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_ Th 2-6 E/ //. EVENING EDITION. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN. 25. 1840. The MAIL for INDIA via MARSEILLES being des- Patched from London at an earlier hour than the ordinary French Mail on TIIFSDAYS and FRIDAYS, Letters intended to be forwarded by that conveyance, must be posted at the same hours, and under the same regulations as the letters for the lulaud Mails. By Command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR THE WEST INDIES. DCIPARIMENT OF THE STORE-KEEPER-GENERAL OF THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE,,JAx.22, 1840. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT -& G the OFFICE af LORD HIGH AMIRAL o the UN IT ED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAI D N and IRE f - LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 13th Febr uary next, at One o ' clock, t h ey w ill be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering the undermentioned Graigola, Bryndorway, Llangenneck, R eso l ven , Fo r d e l Main, Halbeeth, Inverkeithing Great Coal, Elgin Walls End, Troon, Rubly Heaton, Hart ley Collieries (Carr's and West), Stanhope Walls End, or Rushy Park COALS; Fit for Her Majesty's Steam Vessels, viz. . , ,„.... Tons. Half of each quantity to be At Jamaica Barbadoes Antigua 6OO before 30th Nov. next. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad mil alty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Coals, " and must also be delivered a t S omerset-p l ace, ac companied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, en gaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 3,0001. for the due performance of the Contract. PLYMOUTH, PENTREBACIJ, and DUE FRYN IRON COMPANY. Capital, 400,00W.i in 8,000 Shares of 501. each. DIRECTORS. Henry C. Bingham, Esq. I Richard Hill, Esq. Samuel Bosanquet ( o f East Anthony Hill, Esq. Woodhay), Esq. John Hullett, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Henry Luard, Esq. Charles Franks., Esq.. J o h n Ni c h o ll, E sq., M .P. MANAGIN G DIRECTOR IN LONDON.—John Dixon, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS IN THE COUNTRY. Richard Hill, Esq.- I Anthony Hill, Esq. HANKERS --Messrs. Bosanquet and Co. Sonicavoits—Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co. The Plymouth, Pentrehach, and Duffryn Iron Works, at Merthyr Tydvil, in the county of Glamorgan, are amongst the earliest of the great Iron Works established in South Wales, and durin g a period of above fifty years have been the property of, and constantly conducted by Messrs. Richard and Anthony Hill and their late father, on an extensive scale, and with very considerable advantage. Messrs. Hill, being desirous of di s po s i ng o f th ese wor k s, h ave entered into a provisional agreement with the other Gentlemen above named as the Directors of a Comparty proposed to be formed to carry on the works, to sell the same for the sum of 327,0001., possession being given on the Ist of May next. The value of the works, &c., as estimated by Mr. William Need ham, an experienced ironmaster, employed by those Director s on behalf of th e proposed Company, was 384,33/. The Works are in complete repair, and in full and profitable employment, and will, by the Ist of May, be capable of produc- ' ing annually 25,000 tons of bar iron, for which there is an ample supply of minerals upon the property; and judging from their present capabilities, and from past experience, it is calculated that the profit on the purchase money of 327,000/. will be equal to 101. per cent. per annum. The undertaking is offered to the public as a permanent in vestment of capital ; and, as the Company will be in receipt of the profits of the Wurls.from the Ist of May, a considerable dividend upon the invested capital may be expected at the end of the first year, and regularly afterwards. Messrs. Hill agree to continue in the management of the Works for at least two years, from the Ist of May. The capital requisite to complete the first payment for the Works, and to carry on the business, will amount to 200,0001., which is to be paid by the Shareholders as follows, viz.:.- 121. I Os. per Share on allotment, or within fourteen days afterwards. 121. 10s; per ditto on the 15th April next. The remainder of the capital to be paid as and when the Di rectors shall require it, in calls not exceeding Si. per Share at the utmost, and at intervals of six calendar months each. A Prospectus, containing full particulars, and copies of Mr. Needham's Report, may be had at the Offices of Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and rederick's-pla ce , Old J ewry, and No. 10, Whitehall ; and Co., ifessrs. Baxeudale and Co., 7, Great Winchester -street, and No. 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Applications for Shares must be made on or before the Ist of February, full instructions as to which will be found in the prospectus. The prospectus, and Mr. Needham's Report, may also ha had at the following places : Messrs. Yates and Cox, Liverpool. Messrs. J. Edington and Sons, Glasgow. Messrs. W. and J. Leechman, Glasgow. Messrs. Classon and Duggun, Dublin. Messrs. Ward, M err i man , and Co., bankers, Marlborough. Messrs. Jones and Co. solicitors, B recon . The Plymouth I ron W orks, Merthyr Tydvil. The Plymouth Wharf, Cardiff. Mr. William Steward, Iron Ore Office, Wbitehaven. Messrs. J. W. and G. Whateley, solicitors, Birmingham. Thomas Taftley Harding, Esq., solicitor, Manchester. At the Banks of Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Merthyr, Brecon, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, and Llanelly. Mr. Edmund Saxby, No. 6, Telford-terrace, Herne Bay. Messrs. Rossall and Charnley, Lancaster. William Glasson, Esq., Greenbank, Falmouth. Collan Harvey, Esq., St. Day's, Truro. Messrs. Phippen and Craven, solicitors, Bristol. Charles Hassell, Esq., solicitor, Brirtol. s. Buller and Co., Southampton. T AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; Pine Wax, Is. sd. ; extra fine Moulds, Wax Wicks, id. ; transparent Wax, ls."9d. ; ge nuine Sperm, Is 9d. ; genuine Max, 2.5. ld. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 6J3. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, I s. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond Soap, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ; genuine Sperm Oil, 9s. Od. per gallon. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House. 39, ALBEAIARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, AND 96, CHEAPSIDE, Corner of Lawrence-lane SIGHT AND HEARING. —TESTIMO NIALS en th Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS newly inventel SPECTACLE e LENSES and INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. From James Blundell, Esq , M.D.:— • " I have now tried for some time the Messrs. Folomons' dewly invented Spectacle Lenses, and have experienced much benefit ; they are far preferable to my vision than any other Lens ; the relief is very great, in particular by candledight , an d i n course of use for a length of time the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like myself; may stand in need of them. " JAMES 'l No. 1, Great George-street, Westminster."BLUNDELL, M.D. " We, the undersigned, have been for some time making use of Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses ; the astonishing relief they afford to imperfect vision gives them the decided prefer ence to every otnor kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct , and enable s i n di v id ua l s to v i ew the most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and t often bright and brilliant lights: — George G. Sigmond, Esq. M.D,, 24, Dover -street. T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., F.ILS., M.D., Saville-row. J. Ramsbotbam, Esq., M.D., Broad -street-buildings H. Colburn Esq.. M.D., 25, H ar l ey f ord.place, Kennington. C. Shillito, Esq., M.D. Brighton. S. D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenh am. E. H. Allnatt, Esq , M. 0., Wallingford. R. H. Lucas, Esq., M D., Exeter. Alexander Farquhar, Esq., Surgeon, 76, Cadogan-place, Belgrave square. A. White Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parlia ment-street. John Hooper, Esq,, Surgeon, 29, Newington -place, Kennington W. Day, Esq.. Surgeon, Isleworth. W. English, Esq., Surgeon, Denmark -hill. 11.140b1e Elwyn, Esq.,Surgcon, 36, Albemarle-street F. Daidy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad -street. Messrs Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenball-street. N. M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament -street. A. Barklemore, Esq.. Surgeon, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, C. Highans , Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berke cy-square E. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. Higltam, Esq., Surgeon, 279, Reg en t- s t reet C. Tunally, Esq., Surgeon, Calnden Town. W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square John Comely, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Great Alie-street. R. J. Poliocl, Esq., Surgeon, Kensington. Fklward Mason, Esq., Surgeon, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. T. Brown, Esq., Surgeon, Berkhampstead. Henry Hamilton, Esq.. surgeon, Langharne, Carmarthenshire. ticc. In placing the above List of Testiroonials before the Public, the essrs. Solomons, Opti.cians and Aurist % state that their INVISIBLE O PERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, be which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited is not larger than a seven - s hillin g Piece, and when fix e d i nto the ea :ity of the ear is soft and easy, and not snore uncomfortable norrlceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. By its use the ountest whisper at a public assembly is beard with distinctness. These important new Inventions are patronised by their Majesties the King and Queen at Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses August./ and Sophia, her Sere ne Hi g h ness t h e Pr i ncess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, and their Gr a c es th e D u k es of Devonshira and Manchester, &c. &c. 96, Cheapside. and 39, Albeinarlo.street, In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country It Is neces sary to state that no Travellers are employed by the above Estab. tishment. No. 40, OLD BOND.STREET, - and No. I, OLD JEWRY, CITI . THE VOICE CONDUCTORS invented by Mr. I i eOOIONS are the most powerful Instru merits for the rf of deafness. From their minute construction, and convenient form, deaf persons am enabled to wear them entirely unseen, and they may be inserted and removed with the greatest fa. cility. By their use the lowest whisper breathed at a public assembly vihrates on the organs of hearing in such a pleasant manner as to af. ford the greatest relief to those labouring under the distressng ail. merit of Deafness. Mr. E. SOLOMONS' PATENT SPECTACLES possess the ad. vantage of modifying bright and strong light transmitted through the various humours of the eye, so as to render vision most perfectly distinct by day, or lamps or candles at night, conveying also a sense of coolneseand pleasure to the organ, with the additional recom mendation of being free from the pernicious attributes of common glasses. Their superlative excellence is attested by the following and many other eminent practitioner., who have examined, used, and recommended them to opreferencs to all others : Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S.. L angham-place. Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., F.R.S., &c., Saville-row. Sir James E. Anderson, M.D„ 11, New Burlington -street. C. Aston Key, Esq.. St. Helen's_place. J ohn Scott, Esq., 10, New Broad.srreet. C. J. B. Aldis, Esq., M.D., Old Burlington.street. J. Copland, M.D., P.R.S., Bulstrode.street, Manchester.square. R. Keate, 15, Albemarle.street. Titus Berry, Chester-terrace. E. W. Duttin, 14, Langham-place. John Stephenson, 3S, Conduit-street. J. T. Conquest, M.D., 13,.Finstmrysquar W illiam Coulson, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. Martin Ware, New Bridge-street,. Dr. Blair, Physician to the Sussex County Hospital. John Lawrence, Esq., Surgeon, ditto. Richard Middlemore, Temple-row, Birmingham. John S. Soden Bath Infirmary. Tweedy John Todd, Esq,, 51. D., Grand Parade, Brighton. Andrew Plummer, Esq M.D., Old Steyne, do. Brewster F. Seabrook, F,v4 , Surgeon, Eye Infirmary, do. A Martin, Esq., M.D , Roc . hester. Samuel Newson, Esq., M.R.C.S., do. Dr. Chisholm, Physician to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Henry Denne, Esq., Surgeon, do. J. Hodgson, Esq •. Eye Infirmary, Birmingham. J. J. Ledsarn, Esq •. do. do. Professor King of Prussia, Berlin. Huferaiiri, Physician . to the Professor Kreysig, Physlcian to the King of Saxony, Dresden Professors Clarus and kuhl, Oculists, Leipsic. Professor Ponitz Oculist Dresden Doctor liehin e i ss ' e ' ' James sl'Dorin--r' Hamburg ll 5 D Belfast, Ireland. J. Woodroffe, 50 v. Cork, do. B. But en, M.D ' T. L. Macsey, /vim do. do. Ai r oo t et Ai m. .i Waterford, Ireland. W. Gore, 51. R.C.S. L•med,iok. do. Mr. E. 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The First Floor is fitted up as a comfortable - Dining-room, where Dinners are served of Joints, Made Dishes, Vegetables, and Bread, at ls. 6d. Coffee Room on Ground Floor, for Chops, Steaks, Soups, Broths, Wines, Spirits, &c. ; an d a Ci gar Room adjoining. .AW LIFE - ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, JANUARY 23, 1840. Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the LAW LIFE-ASSURANCE SO CIETY, will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on SATURDAY, the let (lay of February next, at Half past Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last ; and for general pur poser. By order of the Directory, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. Eusiness . will commence at Twelve o'Clock precisely. The D;vidend on the capital Stock of the Society, for the year 1838, has been in the course of payment since the 6th day of April last. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS, T° BE LET on BUILDING LEASE, GROUND for two third-rate Houses, adjoining Lady Owen's Alms Houses, in the ST. JOHN-STRE r:T-ROAD, close to the Angel Inn, Islington. Also several eligiblr. Plots of Ground, for third and fourth rate Houses, in the parish of St. Pancras. Full particulars may be learned, on application to Messrs, Murray and Tattersall, Surveyors and Land Agents, 47, Par. liament-street. All letters to be post paid. HULL, YORKSHIRE. MESSRS. MURRAY and TATTER SALL will SELL by AUCTION at the George Inn, Whitefriar-gate, Hull, on TUESDAY, the 4th of February next, All that very valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, known as BOREAS HILL, comprising a Mansion of old date, and 282 Acres of rich land, in a ring fence, in the Parish of P au ll, e i g ht miles from the Seaport and Market Town of Hull, only three from the Town of Iledon, and nine from Pattrington. The Mansion is placed upon a gentle eminence, in the midst of well-grown Shrubberies and thriving Plantations, and sur rounded by a noble growth of Timber; and at a convenient distance is a Capital Farm House, with a ll s uit a ble Outbuild ings and Offices, situated in the centre of the lands—and the entire property will be found to present attractions in the beauty of the surrounding scenery—its healthy and commanding situa tion, and the well-known richness of the land, well meriting attention, as offering an excellent opportunity whether for investment or occupation. Immediate possession may be had. Printed particulars, with a Plan, may be had on application to Mr. Dunn, Solicitor, Iledon, near Hull ; of Messrs. Tat tersall, Hyde-park-corner . ; and of Messrs. Murray and Tatter sall, Land Agents and Auctioneers, 47, Parliament-street. TIOUSES, &e., to be LET, by JACKSON and CO., in various situations, in the following Trades, and many others :—Tea, Coffee, Chop, and Eating Houses ; Public Houses; Beer Houses ; Brewery ; Baket s; Tobacco nists ; Grocers ; General Dealers ; Green Grocers ; Coal and Potato Dealers ; Oil, Colour, and Italian Business ; Cow keepers, Dairy, and Milkwalks; Private Houses; Lodging Houses, &e Particulars may be bad at the Offices of Messrs. Jackson and Co., Auctioneers, 26, Brydges-street, Covent-garden: N.B. Letters to be paid. NEW DISCOVERY. AAT AND J. WALTON beg to call the at- Y • tention of the Public to PRICE'S PATENT COMPOSITE CANDLES, which require NO SNUFFING. Thaw economical Candles possess all the essential pro perties of Wax, giving a light equally brilliant and as effec tually consuming the wick, at only Is. per lb., or 12s. per dozen. Also, Stearine Wax, 165., and Cocoa-Nut Candles 10s. per dozen ; Double-pressed Cocoa-Nut Oil, be. 9d. ; and Single-pressed ditto, 4s. 6d. per gallon. Both equal to Sperm in ',heir burning properties. _ For Cash. To be obtaiiieil at W. and J. WALTON'S Candle Mann- Factory, 20 and 21, Little Britain, near the new Post-office. One pound packets for sample. --- AT a numerous and respectable MEETING of the PARISHIONERS of ST. MARGARET, and ST. JOHN the EVANGELIST, Westminster, held at the King's Arms Tavern; Palace-yard, on Monday, the 27th inst., for the purpose of expressing the high sense they entertained of the CONDUCT of WILLIAM EVANS, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, on the trying occasion which has de prived him of his liberty, and made him a prisoner within the wallsof the House of Commons, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by L. C. HUMPHREY' Esq., and seconded by - HALL, Esq. . _ I. That this Meeting views with deep anxiety the late pro ceedings of the House of Commons, by which the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have been deprived of their liberty, in volving, as those proceedings do, a question of great magnitude and vital importance to every individual in the country who duly appreciates the sanctity of our venerable courts of law, and the rights and liberties which they secure. Moved by JOHN LAURENS DICICNELL, • Esq. ; seconded by J T. MILLEIL, Esq., 2. That this Meeting tenders to William Evans and John Wheelton, Esqrs., Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, their sincere thanks for the ups ight conduct pursued by them in the trying situation wherein "they have been, and are still placed, and which has drawn expressions of respect and sympathy even from those who felt it their duty to vote for their committal. Moved by JOSEPH CARTER Woon, Esq. ; seconded by JAMES Lcs SEAGER, ES(I., 3. That although this Meeting consists of the neighbours and fellow-parishioners of William Evans, Esq., desiring to offer him thq tribute of their respect, it would not have been doing justice to the feelings of .those present, nor to the con duct of his worthy colleague, John Wheelton, Esq., had his name not been included in the foregoing resolutions. Moved by Alderman JOHN JOHNSON ; seconded by WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, Esq., 4. That the foregoing Resolutions be signed by the Chair man on behalf of this Meeting. That the Chairman, accom panied by the movera and seconders of each resolution, with those inhabitants of each parish now present, do present the same to the Sheriffs, at such time as they may appoint. Moved by SIMON STEPHENSON, Esq. ; seconded by JOHN EVERSFIELD, Esq., 5. That the proceedings of this Meeting be advertised in all the Morning and Evening Papers, Moved by Mr. MAYLN • seconded by Mr. A NNANDAIIE, 6, '1 hat the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairman for his able conduct in presiding on this occasion. TA O NDON ASSOCIATION OF UNITED CHARTISTS. A Committee having been formed to conduct the defence of Messrs. N EESOM, SPURR, and others, the Alembers of the different Assocfations are requested to operate, by sending one or more of their respective bodies. The Committee meet next THURSDAY evening, January 30, at Eight o'clock, at Lunt's Coffee-hou s e, lerkenwell Green, to receive subscriptions, &c. The Sessions commence next Monday, therefore there is no time to be lost. J. W. PARKER. See. pro. tern. This day is published, The First Monthly Part for 1840, of THE ATHENIEUM, Price Is. 4d. CONTENTS.—REVIEWS :—Chartism, by Thomas Carlyle— Memoirs of Sir Sidney Smith—Austria, by Turnbull—Hunter, on the Scene of Shakspeare's Tempest—Hungary and Transyl vania, by Paget—Norway and the Norwegians, by Latham— Howitt's Visits to Remarkable Places—The Letter-bag of the Great Western, by Sam Slick—Political Songs of England—. Correspondence of Wm. Pitt, Earl of Chatham, vols. 3 and 4 of Horace Walpole—Marryat's Diary in America, tM Part— Antiquities of America, the Mexican, Teot:huaean, and Ohio Monuments, by Delafield—The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith, vol. 4—De Tocqueville's Report on the Emancipation of Slaves in the French Colonies —Travels in the East, by Heinrich Von Schubert—Account of the French Colonies, pub lished by order of the Government—Frithliof's Saga—The Maiden Monarch—The Hand-Book of Swindling, with critical notices of Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains— Jones's Observations on Medical .Education —Carne's New Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures ; with many other works. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE—From Paris—Boston, U. S. Cairo ( A D'Abbadie)—Madrid—Paris (Operative Singing Schools.) REPORTS of Proceedings at the Royal, Geographical, Geo logical, Astronomical, Asiatic, Statistical, and other Societies, with Abstract of Papers—Letter from J. Brooke, Esq., now on a surveying voyage in the Er stern Archipelago—Journal of a Voyage of H.M.S. Britomart—Captain Grey's Summary of Discoveries on the Western Shores of Australia—On the Boulder Formations, &c., composing the Mud Cliffs of Norfolk, by Mr. Lyell—On the Carboniferous and Transition Rocks of Bohemia, by Mr. Ansted—Verifieation of the Abbe de la Caille's Arc of the Meridian, by J. Machar—On the Parallax of Sirius, by the Astronomer Royal of Scotland —Letter from Professor Bessel—from Professor Sehum acher—Statistieal Ac count of Leeds, by Mr. Baker—Of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, by the Rev. G. Weight—Major Rawlinson, on the Cupelform Inscriptions at Bisitoon, &c. ORIGINAL POETRY—Notices of New Works in Art, Music, &c.—Exhibitions—Theatres—(Mary St uart, Mr. Moore in Hamlet, &c. )—Biographical Notices of distinguished per sons deceased ( Hilton, Mad. D'Arblay, Davies, Gilbert, &c. ) With a great deal of interesting . information on the state and prospects of liteature, art, music, &c., both at home and in France, Germany, Italy, &c. The Athenwurn is published every Saturday, price Four pence (stamped to go by post, Fivepence), but, for the conve nience of persons residing abroad, or in remote placwesr,apispreer: issued every month with the magazines, stitch e d in a CHARTIST RISING AT BRAD FORD, YORKSHIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. ) For a long time past apprehensions have been enter tained that the -Chartists in this neighbourhood would be so foolish and reckless as .o attempt an outbreak, and the Magistrates have used every precaution to defeat and crush such an attempt should it he made. About a fort night since the Chartists residing at Clayton Heights and Queen's Head (two wild districts, about four miles from Bradford), contemplated an outbreak contemporaneous with that at Sheffield and Dewsbury, but the authorities having timely information of, their intention, had all so well prepared to receive them that they durst not carry their' designs into execution, although they bad made great preparations, in sharpening their pikes, maki n g h an d grenades, cats'-p aws , S cc . Sunday night last the Magistrates again received information that an outbreak was intended, and ordered that about 40 special constables, besides the watch, should patrol the streets all night. About two o'clock in the morning of Monday, a party of the constables went into the Green-market (a large open space). and seeing two men standing outside of a shed they called out for the watch, when two watchmen called out frcm inside the shed that they were prisoners by the Chartists, and upon the constables approaching nearer they found that the men outside had pikes, and they sprthig upon them before they had time to use the weapons, overpowered them, and conveyed them to the prison at the Court-house. At this time various small armed parties were seen ap proaching the Green Market by the passages thereto, but on hearing the. cries of their companions that had been taken they dispersed in all directions; eight of them were taken by the special constables, and they are now at the time we write confined in the cells. The Chartist parties never got concentrated, and therefore we cannot get any , ekact account of their numbers. There were upwards of 100 seen. Their object appears to have been to meet in the Market-place as a common rendezvous, and proceed to fire the town, as a signal for the Chartists in the surrounding country to come in. This they have at all times given out as their intention ; and a number of hand grenades, port-fires, and pikes have been found in and near the Green-market. The detachment of Hussars and Infantry stationed at the temporary - barracks here were on duty at the Court House all night. The Magistrates early this morning sent off an intimation of the occurrences to Lord Normanby, and are now in con sultation at the Court. A company of Artillery, with cannon have arrived from Leeds, and the soldiery are now parading in front of the Court House, where a great *multitude of the inhabitants are assembled. The prisoners will be brought up and examined to-day. We had forgotten to mention that the Chartists bad secured all the watchmen in the neighbourhood of the Green-market. Bradford, Monday Morning, 9 A. as. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (MONDAY EVENING.) POST.—The death of the Carlist leader, Cabrera, of which we have heard so much for some days past, is no longer believed in the city. The Spanish Securities have, nevertheless, advanced -} pr cent. Tlic French . mail of Saturday has not reached London with the ac customed regularity, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, and we have consequently no knowledge of that day's operations at the Paris Bourse. A " rig" among the speculators here has had the effect of running up the quotation for the Active Bonds to 26 i -i f but we doubt not it will turn out to be quite a temporary thing, and that, when the time comes for realising profits, their victims will be made to smart severely. It is rumoured, and we are too familiar with the conduct of Spanish Governments to be disposed to question the truth of the statement, that the men now in power at Madrid have expressed themselves in favour of throw ing the foreign creditors overboard altogether, prelimi nary to the raising of another loan. Such a measure would be but too natural a sequel to Toreno's conver sion scheme of 1834. and Mendizabal's manoeuvres in 1836. These proceedings have been so tamely submitted to by the dupes of bondholders, that they will, for the time to come, be a mark for every needy and dishonest Government. An advance in Columbian stock was also obtained in the course of the morning, but it was not supported, the quotation receding from 271 to 27i. Senor Mosquera's modified terms of conversion were said to have been at last - forwarded to the Com mittee of Spanish American bondholders. It is now reported that the Commissioner for New Granada will give, besides 2 per cent. interest for ten years on the capital applicable to that State, a deferred stock for the overdue dividends, but that he expresses a doubt whether, upon this principle, the undertaking can be faithfull,rrietl out. Cti course - ilicse loan-contracting States of the Old and New World know nothing about an honourable and satisfactory discharge of debts, so long as their credit ors are w i t h out a high-spirited Mi nister to interpose his authority -against the wholesale system of plunder which is pursued to the detriment of his countrymen. SUN.—The Committee of Spanish Bondholders met this afternoon to settle the preliminaries for the public meeting on Wednesday. .Among the resolutions to be proposed, the following, we understand, will be included : That a Committee be appointed to correspond with the one in existence atParis for mutual protection, and that re newed applieaticms—the failure of similar attempts both with Tory and Whig Cabinets, causing the Bondholders to be nothing daunted—be made to Government for its interference in behalf of the English creditors. The funds closed nearly as they opened. Consols for Money 91+ to t, and for February 911 ; Exchequer Bills, 18 to 20 prem. ; and India Bonds, 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, however, was rather lower, being marked 1791. Colombian Bonds were heavy at 27+ to ; Belgian rallied to 1024 ; Portuguese New .Five per Cents. to al+ and Spanish Consols to 26+ ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were heavy at 521 to Shares were in brisk request and at firmer quota tions ; the Great Western New Shares touched 1 premium ; the Manchester and Leeds, 11 prem. ; the Brighton, 94 dis. ; and the York and North Midland, 101 to 11 prem. ; London and Westminster Bank - Slnues improved to 4 prem. Assam Company's fell to dis. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Post of this day, alluding to the majority against Ministers on the question of Prince Albert's grant, says :—" We own that we did not calculate upon any thing like so large a majority against Ministers, and we are heartily glad to see so much evidence of independence and plain good sense in the House of Commons. It is true that the case was one of evident justice ; there was really no excuse for the wanton extravagance proposed by Government, nor any thing like an excuse; but this has often been the case, at least in our opinion, with Govern ment propositions, which yet have been carried by small majorities.--The Morning Her a ld ex p resses itself in the following terms, with reference to the debate last night in the Commons on Prince Albert's grant :—" In the days, now, alas, gone by I when Ministers of State possessed the feelings of gentlemen, such a defeat as that sus tained last night by the Whigs wquld have led to the retirement of the Cabinet. As for the present occupants of office, it is exceedingly doubtful whether the success of Sir John Buller's motion would induce them to abandon place and pay. It 13 not impossible that they might attempt to cc awl on as courtiers, in defiance of a hostile majority in the Commons. as well as in the Upper House."—The Morning Chronicle, in a leading article on the subject of Sir John Yarde Buller's motion, speaks as follows :—" The proposed vote is an attack on all political Reform and right, and on all prospect of their extension. It is an expression of hostility against the calm and pious course which has been adopted towards the excesses of Chartism. For trials at Monmouth, it would substitute massacres at Manchester. It demands the old regime of Tory terror, suppressing outrages by means which demolish freedom. It is an expression of hostility towards the Ballot, and all other improvements of the representative system.—To this length, in its bearings on political Reform, the question of to-night manifestly goes."—The Times makes the following comments on Sir J. Y. Buller's motion :—" It is a question which every man in Parliament can answer according to his own views, and which any man who has a distinct feeling upon the na tional interests, must be desirous to answer correspondently with that feeling. Any attempt, therefore, on the part of the Queen's Ministers to blink the motion by any oblique expedient, as by smuggling in once more the privilege ques tion for instance, to trip up the adjourned debate on that of Sir J. Buller, would be no less odious to the House, than shameful in the eyes of the country."—The Morning Advertiser remarks as follows on Sir J. Y. Buller's mo tion :—" What is the motion ? Why, it professes to be a simple proposition o f a wan t o f con fid enne i n t h e existing Administration ; b u t ever y one k nows t h at t h ere i s anim plied addition to it, which not less distinctly declares, we have confidence in Sir R. Peel;' its object is not merely to turn out one set of men, but to introduce another set of men whose principles are equally well known. This, as an inevitable result of the adoption of the resolution, must not for an instant be lost sight of." SUDDEN ORDERS FOR TROOPS TO THE CAPE or GOOD HorE.-:=-Late on Sunday evening sudden orders were received from the Master- General of the Ordnance, Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., G. C. 8., for the embarkation with. out delay of a strong detachment of Sappers and Miners belong ing to the corps of Royal Engineers, stationed at Woolwich, which was carried into effect on Mouday evening, the force embarking off the Royal Arsenal in the Lloyd freight ship. On arrival at the Cape they are to be employed upwards of three hundred miles up the country, and are equipped with rifle and sword (the same as the Rifle Brigade) instead of only the latter, as has been customary in that b ranc h of the service. Tiro light field-pieces and carriages will accompany them. The Olympic Theatre is said to have been.taken for a term of five years by Mr. Butler, the tragedian, whose M present e er, Mr. ngagements Forresteur, inclde and Mothers rs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, r. Bak. No ti me h as been at resent named for the opening. The Re- .W. B. Wrightson has been presented to the Vicarage of Hemsworth. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH,JAbr. 27. PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT. It having been understood that the return to the writ of liabeas corpus, obtained in the case of the Sheriffs of London on Friday last would • be made this day, at three o'clock, all the avenues leading to the Court were densely crowded in every part. At a few minutes past three the Sergeant -at-Arms (Sir Wiliam Gossett), the Deputy- Sergeant, and two other officers of the House of Commons, came into Court with/ the Sheriffs, the crowd in the vicinity of the Court/cheering them loudly as they pro ceeded through the passages. The Sheriffs, who were in their state robes, were aceontuneteeted with seats in the small box en the right of the Judges, and Sir Wm. Gossett sat in the box behind them. There were some demon strations cf applause after the Sheriffs had taken their seats, which were immediately 'repressed by the officers of the Court. Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Humphreys, and several other Members of the House of Commons and of the Corporation of the City of London were present. At ten minutes past three o'clock Lord Denman and Justices Littledale, Williams, and Coleridge took their scats on the beuch. Sir WILLIAM GoSsETT immediately rose and said—My Lords, I appear here with a return to the writ of Habeas Corpus from this Court to produce the bodies of William Evans end John Wheelton, Esqrs., who were now before the Court. The return, which set forth the Speaker's warrant for the commitment of the Sheriffs for, contempt of the privi leges of the House of Commons, was then handed in and read by the officer of the Court. Lord DENMAN—You wish to make some exceptions to the return, Mr. Richards? Mr. RiettAuDs—Yes, my Lord, I first move that .he re turn be.filecl. This having been done, Mr. RIGUARD3 rose and said, on behalf of the Sheriffs he now moved that the Sheriffs be discharged from cus tody. He should, in his observations, confine himself as shortly as possible to the • matter before them, but it was necessary to advert to some of the grounds on which the writ of habeas corpus had been sued out, and the position in which these gentlemen were placed. He should also refer to the decision which the Court had come to in the case of Stockdale v. Hansard, and the consequences that resulted from it. It appeared that the House, after appeal ing-, to the law, and finding that that law was against them; had resorted to the present most extraordinary proceedings. The House having in the present case acted directly contrary to law, it was now left to their decision what stops they should take to vindicate the law. He would now move for the discharge of these gentlemen on three distinct grounds :—First, he contended the Court was bound to inquire into the truth of the statement in the return; secondly, that the contempt of which they stood charged was not set forth in the return ; and, thirdly, that there had been no legal jurisdiction shown by the House for holding any person in custody. He would now call their attention to the resolutions of tho House of Commons, and it would be evident at once that they had been compelled to resort to a miserable subter fuge, because, in the first case, the contempt alleged was having executed the writ of Fi. Fa., while it was subse quently alleged to be their not having paid the money over to the, Messrs. Hansard. Now, with respect to the first point, he would refer their Lordships to the Stith ceo. 111. chap. 100, to show that they were authorised to inquire into the facts set forth in the return. The third section provided that in all cases other than criminal, in which writs of habeas corpus were sued out, the Court was authorised to inquire into the facts set forth in the return. Ile had, therefore, only to show that the charge against these two most respectable gentlemen was not cr minal. It could not for one moment be con tended that the contempt of which the House of Commons had found them guilty could be considered a crime. A variety of cases had been already before the Courts, founded upon that construction of the third section, and even the privileges of the House of Commons in the case of the King v. Hobhou e, had been brought under the considera tion of the Court on the same ground. In th e c ase o f Hob house it was ruled that the Judges would be subjected to a penalty of 5004 for refusing to grant the writ. Sir J. Hob house was accordingly brought up and remanded bythe Court for the reasons assigned in the decision of the Chief Justice. This judgment showed that according to the judgment of Court at that time he did not stand in any criminal position ; and as the Ssrgeant-at-Arms had not made any affidavit in the case, he was surely at liberty to show that the cause of commitment was not fairly stated. The case of Bar dett v. Abbott was before the passing of this Act ; in Hobhouse's case it was not pleaded. On this - first point, therefore, he submitted, that he was en titled to investigate the matter on affidavit, and as the affidavits remained unanswered these gentlemen were entitled to their discharge. There were many con tempts which were riot crimes 2 * indeed the generality of • contempts- were not crimes. If the- House-of Chmtreons made a general return they must be bound by it, and they were bound to show that the contempt was a crime. As no gentleman at the bar had been opposed to him, he felt a difficulty in addressing the Court on this subject. As suming his right to controvert the return, it would appear from the affidavits that the contempt Of which these gentlemen were accused, was, in fact, an obedience to the orders of that Court. It appeared to him that the objects of the framers of that Act was that every warrant, except issued by a Court of Record, should set forth the ground of the committal. If the resolutions of the House were looked into, it would appear that the os tensible cause was a pretext, bet the real cause was their refusal to pay over the !Loney to Messrs. Hansard, and therefore he assumed that that which they were com mitted for was not what the House of Commons said they were committed for. Was it because the warrant stated the result, and not the causes of the commitment, that the latv should be trifled with, and this Act of Parlia ment set at nought. Suppose bad times should revive, and the first law officer of the Crown, forgetful of the duty he owed to the Court, should advise the House of Com mons to make this return to shield themselves—not that he would impute such conduct to the Attorney-Ge neral ; he was too straightforward to do so, but the Court should look to all the tricks that might be practised to prevent the interference of the Court. Ile now came to his second objection, and he would con tend that there was no distinction between an attachment issued out of that Court, and a commitment for contempt of the privileges of the House. Now the warrant of com mitment, both in law and equity, invariably recited the cause of commitment. There were only three cases in which the House of Commons had ventured to commit without assigning the cause. These cases were the cases of Capt. Shelter, which had been very fully commented on in Stockdale and Hansard, and the two cases of Lord Shaftesbury and Alexander Murray. The question was, had the House of Commons any general right to commit? They might as well commit a man for wearing a white hat in Cornwall,. as to declare a privilege generally to commit for contempt without any cause being assigned. He would ask what ground could there be for refusing to set forth the ground of commitment? Had they been told not to do so ? Had they been told that the commit ment would be illegal if the ground of commitment had been set forth ? The three most modern cases of Crosby, Burdett, and Hobhouse were all in favoor of his position, that the ground of commitment should he set ferth. The warrant of the speaker recited that the House of Commons had resolved that these. gentlemen had committed a contempt of the privileges of the house, and that they therefore be taken into custody. But where was the authority of the Speaker for issuing that warrant ? Could he do so of his own mere motion? Certainly not— he was for such purposes no more than any other member of that house. The commitment was !‘ during the plea sure of the house," but what house did it refer to—was it the House of Commons, the House of Lords, or what house was it. In the three cases he had referred to of Crosby, Burdett, and Hobhouse, the words were, during the plea sure of the said house, and if that had been done in the present case,and for same grounds, best known to themselves, they had departed from the oriinary form of the warrant. On these three grounds, therefore, he prayed that these gentlemen be discharged. No man who understood the law would say but that they ought to pay the money to Stockdale, and no man could say but that they had endea voured most conscientiously to do their duty, and the House of Commons, if there was to be a conflict, ought not to have committed their subordinate agents, while the Attorney and Counsel were passed over ; and he asked if it was possible for any gentlemen to be more free from blame than they were? Their crime was, that they had obeyed their oath, had done their duty, and had done all they could do to deserve the praise of every honest man. All he asked the Court to do was, that they might be dis charged from custody. They asked no more—they felt that this Court would best vindicate the outraged justice of the country, and relieve the anxiety of countless num bers who were now looking to this Court alone fcr their rescue from a tyranny the most odious that ever itnpended over a free country. r it e e s r p ah e la c l yd t Mr. sti followed oni whichtt s he P s r a o m vh ii e ssi e s L i n d es e am . r nuesdt Withb eFriendl G sn e h o m rg i e tte l d ll t . h , a t t o c rteo o r n et s hr t re r e u sd ed hh a e s regards the present case. or merely as the ministerial offic ers o f that CourtF the Sheriffs actin had been voted Co guil m monsty of a contempt o f t h e privileges of the House of . Now he contended that if the sub stantial cause of contempt had been set forth in the warrant the Court was fully justified in investigating and ascot— he in the h a g d r ou t E n t d assigned i g n tend thew was objectionta ing if warrantgood rinses. that The t first s not alleged t h at the Sheriffs had committed any co a n t te l m w p a t. Another obj ect i on which he wished to point out to their Lordships was that there was no resolution of the House directing the Speaker to issue his warrant ; and further he would urge that it did not distinctly appear that that was an order of the House of Commons. If the Court decided that the ground of commitment should not be set forth, then he feared that the privilege, if privilege it were, would lead to very serious mischief, and be capable of great abuse and oppression. He would now call their attention to the fountain from whence all the authorities on the point of a general power of commitment sprung—that was Lord Shaftesbury's case, which occurred in 1677, and yet it could not be con sidered a very strong one in point of authority, because three years afterwards the House of Commons resolved u m d o g n e s s , that the House o f L or d s h a d acte d i m p ro p er l y . I n t h e case of the Q ueen v . P atev , w hi c h o c cur red su b sequently, and which w as a comm i tmen t by the (louse of the ground of con t em pt was set forth, and the th C re o e rn judg es who. gave an opinion on .it cbscrved, that they tould not inquire into the facts of the case, when the ground alleged was a contempt of the privileges of the H ouse. He now COTTON versus CORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Cotton does not appear to be under much obliga tion to Corn, because the corn-growing people do not consume one-tenth of the cotton imported into England. " Burns Glance" at the imports and exports of Cotton shows that two-ninths of the whole imported, are all that remains in the United Kingdom. Of the two-ninths, traders, handicraft, and independent people consume much more than a half. The Census of 1831, gives for England, as under : Employed in Agriculture 761,000 families Do. Trades 1,182,000 Do. Not in either. BOl,OOO Do. From this it must appear evident that the Landed in terest consume a very small portion of Cotton. Being myself a poor Cotton-weaver only, I cannot send you a copy of " Burn's Glance." You will find it re ferred to in the Manchester Guardian of the 25th inst. Thanks to the Penny-postage, a poor weaver can commu nicate with a London Taper pow. A POOR WEAVER. PARLIAMENTARY DIV ISION. (From the Totes and ,Proceedings of the house of Commons.) MONDAY, JAN. 27. PRINCE ALBERT. Motion made and question put,—" That her Majesty be enabled to grant an annual - sum, not exceeding 30,0001., out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to his Serene Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe. Coburg and Gotha, on his marriage to her Majesty ; to com mence fr.ca the day of the marriage, and to continue during the life of his said Serene Highness :—(Colonel Sibthorp. )- -The Committee divided ; Acland, Sir T. D. Acland, 'l'. 1). k'Court. Capt. E, Adare, Lord Aglienby, A. H. Ainsworth, Peter Alsager, Richard Arbuthnot, Hon. H Archdall, General Ashley, Hon. H. Att wood, Wolverly Att wood, M. Bagot, Hon. W. Bailey, Jcseph Bailley, Joseph, jun. Bane, Colonel H. Baines,' E. Raker, E. Baring, F. . Bating, H. B. Barrington, Viscount Bell, Matthew Blackstone, W. S. Blake, M. J. Blake, W. J. Blakcmore, Blennerhassett, A. Bolling, W. Bowes, J. Bradshaw, James Bramstou, I'. W. Briscoe, J. I. Broadley, H. Broadwood, Henry Brock tell tint, J. Brotherton, Bruce, Lord E. Bruges, W. H. L. Buck, L. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Burrougnes, 11. Busteild, William Calcraft, J. H. Cartwright, W. L. Castlereagh, Viscount Chapman, Sir M. L Chapman, A. Christopher, R. A. Clerk, Sir George Cole, Viscount Collins, William Colquhoun, J. C. Compton,_ H. C. Conolly, E. Copeland, W. Corry, Right Hon. H. Courtenay, Philip Cresswell, C. Cripps, J. Dalrymple, Sir A. Darby, George Davenport, J. Di, , Q. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Duffield, T. D. Doldale, W. S. Duke, Sir James Dunbar, George Dunconibc, W. Duncombe, A. Du t're, George Easthope, John Eaton, It. J. Egerton, Sir P. Ellis, J. Ellis, Wynn Erie, William Ewart, W. Feilden, W. Fellowes, Edward Fenton, John Fielden, J. Finch, Francis Fitzroy, Hon. H. Forester, Hon. G. Fremantle, Sir T. Freshfield, J. W, Gaskell, J. AC Gisboxne, T. UORITY—AYES, 262. Gladstone, W. I Palmer, George Glynne, Sir S. R. Parker, Montague Goddard, Ambrose Parker, R. T. Godson, R. Patten, Wilson Gordon, Hon. W. Pattison, J. Gore, D. J. R. Pease, Joseph -Goring, H. D. Peel, Hon. Sir R. Goulburn, H. Peel, Colonel J. Graham, Sir James Pemberton, Thomas Grant, Hon. Colonel Perceval, Colonel Grant, F. W. Phillpotts, J. Greene, T. Pigot, D. IL Greg, R. H, . Pinney, W Griinsditch Thomas Planta, J. Grimston, Lord Plum ptre, J. P. Grimston, Lord E. H. Polhill, Frederick Hale, It. Blagdon Pollen, Sir J. W. Raiford, H. Powell, Colonel Hall, B. Powerscourt, Lord' Hamilton, C. J. 8.1 , Prae.l, W. T. Hamilton. Lord C. Al Pringle, A. Harcourt, G. G. Prottieroe, Edward Harcourt, G. S. Rae, sir William Hardinge, Sir H. Redington, T. N. elector, C. J. Reid, Sir John Rae Heneage, G W. Richards, R. Herbert, Sidney Rlckford, W. Herries, J. C. Round, C. G. Hindley, Charles Round, John Hodgson, Frederick Rundle, J. llogg, J. W., Ittislinrook, Colonel Holmes, %V. Rushout, George Hope, Hon. C. St. Paul, Horace Hope, H. T. Salwey, Colonel Hope, (5. W. Sanderson, 11. Hotham, Lord Sandon, Lord Houldswortii, T. Sheppard, T. Hughes, W.B. Shir'.ey, E. J. Hume, Joseph Sinclair, Sir George Humphery, J. Smyth, Sir H. irton, S. soiner..et, Lord G. Irving, John Spry, Sir S. I'. Jackson James, Jackson, Serjeant W. Stansfield, W. R. C. Jenkins, Sir R. Staunton, Sir G. T. Jervis, J. Stormont, Vi scount Jervis, Swynfin Strickland, Si r G . Jones, John Strutt, Ed war d Jones, Theobald Stuart, Lord J ames Stanley, Lord Kemble, henry Sturt, H. C. hmatchbull, Sir L. Sugdcn, Sir Edward Knight, H. G. Sutton, Hen. J. Knightley, Sir C. Taltourd, T. Noon Knox, Hon. T. Teignmeuth, Lord Langdale, Hon. C. 'Ferment, J. F. Langton, Col. U. Thomas, Colonel H. Law, Hon. C. E. 1 hompson, Ald. Leader, J. T. Thortiely Thomas Lefroy, D.. T. Tollemache, F. J. Liddell, H. T. Trench, Sir F. Lincoln, F.arl of Turner, Edmund Lister, E .C. Turner, William Litton, Edward Tyrell, Sir J T. Lockhart, A. N. Vere, Sir C. B. Lowther, .1 ti*. Verner, Colonel Lucas, E. Villiers, Lord Lygon, Hon. Gen. Vivian, J. E. illackenzi,‘,4liorpas Widditigtori. H. 5. Mackenzie, N: , „:. i. Wakley, Thomas Mackinnon, W. A. Walker, R. Maclean, D Wallace, It, N lN v ' o ail i ,. H. Gafatthew ilahon, Lord Warburton; H. Martin, J. Marton, George White, A. Methew, G. B. Williams, It. Maunsell, T. I. Williams, NV. Maxwell, S. R. Wilmot. Sir E. Mordautit, Sir J. NVodehouse, Hon. E. Morris, David Muskett, G. A. Wood, Thomas Neeld, Joseph Wood, Colone T. Neeld, John Wood, Colonel Nicholl, J. Wood, B. Norreys, Lord Young, John Norms, Sir D. J. Young, Sir L. W. Packe, C. W. Pakington, J. S. Palmer, Robert Tutußs. Sibthorp, Colonel Eliot, Lord Adam, Sir Charles %lston, Rowland Anson, Hon. Colonel Anson, Sir George Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. iORITY—N OES, Gordon, , ,,Robert Grattan, Henry Greig, 1). Grey, Sir C. Grey, Sir G. Harland, W. C. Hawes, B. Hawkins, J. H. Hayter, W. G. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hobhousc, Sir J. Hodges, T. L. Hoskins, K. Howard, F. J. Howard, P. H. Howlett,. Lord Hutton, R. Ingham, Robert Inglis, Sir It. H. James, William Labouehere, H. Lemon, Sir C. Leveson, Lord Loch, James Lushington, Hon. S. Macauley, T. B. Maciiamara ' W. APTaggart,J. Maule, lion. Fox_ Morpeth, Viscount Murray A. Nagle, Sir R O'Brien, Cornelius O'Brien, W. Smith 0 Callaghan, Hon. C. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, M. O'Connor Don O'Fcrrall, More Oswald, James Paget, Lord A. Palmerston, Visct. Parker, J. Parnell, Sir H. Pechell, Captain Peudarves, Philljps, Sir R. P. Pigot, D. R. Ponsonby, C. Ponsonby, Hon. J. Power, James Price, Sir R. harry, O. S. Beamish, F. B. Bellew, IL M. Berkeley, Hon. H. Bcutinck, Lord G. Berkeley, Hun. C. wes, T. - Blewitt, Resinald Bodkin, John James Bridgman, H. Brodie, W. D. Browne, It. D. Bulwer, Sir E L. Butler, Colonel Byng, George Byng, Hon. G. S. Campbell, Sir J. Campbell, W. F. Cavendish. Hon. C. Chester, Henry Chetwynd, Major Chichester, J. I'. B. Clay, W. Clayton, Sir W. Collier, John Cowper, Hon. W. F. Craig, W G. Crawford, W. Crompton, S. Curry, W. Dalineny, Lora D'Eyncourt, C. T. Divctt E. Donkin, Sir Itufane Duff, James Dundas, Frederick Dundas, 158. I)undas, Sir R. Eliot, Hon. J. E. Ellice, E. Euston, Earl of Evans, Sir Do Lacy Fitzalan, Lord Fitzpatrick, J. W. Fitzroy, Lord Charles Fitz,imon N. Fleetwood, 11. French, F. Pryme, G. Ramsbottom, J. Rice, E. B.: Rich, Henry Roche, E. B. - 1 Roche, W. Rumbold, C. E. Russell, Loid John Rutherfurd, A. Sanford, E. A. Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. H. Seymour, Lord Shell, R. L. Shelburne, Earl of Smith, John Abel Smith, G R. Smith, It. Vernon Somers. J. P. Somerville, Sir W. Spiels, Alexander Mondial] ' C. Stanley, Hon. W. Stewart, James Stock, Dr. Stuart, Villiers Strangways J. G. Style, Sir eharles Surrey, Earl of Talbot, J. H. Taucred, H. W. Tavistock, Marquis Troubridge, Sir T. Tufnell, 11. Vigors, N. A Major C. Vivian, Sir it . Wall, C. B. Westenra, Hon. IL Westenra, Hon. J. Wilbraham, G. Wilde, Thomas W/hatere, W. Winnington ' T. I. Winntngton H. JJ . woml, C. Worsley, Lord Wrightson, W. B. Wyse, Thomas Yates, J. A. TELL6RB. Stanley, E. J. Steuart, H. Price THE MARKETS. PRICE: llt The highest price of Bread in tt Loaf. Good Brt ad may be had at PRICES .0; r c a a r ii r a y ry.. .. Grass ... 70 se 4. 3. s le i ß ty Pl e e a tr A r o a p p s ll . l . s i i . s .. l . 4:i: . ... :o i l- . , t i :e s. 4 4 1 4 :. t.. ) e. L . t e. a .d r . ........ .................. 6:: gid,lls'ite:P, .................................... . .. 1 - - s a. • 33 7. 4 5 :: Ditto, for crushing —s. 425, 4Cs Per Cwt. New English lied Cloy cr...55 : 5 55. .. New Foreign Ditto ...—s. 58s• w 3 0 . : .• Old Ditto Ditto 9 :O s ss.. . l' S ' L t S i .:} E ;oi nd SEEDS. Per fe...r.r: 50 1 , White Mus Old Ditto Ditto ...... —s. New White Cloves 7 6.. . 2 6 75 :. .• 3,2 7 ,0 8 2: : . • Old Ditto Ditto _—• li., New Trefoil Old Ditto 4 . / . ..105. to 5,. 12.. Oi. Os. to V. Os. Trefolistnl English Carraway —s. 525• .• _ . tard...lls. 0,4. 14s. Pd. Foreign Ditto ..... r, „ 4. 5 1 6, Brown Ditto ...... I bs. Od 19 Coriander • (per Last) 31.311 ... ; .. . s. 6,1, Rapeseed, English 6nc. . ...... korcign 01. 2t4/. PRICES OF HOPS. . 01 Os Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) • ..... 41.10; 0/. Os. to 01. Os , East Kent Pockets... ................. "1 1 . —s D ' s. 255. Tares ............. 5s tic}. 7 „. nti 51. 15s. to 61. Os. ........ " • ( h. 0/ - 0 Ditto Bags ..................... O. to 41. 4s. 13 . 1 Horse c 0/, Os. to 3,. h s . 34 3s. to Si . 101. Old Olds ..... . ........................ Ur . 11 .155. to 2/. 104 syti l eD i Ba d s: eit K xit ne e i n ß.s. t .a. .575............P0cket5.................................................................................................. 3: 11 : ..... I l i io p iss : : PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d Per lb. d. to d. hides, -) erMan... 12 2• 1 Spanish ... 13 24 __so 60 ........ 13 18 . • 8,36 to 40 1b.(doz) 15 22 16 Calf Ski; 0 ...... .. ......... 7 10 Bull Crop 1iti1i_ddee55,34017...45..00.1..b.......e a..c....h : 1 13 _____4o 50 ......... Is 24 .17 19 _,,,,„ __ ----koteignF7 I r jeti; Foreign Butts, Vitriol .. •«.. ..... ... ~, ••••••• cu ..... „.. 21 ~.. 2 S d ho t s o th. 4 4 Shoulders.,,,, s ..... 3.5 i. 08,e0ned,36/.los —Linseed Oil, o °l. English ...... .• • 13 ' .14 --- -70 100 15 ' .. .. ............... ... .. lit , 1 1 1 I Seal Ski, 70$ l arge... . : ............. 1 i ' 2 . 15 2 i ll 14 I Kips 5ma11 ..... ....., 20 2.) Dressing Hides ... •••• - 7 a. ._ • ......................... 16 20 Shaved.. 13 1 amis... ........ —— • 1 5 16,s Bellies . - ............ 8 11 Horse Ifidcs e , a E i n i g s l k is in h o :y i . Best Saddlers' Hides.- " ... 10 . ••••• ....... .. 10 per b. more. PRICE OF OIL, RapeOil,brown, per ton, Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (IWO), 144 Os.— Rape take, per trn,74 PRICE 01. TALLOW, SOAP, &,.. per 11°1b Town Tallow sss, Od. Yellt.w s aa „ )... • Yellow Itussia t,os, 6d. Mottled ... . ••• ...... —s . ed . otundieds - —s. 02. ... —.. Ocl. Graves ............... .... —s, od. Soap Ditto ..... ...... , ...... ••• ....... Us Od Melting Stu ff Ditto Rough 0 55 Od. .... ........ Ls. (id. ['RICE oF RAW FAT, per stone of SP% Price of Tallssv (as stated by the Tallow Melters) « PRICE CI , CANDLES. ............ os. id. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail sh o ,,, is as follows Candles, per dozen, Ss. Od. ; inferior, 71. tid, ; Aloulds, Os dd. cash, per dozen discount for ca,. . • COAL Ts B,d OH Bell,Buddies'rod 13: w l t t t o iei b d‘ s i‘vi o : nuae West i Sz ti, Adair's 21 6 Original WlndLor's Pontop ‘..'o 0 17 9 South Hartley l9 0 Walls End Gosforth Walls P'nd Heaton Ol 6 Co. ar t i le L y irtley ‘, 1 , 9 , I t: •• - Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Northumberland 21 t Ships arrived since iIARKET. a. !Walls Endß ra ddyll'sHetton '22 9 Walls End Helton WePs End Lambton . 0 Walls End Russell's H — etton 23 0 Wails End Wintwell 23 0 Walls End Hartlepool ..... 24 3 Wall:. End Tennant'..... 24 3 Wells End Cornforth 22 3 E.Richardson's Ha r tl e y 18 0 Walls End Tees Hettun 20 0 !Blythe last market.day,!lo. EV RNING EDITION. • came to the judgment of Lord Holt, which their Lordships had adopted in the case of Sto&dale v. Hansard, and where the judgment of the Court in the ease of the Queen v. Patey, wes proved to be erroneous. The Learned Counsel then referred to several other cases, in order to show that the ground of contempt should be set forth in the warrant of the Speaker, and proceeded. The House of Commons first alleged that they had a right to Publish libels, and then they went a step further, and said that any party proceeding against any of their officers foi the publica tion of such libels was guilty of a contempt. He appre hended, therefore, that the great ground on which these privileges, which were so vague in their nature, could be defended, was the stating the precise ground of contempt. He submitted that the power of the Houie of Commons with regard to privilege was limited,—that any assumption of power on its part could be put down by the authority of that Court, and to that Court the public looked for its protection from any arbitrary assumption of power on the part of the House of Commons. Mr. Watson then proceeded to point out several objections to the warrant in point of form. The signature was —" Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker," but it did not state that he was Speaker of the Ilouse of Commons. An other point was, that it was not stated to be "in the House of Commons," as every order issuing from any court of law should set forth, as its title or heading, the court *from which it was issued. These were the arguments he had to submit to their Lordships ; and it was for them to say whe ther the House of Commons should usurp an authority to which, he contended, they had no title whatever, or whether the protection of that Court, the highest . Court in the em pire, should . be thrown around those individuals who hap pened to fall under the displeasure of the House of Commons. Mr. KENNEDY followed on the same side; and, aft r alluding to the painful situation of his clients, the collision between Parliament and the 'Courts, and the general . anxiety felt on the subject, declared that he would do his duty in the painful and onerous situation in which he was placed. " Lo:d DENMAN thought that was a topic to which it was not necessary to refer. There was no doubt every gentle man at the bar would do his duty, and so would the Judges ; but the sole question they had to consider was, whether the return made to the writ was sufficient? Mr. KENNEDY was proceeding to detail the circum stances attending the conduct of the Sheriffs throughout the case of Stockdale and Hansard, when he was inter rupted by Lord DENMAN, who requested he would confine himself to the matter before the Court. Mr. KENNEDY knew not why any body of persons should refuse to submit their privileges to the jurisdiction of the Court. The duty of Parliament was to make laws, but the Sovereign was the sole executive power, and his power was delegated to the Judges for the purposes of distribut ing justice, and the Crown lent them its ministerial officer the Sheriff, without whose aid the Court could not enforce its decrees. It remained to be seen whe ther he had to fear opposition in the execution of his duty from the turbulence of faction and the sa tellites of a fierce democracy. He called upon the Court to protect those Sheriffs, or the law would be the scorn and mockery of every person in the land. The Habeas Corpus was conferred by the Common Law for the protection of the liber'y of the subject. He knew there were many precedents adverse to it on this occasion, but this was a case not to be deter mined by a slavish adherence to pre cedent. These were rights which precedent did not give, and which precedent could not take away, and every, argument which had been used in support of privilege had been used in support of prerogative, and the question to be considered was, whether those precedents ought to be overruled. In the argument on the question of ship money, powerful prece dents were advanced in behalf of the crew. The Learned Counsel then recited several cases which had been brought forward on that occasion. The Learned Gentleman then quoted several other cases in support of his argument, that the cause of committal ought to be sot forth in the warrant. The case of general warrants was one of a similar kind ; precedents were quoted in support of them, and yet they were declared illegal. In the present warrant the cause of committal was not sufficiently expressed, and therefore the return was bad, and the Court ought to discharge it. The House had not exercised their jurisdiction properly; they ought to have stated the precise nature of the con tempt committed, and the Sheriff was not informed in any judicial way how he could purge the contempt. The decision in the Queen and Patey, upon which all adverse precedents depended, was against Magna Charta, and therefore he impugned it. He denied that the House of Commons was a superior' Court in the legal sense to the Court of Queen's Bench. He next contended that it was competent for him to make use of his affidavits, ra n ci o nf t uds t ai o vni c ; o s n t o t i r t a p d ay i et h but eumt appearedot o n te c hy x a, p t a f t " i de n -ntols Sheriff f r o e r t urn, st e a cm n o d pi nt front t these for the Co t u h e r w t ya s would oud could illegal. egnanolo. not do daTol directly, he pe rs o a s to Learned n and therefore hu d ne o rs ee t fl h o a trh t ee indirectly l m' a ' r hi g time e he ly nt from the jud gment o f t h e Court in Steckdaleucooarneda Hansard in support of his argument. If these gentlemen were not discharged, no one would be found to undertake the office, and the right arm of the Court would be lopped off, and this would be the only instance known to the law of a wrong without redress, be knew not if he was justified in adding, of a tyranny without resistance. Lord DENMAN said that he was of opinion that the judg ment which had been delivered by the Court in the case of Stockdale and Hansard, in Trinity Term last, ap peared to him to be correct—the decision had not been appealed against as it might have beety either by carrying the question by writ of error in the Exchequer Chamber, or carried to the highest tribunal of the country, the House of Lords. That decision had been come to on his part after grave deliberation and calm consideration of the various arguments addressed to the Court on that occasion, and if persons felt dissatlsfied with that decision, it was better to appeal against than to impugn it. He could not imagine that having consented to submit his plea to the judgment of that Court, the defendant, if dissatisfied with their judgment, could refuse to go to the Exchequer Chamber or to the House of Lords. There could be no degradation in this course of conduct, and as it was admitted that the privileges of the House of Lords were identical with those of the Commons, that House might be said to have a direct interest in the pro ceeding. This would have been a much better course to pursue than to cast reflections on that judgment without at the same time adopting measures to get it reversed. And if the judgment of the Court on the occasion alluded to had been the reverse of what it was, there was nothing to prevent Stockdale dragging the defendant before the Exchequer Chamber on writ of error, and afterwards be fore the House of Peers, or rather before the High Court of Parliament, for on those occasions the Houses of Peers sat as such, and the presence of the other branch of the Legislature was always supposed. For his part he felt no objection to submit that judgment to that superior tribunal, or to the still .higher tribunal of public opinion. That case he bad decided according to his opinion of the law, and according to the best of his judgment. On the present question he should also decide upon the strict construction of the law of the case. It was a writ of Ha beas Corpus, directed to the Sergeant -at-Arms of the House of Commons, directing him to bring up the bo dies of two gentlemen whom he had in his custody, and to explain the cause of their committal. The return stated that they were committed by the warrant of the Speaker for a contempt and breach of the privileges of the House of Commons. Three objections had been made to this return ; first, that the warrant did not set forth the nature of the contempt, but from the various precedents adduced he must come to the opinion that it was unnecessary that the writ should state on the face of it the particular fact which constituted the contempt; had it stated what the contempt was the Court might have adjudicated upon it, but such not being the case, they were bound to treat the commitment as valid. The next ground was that there was no resolution, of the House directing the Speaker to issue his warrant. This he thought of no importance, for the House having declared these gentlemen guilty Of con tempt the Speaker had full authority to issue his warrant for 'the committal. The third objection was, it was not dated from the House of Commons, and that the participle "having," did not refer sufficiently to the earlier part of the warrant to show that the House of Commons was meant. He could not forget, however, that the Court had very re centlydecided that the participle in a similar case, did possess the force which the Learned Counsel here con tended it ought not to po4scss; and as it was directed to • the Sergeant-at-Arms of` the House of Commons, he thought that was sufficiently explicit. His Lordship then went minutely through the different cases which had been adduced, said he could not imagine that as bad been insinuated the nature of the contempt had been studiously kept out of the writ, in order to prevent the Courtirom adjudicating upon the question ; he could cot think that any one would advise the House of Commons to pursue such a line of conduct, or that that House would consent to adopt it. Sure he was, if such were the case, that those who had aided, would on reflection bitterly regret the adoption of a course of conduct, the effect of which would be to pre vent two gentlemen, their fellow-countrymen, from being set at liberty. On these grounds he was of opinion that the Sheriffs must be remanded back to custody. The other Judges concurred 'and the Court adjourned. The Sheriffs were then removed from the Court by Sir William Gossett, and were taken through the entrance at the end of Westminster Hall into the House of Commons. They were repeatedly cheered in their progress up the Hall. The news of the death of Cabrera is generally believed at Saragossa, Espartero's head-quarters. . - SOUTHWARK ELECTION.--S 0 confident were the leading Tories of success, that, we are assured, a certain Alderman, who possesses more wealth than wit, lost to the tune of a thousand pounds in bets of five to one on Mr. Walter's return. THE METROPOLITAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ASYLUM, BALLS' POND-ROAM—A half-yearly meeting of the subscribers of this Institution was held on Thursday evening last, at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Holborn. J. T. Pratt, Vice-President, and afterwards W. J. C. Basles, its founder, occupied the chair. This valu able Institution provides rent fer apartments, coals and candles, to aged and infirm members of benefit societies. It has now about 3,000 voluntary subscribers and donors. This Institu tion emanated with the working classes of society, and its ma nagement is still in their hands. A highly gratifying Report was read by the Secretary, and two more persons were elected on its funds—the one 74 and the other 79 years of age--making a total of 66 individuals that have, since its establishment in . 1829, been elected as recipients of its bounty. An inquest was held on Monday in St. James's Palace, before Frederick John Manning, Esq., Coroner of her Majesty's Household and of the Verge, and a Jury composed of the officers of the Household, upon the body of Thomas Hardy, one of the pages of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta. The deceased was found in a dying state early on Saturday morning last, by one of the servants, stretched on the floor of his room, in that part of the Palace appropriated to her Royal Highness and suite ; and, notwithstanding that immediate medical attendance was procured, and every assistance rendered, he lingered only a few hours, and then died. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased had been 22 years in the service of her Royal Highness, was much respected for the regularity of his conduct, and that he generally complained of some affec tion of the head. The Jury having expressed themselves satis fied with the testimony of the medical gentleman who attended the deceased, r et u r n e d a v e r dict " Th at th e d e ceased died of apoplexy."