The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-19 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—i was a spectator of a curious scene in'thi.; quiet town on Saturday last, the 15th inst. The Mayor of the town had called a Meeting in the Town-hall to address the Queen and Prince Albert on their marriage. The Mayor took the chair and the first resolution that an Address was to be prevented was carried nem. con. A friend of mine, near me, had uF,„,„ e d that all the leaders of the three sections of „s would be pres.nt, but he could not point them out. A r.Jalland, a Magistrate, moved the Whig Address. This wr.s followed by a gentleman in one of the side galleries moving 'ale Tory Ad dress. There was not much eloquence display',,d by either of these gentlemen, nor much enthusiasm by ,e meeting; but when the leader of the Chartist or Radical party rose to pro pcse his amendment, a thousand voices mak e the hall ring. He read his Address in a remarkably clear 'And distinct manner, which was a compound of congratulat'.or i to the Queen, and a asking for pardon fur the three Welsh prisoners at the hulks ; and, to the astonishment of myself and a great part of the audience, he rated the Mayor, Alder mr,n, and Common Council most soundly for their conduct to the , . TO :king classes of this town, and, I am afraid, with truth, for no 0' .se attempted to deoy his posi tions. His, the Radical amendrr,ent, was carried by a very large majority, and the Mayor '2romised to lay it before her Majesty in person. The Corpo ration seemed quite confounded and astonished—the Tories cl mckled—and the Radicals suc ceeded in tacking their rider for pardon to the Address to Prince Albert. This, Sir, the Whig borough of Hull in a very large meeting, augurs, badly for a Whig candidate at the next general election. Hull, Feb: 17. JOHN DIXON. I remain yours, Bcc., THE METROPOLITAN ANTI- CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION. Let the bread-taxers look to it. London is marching . against them, flanked by a deputation from the Anti-Corn Law League of Manchester. Against truth even the gates of hell shall not prevail. The justice of their cause could alone have armed the repeaters with the fixed and invincible resolution which has made them amass ten thousand pounds of funds, and not only hold together after fourteen months' exertion, but increase in numbers, wealth, influence, and courage, within that lapse of time, which proves all things, and which never fails to wear out 4 false and hollow cause. A Metropoliton Anti-Corn-Law Association is in the Course of formation, and will meet for the first time on Monday next, at the Office of the League, ( No. 154, Strand). To this Society the most influential men in London have already given in their adhesion, and the de putation of the League which is to hold constant sittings in London, has already waited upon a great number of the leaders of political movements here, and received the most cheering assurances of cordial co-operation. Messrs. Paulton and Sidney Smith have already ad dressed twenty thousand Londoners, with wonderful effect, and petitions for the total and immediate repeal are every where projected, or actually in the course of signature. The friends of the cause should every where get up re quisitions to Messrs. Poulton and Smith, for lectures. Their labours have been crowned with extraordinary success. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (TUESDAY EVENING.) ' I IVIES.---Nothing Las been allowed to transpire in the City respecting the terms on which the exchange of Exchequer Bills due in March is to be effected, but, a 8 the time is so neLr at hand that the usual official notice must app ear in the course of the week, there can be no advantage in repeating the various reports cur rent on the subject. It has been rumoured to-day, that under some arrangement between the Bank and the Treasury, the additiond 1,000,0001. of Bills, the issue of which has been authorised by the vote of credit, has been taken by the B ink either as as absolute pur chase, or as security for an advance to the amount named. Gre(t indignation has been ex pressed at this, as an interference with the currency, which is wholly uncalled for under existing circum stances, and must do harm in bringing upon a market already redundant a further supply of money. Had the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced these Bills into the open market, or treated for the advance re quired with private capitalists and bankers, or availed himself of that power which is given to him by the Acts of Parliament for the regulation of Saving's-banks, there would have been no disposition to blame his management. . . The exportation of the precious metals to the Conti nent seems to have come to a stand for the present. No gc,ld nor silver was shipped from Dover in the course of the last week. By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 430 per mark, which, 4t thu English Mint price of 31, 17s. 10d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 7i, and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13. 7, it follows that gold is 0.23 Per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 6 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10-0. the ounce 'or standard gold, - gives an exchange of 25. 30, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25. 271, it follows that gold is 0.10 per cent. dearer at Paris than 1 4 London. By the usual official return published by the Customs, t ht exportation of the precious metals from the port of London to Foreign and Colonial ports, for the week endin g the 13th of February is as under Ounces. Silver bars, Rotterdam lO,OOO Silver coin, ditto B,OOO Silver coin, Belgium 20,000 Silver coin, Mauritius 16,668 Gold coin, Mauritius Gold coin, British West Indies 2OO POST.—The English Funds were in a very passive state the whole of the day. Some speculators of little or no influence did a trifling business in options, but 11 ,° tranfers o f stock of the sma ll es t i m p or t ance t oo k Place. Money is obtainable at much tho same rates of Interest as at the end of the past week, namely, at from three to five per cent. per annum, ou the deposit of stu ck ; advances for tempo-ary purposes having been made in the course of the day at three, four, and even t he extreme limit of five, per cent., as the circumstances of the case might justify. SUN.—The Foreign Exchanges were without alte ration this afternoon. The rate for bills on Paris was 2 : 5 52i to 55 ; on Hamburg 13 9 to 9i ; and on Amsterdam 12 2,i. The Colonial Markets wero tolerably brisk and closed rather fit mly. This remark applies more to Sugar than t any oth er ar ti c l e , th e d em a n d f o r Coffee having been limited. The Tea sales were languid to the close, and mo st of the chests offered were bought in. Congou was I d.. tsnd Twankay id. per pound lower than yesterday. The C onso l M ar k et c l ose d w i t h a fi rmer appearance th an yesterday, and at better quotations, viz., 90} for Present trat.afer, and 91 for time. Exchequer Bills, in e'nsequeace of a temporary demand for money on the fart of the speculators for a fall, and who have played a sing gam e d ur i ng t h e presen t account , were d epresse d t nis afternoon at 6s. to Bs. premium. Bank Stock left o{f at 178-i. and India Stock at 248. There was very little buoyancy in Foreign Bonds up to the close of business. Spanish Consols left off at 27 ; Portuguese new Stock at a decline to 33} after having b een done at 34 ; and Colombian at 23f to Brazil S tock dropped to 78i. For most of the shares there was more inquiry, and ,the holders were enabled to obtain fairer pri c es. The 'eliding railway investments ware marked as follows : The London and Birmingham (new) 19 premium ; the Quarter Shares IS premium ; the North Midland 8 discount; the new shares 5i premium ; the South ampton 5i premium ; the Brighton 10i di scoun t ; an d ißi and Glucester 15 discount. New 4 uk of Australmia Shares brought 8f premium. O LITICAL MUMNIARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. • [be 7 intes says, with reference to the interminable elk, it e dale discussi:n in the Commons :—" In the present i;""th the House has sat ten days, and of these eight 14 It le been partially devoted to a variety of discussions very refitable, no doubt, to the Ministers, whose object it is t° get through the Session," and all of them the results oh .• Mr. Stv,ckdale's friendly exertions in aid of that 3e et, exe rt i ons f or w hi c h, on l eav i ng N ewgate (now c uh abited by himself and his attorney,. Mr. Howard) a clrit nissionerslaip, the modern Whigs' compensation for 2eret services, would be by no means an inadequate re . hi tt The Morning Chronicle spanks of the present to : disappointment of the Tory faction in the following part The Tories arc evidently disappointed in the hi -11 Y account to which they intended and hoped to have A ru ed the Royal Marriage. At one time, Prim: Albert tas t 0 have cured all evils. The Queen could not go Zng with a husband at her elbow. But the Prince seems th - " e °I . metal not better adapted for becoming the tool of ov er 14r tY than the Queen herself. They have pitched him 7,rboard. He has not heeded the nuptial homily of the li f ,"Zes nor cured his Royal bride of her unhappy bias.' ° 42 not enforced her attentiveness to the Duke of Wel fbßt°o while his Grace was troubled with the heartburn. Queen has not yet the good fortune to have honest bl u° faithf u l advisers.' The ' b persons who surround her' b. e entirely changed. Now all this Tory blustering -• teitterness is of satisfactory cmen to the nation:: The °lne r ut, Morning J ourna l s conta i n no l ea di ng artic l es of Ch VESI FOUR P.M., FEB. 18.—The Princess iavarione, West Intiia:nan, running down the Wrest Channel ktvvevening, struck on the Puller Bank just to the eastward of t "n, was expected to have been got off at high water this wa}r.dbut still remains. There is a fresh wind from the east -44'. and if she is an old and is not immediately r " i „,t_'ned, as the bank is a hard gravelly one, her situation is a c.""" one: two barges are gone down to her to render as- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1840. meet the buyers prevented any increase in the demand, and the biddings throughout the day were very languid; a large proportion of that passed the chair was bought in and withdrawn at previous rates, but when the importers were inclined to realize they were again compelled to submit to rather lower rates ' • Congou must be quoted Id and Twank a y Oid c h ea p er than yesterday ; Hysona are now 3,1 lover than in January, and Imperial and Gunpow der 2d to 3d. Up to the present time the total quantity passed the sale amounts to 25,500 packages, out of which only 6,000 have been actually sold. The latest prices paid are—Congou but mid ra str 2s 10d, bnt mid blksh leaf litle Pekoe flavour 2s l Id to 2s 111 d, mid blksh leaf little Souchong flavour 2s 10 . id to 2s lid, but mid ra blksh leaf ra bnt 2. 91d, but mid soil blksh leaf st lit old Pak flsv 33 91, good erd ra cos and leaf 2, 711 to 2s Sid ; Imperial, but mid and mid brtsh If 3s 4d, mid pale If Se 914 to 3s 10d, mid ra brtsh if ra coa 33 61d to 3s 7id ; Gunpowder, but mid p a l e If ra e sa 4 s 21d, m id d r k s h 1 ra coa 6s to 63 11d, mid ra bstsh:lf ra cos 5; I Id, mid brtsh 5s 4id to 5s 6d ; Twankay, but mi i brtsh If 2s I lid to 2s 1 lid, but mid 2s 104 d to 2; 101 d; Hyson, mid and good mid brtsh If 3s Sid to .3s 9d, good but mid Ss 61d to 34 7d. It has been positively declared that the cargo of the Eucles is to be admitted at 2s Id duty. Coreux.—The market has been very quiet during floe last few days (or nearly all descriptions admissible for con. sumption. British Plantation has brought very full prices by private contract for small parcels; the quantity to offer for sale being, limited, none has been put up to auction. This afternoon the demand for Coffee from the home trade was limited by private contract, and the public sales con sisted of 368 bags Ceylon, 86 casks British Plantation, 116 bags Pedang, 435 bags 41 casks Java went off heavily ; Ceylon sold at former rates for the better kinds and fetched 1053 to 114 s for file, and fine fine ord pale, good ord sold at 103 s a 104 s, and very good ord country damaged kind 100 s, which is 3s to 4s cheaper : British plantation only partly sold 2s to 33 under former rates, it was an indifferent parcel, being unclean. Berbice mid fetched 114 s a 118 s, fine and fine ord 106 s a 11 ls, good ord 102 s, Jamaica fine mid taken in at 1283 ; Padang fine palish green sold at 735, a 743 61, inferior 66s a 67s 6d, being its full value : Java was partly sold 3; under former rates, viz. at 83s 6d a 84s for good ord mixed pale, fine in casks was taken is at 87s per cwt. Rem, BRANDT, AND Howestss.—The transactions in Jamaica Rum have been limited since we last wrote, and rather lower rates have been submitted to. Leewards have been taken very sparingly, and proofs are obtainable at 3s 61al per gallon. The quantity sold of both kinds does not amount to 120 puns, Sc. For East India, 10 per cent. ovenproof, as 21 is asked, but there has been little business doing; there is now no doubt but that it is the intention of Government to reduce the duty ; there have been some small arrivals. For Brandy the demand has been very extensive, principally on speculation, and prices have advanced since our last report 3d to 4d per gallon for Cognac; first brands of the vintage of 1836 have been disposed of at 5s 5d to 5s 6d in hhds, and sis 3d to 5s 4d in puns; 1837, in hhds 5s 4d to 53 sd, in puns 55 2d to 53 3d ; 1835, in hhds 53 Id to 55 2 , 1, in puns 4s lld to Sc., and there are not further sellers of the latter under ss. Bordeaux is also dearer, sales have been made at 2s 93 to 2a 10d: the stock here of this kind is small : at the above rates some parties are not inclined to sell, in consequence of our Government having agreed to reduce the duty if the French Government will follow the same course to wards certain articles of our manufactures, which proposi tion is to be brought before the House of Deputies, and will no doubt meet with success. Geneva is held firmly at 2s to 2s 2d, at which there has been a fair business doing. British Corn Spirits have been in good request at 93 10d, and some houses will not make contracts under 10s per gallon. This *Memo's* the Rum market was quiet, but the mer chants were net disposed to submit to any further reduc tion in prices. Brandy continues in active request, and prices are still advancing ; large purchases have been made in Cognac for arrival at 5s Id to 5s 3d for first brands of the vintage of 1838 and 1839 at 4s 9d to 4s 1 Id per gallon. COCIIINEAL-Previoui rates have been maintained, and a fair demand has prevailed ; 117 bags Honduras at public sale sold steadily Silvers at 43 9d to 55 9d, and Blacks 6s 4d to 63 11d per lb. Rtcs.—Java, sound bags were taken in at It s for good mid white rather broken, and low quality mixed with Paddy at 8s Gd to 95 6d ; a few lots low white realized 105 Gd. Bengal is held for previous rates, 133 6d for good mid, and 14s for good clean white. Carolina at 33s for old, and 35s for new. This afternoon 1,953 bags Bengal at auction sold 13s to 13s 6d for low middling white. SALTPKTRE.—This afternoon 1,821 bags Calcutta, and 2,232 baskets Egyptian, were put up to public sale; the former sold at 24s 6 to 25s for 13} to 7. per cent. refrac tion ; the latter taken in at 143 Gd to 15s GI per cwt. Tausw.—For Russian on the spot prices have further improved ; large purchases have been made in first quality at 51s 3d to 51s 6d : at auction, 180 casks stranded sold 47s 61 a 50s 9d. For delivery in the next two months prices nave improved to .51s to 51s 3d. For delivery in the last three months 493 6d to 50a; yesterday there was less business doing, and there were sellers at 49s 6d psr cwt. Town Tallow is on the advance. To-day the demand was good for P. Y. Candle on the spot, as well as for delivery in the last two months at Bls 3d to 51s 6d. Fur Os•to'ser, November, and Decem ber there are not many buyers, but no sellers under 49s 6d. 011.8.—For Southern Oil a good demand has prevailed. Cod and pale Seal have been disposed of to a fair extent, the former at 281 10a a 2SI 153, and the latter at 291 a 29/ 103 for first quality. Sperm is held more firmly, 40 tuns at public sale wore taken in at 1101. Linseed Oil on the spot at 24s GI a 243 92, and for delivery in the next three and four months at 25s 3d a 25s 62 end 25s 92. Rape, prices are improving. A fair business has been tradsacted in Olive at our quotations. East ladle Cocoa Nut fine quality 43s 61 a 443 per cwt. COUNTRY CORN MAR Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter. Abingdon..,,, Andover Banbury Basingstoke — Cirencester C,,ven or y—. Daventry.wa. Derby II :wclen Ilu ngerforti— Ala:ton Iktii4en h cad.. Nottingham Wantage Warwick W , r;ester York s. to s. CO 7i n 2 72 s. to s. 32 43 26 46 37 44. 32 37 38 40 • 33 44 35 47 22 42 35 33 35 4 3 45 30 4V 3G 46 ;i1 ~G Per Bushel. Birmingham s. ti. s. d, 4 (i 13 0 Oats. S. to s. 23 3ti 28 32 23 31, 24 29 25 Rs 23 34 2; 36 23 30 22 33 25 32 29 3(1 22 :2S 32 37 22 s. d. s. d. 40 b 6 Beans. 1 Poissa. S. to 1. 40 5 42 46 40 42 30 44 54) 55 40 4 36 43 37 42 48 5:3 38 48 - 43 0 70 $. a. 44 2 40 42 To - _ . ..- - SO 37 40 40 65 - 40 1,4, g, d. 6 6 7 Oats. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) There are two distinguishable points about this sudden apparition of Socialism, which has frighted the Isle (of Ely) from its propriety, and likewise the Prelate of Exeter. One is the new moral philosophy of the Oweeite flocks ; the other their new notions of political economy. It is our conviction that the former could not find an abode in any brains which ha I not been left " empty, swept, and garnished," for their reception. Their spread (if they do spread) still more accuses the previous furniture than the " new moral" upholsterers of the " heads of the people." The latter have sufficient truth in them very naturally to mislead many. They proceed upon a principle which has already worked wonders, and which we expect to see work many wonders more in our age. The principle of co-operation has already shown what it can do ia the vast extension of the benefits of Insur ance, and the still farther extension of those benefits which may be efected by aid of Government and As sociations. We are disposed to think that partnerships of limited liability may afford machinery for the co-ope ration of small capitals which does not exist at present. Th e multiplication of clubs is another instance of the increased resort to association, for the purpose of plac ing enjoyments (beyond the means of each) within reach of meny. It is not wealth, but genteel poverty, that is making Pall-mall a street of palaces. (From the Standard.) At the risk, or rather with the certainty, of being charged with falsehood, wo think it right to lay before our readers what we know to be the present condition, and what we believe, upon the best grounds, to be tha present plan of the Cabinet. Lord Mel bourne is to be raised to the dignity of a Mar quis! The Cabinet is divided on making the Corn question and Ballot Cabinet questions ; end Lord Melbourne is in a minority with his colleagues, re sisting stoutly these two Radical propositions. One of two things must occur—either the extreme of the Cabinet must give way, and thus lose the sup port of the Radical section, or the minority— in which case the few remaining old Whigs and their supporters in the House will retire, and oppose the thorough-going Radical Cabinet, and Lord Melbourne's place will be filled by Lord Durham or Lord Normanby. The fact is, the Cabinet is so divided within itself; it is utterly impossible it can long continue together. A dissolution may be forced, and thus the existence of these incapables extended a few weeks longer, but the doom of the Melbourne Oabinet is sealed, and neither the influence of the Palace nor the support of the 16 actual majority can save it from destruction. Internal warfare has done much to effect this. (From the Courier.) The proceedings in the House of Commons last night will be read with great interest. It will be seen that every step taken by the House in its assertion of Pri vilege over Law, plunges the House in greater diffi culties, and is calculated to set that branch of the Le gislature still further at variance with the feeling of the country. It will be observed also, that the progress of the assumption of arbitrary power is the same in an as sembly as in a single individual. To maintain the arbitrary power assumed, a fresh assumption and a further exer cise of it becomes day by day necessary. Thus the power assumed by the House of Commons to punish for contempt was by committal to prison. It is now as sumed by Lord Howick that the House has the power to punish not only by committal to prison, but to ac company that pegoaTty by other aggravations of pain and penalties at the discretion (I) of the House of Com mons. Here is another new doctrine! IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. FIER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO TIIE LORDS' ADDRESS. " I thank you for this dutiful and affectionate Address. I feel deeply your approbation of my choice, and it gives ms great satisfaction to find that an event S 3 essential to my do mestic happiness is also considered conducive to the interests of my people." ANSWER OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS. " I return the House of Lords my warmest thanks for the message which you have now delivered. I learn with lively sa tisfaction their approbation of the choice which her Majesty has made, and it will be the study of my life to justify the favoura ble opinion which you have now expressed." {His Royal Highness's Reply to the House of Commons' Address was couched in precisely the same terms as to that of the Lords.] HOUSE OF COMMONS, Fss. 18. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at Five o'clock. HER AIAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The SPEAKER, on taking the Chair, said--I have to report to the House that this House has attended her Majesty to-day with the Address, and that her Majesty has been pleased to return the following most gracious answer :—" I thank you for this dutiful and affectionate Address. It is with great sati4faction that I find that an event, in which My feelings arc so deeply interested, has been attended with so many manifestations of joy among My People, and has called forth expressions of loyal attachment from My Parliament." DERBY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD. The Derby and Birmingham Railroad Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. EDINBURGH MARKET. The Edinburgh Market and Petty Customs Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. THE STANDING ORDERS. Mr. C. PONSONBY moved for leave to bring in Bill for making a turnpike road from Winbourne to Pid dletoun, in the county of Dorset, notwithstanding the non-compliance with the Standing Order of the Houso, which required that " a dotted line should be laid down on the plan deposited, showing the cuttings and embank ments on the said line ;' and further n oved that the said Standing Order should, in this particular instance, be waived. Sir E. KNATCH BULL felt bound to oppose the motion of the Hon. Member opposite, for if the prayer of the petition which he had presented was granted, it would leave it to persons conducting private Bills to pursue that course their own discretion pointed out, in stead of following the orders of the House. Mr. LABOUCHERE took the same view of the case as the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, and he trusted that the Hon. Member behind him, having done his duty to his constituents in having brought the case before the House, would not press his motion, if he saw it was against the sense of the majority of the House. Mr. HOPE thought the subject was one that was entitled to the indulgence of the House. After a few words from Mr. MILES, the Bill was withdrawn. FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY gave notice that on Tuesday the 3d March, he should move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Act for Regulating Mills and Frctories, and to report their opinion thereupon to the House.—(Hear, hear.) and Ipswich, and the 16th March for the appointment of the Committee for the trial of the merits of the pe titions presented against the returns for Cambridge and Totnes. The Hon. Member hoped that the House wou'd come to some order, so as to insure the attend ance of the Members on the lists or panels Nos. 1 and 2, otherwise much time might be lost through the in attention or non-attendance of any Member. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought the proper way would be to serve an order of the House on the Mem bers, so as to insure their attendance upon the proper day. Mr. GOULBURN thought it would be otter to postpone the subject for a day, because the House was about to take a step that might have to guide it in its future proceedings. Four-and-twenty hours ‘vould not affect the object which the Hon. Gentleman had in view, and he thought it would be much better to give notice for to-morrow, so that the House might have time for consideration. Mr. PENDA BITS would adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman, and give notice that he would bring the subject before the House to-morrow. CHINA. Sir JAMES GRAHAM begged to ask the Se cretary of State kr Foreign Affairs a question. La July last official accounts reached this country, that property to the amount of 2,000,0001. had been sur rendered by the order of the British Super intendent to the Chinese Government, under the pledge that repayment would be made. In November last, the Secretary of the Treasury gave official information to the parties interested that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to make the repayment. Her Majesty, in her Speech at the commencement of th• Session, expressed her regret that the events which had happened in China had occasioned the breaking up of commercial intercourse between the Chinese and her subjects. Sub sequent information very soon reached this country that acts of hostility had been commenced ; that a blockade of the port cf Canton had taken place, which after existing for four days had been withdrawn by the British Superinteedant. Since that, further accounts had reached this country, that an eng,agement had taken place between the British and Chinese. No information whatever had as yet been presented to the House on the subject, and the question he had to ask the Noble Lord ivas, whether he was prepared to lay upon the table papers relating to affairs that were so interesting to this country? Lori PALMERSTON said the Right Hen. Baronet was aware that papers had already been moved for and ordered by the House. He had made it his duty before he bad come down to the House, knowing it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to put the question, to ask when they wouldibe ready for pre sentation, and he could state that they would be ready in the early part of next week. PERSIA. Sir JAMES GRAHAM begged to ask another question which arose from a paragraph in the Queen's speech relative to our existing relations with the Shah of Persia. The question he wished to ask of the Nolle Lord was, whether any information had been received by realizing the expectations held out, and whether there was an immediate prospect of any arrangement being established with the Court of Teheran. The Right Hon. Baronet then asked if any communication had been received from the British Mi nister at the Court of the Shah of Persia. Lord PALMERSTON said that a communication had been received from the British Minister at the Court of the Shah of Persia, stating that the Shah would comply with all the demands made on him. Subsequently to that period, however, he had received directly from the Shah a communication of the details of which notice had been already given him. It ap peared on examination that the mode in which the Persian Government had proposed to execute its ge neral intentions was not on certain points the same as the manner in which it had first been proposed to give satisfaction to the British Government, That rendered it necessary for hint (Lord Palmerston) to make another communication to the British Minister at the Court of the Shah. That communication had not yet been answered ; but as the Shalt had declared his unqualified determination to grant all the demands made of him, he bad no reason to doubt, that the answer that would be received would be satisfactory.—(Hear.) He could not state precisely the nature of the relations existing between the Shah and the Governor-General of India, but he had not himself received any informa tion which could tend to show that the British Govern ment had any reason to be alarmed on that subject. On the motion of Mr. WALLACE leave was given to Mr. Gillon to absent himself from serving on the Committee of Private Bills. HILL COOLIES. An HON. MEMBER asked the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) to postpone the discussion of the claus'es of the Bill relating to the FM Coolies. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if he should hereafter find it necessary, he should have no objection to post pone it. EMIGRATION OF INDIAN LABOURERS. In answer to a question from Sir J. GRAHAM, Lord J. RUSSELL said that any information which could be given respecting the emigration of Hill Coolies, and the condition of those who had emigrated, would be given with the papers which the Noble Lord at the head of the Administration had promised in the House of Lords to lay before Parliament. PILOTAGE. Mr. WHITE begged to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman, the President of the Board of Trade, whether it was his intention to bring in any Bill respecting pilotage? Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed with the Hon. Gen tleman, that legislation upon the subject was highly de sirable. But after what had occurred in respect to the Bill formerly brought in by his predecessor, Mr. P. Thompson, it certainly was not his intention to bring in a all on the subject, as he believed it would be needlessly occupying the time of the House. THE CASE OF PRIVILEGE. The SPEAKER asked the Sergeant -at-Arms whe ther Mr. Howard, junior, was in attendance ? And, being answered in the affirmative, he ordered Mr. Howard to be brought in. Mr. Howard being accordingly brought to the bar, The SPEAKER said what is your name ?—Thomas Howard. What is your profession P—l am clerk to my father, who is an attorney, residing in Norfolk -street, Strand. Have you been recently engaged in issuing and serving writs for your father in the case of Mr. Stockdale ?—Yes ? several. On what days nm not certain. I believe two on Friday last, and one on Saturday. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—By whose orders? —By my father's. Have you gone to him where he is confined, and re ceived instructions from hint there ?—Yes. You went to him and he gave you orders ?—Yes. What were the writs you served ?--I served three copies of one writ on the Messrs. Hansard in the suit of Mr. Stockdale against them. Have you seen Mr. Stockdale in those circumstances? --I have not. Has the cause of action been mentioned to you ?-1t has tot. Are you aware of the cause of action ?—I don't know for certain, but I can give a near guess._( A laugh.) Were you net aware of the cause of action at the time you sued out the writ ?—No, I think not. Have you taken any proceedings in the action now pending et the suit of Stockdale against the Messrs. Han sard ? Yes, a great many. Since your father was iaa confinement ?—Yes. Do you know the cause of action ?—I do. By Mr. GODSON—Wow, old are you?-19. How long have you been apprenticed to your father ? I have been articled three years. By Mr. O'CONNELL—You know that your father was in confinement for bringing an action against the Messrs. Hansard, which had been pronounced a breach of the privileges of this House ?—Yes. And you acted in the present action by your father's orders ?—Yes. By Mr. GODSON—Are you not obliged to obey all the lawful commands of your master ?—Yes. It is part of your articles ?—Yes. Mr. Howard was then ordered to withdraw. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it was certainly a very painful duty to him to address them on the present occasion.—( Hear.) The young gentleman who had just left the bar had stated that hehad continued to carry on the action, which had been pro nounced by that House as a breach of its privileges, know ing that his father had been committed to Newgate for commencing that action. It was quite in vain for them to commit the attorneys if their clerks were allowed to carry on the action.—( Hear, hear. ) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite had stated that the clerk was bound to obey all the lawful commands of his master, but he (the Attorney-General) submitted that that was not a lawful command. He was, therefore, under the necessity of moving that Mr. Howard, having conducted the action against the Messrs. Hansard a f ter his master had been committed to highNewgate, was contempt and was guilty of a breach of the privileges of that House. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN had heard with great sir prise the motion of his lion. and Learned Friend die Attorney-General, because he had not stated en which of the actions, whether the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth, the breach of privilege had been committed. The young man who had been called to the bar, in the answers he had given to the questions put to him, had entirely ex culpated himself from all blame, until the Learned Attor ney-General had put to him the question whether he had continued the action for which his father was in confine ment. Now he said it was a surprise on the House to call upon this youth to answer in respect of an action in which the damages had been levied andpaid ; and at that mom en , the Attorney-General was proceeding against this boy—. for such he was—the apprentice of his father, for executing the duty he was bcund by his articles to execute. He supposed he was not expected to understand the law, and he might be excused in his peculiar situation if be believed he must act according to the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench. But it appeared to him as if a trap had been used in order to cat c h this boy in an offence for which be had not been called before the House. There was not the slightest ground for the motion made. The Noble Lord (Lord J o h n R us sell) concluded his address last night, with an ob ser vation that made greatim pression upon the House, but which, in apprehen sion was a iniseaken one. The question was not whether the House had the pri v il ege or no t o f p u blishing this par ticular paper. but what was the mode in which this privi lege, if it existed, was to be preserved. He thought they had the right to publish this paper ; but this did not alter his opinion as to the impropriety of the mode they had ern plot ed in vindicating it. The Noble Lord had referred to cases in the times of Charles the First and Charles the &cowl, and had praised these Parliaments, and so did ho fur some of their acts, but he thought the Noble Lord would not praise all that had been done in the time of Charles the Second. The first case was that of Sir John Eliot, Hellis, and others, in which an information was laid against three Members for an act done in the House, far which they were apprehended and heavily fined. In that case the matter was settled quite tight, for it was dune by the joint resolution of both Houses, and by an ap- Eeal to the House of Lords the judgment was reversed. The victory was achieved, not against the Law but by the Law, having the decision of the House of Lords, a com petent authority. The other case was still stronger, the case of Speaker Williams ; the judgment in that case had never been reversed, it was met by the Bill of Right; therefore in the one Case the House of Lords set them right, and in the other, the question was settled, not by the House of Commons but by the Bill of Rights. Ho cited these cases in order to prove that the minority were right :in their perseverance en this question. The Con vention Parliament had been cited, but the decision they had come to in committing the Judges had been held to be indefensible by all the Judges and all lawyers since that time, so it was no mean authority. In the case of Ashby v. White, the House had taken all the present steps, and the House was most signally beaten. The case of Nayler showed now injudicious it was to give the power of punishment to a popular assembly, he was sentenced to stand in jthe pillory in several places, to be severely whipped, to have his tongue bored through, and marked B with a hot iron, to be sent to Bristol to undergo the same punishment, and thereafter to be imprisoned with hard labour until the Parliament thought proper to relesae him. There was at that time an AtturneysGeneral not so kind and considerate as the At torney-General of the present day. Ile contended that the course proposed by the Attorney-General was no t t h e way to vindicat e tier privileg es . It would not be reputable fer the House to commit the boy because be had obeyed his father in regard to an action that be had never been called to account for. He hoped, therefore, the Loblo Lord would not persist in carrying the motion made by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General. It he did be would be compelled to divide the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Right Hon, and Learned Gentleman who had jest sat down bad fallen into a very great mistake in what be had said upon the different actions. It was upon the fourth action that Mr. Howard was committed, and it was upon the fourth action that he proposed to commit the son. The father was imprisoned fur committing an act that he was told was a breach of privilege, and yet he had thought pro per to direct his son to proceed with it. With regard to the general subject he wou'd beg to observe, that Hon. Gentlemen might have defined to another period entering late the generil question.—(Cries of " Spoke, spoko," ant " Chair, chair.") If he were out of order he would at once sit down. Sir E. KNA TCHBULL wished to observe that the House was now in a different position from any it had been in before. He should like to hear from the Attorney-Ge. net al the grounds on which he was now about to proceed. Was it on the fifth action or not ? The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, he believed, would say it was not on the fifth but on the fourth; but the House would say that if the fifth action had not existed they would never have en tered upon the present proceedings. Was it just or WAS it consistent with the dignity of the House to call a man to their bar for one action, when it was manifest they wizlird to punish him for another The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he sees proceeding azainst the party because he assisted his father in a former action, but they had already punished the father himself for pro ceedieg in the fourth action. 110 thought that that the minority had not been fairly treated in discussions on this subject. He hoped, however, that in a question of pu nishment the wishes of a minority of upwards of 100 Mem , bets would be consulted, and that some consideration wall due to these opinions. M:. O'CONNELL said that he thought that the ma jority of the House had been treated with very little con sideration. They h a d w i tnesse d a repetition of the same arguments, and the makie g o f objections, at every step taken by the (louse. They bad witnessed an unyielding, he would not say an unconsciervious, opposition to what had appeared to be the wishes of the majority of Members.—( Hear.) That majority had not been composed of partisans, but embraced almost all the leading man of both parties, besides others who had sup ported those leading Members. !le thought that the Hon. Member opposite ( Sir E. Knatchbull had fallen into a mistake wi.h regard to the motion before the House. The motion was not, as the Hon. Baronet supposed, for the committal of the party. The motion was merely to declare whether that person had been guilty . or not of a breach of the privileges of the House. For his part he should be sorry to vote for the committal of the party till he was assured that he was determined in persevering in violating their privileges. If the committal had been moved for, be ( Mr. O'Connell)should first move that he should be brought to the bar, that he should be questioned as to whether he was aware that he had been guilty of a contempt of the House. There was not the least doub: of the fact ; for he had been asked whether he had proceeded on the fourth action after he understood that his father was in gaol for bringing the' action, and he answered in the itlirmative.—(llear. ) He had a full knowleolge that his father was in custody, and he persevered.—( Hear.) He asked, would the House be consistent in proceeding against the Sheriffs hereafter, if they allowed a person to go off, who was carrying on that action with a full knowledge of the breach of privilege ? ( Hear, hear.) If they did so, it might well be called a trap.-_( Hear, hear.) It had been said that the House was laying a trap for the Sheriffs, if it allowed the action to go on. The Sheriffs had conscientiously discharged a public duty, and it would not be fair or reasonable to allow them to be kept in jeopardy. It was in the power of the 'louse to stop the actions, for there was not that appetite for imprisonment, which some persons imagined. He would not follow the lion, and Learned Baronet opposite in has opinion of the previous cases. But without apply ing that gentleman's words to the gentleman himself; he would say that the words grini-yribher, w hich he had used on a former night, might be applied in this case. As to the case of Nayler, it was not just to taunt the House of Commons with what had been done in that case,— ( Hear.) The House of Commons had nothing to do with it.—( Hear.) The blame should be thrown upon a set of miscreants who were summoned by Cromwell from amongst his own partizans in England, Ireland, and Scot land.—(Hear.) The assembly in which they sat was not a British House of Commons. When the writs were re turned, they were received outside the 'louse by a file of Ciornwell's Grenadiers, who would allow no one to enter the House who had not Crommall's sanction.—(Hestr, hear.) It did not become the Honourable Gentleman, who ranked so high as a constitutional lawyer, to taunt the House of Commons with the acts of such a set of men._. (Hear, hear.) He might as well taunt them with the acts of the National Convention of France.—( Hear, hear,) As to the question whether this person had committed a breach of privilege or not, he thought there could be no doubt that he knew others had been committed to gaol far carrying on the fourth action, and that he persevered ia it with that knowledge.---( Hear, hear.) The House would stultify itself if it resolved that he was not guilty of a breach of privilege. Colonel WOOD, notwithstanding the arguments of the Hon. Member opposite, could not be convinced that they had not summoned the lad Howard to the bar for one offence and were going to punish him for another. He t t ,o h e bseefeu Attorney_rites tny t t hey did pursue such itw a?eoomkucst answc rine his ; r oa c ps s ti p inr e oi on e n t c t o o itmth t e h md e iiitd 4 lo t i l ul i ais a t: et .io i ) o rue n gi , hfc b , was sure they would not go the right way to have their privileges backed up by the people. He trusted i asm n ecc: e i ur conclusion, c scae l u 'es s i ber o elp n y , that the House would pause before it adopted so severe and uncalled-for a course, Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE thought it but of little importance whether the boy Howard bad been brought to the bar upon the Ist, 2d, 3d, or 4th action, as in his opinion, he ought not to have been brought there at all.—(hear.) The 'louse had assembled on the 16th of last month, fur the despatch of business of great im portance, they had now sat five or six weeks, and he (Mr. Duncombe) should like to know what busi ness of importance they had dispatched in that time?—. ( Hear, hear.) What were they now about to do ? Why, to commit a minor, for acting in obedience to his father., (Hear, hear ) lie believed that the boy would receive public sympathy, if they sent him to prison for obeying the commands of his father.—(hear, hear.) He (Mr. Duncombe) considered that it was high time to put an end to the proceedings on the subject in which the /louse had been lately engaged, and he believed that might be done without compromising the dignity of the !louse ; and the mode he would venture to suggest, would be the appoint. menr of a joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament. Hear, hear.) There was some analogy between this case and that of Mr. Wilkes, in 1773. lie was arrested afterwardsllss ple adheisd privilege thatt the g on a charge of sedition upon a general warrant, a n d was committed itte w d ar t r o ait it i le wa T s o i w lleg er. al, Mr. of Parliament. The Lord Chief Justi ce o f the Court of Common Pleas decided that the general warrant y • was legal, but that the privilege of Parliame n t could be went ai on with rert t'oi‘eirege of sediti on . T he Attorne prosecution for a seditious libel, set General up in and the House of Commons found themselves in difficulty, because the Court of Common Pleas had held that Mr. Wilkes could plead his privilege of Parliament. After this THE MARKETS-(YESTERDAY.) (Fron the London New price Current of Feb. 18.) 'UQAR.—From the grocers there was a brisk demand for West India Muscovadoes Sugar last week, and the merchants obtained an advance on the previous rates of 6d for brown, and is for all yellow kinds, and the latter were the most in request, particularly those with colour, and of which the supply was small. For refining purposes there was a pretty good demand, and the prices paid were 61 above those previously quoted. The total purchases amounted to 2,200 hhds and tierces since Tuesday last, and a larger business would have been done if there had been a better show of grocery Sugars. The arrivals since eur last have been trivial, whereas during the same time in 1839 several vessels arrived, and the deliveries very large. The stock has further diminished. This afternoon the grocers evinced a good desire to pur chase West India Sugar, but the indifferent show operated against buying ; still there was a fair business transacted, and the prices paid are fully equ to these of Flidgy. From the refiners the demand was steady, and previous rates were well maintained. The purchases amount to 600 hhds and tierces, and the market closed with a firm ap pearance. The deliveries from the warehouses are still large. There was no auction of Barbadoes; but 100 hhds are declared for next Friday. The stock of British Plantation Sugar is now 20,847 hhds and trs, which is 1,913 less than last year at the tame period. The stock of Mauritius is 37,895 bags, being 9,649 less than last year. The stock of Bengal is 42,392 bags, which is 7,491 more than last year. The delivery of British Plantation Sugar for the last week was 2,254 hhds and trs, being 643 more than during the same time last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 5,504 bags, which is 343 less than last year. The delivery of Bengal was 1,452 bags, being 292 more than during the corresponding week last year. RIFINED.—The home trade have purchased freely of all descriptions of Refined goads, paying advanced rates; standard Lumps have fetched 79s 6d to 803, rather inferior 74s to 795, and good brown Lumps 77s to 77s 61 per cwt. Pieces have found a ready sale, and prices have improved to 70s to 73a for fine, and 60s to 695 for other descriptions. Bastards of low quality have been in steady demand, and the better kinds have sold freely at rather higher rates. Treacle of common quality is wanted, and 323 61 offered, but the supply being short has re strict ed buying. In Patent and the best old make a good many purchases have been made at 33s 63 to 355. A large business has been done in Bonded Crushed, 34s 63 has been paid for present delivery, and 34s 3d to wait a few weeks. Loaves sell more freely at rather higher prices, 14, 10, and Gi bs are fetching 37s to 43a. Treacle has become scarce, small parcels fetch 13a. In Pieces some sales have been made at 24s to 275, but Bastards sell slowly at 16v 6d to 183 per cwt. In Dutch Crushed Sugar there has been more business doing ; 200 hhds have been sold at als 3d on board at Amsterdam. To-day the grocers have been free buyers of reined goods, but prices cannot be quoted higher than last week. Treacle in good request at 82s 61 to 353; common sell the most freely. For Bastards and Pieces the demand is excellent, particularly for good sorts, and prices are on the advance. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held firmly at 343 3 , 1 to 34s 6d, at which there is still a large business doing. MAURITITS.—Previous rates have been fully supported, and a good demand has prevailed by private contract for nearly all descriptions. At auction, 3,216 bags of the new crop sold briskly at stiff prices ; very low to middling yel low fetched 61s 61 to 635, good middling to good 64s to 665, a favourite mark l o w white 683 to 633 6d, good to fine brown 393 61 to 61s 6d, very ordinary and middling Ma 6d to 583 per cwt ; other parcels are declared for public corn petition. There have been several arrivals since we last wrote. The clearances from the warehouses have again been large. This afternoon the biddings were brisk at a public sale of 5,375 bags of the new crop; the whole were disposed of at full former rates ; and fine kinds brought in somo cases 6d advance; fine yellow fetched 67s to 68s, good 66s to 66; 6d, good middling, 64s to 655, midddng 63: to 63; 6d, fine brown 60s to 603 6J, middling and good middling grey at 63s to 64s 6i, good 663 to 66i 6d per cwt. EAsr INDIA.—From the refiners the demand has been good for Manilla, and, although we cannot quote prices higher, yet former rates have been fully supported ; the shippers, however, still buy sparingly : the private sales have amounted to 3,000 bags, at 21s 9d to 225, for low middling yellow, and 21s for good brown : at auction, 5,502 bags sold at 19s to 193 6d for low brown, 21s to to 21s 61 for low middling yellow, 223 to 233 6d for middling to fine greyish yellow, and washed 20361 to 223 per cwt. Java is not much wanted by the shippers, but the refi ners have been buy era to a fair extent of most kinds at previous rates : for auction at Amsterdam on the 27th, 42,842 baskets 1 300 mats, &c., are declared. All the parcels of Siam offering for sale have been disposed of at prices on a par with the auctions, which occurred on this day week. The few parcels of dry white Bengal offering privately have been taken readily by the home trade, and the ad vanced rates established on this day week have been fully supported ; buying has been restricted in consequence of the short supply. This afternoon there was was a good demand for Bengal for home use ; there were three public sales consisting of 5,645 bags; 2,000 bags were taken in, being held for ad vanced rates, viz. fine white at 71s 6d to 72s 6d, low white 66s to 67s 6d, damps and washed 62s to 675, the remainder was all disposed of, and at full former rates, fine dry white realized 71s 6d to 725, good 70s to 711, damps 693 6d to 70s 6d, washed 63s to 69; 64 inferior 6-1:i to 6d, ordinary brown 51s to 53; 6d per cwt. FOREIGN. —The refiners are still in want of Brazil of low white, brown, and grey descriptions, but buying has been checked in consequence of the short supply; the parcels disposed of have been on full former terms ; for export there are yet few orders : good and fine white kinds still sell slowly, but prices remain firm ; there has been no public sale, but 400 chests Bahia will be brought forward on Friday. There are buyers of yellow Havannah to a fair extent at the rates established at the late public sale, but the merchants not being disposed to sell on those terms have caused the private sales to be limited, and none has been offered at auction. White is still neglected, and prices are uncertain ; if the merchants were to force sales, they must accept prices much under those quoted. MoLasses.--For West India there has been a good de mand, and previous rates have been fully maintained ; by private contract ordinary St. Vincents has been sold at 31s 51, and good Demeraras 33s 6d to 34s ; at public sale 105 puns 38 casks good middling Barbadoes were taken in, but sold afterwards at 36s to 36s 61, and 189 puns dark St. Lucia at 325. The quantity offering for sale is small. Tta.—For Free Trade Tea there was an active de mand towards the close of last week, occasioned by the alarming accounts received from Canton ; speculators as well as the trade purchased freely, and the prices paid show an advance on those previously quoted of 3id to 4d, Congou of common quality for cash 2s I Id to 2s I lid, with a prompt 3s to 3s Id; Twankay common for money 3s Id to 3s and 3s 2id to Is 3d with a prompt; the former was the most in request, and at these rates some of the merchants refused to sell : all the parcels offering at reasonable prices were bought up. In Com pany's Congou there was a good deal of business done at the improved rates of 3s Id to 3s lid for cash, 35 2d to 3s 2fd with a one, and 34 3id to 3s 4d with a two and three months' prompt, and the market closed on Saturday with a firm appearance ; but yesterday,to the surprise of many parties. it assumed quite a different appearance, and at the monthly sales, consisting of 94,000 packages, or 6,515,0001b5, the trade evinced ♦ery little inclination to purchase at former rates, although they were present in large numbers from all parts of the country; capitalists were also not disposed to make further investments, and the biddings throughout the day were very languid ; the merchants generally appeared determined to protect their Teas, and bought in and withdrew large parcels at pre vious rates ; on the other hand, when they wero disposed to realize they were compelled to submit to a re duction on the prices paid in the market towards the end of last week of id to 2d for Congou, 2d to 21-d for Twan kay, 2J to 3d for Ilyson. Ilyson Skin is 3d to 4d cheaper than in the early part of January, Imperial Id to 2d, Orange Pekoe 2d to 31, and rather lower rates were accepted for other descriptions ; even at this decline the trade show . - little desire to do business, and of the quantity passed the hammer, amounting to 15,000 packages, only 3,100 packages were actually disposed of, the bulk Twankay and Congou ; the decline as compared with the prices paid at the sales on the 24th January is lid on the former, and Id on the latter; the principal merchants, however, will not sell at any thing like the prices buyers offer, in consequence of the increased embarassmcnts thrown in the way of the trade between this country and China, and the general opinion is that as the sales pro gress, buyers will come forward with more confidence, particularly as many of the merchants are not inclined to reduce their pretensions. The following are the prices ac tually paid at the sales,—Congou but mid blackish leaf and rather strong and little Pekoe flavour 2s 11id to 3s OP, ord 101. ; Twankay but mid rather coarse yellowish lest 2s lld to 2s 11+3, but mid brightish leaf 2s lld to 2s 11/d, middling 33, good brightish leaf Imperial kind 36 6d; Caper good middling 23 11d to 2s 1 lid ; Orange Pekoe but middling rather fresh burnt 2s 7+d to 23 8d; Hyson Skin good ordinary yellow leaf 2s G+d to 2s 61c1; Hyson good mid rather fresh palish leaf 4s 81d to 4s 9.1; Imperial but mid brightish leaf rather coarse 3s 81d ; Hoolong mid rather fresh burnt Cap flavour 2s 91d to 2s 10d ; Pekoe good mid rather old and rather flowery 2s 1 lid to 3s Oid per lb. Company's Congou is less in favour, and sales have been made at 2s 111c1 to 3s for cash, and 3s to 3s 9 cl with a one, two, and three months' prompt. The deliveries of Tea from the warehouses last week were pretty good, amount ing to 385,000 lbs. Duty has be gun to b e pa id on the cargo of the " Marmion" f rom H ong Kong, but the cargo o f th e " Eucles" from the same part, with 3,762 cheats 2,644 chests and 1,000 boxes of Tea, has been stopped by the Customs in consequence of her not having the certi ficate of the British superintendent, the Tea having been put on board by the Americans. Oa this subject an appli cation has been made to the Treasury by Franks, Willi a ms, and Co., which has been referred by the Board of Trade to the Customs, and the Commissioners' report thereon was sent to the Board of Trade on Saturday. The question, therefore, now remains far tho decision of the Privy Council. To day there was a lingo muster of the traCe at the Tt a sales, but the merchants generally act baing inclinel :o 6 2 SO 58 80 R 8 72 03 78 57 68 76 61 8:3 57 79 G 8 80 - 71 40 8.1 s. d. s. d. 8O 98 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 14 gallons to the bushel.) Whez t. Barley. '. d. to t. d. I. d. t o s. d . s. d . to 1. d. Truro 0 71-0 40-0 9 lielstone 10 2 —044 0 0 0 St. Austell — 0 9 4 0 46 0 3 2 Bodtnin Launceston...— — 0 8 7 • 0 53 41 3 3 Ctm 1 ford 8 0 0— C SC. 2 8 3 1 Penzance OUBLIN MA (ding FEB. 11; PENSIONS. present td time, isrinnec,c specifying th e l 8 t day te Sir ROBERT PEEL moved for a return o f a ll been granted, and the amount of the pension grant e d ; nolinmeieobenrfsuotal7iyetpillaBer3tC4yivtteiol who in ea c h case a pens i on has also, account of the total pensions granted in each year ending the 20th day of June, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1839. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved as an amendment, that the returns should be from the Ist of January, 18°8, to the present time, which was agreed to. Sir ROBERT PEEL then moved for an account of the number of marines now employed on shore or afloat on the coast of Spain, in any service con nected with the execution of the Quadruple Treaty. An account of the total value of the stores of all descriptions advanced to Spain under the provisions of the Quadruple Treaty. Of the suns (if any) received from Spain on account of such advances, and of the arrangement made in Spain in respect of the ultimate repayment for such advances.--Agreed to. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET wished to ask the ChancellorhisapopfnitnhtemEenxt n Exchequer Commissionerquerether M. ofr. SEtesveiesne-, son since had received any compensation under the Emancipa tion Act. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had not received a salary during the whole pericd ; bat he thought he had performed the duties of the office two years, and had received salary for half that time. Lord G. SOMERSET gave notice that he would move for papers connected with the subject. The Earl of LINCOLN appeared at the bar with the answer to the address to the Duchess of Kent, which was as follows :—" I receive with great satisfac tion, the attention and regard of th e H ouse of Commons, which is most gratifying to my feelings, and I return them many thanks for their congratulations." Mr. PENDARVES brought up the Report of the Select Committee on electio n pet i t i ons, fixing the 12th March for the sitting of the Commitees to try the merits of the petitions preferred against the elections for Lincoln MARKETS'. .KIT NUPE for the WEEK en, I'. .. A .PT 1p , .. ,276 Wheat, per barrel 'zi stone..-... 1 f. 36 0 85 3 0 Dere .. 0 0 75 i Barley 1,316 Oats '4 5t ,, ......... 11 0 16 0 14 10 n Four, per cwt • 11 st,..v. — •• - 0 ... . 060 Oatmeal --- S at0ne...... 14 6 :S 0115 11 Sold to Bakers only. 3,231 Cwt. Flour l .O 0 “s , ' 0 90 4 Average price Jf Wheat and Four 65. 4d per sack.. , i 0.. tr , ..c .14i, ed to 20a rid. tteceipte of Flour, 11,743 g iv0 ,........ tr ,,,, Sales of Do. 18,003 nuns ......... p - on I. 9d . ,1 to 15s ti. rYom 13 0 t7r BRIrAD. Quarterr. Quartern et .1t I: AltkE.TS.—Feb. 15 + Vheltt (per `JOit.)l3s 0.1. imr 6 ~ .6, 4 .t0 14. Oti Barley (per 'fist) '7 0 19 9 1 , 1m , r ;t•erevrt.), .16 ti 24 Oattreal (per cwt.).— ..... a to Leo. 4SO Reel, 4d. to 7,l,—Mutten, lei. tnßd._V„a';.. to 1. Pork, 40. to sd..—Freil) Butte!, :Ou. to Pkticw tf c gi ts. Tr the Cftw try First Quality... ......... • /•••••• lOC/ 00000 4160 00000 .11•••••••••••• -9 . Second 00000 ••• ...... 000000 ••• •• 5 6 .• •• •... • slims••• Third Fourth Fifth ,:,.. 61 t 9 ••••••.. Sixth 5 8..1•••1 , •11 01 . 6.11i :46 CLONMEI. t. 11 !? h EIS...Feb 15. Peg ("wt. ..- L. d. s. ' d ., . .. ' ' s. .i. 5. ii New Butter SH otoooo 11 1 .dct (raw)...........- 0t024 0 Oatmeal l2 0 11 3 8ac0nP.g5............36 C 46 0 Rendered Lard 0 52 t Heads . ..... ...........SH 4 1 ... 0 Per Bz.L, Flour, Second P 41 Ai i 10111 ',T 7 iaMi......... 0 IV 0: --.llousehold 0 42 01-- F.purtits......te... 0 .... C For am rol. Rapeseed 2O 0 0 1 Barley ...»N......13 0 11 Bore 8 4 10 0 1(7.1.de .....».......... it .... 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. Whoat,perbarrel)2os.od.to 375. 04. Bud ": , er 1 1'....... at Co, to Os. 6d. Barley 20 0 22 0 51r...t.c - 41 ........... 0 1 0 6 H. 6 14 fr , Pork ....... ......... 4 4 0 0 1../g.ts r. 7 Flour (per bag) 40 0 40 C Yrs' .........,..... 0 Butter (per cwt.) 90 0 0z r - • krest. Biu?er ..... 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pigs 53 0 &i P ; malt nittn ~..,... 0 6 010 Coa l s 1 0 1 2 l'otatoas t'per it.) 0 9 u 3 ; MARKETS. Barley, Mecklenburgh 70 to U Magdeburgh... 77 to 80 Holstein ........ 70 to Sat— Summer ......... 74 to 78 Oats, Elder . 44 to 48 Mecklenburg..... 54 t• 54 Holstein ............ to 56 -- Elst Erielland... 41 to f•I Pease, Mecklenburg ... 72 to 15 Beans ........................ SIS to 106 Buck Wheat........ CO to 611 Rapeseed, Hanover Cl) to DO Malt ........................ ts CS Tares ...................... to roN. Maranbam ....... to 84,1 Madras ..................... ......... . 5 5% Surat' ........................ % 0 Domingo PEE. ............ 7 734 Domingo ................... 5% to 5% lea Gualra .................. sti 6% Porto Rico ............... 81 Haroatinah .................. 5 614 8% Discount.) Bahia, White ........... to 7% Brown .. ......... 5% sfi Pernambuco, White ...hi, 7% Brown ...5 SX, u, 534 to HAMBUR G R Wheat. Marks 142 to 151 Magdeburg - Anhalt, white 148 to 150 red 130 to 151. ---- Brunswick 149 to 158 -- Mecklenburg 132 to 137 - Polish -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg 733 to 92 Dantzic Elbing and HAN nigsburg Upland Riga COT; Carolina and Tennessee n; to 9% Georgia, Ist sort S4 9 1,1 7.4 3d and 4th COF Mocha 1:3 to 1:3% Batavia Sumatra Rio 4% Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit Havanna!), White 811,4t0 Brown 5 ~•~ Rio, White O4 Brown Manilla, Brow ETS.