The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

Riberpoot i'z)tatibarb. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. Monday Morning. THE cry of an immediate dissolution has been raised once more, but without probable foundation. There is not the necessity upon Ministers to play a part so exceedingly favourable to their enemies all at once. though the Che- sham-p ace co spirators, as constitutional as Fox and She- ing the supplies act together. Lord JOHN RUSSELL they ridan, already talk of stopp They will Dot, however, have finally droppe, though he professes not to see it, a coup similar to that w better imitate writing history when they were no and proceed with s Fox. for which his contemn ended for that s making a last effort to co rs of his pa he possesses the He had mu e to " make of Char on of papers purpose. If the documents are valuable, the impatient reader may !' skip" I: lordship's narrat is breaking out in a hundred cha owever had no immediate effect, exce NAAS, the new Irish secretary e defeat o ,se, however, the bolts, thougl le of the channel were prepared on this. The Marquis of KILD married to the niece of Lord CARLISLE, nnr the least appointed of the ex-ministers, sets to w ork to bring the whole strength of his far:. 'The Marquis's relatives, I am told, own a great part of the county, and as Lord NAAS opposed the Popish aggres- the priests and the landlords forced him to retreat The arrangements, it is the eminent Vhig lady who , were jud more than master of Sutherland House. There is surer tagious in the trickery of WhiggLry, as a provincial elec- n 7, very con- tion used not so to stir up 4 .1 the blood of all the 10WAILI It is n , w clear r School are content no longer with rized teachers of the pub but look to re weighty position c g the State ggesting polic: old•new Whi l i no longer as an al Ltions and destroy ti. instead of mere of Lord JoRN and a is to be consi for office, a. A the Leaguers and they are able to make they are fit enough to try their han early, that the general dee farther L: and we are t defeat at ; hence the des ,lification eatened, the doctrines of the Daily 2 tch. In t ct of the cour try will inde t is said, put of, Red-tape It is not It of a s extinct, however much JOHN might be willing to go as a leveller in the event of Lord DERBY'S with a ( rnment to illustrate ,rm the t he meantime, the Provisional Government e Continent is fearfully and ominously till the 15th of The new doubt that the verd pone the arrival of t Everything on tt August, when i e and wl cite, with the adopt a handsome Euit of livery—' Bonapartist eagle on the buttons—a candid and most stakeable declaration of the kind of services that cted to render. eminent b some of the people of Denmark are 11 an arrangement, the proposal of ,atic storm likely to make that of In the North talking 0 ge seem nothing in comparison. Il no less han a project to call a Prince of ,land to the throne in s Il to CHRISTIAN VII I he party eug- w are the Danis ho opc the nomination of the Prince of GLUCK ao, on th© ground of its tending to Germanize the horror of the great C the nation. Conceive -sack interest at a proposal to escend- reunite the prese nt rulers of the waves with the d ants of the Sea Kin National party d CTORIA as the Crown tender mercies of a C odour amongst phecy that Prince PATRIC an omen flusinted with Mr. Co rates Mr.ROEBI said keeper of .t 1 it shows very le ! Yet the journal of tl y names one of the al Congres sons of Queen :es to be are in no g at Danes, and who can pro- s name may not have been plied to the charge of being ac- ough the reply exone 1e trn v dishonou al 'Parliamentar c with the :onscience, yet shy, the most in case of ncce desperate Radical that ever threatened anarchy, can drive and share expenses with the tamest pudding_ alone, and held his h Mr. etly in a that eery Pail anent in wi ,e corruptio n down a Whig ed the article to COPPOCK to send ccording to ed, with invoice, Lord DUNCAN and NTr_ ue Democrat, how cK tries to throw contempt or saying that he had forgotbin ,andth as writing to Lord STANLEY of Alder- s heroine who 11 be " genteel or dic reply to COPPOCK, that the threatened he wrote lovingly to Bath. _ COPV order, and des. - i300 . ; and nov - 7 ( with the n corresponder Like Du indigo trade," he however, fai as " ruined by the He does, £3OO w asthe subscription of a personal friend of his (Mr. ROEBUCK'S) own, who, it seems, had the curious taste to send it through the hands of the Whig factotum. He would not, however, he says, allow COPPOCK to interfere "as he did at St. Albans." Mr. ROEBUCK only allows of COPPOCK'S interference at elections "in a Pickwickian sense." In the meantime, the place in Cleveland-row is getting busy once more ; and if the English people cannot suit them selves et the next election, they deserve to have a week of the French system of legislation ; for there is scarcely a constituency that has not offers of all classes and cuts of political opinion -dealers, from the most mediaeval Young Englandism to the points of the charter. The cause of the sudden departure of the Mar quis of NORMANBY from Paris turns out not to be his " intrigues on behalf of the House of ORLEANS," but intrigues of a totally different character —another illus tration of the well-known phrase of Oxenstiern, "with how , little wisdom the world is governed !" Indeed Prince President BONAPARTE is an excellent type of the dissi pated democracy of the present time, professing a violent love for the people and popular institutions—speaking and exciting socialism till he gets the power to act it—then exciting military despotism, and establishing regal luxury. How many " mute inglorious" democratic humbugs are trying to deceive the mob, who, if instead of a mere seat in =filament, they obtained by popular suffrage like Louis Napoleon a despot's throne, would make the quarrels of their bona robas grave matters of state, and dismiss an ambassador without notice, as they now kick out a valet w ith ou t wages, for being impertinent t o th e possessor of matronships by brevet rank. The same intemperance of attack on the Church of England, and the same injudicious attempts at pomp and triumph, which brought down upon Dr. NEWMAN the reproof of the Roman Court, as being " inexpedient," goes on bravely. It is most wholesome and advisable, and ought by no means to be discouraged. The silly per sons who are in the habit of going over to the Romish Church for the mere purpose of becoming notorious, do not see that when they actually join the mob the atten tion paid them while they are wavering immediately ceases. The system of " posture and imposture" is, alas, a sys tem of obscurity for all but the commissioned actors ; but obscurity does not suit the SCOTT 3IURRAYS and the Cuisnoem ANSTEYS. Another im pertinence has been recently committed by the presenta tion to the Queen, " in full canonicals, with a green cap," of Mr. SEARLE,—the secretary to Cardinal WISEMAN. This . was the exploit of Mr. SWIFT, the shoemaker, who lugs about with him an Irish priest, wherever the display allowed by his very useless office will allow him. It is very remarkable that the old folly that ruined Popery in England so suddenly in the time of JAMES H. should thus be revived in exactly the same manner. Then, as now, the streets began to be thronged with grotesque " scare crows, (or, as JAME S I. would have said, " pease " bogles,'') with mock humble countenances, (the eye always betraying the furtive double purpose,) and funereal dress—and then as now the slightest appearance of advance was enough to upset the prudence of the hangers-on of Popery. The plan of Mr. SCOTT MURRAY to bring a Romish priest " with all his trumpery" is the carriage with the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was perhaps not badly thought of, had it succeeded,—as the money cannot be so easily drawn either on the continent or in America, without the show of work being done. Though the prin ciple of the subscribers to the Propaganda is not exactly "no cureno pay," it is not far from it. Mr. MunnAr's ruse, however, was unfortunate, inasmuch as it brought down Lord CAMPBELL'S rebuke. The nature of the Whig ATTORNEY-GENERAL probably wrought strongly in his lordship to hold his tongue, but the principle of the Pres byterian minister's son finally overcame it, and Mr. SCOTT ?lUnRAY did his last-adopted church a questionable service in provoking the early protestant feeling of the noble son of the minister of St. Andrew's. By thewav, a very laugh able incident occurred at the trial at Mayo assizes, where a popish friar, called Shanaghan (anglicised, by the Tab let, into " St. John ! ! !)", was convicted of burning the Bible, and most foolishly and culpably only held to bail —a course that will strike the peasantry of the neighbour. hood with the idea that the judges are afraid. M r. Kzoon, the M.P. for Athlone, and leader of the brass band, though a papist, who was counsel for SHANAGIIAN, did not know that the New Testament was not in the Douay translation till Mr. TOWNSEND, the rector, whom he was examining, informed him. This is a specimen of the most enlightened clue of lay Rorcanig§, The most interesting literary gossip is about the SHEL• LEY, BYRON, and KEATS forgeries. It seems that they have passed an inspection of unusual severity during the last three years, and are only now discovered. The source, however, from which they were derived was rather sus picious, being no other than from the soi-disant " son" of Lord BYRON—" GEORGE GORDON BYRON." We are, however, promised the whole history of the affair in the course of the week. Amongst the announcements of the week in literature is one by Mr. Newby, of a very original and fearless book from the pen, it is said, of a nobleman who has taken a great interest in both the physical and moral progress of society—" The Bible in Downing-street." The subjects are chosen from the most flagrant indifferentisms of modern legislation, and no class is spared, but delin quincies legislatorial, social, professional, and popular, brought to the test of Revelation. Of quite a different tendency is an appeal from the churchwardens of St. Paul's, Cogent-garden, for funds to put up a monument to Doctor WALCOT—the infamous PETER PINDAR 1 The modest churchwardens do not ap pend their names, and they are right. They join, to be sure, SAMUEL BUTLER'S name with that of the degraded parson. Poor BUTLER !—he had surely disappointment enough in life from those profligate times, When Dryden in immortal strain Had raised the table round again, But that a ribald Kine and Court Bade him toil on to make them sport, without being placed now with PETER PINDAN 1 The Churchwardens of St. Paul's have in their care the dust of Sir PETER LELY arid GRINLING GIBBONS, but they prefer to commemorate in these democratic times the libeller used, as WILLIAM GIFFORD said of him, to Blow from his mildewed lips an intense blow, And blast the brightness he could never know. ills of this night's debate are looked for, of course, as the first point of interest. The res COMMERCIAL A ND MONE TARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT, THE bullion in the Bank of England has been again aug mented, and from the present rate of foreign exchanges _.i shortly expect to learn that the enormous ,mount of twenty millions sterling lie unemployed in the vaults at Threadneedle-street. Although the augmenta tion of gold and silver is unexampled, there is not much increase in the loan and discount business. It is rumoured in monetary circles V- we may ye .ssertion at a measure is in contemplation to clditional amount of gold from the Bank, for of withdrawing a portion of the X. 5 notes in n. We, however, question the accuracy of The return from the Bank of England for the week ig the 6th of March gives the following results .ompared with the previous week : when c, Public Other Rest . £6,902 !0 ; Increase .. .'179,823 12,124,056 ; Increase ....465,6'.A 3,616,523 ; Increase .... 12,342 it securities. 13 Other securities Increase InerPnsn Increase 451,170 The amount of notes in circulation is 420,237,320, being a decrease of - 4286,150; and the stock of bullion in both departments is 410,410,070, showing an increase of 4171,146, when compared with the preceding return. The public funds have been well supported during the week, aided, no doubt, by further purchases for mo ney on private account, as well as on behalf of the Corn lissioners for the reduction of the National Debt. The of the speculative monthly account has been settlement arranged more easily than was anticipated, rnd the bulls bad the advantage, the rise having been almost conti nuous, though very gradual, and not important, even taking the extreme quotations since February 10, when Consols were 96-1 to 96-1. From the 18th to the 21st of that month, a reaction occurred, but subsequently the improvement has not been interrupted, and the fluctuation on no day being more than Z, arid mostly to 1, it may )e inferred that speculation — has been dormant closing price, when we last wrote, was 971. On Saturday, being favourably affected by the intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope, they left off at 97 to 98, and we learn by Electric Telegraph that the last marked prices this evening were-97 to 98, although some s a les were made as high as 98k. Most ' descriptions of foreign securities have been ly dealt in, and in some instances better prices ,nid We hive had a fair amount of business in shares during the week, and prices until Saturday, almost without re action, continued steadily to advance. On Saturday a marked rise took place, which has been fully maintained, and in most instances continued to progress to-day. The stock of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Cale donians, and Midlands, have been eagerly bought at an advance of two per cent. The highly gratifying nature of the report issued by the Caledonian Company has brought in considerable bowl fide orders for these shares. The general tone of the market is exceedingly good, and stock The traffic returns have again fully satisfied ectations of the shareholders, justifying the gene-. ~ ..;„;nl-1 that n r , radnal addition to those very scarce the e retu-ns will continue to take place. French shares also are very strong ; the reduction of the rate of interest upon the Rentes having produced a sudden and decided rise. Gold shares have been quieter, but prices are well main tained, and, in some instances, have advanced. Colonel Fremont, the original proprietor of the Agna Fria and other mines, is expected to arrive by the next packet. "Ve close this evening at the best of the week, after a l usiness done during the day, at the following quo :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, xdiv 701 't 1 ;lc lc 1 ; fifths, 62c id 4 7-16 d ; pref. 6 per cent, 13 15-16 c; fifths W. R. U., 4d ; Sheffield stock, 31.1 c 2 ; £6 new pref., 11-16 p ; Midland stock, 59-k ; ditto Bristol and Birmingham, 134; East Lancashire, 17; Caledonians, x div 18 . ; preference, x div 8,1 ; Dover stock, _ . tations x div 201 4 1 ; Liverpool and Southport, 181 Oswestry and Chester prof., 16; Eastern Counties, 8 7 15.16 15-16; Paris and Strasburg, 221; Northern of France, 51p ; Orleans and Bordeaux, id ; Dutch Rhenish, 4d. A. healthy tone generally pervades commercial circles, weakened by old losses, end by a connection with the East and West Indies, succumb from time to time. Since our last remarks, the house of Mr. A. A. Lackersteen, in the Calcutta trade, has suspended ; and the inability of Messrs. Richie Brothers to meet their liabilities has been announced. Their business was chiefly in connection with the West Indies, and disappointment with respect to remittances from that quarter was the immediate cause of their stoppage. The amount of their but firms, ties Las not been stated; but it is expected that they will range between £50,000 and £lOO,OOO. Two or three small firms in Glasgow have stopped, but the debts will prove inconsiderable. - Little change has taken place in the colonial produce markets. The dealings have not been extensive, but prices in general have been supported. Sugar has been flat, without experiencing any depreciation in price. Coffee is rather firmer, the market being sparingly supplied. Ten, although in less active request, brings former prices. In articles used for manufacturing purposes, the demand is not large, but no decline has taken place. A correspondent most extensively engaged in foreign and colonial produce sends us the following remarks : " There has been very little doing the last few days, poli tics quite taking the place of the usual routine of business ; and as a general election is inevitable, the wish is, that it should come off with the least possible delay. Sugar is rather lower since Friday's circular, but Tea and Cof fee support former rates. The Cotton market has been very flat, and prices are maintained with difficulty." Holders of Cotton have been obliged to accept lower prices in the course of the present week, as the demand was less brisk, owing to the trade being pretty well sup plied just now, and the late accounts reporting in creased receipts at the shipping ports, with every proba bility of a further augmentation. At the brokers' weekly meeting, on Friday, the authorised quotations were de clared to be 50. for fair Orleans, 541. for Mobile and Uplands. On Saturday and to-day the market, although steady, has been quiet, both buyers and sellers awaiting further advices from the United States. The latter are well stocked, and, from the large number of Cotton-laden ships on their way to this country, if they purchase spar ingly, can for a time prevent prices from advancing much, if anything, beyond present quotations. The Grain trade is dull. There is a total absence of speculation, and "town and country dealers" only operate to satisfy pressing wants, influenced as they are by the opinion that prices will further recede. We learn from the Berlin correspondent of the Times that the scarcity in Germany, from which so much assistance was expected in the Grain market, is fabulous ; that the produce is there, but is held for speculative purposes, to thwart which, and not from any fear of deficiency, the Prussian ports have been opened for its importation. The reports of trade in the manufacturing districts of the United Kingdom do not contain any new feature of moment. At Manchester a moderate extent of business has been transacted. Business at Bradford continues dull, both as regards Wool and piece goods. At Nottingham there is not much business going forward in lace goods, and the Hosiery trade is rather dull, as the trade have, in most cases, completed their spring purchases, and the orders from the United States are not yet to band. According to our advices from Birmingham, several of the trades are at the present time comparatively in a state of languor, while, according to the representations of some of the principal manufacturers and factors, others are unusually active. A few of the papier rnachg and japanning establishments are, for instance, extremely busy, while the majority are suffering from a want of orders. Complaints with regard to other businesses are far from general. The dispute between the master gun makers and the operative stockers and finishers, although unsettled, is expected to be soon arranged. The iron trade is reported to be rather better than it was some few weeks ago. Our business advices from the Continent continue uninteresting. From Amsterdam it is mentioned that the government contemplate the issue of treasury notes for a sum equal to about £B®ie.ooo, which they would in vest in national securities. There was also a proposition to impose a tax upon all incomes from the funds, but it was thought unlikely to pass. From St. Petersburgh the advices to the 3rd of March speak of no change in the maakets, except an advance in tallow. The Odessa dates are to the Ist, and report a revival in the demand for wheat, and large transactions during the preceding week. LATEST STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL MARKETS. COTTON.—The demand, since the publication of the weekly report, has been moderate, but without effecting any change of moment in prices. The market closed this afternoon with a tame but steady feeling. Compared with Friday's quotations, prices of all kinds are unchanged. Indeed, all the solid kind of American is bad to buy in all qualities, The sales of Saturday and to-day are about 12,000 bales, of which speculators And exporters took 2,500. Among both days' transactions were 7,600 Ame rican, at 4d. to 54d. ; 1,940 Pernam and Maranham, at 51d. to ad ; 800 Surats, at 31d. to 41d. ; 560 Bahia, at 51d. to 61d ; 450 Egyptian, at 51d. to Sid. ; and 150 Sea Island, at 1 7 31 d. to 18d. WooL.—Business continues very dull both here and on the continent ; and, if anything, prices are a shade lower. Scotch is almost neglected : prices almost nominal. SUGAR.—The demand has fallen off, and to effect sales to any extent, lower prices would be submitted to. The only transactions reported since the publication of Friday's circular, arel3oo hhds. Demerara at 293. to 295. 9d. for refinine qualities up to 383. for Vacuum Pan, and - 200 boxes Yellow Havana for export at 193. 9d. per cwt. MoLAssßs.—Very little business doing in this article, we note sales of 50 puns. Clayed Cuba at 12s. 6d. per cwt. Runs.-4 few puns. Jamaica, and 20 puns. Demerara have been disposed of at about previous rates. COFFEE.—The market is exceedingly quiet, but prices are supported. Recently, 100 bags Native Ceylon went at 40s. per cwt. DYEWOODG, &c.—Twenty tons St. Domingo logwood have changed hands at £3 10s. Cutch is in good demand and improving in price. 15 tons Lima wood are reported at £l4 10s. per ton. JUTE.—The demand for this article continues lgrge, 1000 bales changed hands at £8 15s. for common, up to £l2 7s. per ton for good. RlCE.—Sales are small, but prices are not lower. -A small parcel of Bengal has found buyers, at 103 3d per cwt. SUN DRIES.-100 bags Saltpetre realized 293 6d per cwt. for 5 per cent. refraction, and a small parcel Cassia Lignea 120 s. per cwt. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1852. DR. RIINEILE'S LECTURE. ST. ALPHONSUS DE LIGUORI, A CANONIZED SAINT OF ROME, A BLASPHEMER AGAINST CHRIST. Last evening, the concluding lecture of a series in connexion with the Church of England Institution was delivered by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, in the Amphi theatre. On the motion of the Rev. F. OULD, SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., was called to the chair ; and on the plat form we noticed the following clergymen :—Rev. Dr. Hume, Messrs. Parry, Ould, Falloon, Pollock, Lowe, Wright, Robinson, Taylor, Minton, Barry, Mosse, Parry, jun., Sayers, Sutton, Butler, Powell, Ireland, Moeran, Wallace, Marland, Moore, Groom, Bardsley, &c. ; Messrs. Grantham, Bushell, D. Hodgson, John Campbell, T. Priestley, Johnson, A. Steans, &c. The building was filled in every part ; and on the appearance of the chair man and lecturer, deafeningcheersburst from the audience. The CHAIRMAN called on the Rev. Thomas Moore to open the meeting with prayer ; and then said that he would not detain the audience with any remarks of his own, but offer such as he thought applicable at the close of the lecture. He would, therefore, call on the Rev. Dr. M'Neile. Dr. M`Netez, who was received with loud and long continued cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs, spoke as follows :—Brother Protestants, I love fair dealing and plain speaking. (Cheers.) I do not, however, like to speak of myself, and to prevent the necessity for this, I will write you a letter to-morrow. It is my desire to remove, as I think I am perfectly able to do, any mis apprehension which may have arisen, and even the grounds for such, which I may have inadvertently given. (Cheers.) You believe me that I have not struck my Protestant colours.—(hear, and tremendous cheers)—that I have not abandoned my high Pro testant ground—(hear, and cheers)—that I have not forsaken any of my protestant allies. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have been assailed before there was time for explanation, before I was even asked for it ; but I readily forgive the haste for the salsa of the Protestant zeal which prompted it. (Cheers.) I am glad to see that you are so jealous, that you cannot bear the thought of any pro minent man among you being faithless. (Hear, hear.) M. Romaine once told his congregation that he wished their faith to be so firm that it would not be shaken, even by the apostacy of their pastor. (Cheers.) So your protestantism should not be injured, and I believe would not be injured, by the supposed defection of any man. (Cheers.) The present lecture is the last of a series, on the defen sive—a position into which we have been thrown. The Pope has undertaken a crusade against the Christian reli gion and rational liberty throughout the world. We are engaged in resisting his aggression. In England many people judge by what they see not by what they read, and they do not believe that he claims obedience, as it is true he does. The year before last, the sincerity of despotism overcame the smoothness of hypocrisy, and last year our perliment met his attack by passing the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Because England refused to adopt reprisals (for her own sake)—for in her consistency for liberty she will not be goaded into intolerant exam ple,—the Pope, regardless of ordinary civilities, and knowing only the ar gument of brute force, continues his aggressions. His cardinals, bishops, priests, and deacons, are his generals. field-officers, and subalterns. They areal! at their post, and thank God we are at ours. (Loud cheers.) But the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, though they are mighty to the pulling down of strong holds. It is in this light that the present and kindred lectures must be viewed, not as aggressions or assaults on our Roman Catholic neighbours, for we would not interfere with their religious opinions. A man may believe in transubstantiation as he believes in dreaming; but we claim the same liberty for ourselves. You are all familiar with direction-posts at cross-roads. They are for the instruction of travellers, and with out stretched arms they proclaim, " This is the way, walk ye in it." You are also familiar with the warning-boards which from time to time appear in the centre of a broken street, bearing, in legible letters, the significant notice, " No road." To these two familiar objects may be com pared the characters of men, as they are presented to us on the page of history. Some, from their virtue, their singleness of purpose, their sin- plicity, their sincerity and consistency, their straightforward determination to do right, and noble perseverance in doing it, may well be compared to direction-posts, saying, " This is the way, follow us." Chiefest among men I would rank him who, in conscious int‘ grity, and without any mixture of pride, said, " Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." Others, from their vices, their double-dealing, their hypocrisy, their ingenious perversions of the very founda tions of right and wrong, resemble the warning -boards, displaying their seasonable warning, "No road"—no clean road, no safe road, in this direction. It would be difficult to determine to whom in this school the prize of pre emience should be awarded, but certaiuly a place, and a high place, in the first class, may be given to ALPHONSUS MARIA DE LIGUORI. (Laughter.) This man would not be deserting of our particular notice, neither would his writings bo of any important public interest, but for the fact of his canonization as one of the patron saints of the Church of Rome. This is indeed of some importance in our present conflict with Rome, because by this the doctrines and principles taught by Liguori are bcund round the neck of Romish infallibility. It had enough to carry previously,but for the last 13 years it has had this additional and destruc tive burden bound to it by a cable which cannot be cut adrift without sending the whole craft adrift. (Cheers.) You will naturally expect from me, in the first place, some account of what this same canonization is, and of the process by which it is accomplished. I will endea vour to give you this, abridged from the great work of Pope Benedict XIV., entitled " De Servorum Dei Beall. ficatione, et Beatorum Canonizatione." The process preparatory to canonization was very different at first from what it is now. Prior to the year 1587, the tribunal of inquiry and examination at Rome was composed of seven notaries, one for each district, or hill, of the seven billed city of Rome, tozether with an indefinite number of sub-deacons to inspect their proceedings. When ap plication was made on behalf of any individual deceased, to have him or her canonized, the first inquiry instituted by this tribunal was, whether the individual in question had died in the unity of the church : then whether his motives had been pure, free from vanity, and all other imperfections of ordinary men ; then, whether the cause of his or her death had been in defence of the faith. The result of this inquiry was not made public, but sent to the bishop of the diocese wherein the deceased had lived. To him belonged the right to pronounce sentence upon the examination. If he determined in favour of the petition, the deceased might be beatified without further process. The circular letters were sent to all the churches throughout the world. Time was given for replies ; and, if no protest were offered, i. e. if the beatification were adopted by the church dispersed, it became, ipso facto, a canonization ! Pope Alexander 111. made an alteration in this process, depriving the bishop of the diocese of the privilege of pronouncing upon the exami nation, and reserving it in all cases to the Pontiff himself ! In 1587, Popo Sixtus V. established at Rome what is called " the congregation of rites," and placed the matter, in addition to other duties, under their management. The congregation of rites is thus described :—" The con gregation consists of a cardinal prefect and a body of car dinals, who undertake the office of reporters (ponentes) of the cause of the congregation ; a prothonotory, secre tary, the promoter and subpromoter of the faith, consul ters, auditors of the rota, advocates, physicians, surgeons, an archivist, and interpreters of the processes, if they happen to be written in a foreign idiom. The duty of the secretary is to prepare reports on each case, submit them to the pope, and publish the decree s is su ed by his holi ness at each stage of the proceedings." Strict rules were laid down for the guidance of this congregation by Urban VIII., in the years 1625, 1634, and by succeeding Popes since his time. This is the tribunal still in existence ; and to this all applications are now made for beatification and canonization. No application will be entertained at all, unless there be what seems to these gentlemen prima facie proof that the deceased enjoyed a general reputation for sanctity and miracles, and that as yet no public veneration had been offered to him. (Hear, hear.) This last stipulation appears to have been intended to give effect to the order of Alexander 111. against the bishop of the diocese presuming to beatify. The certificates that the person on whose behalf applica tion is made is duly qualified, are called processes ; and the persons urging the suit are called postulators. When the processes are ready, the postulators petition the con gregation of rites to go into the case. The promoter of the faith is then summoned, and the processes are formally opened, the seals and signatures being closely and care fully examined. The next step is the examination of the writings of the deceased, if any. They are revised and scrutinized. For this two years are allowed. If they contain anything of which the congregation disapprove, the process is arrested. If not, then after two years the commission for taking up the case with authority may be signed by the Pope. TLen the, .congregation of rites address letters to three bishops of dioceses adjoining to that wherein the deceased lived, desiring them to•draw up a document containing proofs that the deceased possessed a reputation for sanctity and miracles in general. If this happened, then other letters are sent, desiring evidence on each virtue and miracle in particular. Then the congregation proceed to examine the virtues and miracles in detail, provided fifty years have elapsed since the death of the saint. This ex amination is made at three different meetings. The first is anti-preparatory, and held in the palace of the cardinal reporters of the congregation. The second is preparatory, and held in the Pope's Palace. The third is the general congregation, and held in the Pope's pre sence. "At every stage the promoter of the faith must be consulted, and it is his duty to bring forward every objection that he thinks fit against the proofs of the virtues and miracles of the servant of God ; and for this purpose he must be furnished with all the depositions and informations taken in the cause. His arguments are stated in writing, and the advocates employed in the cause prepare their reply. The relations of the miracles are submitted to physicians and surgeons, who deliver in writing their opinion, whether the facts related could have been produced by natural means." When additional posthumous miracles are reported, e., miracles by the relics of the deceased or by a vision to any one, or by his intercession, the cause is resumed, and the examination carried on as before. Prior to the popedom of Benedict XIV., canonization might take place in any city. St. Edmund, of Canterbury, was canonized at Lyons; and St. Thomas, of Aquino, at Avignon. But since Benedict issued his Bull, Ad Sepulchra Apostalorum, all beatifi cations and canonizations must be at St. Peter's in Rome. The actual ceremony is thus described in a Roman Ca tholic publication. The preliminary descriptions of the procession are too long to read, you must imagine them, till the Pope reaches St. Peter's : "On arriving at the altar of the blessed sacrament, the Pope descends from his chair, and kneels for a short time in adora tion, and then, reascending his chair, is borne to the throne, where he receives the customary homage of the cardinals, bishops, and others. All being at length arranged in their places, a master of ceremonies conducts to the throne the car dinal procurator, attended on his left by a consistorial advo cate, who cn his knees thus prays his holiness, in the name of the said cardinal, to admit the subjects who are to be cano nized into the catalogue of saints:—` The most reverend cardinal N.,—[Nicholas, I suppose]—(Loud laughter)—here present, earnestly (instanter) petitions your holiness to enrol among Christ's saints, &c., N. N."fhe secre tary of briefs replies in behalf of his holiness, that the matter being of exceeding moment, is behoveth first to implore fervently the throne of Divine Grace, and to invoke the inter cession of the Holy Mother of God, and the holy apostles, and the other saints. The cardinal then returns to his place, and the Pope, descending from the throne, kneels down at the foot of it, while two of the choir chant the 1 itanv of the Saints, the rest answering. Then all rise up and take their seats, and the Pope ascends his throne. The cardinal procurator returns, and the consistorial advocate repeats the petition in the following manner:—' The most reverend Car dinal N., &c., earnestly and more earnestly (instanter et in slanting) petitions your holiness,' &c. The secretary of briefs answers in terms similar to those used before, and the Pope kneels, while the cardinal assistant on his left hand admonishes all to pray again by the word Orate; and all falling on their knees, pray in silence, until the other assistant cardinal, on his right hand, bids them rise, Legate. Then, all standing, the Pope intones the Veni Creator; then, kneeling again, till the first verse is finished, rises and remains standing till the hymn is concluded. The prayer is then sung by the Pope, who afterwards ascends the throne, and, for the third time, the cardinal returns, and the consistorial advocate repeats the request in still stronger.terms. Holy Father, the most Rev. Cardinal, &c , earnestly, more earnestly, and most earnestly, petitions, &c., (instanter, instantius, instantissime.) The secretary now replies, that his holiness being satisfied that God approves the request, has at length resolved to pro nounce the definitive sentence, which, by virtue of the supreme power given him, he does in the following manner:—'To the honour of the holy and undivided Trinity, the exaltation of the Catholic faith and increase of Christianity—by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the blessed apostles Peter, l'aul, and our own, after a mature deliberation, repeated invocation of the Divine succour, and the counsel of our venerable brethren, the cardinals of the holy Roman Church, the patriarchs and archbishops dwelling in the city, —we declare the blessed N. N. to be saints, and enrol them in the catalogue of saints. enjoining the universal church devoutly to worship their memory yearly on their natal day; to wit, the blessed N., on the day, &c. In the name of the Father, t and of the Son, t and of the Holy t Ghost. Amen.' " Thus adverting to the facts above mentioned, we perceive that the conditions required for canonization are what the congregation of rites, the Cardinals, and eventually the Pope himself, consider well-attested sanctity and miracles, and carefully-examined orthodoxy. All these conditions were pronounced to have been duly fulfilled in the case of Alphonsus de Liguori. The Congregation of Rites allowed the cause of his beatification to he brought forward in 1796, and on the 14th of May, 1802, decided that it might be proceeded with. (Laughter). On the 18th of May, 1803, Pope Pius VIII. confirmed the decree of the Congregation of Rites, which declared that " All the writings of Saint Alphonsus, whether printed or inedited, had been most rigorously examined ac cording to the discipline of the Apostolic See, and that not one word had been found censura diznum,' and made known that the moral system of St. Alphonse had been more than twenty times rigorously discussed with t/u rules of the decree of Pope Urban VIII.. and the documents of Benedict XIV., that in all these exami nations, undertaken with the view of the canonization of St. Alphonsus, and in the definitive judgment of the Sacred Congregation, all agreed voce concordi, unaniini consensu, una voce, unanimiter.' " (Applause.) The invasion of the French into Italy interrupted the further progress of the cause for a time, but on the 15th of Sep tember, 1816, Pius VII. solemnly published the brief for his beatification. And on Trinity Sunday, 1839, he was formally canonized by Gregory XVI., and added to the list of those who may be invocated, and by whose inter cession in heaven, the faithful are encouraged to hope for help on earth. Alphonso Liguori was born at Mani nella, near Naples, on the 27th September, 1E96. His history, so far as we can believe it, does not appear to have contained anything very wonderful; nothing beyond a considerable amount of the austerity and self-inflicted mortifications, which characterise so many of the ascetics, and produce such marvellous effects on the minds of the ignorant and superstitious. He appears, indeed, to have possessed considerable assiduity and experience as a wri ter, for his works arc voluminous, and indicate an exten sive research in the mediaeval fathers. Ho pressed into his service several of the primitive fathers also, but with out giving the references; and no man has ever yet been able to find in them what Liguori quotes their names to support—viz., the mercy, the intercession, and the saving power of the Virgin Mary. (Alleged miracles were here quoted.) His entire prostration of mind under the autho rity of his spiritual director, or, as Roman Catholics would express it, his perfection in the counsel of obedi ence, was very great. His austerities—falsely called holiness—are greatly lauded ; but on these i would observe how the Romish system is in antagonism to Christianity in the important matter of the law of duty. The law of the Lord is simple, brief in its letter, and penetrating in its spirit. But what we are most con cerned with, are his writings. They consist of fifteen works, comprising twenty-seven volumes. Of course I can give you but a very faint specimen of his authorship ; and before I do so, it may be well to remind you that in this case the ingenious device of denying that the princi ples advanced are indeed the principles of the Church of Rome, cannot be practised. If the principles of Liguori be not those of Rome, then the infallibility of Rome is at an end for ever. He who denies them, does with the same breath declare that the Pope, with the college of cardinals, the congregation of rites, the assisting archbi shops and bishops, physicians, surgeons,notaries, and pro thonotories, after ten years experience, and repeated prayers to the Virgin and all the saints, have made a gross blunder, and canonized a slanderer of the faith. On the other hand, if the principles of Liguori be the principles of Rome, their hostility to the Bible, Mariolatry, syste matic lying, and unspeakable indecency, are part and parcel of the Romish system. The reverendlecturer then read extracts, to show this saint's hostility to the scrip tures, his Mariolatry, from his letters, respecting which there are changes in later editions, even in writings of the canonised • his systematic lying, and his mental slavery, occasioned his vow of obedience. He could not touch the indecency which he regretted to say , existed in no small quantity. (Hear, hear, and loud applause.) The lecturer concluded his address with the following elo quent appeal to those present :—" And what a system is this, then ! Men and brethren, arouse yourselves to the exigences of the times ! This system,— anti-scriptural, idolatrous, equivocating, enslaving, indecent ; this sys tem, which neither fears God nor regards man, at once perfidious and plausible, the enemy of your altars and your homes ::this system, which, with the audacity, cruelty, and falsehood of the first usurper, tramples upon the rights of both kings and subjects, kindles the fires of martyrdom, works the tortures of the Inquisition, turns a deaf car to the sighs of pity, the groansofdespair, the shrieks, thestruggles, the maddened horror of violated virgin innocence ; this system which supplicates or threatens, smiles or frowns, entreats or commands, anything or everything to accom plish its own dark designs • this system legislates within your senate-house, is endowed by your money, is min gling its poison in your literature, insinuating itself into your schools, and unless checked to time will lead to scenes of horror in our land enough to appal the stoutest hearts. (Hear, hear.) Men and brethren, Protestants of England, save your country ! What a glorious country this our England is ! Notwithstanding all our deficiencies and all our faults, and the wide difference there is between what we are and what we ought to be, considering our light and our opportunities—still, after all, what a noble spectacle we present among the nations. (Cheers.) Where else in Europe could a minister of Christ thus boldly and faithfully unmask the foul features of Antichrist ? Where else in Europe could such an assembly, for such a purpose, be convened, and a man address it fearlessly, safe from the arbitrary arrest and capricious imprisonment of irresponsible tyranny ? Oh ! happy England ! blessed Protestantism, precious Bible ! Here the good geniuses of liberty, clothed in the time honored, embroidered garments of our Constitution, armed with the panoply of our acts of parliament, beam ing bright and beauteous under the diadem of our Vic toria, and resting for the safety of all upon the Rock of Ages, presides, as a guardian angel, over onr altars and our homes. Esto perpetua !" (Dr. M'Neile resumed his seat amid thunders of applause.) A vote of thanks was proposed, in eloquent terms, by the Rev. F. OULD, which was received with the greatest enthusiasm ; and when the CHAIRMAN proposed that the meeting should hold up their hands in approval, a perfect forest of hands was raised from pit, boxes. and gallery. When the applause had subsided, the CHAIRMAN pro ceeded to make some remarks, which ha had avoided doing at the opening. He rejoiced that such an institu tion as this existed, which, in the present course of lectures, had furnished such important information: When we consider, the speaker said, the critical circum stances of our country, such information is indispensable. A great conflict is going on between the Church of England and the Church of Rome. Disguise it ea we may, such is the fact ; and it never can cease till the principles of the Church of England—that is, the princi ples of the Gospel —are victorious. Great principles are involved—an open Bible, life, light, liberty, civil and religious. The Church of Rome prevented the spread of God's word. The circulation of the Scriptures and the prosperity of Rome cannot co-exist. The Church of England cultivates the intellect ; the Church of Rome prostrates it—manacles the mind and the body ; its victims are helpless before an ecclesiastical despotism. (Hear.) It is only in this country that such a meeting could be held. If the one-twentieth of such numbers met for such a purpose at Madrid they would be dispersed by the police. We have stamped this country as the protectress of liberty, the refuge of persecuted Roman Catholics driven from the continent. As for the French President, he dreaded no invasion—he was but a puppet in the hands of 11Iontalerobert and the Jesuits. The invasion he dreaded was that of Ultramontane priests and Jesuits—the invasion of the sanctity of our homes, and such principles were spreading in this town more 'than the public were aware of. They hate England for her liberty and religious privileges, but without such our political constitution would crumble to the ground. As for Ireland, it formed the chief difficulty of statesmen, because of its Popery. The Irish were lively and im aginative, active and generous, and we had noble examples of such in Liverpool, in the ministers of the gospel. It was by missionaries from Ireland that the gospel was preached in England before 'Popery had sowed the serpent's teeth. (Cheers.) Let us return the debt, by giving them, in turn, scriptural education. In Trinity College, there are the Bibles used by the Priests and bishops before Henry 11. invaded, or perhaps before the Pope assumed authority over his brother bishops. He need not refer to another matter, as a public meeting would in a few days be held in the Amphitheatre, for the purpose of returning two true men to Parliament for Liverpool. The chairman concluded by reading the famous passage out of Lord Derby's speech, which de clares that great statesman's views on education. The doxology being sung, Dr. M`Neile pronounced the benediction, and the vast assemblage separated. As the rev. doctor entered his carriage, it was sur rounded by a great crowd, who cheered most lustily as long as the carriage was in sight. The demonstration was significant at the present time. LATEST INTEUIGENCE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. PENINSULAR MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.ship Iberia arrived at Southampton at 8 15 this morning, with the above mails. Her dates are,—Gibraltar, sth instant ; Cadiz, Gth instant ; Lisbon, M instant ; Oporto, 10th instant : Vigo, 10th instant. Her cargo consists of three packages of specie and sundries. In a violent gale, on the 6th instant, the St. Andrew, of Fowey, and the brig Tyro, of Liverpool, were much damaged.. The Peninsular Company's at Gibraltar on the sth instant steam-ship Sultan arrived The screw.steamer Livorno, five days and a-half from Liverpool for Genoa, arrived on the 3d. The Iberia brings no news of importance. PAnis, SUNDAY.—The five per cents. fell to 100 10, they subsequently rose, however, and closed 101. At the Casino to-day a great number of speculators as. sembled, and the decree for the conversion of the Five per Cents was eagerly discussed. The immediate effect was to send down the Fives from 103.60, closing price of Saturday, to 100.50, to' leave off eventually 101 buyers. A very large amount of business was done. In his report on the conversion the minister states that the treasury is without any embarrassment, and the budget of 1852, which is about to be published, will be balanced without a deficit. The revenue returns for February show an increase of 2,0C,0,000 francs over same month of the past year. At Hamburg, on Friday last, Exchange on London 13- 7, bills offered. HOUSE OF LORDS. The attendance of peers was unusually numerous. TIIE GOVERNMENT POLICY. _ _ _ Lord BEAUMONT, pursuant to notice, put a question to the Earl of Derby, with the view of eliciting from him a definite statement as to whether it was his intention, upon the re-assembling of parliament, to recommend the re-imposition of a duty upon imported corn. The noble lord commented at considerable length upon the ill effects resulting from the uncertainty felt by the public as to thein tentions of the government; and observed, that the recent speech of the noble Earl was guardedly confined to the ex pression of his own private opinion of the abstract desira bility of protection, hut did not pledge the ministry to take the sense of the country upon this particular question. Earl DERBY ridiculed the idea that the postponement - for a few months of a precise declaration of the course which the Government intended to take, could cause any material uncertainty in the country ; but even if it did so, that same uncertainty must necessarily remain until the next general election ; then, and not till then, the ques tion would be definitively and at once settled. He agreed that an appeal ought to he made to the country as soon as circumstances would permit ; but no taunt, no challenge, no mortification, to which he was exposed, should induce him to recommend a dissolution one hour sooner than the great and paramount interests of the country required. (Loud cheers.) He then proceeded to denounce the opera tions of the anti-coin law league; complained warmly of the attempt which recently had been made by Lord J. Rus sell to organize an opposition to his Government, and thus force a dissolution, after having advised her Majesty to send for him for the very purpose of averting the evil consequences which must result from such a step. He denied the right of Parliament to put, and declined to answer, categorical questions as to the future course of the Government ; but he would say, that he would never attempt, by a mere majority of votes, to force upon the country a measure distasteful to the great body of the people. (Loud cheers.) The noble earl concluded by calling upon the house to enable him to carry into effect the various important measures which had been begun this session, and predicted that any factious opposition to Government which might be made in the other house would be justly visited by the country upon the heads of theauthors. (Loud cheers.)—EarlGnEY defended the late Government from the strictures of the noble earl, and ex pressed his dissatisfaction with the evasive and indirect answer which he had given to the question proposed by his noble friend.—After remarks from the Earl of Abin ger, Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Harrowby, and others, the matter dropped.—The house adjoured at 4- before 9. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Christopher, Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Napier, Mr. Whiteside, and Lord Henry Lennox, took their seats. On the motion of Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE, TICW writs were ordered for Coleraine, in the room of Mr. Boyd ; and for Dungarvon, in the room of Mr. Stewart Knox ; who have accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. TUVNELL gave notice that, on Wednesday next, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the property qualification for members of parliament. (Hear.) Mr. LACY gave notice of a motion, for an early day after Easter, for a select committee to enquire into the nature of the restraint imposed on females in religious houses. In reply to a question from Mr. James Wilson, with regard to his motion upon the Sugar Duties, Sir J. PACKINGTON said, that during the present session her Majesty's Government, with a majority against them, did not intend to press the subject of those controversial questions which they thought would be better reserved for another parliament. For these reasons it was not his intention to bring forward the notice which stood in his name, but at the same time his own convictions with regard to the effect of the present rate of Sugar Duties had undergone no change. Under these circumstances, the Government reserved to themselves the right to deal with the subject hereafter, if they should be in a position to do so. (Hear, and a laugh.) MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. In answer to General Evans, Sir J. PACKINGTON stated that the despatches just received from the Cape of Good Hope. though most gratifying, did not announce the con clusion of the war with the Klffirs ; but he was in antici pation that the next mail would bring intelligence equally satisfactory.—Mr. HEADLAM asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of the Government to impose a tax upon coal.—The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there was no such intention on the part of the Government ; but if such a proposition was calculated to meet with favour upon the part of the honourable gentleman's constituency at New castle, the Government would be ready to give it their best consideration. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) On the order of the day for going'into committee of sup ply upon the Navy Estimates, Mr. VILLIERS, pursuant to notice, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state in what way he proposed to reverse the existing commercial regulations of this country. He asked Mr. Christopher and Mr. Herries to avow their intentions upon the sub ject, nor should the noble Earl at the head of the Govern ment hesitate to state his purposes with openness and can dour above all men. Lord Derby ought to be ready to state the course he intended to take. lie then referred to our increased home and foreign trade, decreased pauperism, and other signs of prosperity, contending that the population had never been better paid or employed. He concluded by asking the lion. gentleman to make a dis tinct avowal whether it was the intention of the govern ment either now, or in the event of a dissolution of par liament, to propose any scheme that would effect either directly or indirectly the present system of our commer cial policy, especially with relation to the trade in corn.— Mr. DISRAELI denied the state of apprehension and dis trust in which the lion. gentleman had represented the country to be. Neither from the representations of the commercial classes, nor from the state of the public funds, was he able to discover the paralysis of business which he had dwelt upon. He denied that he had any right to call upon him to state what the inten tions of government were, because members of govern ment had long ago announced their intention not to bring forward the question of protection before the present par liament. To that notion they still adhered, and they had no intention to bring forward any proposition on the sub ject before the present parliament. At the same time he would not say that the government could cr could not, under such circumstances, propose a fixed duty. He hoped he had answered the hon. gentleman. (Laughter, and cries of " Oh!) lie understood the hon. gentleman to ask whether the government intended to make any proposition to the present parliament, which would form a basis'of policy—(Oh !)—which would go before the coun try in the event of a dissolution,—(haar, hear)—and he had stated that the government intended to make no such ot proposition ; and further, that the government di d - 1 Pledge themselves to bring forward a fixed duty, even before' another parliament. Surely that w a s a fair ausw! r. d s (Cheers). The government intended to press foul"; the disfranchisement of St. Alban's Bill (3°11 , nection with that subject, he would take an early °Ot t tunity of stating how the government i n t en d e d to disl7 of the fourseatsvacated,whi c h,if th e measure wer e carried; would then be vacant. The next question the govern meat would press was the R e fo r m o f Ch ancer y Bill, Whi te , would be introduced in the other house. A third mesas would be one for the internal defence of the countrft which he meant to propose on the earliest possible n Having thus explained what were the principles on wh l : tl the government were to be carried on, he took the libe'" of inquiring what were th e p r i nc i p l es on which the oPIZ, sition were to be carried on. (Ch eers .) Was it thee% ciple of Papal aggression or o f P ro t es t an t ascendancy! t:r principle of household suffrage or electioneering grouP: ch (Cheers.) Considering the circumstances under wh i „c the late government resigned offi c e, h e cer t a i n ly did 0 4 expect that within a fortnight of that event t b l o , opposition would be reconstructed, with the nob` lord the member for London at its head ; still trusted that the good sense of th e coun t ry would 5119 . tabs the Government a g ai n st a ll th e manoeuvr es oi l ; powerful and numerous f ac tio n . Th e r i g ht h on . gel 3 a , man sat down amidst loud ch e e r i ng .—L or d J. Russ' it rose and charged the membe r s of th e G overnm ent i f ,_. o hying taken every opportunity t o d amage an d d e feat °l kii when he was in power. If, as he believed, it we ll , e d , have been unconstitutional f or hi m t o h ave atteo4, l 4 to carry on the Governm e nt w ith an uncer7,r majority, it surely was not l ess unconstitutional ~ the new Ministry, after h av i ng so l ong endesvist voured to eject the late Government upon P r otectio4 principles, immediately upon t a ki ng th e i r p l aces to ab;, the question to refuse to bring the ma tt er t o an issue it ' t giving a plain answer to the plai n ques ti on —l s it yo u , intention to propose a tax on corn, and meanwha e , attempt to carry on the public busi ness w ith a cer io minority ? The real design of this re f usa l to p le d ge the government to this specific policy seeme d to be t o , enable the ministerial candidates at the next electi° ll . e o solicit the suffrages of the agricultural constituelie as supporters of a protectionist governmen t, ° b ig those who offered themselves to t owns wou ld be s e nt to delude the people by representing that the goverun 3 o . ' had given up Protection, and would not atte m pt to reveid the present policy. (Loud cheers.)—Mr. linausas cherg I Lord John Russell with havi ng go t up a f act i ous WI: tion.—Sir J. GRAHAM said that, notwithstanding the TaY, s , s - o bt cations of the Chancellor of the E xc h equer, h e ha d n o (I t o that it was the settled purpose o f th e E ar l of Derby, B°sei Cabinet, to re-impose a tax on co rn . F or hi mself h e won' ",ce that there was no effort which h e was not prepared to n'",iiC no sacrifice lie was not ready to encount er t o preven t the "off cess of such a measure. Should the next election resultin t be reversal of Free Trade policy, it would be a proof, not o f t ive; . popular feeling in favour of Protectio n , b u t o f th e defer i$ state of the present representative system.—Mr. WO' spe• said that it was not the intention o f G overnment t o re verse ti present Free Trade policy, but merely so to modify it t ni P s . .. , might not press unjustly upon any c l ass o f t h e comm uty, t o Mr. GLADSTONE was equally opposed t o th e mod i f i cation the reversal of the present policy. It mus t rest w ith thet - o f vernment to expedite with all possible despatch the nece, s ,!or business of the country, and th en t o a d v i se the C row n '" t peal to the people with a vi ew t o th e fi na l settlement o L ard question.—After a few words from Mr. B. COCHRANE , ;;. PALMERSTON said, he thought, un d er th e presen t cif- en 01 t stances, it was the duty of the house to assist the Govern i f t be to carry a bill for providing for th e i n t erna l de f en ces overp country, and other necessary mea sures; an d t h at t h e Ge,.,j v ia% ment should then take the earliest o pp ortun i ty o f dist'oft Parliament, and appealing to the people.—Mr. G. BEng%ftef' Sir J. TYRREL, Mr. NEWDF.GATE, and Mr. BooKEnt,,j,th wards spoke on the ministerial, and Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 0 ".;iion• and Sir A. COCKBURN, on the oppositi on s id e o f the I:l,l%"ittee —The matter then dropped, and the house went into corn "0.4 of supply.—A few votes having b een a ll owe d , t h e CHM!, ones reported progress.—The house adjou r n e d a t t en m i nu tes to TATTERSALL'S BETTING—MONDAY• WARWICK HANDICAP.-5 to 1 agst Crimus—taken. WARWICK TRIAL STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Koh-i-Noor• WARWICK TWO-YEAR-OLD STA./MS.-6 to 4 agst Cato Elayes. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE.-4 to 1 agst Oscar. i 2to l NORTHAMPTON STAKES.—G to 1 agst Chief Justice;. - Aon' agst Storyteller; 12 to I agst Cariboo l4 to 1 agst Tedonotir METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-10 to 1 agst Backbiter; est 1 agst Captain Flash; 33 to 1 agst Haresfoot ; any odd s Hesse Romberg. i gb CHESTER CUP.-18 to I agst Scarec r o w; 20 t o 1 l',..g,sc-saCR, Sheriff; 33 to I agst Hesse Homberg; 40 to 1 agst u" 45 to 1 agst Koh-r-Noor. THE DERBY.-5 to 1 agst Hobble N o bl e; 15 t o 1 agsti l i tig ,:g r ss is to 1 agst Kingston; 18 to 1 a gs t Cl aver h ouse; 33 t Little Harry. r 100' LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS—A.°- Frey The English Market opened good. The conversion o f . 0 0 0 Rentes is considered favourable to increased investmen t 1 , gO: Funds, and as also exhibiting, on the part of the Freo c ' e nea vernment, a confidence in their own strength. Consols 01)00 97-1 83, went to 8 Buyers, Money and Account, and Clo s oceff. quoted. Railway Shares have shown some strength, sod P otte r on the whole, have improved. Gold Mining Shares are „ o f• than ever, closing as weak as they opened. Large bears aloe' Foreign Market steady. In South American Stock °_,, 0 0 . 4 business, consequent upon Rosas' defeat. Consols and Ditto Money, 97i 8; Exchequer Bills, L., and DP - , t ives.. 65 8 pm. Foreign Steck—M ex i cans , 323 2 ; Spanish ..1"'00010, 25 3; Ditto, Threes, 42 :3; Ditto, Passives, 53 3. , Shares—London Stock, 1162 173; Ditto, Quarters, 33 ssout" Midland Stock, 553 9; North Stafford s hi re , 81 dis. ; d got Dover, Eastern and 2Ol ; Ambergate, ano:i j ire, ern Junction, 53 63; Manchester, Sheffield, and Linen...T: 6 LO 313 21; Caledonian, 183 3; Ditto, Preference, Si xls. 41 r Counties, 7$- 3; East Lancashire, 161 17; East A ng li a n, ',4 %; Great Northern, 193 1; Lancashire and Y or k s hi re , Vol , ' Ditto, Fifths, 6; dis. ; London, B r i g ht on, an d South „loot 95 6 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 173 2; Ditto, Ex te ilortr„ . York and North Midland, 223 ; Norfolks, 27 9 ; Atir.,,'" British, 61 7. Mining Shares—Apia Fria, 13 2 Pm.; d'" California, 3 2 pm. • Ave Maria, 3 dis. par; Mariposa , par; Nouveau Monde, 3 3 par. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE—MoNDO;dip' The following are the closing prices: —Caledonian, 161 8 0 11ir u East Lancashire. 174 3-1 ; Ditto Quarters, 44 ; „ , and Yorkshire, 7 '2 4 Ditto Fifths, x div.; London ut i 'vred ' Eastern Counties, 713-16; Sheffield, 31i 24 ; I)° ' 124; Midland, 3/i 4; South Eastern, 204 x div. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—MoNnAY.therffr The following are the closing q uo t a ti ons : —G re at il ort peror 19 5-16 ; Lancashire and Yo r k s hi re , ; Leeds 164 ; North-western, 124 dis. ; Midland, 594; Sheffield' LONDON CORN MARKET—MoNDAY. ... s ter A moderate quantity of Wheat at the market. Millet. ii cautious, and trade is dull at last Monday's rates. Fore W oir unaltered. Barley, Beans, and Peas are slow of sale atigAlS day's terms. Oats are quiet but not cheaper. Flour and unchanged. English White Wheat ~ Red Ditto Barley, Malting.. „ Grinding ~ 445. to 495. per quarter' 40s. to 445. ~ 345. to 365. 245. to 265. ~ 245. to 295. ,) ARRIVALS. English. 3924 4140 Irish. - r ° 4 53 1 15 59 400 1 379} 3130 00 Dt Wheat Barley Oats .. Malt .. Flour 681 437 SECOND REPORT. Wheat declined Is. per quarter. Spring corn unaltered. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—MoNvAt% Sugar : Refined market brown lumps, 435. 6d, to t o ' : Loot Little business ; common congou, M. to 90. Ind i rolVa r k e e; public sales of Guatamala proceed with great spirit a: Co rates. Rice : Steady, at 10s. to lls. 6d. for good fine . Demand good; native Ceylon, 345. Gd. to 40s. ;LONDON TALLOW RETURNS.—MoNDA ;ocre a The stock is 46,849 c a sk s aga i ns t 38,28 6 l ast y e ar ; .10 , 8563. The deliveries last wee k were ^495 casks ag ain last year, being an increase of 959 casks. et LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—MoNOA ' Y : 4 01 0 -0 0 The supply of Beasts is large, and trade dull at a s" Cs ) ph in prices. Sheep are in demand at last Monday's rates: f,04, sold slowly at 4d. per stone reduction. There are a feiv " o r t p. in the market, but very little demand at low prices' 2s. 2d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. • Veal, 2s iitin d r 38. Bd.; Pork, 3s. to 3s. Bd. Beasts, 4.129; Sheep and 1 - 01; 22,770 ; Calves, 141 ; Pigs, 360 ; Scotch Beasts, 600 ; Cat S u and Leicester Beasts, 200. Arri va l s: H o ll and —Beasts' Sheep, 800 ; Calves, 105. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Ce John, from Liverpool, at Trieste, 7th inst. Albatross (s.), from Liverpool, at Helmet, 10th i - cordia, from Liverpool, at Ilelvoet, 11th inst. Arabella, from Liverpool, at Ancona, sth inst. Ismyr, cleared at Trieste, for Liverpool, 28th Feb% Tric . o ,ll CADIZ, MARCH 7.—The Paquette de Trieste, fron' Liverpool, put in Feb. 22, leaky, damaged, &c. Mus t part of cargo. -at The British and North American Royal Mail St„ e :s P lii Cambria, Leitch, commander, with letters and Pa A P,',e New York to the 2nd inst., and Boston to the 3rd, port yesterday, has not yet arrived. Should she rea'„'"ed , ',, o " time, we shall give a summary of the news in an eXtr'did,l l lo THE SFEAMER PRINCESS ROYAL.—This sPle n beinja has now resumed her station in the line trading, r Opi Glasgow. She has been laid up in the Clyde i cl ho llp weeks past, undergoing a thorough overhaul ( . 0 0 1 , 0 1r machinery. Her cabins, too, have been re-a e ,;ip4 l _,l in fact, she is now equal, in substantiality, cq„ - c bt";0; and appearance, to the day on which she was 181.1 :0 01 : 0 < GREECE.—I was sitting upon deck, absorbed ill:Act: l Y chess,when the words" Salamis," " Athens," " lis," fell upon my ear, producing upon my rtpitt,er mind a strange effect. My attentio n , without "" verted, wandered, and other names—Marathlti th e mopylve, Philip, Alexander, Alcibiades, minei, t c "ei selves in an unaccountable manner with the ra:g i ol l ipei; and puppet warriors before me. PresentlY„:o lll ilir movement, and the words "Athens is in sight, ;AZ all, anciipwakened me to the intense delight of r v i er. n v je g . this, tlis least apparently realisable, althougy ; '„Or t helli most deeply indulged dream of my youth, vit'spt truth in process of fulfilment. It was indeed ev n 'a 1 `26 1 ; was in sight, Instinctively we drew together sa f eaba in silent and subdued exultation over the ve s ,, - ple,bir I firmly believe that I could point out the nit, n 'or i cared most intensely for each other if I cool"' under the influence of any absorbing pleasure °f i e - s whelming grief ; the heart in such circurust a " s t naturally the " appui" of the heart which is rin - 1 b e e' sion with itself, and the body unconsciously, 13 , 11 t ee' inevitably, obeys the inward impulse.—Dub. 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