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To these has ATH o NELSON Y, Kee ENOMENON, rom El Mr. iticHARDsoN MAJESTY' S INCES ROYAL ents of the lock ; Dancing to ?s Corn, treet, July 3cl kLLABY, Clerk debate and of the committee t an amendment intro. M. L'Herbette, an eclare that Paris shat, es of France (nor, 01 lat M. Ti e would 11, retire from office :nabled to anticipate brought by the over rl from Malta, Our roe conveyanc )rt only on Tt ; from Calcutta, Dec a Alexandria, Jan. 23 from the Airs in China and the most of the propos China and in India and a fresh effect t s still at Chusan, :hy. Out of 3,650 duty, chiefly owing Admiral was eX°- Ile of November risoners at Ningpoo suffered for want of Dntinued a prisoner at isted of 20 sail of pen- y, but he had peti mercy; pleading hi be tired out by for to make 11'0 increa, a very earl t in China ry to toe usual policy t the Chinese would asking of them. Vir; he 2d of November mho, as ws adris 1 Canton; awaiting t rnor of Kumertun ieen ordered to Cil know . that the rrival in Chin !eprived of his rai he Impecial Cc and irni by the I )NICO n the I ton stilt c naval force ca that an e ill not 1 iritain , and ther bring export c r, where they ular trader of opium del ierally pacific, an 3 r 11 - 6 news fro, tory c!: luznerableintrigues Id probably be abh gns of ither of th ioubi seems to be cast tory as to the decease of the arruek Singh is said t 9 >y which the death of his t abcut appear to be yet c Aas nine doubt but that both father ims ora conspiracy, in which Deehan, gns, was the chief: INDIA n the lit Deena and two field pieces, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Sepoys attacked the position, and a desperate Beloochees, till four of their chiefs ad 132 followers in escaped on foot, but Six other chief Nusseer I British, who only land of the land it the position of affairs to organize an extensive rade through Macao. )orts of sugar from Be eded 50 ,000 tons, wh anceme the rat urclias bills'for r .We and embarrass me it is to be hoped they will 'ere wounded pnvau as , state that Major-General Sir Hugh ke advanta ;receding year has y been sent, and unless some unwise altera be made, the supply from thence will con . 2s. 2d. per com- ge at which govercrnen land, has tended a ntile transactions. Though on their part in the event of Jon be enabled to reduce The accounts from Aden of the 10th of January state every thing to be quiet there, and that the place was rapidly in • the Faith," as the bigOted 'old man was pleased ) term himself, bad been totally defeated by the Imaum of Senna, taken prisoner, and beheaded, which has, of course, quieted rebellion to a considerable extent. The Imaum, be fore another month, will attack the sea-port towns of Mocha, Hadaida, and Zebid. He is favourably disposed to the Eng .,- :enerator of The French had obtained a r Ilan coast. and it is g.id to ice called Eyd, on the Abys- I miles in bre.ad .4. • • • 4.. 4.. settlement there for commercial purposes. ,•• %eV .40.01 .4144 The climate of Aden is delightful. The troops are in ex cellent health. EGYPT Our express from Alexandri_, brings the gr a tifyi ng i nte lli gence that t had all left the harbour, and set sail f under, the orders of Admiral Walker. The British steamer Stromboli, and the Egyptian steamer Nile, bad been conti nuously employed during the 19th, 20th, and 21st of Ja nuary, in towing them outside the reef. The greatest acti- by the 0 armorice, vity and co-opertion prevailed in the work, insomuch that the fleet was under sail in ten days after the firman was read for its xestoration : one half of the time in which the Egyp tian Admiral declared it possible to accomplish it, and one sixth of the period in which the Turkish and• English officers expected it. Six vessels sailed out on the first day ; after which Mazloum Bey (the new Turkish commissioner) deli- )y the ultan's steamer Tahira Bahri two days before), stating that the Porte had granted the request made by its 'lies to confirm Mehemet Ali in the hereditary pashalic of Is soon as the fleet had been delivered. The &man -nncession --- ' to ratify this co,. ..cis expected to follow, as soon as it was known at Constantinople that the fleet had arrived at Marmorice. Ou the evening of the 21st of January, only Admiral Walker's flag-ship Nusretieh (the victorious) re mained in the harbour ; and that was preparing to sail out on the morning of the 23d of January, together with the Sultan's rahiri Bahri, bearing the Turkish Commissioner bum Bey, who returns forthwith to Constantinople. The Pasha was about to visit Cairo and his estates in the Delta, in which such mismanagement and defalcation had lately been discovered. He had granted free permission to the Oriental and Peninsular Steam Company to introduce their steam-boats on the Nile for the conveyance of their passengers between Rosetta and Cairo, and bad, meantime, steamer placed his own steam yacht at their servi, modation of 43 passengers who went ou for - the accom o react IfnnprrialDartianitnt HOUSE OF LORD •TRURSDAY Lord HOLLAi•Ib took the oaths and his seat The Earl of MINTO, in pursuance of notice, moved the thanks of the house to Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.B. and the officers and men employed under his command in the late operations on the coast of Syrid. His lordship paid a just tribute to the merit of this portion of the British fleet, but most illogically inferred that because defeat the Egyptians, it would there means, have bee 'm-e, with .its limited le to conflict with erful as itself. Nobody ever said• that British seamen were not as brave as ever ; the only point was, whether the navy was in a fit state of preparation for a general war, had such a calamity occurrec Lord Cm.m4 Fs The Duke of WELLINGTON, in terms of the most cordial earnestness, avowed his admiration of the services performed by those engaged in the glorious expedition under discussion. He considered the present achievement one of the greatest deeds pf modern times,, but thought it his duty to warn their lordships that they must not always expect that ships, how ever well commanded, or however gallant their seamen might pable of commonly engaging successfully with ;tone Walls. A bill for the enfranchisement of copyholds was brought [n by Lord Redesdale, and read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a petition from Leicester against church-rates, inquired whether ministers intended to bring forward the measure brought forward three years ago ? Lord MELBOURNE answered in the negative. In answer to a question respecting the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, the LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his intention of introducing it again this session. .0 proceed under escort arrived in Alexandria on the evening of the and sailed for Malta next morning. left Falmouth on the 2d of dria on the 18th, before day-bremi, three days at Malta for the mail. The times steaming from port to port were—Falmouth to Gibraltar, 4 days 204 hours; Gibraltar to Malta, 3 days 221 hours; 22d of January, The Oriental, which inuary, only arrived at Alexan- having been detained mails and 23 Indian passengers, on the 23d of January ; Lord Jocelyn was in company, bearing despatches for the government On the evening of the 21st of January, the Cairo telegraph ►nd an overland courier had both announced to _Mehemet Ali that `Llbrahitn.Pasha and his army had arrived at Ram- P. large transport was loaded that night ey, near Gaza with provisions for the troops, which were stated to be in great destitution and disorder. Next morning the Pasha's steamer Nile, and the provision transport, were despatched to Gaza to relieve the army, and return with Ibrahim to Alex- iey's corvette had also sailed at the same _yptian naval officers to Marmorice, to assist in the conduct of the Turkish fleet to Constantinople. It was industriously reported that Mehemet Ali had repaid the 60,000 dollars, which he found in it on its arrival in Alexandria ; but this is not true. Neither had he paid off the Turkish fleet. The sailors had received one dollar each, but were still owed three months' pay at their departure. time with 30 E, The plague had broken out in tiirje villages in the Delta, and it was expected in Rosetta also. It continued in Alex andria, but had not increased there. Arrangements are in progress for the dissolution of the redif, or national guard of Alexandria, which, it is believed, will take place on the Ist of Moharem, 12.57, the Turkish new year's day, corresponding to our 20th of February. - Commodore Nipier remained at Alexandria, waiting for further orders. He had frequent interviews with the pasha, respecting cemmercial relations, and the fulfilment of the treaty of Balti-Liman, in which the pasha had made some progress. He and the commodore agreed very well on the practical points that came under discussion, and it was be lieved they would soon visit Cairo together. UNITED STATES. We bave received, since our last, our file of papers brought by the Cambridge. here is no Paper of later date than the Bth, of which we were in possession previously, nor do the intermeditite pa pers contain any news of importance. Some discussion has taken place in congress with respect to the application made for the release of Mr. Al' Lead, who was seized by the au- thorities of New York upon the charge of having been con cerned in destroying the steam-boat Caroline, in 1837, at the period of the riots in Upper Canada. We have already, al luded to this case. Mr. FOrsyth, in his reply to the commu nication made by Mr. Fox> the British minister, expresses his anxiety for the maintenance of amicable relations between England and the United States, but professes himself unable to recognise the validity of tti. demand. Mr. Fox, in reply to the note of Mr. Forsyth, dated December 26, in which the application for the release of M 'Leod is refu'ed, regrets the refusal, and intimates that it, and the ill-treatment of M'Leod, will lead to the most grave and serious conse quences. These documents gave rise to some rather angry and excited speeches in congress. The Philadelphia Courier states that the Baltimore Bank has failed. A. WIDOW WANTED.—An extraordinary and ludicrous scene took place on Tuesday morning, in Tower-street, at the house of Mr. E. M. Stroud, stationer and patent ledger maker, at the corner of Mark-lane. Mr. Stroud having oc casion for a housekeeper to superintend his domestic arrange ments, advertised for " a widow, or a widow and her daugh ter, lo take charge of the upper part of a tradesman's house, and to cook for him." T' 'Pd wages were stateu to be £3O per annum, with coals, candles, &c., and application was dire c t e d to be made, between eleven an three o'clock yesterday, at No. 68, Tower-street. Before the clock struck eleven the gan to arrive, and soon the street was rendered impassable by the number of fair ones crowding towards the midows house, and in a few minutes Mr. Stroud's shop and parlour were filled with women struggling to gain the attention of the advertiser, and clamorously setting forth the qualifications for the situation. A report soon got wind that Mr. Stroud had advertised for a •wife, and people flocked from all quarters to see the ladies in search of a husband. The widows, young, -aged, and old, the thin And stout, the dark and the is, others gaily attired, and many continued to arrive, and were fair, some in their v poorly but dec ly clad th laughter and shouts from the mob, who gave free vent to their jokes and ribaldry as the widows arrived and departed. At length the confusion and noise became so great, that a posse of the city police were sent for, who pre served a little better order, and afforded free ingress and egress for the applicants.—Leeds Intelligences. THE FAILURE OF MESSRS. KEASZEY, THE TANNERS, OF BERMONDSEY . — Since the bankruptcy of Messrs. Wright, the bankers of Heurietta-street, Covent-garden, no failure has excited so much astonishment, or has been attended by such melancholy results, as the failure of the Messrs. Keas- ley, the tanners, in Long-lane, Bermondsey.. The firm was considered the richest in that part of London, and the horses and harness were exceeded by no house in town, or perhaps the world. The Mes,rs. Keasley had for a long series of years carried on one of the most extensive trades in Bermond sey, or within five miles of it. The liabilities of the firm are •- •nsly stated, as amounting from £lOO,OOO. to £250,000. - )orted to be Messrs. Streatfiehl and The chief creditors are re Lawrence, icy...._ .ers, of Lime-street, to the amount of £17,000.; Mr. Sharp, currier, of Russell -street, Bermond sey, £7000,; the firm of Warren and Co., blacking-makers, £20,000.; Messrs. Boucher and Mortimer, leather factors, of the New Leather-market, Bermondsey, X 7000.; Mr. Vous ley, who keeps a public-house in Long-lane, £200., for a check which he cashed, besides a large amount owing by the nen who " used" his house , ankruptey has caused is great, and h 11, or nearly all, the men. Messrs. I "e consternation which this placed out of employ sley are also said to SUSPICIOI9 CRAB.AcTEv..- 7 --On Saturday night, a man ye his name George Southani, about twenty-bue yta r A was received into custody at Leeds gaol under sus picious circumstances. He was dressed in a woman's gown, apron, and cloak, with a black beaver bonnet and cap. It teems that the prisoner had come down by the railway train s far as Oakenshaw, when he got out and went into een- of age, -.la. 6 tlemen's retiring room instead of the ladies' room. On re seating himself he was told that he had got upon the train lor York instead of that for Leeds, and in changing his seat he demeaned himself so unseemly that his sex and disguise were suspectea, ana one of the polidemen on eyeing him closely observed his trovrsers and heavy boots below the skirts of his gown. He was accordingly escorted to Leeds and given into custody. We understand he has since confessed that he belongs to Killingworth, Warwickshire, and that he had bee❑ in custody at Rugby, on several charges of horse stealing, and that he had been committed for ti ial at the War wickshire assizes, but that before his removal he effected his escape and ran home, where he arrived even before his father and mother, who had been attending his final examination, and immediatelp put on his mother's apparel, and set off to see a relative near H unslet ; but on his way was apprehended. He stands remanded until his identity be established. I'P.IAL OF LORD CARDIGAN FOR DUELLING.—The trial of the Earl of Cardigan is properly a subject of great interest. the case is one of the first impression, to borrow the techni no prosecution for a duel, unattended with fatal having been, as we believe, instituted in mo ern times. The duty which tne noble judges will have to discharge, is thus a difficult and a painful one. On the one sand, they must decide the question of strict law, without regard to what may be called the substantial justice of their decision ; or, on the other side, they must virt ua ll y li cense duelling, by deciding that its formalities, if fairly observed, absolve from the guilt of attempted homicide—guilt about which, in any other case titit that of duelling, there is no I ph ras, :onsequences 1 I A. court of justice is not . to ; public ; but even if the rcely know how to foam a which the question shall be dis- wishes of public had the Choi( wish as to th posed of , assuming even all that has been stated in the, pre liminary proceeding to be fully proved. Nobody can be so cruelly unjust as to desire the punishment of the defendant for an act which, though illegal, has been, through a long pe riod, not merely sanctioned, but enforced, by the usages of society ; yet all must earnestly desire that the supreme Court ofjusticei n the kingdom should give life and energy to a law now slumbering in desuetude, by which, once awakened, the senseless, savage, and unchristian practice of duelling would doubtless be more effectually restrained than by any other law which wisdom could devise. The affair, however, is happily in the best hands, and we may hope that the august tribunal before which Lord Cardigan is to appear, May find some safe mode of-fecoticiling indulgence (which in the caseis but justice) to his lordship, w ith such an affirmation of the law as shall go far to put an end to duels.--Standard. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY ;ladstone took the oaths and his at as member for Mr. H. HINDE, in pursuance of notice, proposed that the standing order respecting railway bills, which requires one tenth part of the amount subscribed to be deposited in the Court of Exchequer, should be modified by substituting one twentieth part for one-tenth. He contended that the order. as it now stood operated injuriously as a check upon a most important system of commercial enterprise. He asked only that the deposit of 10 per cent., which the House e,f Lords had deemed excessive, should be reduced to one of 5 per cent. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in opposing the motion, expressed his desire to encourage by all possible means the developement of the railway system so long. as the speculations were of a bona fide character, but he did not believe that so small a deposit would act as an obstacle to the execution' of any un dertaking whiCh could be safely recommended to the public, while it formed a salutary check upon those gambling schemes. vhich bad inflicted so mucli injury up , Mr. WARBURTON and Mr. BROT the country lERTON or ;osed the motion, and after a short conversation, in whiCh several members took part, it was rejected by a majority of 144 to 15. Sir J. C. HOBBOUSE, in answer to several questions from Sir R. Inglis, explained what progress had been made in re lieving the civil and military servants •of the Indian govern ment from any connexion with the idolatrous ceremonies practised in that country. The pilgrim tax in Bengal had been wholly abolished, and, except in the presidency of Ma dras, the instructions sent out in 1838 had been fully carried into effect. The attendance of Christian troops at heathen festivals, and of Ilindoos or Mahometans at those'of either uch would wound their prejudices, was dispensed ld if in any instance the orders issued to this effect steps would be taken to ensure obe- had been disregardec dience for the (attire Lord MORPETH, in moving for leave to bring in a ministe rial measure of Irish registration, admitted the existence of gross abuses. He professed the willingness of government to redress the evils of the present system of certificates, and to allow to the objector as well as to the claimant an appeal on matter of law, though not on matter of fact. But mi )rtus without They had no Ldding a precise definition of the franchise ejection to an annual revision, but they could not consent to deprive the voter of the facility which he now derived from the right of quarterly registration. And when the voter should once have been registered, they would not have him disturbed, except upon circumstances subsequent to his origi nal admission, else he would he liable to a fresh attack before every fresh revising barrister. As to the court of appeal, Lord Morpeth objected to have it constituted of the judges 2 I of the land : he should propose a court of three barristers, to be nominated by the Speaker. He then contended, that with the measure of :registration there should be coupled a definition of the franchise. It lay now in a state of uncer tainty, which was acknowledged on all hands. and very per plexing and injurious to the voter. The principle and test by which he proposed to determine the franchise, would be the valuation of the voter's property to the new poor rate. This basis had been mentioned with approbation in the last session by several members, in reference to the parliamentary fran chise, and by Sir R. Peel in reference to the municipal one. It was a principle providing its own check ; for the voter would not willingly magnify his possessions for the sake of his vote, when by doing so he exposed himself to an increase of his assessment. It was apprehended, however, by some of the liberals, that as the poor law valuations are always pared down by many. deductions, no amount of valuation could be fixed which would not practically raise the qualifi cation beyond the standard fixed by the reform act. Two barristers had been commissioned to visit various unions, and report upon the systems of valuation pursued there. The result afforded a fair sample of the valuations throughout Ire land. He then read a variety of extracts from the report, from which it appeared that the scale of valuation was gene rally a low one; and that the valuators had for the most part taken as their test, not the rent which the highest bidder would give, but the rent for which a good landlord ought to let a tenant paying repairs, insurance, and all charges; and that even with reference to this test, the valuators had usu ally estimated the rents below the sums asked by the most indulgent landlords: Therefore a rated nett value would probably range far higher than either of the values now in contention, which are commonly called the solvent tenant's test, and the occupier's profit test. It would hardly be deem ed expedient to raise the parliamentary franchise above its present level. The noble lord here availed himself of Mr. O'Connell's common argument, about the inadequate pro portion of the numbers of Irish electors to the numbers of the Irish population, as compared with the proportion be tween the electors and the population of England ; for which purpose he read a long list of figures. In the 72d section of the poor law, the amount of £5 was fixed as the point at which the rate should be chargeable, not on the landlord, but on the occupies • and he would propose that a ratin g of £5 should confer the parliamentary franchise, provided the pre mises were held for the residue of a term which in its com mencement had been not less than 14 years. Where the te nancy was only from year to year, he would not annex any parliamentary franchise to the rating, lest he should expose tenants, readily removable, to the vindictive exercise of their landlord's power. Lord STANLEY observed that this postscript to the govern ment bill, this proposed alteration of the franchise, was no amendment of tne existing system, but a new reform bill; and expressed his astonishment that, on the slender intelli gence derived from two barristers, who had visited some ten unions, the noble lord had brought forward so large a pro posal. As to the proportions of electors to population, the principle, of franchise adopted by Lord Grey's' government had not been mere numbers, but numbers coupled with fit ness to exercise that franchise. But the present plan was to deluge the counties of Ireland, by giving a vote to every la bourer who had a couple of acres under a. fourteen years' lease. Lord How ics fully concurred in the principle of the pro posed alteration in the franchise, which he had never wished restricted, but which greatly needed a definition. The state the conservatives, who had opposed the wishes of the Irish people; and he.blamed still more the agitators of repeal, and especially the members for Dublin. Mr. LITTON bore testimony to the cordial reception of Lord Stanley's bill among the respectable and intelligent classes of Ireland, and to the failure of the attempt at get ting up an agitation against even among the lower people, who felt that it would relieve them from an unjust pressure. No doubt it might suit the advocates of universal suffrage to support the government bill, - for it would give a vote to almost every pauper in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL observed, that the valuation under the poor laws were always below the truth. He approved the bill now proposed, and believed it would give satisfaction to the Irish people. Lord Stanley's bill would have au opposite Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to introduce a bill, the object of which was to increase the safety of railroad tra velling. He proposed to ask a power of control for govern ment ; and it must be a general one, becauSe it was impos sible to specify all the possible cases of interference in a bill. The main provision would be the licensing of dtivers. Colonel SIBTHORP said he wished to see a return of all the lamentable accidents which had happened on the railroads. He commiserated the losses which the railroad bad brought .upon innkeepers !ind_postboys Mr. ENVART doubted the expediency of the licensing plan. He wished that if government took powers of regulating, they should lay their regulations before parliament. Lord STANLEY said, that on the Liverpool and Manches ter Railroad, the experience of the company had enabled them for a long time past to avoid all accident whatever. He -, sted something would be t th ..0 preven prenaaturt opening of railroads. Their character of monopoly, as well as the public danger, justified the interposition of govern ment. He complained of detentionsaof the mail-trains, in waiting for cross-country mails. To this the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, that the mails were the principal object, and the passengers a secondary one. But Lora STANLEY replied that the detention affected not only the passengers, but likewise such of the mails as were direct. icitous to prevent railway travel ling on Sundays; to which prohibition Mr. WARBURTON gl*cted. RE was so Leave was thedgiven to bring in the bill Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving for leave to bring in a bill for the registration of parliamentary electors, adverted to the in convenience of conflicting decisions by a variety of revising barristers. Instead of these, he wished to have a permanent tribunal, with a court of appeal, consisting of three judges. He would also protect the voters from being harassed by re peated attempts, year after year, to remove them from the register. Having introduced a similar bill in the last session, id not now enter twain into detail he wou Mr. LIDDELL approved - the protection of voters; but he wished to know whether- the bill contained any provision for preventing the prev.aent evil of fraudulent personation. It might be expedienM give the power of detaining on the spot persons charged with this fraud. The anti-corn-law league at Walsall appeared to have brought up to the poll at the late election no fewer than nine representatives of dead men ; three of which dead men, when living, were good conserva tives. Leave was given to bring in the bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL next moved for a select committee on .the acts respecting South Australia. The business and the finances of the colony were in great disorder, and there was no regular control. The colony had spent in 1839 about £140,000, when its revenue was only about £20,000. Large bills had been drawn by the governor on this country, and parties bad not been willing, in the present state of the law, to advance money for the discharge of those bills. Lord MAHON observed that New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land wert, also in need of some special attention from parliament. The suspension of the convict assignment system had occasioned a scarcity of labour, which threatened those colonies with great distress, and even with famine it self. He feared that the measures taken by the colonial office for the discontinuance of convict labour had been hasty and inexpedient. LBrd STANLEY hoped it was not intended to throw the loose to the committee, but to possess the committee with the views of government Lord JOHN RUSSELL admitted that it would not generally be fitting to refer colonial affairs to a committee. The com mittee he now proposed would be attended by the under secretary for the department. He vindicated the abolition of convict labour, which he regarded as a system of slavery. Mr. HumE wished that the mother country would give the colonists the power of governing themselves. Lord John's motion was then adopted, and some routine business having been transacted, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. The House of Lords sat for a short tine. Lord REDESDALE, on the part of Lord ItiPoN. postponed the motion on our relations with Persia, which stood for Monday. Lord BRODGHAM presented a petition for an equalization twee, In 41 importation of East and West India pro. :loh his lordship Iliad .s taken suddenly on the petition, the Duke of Wellington wa ill, which suspended business for some time Lord BROUGHAM then presented petitions, praying for universal suffrage, and for the release of Frost, Jones, and Williams. Lord DUNCANNON brought up a supplemental report, de signating the parties who should be allowed to sit or stand near the throne during the trial of Lord Cardigan. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. —FRIDAY. A new writ was Ordered for King's county, in the room of Mr. Fitzsimon, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Several notices of motion were given, among them one by Lord Stanley, that he would on Monday put a question re lative to the alleged apprehension of Mr. M`Leod by the authorities of the state of New York, and the communica tions which had passed thereon between her Majesty's go vernment and that of the United States. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved the thanks of the house to Sir Robert Stopford, Admiral Napier, Sir C. Smith, and other officers and forces engaged in the late operations on the coast of Syria. He gave a short narrative of the reduc tion of Acre, and bestowed a warm eulogy on the services of those who achieved it. The political questions connected with the Syrian war did not arise upon the present occasion. But, referring to the improvements of modern times in the arts and machinery of war, he wished to observe that their successful results were owing in a great degree to the charac ter of the men who had applied and directed them ; a cha racter formed and exalted by the institutions of a great and free country, and combining in.a remarkable degree the qua lities of valour and prudence. Lord STANLEY seconded the motion. He agreed that the political merits of the contest were not now in discussion : the present duty of the house was only to record their high opinion of the officers and men who had done so much honor to their country. He was anxious, on the part of his own side of the house, to express, that whatever might he the dif ferences of party, there was but one feeling among men of all politics on the subject of the country's success, and of the gallantry of her forces. - Lord PRAN CIS EGERTON concurred in the praises bestowed, and wished that, consistently with usage, the names of other officers could be included in the vote. Mr. HUME, though he felt the value of the services ren dered, yet regretted that they had been em pl oye d i n suc h a cause. He distinguished widely between those who had obeyed the orders, and those who had given them. He wished for the papers. Sir H. HARDINGE thot ht that ministers had acted pro olitical with the military part of the of the victory recalled the recollection of the exploits of Sir Sidney. Smith, to whose memory he thought the country should erect a monumen Sir DE LACY EVANS regrkted that Mr have taken this occasion of c perly in not mixing ti The scene i subject Hume should s the policy which had Sir ROBERT INGLIS hoped that it might be her majesty's pleasure to honor Sir Robert Stopford with some mark of her favor. Lord INGESTRIE begged to join in the general tribute of applause ; and the several votes were passed unanimously. Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD then moved the second reading of the copyright bill. Mr..MA - CAULAY made a long and clever speech against it, and the second reading was defeated by a majority of 7. Mr. HAWES obtained leave to bring in a bill for medical reform. It was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Friday week. Lord MORPET'EI'S Irish registration bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Friday week. The house then adjourned. be, wei EAST SURREY ELECTION (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald) CROYDON, SATURDAY.—The committees of both the can didates have been all day busily engaged in making prepara tions for this important election. Notwithstanding the , se verity of the weather, an immense number of the gentry of the neighbourhood, and, indeed, from all parts of the county, have expressed their,intention to join Mr. Antrobus's pro cession, and escort him into the town on Monday ; and it is arranged that his friends are to meet at the Whitesheaf, on Thornton Heath, about a mile from Croydon, at nine o'clock, and then proceed to the Town Hall, where the writ will be read, and the other-formalities proceeded with ; and the can didates and their friends will then adjourn to the Fair Field, where the hustings' are erected. The radical party, it is said, are determined not to be behindhand in making a show, and they have been actively employed - in endeavouring to get up a "demonstration" on behalf of their man—Mr. Alcock. Notwithstanding all the trumpeting of the , radicals, it is. believed by themselves that the radical candidate has no chance against Mr. Antrobus, and many of them do not scruple to admit that Mr. Alcock's meetings in the 'county have been complete failures. True, a number of the rabble in the different market towns threw up their caps for him, but the electors—the yeomen of the county—studiously kept aloof from him, or if any of them were present at his meet ings, it was only to satisfy their curiosity, and from them he received no support. The farmers of East Surrey are too much alive to their own interest and that of their county to give support to the man who would in return give his sanc tion to a measure which all thinking minds believe will ine vitably bring them to ruin. It was rumoured on Saturday that Mr. Alcock, feeling the hopelessness of his cause, did not feel inclined to be " liberal" enough to incur the great expense of a contest, and that he intended to resign on the day of nomination. Our correspondent, however, was not able to trace the rumour to any authentic source, and it is probable, therefore, that Mr. Alcock will go to the poll. The opinion of well-informed parties is, that the majority of Mr. Antrobus will be from six to eight hundred. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, SATURDAY, FEB. 6. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord ABINGER and a Spe- cial Jury.) DUNN V. ALEXANDER, The plaintiff conducted his case in person, while the de fendant was represented by Sir F. Pollock and Mr. Bodkin, This was an action of trespass, brought by: ti;a7PCiali (who has obtained an unenviable notoriety by reason of his indefatigable pursuit of Miss Burdett Coutts) to recover com pensation at the hands of the defendant, for having arrested and imprisoned him without reasonable cause on the 18th of June last. According to the statement of the plaintiff, who represented himself to be a member of the bar, it appeared that the defendant had given him into the custody of a po liceman, under the provisions of the recent statute, 2 and 3 Victoria, chapter 47, the 54th section of which authorizes the arrest of any rerson ringing or knocking at the door of any house without lawful excuse, and with intent to alarm or disturb the inhabitants thereof. This statute, the plaintiff now contended, did not apply to the circumstances under which he had knocked at the defendant's door, and so thought Mr. Rawlinson, the magistrate of Marylebon e p o li ce - o ffi ce , before whomthe charge was brought, for that gentleman had dismissed it. For the trespass thus committed this action was brought. He, the plaintiff, however, would not leave the _. _ , . , ...„....,., ..... case in uncertainty, for he would call witnesses, and produced proofs to show that he was justified in knocking at the door. With this view, the plaintiff proceeded to go into a long his tory of what he called " the transaction" between himself and the lady above mentioned, which has so often brought before the public the name of Miss Burdett Coutts, com mencing with the first letters addressed by him in 1838 to that lady, his pursuit of her to Harrowgate, and closing vtith an avowal of his firm belief that Sir F. Burdett and other friends of Miss Coutts were opposed to her own inclination to favour his pretensions, and had thwarted her wishes upon that sub lect by forcing her to adopt the steps taken to put an end to his intrusion. Acting upon that impression, the defendant had continued to urge his suit by presenting himself to the attention of Miss Coutts at every opportunity, and had on the 18th of May, 1840, addressed a letter to her, which, as he concluded Sir F. Pollock would produce, he would read a copy to the jury. From this, which was a most rigmarole production, the plaintiff read a patitgraph, in which he begged of Miss Courts to give him a personal interview, at the resi dence of her friend Mrs. Alexander, in the Regent's-park, . • with a view to arranging some means of b r i n gi ng about a union, at least so we understood the object of the letter. In pursuance of this intention it was that he (the plaintiff) had repaired to the house of the defendant, and there knocked, having in the meantime seen Miss Coutts enter, a fact which was a sufficient warranty for his conduct and quite enough to take the case out of the statute, if it was ever meant to apply to such matter. In support of this case the plaintiff then put in the neces sary documents and examined several witnesses ; after which the plaintiff called upon Miss Coutts h erse lf t o a pp ea r as a witness, though he did not seem to expect to see her, as he turned to Sir F. Pollock, and asked; 'doubtingly, whether that lady was forthcoming, to which the reply was, " Oh, yes, certainly. Miss Coutts has been subpoenaed by you, and she will appear in obedience to the p rocess o f th e court. Upon this that lady made her appearance from the judge's waiting-room, and took her seat upon the bench, being ac companied by her father, who seemed much affected, and also several ladies, among whom we observed the Hon. Mrs. R. Scarlett. Miss Coutts, on being sworn, was examined by the plaintiff touching his correspondence, and about the for mer transaction at Harrowgate, when he was taken up at her instance before the magistrates of that place, it being his ap parent object to elicit some concession that he had reason to believe his addresses were acceptable, because Miss Coutts had not returned his first letter, at the close of which was a passage to the effect that if the letter was retained the writer would follow her to Harrowgate. This the plaintiff would seem to set up as not only an excuse, but as a justification for his conduct, alleging that where h onoura bl e proposa l s were made to a lady by a total stranger, even by person, it was the bounden duty of that lady to read his effusions, and follow out the directions therein given. The witness, how stated, that having never met the plaintiff in a room, and not having thy slightest knowled ge o f him whatever the letters were treated as mere impertinence at first, and no notice taken of them, and that on the recurrence of others in a simi lar hand, they were never opened, but either thrown into the fire, treated as waste paper, or handed over to her solicitor to be dealt with as he might advise, with the view of putting an end to the annoyance and persecution to which they sub jected their object. On cross-examination by Sir F. Pollock, Miss Coutts fur ther stated, that for the last two years and a half the conduct of the plaintiff towards her had been one continued source of annoyance ; that go where she would, he was sure to fol low her, and throw himself in. her path, either seeking a per sonal interview or writing letters to her, which were never read, or sending " bouquets of flowers," as he himself term ed them. At one time he followed her to Norwood, and there used to watch her through a hedge, sometimes waving his handkerchief to her, and pursuing such a course of intru sive impertinence as to render it necessary to secure the at tendance of a policeman. About the 18th of May, 1840, Miss Coutts stated that a letter came, which she gave to her solicitors (the one nOw produced, the contents of which, when read in court by the judge, seemed to surprise her much). and took no more notice of. On the 18th of June she deposed, that being on her way to take a walk in the Re gent's Park, she observed from her carriage window th e plaintiff walking down Bond-street; that having arrived at ,the Park, she was much surprised and frightened to perceive the plaintiff approaching from an opposite direction, as if with a view to accost her. Upon this she called the footman to her aid, and took refuge in Mr. Alexander's garden for a few minutes. As, howevet, the plaintiff still continued to hover about the premises, Miss Coutts went into the house, where, after a few minutes spent in anxious fear, the plaintiff rapped. Iu consequence of this,. Mr. Alexander went out, and the plaintiff was given in charge. In answer to the ques tions of the learned counsel, Miss Coutts further declared in the most emphatic language, that so far from having given the most remote encouragement to the plaintiff, he had been, ever since his first intrusion and persecution, the object of her most decided disgust and aversion, as well as of her fear and dread. ' Sir F. Pollock addressed the jury in a strain of great indig nation, after which, Lord Abinger summed up. The jury retired for a few minutes from the court, and re turned a verdict for the defendant, adding, that if the defend ant was not protected by the statute, and the plaintiff should be entitl e d t o a ver di ct, they had estimated the damages at one farthing—a termination of the cause which was most warmly greeted by the audience, who gave 'audible vent to their feelings as the plaintiff retired from the court. The Lord Chancellor has recently decided the very impor tant question, which until this decision was considered settled the reverse of the present judgment, that timber trees of twenty years growth, spring from the stock of old trees, are not subject to tithes. SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON (From the Times of Saturday.) Last evening the Duke of Wellington, as usual, was in his seat in the House of Lords even before the commencement of public business, and he went there in an open carriage. About half-past five o'clock, and while Lord Brougham was speaking, the duke suddenly rose from his seat as if to quit the house by the door near the throne ; the circumstance, however, did not attract any particular attention until his grace dropped his hat, which he kicked before him, appearing anxious to get it out of the way, so that he might pick it up at the further end of the house, and thus escape observation as to the state of his health. It however did not go far, when his grace kicked it again, and it went near Lord Redesdale, who was sitting on the woolsack near the table. His lordship immediately rose, as if to assist his grace in getting his hat; but as the Duke was by this time staggering, and not stoop ing for his hat, Lord Brougham called across the table that his grace was ill—to support him lest he should fall—to lead his grace out of the house, and to Send for a surgeon imme diately. Several peers surrounded the duke, and he quitted the house, chiefly supported by the Earl of Aberdeen. They found, on getting into the long gallery, that his grace could walk, but wtth considerable difficulty. The attack was one of giddiness. His grace, however, had perfect self-possession, and could converse. On hearing that the carriage nearest the house should be put in requisition to convey him to his home, the duke observed that his own carriage was there, and that he should prefer going away in that. It however was not immediately forthcoming, besides, as it was the open one, (his grace's newly invented carriage,) and the lords near his grace urged on him the imprudence of proceeding in such weather in that vehicle Lord Beresford's was called for, but it also was not within sight. There was one close to the en trance, which proved to be Lord Brougham's close body car riage. It was immediately ordered up, his grace handed into it; and it forthwith conveyed the duke towards his residence. Most of the opposition peers directly left the house for the purpose of following the duke. It was surmised by those who knew his grace's habits, that the giddiness res u lt e d f rom that abstemiou s ne ss i n regar d to food, especially during re markable changes, - whieh, it was intimated, too often charac terises the duke's mode of living. It is unnecessary to add that the occurrence caused the greatest consternation in and about the house. We sent to Apsley-house about ten o'clock, and we were rejoiced to hear that his grace was a great deal better, and had had several hours of refreshing sleep. (From the iforning Herald of Yesterday.) The Marquis of Douro stayed with his noble father until two o'clock on Saturday morning. It was the Duke of liichmond'who accompanied the duke to Apsley House on Friday evening, and stayed some time afterwards, until the noble sufferer came to his senses. We understand that immediately his grace was undressed he went into convulsions for the space of an hour, when he fell into a slumber until a few minutes before eight. His grace, on be coming conscious, expressed his surprise at the presence of his friends at his bed-side, and said he felt quite well, and appeared desirous to get up ; but Dr. Hume insisted upon his keeping still. Dr. Hume slept at Apsley House on Fri day night, to be in attendance in the event of a relapse, which fortunately did not take place. The noble duke passed a tranquil night, with much refresh ing sleep, and was much better at noon. Dr. Hume, Sir H. Halford, and Dr. Chambers, were with his grace twice on Saturday, and they were unanimously of opinion that their illustrious patient was progressing very favorably. Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, sent early in the morning an equerry of the royal household, to make inquiry after the health of the duke ; and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, Duke of Sus sex, Duke of Cambridge, and Duchess of Gloucester, sent both in the morning and late in the evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, immediately on her Majesty's arrival at Marlborough House, on Saturday evening, from Sudbury Hall, sent a member of her household also to be informed how his grace was. The inquiries of the nobility were most numerous. Yesterday the noble and gallant duke was reported to be much better, and the bulletin issued by the physician was— " The duke has had a good night, and is going on favorably. —Apsley House, Feb. 7." THE ROYAL CHRISTENING (From the Sunday paper, " under the especial patronage of the Court.") At a late hour last night (Saturday), no alteration or post ponement had been made in the cards of invitation issued by command of her Majesty to the noble and distinguished guests invited to the august ceremony and grand banquet, in celebration of the baptism of the infant Princess Royal. The cards are issued, as is customary, in the name of the principal equerry in waiting—he having received the Queen's com mands to the effect stated. The noble guests will, in addition to the King and Queen of the Belgians, include the members of the royal family (with the exception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who, it is feared, will not be able, from indisposition, to be present), the foreign ambassadors, the cabinet ministers, and a select party of the principal nobility. It is rumoured there will be a full dress assembly on a more extended scale in the evening ; but for this we cannot vouch. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians has presented a series of very beautiful - robes, composed of Brussels lace, of the most recherch6 manufacture, for the use of the infant princess. - For nearly a century, it has been customary to cause the baptismal ceremony to be performed within a month of the birth of the royal infant, and the last Prince of Wales, (after wards George IV.), born August 12th, 1762, was baptised on the Bth of the following month ; so it was, we believe, with all the succeeding princes and princesses. The ceremony was less imposing in grandeur than is likely to be the case in the present instance, but it was probably attended with greater and more unnecessary expence. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated in the Great Council Chamber of the Palace, the bedchamber of the Queen was thrown open, and the counterpane of Queen Charlotte's state bed, on the occa sion of the christening of the late Duke of York, which was composed of entire lace of inimitable workmanship (which alone cost three thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds!) was used on the occasion. Several costly mementos of this interesting ceremony, cus tomary at such events, to be presented by the royal and dis tinguished sponsors, are nearly - completed by some of the principal goldsmiths. _ The fashionable and court mbdestes at the west end of the town are busily engaged in completing the several rich cos tumes to be worn on the occasion. (From au Evening paper.) IVe believe there is no foundation for the report that the christening of the Princess Royal is to be postponed from the 10th to the 16th instant, but that the ceremony will take place on the former day at Buckingham Palace, and not in the Chapel Royal, as was expected. We can state positively that up to two o'clock to-day no instructions on the subject had been received at the Lord Chamberlain's office, neither are there any preparations going forward at the Chapel Royal. It is, therefore, most probable the ceremony will not be on such an extended and grand scale as it was generally sup posed it would be. [This paragraph was caused by an announcement in some of the morning journals, to the effect that the interesting ceremony had been postponed for a week.] SUNDAY MORNING, ONE O'CLOCK, A. M.—Owing to the heavy gale of wind still prevailing, and the general state of the weather, it is doubtful whether the King of the Bel gians can arrive in this country before Tuesday, and it is still more doubtful whether his aimable consort will accom pany him. THE GEDNEY CASE. — The proceedings in the Arches' Court against the Rev. T. S. Escott, at the instance of Mr. Masan, (for refusing to bury a child of Wesleyan parents, on the ground that it had not been baptised by a clergyman of the Church of England, whereby, it is alleged, he became subject to be suspended from his ministry for three months,) were resumed on Saturday, and again on Wednesday last, when Dr. Phillirnore and Dr. Harding were heard for the de fence, and her Majesty's advocate and Dr. Haggard in reply. Dr. Nichol remains to be heard, also in reply, and the mat ter is still before the court. The arguments are of extreme length, and embrace only points of ecclesiastical law. The Bishop of Llandaff sat on the bench on Wednesday, to hear the arguments. THE INQUEST AT WICHBOLD.—The medical gentlemen coincided in opinion that the deceased's death had been caused by apoplexy, under a sudden attack of which she had fallen into the water. While it must be admitted that there were good reasons for the medical men arriving at the conclusion they did, circumstances have since transpired to induce a supposition that the deceased committed suicide. A letter addressed to her by a lover, not the one to whom allusion has been previously made, has been received since her death, and it contains a reference, we are inform e d, t o some inti matinn she h a d previously given of an intention to put a period to her existence, owing to some lover's quarrel or dis agreement of some kind between them. The magistrates of Droitwich have been making some further inquiry on the subject, and will probably pursue the investigation.—Wor cester Chronicle, MANSION-HOUSE.—On Saturday Sir Peter Laurie came to the justice-room while the Lord Mayor was sitting, and called his lordship's attention to a great number of written and verbal communications which he had received on the subject of the atrocious frauds which he stated from the chair of the Mansion-house, a short time ago, had been committed by the individuals who called themselves " The Independent West Middlesex Fire and Life Assurance Company." Since he had made that exposure as a magistrate of the city of Lon don, a vast deal of information had come to his knowledge relative to the conduct of the managers of the concern, prin cipally through the medium of the sufferers, and he was com pelled to declare that in all his experience of wholesale suffering he never had heard of any frauds'which bore com parison with those practised by the fellows who conspired together to rob of their whole means of support a great num ber of industrious and aged and debilitated men and women. DEPLORABLE Loss OF LlFE. — Thursday evening five !ten, whose names were Winzar, Vye, Charles, Harwell, arid Woodrow, left Weymouth about six o'clock for Lulworth, in an open boat, in which they had come from the latter place in the morning with fish. It is said they were observed in their passage by the Vulcan, revenue steamer.; however, it appears they never reached Lulworth. The boat was found the next day (Friday) near Durdle Door, about half a mile from Lulworth, with her bottom bilged, and the oars in it, from which it is conjectured (a very dense fog prevailing on Thursday) that the boat must have struck on a rock, and the men, not being aware of its actual situation, but supposing it nearer the beach, jumping from it, met a watery grave. The first-named four were married men, and with the exception of Harwell, have left families to deplore their loss. None of the bodies have yet been found.—Sherbourne Journal. REWARD OF £lOO FOR THE APPREHENSION OF HOUSTON WALLACE, CHARGED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LUCY.-A reward of £lOO has been offered to any one who shall lodge in gaol the body of Houston Wallace, who is charged with having effected the destruction of the ship called the Lucy, insured on a voyage from Bristol and Llannelly to Valparaiso in South America, for the purpose of defrauding the General Maritime Insurance Company. Roe, the officer, who apprehended Houston Wallace's brothers, who are now.in Newgate, was sent by Mr. Phillips, one of the solicitors employed on the prosecution, to Bristol, as soon as the letter of the agent of Lloyd's announcing the loss of the ship was exhibited. The vessel in which Houston Wallace arrived was, the officer soon learned, in that place. She is called the Margaret, Captain England, from whom he learned that Captain Houston Wallace had left the vessel in a skiff in King-road. He traced Houston Wallace—who no doubt learned on reaching the town quite enough to induce him to act cautiously —to Queen-square, Bristol, to the house of Mrs. Longford, where he had applied to be accom modated with a lodging at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and been advised, as there was no room, to go to the Bush Inn, in which he procured a bed. The officer then traced him to the train for London, into which he went at eight o'clock on Sunday evening, so that in all probability he is now in the metropolis. Roe learned on board the Margaret, that Houston Wallace went on board to see Captain England at nine o'clock on Sunday morning; but having heard there were two gentlemen► below with him, retired quickly, stating that he would call again, but never repeated the visit ; 'that Captain England said the unfortunate man appeared to be much discomposed, and had apparently lost every thing by the shipwreck of the Lucy, except an old fancily watch. Even a favourite dog which he had on board the Lucy was said to have been drowned. The accused is represented in the placards as a thin spare man, about 28 years of age, with white, teeth and a Scotch accent, and evidently a seafairing person. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET The Manager respectfully announces to the Playgoing Pub lic of Liverpool, that in consequence of the unjust prosecu tions with which he is threatened by an Establishment that has repeatedly violated the trusts of its Patent or License, he is advised to pursue a course similar to that recently exer cised with such signal success in Glasgow, and PETITION HER MOST GRACIOUS .111AJESTY THE QUEEN to grant him a PATENT or LICENSE, whereby he shall be enabled, by fair and just competition, to Exhibit such Dra matic and other Entertainments as may be considered- worthy the high patronage which, even under severe restrictions, he has already had the honour to receive. On a former occa sion, when almost a stranger in Liverpool, he was favoured by some THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES, in a few days, to a Memorial to the Lord Cl7fiberlain, who had not the power to comply ; and having - -*nee that period spent the best part of his professional lir catering for the amusement of the Publi c , h e h opes h e y now be thought not less worthy of support. The Petition will be immediately prepared. Sheets will lie at the Box Lobby and Pit of the Liver Theatre ; at the different Newspaper and other Offices ; to which the signa tures of the Playgoing Public are most respectfully solicited. MRS. WAYLETT AND MR. ALEXANDER LEE. MR. HOSKINS. PHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, th e 9th, an d TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 10th instant, will be performed a new Drama, called THE GREEK BOY OR, SCENES IN VENICE. • Mr. Hoskins. I Claudio... Bernardo Mr. Tilbury Mr. C. Blafid Mrs. Waylett. Benedetta SINGING, by Mrs. Waylett, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Barton, Mr. A. Lee, Mrs. Raymond and M . r. C. Bland_ To which will be added, a new Interlude, entitled TEN THOUSAND A-YEAR. ... Mr. Tilbury. Titmouse.... Mr. Marshall Huckaback.... Mr. Higgie. Miss Tabitha Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with a new Drama, in three acts, called THE MAID OF MADRID; OR, WHAT IS SHE AT Mr. Higgie. I Cmsai- Vincentio Mr. Marshall Olivia.. Mrs. Waylett. I Minette.. Mrs. Raymond_ Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, from Eleven to Three. Mr. Tagrag, Mr. Tilbury Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, Price £1 Is. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d,—Second Price, Half past Eight ; Boxes, 25.; I'it, is.; no second price to the Gallery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Perform ance to commence at Sete❑ precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have to acknowledge the following subscriptions : J. W., District Provident Society £o 10 0 Ditto, Strangers' Friend Society 0 10 0 DR. BUCK'S DEFENCE.—We have received numerous ap plications for entire copies of Dr. Buck's reply to Captain Williams's charges ; but, as we have previously stated, we have not any intention of publishing it otherwise than it has already appeared ; but if those parties who are desirous of procuring it will he kind enough to put their names down, we may probably alter our determination, if there is a sufficient number to warrant us in so doing. A Correspondent calls our attention to a contemporary who seems unable to distinguish between the phrases " late of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," and " the late LIVERPOOL STANDARD," and requests us to notice a small error into which he has fallen ; but we scarce think it worth while to do so, for the astute journalist who should be incapable of making the necessary distinction himself, could hardly be set right by us. All we shall say is, that in point of fact, there is as much difference between " late of the LIVER POOL STANDARD " and " the late LIVERPOOL STAN DARD," as there is between a chesnut horse and a horse chesnut. "DEFINITION."—The Irish demagogue objects to Lord Stanley's bill because it contains no " definition" clause, and is quite delighted with Lord Morpeth's, it is to be pre sumed, pecause it does. But what, or where, is Lord Morpeth's definition? Truly, if reform go on at this rate, definition itself will have to be re-defined. According to the old schoolmaster—(before he took to his scrapers, and went abroad)—definition was a description by apt terms of something already in existence, thus man was defined to be a two legged animal without feathers—animal bipes sine plum4—and so on; but the modern signification of the term is quite different, and implies the setting up, or making anew of that which did not exist before at all—just as the making of a dandy may be said to belong exclusively to the tailor. Your ancient definition settled a dispute by giving the disputants such an exact description of the article or thing in dispute that no uncertainty could any longer prevail as to its nature; but modern definition—House of Com mons definition—whig-ministerial definition signifies—sub stituting one thing for another, arranging a new thing in place of an old, or putting an old thing into entirely new cir cumstances—just as one might take a beggar from the way side, free him of his wallet, and set him on horseback to ride rough shod over the world and scamper away ad libi tum. "Definition," in short, seems to be some new art— quite a grand discovery, from which great things may be expected. Elie ittinrpool &tanbario, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1841 Lord Stanley must feel indebted to Lord Morpeth for introducing a bill which, though intended to ob struct, can really produce no other effect than to faci litate the passing of his own. Lord Morpeth's device, it strikes us, is just a true member of the thimble-rig family ; and, like a flash watch, was got up for impo sition and show, but not at all for movement. If, in addition to cutting a momentary dash, it should enable him to spoil the sale of a genuine article, it would cer tainly prove a capital stop-watch. The Secretary for Ireland, in moving for leave to bring in his bill on Thursday, admitted and conceded all that Lord Stanley could possibly wish for, as to the necessity for the bill introduced by him, and much more than he might have expected into the barg in. Indeed the noble lord seemed anxious that Irish frauds in registration should be proclaimed, as it were, in letters patent, and upon the house tops, and made the public avowal of them part of his own case. But, still further to aid and assist the member for North Lanca shire, he went a considerable way with him even in the mode advised and taken by him for the prevention of such mal-practices. All this then is truly quite gratifying and complimentary—indeed admirable. It would make one imagine that the Whigs were abso lutely going to turn virtuous, and the friends of reform in earnest. It looks quite charming—nothing can be better ; but stop a moment—there is a postscript —ay, a postscript to this delightful epistle, which dashes the cup of enjoyment from our lips, and plainly shows that the whole plan, from beginning to end, is nothing but a sham . 1 This is indeed an important " postscript," for we find that it amounts only to a new reform bill— a new and a splendid magna charta for Popery in Ire land, and consequently for Popery every where. The Irish Secretary gravely proposes to alter the franchise of Irish electors from a ten pound holding to a valuation under the poor law of £5, and a lease of fourteen years—that is to say, to confer upon the Irish a universal household suffrage. Rejoice, then, we say, oh ye mud-cabin-holders of Ireland, with or without the con-acre or the cabbage-garden, the pig, or the hen-roost. Awake, oh ye ancient forty-shilling free holders, out of your trance, and arise hordes of miser ables far worse off; for now is your day coming —now is great honour about to be thrust upon you—such honour as the poor unenlightened Protestants of Eng• land and Scotland have not dared to aspire to, nor been thought worthy of! Such is Lord Morpeth's " defi nition" of the franchise, and such are the glorious con sequences which must follow if that definition be acted upon. Such is the short whig method of clearing doubts and composing differences. We take leave to say, however, that it is merely a new tub to amuse the whale, and that ministers do not expect, nor entertain even the remotest notion, that this impudent ' 6 defini tion" project will pass. Our readers will not fail to perceive that the proposi tion put forward by ministers, (doubtless under the lash of their unfeeling and inflexible task-master, the demagogue Repealer,) is only a new leaf in the history of concession to Popery, and a new path opened up in the onward and downward march of mob-hunting po pularity. The Papists of Ireland have had emancipa tion—reforms both municipal and parliamentary, the same as England has had—and yet are still open mouthed with the horse-leech cry of " more, more," as unsatisfied as ever; and their big mendicant presents their petitions, as usual, like the beggar in Gil Bias, with a musket by his side, or a threat of rebellion's pike and massacre, which may well stand, in his case, for its equivalent. A servile ministry, obedient to their call, now offers a new slice off the constitution to ap pease them ; and seriously we say it, if the principle on which the Popish emancipation bill was granted be maintained, we do not see how this new concession can consistently be refused. It implies the granting of privilege to a religious sect who are certainly numerous enough. Let us only take numbers then, instead of property, as our test in the bestowment of the elective franchise, and we shall find that Lord Morpeth's sta tistics and those of his schoolmaster O'Connell are good and true, and such as would carry the question in their favour, if looked at irrespectively of other con siderations. W e must look, however, beyond mere numbers. The Protestants of the empire will not permit the House of Commons to be swamped by Pa pists, and Protestantism to be borne down by Popery. If mere numbers are to settle every thing, of a truth the days of England's constitution are numbered. But this a udacious, reckless, and unprincipled scheme, with regard to which Lord Morpeth has placed himself in so prominent but unenviable a position, will, we confi dently expect, be kicked out with the ignominy that it deserves. Let the conservative members of Parliament in their places., and support Lord Stanley on every division, and then with one long pull, strong pull, and pull altogether, please God, we shall get rid of this vile scheme of the whips, and its patrons along with it. It will be interesting, no doubt, to those who admire the system on which the Corporation Schools of Liver pool are conducted, to learn that his holiness the Pope, after much consultation with the cardinals, and a long protracted deliberation, has fully approved of it. The system was manifestly derived from a kindly and liberal desire to please every body, without a too rigid and troublesome inquiry into the exact rule of right; and this being so, it clearly follows, that the greater the number of the parties pleased, the merrier should they be who have set it in motion. Now to have pleased the Pope of Rome must appear a great triumph to its patrons—so great, indeed, that there remains little more for them to achieve. With regard to the fact to which we advert, there can be no doubt whatever of its occurrence. The in- telligence comes to us in this way :—the system of na tional education in Ireland, which claims parentage to that of the Liverpool Corporation Schools, has for some time past been a s..bject of controversy between two popish bishops in that country, namely, Drs. IPHale and Murray. M`Hale objected to the system as not going far enough for his views. He was scru pulous as to the adoption of a plan that had in it any admixture of non-Catholic instruction that was touched by heretical and profane hands; and he not only laid it under ban in his own jurisdiction, but de nounced his brother-bishop Murray, and all others of the fraternity who were so licentious as to contaminate their sacred fingers by meddling with it. Poor NPHale was no commissioner, like his hierarchal brother Murray; he lived far away in the west, and seldom attended levees at the castle; and being thus remote from public strifes or court intrigue, the spirit of the ecclesiastic ruled in him undisturbed. But with the other it was different. Basking in the sunshine of a deputy's favour, good things innumerable fell to his lot. He was a constant guest at the vice-regal table, and commissionerships, and clerkships, and various other kinds of " ships," fell almost daily to his lot. In short, lord Murray was an object of envy, and no doubt much personal jealousy, pique, and spleen, in flamed the dispute which arose between the lordly pair. They appealed at length to Rome, and thus the ques tion of national education, with all its ramifications, was brought before the highest tribunal in the Romish church for adjudication. M`flale insisted that the system was not popish enough, nay, that it was unsafe for the tender mind of babes in Catholic doctrine. Murray maintained the contrary ; and for some time the Vatican, with the entire college of cardinals, was not a little agitated by the dispute. But the affair was at length composed, and sentence is now pronounced —to the effect, that the national system of education propounded by government for Ireland is good and proper ; and, moreover, that Dr. M`Hale do henceforth hold his tongue and be for ever silent concerning the same. Such is the Pope's decree; and we do say, that surely it must be highly gratifying to all Liberals to learn that they may write over their universal, cosmo politan educational system, that with all the sectarian and other approbation it has obtained, it is now pa tronised and sanctioned by his holiness the Pope. The saying of the right honourable the member for Tamworth, so often quoted—that the battle of the con stitution must be fought at the registries—resolves it self into this, or nearly so, namely, that the people, who, we are told by authorities on the other side, are the " source of all legitimate power," must take the cause of the constitution into their own hands, and show themselves zealous to defend, if they would pre serve it in that form and condition into which, after a variety of mutations, it had at length been thrown— and the proposition is so indisputable, indeed selfevi dent, that much is not required to be said in its be half. The only doubt to which, we do believe, its statement has ever given rise, was as to whether the people—the constitutionally minded people of the country—would fight the battle in the desired way, and whether, if they did, they. would win. These were the only points on which any doubt could arise. Well, as to one of them—namely, the disposition of the people, a good deal of light has been thrown upon it; as to the other—namely, the end, the result, the people are yet in the wilderness—still going through the ordeal chosen for their trial; and till another ge neral election take place, we cannot certainly say what the issue will be. There are, however, certain signs of the times—sundry favourable prognostics of which we may take notice—which do strongly support the idea that the consummation will be such as we would have it. But, before we go further, let us just ask who were they that despaired of the constitution, or they who supposed that it had been doctored past all recovery ? They who entertained such views then, were either the reforming doctors themselves, or conservatives who had acquired but a very imperfect conception of their own principles. The men of the movement said with in themselves, when they had carried the Popish emancipation bill, the parliamentary and municipal reform bills—Toryism is now prostrate, burked, and extinguished for ever ! It was the creed and system only of lords and country gentlemen ; upon the people it had no hold ; and the people, seeing that it is de funct, will now be with us on every ulterior move or change that we may desire to make. Now the movement politician who thought thus, and the despondent Conservative who nearly agreed in his views, were both in utter error as to the true na ture and wide dissemination of Conservative princi ples, or that which is the element of them, through the country. The Liberals had got so accustomed to the sound of their own most sweet voices, and into the ha bit of talking so transcendently, that they succeeded at last in mystifying and imposing upon others as well as themselves. To hear them, one might suppose that the thunders of Heaven were in their keeping. Bright essences and harbingers of a system yet uncreate, they—the morning stars of intellect—ridiculed poor old Toryism as a bird of darkness and ill omen.— Enlighten the people, said they, and it will be scared away; cram them with "useful" information, and it will evanish to the moles and to the bats. Let us edu cate and train them, and it will soon be impossible for them to be Conservative either in principle or prac tice. Wherefore, as we raise the people in power and knowledge, (which also is power,) Conservatism will fall into decay, and Radiealism triumph. The error of which we are now speaking was mani-, festly twofold—first with regard to the extent to which Conservative principles were cherished in the country,. and, secondly, with regard to the true nature, bearing, and influence of them. It was forgotten that the CHURCH is the great conservator of Tory principles, and that genuine Conservatism being based on the truth and knowledge of the Divine records, there could be no reason to apprehend that a Conservative democracy, however privileged or enfranchised, would abuse such advantages to the overthrow of that con stitution from which they derived them. The Radi cals made change after change in the constitution with a view to augmenting the popular power; but they were shallow statesmen after all, inasmuch as they failed to perceive that a sound Conservatism might reap the benefit of all their labours. These observations are general, but they are readily susceptible of application. Here, in this great town, they have been verified. "In the town of Liverpool," said Mr. Ledson, in the judicious and eloquent speech delivered by him at the operative meeting which we had to report in our last number, " the anti-corn law league may agitate ; the advocates of repeal may agi tate and agitate; but I am proud to say th a t i t h as al ways been the distinguished privilege of this town, swarming as it does with a dense and industrious po pulation, to have exhibited to all England an example of the greatest order and the greatest loyalty. Within the walls of Liverpool the harangues of fanatical poli ticians have met with no sympathetic echo; and I re joice to say that when the voice of the people is heard in the strife of the electoral battle, it is loudest and strongest upon the side of Conservative principles." Have we not here a proof that the ,people do range themselves on the side of Conservatism ; nay, that it is susceptible of the most enthusiastic popularity ? The people respect and love Conservatism, and Con servatism is not ungrateful or unkind; for it respects, loves, and exalts them in return. Here we have a liv- Majori CHIN no de sh ca ph an on MI tin prc wh inl; thi fur tre are the Ev: an( bus Li% tha tha tha tha is i be the ani ho' int Jul Or Tt Cc