The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-06 00:00:00

ETENING EDITION .._ any way endangered by the introduction of a Bill asserting speedily and practically those peculiar privileges which were the matter in dispute; and whatever might be the result of that Bill, eitber here or in another place—and God forbid that in another place theie shonld not be suffi cient temper and candour to feel the question in all its importance, and that there should not be a desire to bring it to a satisfactory settlement—it was their duty at all events to insist in enforcing their privileges, and to place them on the basis of satisfactory legislation. Mt. O'CONNELL rose and said, that the debate was one of too important a character to enable them to enter fully into its details that evening. He would, therefore, move that it should be adjourned till to-morrow. The debate was then adjourned. Mr. HUME moved for an account of the sums of money received or taken in each year, since the Ist day of Jan. uary 1837, by each of the copying or writing clerks of the Masters in Ordinary, of the High Court of Chancery, for cop:es or transcripts made by them, under sec. 40. 3 and 4,-*William IV. c. 94 ; specifying the number of folks for which such sums were received, in con. tibuation of an account of 22d February, 1837. An Account of the amount of the several sums of money paid into the Bank of England to the credit of the Ac countant- General of the said Court. to be placed to the credit of " the Suitors' Fee Fund Account," by the clerks of the said. Masters, in respect of fees received for copies or t?aescripts, in each of the saidyears, under the 371 h section of same Statute; specifying the number of folios for rich sods sums of money were received. The motion was agreed to. Mr. J. PA RITE R. moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt Union Workhouses from the payment of rates and taxes -&-The motion was agreed to. Lord ASHLEY moved for leave to nominate the Com mittee on Factories Regulation Act ;—Lord Ashley, Mr. John Fielden, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Brotherton, Mr Robert Steuart, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Baines, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Brockleburst, Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Fox Maule, and Sir George Strickland. Lord TEIGNMOUTH said that there ought have been an inquiry instituted into the operation of the Educa tion clauses of the Factory Act. The Noble Lord said he could produce instances of abuse in the Factory Education system, which would startle the House. In one school the New Testament was excluded because forsooth Socialists objected to it I—( Cries of " Question.") Dr. LUSHINGTON rose to enter his protest against attiseks which reflected personally on the implied negli gence of the Inspectors of Factories. Lord TEIGNMOUTH would be ready, at any time, to support his charges. Mr. HINDLE Y said the manufacturers protested against the education clauses, specifically directed to them. Lord ASHLEY said the object of the Committee was to inquire if the factory children had received the benefit of the Act—bad been allowed, for instance, the required time for education—but the quality of the education had not been prescribed by the Act. The motion was then agreed to, and the Committee was nominated. Colonel POLHITHE SHERIFF. LL withdrew his notice of motion, in order that the Rause might consider the other view of the can which one Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pem krokq intended to submit. He had seen the Sheriff in the course of the day, and that gentleman declared his readiness to give the House any bail that might be required for his condo-et during his enlargement. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he knew be could give notice of a motion for to-mor row at any time to-night; but the orders and pre. tious notices might interfere with him if be did not ask leave of the House to make his motion at an early period of th e'sitting. He, therefore, gave notice that he would to. morrow, upon the reading of the Orders, move that Mr. 'Sheriff Evans be brought to the bar, and required to give bail or his appearance when called upon. • Mr. HAWES objected to the notice as irregular, but his arguments were ivaudible in the gallery, in conic 'rumen of the noise made by Members leaving the House. The notice was ordered to be entered on the books, and the House adjourned at Half-past One. ELECTION COMMITTII3...-The General Committee of gleetions Lave appointed Monday the 30th day of March kr nominating, from Panel No. 1, Select Committees for trying the merits of the Ludlow and Ipswich Election Petitions; and have appointed Monday the 6th day of April for nominating, out of Panel No. 2, Select Com mittees for trying the merits of the Totnes and Cambridge Election Petitions. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (THORSDAY EVENING.) POST.—The transactions in the English Funds were lot considerable. The Government broker seems to be watching for an opportunity of executing some further orders that have been placed in his hands; but we do not know that any business was done to-day on public account The dealings were altogether of a mysterious character, and perhaps at rates scarcely so favourable to the pur chterr as would have been the case had less secresy been observed, and the general competition of the market availed of; for, in stock-jobbing affairs, as well as in most others, the evil of favouritism is one which is not unfrequently complainetLef by those whom it is calculated to injure. behequer Bills have still a very heavy appearance, and it evidently requires all the ingenuity of the Chancellor tad his advisers to keep the market for them in a prac ticable condition. They left off at Is to 3s. premium. India Bends closed at 2s. discount to par ; and India Stock at 2451 to e. SUN.—Money was scarce up to the termination of businessto-day, both i• English and Foreign Stock mar kets, but Consols rallied slightly on the extreme depres a:on of the morning, advancing for present transfer from 90i to 908, and for time from 90/ to 908. Exchequer Bills left off at the reduction to Is. premium, and India Bonds at par. • After dropping to 9.83, Spanish Active Stock was FOR up by the jobbers to 284. and closed at 29, ►►hile the Portuguese New Five per Cents. continued hea►y at 34 to 34i. Colombian Bonds were at 254 to 2 6 and Mexican at 29} to 2.94. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 53i to 53i. The following bargains in the Share Market will show a decline in the prices of all the lines quoted this afternoon :—The Great Western, 4 prem. ; the Bir mlngham, 63 prem.; the Brighton, 11 discount ; and the North Midland, 6 prem. The Colonial Markets were buoyant to-day. MOM WATER ♦T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning 7 minutes after 4 I Evening 25 minutes after 4. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. .(From the Brighton Gazette.) Powremowru.—Vanguard, 84, Capt. Sir T. Fellowes, was at Malta, re-fitting for the trip to England, on the 16th February, and was to sail on the 24th, via Gibraltar and Lisbon. She was shortly to be followed by the Rodney, 92, Commodore Parker, and Asia, 84, Captain Fisher. The former is to come into this harbour to be paid off. The Rodney t oes to Plymouth for the same purpose, and the Asia to Sheerness. Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., is in temporary command of the feet at Vourla, with his flag in the Benbow, 72. It is reported that Sir William Parker, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is to succeed to the command at Sheer ness. The Revenge, 78, Captain Waldegrave, was in the Tagus on the 20th February, waiting a new capstan from Ragland, when she was to go on to Malta, to supply the place of the Asia, 84, ordered home. The Blonde, 46, Captain l3ourchier, received her des patches in Plymouth Sound on Sunday, and forthwith sailed for the East Indies and China, to touch at Mddeira and the Cape of Good Hope. The Pyladea, 18, Com mander Anson, for the same destination, proceeded shortly afterwards. The Magieienne, 24, Captain Burnett; Pique, 36, Captain Boxer ; and Andromache, 26, Captain Baynes, are the only ships in course of equipment in this harbour ; the former goes to the Mediterranean to supply the place of the Tribune, 24, and the latter to the East Indies. The Rque, it is believed, will take the new Admiral to the Cape of Good Elope. The Stromboli, new steamer, is hourly expected from ti .; Clyde, in ch irge of Mr. Hendersen, on her way to ,Woola ich to be commissioned. The tender brig Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Tryon, is gone to the eastward vi;th seamen for the Cambridge, fitting out at Sheerne!s. The war steam-ship C) clops, Capt. Austin, has pro cwded to Cork with the depot of the 24th regiment from this garrison, and will return with the depot of the 61st regiment, after which she will go to Lisbon, Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean, to be attached to Sir Robert Stop ford's fleet. The Jupiter troop-ship, Mr. Fulton, master, left Si mon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 22d Decernhcr, for St. Helena and England, having on hoard the filar regiment from Coylon Tno Druid, 46, Cant. Lord J. Churchill, and Columbine. 19, Commander Elliot, also loft the Cape on the 6 . .. h November, the former for New Z , aland, and the latter fur Ascension. At Spithead--No vessel of war. I n Harbour—Britannia and Victory, flag ships, Exeel lent, Royal George yacht, Pique, Nlagicienne, Andro mache, Messenger steamer, Raven, and flag tenders. DEATH OF OIR CHARLES WYNDHANI BUR DETT.—We have to announce the demise of Sir Charles Bur dett, Bart., which took place at Colombo, in Ceylon, in the early part of December last. Sir Charles was the fifth Baro net, and a Colonel in the army. He was in his 68th year, and, dying without issue, is succeeded in his title and estates by his nephew, Charles Wentworth Burdett, Esq., the present and sixth Baronet. THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR TRAGI CALLY ILLUSTRATED.—" A tragical event occurred a short. time ago," says Cie Quotidienne, " at the theatre of . Lucca, during the perform ance o f L uc i a di Lammermoor. A r ivalr y had been for som e ti me ex i s ti ng b e t ween t wo o f th e p er f ormei , and a dad had even taken pla ce , b u t th e y h a d b een apparent l y reconciled. In the second act of the opera, however, during the combat, their former animosity revived as they thrust at each other, and the stage fight became a regu:ar duel, the public in the meantime applauding their earnestness without suspecting its cause. Suddenly the actor who was performing the part of Ravenswood uttered a dreadful cry, for he had re teived a wound in the breast, and then fell (lead udon the stage. The other actor was immediately arrested. The company, un willing to appear again after this melancholy event, broke up on ' the following day, and the theatre remain; closed." ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MALcx 2 —We have had to-day a ver dull mark, th business (lone has been extremely limited, y and at priceset some e what lower. The flannel weavers, at present, are in low cir cumstances on account of the increased scarcity of work. Within due menth there have woo been several f a il ures emong the small manufacturers. the market there is no chancre to report. M r . Parkinson, bookseller, Bradford, when in London about five years ago, was robbed of his watch, and last week, whilst at York, he strolled accidentally into an auctio n mart for the sale of unredeemed pledges, where the identical 'watch was submitted to auction, and he again became the par chaser.—Leeds Intelligence?. LONDON: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1840. In the Lords no less than 203 petitions were pre sented from Warwickshire, greatly to the delight of the Duke of RICHMOND and other Corn-law-loving Lords who greatly need petitions, though they be sent by their own vassals at their dictation to keep them in coun- tenance. Several petitions were presented from Scotland on the subject of non-intrusion, and the Earl of ABER DEEN'S speech may be consulted to learn all the varie ties of the newly-discovered species of non-intrusionists. The Noble Earl enumerated four varieties, and observed that the Noble Viscount (MELisouRNE) would have a most difficult task to satisfy them all. He therefore recommended the Noble Viscount to be very cautious in his proceedings. The measure to be brought in must be drawn up with great discretion, and must be dictated by honesty of purpose. The Lords did no other business than receive petitions. In the Commons, the Nottingham Gas Bill was lost by a majority of one only. Mr. ORD brought up the Report of the General Committee on Election Petitions, which appears to have got over its difficulty in the Ludlow case by fixing Monday the 6th of April to elect the members of the deciding Committee from Panel No. 1. Mr. FITZROY inquired why the postage from Calais to Dover, or Dover to Calais, was 101, when the postage from London to Dover was only a penny, and was informed that the former was regulated by treaty, and the Government wishes to negotiate another treaty on the subject in order to lower the rate. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought under the notice of the House the conduct of the Ministers in having appointed Mr. STEVENSON a Commissioner of Excise, with a salary of 1,200/. a year, while he was a Commissioner of Arbitration with a salary of 1,000/. a year, which salary he continued to enjoy. He moved for returns to elucidate this, as he called it, job. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted the fact, but explained that the salary of the Commissioners of Arbitration was dependent on the Commissioners re porting the accomplishment of their labours, that Mr. STEVENSON had offered to close the business without any further salary, but that he was considered deserving of it, and therefore it had been given to him. He quoted several instances, sonic of them rather curious, of Commissioners of Excise holdin, during the Tory Admirii:•:tration, other lucrative offices. Mr. GOULBURN thought the explanation not satis factory,and the defence, which consisted in recriminating that the Turks had done the sonic thing, not satisfactory. Mr. HustE said the returns should be before the House, before it formed an opinion. The Whigs were not justified by what the Tories had done, and what had transpired, showed him that four Commissioners of Excise and six of the Customs, could be dispensed .aiLh. At the Board of Stamps, an annual document, which required the signature of three Commissioners, lay unsigned for three years, because three Commissioners could not be got together to sign it. People with high salaries for performing little duties, would do nothing. Lord JOHN RUSSELL explained that the Commission of Arbitration had nearly got through its business be fore Mr. STEVENSON was appointed to the Excise. He did not look on it therefore as the holding of two oflieus by the same person. He bore testimony to the Com missioners of Excise and Customs endangering their health NN by their over zeal, in attending to their duties. t hr e ie a ct r inir t h l n io s s t e o g ce tl emen who have imposed on the kind !rsse, will laugh at the credulity of the Noble Lord. T in h e w Mr. Ew ART, demonstrated el ucidat e niter ma t k h i e triig t a r t a a t m i s v a ue c rr t ,yi i oern creditable o w n e ordered. g.slpl by its consequences is the eloewelsi: other species of murder--- ju ti s i t at as the mi e s o ch m i m ev i o ss u i s on asof thisany crime does not prevent crime,the and s that in fact crimes lied been less frequent as had N i l s expedient to c ae o rbi n om d l moved ; t he e motion. punishment,rei Lord utoi fe ns ! JOHN et'h' tathlatt: ler. ft t fl p t A p o o \ ffs s ' E e being(Bl these o : i t , a v t to motion, on the ground of Corm, and said 't have been for leave to bring in a Bill, which would brought it more freely Limier discussion. also several arguments against the motion on principle. It was not to be inferred because the abolition of t the punishment of death for sheep-stealing h a d tended to diminish that crime, that to abolish it for the crime of murder would have the same effect. H e thought it was efficacious in preventing that crime, and was not, as in the case of GREENACRE, repugnant to the public feelings. He doubted whether executions, •• when very seldom , as at p resent, brutalized the p eo p le ; and regretted tha t his own views of expediency led him to oppose the views of the Hon. Member and a large part of the community. Sir ; ST a supportedNr e . ui E t; AßT:S views which technical difficulty one objection, he mov ed, Mr. Ewatt T conse n ting to withd raw hi s motion, for leave to brin g in a Bill to :Id lliE to N get L u rid iii N of ci aboli s h t h e pun i s h ment o f death. lit stisitik , i ..... ye " 1 , , ..„... ‘ „ : „.... 4 ,,, 4 „„ ~., Y.• tsr.-4w.:4._ ~,-: ..,,.., ) ._ . , .. EFFECTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Just published, pl ice One Shilling. MR. SAMUEL JONES LOYD'S SE COND LETTER TO J. B. SMITH, Esq., Pre sident of the Manchester Chamber cf Commerce. Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill. Preparing for immediate publication„ in 3 vols post Sec., with Illustrations by Alfred Crowquil. TH E S T A G E; BOTH BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN. By ALFRED BUNN, Late Lessee of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane, Covent Gar den, English Opera House, French Plays. &c. &c. - " I am (icor) forbid " To tell the secrets of the Prison House !" Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ITIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of .11. AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, winds (though they are NO LOTTERIES) 3ffer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase, may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving anv order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE THOUSAND, TWO Ti-toti.sAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED, SIX HUNDRED, FIVE HUN DRED, THREE HUNDRED, TWO HUNDRED. AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUN DRED AND TEN, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, &c. Sm., amounting to £134,990 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME - VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6. Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sr Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Harley; Joseph Sur face, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Crabtree, Mr. Meadows ; Moses, Mr. Keeley ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Orger ; Maria, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Cantle Pantomime. called HARLEQUIN AND THE AIERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR THE GREAT BED OF WARE. Dross Mass, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 64i. ; Pit, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. ; gallery, Is. Doers to bo opened at Italf-past Six—tile performances to commence at Sere, e'Clsek. Tickets and plat ea for the Boxes to le taken at the Box-of floe, from Tea till_Fenr, where Season Tickets may be bad upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Novelty of extraordinary magnitude—New Historical Drama tie Legend, in d ire . E poe h as , d ep i ct i ng Englandin 1664, Baibadoes ih RIM Old London in 1666, with a representa tion of the Great Fire of London. THIS EVENING, MAICH 6. Will be acted, 4th time, a Historical Dramatic Legend, ealled THE CITY APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Comedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JAIIS MENDED. Benkoramo, Mr. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madame Bonhomie, Mrs. Daly ; Theresia, Misa Martin. To eonelude with the Nautical Drama of BEN THE BOATSWAIN. Ben, Mr. Saville. STRAND THEATRE. AMBIDEXTROUS PRESTIDIGITATION!!! MAGNIFICENT PARAPHERNALIA !! ! AWE THRILLING NECROMANCY!! ! OVERFLOWING! WONDER-STRICKEN! AND DELIGHTED AU DIENCES It'll' The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH, by his individual and mind-astonishing performances, having congregated crowded, astounded, and pleasure-electrified audiences, will perform his wonderful feats of philosophical and necromantic magic, on THIS EVENING and TO-MORROW, and every evening during next week, concluding with the _ori ginal aid mysterious GUN DELUSION. Boxes, N. 6d., Second Price, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d., Second Price Is. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six—commencing at half-past Seven. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret we cannot oblige our Newcastle Correspondent by inserting the Auchterarder address. If " Chirurgicus" were to condense his letter, and state briefly what medical reform is proposed, he would be more likely to attain his object. • 2"t ' ' mi‘• • „• Zile aim. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1840. Mr. GOULBURN and several other persons opposed the motion on its merits, and the House, after some debate, decided by 161 to 90 that it would not allow a Bill to be brought in to abolish the punishment of death. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN, after explaining his reasons for doing so, withdraw his motion for a Committee to inquire into the propriety of continuing the sale of Par liamentary papers, to make way for Lord JoHN Rus- SELL to bring forward his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to provide summary protection to the publishers of Parliamentary papers. He began by adverting to Sir E. SUGDEN'S motion, and professing a desire to prevent, as much as possible, the publication of libellous matter by the House, so far as that could be done by the power of the House itself. After a very temperate and judi cious speech, in which, however, the Noble Lord de clared he would give up no privilege of the House, nor would he think of allowing any other to judge of its privileges, the Noble Lord explained the principle of the Bill he meant to move for leave to bring in. He would admit of no limit to the right of publication, and his Bill authorises the SPEAKER of either House of Parliament to give a certificate that any publication is made by order of the House, and the production of that certificate in any Court shall be suffi cient at any time to stay any action. While he would not consent to any limitation of the right of pub l'cation, he was ready to listen to any sugges tions by which security could be given to individuals. He hoped that such a measure would put an end to the evils now complained of, and he thought the House had fairly a right to expect the concurrence of the Lords. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN objected to the plan of selling the publications, and condemned the resolutions of 1837, to which the speech of the Noble Lord was op posed. He objected to the Bill that it would give greater power to the House before those salutary mea sures were taken which he contemplated. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL regarded his duty as a Member of Parliament, as superior to the duty he owed the Government as its officer ; and being convinced that the Bill would involve the House in still greater difficulties, he was bound, though with great reluctance, to oppose it. He approved of the resolutions of 1837, as a sound constitutional exposition of the law of Par liament ; and the privileges they asserted, were essen tial to a due discharge of the functions of one indepen dent branch of the Legislature. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman pointed out many injuries which he thought the Bill would inflict on the privileges of the House. Lord STANLEY spoke in favour of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, thus presenting a curious spectacle of the Ministers being supported by the Opposition and opposed by one of their own law officers. The Noble Lord made a long speech, and then the debate, on the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, was adjourned. A brief discussion took place afterwards on nomi nating the Factory Committee, and some charges were made against the Factory Inspectors of negligence. The Commi..tee was appointed. Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice of his intention to move, to-night, on the first order, that the Sheriff be required to give bail for his appearance when called on. At Half-past One the House adjourned. On the 26th ult. we said that the crews of our ships in peace ought to be more numerous than in war, and ought to be all seamen. Our reason for making that assertion is that a few hundred or thousand seamen, without any additional officers or additional wear and tear of ships, is a trifling expense, and that by having full crews of seamen, and seamen only, in our ships, we might on any sudden emergency draft the half of them into other ships, fill up the complement of men with soldiers, landsmen, or volunteer seamen, and so have an efficient naval force, double the amount of our peace establishment, speedily ready for sea. Since then this very point has been discussed in the House of Commons and by the Times. The Government has taken a view decidedly adverse to ours, and the Times has, as might be expected, made a severe attack on the Government. In now recurring to this point, we trust that we shall be considered as actuated entirely by public motives, and as having no wish to oppose or disparage the Ministry, from whom on this point we differ, or support the faction which the Times serves, be cause we happen on this point to agree with that Journal. In the debate on the Navy Estimates on last Monday, Lord J. RUSSELL delivered the follow ing opinion:— _ _ 'There had been much discussion with respect to the manner in which their ships were manned, and it was con tended that they ought to have a larger complement of men—in fact, a war complement. That was entirely a naval question, and he could not pretend to give an opi nion further than what be had collected from those who were best able to form an opinion. The question practi cally under discussion was, whether they would keep up the same number of ships, and give them all a larger com plement of men. because in that case the expense would be enormously increased—or whether they should not have— say twenty line-of.battle ships with the present comple ment, or seventeen with a larger complement. Now, from all he had heard he believed the present complement was fully sufficient for the duties these ships and men had to perform. In time of war they necessarily required a fuller complement, under the expectation of coming into action with the enemy; but be believed the complement at present was nearly as large as they had when they be gan the great war in 1793. The Noble Lord is less reponsible for this opinion than his naval advisers, for he says, " it is a naval question ;" and he avows that his opinion has been borrowed from others. It is the opinion, then, of the Board of Admiralty, and not the opinion of the Ministry or of Lord J. RUSSELL, that we are about to examine. If the question were limited to " the duties the men and the ships now have to perform," we should at once concede that the Admiralty was right. Nay, we should go a great deal further, and assert that the actual duties of peace—and as long as peace lasts—may be per formed at much less than the present expense. Un less as a preparation for future wars, the ex pense of ships built and building, of those laid up in ordinary, of the immense quantities of stores which are every year bought and every year go to decay and rot, and of more than half the ships, officers, and men afloat, is the most scandalous and wanton that ever was incurred. Nine-tenths of it is abso lutely thrown away. The question, therefore, is not limited to the duties the ships and men now have to perform ; but our fleet afloat is to be considered as the nucleus of the fleet which will be necessary in case of war. On that principle we contended, as the great and chief want of our fleet at the breaking out of a war ever has been seamen, as officers are plentiful, and ships abundant, that wisdom requires, that during peace the complements of our ships should be more numerous than they would actually require to be in war, and should be all seamen. Lord JOHN RUSSELL asserted, speaking the sentiments of the Admiralty, that "in that case the expense would be enormously increased." If lie had examined the question for himself, he would not have made such an assertion. The estimate for the whole effective service of the Navy during the present year, is 4,112,721/., and of that, the sum required for wages and victuals of the officers and men afloat, is 1,799,859/. Now that sum, which is more than a third f the whole, includes officers, the number of whom we do not propose to increase. The " enormous incr ease o f expe:lse , is to be caused by increasing the number of seamen only. But dividing the sum allotted in the fifth page of the Naval Estimates, to the wages of petty officers and seamen, 461,3351., by 19,379, the number of them, we find that the average wages of each is 241. ; and dividing the sum allotted for victuals by the whole number of persons afloat, we find that the cost per head is something under 211.; consequently the cost per year, for the wages and victuals of each seaman, may be estimated at 451. per head. We will not forget to remind our readers that part of the cost of provision is caused by the Coro-laws, which probably enhance the price 20 per cent. at least. Passing over that, however, and taking the estimate of 45/. per head as the cost of each seaman afloat, we might have 2,000 more seamen for 90,0001. per year, or at the enormous expense of 10,0001. a year less than the Commons, under the advice of the Whigs,thought not too much to bestow on a single widow for her sustenance. For the sum appropriated to the Civil List we might buy the services of 8,000 seamen, and for the million of money which Sir JAMES GRAHAM once proved a few Privy Coun cillors divided amongst themselves, the services of more th an 22,000 seamen might be purchased, or 3,000 more than are now actually serving in out ships. To give the present ships afloat fu l l and efficient complements of seamen, about 4,000 additional would, we believe, be necessary, and according to our estimate they would cost 180,000/. per year. This is an enormous expense, we admit, lin relation to that scoundrel economy which denies the seame n 10s. or 20 • a month additional pay , p ai e i n d s s e t d ea witi lst l he m when th eir ' services cannot be dis e pensed the expense ;0 chOWA but in n Court,re latio-nfotro the e e m s a u in t ms e s n ' voted for o for f the PIJEEN DOWA G ER , for State, tliepensi pensions a retired Secre taries al of time Admi ra l ty, Elt' S ze . gm, it is a very trifling 'l lowances of Secr eta ries expense. And when it is considered' that on the one hand all pretext for having recourse to impress ment in case of a war would cease, while the country would not need to be under a shadow of apprehension from all the navies in the world united; and that, on the other, habits of vain display and pompous extra vagance are encouraged, which excite imitation, spread corruption through the land, and sap the foundations of the national morality, the addi tional expense we propose will seem inexpressibly trifling, in relation to the good to be achieved, and in comparison to the sums which the Parliament bestows on maintaining the splendour of the Court and the aristocracy. Lord JOHN RUSSELL says it would be enormously expensive to maintain full complements for the men-of-war now afloat. Th e Canadian war is said to have cost 5,000,0001., which would have maintained, for nearly twenty eight years, the number of seamen requ i re d effec tually to man our ships in peace, and be prepared for war. Such are the ideas of relative importance and enormous expense nourished by statesmen. They squander millions on the most useless or even noxious pursuits, and they grudge the smallest sums to secure the national safety and national independence. A letter in another part of our Paper, headed " Heart-rending effects of the Corn-laws," deserves public attention. We almost doubt, it is so pain ful, so full of images of individual suffering and of national decay, whether our readers will be able to go through it. We are sure they cannot with out feeling the liveliest indignation against the Le gislature of which the stupid, selfish, and wicked laws cause such wide-spread misery. ATTILA, the monster, whose boast it was that where his horse trod grass never grew, and GENGHIS KHAN, whose delight was in shedding blood, may have slaughtered in their frenzy millions of their fellow creatures, but surely they never inflicted such durable and heart-rending suffering on their enemies as is inflicted on our people by the ini quitous laws, which their so-called paternal rulers, their pretended benefactors and friends, continually uphold for base and selfish purposes. If other gentlemen will imitate Mr. THOMASSON, and collect and send us for publication, or cause to be pub lished, facts similar to those which he lays before the world, there is not a patriot heart in the wide empire, that will not insist on the Corn-laws being at once swept away. Indignation, wrathful, burn ing, almost universal indignation, will then scathe the landlords, who will have to esteem themselves fortunate if they lose nothing but that of which at present they by law, and legally, we admit, plunder the people. We, at least, cannot read such ac counts as those contained in Mr. THOMASSON'S let ter without feeling and expressing the utmost ab horrence of the wickedness of those who, for their own purposes, put an end to much trade and shorten the supply of food. We are sure that our readers w;11 at least at tempt to read Mr. THOMASSON'S letter, and yet we must advert to the gross ingratitude, as well as the other vices of the landowners which he describes. From eight to twenty-four tim es as many f ust i an jackets, calico shirts, and muslin dresses do the manufacturers now give for a bushel of wheat as they gave fifty years ago. So many more enjoyments do they provide for the landowners. In the same period the rental of land in the neighbourhood has been quadrupled, and the population of the town of Bolton trebled, by taking from the estates of the landlords their superfluous hands, and finding them employment and food. But the people whose in genuity and skill have produced such immense ad vantages to the landlords, are consigned by their laws to privations and sufferings which exceed the apparent limit of human patience. We cannot wonder, after reading such a letter, at the wide< spread discontent of our people, we are not asto nished at their little dis;:lays of turbulence, at their petty depredations on property—we wonder at their contentment, we are astonished at their peaceable behaviour, and we regard their re spect for the property of others under such circumstances as positively miraculous. The same grinding privations which keep them poor, and compel them to labour excessively, also prevent them from obtaining education, or giving it to their offspring. That, under these circumstances, they can form or cherish any respect for the rights of others, shows that such a respect is too deeply implanted in the heart by the hand of nature to be eradicated by the most wicked legislation. The Brussels Papers of Tuesday state, that on Friday and Saturday the Dukes of ORLEANS and NEMOURS gave audiences to the Diplomatic body, the French officers in the service of Bel gium, and the great officers of State. M. VAN DE WEYER and Mrs. FRY, of philanthropic celebrity, from London, and Prince GAGA RIN, from Moscow, arrived in Brussels on Saturday. The first half-years' payment of the two and a half millions of florins f rom t h e B e l g i an t o th e Dutch Government was made on Saturday. Letters from Constantinople, in the German Papers of the 12th ult., state that a difference has arisen between the English and the Turkish Go vernment about the re mova l o f t h e G ree k Pa triarch, upon which Lord PONSONBY insists, on account of his treasonabl e plots against the Go vernment of the lonian Islands. The Porte, secretly prompted by Russia, supports the Pa triarch. It was further stated, that on the 7th a grand Council at the Divan approved of a proposal of RESCHID PACHA for the creation of paper money, against which the " true believers " have raised a great clamour. M. Limas presented himself to the Chamber of De puties on Wednesday, as chief of the New Cabinet. His reception was exceedingly favourable. After re ceiving the congratulations of his friends, he ascended the Tribune, and delivered the following speech, which was listened to by all with the most earnest attention. He also repeated the same speech, in nearly the same words, in the Chamber of Peers. It is wanting in explicitness, but it is to be borne in mind that he pro mises early explanations upon the whole of the proposed policy of the Government. " Gentlemen—The King has honoured us with his confi dence, and has laid upon us the heavy burden of the Adminis tration of the State. We come to announce this to the Chambers. In presence of this difficult situation it would have been weak ness and abandonment of our duty to retreat. Having taken a prominent part in public business in the Chambers, we had con tracted the obligation and felt it our duty to meet the wishes of the Cw ron, when it called upon us to assume the reins of power. This is what I and my colleagues have clone. With regard to me personally I respectfully declined the honour of forming a Cabinet, so long as a disagreement on certain points mad e it my duty to keep myself apart from public affairs. Now I have the happiness to see my personal convictions in accordance with the intentions of the Crown. I therefore no longer hesitate. My colleagues did not hesitate either, and we have accepted the difficult post which was offered to us by the free confidence of the King. We have been happy to assist his Majesty in ter minating, in a short time, the anxieties which are inseparable from every Ministerial crisis. We have not dissimulated to our selves the difficulties of this serious situation, at home by the division of parties, abroad by the importance of the questions. These difficulties occupy us without intimidating us. We have measured the extent thereof, and we will endeavour to overcome them. The time will shortly come when we shall explain ourselves fully on every point. -Mean time allow us to confine ourselves to a few words on the general direction which appears to us to be the duty of the Government. The material order does not appear to us to be in da nger , b u t it ma y b ec ome so ; and if it be destroyed it will be p romp tl y an d energe ti ca lly re-established. The Cham bers will not forget that amongst us there are men who for merly have eontr b ute d t o th e maintenance of o r der in perilous times ; but it does not suffice to have material order alone —we must al so h ave mora l order ; nay , t he union of opi nions and a genera l t en d en cy towards the same object—for without thi s un i on t h ere co uld not possibly be a ma j orit y in the Chambers, harmony between the Chambers and Royalty ; and without a majority, without harmony between the powers, 'he representative Government is impossible to go on. We have not dissimulated from ourselves the most difficult p ar t o f ou r task, to direct public opinion towards a co mmon o bj ec t. We have thought it our duty to attempt it, not because we pretended to be more ca pable than others, but because our political situation with re gard to parties appeared to us to be more favourable for the purposes of joining them, and of addressing them in the lan guage of moderation and concord. We will not atternpt,Gen tlemen, in uniting parties, to elude difficulties. W e will ap proach them fearlessly. The members of the Administration which we compose arc all in accordance with each other—have formed their opinions upon every subject which now divides public opinion —will propose to the Chamber their o s pirlions on every subject, and will endeavour to conciliate parties by the moderation of their language, and to decide them by the firm- I of their principles. We shall take care to avoid useless political discussions on what has passed under former Adminis trations;(„ifomi_rm but we shall pay every attentio n to serious business. s l e V , i e th ra r l c m . ga o r r t a l i tc a t n a d dm m i a n t i e s r t i r a a l ti r , e , n fo , .N ri, V es of s hall ,.h a ie p h p apply selves our so r nistrative orrcetsization is susceptible , in carefull y choosin g those i'al'l' to eansi which ar e p i a rtk ea bl e — t h ose w hich can neither compromise our interests nor weak en t h e s i new s of our Government. In the choice of persons we will endeavour to be scrupulous, severe, and impartial. This, Gentlemen, is the manner in which we intend to perform our duties at home—abroad our task is not I less difficult. An important question is now under. discussion. We confidently hope that it will not disturb the peace of the world. We will continue the efforts of the Government to maintain this pieeious peace, but without sacrificing in the slightest degree eith er t h e di gn ity of France or her permanent interests. In this sh or t ex p o se our exeressions must necessarily be general : hut we hop e th a t complete explanations will shortly be given. We are goi ng to take occasion as soon as p o ss i ble to ask you for the means of governing, which the Adm inistr a t ion is obliged to ask every year. Then all shall be made known t o the two Chambers. We wished this day to render homage to the powers of the State in renewing . before them the profession of our inviolable attachment to the grand principles on which repose the Government of 1830." The Moniteur contains a long list of Royal Ordi nances replacing various subordinate functionaries who have chosen to retire with the late Ministry. Most of the changes and promotions are in the department of Public Instruction. M. VILLEMAIN has refused an offer from M. COUSIN of the Vice-Presidency of the Royal Council of Public Instruction, and proposes to devote his leisure to the delivering a series of lectures on French literature. Count d'APPONY, the Austrian Ambassador, has applied to his Government for leave of absence. It was rumoured in the diplomatic circles that imme diately beiore the retirement of SOULT he sent a courier to St. Petersburg with instructions to the French Am bassador, M. DE BARANTE, to return to Paris, leaving one of his Secretaries to act as Charge d'Affaires, unless Count PAHLEN instantly resumed his functions as Rus- sian Ambassador nt the French Court. Some noise is made in the Journals of Wednesday about the conduct of Marshal VALLEE in ordering twelve squadrons of Light Infantry, recently landed at Al giers, to form themselves into two African regiments. The details are too trivial to be further noticed. BOURSE,--PARIS, WEDNE'3DAY, MARCH 4. first Highest 15,, , ,e5t Last Price Price. Price. Price reach 5 per Cents ll4 10 ... 114 10 .., 114 ... 1.4 4 per ( eats lO4 20 ... •i 4 20 ... 104 20 ... 104 20 3 per Cents B2 85 . 82 93 ... 82 85 ... 82 85 tank e ; trance 3145 —.3:45 ...3145 ...3145 I.sltitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 10:;0 ...1060 ...li 01 _I i 0 3elgian !tank 920 ... 02. i ... 900 ... 902 50 5 per Cents - ... 104 ... 104 3 per Cents 73 75 ... 73 SO ... 73 73 .. 7, SO United States Bank Loan .. 08,4 ... 98 1 ,, ... 0814 ... 93 i4 Dutch 2% per Cents 5',% ... 53% ... 53% ... 53% Spanish Ac *lye 20% ... 90 ... 2954 ... 30 Passive 714 —• 7 % ••• 7 % ... 7 % New ' h ferred Old Deferred B% ... 6% ... 8 ... 8 Portuguese 3 per Cents Nearolitan Roman IO,A, ... 103% ... 1C3% ... it , 3% ItAILWA\ jH A R Es. .. .. . St. 6ermai , , Versailles, It. B 552 50 ... 555 ... 552 50 ... 5'5 L.B. 372 50 ... 375 ... 372 50 ... 373 50 Orleans . 4W ... 460 ~, 460 ... 460 , trasburg to Bale ......... r;ELG lAN i , UNDS—Baussus, Marren 4. Actual DOA, '.4i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant 1 ,• 1 54 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 95 ------ 3 per Cent. 72ly Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9, Society of Commerce, 4! V per Cent lCB3k Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 9 4 34 National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 25 Five per Cents. Metalliqucs - ION Emir per Cents. Three par Cents. Bank )hares .—.4llgemeine Zeitung, March 2 PitUsSl A N EUN DS.— 13itLIN, FED. :29 Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 t per cent • 1041,; 103 , 4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 30 ,ii lf;1”4 Exchange on London, three months 6 20% —Prussian State Gazette, March 2. Letters from Constantinople of the 12th ult., received at Vienna, state that Admiral STOPFORD, who was pre paring to proceed with the greater part of the British squadron to Malta, received counter orders to remain at Vourla. and the ships which had left that station were promptly recalled. Admiral STOPFORD'S health was, however, so delicate, that he would be obliged to proceed himself to Malta as soon as the Government could appoint an officer to command the fleet in his ab sence. The recal of the B-itish fleet to Vourla was attibuted to the Lostile disponition of MEHEMET ALI who continued in the resolution not to abate one jot of his claims. Madrid Journals have been received of the 26th ult., but the news brought by them was anticipated by the telegraphic despatches published in the London papers of yesterday. The following telegraphic despatch, bring ing three days' later intelligence from the Spanish capi tal, was communicated to the French Government on Wednesday : Bayonne, March 3, Noon. " THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE MINISTER OF FO- REIGN AFFAIRS. " Madrid, Feb. 29, in the Evening. " The sittings of the Cortes recommenced this day. The debate on the verification of the election returns was resumed, and was carried on without any signs of agitation, either in the Chamber or in the exterior. Perfect tranquillity continues to prevail. The pleasures of the Carnival have resumed their ordinary course. The state of siege has not been yet declared at an end." DINNER TO MR. BYNG.—The list of Stewards for this dinner is one of the most respectable it has been our lot to see. The occasion itself is so interesting that it is not matter of surprise that the demand for tickets has been so very great. Independent of its particular object, the commemoration of fifty years' consistent Parliamentary conduct, no pains have been spared to render the dinner worthy of notice as an im portant political meeting. Nearly all the leading Re formers will be present, including the first Parliamentary speakers of the day, both in the House of Lords and Commons. Nor has the gratification of the lovers of music been neglected : the Gresham Professor has the control of the musical department, and some original songs, composed for the occasion, will be performed by a numerous choir, aided by the band of the Guards. We are informed that tickets are in the very greatest request. CoLERIDGE's QUACKERY EXPOSED.—It may console those who labour diligently and earnestly to acquire an honest fame, but live unnoticed and unknown, to hope, from the experience of the past, that the noisy reputa tions enjoyed at present by less diligent and less honest, but much be-puffed rivals and contemporaries, will soon pass away, and those whoa; this generation can never enough praise, will by the next be forgotten, or treated with contumely. In our time no man, as a philospher and a poet, has been more eulogized by a coterie than the late Mr. Coleridge. Plain and simple minds, un tainted with the forced mysticism of his school, saw as little to admire in his writings, beyond well-sounding words, as to respect in his life. Their low apprecia tion of his literary talents is confirmed by an article in the present number of Blackwood's Magazine, which shows that Mr. Coleridge was very much in the habit of translating from both German prose and poetry, and imposing the translations on his unsuspecting hearers or readers as his own. By the help of a fine voice, an ear excellently attuned to music, a somewhat commanding person, an acquaintance with the German language and literature, which our Uni versities did neglect for the less useful study of Greek and Latin, he was able to impose himself for a long pe riod on a considerable number of persons as a man of gigantic intellect, while he was little batter than a coiner of smooth phrases and an appropriator of other men's wit. This is all well made out in the article of Black wood, which deserves great commendation for the expo sure of quackery nearly as audacious as that of Psal manazor or Paracelsus. POLITICAL SUMMARY OP TMII MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Advertiser of this day, commenting on Mr. Ewart's speech last night in the Commons, on the subject of ca pital punishment, remarks as follows :—" No human being has a right to take the life which God gave, and which man cannot restore. With the argument founded upon the Jewish law of eye for eye, and tooth for tooth,' we (being under a Christian dispensation) have nothing to do. Again, the first recorded crime of murder is followed by a Divine prohibition to take the life of the murderer. With regard to the prac• tical consideration of the question, viz., the expediency of ca pital punishments as deterring by example, the practice has been found, as Mr. Ewart ably and fully showed, by all the latest official returns, to have defeated its object, and to have totally failed."—The Morning Chronicle, speaking on the Privilege question, says:—" We deplore the blindness of the leaders on both sides of the House of Com mons. They had only to continue in their firm course, and they would have silenced their enemies and called forth their friends. But when men once begin to forsake them selves, they are forsaken by all the world besides. The con tempt into which the House of Commons has been brought by the pusillanimity of the leaders on both sides will eventually lead to the most frightful consequences. The men who are looking on with idiotic stare at the proceedings in the House, will soon be among the loudest to execrate the authors of the destruction of the English Constitution. All this for the want of a little firmness."—The Morning Herald thus expresses it self on the subject of Mr. Ewart's motion last night, for the Abolition of Capital Punishments :—" The discussion, and the result of the division of last night on this important question, affords the grounds of a most encouraging hope that, before any long period of time elapses, the Statute Book of England—the first country in Chris tian civilization of the world—will he thoroughly purified from the laws of blood."—'l he Times, in its summary of last night's Parliamentary proceedings, takes an opportunity of attacking Sir Robert Peel in the following terms :—" We almost pity the poor Privilege-mongers for the embarrassments in which their want of foresight—not to use a less Parliamentary term-- has involved them. The names of Lord J. Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Howick, and Sir J. Graham, will become synony mous for that distinguished class who cannot see an inch before their noses." In another column, our Contemporary renews his attack on Sir Robert Peel as follows :—" We fear he has not the moral courage to retrace the s'ep he has taken, though few, if any, feel more strongly than he himself feels, how false that step on the privilege question was—how fatal it may be. Is a man so morally weak fit to be a leader of a great party ?" Sir Robert must feel deeply the indirect compliment paid to his sagacity and his sense of justice by this attack. Had he shown a defic envy of either in his conduct on the Privilege question, assuredly the Times would have been the first to trumpet forth his praises with all the energy and heartiness of a congenial spirit.—The Morning Post contains no leading article of any public interest. VIENNA, FEB. 25.—Baron Langsdorff arrived here , yesterday from Paris, to transact the business of the French Legation during the absence of Count St. Aulaire, who means to set out for Paris on the Ist of March, and Gortz on the 19ih March. The Duke of Bordeaux arrived yester day from Florence, where he made a short stay. THE NAVY.—Large placards have been posted up on the Tower, and at the naval and military rendezvous (Miller's) on Tower-hill, for petty officers and able-bodied seamen fur her Mrjesty's ship Cambridge, of 80 guns, now fit ting out at Sheerness for " toreign service." No applications for petty officership have been received, and but few seamen have been engaged. The greatest difficulty exists in getting men to enter the navy, and this .gill likely continue to be the case until an increase of pay is offered. - - • - WIDOW MURPHY.—The sum of twelve gui neas has been sent by a solicitor to a Contemporary in order that it may be remitted to the widow against whom Lord Lor ton took legal proceedings. Between the 10th of June, 1839, and the 10th of February, 1840, there were only 108 dry days, while on 137 days there was rain more or less. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(`!.'FITS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind E. S.E.—Sailed the Montreal, Grilling, for New York. F A LMOUTII, MARCH 4.—Strong gale from the E.—Sailed the Hope packet, for the West Indies. The Georgio, in hauling from the pier to the shipwright's yard took the ground, and became so leaky that she must discharge the re maincli,r of her ca-go. LIVERPOOL, MARCH..—Wind S.E , fresh breeze.—Ar rived the Gazelle, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Harmony, Douglas, for the Cape ; Higginsr.n, Hogg, Bombay ; William Ackers, Nichol, La Guayra; Persian, Robin:, New Orleans; New York, Legg, St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Corona tion, Bradley, ditto. Off port the Susannah ; Cummings, from Mobile. ILFRACOMBE, MARcil 4. — Arrived the Clifton, Walters, from Trinidad, with loss of anchors and cables. CORK. MARCH 3.—Arrived the Greyhound, Rivctt, from Messina; and Courier, Stamford, Smyrna. INlAacif s.—Arrived the Georg e, from Newfound land ; and Love and Unity, Williams, Gibraltar. MILFORD, Alikacrt 4.—Sailed the Huddersfield, Owen, for Africa. HULL, MAactt 4.—The George, Mitchells, which sailed this morning for London, has put back with damage, having been in contact with the London steamer ; the latter proceeded. WESTPORT, MARCH s.—The Salem, of Belfast, left Clare Bay on the Ist inst. for Liverpool, in tow of a steamer. SMEEiLISESS, MARCH s.—The Ewer, of North Shields, bound to London, is bilged, and full of water, on the Nore Sand. REDCAR, MARCH 4. —T he Puseers, Cave, of Sunderland, is on the rocks off this place, abandoned by the crew, and is ex pected to go to pieces. ALDBORO, MARCH s.—The vessel which sank off this place yesterday, is supposed to be the Peace,Newbipgan, f Newcastle. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 4.—The Hoop, Wilkinson, sailed yesterday for Sandwich, has put back very leaky, and must discharge. EVENING EDITION INVERNESS ELECTION. (From the Inverness Courier.) THE POLLING.—TUESDAY, Msncir 3. The Northern Meeting-rooms were fitted up as the polling station for Inverness. Two tables or divisions were in the apartment, at one of which Sheriff Tytler presided, and at the other Mr. Colquhoun, Sheriff-substitute. The polling com menced at eight o'clock, by which time the street wa- thronged with individuals who manifested a strong interest in the pro ceedings. Mr. Morrison early took the lead here, which he maintained . o the last. At the close, the numbers were—for Mr. Morrison, 236 ; for Mr. Fraser, 183. Expresses have arrived with intelligence from the other butghs, and the follow ing is, we believe, the state of the poll in each : Morrison. Fraser. Inverness 236 ... 183 Nairn Forres 55 ... 70 Fortrose 353 307 MAJORITY FOR THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE, FORTY-SIX. This is a vast addition to the majority of Mr. Macleod, which was only 19. The triumph is the more honourable to Mr. Morrison, because he has obtained it on the ground of political principle, being, until within the last few days, a per fect stranger in this part of the kingdom ; and his opponent. Mr. Fraser, being a native of the town, long a candidate for the hurghs, and highly respected for his private worth and unaf fected benevolence of character. We congratulate the Honour able Member on his election ; we believe him to be sincerely anxious to render his services beneficial to all ranks and classes of the inhabitants ; and his position, as one of the first mer chants of London, must invest him with no small degree o' influence in promoting any scheme for the commercial prospe rity of the north. His talents, activity, and Liberal principles. have recommended him strongly to the electors, and we Cal, truly say, that no man could have made a more favourable im pression on the great body of the inhabitants. His opponents admit that he is the best representative the Liberals could have obtained, while between the Honourable Member and his rival, Mr. Fraser, nothing but the utmost courtesy and kind ness have prevailed. . . NVe must not omit to notice the exertions of Mr. Ellice, M.P., who introduced Mr. Morrison to the electors, and has taken an active part in the canvass. Mr. Ellice is a prodigious favourite with the electors, and has been cheered wherever he went, as if on a triumphal progress through the burghs! After the close of the poll Mr. Morrison was drawn through the town in an open carriage. He was accompanied by Mr. Ellice, Colonel Ross of Strathgarve, Colonel Munro of Poyntz field, &c. The flags were carried before, and the whole pro cession—which must have comprised some thousands of persons —had an imposing appearance. On arriving at the Royal Hotel, Mr. 'Morrison shortly addressed the electors on the great triumph they had achieved. They had to contend, he said, with an opponent whom he highly respected, who had been in the field for nearly a twelvemonth. All the local influence that. could be brought to bear against them had been used un scrupulously ; yet the courage and manliness of the elec tors had overcome all, and won for the Liberal cause the proudest triumph with which it had ever been crowned in In verness. Mr. M. then counselled the people to disperse quietly, and to remember that this victory was one of principle, not a victory over individuals. He went to Parliament not as the Member of one class, but as the represewative of all, anxioul v to serve them faithfully, and to promote the interests and happiness of the whole community. Mr. Ellice then said a few words in congratulation, and the vast multitude quietly dispersed. The following is a note of the state of the poll, July 29, 1837, when Mr. Macleod was returned, by a majority of nine teen, as Member for the burghs:— Liberal. Conservative. Inverness 221 ... 192 Forres 55 ... 75 Nairn Fortroce 336 A handbill having been issued by the Conservatives, ex pressing doubts as to Mr. Morrison's sentiments on the Church question, that gentleman issued the following notice to the electors : " Inverness, March 2, 1840. " Gentlemen—That there may be no mistake as to my views with respect to the question of Non-intrusion of Ministers, I beg to state that I am determined to maintain the right of the people to be consulted in the appointment of their Ministers, and that no Minister shall be intruded into any congregation contrary to the will of the people. It will be my earnest endeavour to uphold and defend the Church in the full and free exercise of its spiritual functions, independent of the civil authority.—l remain, Gentlemen, your faithful and obedient Servant, " J. MORRISON." THE MINT. A document has been recently printed by order of the House of Commons relating to the Mint, and giving an account of all the supplies now remaining there, of the sums advanced out of the consolidated fund for purchasing bullion for coinage, of cash received in payment for coin delivered, and of the sums paid into the Exchequer in re payment of advances from January 1 to December 31, 1839. This document shows, that the total assets remain ing in the Mint on the 31st of January, 1839, were 68,859 1 . Is. Bd., of which 25,7421. 6s. 9d. was in uncoined silver bullion, 3,284/. ls. in uncoined copper, 11,5711. 3 3 . in unsold silver coin, 1,3761. 9s. 9d. in unsold cop per coin. The remainder was cash in hand, cash due from the Commissariat, and balances on the Ex chequer and cash accounts. The whole assets arc given as payable into the Exchequer for the use of the consolidated fund. The total amount issued out of that fund for the purchase of bullion in me year 1 839 was 382,1071. 2s. Id. The value of the silver bullion and dollars purchased for the coinage within the same years, at a rate varying from 58id. to 60d. per ounce, is stated at 360,7621. Bs. Bd., which by an addition of 1,8871. 16s. 9d. for " gold contained in silver ingots," is increased to 362,650/. ss. sd. The Mint value for the whole , at 665. per pound tr o y, i s g i ven at 395,067/. 15s• The seignorage is stated at 34,313/. 16s. 2d., from which 8/. 9s. 10d. being deducted for " dumb coin," leaves 34,305/. 6s. 4d., the difference between the purchase and Mint values. The purchase value of copper bullion is 2,435/. 9s. 3d., the Mint vaiue 5,682/. 12s. 9d., and the difference gives a seignorage of 3,247/. 3s. 6d. The loss in exchanging old silver coin sent in for recoinage, or the difference between the nominal and standing value, is 2161. 18s., entirely for worn-out sixpences received from the Bank of England. The coin account, or ac count of " coined monies delivered into the Mint.office," gives 379,1701. for silver, and 5,936/. for copper. The cash account, or account of " cash received for coin," gives 363,6561. 45., cash received for gold contained in silver ingots being 1,887/. 16s. 9d. The repayment into the Exchequer of advances out of the Consolidated Fund gives 330,0001., which with 37,140/. Os. 9d. on account of seignorage, and 1,887/. 16 , 5. 9d. paid for gold in silver ingots, gives a total of 369,0271. 17s. 6d. paid into the Exchequer. The debtor and creditor account of the whole is balanaed by an Exchequer credit of 17,021/. 6s. Silver bullion remains uncoined to the amount of 43,423/. 3s. 9d., copper to the amount of 3,030/. 13s. 9d• The balance remaining to be paid into the Exchequer is 7,954/. 2s. 4d.- 7'inifs. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN THAMES-STREET.--' Between four and five o'clock this morning a destructive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Blysh, Hamilton, and Hughes, extensive wholesale horsehair and feather factors. The premises in which the fire originated were formerly used as a sugar baker's, and were seven stories high. From the in quiries which we made on the spot the fire was first discovered. by some coal-heavers, who gave the alarm. Messengers were despatched to the London Fire Establishment, Watling-street, and in the course of a few minutes two of the engines, with their full complements of men, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, reached the spot, but by this time the whole of the upper portion of the building was one mass of flame. Shortly afterwards, other engines arrived; a plentiful supply of water was obtained, and a dozen engines were seen pouring vast quantities of water on the building, but without success. Finding all efforts were vain in these attempts, Mr. Braidwood ordered the men to use their exertions to save the surrounding houses, which they did, but not before considerable damage was sustained. By seven o'clock the fire was got under, at least all danger was removed. How the fire originated is at present unknown. No accident occurred. Mr. WAKLEY AND THE PRESS.—At I he close of an inquest yesterday Mr. Wakley denied that he had ex excluded any authorised reporter, but that certain persons had misrepresented him, and these he would exclude, unless they discharged their duties with fidelity. The publican who eli cited this declaration from Mr. Wakley then said, " I have seen a report of an inquest held by you at \v apping, in which you are reported to have said that publicans adulterate their beer after they got it from the brewers; that they make three butts out of two. Did you say this, sir ?" Mr. Wakley replied, I made no observation of the sort. The report alluded to is In correct al t ogether." THE MARKETS.---(THis DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of both Grain and Flour are still small. There has been little business done here in any article of the trade since Monday, and prices remain as then reported. The Flour trade remains dull at last qu)tations. Some persons were dis posed to purchase Wheat in bond, in expectation of lower duties. S H FIELD. Trade very heavy, and a decline of 2d. per stone was sub mitted to for the finest Beef and Mutton, Veal stationary, but a slight advance obtained for fine Pork ; the supply was very short. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. Cattle at Market-Beasts, 580-Sheep, 2,730-Pigs, 393-Calves, 125. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, except Lobsters, which were very dear, 2s. to 6s. each ; Turbot, 6s. to 21s. ; C,,cl, 2s. 6d. to 125. ; Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Salmon, 3s. per lb. ; Soles, 6d. to 4s. per pai r; Mackerel, 6d. to is. each ; Had docks, Bd. to is. ; Whitings, 4d. to 10d. ; and Smelts, 30s. per 100. TALLOW MARKET. _ P. Y. C. very quiet, and the nearest price was 51s. per cwt. COLONIAL MARKET. _ Little business doing ; nothing to affect the Market. B.P. Sugar flat, little offering ; 575. for low brown. 61s. for mid., and 68s. for fine. Refined Standard Lumps 793. 6d. to 80s. Two very small parcels of Mauritius and Bengal Sugar, and both damaged, and 15 tierces unclean Demerara Coffee were put up to public sale. Their quotations were no criterion for the Market. A small parcel of Saltpetre fetched 21s. to 255. TEA MARKET. The market very flat, and those who sold accepted rather easier prices. The whole trade have now their eyes turned to the Thomas Cout's. It is said that the great payments due for Tea have all been satisfactorily adjusted. COTTON SALE. In Mincing-lane we had public sales of 2,600 bales of Madras Cotton, 1,070 bales Bengal, and 367 of Surat. There was but a moderate attendance, and but part sold, and that at prices as near as could be estimated about on an average id. per lb. lower. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—The sales of this day amount to '2,500 hales, consisting chiefly of American, without any change in prices. The arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend mails. There are no ship letters. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date, March 5. EXCHANGE OF AMSTERDAM, 31Ancit 3.—Owing to a considerable sale in the Integrales, we have to notice again a fall in them ; the other funds are also heavy. The Actions of the Society of Commerce were in request at the opening of the market, for which were given 178, but in the middle part of the day they again fell to 1771. In Ardoin's Spanish a great deal of activity prevailed, and they were sought after before Change hour at 26 1-16 A, and they maintained the latter price to near the close of the market, when some realiz ing took place, and they fell to 26 1-16. The Report of the War Budget of Belgium has been sub mitted to the Chambeis, which is the most important one since the Revolution, owing to its great amount. The Minister de mands 32,790,000 francs, and most of the sections are against this enormous amount, and they demand a reduction. The central section had several interviews with the Minister, who persists in his first demand. We stated yesterday that it was expected a notice would be sent from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in respect to Ex chequer Bills. Early this morning a notice was sent down from the Treasury to the Stock Exchange, but instead of fund ing he has made a new issue of Exchequer Bills ; from the 16th of March they are to bear interest at 2icl. per day, which is a halfpenny higher than the old Bills, and produces 3/. Bs. sd. per annum. As yet we cannot exactly state the premium which the Bills will bear ; report says from 10s. to 20s. premium. ?NZ PVNPS. Consols, in consequence of the above notice, have improved from the leaving off price of yesterday, 90i * to 91* for Ac count, and Money from 90* i to 901 g. No quotation as yet of Exchequer Bills. Spanish Active, 29* i ; Deferred, 14* a; P ass i ve, 7a i; Portuguese, 34i i ; Three per Cents., 23 1 i ; Columbian, 251 26*; Dutch Two and-a-Half, 53* i ; Five per Cents., 1001 101*. No arrivals from the Westward. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIS. (tank Stock —. India Stock I per Cent. Red. — Ditto Bonds i per Cents. Con.— SC . % i South Sea St oc k —_. 1 , per Cent. — Old Annuities — Dale. Red. -- New Ditto New 314 per Cent...... ........ 95% 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500... 12 16 pm. Jan, 5, 1860 — Ditto Small l2 16 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 - Ditto Commercial dis. Jan. 5, 1860 l.,ii Ditto Advertised ..... 10 16 pm. Jan. 5, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account .. Jan. ' 5.1870 - Consols for Account 91 g 1 N( HELICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds —l Peruvian Bonds — 3elgian Bonds Ditto Account lrazilia n Bonds Ditto Account 3tienos Ayres Bonds Ditto account :;hilian 3ond i r Prussian Bonds Ditto tem. nt —} Russian Bends, 1822 — ?olumt ian Bc rids , Ditto Account — Ditto Icon. nt __ Ditto Columbian 3: - d 5,1824 Spanish Metallic Columbian 29% 1 A Br.'o icco - .3it Danish Bonds Ditto mt.: ,nt — Deferred 1374 14 creek Bonds — French, 5 per cent t. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 4 per cent. —f. -..c. Ditto Account ...... Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. --f. _..c — y4 , Dutch, Ditto 2 A 4c c p o e u r n c t ent. 53 % Ditto Account ......... M, Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Kcapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... vitICES ON SHARES THIS DA 1, A ! 9!%;k; O'CLOCK. _ - ... Paid. Per Share. Great North of England Railway Company 45 39 I; reat Western Railway Company 65 ffi Ditto New London and South Western ... ... 381."i75. 9d. 43 Northern and Eastern Railway Company South Eastern and Dover Railway Company IS 2% lIALF-PAST ONE. - - The following is an extract of the chief part of the pre amble sent down to the Stock Exchange by the Exchequer Bill office this morning. " Exchequer Bill Office, Whitehall-yard, March 6. " The Lord Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have determined that the Exchequer Bills, dated the month of J une , 1839, February and March, 1840, charged; in aids, and supplies now outstanding, or about to be issued, and also the Exche quer Bills carrying out public works and fisheries, shall on and atter the 16th March, 1840, bear interest of 2i per diem." On the above being published at the Stock Exchange in the early part of the morning, it was considered unfavourable to the funded interest; but the financiers looked upon it in a different light, as it established an undeniable confidence. The raising of the Exchequer Bills to 24d. per day is calcu lated at the rate of interest jeer annum 31. Bs. sid., and the difference between Three per Cent. Consols at the present price is Is. 9d. interest less than the former. _ _ In the Consol Market scarce any bw iness of consequence has been done during the morning ; but in the Foreign Market there was a strong disposition to sell Spanish in the early part of the morning, expecting they would have come lower from Paris. A good deal of dallying still continues in the Spanish Market. We still remain in the dark respecting the future operations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to raise the wind, either by funding Exchequer Bills, or by a loan. Money in the early part of the day was rather wanted in the house. Consols have improved since the morning, and may be quoted 91* to for the Account ; Money 90a ; Exchequer Bills (New) 12 to 16 ; Bank Stock shut ; Italia Stock shut ; in India Bonds nothing done. _ _ _ In the Foreign Market Spanish Active reached 29i ; at pre sent 29i; Portuguese 34% ; Three per Cents. 23i ; Brazilian 78. In Spanish Deferred and Passive nothing done. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S CARRIAGE.- On Thursday forenoon, at ten o'clock, an nquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the University College Hospital, on view of thr body of Joseph Fennel, a labourer, late in em ployment at the head station of the London and Birmingham Railway, Euston-square. It appeared from th.: evidence that, on the Ist of February, the deceased was assisting souse other men in turning the carriage of the Duke of Cambridge upon the wheel, for the purpose of putting it upon the railway, when his foot slipped and the carriage rested upon it. He was quickly released, when he was brought to the hospital. On the 14th, inflammation of the joints of the injured leg came on, which formed into abscesses, and which was accompanied by eresspelas. He died of exhaustion from the effect of the abscesses, on Tuesday last. The decea•ed atta•:hed blame to no one in having caused the accident. Verdict—" Accidental Death." The late Duke of Bedford's wines, which were brought to the hammer a few days since, fetched tolerab'y high prices. A quantity of Hock, which had turned sour, how ever, sold for the low rice of 10s. a dozen. It was stated that some of his Grace's old ruin had been in the cellars, at Woburn, nearly a century. ACCOMMODATION PILLS.-011 T.:ukkdav, 1;1 the case of an insolvent who applied for his discharge, the Court deplored that the system hail increased of late. In the former Act a clause prevented a person who dabbled in " accommoda tion bills " from being discharged twice within five years with out the consent of his creditors That clause had, however, been omitted in the new Act, and the evil had increased to a very considerable extent. ANCIENT CONCERTS.—Her Majest y has been phased to signify h er i ntent i on of honourin g the first per formance of ancient music, on Wednesday, the I Ith inst., with her presence. The Duke of Cambridge, director. The singers engaged are Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Birch, Mrs. Fiddes (late Miss H Cawse), Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, W. Harrison, Machin, and Phillips. Sir George Smart, conductor. Viscount Paltneiston will give a grand ball, on Friday, th e 13 t h i nstant , at the family residence on Carlton House-terrace. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst have issued cards for a grand dinner, to-morrow, at their mansion ia George-street. iT IWARRIED. On the 20th ult., at. Naples, James Eni., *e" Pd son of the late J. Alinet, Esq., of liak.wyns, Kent, to o' l4- beth, yolngest daughter of William Iggulden, Esq., of N 2 l' l " . Itir d • On the sth inst., at St. Andrew' s Ch urc h, Holborn-hill , Edward Stephen , on, of Holton New-town, t, Sarah, see° (taught.. r itohort Jone, of tiasinghall.street, City On the sth ins“., at St. Giles's, Camb erwe ll, S urr ey, L. P . Schroder, Esq., of Tavistock-square, London, to Maria Lena , only daughter of the late Hey. John \Verninek, D. 1.), of Cain berwull. HORIZONTAL FLAT WATCHES very small and neat with accurately finished jewelled move ments, are offered in silver cases, four Guineas and a Hail each; gold cases, enamel dial, Eight Guineas; silver dial. Nine Guineas; gold dial, Ten Guineas each. A printed warranty is given with fixed termt , „ln which the Watches will always receive any attention requir d. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. __— On the 26th ult., at Blackheath, the lady of Macgregor Laird, Esq., of a son. On the 29th ult., at 'Weymouth, the wife of the Rev. J. C.- Bodwell, AI. A., of a son. On the 3d inst., at the Forest, Walthamstow, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Dry, of a son. On the 4th inst., in Holies street, Cavendish-square, the lady a Dr. C. J. B. Williams, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, the lady of the Rev. Stewart Forster, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Chester-square, the lady of William Shand, Esq., of a (laughter, still-bore. On the sth inst., the lady of Mr. William flumphery Pilcher, of New Br , ad.streut, of twins. On the sth inst., at North Brixton, 31r. William Fails, 0f a son. DIMIL On the 21st ult., in Guernsey, John Jacob, Esq., aged 75. On the 22d ult., at Lisbon, Anne, third daughter of George Arbutf rot, Esq., of Upper W'impole-street. On the sth inst., at her seat in Kent, the Right Hon . the Lady Wynford, aged 71. - °rli- On the 2d inst., Witham Chap man , E sq., o f Whitby, shire, aged 79. On the 2d inst., Frances Mary Hervey, wife of Lionel Her vey, Esq., Woodside, Winkfield, Windsor. On the 4th inst., at Basingstoke, Mrs. Headeach, aged 72. ....a-m•nesaramm - ww: car" _1=,..57,Ten,...1nerrauv0n.m.....Vrafir.",...-, London: Printed and Published by 111111t00 YUUtit o 1 s , No. 112, Strand, at Th e S un No. 112. county of Aliddle , ex.—Friday, March 6, 1840.