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, tit Nr.e _•4o_ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'. HOUSE OF LORDS, Pis. 20. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at five, and proceeded to read her Majesty's gra cious answer to the address from their Lordships. The answer was in terms similar to those of the an swer to the Commons' address, which has been already published. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented a peti tion from Lostwithiel, Cornwall, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked if the Government would lay before their Lordships the despatches from the Mauritius. Viscount MELBOURNE said the despatches would shortly be produced. POORAAWS. The Marquis of NORMANBY laid before the House a general order of the Poor-law Commissioners, relative to out-door relief. On the motion of the NOBLE MARQUIS, the Prisons Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a peti tion from the Presbytery of Lawler, praying for the re enactment of the Scotch Act of 1690, by which patron age in the Church was abolished. The Noble Earl at the same time stated that he did not agree in the prayer of the petition. ADDRESSES TO PRINCE ALBERT AND THE DUCHESS OF KENT. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented to their Lordships the answers of Prince Albert and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, to thc addre , ses of congra tulation presented by their Lordship 3. The Prince de clared that he heard with the liveliest satisfaction the ap proval which their Lordships expressed at his union with her Majesty, and that it should be the study of his life to merit the confidence reposed in hini. The answer of the Duchess of Kent was, as far as we could collect, in the same terms as that which her Royal Highness returned to the Message from the House of Commons. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH begged to ask the Noble Marquis, the President of the Council, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to accede to the motion for referrfing the petition of the East India Company to a Select Committee ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that it might be more advisable to wait until the Government was prepared with measures in reference to the several topics of the petition. But if the Noble Baron chose to press his motion for a Select Committee, it would not be opposed by her Majesty's Ministers. At the same time, it was not expedient for him to state what were the points to which the attention of the Go vernment, had been principally directed. He was ready to attend to any suggestion that the Com mittee which the Noble Lord intended to move for might make to the House, and he would render any services in his power for the purpose of conducting the inquiry which the Noble Lord proposed. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, after what had been stated by the Noble Marquis, felt it would be unneces sary to occupy the House on Tuesday by making any observations on moving for the Committee of which he bad given notice. He should therefore merely wove far the appointment of the Committee ; he was most glad that he should have the valuable assistance of the No ble Marquis , . The NoYe Lord then moved for certain returns relative to the trade of this country with the British Colonies.—Ordered. TRANSFER IN AIDS BILL. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the Transfer in Aids Bill cvls read a third time, and passed. CHINA The Duke of BUCKINGHAM wished to know, from the Noble Earl at the head of the Admiralty, whether he had received any official accounts of the transactions that had t.cen represented as having taken place in China. Earl MIN TO said that he had received no official ac count of the transactions referred to by the Noble Duke at the Admiralty. He bad, however, received private information, from which he felt bound to say that he considered the accounts that had been before the pub lic were in effect substantially correct. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM wished also to know whether any steps had been taken in consequence of the death of Sir Frederick Maitland ? Earl MINTO said that, in consequence of the death of that gallant officer, Admiral E:liott had been or dered to the port. SPANISH LEGION. - The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to move for certain returns relative to the Spanish Legion. What he wanted to ascertain was, if any arrangement had been made by the Spanish Commission with the sanction of the Secretary of State for Foreign Aff►irs, respecting the adjustment of the claims of the officers awl men of the British Auxiliary Legion, not presented before the 30th of September last. He wished also to have a return of the decision of the War Office respecting pensions and compensations granted to wounded officers of the Legion. He should be satis fied if the Noble Viscount would inform bins to morrow, when he moved far these returns, if any arrangement had been made for the paying of the Auxiliary Legion by the Spanish Governm,:nt, and if an arrangement had been made by the Spanish Government, what were the intentioas of her Majesty's Government with respect to those persons who were now in a state of the most a;)ject poverty. MEDICAL REFORM. The Marquis of NORM AN BY had been requested in the absence of a Noble Friend, to present a petition from the British Medical Association, praying for medical reform, but he begged to state that he could not concur in the prayer of the petition. CHURCH-RATES. The NOBLE Manents also presented a petition from A Baptist congregation, praying for the abolition of Church-rates. INLAND WAREHOUSES. Viscount STRANGFORD rose in pursuance of the notice which he had given to their Lordships on Monday night, to move for the production of certain pa pers which he held to be absolutely indispensable to the due consideration of a matter of such magnitude and im portance, which their Lordships thought fit to reject last year, but which was again shortly to be brought before them, recommended and supported by her Majesty's Government. When his Noble Friend near him last Session moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months, he stated that which had not been contradicted—it had since been stated elsewhere, and had not been contradicted—namely, that the opinions of certain Revenue Boards as to the probable operation of the Bill on the revenue was in the highest degree unfavourable to it, and that it was the conscientious belief of those parties that if the measure was carried into a law, it would have a most seriously injurious effect on 'the revenue. He thought that they had already gone into many measures without duo consideration, and that one ought not to be added to the number, _more especially as only a few nights ago be had heard a most clear and lucid statement made by a Noble Earl not then in his place (Ripon) as to the financial pc sition in which this country stood, and when in the Same discussion the Noble Viscount had so honestly admitted the constantly increasing expenditure, and the equally constant decreasing revenue, there was no one but must look with considerable anxiety and apprehension at any measure, of which persons pecu liarly qualified to form an opinion upon it, had an idea that it would produce an unfavourable effect upon the revenue of the country. Therefore it was, he confessed, that he was extremely anxious, before they proceeded with a measure of that kind, to have the Dle i e ; ntage of particular opini ons of practic a l men, wh i c h he attached much more impor tance than he did to the theory and speculations of those to whom they were subser vient. He was afraid the Noble Viscount was not dis posed to grant the returns, because, as he said, in the firstl it was unusual to produce such documents, and in p l ace ' would be detriments; tolt'herBec°bni!l pl,:ce, the production public service. Unusual it certainly was not, for he the n c. 1) 1 held in his hand a report from the Board of Custom s ' to the Bo:ad of Trade upon the question of Sugar from Foreign States refined in London. As to its being detri mental ,t t o th e p u bli c service he could not see h ow t might be inconvenient to her ]Maje st y' s be, but it 'it)s Ministers. It; however, any real case of inconv eniencej could be made out, he was the last man to press l hoped the Noble Viscount would 'Ave the H r °nu' if i H a i n e assurance of his anxiety to furnis h these return s : was in his power ; because if he did not assign a goad reason for withholding them, and at the same - time withheld the returns, what was the conclusion to which the country at large would come, from the fact of that double denial being given ? It would come to the just and inevitable conclusion, that the Noble Viscount, in spite of the previous warnings he had had, and the recommendations he had received to the con trary, had persisted in acquiescing in measures of that description, with a full and .perfect fore knowledge of the inconvenient and prejudicial results to which they would lead, for there were still visions of future taxation before their eyes ; and he warned the N ible Lord that when the country was called upon to pay more taxes, it would not do so without a previous inquiry as to whether . they were mPosga from uncontrollable and In evitable no. cessity, or merely to gratify the speculations and fancies of experimentalists with the old esta blished sources of their national prosperity. The Noble Viscount concluded by moving for copies of any Reports from the officers of the Revenue Boards to the Treasury and the Board of Trade, relating to the ex tension of the principle of Bonding Warehouses in Inland Towns. The Earl of CLARENDON having been for some years conected with the department to which the Noble Viscount referred, felt himself called upon to say a few words. He doubted not that the Noble Viscount would admit that the practice, if once established, must lead to great inconvenience, not to the Government for the time being, because the present could not be considered in any point of view a party question. The resolutions passed to the Treasury, and addressed to the Board of Trade, must always he of the same character. Their communications could not vary, and as in most instances the reports of the Boards of Customs and Revenue were replies to references made to them from the Treasury or Board of Trade, and were answers to opinions asked of them, it would follow that by the publication of such reports there would be published also the opinions of the Treasury and Board of Trade. The information on which the decision of the Govern ment was founded must be ofttimes controversial, and almost always confidential, and it was not at all binding on the Government to adhere to reports they received from the Revenue Board, or assign a reason for not doing so. The Revenue Board informed the Government as to the law and practice, and it was the duty of the Government to decide as it thought best for the public good, which it ofttimes from being cognizant of things of which the Revenue Board were not, and for which decision they alone were responsible. The Board of Trade was considered as re. presentieg the great commercial interests of the country. The Board of Customs that of the Revenue only. The Board of Trade was anxious to give every facility to corn merca and relieve it from all embarrassment, and was bound to state its views in the strongest terms : both were equally zealous for the public service. It could answer no useful end to have parties informed in what manner particular departments of Government advo cated their wishes or interests, to be told why the Board of Trade thought a particular law necessary to be passed, and why the Board of Customs thought the contrary. Take the example of the Noble Lord's Motion. The Board of Trade was considered all along to be favourable to it ; the Board of Customs, on the other hand, was supposed, to be unfavoureble.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The latter having great general information had suggested to the Government various ways by which, under such a law, the Govern ment might be defrauded, so that to publ sh this would be to give a lecture on the most effectual mode of smuggling, by those most qualified to teach it. And he thought their Lordships would not think the papers for which the Noble Lord moved, if they were laid on the table, would serve any purpose of his, because they would not criminate the Government at all. The Government, in bringing in the Inland Warehousing Bill, conceived it to be their duty, with reference to the interests that were brought before them, and the assistance which they had a right to receive at their hands, to call upon Parlia ment to pass that law, but he thought they were not bound to disclose those confidential com munications on which that measure was framed. Many other reasons would occur to the mind of any one conversant with business why these papers should not be granted. Many cases might arise involving the reputation of individuals, not only their character, but their solveecy and their liabilities. If, this practice were once established, eases might be sent to the Treasury involving the character of individuals, for the purpose . ef having those cases sent down to the subordinate boards for the purpose of being reported on by those bodies, and then baring the papers moved for by their Lord ships, and thus their Lordships would actually be guilty of the publication of libels which mi g ht lead disagreeable results.—(A laugh.) He could not con ceive that there were any more grounds for granting these papers than for producing the opinions of the law officers of the Crown, and he believed that they ad agreed as to the expediency of keeping them secret. There could be no more reason for culling for the communications than for coiling on the Secretary of State to produce the confidential communications between himself and his Under Secretary. If the practice should be once established it would totally alter the character of the communications between the superior and the subordinate boards. No such communications would take place but such as both parties were prepared to publish. Consultations and references would take place as before ; in fact, public business could not be carried on without them ; ' but they would take place either verbally or by means of private letters, which each Chancellor of the Exchequer would carry away with him when he left office, and then legislation would take place without any record being left of the grounds of it, and his successor would be left without any guide as to the policy which had been pursued. • In those o bjections which he had taken the li berty of stating, he had not applied himself so much to the graunds on which he opposed the production of the particular pepers in question, as to the general grounds of all such productions being prejudicial to the public service, and as he was convinced that the Noble Lord could have no such intention, he hoped he would not press his motion. Lord ASHBURTON said that he did not see any thing in the production of the papers which would be likely to affect the characters of individuals or which could be attended with injurious consequences, From the general alarm which prevailed on the subject out of doors, he should wish to have the necessary in formation with regard to it, and he wished to receive that information from the only source which could afford it. If there were any just objections to the motion of his Noble Friend, be was sure his Noble Friend would be ready to alter it.—(Hear, hear.) He could not, however, conceive it pos sible that the Board of Customs and the Board of Excise, while reporting their opinions on such a subject, could have had any inducement to communicate any matter which could affect the character of individuals, and he did not see how anything of a confidential nature could have transpired in such an intercourse. The Noble Lord concluded, we believe, by saying that he should recommend that the motion be cot pressed. But to establish a principle that revenue officers were not bound to produce information of a simple and practical nature, on which they had proposed a legislative mea sure, would be highly dangerous, [The Noble Lord, however, was throughout so inaudible, that we could with difficulty collect even this.] Viscount MELBOURNE said he might observe that this paper was asked for in relation to a Bill not yet before their Lordships, and which might possibly never be before them.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But he wool I not rely at all upon that point. Reference had been made to a previous debate, in which his disclosures on finance had been characterized as can did and 'courageous. Now, undoubtedly he con. sidered that neither in fanancial nor in any other matters did it avail to court concealment, and avoid a full statement of difficulties. But his language had been somewhat misrepresented. He . had certainly said that there had been a great in crease of expenditure of late years, owing to the increase of the public exigencies, and the nume rous, schemes now-a-days suggested for public good. But he never said that there was any difficulty on the part of the country in meeting the increased expenditure. On the contrary, he declared that there was no symptom of any decrease in the power of the country to sustain its expenses—no sign of haling off in its productive power. He anxiously hoped the Noble Lord would not perse vere in this motion, for the reason stated by his Noble Friend, that those co nmunic ttious between the Trea sury and the Board of Trade, and the Revenue Boards are confidential, and are carried on adversely, exposing the means of the fraud in the revenue, and containing reflections on classes of individuals. He con. sidered that the return would be prejudicial to the pub lic service. Unless such communications were kept secret and confidential, the Government of the country could not be carried on as hitherto. If they were to be made public it was essential that a new mode of cerrying on business between departments must be adopted. Now-a-lays everything was pub lished in the uewspapers.—(Loud laughter.) If y ou only wrote a letter it was p ubli s h e d ,in the Newspapers.—( Hear, and a laugh.) That put man all would n confidential ow correspondence, ever w rie a a n n o e se n n d sib;e o word Hear, hear," more than and a anwas absolutely laugh— a ) necessary—(Cries if h ecessa e ry d — id, (Criit wases of sure to be overhauled in Parliament and in the public press.—(A laugh.) lie thought it would be very un aavitable that the question involved in those re turns should be discussed in a Committee of the whole House, but he certainly thought such a discus sion, however inconvenient, would be far preferable to the reference of those returns to a Select Committee. He must not to he understood to pledge himself to ac cede to a motion for a Committee of the whole House. Allh oo e rrad sa A i m d s w ou a NrrE s ßß t u hat: e would be more ready to accede to such a m o ti on than to the p resen t. Lord r:LNE madefelt a a nxi f o ew us o bservations explanation, whichwhichwere inaudible in th e G a ll e ry. L words, in order to set r i g h t some of the t say statements a f e ofiwn TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1840. the Noble Lord opposite. There was no an a l ogy whatever botween the papers in the hands of the Noble Lord, and those now moved for. There were some cases in which reports of this descrip tion might be 'produced, but all that was contended for was, that the principle ought to be the other way, and that cases of production should be the exceptions, and justified as exceptions, Hi s Noble Friend who had just sat down said, that if the doctrine of the Noble Viscount (Melbourne) was acceded to, not only would a difficulty be thrown in the way of the proceedings of their Lordships' House, but that principle would be established which would never be agreed to by the other House of Parliament. If their Lordships referred to the Journals of the other House, they would find that the same mo tion was made there on behalf of the great in terests that would be effected by this Bill (the Liverpool Dock Company), and the same answer was given that had been given by his Noble Friend, and that proposition was so satisfactory, that it was acceded to, and the motion was with drawn. The papers were not pressed for, because their production would be inconvenient to the public service. He would, at a future time, when the Bill came under discussion in that a11.13C, take an oppor tunity of stating why it was that he supported the Bill. He hoped the papers would not be called for, as he knew from his own official experience, that if they were com?elled to produce them the communication between the great departments would be greatly impeded. Lord ASHBURTON—They had heard nothieg of opposition to the production of those papers ; had the Govnntnent not been going in direct opporition to the opinion of their own officers ? Their Lordships ought to have information in some manner or other. . Viscount STRANG FORD, after hearing what had fallen from the Noble Viscount opposite, would ask Frmission to withdraw his motion. When the Bill came before their Lordships, it would be for them 'to consider whether they could not obtain the information by other means—by the means of a Select Committee. As to the c)nfidential nature of these communica tion, he was not disposed to pry into the mysterious tencieraesses passed between the Baard of Ctistorns and the Treasury, nor did he. wont to make that Hollse an originator of libels, or a Norm ii School for the instruction of smugglers. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. Owen, from the Court of Chancery in Ir•Aand, appeared at the bar, and presented tested copies of pleadings. The Marquis of BU rE presented several petitions from Scotland against the intrusion of Ministers. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FRB. 20. There being but thirty-six Members present at Four o'Clock, the House adjourned until to-morrow. SMALL DEBT; COURT.—The petition from Cambridge in favour of the County Courts' Bill for recovering debts under 201 , was presented by our Town Members to the House of Commons on Friday last: the number of si g natures was 1,350. We ate informed that p e titi ons are in course of signature at Soham, Linton, Ely, and Huntingdon. At Bed ford, the Town Council came to the following resolution— proposed by Mr. Rogers, and seconded by Mr. G. Hust—in introducing which, after a motion that was negatived for re leasing the Sheriffs of London, he says, " I bring before you another subject more important than the last—l mean a Coirt for the recovery of small debts. I hear that a general measure is - likely to pass, and my Parliamentary agent recommends that no expence should be incurred in obtaining a Local Act, but a general petitionieg be commenced, praying Parliament to pass such a measure. I, therefore, move that a Committee be appointed to draw up a petition."—Cu:nbridge Advertiser. TUE LATE SIR HARRY BURItt..RD NEALE. —The la'e Admiral Sir Hat ry Burrard Neale, G. C. 8., died at Brighton, on Friday the 4th inst., aged 76. This gallant officer was the son of Mr. Burrard, of Lymington, in this county, and succeeded to the Baronetcy of his uncle, Sir Harry Burr...rd, in 1791 ; four years afterwards he took the name of Neale, on marrying the heiress of Robert Neale, Esq , of Shaw House, in the county of Wilts. He was a Post Captain of 1793, and in that year commanded L'Aimable, of 32 guns; he subsequently commanded the St. Fiorenzo, of 42 guns, and in that frigate, for two or three years, had the honour of attending on his Majesty Geergo the Third, in his annual summer visit to the se!-shore at Wey: mouth. I* this frigate Sir Harry was an active cruiser on the coast of France, and performed several most gallant affairs; particularly with the Nymphe , in capturing the Rests ante and Constance, French frigates. in sight of the Brest flal.; and in the defeat of a squadron of frigates, which came out of Bolleisle to attack the St. Ficirer.zo and Amelia, the later then in dis tress from the. loss of tier topmasts, carried away in a squall ; this affair 1,4(4 two hours, and our ships were exposed to the fire of the French batteries in boust and Iledie, by which they suf fered much, but the French frigates were compelled to retire in a very shattered state. In 1804, Sir Harry joined the Admi ralty Bo ird, but lelt it in less than a year for more active em ploy. In the command of the London, of 98, and attached to Sir J. Warren's squadron, this ship, with the Amazon, fell in with, in the night, the Marengo, 89 guns, and Belle Pooh', 40 guns, having Admiral Linois' flag on board, returning from a most mischievous cruise against the commerce of this country in the East Indies, and after a short but well con tested action, compelled them to surrender, before the rest of the squadron knew what ships were engaged. The French lost 65 men killed and 80 wounded; among the latter was the gallant French Admiral. Sir Harry was subse quently Captain of the Channel fleet, when under Lord Gain biee's command ; and also commanded the Rochfort squadron. In fact, he was continually employed till the peace of Paris; since which, in 1826,. he commanded i n t h e Mediterrane an . The courteous, hospitable, and gentlemanly bearing of the de ceased endeared him to the whole service, and his determination of character, most conspicuously evinced in the mutiny of 1797, pointed him out as one on whom England could rely in the hour of peril. Sir Harry for many years represented his native town (Lymington) in Parliament. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Every attempt to reconcile the existinr , anomalies an I to abate the practical injuries of the Law of . Libel is deserving of commendation, and will call for ear nest hopes of success. Lord Denman has applied himself to remove one of the many evils to which the present state of the Libel Law continually gives rise, and with which his Lordship, both as an Advocate and a Judge in our Courts of Common Law, must necessarily be familiar. By a Bill which his Lordship, on Monday evening, brought into the House of Peers, and was read a fir,t, time, it is proposed that in cases of Libel and Trespass, w here the amount of damages given does not exceed flirty shillings, the COSTS recoverable shall not excl ed that amount. This will go far to check a description of actions brought by a certain class of attorneys for the sake of costs, rather than to ob tain satisfaction to their clients for substantial injur'es. The mischief of such paltry litigation is not con fined to the time of the public wantonly consumed, and the consequent arrear of causes it occasions in the Coui ts, to the great delay of justice in matters of im• portance, to the vast injury of suitors, and to the wit nesses and jurymen summoned to attend, although this has been a source of long and extensive complaint. Nor is the ruin brought on plaintiffs and defendants by such actions, and the frightful commission of perjury in the witnesses, by whose testimony the cases of their respective friends arc sought to be supported, to be left out of consideration when computing the miscl:iefs caused to the community by the pr..sent state of the law. (From the Standard.) The committal of Mr.' Howard and" of his youthful son and clerk, has excited a movement among a numerous, an active, and not unimportant body, who seldom act collectively in public affairs. The attor neys and solicitors of the metropolis have taken alarm, and if we may judge from the number of letters ad dressed by gentlemen of the profession, to the Times and Morning Herald, as well as to ourselves, we may anticipate that they are preparing for a deciled step. One thing is certa►n, that if the liberties of the coun try fail to be vindicated against the usurpation of the House of Commons, the fault will not rest with either branch of the profession of the law. Mr. John Curwood, of the Queen's Bench bar, nobly set the example of asserting 'the pri vilege of the gown—a privilege by far more valuable for the protection of life, liberty, and property, than any pretended privilege of the House of Commons. (From the Courier.) The meeting of the freeholders and electors of the county of Middlesex, which is appointed to take place to-morrow at the Freemasons' Tavern, " To take into consideration the situation in which Mr. "Sheriff Evans is now placed by the resolutions of the House of •Commons, and to adopt such proceedings, by an addiess to the Crown, or otherwise, as m►y be expedient to effect his liberation," cannot but be regarded as one of the most important public meetings ever held in this country for the purpose of upholding the constitutional rights of the subject against the encroachments of the House of Commons. This meeting will serve as an indieation of the feelings of the people on a subject towards which they have bezel reproached with indifference and apathy, and by sonic with that which is far worse than indifference and apathy—with a silent acquiescence in the right assumed by the House of Commons, to stand between the sub ject and the Courts of Justice, in his application for re dress fur an injury sustained. IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVE- . . THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN YORKSHIRE. On Monday notices were iss led from the Secretary of State's Office, offering 1001. reward for the discovery of the incen diaries by whom the stacks of earn and hay on different. farms in the neighbourhood of Sheffield v;ere wilfully, destroyed by fire last Monday night, under circumstances which have been already described. In addition to the reward, the grant of a free pardon from her Majesty is promised to any accomplice (excepting the person who actually set fire to the property) who shall give such information as may be the means of bring.. ing the guilty wretches to j us ti ce. On Monday aftenilon, at half-past four o'clock, a meeting took place in Battersea-fields, between Captain L. ' Bulkeley and Captain Robert Mundy, R. N. the former at tended by Captain H. Wilson, an d t h e l atter b y Mr. Adolphus Slade. Both gentlemen fired together, Captain Bulkeley dis charging his pistol in the air. Captain Wilson then apologised to Captain Mundy, in the name of his principal, for the insult which had led to the meeting. On Monday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a serious accident, which war near being attended with fatal consequences, occurred at the bottom of Grosvenor-place. As Captain Brent, of the Ist Life Guards, was driving in his cab down Grosvenor-place, in the direction of Pimlico, while endeavouring to pus an opening in the sewer in the centre of the road at the commencement of the King's-road, he was de-. ceived by the lighted lantern being placed on the wrong side, and driving to the right, as he conceived, in safety, the horse immediately fell into the deep and dangerous hole, dragging the cab after him. Fortunately, however, that part of the aperture had across it several planks of wood for shoring, which supported them until, assistance arriving, the animal was ex tricated, with the cab, without sustaining material injury. MIDDLE TEMPLE.—Some of the newspapers have published a list of the Benchers of the Middle Temple, and held them up to public reprobation as having been all par ties to the refusal of a dinner in celebration of the Queen's marriage. This is manifestly unjust; for in all societies the minority must submit to the majlrity, and it is not credible there were not several in that list who wauld be most anxious to pay due honour and respect to her Majesty, who is at the head of all the departments of t:overnment, and of course, therefore, emphatically of the law. THE LATE ROBBERY OF LORD CLANRI CA ens.—When Sergeant Seal, of the London police, was in Paris, some weeks back, it was for the purpose of tracing Bank of England notes to a large amount which had been stolen •in London. At the same time- he received iustructions to look after Perocel}i, late valet to Lord Clanricarde, who was supposed te be in Paris. Seal did not then succeed in tinting him, but obtained such a clue as enabled him to make a capture a few hours after his (Perocchi's) arrieal in England from France, which led to the discovery of the stolen signet. At that time a considerabl e quant it y o f valuable property was found to have been l e ft w ith diff erent persons in Paris which_ iub t_ews'as considered nec essit y t o p u t sea l s on f or the time being. S • quently letters have been received in London from the i!nr quis of Clanricarde, acknowledging the receipt of the signet, and stating the loss of other valuable property, viz., a gold ( eyeglass , f pale gold, fl ute d p a tt er n, belonging to her Lady ship ; a ri c h T ur ki s h b an d or scar f , since recovered). Le'ters have al so been received from the C ou nt Matuszevic, Russian Ambassad or a t S toc kh olm, but stay i ng with his friend the Marquis at St. Petersburgh last summer, at which time Fe rocchi was in the service of his Lordship, stating that he had a!so lost various articles, such at an old but valuable Breguet watch, a gold key and ring with the inscript'on, " Sir H. E. Goodricke, Bart.," and also a valuable snuff-box. During the last week part of the above articles, together with a valuable red porphyry box (owner unknown), have been discovered by Seal, whose exertions have been unceasing during his stay here. He wi l return to London in a day or two with the whole of the property, stolen or otherwise, known to have been deposited by Perocchi in ehis capital. Considerable legal difficulty attends the conviction of the chief in this instance, from the circum stance of the robbery having taken place in Russia, the arrest in England, and the property found in France. It is thought a very small amount of punishment will be awarded, notwith standing the numerous delinquencies committed by this man.— Galignani of Monday. NORTHALLERTON GREAT CANDLEMAS HORSE •FAia.—This celebrated show fur horses was most nu merously attended by the first-rate dealers from Edinburgh, London, Norfolk, Nottingham, Helriesley, York , Whi tehall, Sinningt ori , Lee.ls, Manchester, and Mahon. The show com menced on the 9th instant, and terminated on the 14th. First rate hunters went off freely, at liberal prices, for one of which we hear Seymour Deighton, of Whiuston, near Greto Bridge, refused 150/. ; carriage horses• in good demand ; middling coachers in abundance, and at a reduction of 13 to 20 per cent. below last year : good nags and hackneys very scarce, and as much above par as the last-named ones were below ; inferior horses in abundance, bit no demand.— Tyne Pilot. BRUSSELS, FEB. 18. --The Potitiyue says that the Government has determined to establish c o mmunications by their beats between Antwerp and New York, which will de prive Liverpool of the monopoly that it now enjoys. MENT SOCIETY. Yesterday the annual meeting of this Society was held at their rooms, Broad-street, City, pursuant to advertise ment, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Com mittee, and proceeding to the election of four Directors, in the place of other, going out by rotation, under the terms of the Society's Charter of Incorporation. In the "absence of the Earl of Devon, the Chairman, and Ormsby Gore, Esq. M. P., Vice•chairman, the chair was taken by J. M. Maude, Esq. Amonr , st the:gentlernPn present we noticed Esq. M P., lii n ut, Esq M. P , Ponsouby Staples, Esq. M. P., \Vray, F. 39., J. Morris, , Scruptor, Esti., Capt. 13,11.1, &c. _ _ ire S cretary (Mr, WILKiNsoN) having read the ad verti,ement calling the Meeting, The CHAIRMAN said he would not detain the iNfeetipg at any length, as the Report, which he would call upon their S.:cretary to read, would fully explain what h.td been done by the Directors since their last general meeting. Their progress had been slow, because they wished to proc , ed with every praper degree of caution and economy ; but it was satisfactory to be able to state that in what they had done their efforts had met with uccided success. Mr. WILKINS.)N then proceeded to read the report, from which it appet red, that altlanigh the Directors had not been able to / announce any further engagements of land, their non-success in that respect was not to be attri buted to any want of energy on their part, but from a variety of offers which had been made to them upon the jud , cious selection of estates, the S miety's success would be best ensured, and upon those already taken the So ciety's operations appeared to be highly satisfactory, par ticularly at Gleneast, where 525 statute acres had been let for one-fourth of the rental paid for the whole (5,700). A large portion of the remainder being very superior mountain pasture, Was let out for the agistment of cattle, which produced a clear profit of 30 per cent. upon the capital employed. The stock consists of 180 head, after a sale of 108, and fresh purchases to supply them. In order also to facilitate the letting of the land (for which several applications have baen recently made), a police barrack was in course of erection, with the concurrence of the. Board of Works ; and the Directors contemplated the erection of small tenements on the farms, for the greater improvement of the Society's property. At tha Bollinakill estate new roads had been constructed, with the liberal assistance of the landlord ( Sir J. Banks), and that property was also in a state of growing improvement. The balance in hand on the 31st December last amounted to 1,1001. 153. 6d. The 'assets to the same date were es timated at 4.585/. 19s. 6d., and the liabilities under 3001. —( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said it would be evident from the report which the meeting had just heard read, that they had made no great progress ; but by this time next bear he hoped the Directors would be able to announce a large and profitable extension in their operations. They had beer unwilling to embark in speculation, because they felt that the expenses, small as they wrre, pressed with some severity upon their limited capital. He would onl) further observe, that if any Gen tleman present wished for further information, he would be very happy to afford it, and answer an ) questions which might be put to him. It was then moved and seconded, that the Report now read be adopted and printed. —Unanirrously agreed to. Mr. WRAY moved that the following Gentlemen, going out by rotation as Directors, should be re-elected_ namely, W. Blount, Esq., M P., Ormsby Gore, M. p., Rswgon, Esq., and Ponsonby Staples, Esq. HANDLEY, Esq., seconded the motion, and in doing so, he the less regretted that the B ills t was not resort d to, as he was sure that the choice of the meeting could not have fallen upon Gentlemen hotter calculated to discharge the trust reposed in them, or who would more sedulously exert themselves to advance the interests of the proprietory, and thereby render the greatest service to their Irish brethren. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. STArLES returned thviks for himself and colleagues. It was from no want of energy that the sphere of their opera rations had not been more extensive ; but one cause of it was, that the farms 4bieh were offered to the Society were! not so eligible as to juslify s iliem i❑ aet.ept:iig•tho offers! which had been tuat!o. It would not answer the Sucietv's: purpose to experiment upon land vaiying from 8 to 70121 feet above the ►evel of the sca—(llar, and a laugh)_--i nor could they give the modest SUM of 1/ an acre for bog, particularly when the landlord waking the off..r to let it would reserve all the meats of improving it. Thanks were then voted to the Directors and the Cbair man, and the meeting separated. „TH E SWEDISH DIET.—The following account of the ceremonial of the recent opening of the Swedish Diet is given in a letter from Stockholm :—” The four orders, viz., thee Nobles 480 in number, the clergy 51 ; the burgesses 48, and the order of the peasantry 150, first went in grand pi o gession to the cathedral, preceded by 50 heralds and 100 hal!ebardiers, in the costume of the mindle ages, where they heard divine service according to the Lutheran rites. Prince! Oscar was also present, surrounded by pages and -high dig nitaries, and the congregation consisted of three thousand persons of all ranks, including the corps diplomatique. On leaving the church the procession proceeded to the Pa lace, where the four orders took their seats in a kind of amphitheatre in the centre The seats above sere filled with elegantly-dressed females. Around the Throne were grouped the Grand Marshal, thy President. of the Diet, in ermine cloaks,' and the Min;sters wearing red robes trimmed with ermine. The King, who had the crown on his • head and the sceptre in his hand, wore an ermine cloak, the train of which was supported by two grand officers. Prince Oscar also wore a crown, but of much smaller dimensions. The ccrps diplomatique occupied a separate gallery. Just as the King was delivering that hart of the speech in which he speaks of the period as being near at hand when he must, in the order of nature, descend into the tomb, a loose stone fell from a statue over the heads of the order of the clergy, and fell with great force close to the Primate, the Archbishop of Up- ' sal, and six Bishops who were sitting with him, but fortunately no person was injured." SUICIDE is Y A SOLICITOR. —Mr. Snowden, a solicitor of the firm of Pennall and Snowden, on Monday week, in a state of tempory insanity, poisoned himself with laudanum. There is at present in the possession of Mr. Spenee, Mill of Invereskandy, a pure white crow. It is now quite domesticated—tame and tractable as a parrot—and, stranseas this may a pp ear , it i s uncommon ly fond of mu s ic ; ands . lt c4A even intonate NM@ intervals of the gamut I LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEN. 20 The House sat to-day to hear Appeals. The Poera in att,-ndrirce were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wynford, Eat Cornwallis, and Lord Middleton. PRIME V. ?KUM The arguments in this part-heard Appeal were con cluded to-day ; and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment, ol;serving that although his Noble and Learned Friend ( Lord Wynford) and himself entertained no doubt that they could not advise their Lordships to affirm altogether the judgment of the Court below, yet they doubted whether some mode of investigation ought not to be adopted with respect to that which the plaintiff in the Court blow, from the nature of the Record, had not an opportunity of ea plaining.—Judgment postponed. MONTMORENCY V• DEVRREUX. Mr. TINNEY opened the case on behalf of the appel lants, hut not having concluded at 4 o'clock, the further consideration of the appeal was adjourned to Monday. V ICE-CIIA.ArCEL LOR' S COURT, FEB. 20. I - 1:6 Honour th. VICE-CHANCELLOR took Pleas, De murrers, and Further Directions to-day, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. Jacob, who was engaged in an ap peal in the House of Lords, the Court was enabled to die_ pose of but very few of the cases in the paper, and his Honour rose shortly after eleven o'click, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR stated that he;was in no small degree snrpriscd upon reading a communication from tne relieving officer of the St. Olave's Union, Southwark, relative to Caroline Owen, who was brought to the Mansion-house come days ago, apparently in a destitute condition, and who expected every moment to become a mother. Tho detail of the answer to the accusation was most curious, and his Lordship thought it but fair that the defence should be made public. The following is the letter of the overseer : MY LORD MA vort,—With the highest respect for the exalted station you fill, and with every consistent respect for your Lordship's admiration of those feelin s for the poor which your Lordship manifts's on every occasion, I feel bound, in justice to myself, to disabuse your Lordship's mind as to the alleged destitution of Caroline Owen, the pregnant woman before your Lordship on Friday last, and whom, according to the newspapers, your Lordship di rected to be taken into the Union House of the City of London Union, but who.was in fact brought over to St. ()Lave's by Mr. Thwaites, as if by the order of your Lord ship, and was received into the St Olave's Union Work house, at four o'clock the same afternoon, on the order of Mr. Fisher, one of the overseers. Caroline Owen, be fore your Lordship, says, " I expect to be confined every day." When removed into the workhouse, and to the present time, she says, " I expect to be confined about or soon after the 20th, the next month, March." She is found in the City of London Union, and brought before the City of London Union as destitute and house less. When received into the workhouse, it is found she had a lodging at a Mrs. Devine's, No. 52, in the Maze, where she had a box of clothes, without any detention upon them ; and also a friendly lodging, where she oeca sionaliy slept, at Mrs. Kean's, No. 1, Union Court, Mnze. 1 1 ;hen before your Lordship. and when received i.ito the workhouse, she was decertly attired for one of her el, , ss, and had on good shoes, &c. As we d not examine them on their coming into the house, we do not know whether she had anything in her pockets; but on her box being brought in, the Mntron made her open it, and the following is a list of its. contents, as they were shown to her : A pair of gold ear-rings with pendent drops, two inches long, tour white lace caps, one black gauze ditto, and one fancy lilac ditto, three yards new gauze ribbon, a smelling h9ttle, tooth-brush, hair-pins, &c., three chemisettes with edging round the borders, a green silk purse, coataining . a sixpence, a foreign silver coin, copper ditto, and a pawnbroker's duplicate for a gown pledged for four shil lings, a f Inciful new pincushion ornamented with shells and gilt edges, a ne.v pair of shoes never worn, and also an , o'd pair, a square of new Scotch cambric, three gowns, eight apr ms, two white, six coloured ; five p:!tticoats, one of them black silk, four pairs of stockings, a large Scotch shawl, four fancy handkerchiefs to wear over dress, a sitting up white bed gown frilled wOh riband, three nightcap; for herself, and a complete set of haby-linen (fit for any respectable me chanic's child, containing two articles of each sort, ex cept frocks, of which there is but one.) Now, my Lord Miyor, I sincerely wish that every poor gi' I was as well provided. I give this girl credit for her haviag made such provision—but can it he said she was desti tute ? Her ezarnination as to settlement has been taken by the proper Law Officer, and she has not a vestige of settlement in this Uni n. Ihr name (Owen) is decidedly Welsh, yet she says that her parents were Irish and were marriA in Ireland; that they lodged in Towc.isstreet, St. Olive's, and paid two shillings per week rent, where she was born, but were now dead ; that she cannot name any person who can cerroborate this statement ; that she was breught up at Bristol until she Was fourteen years of age; went out to service very young; is now twe Hy years of age, but never remained in any one situation six months in her life, and was with child by her master before she had bcen there one month, but he has never admitted it to be his. I should not have troubled your Lordship herewith, but for the further mention of her csee in the newspapers of Tuesday. And, craving your Lordship's pardon for so long obtruding upon your most valuable time, I remain, my Lord Mayor, Your Lordship's most obedient hu - nble servant, JOSEPH ARMITAGE, Relieving Of f icer of the St. Olave's Union, South wark. The LORD MAYOR observed that if the circumstances stated in the letter had la.2en known to the officers of St. Olave's Union at the time they refused so peremptorily to give the woman relief, a communication to that effect should have been made to him. It appeared. however, that they had no evidence that the vviiman was not desti. tute and houseless until Mr. Fisher caused her to be taken into the workhouv, where it was ascertained, upon inves tigation, that she had misrepresented her condition. The publication of cases of the kind was, his Lordship con sidered, attended with certain advantage, by keeping paro chial officers awake to their duty, and causing the detec tion of impostors. BU TV-STREET. A youth, named William Hunter, was yesterday brought before Mr. Twyford, charged on suspicion with attempting to steal a parcel, containing a quantity of papers, from the office of the South Australian Company, Adelphi-tertace, Mr. Gliddon, Clerk to the Company's Secretary, said that the prisoner had been employed as junior clerk in the establishment. Jefemiah Lovedale, messenger and office-keeper, proved that, on Tuesday morning last, he found the parcel pro. duced in a desk of the office, which did not belong to any particular clerk. It was broken open, and when the pri soner came to business, on tieing asked it he had broken it open ; he said that he 11,;(1 done so with the intention of reading over the contents, and had thrown the covers into the drawer where the waste paper is usually deposited. The preei contained some printed papers which had Leen s2nt from the country to be forwarded to Australia, but witness did not know what was the quantity, and he had always observed that the prisoner evinced much curiosity in looking into papers passing through the office, although he could not - . ay it was his intention to have stolen the pro perty in ques-tion. The boy admitted that he had broken open the parcel as stated, in ori,ler to read the contents, which he intended to do by the &at opportunity. Mr. Glid.tion said that the parcel had been sent up from the country by a gentleman, to be forwarded to a relative in the colony, and as he did not know what it contained, be would wait to aim tain if any portion of it had been de stroyed. TWVFORD said that as it did hot appear to be the intention of ti to prisoner to steal or destroy any portion of the property, he considered it better to send him home to his friatdx, w ho would deal with him in a more prudent manner than sending him to prison. .M.ijor Catiogan, of Breakbourne, Northumbet land, has started, on the Tory side, for the vacancy at Morpeth. STATIONERS' AND PAPERMAKERS' P,ROVI 7 DENT Soc twrir.—Tuesday a hi g hly respectable meeting 9f persons eria.d ged in the above trades, w-s held at the hall of the Stationers:• company, for the purpose of establishing thii Society. - A numb r of the most influential stationers at: .fl r signified their approbation of the obj%tts of the meeting ; amongst whom were Sir John Key, Bart., Mr. Aldermar Magnay, Mr. Alderman Venables, Messrs. Gros venor, C!Co., cater, and Co Messrs. Battye, Melville, and C o ., and Mess .rs. N orris and Johnson. Sir John Williams (of the firm of Williams, Cooper, Boyle, and Co., of WeA Smith field), ti :Rik the chair, an d staled the nature of the Society, .whieh was to establish a permanent fund for the assistance of stati on, , rs, stationers' assistants, master paper-manufacturers, stati on E.rs and booksellers, stationers and printers, stationers and bi .okbinders, being members of the Society, and their widows, when in necessitous circumstances ; to be under the =mg ement of a president, vise-president, four trustees, a trees' at er, and a committee of twenty-one. Members to be electc_d at the first general meeting. The first resolution was moved by Mr. Alderman Venables, and seconded by Mr. Rowe, the Mat ;ter of the Stationers' .Company. A number of other resolu tip ns, in relation to the objects of the Society, were moved, seconded, and carried unanimously; after which a vote of the ailcs was passed to the Worshipful the Stationers' Com pany 1 or the use of their hall, and to the worthy Chairman for his cc vduct on the occasion ; after which the meeting sepa rated. H ORRIBLE POPISH OFFENCE.—(From a Corm spondent. )—The Edinburgh . Stardard of the 15th inst. start] es its pious readers w ith t h e f o l lowing awful announce ment : We are ashamed to say it, but it is probable that in no p. A rt o f th e B r i t i s h dominions are greater exertions made for t b e spread of P opery ;" e. g. " On Monday last, the Queen's nuP ti al day, divine service was performed at the Roman Catho lic c} :ape', Broughton-street, for the purpose (as the advertise w.en t expressed it,) of imploring the blessings of Heaven on her Maj esty's marriage." Hew awful !—this Popery will be the dew .h of us. But as some alleviation of the afHiction which thi ; alarming intelligence might occasion, the editor might ha• ;e added that no such atrocity as praying fcr the happiness of mu • Qu een , was su ff ered to be perpetrat ed is any apel of our Establi s h e d Ch urc h. Church or • s.t DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 16. To-morrow week (the 24th) is fixed for the splendid fete which the English Minister, Sir E. C. ftsbrowe, will give, in honour of the marriage of the Queen of England and Prince Albert. TIIE HAGUE, FEB. 17.—We hear that the Militia men of the army of 1839, bel3nging to the Ist bat talion of Yagers, and to the divisions of Grenadiers, will be sent home to-morrow from this town, with un limited furlough. It is also said that a number of Generals will retire on pensions, which will cause a reductio-1 of the ex penditure. It is said that some Generals who enjoy considerable pensions (one to the amount of 15,000 florins) have given up the half of it to the publics treasury. _ _ ST PETERSBURG, FEB. 7.—Exchange on London, 37i pence,—.lour nal (le St. Petersburg, Feb.B. (The St. Petersburg Journal has no further news respect ng the expedition against Khiva.) BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 17. The Emancipation gives the followin4 particulars of the property of the House of Orange in Belgium : —" King William pos sesses at Laeken the little Palace which he had bought for Prince Frederick, and which is on the canal, with about twenty hectares of land in different portions, the whole of which cost him about 250,000 francs. In the communes of Dieghem, MaChelan, and Mo:shroeck, an estate called the Looland, of three hun dred hectares, which he purchased at the beginning of 1840, and which is supposed to be worth a million of francs. At Brussels, two small houses, worth between 30,000 and 40,000 francs, purchased in 1827. " The property of the Prince of Orange is— " The Palace adjoining the hotel of the Marquis de Trazegnics ; the hotel in the Place Royale, where the supreme military tribunal has sat since 1830. This hotel, which belonged to Count de Spangen, was bought by the Prince in 1821 ; he paid 320.000 francs for it. " At Terveuren, the Palace, with its dependencies ; likewise several parcels of land ; in all about 15 hec tares, which cost him 100,000 francs. He likewise pos sessed at St. Josseten Noods nine or ten hectares of land, which he purchased in 1826 and 1829, at the enormous price of nearly 400,000 francs, and which he sold for a still larger sum to the Civil Society. " The Emancipation says that our Government has some scruples about, ceding the Palace at Brussels, and the country seat at Terveuren, as patrimonial property, and that it has consulted several eminent lawyers, but has not yet received their opinions. The same Jour nal says that the King of the Nether:ands has agreed to sell the domain of Laeken to the King of the Belgians► and that the two Sovereigns have agreed to appoint competent persons to value it, by whose decision they will abide. es ELGI AN 1. UN DS—Bausami, FE8.19. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. liothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lnl Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent..,„ 93% --- 3 per Cent. 71% ' Loon of ('ity, 18:33, 4 per Cent 9-y Society of Crrnmerce, 4:, per Cent 167 . - tank 01 Belgium, 5 per Cent 94% National Society . Exchange on London (short) . Hrwsstla Papers, Feb. 19. DUTCH FUNDS.—AnsTagoßaf, FEB. 19. Money. Mils. Actit :1 Den, '2.14 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A nort Syndic, 4 .;, per cent SY2q 9t.% Ditto, ditto, 31.:. per cent 7t ~ 7tiii Commercial Company, 4 , 4 per cent 17 5 ,4 1111% Ott , (1132 and 1833) 5 per cent. D:tto 10:37, 5 per cent. LW: 1337, 5 iier cent. Exchange on London, One month I I 97}4 Two months —Dutch Papers, Feb. 19. HAMBURG BORrIEN HALLE, FEB. 15, __ Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares 1740 1740 - An lo. Russian Loan lO9 Mil liussi,n 5 per Cent. Ist series, CQrtitieate Inscription, Ist Serivs - - Rusiian 5 per Cent. flop, and Co. 3d and 4th Se i s Ditto in Certificates Dutch ctiial Debt, Npe Cent. 5•2 51N Ditto l'olkh Bond- ..__. - New icket Angle. • .imish 1.0. in, 3 per Cent 7.3 . ,i • '73% Norwegi,n Loan, t. , .11, 4 per Cent... S, , anish, New .3 per Cents. ii 1 A USTR/ AN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Fax. 10. t ive per Cents. 31,talliques Few! per (7crits lOl% Three par Cents Ilant Shan?. ...;,litgenieine gritting, Feb 16, PRUSSIAN FUNUS.,—Bmittyl,FEit 15. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 41.: per cent " 104 103% Pet.lian Engitsh I.nan, MI!), 4 per cent 10. i% 103% lixel,mge on London, three inoneds 62P —Prussian State Gazette, Feb 12. . TIIE MARKETS. COrNTRY MARKETS. V, beat. Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. s. to s. Is. s. s. to s. Is.to s. Bath Blandtbrd 70 32 43 30 26 j 46 50 Bridport 68 C arc; GO 79 56 51 20 26 4S 50 Gloucester (4 76 45 48 34 41 43 Exe er Gni!, I ford ——4 O 126 34 14 44 Newbury 50 81 32 50 21 32 142 52 50 85 25 47 1 .23 •34 40 53 Salisbury 51 77 40 50 i3O 34 44 58 Shtrborne l'2 73 42 58 26 SO 142 48 SheptonMallet 56 81 33 54 no 34 48 50 Uxbridge 37 43 28 32 W,rminster 71 36 51 127 36 150 58 Winchester 64 Yeovil 164 72 40 45 -30 32 146 50 j'..SC s. to ...... 37. 411 3 - 8 14 a.. .r.. 4.... ..so ~ LEEDS CORN MARKET.— Feb. 18. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 60Ib. York. and Lincoln. GOlb Barley, Norfolk and SION)lk i Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe . Waling, For. —d. to-4t. Eng. 13(1. to 14%0. per st°"" S hellin g 36.. to 375. per toed GUILDFORD MARKET Wheat, 011 (Per Load) Pd. to QO/. I, s.— N w, 161. to 91/. ss. Barley (Per Qr.) 4-s. to 46s Beans (Per Qr.) 4os. to 4" Oats 2 -, 4 I Rye Grey Pease, 425. to 455. DEVIZES CORN MARKET. :I Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. f • ( First Wheat 4O 0 to 45 0 )ats 2O 0 to : 34 o Second 14 0 eg 37 6 Beans (per sack)... 20 0 Third Maley '..!6 0 45 I Bread (per ga11.)... / 5 -- Mr. Thomas Farncomb, of Griffin's . Wharf, Southwark, has addressed the electors of Rye ' announcingg self as a candidate for its representation whunceer a caeancl may arise. The present Member is a Tory ;Abe only indics • Lions of his politics which Mr. Farncomb gives arehlie-follo o " ins :—" First—To maintain the honour and, dignity of th e Crown. Secondly—To give stability and protection to the in' stitutions of our country. .And thirdly—To promote the WI, interest, prosperity, happiness, and independence of the peo ple. The Liberals •,f Roscommon have been c alled together to establish a County Registration Club, to 64). operate with the General Reform Committee in Dublin. A LADY AM ATEUR OF TOBACCO.--T il f Administration of Finan ce , as th e P ar i s Commerce states, ' examining into a proposition made by a lady for rendering, certain methods, ii,digenous tob acco equa l to the best facie article. " This invention," it adds, " which has been strong,'Y recommended by several Deputi es , h as b een submitted t• the Minister vs 1 Secretary. General of Finance, who appirar Übe posed to purcha se th e secre t o f t h e discovery if it should proved to be cap a bl e o f sav i ng l arge sums of money to t " State, as the projector asserts it will." SECOND-HAND SILVER WATCHES.- --It variety of same dozens may be selected from, price T 1 Guineas each ; some rather more m o d ern , T wo an d a " Guineas each; and an assortment quite equal to new, Th re- d Guineas each. The whole have been carefully examined, are warranted. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Corn')111 (Seven doors from Gracecher ch° street), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. , N.B. A Pamphl e t con t a i n i ng a Li st of Prices of Plate Plated Goods, W a t c h es , Cl oc k s, & c., may be had gret i gl„ : r will be forwarded p os t f ree , i n answer to a post-paid application B IR Tii AOn the 9th inst., at Shannon-grove, Limerick, the 114 of Hugh Faulkner, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Dover, the lady of G. K. Jams . of a son. On the 19th inst., the lady of George Blake, EN., Cifir bridge •terrace, Hyde -park, of a son. On the 19th i nst., at Page-green, Tottenham, Mrs. JO" Row, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., Mrs. J. S. Lister, of a son. On the 20th inst , Chester-place, Regent's-park, the lady °f Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., of a daughter. 16ARRIED. On the 18th inst., at Hillingdon, Middlesex, Richard Wil o44l :f Esq., of Perry-vale, Sydenbarn, to Emma, third daughte r Matthew Rayner, Esq., of Uxbridge. On the 18th inst., at Hampton, M r . J o h n D an i e l s , to —ars b, second granddaughter of the late John Darbon, Esq., of Gree ° row, Chelsea. On the 18th inst., at Christchurch, Marylebone, Mr. Augustus Brooks, of Duke-street, Manchester-square, to rltss Lucy Somerset, f Milton, near Marlborough, Wilts. ei On the 18th inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, John Th °— o f Esq., surgeon, of Claremont-square, to Miss Boketahsol Spring-garden, Newington-green. Jo ° On the 19. h inst., at St. Mary Abb o tt' s , K ens i ng ton, , ir a Thomas, Esq., surgeon, Bethlehe m H osp i ta l , to M a ry, t" daughter of the late James Needham, Esq., of Kensing Dign. of On the 16th inst., Dorothy, the wif e o f J o h n B ox , Esq .. Doctors'-commons. On the 17th inst., at Brighton, M r . J o h n Site, PT" of Sit Robert Burnett and Co.'s distillery, Vauxhall, aged 42. On the 17th inst., at Lismore Castle, William 01'" Currey, Esq., formerly Lieutenant-Colonel in the armY• On the 18th inst., at Litchborough, Northampton ua re• William Grant, Esq., of Berkeley -street, Berkeley-54 aged 61. o s .ondon Printed and Published by 111111tDO Ye v.'. ;to No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in county of Middissex..—Friday, February 21, 12411 f r ""Qr i