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THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of her MAJESTY'S TREASURY having determin , d that the Exchequer Bills dated in the month of June, 1839, and in February and March, 1840, charged on Aids and Supplies now outstanding, or about to be issued; and also the Exchequer Bills for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries issued per Act 1 and 2 Victoria, cap. 841,t at which are now outstanding (except those on which thai nterest has ceased), shall on and after the 16th of March, 1840, bear an Interest of Twopence Farthing per centum per diem. The holders of all such Ex chequer Bills are to take notice ti.at whenever the same shall be p: id off, or shall according to the conditions of the Bills respectively be received on account of any the Public Reve nues, Aids, Taxes, or Supplies, the aforesaid rate of Interest of Twopence Farthing per centum per diem will be allowed thereon from and including the said 16th of March, 1840. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, March 4, 1840 . THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice that a quantity of GREAT COATS, Junk, Paper, Hides, Chairs, Tools, Cast-iron Pipes, and Trucks ; Bread Waggons with covers, Wheels, Axle-tree Arms for ditto ; Park Pickets, Barrows, Mauls, Triangle Gyns, Fellies, Oak Tops, Arras Rails, Oak Slab, Fire-wood, and three Stacks of Hay, will be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on TiluitsDAY, the 19th March, 184 0 , at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon precisely. May viewed, from Ten to Four o'Clock, a week previous to the day of sale. Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, Tower of London, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By order of the Board, R. BYSHAM, Secretary. / I ILES and EDWARDS feel it necessary to inform the Nobility and Gentry that their new and anequal DESIGNS for the present Season in CHINTZ, as well as BROCADES, Sco., can be seen only at their Up holstery Ware-rooms, No. 134, Oxford-street, near Holies street. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAIL WAY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the act of in eolporation, the HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the MAN CHESTER and LEEDS RAILWAY CO MPANY will be _held a t the Company's Offices, Clowes's Buildings, Hunt's Bank, i n Manchester, on THURSDAY, the 12th day of March l er, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. Dated this 18th day of February, 1840. HENRY HOULDSWORTH, Chairman. Clowes's Buildings, Hunt's Bank, Manchester. ITNION BANK London Office, 38 OF AUSTRALIA. 1, Old Broad-street. Geor 'TORS. ge Fife Angas, Esq. ! Benjamin E. Lindo, Esq. Robert Brooks. Esq. Charles Edward Mangles, Esq. John William Buckle, Esq. Christ. Rawson, Esq., Halifax James John Cummins, Esq. Thomas Sands, Esq., Liverpool Rht. Gardner, Esq.,Manchester James Bogle Smith, Esq. J•hn Gore, Esq. James Ruddell Todd, Esq. DIREC' TRUSTEES. George Carr Glyn, Esq. ; John Gore, Esq. ; James John Cummins, Esq. BANKERS. , Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bartlett and Beddome. SECRETARY. Samuel Jackson, Esq. COLONIAL INSYECTOR. John Cunningham Maclaren, Esq. The Directors of this Bank grant Letters of Credit, which are not transferable, for sums under 3001. ; or Bills at thirty says' sight fur larger amounts, on their Branches at Sydney, Hobart Town, Launceston, Melbourne, Port Philip, and New Zealand, Mahout charge, on the Money being deposited. They also negotiate approved Bills on the Colonies, at thirty, sixty, and ninety days' sight, tke terms for which may Is eobtained at their office. Bills on the Colonies transmitted for collection at a charge of two per cent. on the amount when realized. By order of the Board, SAMUEL JACKSON, Secretary. B RITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COMPANY. Office, 13, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. Capital 1,000,0001., in 25,(•00 Shares of 401. each. Deposit 5/. per Share. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir R. Wilmot Horton, Bart., Chairman. The Right Hon. Thomas P. Courtenay, Deputy Chairman. Sir William de Bathe, Bart. Geo.AlfredMuskett,Esq.,lll.P. Robert John Bunyon, Esq. Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart. Sir Herber Campton William Sloane, Esq. Andrew Tucker Follett, Esq. James Stewart, Esq., M.P. Colonel Sir William Gossett John Showell, Esq. M. A. Goldsmid, Esq. Thomas Teed, Esq. . Sir J. De Courcy Laffan, Bt. Barricitas—The Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate. street, Bank. SoLicrrons—Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett. SEC R ETA isv—William Wright, Esq. The objects of this Company are to make Loans upon good securities, and eventually to undertake Banking and Agency Business in the Australasian Colonies; and the Directors, from various sources of intelligence, are confirmed in their opinion that these transactions may be conducted with all the safety and advantage they originally contemplated. The Deed of Settlement is now ready for signature, at the office of the Company. Considerable subscriptions have been already received, and a large number of Shares are reserved fur the Colonies; but the Directors will be ready to receive applications for the remain ing unappropriated Shares reserved for this country. Prospectuses and all other necessary information may be ob tained of the Secretary, at the office of the Company. Deposits of 2/. per Share, to accompany each application, may be paid in London to the Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate-street, Bank ; and to the principal Joint-stock Banks and their branches throughout the country. FORM OF APPLICATION. Date, To the Dire c t ors o f th e B r i t i s h C o l on i a l Bank, and Lean Com pany, No. 13, St. Swithin's-lane, London. Gentlemen—l request you will assign to me Shares in the British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ; having, in terms of the Prospectus, p aid into the the sum of Pounds, or 21. per Share, to be applied in part payment of the first Deposit, in the event of this appli cation being complied with either in whole or in part, such Shares to be holden as stated in the Prospectus, upon the rules and regulations of the Deed of Settlement, I ain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. BELL CRANK AND KEY WAREHOUSE, No. 71, QUEEN-STREET, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. UA MES A RTH OR MILES respectfully informs the Trade that he has OPENED the above PREMISES, with a complete STOCK of the newest Pat terns in every department of BELL-WORK. The entire suits of Cranks have been remodelled, with the latest improve ments, under tho euperin'endence of experienced workmen. To general Ironmongers, this stock it is hoped will prove a desideratum. The certainty of obtaining whatever their cus tomers may want, the advantage of having only what they re quire, and the equitable terms upon which these will be sup plied, will preclude the necessity of keeping a stock of many articles which are not frequently called for. The Cranks are arranged under different suits, each suit from one to six flies. A large stock of bell-levers of the best makers. Range-cocks, ventilators, bells, copper-wire, &c. &c., upon the lowest terms. Boxes of wards, keys, and blanks, of every variety. All kinds of Smiths' Tools and Bell-hangers' Implements, of the boat quality. SIGHT AND HEARING. THE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B. , DLONIONS, OPTICIANS and AURISTS to the ROYAL FA MILY, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, by which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of a geven-shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more perceptible than having a piece of wool in its Place, by which the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. And defective VISION is brought to nature by the use of newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately they are placed') efore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by day or candle light, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most Minute parhcle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which both the sight and hearing become much improved. The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all connection with per. sOita of the same name, and the Sale of Amber Spectacles : the per nicious use of Amber Spectacles being now well known to the public, and the Vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their flame, by leaving out the word " Amber," and calling them " Pa tent Spectacles " those which he terms " Patent Spectacles " are no other than those of Amber, the history and destructive use of that material for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satisfac torily explained by the undermentioned scientific authori. s:— From the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S., &c. &c. " Amber is an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the laws of crystallization, but by the same causes which influence the mechanical condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in it. Amber is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to such an extent as to explode into fragments ; the workmen, too, are subject to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en counter great danger by handling such dreadful excited - clectrics; Amber grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a soft nature when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame." The above Dr. Use's statements are further confirmed by Sir D. BREWSTER and Pliny, as also by Parks and Heny on Chemistry. The destructive effects of such a material for Spectacles, to imperfect vision, may be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London. The Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are not constructed of such a material ; but which are very superior, and bring back at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision to its original and natural state ; these Spectacles, and very small Voice Conductors for Doaf persons, arc only to be bad at their Establish. snort, all, Albernarle.street. . . From Dr. F. H. RAMSBOTHAM. •' I have examined the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's Newly.inventrd Spectacle Lenses, and I very much approve of them. (Signed) "F. H. RAMSBOTHAM, M.D., New Broad.street." AROMATIC SPICE PLASTERS for the CHEST. —Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Shortness of Breath, pain or Tightness of the Chest, Affections of the Lungs, Se., are effbctually relieved, and in many cases entirely prevented, by the timely application of WRAY'S AROMATIC SPICE PLASTERS to the chest, which are far superior to the court on warm 'plasters, and frequently suaersede the use of internal reme dies. No person during the winter ought to be without one, tra vellers by railroad in particular. Prepared only by M 0. Wray. Sold Wholesale and Retail, at I IS, Holborn-hill ; and 9, Agar.street, Strand, at Is. and Is ltd. each, the only Warehouses fcr Wray's celebrated Balsamic Pills Digestive or Dinner Pills, Pectoral Lozenges, Cough Pills , Chalybeate German Seidlitz Powders, Alterative Tonic Powders, and ether useful Family Medicines. A large Stock of New English Honey, of the finest quality, retailing from Is. lid. to N. per lb. ; best West. India Tamarinds, Is. 6d. per lb. F RANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. Within a period of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Patients were successfully treated at the Metropolitan H o spitals with FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAIBA. By Joseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in the King's College, London. I have matte tria lof Mr. Frank's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an efts. cieus remedy, and on: which does not produce the usual unpleasant eßects of Cepaiba. (Signed) "JOSEPH HENRY GREEN. 46, Linceln's-Inn-fields, April 15, 1835. Ry Bransby Cooper, Esq E. KS , Surgeon to Guy's Hospital , an d Lecturer on Anatomy , " &c. &c and others most eminent in the Medical Profession.' " Mr. r. Bransby Coop . erpresents his compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks as great pleasure in hearing inflow t estimony of the efficacy of his So. tow of Cepailia In Generrhan, for which disease Mr. Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ton or twelvecases with perfect success. _ New-street , Spring.ganlens, Aprill3, 1935." This invaluable Medicine is confidently recommended in all cases of tionorrhoea, Glees, Urethral Discharges, Spasmodic Strictures, Irritation of the Kidneys, tts effects np...ri the gen Bladder, Urethra, "and Prostate Gland; punfying ral health render it particularly ap. plicable in all cases of relaxed fibre ' and nervous debility. Prepared only by George Frans,. Surgeon, 90, Blackfriars.road London, and may be lied ofall Medicine venders in the United King dom ,in Bottles at 28.9 d., 4s. 6d., and 11 - s. eacn. Catrrtnn.—Unless" teorge Franss, Sla , kfriars road," is engraved 1 on ti!e Gm•ernerent Stamp it cannot 1 •• • !kir. Fmnks raav c , msulte ) fl ? g u e n n tr o d . - - No. 14.818. pACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Capital 250,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 50/. each. GEORGE BROWN, Esq., Chairman. ALEXANDER GRANT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. DIRECTORS. Capt. Horatio T. Austin, R.N. Charles Rugge Price, Esq. Capt. Henry A. Drummond Hon. Peter C. Scarlet James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Joseph R. Templeman, Esq. AUDITORS. George F. Dickson, Esq. I Jeremiah Todd Naylor, Esq. BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, Bart., and Co. The Directors have the satisfaction to state that a Royal Charter of Incorporation has now passed the Great Seal, in virtue of which the liability of the Shareholders is limited to the amount of their respective shares. They also beg to acquaint the Shareholders that two vessels, now building by Messrs. Curling and Young, will leave this country for the Pacific in the month of May next. Notice is hereby given, that the second instalment of 51. per share must be paid at the Bankers of the Company, Sir Charles Price and Co., on or before the 18th da) of March inst. WILLIAM R. C. KENDALL, Secretary. 5, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, March 5, 1840. E SOCIETYTRO PO L F I O T R AI I N . DIRE( SURANC E John Al!card, Esq. Richard Low Beck, Esq. Edmund C. Buxton, Eiq. John Burgess, Esq. William Clay, Eq., M.P. James Dawson, Esq, Thomas Fowler, Esq. Francis Fox, Esq, W. Storrs Fry, Esq. UTUAL ASSURANCE. CTORS. Thomas H. Hall, Esq. Charles Hensley, Esq. Joseph Hoare, Esq. J. Francis Maubert, Esq. Joseph Pe , se, EFq., M.P. John Taylor, Esq. J. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. John Travers, Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. The Directors hereby give notice to members whose Pre miums fall due on the sth of April next, that the same must be paid within thirty days from that date. The Premiums of MEMBERS twho are the only proprietary) are payable Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, end sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Alzatarits. Persons; theiefore, desirous of entering the Society, AS MEMBERS, en the sth of April next, should appear at the Office on or before that day. ABATEMENT of FORTY per cent. already allowed and expected to be continued ANNUALLY to MEMBERS of the METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY of Five Years' standing. The undermentioned Assurances bear date the sth of January, 1840 : ABATEMENT OF PREMIUM, Sum n sixth Annual Pre. would assure or, would re- Age , mium paid for. °- - at the increased duce future lAssureuT first five years. lpayment, age of the party, payments to, X. , X. s d. IX. s. d. X. X. ; d. 36 3000 1 83 12 6 '35 6 0 1035 51 3 6 42 3000 ,' 106 2 6 142 9 0 1010 63 13 6 56 1 200) 1 113 6 8 .45 6 6 663 68 0 0 The above shows a result admitting of advantageous compa rison with any other institution for Life Assurance. This rate of abatement has been declared upon All Members' Assurances effected during the year 1835 and the early part of 1836, and is founded upon data justifying the expectation that the same rate of abatement will be declared, in succession, to every Member in respect of his sixth and following yearly payments;—or, if varied, the rate of abatement is expected to be rather increased than diminished. The new or second Assurance would, after five years, be entitled to the same rate of abatement as the first policy ;.—the premium thus remitted being equal, if laid out in a new Assurance, to a bonus of about One-third the amount of the sum represented by each policy. Any such increase of the Assurance, if desired, must, however, be subject to the dis cretion of the Directors, as in the case of the original Assurance. A Reduced Table of Rates for Assurances not claiming Profit. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, March 2, 1840. PUBLICATIONS. STADE DUTIES CONSIDERED By WILLIAM HUT T, Esq. London : Ridgway, Piccadilly. POST -OFFICE DIRECTORY, Price7s.6d. This Work Corrected to the Present Month. Besides the Post-office Arrangements for carrying into effect the Uni form Penny Postage, it contains a Copious DIRECTORY of PARLIAMENT, giving the Town Address of each Peer and Member during the Present Session. The more Important Divisions of the Book, are the Alphabetical Commercial Direc tory, Law Directory, Conveyance Directory, Banking Direc tory, &c., &c. An Edition including the CLASSIFICATION of TRADES and City Directory, Half a Guinea. The SUPPLEMENT containing the Past-office and Parlia mentary matter, of which Ten Thousand Copies were disposed of in a week, is now reprinted, and may be had of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and of all Booksellers, Price One Shilling. NEW WORKS, Printed for LONGMAN, ORME, and CO. Moorgate-street, Lothbury ; and Argyle-place, Regent-street. Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland. Leith—Edinburgh and Leith Bank. Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland. Greenock—Greenock Bank. Aberdeen—Town and County Bank. Arbroath—Arbroath Banking Company. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. Ayr—Ayrshire Banking Company. The object of the Company is for the transaction of all Banking business at SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON, ADE LAIDE, PORT PHILIP, and such other places as the Di rectors may deem advisable • and it is intended to apply, as far as possible, the system which has proves so successful in Scot land. The extraordinary progress which the Australasian Colonies have made within the last few years, the continued flow of emi gration towards them, together with the high valve of money there, call for an increased number of establishments of this de scription, and the prosperous condition of the Banks already in operation is a sufficient guarantee that under prudent manage ment this Investment must prove a most profitable and secure one to the Shareholders, as high rates of interest are obtained with perfect security in a country where, from well ascertained data, Capital is improving at rates varying front 10 to 75 per cent. per annum. The following Extract from the Official Share List of February 4th, 1840, shows the present value of Stock in Two of the Australasian Banks formed in Lonslen : Original Share. Paid up. Present Price. Bank of Australasia Ditto (new Shares) 40.. . ..... 10 0 l7 10 Union Bank of Australia) 25 l7 10 24 10 (established in 1838) Nor can the prosperity of Banking operations eonnected with those Colonies be better illustrated than by reference to the satisfactory Report of the Directors of the Union Bank of Australia, presented to the Proprietors at their General Meet ing, on the 3d of February, and by the following extract from the Rev. Henry Carmichael's Pamphlet on New South Wales, wherein he observes—" There are at present in Sydney three Joint Stock Banking Companies in operation, with a paid-np capital of abut 80,0001. each ; which divide a profit annually of from 20 to 25 per cent. His Excellency Sir James Stirling also, in his recent work on Western Australia, says, in allusion to the Western Bank of Australia, " The second half-year left a clear profit over the expenditure of 14 and a half per cent., which, after setting aside one-fifth as an accumulating fund, according to an existing rule, enabled the Directors to declare a dividend of 11 and a half per cent. on the paid-up capital ;at the close of the year ne dishonoured bill remaining on hand, nor had the Solicitor of the Bank to commence a single snit for the recovery of a debt due to it." The Directors have for some time been mak'ng arrangements for immediately carrying into effect the objects •f the Com pany; and in order to advance the influence of the Bank in the Colonies, they have reserved a portion of the shares for distri bution there. As the principal part of the business must necessarily be car ried on in the Colonies, it has been thought inexpedient to have a numerous Board of Directors in London : it has there fore been determined that the number shall not at any time exceed ten ; but to secure the prudent administration of the affairs of the Bank, a complete system of superintendence is now being organized by the Directors for the Establishments in the Colonies. _ _ A sufficient capital has already been subscribed to enable the Directors to commence business immediately. They have therefore resolved, in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise in other undertakings from an unre stricted application of shares, and to induce only those to apply who wish to become bona fide proprietors, net to entertain any application unless made is the printed forms provided by them for that purpose, and accompanied by a payment of 2t. upon each share applied for, the Directors reserving to themselves, at the time of appropriation, the right to reject or comply with such application, either in whole or in part, the money to be returned if the application be rejected, and to be placed to the credit of the party in respect of the Shares allotted to him if accepted. For the guidance of those who may wish to become proprie tors, it may be mentioned, that it is not in contemplation to call up more than 101. per share for the next twelve months. The Directors have postponed filling up the London Board to the full number of ten, in order to give them the opportunity of selecting influential proprietors, whose assistance and co operation they may think it advisable to secure for the interests of the concern ; power is reserved to them for that purpose, and they are also authorized to complete all other arrangements necessary for putting the Company into immediate operation. Application for shares, in accordance with the printed form, to be made to Messrs. Boyd, 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London A DICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL, AL.. STATISTICAL, and HISTORICAL, of the various COUNTRIES, PLACES, and principal NATURAL OB JECTS in the WORLD, By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. Part 1, Svo., with Map, price ss. Part 2 on the Ist of April. T RAVELS in the WEST—CUBA ; with NOTICES of PORTO RICO, &c. By D. TURNBULL, Esq., Member of the Royal Patriotic and Economic Societies of Havana. Bvo , with map, 155., cloth. " Great intelligence, great prrctical information, infinite la bour and pains -taking, a generally just view of matters in die.. cussion, and a very temperate and able mode of enforcing it, are the obvious characteristics of the work."—Examiner. A HISTORY of PRICES, and of the Ll STATE of the CIRCULATION in 1383 and 1839; with Remarks on the Coin-laws, and on some of the Altera tions •Qroposed in our Banking System. By THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., F.R.S. Bvo. 12s. cloth lettered. The above forms a third volume of Mr. Tooke's " His tory of Prices." Iv. I.OITERINGS of TRAVEL. By N. P . M A WILLIS, Esq., Author of " Pencillings by the Way," &.c. 3 vols. post Bvo., 31s. 6d. " Who that has read Mr. Willis's Pencillings,' will not welcome his re-appearance in the world of literature? To say that he is a pleasant writer, is to say nothing to the pur pose; he is a charming author—an author whose pages are never dull, and with whom the reader is loth to part."— Grant's London Journal. VISITS to REMARKABLE PLACES: Old Halls, Battle-fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. 1 vol. medium Bvo. with numerous Illustrations, 21s. cloth lettered. " Of all the charming books William Howitt has conferred upon his generation, we are disposed to give the first place to the present. It is written with the enthusiasm of a poet and the knowledge of an antiquary. "—Monthly Chronicle. VEARRYATT'S DIARY in AMERICA a_v_t_ 6 vols. post Svo. 3/. s. " Written in a racy, spirited, and right capital style, and cannot fail greatly to interest the clergy."—Church Magazine. " The verismilitude of the scenes and portraits he depicts is too palpable for doubt, and his proofs are too strong for denial. We admire his shrewdness, and thank him for his facts. Let us profit by both."—United Service Journal. HENRY OF GUISE. By G. P. R JAMES, Esq. 3 vols. post Svo., 1/. lls. The best of Mr. James's recent historical novels."— Athenaeum. VIII. JAMES MONTGOMERY'S POEMS. 3 vols., foolscap, I Ss., cloth. APOPULAR LAW DICTIONARY. By T. E. TOMLIN S, Attorney-at-Law. One thick volume, 18s., cloth. CALAMITOUS FIRE! WHEREAS on Monday night last, the 2d Inst., the whole of the Printing Office of Mr. WIL LIAM JOHNSTON, situate in Lovel's-court, Paternoster-row, together with the Presses, Printing Materials, and Paper, on the Premises, was totally Destroyed by Fire, and such was the rapidity with which the flames proceeded, that not a vestige could be saved—leaving Mr. Johnston, who is Uninsured, en tirely Destitute : A Subscription has been opened, (in order to enable him to re-commence Business,) by a. few Friends who, sympathizing with him in his loss, take this opportunity of appealing to the feeling and liberality of a generous Public. Subscriptions will be Received by the following Gentlemen : Rev. ALEX. FLETCHER, 8, Finsbury-circus. Mr. Ald. VENABLES, Queenhithe. Mr. GEO. VIRTUE, 26, Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row. Subscriptions already received : £ s. d. Ald. Venables, Esq. W. Besley, Esq Messrs. Dickinson and Co Messrs. Spalding and Hodge Mr. George Virtue Mr. R. Clay ... Mr. C. J. Venables A Neighbour's Thank Offering b 0 0 Mr. W. H. Bartlett Messrs. Barrett's A Friend, per Mr. Virtue 3 0 0 Messrs. Hollingsworth Mr. Phelps Mr. John Rogers Mr. Jos. Roberts A Friend Messrs. Morgan and Co 2 0 0 Mr. Burrell Messrs. Horne and Co Mr. Snow Mr. Holdsworth Mr. Marlborough Mr. Grant Mr. Tomline Mr. W. Savage Mr. Tilt... Mr. W. Noble ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mr. J. Campbell Mr. Lyell • ... 1 0 0 Mr. Tew 1 0 0 Mr. W. Allison S. B. P Sundry Friends 2 0 0 SAR SAP ARILLA.-COLLINS'S PATE de SARSAPARILLE, or Sarsaparilla Paste, is the most convenient preparation of this medicine yet offered to the public. It is in the form of a pate, of an agree a bl e fl avour ; and a small box , which can be carried in the pocket without encumbrance, contains all the active properties of on e pi nt and a half of the compound decoction. Prep'red only in boxes at 2s. 6d. each, by J. Collins, c heraist,&c., 54, Piccadilly. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1840. THE THAMES TUNNEL is Open to the Public every day (except Sunday) from Nine in the Morning until dark—Admittance One Shilling each. Entrance is nn the Surrey side of the river, and near the Church at Rotherhithe. The Tunnel is now upwards of 1,100 feet in length, bril- Liant.ly lighted with gas, and is completed to within 60 feet rom the Wharf Wall at Wapping. By Order, J. CII RLIER, Clerk to the Company. Company's Office, Walbrook Buildings, Walbrook, March, 1840. PURSUANT to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause VER NON against CROFTON, the Creditors of FRANCES WARCUP, formerly of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and late of Halkin-street, Grosvenor-place, and Crouch End, in the County of Middlesex, Spinster, (who died in the month of March, 1827), are, by their Solicitors, forthwith, to come in and prove their Debts before Sir GiFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southamp ton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. Dated the 28th day of February, 1840. STEPHEN GARRARD, 13, Suffolk-street, Pall Mall Bast, Plaintiffs' Solicitor. COMMON ROAD STEAM CONVEY ANCE COMPANY. Applications for Shares may be made to the Committee, addressed, post-paid, to Messrs. Hodgson and Concanen, Soli citors, 21, Lincoln's Inn-fields, of whom may be had Prospec tuses, together with a Report of the proceedings of the Share holders and Friends of the Company, at a meeting which took lace on the 29th ult. DEVONPORT and PLYMOUTEI to EXETER—lnside £1 16s. ; Out, 18s. The DEFIANCE, by RAILWAY to Basingstoke, thence by nearest road to Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport. Offices—Bull Inn, Aldgate ; Bello Sauvage, Ludgate Hill ; Nelson's Office, 53, Piccadilly. ROYAL BANK Capital, 1,000,000, in Deposit il. BIEEC Benjamin Boyd, Esq. Thomas !deux, Esq. George Webster, Esq. John W. Sutherland, Esq. OF AUSTRALIA. 20,000 Shares •f SOL each. per Share. :TORS. (Alexander Cockburn, Esq. William P. Cranford, Esq. John Connell, Esq. John Mitchell, Dap STANDING COIN L. Peter Laurie . , Esq. SOLICITORS. Moors. Parkes and Webster, 13, New Boswell Court. Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, 82, New Broad-street. BANKERS. Union Bank of London, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH' 6. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on tine Woolsack at Five o'Cloek. A message from the Commons brought up Swaine's Naturalization Bill, the Manchester Railway 13 'II' the Edinburgh and Leith Ga., and the Edinburgh Market and Petty Customs Bills, whi c h were severa lly read a first time. CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOTLAND). The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from a parish in Argyleshirc in support of the General Assembly, and complaining of the conduct of the Court of Session. The Noble Duke also presented petitions from Inverary against the intrusion of Ministers. The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions to the same effect. parishes in Berkshire against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. Sir JOHN WALSH presented a petition from Bisby, in Derbyshire, against the report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, as far as related to the Cathedral of Litchfield. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from some place In Northamptonshire, pra3ing for the unconditional release of the Sheriffs. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN presented a petition from the inhabitants of some place in Northamptonshire, praying for the immediate release of the Sheriff, and that in the present action Messrs. Hansard be directed to plead the truth of the libel, and that the public money be not further paid away on this subject ; and also that an Act be brought in to indemnify the Sheriffs. Also a petition numerously signed, from the Merchants, Bankers and Traders of the - . City of London. This petition was signed by the Foreman of the Grand Jnry of the Central Criminal Court, and by every member of that Jury—it stated that the petitioners hoped that the imprisonment which the . . .... . _ . Sheriff had already suffered would be considered by the House as a sufficient vindication of its privileges; it ex- pressed the petitioners' strong sympathy for the suffer ings of Mr. Sheriff Evans. The petitioners cautiously abstained from offering any opinion on the question of pri vilege, but submitted that the Sheriffs had been placed in a situation of considerable difficulty, a .d had only acted in what they considered as the conscientious discharge of the duties of their office. Mr. WILLIAM GORDON presented petitions from various parishes in Aberdeenshire, against the intrusion of Ministers in the Scottish Church. The Hon. Member also presented various petitions from elders, farmers, and other inhabitants of parishes in the same county, on the same subject, but to a contrary effect. Mr. CHARLES LUSHINGTON presented apetition from the Members of the Friends of Freedom Society of the County of Huntingdon, praying for the abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts, and the release of John Thorogood. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from a Presbytery (the name of which we could not seize on) against the principle of Non-intrusion : also a petition from certain calico-printers of Manchester, praying for an extension of the Copyright of Designs. Sir G. SINCLAIR gave notice of his intention, on the motion for the third reading of the Irish Municipal Bill, to move that it be read a third time that day six' months. He wished also to ask the Noble Lord whether it was his intention to move the third reading on Monday. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should move the third reading either on Thursday or Monday. Mr. E. TE NNE NT moved for certain returns relative to Venezuela and British Guiana.—Agreed to. nETROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION.—Monday, February 24, 1840. At a MEETING held this day, at No. 154, Strand, for the purpose of forming a METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION; HENRY WARBURTON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair; It was Resolved— 1. That the persons present at this Meeting do hereby con stitute themselves into a Society to be called the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-Law Association. Z 2. That the object of this Association shall be, by means of lectures and discussion, public meetings and petitions to Par liament, the influence of the press, and otherwise, to procure the Repeal of the Corn-laws. 3. That a Committee be formed to carry the above object into effect, and that the said Committee consist of the following members, with power to add to their number : S. Amery, Esq. Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. E. Baines, Esq., M.P. J. Pattison, Esq., M.P. A. Bannerman, Esq., M.P. G. W. Prescott, Esq., J. Brotherton, Esq., Al. P. Pontifes, Esq. J. Bowring, Esq., L.L.D. J. Philpotts, Esq. S. Boddington, Esq. R. Pearson, Esq. F. Cooper, Esq. J. Parkes, Esq. W. Coates, Esq. T. Place, Esq. J. Dennistoun, Esq., M.P. J. Rundle, Esq., M.P. Frederick Dundas, Esq., M.P. T. L. Ricardo, Esq. David Davies, Esq. Ralph Ricardo, Esq. Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. J. Richardson, Esq. John Evans, Esq. Andrew Reld, Esq. Dr. Epps R. Redman, Esq. F. Finch, Esq., M.P. Sir G. Strickland, M.P. Rev. W. J. Fox. J. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. E. W. Field, Esq. 4. Stewart, Esq., M.P. Sir C. H. Grey, M.P. Rev. A. Stewart. W. Gray, Esq. J. Sewell, Esq. F. H. Goldsmith, Esq. J. C. Symonds, Esq. T. Milner Gibson, Esq. J. Stiles, Esq. T. F. Gibson, Esq. J. Thornely, Esq., M.P. James Grieve, Esq. W. P. Tyars, Esq. J. H. Gladstanes, Esq. J. Travers, Esq. J. L. Goldsmid, Esq. J. Towgood, Esq. J. Hume, Esq., ALP. P. A. Taylor, Esq. B. Hawes, Esq., M.P. J. Taylor, Esq. W. E. Hickson, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. George Houghton, Esq. R. Wallace, Esq., ALP. James Harmer, Esq.„ 91d. B. Wood, Esq., M.P. G. H. Heppel, Esq. H. Warburton, Esq., M.P. J. C. Hovenden, Esq. Alderman White S. Harrison, Esq. Wm. Wansey, Esq. J. Loyd Jones, Esq. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. W. Leaf, Esq. R. B. Whitende, Esq. C. J. Mason, Esq. Jas. Wilson, Esq. R. Mills, Esq. Wi?rhire, Esq. E. Mottram, Esq. Effingham Wilson, Esq. T. A. Mitchell, Esq. H. Waymouth, Esq. J. Melville, Esq. 84c. /ice. &e. R. Nelms, Esq. Subscriptions will be received by the following Bankers -- Messrs. Cocks and Biddulph, No. 43, Charing-cross. ' Messrs. Curries and Co., No. 29, Cornhill. Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., No. 43, Lothbury. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., No. 62, Threadneedl e - street , Messrs. Robarts, Curtis and Co. , No. 15, Lombard -street ' . Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. , No. 29, Clement's-lane. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, So. 1, Lombard -street. And at the Office of the Association, No. 154, Strand. LATETHE W. r e°M.P.—Our read ers bywill perceive , referring to BB our advertising colu mns, that a ET T , public dinner, commemorative of the birth of thi s extraordi nary man, will be held on Monday next , at the Crown a n d Anchor Tavern. 11r. Ffelden, 111. x., the frie n d an d colleague of Mr. Cobbett, will be in the Chair. We have no doubt that the d'nner will be numerously attended, and knowing the principles and politics of the party, we have as little doubt that the speeches will contain some thing beyond commonplace, an d that matters of real interest, with reference to the present appearance of the political atmosphere, will occupy th e atten tion of the company more than eating. and drinking. A son of Dr. Rattray, High street, about 13 years of age, died yesterday morning in consequence of i n j ur i es which he had received on the Queen s marriage , night, from the accidental explosion of some crackers and powder in on e o f hi s pockets upon that occasion.— Glasgow Chronicle. CHINA. Lord DUNC A NNO /1 laid upon the table papers re ating to China, K•bich had been ordered. CORN-LAWS. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented several peti tions from - Berkshire, earnestly praying the House net to consent to any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. He need not assure their Lordships that he heartily concurred with the petitioners, and he hoped that the much talked of Anti-Corn-law League would meet with the defeat it merited. Lord FITZGERALD presented a petition from the freeholders, clergy, and gentry of the county of Clare, against any alteration of the Corn-laws. He supported the petition, and moved that it be read at length by the Clerk, at the table, which was accordingly done, He said that those who took the most active part in dis cussing this question overlooked its peculiar application to Ireland. He made this observation not with a view to the particular interests of tho landowners ; for although the interest was important, yet the interests of the whole people of Ireland would be materially.affected by any al teration of the law. Nothing could be a greater calamity to that country than any disturbance of the present tenures of land, which would inevitably be the' conse'quonce of such an alteration of the Corn-laws as was so much called for. The petition was signed by the High Sheriff, on behalf of the meeting at which be presided. The Marquis of BUTE presented several petitions from various parishes in Scotland in favour of the principle of Nun-intrusion. Similar petitions were presented by the Earl of ABER DEEN from Glasgow, flopetoun, and parishes in the counties of Ross and Fife, and, in the absence of hi: Noble Friend the Earl of Devon, the Noble Earl pre sented petitions from Devonshire against any alteration in the Corn-laws, and praying for Church Extension. Lord RE DE SD AL E presented two petitions from pa rishes in the county of Devon, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to ask the Noble Viscount opposite when the papers relating to Ber gara would be laid on the table, and might he also ask whether the Government had received any information From out Ambassador in Spain, relative to the siege which had been laid to the capital of the peaceable country. Lord MELBOURNE said the papers would be pre sented as soon as they could possibly be made out. He believed the Government were not in receipt of any in formation respecting late events in Spain. Lord SANDON and others, from the House of Commons, brought up the Liverpool East India Warehouses Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the Horse racing Bill went through Committee with only some verbal amendments.—Ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The House then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. L OCKH ART presented a petition from a Scotch Insurance Company against the Greenock Improvement Bill. _ Mr. DUGD ALE presented a petition against the Derby and Birmingham Railway Bill. Lord WORSLEY brought in a Bill for the Farness Insurance Company, which was read a first time. Mr. JAMES GR ATTAN presented a petition from himself and others, praying for an extension of the time for complying with the Standing Orders in respect to the Wicklow Harbour and Improvement Bill. The petition was referred to the Committee on Private Bills. _ _ SirJ HOBHOUSE brought in the Nottingham Rating Bill, which was read a first time. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. Admiral Sir J. ADAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill fur the establishment and regulation of an institution to be called the Royal Naval School, which was accord- ingly brought in and read a first time. Mr. THORNE LY presented a petition from the Pro prietors and Shareholders of the Birmingham Canal against a clause in the Birmingham and Derby Railway On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the Edinburgh and Leith Gas Bill, and the Edinburgh Market and Petty Customs' Bill, acre read a third time and passed. Several reports from the Standing Order Committee upon Private Bills were brought up by Mr. Greene. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. Lord JAMES STUART said it was his duty as Chairman of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Committee, to bring to the notice of the House the petition of John Connell, one of the agents, Statham that certain parties had been debarred from appearing before that Committee in consequence of not having strictly complied with the Standing Orders, their petition not having been presented within three clear days. As an excuse for that neglect he might mention that the parties lived at some distance; and as all the other parties interested were anxious that their petition should be laid before the Committee, he begged leave to move that the Standing Orders be dis pensed with. Mr. W ALL ACE seconded the motion. Mr. G REENE was sorry to oppose indulgence, but in this case he thought the parties had no claim whatever for it. They stated that they lived at a distance, but if that was to be an excuse for non-compliance with the Standing Orders, the rule ought to be general. Distance was only is comparative term, and every person might think they were livitng at a sufficient distance to be exempt from the operation of the Standing Orders. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the London and Croydon Railway Company have leave to bring in a Bill to lay down additional lines of rails at the London terminus.—Agreed to. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from the Thames Tunnel Company, praying fur leave to bring in a Bill to amend their present one. Referred to the Committee on Private Bills. Lord SANDON moved the third reading of the Liverpool East India Warchethe Bill. Road a third time, and passod. . . Ott the motion of Sir G. GREY, the time limited for reading Private Bills a first time was extended from the 9th to the 10th March. Sir EDWARD FILMER presented a petition from Staplchurst in favour of Church Extension. Mr. BARING WALL presented a petition f►om Northampton to the same effect. Mr. I3ROTHERTON presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Hope-street Chapel, Salford, praying for the release of John Thorogood, and that all exactions for the support of religion should be discon- tinued. Mr. G REG presented a petition from the inhabitan's of an agricultural district in Chester praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir E. WILMOT presented thirty-three petitions from parishes in Warwick against the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. LISTER presented a petition from 2,000 inhabi tants of Bradford, in Yorkshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. G. W. WOOD presented a petition from Lan caster, in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill. - Mr. BROCK LE 11 URST presented a petition from Macclesfield for the abolition of Church-rates and of eccle siastical jurisdiction, and the release of John Thorogood. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition from Welling ton to the same effect. Mr. ELLIOT presented two petitions for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord C. LENNOX presented a petition from Ashby (l(s-la- Zouch against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. HE ATHCOTE presented a petition from W. B. Gurney relative to certain improvements in Railways. Mr. BAINES pre sente d a petition from the manufac turers of Leeds, comp laining that the navigation of the River Elbe was inter ru p ted by the Stade duties, which they prayed might be repealed. Mr. T. DU NC OM BE presented a petition fro m Barking, in Essex , p ra y ing for the dischar ge of John Thoroaood ; also a petiti on from,. a person named Dyce, stating that he was a friend of H.\ incent, who was confined in Monmouth goal, and who was unwell, and who trusted, in consequence of the lenity shown to Mr. Sheriff \Vheelton, and that which the petitioner hoped would be extended to Mr. Sheriff Evans, that an assembly of British G ent l emen wo uld not be insensible to the claims of humanityin the case of Vincent, and praying the House to institute inquiry. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the Com mittee o f the Society for the Suppressi on o f t h e . Salo and C ulture of Opium British I n di a , an d its illegal introduction into China, praying the House to take early measures for the suppression of the growth of opium. Mr. COLQUHOUN presented petiti o ns f rom s i xteen parishes in Sco tland, against the non-intrusion of Mi n i sters . Mr. HUME p resented a petition from Scotland signed by severa l tho u sand persons, praying the House to take into consideration the case of Frost, and JoneF, whom they i co nsidered to b e li terally and absolutely acquitted n consequence o f t h e differ ence of opinion amo n g the Judges, and st a ti ng , i n their opinion, the prisoners would have had the benefit of it in any other case. Also a number of petitions from various counties of England, praying for the Repeal of the Corn-laws. Also thr ee petitions from Fifeshir e and the cotton-spinners of Glasgow, praying for the extension of the suffrage to every man not tainted by cri me , and protection by ballot. Also a petition fro m Port Eglintoun, in Scotland, numerously signed by eve r y man i n a large manufactory there, stating in strong l anguage t h at the i r interests were interfered with by the monopoly which produced scarcity of work and provisions, and consequently all the evils which arose from both, and p ray i ng f or re li e f. Also a petition praying for Medical Reform, and a petition from the parish of St. George's, East, against the Copy right Bill. Mr PALMER present-ii 38 petitions from different SALT DUTIES. Mr. HOPE wished to put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, which he supposed he would not answer; he wished to know whether, among the new taxes to be imposed, it was intended by the Govern ment to put an additional duty on salt ? He did not ex pect the Noble Lord would answer the question, but per haps he would state at what period the House might expect the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make his declaration as to what new taxes were to be imposed. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the subject would be brought forward immediately after Easter. THE BUDE LIGHT. Sir F. TRENCH wished to know why the returns he had moved for some time ago had not been laid upon the Table of the House. He meant the expenses of the Budo Light ?—( A laugh.) No answer was given. CONSTABULARY: Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET begged to ask the Noble Lord (John Russell) whether he could give him any information with respect to an order of that House for a return of the number of counties and districts which had adopted the constabulary force. That return, he understood, had been laid on the table of the House of Lords, and he could not understand why it had not been laid on the table of the House of Commons. He wished also to know whether the Noble Lord bad any objection to a return of the expenses incurred by the Act, and the probable addition that would be made to the county rate. Lord J. RUSSELL did not know why the return bad not been laid on the table of the House. With regal dto the latter question, he had no objection to the return to which the Noble Lord referred. CHIEF JUSTICE OF UPPER CANADA. PRICE sd. vileges from having their due efficacy, and the House had punished them for the purpose of removing such an impe diment. Had they a right to do so? They had, if they were to be the judges of their own privileges, but on the contrary, they had not that right if they were to be obliged to have recourse to another tribunal for main taining their authority. But what would be the conse quence if some other tribunal had a right to decide on their privileges? Why in that case those privileges would not belong to this, but to that tribunal, which could decide on their extent. He admitted that the attention of the House to what he considered to he' tii4 proposition put forth in this Bill. The Hon. Gentl;lis r an` had said that the House had the power to communioakV fairly to the public, and without question, its proce , dincrs. He agreed with the Hon. and Learned G=ntle►nan in till.. It was the opinion that he always eniertainvd and ex pressed. He thought that the House tied the power, and ought to exercise it. He had no hesitation in saying. with all deference to the:opinion of the . Court of Queen's Bench, that his opinion was that that publication having taken place by order of the House of Commons, it ought to be be declared unquestionable by the Courts of Law. He had no hesitation in repeating it, and when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman siid that they were leaving un questioned the jndgrnent of the Court of Queen's Bench, he would express the opinion which he bad thought it his duty to state out of the House at a time he was unable to attend in it, and that opinion was, when the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench was given the Hons.! ought to have questioned that judgment in a Court of Errnr, and he regretted that course was not taken.—(Cheers ) He had every reason now to believe that if they had brought a writ of error upon that judgment the House would have been spared the pains of the proceedings they had witnessed. In reply to what the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said, he would ask in what way were they ❑ow to reverse it. They could not reverse it, except h; writ of error, or Act of Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Learned. Gentleman knew perfectly well that they could not pass an Act of Parliament to reverse it without they had the opi nion of:,the Judges with them. They must either do it hp a declaratory Act of Parliament or a writ of error. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was against consulting the Judges—be objected to consult them by a wrt of error. Where was the argument in saying they would not proceed to legislate at all, leaving the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench unquestioned, when the Howse had declined taking the only course it could, by bringing a writ of error to have it questioned? Although he thought the privilege of the House was essential, and although he thought the Queen's Bench ought to have given a diffe rent judgment, yet he had felt a great objection, and felt A great objection still, to the course of proceeding that House had adopted. He thought it was not a constitutional mode of interfering with the administration of justiee, and he objected to those proceedings also upon this ground, that he believed those proceedings io be ineffectual, and he thought the House and the country, from what had taken place, must be satisfied that they were ineffectual. Let them look at the case, and carry it to its utmost. Look at the case that had already taken place. The action was brought during the recess, and judgment was obtained. When the House met what did it do ? They had committed the Sheriffs. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said they had discharged one of the Sheriffs, and they were proposing to discharge the other. Suppose they kept him, what then? The Solici tor-General said, keep him till the privileges of the House were vindicated; and the Hon. Member for Brid- port said the other night the Sheriff could obtain his die charge when he liked by paying the money. °him ve what it was they were doing. They had not prevented Mr. Stockdale from obtaining the fruits of his judgment—he bad . . got the money in his pocket ; that they could not prevent ; yet they thought they were vindicating the privileges of the House if they made the Sheriff pay the money back again.—(llear, hear, hear.) Wh . at did they mean to do with the money, supposing they were to get it back ? It was true they would not have to pay so much to Messrs. Hansa: d, and they would save the public purse Mr. •HUME begged to ask whether the situation of Chief Justice of Upper Canada was vacant, because he understood the Chief Justice had not been, for the last year and a half, in that country. From the situation in which the province of Upper Canada at present was, it seemed to him important that the Chief Justice should be there, or, if he was not wanting, the office should be abolished, to save the salary.—( A laugh.) Lord J. RUSSELL (who spoke in a very low tone of voice) was understood to say that he had received an inti matioa from the Chief Justice that he would return to Ca nada on the Ist of March. He (Lord J. Russell) had represented to the Chief Justice that it was very de sirable that he should proceed to Canada with as little delay as possible ; but in consequence of a death in his family he was unwilling to leave this country until early in April, when it was his intention to proceed to Upper Canada. Mr. HUME—Can the Noble Lord inform the House whether the Habeas Corpus Act is suspended in Lower Canada ? ----- Lord JOHN RUSSELL said an ordinance had been passed for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, under the Government of Sir John Colborne. He believed that Act had been since renewed, but it was not likely to con tinue very long in force. CHINA. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, not seeing the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department, or any Hon. Member connected with the Admiralty, in his place, begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretory for the Colonies, a question relative to the Chinese papers vAltich were laid on the table at a late hour last night. He did not find in those papers any lie• count of some most important transactions men tioned in the last accounts received in England, viz., that a remonstrance had been made on the part of certain American merchants against the blockade of the port of Canton, and also an action, said to have taken place between certain Chinese vessels of war and some of her Nlajesty's fleet. IL wished to know whether her Majesty's Government were in possession of any information Trith respect to the blockade or the action to which he alluded; and if so, whether it was their intention to lay it upon the ulble ? Lcrd J. RUSSELL—No official account has been re ceived of the naval action, or of the transaction to which the Right Hon. Gentleman alludes. Private letters have reached this country from Captain Elliott and Captain Smith, but when official accounts are received there will be no objection to lay them before the House. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—I have been informed there is a letter addressed by Captain Elliott to the late Admiral Maitland, giving an account of the blockade, and that that letter was transmitted by the late Admiral Maitland to the Admiralty. Surely that is an official com munication to the Government—( Hear).—and I presume her Majesty's Government would not object to lay that do cument before the House.—(llear, from the Opposition.) Lord J. RUSSELL—There arc letters of that kind, but they are not letters that contain any narrative of the transaction ; and certainly, speaking from memory, I do not think they are letters that could be laid before the House; however, I will not give a positive answer without referring to the letters themselves. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Mr. GOULBURN begged to ask the Secretary for the Treasury, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not present, whethcr it was true that the interest on Exchequer Bills had boen raised from lid. to 21-d. ? There was such a report afloat, and he thought it was important that the country should know whether there was any truth in it Mr. E. J. STANLEY had seen such a statement in print, and he presumed it was correct. ADJOURNED DEBATE—PRINTED PAPERS. The Order of the Day having been read for resuming the Adjourned Debate on Printed Papers, Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said he did not know or not. whether he ought to trespass on the attention of the House upon a subject that had been so frequently discussed, and his only excuse for doing so was that it had assumed a new shape at the present moment. This was the first time the attention of the House had been called to the mode of entertaining the subject by Bill. As he thought that method was highly derogatory to the honour and dignity, and he might even say safety of the House, he begged leave to enter his solemn protest against it. What they had con tended for was the right of letting the public know the grounds of their legislation—they had claimed nothing for themselves individually—the entire struggle had been for the people.—( Hear.) It ought to be a popular struggle. He saw with regret persons who had been once contending for the importance of unfettered and uarestraincd publica tion, now taking part against the House of Commons, clearly from not perceiving that the struggle was for that very principle which they had formerly advocated—( Hear, hear)—a principle which had been called into practice for more than two hundred years—the principle, that is, of pri. vileged publication by that House of defamatory matter, and this had for so long a period been carried on not only with impunity, but unassailed, and acquiesced in by public, who had seen the necessity of information being diffused on important subjects by that House. And during that period, though doubtless many hundreds and thousands of persons had been affected, accusations being properly published against them of crimes, misdemeanonrs, and offences of different kinds, Stockdale was the only person who had brought in question the privilege in a Court of Law. It was the almost universal opinion of that House, by men of all parties, by the leaders both of d the in it d a e d ed ic , al b l y te m fo o rm st e o rs f (wilyW' tihg sscarcely o n a s n e r vexception) d , b a y n those who objected to the course pursued by the House, that the privilege of publicpatuibolnicmudsutteyx._ist(, hhear,te 11-ilteaurse) it a s l mo st exclusively to th e mo d e could not t d io is n e s ha w rg er e e The objections in which the House had vindicated that privilege The Hon. and Learned Member proceeded to say, that it had been stated that they were inflicting punishment for punishment's sake, on the Sheriff— it had bee n s t ate d that that officer had been innocent of every crime, and yet that lie was suffering for the exercise of this authority. It had been said that that was unjust, but they had not done so for the mere purpose of punishing the Sheriff. They entertained no feeling of vengeance against those gentlemen, but they stood in the way of the privileges of the House—they had prevented those pri_ arguments brought forward in defence of the House might lead to some inconvenience, and that monstrous cases might be supposed, which would follow from the doctrine of privilege, but that was true of every institution in the eonntry. A Judge for instance, might condemn a man who had been acquitted by the Jury, or be might send a man to prison for a contempt of Court purely because he did not like his appearance. No one, however, apprehended any danger from this extreme supposition. The Members of the House were at present much less independent than the Judges ) The Members of the House were elected for seven years only, while the Judges held their situations for life There was an appeal every seven years against Members of Parliament, but there was no appeal to a superior tribunal against the Judges. The House end the Legislature alone could control and check the Judges; but the people could control Parliament. They had to meet public opinion in the shape in which it was most efficacious, that is of a total exclusion from the House. There was little danger, therefore, of their abusing their privileges, sad he believed that they should be themselses the sole judges of them. Those privileges were now, for the first time, qualified by the diseases of parties impri.. soned. They had still, at all events, the power of vindicating their privileges by imprisonment, and the duration of that imprisonment might continue while Parliament was sitting ; or, if they thought it necessary, they might extend it still further. The method of punishment had protected their privileges hitherto. It had also been found efficacious by the Courts of Law and Equity. The Courts of Equity indeed had no other mode of vindicating their privileges, and its efficacy hitherto had been found complete ; and had they any right to ask for anything fnrther, and submit to the other House and the Crown for additional powers to enable them to exercise them ? The House could not have that right until they had tried all the means they were acquainted with. His first objection to that Bill was that it was introduced before they had tried the efficacy of the extent of their privileges. The Sheriff was discharged at once, not on bail as was proposed by the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, then on the paper. They had committed that fault. The other Sheriff was still in custody, but the sub- Sheriffs had acted in this transaction, and were guilty of violation of their privileges. They had acted with too great leniency in the case of one Sheriff, and the sub-Sheriffs. In former periods that House had not stopped at the mere instruments—the ministerial officers, and he did arraign those who brought in this Bill, for not having the resolution, he would call it the political courage—fur not having proceeded against their superiors. Why should not the Counsel be called to account as well as the Attor ney, and the Judges as well as the Sheriffs ? He said, "Be just and fear not ; do not ask the assistance of the other House until you have tried this." They talked of respect for the Judges, what respect had they earned in this case ? There was this remarkable fact—they were treated, not their persons but their arguments, with sovereign contempt; not a single lawyer would assert the Judges were right.—( Loud cheering ) This was an important fact, whether they were for or against the privilege no lawyer asserted the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bencn was right in this case. Even the Right Honourable and Learned Mem ber for Ripon, the first great authority in the law, it was no improper compliment, for the Right Hon. Gentleman well deserved it.--( Hear, hear.) If ever there was a lawyer who knew the entire law, he (Sir E. Sugden ) knew it—( Hear) —and yet he had taken a course opposed to the House. His judgment, however, did not go with the Court of Queen's Bench ; on the contrary, he had emphatically condemned the decision of the Judges. Let no one, therefore, talk to him (Mr. O'C.) about the respect that was due to the Court of Queen's Bench, which trampled upon the most valuable privileges of the House—that of giving instruction to the people as to crime. Did not the House bring a Judge to its bar on a former occasion ? Was not Sir Jonah Barrington, the Judge of the Admiralty in Ireland brought before the House? And did they not publish a report that that Judge had put the money of the suitors in his pocket, and spent it ? If it would be possible to suppose for a moment Sir J. Barrington at the head of the Queen's Bench, instead of Lord Denman, and that in that Court lie did the same as he had done in the Admiralty, appro priating to his own use the money of the suitors—if the persons could be changed—and the House were to state .he fact, and to order the printer to publish the report --on that instant the Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, if that Court was right in its decision, would have the right, and would be bound immediately to attach and to send to gaol any printer who would publish the facts by order of the House. He would have the right (the rest of the Courts concurring with him in the principle) to send the individual to gaol, and he would be bound to do it. But if he did not do it in that way, an indictment might be brought against the printer, before Lord Denman him self, and no evidence of the truth could be gone into. He would admit, for argument sake, that the praise of the Judge was deserved, but bad Judges and bad theme might come again, and the law says, that the Judges are responsible only to Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) If a Judge committed a judicial murder, he could not be tried in any of the Courts ; they could be tried only by Parliament, they were responsible to the House, and it was attempted to make the House responsi ble to them. It was said that House had violated the law, but its privileges were the law of the land, which the Judges had to expound and the Courts to administer. Some of those privileges were of personal advantage to the Mem bers and others to the public alone. It was fortunate that it was one of the latter privileges that was involved in the present question. That was the common law of the land ; the common law of the land gave to every body unques tionably all those rights and privileges which were neces sary fer the adequate discharge of all those duties the exe cution of which the common law imposed on them. The common law imposed upon that House the duty of legislation, and, therefore, the common law gave them every privilege which was necessary for them adequately and efficiently to discharge those legislatorial duties which were imposed upon them. If that were the case, if their right to the possession of this privilege were clear, if the mode of vindicating that privi lege were clear, why ought they not to depend upon that mode, or why should they put their privileges in peril f. , v the present Bill ? He wou*.d now shortly address himself to the argument which had been brought forward last evening by the Noble Lord opposite in his able, eloquent, and argumentative speech on this subject. The Noble Lord was combating the argument of the lion. and Learned Solicitor-General as to the Bill, leaving untouched the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Noble Lord was not a professional lawyer, and, therefore, per haps, he had fallen into this mistake, that any recital in the Bill could not be a confirmation of the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Noble Lord should recollect that in this country there was no code to refer to to state what was the law. The landmarks of the law in this country were in the decisions of the Courts; they had no code like the French, to the respective articles o of which they could refer to ascertain what was the actual law. To ascertain what was the law in this country, reference must be had to the books of deci sions, and to the judgments of the Courts ; whenever a judgment was acquiesced in, it was considered as a decla ration of the law, and any railing at it by pet sore not au thorized to reverse it was idle and useless. Nay, it might, perhaps, be considered as adding force to the authority of the decision because it would be said why did they not take the regular method to obtain a reversal of that decision, if they knew it to be wrong ? So the Noble Lord was mistaken on this point. It was always considered that by not overruling a decision, it was acquiesced in; the authority of it, unless overruled, re mained, and ensuing Judges would no longer feel them selves at liberty to call that judgment in question, or to hear arguments against it, however absurd it might be. He would appeal to that judgment, and say the question had already been decided. But perhaps he might be told that by this Bill they would obtain a recognition of their authority, and if it passed the House of L srds they would obtain a remedy for the evil. Why should they make th e House of Lords the judges of their privileges ? If it should pass the House of Lords—who was prepared to say it would pass the House of Lords ?—( Cheers)—who wa s prepared to say they would give them this law ?—(C p h e ee rs r o s. n ) , Their privileges bad already been sharply and bitterly at . tacked in that House b y an able but not very wise who perhaps was now devoting his leisure time to the get ting-up of epigrammatic points for the purpose of inflaming the minds of those who might be disposed to dispute their privileges. They were disputed by two classes, by t h e friends of those who exaggerated the merits of the here ditary branch of the Legislature, and they were assailed by those who undervalued that House —the Chartists on the one hand, and the Ultra-Tories on the other—and am those the House, unless it was careful, might create an an o pposition to their privileges which they would not easily meet. Why did not the House try all the powers it at present possessed to protect its privileges before it asked for the assistance of the Lords, which it virtually would do by the present Bill. The Bill gave the House no certain remedy, and, in the mind of the public, if the Bill were p asse d, i t wou l d carry with it an air of vacillation on the part of the House, and give an oppor tunity to those who were inclined to do it to ransack and vilify the privileges. He thanked the House for having listened to him, and he begged, in conclusion, to enter his protest against this mode of proceeding. He must re mind the House that they were battling against that which was condemned on every side of the House—the erroneous judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench. In conclusion he thought that the House ought not to sub mit without first exhausting all means in its power to sup port les privileges before it resorted for support to others. Sir W. FOLLETT then rose to address the House. The Hon. and Learned Member who Lad just sat down had stated his opposition to the introduction of this Bill, but lie had not stated what he considered ought to be the means adopted by the House for enforcing its powers, but the Honourable Member had distinctly called upon the House to summon the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench to the bar , f or g ivin g a judgment against the privileges of the House. He had stated distinctly that unless they did that they would not effectually vindi cete the privileges of that House. He would now call the by so much: bu t had ',they: prevented the plaintiff from getting the fruits of his action, or from bringing other ac tions, had it then been effectual ? But it was.said that it would prevent the other Sheriff from pursuing the same course. Let him try that by the present case. Suppose the present Sheriff were to do as his Under-Sheriff said he would do in the petition presented by him to the HONE., that he would pay every possible respect to the resolutions of the House ? He made application to the Court of Queen's Bench, and filed the resolutions as a return to the writ. They very well knew what the Judges would do-- they would hold such return a mere nullity, and order it to betaken off the file. The Sheriff would be ordered to re. turn the writ, and he would come 4o the House and say he had brought the resolutions of the House under the judicial knowledge of the Judges, but they had ordered him to return the writ, and he must do so under pain of an attachment. What would the House then do ? Would they again take the Sheriff; into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, or would they take the advice of the Hun. and Learned Member for Dublin, and summon the Judges to the bar—( Hear)—and tell them that it was them that ought to be punished, and not the Sheriff ? The House must now come to the decision of that question— they could not avoid it. The Judges bad had judicial knowledge of the resolutions of the House, but they would order them to be taken off the file. He would not appeal to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, for his mind was made up, but he would ask Hon. Memb.:•rs were they prepared to summon to the bar of the House the Judges of a Court of Law, not for malversation, not for peculation, as was referred to by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, of an Irish Judge, not for any misbehaviour or misconduct, 1 but because they—men of learning, of character, and of j honour—had conscientiously given a judgment according to the best of their understanding of the law ?—( Hear.) Were they prepared to summon them to the bar of a popu -lir assembly, and to permit Member after Member to ask them the grounds of their solemn decision.— ( Hear, hear.) Was the House prepared to take such a step ? He could well understand that in other times the Judges had been summoned to the bar of that House ; but 470 S there no difference between these times and the pee sent ?—( Hear, hear.) Even if they summoned the Judges their power would be ineffectual unless it were backed by the public voice. In the times to which the Hon. and Learned Member referred the House of Commons was struggling for the liberties of the people against the power of the Crown and the influence of the Court. It was that which made the House popular and obtained for it the Rup pert of the people. What was then the position of the Judges? They were wholly dependent on the will of the Crown, and were chosen not so frequently for their kern ing as for their subserviency ; and in that struggle it was admitted that the Judges were in the wrong. Wes that tt;c case now ?—( Hear, hear.) He admitted that there in that country a want of respect to the constituted authorities, but in times of trouble and popular commotion the Judges of the land had always been respected. They were not now dependent on the Crown—on the contrary they were perfectly independent of them and the people, and they sat for the purpose of administering justice, as he believed, in the most honest and conscientious and upright manner, and he was satisfied that if they were to interfere with the proper administration of justice on their part, and call one of them to the bar of that House, it would be the last time the House would exercise that privilege.—( Hear and cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Member said the Judges were responsible to that House—what did the Hon. and Learned Member mean, or' in what we were they responsible? —( Hear, hear,) It was quite true that either Houre of Parliament might present an address to the Crown for the removal of a Judge ; so far they might be considered responsible, but iu no other way. True, they might be impeached for misconduct, but be had yet to learn that they were responsible in any other way to that House. If they were to undertake the course recommended by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, they Ehouid after hiving brought the Judge before them keep them in Cus tody till they should think their privileges had been tuft ciently vindicated. They should keep the Judge in custody I till he should retract the judgment h o had given. Was that course possible ? Thet,howevir, would be the con sequence of following the proceeding recommended by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. He did not think that the House could in that way carry into effect its privileges, or that they should thus interfere with the administration of justice,esnd an order frem one of the Courts of Law. Ho did nut think that privilege was the proper word on the occasion, and he would call it a right—(Hear)but if the protector; of that right of publication thought that it was essential to the House, could they believe that it was not in their power to protect it !I . y any other course than that advised by the Hen, and ,Lear.led Member for Dublin? If that were to be the case, could there be any stronger argument that the Bill of the Noble" Lord, or some other Bill, which would confirm their rights, was essential to the settlement and determination of the ques tion ?—( Hear, hear.) He thought that the suggestions' of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin could not rec tify this position, and that some Bill similar to that of the Noble Lord should of necessity be introduced. With re spect to that Bill he did not wish to give any opinion re garding its details, as he was only acquainted with them through a general statement of the Noble Lord. He did not wish to give any opinion on the subject, because be thought that very much depended on the language and the framing of that Bill; but he could not perceive why the strongest advocates of their privileges, on looking at the Bill of the Noble Lord—he did not conceive that those advocates had any right to complain of it, or to say that the power of the House would be injured by its introduction.. If he had rightly understood the Noble Lord, he thought that that Bill was applicable to the line of argument adopted by his Right Hon. Friend sear him (Sir Edward Sugden) as well as to the opinion put forth by the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin. The Bill of the Noble Lord was confined to the power of publication. It left entirely untouched every other power, right, or privilege of the House.—(Hear, hear, from Lord J. Russell.) The Noble Lord cheered as if the enactment of a measure re specting the publication of papers would affect other pri vileges. He (Sir William Follett) wished to know bow it could affect them. They were here advocrting the right of publication. They found that they could not now defend that power. Was it, therefore, inconsistent with the rights of the House, if they could get by an Act of the Legislature additional powers and security, to accept of them? The Bill of the Noble Lord would enable any printer or publisher of publications of the House, acting under the immediate order of the House, to resist any action brought against him, whether that action were in stituted while the House was sitting, or during the recess. In what way would they find the privilege of the House not effectual to secure the power they thought essential ? How could they give additional security to effect it ? By this Bill they had the power exactly as it was now—the power of declaring a breach of privilege— the power of committment for that offence, and that return the Judges would declare to be suffi cient —they bad all their other privileges. Of course, no one supposed the Bill—confined entirely to that power (Cheers) —which he agreed with his Hon. Friend, who appeared by his cheer to think should not be called a privilege—could be a remedy for ether evils. Is fact they could not effectually support the constitutional power of publication without additional means, and, there fore, there could be no objection to the Bill. But the Right Hon. Member for Ripon opposed this Bill, because he said they had no right to make any enactment for the „ purpose of defending those publications, while they left - untouched the two latter resolutions of IM7, and unal tered that of 1831 i. Now he said to his Right Hon. Friend, as to the Noble Lord, that the resolutions of 1837 were in no degree sanctioned by this Bill. They stood by their own merit, by the law and privilege of Parlia talent ; and if well founded, on that law and privilege would be supported—if not, this Bill gave them no addi tional support whatever, it had no reference to them. 'Then with regard to another argument of his Right Hon.