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WOOD, of a motion, on the 27th instant, for a Committee to : e xamine into the subject of Metropolitan Improve , talents ; and one by MACLEAN, to inquire this day concerning the intentions of Government in relation to China and the opium trade. In answer to Colonel SIBTHORP, the CHANCELLOR ' of the EICHEQUER explained that a difference of be t tween .510,000/. and 490,0001., which the Gallant ' Colonel observed in the Civil List, arose from the re . eernmendation of the Committee on the Civil List not having been entirely adopted. 1 in reply to Mr. CHRISTOPHER, Lord JOHN RUSSELL „dated that he meant before Easter to bring in a Bill to awend the Poor-law. In ,answer to Mr. BAINES, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated i t h a t the Government would not object to Mr. BAINES moving for a return of all the land sowed with wheat i e.,st eutumn, and in the autumn of 1838. i n a nswer to Colonel CONoLLY, the CHANCELLOR of the }...ICHEQUER, though professing a proper reluct ance to an,,wering questions which might derange trade, 1 4 stated that Ve was not prepared to introduce any Bill 4 this Session for the repeal of the drawback on Scotch t malt , The privilege question was again taken up at an early hour, and occupied the House through the whole evening. Ou Lord J. B.usei:er, moving the Order of the Day 1 'or resuming the su,!ieet, Mr. T. Deecostim moved (that a copy of the war :rant under which the Sheriffs and Mr. STOCKDALE were eowmitted should be laid be fore the House. . After a little unnecessary asperity on the part of Sir E. Sue DEN, who attacked Lord J. RUSSELL for not erunting the warran t before he had declined to do so, * ' the motion and the amendment were, on the suggestion oi . Lord JOHN, both withdrawn ; and Mr. DUNCOMBE ( having made a substantive motion on the subject, the warrants were ordered to be laid on the table. 1 in reply to Sir E. KNATCHBULL, Lord JOHN stated that thenrieoeer,s would be kept where they are at pre sent as 104 a s the application for a habeas was pending. ) 'f.ie Order 01-tle Vay was road, and Lord JOHN Rug se.r..L. moved that Mr. HowARD, Mr. STocxDALE'S at ' torney, be called to the bar. Sir E. SUGDEN moved as an amendment, that Mr. 1 HOWARD be called in and forthwith discharged. He at -4 tacked the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S law, and complained of the warrants not having on their face :be cause of com -1 mitment, which he said was done on purpose to keep the Court ignorant of the cause, and prevent justice being done. In reference to committing Mr. HOWARD, S : r EDWARD SUGDEN inquired whether Lord JOHN RUSSELL had heard the language of defiance which the Counsel in the cause had yesterday used in the Court ? Already the Sheriffs had received many visits of con , eloOnce and congratulation, and their imprisonment was likely to be converted into a triumph. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the original motion, and hoped that if the attorney were punished, it would operate as a warning to other attorneys. He contemplated the manifestation of feeling in the Court, to which Sir E. Sugden,had alluded, with alarm ; for, if a ll Westminster Hall were against them, and the House of Commons had to trust to Westminster Hall, what would become of their privileges ? He regretted the edverse decision of the Judges, and insisted that their decision ramie it more incumbent on the House to de , fend its privileges. Mr. FREsHYIELD asked, as they were going to corn , nut Mr. S - rocicuaee ' s attorney, why they did not corn -1 mit the Judges ? Solicitors had a duty to perform to ' , trds their clients, and they would feel themselves dis graced if they did not perform it. Mr. Sergeant TALFoURD also spoke against. pr'.vi ii ,i.sges. He defended the Judges, and, though he corn eireented Sir R. PEEL for his eloquence, ventured to 'utpugn his arguments. Sir ROBERT followed the Learned Serjeant, and e ;,,, Ted that the arguments the Learned Gentleman had I . . t „,:-,ed were founded on principles laid down by the ! j adges whom he admired and praised. Sir R OBERT - e.tencli ,J, too, that all his arguments were founded on re : ltitions s,edi edopted by that House, which had the sup le . I Olf e pfighxablest lawyers in it, and he ridiculed , i des ,...o-If - tre; rd or dictum of a Judge was to _, evert:L A./040: tioned in the House, although it The Right Hon. Baronet sue icarnid.irg-\ P rk iv (ii ,,,, : , - ofigir;.4l.7,rreit.' self from the attack of the ,!. i 1414 .- - ;T: - •• i''' it-,,:_.,_._,:i.i.L_L,:,::iy Learned Sergeant, and again contended in strong lan guage for the necessity of upholding the privileges of the House. Mr. DARBY, one of Sir ROBERT'S staunchest followers on ordinary occasions, also attacked his great leader, and quoting HANSARD of June 17, 1839, showed that the Right Hon. Baronet was at that period adverse to attacking any of the inferior officers of justice. Sir ROBERT, in reply to his officious follower, rather gloried in a change of opinion founded on fuller informa tion, and professed that he was not to be fright ened by th e g h os t o f hi s former self, conjured up from HANSARD, from what be conceived now to be right. It is a sagacious remark of Mr. JEFFERSON, that rival orators are never good friends, and it looks rather inauspicious for the Tories to find Mr. DARBY entering the field against Sir ROBERT PEEL. Some other Tories took the opportunity of breaking a lance with their great leader, and even the expectant Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, with the greatest and most humble deference, contro verted the opinions of the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth. After a legal pleading for privilege by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland, and a prosy oration by Sir CHARLES GREY, but whether pro or con. it is difficult to say, the House divided, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion was carried by 210 to 92. Mr. HOWARD was then called in, and examined at some considerable length. He admitted being concerned for Mr. STOCKDALE in all the three actions, but ex pressed great and honest regret if he had offended the House. After a rather long examination of Mr. HOWARD, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that he be dis charged ; and stated that, as this was the last motion he should make on the subject, he meant hereafter to move for a Committee of Privileges to prosecute the inquiry. __ Viscount HOWICK, who has always been a great stickler for privilege, as if he were nothing without it, expressed his deep regret at the motion to discharge Mr. HOWARD. A long and irregular debate, not unmixed with personalities, followed, in which the ATTORNEY GENERAL moved as an amendment to the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that Mr. HOWARD be called in, reprimanded, and discharged. Lord J. RUSSELL ex pressed his approbation of this amendment, which was carried, after a division, by 178 to 68. Mr. HOWARD was accordingly called in and reprimanded by the SPEAKER, whose reprimand was ordered to be entered on the journals in a dignified and proper manner. The question of a provision for Prince ALBERT was, after a short conversation, postponed till Monday. The Estimates to be laid before the House on Friday. The Bill authorizing a Naturalization Bill for Prince Albert, went through a Committee, and the House ad journed at twenty minutes before Two o'clock. Yesterday, in the Court of Queen's Bench, the Judges sitting in Banco decided, without one dissentient voice, and without much hesitation, to make the rule absolute which calls on the Sheriffs of London to pay over to Mr. STOCKDALE the damages levied in his cause. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE regretted extremely the painful situation in which the Sheriffs were placed, but he declared that the Court had no discretion, no liberty, and was bound to insist on the Sheriffs doing their duty to the Court. Now, let the reader look at the situation in which the Sheriffs are placed by the decisions of these adverse authorities. The House of Com mons actually commits them for not paying the money back to Messrs. HANSARD—the Court of Queen's Bench will commit them, or attach their goods, unless they pay the money over to Mr. STOCKDALE. Thus the authorities which should guide the actions of men, and see justice done to all her MAJESTY'S subjects, impose on indivi duals a contradictory and an impossible duty, and punish them because they cannot overcome im possibilities and reconcile contradictions. All parties have agreed that the conduct of the Sheriffs throughout the business has been most praiseworthy. They have done their duty with the utmost circumspection. Lord DENMAN yesterday, it is true, stated that they ought to have returned the money as soon as they received it; so that their having retained it, in order to give the House of Commons time to take steps in the matter, which was done with the best intentions, has operated to their disadvantage, and enabled the House of Commons more easily to get hold of them. With this single exception, which ought to have pre vented the House from profiting by a deference to its wishes, the conduct of the Sheriffs has been throughout equally legal, correct, and gentlemanly. Thus, for fulfilling an onerous public duty in an exemplary manner, these two estimable gen tlemen are placed in custody, and are visited with the censure and anger both of the Queen's Bench and the House of Commons. Under any circum stances they would have good reason to complain of such injustice ; but when the injury is inflicted by one body which claims the reverence of the com munity for so regulating all things that no such in jury shall accrue to any one—much less be inflicted by itself—and by another body, which claims the public respect for taking care that all such injuries are redressed, the evil seems to us quite intolerable. Every man may make the case of the Sheriffs his own, and think it his duty to join in any and all measures which have for their object to do justice to these injured gentlemen, and bring into subjec tion to reason both the Court and the House of Commons. Throughout the whole proceedings, from the first publication of the libel on STOCK DALE to the last decree of the Court of Queen's Bench, we can find nothing in them which for cruel injustice equals the treatment which the two She riffs have received. Of the so-called protecting bodies which by their rigid adherence to antiquated precedents have com bined to bring about this cruel result, we have no hesitation in saying that the House of Commons is the most culpable. The Judges are in a manner bound to follow old rules ; it is the business of the House of Commons to alter them or make new ores. It is bound to make rules to prevent the clashing of inferior authorities, and the conflict of one jurisdiction with another. The Judges can be compelled to do as the Legislature orders them, and where it gives no orders, they walk by the maxims and decisions of former Judges. They perhaps could not do otherwise than hold the Sheriffs to their duty, though we will not assert this positively, for of the law and the Judges, it may with confidence be said that wherever there is a will there is a way ; but the House not only could do otherwise it is bound at least to pro pose measures—whether the other branches of the Legislature assent to them or not—by which such injustice as it and the Queen's Bench between them have committed with regard to the Sheriffs may be avoided. Mr. STOCKDALE was justified in ap pealing to the law against the House of Commons, because it is its duty not to leave the law in any uncertainty, and the Sheriffs, and all concerned in administering the law, are bound to administer it as they find it. The House of Commons, therefore, is morally responsible for its being incongruous, impracticable, contradictory, and unjust. We would not say so much on this question if it were a touchstone of party, but party has nothing to do with it ; and we condemn the proceedings because the House of Commons never yet came out of such conflicts with honour. In this case we are afraid that it has allowed itself to be guided too much by legal opinions, and too little by large considerations of prudence and expediency. In one point we are quite sure it is wrong. It is continually said that the House of Commons is no judge of law. Over and over again we have heard Ministers and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL decline to give a construction to a statute, because that is the especial duty of the Judges. But in this case coursemany o a f the arguments doptedbythe urged com in favour mons,and of the particularly the arguments used by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, rested on the assumption that the Judges had not laid down the law correctly, and that the House of Commons was a better judg e of the law than the Court of Queen's Bench. Let the House, said the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,in substance, more than once, adopt the course I recommend, and the Court of Queen's Bench will review and alter its decision. On that ground the ha Sheriffsd levied were t o Messrsordered to repay the money they HANSARD, and on that ground the House of Commons has advanced till it has reached the edge of a precipice. In our opinion this affords a com plete proof that the House of Commons has done wrong, because it has usurped a duty which it very frequently declares to be wholly beyond its competence. The hope that the Judges would review their decision and alter their law is, by the decision of yesterday, proved to be fallacious. The House will, however, we are afraid, be obstinate in pursuing a wrong course, more worthy of legal practitioners contending for a victory by means of the fictions and technicalities of law, than of liberal-minded statesmen, bound to consider for the public welfare. If such should be its resolve, no man can foretell what will be the termination of this dispute. It would be far better for the House to relinquiit the quarrel, and set itself diligently to work to remedy the numerous evils which, with the power of the purse in its hands, are within its competence. We are glad to see that there are at last some symptoms of life in the London Dis senters. Our advertising columns of Saturday contained a Resolution passed at a late meeting of the Deputies appointed by the Dis senting congregations in and about London, to pro tect their civil rights, in which the evils and abuses of the Ecclesiastical Courts, exemplified in the im prisonment of JOHN THOROGOOD, are deplored and condemned, while the noble conduct of that martyr for conscience sake is hailed with cordial approval. The Deputies further express their trust that " the severe inflictions on him, and his dis interested sacrifices, will properly affect the Legislature, the Government, and the peo ple, and so promote that early abrogation of Church -rates, and of the Ecclesiastical Courts, which every friend to peace and freedom must de sire." Petitions to both Houses of Parliament were also adopted, and a Committee appointed to employ all lawful means for attaining the object of the resolution. These proceedings of the Dissenting Deputies will meet with the hearty approbation of every right-thinking person in the kingdom, to whatever sect or denomination he may belong. The Depu ties have done their duty ; it remains for the con gre{ations whom they represent to do theirs. The Deputies are the guardians of the civil rights of their constituents, but is there no religious interest at stake in the imprisonment of JOHN THOROGOOD, and in the abominations of the Ecclesiastical Courts? The question. in fact, is almost entirely one of religi ous liberty, and, as such, ought to come home to the consciences of all who value their Christian freedom. It is not a question the consideration of which one man may content himself with deputing to another. Every man must act for himself —every man is bound to show that he feels a personal interest in it. We, therefore, hope that a petition will be sent to the Legislature from every separate congregation of Dissenters within the London district—and not from these alone, but from every congregation in the kingdom. This is, in fact, a duty which the Dissenters owe to the Government as well as to themselves. Lord MELBOURNE has intimated his intention of bringing in a Bill for abrogating the civil jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts; but unless the Dissenters bestir themselves, and show by their meetings and pe titions that they really feel the pressure of the grievance of which they complain, what can Lord MELBOURNE or any one else do for them ? The very first question that Sir ROBERT PEEL will ask Lord JOHN RUSSELL, when he moves for leave to bring in the Bill, will be, " What proof have you to give us that this alteration of our ancient laws is called for ? who complains ? where are your petitions ?" We think we see the smile that mantle on the countenance of the Right Hon. Baronet when he is informed that there is one petition from JOHN THOROGOOD, and another from the Deputies of the Congrega tions of the Three Denominations I What, by the by, are the Ministers of the Denominations about ? Why do they not meet and express their opinions on this questions, so important to the Dissenting interest ? The day has been when Redcross-street would have sent forth a loud note for a less cause than this. Is " The Body" asleep, or has it lost its vigour along with its Unitarianism ? The Protestant Association has cast another fire brand among the people in the shape of an Ad dress to the Electors of Great Britain and Ireland, imploring them at the next election to return " God-fearing men to Parliament"—viz., haters of Papists and Popery, for in this, according to the Association, consists the essence of God-fearing Protestantism. To hate Popery is to love God, and vice versa. This is the doctrine of the Pro testant Association, and to this monstrous doc trine the people of England are expected to subscribe in the nineteenth century I Of course the grants for education in Ireland, and for the sup port of the College of Maynooth, are not passed over in silence. In the education of the people of Ireland, according to the National System, the Protestant Association have discovered that " GOD is dishonoured." While the maintenance of Maynooth is denounced as equivalent to the dissemination of the baneful principles of Popery throughout Ireland. The hostility of the associa tion to Popery is manifested at a rather unfortu nate period. We have not learned that the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland have shown any want of loyalty to their Sovereign at any of the recent public meetings in that country. There were no Popish priests, we believe, among the treasonable wassailers at Canterbury, when the youthful Sovereign of these realms was foully and traitorously aspersed by an ex-tea-dealer, amidst the rapturous applause of a whole pack of tithe fed, Protestant-professing parsons. It was not a Popish but a Protestant priest who coupled our beloved QUEEN'S name with that of JEZEBEL. The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland' has not, that we heard of, shown his sympathy with the sentiments of the spouters of treason and se dition—with the vile slanderers of the person of our Most Gracious Sovereign, by promoting a reverend countenancer of such treason to a more lucrative living in that Church. The BRAD SHAWITES are staunch Protestants, and like their founder enjoy the additional advantage of having had grandfathers —grocers, of course. But while we more admile the zeal than approve of the discretion of the Protestant Association, we deem it of importance just to hint to them that we should feel obliged by their solution of some difficulties started by their Address. 1. If the religious convictions of men are to be respected, and, if acting according to the dictates of such convictions, we refuse a grant to the Col lege of Maynooth,—upon what principle of justice shall we presume to tax the Catholics with the maintenance of Protestant foundations, for the in culcation and dissemination of Protestant princi ples ? 2. We admit in the fullest sense the right, the duty of inculcating Protestantism by all who pro fess it, but we want to know at whose expense ? At the expense of the believer or the unbeliever ? And would the duty be less acceptable to Gov, if unaccompanied by the robbery, and consequent fur ther alienation, of Papists, in particular ? 3. The Association ridicule the mummeries of the Mass. In what part of the New Testa ment are crosiers, mitres, and lawn sleeves re commended as the appropriate ornaments of Protestant Bishops ? Simple as is the Church of England Service, have the Members of the Asso ciation taken the trouble to inquire what are. and have been the opinions of the ablest divines of the Church of Scotland respecting it ? Have they not denounced it as a mummery ? What have they gained, or rather how much have they not lost, in their contests with the Dissenters, by making the Bible the criterion of what is and is not religious mummery ? What is the Protestant Association but an assemblage of mummers in the name of religion ? 4. We have not been able to trace any con nection between the appointment of four Popish Privy Councillors, and the riots at Monmouth. Will the Protestant Association be good enough to en lighten us upon this very important point ? Is there any chance of its being proved that JOHN FROST and ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS were Jesuits in disguise ? If no papers have been found, might not recourse be easily had to the Exeter Hall precedent of Parson M‘GHEE, and the forged Papal Bull ? We have letters and papers from Madrid of the 14th inst. The purblind dotards, who constitute the ghost of the Castilian nobility, had held a meeting, gravely to deliberate whether it would comport with their di g nity to addr ess th e D uc hess of VICTORIA in the seconper son, as they were in the habit of doing each other. Several grandees spoke against it, alleging that the DucitEss did not belong to the hereditary aristocracy ! What b e t ter proo f need be offered of the necessity of a popular revolution ? These old drivellers hesitate to admit as one of their coterie the wife of the man to whom they owe the presence of their heads on their shoulders! Madrid was tranquil. From the theatre of war no accounts were received of any moment. The instant the weather would permit, the Christinos were prepared to lay siege to Segura. Some skirmishes had taken place, but the results were unimportant. The Five per Cents. continued firm at 28i for cash. There is very little news of any interest in the French Journals of Monday. Great distress prevailed in the rnE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1840 manufacturing districts, partteularly in the department of the Maine and Loire, where the manufacturers had their warehouses filled with goods which they were unable to sell even at less than the cost of production. CARRERA is reported to have so far recovered from his illness as to be ready to commence operations in person. A Carlist force of 3,000 infantry and 300 ca valry are reported to have made an irruption into La Mancha. Despatches from Algiers, dated the 10th inst., were received by the French Government on Sunday. All was tranquil at Algiers, Oran, Bona, and Constantine. ABD.EL-KADER was within a short distance of Oran, at the head of about 15,000 Arabs and Moors. Another political conspiracy has been discovered at Lyons, followed by the seizure of concealed arms and ammunition. Hunger we believe to be the great parent of Lyonese disloyalty. The artizans are without work, and consequently without bread, and in their dis tress madly look for relief in the overthrow of esta blished institutions. The VICEROY of EGYPT has curious notions about free trade. From the Commerce we learn that his Highness has declared the export of grain of all kinds to be free, subject to the trifling cxport duty of 50 por cant. en wheat, 60 per cent. on barley, and 55 per cent. on beans, with corresponding rates on all other kinds of grain I This is free-trade with a vengeance. BOURSE.-.PARIS, TUESDAY, ;AN. 21. French 5 4 pe pe r r C c e e n n t t s s first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price 111 95 ... 112 10 ... 111 95 ... 112 4% per Cents lO7 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 50 ... 107 50 104 20 , )04 20 ... 104 '4O ... 104 20 3 per Cents.... . 81 20 .. 31 ... SO 90 ... 81 Bank of trance 3090 ...3:00 ...3090 ...3100 United B L a ei t flg B elg ia n a t egni, Passive per p l dt i 3eir k irD ev:plCceeeße, Cents 7O . Loan sh . . 1050 ...10 0 0 ...1050 ...1! 60 5,000 f. 5h.... 5190 ...5190 ...5190 ...5190 97 102% ...... 1 97 02% ...... 10234 ... ... 10234 1)7 70 90 ... 70 90 ... 70 00 ... 70 90 Bank 905 ... 910 ... 905 ... 905 Spanis h Porttt Deferred r C r e e d n is . . .7..7 2 .66 31 .•• ...... 2 6 3 6% 4 % ••• •::. 234 7 6 , ii i 2g6) 5 Nea;olitan Roman 1023i ... 102% ... 102% ... 102% SOUTHWARK ELECTION, (THIS DAY.) The polling commenced this morning at eight o'clock, and has been carried on with great brisk ness. We are glad to see, from the state of the poll, that the independent Reformers of South wark are alive to their interests. The defeat of the Renegades is now placed beyond a doubt. STATE OF THE POLL AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Wood Walter 1278 TWO O'CLOCK. Wood Walter THREE O'CLOCK. Wood Walter 1463 CLOSE OF THE POLL. Wood .. 2052 Walter Mr. Curling resigned at an early hour. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The St. James, packet.ship, from New York, has ar. rived, but does not bring later dates than previously re• ceived to the 3d inst. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a fair extent. The sales 3,000 bags, including 300 for export at last Friday's quotations. Besides the reward granted to Captain Clegg and the crew of the Huddersfield, mentioned in another part of the paper, the Humane Society of Liverpool have voted a gold medal to Captain Collins of the Roscius for saving the crew of the Seolux, also 101. to Captain Schabiling of the Dutch galliot Harmony, and 151. to his crew ; also 101. to the Captain of the sloop John and Grace, and 50s. to each of his crew, with sundry other small sums to merito rious individuals. Hobart Town papers have been received to the 7th o September, near a month later that/ the last arrival. (From the Hobart Town Courier of Aug. 23.) .... MARKETS.—SEPT. 23.—Wheat, 21s. to - 225. 6d. Oats, 7s. 6d. to Bs. ; Barley, 7s. to Bs. Gd. per bushe Hay, loose, 61. to 61. 10s. ; pressed, 81. ; Straw, 31. Potatoes, 181. Fine Flour, 601. ; Second, 581. ; Third, 561. p er t on , Bran, 2s. ; Pollard, 2s. 6cl. per busal. Butchers' Meat—Beef, 6d. to 9d. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd, per lb. ; or by the carcass, 7d. ; Pork, 7d. to Bd. ; Veal yd. to 10d. per lb. At the meeting of the Proprietors of St. Katherine's Dock, the Chairman stated that the receipts of the Com pany in the last year were rather less that,the previous year, on account of the interruption of the China trade, 45,140 packages of- tea, and 1,100 bales of silk have been received into the docks in 1839 less than in 1838. The dividend declared was 2i per cent. TUE I , IIINIIII. Consol! opened this morning at the leaving off quotations of yesterday, 90i 91 for Money ; for the Account, 914 -I. There being but few arrivals, and no continental intelli gence of consequence, or from the Peninsula, no specula tions worth notice have taken place as yet in either of the markets. Exchequer Bills 13 15 prem.; India Bonds par, 2 pre m . ; Bank Sto c k 17 8 1 1791; India Stock 2481 2491. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 251 ; at present a s h a d e l ower , 951 I ; P or t uguese a l so shade ower, left off at 331 34 ; at present J3f a ; Co lombian also lower, closed at 26 a 27-k ; at present, 261 27 ; Brazilian 75f 76 ; Mexican 284 29+ ; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 52k ; Five per Cents. 101+ PRICES OF SHARES 1 - 1 lb N AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. British North American Bank 25 Colonlal.loin• Stock B , ink 35 Union Bank of Australia Ditto of Londo n lIALF-PAST ONE. We have received Boston Papers to the 31st. Dec. which contain the following : " MESSOURA, BOUNDARY WAR.--PapOIS from St. Louis, contain melancholy reports of active preparations or, the Nlessouri northern border, for hostilities in asserting the conflicting claims of the State, and of the Jowa territory. The Jowa troops were encamped at Farmington, and those from Missouri twenty miles distant at Waterloo, the Shire town, Clark County. It seems that a Sheriff of Missouri had been arrested and was confined in gaol in Jowa, and the Missourians (made it a point of honour to release him, Orders of different officers for drafts of troops or volunteers are mentioned. An express messenger was on his way to Washington. We have just received Sydney papers to the 10th Sep tember, and Port Philip to the Bth September : " The Melbourne Batik is swamped, and gone to im mortal smash." Per Share, 274 i 31% From Port Adelaide.—We have dates to the 21st August. The colony was progressing rapidly, the popu lation had increased to 8,250 souls, and the revenue ex ceeded 5.000 in the half year. The flocks of sheep have also greatly increased on one estate, out of 1,000 sheep there had been an increase of 975 within one season. Horses and bullocks had increased in the same proportion. The moral and religious state of the colony is spoken very highly of. The latest dates in London are at the North and South American Coffee-house, from Sydney, New South Wales, I 2th September ; from Hobart Town, Port Phillip, Bth September; Port Adelaide, 21st August. Consols may be quoted at present at 91i Money, 901 9 the Account; Exchequer Bills have improved to 18 prem., a scarcity of Bills in the Market; India Bonds, 21 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, nothing done. In the Foreign market little doing; Spanish Active reached 25,i, at present rather lower, 25i; Passive, 6:1 ; Portuguese, 33 ; Three per Cents. 2.34; Colombian 2q. have been 261.; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., .54 ; Five per Cents., 2014. BANK OF ENGLAND. At a Court of Directors, held on fh( 23d January, Resolved—" That the rate of interest on bills of ex change and notes discounted at the Bank of England be five per cent. from th;s day." per On the above being known, Consols were done at 911 or the Account. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS- Bank Stock Ni Ditto Bonds ............ , 3 3 per Cent Cram .... ...... . 91% Ditto Old AnnUi!' i ,e S ...... ...... N I Per Cent, Red ......... . 9i.% Ditto Sew Anoint." "*"*--.' 3 per Cent. Red ............... 0"...1 d r R Pm. New 314 per Cent ............ psi , tE x IOW 2 --- A , Fills, , , 18 pm. New 5 Der Cent ...... .... ........ i Ditto '- ii India Stock .... ......... ............21IN Jan 181i0 ..... , ............. Jan. 186 , i ...... Oet. 1859 13 3 i India Stock for °Pg.— . 91% — OR EI 0 N (3° l. n ' s dN is i t°sl °Pg ..... e . : .. ce — n;• Austrian, 5 per cent .... Portuguese nonds, bp • B.2lgian, 5 per cent,. ...... .... — Brazilian Bonds ................. Prussian, 5 per cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent...... Russian Bonds, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent. .......... .... 37 Ditto, ' Metallic Colombian 6 per cent„, ....... ! Span i s h, 5 per cent ......... 12 Ditto, IS2-1! ......................... lilac), Deferred —l.—c Danish, 3 per cent. ....... ....... French, 5 per cent.........._ _. , Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct. E x change ............. .. ...... ...._. —c New Ditto Mexican, 5 per cent .... French, 3 per cent.......... r 5 - 2 c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 182 a........ 'Dutch, IN per cent....... " .... .101 1 4 6 Peruvian. 182.5.6 per cent.... IlYtto 5 per cent. ........ .... ~,, , - Birmingham and Glouce S s fi te A r R R a l il ' way •••••••• ******** 51 9% Eastern Counties Railway ....... ********* 4 tircat Western Railway , ***** .................. ******** 20 Ditto New Shares ................................ London and Brighton Railway ............... ......... London and Blackwall ........... ........... 711 Manchester and Leeds ............... Railway • ......... 17 Ditto New Shares •• ............ ........... ....... . North Midland Railway. •...... ...... Ditto New Shar es .......................................... 13% EXPEDITION TO ClllNA . ~—'r lie Master-Ge neral of the Ordnanc e h as transmitted or d e rs to Woolwieh for a party of artillery and art ifi ceri to be se l ec ted from volunteers of civilians out of the Royal Ar se nal, to be emb arked in the - ships of war now fitting out for the coasts of China. Howitzers w and rockets are bein g prepared with t h e utmost celerity; in fact, the workmen h ave been employed even on Sundays , in addition to extra hou rs d ur i ng the Officers of the Royal Artillery have been directed to hold themselves in readiness for instant embarkation, but from the particular nature of the ser vice in view at present, the absolute selection has not yet taken place, and they are not to be taken according to the roster," or usual routine of duty. The non-commissioned officersand gunners are to be all picked men from the several battalions, although the Comma n dant of the garrison is desi rousp of selecting them from: the seventh batt a li on. Tw elve arsenal artificers belongi ng to the La b ora tory Department have voluntered to accompa ny t h e ex edition on receiving doubl e pay; and it is stated to b e the plan to purchase on the voyage (as near the Chinese seas as possible) several ships which are to be filled with combustitles, and converted Into fire ships by these artificers, in conjunction with the naval department, and then intended to be employed among the Chinese war junks. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. At a Special Court, s ummone d this day, the LORD MAYOR rose and said he had to ma l, o a communication to the Court, which, perhaps, n. had never fallen to the lot M any previous Lord Mayor to make—that the Sheriffs were prevented from attending by reason of their having been taken into custody by the Sergeant -at-Arms of the House of Commons.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") The resolutions of the Court of Aldermen were then read, expressing their surprise and regret at the committal, and ap pointing a Committee to provide for the emergency. Mr. WIRE said he thought it would be unwise now to enter at large into the merits or demerits of the question.---(Hear, hear.) He considered the best course would be to appoint a Committee to co-operate with the Committee of the Court of Aldermen—perhaps, also, going a little further, and expressing sympathy with the Sheriffs.—( Hear, hear.) He suggested that resolutions of this nature be agreed to :—First, that the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex being vested in the Corporation of London, and executed by two Freemen of the city, elected by Livery, in Common Hall assembled, it becomes the duty of this Court to see that none of its rights be infringed. This was merely a declaratory resolution, expressing the de termination of the Court to maintain rights which had been vested in the city by long prescription, by undoubted charter— which had been often struggled for by their ancestors, and which had frequently been of the greatest service to the liberties of the nation—(Che , rs)—and most assuredly this Court did not want spirit to assert and maintain these rights.--(Cheers.) At this stage of the proceedings a worthy Alderman sug gested that the votes of the House of Commons be read, which give official information of the committal and its cause. Mr. WIRE proceeded to read the 2d Resolution—" That this Court finding that the Sheriffs have been committed by the House of Commons, for discharging the duties of their high and distinguished office, as declared by the Court of Queen's Bench"— Mr. HEPPELL, interrupting, doubted whether the Court had official information that the Sheriffs had been committed in the discharge of their duty—for the House of Commons shrouded themselves in obscurity, and did not express the cause of the commitment on the warrant.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PEWTRESS rose to order.—(Cries of " Hear.") Mr. WIRE proceeded reading his resolution. The Sheriffs had been committed for the discharge of their duties as de clared by the Court of Queen's Bench, and acting in a legal and Constitutional. manner.—(Cheers.) This Court deeply sympathizes with them, and hereby offers its tribute of respect to them for the firmness, discretion, and dignity, with which they had conducted themselves on this most important occasion."—', Cheers.) He intended to follow up these reso lutions by another one, appointing a Committee to co-operate with the Committee of the Court of Aldermen. Alderman THOMPSON was so convinced the course the House of Commons had taken on this occasion was unjustifia ble, that he could not be satisfied with the resolutions just moved. The course the House of Commons had taken was entirely unprecedented.—(Cries of " No, no.") The She riffs were incarcerated within the walls of Parliament.— ( Hear, hear.) Why was that course followed in stead of adopting the usual course of sending them to Newgate or the Tower—obviously because the House of Com mons, in pursuing what they called the protection of their pri vileges, felt a wait of confidence in the justice of their pro ceedings—( Cheers)—and therefore wished to have the Sheriffs in their own custody, in order to keep them out of the operation of that great protection of English liberty—the Habeas Corpus.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He had never met with a single citizen who had not considered this course unjustifiable and unconstitutional—(Hear, hear)—and he should not consider that the Court had done their duty till they harl adopted a very strong petition and remonstrance to the House 'for this encroachment on their liberties.—(Cheers.) And he should recommend that if possible this petition should be presented to-day.—(Hear, hear, and a cry of " By the whole Corporation.") Yes, by the whole Corporation—(Cheers)— and he should move this after the resolutions of Mr. Wire were agredd to. Mr. STEVENS begged the Court to consider what they were about.—( Hear, hear.) The Court of Aldermen had been very cautious what they did, and yet they wished to compel this Court to a more decided course. It by no means necessarily followed that, because the House had committed the Sheriffs—that therefore the House must be wrong and the Sheriffs right—(Hear, hear) —and ought not the Court to pause before they took so decided a step as to censure the House of Commons ?—(Hear.) He looked upon the House of Commons not merely as so many gentlemen, but as the representatives of the whole nation ; therefore, were not their privileges the privileges of the nation ?—( Hear, hear.) Ought not the Court to be content with appointing a Committee to co-operate with the Court of Aldermen?— (Hear, hear.) Alderman BROWN felt so indignant at the course pursued by the House of Commons, that he dared not trust him self to give expression to his feelings.—( Hear.) The question was, whether the country should be under certain de fined laws, or uncertain and undefined privilegs.—( Hear, hear. ) For his part, he considered it better to be under one absolute despot—not under '658 tyrants.—(" Oh, oh." and " Hear, hear.") He could not help holding up to admiration—that is to wonder—the course pursued by the Government, who had acted unfaithfully in this matter to their Royal Mistress and to the liberties of England.—( Cheers, and " Oh, oh !") Mr. LAWRENCE rose to order, but— The LORD MAYOR decided against him, and Mr. Alderman BROWN proceedel in the same strain. Mr. LAWRENCE cried out, " Sir Robert Peel." Mr. Alderman BRovvx said, with Pain he was obliged to confess that Sir Robert Peel had on this occasion disappointed those who thought better of him.--( Loud cheers and laughter.) Mr. Alderman White said he considered that in supporting the privileges of tke House he should be supporting the liberties of the nation—(Hear, hear, hear)--and he would never consent to live under, what Ben tham, called, the ascendency of a wretched judge-made law over the rights of the • people.—(Loud cheers.) That the present mode of publishing - the proceedings of the House was.-beneficial to the people, who could doubt who bad read Sir Robert Peel's admirable speech.—(Cheers.) It was in 1679 that the proceedings of the House were first published, and then the sound argument used was that it was fitting the people should know what they did, and posterity should know what they had done.—( Cheers. ) Was it not apparent that the rights of the elected must be the rights of the electors, And that the privileges of the repre sen t at i ves were those of the represented?—(Cheers. ) THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY ) HUNGERFORD MARKET. The supplies were good, and prices steady. Turbot, Bs. to 255. • Cod, 3s. to lbs. ; Lobst ers , 10d. to 4s. ; S o l es , 10d. to 4s. del per pair. Beef, 7%d t o 8 1 / d. ; Mutton, 7 1 / 2 d. to 9d.; Veal, Bd. to 9d.; Pork, 7%d. to 8 1 / 2 d. ILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supply was short, and prices high—trade good. Cod, 3s. to 15s. ; Turbot, 6s. to 255. ; Soles, 10d. to 4s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Whiting, 4d. to 10d. ; and Had docks, Bd. to 2s. HAY MARKETS. There were fair supplies to-day, and a good demand, at about the previous prices. Clover, SOs. to I2os. ; Hay, 50s, to 80s. ; Straw, 325. to 40s. per load. p,. .oad. TALLOW MARKET. There have been some sales made of P. Y. C. at 495. 6d but generally speaking not much doing. — TEA MARKET. Owing to the public Sales, on Tuesday, of 6,000 chests, principally Congou and Twankay, and the heavy prompt on Saturday, there was little business done; but prices were very firm. The intelligence of the warlike preparations at Wool wich has attracted considerable attention in the Tea Trade. INDIGO SALE—Tman DAT. There was no animation in the biddings, and but a very small proportion sold. The previous market prices ruled. COLONIAL MARKET. Very little done in Colonial produce, the great bulk of the sales having been of Drugs. B.P. Sugar sold slowly at fully fc'rmer rates, no public sales of any other kind of Sugar; prices of Refined are firmer ; Standard Lumps, 775. to 78s. ; Crushed, in bond, 345. per cwt. In the Coffee market there was great firmness. We had some small sales of Cuba, St. Domingo, and Brazil, and some at the 9d. duty. Prices were firm, owing to the short stocks, but the great quantity which is coming prevents prices rising. THE STORM. Owing to the extremely boisterous state of the weather, we have received but a small proportion or the provincial papers, that under ordinary circumstances would have reached our office this morning. We fear our next arrivals will bring disastrous intelligence. The only additional accounts, however, fur wished to day are the following, from Liverpool, Worcester, and Brighton : THE HURRICANE.-For some days past Liverpool and its vicinity has been visited by a succession of heavy gales of wind, which on Tuesday reached their climax, in a hurricane of extreme violence. We are gratified to learn, in reply to the frequent inquiries which we made in various quarters, that there were no reports of any serious damage to shipping, at least on this portion of the coast. Fortunately we have not heard of any casualties which have been attended with the loss of life. A flat, with four or five persons on board, which was coming down the river about three o'clock, was in imminent danger. We have not had any means of learning the particu lars from those on board. She seemed to be unmanageable, and was drifting down the river close to the sea-walls on the tide. Frequently she struck against the projecting walls of the basins with terrific violence, and, more than once, those on shore feared she must have sunk. A number of boatmen, with ropes, follwed her for the purpose of rendering assistance, if possible, or necessary, to those on board. At length she provi dentially drifted, into Waterloo Dock, where she was safely moored. A boat, which was rowed by four men who werelanding from the revenue cutter Medusa, swamped opposite to St. George's pier. Ropes and hand life buoys were immediately thrown to the men who were struggling in the water, and they were all brought safely to land. The schooner Mary Anne, of this port, Tedford commander, inward bound from Dundalk, with a cargo of seeds and oatmeal, was driven on shore opposite Brecknell's Mill, about half-past two o'clock. She ;s the pro perty of Messrs. Battersby and Maefold. She had not sustained any considerable damage. The Red Rover, from Newfound land, was also driven ashore opposite Waterloo, in the early part of the day. All hands safe. The Dock Committee, ve learn, sent out a steamer to ascertain the state of the light ships. The sea, however, ran so high that the steamer could not get close alongside of either of them, as she at first intended. She reported, however, that they were all secure, and would, with out doubt, be enabled to ride out the gale. About midnight the violence of the storm had considerably abated.—Liverpool Courier. Early on Monday morning, it thundered heavily at a dis tance, but the storm did not reach this neighbourhood. During Monday night, it blew a heavy gale principally from the westward, and yesterday ( Tuesday), the wind increased to a frightful degree. N o account of serious damage its this neighbourhood has yet reached u ; though we fear such a hnr. ricane cannot have passed over without accident, and its cense, quences on the coast have probably been disastrous.-- lrorims tershire Chronicle. At daylight on Tuesday morning, a small vessel dismasted was seen drifting with the tide past the town, about a mile from the shore ; and a portion of the crew were distinctly seen through glasses from the cliff. Shortly after passing the pier she rigged a small jury sail; and the Humane Society's life-boat was despatched on its carriage along the coast, with a view of assisting the crew should the vessel go on shore, as was apprehended. One of the carriage wheels breaking, the boat was brought back to her station on the pier. About ten o'clock, the vessel anchored off Newhaven but the sea was to., rough to permit any communication with the shore. She was hailed at high water by Mr. Cole, the agent for Lloyd's, with a view of inducing her to slip her anchor and come on shore ; but as it afterwards appeared, the hail was not understood, and the vessel rode ~,11 near seven o'clock, when . it being low wa t er , s h e struck three times, and then let go her cable. She came on shore about a mile eastward of the har bour, and her crew landed safely. Tiis vessel prove; to be the smack Helen, of Malden, laden With oranges from St. Mi.. chisel's, and bound for London. She has since gone to pieces, and the shore is strewed with her cargo. We understand that she lost her mast in a gale ten days ago.--Brighton Gazette, The following is the amount of the reteipt of the French Post-once during the last years :-1836, 37,000,000 francs; 1837, 40 ,382-F,Sf. ; 1838, 42,242,271 f. ; 1839, 40,070,000 f. In 1821, only 25,070,000 f. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—We desire you will contradict the account given i❑ your paper of a fire that occurred at our house yesterday morn ing, stating it was through the negligence of the servant, iind who is now in custody. Now, Sir, we beg to say it was purely accidental, and she was in no way connected with it; and as your account is calculatedto injure a most worthy servant's cha racter, we trust you will give the fullest contradiction. Neither was there any fireman injured. The fire was confined to the shop, leaving our back premises untouched, so there will be but little interruption to business. We are insured, but not nearly to the amount of our loss. We are, Sir, your's, &c., WOODMAN AND SON, Hairdressers, 46, Piccadilly. We received the account from an occasional reporter. JE V 14, 1•T 1N G EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by some of the Ladies of her suite, took equestrian exercise yesterday in the Riding-school, near Buckingham Palace. The Princess Sophia Matilda paid a visit to her M 4. jesty yesterday. Her Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Kent at Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her Majesty. The Dowager Lady Lyttleton has succeeded the Coun tess of Charlemont as the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting on the Queen, and Lady Charlotte Copley has come into waiting as Woman of the Bedchamber. Lord Lilford and Sir Frederick Stovin have replaced Lord By ron and the Hon. William Cowper as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. By her Majesty's command air. Hayter's great picture of the Coronation was conveyed to Buckingham Palace yesterday morning. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Dueness of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin cess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Clarence House, fit. James's. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office ; it was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Labouchcre, and Viscount Duncannon. The Council sat an hour and a-half. The Earl Howe had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his residence in Downing street. Sir Robert Dundas, Mr. Dundas, Mr. Somers, and Mr. Childes King had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Scholefield and Colonel Rowan had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home Office yes terday. M. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., and his lady, have ar. rived at their house in Chester-street from Leamington. Mrs. Tyrrwint Drake and family left Farrance's Hotel yesterday for Paul's Walden, Herts. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Vice-Admiral Lord Colville, in Portland-place; Sir William Brabazon, Lord Clements, R. J. Eaton, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Eaton, the Earl of Charleville, Lord and Lady Emily Ashley, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. Hope, in Curzon -street; General Montholon, from Paris ; Sir Bel lingham and Lady Graham, in Park -street ; the Countess of Buckingham, in Chester-street, Grosvenor-place : the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashburnham, in Eaton-place; the Dowager Lady De Clifford, in Carlton-terrace; Sir Frederick and Miss Hankey, in Lower Berkeley -street ; Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar Fraser, in Eaton-square. DEPARTURES. Lady Mildmay, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Miss Bur dett Coutts, on a tour ; the Hon. Major-General Upton, on a tour; Colonel Ashworth, for Brighton; Lady Frede rick Bentinck, for Cottesmore Lodge, Rutland; the Hon. W. M. Noel, for Keltoor House, Rutland ; the Duke of Rutland, for Gorhambury, en route to Belvoir Castle ; Lieutenant Wedderburn, 2d Life Guards, for Windsor; Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, for Limerick; the Rev. Lord Charles Paulet, for Wellesbourne Rectory, Strat ford-upon-Avon ; Miss Upton, for Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Lothan Dickson, for ditto ; Lord Carteret, for Bed fordshire ; Lord William Pauler, to assume the command of the 6Sth depot. His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca con templates paying a visit to this country this summer. His Royal Highness will be accompanied by his son, a youth of whose talents report speaks highly. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have dis continued their dinner parties at Cambridge House, until the termination of the Court mourning for the late Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg. The Marquis of Lansdowne's first grand dinner will take place at Lansdowne House on Saturday next. The Earl and Countess of Minto give a grand dinner to-morrow evening, at the Admiralty. After dinner the Countess has a soirée. Viscount Palmerston and the Dowager Countess Cowper have issued invitations for a dinner party on Saturaay evening, at their residence in Carlton House -terrace. Lady Lucy North entertained a fashionable party on Tuesday in Manchester-square. Lord Maryborough gave his second dinner on Tuesday in Saville-row. The Duchess of Sutherland, and a select circle, dined with Mr. C. Greville, on Tuesday evening, in Grosve nor-place. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely are re ceiving a numerous: circle at Ely Lodge, their seat . in Irelan.'. The Noble Marquis and Marchioness purpose remaining some time longer in Ireland. Lord and Lady Maryborough entertained the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somer set, Hon. Miss Somerset, Mr. Culling Smith, and a select circle to dinner, on Friday evening, in Saville-row. Lady Blessington entertained at dinner, on Mon day last, Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte; Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, Stuart de Rothesay, and Strangford ; Sir R. Wil son, General Montholon, Viscount Persigay ; Messrs. C. Gre ville, Leader, Roebuck, and Montgomery. THE KING OF HANOVER.—lntelligence was received in town on Tuesday last, that, owing to the death of the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, his Majesty had re nounced his intended visit to this country, in the early part of next month. We understand his Majesty was deeply affected when the news of his sister's demise reached him, and imme diately gave up all thoughts of being present at the Queen's nuptials. Should the affairs of Hanover permit of his Majesty visiting this country next summer, it is probable th e Ki ng w ill arrive at the c l ose o f M ay or early in June, when his sojourn will not exceed three weeks. The funeral of the lamented Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Hombourg will take place in the family mausoleum of the Landgraves, at Hesse Hombourg, near Frankfort on the Maine, in the presence of the reigning Landgrave Philip, Prince Gustavus, the Duke of Nassau, and his brother Prince Maurice, and other illustrious relatives of the deceased princess. The Hon. Thomas Grenville had a dinner party on Tuesday, at the residence of the late Duchess of Sutherland in Hamilton-place. Sir Robert Peel will shortly commence his Par liamentary Dinners for the season. The Dowager Lady Ellenborough and the Hon. Miss Law have returned to town, from a tour in Devonshire. Lord Macdonald arrived at Mivart's Hotel, on Tuesday last, from Gorhambury, Herts, where his Lordship has been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Verulam. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort left P.,ean fort House yesterday morning for Badminton, G loue.'estershire, where a select circle will shortly assemble. The Earl and Count ess o f Jersey t iave l e f t Mid dleton Park, Oxon, for Belvoir Castle, (Pa a visit to the Duke of Rutland. Lord Oxmantown has left town on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Rosse, at Brighton. Viscount Leveson, M.P., has left Devonshire House for Northampton, where his Lordship will remain several days to hunt with the Earl of Chesterfield's crack pack. The Duke of Richmond left town this afternoon for Goodwood, and will remain there until the first week in February, when the Duchess and the family will arrive in Portland-place. The Earl of March is much better. The Earl of Yarborough, who left Arlington street the day before yesterday, for Appuldereombe Park. Isle of Wight, is expected to return to town on Tuesday next. Lady Charlotte Copley, daughter of the Noble Earl, arrived at Buckingham Palace, express from Sprotborough Hall, York shire, on Tuesday, to enter on her month of waiting as woman of the bedchamber to her Majesty. The Count DemidoW is returned'to Paris from Vienna. The Earl Bruce and a party of fashionable& in tend to leave Rome for Paris early in the next month. The Marquis of Ely has given up his splendid mansion in Great Cumberland.street, which will be occupied next season by Sir Robert Madarlane. The Earl of Egremont has been elected Presi dent of the Royal Western Yacht Cltkb, The Noble Earl and Countess are passing the season at ailverton House, Devon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is expected to officiate aft director of the first ancient concert, on the 12th March, and the Archbishop of York at the second. The Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy have arrived at Wakefield Lodge, Stoney Stratford, where his Grace will remain until Easter, The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe are stay ing at Fleurs Castle, where the Dowager Duchess has arrived from Broxmouth, near Berwick. The Duke of Montrose's spacious mansion in Grosvenor -square, has been taken by Lord Poltimore for the ensuing season. Miss Ellen Tree returns to town at the close of the week, from Dublin. Mr. Hodgson (Barnstaple) paired against the committal of the Sheriffs with Sir Hussey Vivian. Mr. Ball Hughes left Mivart's Hotel yesterday morning, for the French capital. Mrs. Tyrwhit Drake and family left Farranee's Hotel yesterday, for Paul's Walden, Herts. a s r e q o u s t oefssvaGaaadgfoerd,sitihde tAhhertifo.lisonan.aMAilsasrechsioGneasb3oeof, were among the the V Al l Douro, Mr, Erie, M.P., and Lord Ossulatoonf!Avvi e rhse. PHrodusgssiaonn persons of distinction who visiyteeds,it,,hrodagya,lietroY cee the portrait of and Graves, in Pall-mall, Prince Albert, painted by Ali. George Patten. uniform in which t,',l Highness is represented is also the na tional uniform cif Saxe Coburg, The Marquis of Northatrnptc,n, the Royal Society, has issued cards for a con a v s er P sa r z e i s o i Fellows on the 29th of next mon nriee to ri t fil o! for the season are the 24th and 28thof A th, The other evenings fixed larch, and April 10. An the Bail Court yesterday a rule was obtained, Calling upon th© printer • a n d publisher of the Morning Post newspaper to show cause ' f tion should 110 Wed against him y a . crimina orma .„ 4t for a libel on Lady Gardner. at i ql*"cl libel Consist dthe • • l ' 1 " /Cd e publication of a pararsl4l? .Imoured Indiscretion in High Life." In answer to an in png Me. Ilare, at the Post master -General' s piAce esterday,. he was informed that the Bristol mail woad be forwarded by the Railway on the MORTON. 'There well ;:uoroary. But how is't to be done ? MORTON. If you spurn 'ern T here is no single ebance for Scotl an d, b ut Subm'it to Rizzio 'g yoke I RuTHvEN.—Fate strike the land With famine first, or with the spotted plague Rizzio's 1 to Rizzio's yoke ! You should not talk Of mountebanks, as you wouli talk of kings; Nor mix the lofty crime of power's abuse With rascal vices, such as crawl about The heart of such a wretch as Rizzio MORTON. I speak my fear. IttiTHTEN. Then cease to fear, and speak More like yourself. MORTON. The fire of that rebuke Shows Ruthven still alive. I will have hyp e For Scotland now. RUTHYRN. Whattaer I can do To roll back rug', from my native land tie si - a, I will advent ure w i th you, NT.l 7.ust not be the slaves cf sycophapAg, ,lor crouch to fiddling tyrants while \ , ve b ay , A spot of ground to s t an d on or lit, under. From this time fo r th I am one Or you again. to dolt, DRU LY-L THEATRE A new tragedy, entitled " Mary Stuart," was brought out last night at this theatre. The plot treads tolera bly closely on the heels of history, and is something to the following effect. David Rizzio, the favourite com panion of the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuart (Mrs. Warner), has rendered himself obnoxious to the lead ing aristocratic party in that country, who accordingly vow to effect his ruin. While consulting together as to the best means of effecting their pur pose, news is brought them that Lord Ruth enad,oEarlok up of as Morton their to rouse him into energy. For some time he is unsuccessful, till at which ie d i e h a e vours (Bennet) Aiisa e l a t a c dt n Y hastens home, m wo , bno a m n and e t last he alludes to the probable despotism of the Italian minion Rizzio, on which Ruthven bursts out into one of those hearty fits of passion, where the whole soul speaks out with terrible emphasis, in which we conceive Maer,ady's chief excellence to lie. From this rtranent Morton feels se cure of his man, and hastens to acquaint his confede rates with his success. Meantime, the Queen herself has precipitated the course of events, for on occasion of an embassy arriving from England, when her hus band, Darnley (Phelps), Rizzio, and the chief conspira tors are present in the Council-room, she is infatuated enough to side with her Italian favourite, and defend him warmly against the taunts of the indignant Scottish Nobles. On the embassy being dismissed, the Council breaks up, but as the conspirators are retiring, they encounter Rizzio, on whom Lord Douglas (Howe) fastens a quarrel. In self defence, but not until he is goa d e d b y repeate d i nsu l ts, the Italian draws his sword ; and this enables Darnley to accuse him of contumacy, and put him on his trial. While he is defending himself, the Queen enters, and here ensues one of the most effective scenes in the play. The musician is accused of sorcery, of syco phancy, and—what the Nobles evidently conceive to be his worst crime—of low birth. On this he breaks out i nto an i mpass i one d eu l ogy on t h e glories of ancient Rome— o f th at R ome w h ere h e was b red.. He asks, in a fine strsin of classical enthusiiam, which went to the hearts of the audience, if it was disgraceful to be an inhabitant of that country, which in the olden time had produced the Caesars, a Cicero and a Horace, and which, in later days, had lighted the torch of freedom and intelligence in be nighted Europe. This burst of generous sensi bility is of course lost on his hearers ; but it makes a stirring appeal to the Queen's more re,. fined spirit, and she accordingly pronounces him frae. Thus the conspirators arc baffled tor a time, but 'they soon resume their manceuvres, and headed, as hefisre by Lord Ruthven, insist on Darnley's signing a paper, wherein he agrees in the justice of Rizzio'r. murder. This, with some hesitation—and here the author draws from history, which he hss followed admirably in this repulsive character—Darnley is induced to sign, when the play hastens to a denouement. The Queen invites the Italian to her private apartment, where he " dis courses excellent music" to her, but is surprised at the close of his performance by the sudden entrance of Ruthven, armed in complete steel—why or wherefore we cannot tell, unless to produce an effect —accompa nied by the rest of the conspirators. Here Mac ready's perfect acquaintance with stage tactics tells admirably. His attitude, as he calls on Rizzio, who is crouching by the Queen's side, to " come forth," is strikingly dignified, without being at all exaggerated, and gives us some ides, of what John Kern ble was in his loftiest characters. The sequel is soon told. Rizzio is murdered—in the midst of a thunder storm, a poor melodramatic device, unworthy of the author— and Ruthven dies immediately afterwards, but not be fore he has made several speeches which had far better have been omitted. He tell us he has "no stretsgtl, for dying ;" nevertheless, he indulges us with diver s bits of declamation, about " the nadir," &c., which prove that his lungs are in excellent conditir, n even at the moment of his departure. Such is, a slight sketch of the chief incidents of this 'play. We make no mention of the daughter (Miss Montague) of Ruthven, for she has little to do, and her comings-in and goings out rather retard than accelerate the pro gress of the catastrophe. The characters of the play are all in outline. Ruthven is the only strongly defined one, and even he wants individuality. As for the Queen, and her para mour, we care little about them. We neither sympa thize with their distresses nor exult in their attach ment, for the author has very inconsiderately —and assuredly very superfluously —mad e the Queers* indirectly acknowledge her love for Rizzio., and thereby deprived her character of that moral interest with which otherwise he might haw' inve s t e d i t. Why not have grounded her partiality Par the Italiaroon the fact of his being a more refined and intelligent com panion than the semi -barbarous Nobles of her own country ? This would have been an ample apology for her preference, and would have got rid of those very equivocal speeches which she addresses to her husband, on behalf of her paramour. Nor would this have been any gross violation of history ; for be it ever borne in mind that that episode in the Scottish annals which treats of Rizzio, has been drawn up from documents I furnished by his bitterest enemies. lie may have been imprudent ; we are yet to learn -- notwithstandi ng the broad insinuations of history—aim he was guilty, Macready's Ruthven was played with judgment, and occasionally with deep feeling. His interview with the vacillating Darnley when he prevails on him to sign Rizzio's death warrant, was a most effective bit e,S acting, and gave a dignity to the most por sonal and env enome d sarcasm, of which satire is not often susceptible. He should, however, have taken less time in dying. An actor should. never permit his audience to become impatient for 'ais exit. Mrs. Warner is an effective performer in parts that re quire a display of masculine energy, but she is not Mary Stuart. She lacks the softness—the refinement—the ' courteous address, concealing vehement feelings, that characterised the unfortunate Queen of Scotland. Miss Montague played a subordinate part, with skill and propriety. We shall be glad to see more of this pro mising young lady. When we say that " Mary Stuart" was highly suc cessful, notwithstanding some few drawbacks to which we have briefly alluded, we say no more than is strictly and literally the fact. But it depends for its success on its incidents, which are adroitly strung togetlyer, rather than on its characters. We care for few of the theeiow r ai as y vsvh , e sfa .01 waves, n ev badtoeursaf etosopofeswe;► Er P dramatis persona, individually speaking, but ths s y are instrumental in the e',.,nsummation of a cat'astroophe, in which we take a strong interest from the re collections of o ur childhood ; for to whom is not the narlre of " Rizzio" as feaniliar as that of Robinson es':,soe ? Again, the incidents are not un duly dwel c on, but trundle lightly and smoothly on. We slsould be glad, however, to knew why it is that a l'frang lady who is in excellent health in one act, is re presented as dying in the next ; and by what process of logic she is induced to play the part of a spy, having previously expressed a most virtuous abhorrence of that office ? The language of the play is uniformly felicitous, iogelflneougnrsruotiotrifdsna gradual i hor n lu p e g t o pi that is to say, colloquial, without being bald or vulgar, sspv a eee n e rvrb d veyber da f he r nl e ygbc q hyea u pot e bhrp n ydel t ael reference applauded, incessant ds s e s e :ap s acnasets i aotaugoccet action plicity and elegance of the language in wl'e d i i t couched. But, indeed, great pains have br ef on the diction of the play, which does noa and crude, from first impressions, , 01.4 t proceed, hot of carefully elaborated t h roughout. e inner so beeuliv, poetry is perhaps wanting, but art, judiciously ap plied, has, in a great degree, supplied the defect. On the whole, the play is one that does the author (Mr.. Haynes) the hielest credit. The plot, compared withi most modern tragedies, trundles al ong at ra il way apee ,r i, and :tins sentiments are such - as do credit to the hen rt anti the understanding. We subjoin one of the na t ; effective scenes in the play —an inte• • m ast Ruthven betwe en Ruthven and Morton :---- MORTON. HOW is't with my friend? RUTHVEN. He lives. MORTON. Improves too. Hops a If art should fail, there's strength in good physician. RUTHVEN. Yes, when the lim nature still. The very bones elastic. But ir ?eyoung, the sinews five. Weak, witber'd, and, though bentdigeh • The healing oMee of the blood is' n'n ending age, •o'er And nature's self is on the si And dissolution. e of waste Mottos). Talk not so, nor thin k Remember wh a t you have been. so ' RUTHVRN. That's my torment • For now, what am I, grovellin g in t h e dust, Even of m i ne own decay 1 My sword is bent s My helmet rusted, and the t s andard bravo, That, like a skirt of Mars , shook overhead, In the high wind of ba tt le • t•m ould. I clings w ith I have no strength—Wh ~Itt can t h e u rn But, in t h e b are gradatio n their nof f . at y e, g Become th e d ead, ar d rot ? do • .