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. . • -.•-• . . . . ' BANKRUPTCY COURT.—(THIS DAY). ease as`a measure bad in etirsciple and dangerous in effect, ' - &tete ►purpose of enforcing claims the justice of Low, that when one person occupies three and to refuse all compromise with its - supporters . If the . narcks Or wrocKs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Nublerates who have consented to a partial surrender "of : ?itel 'lcatt.kfre:r. ........... Br u t tines! sdia gi per k Cent. '"- which is only half admitted by their advocates, (like the son of' Lord PLUNKET), or nearly The only cause that came on to-day was that of cr-parie e Lowley in the matter of the bankruptcy of Sawyer; after their peiratipleft wish to he convinced of the dishonoil! tit,f. 3per Cent. Cons .. - 74 . 3%%% Ditto Bgda !t2 1 tilt. ' the titter inutility of the courseetvhich they are said e 3 have ~ ,,, ir. Cent. hearing Counsel their Honours adjourned their judgment. shut Old A.eligles ateropted, let us entreat those to peruse the article in the New . Ze i r Cent. ... ~gOO4 I Igtw iiitt o . .. ""'"''''..'l: 7 t - -- p s ine too the expellee of such proceedings ! Will all but one of those places must be either totally There being no motions before the Court, recently-publisbed •nnwtber of the OinsTlerly Revictv, on 2 per Cent. Ann. ' l ' 4l .it, —i3 per Cent. X:r . fri'lEi . .... .s-- - The CHIEF JUSTICE said the Judges would be in their " The Revolotions is 1640 and min." That portion o! 4 per Cent tleal •• -•- - shalt lEx. 8i115,.£1;610... ..... .8 0 pm. a British Parliament, oi rather will England— useless, or greatly overpaid. The Duke of private room for some time in case any Counsel might wish to Rete las.bit Ann. to expire ;Ditto.. ....WO 8 9 pm . ' make a motion the article which relates to The point at issue is by far toe ne e - 5, jeep - • ;Ditto .4;rali 9lO pm. itself not immotiqratelY partial to the tithe SvS- WELLINGTON'S tactics begin to savour of " the ". ---- long to be extracted- ; but there it one p,:ssmge teeeert - - Oct. 1 0 , -M 9 • —lDitto Commercial .-- pm , ?an. 5, 1960 •ul6 11-16 'Ditto Advertised the conclusion nebich deserves especial _trete!. 'lt has P in tetn—allow them ? We apprehend not. ' 4 4 , 5, leM Bank for Accoupt ..... ..... been urged tt'.at the .econd readier ;s &greed to in order to Aerie% 1880 lndia for Account But not cootent, it seems, with enforcing pay- out-maneuvered when he proceeds upon a prin- CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. prevent "a wholesale creation eit peers, and con-equent at', 1 Jan- 5. 1870 COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.-(THLS DAE) erada l lon of the u m t riouse. Hear hew this , tegement I PRICES OP FOREIGN :. - .INDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLoCE. ment for the arrears of 1831, Mr. STANLEY Still ciple that " such discussions can only bring evil is t'.eated by ties Reviewer : I Austrian Boe+ .....«....... 1 !Peruvian Bonds ........-.....10% b DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES _ - - " AdmaeStrg that the object of the e - te - .'elers is to preserve the Belyino Bonds j Ditto Account Ditto Scrip ...... ....... ON pm. 'Portuguese Bonds - further hints that he will enforce those due at a upon public men, wirhoat giving any sort of ------- ..., , ..: a 7' ..-' Howe o f Lards from being overweeened bya. new creation wr - *Ton . iideritly ask them, whether well a creation will net., lie:aei_ Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 1 Ditto Account ..... .... 49% RI remoter period. With quite as much propriety, benefit to the public." This is indeed a speci- ''l ,e ..,s„ At; F, li § - 7) , r... 9 i./, e Places and Date. - 6' , f c . ..) P ii '")'-) E Pc , g l'itzted by a concession of ille second reading ? If tht tan - us re- 45 1 ,4 51 Itt•gct, , Scrip - par ccoun .., ........ .45!,,04, , Ditto Aeceen` •li al- ,, Var Ditto A t ,•,„... 1-3 6 . o LIFc - iect the second reading a creation of Peers err. 'appear odious, and with equal certainty of success, might the men of " the flattering unction. " is - i'' 8 - oeosle monstrous, as an att`empt to overbear thv, indendence of that Ditto Ayres nonds ...-... - , Pen:en-an Bonds Account ,ti -• -. Ditto Ambit' , is :'s' 1 ,s,' 1 - 2s i i .e.: e l el noose on a question vitally conterf , tne! . its own existence' but if C ii_i l l i - t ° l P t • -- Right Honotirable Secretary project a plan for But the speech of Lord ELDON is a curious ---- - -1 1- —l 2 -1— "" I----C -rse seem:el eeading be carne 4 •, t_l.'•;?. Nimistry will then claim to Ditto Bend.., 1822 Milo Veo ' unt - • • i ditto Account neve eke Imanimous constre 'of King, Lords, and Commons as Columbi'an Bords I-o te. principle • and ff Ae f a t should turn round in the ll Russian eonds, nen - - converting the Irish Catholics (wholesale) to avant-courier to that of the Duke of WEL- Committee. andise al)le, to defeat some of the details, the Ministes E'l r; tt . o Bonds ' IB°l would then Create their Peers-not, they would say, to oeerbeal• 4) il cr-° ';' nt • - New Loan - • , the Protestant Faith ! LINGTON. The good old Earl says, " I should Banish.ond, 110; 7 1 Ditto Account. 9`26 Water of Leith, March 11 3 i 3 0 5 11 the opinion of the House of Lords, which had already sanctioned tli• VCICM444.C, but to defeat the intrigne of a small Clique or fac- 6 Ditto Account 67 74 leer.ish Bonds, IWI 14% 13% The best portions of his propositions are dec...id- have acted more prudently, if I had declined 'emotes . ..l4i had taken a course Init. sanctioned by . the concur. Ditto Account r l e ;i ' tto l3 73 n o cis nds . . ilr' .:7:- ; ;• k8 - % 1_ Ditto Bonds, It:ai - Leith, March 11 ye-nett:if either the majorE:y or minority, and hoeing no other 34 Ditto Aec4ntj a .....r... 4 .....29. 'French Rentes, sp. c. --1.1-e. edlythose which allude to the " extinction of tithes." taking any notice of the attack—but in honour Greenock, March 11. olitet than to gratifir Ilse vanity or swell the importance of that llpere• ...•in Bonds, a per cent. - --- Exchange ...... -f -e. Mere little faction itself. This is the view whiCh Ministers will take - t1 l] • , there is some ling tangi e, something lett° Account 251' . --3 per cent....... ---f •-c. Glasgow, Sze., March 11...1 27 7 8 1 7 19 I '...112 154 nf any defbat ill the Committee; add a creation of Peers, that Jiro, 6 per cent ..... ...31 41, - Exchange -f - 0 . and conscience, lam called upon to repudiate Gi would have been execrated by every honest man, if openly eeatie , Dutch Scip ...... ee seeeeee,% positive ; though we could have wished that the the calumnies." The antithesis of prudence, to bear down an opinion of the majority of the Hone?, will be _ ea Ditty Account Paisley, Marcia 11 N politan. .._p• " - i ' Yench Scrip ............ ........ - tolerated, if not approvd, as a just and necessary resistance to awkward word " commutation" had been thrust honour, and conscience is far from uncom- Pollockshaws, March II 0 4 1 0 3 1 4 1 ... the individual pretensions of a small party," emcee ots all:ken THIS DAY AT OlkIE O'CLOCK. We trust that those Noble Loris who are inclined to Paid. pt ,... . BT it illan , lrr i p. h Min. Co. (its. at 57. m.) £2O- Per ''' l3.e • more into the back-ground. It will not mon in political ethics. Some men have honour Coat Bridge, March 10 .. 012002 I 44 19 39 eonsent to a second reading of the Reform Bill will in Larbert, March 10 Ol 11 01 101 1 0 rum the article in the Quarterly .I? , Atieu, with attettion. Dit'too St John Del Re .? a je ' l bear the broad, steady light of obser- thrust upon them, *and Lord ELDON, it ap awl that the admirable arguments contained Therein will English Mining Corepa ' r.• • 12% 22% Bathkinner, March 10... 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 pro Alli t a ec ne w e r Fez l u q ii s , c not be lost upon them. There Can tr.:: no doubt than the !": e ' L e in C e °nlP. .eso Xi 9 0 pears, was not disposed to accept of that ill- Kilzinning, March 11 .... 210 I 0 0 2 , s 2 6 " wayerers," as they have heen termed, are sincerely Canncie tompany l7 anxiows to prevent the eeil rouseqnsuces of the Reform eleeeincial Bank of Ireland 25 4216 first clause of the proposition. If tithes be 2, A ! , i provided-for office—the Woolsack—nay, he was Total 166123 1 15 1 9 65 1882 - 700 1 4 i11 ; but most assuredly, if they consent to a tetondirtaa- COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. the arievance, which all parties allow that they not disposed to accept of a single place, pen- Total from places where the disease has ceased, b Amsterdam and from which no returns have been this day ing, they will be meitily instrumental in htterving on the C.F 12 1: !Leghorn 47% 25 8,5 are, why commute them for a lesser grievance ? sion, or revetsion for his family. He took them received 4262 11142 very evils settles they are- anxious to avert. the question 1 . , : a ; t ‘ t t o :n a l L i sight. ~ u , ' l l lilt 'Ve e t ri n i a c a. e ............ .... ... .... 41. of Ref as it now stands, will tulmit of no comprOmiee. Antwerp......% 12 41 Malta....a ad - Why not endeavour to get ridof them altogether? all 0 expressly against his private wishes," hut Grand Total 6144 11892 . The revolutions ry leaders are resolute and if the Consti- 1. , ,V a perm 119 M. 11.13 151 Naples 4O , 13 15i PdrEIMO per 119 But this must be matter for the consideration of "he was not allowed to indulge his wishes — LONDON - MARCH 13, F IVE P.M. Intionaliets are desirous of seccess they also must be man Paris, days' sight 25 re, Lisbon ..-....... ............ e'en lute, maintaining their position with unflinching firmness, Ditto „..., U.`2,90 Oporto 4816 a Reformed Parliament. The question is full hinc dice /acrytnee—" he refused for some time ...; 4 • • "d r• ''6 - -' la and fighting for every inch of ground.—Afoemeg Post. reZean 11 . X v ...i '• .25 0 5 Rio Janeiro 26% .- Bahia 6 of difficulties, and no matter in what light it is to accept them, until his MAJESTY absolutely Districts. .mom SI .. st 2 se j o :s.' e.,0 e .54' c. ) • '' - c -q •-e ) re p e sr i k,brt on Maine, Ex. M. 155 Buenos Ayres . Two Bills, the reputed offspring et the Anti-Reformers, - 4 TiSel-e'e rgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Dublin 21 days' sight I I I ill he found in another coinme. We copy them, with- Vienna, effective a. 2M.10 12 Cork ' - fr r a i l s z .....do . . 19 .. 18 viewed, it cannot be denied that it involves a commanded hitn. " The ogling and coquetting -- -.- e E out professing to know any.thing of their iiistessy, and, of BULLION, PEE oz. r _________ ..1..4 2. 9d. sscrifice of many rights. between Lord ELDON and his MAJESTY are City eonrse, withont vouching for their enteettness. Their Cadiz e 5,.......... 364 Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Bilboa „-a » ........... ... 364 Foreign Gold, in bars 317 9 The Irish Members, though here and there they exquisite. The generosity of his MAJESTY, publication, if not a hoix, is truly a vatuede specimen of Afloat in the River 9 5 1 0 13 39 20 Bar 33 New Doubloons ..... .... 0 0 0 political literature. •To speak ,erionsly, however, we ex- teville .......... .............. 47 Silverhara.standard... 0 0 0 per'ed something better from Lords Harrowby and Atirn- Gibraltar the propositions of Government. Mr. SHEILA are unexampled in the annals of human virtue. saaawsu 2 0 1 0 1 5 4 affe—something more in the nature of a Alit end swoon- Pub — lish Iby C GRAPPLE, the KING'S appointe d lable compromise, tsyreetaily as they nett known to have Rateliff . Bookseller, e( Royal Library, 59 ' , Pall-Mall, - facing Marl- remark that " one third of the arrears of tithes But the good old Earl, says, " I have had the been in cora nitmtion with Reel Ver for the ey, ie purpose, horongh House, Svo. 35., was on potatoes," was striking, and all but de. honour of serving the CROWN for about forty Limehouse 1 0I 0 0 lil 19 15 ;is is gem rally enppotted, re' coming to some arrangement. T HE RENT-bAY ; a Domestic Drama. How any twouien out oil Bedlam, with two such Bills in Rotherhithe 0 41 3 0 1 I II 8 their heads , could have expected to come to any arrange- Tly DOUGLAS JERROLD, cisive of that particular branch of the question. years. Let us ask, what service has he rens Bermondsey 9 2 0I 0 11 35 ,17 Author of Black Eyed Susan, Ike. Etc. intent with the friends of Reform, is astonishing ; but men Mr. W. PEEL spoke briefly on the subject, tiered to his COUNTRY or to humanity ? s * This . drama has been stamped by the judgment of Southwark 53 25 11 9 58 309 154 are never more in danger of imposing on themselves titan the Public, as one of the best productions on the list of the and rendered himself conspicuous by the immense This is the test. Has Lord ELDON, like when they are endeavourin to impose upon otbees. The Newington Butts... ....... acting drsma, the intense interest its different s • nes Bilk in question, taking them to be anthenlic, are, never- quantity of nonsense he comprised in a small Lord HARDWLCKE , simplified our system of develops brine nightly received with the greatest and scenes Lambeth iheless, documents of some importance. They show us We had no idea, till we drowsed over. tiehnuneeel applause by crowded and fashionable audiences. compass. equity, and the practice of the Court. Has the sort of Reform which thews 'who would give no Re- Christchurch 3 3 0 1 5 1 26 15 All other editions of the Rent Day are spurious. form, if they could help it ) are willing to concede to vita the Hon. Gentleman's speech, of the power of he, like Lord BROUGHAM, got rid of arrears Also, lately published, Westminster 4 1 2 1 2 1 10 5 people of England. In fact, they pull ell' the masts 1 THE PLEDGE, OR CASTILIAN HONOUR ; a ruinous to suitors, and disgraceful to our nation ? from Hypocrisy, aed exhibit, in dee feem, and in tech- the human mind to condense and epitomize Chelsea 1 0 0 0 1 7 6 Tragic Drama, Bvo. 3s. By JAMES KENNY. riical language, the nature; hearink, and extent of die Is there one single statute upon our statute 11,1Y WIFE, OR MY PLACE ; a Petite Comedy, Bvo. absurdity. Nonsense, we thought, was usually dif• Marylebone several Inione and liberalities which the Conservatives 2s. 6d. By C. SHANNON and T. J. THACKERY. - fuse; we now find that it can also be epigrammatic. book by which Lord ELDON has repaid to so- st p a e s e 3 s 0 11 0 0 1 , 5 4 have in store for us, provided we behave well, and The DRAMATIC MIRROR, 2 Vols. 17 Plates, 21s. surrender quietly. And what are the mighty advanta e ciety the 40 years emoluments from the public ? st. bliss's 4 0 11 0 3 22 12 in favour of which we are called upon to decline the g se The THESPIAN DICTIONARY, 22 Plates, 109. 6d. Sir R. PEEL spoke temperately and to the sent Bill, and adopt the two novelties about to be pre- DIIAMAI IC SYNOPSIS, 6s. - . But this long period of 40 has been an era whitechapel ....... years purpose, and was listened to with deserved re- . prised? Why, if they were ten times in amount what they profess to be, they would signify nothing, coupled ` in which the savage and gothic laws of England sped. We could, however, haye dispensed with his. were falling into odium even with those whom Wapping 0 1 1 0 01, 1 I with the condition which makes them (leveed on the de cision of the present voters, the tnajerity of three-feu; ths ( - A nt •,-' , -1-1:, ".-tP.,, ' - 4e : " 0........,,, ..,..,„:,...:, , ~,,.,,A tin+ idle carping at the phrase " extinction of tithes," our Universities educated, and our offices paid St. Luke's 2 0 0 0 211 8 6 of whom is required in every case to give operation to the measure. By this artifiee the provieons of the Bill, meagre and contemptible as they are, must become a dead LONDON, harmless and unobjectionable, even to the of this class at last swept three-fourths of our Putney IOIIII 0 0 1 1 I letter. We will not trouble our readers teeth quoting the WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1882. staunchest Ultra-Protestant ;as also with his pro. 33 115 1154 699 365 criminal code from our records at o ne fell Total 1143 59 Bill, as they can sci easily refer to it, flat such, they may de- Cases from places before reported seen satisfy themselves, is rho ea.e. This expedient of posal that the revenues of the Church should swoop . , as abhorrent to humanity, and totally requiring three-fourths (they were afraid of a mere ma- His Majesty left Windsor Castle this forenoon structive of the objects of legislation. Did not Grand Total i 712 376 eerity) seems to have been borrowed from the Select be w holly appropriated to ecclesiastical purposes. (Signed; WM. MACLEAN . Secretary. at eleven o'clock, and arrived at St. James's pa- Lord ELDON oppose the enlightened men when Vestries, by whom' all sorts of little tricks have been Surely the poor hare a leg al claim to some por practised to keep themselves in power, contrary to die siihes lace at half-past one ; shortly after, he held a they attempted to effect this object ?We waive . THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) of the parishioners. The Select Vestry was not a very tion of these revenues ! his Lordship's speech, of nine hours long upon . court and levee, which was numerously attended. 0 1 CORN EXCHANGE. sublime echool for the study of legislation; but in that The debate was adjourned at a late hour. constructive treason, and we do not accuse him The arivals of most kinds of Grain this week are tolerably branch of politics called jockey ship the 'vestries are not A Privy Council was afterwards held in the ofpersonal cruelty or of individual corruption. We good, with a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade remains in easily surpassed. It will henceforth be remembered to a languid state at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas are their praise that they suggested that hippy c l ams i s th e Counci l C hamber, at which Mr. GREVILLE at- An interesting discussion took place last night must, however, remark that Lord ELDON, for 40 unaltered. Oats meet very few buyers to-day„ but llonday's Awe-Reformer"' Reform TM, whiCh reconciled the aro- -tended as clerk. Their Lordships appointed .L in the House of Louis on the inkjet:a- 2 4 the • years, was a leading Member of the moat pro- - prices are nah"ned " in e c T e r n ,„„ tt e tr i.*iri6et iThea'irYliale. ' deletion with the !modem", and exhibited . both in their ee e wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Fleur. true colours to the intelligence of the country, The Ben_ taAMALIEL LLoYD, of Welcomb Houle, Esq. French expedition to Ancona. The Earl °FABER- fligate and sanguine!) , of regular governments, tenglish ...«.....1 5,477 qrs. 5,429 qrs. 6,1,7 qrs. 4,o7lsacks. that is, the first of the two Bills, for they ought never to High Sheriff, of Warwickshire, in the room of DEEN observed that the invasion of Italy by that for at least two centuries had ever oppressed 1 'ih be separated, even in ides — professes to make provision is,Foreign - ' --- het for the extension of representation to populous and wealthy EDMOND MEYSEY WIGL EY GRESWOLD, the French was in direct violation of every a nation ; • of a Government which atone time counties, districts, and towns. But, having already of revived the practical severity of our sanguinary FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. stated the terms on which this provision is made to de- Malocrn Hall, Esq. recognized principle of the law of nations; code, beyond what it was conceived humanity __ i e._ pend, we need not enter further into nirtieulars. The ARRIVALS. His MAJESTY Will leave the Palace at half- that in fact it might be considered as the actual b would tolerate. With greater opportunities than second Bill professes to adapt the ri , presentation of the The Earl and Countess of Darlington, at Upper Brook_ penile in England and Wales to the altered circumstances past five o'clock, for 'Windsor Castle. coinutencment of war. The Noble Earl was ever man possessed , what improvement in law or street, ftom their villa, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire; Lady of of the country—a task in which it proceeds with the __..........----- . unusually animated, and in his strictures on M. E. Talbot, at Park.street, Grosvenor-square, from Monmouth .; government hae Lord ELDON effected ? What Hon. Colonel Howard, M.P., at Grosvenor-square, from his most conservative reluctance; for all the principal re- Mr. STANLEY brought forward the tithe fumi ng e n ac t ments ar e r e f e rr e d to f u t u r e Bills. B u t, ala s PERIER clearly mistook flippancy for sarcasm. has he done for his cotemporaries or for pos- seat, Ashtead Park, Surre y; the Marchioness of Hastings and Lady Sophia Hastings, at the Burlington Hotel, from Ton. for schedules A and B! there is neither mention nor question last night in the House of Commons. Lord GREY properly replied to this tirade, that terity ? bridge Wells ; Mrs. Perrin, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from " Admttlag that the object of the wa-.'eters is to preserve the ilcscee?..‘ Lords from being overwhened by a new creation, re ssonSidently ask them, whether such a creation will net ;aci litated by a concession of On': second reading ? If tht Lords re. ect the second reading a creation of Peers_. 'appear odious, monstrous, as an attempt to overbear tfr7, independence of that noose on a qtresiion vitally conterbtuz its own existence; but if the second Tcading be carrird, t Ministry will then claim to (lave the Unanimous constrkbf King, Lords, and Commons as to Use principle; and Si' waverets should turn round le the 'Committee. and be atiltto defeat some of the details, the Ministn would then create their Peers—not, they would Say, to oVerbtai the opinion of the House of Lords, which had already sanctioned the memaree, but to defeat the intrigue of a small clique or fan tionotlitth had taken a course lint sanctioned by the concur. vc-att SA . either the majorE:y or minority, and haeing no other oh feet than to gratify tbe vanity or swell the importance of that little faction itself. 'This is the view whiS:h Ministers will take of any defbat ih the Committee; anti a creation of Peers, OW would have been execrated by every honest man, if openly s`Aatle to bear down au opinion (of the majority of the Hatt?, will be tolerated, if not approvEtl, as a just and necessiry resistance to the individual prettAtsions of a small party," We trust that those Noble Loseis who are inclined to consent to a second reading of the Reform Bill will pe.. rum the article in the Quarterly .I? , !vieu, with attet tion. aisd that the admirable arguments contained therein will not be lost upon them. There can ht no doubt than the it waverer:," as they have been: 'termed, are sincerely anxintrs to prevent the ea' rouseqnsnces of the Reform ; hut moat assuredly, if they consent to a second 'read ing, they will be mainly instrumental in hornelng on the very evils which they are anxious to avert. the question of Reftwwa, as it now stands, will admit of no cenipromise. The revolutionary leaders are resolute, and if the Consti- Intionallets are desirous of soccess they also must he reso lute, maintaining their position with unflinching firmness, and fighting fer every inch of ground.—Afotntng Post. Two Bills, the reputed offspring of the Anti-Reformers, Kidd he found in another column. We copy them, with out professing to know any, thing of their liietexy, and, of coarse, without vouching for their etavrettness. Their publication, if not a ho ix, is truly a valua'le specimen of political literature. • To speak lerinnsly, however, we ex weed something better front Lords Harrowby and Atia.rn affe—sotnething more in the nature of a fair and reason able compromise, tsotetaily as they torle known to have been in communication with Reel trey, for the purpose, es is generally supposed, eJ coming to some arrangement. How any two-men out nil Bedlam, with two such Bills in their heads, could have expected to come to any arrange ment with the friends of Reform, is astonishing ; hut men are never more in danger of imposing on themselves than when they are eneleavourin to impose upon otheam. The Bills; in question, taking them to be authentic, are, never theless, documents of some importance. They show us the sort of Reform which those who would give no Re form; if they could help it ) are willing to concede to t 6 paid. of England. In fact, they pull ell' the mask from Hypocrisy, and exhibit, in dee fans, and in tech nical language, the nature, bearing, and extent of the several lmona and liberalities which the Conservatives have in store for us, provided we behave well, and ourrezder quietly. And what are the mighty advantages in favour of which we are called upon to decline the pre sent Bill, and adopt the two novelties about to be pro posed ? Why, if they were ten times in amount what they profess to be, they would signify nothing, coupled with the condition which makes them +s peed on the de cision of the present voters, the tnajerity of three-feneths of whom is required in every case to give operation to the measure. By this artifice the provi,ions of the Bill, meagre and contemptible as they are, must become a dead letter. We will not trouble our readers tnith quoting the Bill, as they can so easily refer to it, but such, they may seen satisfy themselves, is thy ea.e. This expedient of requiring three-fourths (they were afraid of a mere ma prity) seems to have been borrowed from the Select Vestries, by whom all sorts of little tricks have been practised to keep themselves in power, contrary to the w idles of the parishioners. The Select Vestry was not a very sublime school for the study of legislation ; but in that branch of politics called jeckeysleip the 'vestries are not easily surpassed. It will henceforth be remembered to their praise that they suggested that hippy dans. in the Anti-Reformers' Reform TM, wllleh reconciled the aro. auction with the predneers, and exhibited . both in their true colours to the intelligence of the country. The Bill— teat is, the first of the two Bills, for they ought never to be separated, even in ides—professes to make provision for the extension of representation to populous and wealthy counties, districts, and towns. But, having already stated the terms on which this provision is made to de pend, we need not enter further into particulars. The second Bill professes to adapt the representation of the people in England and Wales to the altered circumstances of the country—a task in which it proceeds with the most conservative reluctance; for all the principal re farming enactments are referred to future Bills. But, alas for schedules A and B! there is neither . mention nor promise of their appearance. Whether Lords Harrosiby end Wharncliffe are prepared to stand or fall with their Bills we kndw not ; hut let the Bills be once acknow hedged, or proved to be authentic, and as politicians their influence will be at an end, But we can hardly think ourselves justified in Resuming, as we have done, that the strange production to which we have been referring ori ginated with time Noble Lords, or obtained their sup per. If these are the measures of middle party, how much more creditable is the conduct ascribed to the Duke of 'Wellington in rejecting with disdain the proposal to lend himself to such proceedings! We can respect an honest Anti-Reformer, who, however mistaken in his opinions, believes that he is justified in resisting a change of system t—we can respect a moderate Reformer, who, wishing to concede something, but not so much as is re quired, would enter into an honest compromise with those who are disposed to go beyond hien ;—belt we can not respect the pretended Reformer, who, without any other object in view than the defeat of a great measure, propose a little one as a cure, and that, too, in a manner calculated and intended to defeat even the little which it proposes.—Morning Herald. A statement will be found in this day's paper, under th e head of Bankruptcy Court,' with which it is highly im portant to many of our readers to he made acquainted. The statement was made by Mr. Justice Pell, and it is t o the effect that, in future, when it shall appear that the licences of a public-house have been made use of as se curities for the repayment of money advanced to the li censed victualler, care will be taken to make the Magis trates who granted the licenses acquainted with the cir cumstances, in order that the licences may be withheld from the parties. Now it may he, or it may not be, that money has, under certain circumstances, been advanced on licences to licensed victuallers; but we are not aware of the fact, and presume, in consequence, that when the Learned Justice talked about lieenscs, or was made to talk about them, he meant to speak of lease's, en which money is very frequently advanced, both in the rase of public and of private houses. On what ground, however, the case of the Licensed Victualler should be made to differ, in either instance, from that of the rest of the community, we have -et to learn. If a licensed victualler be the bolder of a izase, is it not competent to bins to mortgage it if he be so minded or necessitated? 'What law is it that declares such conduct to be " a fraudulent mode of raising money, or contrary to the policy by which licenses are granted ?" It is th e li cence , unq ue s tionably, which gives the value to el e premi ses ; h u t s ure ly there is nothing - more immoral su mortgagim; a public-house than in doing the same act by an allotment of land. The Learned Judge ought to explain himself on this point, which, in whatever way we look at it, we cannot discover to be either fraudulent, or contrary to the law. —Morning Advertiser. • It appeared in The Sun of yesterday. Mr. STANLEY brought forward the tithe question last night in the House of Commons. The Right Hon. Secretary made out a strong, indeed we may say, an irresistible, case, and con cluded with four distinct propositions. First, that relief be afforded to the distressed Irish Pro testant clergymen out of the Consolidated Fund; secondly, that such relief be prvortionate to the incomes ►►f the incumbents of bene fices, wherein the tithes may have been with held, -according to a scale diminishing as the incomes of such incumbents increase ; thirdly, that his MAJESTY be empowered to levy, by way of security for the repayment of the sums advanced, the amount of arrears for the tithes of 1831, without prejudice to the claims of the clergy for any arrears which may be due for a longer period ; and, fourthly, that in order to secure the welfare both of Ireland and its Protestant Church, a permanent change of system is required, and that such change, to be efficient, must involve a complete extinction of tithes, including those belonging to lay impropriators, by commuting them for a charge upon, or exchange for, or in vestment in, land. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Lords on the inbject-jill the French expedition to Ancona. The Earl or ABER DEEN observed that the invasion of Italy by the French was in direct violation of every recognized principle of the law of nations; that in fact it might be considered as the actual coin tnencment of war. The Noble Earl was unusually animated, and in his strictures on M. PERIER clearly mistook flippancy for sarcasm. Lord GREY properly replied to this tirade, that if the Noble Earl were really desirous, as he said, of preserving a good understanding be t%teen England and the other Powers, his most effectual means of doing so, would be by refraining from aggravated descrip• tions of the conduct of France, until he was put in possession of all the facts of the case. With respect to the question now put,Lord GREY said that the French Government acknowledged that their Commander had exceeded his orders at Ancona, and that it was not now the fitting season to urge further inquiries. " Fortunate Senex, tua rum manebunt." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 7 ' ....; 9 i i: ' •7. , o c. , o 1 ~,, , c , I •; 1 t c 4 Eiglig 71 Places and Date. 'E a c..) • 5+ ' - )z-) Ealcd „ 2 -3 6 f " 74= ,, —E . 2 " : "'; - qg-E• ----- - Newcastle, March 12 1 0 1 0I 0 971 I 30ti North Shields, Sze. Mar.l2 9 2 0 0 11 339 1 9d Water of Leith, March 11 3 i 3 0 5 11 1 3 Leith, March 11 Greenock, March 11. Glasgow, Sze., March 11 127 7 I 8 I 7 19 II :5)2 1154 Paisley, March 11 1 1 1 1 13 175 i 101 Pollockshaws, March 11 O/ 4 1 0 3 4 t 1 Coat Bridge, March 10 Larbert, March 10 0 1 Ol 1 0 1 0 Bathkinner, March 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Kilwinning, March 11 Total 166123 I 15 I 9 65 1882 1700 Total from places where the disease has ceased, and from which no returns have been this dal! received 4262. 1192 The arivals of most kinds of Grain this week are tolerably good, with a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade remains in a languid state at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas are unaltered. Oats meet very few buyers to-day, but Monday's prices are maintained. Flonveontinneaetinieltibeavy - sale. assarvat.e. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fleur. Knglish 5,477 qrs. 5,429 qrs. 6,937 qrs. 4,o7lsacks. Irish 5, , 38 --- Fareig n - b r' 6 The Earl and Countess of Darlington, at Upper Brook_ street, from their villa, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire ; Lady E. Talbot, at Park-street, Grosvenor-square, from Monmouth ; Hon. Colonel Howard, M.P., at Grosvenor-square, from his seat, Ashtead Park, Surrey ; the Marchioness of Hastings and Lady Sophia Hastings, at the Burlington Hotel, from Ton. bridge Wells ; Mrs. Perrin, at Batt's Hotel, Dover street, from Exeter; Count Gubot, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from America ; Captain R. L. Armstrong, at ditto, from ditto ; Mrs. Mitton, at ditto, from Calais ; George Harcourt, Esq., at ditto, from Windsor ; J. Trotter, Esq., at ditto, from Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. Morris, at Regent-street, from Hastings; Colonel Forbes, at Bryant's Hotel, Conduit-street. DEPARTURES. General Lord Forbes and the Hon Miss Forbes, from Bryant's Hotel, for Ramsgate ; Mr. and Mrs. F. Lumley, from the Burlington Hotel, for their scat, Tick-hill Castle, York. shire; Captain and Mrs. Green, from Albemarle-street, for Brighton ; Wm. Lavison, Esq., from the Royal Hotel, Jerrnyn street, for the Isle of Wight; Captain Thompson, from ditto, for Bristol. On reading these propositions one fact must strike the most unobservant, namely, that they are mere expedients to put off au evil day. The Government, however, is not to be condemned for this. It is the best, indeed the only remedy, they can provide under existing circumstances. Placed, as it were, between two fires, in a po sition of altnost unprecedented difficulty, with certain failure attending them if they do to, little, and almost as certain, if they do too much, we really know not how they could have acted otherwise than they have done. But, setting these considerations aside, and looking at their propositions in an abstract spirit of justice, we must confess they strike us as being partial, unsatisfactory, and in some respects, impracticable. In what manner, for instance, does Government expect to be enabled to levy the tithe arrears for 1831 ? Will they attempt it by force ? Alas, such an expedient will convulse the sister country from one extremity to the other ; and give to the Repeal of the Union, which is now only the ral lying cry of a faction, the weight and dignity of a national ►luestion. Imagine Ireland garrisoned by English troops (in number amounting to one half of those who fought at Waterloo) for the THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) There is an old adage which inspires honest men to hope for their own, out of the quarrels of their oppressors. Vrobably the people of Eng land, ere long, may have the power, as well as the disposition, to practice the great lesson that has been taught them, of doing as they please with " their own." One of FIELDING's heroes was a great adept in acquiring all practical know ledge, but " for the life of him he never could comprehend the difference between the words n:eum and tuum." Geniuses of this .class are as common in English politics as Sancho's Proverbs, and the debate in the House of Lords of Monday night is an useful expo. 4 of the market value of office, in the estimation of our Aristocracy. The Duke of W z NGTON %Vas full of fears, " Fears of the Brave, and follies of the Wise," that theLonDCHANCELLOR was so badly ' provided for, that " Government might not be able to provide persons disposed to accept the office." The same fear has been expressed with respect to our generals, admirals and plume') of every description; and yet, according to Lord LYND HURST, he had not held the Seals one month bef, hundreds of the first famili es i n England, made the most humiliating applica tionsfore many to him for even the petty places of Com missioners of Bankrupts. But his Grace ob served that it was " a worthy object in any placenian to provide for any member of his ht find useful i n he finding, i n t hi s case , any par ticularfa m ly, capacity." —The aocnittmight will not be very difficult , and if this be a test of " worthy," in English Statesm en , we ma y boast that England has been possessed of more worth than all Europe, ancient and modern. This " nation of shop-keepers," as NAPOLEON termed us, has at least shrewdness enough to CITY, TIVEL VE 0' CLOCK. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind W.S.W..Moderate.—His Ma j...,t}'s ships Abercrombie, Robinson, and Reliance, remain. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed the Cygnet transport, for Cothan. FALMOUTH, MARCH 12..—Wind variable, light airs.— Sailed the Pigeon packet, for Jamaica and Carthagena. CORK, MARCH D.—Wind N.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Savage, from Plymouth ; th • Alert, Torrington, from Gibraltar ; the Peter and Rebecca, Reed,—and the Walter Matthews, Hay, from London. The Lavinia, Hann, from Liverpool to Bremen is wrecked on the Island of Java. Crew saved. The uoy es, Howe, sailed from Guam, May :30, with .200 bar. rels of oil or the Japan fishery. The French expedition to Ancona produced last night, in both Houses of Parliament an interesting debate. The Earl of Aber deen took the field in the House of Lords against Earl Grey, who made a successful detente, and caused his enemy to retreat, after which a parley took place, to the general satisfaction of both parties. In Earl Grey's speech we find it stated that the anir of Ancona was an unforeseen event, caused by the French officer commanding the squadron disobeying his orders, in consequence of which lie has been recalled ; and that explanations in the bu siness are now on foot with the Austrian Government on the subject, and no doubt they will end amicably. This defalcation on the part of our Premier entirely frustrates the hopes of the Stock Exchange. Bears, were of a decided Bulls, a o t p itnhieons same h e a t t o u u .e l d r e b i e , h re e a c t a l e rm o n f a, . n general r war ; ope r. t t i h o e n s were knowing e h o o w n ttio, e sact,ubimt until x t they received furthere t i i v a e s cl busi ties, is e xplained both by the French and British Government, we not fr t n FFrance expect some operations of ma g nitude in t he F unds, as w e ll i p n a f r o arlmyedtio'i as an improvement. fai The Hull Rockin,gham of Saturday gives an afflicting detail of a co.diagration which broke out in that town on the preceding day. The fire originated, it appears, in some sparks accidentally communicating to a quantity of dry hay which had been deposited close to the extensive warehouses of Messrs. Glandow, recently erected at an expense of 10,000/., which, together with a great quantity of grain, and more than 100 barrels of tar, were entirely consumed. MAR YLEB ONE Yesterday a very fashionably-dressed young woman, of the name of Devonport, living in the New-road, appeared before Mr. Ho:oasis. on a warrant, charged with having stabbed and violently ill -treated Elizabeth Godfrey, her servant, under the following singular circumstances : About a month ago the young I :dy fell violently i❑ love with a person who was in the bahit of serving the family with vegetables, and whom she proposed to marry and Proceed abroad with ; this coming to the knowledge of the family they interfered. She then attempted to stab her self with a pair of scissors. The complainant endeavoured to take the scissors away, and the result was, the servant received the wound, and was otherwise so ill used as to he unable to attend to prefer her charge until yesterday. The girl, who appeared very ill, was led into the office, and, having re-stated the above facts, deposed that her mistress threw her down and trampled on her, and that she felt herself very ill directly afterwards. Upon leaving . her place she had kept her bed ever since. A surgeon who was called stated that it w, ,s his opinion that some of the ribs were broken, Mrs. Bolton was present when the transaction occurred. She saw Godfrey Mowing her mistress up stairs, and observed her endeavouring to take a pair of scissors from Miss Andrews• (but who was since married to a Mr. Devonport.) A scuffle ensued, and two of the fingers of Elizabeth were cut, and she afterwards fell down, but she did not see any blows struck. Mr. HosKlNs—Did you see Mrs. Devonport tread upon her ? Mrs. Bolton—No ; besides she did not compl tin of being ill until a fortnight had elapsed ; at the end of that time she eergplained of being ill. She accordinlly sent for Mr. Norton, who said that the complainant frls labouring under the symptoms attending the cholera. The defendant had no intention of injuring her servent, who had afterwards alleged her illness to arise from fright occasioned by a 101. note being lest belonging t• her. Another time she stated her illness to be owing to the cholera. - Mr. HOSKINS-Under all the circumstances you must find bail to answer any charge which may he brought against you, and for your appearance in case the complain ant should die. Mrs. Devonport was going abroad in a few weeks, but she would give a bend upon her attorney to any amount which might he required. Mr. llostms—That will not do ; and unless you find bail you must be detained. Mrs. Devonport—Then 1 must be kept in custody. The friends of the young lady, however, went to procure bail; hut they had not return , d up to the close of the office, MARLBORO UCH- STREET. Yesterday a man attired as journeyman carpenter, and who gave his name James Webb, was charged with t.h• mining money from several persons by the following frau dulent means :-Urs. Charles Barley, of 8, Alfred-street, Vauxhall -bridge -road, stated, that: a 'few days since the prisoner called at her house and said be v.-islit'd to see the lodgings which be understood she h a d t o l et . Wi tness con ducted him into the apartments, and he said they would suit him extremely well. Previously to quitting the house, the prisoner observed that he belitved it was usual for per sons who took new lodgings to leave a deposit with the landlord or landlady. Witness told him that he might please himself with respect to leaving a deposit. lie then put into her hand, a piece of money, which she supposed to b e a half sovereign, and she gave him Bs. change, keeping at his request 2s, in part payment of the first week's rent. Shortly after the prisoner's departure, witness discovered that the supposed half sovereign was nothing more than an exceedingly well-gilt sixpence. Two other persous also complained of having beer duped by the prisoner, and it was supposed that he bad carried on his system of robbery to so great an extent that the Ma gisttate deemed it right to remand him for a few days. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 5.1% 1.4 for the account, opened this morning at 83 3 ,4, and have been alternately buyers and sellers at the above price • for money, SZ3Y 2 In the Foreign Market Dutchi Stock 43% N ; Belgian Scrip to 1 prem.; Brazil 45 4. No improvement although the di vidends have been advertised, owing to a report that they will be the last dividends. HALF-PAST ONE. A private express has arrived from Paris, but up to the pre sent hour its contents have not transpired, therefore we may con_ elude it does not bring any political news of importance ; still the Funds are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when Consols were gli l 4, alternately buyers and sellers ; at pre sent they may be quoted 83%, for money 83;7, with little doing. The French Funds are also lower—Dutch Stock .13% ; Greek rather lower. Brazil Stock on the decline, 45. Spanish wise heavy. Console, 83-i4' THREE 0' CL 0 CK. A few days ago, Mr. Jeremy Bentham gave an entertainment at his mansion, in Queen.square-place, to M. Sismondi, the Historian of the Italian Republics, who, after a visit of some days to this country, was preparing to embark for the Continent, when he came to town, to avail himself of an opportunity of visiting the philosopher. M. Sismondi, after having visited several persons of intellectual distinction in this country, has returned to Geneva. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Not withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather for outdoor recreations, these Gardens have attracted a numerous and fa shionable assemblage of visitors. Upwards of 4,000 visited them during the past month. Several recent arrivals have been added to the collection—a fine Gnu antelope from the Cape of Good Hope, a new species of paradoxure, and several fine specimens of the psittaeus tribe. The building of the monkeys is finished, and heated by hot water apparatus, and these ani mals now gambol, enjoying the temperature of their native climate. SIR RALPH EsH ER.—The hero of this piquant work is a courtier in the reign of the second Charles ; and in this autobiagraphy he introduces the principal characters of his royal master's brilliant and gay circle, including the debut of Nell Gwynn, with whom the reader is made ac quainted almost from childhood. There arc passages, too, of graver interest, such as a naval battle with the Dutch, which is told in a novel and striking style; the great Fire of London ; And, above all, its great Plague—a theme which the arrival of simiLa and almost equally formidable foe has rendered fear. nilly attractive. On the whole, few works have afforded us more entertainment than these " Adventures of a Gentleman of the Court of Charles the Second," 40CIETY FOR PREVENTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 7 -(THIS DAY). A public meeting was held to.day, at Exeter. hall, consist., ing of the friends of the Society for preventing Cruelty to Animals. The chief object for which the meeting was called was to take into consideration a Bill, which had been intro duced into the Home of Commons, by Mr. 3PKinnon, M.P., for the more effectually preventing cruelty to the animal creation. At half-past one o'clock Lord Viscount MAHON took the Chair. The Noble Lord, on taking his seat, congratulated the . friends of the Society on seeing such a numerous and respect. able attendance. But he regretted that an unavoidable absence , from town had caused the absence of a person far better qua. lified to preside on this occasion, viz., Lord Porchester.— That ncble Lord had, however, sent him (Lord Mahon) a letter, (whiCh he read) stating the great interest he took in the pro, eeedings of the society, and reearrithending the most earnest support being given to Mr. WKintidn's Bill. The Noble Chairman also had to deplore the absence of another member, Mr. Pusey—owing to a family afilictio». He had now to communicate some good news to the meeting. A friend to the society had written to him to state that he had authorized his broker to invest 109/. Three per Cent. Consols in Mr. M'Kinnon's name, the interest of which was to be applied in rewarding persons who might appear to the Committee to deserve it.—(Applause.) The name of the benevolent donor was Robert Batson, Esq.—(Applause.) He had alsd th . announce that Dr. John Gardner, of Green Cottage, Stoke Newington, had presented the society with a manuscript copy of his treat ment of the horse, requesting the society to publish it, and to appropriate the proceeds in furtherance of the objects of the so. ciety. It could not be doubted that by a perseverance in the be. nevolent purposes for which the society was instituted would tend Very Much to refine the character of the uneducated classes, and any Bill which had for its object such a plan, must be viewed , with great satisfaction.—(Cheers.) He intreated the meeting not at once to insist on all that was consonant with their own ideas of right and wrong, but to receive whatever measure t . might further their objects, which they could most easily obtain. He was therefore most anxious that they should approve of Mr. 111‘Kinnon's Bill, and trust to time and reason, as well as to their own exertions for any thing further that they could obtain at a future period. Should the meeting think the pro visions of the Bill were capable of further extension, in making them extend to what were called recreations and field sports, that they would be careful how they urged their opinions for. ward, for fear they might hazard the success of a measure - which had been so ably and so patriotically brought forward by Mr. M`Kinison,—(Loud cheers.) The business was proceeding when our retorter left. MEE PING OF NEWS-VENDERS. A meeting of the Newsvenders in the metropolis was held last evening at the Mechanics Institution, Southampton-build. ings, " for the purpose of considering the propriety of address. ing petitions to Parliament, against the present practice of al lowing the clerks and servants of the Post-office to deal in newspapers, which has been hitherto done to the great injury of the regular news-venders." At eight o'clock Mr. KETTLE was voted unanimously to he Chair. The CHAIRMAN having briefly stated the object for which :he meeting was called, expressed his readiness to put any re. solution which might be proposed by any gentleman. Mr. FELLOWS moved " that petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, complaining of the servants of the Cie. neral Post-office being allowed to deal in newspapers, to the great injury of the regular traders, and to the great inconve. nience of the public." Mr. BERESFORI) seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. WESTMACOTT said he had hastily prepared a draft of a petition to Parliament, which he in intended to submit to them only by way of suggestion, as he thought it would be better to appoint a Committee to whom it could be referred and made more perfect, before it was intrusted to a Member of Par. liawent. lithe present question were one affecting the in terests of the newspaper proprietors only, he would not that evening have appeared at the meeting; but he held it to be one that affected not only the interests of the newspaper proprietors, but of the news-venders and of the public generally, for it con. ccrned all persons interested in the welfare of the press. It was a question of public importance, and particularly as regarded the most industrious class of men in the United Kingdom. —(Loud cheers.) They were persons of great enterprise— . - who rose early in the morning, and could not go to sleep •- - • • until late in the evening. It was now twelve years since he first advocated this question in the " Observer of the Times" which he then conducted—therefore the evil of which they now complained was riot a new one; but it was of long standing, and had been growing for a series of yeaas. It was an evil so opi o to everything like propriety as regarded public ser vahts, that it ought to have been done away with long ago. Were the monopoly possessed by the Post office servants de stroyed, the public would be not only better supplied with newspapers, but much more regularly. lie would now read the draft of his petition—premising that a gentleman in the . _ room had also one which he had seen, and as he thought some of it of importance, it would perhaps be better to refer both . . to a Committee, in order that the suggestions in each might be embodied in one petition. The petition drawn by Mr. Westmacott was then read— it stated that the petitioners had embarked a large capital In publishing newspapers; that there was no other species of pro perty so highly taxed, and that yielded so little profit for the risk of the capital employed; that their business was greatly injured by the interference of the clerks of the roads, who, u.ing the privileges which their official situations gave them as newsvenders, had usurped the rights of the private traders ; they complained in particular of the advantages which the situ ations of the persons employed by the Post-office gave them, viz. the Post-office being open to them until nearly eight o'clock in the evening, and of conducting their own country corres pondence free of expense, while the newsvenders were either confined to six o'clock in the evening, or if a little later were obliged to pay a halfpenny upon each paper, which was nearly u much as their profit upon the paper; from these circumstances, and se&ug that the Post-office clerks are exempted from the heavy expence of offices, servants, &c., it was impossible for the news-venders to compete with them ; that this interference by the Government clerks was open to great fraud; that they had, in many instances, sent circulars throughout the country, in which they asserted that their official situations were a suf. ficient guarantee to subscribers, that the latter were sure of being regularly supplied to the extent of their subscriptions, (one of which circulars was read), thereby insinuating that subscribers were not secure in dealing with the regular Newsmen; that when, during any period of public excitement, there was a great demand for a particular paper, the Post.office servants not unfrequently took that paper from the covers and substituted other papers, sending that paper which was in re quest to their own customers ; they complained of many post- • masters being allowed to act as agents for the Post-office clerks, and receiving a commission on the sale of papers, by which the post-masters were directly interested in delaying the newspa. pars sent by the newsvenders ; and they concluded by expressing a hope, that while in every other department of the state au official interference with the fair trader had been put an end to, his Majesty's Government would not allow this monopoly to exist any longer, to the manifest injury of the newspaper trade in general. The CHAIRMAN then said, that he would read the other petition, the substance of which was, that the trade had long laboured under disadvantage, in consequence of the undue influence of the Clerks of the Roads and the Clerks in the Post. office; that such influence was alike injurious to the News paper dealers and to the revenue; that shipping lists, prices current, and other unstamped publications were sent by them into the country under their assumed privilege, while the news venders were obliged to pay house-rent, servants, postage, &c. ; that in reference to foreign Newspapers, which were supplied in London by the Post Office Clerks, a Paris Paper which cost in Paris 31. 4s. a-year, was charged by them 6/. ifs. a-year, al. though they were at no expense of conveyance ; the petition concluded by saying that no disrespect was intended towards the Post-Master General, the Duke of Richmond, as the evil existed long before he came into that office. The reading of the petitions was accompanied by loud cheers. Several gentlemen then detailed a variety of instances to show the great inconveniences of the present system ; to show the temptation held out to the Post-oftice clerks it was stated that, at a period of great popular excitement, half-a-crown and upwards have been given in the country for a London news. paper. . . . Mr. M A LLILIEU suggested that the trade in foreign news papers should be particularly attended to by the committee. A second or third edition of a London paper could not now be sent to Paris but by the clerks of the roads ; he had offered the Post-of fice clerks a bonus of a guinea a year to be allowed to send a paper daily to Paris, but it was refused, as they claimed the monopoly of that supply themselves. If the foreign trade in newspapers were thrown open, it would open a new source of enterprise for the London Newsvenders.—(Applause.) The French esta fette from Paris was maintained solely at the expense of the English Post-office, and the bags were not opened till they reached London ; so that a person at Dover could not have a letter or paper from Paris until it had first come to London, This would be remedied if the trade were thrown open. Mr. WILD moved for the appointment of a Committee, to whom the two petitions were to be referred, and he re commended that the Committee take into their consideration . _ the statements that had been made, particularly that regarding the foreign trade in newspapers. He knew it was a matter of surprise how few English newspapers were sent abroad, and how few foreign ones w ere i mported ; b ut i t arose so l e l y f rom the heavy charges of the Post-office clerks, who were already sufficiently paid by the public for doing the duties of their office. If the trade were thrown opt - ii, there would be no objection to pay a small postage by which the revenue would be benefited ; at present all the charges went into the pockets of the Yost-office servants ; and he had no doubt that his Majesty's Government would accede to the request of the petitioners. The motion being seconded, was carried unanimously. The remaining business having been disposed of, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. Srnith Henry . 11igg, E sq., o f E uston - square , to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Johnleurtis; Esq., of Herne-h.ll, Cauberwell. DIED. On the 13th, in Hertf in ord-street, Mayfair, the lady of George T. Goodenough, Esq. the 93d y. ar of her age. On the 12th inst. in Sloane-street, aged 70, Mrs. Elliot, widow of the late Charles Elliot, Esq. of Edinburgh. 6iii in?t,. at Grasmere, S. Barber, Es, r111: , IE0 I.ND rI:BLISHED BY IsIURDO YOUNG, &T Ornct, 112, STIAND, LONDON.