 11s ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 61 3s to 81 53; new Sussex ditto, 51 8s to 6110 s; ,new Farnhams, 121 to 131; yearling Kent, 3/ io 41 10s; yearling Sussex, 218 s to 31 15s ; old Hops, 11 to 31155. Shcep. 45 I Calves. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market has Leen 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 37s for good brown. REFINED.—There has been a moderate demand; fair grocery lumps 48s to 50s. EAST INDlA.—Madras, about 4,800 bags, sold at full rates; soft brown 29s to 30s 6d, and yellow 31s to 33s 6d; good and fine 39s 6d to 41s 6d. Mauritius, 6,000 bags brought full quotations, yellow 37s to 39s 6d, and mid to good brown 32s to 345. 13€114a1 4,620 bags, nearly all Bold 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 Havannah about 5,000 chests, sold at 20s 3d to 20s 6d 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 59s to 60s fur good ord, and Plan tation at 61s to 63s for fine fine ord, and low mid grey at 51s to 58s fsr 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 at 48s ; Bahia at 52s to 56s for good and fine ord. Rio at sls to 53s fn a similar quality, and some parcels from Nassau, No w Providence, at 40s 6d to 41s fur triage, and 55s fur good ord pale. Cocoa.—Bahia bas 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 25s to 28s 6:1 for Bengal, 184 and 3 rer cent. refraction. SPlCES.—Pimento has bon dull. Sales have been made at sid to 6d per lb. Ginger is cheaper, and with more offering. Calcutta has realised 17s 6d to 20, 6d. Cloves have maintained their price, and Nutmegs are at about firmer rates. • RICE.—The market has been dull. Bengal was chiefly taken in at 106 6d, the rest selling at 8s 6d to 95 6d. Carolina has been taken in at 19s to 19s 6d. Madras sold at 7s 6d to 8s 6d per cwt. COTTON.—This article has been quiet. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 36s 6d to 36s 9d per cwt on the spot and dull, and 38s for the last three months. TEA.—The market is firm with fair deliveries. Con gou common 9:id to 10d, blackish leaf Pekoo flavour Is 5:1 to is 9d, Twftrikay 9d, and fine Hyscn kind 10d to Is, common Ilyson is 2d to is 3d per lb. Rum.--There has been very little doing. GREEN FRUIT.—Th stack of Oranges is considera bly reduced, and as the wind is contrary for arrivals the price has improved; three cargoes of St. Michael, sold by Reeli ng and Hunt at public sale, went fr. e!y at an advance of 2s per box. The last cargo of Seville Sours in the market sold by the same parties at 55 per chest advance. Lemons are becoming scarce, some parcels are withdrawn for a higher figure. Nuts of all kinds in request, and th e market has assumed a firm appearance for all kinds. DEDICATED TO THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE. Nov ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, MEMOIRS OF A HUNGARIAN LADY. By THERESE PULSZKY. With an Historical Introduction. By FRANCIS PULSEKY. Late Under Secretary of State to Ferdinand, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. Henry Colbern, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ~~ ~ ,"' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH l, 1.850 ,o.'