The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-12 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS. SELLING OFF AT PRIME COST, tHE WHOLE OF THE STOCK OF BLLK MEiZVERY, LINEN DRAPERY, FURS, HOSIERY, &c. AT GLAPAIOW HOUSE, 30, CHURCH-STREET, Corner of Baandtt-street. VII WILLIAMS and CO. respectfully announce that, find • in g themselves obliged greatly to enlarge their Premises, which will cause their Establishment to he closed for a short time, they have determined to SELL OFF THE WHOLE OF kHEIR PRESENT STOCit, 'Consisting of Plain and Figured Silks, Satins, Velvets, French and British Merinos, Printed Cambrics and Muslius, Flannels, Blankets, Quilts, and Counterpanes, Sheetings, Irish Linens, Table Linens, Cloths, and Covers; Silk, Cloth, Merino, and Camlet Cloaks Norwich and Filled Shawls, Sh awl Dresses , Woollen Plaid' Shawls, Scotch Plaids, Hosiery, Gloves, Gauze Ribbon, Furs, &c. Purchasers will therefore do well to make an early call, as the WHOLE OF THE STOCK MCST DE CLEARED OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. REMOVAL. SMUEL HILL respectfully informs hi riends, that h e has Removed from No. 6, ST ORGE'S CRESCENT NORTH, to No. 2, TEMPLE -COURT, No JOHN-srniiiir. Fvt.ruary, 9, 1836. LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S Ng, CAPITAL, £250,000, rN 2 - ),000 .! Arms. PERSONS desirous of becoming Sh are o ld ers i n t h e a b ove concern are requested to make nediate application, that the apportionment of shares may . e place according to the Prospectus which may be obta it d from Mr. THOMAS HARRIS, Share Broker, Exchange -street East, or at the Office of Mr. J. CATON THOMPSON, Solicitor, Tithebarn-street, Li verpool. COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. A T the First GENERAL MBET!NG of the PRO PRIETORS of the COMMERCIAL BANK of ENG. LAND, held et the York Hole!, on the 3d of February, 1836, ALEXANDER BOWER, iblhe Chair; The followin g Resoluti ons were passed unanimously: 1. That the Report Of the Directors, which has now been read to the Meetiug, be received. `2. That the Directors be and they hereby are authorised to declare and pay a Dividend at the rate of .£8 per Centinn on the appropriated Shares of the Company, agreeably to the recommendation contained in the Report. 3. That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to the Directors fur their assiduous attention to the interests of the Company. (Signed) ALEX. BOWER, Chairmen. The Dividend will be payable on and after the 3d of March neat, at the resp ec tiv e Bank's of the Establishment. By order of the Board, JAMES GRUGEON, Mang. Dir. ST. HELEN'S AND RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HER I' BY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the ST. HELEN'S and RUNCORN CAOLAILWAY will be held at the CLARENDON Rooms, in Sz IA John-street. Liver pool, on TUESDA Y, the 2341 day of Feliary instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, when a Report of the present State of the Affairs of the Company will he submitted to the Proprietors, and their directions taken thereon. Dated the 11th day of February, 18:36. JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk to the Company. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that about HUE E 111 HUNDRED MEN are wanted iininedi• ly for the DAY and NIGHT POLICE of LIVERPO . The pay will be Eighteen Shillings per Week, and the quisite Uniform Clothing. I.—Any person applying must not be I than 33 years of age. 2.—Not to be tinder 3 feet 7 inches in ight. 3.—To be able to read and write with facility. 4.—To be well recommended for good temper, sobriety, honesty, activity, an d i n t e lli gence b y hi s l ast and preceding employer. 5. be in good health, and of a good constitution. 6.—To be prepared to engage to serve as Constable for at least 12 months. 7.—To be able to deposit £3, or to find sufficient security for that sum as a gurantee for his Clothes, in the event of his quitting the Police Force without given them up. 8.--Not to keep a Public-house, or deal in any Excisable Articles. than 22, or more All applications to be made, in Person, at the SassioNs mousn, Chapel-street, Liverpool, between the hours of Eleven and One o'Clock, on MoNnAys, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, uutil the 20th of February next, after which no applications will be attend e d t o . The Situatious will be filled up as suitable men offer. CHAS. °KILL. Clerk to the Commitice. Town-hall, Liverpool, January 23, 1836. BOROCOH OF LIVERPOOL. NoTicE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Four Superintend ents and Twenty-four Inspectors are wanted for the new constabulary force. / The Salary of the Superintendents wilt be £l3O per annum, with the prospect of advance ' t cropendent on merit and Fit , duration of service. Thep . ielrspectors will be 30s. per week, with the requisite un rut clothing. The responsibilities of the situations require that Candidates be able to produce unquestionable testimonials as to character and ability. The Committee will attend to hear applicants at the Sessions House, Chapel-street, on Wednesday the 10th, Thursday the 11th, end Saturday the 13th instant, from Ten 1,1 Twelve o'clock in the forenoon, but the appointments of the superin tendents will nut be made until Monday the 15th instant, and of the Inspectors, until Wednesday the 17th, at Twelve o'Clock ' each day. 'Town-hall, 3d February, 1836. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. NUTE IC IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WATCH COMMITTEE will receive TENDERS for supplying; the New Police with the following Articles: UNIFORM COATS and PANTALOONS, UNIFORM GREAT COATS and CAPES, H ATS BOOTS, • STOCKS. About WO of each Article will be reqtlired. Patterns may be ecen on Thursday, the 4th, Saturday, the 6th, hind Monday, the Bth of February instant, between the hours of Twelve and Oue, at the Office of the Superintendent of the Nightly Watch, Fenwick-street, where renders and Specimens will be received until Saturday, the 13th instant, af ter which no application can be received. Town Bail , Neff. 1, 18.36. EUROPEAN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY'S OFFICE, No. 10, Chatham-place, Blackfriars, London, Jan., 1&36. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the DIVIDENDS to PROPRIETORS f ur th e Half-year ending the 30th day of December, at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, are now payable at the Company's °thee every day,front Ten till Three o'Clock. This Company contin ues t o e ff ec t Lif In‘ance at reduced Premiums, which m a y b e pa id Q uar t y,/ Half-yearly, or Au nually,at the option o f th e I nsure d ; .) grant Annuities on sin gle or Joint Lives; and to advance Money on Annuities Le. cured on Freehold, Copyhold, or lung Leasehold Property, or on Money in the Funds. The Assured with this Company participate periodically in he profits, and all Policies becoming claims will be paid within three months after the proof of-death ..11 The Bonus declared on the 3d of July, 1831, attaches to all Policies effected on or before the 3lst day , of December, 1829; and a further Bonus will be declared at the end of 1K37, in which all who Insure daring the present gear will be entitled to pay ti,ipate. DNVI I) VOGGO, Secretary. • WIDOW SUTTON and SONS, Agents fur Liverpool, 17,x.. change-street East. YORKSHIN.F. FIRES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY listobli%hed 1824. I , AT itoNs. II is Grace the Archbishop of York. The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry. The Right lion. the Earl Fitzwilliaio. The Right Hon. the Earl of Ti rconnel. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Gloucester. Viscount Morpeth, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Dundas. The Rig hi Hon. Lord Iliitham. r The Right Hon. Lord Wharucliffe. The Right lion. lord Peversh ar The Right Hon. Lord Howden. Sir E. M. Vavaauur, Bart. The Hon. E. R. Petre. M. Stapyltou, Esq. Sir George Strickland, Bart., M.P. Sir Francis Lawlev, Bart. Sir, W• H. Cooke, Bart. The Venerable the Archdeacon of York. ,% Venerable the Archdeacon of Gleieland. t%.n.p.viitiejoawble the Archdeacon of the East Riding. Robert Cracij:tsL Samuel Crompton.m Robert DenisOo,t''' --- • P. SaltruArsh, it q P. Beilby Th orn a; G. L. Ttiompson,l2 s l, sl l.. .111armaduke Tkusrav3 P. Beilby G. L. Thompson, I01,—"1" Robert Swarm, Esq. ** Aferca”tile Rate.. Floating Policies los. per Specific Risks. ca nt- Per annum. In one occupation only. without) hazardous goods or 'hazardous%-, ss. per cent. Per annum. trades Allowing one of the above 6s. Allowing two of the above 7s. Allowing plurality of occupation, hazardous goods, and hazardous Bs. trades LATHAM HANMEH, Jun., 18, Exchange-buildings, and JOHN ATKINSON, Fenwick-buildings, Agents. 4th Fiinvary, 1836. Ettouranre Wotirro. REDUCED PREMIUMS OF ASSUItA YORK AND NORTH OF ENGLAND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. frtHE attention of the Public is solicite a the Rates of Premium required by this Company, contrasted below with those demanded by the London Ass ce Offices. York and North of Englund. London, cyc.,Offices. Floating Policies .....105. per Cent....l2s- per Cent, Specific—All Risks Bs. per Ceut....lls. per Cent. " Omit Haz. Trades• •• • is. per Ceut....los. per Cent. " Omit also Haz. Goods Gs. per Cent.... 9s. per Cent. Short period Policies at the usual proportions of the above. The Premiums on Life Assurance will be found on couipar rison to be much more favourably to the Assured than those charged by most other Offices. N.B.—Persons insuring in this Office, are neither liable to be called upon to make good the losses of others ,: nor preve n t e d from briuging an action at law againC 5t the onipany, i n t h e event of a disputed claim, as is the case in all Othces where the assured participate in the profits>. M. WOTHERSPOON, Agent. D LIFE 7, India-building,. TO IRONFOUNDERS. PERSONS willing to CONTRACT for the Supply of CAST-IRON GRATINGS and FRAM ES, POSTS, and other Castings, as tnay be required by the Cutnutisieuers fur the better Paving and Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool, may learn all particulars on application to Mr. C. ASuLIN, the Treasurer to the Commissioners. Sealed Tenders of Contracts, for a period not less than Twelve Months, to be delivered, addressed to the Commission ers, at their Office, No. 1, Parish Offices, Fenwick-street, Liverpool, on or before Wednesday, the 17th day of Februai y instant. By order of the Commissioners. ROW G. DEANE, plerk. Liverpool, 4th February, 1835. AIGEURTII CHURCH.—TO BUILDIeRS. PAR'T'IES willing to Contract for the ERECTION of a New CHURCH, to be built at Aigburth near Liverpool, may see the Dr aw i ng s and Sp ec ifi ca t ions , the Office of Messrs. CUNNINGHAM and HUI.ME, Architects, No. 71, Wood street, where Sealed Tenders for the same, addressed to the "Trustees of Aigburth Church," will be ;received till the 27th instant. The Trustees do not bind themselves to accept of the Tender. , id Liverpool, lOth February, 1836, COMPARISON SOLICITED TO THE HE FOLLOWING: ►inE Style of LADIES' and GENTLENI .I."'S HAIR CUT' ING and DRESSING, executed ti the principal and the first Hair Cutters in the metropolis, m•Truefitt's.) The celebrated Ventilating Wigs, quite net and sul:erior in appearance to any thing extant. Also, to the novelties in Ladies' Fronts and Ornamental Hair generally, Perfumery of every description. FREDERICK ASTLEY, Hair Cutter to the Royal Family, (from V, Burlington-arcade, London,) 25, Bold-street. Charges unusually moderate. LINDSAY'S IMPROVED FLUTES, MANUFACTURED BY CRAMER, ADDISON, Ci• B ALE, LONDON, and to be had of all Music-seller . THE above FLUTES are Manufactured on such rinciples 1 of bore and general proportion as experience shown to be best c a lculated for insuring correct intonation, in are finished under the immediate direction of Mr. THOMAS IN DSAY, a Writer well known as the Author of an elaborate and ex tremely comprehensive Treatise, entitled, " The Elements of Flute Playing, according to the most approved System of Modern Fingering, and the present advanced state of the Art." It is trusted they will be found to combine, in a degree inferior to none, the grand and essential attributes of power, brilliancy, and sweetness, wills that most desirable of all qualities, freedom of TONE, and a consequent facility of blowing; whilst so nicely adjusted is the mechanism of the Double Springs to the Keys, that a light elasticity of touch, truly delightful to the finger, is effectually secured, and certainty of stopping greatly propitiated. As will be seen below, these Instruments are offered at prices considerably less than those usually charged for what are termed " the best Flutes," a comparison with which is respectfully solicited. Of Boxwood, Ebony, or Cocoa, with patent slide head and silver socket, mounted with neat silver ring tips; silver keys, fitted with elastic ball s , d ou ble sp r in g s, an d round-headed pins, for more easily taking them off; also silver plates to the two lower C keys. 8 Keyed Flute .£9 8 U 7 Ditto 6 Ditto These Flutes may also be had, mounted with more massive or ornamented silver tips, at proportionally higher prices ; and will all bear the names of the Makers, " J. 13. CRAMMER, ADDISON, and BEALE, London ; T. Lindsay's Improved." TIIE SAFETY CABRIOLET AND TWO WHEEL CARRIAGE COMPANY. TB Company has been formed for the purpose of intro ducing to the Public a 5 . 1'11 LET CAI 3 of an entirely new construction, which dispenses with the axle going through from side to side, and in consequence admits the' use of wheels of any diameter, and allows the body to be placed at any dis tance, however small, from the ground,"44l / thus bringing the centre of gravity of the Carriage below the centre of the wheels. This new Carriage insures absolute safety and comfort to the Passengers, great relief to the Horse, either in ascending or descending hills, and considerable reduction of draught in all circumstances. This new construction is protected by a Patent, and this circumstance, and the great superiority of the new Cab over the present Cabs, will insure such custom to the new Cabs, that an investment in this Company cannot fail to be very profitable. Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 5000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, £2 per Share. Two-fifths of the Shares are taken by tho Patentees friends, and the remaining Shares will be allotted immediately by the Directors. Applications for the remaining Shares to be made by letter (Host paid) at the London and Westminster Bank, ana all its Branches; Messrs. AT•zwoon, SPOONER, and Co., Bankers, Birmingham; Messrs. HUMMING and NEEDHAM, Bankers, Hinckley; and at the Offices of the Company, No. 23, Leices ter-square, where Prospectuses and any further information may be obtained from Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN, tho Secretary to the Company. A SABBATH MORNING IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND4RD. St a s —As every thing relating to Ireland at the present time must be generally interesting, allow me to furnish you with an extract from a little journal that I kept of my proceedings whilst there a very abort time ago.—Yours, Ste. 1). "B----, Sunday, 24tk January, 183;;.—Called upon my friend the Rev. Mr. Wl—, and accompanied him to N in a car seat for him by the Rev. Mr. K.—, at whose church he was to do duty that day. This gentleman is the rector of that place, but is unable, through illness, to do duty at present. I was much pleased with the ride. The morning for the season was very mild. Our road lay through a winding ascent, and I was highly delighted with the prospect. At our feet lay the sea-port town of B— wrapt in the stillness and silence of the Sabbath. At the opposite side stood a ridge of i ' verged by v a beautiful outline, looking like a barri er rail y nature to t . shut out the town from the noise of the res t o f t orld, whilst almost upon a level with itself was spread ou t i n winding form the picturesque loch of 13 . Close to the quay, and scattered at intervals, were riding safely at anchor many a huge ship, some of which had traversed all parts of the globe. How dif ferent was this scene only twelve hours ago! Then ' towed about like a drunken man,' and scarcely was the strongest cable equal to keep them drifting out to sea or running en shore ; in one of which was I at once a spectator and victim of the tem pest; whilst fallen chimneys and tattered roofs gave evidence in the town of the ruthless storm. What an emblem of life ! At one time we are the sport of every strife and commotion, whilst at another, at the voice of Him who rehuketh the raging of the sea, the sunshine of prosperity brightens upon us, and our hearts are made glad. " We called at the rectory on our way to the church to take up in our car the lady of this good man, the very path to which seemed to us emblematic of the condition of its possessor. The trees and shrubs are leafless now, but it will be only for a while. The spring time and summer will come, when their apparent barrenness and desolation will give place to verdure and fruit fulness. Now, it is true, their owner is by sickness humiliated and laid low; but ' this sickn es s, whi c h i s n o t un t o d ea th , ' s h a ll be succeeded by that happy state in which there shall be neither 'sickness nor sorrow.' " On our road to the church we passed by little groups of the peasantry who were wending their way to the house of prayer, and who gave the lady a recognition which bespoke nut only great respect, but a deep sympathy in her sufferings. There was something about this lady which pleased me much, though she is the mother of mite children, the eldest of which is not more than twelve years of age, which in all human probability will soou be fatherless. She appeared not to be weighed down with her sorrow, but to bear up with a fortitude not common to our nature. and which seemed to spring from something above it. Doubtless it was derived from that book in which it is wt it ten, ' Once I was young, but now I am old; yet never saw I the righteous perish, nor his seed begging bread.' "There is a peculiarity about a church-yard in Ireland which strikes a stranger. There is generally a number of large tombs, many of the dimensions of a moderate-sized cottage, erected with brick, and surmounted with stone pinaclos, and which entitles them strictly to the name of 'houses of the dead.' After sauntering amongst these mausoleums, I entered the church, and was ushered into the pew, where was seated this 'mother in Israel' surrounded by her sweet little ones. They were plainly and neatly dressed, and I never before saw united in so large a family so much apparent intelligence and health. " The church was tolerably well filled, though the majority of the parish are of another religious community. Doubtless there was not there many who conscientiously were attached to another form of faith, and there were not there many who belong,to none; many who occupy themselves in agitating the quiet of the place __many who spend their time and their money in the sckebeen house*, attributing that misery that their own idleness brings upon them to tithes and taxes. I noticed few came in after the service had commenced, and during which I observed a deep and serious attention that would shame the congregations of some of our churches in England, especially in the towns. Whether this was their general conduct, or whether it was caused in some measure by the absence of their pastor under existing painful eactimsnsuces. Ido not k now. Never before did I join any.christitin assembly so heartily i n t h at b eaut i ful prayer in the litany—' for all sick persons and young children.' During prayer all knelt, which is not the case genera ll y w i th us. Indeed in our modern. built churches the pews are su con structed that it is impossible for the greater part to do so. The prayers were read very impressively by my friend, and were followed by an excellent practical sermon extemporary, in which the leading doctrines of the gospel bore a prominent part. " There being no poor laws in Ireland, a collection is made in time churches at the conclusion of the service; and though in this instance perhaps not one present, nor any protestant in the parish, were recipients, yet the bulk of the sums spent were raised in this church. Such a fact as this never reaches the pages of those numerous liberal publicatious which are now in dustriously circulated with the view of prejudicing the public mind against the ehurch establishment in Ireland. " At the conclusion of the service the major part of' the con gregation, which principally consisted of respectable yeomen, headed by the (as we should call him in England) squire, Sir R— B---, flocked round the wife of the minister, anxiously inquiring after the health of their beloved pastor; and never shall I forget the deep interest that seemed to sit upon every countenance as they listened to the reply. Alas! they never more will meet their pastor in that place; no, they never more will meet him until they meet him at the bar of God! " It was my happiness to be introduced to this holy man. His perfect resignation, at the same time his hopeless anxiety to be again among his people, and his tender expression of thanks to my friend for corning out to assist him made a great impression upon me. " Whether the conspiracy against tithes has not wet jreached this part of Ireland, or whether the influence of the virtues of the clergyman at this place is superior to the influence of popish priests, 1 do not know; tithes is not resisted here. " is this the institution which the liberal, of the day, i n w hi c h I am sorry to say ev e n some of his Majesty's ministers join, call ' a foul excrescence," an abominable nuisance,' and many other equally bad names? This may be the language of liberals, (falsely so called,) but surely it is not the language of the Chris tian philanthropist." [Those little matters connected with the service necessary to be attended to by sonic person in a country congregation were not overlooked. The minister's lady, in the absence of her husband, took the care of them upon herself, and her attention to these and other matters claim for this excellent lady a name which, in order to express, I am obliged to coin a word— pastoress.l * Schebeen—Aoglice, pothouse unlicensed. Mr. Banim, the author of the O'Hara Tales has received a pension of £l5O a year from government. TRADE OF THE PORT OF ANTwEnr.—During the month of January, 1836, there en t ere d t h e port o f A n t wer p 51 vesse l s, vis.— :7 American, 12 English, 16 Belgian, 1 Sicilian, 3 Danish, 2 French, 6 Hanoverian, 1 Neap o lit an 1 Norwegian, 1 of Olden. burg, and I S ar di n i an—total tonnage, 9318. THE LINT-WOOL STANDARD. Emprrial Vartianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNoAr. The Duke of Beaufort, Lords Dunsany, Bilhaven, and Erskine took the oaths and their seats in the house. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Viscount DUNCANNON informed the house of the steps taken respecting this intended new building. The committee ap pointed and selected out ninety-seven plans and one thousand four hundred drawings; four plans by the following architects —Charles Barry, Buckler, Hamilton, and Kemphorn. They had awarded to the first-named architect £1,500. and to the three others £5OO each. He proposed the re-appointment of the committee of last session, who, he expected, in the course of a few weeks would be prepared to lay before both houses of parliament the plan which they thought the most advisable to be adopted. Ou the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY the capital punishments bill was read a second time. Tile Loan CHANCELLOR read his Majesty's answer to the address of the house, presented on Friday, which, on the motion of the Earl of StlAF'rEsßUitl was ordered to he printed. COURT UI+CIIANCIIRY.—ECCLESIASTICAL. COURTS. The Lotto CHANCEL LoR moved for some returns relative to the arrear of business in the court of chancery, previously to bringing forward a measure for remedying the existing evils. He also crave notice that on Friday (this day) he would intro duce a bill fur consolidating the ecclesiastical courts of the country. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MortnAY. Several petitions were presented for private bills, and others were also laid on the table complaining of agricultural distress, dissenters' grievances, and the tax on newspapers, and other matters. CARLOW ELECTION, Colonel BRUEN gave notice that when Mr. Hardy brought forward his motion on Thursday next he should present a peti tion praviug for an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the Carlow election. After some notices of intended motions had been given, the house went into committee on the Kin's speech, and Lord Jour Itessat.i. moved "That a supply be granted."—Agreed to. STATE OF AGRICULTURE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that a committee, founded upo❑ the recommendation contained iu his Majesty's speech respecting the present state of agriculture, be appointed to take that subject into consideration. His lordship expressed his de cided disapprobation of any attempt to meddle with the curren cy ; spoke of the relief of which the parochial minions under the poor law act had afforded in many agricultural districts where that measure had been carried into effect; had no wish to fetter the inquiry, and hoped that the committee which he was pre pared to propose would be sufficiently comprehensive to satisfy even the Marquis of Chandos. His lordship concluded by moving that a committee be appointed to enquire into the state of agricultural distress and the causes thereof. The Marquis of CHANDOS was gratified to find that govern ment had taken this subject into their own hands. Ile hoped the noble lord would appoint such a committee of country gen tlemen, without regaro to party or political feeling, as would inspire the country at large with confidence in their decision. Ile had put on paper the names of some members who he thought ought to be on the committee, but he would wait until the noble lord hail read his list,before he proposed any (if them. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the cause of agricultural distress might be traced to the extravagant habits of country gentlemen who, iu their days of prosperity, had burthened their estates with heavy charges. Their distress arose from their own conduct, and not from any measures pursued by the government. Mr. BENNETT replied that the hon. member for Bath knew nothing about country gentlemen. They were known to be loyal to their king and constitution, and, besides acting as ma gistrates, were eminently useful in all the relations of social life. Sir Ronßur PEEL cautioned those who were over sanguine against anticipating any very great practical advantages from the proposed inquiry. At the close of a short discussion the appointment of a com mittee was agreed to. Lord JohN ItessELL observed that he named thirty-three members of the committee, of whom by far the greater propor tion were members for agricultural counties—there being amongst them four members for Scotland and four for Ireland. The noble lord then read the names, which we collected as fol lows : • Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, the Marquis of Chaudom, Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Mr. E. Denison, Sir Edw. Knatchbull, Lord Stanley, Mr. Sandford, Mr. Cay ley, Mr. Miles (of Somerset,) Lord Lincoln, Lord Howick, Mr. C. A. Pelham, Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Evans, Sir William Molesworth, Sir Robert Price, Lord Clive, Mr. Cooper (of Sligo,) Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Bingham Baring, Mr. P. Thompson, Mr. W. Gordon, Sir J. Owen, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ord (of Newcastle,) Mr. Morrison, Mr. Handley, Mr. Locke, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Young, the O'Connor Don. On the motion of Mr. CA Y LEY the name of Mr. M. Atterood was added to the committee. he Marquis of CIIAN DOS also proposed the addition of the names of the Earl of Darlington, Sir Charles Burrell, and Mr. Woclehouse. On this motion the house divided. The numbers were—for the motion 142 ; against it 1-19. The names were consequently rejected by a majority of 7. His Majesty's answer to the address of the house was then presented and read at the bar. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. The A . TTottsgr-GENERaL brought in a bill to amend the act passed in the last session fur regulating municipal corpor,ltions in England and Wales % The same learned member brought in another bill for the more effectual registration of persons entitled to vote in the election of members to servo in parliament for England and Wales. EXPENCIIS AT ELECTIONS. Mr. Hums brought in a bill to regulate the expenses of mem bers elected t o serve in parliament for England and Wu!es. LIGHT-HOUSES. Mr.''l,l ME brought in a bill for vesting light-houses on the coast of England in the Trinity-house of Deptford Stroud, which was read a first time. SLAVE COMPENSATION BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in a hill to amend the act of 5 and 6 Wm. IV., cap. 45, to carry into fur ther execution the compensation to owners of slaves. Adjourned at nine o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TecspAr. PRIVATE On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTSBURY, it Was orderee that no petition for private bills be received after Friday, the 2tith February (this day week), and that no report from thd judges on private bills he received after Wednesday, April 20th. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. ' The Duke of CLEYELANn, as one of the managers of a con ference with the House of Commons, relative to the best means of promulgating th e printed statutes throughout all parts of the united kingdom, reported the following resolutions, which were read and agreed to, viz.:— " I.—That the resolution of the house of the 7th May, 1801, be rescinded; and that a new scheme, founded on the principles recommended by the committee, be adopted. "2.—That the whole number of copies of the statutes for pro mulgation be printed of one uniform size. "That the statutes for promulgation be of the royal octavo size, continuously printed. "4.--That, to secure the publicity and preservation of the statutes for the use of courts and offices, such copies shall be stamped Promulgated for public use,' and be accompanied by a distinct notice on each volume that they belong to the sz,id courts and offices, and are to be solely appropriated for public use." cosisitssioNs OF PUBLIC INQUIRY. On the motion of the Earl of WINCHILSEA, a return was ordered, containing a list of all commissions of public inquiry, issued under the great seal, from the Ist January, 1830, to the Ist January, 1836, together with the names of the commis sioners, the amount of the salaries to the different officers, and other incidental expenses attending the same. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. The capital punishments amendment bill was passed through committee. A I'POINTMENT OF MAGI%TRATES BY THE SECHETARY OF STATE. The Marquis of SA LISR uRy moved for a return of the number and names of the magistrates appointed by the secretary of state, whose appointments had not been sanctioned by the lords lieutenants Of counties in England and Wales, up to the Ist January, 1836.—The motion was agreed to. EXPENSI; OF WORKHOUSES. Lord AsHatitcrols presented a PetiiiOn - iio; the guardians of the poor of two unions in Hampshire, complaining of the great expense thrown upon them, and suggesting_ that a portion of it should be borne by the landlords.—Th e petition was laid on the table, and the house adjourned. paid during seven years, and spread equally all over the coun try ; but this person had since informed him (Lord J. Russell) that his plan \could, its fact, chance the income of every tithe owner in the country, and produce great disturbance of all in terests; and that although the arrangement would produce satisfactory results for the future, yet in such a country as this it was far from expedient to cause such a derangement of inter ests, without a case of absolute necessity existed for so doing. He came now to another plan, which was the principle of Lord Althorp's second bill, and by which it was proposed to take cer tain averages in counties, and afterwards to make them bear a certain proportion to lent, instead of bearing, as tithes did, a certain proportion t o p ro d uce . H e (L or d J. 'Russell) was one of those who was very much takeu with the motion of making tithes bear a certain proportion to rent, and he still thought the principle was in the abstract just; but upon considering the subject a difficulty lied suggested itself which he could not overcome,and which was this, that there was no justice in con verting a paymeut which by law bore a proportion to produce into one beating a proportion to rent, and forcing men into an -engagement to which, when they made their previous arrange ments, they were not liable. A member of the other House of Parliament, for whom he entertained the greatest respect, pro posed to obviate some of the objections to this plan by applying one scale of commutation to all and paying the same amount of rent, and another to other land, and so on, but that would not be sufficient. Supposing that the same rent was fixed upon two farms for two different reasons—one on account of the great expense of cultivation, and the other on account of the non-productiveness of the laud. The amount of tithes paid upon those farms would be very different in each case,—that in the former being, of course, - much larger than in the latter. Having detai:ed to the House the various plans which had been suggested, with a view to the settlement of this question, and the objections which occurred to his mind with resoect to them, he would now proceed to state the principle of the bill he was now about to propose for the adoption of parliament. lie might say that the object of his bill was in the first place to produce as little disturbance as possible to the existing interests, and not to diminish violently or excessively any incomes at present en joyed; but at the same time an attempt would be mode so to frame it s enactments t h at w h en th e question came to be finally settled by the various parishes making their arrangements, there should be such a similarity in these arrangements that one parish would not, as is often a matter of complaint in Ireland, have it in its power to say that it paid half as much again, or it great deal more, than a neighbouring parish. It was most de sirable that when the question came to be settled there should be some approach to uniformity in the terms of the settlement throughout the kingdom. Having got the machinery whicoa he had stated, namely,_ a board of three commissioners, one of whoui'might be considered as representing the church, he pro posed, in the first instance, as the right hoh. baronet (the mem ber for Tamworth) did last session, that any single owner of land might agree with any single owner of tithes for the com mutation of the tithes iu which they were mutually interested. Again he proposed—and this was a provision contained in one of Lord Althorp's bills—that where land was held upon lease, and the owner of the land had made au agreement with the tithe owner, the former should come in the place of the latter, and durinn the rethainder of the lease should stand in the relation of tittle-owner. Ile next proposed that it should be competent for the possessor ur possessors of one-fourth of the tithe in a parish, to call a meeting, at which the landholders might either appear or be represented, that at such meeting it should be in the power of the owners of three-fourths (in value) of the tithes, to make an agreement with the owners of laud to an equal amount, for a commutation, which should be binding upon the whole parish. It would further be provided that if no appeal was suede against this agreement within a certain short period, it should be finally and irrevocably binding upon the parish; and also, in case any one should appeal, it should still be bind ing on those who might not appeal. Parties appealing would have to appear before the assistant commissioners, who would make an award, which, upon being confirmed by the chief com missioners, would constitute the agreement that would be bind ing upon the parish. lie likewise proposed that if at the end of a short period, to be mentioned in the bill, say six months, the tithe owners uud the tithe pavers in any parish should not have entered into a voluntary agreement, any tithe owner or landholder might ask the commissioners to make an award with respect to that parish. The assistant commissioners would then proceed to the parish and ascertain what hail been the amount of tithe, or composition for tithe, with the charge for collection, during seven yea's, and by what quantity of wheat, barley, and oats it would be represented. Ile (lid not, however, propose that the estimate of_ seven years declared by the assistant com missioners shouhr.beeeibsolutely conclusive and binding upon either the tithe or the...land owner. it was desirable to avoid the defect which he had already referred to, as connected with the seven years' average, namely, that of benetitting the tithe owners, who had been exorbitant, and almost ruining those who had been indulgent in their exactions. It would, therefore, be provided, that if any person should appeal to the commissioners, on the ground that the tithe taken, or the composition fur tithe paid, during the seven years did not fairly represent the value of the tithe, the commissioners would then be required to make an estimate, by regular valuation, of the actual gross value of tithes in the parish during the seven years; and if it should appear, that the tithe taken, or composition paid, exceeded 75 per cent. of the gross value, they must then fix the amount of commutatiou for the future at 75 per cent. of the gross value. What he proposed was that the maximum should not be higher than 75, nor the minimum lower than 60; se that under all circumstances there should be a certain provision for the clergyman. But he proposed this, subject, of course, to any modifications which parliament might think proper to to adopt. His object was that in no case should the amount st r i e eo c t i tthl ee i m t r es t ui o lbt j h eoc e ft o,st.fil'i:,i,t,hhge question highest ht o a pu rl rl i :d :a p n ob t s it ee g t e oe ffu t ei h icx a t t eud p a . of tithe exceed a cert a i n per centage, or fall below it.— id )114./ There ae s n i s t d a c o it e v t r t y h i p s b s s i a t m h a e y a , f t t e e e r aqiumeasii(eunemofeirietdNevausiputii.odne. for He t h e o c iSi o g al h mutation of tithes, some measure might be devised for effecting the principle of redemption. Indeed, it was his intention to lay such a measure on the table, though he would not encumber the subject now before the house with the difficulties attending , it. He would propose that twenty-five years' pnrschase should be the standard by which persons shoiuld be enabled to free themselves of the charge of tithes. The noble lord here pro ceeded, in a low tone of voice, and in a manner by no means perspicu ous , to explai n th e difficulties to which he alluded. He deprecated the principle of creating from different portions of land what might be termed diocesan corporations, as that would be a most dangerous species of property. Without now enter ing into any details as to objections that might be urged against the principle of redemption, he would merely observe that, on some future occasion, be would ntroduce a bill on the subject s Ile begged, in the mean time,. to be understood that he was not insensible to the great object which the landlords had in view iu getting rid of the charge four tithes as soon as possible. For the present he wished to confine himself to the rent charge, which would secure a permanent income to the clergyman, and at the sam e time enable the farmer to apply with advantage the whole of his skill and industry to the cultivation of the soil. He was not so presumptious as to suppose that this plan was su perior to any other, hut he thought that next to the poor laws bill, which had passed last session, the question itself was the most important that could possibly be brought forward, and he thought that the plan might be so worked, under the prudence and wisdom of parliament, as to prove the highest advantage to the country at large. It would prove essentially beneficial to the church, and no less so to the cultivators of the soil. Sir It. PEEL said he had some questions to put to the noble lord in reference to the important measure now before the house. The first question he would ask him was, " Did this bill apply to lay impropriators as well as to ecclesiastical?" He would next ask him, " Was there to be a certain periodical va luation of the land and a rent charge fixed accordingly ?" In the third place, he would ask hitn " What was the process to which the clergyman was to resort for the recovery of his tithes, in the event of the rent charge being in arrear ?" Lord J. Itt - ssnee said that the same rule applied to lay im propriators as to ecclesiastical. There was to be a valuation of the land every seven years, and as to the remedy for the reco very of the claims of the clergyman, he proposed that it should be by distress. He did not, however, propose that this remedy should apply to any rent charge due for a longer period than two years.l4l. • GISBORNE.—Does the bill apply to mineral tithes? Lord J. Russeee.—lt applies to all. Sir R. INGLIS said the bill provided that in no) case the max imum should be higher than 75, or the ; mail - mum lower than 60. He would now ask, upon whom was the difference of loss of 25 or 40 to fall? The interest of the church being thus sacrificed, it was impossible it could remain in the position it now occupied. Tithes - had existed as an uninterrupted species of property • through a succession of fourteen or fifteen centuries, while lay property could not count a longer date than eight hundred years. If the tithe owner were only to get £75 Wpon then he would say that from that moment they would estab lish a principle which was fatal to all property. For his own part he decidedly objected to the general principle of the bill. Mr. PALMER wished to know from the noble lord if the bill was intended to apply to parishes already commuted? Lord J. Russet et. said it ,wies e niat. Sir ROBERT PEEL obseritOd:that it was important the law should be clearly laid down eh the subject of tithes, es otherwise they would be presenting to posterity various conflictiug pre cedents. The noble lout had made some advances towards agreeing with him (Sir It. Peel) as to the course which ought to be pursued with regard to the tithe question. Ile did not complain of the noble lord's plagiarism in adopting the whole of the machinery of the bill which he (Sir R. Peel) had intro duced last session. (Hear.) He only wished that the noble lord had adopted it altogether. (A laugh.) As the noble lord invited contributions from all quarters, he (Sir R. Peel) was inclined to bring in a bill for a voluntary commutation of tithes. In his opinion such a bill would materially assist the noble lord. • The noble lord had also proposed, that, if the parties did not come to a settlement within six months, the compulsory princi ple should be applied. Ile (Sir R. Peel) Would not object to compulsion, if compulsion were necessary; . but the advantage of his plan was this, that it did not, like that of the nob le lord, press. elbe to parliament a principle on which, in the event of the failure of voluntary commutation, the compulsory principle should be acted-upon. If the compulsory principle were once laid down, it would be must important that it should be for ever after rigidly 'adhered to. He amid not help thinking,, consider ing the variety of the laws, the various ways in which different parties were circumstanced, that voluntary agreements would be pie • ferable. The noble lord said that he wished every parish to be placed on the same footing, and that hereafter no parish should be enabled to say they were on a different footing with respect to tithe from their neighbour. One parish might be paying . GO per cent., and another 75 per cent.; and one might Übe paying the actual amount of payment for seven years, de pendent on the forbearance of the clergyman. Therefore the noble lord's own bill would fall short of his object, viz., the securing a uniformity of payments, and would occasion its con tiguous parishes a different amount of payment. There were many • points connected with the noble lord's bill which were not sufficiently , explained; probably they would be best under s t oo d when the bill should be presented. 'But. if there should appear to the house good reason to believe that experience of the at tempt at voluntary commutation would supply us with very valuable information to determine how a system of compulsion should be applied, in that case he (Sir R. Peel) trusted he might be permitted to present his bill for effecting a commutes Lion of tithe in the first instance, proceeding on the voluntary principle; and that, if the house felt it important to make some progress towards the settlement of that question, then, seeinm the difficulties of the adoption of the noble lord's plan, he hoped the house would not feel indisposed i n th e course of ie present session to make a fair experiment of the principle of voluntary commutation. After a short discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill. REGISTRATIoN OF ALIENS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for, and obtained leave to bring in a bill fur the registration of aliens. FEES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. fluslE moved, alter a short speech, in which he recapitu lated the sums levied upon members by the servants of the house, "That all payments made by members for the delivery of sessional papers from the vote-office, all gratuities paid to doorkeepers, messengers, and superintendents of the members' waiting-room, shall cease." The motion was carried by a majority of 78; 171 voting for, and 93 against it. TAXATION OF THE COUNTRY. 11r. ROBINSON laid on the table the following resolutions re lative to taxation, and moved that they be printed with the votes of the house : " 1. That the public income is raised by taxes imposc.d during HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TunseAT. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock, and several peti tions were presented oa various subjects. On the motion of the Marquis of CH ANDO; Sir Chas, Burrell was added to the agricultural committee. TITHES IN ENGLAND ANI) WALES. Lord Jour( RussELL expressed the great anxiety he felt on moving for leave to bring in a bill for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales. Upon the formation of the present ad ministration, he had expressed au opinion that it would not be possible for government to frame a measure sufficiently compre hensive-without first referring the subject to a select committee. Sir Robert Peel had given an opposite opinion, and said that it would be better for government to propose whatever their plans might be to parliament upon their own responsibility, and without the intervention of a select committee. The noble lord then proceeded to enumerate other difficulties, and the dif ferent bills which had at different times been submitted to par liament respecting tithes. But whatever the difficulties might be, the question was one upon which it was really incumbent upon parliament to come to a decision. Tithes were viewed as mere money payment to the clergy; frequently when enforced as a right they deprived the clergy of that influence which it was desirable they should possess in their respective neighbour hoods. (Hear, hear.) The reasons, however, for the neces s ity to which he all u d e d, were to b e f oun d i n the growing' discontent of the agricultural interests, and tithe payers generally, to this mode of payment, and he might say, the universal declarations ou the part of the clergy , on the other hand, that if any f a i r com mutation could be found, there were no persons who would be more glad thau themselves to get rid of such an objectionable mode of payment. The objection to tithes not only prevailed in this country, but in most of the kingdoms of Europe where they were levied, particularly in Austria, where there was no press stamped or unstaniped, and no popular meetings to dis turb the repose of government. The machinery which he proposed to adopt upon the present occasion was that suggested by the Right Honourable Baronet opposite— namely; a Central Board of Commissioners consisting of three persons, for the purpose of arranging the details of the plan, Two of those commissioners were to be appointed by the crow n , and the third by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and they were to have power to appoint Assistant. Commissioners. in like man ner as the Poor-law Commissioners did. Now, with respect to the other part of the subject,. namely, the principle of the plan, many persons think that it would be sufficient to take a certain amount for the value of tithes, and apply that generally to the whole kingdom. This plan appeared very simple, but he concur red in the opinion expressed by the Right Hon. Bart., the Member fur Tamworth last Session, that it was hardly practi cable. There were many parts of the country where tithes wer e levied in kind—in others, a very high composition existed, and in others the composition has been, almost from time immemo rial, extremely low. In the last instance, however, the tithe payer, so far from being willing tc submit.toan increase in the amount of his payment, would except a diminution of it. He feared th ere f ore , that it would be impossible to parry a bill of that kind through parliament, and that even if it could he done, it would cr eate dissatisfaction. Another principle which had been suggested, was that of taking the payments for seven years, as the foundati on o f a commu tation ; but there was an objection to th i s plan, w hi c h struc k man y persons most forcibly, namely, that it w ou ld operate as a premium to those tithe owners who had . been mo s t severe i n exac ti ng th e i r tith e s to the full amount, whilst on the contrary, it would leave those who had acted an indulgent part without adequate compensation. A person who had paid great attention to the subject proposed some years ago that an average shouli be snuck upon the total amount of tithes the exigencies of war, or under circumstances so inapplicable to the present state of the country, that a revision of our financial system would be highly beneficial to the nation at large. "2. That the revenue is chiefly levied on articles of necessary consumption, by which the burdens of the people are enormously increased, and their comforts diminished, without any cor responding benefit to the state; the trader and retail dealer being obliged to charge a profit both on the duty and the prime cost. " 3. That the excise laws and regulations interfere most in juriously and oppressively with various branches of trade and manufactures, with the employment of capital and labour at home, and with the freedom and extension of foreign commerce, and that they greatly raise the cost of subsistence on the labour ing classes of the community. " 4. That the unequal pressure of taxation is increased by the levy of a uniform duty of customs, without reference to the value of various articles of the same denomination. "5. That the stamp, legacy, and probate duties are most unjust and partial its their operation on transfers, obligations, securities, and other instruments of small value, compared with those of larger amount, and that a considerable portion of the wealth of the nation is altogether exempt from the legacy and probate duty charged upon other descriptions of property. " G. That by 'so impolitic and complicated a state of hnanee, the cost of collecting the public revenue is greatly enhanced, and the burdens of the people further augmented. " 7. That the return to a gold standard in 1819, followed by the suppression of small notes in England and Wales, has ma terially changed the relative condition of the productive classes, and of those who possess the wealth and capital of the nation. "8. That for these reasons it is the bounden duty of this house, not only to repeal and reduce taxation to as great an extent as may be compatible with the mainteuance of national credit, and the necessary demands of the public service, but also closely to investigate the whole state of our finance, with the view to such judicious alterations as may relieve die labour and industry of the country, and comprehend within the range of contribution to the public service all property protected by the state, without distinction or exception; so that the pressure of taxation may be lightened by a more just and equal distribution of the public -burdens amongst all classes of his Majesty's subjects." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be better to (Amy the course adopted on various occasions— namely, to have the resoiutious printed and circulated among members, instead of publishing them with the votes. Mr. Runistsosr said he was ready to agree to the suggestion. I)EPENCE OF PRISONERS BY COUNSEL. Mr EWAR r brought in a bill on this subject, and, also moved fur the appointment of a committee on " The arts and priuei -ples of design." POOR LAWS FOR IRELAND. Sir RICHARD MUSGRAVE moved for leave to bring in a bill for the relief of the poor in Ireland in certain cases,; bill of, a similar description, he said, had been read a second time last ) ear, and it was gratifying to him to find that since that period a change had taken place in public opinion, and that the subject hail been brought forward as a permanent feature in his Ma jesty's speech. His Majesty's ministers had thereby given a proof that they had at heart the interests of Ireland, and though he had no doubt they would do their duty ou that point, still he felt himself bound to persevere in bringing in the bill. He was the more inclined to persevere, from the result of the inquiry made by the poor law commissioners for Ireland. From the report of tharenimnission, it appeared that numbers of the poor in that country died from want, and, •coupling` that with the circumstances that the bill had received the sanction of.the . house, he was not inclined to relax in his endeavours to carry its main principles into effect. The measure which he pro posed had been drawn up by a gentleman who had an intimate knowledge of the state of Ireland. He believed no document had ever been published which contained so great a mass of human misery as the report of the commissioners; and when he recollected the_ atmosphere of misery which he breathed in when in Ireland, he was not inclined to give the measure up. It was the duty of the house to give employment to the poor of Ireland; and he believed that m►ght now be clone with greater facility than hitherto, from the increased security and peace of that country. The report not only did great credit to the com missioners, but to the ministers who had appointed them. The fault did not lie with the landlords, for in 99 cases out of 1(X) they were prevented from making improvements by their tenures, and thereby prevented from giving employment to the poor. If this bill should go into committee, he should recom mend that a sub-committee be appointed for the purpose of de vising the best means of granting relief to persons under 14 years of age—to the aged and lunatics, and persons maimed by accidents—and even to able-bodied persons under extraordinary circumstances. After a short discussion leave vas given. THE BOROUGH OF STAFFORD. Mr. DtvETT brought in a bill to disfranchise the borough of Stafford. And on the motion of the ihme gentleman, it was or dered that no writ would issue for Stafford until after Thursday the 21st of April. THE NEW HOUSES OP PARLIAMENT. ea The CHANCELLOR of the ExcitEuvEit moved the re-appoint ment of the committee of last session to consider the question of rebuilding the houses of parliament. Mr. HUME moved that it be an instruction to the committee to reconsider the removal of the site of both houses of parlia ment. Mr. Hume's motion was lost nu a division. The other business before the house was then disposed of, and the house adjourned at twelve o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-WRDNESDAY. The Abolition of Capital Punishment Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time. Two petition's complaining of agricultural distress were pre sented, when their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—ThuRsnAr The Speaker took the chair at ten minutes before four o'clock. • Lord Cl': Litroiox presented a petition praying for leave to bring in a'llip'for making a railroad from London to Brighton. Lard 4. ucttmotgii priponted• a petition from the mayor and cororation. of Canterbury in favour of Mr. Buckingham's bill, ( dear, hear.) ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. ITEATHCOTE (we believe) gave notice that, on Friday next, he should call the attention of the hone to 'the Inn - sent state of the assessed taxes. SUPPLY, On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer the house went into asommittee of supply. The sum of 26,521,000 was voted to pay off Bxchequer Bills. Some other votes were agreed to and the house resumed. Some motions were then agreed to and at five o'clock the house adjourned. RAPHAEL v. O'CoNNELL.—A petition to parliament, signed by nearly 500 individuals in this city, has been forwarded to Sir George Sinclair, calling for an iuquiry into the conduct of Messrs. O'Connell arid Raphael, on the subject of the Carlow election.—Bath Herald. . SNUF.F•TAKING.—As snuff-taking is, merely an, idle,, dirty habit, practised by stupid people, in the unavailing endeavour to clear their stolid intellect, and is not a custom particularly offensive to their neighbours, it may be left to each individual's taste as to whether it be continued or not. An " Elegant" cannot take muck snuff without decidedly ," losing. caste."— .1 - litits on Etiquette. • The Queen of the Netherlands steamer, which left London on Wednesday last with the Dutch mail of the 2d instant, was lost on the voyage to Rotterdam. Passengers and crew saved. Mr. O'Connell while changing horses at the Angel Inn, Oxford, was loudly cheered by a few cads, which was imme diately responded to by the hearty groans of the gownsmen assembled on the occasion. TRADE OF THE NETHERLANDS.—The Handelablad contains an interesting comparative view of the situation of the Dutch trade, for the old Dutch provinces only, in 1834, with that of the entire kingdom in 1824, and the actual foreign commerce of the principal trading countiies, which, supposing the estimates correct, would go to show that, proportionably to the population, the advantage lies,mrith Holland. The Tonnage of the importa tion for the old Dutch provinces only, in the year 1831. is stated to have been 652,049 tons; computed value 172,149,9:361 at the average of 26411. per ton. Ditto of the exportation, 632 768 tons ; computed value 125,022,5281, at an average of 1961 per ton. lu 1824, for the entire kingdom, importation, 456,493 tons . ,' va lue 129,787. 4 360 1 ; average nearly 2841 per ton; exportation 502,032 tons, value 84,612,025 d.; aver age 2701 per ton. Total of importation and exportation, in 1824.2E4,599,9'651 In 1831, 297,163,4641., a greater amount even than at the former period, though the population is reduced tp one-third nearly. The' total of importation and exportation of England having been in 1831; to the amount of £358,724,843 and the population being the eightfold of that of the old Dutch provinces. This superiority to the present trade of the latter of more than double the amount. That of France, for the came year, is estimated at 1,434,892,374 1. and the population being iu the proportion of 12 to 1, there is a superiority for ,the Pptch trade of more th an t h e f i ve f o ld amount. 'The total of the value imported and exported in the United States., officially stated to the amount of 230,858,394 dol. though nominally double that of the Duick - givei a proportion of 6 to 21 in favour of the latter, considering that the North American population is to the Dutch as 54. to 1. The corn prices remain as low as ever, notwithstanding the recent impor tation-duty-law. Petitions for its revocation are already pre paring to be presented at the re-opening of the sessionan the 'month of Aptl.—Hague Letthr. COLONEL EvANs"..The following i 9 an extract from a letter •addressed by Colonel Evans to his constitttents, received in town on Friday :—" You may rely on it, I am most anxious to return to resume the duties of the distinguished and most highly prised - office which you and my other friends fn Weetnrinetei raised me to, although those great interests which you all ap prove of my supporting will not permit me to do so fur some tittle, time linige r.". . • - DUBLIN, ELECTION I ftliTtort.--the‘otvidence. taken. before the commissioners on this petition was lodged with the Speaker Yesterday. lt consists of fifty-six volumes, but the rejected evi dence forms the largest portion. The warrant forthe re-as sembling of the committee will appear in the next Gazette. The committee must meet within a month front the issuing of the warrant. It is supposed that they will resume their labours on the 'first of March. If Out oomiiiittee decide that the non payment of taxes invalidates the votes, the petitioners will have a large tnajority which cannot be pulled down; on the other hand, if the illeatniittee decide against this point, the petitioners will find great difficulty iu reducing members. the majority of tne sitting CLAPPING.—At a late public meeting in Nashville, oneof the orators wound up hi s oration thus My dear brethren, it has been the usual fashion for an audience to testify their approba tion of that which has been said by the clapping of hands ; but beg to recommend to your adoption a new method of clapping less tumultuous and much more pleasing:—when you leave this building, clap your hands into your breeches pockets, and draw ing them out again, clap your money into the box which is at the door to receive it; and may the Lord give it his blessing." The address had the desired effect; and the audience having done the needful, as by him desired, clapped their hats upon their heads and got themselves away home, much edified. GENEALOGY.—Prancis I. having asked Castelan, bishop of Orleans, whether he was of noble extraction, "Sire," said be, "Noah had three sons'with him in the ark, I cannot say from which of them 1 am des6ended." Muanait AND Sutctna.—On Saturday, the 31st ult., an in quisition was taken at the dwelling house of Mr. John Bailey, of Green Grove, in the parish of - Thorney, in the Isle of Ely, on view of the body of John Bailey and his two sons, aged nine and eight years. It appeared that on Thursday night the de ceased, who slept iu the same room with his sons, gave them prussic acid, which it is supposed he had rocured for that pur pose, and afterwards s h ot hi mse lf i n b e d' with a pistol. 'I hey were all found by the sister of the deceased in a dying state when she rushed into the room on hearing the discharge of a pistol. John Bailey was of an old and respeCtable family, long resident in Thorney, where they were occupiers of farms under the pre sent and several other of the dukes of Bedford. The deceased, who,was a widower, with four children, and whose wife died ,about three years since, removed to the farm in the spring of 1 829. Grio f for th e l os s . of his wife, and the unfortunate cir cumstances of the times, arising from the depreciation of all agriculture produce, bad long preyed upon his mind, and he was observed by his friends to be low and desponding, and much altered in hisVabit and manner. The Jury returned a verdict "That he committed the act when in A state of temporary de . rangemeut." FEBI:UItAir 12-, AMERICA AND FRANCE. The following is a copy of a special message from the President of the United States : TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- GENTLEMEN,--111 my message at the opening of your session,' I informed you that our Charge d'Affaires at Paris had been in structed to ask fur the final determination of the French Go vernment, in relation to the payment of the indemnification, se cured by the treaty of the dth of July, 1831, and that when ad vices on the result should be received, it would be made the subject of a special communication. In execution of this design, I now transmit to you the papers, numbered from 1 to 13 inclusive, containing, among other things, the correspondence on this subject between our Charg& d'Affaires and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs from which it will be seen that France requires, as a condition prece dent to the execution of a treaty unconditionally ratified, and to the paym en t o f a d e b t acknowledged by all fire branches of her government to be due, that certain explanations shall be made, of which she dictates the terms. These terms are such as that government has already been officially informed cannot be complied with; and, if persisted in they must be considered as a deliberate refusal on the part of France to fulfil engage smeuts binding by the laws of nations and held ' sacred by the whole civilized world. The nature of the act which France requires from this government is clearly set forth in the letter of the French minister, marked. No. 4. We will pay the mo ney, says he, when the " Government of the United States is ready, on its part, to declare to us, by addressing its claims to us officially, in writing, that it regrets the misunderstanding which has arisen between the two countries; that this misun derstanding is founded on a mistake ; that it never entered into its intention to call in question the good faith of the French government, nor to take a menacing attitude towards France ;" and he adds, "if the government of the United. States does not give this assurance, we shall be obliged to think that this iris understanding is not the result of au . error." In the letter marked No. 6, the French minister also remarks that "the government of the United States knows that upon itself de pends henceforward the execution, of the treaty. of July 4, 1831." Obliged by the precise- language thus used by the French minister to view it ago peremptoi y refusal to execute the treaty, except on terms incompatible with the 'honour and independ ence of the United States, and persuaded that, an considering the correspondence now submitted to you, you can regard it itt no other light, it becomes my duty - to. call your attention to such measures as the exigency of the case demands, if the , claim of interfering in the commanii - :ations between. the differ ent branches of our government shall be persisted in. This pretension is rendered the more reasonable by the fact that the substance of the requited explanation lies been repeatedly' and • voluntarily given before it was insisted - on as it eonditiou--:.a - • condition the more' humiliating because it is demanded as .. the . equivalent of apecnniary c o n s id era ti on . D oes F rance desire only a declaration that we had no intention to obtain our rights by an address to her fears rather than to herjestice ? She has already had it, frankly and explicitly given by our minister, ac credited to her government, his act ratified by me, and my con firmation of it Officially communicated by him, in Isis letter to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, of the 25th of April, 1835, and repeated by my published approval of that letter after the passage of the Bill of Indemuilication. Does France want a degrading, servile, repetition of this act, in terms which she shall dictate, and which will involve anacknowledgement of her assumed right to interfere in our domestic concerns ; She will never obtain it. The spirit of the American people, the dignity of the Legislature, and the firm resolve of their Executive Go vernment, forbid it. As the answer of the French minister to our Char 4 d'Af faires at Paris contains an allusion to a letter addressed by hint to the representative of France at this place, it now becomes proper to lay before VOll the correspondence had between that functionary and the 'Secretary of State relative to that letter, and to accompany the same with such explanations as will en able you to understand the course of the executive in regard to it. Recurring to the historical statement made at the_ com mencement of your session, of the origin and progress of our difficulties with France, it will be recollected that, on the return' of our minister to the United States, I caused my official approval of the explanations he had given to the French Mi nister for Foreign Affairs to be made public. As the French government had noticed the message without its being officially communicated, it was not doubted that, if they were disposed to pay the money due to us, they would notice any public, expla nation of the government of the United States in the same way. But, contrary to these well-founced expectations, the French ministry did not take this fair opportunity to relieve themselves from their unfortunate position, and to do justice to the United States. W hilst, however, the government of the United States was waiting the movements of the French government, in perfect confit e that the diffi c ulty was a t an en d , th e S ecretary o f War 'food acall 'frein th e F renc h Ch arg é d'Affai res i n vo Washi ' ' n, who desired t o rea d hi m a l e tt er h e h a d rece i ve d from the rench Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was asked whether he was instructed or directed to make any official com munication, and replied that he was only authorised to read the letter and furnish a copy if requested. The substance of its contents, it is presumed, may be gathered from Nos. 4 and G herewith transmitted. It was an attempt to make known to the government of the United States, privately, in what manner it would make explanations. apparently voluntary, but really dic tated by France, acceptable to her, and thus obtain payment of the 25,000000 of francs. No exception was taken to this mode of communication, which is often used to prepare - the way for official intercourse, but the suggestions made in it were in their ." substance wholly inadmissible. Not being in the shape of an official communication to' the' government, it did not admit of reply or official'notice, nor could' it safely be made the basis of any action by the executive or the legislature; and the Secre tary of State did not think proper to ask a copy, because he could have no use for if. Copies of papers, marked numbers 9,10, and 11, show an at tempt on the part of the French Charge d'Affaires, many weeks afterwards; to place a copy of this paper among the archives of this goiresiontisht, whit% for. obvious reasons. wasmot allowed to be donat , imt the assurance before given was repeat ed, that any official itommunicatio n silk+ he mtgbt be with°- , rised to make in the aceuslomen.form would receive e prompt and just consideration. The' indiscretion bf this attempt was made more manifest by the subsequent avowal .of •the French Charge d'Affaires, that the object was tobring this letter before Congress and the American people. If foreign agents, on a subject of disagreement between their government and this, wish to prefer an appe a l t o th e A mer i can people, they will here after, it is hoped, better appreciate their own rights, and the re spect due to othefs; than tuotternpt to use the executive as the passive organ of their cummutaiNutious,..,. It is due t o th e c h aracter o f our iimStitutions, that the diplo matic intercom . * of this government 'should be conducted with the utmost directness :and simplicity, ,and th a t i n _ a ll cases o f importance the cinnevinications re ce i ve d or ma d e b y t h e ex ecutive should assume. the accustomed official form. It is only by insistingon this fatin that foreign powers can be held.to full responsibility; that their communications can be officially re plied to; or that the advice or interference of the legislature propriety, be invited b y t h e President. This course is can, al with t i tlhe best calcmilated, on th e one h and, to sh i e ld that ofil s cer from unjust suspicions, and, on the .other," to subject this ' portion of his acts to public scrutiny; and, if occasion shcatl4. require it, to constitutional animadversion. It was the more necessary to adhere to these principles in the instance-in ques- • tion, inasmuch as, in addition to other important interests, it very intimately 'oncerned the national honour; a - matter, in my judgment, much:: too sacred to be made the subject of pri vate and unofficial negotiation. It [.ill be perceived that this letter of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs was read to the Secretary of State on the 11th of September last. This was the first authentic information of the specific views of the French government, received by the government of the United States after the passage of the bill of indemnification. Inasmuch as the letter had been written be fore the official notice of my approval of Mr. Livingston's last explanation and remonstrance could have reached Paris, jest Fround of hop e was l e f t, as h as been before stated, ' that the rench government on receiving this information, in the same manner the alleged offending message had reached them, would desist from their extraordinary demand, and pay the money wi once. To give them an opportunity to do so, and, at all events, to elicit their final determination, and the ground they intended to occupy, the instructions were given to our Charge d'Affaires • which were adverted to at the connneucetnent of the . present session of Congress. The result, as you. have seen, is a de mand of an official written expression of regret, and a direct explanation addre sse d to France, with a distinct intimation that this' is a sine qua non; Mr. Barton having, in pursuance of his instructions, returned to the United States, and the charge d'affaires of France having been recalled, all diplomatic intercourse between the two countries is suspended —a state of things originating in an un reasonable susceptibility on the part of tho French government and rendered necessary on .outs part by their refusal to, perfect% ingageinents containtsil is a treaty from time faithful perform« ante of which by us t h ey e re to thus day enjoying many Imps- tant commercial advantages. ..'-, • It is time that this unequal position of affairs shoulstecese, and tbat legislative action should be broughtto sustain execu tive exertion i n suc h measu r es as the case reqUires. ' While France persists in her refusal to comply With the terms ea treaty, the object of which was, by removing all causes of inns tual complaints, to renew ancient 'feelings of friendship, and to , .. unite the two nations in the bonds of amity, and of a menially beneficial commerce, she cannot justly complain if we adoit -- such peaceful remedies as the law. of nations and the eirctini- stances of the case may authorise and demand. Of.thenetnre. of these re me di es I h ave heretofore had occasion to speak, and,,' , in reference to a particular contingency, to 'expressmt cosiviel" ~,:, Lion that r e p r i sa l s would be best adapted tothe emergent,' then ' • contemplated. Since that period, France, by all the depart ments of her government, has. acknowledged the validity of our claims, and the obligation s of the treaty, and has upproP;ia.ted .. the moneys which ere necessary to its execution; and though ' payment is withheld on grounds vitally important tei- our 'exist. •• . ence as an independent nation;'it is not to be believed that she can have determined permaneetly to retain opositien so utterly indefensible. In the altered state of the questions in contro versy, and und er all' existing :eircurnstancee, it appears - to nie, that, until such a determination shall babe become evident, it will be sufficient to retaliate bar present refusalto comply with her engagements, by prohibiting the introduction of French products and the entry of French vessels into our ports. B e , tween this and the interdiction of all commercial intercoutie.' . - or other remedies, you, as the representatives of the 'people - • must determine. lrecommend the former, in the present pas-. , j ture of oar affairs, as being the least injurious to our con - mmerce, and as attended with the least difficulty of returning to the usua&" state of friendly intercourse,. if the gove rnment of France shall, render us the least injustice that is due, and also as a proper preliminary step to stronger measures, should their adoption be rendered necessary by subsequent events.. ~:f • The return of our Charge d'Affaires is attended with p bl . " u io ~f „ notices of naval preparations on the part of France, destined'', ",,,. for our seas. Of the cause and intent of these artnements I's 1 44 have no authentic information; nor any means of judging, ex cept such as are cemtoott to yoursel ves an d to the pu b l i c; b ut m whatever may be their object, we ere taut at liberty to Tegat4,- . them as unconnected With tho rasiksureti which liogile 4/mot,' ments on the part of France may compel us to pursue. Thor' at least deserve to be met by adequate preparation on our part,- and therefore I strongly urge large and speedy appropriations for the increase of the navy, and the completion of our coast defences. • If this array of military force he really designed to affect the action of the government and people of the United States, on the questions now pending between the two nations, then In deed would it be dishonourable to pause a moment on al ternative which such a state of affairs would present to no. Come what may, the explanation which France demands can never be accorded ; and no armanent, however powerful and imposing at a distance, or on our coast, will, I trust, deter ut from dischargin the high duties we owe to our constituents, tu our national c a .cter, and to the would. The House of 1 epresentatives, at the close of the last Ses sion of Congress, unanimously resolved that the treaty of 'the 4th of July, 1831, should . be maintained, and its execution in sisted on by the United States. It is due to the Welfare" of the human race, not less than to our own interests and . honour, +Num,. that this resolution should, at all hazards, be adhered to. lf, ; after so signal an example as that given Ly the American peo ple, during their long-protracted difficulties with France, of . /9"'1.7 forbearance u n d er accumu l ate d atongs;antuf generous eon- , 1-stud lideuce in her ultimate return to juptice, she Atm ERR U. permitted to w mtication, %hi( had at length and to set at States will not and religiun, t meet of reaso: by injured nati an issue. 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