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DIVZIt he of Liv tions witt has renea HER) TH' El kBLE Mr. O'Brie Mrs. Maitl SINGING by Mrs Mr. Al DANCIN( To which will To cone as l'agrag Tickets office, from Eleven to Three Privat at the Them Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half- ance to PAIN TT contal 1 rtriTT.f.. HIS C AND been a( TBEB HN BE , rd Chamberl ue may now of the Lord-st HOWE'. St. Jam Roriury no ork Even ;ach, for his ing to im his being else Caroline . Malta, Ja question much from ti ' 4 THE FRENun A a Jar of last —Times EtUltelf-STRUST Playgoing Pub- of the unjust prosecu- an Establishment that 3 that recently exer ,w, and PETITION by he shall I hibit such Dri ed worthy Lotions, he On a former occa- was favoured 12th insta Comedietta of 'A LS. tRIV Mr. Raymond Mrs. 'Waylett Irs. Raymond Mrs. Waylett war ;vill preside Ir. C. P Pe Blaqmere a Drama, i Mr. Tilbury Marshall t. Minette.. Mrs. Raymond n a new Interlude, entitled lUSAND A-YEAR. Mr. Marshall M rs:kaymond Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box THE EXHIBITION 1E OLD MASTERS tor of the Three Caracci. IS NO !XHIBITION - ROOM TIT or NELSON, o'clock in the Morning Six till Nine o'clock in St ILLINC TLEY, Keeper y be had on iLRY, 3ARB & CAMOMILE ls. lid. and.,2s. 9d. It for Stomach Com- Qick petite, Languor, Dizziness 2, -who since that period Lobby and Pit of the Newspaper and other Playgoing Public are RAYMOND, AND the Evening's laymond, Mrs. Barton, Mr. Bland, ,t the Piano-Forte. and Mr. Mangan. in three acts, called the 1, to be had on application 6d,—Second Price, Half ; no second price to the Perform- y Pictures, which are on Sale, by which will be found three of great rt, viz., CHRIST CARRYING an del Piombo ; ST. JEROME THE DESERT, by Rubens and y of Marshal Soult ; and SAINT BY ANGELS, by Domenichino, Palace of Genoa. To these has Lowness Of Spirits- Church-street M'LEOD paper co; a high A article, aluable journal, you the Blood and Their operation is mild and the Stomach and nily Chemist, Princess- :1 in Liverpool by PIIIESTLEY KING, Soho-street ASPINALL, -road and Everton ,reet ; DRIVER, ry-street; JONES, Berry- RAW, Ormskirk : and all Ind Ross and NIGIITINGAL/ t; and BARCLAY, London. Y RIIU.P.ARB & CAMOMII tains the following London, Feb. 10 of excitement on onment, of Col. .111`Leod Sew York, it may serve, I to know that M`Leod prison long since, as will , watch vas taken from the the 4th of. January. By insert- ill Oblige a sincere 5f the two countries : The Majara Courier of Wed- lot until he enters into me mself, with two , adictur FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE la journal publ M`Leod before Judge d. It resulted in re- zances of reties of 2,500 dollars _...wer to the charge of incerned in the murder committed at at Caroline was burned. The testi- veral witnesses tend ner, while others swore positively to the night of the burning of the [es _a telegraphic despatch, dated . 28, confirmatory of the settlement of the Eastern The despatch, as will be seen, does not differ intelligence already given : 3NSUL TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN iled from Alexandria, having Ali. Soliman . Pasha has ar. vision of 8,000 men. Ibrahim was cre the Nile was despatched to bring " The Turkish fleet has Mehe elivered up b t( approaching Gaz hiM to Aleian, The journals renew the rumours of ministerial changes, but there is not a paragraph of news sufficiently interesting to induce us to extract it to the exclusion of more temporary matter. In the Chamber of Peers on Monday, M. Guizot, in answer to some questions from the Marquis de Dreux Breeze defended the treaty which the French government bad concluded with Buenos Ayres. The Custom Duties Bill is still before the Chamber of Deputies. The I that a g Is and letters of the 31st ultimo state the troops of the garrison was held on y. In the morning, a depu- I had waited on the duke to that day by the Du tation of the Nati )f Viet compliment him on the patriotic sentiments he had expressed ' "---- to the second company of Chasseurs, and to lat he might at all times rely on the co-opera. — onal Guard of Madrid. assure hiu Lion of the The cap the fears of a republican movement appear to have seen increased, IUtCH From a Correspondent.) Inch satisfaction we are enabled to Jones, whose extraordinary barbarity was mentioned in The Times of Sa :hrough the exertions of the worthy in the Staffordshire Potteries, whi pe the pursuit of justice. He was a bench of magistrates, and, after a f the case, — was summarily con- ,ge on the person of hii sentenced to two Months' impri: : before liberation to find sureties The public are much indebted who so ably detailed the nature, f the injuries inflicted on the un- ose influence princi- sh, howeverinade- 16, brig, Commander ye bail Amel ab, bound to Mo.: fitted for ish dollars for the a sent into Table Bay with avir of 150 tons, also es (the remaining 20 taken to have landed - 200 near kg - previous to her capture. —During the late elec- , the (the successful candidate,) called upon Mr. Braham, one of the son of Braham, the singer, ibraham. Mr. Braham owes and is the person Mr. Wilson whose support he was so being at home, Mr. Smythe ho greeted him with various :ed that the honourable candidate ,a " good whipping." This was owed upon him. The candidate aces from the house he met Mr. hi him :—/lfr. Smythe. I have lling upon you, sir, as in duty I esteem the honour, sir: good Smythe. By the N Mr. Bra- by avery vulgar kitchen at impertinence to :nd - then unconsciously) Id do wrong if port—which. as they say; is titers iritena'an f parliament. . We, of course, ns, and' can only speak to the king, however, at the present mounded on every side, and culties and dangers, we should relieve themselves for a ion of a general election, !vowing them, and perhaps • They had better go ,e light and order over which both public and volved.— successful candidate at the Mr. Antrobus, the conser . , are both members of St. ty, and took their degrees so .—Cambridge Chronicle )n Satu t Surry day evening last, a -.seen this town and Gloucester, ..c act of putting a large clinker, weigh- Sine cwt., on the line ; fortunately the train, -r 60 passengers, had just passed about two minutes its usual time, or the consequences might have been . Owing to the darkness of the night, we fear the watchman will not be able to identify the villains.— Cheltes 4ane Examiner. detected dreadful Emprrial TJarliamtitt, MONDAY HOUSE OF LORDS — The LORD CHANCELLOR brought down a message from make provision for Lord Keane and I ;e for his services in India, in Nev le her to t heirs, as a k;AbIiEL, o the detention and intended trial of Mr. M`Leod. as one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Car team-vessel; Lord MELBOURNE said a correspondence had taken place between Mr. Fox and the American minister on the subject, in the course of which Mr. Forsyth, the American minister. said it was a matter pertaining entirely to the state of New York, and in which the federal government could not inter fere. He could not state what course the government would pursue, but the house might rely that British subjects should be protected,' and the honour of the British nation main * tained. Their lordships soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MOI , iDAY. it was issued for the borough of Richmond, York s accepted the shire, in the room of Chiltern Hundreds. Lord STANLEY having, in a most lucid manner, stated tin circumstances which led to the arrest of Mr. M'Leod, in New York, on the charge of being a party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline steam-vessel, proceeded to ask the noble secretary for foreign affairs, whether, as a corres pondence on the subject of the loss of the Caroline had taken place between the government of the United States and that of Great Britain, as far back as 1838, be had any objection to lay that correspondence on the table ; whether he had re ceived any despatches from Mr. Fox, containing the commu nications referred to by Mr. Fox in his letter to Mr. Forsyth, recently published ; and whether any, and if any, what steps had been taken to afford protection to Mr. M'Leod ; and if there was any objection to lay the correspondence upon this subject also on the table of the house? • Lord PALMERSTON said that the noble lord had adverted with great discretion to a subject so delicate in its nature as to require being touched upon, if at all, with great reserve Nt -den— It was not expedient to lay the correspondence on the subject on the table of the house under existing circumstances. Her Majesty's government had received despatches from Mr. Fox within the last few days, enclosing the correspondence which had taken place between that gentleman and Mr. Forsyth ; and as it had been already published in America, he had no objection to lay copies on the table. It was important to state that, according to the information he had received, Mr. M`Leod was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline. With respect to the ground taken by Mr. Forsyth in his letter to Mr. Fox, he would say that the Ame rican government bad already treated the transaction as a matter to be discussed between the two governments. Un der all the circumstances, however, he thought it desirable to avoid discussion on the subject. Lord STANLEY observed that the noble lord had not an swered one question—namely, what steps had beers taken for the liberation of Mr. M`Leod. Lord PALMERSTON replied, that a somewhat similar case in principle occurred about eighteen months or two years back, in reference to which instructions were sent to Mr. Fox. Mr. HUME asked if no reply had been returned to the American government, which had, in 1838, applied to ascer tain if the enterprise was to be considered as undertaken by the sanction of the British government ? Lord PALMERSTON said he was informed that instructions had been sent by the American government to Mr. Steven son not to press for a reply. He added, that the American government, having once admitted that it was a matter of international law, could not now change its ground. Sir R. PEEL asked whether some British officers had not received wounds in the affair of the Caroline, and whether they had not since received pensions as if those wounds had been received in the regular service of her Majesty. Lord J. RUSSELL said one officer was wounded, but he could not say whether he had received a pension. Mr. O'CONNELL said the house ought to come to some determination, that as Mr. M`Leod was acting under a British officer, his life should be saved. They should come to a re solution that they were willing to assist the Government in any steps it might take to save him. In reply to a question from Sir R. Peel, Lord PALMER STON said that the differences between the court of Great Britain and that of Persia had not been adjusted, nor had the relations between the two countries been renewed. Lord STANLEY brought in the Registration:of Voters (Ire land) Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered for se cond reading on Wednesday, the 2lth instant. Lord J. kussALL moved the second reading of the Poor avz Amendment Bill. Mr. D'IsnAELI, in moving that it be read a second time that day six months, condemned the bill as an outrage on the manners of the people of England, and no financial considera tion should be suffered to weigh against such an evil. By the Poor Law Bill the constitution of England had been destroyed for sordid considerations, and they had the melancholy re flection that even those. sordid considerations had not been realised. Mr. WAKLEY said that the object of the first part of this bill was to continue for ten years the power of the commis sioners, and the second part Nras to give them power to do whatever they pleased. The object of the poor law, recog nised by the Parliament of England, was that no distinction should be made in the treatment of the poor on the ground of merit. The noble lord- (Lord 3. Russell) said the object was that no person should be allowed to starve. That was all that the liberals, who supported the noble lord, would do. They would not allow the poor to starve—whip them twice a fortnight—torture them at pleasure—imprison them always —and clothe them, because poor, in a uniform which de grades'them ; and this was what the liberal side of the house was willing to inflict upon the poor. He appealed from them to the great conFryative party in the house, to come forward and the working men of England from the grasp of these political.econornists. He appealed to them, because the aristocracy of ga g land were the natural leaders of the people. He was aware that what he was saying would be dis pleasing to those.who sought for the repeal of the corn laws, in order to : Iwo Mead cheap, though they well knew that wages were always relative. The hon. member proceeded to condemn the Poor Law Bill as a cold-blooded, mercenary act, ferocious and savage in principle, calculated to inflict misery and torture upon the deserving poor of this country, and to stimulate the muscle and bone of England to resist the dderees of Parliament. Mr. G. KNIGHT feared that the hon. member for Finbury would have no reason to congratulate himself on his appeal to the conservative side of the house. For his own part he viewed as senseless clamour all the attacks made on the sys tem of centralisation, and congratulated the noble lord on , introducing the bill to the Mr. was of opinion that the noble lord would never be able to procure respectable gentlemen to carry out such an obnoxious measure as this, unless he materially altered its clauses in , committee. The .powers given by this bill were unconstitutional, but he should reserve his further observa tions upon it until it went into committee. Mr. MuNTz said his great objection to the poor-law was, that it made no distinction between the industrious man and the idle and dissolute beggar. The poor house instead of being a place to relieve the poor, was turned into a bugbear to frighten away the very parties who ought to be the first re lieved. Sir R. PEEL supported the second reading of the bill. There were two grounds of consideration upon which the question must be viewed. The first was whether they should adhere to or abandon this great experiment altogether ; the second, whether they should, or should not have, in the event of the continuance of the law, a central board for the direction of the unions throughout the kingdom. For his own part he had never supported the poor-law amendment bill on the ground of diminution of expenditure, but from the experi ence of evils which were entering into the vitalsof the consti tution, and the remedy.for which, he thought, admitted of no delay. In considering this subject, people were too apt to forget what was the state of things before the passing of the poor-law bill. The right hon. gentleman then adverted to the evidence taken before the committee of 1834 .on the state of the poor, in order to show the state of distress and demo ralisation which prevailed amongst the labouring classes of society, and observed that the hon. member for Finsbury might have addressed his inflammatory speech with equal effect in reference. to those suffering under the altered sys tem. He should be very sorry, after a short experiment of five years, to abandon a great measure like this, and would, therefore, give his vote for the second reading, reserving his right to judge of the policy of the clauses when in committee. He doubted the policy of continuing the power of the com missioners for ten years ; indeed he thought, there would be practical advantage in knowing that, at the end of five years, the subject must be again brought under the consideration of parliament. The right hon. baronet also objected to the clause authorising burying places adjoining the workhouses, and reminded the house that every outrage to the feelings of the poor gave an additional weapon to those who were dis posed to attack the law itself. He was also of opinion that the principle of extended unions was already carried too far, an evil which gave opportunities of abuses- that might not take place were the unions more limited, and consequently more immediately. under the cognisance of the poor-law gaur dians. Lord HOWICK was gratified to find that after all that had been said in the press and at public dinners respecting the poor law amendment bill, yet not one single member of that house had ventured to recommend a return to the old sys tem of administering relief to the poor. The noble lord defended the existing law,.and. contended that it was sound policy- to extend the power of the commissioners for ten years, nor should he object to make it permanent. Mr. DARBY could not look upon the bill as any improve ment whatever. It contained nothing in the shape of ame lioration of the severities of the existing law. He thought if a labour test were applied instead of a workhouse test, they would find it a very great improvement. and much more satisfactory to the people.... Mr. W. ATTI#OOD opposed the second reading of the bill, seeing that nothing in the shape of amelioration in the ex isting law was to be expected, but that it was to be carried out with all the harshness which characterised its provisions. The only alternative, therefore, left to him was to oppose the bill altogether. After a few observations from Mr. RICE and Sir E. FILNIER, Mr. LANGDALE gave notice that in committee he should move a clause to.prevent the paupers from being confined in the workhouse, so as to prevent them from attending their respective places of worship on Sundays. Mr. FIELDEN said he should not only oppose the bill in its present stage, but would take every occasion to obstruct, and, if possible, defeat it in its various stages in passing through the house.... Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply, said in reference to making hard labour a test instead of the workhouse, that it was a matter which could only be judged of .by experience. That was not the time to.discuss. it,. but he would say that, how ever desirable it.might be„ he believed experience was against the efficacy of a. labour test. There. was,. he contended, a great fallacy in speaking of .the present law pressing severely on the poor, for. on the cont rar y it had effected a material change for the better in their condition since the abuses of the old law were done away with. With respect to the sug gestion of the right hon. hart. (Sir R. Peel, for limiting the power of the commissioners to a power of five years, he should be extremely sorry to see it adopted by the house, as while it could confer no. practical benefit, it would tend to weaken the power and authority of the commissioners. On a division.the second reading was carried by a majority 9 .01 to 54. The house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Certain correspondence relative to idolatry in India was, on the motion of the Bishop of LONDON, ordered to be The Queen's message for conferring some signal mark of favour on Lord ICeare was taken into Cons id erat i on, and, after very eulogiStic, speeches from LOrds M ELBOURNE and ELLtxnoßovu, was, agreed to. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY Lord STANLEY, after explaining some circumstances re lating to the conversation which had taken place on the pre ceding evening, as to the arrest of Mr. Macleod, wished to ask if her Majeity's government had taken any, and if any, what, steps for procuring Mr. Macleod's liberation? Lord PALMERSTON said, that a case of nearly a similar nature to the present had been expected to occur one or two _years since. In anticipation of that event, instructions had been sent out to Mr. Fox, and although circumstances ren dered it unnecessary for him to act upon them at that time, he had taken them as equally applicable to this occasion. The last despatches from Mr. Fox had only been received a day or two since, and the final instructions, the nature of which he could not be expected to disclose, had been only that day sent oft. In answer to questions from . Mr. Noma and Mr. DPN . TO be fol COMO*, the noble lord afterwarda stated, that the Governor- General had given his sanction and approval to the destruc tion of the Caroline, and her Majesty's government did con sider it a justifiable proceeding, as it was done in defending the territory from unjustifiable invasion. Mr. FITiILOY KELLY began ,his speech, on moving to bring in a bill for the abolition of capital punishments, by adverting to the fact, that wherever capital punishment had been abrogated, the crime from which it had been withdrawn had diminished in frequency, and that in the instances where the crime had still been committed, the proportion of con victions had been greater. The scope of the measure he now roposed was the same with that which he had introduced ; and which had been def ea t e d on l y i n an advanced stage, and by a small majority. If the bill he now sought to introduce for England should be adopted by the house, he pledged himself to introduce corresponding bills for Scotland and Ireland. He did not undertake to legislate upon the subject of secondary punishment. The expenses and changes which any such legislation must involve, made it fitting that the task should be executed by the government. But if that duty were not taken up by them, or by some member more competent than himself, he would hereafter move certain re solutions, with a view to the establishment of principles for the regulation of the subject. If the government had them selves brought forward a measure, which they were under stood to contemplate, for the abolition of capital punishment, he would not have moved his own bill. At present he should propose to proceed to the second reading; but he would not attempt to go into committee till the ministerial measure should be on the table, unless it were long delayed; and if it should be co-extensive with his own, be would proceed no last year further Mr. ENVART seconded the motion. Lord JoUN RUSSELL was favourable to the abolition of the punishment of death in certain cases, and would therefore make no opposition to the introduction of the hill ; but in the declared object of extending that abolition to all cases he could not concur. Leave was then given to introduce the bill. Mr. EWART wished to represent to the house the injustice of the distinctive duties now pressing on the agricultural pro duce of the East Indies, on their manufacturing produce, and on their inter-colonial trade. Mr. F. MAULE moved to bring in a bill on the subject of county courts. He noticed the evil of separate acts for the recovery of small debts in separate districts, leading to differ ent practices in different places. His first proposal would be to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts to a larger sum than at present; he would suggest £3O. He would make them ambulatory within their own districts. He would have a judge for each, to be appointed by the Government at a fixed salary. He would abolish all written pleadings, and make a summons the only process. On any amount under £5 the judge might decide without a jury ; on a larger amount a jury might be demandable by l either party. The parties themselves should be ex am i na bl e , and no witness should be incompetent on the score of interest. He would give to the court a jurisdiction also in the recovery of small tenements.' The patronage of the Government under snch a system would doubtless be cnsiderable ; but in fact it existed already, for the Chancellor 't,t, present appointed the judge under every one of the local ac!s. It was not in contemplation to take away the jurisdiction of Hundred Courts or Courts of Re quests; though he certainly did believe that the County Courts would soon withdraw - their business from them. The judge was not to practise at the bar ; and his salary was to be at first £BOO, and to increase, as business should increase, until it reached a maximum of £1`,500. An analogous mea sure had been introduced into Scotland with the best effect. Mr. O'CoNNELL considered the chief defect of the bill to be, that it did not combine the criminal with the civil juris diction. It constituted a paralytic judge, alive on the civil side, but dead on the criminal. The courts of the present magistrates were certainly not the courts of the poor man. He should be very sorry to see any of the patronage given to judges, except the Chancellor, who was a responsible mi nister of the crown. I t would destroy the political indepen dence of the junior bar to put their promotion in the hands of the Lord Chief Justice. Mr. CRESSWELL apprehended great dissatisfaction to suitors if they were forced into a court from which there would be no appeal ; and great expense to them if appeals were allowed, into which they could be inveigled by low practicioners. He vindicated the bar from the imputation that they would be corrupted by patronage in the hands of the judges. The judges had now for some years the appoint ment of the revising barristers ; but no decline of indepen dence had followed. Mr. Fox MAULE deemed it best to abstain for the present from giving compulsory jurisdicti on f or a hi g h er amount than £2O. The county courts had already, and would still possess. power to decide upon larger amodnts, where both the parties consented. Leave having been given for this bill, Mr. Fox MAULS moved the introduction of another connected with it, and enabling the Chancellor to direct the reference to county courts of that business in bankruptcy which, in the country, is now devolved upon local commissioners. The same sort of reference might be made in country cases of insolvency. And the county court might also with advantage take the busirless of lunacy in the country. The number of judges to be proposed in the former bill, which would probably be about 25, might be expected to suffice for the whole business committed to them by both bills ; but, lest they should be unable to transact it at all, he had inserted in this second bill a power to the Chancellor of increasing their number. — Leave was given to bring in the bill. On the motion of Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, the house went into committee on the laws affecting the copyright of designs ; and he then proposed an extension of the term of three months, the present limit of protection, to a term of twelve months. After some discussion, the chairman was instructed to move the house for leave to bring in a bill in accordance with Mr. E. Tennent's propoSal, which was done, and leave granted. Mr. DIVETT asked leave to bring in a bill for allowing Jews to make the declaration contained in the acts of 1 and 2 Victoria, chap. 5 and 15, on admission to corporate offices. He thought it but just to put the Jews on the same footing with the Quakers and the Moravians. Sir ROBERT INGLIS resisted this motion. He believed there was only one individual whom such a bill would bene fit—namely, Mr. David Salomans, who had petitioned the house upon the subject. His own objection was, that this concession would be used as an argument for ulterior mea sures. The Jews were not to be considered as a peculiar sect, but as a separate nation ; and they had, therefore, no claim to municipal or political franchises in England. Mr. W ARBURTON said, that Sir Robert. Inglis, if he treated them as aliens, ought to bring in a bill for excluding them from property in land. No evil was stated which their admission would involve. Gentlemen had complained last year of Mehemet Ali for his alleged persecution of the Jews, but really their own civil persecution of that people was just as bad. Mr. GLADSTONE said Mr. Warburton had illustrated Sir R. Inglis's objection, in arguing that because Jews are per mitted to enjoy the privilege of holding land, therefore Jews must be admitted to ulterior privileges. He would not, however, resist the introduction of the bill. Mr. DIVETT said a few words in reply, and leave was given to introduce the bill.—Adjourned. JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET, MONDAY EVENING.—In the English stock—market prices have fluctuated, but compared with those of Saturday, there is little difference in the final quotations. Consols for money opened 884 to 4, and closed at that price. For the account the price was 884, sellers, then buyers reached 89, and left off 81* buyers. Exchequer-bills were better, ss. to 7s. pre . - mium. Bank stock was last marked 163 to 164, and India stock 245 t(1 247 ; 3 per cent. r e d uce d, 89* ; 31 per cent. reduced, 981. long annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 13 ; ditto 30 years (expiring January 5, 1860), 124 ; and new 31 per cents., 97*. Very few bargains were made in the foreign securities, but they closed, if anything, a trifle firmer. Spanish actives were finally quoted 24 ; Portuguese 5 per cents., 31/ to 32 ; ditto 3 per cents., 19/ to 20 ; Dutch 21 per cents., 49k to 50*; ditto 5 per cents., 98+ to 9+; Mexican, 271 t o 28 ; Co lombian, 22/ to 23 ; razilian, 72 to 1; and Belgian, 98 to 99. TUESDAY EVENING.—A good deal of business was trans acted to-day in the government securities, and under the pressure of sales, which created a demand f or money , to wards the close f business prices gave way nearly a quarter per cent. Several reasons are assigned for this decline, but the more solid ones appear to be distrust respecting the result of the pending negotiations between our government and the United States, and the expected introduction of the new French loan into the Paris market. Consols for the account opened at 884, declined to 4, rallied toe, but were lastly quoted 884 to 1. Consols for money, after having been 881-, closed Of to I. The reduced securities were similarly affected, Three per Cents. Reduced leaving off 884, 31 per Cents. Reduced 971, and New 34 per Cents, 97 ; Bank Stock closed 163 to 164 ; India Stock, 2454 to 2464 ; Exchequer-bills, 5s to 7s premium ; Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 13, and ditto, 30 years (expiring October 10, 1859), 124. The foreign stocks were not much dealt in, but the ten dency of prices in the English market produced a decline. Spanish Actives closed 234 t o 4- ; Mexican, 274 to 28 ; Co lombian, 224 to 23 ' - Dutch 24 per Cents, 494 t o 50 ; ditt o 5 per Cents, 981 to Portuguese 5 per Cents, 311 to 32 ; ditto 3 per Cents, 194 to 20 ; and Brazilian, 72 to I. Bue nos Ayres Bonds are quoted 22 to 23. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The private bankers continue to manifest every possible hostility towards the joint-stock banks, so that any reconciliation or amicable arrangement be tween the parties seems to be past all reasonable hope. There could be no benefit, therefore, in giving further instances of this feeling. unless some point of law, or matter in which the public generally can acquire an interest, happened to he mixed up with them. A check for 1.4,000, drawn by a Stock Ex change firm upon a private banking house, was presented yesterday for payment by a joint-stock bank, which was re fused, and the answer written on the check was, " Orders to pay through the clearing only." Inquiry was subsequently nAde whether thd check would be paid after five o'clock, when the business of the clearing house would be over, to which the reply was, that it would not be paid till the next morning. The check, it appears, has been presented this morning and duly paid, but the question which arises upon the affair is, supposing the private bank to have failed in the mean time, upon whom would the loss have fallen—upon the drawer of the check, or the party to whom it was given ? This might involve a very curious point of law. Some of the letters from Paris hint at the probable renewal of those disagreements which have existed between the French and English governments; and it has had a further effect upon the value of the funded securities. Consols have declined about 4 per cent., having opened at 884, and closing at 88 to I, the last money price was 87+ to 88 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced closed at 88+ ; 31 pet Cents. Reduced, 974; New 34 per Cents., 96+ ; Long Annuities ( ex pi r i ng J anuary 5, 1860), 12 15-16 ; ditto 30 years (expiring January 5, 1860), 12i ; Bank Stock left off 163 to 164; India Stock, 245 to 247 ; and Ex chequer-bills; 55. to 7s. premium. HORRID DEATH. — During the late snow storm a man named Roddy Divver, went to the village of Cresslough, in the county of Donegal, and remained drinking in a public ' house till he became intoxicated to such a degree, that when about to return home, the people of the house, fearing he might fall on the frost, and be injured, as the road that night was very slippery, made a bed for him beside the kitchen fire, on which they placed him when retiring to their respec tive places' of rest. On arising in the morning, an awful spectacle was presented to their view, the unfortunate man was literally burned to a cinder, his body being so mutilated from the effects of the fire, that it could not be removed till it was placed in a coffin. — Londonderry Sentinel. THE TUDOR COTTAGE AFFAIR,—As soon as the letter of Mr. Lethbridge, in reply to the Rev. Mr. Bernard, had been published in Wiveliscombe, a meeting of the neighbours and acquaintances of the latter gentleman was called, which took place at Wiveliscombe on Thursday last, and although the notice was a very short one, it was very numerously at tended. From the speeches of the different movers and se conders of them, as well as from the enthusiastic manner in which the character of Mr, Bernard, as a clergyman, a ma gistrate,* a neighbour, and a friend of the poor, on all occa sions was spoken of and received, there can be but one opinion as to the foulness of the scandal which Mr. Leth bridge has attempted to heap upo n hi m. At th i s meeting, composed of all parties on politics, whilst there was a gene ral abhorrence expressed of the sentiments imputed to Mr. Bernard by Mr. Lethbridge, there was also the most marked conviction declared that a gentleman, who has throughout a long period of time acquitted himself towards all classes as to acquire their most cordial esteem and regard, must be in capable of holding sentiments in any way approaching to those stated by Mr. Lethbridge.—[* Mr. Bernard has been an acting - magistrate for this division of the .county for up wards of 24 years.] ROYAL CHRISTENNCI The Princess Royal was yesterday admitted a member of the Christian church, and though perhaps some disappoint ment may have been felt that a ceremony so interesting and important should not have been solemnised in a more public manner, yet, as it was decided to have it performed within the precincts of Buckingham Palace, nothing was left undone that could at all contribute to its splendour or effect. The ceremony was in every respect what in court parlance is called state, that is to say, all the splendour and resources of the royal household were put in requisition, and the same forms and etiquette were observed as when the Queen per forms any public act as sovereign. The christening took place in the throne-room, the throne being removed, and an altar erected in its stead, covered with crimson velvet, having the sacred insignia of the Christian faith embroidered in gold. On it were placed the massive silver gilt communion service of the Chapel Royal, lighted with gold candelabra. The railing enclosing the altar was covered with crimson velvet, trimmed with gold lace, and in front, and spread over the richly and costly carpet of the room, was a large square of crimson velvet, beautifully embroidered in the centre and at the four corners in gold, and trimmed all round with gold lace. On this was the font, and round it were assembled the Queen, Prinee Albert, the sponsors, and the officiating prelates and clergymen. In front of the altar stood the Archbishop of Canterbury, having on one side the Arch bishop of York, and on the other the Bishop of London ; the Bishop of Norwich and the Dean of Carlisle being a little behind. The Queen and Prince Albert took their stations on the left of the Archbishop. The sponsors were the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Kent, the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, who appeared by proxy, the proxy being the Duke of Wellington. The Queen Dowager, the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess of Gloucester, were seated in front of the Archbishop, and facing the altar ; the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Wellington being opposite to the Queen and Prince Albert, and thus the whole group formed a square, of which the font was the centre. The Duke of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, stood behind the Queen Dowager, and the rest of the guests were ranged around. The Queen was dressed in white, and looked cheerful and in excellent health. Her Majesty wore a deep and splendid tiara of diamonds, of which the Maltese cross and the fieur tie lis were the prin c ip a l ornaments, l arge diamond earrings, and a diamond stomacher, and the riband and star of the Order of the Garter. Prince Albert wore a Field Marshal's uniform, with the collar and star of the Or der of the Garter; as did the Duke of Wellington, and also his Waterloo Medal. The Duke of Sussex appeared in the uniform of Captain-General of the Hon. Artillery Company, and wore the insignia of the Order of the Garter. ,The Duke of Cambridge wore the uniform of Field Marshal, and the Order of the Garter. Prince George wore the uniform 'of his regiment, with the Order of the Garter. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Glocester, and the Duchess of Kent wore white satin and diamonds. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, who has suffered lately from the severity of the weather, enveloped herself in a magnificent mantle of ermine. The appearance of the Duke of Wellington excited the greatest interest in the illustrious circle, his Grace ap peared to have recovered completely from his late indisposi tion, and looked tolerably well ; but it is useless to conceal, that, age and infirmity have made fearful inroads upon his constitution. Surely the compliment of selecting his Grace from among all the subjects of Great Britain, to be the repre sentative of Prince Albert's father on this occasion, could not have been better bestowed, or better deserved, and so every one of the illustrious guests seemed to think.;-even the band of the Coldstreams seemed influenced by the general feeling, for though in the middle of the performance of some other piece of music on the Duke's arrival at the Palace, they im mediately left off, and saluted him with " See, the conquer ing hero comes," until he had fairly entered the state apart ments. The saloon, the most magnificent of the state apartments, was prepared with great splendour for the christening. Au altar had been erected within the throne alcove, the front and sides hung with crimson velvet very richly and elegantly or namented with broad gold lace. The back of the altar was fitted in the same splendid style, having the initials I.H.S. in the centre, embroidered in gold, and enriched with deep rays. The back was finished with a curved gilt bower, forming an elliptic arch at the top. The gold communion plate, from the Chapel Royal, St. James's, was arranged on the altar, a large gold salver being placed in the middle, containing a fine representation, in alto relievo, "The Last Supper." The font, which was made expressly for the occasion, showed a great deal of elegant fancy in the design, and the most consummate skill in the execution. First, there was a triangular plinth, on the sides of which were the arms of the 'Queen, Prince Albert, and the infant Princess, embossed, Ihe"latter borne on a lo zenge , an d surmou nt e d b y a coronet. 'Orl'the - plinth were three cherubs, who united in supporting a large water lily, which contained the water. The whole of this was of silver gilt, and had a very beautiful effect. It was placed on a marble table, on which were the Royal arms of England , in Mosaic. The water in the font, and wherewith the Royal child was christened, came from the River Jordan, having been sent to her Majesty as a present for this especial purpose. _ . The font was placed on a handsome circular table of mar ble, having the Royal arms executed in Mosaic at the top. The table itself stood on a small raised platform placed on a large carpet of crimson velvet extending to the seats reserved for the illustrious sponsors and visitors. The sarpet was em broidered with gold at the angles, and had also a deep gold border. Candelabra on gilt pedestals were on either side of the altar, and within the alcove were two cut glass chande liers ; another chandelier of the largest size was hung in the middle of the room, and candelabra on pedestals richly carved and gilt lined the sides of the apartment. The seats for the company were of crimson satin damask and gold. Everything was in readiness, and waited only the appeal'. ance of the Queen Dowager, who arrived at 20 minutes to 7 o'clock. The sacred rite then commenced, the archbishop . receiving the infant princess from the hands of the nurse, and held her during the whole of the ceremony. Whether the ample and flowing robes of the archbishop deceived the child, or whether the kind tenderness of manner of the ex cellent prelate prevented the infant from discovering any difference, certain it is, that her royal highness reposed in the arms of the spiritual head of the church with as much con tentment as though she ,had been in the arms of her own nurse. At the appointed place the Queen Dowager named the royal child—" Victoria, Adelaide, Mary, Louisa," and she received the baptismal sign, _atid_what is more, the ca resses of her illustrious godfathers and godmothers, without even a whimper. Her royal highness was then handed over to the care of her nurse, and retired to her own apartments. The ceremony being concluded, the illustrious and noble assembly proceeded to the banquet, which was laid out in the Picture Gallery. The King of the Belgians led in the Queen, Prince Albert the Queen Dowager the Duke of Sussex the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge th e D uc h ess of Kent, and Prince George of Cambridge the Duchess of Sutherland. The number of guests who sat down to dinner were 71, and, with the exception of a few of the Foreign Ministers, consisted only of the Prelates who performed the ceremony, the Cabinet Ministers, the Great Officers of State, the Here ditary Great Officers of State, the Officers of Her Majesty's Household, the Commanding Officers of the Regiment of Household Cavalry on duty, the Queen's Suite, the Queen Dowager's Suite, Prince Albert's Suite, and the attendants on the Royal personages present at the ceremony. The only exceptions to this list were the Duke of Wellington and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar ; the one, however, was a proxy of a sponsor, and the other nephew to the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty took her seat in the middle of the table, and the only difference in her seat from any of the others was a low ottoman for the feet. There can scarce be a greater contrast than the state ban quets given in the Picture-gallery at Buckingham Palace and those that were given by George IV. and William IV. in the Banqueting-room in St. James's, considering that the same materials are employed ; for though it must be con fessed from the vastness and grandeur of proportion of the banqueting-room, a certain degree of magnificence was ob tained, yet from its peculiar and beautiful roof, the style of its decoration, and, more than all, the pictorial treasures that adorn its walls, there is a degree of elegance about the Pic ture-gallery, when fitted up for a state banquet, that renders it one of the most beautiful sights that can well be witnessed. On this occasion, the table was magnificently ornamented with silver gilt plate, consisting of a plateau, with epergnes, cande labra, wine-coolers of the most exquisite designs and finished workmanship, and of great variety. Many of them were the de signs of Flaxman, and the artificers in the precious metals have succeeded admirably in many instances, in transferring all the grace and beauty of the model o f th e sculptor into their own more durable but intractable material. Some of the wine-coolers were small copies of the Warwick vase, others of Greek vases, having on them most beautifully executed bas-reliefs. Here might he seen a beautiful and graceful group of bacchanals dancing round a palm tree ; there a group of sturdy tritons labouring at the oar ; then a Venus floating a shell ; then a subject from the Greek mythology ; and in all these the beauty of the design, and the skill of the workmanship, are such, that the costliness of the material is quite lost sight of. The table was lighted with 28 candelabra, holding from four to six wax lights each, At each end of the gallery an artificial screen was Lrected to shorten its length, and on each of these were displayed, on a back ground of crimson cloth, some of the choicest specimens of the royal treasury—vases, censers, shields, salvers, cups, chalices, of every size and of every description from the squat massive tankard of days of yore, when the sovereign might have re freshed himself on a hunting morning with a large draught of a homely beverage, to some of the most elegant and grace ful cups of the purest crystal, in the most elaborate setting of gold fillagree, and flashing, too, with diamonds and other precious stones with whi c h they were studded. Of cups, vases, and tankards, ornamented with precious stones, there were a great number. Some with amethysts, some with tur qoises, and diamonds, and sapphires, chrysophrai, and emeralds; and some had small enamelled paintings let into them of sacred subjects, having evidently been formerly em ployed in the services of the Church of Rome. The screens on which these were displayed were lighted each with 22 can delabra., holdin,, ,, from four to six wax li g ht s eac h ; an d w h en to these are added three large chandeliers blazing away from the roof, some idea may be formed of the brilliant appearance of this apartment. The service which the guests used at the banquet was of silver, the ornamental pieces only being silver gilt. In the middle of this table, and immediately before the Queen, was the christening cake, of the most enormous di mensions ; round it was a wreath of flowers ; on the top of it a rock, surmounting which Neptune, driving his hippo campi, and in the car a figure of Britannia, holding in her arms the Infant Princess Royal, the whole being executed in sugar, and being a very fair specimen of the confectioner's skill. Immediately after the dinner, " Health and Happiness" was drunk to the young Princess, and duly honoured. In the evening there was a concert in the Grand Saloon by her Majesty's private band. The rejoicings in Liverpool on this most interesting occa sion were very partial—the bells of the town rang mer r il y , an d colours were hoisted o n th e diff e rent public buildings, but no illumination took place. Cannons were fired at the work house ; and, though a few individuals seemed anxious to make a general festivity, their feelings were not largely par ticipated in, at least not to any practical result. The Town hall of Birkenhead was illuminated with gas. COMMERCIAL P OSITION Qv AUSTRALIA.—Th e . difficulties which the failure of one or two rather large deal ers occasioned in our community, turn out, as we said they would, to be excessively over-rated, and to have produced no general or material e ff ect upon the progress of the co l ony, or upon the legitimate o p erat i ons of the settlers. Th e monetary affairs of the provi nce are rap idly improving, a n d i n d eed we doubt that they have ever been in a sounder or healthier state than at the present moment. We h'ave the best authority for stating, that in the banking establishments of Adelaide, the number of past due bills is considerably under the average, that the discounts are on a larger scale than heretofore, that the circulation is increasing, and the stock of bullion larger than it has been since the establishment of the colony. There remains but one serious drawback to the commercial inte rests of the community, and that, we are glad to believe, will soon be remedied —namely, a bankrupt and insolvent law. There has already been great and unnecessary delay in a mat ters of such essential importance to commercial confidence and security—arising, we are inclined to believe, far less from a due sense of the importance and urgency of the subject, than from a desire to legislate upon it circumspectly and be ficially. But time passes, and nothing is done : while the fair trader and the honest man suffers, the rogue cheats his creditors and makes his harvest with impunity. Surely it would be better at once to transplant the English law on the subject than to wait longer for a modification of it precisely adapted to the circumstances of the colony. We intreat his excellency's attention to the matter forthwith. —Bombay Time:. BOROUGH OP ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION The election for a representative in parliament for this borough, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Grimstone, who has accepted the Children Hundreds, took place of Monday last. Shortly•before 8 o'clock, Mr. B. • B. Cabbell, the conservative candidate, and a large party of his friends, joined the mayor on the hustings ; and they were followed soon after by the Earl of Listowel, a radical and a lord of the bedchamber. On reaching the hustings, Lord Grimstone handed to the mayor a requisition to put the bribery oath to all the electors. At a quarter past ten o'clock an incident occurred in the progress of the poll unexampled, we believe, in the history of election proceedings. In order to make the transactions and the colloquy'which ensued upon it understood by the reader, it is necessary to state that the Dr. Webster referred to is not a physician, but a surgeon and apothecary in the town, was one of the deputation to the Reform Club, and not only brought down Lord Listowel as a candidate, but proposed him yesterday on the hustings. An =elector of the name of Robert Adams (an old freeman), presented himself at one of the polling booths, and on the book being tendered to him to take the bribery oath, handed up to the mayor a small paper parcel. The mayor inquired what the parcel was; Adams replied that it contained two £5 notes and two sovereigns. Upon this the mayor broke open the parcel, and found its contents to be as stated by Adams. The two notes were of the bank of Mr. Muskett, the whig member for the borough. The Mayor (to Adams).—Where did you get them from? Adams.—Dr. Webster gave them me. The Mayor.—Which Dr. Webster? Adanis.—The old man (pointing out Mr. Webster, who was standing in the crowd.) He gave them to me to make me vote for Lord Listowel. This conversation took place in the booth, and at its ter mination the bribery oath was administered to Adams, and he polled for Mr. Cabbell. The mayor then came forward to the front of the hustings, and said to the electors assembled below that an extraordi nary fact had just come to his knowledge, and to that of those more immediately near him, which, as it was a public fact, he felt bound to make it fully known :—A freeman of the name of Robert Adams had just handed him two £5 notes and two sovereigns, and had declared he had received them from Dr. Webster to induce him to vote for Lord Li3towel. (Great sensation.) He (the mayor) felt it his duty to state the fact, in order that the electors might deal with it as they (Groans and hisses.) Though Dr. Webster and Lord Listowell heard the state ment thus publicly made, neither the noble candidate, Dr. Webster, or any other of his supporters offered the slightest denial of the fact, nor even attempted any exphination of the circumstance. They all, however, exhibited considerable chagrin at the (to them) unpleasant discovery. The mayor finally closed the poll precisely at four o'clock, and after an absence of upwards of half an hour, he announ ced the numbers to be— For the Earl of Listowel For Mr. B. B. Cabbell • Majority 47 and declared the election to have fallen upon the right hon. the Earl of Listowel. The announcement was receieed with mingled cheers and hisses. It appears from the speech of Mr. Cabbell, that the most unwarrantable means have been made use of to gain the elec tion for the whig radical candidate, and we are glad to per ceive that a petition will be presented against the return of the Earl of Listowel, with every prospect of success. The following are extracts from Mr. Cabbell's speech : " Having had an intercourse with the greater part of the constituency at no very great distance of time, when he can vassed the borough on Thursday last, he had met with the most unexampled success. (Hear, hear.) The same result had attended him on Friday; but on Saturday he discovered in his course symptoms which evidenced that an undue in fluence had been used, to divert from their pure channels the wishes and the intentions of the majority of the constituency of this borough. (Cries of No, no !' followed by loud cheers from the Blues.) He repeated, that he congratulated those who heard him upon the result of this day. It was one of the greatest moral victories achieved for many years. (Great applause.) The events of to-day would transmit this bo rough to immortal and everlasting fame, because it had shown that it contained within its limits 205 honourable and inde pendent men, who had resisted treasury gold (cheers and clamour), brought down there to an unlimited extent. (Great confusion and cheers.) He knew not whether it was to be called whig gold, or chartist gold, or radical gold ; still it was gold that came from Downing-street. (Loud cheers, follow ed by hisses from the Reds.) Let those who heard him be assured that the events of to-day would not end here, for he should feel it his duty to take that course which he was ad vised under the unexpected results which had attended him. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Cabbell) had no hesitation in saying that very shortly he should have an opportunity of appear ing before the constituency of St. Alban's as their represen tative." (Cheers.) It is worthy of remark, that during the day the town was graced by the presence of the Hon. Mr. Cowper, one of the royal household, and nephew of Lord Melbourne ; Mr. Ro bert Stewart, late a lord of the treasury ; and Mr. Ward, M.P. for Sheffield. Mr. Coppock, of Ludlow notoriety, was associated with these gentlemen, and how far the'statements contained in the speech of Mr. Cabbell, and the incident connected with Robert Adams, are referable to their pre sence, it is not our duty, but that of the public, to surmise. On the best authority, We learnt that upwards of £6OOO had last night been expended in support of the ministerial candi date, who was " declared to win" at any price, and even £5O was offered to the mayor's bailiff for his vote. The defeated party not only have good evidence of numerous other cases of bribery against their opponents, but are actually in posses sion of the identical notes paid. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT SHADWELL STATE OF THE RIVER. (From the Times of Wednesday.) Yesterday morning, in consequence of the high tide and the immense quantity of ice which floated up the river, serious damage was done to the wharfs and craft at Shadwell, and a great destruction of property took place. It appears that the ice had accumulated for three days previous, and the pressure was so great on the craft and boats moored close to the wharfs, that a great many broke adrift and were carried up the stream, and are still floating about. At low water on Monday night the wharfingers, coal-merchants, ship-chandlers, and others made fast-their barges, lighters, and craft alongside their pre mises, and they were secured to posts. When the tide ebbed out the shore was covered with icebergs and piled irregularly on each other, elevated a considerable height. The flowing tide at an early hour yesterday mornin g f orce d up vast fi e ld s of ice, which covered the whole surface of the river, and the tiers moored off Ratcliff and Shadwell, unable to bear the pressure, were driven from their moorings, the cables and anchors were broken, and the vessels taken up the stream or forced on the opposite shore. An indescribable scene of confusion and alarm took place, and the colliers sustained great damage. Several tiers brought up on the opposite shore with loss of anchors, cables, and bowsprits, and others met with greater injury by coming in collision with each other. Three ships loaden with coals were overwhelmed by the ice, and sunk near Globe-stairs, and it is feared will become total wrecks. Two other 'colliers are aground near the same place, and masses of ice and icebergs are piled up on each side of them. The most extensive damage caused by the ice was at Lower Shadwell, where a scene of wreck and devastation, unequalled during the period of the most intense frosts of 1813-4 and -1829-30, took place. The barges, punts, and boats made fast here were unable to resist the pressure of the tide and the ice, and the platforms, and wharfs were carried away, while the coal-barges, long boats, and other craft were forced upon each other, and crushed or stove in. Charring ton's coal-wharf has suffered extensively, several coal-barges were broken to pieces, others sunk and stove, and the wharf forced in. The piles supporting the platform were crushed, the front of the counting-house torn away, and the wharf da maged to a serious extent. To the east and west of Messrs. Charrington's premises great mischief has been done. Large masses of ice and icebergs were piled one upon another, and broken barges, punts, and ships' boats were interspersed in all directions, while the facings of the wharfs were forced in, the platforms overhanging the river knocked to pieces, and walls and counting-houses crushed by the ice and the barges being driven against them. One of Charrington's barges was made fast to an anchor of eight hundred pounds weight in the five foot-way or passage of Mr. Forster's premises, and ice dragged the barge away, sunk it, and pulled down the gates and a great portion of the brick wall of the pre mises. The east end of Mr. Lumley's wharf was torn quite away. Hutchinson's and Mr. Benson's wharfs shared a similar fate, and the post and timbers supporting the plat forms on the river fronts of their premises were shivered. One of Mr. Kent's barges, laden with thirty-five tons of coals, had her bottom forced out, and only ten tons of coals were recovered. A barge called the Mary Ann, belonging to Mr. Rundall, an assistant of the Watermen's Company, was forced against a large square pile which supported a portion of Lumley's wharf, the barge was cut in two, and in the af ternoon of yesterday, when the tide again rose, was in a slaking state, without any possibility of its ever being reco vered. Mr. Woolfe, whose premises are close to Shadwell dock stairs, is a great sufferer. Nine boats, belonging to various ships, intrusted to him to repair, were carried away in the ice, an d are l os t. John Fenwick, a poor man, lost two longboats, almost his sole fortune. Such a scene of de vastation was never before witnessed on the river, Messrs. Cloves, coal merchants, at Ratcliffe, have sustained great losses. On Sunday twenty-one of their craft, coal laden, broke loose, and were carried by the ice up, the river. Some of them were recovered, but at a great expense to the owners, and were again moored. Yesterday they were again cast away by the ice, and several destroyed. The others are likely to drift up and down the river till a thaw takes place. The damage incurred by Messrs. Cloves amounts at least to the sum of £4OO. Among other sufferers by the severity of the weather, is Mr. Charles Farrier, of Wapping. On Mon day he had just done discharging chain cables at Her Ma jesty's dock-yard at Woolwich, when the two anchors of his barge, the Thomas and Charles, gave way, and she broke loose from her moorings, and was driven as far as Charlton in the ice, where Farrier employed several watermen to haul her ashore, which they succeeded in doing, but not until the barge had sustained great damage. About the same time several light barges were sunk by the swell of the ice at Woolwich. A barge, the property of Mr. Alexander Hinds, laden with forty-nine tons of coals, consigned to Hodgson and Abbott's ale brewery, at Bow, grounded upon a mass of ice yesterday morning, opposite the Sun b rewery , (b e l ong i ng to the same fi rm ,) at apping, and was at least fifteen feet from the ground. It was expected that she would sink when the tide rose, but, a number of men having been employed, she was hauled in close alongside the brewery. Two barge loads of Hodgson and Abbott's pale ale, destined for an Ecst Indiaman at Blackwell, were taken out and transferred to waggons, which convey e d th e a l e to the ship in the West India Dock, at an expense to Mr. Hodgson and Abbott of £l5. TIIP barge containing the ale had been ice bound for the last four days. Yesterday evening the ice had accumulated in the lower pool to such an extent that, for the first time since the me morable winter of 1813-14, persons began to pass over the ice with the assistance of hurdles from the north to the south shore • and the river in the ne i g hb our h oo d of Shadwell was covered from side to side, the ice in many places appearing six and seven feet above the surface of the river. There was a drift way from the ice above St. Katharine's-wharf, but the tiers on both sides of the river were locked in off the Custom house and Tower, the field of ice extending one third across the steamers, and people were proceeding to and from the ships without much difficulty. There was a continuous field of ice extending from London-bridge to Rotherhithe Church, nearly half way across the river ; below that, at high water, it was a:complete block. The business in the river was nearly at a stand still, and the few barges afloat were those which had been cast adrift by the pressure of the fields of ice, and were doomed to be carried up and down the stream until the arrival of fair . weather. The Albion steamer from Ipswich landed her passengers at Blackwell on Monday night, and came up the river next morning with the tide to the surprise of every one, and incurring manifold danger. The Royal Victoria steam ship for Leith left St. Katharine's yesterday at two o'clock, with a schooner in tow, bound for the same place. She got as far as Execution-dock, Wapping, when she was brought to a dead stand by the ice floating upwards, and the warps made fast to the schooner gave way, and the vessel was carried back again. The Victoria had no sooner got rid of her charge than she ran into a lighter navigated by four men, who were drifting up. The men in their alarm jumped into a boat, and were carried up amidst the masses of ice, while the Royal Victoria went on, and we understand cut through the ice, and was heard of at Woolwich at five o'clock pursuing her voyage. esuirans Three labouring men have been found near Dumfries Who were frozen to death during the late severe storm. The poor fellows were discovered together in a - sitting position by the road side. • TITEATRE.P.OVAL LIVERPOOL MR. CLARKE Most respectfully announces that having become sole Lessee of this Establishment, the SEASON will commence under his Management, on MONDAY next, the 15th instant, and that the celebrated MR. VAN AMBURGH, whose performances excited such an intense interest for One Hundred and Twenty-five successive Nights, at the Theatre- Royal, Drury-lane, and which were several times honoured by the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, and the Nobility of London, IS ENGAGED FOR LIMITED PERIOD, (being his last professional visit previous to his departure for St. Petersburgh). He will make his appearance on the above Evening, in an original drama, in three acts, and will, for the first time here, sustain" a Dramatic Character; in which he will introduce, in scenes connected with the interest of the piece, the whole of his matchless collection of LIONS, LEOPARDS, and TIGERS. MR. J: S. BALLS, the popular Light Comedian, of theTheatres-Royal. Covent- Garden, Drury-lane, and of the principal American Theatres, is engaged for the early part of the Season, and will make his first appearance here these three years. (AN MONDAY EVENING nex t, th e 15th i ns t an t, w ill be produced, for the first time here, with entirely new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, a new and original Drama, in Three Acts, written by Mr. Bernard, author of the " Ner vous Man," " St. Mary's Eve," " His Last Legs," " The Irish Attorney," &c. (expressly to introduce Mr. Van Am burgh's Collection of Trained Animals), called MUNG 0 PARK; OR, THE ARAB O F THE NIGER. (The Drama Licensed, pursuant to Act of Parliament, by the Lord Chamberlain.s Performed with unprecedented attraction Twenty-one suc cessive nights, this season, at the Theatre-royal Edinburgh, and Twelve successive nights, to crowded houses, during the last season, at the Theatre-royal, Manchester. The Scenery Painted by Mr. Johnstone ; the Machinery executed by Mr. Wilmore ; the Dresses by Mr. Coombe ; the_Properties by Mr. M'Crurn. Few that have read the history of. Mungo Park will deny its capability for dramatic treatment. The ardent and heroic character of that enterprising discoverer. not less than his unfortunate fate, have ende are d hi m t o all readers or hearers of his adventures. His intrepid courage under dangers the most appalling—his noble enthusiasm—and his simple, manly, unaffected virtues—have tended to exalt him scarcely less than the importance of his discoveries. By those who have read his life and travels, it will be remembered that the fail ure of his second expedition was owing to his setting out only a month before the rainy season commenced—a period that always proves fatal to Europeans. On .this circumstance, and also on the assistance that he obtained from a native named Karfa Taura, who preserved his life, after his escape from the Moorish Chief Ali, the interest of this Drama is founded—in which it will be observed that Wild Animals are introduced as necessary illustrations of the story (being among the dangers from which Park was preserved by Karfa—the character assumed by Mr. Van Amburgh), and are not its sole object, as in similar entertainments. Karfa, the Arab of the Niger Mr. Van Amburgh. Mungo Park (the African explorer).. Mr. Gray. Col. Laidly (Commanding at Fort Kayee) .... M r . Ch ap li n Serjeant Marty n Mr. Slaiter. Toby Ganger (a Naturalist) ...... Mr. Baker. Imaleee (the chief's daughter): Mrs. Baker. PROGRAMME OF THE PRINCIPAL SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE DRAMA Port Kayee on the Gambia, with the Fortifications and Go vernor's Habitation—View of the Harbour and distant conntry, Depot for Slaves and African Produce—Park's arrival to undertake his Second Expedition to trace the Niger to its source, having in his first journey discovered it (1795 and 1796)—Park chooses Karfa to be his Guide—He is liberated—Completion of the Preparations—Departure of the Expedition, April 27, 1804. A period of seven weeks is now supposed to elapse. ACT II Encampment of the Moors on the banks of the Niger—The Arrival of the Wreck of the Expedition—Karfa's fidelity to his Expiring Master —He bears Park into the adjoining Forest, to find him a shelter for the night—The outskirts of the Forest—The Wild Beasts' Lair—Park, wounded and faint, led here by the Arab for shelter—He sees his danger aggravated—He has escaped from men to fall a sacrifice to animals—Wonderful sagacity of Karfa—lmminent peril of Mungo Park—Terrific Attack by a Royal Bengal Tiger— Karfa's surprising strength displayed—The Animal com pletely subdued, and Preservation of his Master's Life. ACT 111. The Tent of Ali—The matchless collection of Lions, Leo pards, and Tigers—On the rocks above, the Moors are thronged to behold the Entree and Sacrifice of Karfa in the Cavern. To conclude with the Comedy of LAUGH WHEN •YOU CAN. Gossamer Mr. J. S. Balls. Bonus Mortimer Mr. Chaplin Sambo .. Mr. Slaiter. Mrs. Mortimer Miss Cleaver. Emily.. Miss Chaplin (her first appearance at this Theatre.) Dorothy Miss Barratt. Miss Gloomly Madame Simon, From the Theatres Royal Drury-lane and Covent-garden, her first appearance here. Prices of Admission :—Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office will be opened on Monday next, when Places in the Boxes may be taken from Ten until Three. A limited number of Season Tickets to be disposed of.— Application to be made at the Box-office. ARRIVED.—TO THE LADIES. MRS. 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To young ladies, and growing chil dren, this invention may be termed of vital importance, as it is during the first thirty years of female existence that the ordinary stay produces its fatal consequences, and engenders in the system a variety of frightful diseases, ninety-seven of which are quoted at length, with their authorities, in "De formities of the Chest and Spine," by W. Coulson, Esq.; second edition. Mrs. N. GEARY is honoured with certifi cates, in strong recommendation of her invention, from the following medical gentlemen : Sir James Clark, Bart. ' Physician to her Majesty. Dr. Locock, Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty. Dr. Ferguson, Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty. Dr. Bright, Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty. Sir Benj. Brodie, Bart., Serjeant Surgeon to her Majesty. R. Keate, Esq. Serjeant Surgeon to her Majesty. Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. Serjeant Surgeon to her Majesty. Sir Charles M. Clark, Bart., Physician to her Majesty Queen Adelaide. Dr. Merriman, Physician to her Royal Highness the Du chess of Kent. Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart. Physician to his late Majesty. Dr. James Johnson, Physician Extrrordinary to his late Majesty. Sir Anthony Carlisle, President of the Royal College o Surgeons. Sir Jas. E. Anderson, M.D Dr. Aldis. D. Birkbeck Sir James Eyre, M.D. Dr. G. F. D. Evans. Dr. Holland. Wm. Money, Esq.surgeon. Dr. Paris. Dr. Wilson Phillips. T.J.PettigrewEsq.surgeon Geo. Pearson, Esq.surgeon Dr. F. H. Ramsbotham. Dr. Hamilton Roe. Dr. Sigmond. Donald Walker, Esq. >eel-street, Dr. G. F. Babington Dr. Burn. Dr. Conquest. Wm. Coulson, Esq. surgeon Dr. Clutterbuck. Dr. Copland. Er. G. F. Collier. Dr. Henry Davies. Dr. Thomas Davies. Address—Mrs. N. .&ary, 76, near Berry-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS " A. A." was received too late for insertion, and we rather doubt the utility of reopening the subject to which our correspondent refers. Had the communication been sent whilst the inquiry was pending, it should certainly have appeared. rbt' Ethrrpoot &tanbarb, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1 2, 1841. We would not desire a more convincing indication of the danger which the nation incurs by having over its affairs such a ministry as the present, than the mere fact of their adopting the bill introduced last week by . Lord Morpeth. This bill stamps upon them a charac ter for utter contemptuousness of all just principle which should stir up the people to put in requisition every lawful means for their removal. The unfortu nate holder of a Bank of England post-bill, or note, no matter of what amount, who, on presenting it to be cashed, receives, instead of gold, the same note back again, with the word " forgery" stamped upon it, in legible characters, is not more distinctly and intelli gibly apprised of the worthlessness of the paper he holds, than the country is now told the genuine cha racter of its ministry by Lord Morpeth's mock regis- tration project This bill proposes a totally new description of elec toral qualification, and, if it were to be adopted, would extend the power of the Popish priesthood in Ireland to the utmost limit to which, with the existing popula tion of the country, that tremendously mischievous and detestable domination could be carried. Under the law as it exists at present, we have learned some thing of that barbarising and unchristian influence. We have learned it from its modus operandi, and from the effects which all have seen it produce. We know that, in the former respect, it operates to enslave and degrade the people. Give an elective franchise with a low qualification to persons in the condition of the Ro manist Irish, and you compel Popery to put on its steam ; you incite its priesthood to exercise all their unhallowed power to make the multitude obedient to their will; you make the people worth hunting down, and, at the same instant, set the priests at them, who, scenting their prey afar off, undertake the task with a greedy and fanatical voracity. To enfranchise such a rabble is, in short, directly to encourage Popery, and stimulate its merchandise by a bounty. In a religious point of view, therefore, the scheme developed by Lord Morpeth's bill is perfectly mon strous, and, coming from a Protestant government, un conscientious and unprincipled. But analysise the process still further, and you find, that what is mani festly wrong in principle, is absolutely disgusting and abominable in detail. An experimental acquaintance - with the working of existing laws has taught us, that the elective franehlge is of little value to the devoted slaves of priestcraft, and a curse rather than a blessing to many of them, — distracted as they are by the fear of the priest on the one hand, anti a just regard for their more immediate interest on the other. The priest, in order to effectu ate his purposes of tyranny and selfishness, is perfectly unscrupulous as to means. He threatens his misera ble dupe with everlasting ruin in the next world if he does not obey his commands, and cares not what con sequences may come upon him in this, if he does. His tyranny is almost always successful—its victims are past counting. Well, and Lord Morpeth, by his bill, proposes —to curb or restrain ?—no, but to diffuse this evil, and give this tyranny a range hitherto un thought of even in Ireland ! We are astonished that the noble lord could have so betrayed himself to a faction as to bring forward a scheme, religiously con sidered, so replete with evil as this. He cannot ima gine that the pauper whom he would enfranchise would have any will or mind of his own in the use of the privilege that he would confer upon him. As well might you think of feeding mice with new milk in the presence of a tom-cat—as of giving elec toral power to a Papist pauper which the priest would not seize upon. It does amuse us then, we say, to think that Lord Morpeth—a man who is said to speak reverentially of sacred 'things —should have proposed this new law—a law which might justly be described as one for extending and confirming the power of Ro mish priests in Ireland, and rendering for ever domi nant that superstitious influence which is the blight, mildew, and curse of that country. So much as to the immediate effect of the bill in the locality where its operation is to commence. But we have another cause of interest in it; we are interested in it not only for the purpose of defeating a scheme so exceedingly unpropitious for Ireland, but for the pur pose of guarding this country also against the evils which it would necessarily entail upon it. Few per sons in England arc curious or anxious to behold an Irish demagogue coming over every session of parlia ment, carrying after him a tail of forty joints, and put ting down as well as setting up administrations by means of this formidable appendage. Still fewer, we suspect, feel any desire to add more links to it, in order to make the sight more wonder-moving, or to unite it more firmly to his person. In short, the majority are decidedly for docking it rather, or ridding them altoge ther of both master and men. But Lord Morpeth's bill would most effectually do that very mischief which we desire to undo, and would tend, in every way, to establish and perpetuate the nuisance which we wish to get rid of. There cannot be a stronger proof of the foregone conclusion of " bargain and sale" existing between ministers and their Irish Mephistopheles than the issuing forth of such a production. Without some most stringent and mysterious compact secretly ex isting between them, it is inconceivable that they would patronise it. With regard to a low property qualification, per se, we are not opposed to it. We should wish to extend electoral privilege as widely as moral and religious qua lifications would permit. The possession of property is but a secondary means of ascertaining a moral fit ness. If ministers will only have the kindness to bring in a bill reviving the test acts against Popery cotempo raneously with this £5 household suffrage scheme, our opposition to it will certainly be greatly mitigated, if not altogether removed. As it is, this wretched bill stands forth a proof of unsoundness, recklessness, and unprincipledness in public men, such as we have rarely had exhibited. It was not with much astonishment, but certainly with great disgust, that we read the report of the pro ceedings at the election of a representative for the bo rough of St. Alban's on Tuesday last. Our readers will perceive, from a reference to the facts stated in another part of our paper, that the most barefaced bribery and lavish expenditure of Treasury gold have been resorted to in order to secure the return of the Whig-Radical candidate ; and the only marvel is, that with such unwarrantable expedients, the majority is not greater. Every day brings fresh proofs of the daring profligacy and unblushing extravagance of the men who at present hold the reins of government; and, as the day of retribution .approachee...they aeem.morn a d more reckless of the means they employ to prolong their continuance in office. We are glad to see, however, that the return of the Earl of Listowel will be petitioned against, with every prospect of success ; and we feel persuaded that Mr. Cabbell, in a short time, will, according to his own prediction, be the sitting member for St. Alban's. We have had sufficient proofs that the people, if left to themselves, know well how to exercise the franchise; and the interference of any members of the household is disgraceful to themselves and an insult to the elec tors. The case of Mr. M'Cleod, which has this week ex cited so much attention and caused so much just in dignation, furnishes clear proof that the laissez passer system, in which Lord Melbourne delights, will not answer always. His lordship and company have had more success with it than usually falls to the lot of mortals ; but the tide will turn at last ; the pitcher that goes too often to the well will not always escape ; nor are your federalist republicans and border pirates a description of people in dealing with whom it is at all safe to " go sleep." A British subject is now incarcerated in the state of New York, and not altogether free from danger for his very life, owing in a good measure to this let-drive, live-to-day system ; and ministers, when called to ac count, have evinced that sort of drawling, diplomatic, and dilatory indifference respecting the matter, which one might expect from persons who act in ordinary upon their miserable, make-shift principle. Fortunately, however, there has been no act done by which the Crown is implicated in their lathes. The case of Mr. M'Cleod stands unaffected by ministerial supineness, —and the British government, whoever may be minister, is free to demand his liberation with every necessary ingredient and circumstance of justice on its side, notwithstanding any delay that has yet oc curred in making the demand. The seizing and burn ing of the piratical steamer Caroline which has been well described as " one of the most righteous, prompt, and brilliant transactions of the stormy but brief cam paign of Upper Canada," remains, as at the first, an act perfectly justified by the force of circumstances, and one in which the agents, if they disregarded the precise line of territorial boundary, are excusable, not withstanding any rule of inter -national law which can be applied to the case. The act has been properly de fended, and approved of by our government; but that which is to be lamented is, that as it was made a sub ject of complaint by the Americans, the case was per mitted to grow into one of protracted negotiation, and to remain over unsettled up to the present time. They are now availing themselves of our indecision, and in sulting what they suppose to he our weakness. Treat ing the burning of the Caroline as a wrong which we have not denied with sufficient explicitness, or energy, they have seized Mr. M•Cleod as a wrong-doer in the transaction whom we might not be disposed to protect, and have perhaps by this time brought him to trial as a felon whom we might abandon to his fate. True, that the Americans are thus committing a gross, and palpable, and unendurable outrage ; true, that the kid napping of Mr. M'Cleod so long after the date of the transaction complained of, is a mean and dastardly pro ceeding ; yet is it not to be regretted that they should have been supplied with even the slightest pretext for the act by some complimentary equivocation or official tameness on the part of our ministers ? The pretext alluded to is contemptible enough ; but the whole affair, viewed merely in its American lights and shadows, is damnatory—w e w ill not say of the Americans as a nation—but certainly of " federalism" and " republicanism," as they present themselves to. our optics. The beauty and advantages of federalism are exhibited in this, that when our minister at 'Wash ington presents his remonstrance to the President of the States against the imprisonment of Mr. M'Cleod, he is turned over to seek for redreis elsewhere, in strict conformity with the laws of the Union. Go to the local government, says the august President; I cannot interfere with the administration of law in the State of New York. And thus the minister of a fo reign power may be fobbed off, and bandied about from state to state, whilst the general government re mains safe from all responsibility. This may be con sidered as an advantage; but such trickery may also' be regarded as evidence of weakness in the executive,