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had read the Journals be would have found hundreds—it was the constant Parliamentary course for that House to stop an action by commitment, and in all cases that course had been found efficient.—( Cheers.) It was sup posed that the House was pursuing a very harsh course— it was pursuing a strictly Parliamentary course, and if it happened to be a wrong course, it was a course which all Courts of Justice followed. The Court of Chancery never permitted the acts of its officers to be questioned by any other Court. He happened to have a brief in his band on which was the name of his Honourable and Learned Friend opposite ( Sir E. Sugden). In that case a man was taken under an attachment from the Court of Chancery. He complained of that, brought an action, and laid his damages for 8,0001., but his Hon. and Learned Friend persuaded the Court of Chancery to prevent that man from going on.—( Loud cheers.) The House of Lords constantly stopped actions by commitment. What would be the Sheriffs' position if they yicided obedience to the House ? Would the Court of Queen's Bench direct the Coroner to take them? Whether the Coroner (turning to Mr. Wak ley) would have an appetite for that be did not know (Loud laughter)—but he would suppose the Coroner came to that House, and stated that he had writs epithet the Sheriffs, to enforce the payment of a sum of money which had been refunded by them to Messrs. Hansard. That House would tell them not to execute that writ. What would be the next step ? The Court would grant an attachment against the Coroner and the House, would desire the Ser geaat.at-Arms, if any person attempted to molest the Coroner, to take them into custody, and therefore, instead of the officer taking the Coroner, the Coroner would take him.--( Cheers and laughter.) How was the Court of Queen_s Bench to go on next? Why, they must stop, and by that means alone would the privilege of the House be maintained. That House was backed with every con stitutional power; it bad preserved its privileges and its powers against a corrupt Court and a tyrannical House of Lords ; and yet that House would, if it agreed to this motion, surrender its constitution.—( Cheers.) That was what it would do, and that under colour of relieving two poor Sheriffs who had got into difficulty. Let the House look at the largeness of this question. The House, when it had Members deter mined to protect the people in the maintenance of its pri vileges, had prayed the Crown not to prorogue Parliament. but to adjourn it, for its privileges were concerned.— ( Loud cheers.) Let not the Sheriffs suppose—let not their advisers suppose, that that House was not armed with power sufficient to render the maintenance of its privi leges effectual.—(Cheers.) The House could continue the imprisonment ; and it would only follow the example of previous Houses if it retook them in a new Parliament.—( Cheers.) His Hon. and Learned Friend had suggested legislation on the subject. He (the Solicitor-General) should be glad if legislation could be made effectual, but he was afraid not. He would ex press no positive opinion, because he would be sorry to desert the hope that some mode might be found out. If his Hon. and Learned Friend could suggest any course he t would hail it with great joy, provided he did not destroy he constitutiou and character of that House. Their first duty was to preserve the Constitution entire, which they would not do by sacrificing that House.— (Loud cheer ing.) His humble advice to the House was—" Mani fest to those who now treat you with contempt, not in the way of anger —not in the way of resentment, but like a high tribunal charged with a great and solemn public duty ; satisfy those who are disposed to treat you with contempt. What is the extent of your power until your privilege is vindicated ? Do not discharge those Sheriffs until they restore the money." He could limit them to no other period;of imprisonment than that ; if they thought fit to pay the money, and to rely on the Coutt of Queen's Bench, let them do so, but let not that House sacrifice; its duty. He lamented much the imprisonment of any man for fifteen days, or even one, but he did not see how the House could discharge the Sheriffs at that moment, with the money in their pockets, defying the House, and not even condescending to make an apology.—( Hear.) Forsooth his Hon. Friend had said they ought not to be asked to make an apology, for they had done no wrong. What would have been the constitution of either House of Parliament at the present moment, if its members had always been so delicate? Why, the Speaker would not have been in that Chair, nor would that House have been exercising its functions at the present time.—( Cheers.) Certainly, unless the House meant to detain the Sheriffs until they had entirely submitted, he would say, " Don't detain them an hour longer." Further, had he been in the House when the motion was made for the commitment, he would have said, " Don't commit them, if you don't mean to vindicate your privileges, and to make their commitment available for your constitutional rights."—( Hear.) He did not know whether he had conveyed to the Heuse his own view of the means by which that course of commitment was to be effectual. When his Hon. and Learned Friend opposite said this would fail and that would fail, he (the Solicitor-General) would ask them to look back and to an ticipate the future by a well-grounded view of the past. Would any man tell him that the powers which had hitherto been effectual were now to fail ?—( Cheers.) He was prepared to vindicate the privileges of Parliament by Parliamentary authority. He was prepared to produce authorities on any part of the case that was challenged. He did not wish to occupy the time of the House by re ferring to Journals and other things, there being no parti cular part challenged. Of this (said the Solicitor-Gene ral) I am quite sure; you are now in the direct course of precedent and Parliamentary law.—( Hear, hear, hear.) You may go out of it if you please. Your ances tors found it effectual for maintaining the privileges and constitution of Parliament—if you do not, it will be your fault, and because you do not follow their example.— (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amid loud and continued cheering.) Sir EDW. SUGDEN then rose to address the House, but in consequence of the noise occasioned by several Mem bers leaving, and the numerous cries of" Adjourn, adjourn," it was some time before the Honourable and Learned Gentleman could proceed. He was quite willing, if it were the pleasure of the House, to postpone the few remarks he had to make to another occasion.--( Cries of "Go on.") It was impossible for him to allow the able and passionate appeal of his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General, to pass without observa tion. His Hon. and Learned Friend had met the question very fairly, and had made an explicit statement of what the inevitable result of the present proceedings must be.— (Hear, hear, hear.) The imprisonment of the Sheriffs was to be perpetual unless they paid back the money. Supposing the Sheriffs obeyed the House, the course must be the committal of the Judges who would attach the Sheriffs. Another case might and would arise where the military must be called nut, not to maintain the law and preserve peace, but to beard the Judges. And this in defence of an alleged " privilege," which yet was denied and opposed by the great majority of the people of Eng land.—( Cries of " No, no.") He repeated his assertion. —( Cries of " Oh, oh," and cheers.) Mr. PR YME moved the debate be adjourned, which having been agreed to, Lo c r'd MOR — PETlTbrought in the Municipal Corpora tions (Ireland) Bill, which was read a first time. The House then adjourned. PARLIAMEN TAR V BUSINESS. Leave of Absence was granted to Lcrd Francis Eger ton, till 10th May; Mr. John Steuart, till Easter; Sir Hugh Campbell, till Easter ; Mr. Rice Trevor, till Easter ; Sir Stratford Canning, till •35th March ; Mr. Wilson Jones, till Easter ; Mr. Burr, till Easter ; Lord Viscount Lowther, one month ; Mr. Dawson Darner, one month ; Mr. Brownrigg, till Ist March ; Mr. Maher, till Ist May; Mr. Maxwell, three weeks; Mr. her, till Easter ; Mr. Fazakerley, till Easter ; Sir Ronald Fer ga;on, till Easter ; Mr. Fitz Gibbon, one month ; Mr. Henry White, one month ; Lord Viscount Duncan, till Easier ; Sir Robert Bateson, till Easter ; Mr. Cayley, s . x weeks. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Act (2 and 3 Vic. c. 38) read; Mr. Speaker laid on the table his warrant for the appointment of Members to serve on the General Committee of Elections:—Warrant read, as followeth : Pursuant to an Act passed in the Ses /ion holden in the 2d and 3d year of the reign of her pre sent Majesty, intituled, " An Act to amend the jurisdic tion for the trial ,of Election Petitions," I do hereby ap nnint Thomas Greene, Esq., Member f.,r Lancaster ; 'William Miles, Esq , Member for the Eastern Division of Somerset; the O'Connor Don, Member for the County of Roscommon ; William Ord, Esq., Member for New. castle-upon-Tyne; Edward Strutt, Esq., Member for Derby ; and John Young, Esq., Member for the County of Cavan—to be Members of the General Committee of Elections for the present Session. Given under my hand, the 3d day of February, 1540. CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker. Mr. Speaker then proceeded to read over the alpha betical list of Members; when Sir Francis Burdett, William Ralph Cartwright, Esq., Edward Bolton Clive, Esq., Sir Rufane Donkin, Abel Rous Dottin Esq., William Fielden, Esq., Th omas Houldsworth' 'q William Gore Langton, Thomas Marsland, EAq" James Oswald, Esq., Edward William W ynne Pendarv%s" Esq., Right Hon. Sir William R ae , Ri g h t Hon. Si; R chard Hussey Vivian, Right Hon. Charles Williams Wynn, severally claimed to be excused from serving on Election Committees, on account of their being upwards of sixty years of age. Sir John Campbell, Attorney-General, was excused from serving on Election Coasmitteess until after Easter ; and Lord John Russell, the ;Right Hon. F. T. Baring, and Lord Viscount Palmerston, during the time they may bold their respective offices. The following Members appeared to be temporarily dis qualified from serving on Election Committees :—Thomas Alcock, Esq., Sir Thomas Cochrane, and the Hon. Henry Manners Sutton, as being petitioned against. And the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, Hon. Charles George Noel, George Frederick Muntz, Esq., Thomas Wilde, Esq., Edward John Hutchins, Esq , Sackville Lane Fox, Esq., Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macau lay, Henry Tufnell, Esq., and Benjamin Wood, Esq., on account of their not having been returned fourteen days. A MISTAKE.—When George 111., of blessed memory, was being proclaimed throughout Ireland, the captain of a yeomanry corps i n a sout h ern county, anxious to evince his loyalty, turned out with his " raw materiel" in the market place, to burn the quantity of powder prescribed for such occa sions. The preliminaries went off in good style. The " carry arena," " prime and l oa d , " & c. were faultless. Expectation was on tiptoe for the finale. When lo ! the gallant comman dant, to make the thing more impressive, substituted—" Fire a volley"—for the solitary word that usually trod on the heels of —.4 present." He spok e t o an auditory thoroughly Irish, and confident that Ire a caulla" (off with ye) was the order of the day, and accordingly off they pelted, " with shouldered arms and charged fusils,' under the impression that the noble captain's command was obeyed to the very letter. EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Saturday a r om drunkenn es man named G s, reen in St. , while in a state o f ma d ness, arising f, cut his throat, and other wise mutilated himself. He was conveyed on a stretcher from the E division station-house to the hospital. His Excellency Count Sebastiani does not pur pose leaving Manchester House, for Paris, until after the Queen's nuptials. His Excellency and the Countess Sebastiani r e expected to take their departure about the 25th inst. NOTICE! IIrHE DUKE of WELLINGTON'S LIFE, Jl Edited by SIR JAMES E. ALEXANDER. The Subscribers to this work are informed that it is now complescd, by the publication of the Eleventh Part; an,t they are requested to give immediate orders to their resp' ctive Booksellers for the completion of their Sets, to prevent disap pointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 4, FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CHARITABLE INSTI- TUTION, Will be performed Sheridan Knowles' Play of THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr. Cooper ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. An. derson ; Modus, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Julia, Miss Ellen Tree ; Holen, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, ONE HOUR ! OR, A CARNIVAL BALL ! Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Dalton. Madame Vestris. T• conclude with the Drama of ASK NO QUESTIONS. Theodore, Mr. J. Vining; Matthias, Mr. W. Farren ; Gim blet, Mr. Meadows ; The Baroness de Serigny, Mrs. Orger ; Celine, Miss Lee ; Madame Gimblet, Miss A. Taylor. 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Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1840. • • /fa.- 4tir a 1v.% Che .''..linx. LONDON : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, Is4l. In the House of Lords last night, the Naturaliza tion Bill of Prince Albert went through a Committee. It was, however, only by sacrificing those parts of the Bill to which the Duke of WELLINGTON objected, that it encountered no opposition. The Standing Or ders were suspended, and the Bill was read a third time, and sent to the Commons. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a petition from certain inhabitants of the metropolis, for the remission of FROST'S sentence, which he said excited unexampled interest, took occasion to enter at considerable length into the judicial proceedings. His Lordship gave the Commons a hint, by saying, that they would look in vain to preserve respect for the laws, if their Lordships ceased to make men respect the organs of the law. At the same time, the Noble Lord said that he had in the whole course of his professional experience never known a stronger case for a complete acquittal made out. His Lordship's speech is worthy of perusal. The Marquis of NORMANBY explained, as we have already informed the public, what was the decision of the Judges, adding that the result was that the convic tion was right. He also stated that the two Judges at Monmouth, who formed the majority on the Commis sion, considered themselves bound by the majority of all the Judges. It was the differences of opinion amoogst the Judges which made the Ministers resolve not to carry the extreme penalty of the law into effect, but they all agreed that never were lives more justly forfeited to the laws of the country. After some further conversation, in which the LORD CHANCELLOR said it was of no use reserving a point, unless the opinion of a majority of the Judges were to prevail, the petitions were laid on the table. . - The Bishop of ExrrEk's motion concerning Social ism was postponed till to-morrow, to enable his brethren Of CANTERBURY and LONDON to assist at the slaugh ter. The Duke of WELLINGTON announced that he advised prosecutions of the Socialists when they violated the law ; and the Marquis of NORMANBY said he had recommended gentlemen to keep their servants away from the Socialists. Lord COLCHESTER withdrew his motion for papers concerning the occupation of Minorca by the French. At a quarter past Seven the House adjourned. Among many petitions presented to the Commons was one from 599 members of the Bar, expressing their alarm at hearing of the commitment of the Sheriffs; and one by Mr. LEADER, from certain inhabitants of London, for the remission of FROST'S sentence. As Election Com mittees are to be ballotted for, several Members asked for and obtained temporary leave of absence. The SPEAKER, by warrant, appointed Messrs. GREEN, MIL NKS, O'CONNOR DON, °ROE, STRUTT, and YOUNG, as the General Committee for the trial of Disputed Elections. The ATTORNEY-GENZRAL, after some little objec tion, obtained a present and temporary exemption from sitting on Election Committees. The Ministers were excused on account of their duties. The Naturalization Bill for Prince ALBERT was brought down from the Lords, and read a first and second time. Notices were gi%en of motions by Lord ASHLEY, for an Address to remove Mr. FAIR from his office of Registrar of Birmingham ; by Mr. BAINES, of a Bill respecting First Fruits ; by Mr. LIDDELL, for a copy of the warrant pensioning Sir JOHN NEWPORT ; by Mr. EWART, of a Bill for equalizing the Sugar Duties ; by Mr. GonsoN, after some conversation, for papers from the Home-office respecting Mr. FuosT's respite ; by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that the House, at its rising on Friday, do adjourn till Tuesday. The SPEAKER brought the case of Mr. HOWARD under the notice of the House, and the messenger who had received the warrant to arrest him informed the House that he had beers unable to find him. Mr. HOWARD, it is plain, sets the House at defiance, for his son said he would be in town whenever this business was over. After some conversation as to what the House should do in this perplexing dilemma, it did nothing, be caw-0 the evidence that Mr. HOWARD purposely evaded the warrant was not completed, Mr. `VALLEY informed the House that in coming to it he, as Coroner, had re ceived an order to attach the property of the Sheriffs, which was served on him by one of the HOWARDS. In a Committee on Prince ALBERT'S Annuity Bill Lord JOHN RUSSELL denied that his Court had been named ; and Colonel SIBTHORP brought forward his motion, to make the annuity t o t h e Prince terminable on the life of her M AJESTY, if the Prince did not reside in England, or should marry a non- Protestant. Sir ROBERT PEEL could not support his Gallant Friend on that point, though he had supported him on reduction, and expressed himself quite unwilling to throw any doubt on the Protestant faith of the Prince. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not need to oppose the Gallant Colonel, as he was opposed by his own leader ; and the Gallant Colonel, who was most courteously treated, in consequence probably of his recent victory, withdrew his motion. . . ........... The Bill went through the Committee without oppo- sition. In a Committee of Supply, a vote of 2,000,0001. was taken, and ordered to be reported to-morrow. After some conversation, in which Sir M. Wool) stated that the only improvemeuts contemplated at pre sent in the metropolis were a line of street from Oxford street through St.: Giles's, frc m Coventry-street through Leicester-square, and a third in the neighbour hood of Whitechapel, the Committee on Metropolitan Improvements was re-appointed. Another discussion then took place on the privilege question, on which, by the introduction of fresh speak ers, namely, Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT and the SOLICITOR GENERAL, the whole subject was again re-opened and talked about in all its bearings. Mr. DARBY moved that the Sheriffs be discharged from custody. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion. with great reluctance, as the Sheriffs had not yet shown any contrition. Sir R. INGLIS supported the motion. Mr. BAINES opposed it, and mentioned that the CHIEF JUSTICE had himself, on Saturday, disseminated those publications for which the House of Commons was prosecuted by STOCEDALE ; and he wanted to know why the CHIEF JUSTICE should not be prosecuted? Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT in a long and able speech recommended that Lord JOHN RUSSELL should origi nate the measure, but if he were forced to vote, he should vote for the motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in a still abler speech opposed the motion, and entered into the whole sub ject, which becomes the more obscure, the more it is discussed by the new facts and principles brought forward from every different age, and of the value of which each speaker forms a different opinion. After some months' discussion, and several more instances of con tumacy, we may expect to find that the Gordian knot will be so involved, that the sword only can cut it. . After a short speech from Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, the debate was adjourned. The Irish Corporation Bill was brought in and read a first time. The House then adjourned. In the course of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S able and eloquent speech—for able and eloquent we fully admit it to be, however deficient we find it in truth, honesty, and sincerity, in comprehensive views, and in all that distinguishes a great man from a clever actor—in his much-praised and already far renowned speech, he used one word to which we earnestly beg his own attention, if he can conde scend to look at our humble pages—and the atten tion of all his friends and followers, particularly the bigoted and ultra-Protestant and ultra-Coer cionists, amongst them. He said that Catholic Emancipation was INEVITABLE. Inevitable, that was the word. It teems with instruction. In his mouth, clothed with his authority, it becomes a most important lesson. It is a whole volume com pressed into five syllables. It is like one of those profound algebraic formula, which contain in a few simple signs the discoveries, the hoarded wisdom, of many ages. When Sir ROBERT PEEL found Catholic Eman cipation inevitable, he was the second man in the Government. The undiminished Church of Ire land, and the whole Church of England, was with him. An unreformed Parliament contained an overwhelming majority of the Tories, obedient to the commands of the Church and the Aristocracy. The majority of the Peers were against Catholic Emancipation. The press, not perfectly free now, was then under much restraint, and was much less powerful than at present. The Ministry was Tory, making it a boast to uphold the Church. The KING was Tory to the back-bone, and hostile to Catholic Emancipation. The Peers were Tory— the Commons were a mere reflection of the Peers —the whole organized power of the State was Tory, and yet we learn from Sir R. PEEL that Catholic Emancipation was inevitable. Here is a great truth. The whole organized power of the State was unable to carry its will into effect, and King, Lords, Commons, and Church were compelled to yield. There is, therefore, in truth and justice, a power superior to the whole organized power of the State. But almost in the same breath in which Sir R. PEEL admitted that Catholic Emancipation was inevitable, he went on to boast that he had taken securities for the Protestant Church. Is Sir R. PEEL ignorant of the meaning of words ? How could he, or how could the whole State impose conditions on that which imposed its own con ditions on him and it ? Foolish man, he talked of giving laws to that which gave laws to him. He ought to know that the Inevitable, like death, pre scribes its own conditions, and that man and States have only to submit to the decrees. If, therefore, Emancipation were inevitable, what puerile folly, what irritating nonsense, are those paltry restrictions he imposed on the Catholics, which serve, at least, perpetually to remind them of the work which yet remains for them to achieve, before they are placed on a level with the rest of their countrymen. Let us ask Sir R. PEEL, also, and all the coer cionists, not excluding mans of the Whigs, is there nothing else which is or will be inevitable, nothing else in all the demands of men which the State, with all its means, and it was much more powerful in 1829 than in 1840, must concede ? Does the aristocracy, which could not keep the Catholics out of the constitution, expect to keep out the working classes ? Can Sir R. PEEL, though aided by Lord J. RUSSELL, and all the Tories and Whigs united, dream that the admission of the working classes into the pale of the Constitution is not as inevitable as the admission of the Catholics ? When the State could not maintain its own exclusion against eight millions of Catholics on religious grounds, can it hope to maintain its exclusion of twenty millions of the unenfranchised on political grounds ? Impossible. W hen Sir R. PEEL told the world that Catholic Emancipation had become inevitable, he revealed to society the existence of a power infinitely great compared to what is commonly understood by the term State, and the commands of which it behoves him to stud• and submit to. The word inevitable reads to statesmen of all parties a most important lesson, which they ought to ponder seriously and continually. But they seem never to think of anything but themselves, their retainers, and followers, till this in evitable power makes itself felt, and then they scram ble who shall soonest submit to it. Theylive so much in Parliament that they see nothing beyond it and the statutes it makes. They are so exclusively taken from, and mingle with the aristocracy, that they live exclusively for it. They look only to Parliament—they act only for the aristocracy. They are not ashamed to say, like Sir ROBERT PEEL, that they are the exclusive friends of the aristocracy and the opponents of the democracy. Their laws are made to coerce, or to subdue the lower classes. But now the democracy is roused, though its eyes are not yet wide open. It only heaves and moves, and already its opponents tremble. They are terrified. What will be the result when it rises, and stirs, and when all its mighty strength is put forth—when it has found, for assuredly it will find appropriate and skilful leaders, and is organised for the attainment of its ends, we need not predict. If its first bearings are so alarming, what will it be when it walks forth in all the vehemence of irritated ?ower ? Inevitable will then be its non rule, and in time Sir ROBERT PEEL will have taught his friends to apply the proper word to the decrees of its will. Before the debate on Sir JOIIN YA RDE BUL• LEtt's motion came on, the Tory Journals were quite confident of victory, and one Weekly Journal went so far as to announce by placards that its next number would contain " The division and probable impeachment of the Ministry, should they refuse to resign." The telling of noses which usually takes place on the announcement of such a contest con vinced the Tories of their error, and then they began to seek consolation for anticipated defeat in the great moral advantages their cause would derive from the debate. The debate is at an end, the division is told, the contest of the two parties is decided in favour of the Whigs, and now the Tories claim all the honours of superior arguments and superior eloquence; and those who voted to place themselves in office boast of a victory because the majority against them is made up of those who voted to keep themselves in. If the possessors of office should be struck off, the expectants should share the same fate. The appreciation of the results of the contest by the Tories, is as erroneous as were their anticipations ; and all the fine writing of the Times, the Standard , the Ikrald and the Past will neither lessen the disgrace, nor retrieve the injury which the debate has inflicted on the hypocrites. ch, from a littleO the r r aHouseirritation o f iNl m r e A r, C AcaUuLs caused S y s t p h e e e unseem ly interruptions, at the commencement of his speech, of a few wine-warmed individuals of the Tory party, made a comparatively feeble impression ; but on the country, which will find in the report only the matter, divested of the manner, it has already taken a fi rm h o ld. That is the speech which the provincial journals quote, and praise the most. " Never," say s t h e L iverpool Albi on , to quote one ex ample, " w as th ere a more sp kilo id speech heard within the walls of the House of Commons than the one deli vered by Mr. Macaulay on Wednesday : it was both elo quent and argumentative in the highest degree. One of the happiest efforts in this brilliant effusion was the exposure of the disloyalty of the present race of Tories; but that has been so generally quoted by our brethren of the press, that we must cull a flower or two from other portions of it." It accordingly quotes, at great length, the picture which Mr. 'VI ACAULAY drew of the impossibility of Sir ROBERT resuming the reins of Government, the description which he gave of Ireland, and the concluding passage of his speech, which was ad mirable for its deep tone of feeling, and the beauti fully conceived compliment Mr. MACAULAY paid to Lord JOHN RUSSELL. In the estimate which the Tories have made of the influence of Mr. MA CAULAY'S speech they have committed one capital error. The House of Commons is not the empire, and though the wine-warmed friends of the Times in that House might attempt to drown the Right Hon. Member's voice by their yells, they could not prevent his noble oration from going abroad and carrying confusion into the Tory host. If we were to admit all the claims to superiority which the Tory Journals make for Tory orators, we hould still be able to prove that the moral advan tage of this great conflict of tongues is wholly on the side of the Ministers. It was avowed on the part of the Tories, that the motion was intended to enable them to take the Government ; but not one of them, when taunted with the divisions amongst their own followers, showed that they had any rea sonable prospect of being able to carry it on. The party of which Sir R. PEEL, Lord STANLEY, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM are the spokesmen, have continually agitated the country for the last three years in opposition to the Catholics, and one and all of these Statesmen declared that they would carry the Catholic Emancipation Act honestly into execution. Such a declaration separates them completely from the great majority of their fol lowers, and absolutely leaves them without a party in the country. The bulk of the Anglican Priest hood, the majority of the Tory Journals, have been conspiring against the Catholics, and in that rascally conspiracy the Tory leaders declared they will take no part. They endeavoured, therefore, to get hold of the Government, while they were conscious that they had no party to carry it on. They would have inflicted on the country all the mischief of a change in the Administration, all the trouble and hazard of a general election, and all the certain disasters of another speedy change in the Adminis tration, for the mere gratification of their personal vanity or personal spleen. To have had that fact made apparent by the avowals of the Tories, is a great moral advantage to the Whigs. At the same time that the Tory leaders avowed that their object was to seize the Government, they also avowed, that, failing to seize it, they meant to watch its proceedings and impede and obstruct it at every step. To what end ? The objects which the Ministers propose are the gradual improvement of our institutions, the contentment of the people, the security of property, and the promo tion of general prosperity, and the attainment of these objects is to be continually thwarted and im peded by the Tories. Apart from the Tories being out of office, which is the basis of all their com plaints, what else can they complain of ? Some of the Ministers wish to promote a modi fication or repeal of the Corn-laws, and, therefore, says the Times (which we had the pleasure about three months ago of numbering amongst our allies on this question), they are to make way for the Tories, all of whom are staunch advocates of the Landlords'-tax. Honest Times, which pretends to advocate the cause of jus tice and the poor, and vet fights to place the Tories in power, and give perpetuity to the bread tax ! Some of the Ministers also wish to extend the franchise or facilitate its acquisition, and so em brace a larger number of the population within the Constitution ; and this the Tories are hotly to op pose as an injury to themselves. Like the Orange men of Ireland, they complain of being oppressed the instant any restraint is put on their power of oppressing others. The Ministers are also criminal in the eyes of the Tories for wishing to secure perfect freedom to all religious sects, and make the National Church somewhat more useful and less oppressive to those who do not belong to it. Such are their principal offences, according to the Tory bill of indictment, and it will much redound to their advantage and their honour that the Tories avow that on these grounds they are to thwart, impede, and ob struct the QUEEN'S Government. Faction never displayed itself in stronger and more disgusting colours. The Tories avow a hatred of free trade, a hatred of civil and religious freedom, a hatred of the bulk of the people; and the nation must have lost all its ancient attachment to liberty, if such a scan dalous avowal does not greatly recommend to the public support the Ministry which the Tories are to impede, thwart, and obstruct. If the advantages of mere oratory be on the side of the Tories, which, however, we deny, the advantages of sound, rational, and liberal views are all on the side of the Minis ters. The debate has made that manifest, and eonvicted the Tories of being as ignorant and in efficient as they are arrogant and hypocritical. One of the most remarkable circumstances in the contest which is going on between the two parties in the Church of Scotland is, that the People seem to range themselves against the party who profess to be most friendly to their rights. This is not to be accounted for on any other principle than a con viction in the popular mind that the views of the vetoists, could they be realize!, would confer no benefit on the community. It is clearly perceived, that while the clergy pretend to give to the pa rishioners, by means of the Veto Act, the power of selecting a Minister for themselves, their real in tention is to get that power into their own hands. They do not, of course, put forward any such ambitious claims in a direct and open manner. That would not be consistent with their tactics. Their policy is to mask the object they aim at, in order the more effectually to secure it. They bawl out non-intrusion " with all their might, declaim with all their powers of lungs against the sinfulness and horrid oppression of forcing a Minister upon a con gregation who cannot he edified by his ministra tions, and protest that they will risk every thing, yea, even their stipends, rather than that the people should not enjoy a privilege so important to their spiritual interests. When, however, the matter comes to be probed to the bottom, it is discovered that " the people " are not the general inhabitants of the parish, as might be supposed, hut certain elect persons possess. ing the compound qualification of belonging to the masculine gender, of holding tli station of heads of families, and of being communicants or partakers of the Holy Sacrament—a qualification so difficult of attainment, that the parish of Daviot, in Inver nesshire,lwhere the veto was acted upon a few months ago, contains just seven such persons, four of whom, being the majority, rejected the patron's presentee without assigning any reason. It is also discovered that the clergy have, by law, the right of preventing persons from being commu nicants, that they often exercise this right, and therefore have the power of limiting the number of " the people," in whom they would vest the exercise of the veto. It is, further, a well known fact that if, from indecision, want of harmony among " the people," or any other cause, a vacancy is not filled up within six months after it has been formally declared, the right of presentation devolves by law upon the Presbytery of the bounds in which the vacant parish is situated. Of all these things the people of Scotland are well aware. They see the real working of the ma chine which the veto-loving Clergy have constructed ; they see in it only the extension of ecclesiastical power, the never-ceasing object of the ministers of all state-supported systems of religion, and there fore it is that they oppose its introduction into the Kirk. As an evidence of the existence of this feel ing we may instance a Resolution pasted at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Dumfries and Maxwelltow n , lately held in the church of the latter ' place for the purpose of hearing the case of the vetoists stated by a deputation from the Commis sion of the General Assembly. The tables, it ap pearE, were completely turned upon the Reverend Deputation and their partizans. This meeting resolved— " That the clergymen comprising the deputaticn from the General Assembly be instructed to state to those who sent them, that it is the opinion of the inhabitants of Dumfries and Maxwelltown, in public meetin g assembled, that the Chu rc h o f S cot l an d being established by Act of Parliament, is incumbent u p on Ch urc h Courts to give effect to th e d e _ and partly endowed out of the p ublic ta xes , it cisions of the Court of Session and House of Lords; but that, if the Assembly will dissolve the Church connection with the State, and renounce the portion of public taxes annually paid out of the public treasury to members of the Church, the meeting will co-operate with the Assembly in obtaining the abolition of Church Patronage." This resolution is in exact accordance with the opinion that we have already expressed. As long as the " non-intrusion" ministers continue mem bers of an Establishment the constitution of which they hold to be unscriptural and oppressive to their consciences, they cannot expect the support of honest and conscientious men. Let them disen cumber themselves of the temporal trammels which fetter their spiritual liberty, and they will deserve and receive the respect of every true Christian, and of every good man. Nothing short of this will ever convince the public that their zeal for the in terests of religion is of the right kind. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 26th uli have reached us. General NARVAEZ is spoken of as the new Governor of Puerto Rico, having been obliged by his colleagues to consent to quit the Cabinet before the meeting of the Cortes. General VILLALOBOS is mentioned as the probable War Minister. The follow ing important news from Valencia includes the only late intelligence from the theatre of war : " VALENCIA, JAN, 6. —lt was announced for along time that the rebels projected a coup de main on this place. Accordingly, at three o'clock this morning, they opened a smart firing on the gate of Tales, and continued their at tack as far as the gate of Castellon. The garrison fought with great courage. Tier: enemy had five battalions and two squadrons, and had 33 killed and 81 wounded, a num ber of whom were taken to the villages of Veo, Alcadia, and Ayodar. A number of peasants were also killed, whom the Carlists had excited to follow them with the scaling ladders. We had five killed, amongst whom is Lieute nant. Colonel Iriarte, and twelve mortally wounded. The Chief of the Staff, Major Miguel Cormano, speaks highly of the conduct of the garrison in this affair." There is no news of interest in the Paris Journals of Sunday. The Commerce states that England and Russia are at present on terms of strict amity ; and that independently of M. BRuNow's mission, negotia tions are on foot between the two Governments relative to Poland. The Emperor of RUSSIA, says the Com merce, seems inclined to establish a distinct Govern ment in Poland—a measure greatly approved of by England, but opposed by Austria and Prussia, who dread the effects it would have upon their absolu tism. NICHOLAS is inclined to give a more liberal form of Government to Poland than was expected from him, having consented to restore to the Duchy of Warsaw all the immunities enjoyed by it at the period of the late unfortunate revolution, and take only the title of King of Poland. What degree of credit is due to this rumour we cannot pretend to determine. Were it correct, we could easily forgive Lord PALMERSTON'S rumoured coquetries with the representative of the CZAR. _ _ The Moniteur of Sunday announces the commutation by the KING of the FRENCH of M. BLANQUI'S sentence of death into transportation for life. As France has no penal settlements, this amounts only to simple banishment. M. BLaNeues guilt was a thousand times greater than that of FROST and his fellow convicts, and yet a SOVEREIGN not distinguished for clemency, adjudges banishment from the soil of France a sufficient punishment. There is no domestic news of interest in the Paris Journals. The Moniteur of Sunday morning has no official part. We have received this morning news from Africa, dated the 25th of January. All was tranquil in the environs of Algiers. ... . BELGIAN r UNDS—Baussus, Fen. 1. Actual Debt, 24 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cunt PO% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per'Cent. 92% ---- 3 per Cent. 70% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 96 Society of Commerce, 4 54 per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 por Cent ..... .......... National Society . — Exchange on London (short) - -Brussels Papers, Feb. 1. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 31., Money. - Bills. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A ;nor t Syndic,44 per cent 92 924 Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent :GU 76% Commercial Company, 44 per cent 172% 174 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1837, 5 per cent. 99% 100% Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9 6% :.: 90 94 Exchange on London, One month ll 974 Two months —Dutch Papers, Feb. 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vilwrirs. JAN. 21. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank s Share _ 1092 - --Allgorseixe Zeitung, Jan, 29. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 28. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1670 A Rale-Russian Loan los4 108 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 10334 . Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 9SN Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 51% 51 Ditto 5 per Cent. .......... ....—.. 96 Polish Bonda New Ticket Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 73 '72% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent..,. — 101 Spanish, New 3 per Cents, *l EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. ',N.-13. 17—Two months, 13 5. BR aux. JAN. 25.—Three months, 6. 21%.: BREMEN, JAN. 10 —Two months, 615. CHRISTIANIA, JAN. 18.—Three months, 4 114. It gives us great pleasure to be able to commu nicate to our Dissenting Friends, that the indefatigable Mem ber for Finsbury, Mr. Duncombe, has prepared a Bill, which we have good reason for believing will (if carried into effect), put an end to the heart-rending contentions which have so long existed on the subject of Church-rates. It would be prema ture to enter into the details of the measure, but we can con fidently assure our readers, that every provision is made to secure entire the rights of the Established Church, without violating the consciences of Dissenters. CENTRAL CItIMINAL• COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The Court was occupied the whole morning with the trial of James Jay for a misdemeanor—the details of the case were wholly unfit for publication. Up to the time of our going to press a verdict had not been returned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY ) HUNGERRORD MARKET. A fair business done at steady prices, and the supplies were good. Turbot Bs. to 255. Cod 4s. to 15s. Lobsters 10d. to 3s. 6d. Soles 10d. to 4s per pair. Beef 7d. to Sid. per lb. Mutton 7-id. to Sid. Veal Bd. to 9d. Pork 7€l. to Sid. Vegetables in fair supply and demand; prices much as before. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Good supplies and a fair trade ; prices much as last quoted. Turbot Bs. to 255. ; Cod 4s to 12s. ; Whiting sd. to 103. ; Haddocks Bd. to Is. 6d. ; Oysters 20s to 58s. per bushel; Lob sters 9d. to 3s. 6d. HAY MARKETS. Supplies moderate, and the demand good : prices the same as last quoted. TEA MARKET. Nothing doing of any consequence; still the holders gene rally were very firm and confident of a further advance. Never were any commercial news more anxiously looked for than the next intelligence from Canton. WOOL MARKET. Most of the Foreign Wool put up at the public sales has been bought in. The Colonial sorts sold briskly, the dull state of the manufactuaing districts considered, and previous prices con tinue to be paid. Colonial Wool comes to market in good and improving condition. TALLOW MARKET. Great quiet reigns in this extentive department of business, and the price of the P. Y. C. is 495, 3d._ COLONIAL MARKET. There was no great business done, nor any new trait discern ible. B.P. Sugar sold quietly, and prices are much as before. 3,000 bags Mauritius sold at its former value. In fact, the Sugar market is very steady. We had some Coffee put up to public sale, 3,400 bags St. Domingo, 9d duty, 403 of E. 1., some Berbice and Mocha ; the whole did not sell, and prices were altered, were easier, and the market more quiet. 1,100 bags Bengal Rice fetched 145., and 14s. 6d. for the hest quality. Saltpetre, 3,500 bags, sold in part, at 225. 6d. to 235. A small parcel of Black Pepper went at 31d. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 3. —Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Chi non, Watson, from Valparaiso ; Post Boy, St. Michael's. MILFORD, Fin. 2.—Sailed the Lion, Main, for Swansea. Put back the Cornwall, Butcher, for Rio Janeiro. It is blowing a strong gale from the S.W. CORE, FEB. I.—Sailed the Fortune, Lee, for Trinidad; New York, Barstow, New York ; John Francis, Cotter, Charleston. DUNDEE, FEB. I.—Sailed the Sir James Kempt, Archibald, for Charleston ; Cairo, Thorns, Bordeaux and Calcutta. — AIARGATE, FEB. 3.—Off port, the D'AnverqUe7l-iuquet, from Calcutta. SUNDERL•ND, FEB. 2.—The Salisbury, Davison, of this port, was abandoned in a sinking state, 22d ult., 60 miles S.E. of Flambro Head. Crew saved. RAMSGATE, FEB. 3.—The Rose, Watt, from Newcastle, put in here with loss of bowsprit, anchor, and cable, and other damage, having been in contact with her Majesty's steamer, Fearless. PoitTsmounr, Fut. 3.—lt came on to blow hard from S. S. W at 2 a.m. to-day, and la s t e d till 5, w h en it moderated. The Charlotte, a.m., from Terceira, was driven on shore at the south-end of the dock-yard, but has been got off without apparent damage. COWES, FEU. 2.—Arrived the Fortuna, Peterson, from Pernambucco ; Saladin, Chase, Virginia; LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3.—Wind variable, fresh breezes from S. and W.—Arrived the Stephen Whitney, Thompson, from New York, sailed 14th ult. ; Pioneer, Graham, Mobile ; Iris, --, Messina; Douro, Barnes, Oporto. Off port, Cornelius, —, Alexandria. Sailed the Walter, Boyd, New Orleans ; Fanny, Sloane, Charleston ; Paw Lattan, Briggs, Mobile. Hu 1.1., FE a. 3. —Fresh, southerly breezes. —Arrived the Fame, Thorner, from Palermo. PooL!, FEB. 3.—The Queen, Howe, from London to Fal mouth, has drifted in here abandoned, and went on shore ; part of the cargo has been saved in a damaged state. LIVERPOOL, Fan. 3.—The Isaac, Allerton, bound to this port, was hard aground on the bar of the Mississippi, Dec. 27. The Thomas H. Jinks, Latham, from Wilmington to the West Indies, was abandoned the 4th ult. in lat. 34, lon. 73. The crew are safe. The introduction of the West India trade into Ipswich is mooted. It is calculated that 50,000 drunkards die yearly in this country, and that one half of the insanity, two-thirds of the pauperism, and three-fourths of the crimes of the land are the consequences of drunkenness. Mr. Gill, a Chartist from Newcastle, gave a lec ture at Dunse, on Monday evening, the subject of which was the formation of Joint Stock Victualling Companies for the working classes. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to him for his great picture of the Coronation. The Royal Dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, Lord Leveson, Sir Joseph Copley, and Mr. Rich. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. Jt was attended by all the Ministers ex cept Lord Holland. 'The Council sat an hour and a half. The Chairman of the Excise had an interview yesterday with Viscount Melbourne. The Commander of the Forces, and Mr. B. Wood, M. P., had interviews with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The French Ambassador transacted business at the Foreign Offic e. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will give a full dress dinner to a large party on Monday next, the lOtti inst., at his official residence in Downing-street. Despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The marriage of the Bishop of Carlisle with the Hon. Miss Hope Johnstone, one of the Maids of Honour to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, was solemnised yester day morning at Marlborough House, by the Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain to her Majesty. After the ceremony, the Bishop and his Lady left Marlborough House in a carriage and four for the seat of the Earl Amherst, Mon treal, near Seven Oaks. Mr. Grote M. P., and Lady have arrived at their resi dence in Eccleston-street, from Paris. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVA O'CLOCK. We have received the New York Papers of the 15th January by the packet ship Stephen Witney, arrived at Liverpool, In respect to the commercial intelligence it is of a more favourable nature than that received by the last arrival. Four days later intelligence had been received from Eng land bringing the arrangement which had taken place between Messrs. Rothschild and Sons and Mr. Jaudon, which caused a decided improvement in the value of the United States Bank Shares, which had the effect to improve them to 85 a 86. Exchange on London 7 to 7i, and a fair business was doing in inland Exchanges. Extracts from the New York Papers will be found in another part of the Paper. The flood of immigration into Texas was still pouring with a wider and deeper flow. It is computed that 100,000 settlers have come in since the summer. The only arrival this morning of consequence is the packet-ship from New York. Upon the whole the intel ligence respecting commercial affairs is of a favourable description. Remittances to a considerable amount have been forwarded to England, to settle the debt and interest in Europe; and the dividends in the different lAnks had been paid. United States Bank Shares had improved 4to 5 per cent. Exchange comes rather lower 7/. The political intelligence is of little importance. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 911 I for Account, opened thin morning rather better, and may be quoted at 91f buyers for the Account; for Money, also, 912 ; Ex chequer Bills, 13 15 prem. ; India Bonds, par 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1792; India Stock, 249 250. Th 9 Foreign Market rather heavy, at the leaving off quotations of yesterday ; Spanish Active'at 264 ; Passive, 6f j ; Deferred, 121 k ; Portuguese, 34,1 35 ; Colombian 272 ; Mexican, shade lower, 291 4 ; Brazilian, 764 771 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 62f j-; Five per Cents., 1002 101. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Sank Stock Red . ..... —178% 8 per Cent. Con. 91 ) 8% I per Cents. 3y,', per Cent — Ditto Red 99% New 3% per Cent 98% 9 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan} , 6, 1860. 1461-16 14 Oct. 10, 1859 133 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock — Old Annuities 89% New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £1,000......14 10 pm. Ditto 500. ..15 10 pm. Ditto Small l3 pm. Ditto Commercial die. Ditto Advertised - !Sank Stock for Account ... 241) April 5, IMO Jan. 5,1!70 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds India Stock for Account Congos for Account 9lk% 'HIS DAY AT ONE O.CLOCA. Peruvian ........ Ditto Account 13 - at° Account Portuguese ISonds. ...... Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account DAC@ New Bonds Ditto Accoun• 3474_5N Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bend f —r Prussian Bonds Ditto Ac,ccr, nt — Russian Bonds, 1822 i Columt iAn Bc :Ids 24 N , Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Columbian 3c 7 d 5,1824 Ditto Accottit ....... ...... —, Ditto Account. 26% 6 Danish Bonds _ _. Ditto Acccc nt Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Deferred 12 1 A French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. 4 per cent. f. —c. Ditto Account ...... —l -- 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent 23 — Exchange. —f. —c Ditto Account — Dutch, 2y 4 per cent. al% ii Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account ......... ...... Ditto, 5 per cent lOO% 3i % Neapolitan Ditto Acc0unt....,......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Holland Selby Railway Company - 95 Brighton Railway 3,1 London and Rlactwall Railway ......... 17% London and Birmingham Railway Company ... Diito New : , hares — ---- --- :1 7 4 43% Australasia Bank 7fs Ditto New lO 1N Rritisb North American Bank 3O 28% Union Bank of Australia ... Assam Company 5 SIA 6 lIALF-PAST ONE. -- - - Valpariso papers have been received to the 13th Octo ber, 10 days later; but they do not bring any news of im portance. Exchange on England, 45 pence. LIVERPOOL COTTON MA RKET, MONDAY.—The sales this day are 3,000 bales, at Saturday's prices. It appears that it is anticipated in the United States that much trouble will grow out of the taking of Mata moras by the Federalists, by concentrating the whole of the Mexican people against the United States, and bring about an actual war. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, may be quoted at 9148 for the Account, for Money steady at 918 to 4 ; Exchequer Bills have receded 4in the morning, they were 14 prem., at present 10; in India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock, 1784 ; India Stock, 249. _ _ _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, 26 ; Portuguese improved to 354 ; Three per Cents., 231 ; Columbian Six per Cents., 24,4; Mexican Five per Cents., 231 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524 ; Five per Cents., 100 f for money. The Hamburg mail just arrived of the 31st January, brings the Exchange on London 13 5, Gold 430, Metal - liques, 1071 ; Bank Shares, 1,680. The Montreal papers received this morning, say, " That it is currently rumoured that the Tories intend to submit petitions against the Union of the Provinces, at the dif ferent township meetings to be held on Monday next, throughout the Province. The Lord Bishop of Toronto and Mr. Sheriff Jarvis are to carry them to England forthwith. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 178 3 i India Stock 0 49 3 per Cent. Red 91% Ditto Bonds C 3 per Cent Cciis. ()DC,. Ditto Old Annuities 89% 34, per Cent. Red 9 % Ditto New Annuities New 3i per Cent 1',9 ;Ex. Bills, 1,10 li "d 12 pin. New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/.. 12 pm Long Annuities to expire . Ditto Small l2 pm. Jan. I881!1 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1880 FOREIfiN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. 13;:igian, 5 per cent — Ditto Now Ditto liraiiliail Bonds — IPrussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — i ' Russian Booth, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent — !Ditto, Metallic — Colomb,an, 6 per cent .5 ;Spanish, 5 per cent 26% Ditto, 1524 — i Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent 77 ;French, 5 per cent. —f. —c Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — I Exchange I. —c Mexican, 5 per cent ": 1 1,,i • French, 3 per cent —l". —e. Ditto, 6 per cent., 1525 — Dutch, 2 per cent. 823,4 Peruvian, 1525,11 per cent Ditto, 5 per cent. loo SD A RES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway kristol and Exeter ... Great Western Railway . 67 Ditto New Shares 'it Hull and Selby London and Brighton Itrtilway ..: 0 1,,', London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway I)itto New Share , London and South Western Railway 434, North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares The Earl and Countess of Cawdor received a select circle to dinner on Thursday evening, at their residence in South Audley-street. The Earl and Countess of Minto's dinner and evening parties commence for the season after the 10th of this month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, ar rived in Belgrave-square, on Friday, from Eastern.terrace, Brighton, for the season. The Earl of Kingston, accompanied by the Hon. James King, who have been to inspect their family estates in Ireland, have returned to town. Lord and Lady Dunfermline left town on Friday morning, for Stubbing Court, their seat, near Chesterfield. The Noble Lord contemplates taking a mansion in town for the approaching season. PRINCE ALBERT.--Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, according to a letter of the 22d inst., from Gotha, was to leave that city on Saturday for London. The birth-day of Viscount Loftus has been celebrated with great rejoicings at Ely Castle and Loftus Hall, Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely en tertained the whole of the poor children receiving in struction at the national schools on their estates with a bounti ful repast of roast beef and plum pudding. Lord Portman has taken the splendid mansion of the Duke of Bedford, in Belgrave-square, for the season. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and Lady Cecilia Underwood were expected to leave Kinmell Park, St. Asaph, the hospitable seat of Lord Dinorben. on Saturday last, on their return to Kensington Palace. The last letters received from Wales stated his Royal Highness to have greatly improved in health during the past fortnight. On Monday last Lord Dinorben invited a select circle to dinner, at Kinmell, on the occasion of the Royal Duke's natal day. The Lady Gardiner, Sir John William s , B art., Hon. Captain . and Mrs. Rowley, Hon. Mrs. Stanley, &c., were among the oompany. The Duchess of Argyll will give a series of bril liant balls after Easter, in honour of the comin , * out of her Grace's eldest daughter, Lady Emma Campbe'll, who will make her debut in the beau monde this season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne received a select circle to dinner, on Saturday evening, at Lansdowne House. Lord and Lady iVlaryborough gave a grand dinner, on Saturday last, to a distinguished party, at their resi dence in Saville-row. The Duchess of Bedford arrived in Spring-gar dens, on Friday, from Oakley House, and dined on Saturday with Lord and Lady Essex, in Upper Brook-street. PATENT LEVE,3 W A To - H With silver double-bottom cases £6 6 With silver hunting cases This celebrated construction (tL2 most accurate on which a watch can be made) is now otter 1, with the latest imPr°le ments i. e. the detached escapen..mt, jewelled in four capped, hand to mac the seconds, ;lard enamel dial, and main taining power to continue going able winding up, at the above price. A printed warranty is given, witk fixed terms, .n which the Watches will always receive any attention needed, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Silver erand w G a o te lt l l , s e r:: l3 ,l , c 4 h 7 a , se C d ol i • n nh e i x ll eh ,L a o n n g d e on, (Seven doors from Graeachurch-street). 13 112 T .7. On the Ist inst., Mrs. William Denison, of the Wandsworth' road, of a son. On the Ist inst., in Great Queen -street, Lincoln's- 1111 v fields, the wife of R. W. Tamplin, Es q., surgeon, of a son. On the 2d i ns t. , i n Seymour-sir et, Portm an - s quare, t'l s Baroness de Aloneorvo, lady of the Portuguese Minster at th Court, of a daughter. On Busk the 30th ult., i n P ow i s-place, the lady of Henry W. , Esq., of a ult.daughter. the On the 31st ,at Wellington-road, Regent's-par- b. , lady of the Rev. John Henry Timins, of a daughter. ati On the st inst., at Shaftesbury House, Bay swa t er , the l f of Thomas Davidson, M.D., of a son. 114ARR1ED. On Saturday, the Ist inst., at St. Marylebone Church , 14 the Rev. J. H. Spry, D.D., William Frederick Elrinit °ll ; Captain i n th e S co t s F us il ear G uar d s , on l y son of the hit]; General Elrington, a n d grand s on of the present Ik. venera b i, Dean of Cork, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of B e njamin Williams, Esq., of Portland-place. A select party of frie rs x were present at an elegant dejeuner at the hosts of the fat b i of the bride, who afterwards left tarn with th e H o n. CaPta W o " i ; and the Lady Susan Hotham, for their seat, oolmers, ifert as did the bride and bridegroom, to pass the honeymoon, ~ Kent. On the 27th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Char son of Mr. Robert Newman, of Regent's-street, St. Jame` b to Elizabeth Dorothea, second daughter of the late J° s6 Whitmore, Esq., of Farewell, Staffordshire. DIED. On the 27th ult., the Rev. J o h n Sh ep h er d , M. A., of Gre St a t Smith-street, Westminster, more t h an 40 years lecturer.3wt ; and fo r m er l y m i n i ster of the Epic Chapel, Queen-square, Westminster, aged 88. On the 27th ult., William Ad ams, son of F. H. Brand Esq., of Cowden, Kent. f On the 28th ult., at Wind sor, S arah Jane, eldest daug hter the late Thomas Sharpe, Esq., aged 27. On the 2Pth ult., in C am b erwell New-road, Joseph tree t (lowan Proud, only so n o f t h e late John Proud, of John -5 Alinories, aged 37. London : Printed and P u bli shed by AIURDO YOUNG' o No. 112, Strand, at Th e Sim Office, No. 112, Strand in i county of Middlesex ._Tuesday, February 4, 1.40. THE STATE PRISONERS. ARRIVAL OF THEIR REPRIEVE-DE PARTURE FOR THE HULKS. MONMOUTH, MONDAY. Immediately on the arrival of the mail here yester day the town was thrown into the greatest state of ex citement, in consequence of military expresses (Lance►s) being dispatched to the High Sheriff at Usk, and Colonel Considine, at Newport. It was at first sup posed that the Chartists were coming down from the hills, under the impression that their chiefs would be executed, and which they would, if possible, prevent. A thousand other wild rumours were speedily circu lated. All doubts are now removed. Superintendent May arrived here yesterday, bearing a reprieve, as also an order for the immediate removal of the state pri soners to the hulks, whence they will be transported for life. Arrangements were immediately male to put into execution the latter order. The Lancers, under the command of Lieutenant Bernard, were mounted at the Bell Inn-yard, at lit o'clock p.m. About 40 minutes before one, p.m., this morning, the prisoners were roused from their beds, and informed, for the first time, of their fate. They were then supplied with refreshments. Shortly before one o'clock, the prison van, under an escort of Lancers, was drawn up to the gaol entrance, the prisoners' beds, fay niture, &c., were placed in it, after which the prisoners themselves, hand-bolted, en tered the van, followed by the Governor of the gaol, Superintendent May, and the body of the London Po lice who were on duty during the Special Commission. The Governor had a letter from the Home-office, which he was not to open until he had gone some distance. He appeared ignorant of the destiny of his prisoners, which is now no longer a secret. The only person present when the prisoners were brought to the van were Mr. Owen, their solicitor ; Mr. Whiting, of the Beaufort Arms ; and two officers of the Rifles. As soon as the van was secured it was surrounded by the Lancers, and pursued a rapid course towards Chepstow, where a vessel awaits their arrival to convey them to Bristol, where also a special steamer will receive and carry the prisoners to the hulks, lying at Portsmouth. The five other state prisoners will be confined in this gaol for three years, and then discharged. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.—FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) MONMOUTH, FEB. 3, 1840.—At one o'clock on Sun day night, or rather on Monday morning, Frost, Wil liams, and Jones, went off in a van for Chepstow, drawn by four horses, and escorted by a troop of the 12th Lancers. They arrived at Chepstow at 4in the morn ing, the night being dark and tempestuous, the rain falling in torrents. Chepstow is 16 miles from this place, on the Wye river. At six o'clock this morning the three prisoners went down the river in the Usk steamer, for the purpose of going round the Land's End to Portsmouth, thence to be transported. I went to see the three prisoners in the parlour of the gaol here at half-past twelve on Sunday night. They were seated round a table, with some toast and corned beef. Mr. Frost looked much dejected. At ten o'clock this morning the Lancers returned here, having trotted thirty-two miles going and coming. There was not a single Magistrate, Sheriff, or Mayor to see the prisoners before they left. The only persons present being a Bow-street officer, who came down yes terday, the gaoler, turnkey, Major Cooke (commman dant), the officer of the steam-packet, and the officer commanding the Lancers. Only fancy the astonishment of all the Magistrates in the neighbourhood and the other official authorities, on hearing that the prisoners had been carried off in the middle of the night, and before daylight running into the Bristol Channel. TYRANNY OF TILE DOMINANT SECT.-Mr. John Thorogood is still in Chelmsford gaol—a damp building by the river side—where he has been confined no less than TWELVE MONTHS AND TWO WEEKS for non-payment of a Church-rate of ss. 6d.—We understand that petitions from several congregations in this town will be sent to Parliament praying for his liberty. Hand-in-hand with this movement ought to be a subscription for the wife, and the aged father and mother of the martyr for conscience-sake.—Manchester Times. We regret to learn that Mr. John Hughes, the secretary for twenty years of the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund, died on Thursday night at his house in Tavistock-row. He was indisposed for the last two months. The deceased was twenty-six years connected with Drury-lane Theatre. Both parties in Spain, the Moderados and Exal tados, claim the majority on the recent elections. Ouvrard, the celebrated French financier, was in Madrid towards the close of last month—it was said, a bout to sound the monied interests there (will it be credited?) on the subject of a loan for Don Carlos ! The Shah of Persia, according to the latest ad vices, was assembling another army to renew his attack upon Herat. The Shah is said to have declared his determination to exterminate " those manufacturers of knives," a name by which he is pleased to designate the English. The Spanish War Minister is stated in so m e of the letters from that capital to have resigned, and it is added that Villabois has been made a Teniente General, to induce him to accept the vacant office of Narvaez, ad interim. General Sebastiani, it is said, will leave London during the present week for Paris. Baron Bourqueney, his tem porary successor, has arrived in town, and will, under these cir cumstances, we suppose, be the representative of his Royal mas ter, Louis Philippe, at the approaching marriage of Queen Vic tot ia. The London Embassy is intended for M. Guizot ; this movement is stated to be preparatory to the introduction of M. Thiers into the French Cabinet. The Blackburn Tories are about to start Mr• Joseph Fielden, of Witton, the nephew of the present Member , to contest the representation of that place, in conjunction with his uncle, in order to oust Mr. Turner, the Liberal. A meeting has been Field at Andover for the es tablishment of a Mechanics' Institute. Mr. Macleod, M.P., int en d s , it is said, retiring from the representation of the Inverness burghs, is which event, it is stated, that Mr. Morrison, formerly Member for Ipswich, will come forward, and will obtai n th e support o f t h e - Liberal party. • PETITION FOR THE TOTAL REPEAL OF THg CORN- LA WS. —The Manchester borough petition for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws, which is now corn pleted, bears 56,555 signatures. An Address of the females ,of Manchester to the Queen, praying for repeal, is in preparation , and will shortly be ready for signature.; THE OPERATIVES AND THE CORN-LAWS' —The working-men have seriously taken the field against the Corn-laws. The Chartists are corning over to the Radicals of the middle and operative classes, and uniting with them in their holy efforts towards bread tax emancipation. THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S PROPAGATION OF SOCIALISM. —We understand that the effects of the Bishq of Exeter's attack on the Socialists in the House of Lords, 15 already becoming apparent in the increased demand for copies of the New Moral World, the organ of the Socialists. Of a ° great importance do the Socialists conceive the speech of the Bishop, and the debate which followed it, that we have been informed, they are actually about to throw off an immense num ber of copies for gratuitous circulation throughout the length and breadth of the empire. —Leeds Times. It is impcssihle to shut one's eyes to the great moral revolution now in course of being effected throughout the southern parts of Ireland, through the agency of the Rev. Thee' bald Mathew. It is stated that nearly a million of individual' have taken the Temperance pledge at his hands, and that a case of relapse is rarely, if ever, met with. VESSEL SUNK.—On Thursday night, about eleven o'clock, another disaster connected with the late boisterou s weather occurred in the river Ouse, near Naburn Lock. I‘ heavy squall of wind caught the vessel belonging to Mr. Wilber' force of York, which was laden with coals, and she immediate l y capsized. The great flood had been partly the cause. Th ° crew escaped without injury. —Doncaster Gazette. The Bishop of Worcester has conferred th e incumbency of Christ Church, Birmingham, with the l,re bendal stall of Lichfield annexed, on the Rev. George Le a ' M. A., formerly Curate of Wolverley, and now of St. Clement's, Worcester. The Duke of Buccleuch will commence his din' ner parties, at Montagu House, to-morrow. EV / , _ 4 ,N IN G EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1840. EvENING 1,11131f10N