The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-04 00:00:00

ErfNING EDITION. co ti it LAE_ The Queen held a Curt yesterday afternoon at Buck inghttm Palace for the reception of the Addresses from the Throne. His Grace the Duke of Wellineton arrived at the Palac e at halt -past one o'clock yesterday afternoon. and shortly before two o'clock the D'epuretien frern the Uni versity of Oxford arrived in procession at the Palace, and, headed by the Noble Duke, who wore his State Robes as of the of the University, with the ribbon and badge the Order of the Garter, passed at once to the State Rooms. The Queen was conducted to the Throne by the Earl of Uxbridge; Lord Chamberlain, and took her treat, Prince Albert standing by her side. The Ladies in Waiting, the great Officers of State, and the principal Officers of the Household, took their usual stations near the Throne, her Mejestv'e Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms, Butler, by t h e i r Li eutenant, t h e H on. Sir Edward lining the sides of the apartment. The Cabinet Ministers in attendance on her Majesty were, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of §tate for the home Department, the Chi e f Secretary for Ireland, and the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests. The door of the Throne Room was opened soon after two o'clock, and the Deputation were received at the entrance by the Lord Chamberlain, who preceded them to the foot of the Throne The Duke of Wellington, as Chancellor of the Uni versity, read the Address of cordial Congratulation to her most Gracious Majesty, on the auspicious and inter e sti n g o ccasion of her marriage. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. _ The f o ll ow i ng Gentlemen, deputed to present the Ad dress, were then severally presented to the Queen, tied _had the h onour of kissing hands :—The Rev. Dr. Gil bert, Vi ce- C hancellor, Rev. Dr. Barnes, Canon of Christ Church, th e R ev. Dr. Wynter, President of St. John's, 1( w. Dr. Jenkyns, Master of Baliol, Rev. Dr Fox, Pro vo st tof Q ueen ' s, D. .. Ashurst, D C. L., Fellow of All S ouls, Dr. Marshall, D. C. L., Warden of Merton, DJ. Page, M.D., of Ariel Church, Dr. Ogle, \l. D., Mr. Ley, s ..!ciur Proctor, :Mr. Jacobson, Junior Proctor, Rev. Thos. tette, Fellow of St. John's, ev. Mr. Dayman, Fellow of E xeter, Rev. Williams,illiams, Fellow of New College, and tilt R ev. r. W. Jelf, Student of Christ Church. Inc Deputation were accompanied by several hundred Members of the University who all appeared in their yari. ° A ug Acad em i c costumes. Among the numb, r were the A r rb Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbi s h o p of Y or k, t h e Larl D 7,°P of Arma g h, E ar l o f J erse y, E ar l o f Wil ton , lawarr, Lord Mahon, Lord Kenyon, Mr. T. B. .Eetcourt, and Sir Robert Hurry Itiglis, Bart., Burgesses In Parliament ; Sir Coa 1 Wetherell,University C r s oun sBe11!, Rev. D r. Hampden, Regius Pr ,lessor of Divinity. the Euip of Salisbury, Rev. Dr. Piumtre, Master of Urn ""itY College, Rev. Mr. Kynisioun, High Master of St. Paul's, Rev. Dr. Bull, Sir Robert Fitz Wygrarn, 134 Tt, D. C. L., Sir Henry Halford, Bart., Mr. John Round, M. P., D. C. L., Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. Ross, M.P., Mr. H. Sulivan, of Baliol College, and tne Hon. Reginald West, of Baliol College. The Corporation of the City of London arrived at two o'clock at the Palace ; the Lord Mayor came in state, preceded by the City Marshals on horseback, and attended by his officers carrying their respective ensigns of office. Oat hundred and ninety Members of the Court of Corn ' men Council accompanied his Lordship, all of them wear ing white favours on their respective municipal robes. The Members assembled in the Library. The University Deputation having retired from the Royal presence, Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, conducted the Mayor and Aldermen to the presence of the Queen on the Throne. The Recorder read a dutiful and loyal Address of Congratulation to her most excellent Majesty, upon her Marriage, from the Mayor and Aldermen. Her Majesty returned a most gra einus answer. The following Aldermen, who came up with the Ad dress, had the honour of kissing hands :—Sir Matthew Wood, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir John Cowan, Bart., Sir George Carroll, Sir Claudius Hunter, Aldermen Fare brother, Kelly, Wilson, Thomas Wood, Thomas Johnson, Pirie, White, Lainson, Gibbs, Brown, Venables, Magnay, and Sir William Heygate. The Mayor and Aldermen then retired, but returned • with the Court of Common Council. Among those pre sent were the City Remembrancer, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, the City Chamberlain, the Clerk of the City Works, the Comptroller, the Secondaries, Mr. Frith, principal Clerk to the Town Clerk, Mr. Brand, Clerk Comptroller of the Bridge House ; Mr. Scott, Clerk of the Chambers ; Mr. Temple, Keeper of Guildhall ; Messrs. Lawrence, Jones, Moon, Eytorr, Hunt, Burton, R. Taylor, Galloway, Thomas, Frodsham, Gadsden, Deshons, and Pewtress. The Recorder read a dutiful and loyal Address of con gretulatien, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious Answer. The Mover and Seconder of the Address, in the Court of Common Council, Messrs. Lawrence and Juries, had the honour of kissing hands. After the presentation of the City Addresses, an Address of congeatulation upon her Majesty's marriage was pre sented to the Queen upon the Thron e, by the body of Pro testant Dissenting Ministers of the Presbyterian denomi nation, residing in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. The Address was read by the Rev. Dr. Rees, who was accompanied by the following M inis. t or ; : _.-The Rev. Joseph Barrett, the Rev. Dr. Barclay, the Rev. P. Le Breton, the Rev. D. Davison, the Rev. Thomas Madge. the Rev. Edward Tecate, the Rev, Joseph Hunter, the Rev. Dr. Hutton, and set eral others. All these Ministers had the honour to kiss hands. The General Body of the three denominations of Pro testant Dissenting Ministers in and about the cities of London and Westminster were ushered to the presence of the Queen on the Throne, to present an address congra tulating her Majesty on the auspicious occasion of her Majesty's Marriage. The Ministers present were the Reverends Dr. Cox, E. Steen, William Walls, J. B. Shenstone, J. P. Smith, Dr. Collyer, J. Kingsford, E. Dunn, D. Leifehi!d, T. w oo d, W. Walford, John Morison, D. D., J. Yockriey, C. 'h a re, T. James, G. Evans, J. Emblem, J. Edwards, G. Pritchard, James Vautin, J. Cobbin, W. Williams, Jame; Eivey, John Arundel, H. Jeula, H. Paulin, G. Steane, D. .11aughan, J. Peacock, J. Campbell, T. Timpson, J . E. Richards, R. Philip, D. H en d erson, A. Sidman, W. H. Murch, D. D. ( Stepney College), S Tompkins. S. Brown, W. Young, B. Lewis, C. Woollacott. John Young, Dr. Hoppers, John West, Dr. Bennett, Thomas Burney, A. Davies, J. Robinson, J. Burnet, R Redpath, C. Gilbert, \\ . Alfieri) Johnstone Hope, J. Drummond, J. Belcher, C. Sturch, J. Rothery, Mr. Hurry, J. Hunt, C. Hyatt, J. Wallace, J. Mason, J. Steven;on, J. Pullen, John Davies, S. A. Duhany, Jos. Darner, Charles Dawes, D. Denholm, R. S:mson, R. J. Hurst, E Ailannering, F. Richard, H. B. Martin, J. Cuttledew, G. Combo, J. Jones, W. Martin, James Burns, J. Woodwark, T. Lewis, T. Jackson, Mr. Free man, J. Powell, C. Carpenter, J. Morland, J. Macam, George Rogers (Camberwell), A. Archer, W. Bean, G. Temain, J. Ang us, J. Hinton, T. Moon, J. M. Lowe, R. Ashton, T. Kennedy, C. Duke, J. 11. Godwin, C. Williams, James Al' Whiter, H. Crump, C. Regge, Thomas Archer, S. J. Darner, J. Cox, Mr. Cu: tis, Jesse Hopwood, \V S Palmer. and C. Morris. The Rev. Dr. Cox ( Hackney) Secretary to the Ge neral Body of the Three Denominations of Protestant Dissenting Ministers, was presented to the Queen by the Marquis of Normanbv, her Majesty 'a Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and had the honour to kiss hands. Theßee. E. Steen then read the Address. Her Ma jesty returned a most gracious answer. Twenty of the body were presented to the Queen, and had the honour of kissing hands, in lieu of the %hole body doing so. This arrangement was made as a matter of convenience to her Majesty. The deputation then rented. The Court was attended by the Mistress of the Robes, Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Caidtain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Trea•urer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Clerk Mar shal, Colonel Wernyss, Equerry in Waiting, Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. Mr. Cowell and Master Byng, Pages of Honour in Waiting, Sir Benjamin Smith, Cap tain Seymour Sadler, Exon in Waiting, Sir William Mar tins, Mr. Blackwood, and Mr. Randall ; Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting. Lord Lilford and Colonel Armstrong were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Queeri's Guard of the Grenadier Guards were on duty during the afternoon on the Palace Lawn. The Duke of Wellington, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, accompanied by the Vice-Chaneellcr, the Rev. Ductors Bar nes, Wy nter, and Jenkyns, and the Senior and Junior Proctors, and also by the Archbishops of Can terbury, and York, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Pa lace, and presented an Address of Congratulation to his Roy al Highness on his marriage, from the Chancellor, Masters, arid Scholars of the University of Oxford. The Noble Duke, accompanied by the same deputation, had also an audience of her Royal Highness the Duchess at Kent, to present an Address of Congratulation to her Royal Highness, upon the marriage of her Majesty with Prince Albert, from thee Chaixellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford. _ The Lord Mayor. the Reccrder, and the Mover and Se conder of the Address in the Court of Aldermen, had an audience of Prince Albert sesterday. to present a Congra tulatory Address to his Royal Highness on his marriage, from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London. Th e same deputation, accompanied by the Mover and Seconder of the Address in the Common Council, had another audience, to present a similar Address from the Court of Common Council of the City of London. Thu Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Recorder of London, and the mover and seconder in the Court of Al_ dermen, had an audhince of the Duchess of Kent, and presented the compliments of congratulation from that Court to her Roy al Highness upon the marriage of the Queen. The same deputation, accompanied by the Mover end Seconder in the Common Council of the City of London, had also another audience of the Royal Duchess, to present a similar Address from the Court of Common Council. The Body of Presbyterian Minister!, after presenting an Address to the Queen, also presented an Address of Congratulation to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. This Address was read by Mr. Ba-rest, who was attended by the same Ministers After this, anAd - dressof Congratulation from the same Body VVIS presented to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, by a Deputation of the Ministers, consisting of Or. Rees, Mr. B rrett, Dr. Barclay, Mr. Davison. and Mr. hladge, the state of r Royal Highness's health not allowing her to receive all the Alinisters. This Address wa 3 read by the Rev. Dr. Rees. The g.eneral body of the Three Denominations of Pro testant Dissenting Ministers had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and presented an Address of con gratulation to his Royal Highness. The R e v. Dr. Cox, accompanied by several Ministers of the same body, bad also an audience yesterday of the Duchess of Kent, and presented an address of congratula. tion to her Royal Highness upon the marriage of her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen, with his Royal High ness Prince Albert. His Ro y al Highness P r i nce Alb ert was attended by the following Officers of hi, Household :—The Groom of the Stole, the Treasurer, Viscount l3oringdon, Gentleman of the Bedchamber; Licut.-Colon c l W ) lde, Equerry, and Mr. Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended, during the presentation of the Addresses, by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, and Col. Couper, C. 8., First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's House hold. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured Covent Garden Theatre with their presence last evening. In the Royal suite were the Hon. Miss Lister, Lord Lilford, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, attended by Barons de Lowenfels and de Gruber', accompanied the Royal party. Lord Lilford and Colonel Armstrong have succeeded the Marquis of Headfort and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on the Queen. Her Majesty had an evening party on Monday. Among the company were his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam. bridge, t h e - Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke and . Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Marquis of Anglesey, Lady M. Paget, Lord Cla rence Paget, the Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Sarah Villiers, Countess of Erroll, and Lady Ida Hay, Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget, Earl and Countess Dc lawarr, and Lady Elizabeth West, Lord Merpeth, Lord Leveson, Lord Alfred Paget, Baron de Bourquenay, Count Esterhazy, Lord Henry Howard, Hon, Miss Paget, Mr George Edward Anson, and Mr. Noel. Weippert's Royal Quadrille Band attended in the Grand Saloon, and performed, in the course of the night, the following new Music :—Quadrillcs from Torquato Tasso, Waltzes Die Berggeister—Perth—Gallopes, Rain bow— Postillion—Fdirosa—Fairy. A Deputation to present r. Nlermrial respecting East Indi a Coolies, consisting of Sir Charles Styles, M. P., Edward Baines. Esq. M.P., D. O'Connell, Esq M Dr. Hodgkin, Messrs. G Stacey. W. Ball, H. Tuckett, C. F. Bt on n, J. Beaumont, R Russell, Joseph Cooper, Phipps, and J. Sc,ble, Dr. Turnbull, and Mr. J. H. Tred gold, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Shirley had an interview with the Marquis of Nor manby yesterday at the Home Office. HI.R dAJESTY'N THEATRE. This magnificent theatre opened last evening with Doniz?tti's new three-act opera of Torquato Tasso. The music is quite as characterless as that of the gene rality of Donizetti's serious operas. There were cer tain buffo parts in which we could recognise the com poser of the Elisis d'Antore, but the music of the more impassioned parts was almost devoid of feeling, and the opera is wholly indebted to the genius of the corps dramaligue for its success. The libretto is good and the plot is well and artistically developed. It is, in fact, a dramatic version of the well-known story of the love of Tasso for Eleonora, the sister of the Duke of Ferrara, and of the tragical consequences of that love to the un happy poet, who is confined by order of the Duke as a madman, remains incarcerated for seventeen years, and is released at the end of that period by an enthusiastic people, who conduct him to Rome to crown him with laurel in the Capitol. But all these honours come tno late—Eleonora is dead—and even the laurel is then valueless in the eyes of Tasso. The opera was produced principally for the purpose of introducing Signor Coletti, from the Opera at Lisbon, to the Bri tish public, arid since the debut of Tamburini, we have witnessed none at this theatre so decidedly successful as that of Signor Coletti. In person he is above the middle-size, well-formed, and possesses a most expressive countenance. His voice is a baritone of great power and richness, and capable of every variety of expres sion. It is completely under command, and, as Signor Coletti is evidently a first-rate musician, he makes the most of the advantages with which nature has endowed him. He is also possessed of dramatic powers of no mean order, and in the last act—the scene of which is laid in the dungeon in which Torquato has lingered ou his seventeen years of confinement—Signor Colet exhibited powers of acting worthy of being ranked with the most successful histrionic efforts of the present day. Indeed the last act,both as regarded singing and acting, was, as far as Signor Coletti was concerned, a perfect triumph of art. In the air Perche dell sure in sen," which is almost the only piece of genuine melody in the opera, and which has a beautiful flute accompaniment, he was deservedly rewarded with a rapturous Cc Cure'. The applause was on this occasion much under and more general than is usual at this aristo cratical and well-bred theatre. The opera was completely successlul, and this success is undoubtedly owing in a great measure to the talents and exertions of Signor Coletti. He was called for at the fall of the curtain, and greeted with frequent bursts of applause. Having secured the services of Coletti, we do not ima gine Laporte will have much cause to regret the absence of Tamburini, for whom Coletti is a most efficient substi- tute, and whose popularity be will, we imagine ere long rival. Mdlle. de Varney was the Eieonora. This lady, we presume is intended to be the sPconda donna of the season. Her voice is melodious, but scarcely of sufficient power for such a large theatre. Signor L. Ricciardi also made his first appearance before a British audi- ence, in the character of Geraldini, the Duke's Secre tary. His voice is a tenor, of very considerable compass ; he is quite competent to fill the primo tenore parts in the absence of Rubini and Mario ; he is certainly infinitely superior to Tati, whose place w e imagine it is intended he should supply. Signor F. Lablache, as Gherardo, one of the courtiers, exhibited powers as a buffo, for the possession of which we had not previously given him credit. The scenery was su perb, and everything was done for the opera that could be done by a liberal and efficient management. The Ballet of Les Pages du Duc de Vendome concluded the evening's amusement. B,Aween the opera and the ballet the National Anthem was sung by the whole corps dramatique—tho solo parts being executed by Mademoiselles De Varney and E. Grisi, and by Signora Ricciardi, Coletti, and F. LabLiebe. The house was more crowded than we ever remember to have seen it at the commencement of a season. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, Prince Ernest, and suite, honoured this theatre last night with their pre sence. Her Majesty was ineog , behind the curtains ; but Prince Albert and Prince Ernest appeared in full view. A portion of the audience recognised Prince Albert towards the conclusion of the play, and cheered him, but he modestly withdrew, and the good sense of the public saw at once that it was very indecorous to intrude on the privacy which the Royal party wished to maintain. After the Legend of Florence, with which her Majesty appeared, from the sympathy of Prince Albert, to be much de- lighted, the farce of He Would be an Actor followed, to the great amusement of the audience, both Royal and public. In tact, so much was the fun enjoyed behind the scenes that the Royal curtains betrayed that Queens have hearts for merriment as well as other people. Mr. Charles Mathews ought to be indicted for personifying false characters before her Ma jesty. So completely did he deceive the lookers on, that at one time he was actually mistaken for his own wife ! The Royal curtains shook in ecstacy at the mistake, and universal laughter convulsed the theatre. THE CITY ADDRESSES. PRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN, PRINCE ALBERT AND THE DUCHESS OF KENT, ON THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mon Council, assembled at Guildhall, for the purpose of going in procession to Buckingham Palace, to present the Addresses voted in the Court of Aldermen, and Court of Common Council on the Royal Mar riage. At half -past twelve the procession left the Guildhall. It consisted of the Lord Mayor, 18 Aldermen, the Recorder, Chamberlain, the Remembrancer, the City Solicitor, the Comptroller, and ab. ut 160 members of the Common Council. Her Majesty received the Members of both Courts most graciously. The Recorder then read the Address from the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, to which her Majesty made the following gracious reply : " I acknowledge with satisfactio n the feelings of loyalty and devotio❑ which have dictated the address, and I cordially accept your affectionat e wishes that the favour of Divine Providence may be shown in the happiness of my future years. Similar du:iful addresses were presented to Prince Al bert and the Duchess of Kent, to which they returned suitable answers. The procession then returned in the same order to the City. A liindoo, named Gain(' (Thunder Gosain, an inhabitant of Bailee, died lately, ]caving no less than 100 dons.—Asiatic Journal. T 4.E rTNi LONDON - NV EDNESDAN S MARCH 4, !POI MAGA ZINES—caNT'INUED. NE fl' MONTHLY MAGAZINE. In consequence of not receiving this Magazine in au`.• ficient time on Saturday, we were unable to include it among our usual periodical nntices yesterday. It is a very fair average Nurnbrr, but contains no one article of remarkable excellence. It opens with a continuation of Mr. Theodore Hook's tale of " Fathers and Sons," wherein ho sketches, in his usual lively, off-hand style, a respectable family in the middle ranks of life, whose villa in the neighbourhood of the metropolis is thus per t nye : " To describe the villa—place it could not be called—of this agreeable couple would be quite :.uperfluous—they who know the world can perfectly appraise the country-house of an agreeable small family, of some four or five thousand a year, as Mr. George Robins can value a real property, in which he appears to be so eminently successful. Chintz, cotton, comfort, snug rooms full of furniture; books, harps, pianofortes, bagatelle-tables, backgammon-boards, chess boards, guitars, kaleidoscopes, sofas, squabs, cushions, ot tomans, corners, recesses, little oriel windows, flowers, Eau de Cologne bottles, scattered books (not books taken from the library, but books from the circulating library), albums, drawings, H. B.'s sketches (no matter what visitor suf_ fers), little absurd work-boxes which nobody uses, portefeuilles, pineuhions, fire-boxes, snuff-boxes, bon. bonnieres, minia,tures of distant relations, in cases, lying on the tables, varieties of inkstands, peerages, directories, low chairs, long chairs, footstools, folding screens, a bright blazing fire, a snow-white poodle on the shaggy hearthrug, and a long-eared ' Charley' in the lady's lap. That sounds snug, and is something like the way in which they 'carried on the war,' or rather enjoyed domestic peace, at Mr Amersham's." Jane Bruff, who, we suppose, is intended as the he. oine of " Fathers and Sons," promises well in the way of character, having a small spice of the devil in her, which, we have no doubt, will be developed, towards the close of the third volume, in the very agreeable form of an elopement from her father's roof with her "sweet heart." Thus much we think sce can foresee already. The " Fairy's Wand" is a humorous, fanciful little tale by Captain Marryatt. The scene is laid at Windsor Castle, dur'ng the reign of Charles the Second ; and describes, in a dashing style of caricature, a drunken revel, in which he, assisted by Rochester, and the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London and their wives, in dulged one summer night at the Royal Castle. " Spe cimens of German Lyric Poetry" contain several grace ful translations from Schiller and other writers of that imaginative class. In the next Number, the translator (Mr. Merrivale) promises us some specimens et Schwab's—what a name for a poet !—rhymical abilities. In Mrs. Trollope's " Widow Married," which is illus trated with two exceedingly droll engravings. the re is a highly comic scene between a fortune-hunter and a young lady, whose financial capabilities he endeavours to ascertain from her own lips, previously to his com mitting himself to the matrimonial noose. " The Chalet in the Alps" is a simple narrative, pleasantly told, by Lady Blessington. The " Adventures of Khodadad" shows a familiar acquaintance with every-day life in the East. The " Music and Poetry of Prince Albert" praises his Royal Highness's poetical talents in very rapturous terms. We subjoin one of the Prince's poems, which trundles on smoothly enough:— " Come, dearest, come, with me to rove, And leave awhile thy pillow; My boat awaits to bear my love, O'er yonder sleeping billow. Come, dearest, come ! " Come, dearest, come, thy couch forsake, Delay but makes us fonder Thy mother sleeps while love shall wake, No danger waits thee yonder. Come, dearest, come !" Tiff.: DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Anthony Poplar's Irish Portrait Gallery is adorned this month by the venerable figure of Lord Plunket, sitting in his robes as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The portrait is accompanied by a gracefully written memoir, in which greater admiration is expressed of his Lordship's talents than his principles, but in which ample justice is done to his private virtues, We pass over the Review of Bishop Mant's His tory of the Church of Ireland—a history long since written in the blood, and stereotyped in the hearts, of the Irish people. " Bulwer's Dramatic Poetry" is very ably reviewed in this number. A second article is promised on the same subject, and if it only equal in critical acumen and just views the one before us, it shall receive from us a hearty welcome. " Harry Lorrequer" once more makes his appearance as Editor of the Memoirs of " Charles O'Malley the Irish Dragoon," and the introduction of his friend, who is a " raal broth of a boy," is characteristic and amusing. Harry is a delightful gossip, whose company it is no great stretch of good taste to prefer to Dr. Cooke and the Synod of Ulster, or Dr. Stock and his legion of Scapularians. " Curiosities of Law Books" is a good subject, not badly handled, although it might be much bitter. The other articles offer nothing worthy of especial notice. The number is a very good one. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL Contains many interesting artieles, chiefly with refer ence to naval and military subjects, which the members of either profession will read with great pleasure. Among them, we find a spirited sketch entitled " Military Ca tastrophe of the Carlist \Var," which would seem to be the production of one who had taken an active part in that war ; and " Nights at the Fo'castle," in which occur one or two lively naval sketches. EAST INDIA MA GA ZINE. Those who are fond of reading brief, pithy sketches of voyages and travels will find much to entertain them in this Number, which contains, infer alia, some account of an " Overland Journey to India ;" of a " Visit to Malta and Sicily ;" of " South Australia ;" and of a " Journey to the Country north of Ava." We find also some curious specimens of modern Hindoo song_ writing. MOA THLY LAW MAGAZINE. There are always several sound and serviceable treatises on legal and constitutional topics in this periodical, but when the Editor begins to touch upon the politics of the day, then his calm good sense forsakes him, and he becomes quite furious ; as in the instance of the dia tribe headed '' Legislation," which is for nothing so re markable, as for its intemperate and headstrong assault on Ministers, who are roundly accused of haying " wickedly neglected the affairs of the country," merely because they have shown a laudable desire to place the Privilege question —a question, by the way, of para• mount importance —on sure and safe basis! In no other respect, however, save that of politics, have we aught to object against this Magazine, which is con ducted with skill and judgment. ORIENTAL HERALD. In an article on the subject of the late " Cabool Campaign,' the writer questions the policy of that cam paign, observing, " Lord Auckland's imagination created the giant he has so valorously slain in Affghanistan. His judgment, alas, could not discover that the for midable power of Russia was in the very heart of his own dominions, and that while he was marching an army to fight a shadow, a thousand miles from our own frontier, he was in the most effectual way fighting the battles of the Autocrat, by exciting a spirit of disaffec tion throughout Hindostan, exposing our own weakness, and thus enc,uraging internal insurrection." Judging from present appearances, there is no disaffection in our Indian colonies that we need bo alarmed about. " Cal cutta" is un agreeable, sketchy paper ; and the rhymes on " Cold Weather" arc us lively us some of poor Haynes Bayly's bagatelles. THE SPOI?TSMAN. Of the two engravings in the present Sportsman's Magazine, the best is that which represents " Pike• fishing." It possesses, however, if we are not mis taken, one detect, for it is rather a brisk, lively, trout stream, in which the fishermen are shown as angling, than the slow, deep quest water in which pike are most commonly found. The article, in illustration of this Pita°, relates some singular anecdotes of the size to which this fresh-water shark grows, as also of his un common ravenousness. But we must take leave to doubt the story of a pike having been caught twenty years since, in a creek of the Shannon, weighing up wards of " ninety-two pounds !" The anecdote is ra ther too tough for our digestion. THOMAS'kS' NAPOLEON. The present part of this biography of the French Emperor commences with the account of the celebrated Austrian campaign of 1808, and concludes with the triumphal entry of the French into Vienna, and the sub sequent marriage of Napoleon with Maria Louisa of Austria The tone of the work is generally impartial ; and the biography does not indulge, as so many of his predecessors have done, in irrelevant speculation and digression. NATURAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. In th's Part (which is the third) we have some into. resting particulars respecting the " osseous system of Mamma for a considerable portion of which the author is indebted to the researches of Cuvier and other eminent naturalists. The part is embellished with seve ral explanatory wood-cuts. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MONDAY, MARCH •2. —John Hampton, of parachute notoriety, who de scribed himself as an set onaut, and formerly a carver and gilder, applied to be discharged under the Act. lie was supported by Mr. Cooke. The case stood in the clause list since Fridas, and a nuatber of act onauts were in attendance. Th e ease, however, did not come on until nearly eight o'clock, and then the creditor (George Newton), who had entered the opposition, declined to oppose. The Schedule showed bona fide debts of 1,8371., and on the other side debts to 6771. Thu insolvency was ascribed to heavy losses on balloon ascents. The insolvent had made an assignment of his balloon, with other property, in 183!‘, but had used it since that period. The creditors wanted an assignment, as it was feared he might lose his life. The in solvent, who had been in Whitecross-street prison since No vember, W:23 ordered to be discharged. The Court sat until nearly nine o'clock. In Stockport there arc 93 public-houses, o u t o f 118, to let, and 2,C00 dwellings are empty. THE R FIA LS. POF.TA CORCAGIEtiiiIS. Vivite felices, quos lime lux festa perenni Connubio jungit; quorum exiit alta per orbem Alagni vox populi, fausto celebrantis amores Auspicio lactos ; quos, inceptis bytnenzt;s, Clay a nobilitatc viri, militesque, ducesque, Cor..scripti patres, cives, et übique coloni, Certatini salvcre jubent, unaque triumpho crebros tollunt ad sidera plaurius. Vivito felices, quibus et socialia cunctce *Serta simul gcntes intexunt ; lilia pieta Et violas Galli mittunt, Italia olivam. Viritc felices,—tribuit Germania lauros,— Sunt, Alberte, tuaa,—tibi sunt, Victoria, dono :- Necnon tuunditiis si m pl ex , tr i a plaabet lerne, Qum cordiv, folic ;—et virtutis Scotia spinas. Anglia. 10 quid ovans ? Regali propria myrtus Exuniceque roue capiti, quetcusque comata Nectantur ; pariter studium ros ferte faventes A , sidt,o dives, qualem regina coronlm, Et qualem poscit princeps,—superetque nitore Diritias horti gemmarum luminc cinctas. Tu formil egregii, ingenuo to pectore prestans, Majestate arnbo, et viltutibtu, omne per zovum Laudari digni, vobis slut tempora ]seta, Debeim populi ;—sit, terque quaterque beatis, Quod placeat ecoo precibus concedere nostris, ludole progenies specieque decors parentum. Jam gaudent gentes, orto nam sidere vestro, Candida pax terris, et pleno copia cornu, Incipiunt ridere iterum,—clementia, virtw, Et pietas toto incedit gratissima nsundo. * Although this is not the season in trhich these flowers flourish, by poetic license they are introduced here, as most characteristic of the different countries mentioned. VIENNA, FEB. 19. At the house of an English gentleman in this capital, at a large festive party given on the occasion of the Royal Nupti,ls of Victoria, the following stanzas to the " Na tional Anthem" were sung. They are from the pen of the very hoTitable giver of the fete : GOD SAVE THE QUEEN: Oh I Lord to thee we pray, On this auspicious day, For her Majesty I Grant that her noble race May never meet disgrace, Nor the bright deeds efface Of her ancestry ! Ii Oh ! may 'Victoria find Hcr Consort goud and kind, Her heart's own call And may young Albert bring, With fair Victoria's ring. A heart to which we'll cling, Beloved by all ! 111. Lord! grant our Coburg child" 01 nature sweet and mild, Free from all stain ! Whose sentiments shall be Just, noble, brave, and freo, To all his kingdoms three ! And long to reign I IV. Hail then Victoria's day ! Long may her sceptre sway Britannia's shore ! And may she feel that while She love's her native Isle, That Heaven on her will smile For evermore ! Just naturalized. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. [The writer of the following letter takes up the ques tion with great ardour, and like a man in a passion, is not very nice about his words, but the excitement which the dispute has caused, must be the excuse. '['he letter, too, contains statements which, if well founded, must materially affect any plan for settling the dispute. The Government will find some difficulty in adjusting the claitns of Churchmen and Dissenters in this ecclesiastical commotion.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—From a leading article in the Morningehroniele, wouid appear that certain parties seem inclined to make a handle of the Veto question, to influence the electors at elections, and it is broadly asserted, that the Whigs, as a body, have taken the popular, and the Tories the unpopular side. The writer of this seems to be utterly in the dark as to the true state of matters. What he calls the popular side is the unpopular with us, and vice versa ; that is, the veto is opposed by the great hulk of the very numerous body of Dissenters of all denominations in Scotland, and by a great majority of the sensible men of every shade of political opinion, so the attempt of the Morning Chronicle to give this qu es ti on a party colour will signally fail, for men's minds are made up already, and the absurd attempt of the General Assem bly to be independent of the laws of the land, as inter preted in the Supreme Courts, will meet with the suc cess it deserves. As to this bein g no party question I need only refer to the great county meetings in Aber deen and Banfrshires,where themost influential landholders of every political opinion, almost to a man, resolved upon thwarting the attempts of the firebrand portion of the Clergy. It is true that the Marquis of Breadalbane and Mr. Fox Maule have taken their place in the non intrus'on ranks—and the itior•nin g Cv/irishicie could, perhaps, name a very few more Whigs who have adopted the same views—but let the writer take up a list of the Peerage, and Baronets, and extensive Proprietors in Scotland, of Whig principles, and I hesitate not to say that there are t t least ten to oar against the wild party in the Church ; and as to the masses—the great majority- of whom are Dissenters—they look with too much contempt upon the party who would wish to be independent of the State, and at the same time who grasp the State's pay, to award them their support. Look too, at the Newspaper Press, with the exception of three or four, the whole of the newspaper press in Scotland, of every shade of political sentiment, is strongly opposed to the ruling party in the Church ; and if the veto question was really a popular question, as the Morning Chronicle calls it, it would not want sup porters in the press. Let Government take care that it does not burn its fingers in this matter. Patronage has been declared by the highest Courts of Law to be a civil right. Let the Government have a care how they infringe upon a right as sacred and as inviolate as the patrimony which is in their individual pockets ; and for whom would they interfere and do an injustice ? Why in favour of that intolerant bigoted party in the Church «hick have ever been foremost in denouncing every liberal measure of Government—that same party who have thrown the brand of discord among Chris tians, the calumniators of every sect but their own—the "No Popery" men of the North. But Government will not be hoodwinked by a set of men, who in the first place deny their autho rity and power to do anything in the matter, inconsis tent with their own will on the subject, in the same way that they deny the power of the Court of Session and House of Lords to decide on the subject. Yct these said men, the Vetoists, do not hesitate, by agitat ing to get up petition s to Parliament, and by send ing deputations to Government, to sue that same high authority which they pretend to be independent of, in the same way that this independent (!) body appealed to the House of Lords after the Court of Sessions' de cision in the Auehterarder case. What a keen sense of honour and admirable consistency these worthies pre sent! I cannot conceive anything in the shape of a prostration of spirit more striking than for a Govern ment to pay any attention to any overture made to them on the Church question before the General Assembly acknowledges the power of Parliament, and gives obe dience to the laws of the lend — if, partly by misrepre sentation, arid partly by the pigmy bullying de spicable wild party in the Church,. tley yield t h e l east way to their views, they earn for themselves a crown of dg al d t and if either, having the Perthshi re or any other er election '.°l' in view, ey attempt to make this a party question, they will find that they are wofully mis taken in anymay expect from suc h con support they con duct. . I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Inverury, Feh.2S. ENGLIsII POSTA GE.—The Director-General of the Post-office has published a notice, announcing that the postage charged over and above , t he amoen t of French po s t age on all letters sent from France to any part of England, Scot land, nod Ireland, for whatever distance they may be carried within the United Kingdom, will henceforth be reduced to the uniform rate of 10 declines or I franc, for any letter not exceed ing in weight half an ounce English, or 14 grammes French. Certain towns in the counties of Kent and Sussex, the postage charge to which is under 1 franc for such letters, according to a scale determined by the Convention o f th e 3 0t h of ,March, 3,^.6, will continue to enjoy the same privilege. No alteration is made in the charges of letters coining from, otrhgorineggultaor, countries beyond sea, and conveyed eith er b y packets or merchant ships of England. Charges of all kinds received in France upon letters for the English part of the postage remain subject to the following English tariff, viz., for any letter not exceeding in weight half an ounce Engli s h ; or 14 gramme s French, single postage ; exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, or 28 grammes, double, postage ; exceeding one ounce, and not exceeding two ounces, or 56 grammes, quadruple postage ; and so on for every additional ounce, or 28 grammes, an additional double postage will be charged. The French charge upon letters for the French part of the postage remains :is follows :—For every letter not exceed ing 71 2 grammes, 1 franc ; not exceeding 10 grammes, If. 50 c , not exceeding ;5 grammes, tlf. ; and so on, 50c. being added for every additional 5 grammes.— Galignani's Messenytr, THE MONA RCIL—The Monarch steam-ship, commanded by Captain Fraser, left Edinburgh for London on Wednesday last, at four, P.m, but when off Danstanburgh, grounded on a sunken ridge of rock. The weather being fine, she was got off without material damage. It cannot but be a source of congratulation that so fine a vessel has escaped so im minent a danger ; she is of great tonnage, with engines of 9 09 horse power, and it is said was purchased by the Company for 44,000/. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sm,---As you are always forernoSt in celebrating the praises of our beloved Queen and her illustrious C , Alsort, I send you for insertion in your Paper a Latin Poem, on the joyful event of the Rayil Nuptials. I am, Sir, Sour most obedient servant, (Clifton) Cork - , Feb. 9 9. J. N. M. VI CTORLE REGINX et ALBERTO PRINCIPI Carmen Nuptiale, ad Irutssimum diem, quartum Idus Februarii, A. D. AIDCCCXL. 'SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clcd SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TILE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS SAY, (From the Globe.) The Bill of which Lord J. Russell has given notice ' will, we trust, terminate the struggle between the House of Commons and the Courts of Law—a struggle which, however imperative in defence of a privilege es sential to the free exercise of its legislative functions, has been attended with incidents the recurrence of which ought to be guarded against. The Ultra- Tories in and out of ParAarnent have, as might be expected from them, taken to represent the assertion of an important principle as a party question, and have at tributed to the Government a dispositio n to press the prerogative of the House of Commons to an extent dangerous to public liberty. The division lists suffi ciently testify that the question of privilege is alto gether distinct from party. The object sought, so ' far from being dangerous to public liberty, is essen• tial to its preservation, by ensuring publicity to the proceedings of the representatives or the people. The means resorted to on Friday last by the Tory agents to pack a meeting at Freemasons' Tavern, to which they most falsely gave the appellation of a County Meeting, are perhaps a better proof than any other could have afforded of the impossibility of obtaining from any fairly constituted public meeting an expression of opinion adverse to the legitimate :'.ohject aimed at by t h e Commons. (From the Standard.) The nightly exhibitions upon the privilege question in the House of Commons are full of profitable instruction, which will not be lost upon the just and thoughtful peo ple of England ; last night's display was eminently va luable in this respect, as developing the real character of the Romanist and Radical chiefs. We do not refer to the contradiction between their loud profes sions of a zeal for liberty and their practical tyranny; that is a contradiction so well understood from long experience as to almost acquit the parties of hypo crisy, we would particularly refer to the delight with which they manifestly revel in the sufferings of their victim, and to the extravagant arrogance with which they treat as deeply criminal all opposition to their will--traits of character from which it is cer tain that if ever the country shall be thrown into such confusion as afflicted France at the close of the last cen tury, Maiats and Robespierres will not be wanting amongst us. Lord Mahon, as our readers are aware, ap plied to the House in behalf of Mr. Sheriff Evans, though without that gentleman's knowledge, stating, upon the authority of a medical gentleman in attendance upon the Sheriff, that the prisoner's life is in danger by reason of his long imprisonment. When we have said that the application was made by Lord Mahon, we have given assurance that it was just and reasor.- able, supported by facts, and conveyed in the style of a polished gentleman and a man of genius. (From the Courier.) Mr. Baines has at length so far succeeded in the measure which, at the instigation of the Political Dis senters, he has persisted for several Sessions in pressing upon the House, as to obtain leave to bring in a Bill, which, under a pretence of relieving the clergy of the Establishment from the payment of an impost, i► intended to levy a tax upon all livings, of which the annual income exceeds 8001. The justice of abolishing the First Fruits, which for two centuries had been the property of the Crown, and which were given by the Crown to be applied to a specific purpose, may be ques tioned. The reasoning en which he founded his former motions on this subject has often been refuted. He stil; alleges that the valuation of the livings was made in on( coin but paid in another, overlooking the fact that after the First Fruits were arrested on their progress to the Papal coffers, and transferred to the Protestant Mo narch, the valuation became stationary that the impost might not become oppressive to the Clergy. This it almost evident from simple inspection of the Act Queen Anne, by which the original valuation was con firmed. Mr. Goalburn justly stated that none of the most acute lawyers had ever conceived that the whole of the First Fruits were actually taken ; meaning, we presume, from the reign of Henry VIII. LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT CLOSE OF THE MATtIiETS.—(THIS DAY.) TEA.—The market has altogether been inanimat, to-day owing to the reluctance of holders parting wit the leaf except at advanced prices. Many offers hay, been made to buy at a late deline, but refused. TALLOW.—The trade is generally quiet, and 51s Go to 51s 9d continues to be the prices upon the spot. COFFEE.—No public sale, but a steady busines doing in \Vest India. SALTPETRE —6,800 bags went at good prices, 24s 6(' and 26s 6d. SUGAR.—OnIy 300 hogsheads done in British Planta tion at rather highea prices. No public sales of Eas . India or Foreign. COAL MARKET.-(THIS DA.Y.) is, 0 Adair's Ilebburn Main 1101)well llain 2O 1. , Ord's ltedh ugh Pontop Windsor l7 ii West Hartley 2l t Wylam. Walls End Clarke antllCo lB i Walls End orace lB 1 Vk Rik end Heaton Walls End Hilda Walis End Newmarch ..... 20 0 %Valls End Ye cy tlensham 2!) 0 Walls End Perking ll4 4" Walls End Itiddell's Walls End Walker 2l 9; Walls End Belmont : hips arrived since I a. d Walls Endßraddyll'airetton .a I Walls End Haswell 1.24 1 walls End fletton W:ills End I.3l»litori Walls End Stewart's Walls Eiiil Hartlepool ::.'4 Walis,End Kelloe • -1 1 , V..1!s End Ariel ,ide '3 P Walls End F rown's Deanery 2:1 41',.!13 End Coinfortl , 23 Naha End South Durham... '.e2 i Walls End Tees Hetton .... 18 t Blythe. l5 .1 'Hartley Howard's Netherton Main IS t Stavely Main :9 I last mnrket.d3y, 6'. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HO USE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. On the motion of Captain A LSAGER, the Rothe! , hithe Burial Ground Bill was read a third time any passed. Captain PECHELL brought up the report of th( Brighton Small Debts Bill, which was received, anu the Bill having been read a second time, was ordered t( be committed. Mr. HAYTER brought up the British Iron Works Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion of Mr. lIARLAND, the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. BAINES, the DowsLury Gar Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Greenwich Railway Station, to the effec. that the Standing Orders had nit been complied with. On the motion of Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, the Scottish Widows' Fund B;11 was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CHURCH EXTENSION. Mr. J. E. VIVIAN presented a petition from Trurc in favour of Church Extension. lie surported the prayer. POOR-LAWS. Mr. DUGDALE presented a petition from War. wickshire for an amendmen t of the Poor-laws. THE QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Sir J. SEALE presented a petition from Dartmouth. pray ing the Howe to persevere in the vindication of it, privileges, which were essential to the interests of tbi people, the petitioners at the same time regretting tha; any hardship should fall upon individuals by the mea sures which the House was compelled to adopt for thai vindication. Mr. PARKE presented a petition from Leceister, praying for the immediate release of Mr. Sheriff Evans. and stating that the petitioners viewed with alarm his having been committed under a warrant which did not assign any particular offence for that committal. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from a parish in Derbyshire, deprecating a war with China, and pray ing the House to adopt means to put a stop to the trade in Opium. • Mr. W. SMITH presented a petition from Norwich, praying for Church Extension. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the Editor of a Newspaper in the Island of Jersey, pointing out certain defects in the Constitu tion of that Island, and praying the House to adop , some measures on the sulject. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman also presented a petition from the Mariners' Church, complaining of the destitute st a te of British seamen, and praying the House to take their case into consideration. Also a petition from Mor den College, and twelve of the Minor Canons of Sc. Paul's Cathedral, complaining of the Ecelesiastica' Duties and Revenues' Bill taking away their privileges, and praying the House to take their case into considera tion, and afford them redress. Sir W ALTER JAMES presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Hull against the Inland Warehousing Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented ten petitions from Manchester, Stockport, and Ashton, praying for an inquiry into the factory system. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Yorkshire, praying for the abolition of the Corn-laws. Also a petition signed by :3,1:27 inhabitants of Leeds, stating they had heard a company of merchants were engaged in smuggling opium into China, in open defence of the laws of the empire, and stating they thought the conse quences of this course would be to involve this country in war, which, on the part of this country-, would be unjust. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the Rev. D. Shepherd, formerly Chapl a i n o f the Cathedral of Calcutta, complaining of th e i nter f erence with the re li g i ous prejudices of native troops, and the neglect of the religious interests of the British troops, and also of the many obstacles thrown in the way of removir, 4 those evils ; also of the misapplication of funds left to the pone of Calcutta by the will of the late Gen. Martin, amounting to 100,000/. sterlirr, praying for an in quiry whether the money had been appropriated accord ing to the te.tator's intention. Tne Hon. Member moved that the petition be printed, and gave notice that he should call the attention of the Howe to it on this day fortnight. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti tion signed by 33,000 inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying for the total abolition of the Corn -law s ; also a petitioc from the Mayor and Town-Council of Ipswich, express ing their opinion that it was for the public good that the privileges of the House should be preserved ; also a petition from the Minister, Elder, and all the Male Inhabitants of a parish in Aberdeen, against the Intru sion of Ministers. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented several petitions from Kerry in favour of extension of the Elective Franchise and Corporate Reform. Mr. GREG presented a petition, signed by 1,200 inhabitants of Ashton, praying for a repeal of the Corn laws ; also from the operative spinners of maocheA( r, oral ing for the repeal of the " crud and iniquitous bread tax." The Chester and Birkenhead Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. Captain POLH ILL presented several petitions, prayin g for Church Extension. Mr. M'KINNON presented a petition of much im portance to engineers engaged in the construction of railways. It was from Mr. Reinagle, an engineer, who stated that in consequence of the overflowing of the waters during the last winter, he had been unable to make the survey and prepare the plans which were ren dered necessary by the Standing Orders of the House, by the Ist March. He therefore prayed that the time might be extended to the Ist May, or the Ist June. Mr. GREENE—Was the petitioner connected with any particular line, or was the prayer general ? Mr. M'KINNON said the prayer of the petition was general. Referred to the Committee on Private Bills. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from Aberdeen, in favour of Non-Intrusion. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in the Fie citious Voters'(Scotland) Bill, which was read nfirst time. COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. G. BERKELY presented a petition from the Attorneys and Solicitors of Cheltenham complaining of the delays in the Court of Chancery, and praying the House to adopt some measure for the purpose of reme dying the evils forthwith. He cordially concurred in the prayer of the petition. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir T. FREMANTLE a new writ was issued for the borough of Helston, in the room of Viscount Cantilupe, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Sir T. FREMANTLE, leave of tbsence was given to Mr. W. Miles for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family ; to Mr. Godson till he 13th of April, to attend the Circuit ; and to Mr. iergeant Talfourd till the 15th of April, for the same purpose.—(Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. Alderman COPELAND, leave of absence was given to Mr. Davenport and to Mr. Cresswell. Lord CHARLES FITZROY gave notice of his intention to move for copies of certain despatches. Captain PECHELL gave notice that on this day fortnight, it was his intention to move that the petipon of Dr. Sheppard should be referred to a Select Committee` Mr. HENRY BERKELEY gave notice that .on the 17th of this month he should move that the pcti -ion of the Rev. Nickolas Bennett be taken into con ieration. Mr. PARKER gave notice of his intention to move r . or leave to bring in a Bill exempting union workhouses 'ram taxation. An HON. MEMBER moved for certain returns relating o the times of sailing of the steam packets from the river Meraey.—Orderei. Mr. HA WES moved for returns relating to the Pew -rents and Church -rates of the parish of La:nbcth. —Ordered. Lord M AHON wished to make a communication to ;he House relative to the case which he had yesterday wrought under their consideratio n . He had been in 'armed that Mr. Freeman, having felt it desireble to obtain another medical opinion with regard to the case of Mr. Sheriff Evans, that gentleman had this morning received a profeseional visit on the part of Dr. Cham bers, who was now in attendance, if it were the ileasure of the House to examine him at their bar. He - (Lord Mahon) had not seen the Sheriff, nor had he seen Dr. Chambers ; but, feeling it important to ascertain the real facts of this case, he had felt him self bound to bring it forward. He had only done so it the request of the medical gentleman, of whom he sad received the highest character, and he had no )bject but the elucidation of the facts in making the notion which he now proposed. The Noble Lord con eluded by moving that Dr. Chambers be called to the Bar of the House and examined. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he did not see any necessity for such a proceeding. It appeared to him . .hat the evidence which they had received yesterday vas fully sufficient to enable them to decide he question with respect to Mr. Sheriff Evans. He was not acqu tinted at the time with the name of -he gentleman who had attended before the House last night, but he had been since told that he was a gentleman of the highest professional respect ability. He had stated carious particulars, show ng undoubtedly that Sheriff Evans was afflicted eith indisposition, and that, perhaps, of a serious cha racter, but he did cot think that the Gentleman had stated anything which could show that the Sheriff's life was placed in any immediate danger, or which could induc' them to have recourse teeny extraordinary step on the occasion. But, besides, there was a circumstance which he considered of a very conclusive nature, with respect to the evidence of yesterday, and that was that there had appeared an advertisement in the newspapers of to-day—( Hear, hear)—from which that Gentleman was quite ready, it would seem, to go at once to canvass the e'ectors of the borough of Lewes. —(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It could not, there fore, be pretended that there were any serious grounds for an inquiry into the health of the Sheriff, and he saw no reason for adopting the course which had been recommended.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS said that from the first part of he Noble Lord's speech he, thought that it would naturally follow that he would consent to the proposition that Sheriff Evans should be forthwith discharged. The Noble Lord, however, had concluded by saying that there were not yet sufficient grounds for the release of the Sheriff, and he appeared to think that they might keep lifin in custody a little longer, and try his constitution a little more. It was true that he was growing worse under his confinement —it was true that he was in no immediate danger ; but that there would be danger if he were to continue under restriction. Afrer that he (Sir R. H. Inglis) thought that the Noble Lord was jus tified in saying that he wanted no further evidence ; and he hoped the Noble Lord would have been pre parhd, on that evidence, to give way to his own natural feelings, and to release the Sheriff altoge ther.—(Hear, hear.) One might have expected that the Noble Lord would have been anxious to take the opportunity that had been afforded for liberating Mr. Evans. Mr. Freeman had told them last night that the health of the Sheriff would be every day en dangered by continuing his confinement, and that he was growing worse and worse under it. But then the Noble Lord thought it consistent with his position in that House to state it as another ground for resisting the motion, that there had appeared an advertisement in the papers, stating that Mr. Sheriff Evans had expressed his wish to become a candidate for the sxffrages of the electors of Lewes. Had the Noble Lord read the advertisement—(H ear from Lord J. Russell)—then the Noble Lord had forgotten it, for it stated that he being a prisoner, the Sheriff could not solicit the support of the electors in person. But that, if elected, he would endeavour to serve them.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Sheriff did not state that he would canvass the electors. He knew that the tyrant majority in that House had effectually prevented his doing so. The Noble Lord would have acted consistently if he had substituted for it the discharge of the Sheriff. But when the Noble Lord said he was not quite satisfied as to the necessity of that discharge—his consistent course would have been to agree to the calling in one of the highest physicians in the country. He (Sir Robert Inglis) hoped the Noble Lord would not press his oppo sition to the motion to a division, but would at once call in Dr. Chambers. Mr. GORING said he had that day seen Mr. Sheriff Evans, and had learned that it was not with his concur rence, or at his wish, that the Noble Lord (Mahon's) communisation had been last evening made. The medi cal gentleman who had made the statement had done so from a conviction of what he owed to the health of the Sheriff. Mr. MILNES thought the House was engaged in a very undignified discussion.—( Hear, hear.) After the evidence that was given last night at th e b ar , the pre sent discu ss i on could not beuseful or creditable to the House, or to Mr. Sheriff Evans. The evi dence that there was no ground for the application made by his Noble Friend last night was not invali dated by the fact of Doctor Chambers having been called in. He thought his Noble Friend had not consulted the dignity of the Sheriff himself by his arguments ad nrsericordium.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Appeals were made from day to day as if the House was acting in a vindictive capacity, or any bad feeling existed to wards Mr. Evans. Had not that gentleman been treated with every mark of respect and homage ? (Oh, oh, and leughter.) Yes, his conduct had been quoted with respect by every Member who opposed his liberation. Every indulgence, short of liberation, ought to be granted to him —Hear, and a laugh.) The Hould stultify itself if it altered its course, and that the confinement was rendered imperative. What was the length of those intervals ?„-- I cannot Sir A. DALRYMPLE did not think that the dig- say. nity of the H o u s e w ould be lowered by attending Was he more frequently ill or well ?—I should -say to representations made by gentlemen of high p ro l es _ more frequently well. EVENING EDITION Colonel SA LWAY said the Right Hon. Baronet,' the Member for the University of Oxford, was very fond of taunting that side of the House with being a tyrant majority, more especially upon this question. There was, however, a poor man who bad been in confinement for many months—he alluded to John Thorogood—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") - That poor min obtained none of the sympathy of Hon.- Members opposite, although he had been for fourteen months the victim of a tyrant Church.—(Cheers.) Mr. NICHOL believed that the Hon. Member was himself the defendant in a Church-rate suit, so that it was natural he should sympathize with John Thorogood —(Laughter)—and he believed that he had very littlCV chance of success. Lord J. RUSSELL said, although it was against his own opinion, he thought that in such a case it would be better that there should be no dividion —(Hear, hear)—he would therefore, though unwil lingly, agree to the motion of the Noble Lord. The question was then put and agreed to, and Dr. Chambers was called in and examined by the SPEAKER. What is your name ?—William Frederick Chambers, I believe you are a physician ?—I am. (LEFT SITTING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT 110 USE OF COMMONS, illeacs 3. MR. SHERIFF EVANS. Sir E. KNATCH BULL thought the Hon. Baro net who had just sat down, had followed a very unad. vised course in going into the merits of the etas. He did not believe the Hon. Baronet had any directions from the individual himself for making the statement be bad made, that he would never submit to the House.' He deprecated any mixing up of the character of the Sheriff with the question under consideration. His Noble Friend had performed his duty in a manner that was perfectly respectful to the House, but he had Ince treated in a perfectly different manner. He (Sir E. Knateh- - bull) had risen. for the purpose of animadverting upon an expression made use of by the Hon. aid Learned Member for Dublin, who had called his Noble Friend the most ludicrous person in the House. He was sure • the Hon. and Learned Gentleman must regret baring made use of that expression, .and in doing so he was clearly out of order. He was of opinion that the course the house ought to take was the one recommeaded by : the Noble Lord. Before he sat down, he would repeat his call upon the lion. arid Learned Gentfema■ for explanation. Mr. fIUME was sorry that words had passed, but he would submit that the Noble Lord had previously . made charges offensive to the sensibility of his Hon. and Learned Friend. There was not an individual in the House who would wish to keep the Sheriff in cen: , ., finement, if he were really dangerously ill; but the question was as to the manner in which the question had been brought forward, and whether the Sheriff had approached the House in a proper mariner. When the worthy Alderman stated that the Sheriff held the House in contempt, certainly they ought to require from him a petition before he was aischarged.—(Hear.) Sir It. PEEL said he wished to keep perfectly dis tinct the consideration of the particular ground on which this proposal was made, and the general ques tion whether or not the Sheriff should be set at liberty. —(Hear.) Some Hon. Gentlemen might perhaps think that the Sheriff had sufficiently expiated his offence. But let that question be mooted separately and distinctly.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more discreditable to the House than that it should be thought that they were desirous of getting out of the difficulty by releasing the Sheriff on the plea of sick ness.--(Hear, hear.) He had infinitely rather that the Sheriff should at once be dismissed unconditionally. —(Hear, hear, hear.) Now, his Noble Friend had stated—and he (Sir Robert) had heard nothing of the matter till now—that front communications he had re ceived from the medical attendant of the Sheriff, he believed that not only his health, but his life, was in danger. And the question now we', whether the House should hear the evidence of the medical i•an to-;lay, or to-morrow ? He must say that he thought it would be better to examine the medical man on the present occasion, than wait. After he had heard the evidence, he could then better determine what @ourse he should support—immediate liberation, refusal, or delay.—(Hear, hear.) But he begged to be under stood as giving no opinion whatever on the main question.—(Hear.) The House, he was sure, would feel, that although anxious to maintain their privileges, yet that they ought not to carry their punishment to the extent of personal injury on an individual who had net been guilty of any moral offence. Mr. Alderman WOOD explained, that 'viten be spoke of the Sheriff not bending, he alluded only to the expressions of the Learned Member for Dublin, as to paying the money. Mr. W ARBORTON thought the course he bad recommended was most advisable after cry of " Spoke.") No ; he was speaking to the amendment. For himself, he disclaimed the power of examining a medical man. Few in that House were capable of doing so in such a manner as to elicit the truth. As Hon. Friend near him said the Coroner for Middleisex— ( Hear, hear)—but he was not present. He oensi dered that the Hon. Member for Finsbury was an in dividual competent to examine a medical man. Very few persons in that House were. He thought it way much better that the examination should be put off until to-morrow ; but if the examination did take place to-day be hoped the same witness would be in attendance to morrow, in order that the Coroner for Middlesex or any other person who had received a medical education might examine him. He had no objection, however, to withdraw his amendment.—(Hear, hear.) TI c amendment having been withdrawn, Mr. Freeman was called in, and examined as fellows by the SPEAKER : What. is your name ?—Joseph Freeman. Are you the medical attendant on Lir. sheriff Evans ?--I am. Have you received information of his illness ?--I have. When did you see him last ?—This morning . What is his present state of health ?-1t is very bad, Sir. Do you consider it is likely to be endangered by any further confinement by order of this House?-1 have DO doubt it will ; he is subject to a liver complaint. Has he long suffered under that complaint ?—For several years. Do you know if he has been accustomed to an aetive lif e P—Very much FO. By Mr. O'CONNELL—In what branch of th• profession are you, a physician or a surgeon %—I am a surgeon. flow long have you been in attendance upon Mr. Sheriff Evans ?—Seven or eight years. Have you been in constant attendance upon hiss during that period ?—Almost constant. Has ha been ill all the time I—He has whit into vals. sional character. He had stood near the bar when the evidence of Mr. Freeman was given last night, and be observed the manner in which that evidence was given. And, in consequence of that, he made inquiries whether Mr. Freeman was a man of eminence in his profession, and the result of that inquiry was, that he was a gentle.. man of eminence and great practice in this part of the metropolis. He understood that that gentle man had come forward under the impression that the life of the individual, whore he had been in the habit of attending for years, was in danger.—(Hear,) He therefore thought that it would not be beneath the dignity of that House to consider whether they would not listen to that individual. With respect to Dr. Cambers, he thought after the mode in which Mr. Freeman was examined last night, he bad acted per fectly right in sending for Dr. Chambers. Though every Hon. Member did not know the character of Mr, Freema n they did that of Dr. Chambers. Mr. LAMBTON thought that the Noble Lord the Member for Hertford ought to explain to the house whether, when he made his speech yesterday, he was aware that Mr: Sheriff Evans was going to offer himself as a candidate for the borough of Lewes, and he thought it was also due to the House that he should state whether he knew of it at the time he made his speech that evening. Lord MA HON would answer the two questions in one word. The first and only intimation he hat had of the intention of Mr. Sheriff Evans was reading his ad dress in the Times Newspaper that morning. lie did not know whether that was an authentic document or not.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Sir H. PEEL thought the House ought to look to this subject in its judicial capacity only. He (Sir H. Peel) had come down to the House, expecting that the subject he had to decide would be, whether the evi dence given at the bar yesterday was sufficient to tify the House in liberating Mr. Sheriff Evans, and be had come down to the House with the intention of discharging fearlessly the painfal duty of declaring that in his opinion that evidence was not sufficient to justify the House in taking such a step.--(Hear, hear.) He had, however, been unespected!) , called upon to decide another question, which was, whether Dr. Sir William Chambers should be permitted to be examined at the bar ; and considering the course that had been adopted with respect to Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, and considering the high character of Dr. Chambers, and theconsequent importance of his evidence he thought the House ought not to object to Dr. Chambers being called in to give his evidence at the bar. As he had before said upon the evidence, as given by Mr. Freeman, he did not think the House would be justified in dischargin g Mr. Sheriff Evans, and if Dr. Chambers's evidence was of a similar import, he should be preparod to follow the course he had hithe►to determined to adopt. But, supposing that Dr. Cham bers should show that Mr. Sheriff Evans's health had been greatly impaired by his confinement, he should have f regretted extremely if he had not been examined at the Bar.