The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-27 00:00:00

IREL AND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 25.

The weather here has been very stormy for the last two or
three days, and the mails have in consequence been delayed.
The discussion at the meeting of the Association (to which
we alluded on Thursday) is important, not only for the argu-
ments employed on that occasion by Mr. Cassidy, and the
truths by which lie supported them ; but being himself a party
to the transactions on which Mr. Sergeant Jackson raised a
superstructure of such severe censure in the late debate on
the Corporations question. The facts which Mr. Cassidy
stated are of the highest value, because they furnish an ex-
plicit refutation of the learned and ingenious gentleman's ca-
lumnies, as well as a most complete exposure of the Orange
Magistracy of the Queen's County.
Mr. Emerson Tennent bath indicted a verbose epistle for
the edification of the inhabitants of the town of Belfast. The
object this gentleman has in view is to excite a prejudice
against the Ministerial Municipal Bill. His appeal is made
undisguisedly to the pocket ; he tells the good people of Bel-
fast that the Bill, if passed, will inflict an enormous expense
upon them. From political considerations, Mr. Tennent ad-
mits that he wholly abstains—money is the matter in question.
The pocket alone, then, is to decide upon the merits of a na-
tional Bill of Rights conferring municipal institutions upon
seven millions of Irishmen 1 But looking at the question in
this pounds, shillings, and pence light only, it is easy to
show that, if no higher grounds existed for the establish-
ment of good self-governing Municipalities, Belfast still, even
in this peddling particular, would be benefitted by the Corpo-
rations Bill. _ _

THE REV. MR. DENNY V. D. O'CoNNELL, M. P.—ln this
important tithe case the Master of the Rolls decided that a
Parliamentary appearance might be entered in the Court of
Chancery for a. Member of Parliament as well as any other
person,
if he neglected to appear within eight days after ser-
vice of subpoena. Ha further directed that the first Parlia-
mentary appearance entered for defendant should stand, and
that the second should be set aside. His Honour further or-
dered that both parties should abide their own costs. Thus it
would appear that the rule in Chancery in this respect is diffe-
rent from that which governs the Exchequer.
In an action for libel, brought against the proprietor of the
Freeman's .Journal, one O'Keefe got a verdict of 701. da-
mages—costs 6d. How long is the press to lie at the mercy
of any person who desires to thrust his hand in the pocket of a
newspaper proprietor ? The present barbarous and atrociously
absurd Libel-law ought to be forthwith revised and amended.
FILACER OF THE COURT OF EXCIIEQUER.—Mr. Carew
O'Dwyer, formerly Member for Drogheda, has been at length
appointed to the Filacership of the Exchequer, vacant for some
months past. Mr. O'Dwyer has received his warrant from the
Crown.

Mr. Duffy has been appointed a Divisional Magistrate of
Police, vice Sir William Starner, who has resigned.
GENERAL. ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meetinc, of this
body was held on Thursday, L. E. White, Esq., in the chair.
Mr. R. O'Connell read the minutes of the last day's meeting,
and then moved that all future meetings of the body during
the sitting of Parliament should be held on Tuesdays.

CITY REGISTRY.-The corporators still continue to send up
their unqualified freemen in battalions. Yesterday the num-
bers were—

Conservatives ll
Liberals
Majority —4
The apathy of the miscalled Liberals is shameful to the last
degree.
A CONVERT.—We are informed that the sister of Colonel
Verner, Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Society, has
formally read her recantation, and become a Catholic.—Free-
man.

ORANGEISM IN DUBLIN.-Colonel Conolly asserted in the
House of Commons last Monday that there was no such body
in existence as Orangemen. Colonel Perceval on Tuesday
re-echoed this assertion. In the Freeman's Journal of this
day is published an Orange circular, addressed to a brother by
the Secretary. At the very moment Colonel Perceval was
declaring the nonentity of Orangeism in Ireland, his secret
and illegal brothers were receiving the purple order, electing
officers, and balloting for members.
REPRESENTATION OF DROGIIEDA.-On Monday a public
meeting of the electors of this town took place in the Linen
Hall, " for the purpose of nominating a fit and proper person
to represent this town in Parliament at the next vacancy."
At twelve o'clock the building was crowded to suffocation ;
and about one Thomas Ennis, Esq., J. P., was called to pre-
side. The Chairman explained the object of the meeting.
He said they could not have selected a fitter person to repre-
sent them than Sir Wm. Somerville. Mr. M'Cann, in pro-
posing the first resolution, took occasion to advert to the kind
of man whom they should choose to represent them. He
should be a man whose character would be a sufficient pledge
of his integrity—a man belonging to the General Association,
and one of whom O'Connell could say, " I wish to see that
man in Parliament." He would demand no pledges—he was
averse to them. O'Connell's approbation and the man's own
character was the best pledge.—( Cries of " No, no," " Hear,
hear," and " The best man ought to make pledges.") After
a somewhat turnultuary discussion, the meeting was adjourned
for a fortnight, on the motion of Mr. Whitworth, who said
that there were 100 as good men as Sir W. Somerville who
could represent them.
CORPORATION OF WATERFORD.-The Waterford Chronicle
in order to expose the whole system of unprincipled dishonesty
prevalent in the present state of the Irish Corporate bodies,
introduces a part of it which is pretty conspicuously manifested
in a document entitled " Ntticles of Agreement between the
Right Honourable Sir John Newport, Baronet, and William
Newport, Esq., on the one part, and Henry Alcock and Jas.
Wallace, Esqs. on the other—made, concluded, and agreed
upon, this 10th day of January, 1818."
We cannot find room for more than the first article of this
corrupt Corporate conspiracy. It runs thus :—" In the first
place, Mr. Alcock and his friends pledge themselves to sup-
port Sir John Newport for the representation of the city of
Waterford, during the lifetime of the said Sir John—or for
such time as Sir John shall consider himself capable of effi-
ciently discharging the duties of that situation. At the ex-
piration of either event, Mr. Alcock to be supported by every
exertion of the Newport family, and their friends, in the fu-
ture representation of the said city, during the life of said Mr.
Alcock, and in the promotion of which Mr. William Newport
pledges himself that his sons shall concur. And if lie should
die before he shall be entitled to represent the said city, or to
become a candidate, according to the tenor and spirit of this '

agreement, then the said James Wallace shall nominate the
candidate, who shall be supported for the representation of
the said city for life, on the joint interests of both parties.
And, after the death of the said Henry Alcock, or such other
Representative, the Newport family to nominate the next can-
didate for a period of five years—then the other contracting
party, and their successors, to nominate for the next five years,
and so on, alternately, for ever.

These are the terms of the first part of the corrupt bargain.
The others are of a kindred complexion—equally black,
equally disgraceful, disgusting, and demoralizing. Spoliation
more glaring and shameless than is exhibited throughout this
nefarious document it has seldom been our task to peruse.
The evidence which it furnishes is of so decisive a character
that if the expediency of reforminr, the Municipal Corpora-
tions of Ireland were made to depend on this one isolated case
alone, the strongest grounds for a better system of municipal
management would be found in it, and the corrupt practices now
brought to light—and published to the world as a warning
against the perpetration of abuses inimical to the morals and
well-being of the community.

PARIS-THURSDAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—There are some sentiments in the manifesto just pub-
lished by the new Editor of Le Monde, which demand and de-
serve more than usual consideration, from the eminence of the in-
dividual by whom they are signed, and the moment selected for
their appearance. The Abbe de Lamennais, after pointing at the
dejection into which a portion of Europe seems, at present, to
have sunk, (I suspect he has Poland, and the embryo republics
of young Germany and young Italy in his view), consoles himself
by the conviction that there is no stability in the ruins which
he contemplates. He defies, in fact, any one not to perceive
that a principle of regeneration is actively, though secretly, at
work, which must produce a sort of political millenium. " No
class," he says, " does not dearly see that every fraction
of the human race is gravitating towards one great union,
which sooner or later" (the adverbs arc fortunately indefinite)
" must take place ; because such result is the sole object of
their exertions, and the accomplishment of their earthly des-
tiny." The meaning of which is, that mankind will one day form
one republic. That such is his meaning we gather from his opi-
nion that we should be violating one of the sovereign laws
of our moral aature, and " oppose the order of Providence—
were we still to shut ourselves up within the narrow limits of
ancient nationality, or within those of an exclusive patriotism;
which is but a selfish feeling." How differently does the
Abbe feel from those illustrious Patriots who thought that
their country claimed their peculiar care 1 How differently
does he feel from Cicero who bequeathed to all generations
the valuable precept—" Omnes omnium caritates Patria Una
complexa." But the Abbe is a Latitudinarian— a lover of
his kind rather than of his kindred. Such is his philosophy I
The political creed of this distinguished writer may be seen
by his assertion that " the contests of nations arise solely from
the interests of their Chiefs." But for them, he says, war-
would disappear altogether ; for it is " against the interests
of the people: which are bound together in such a manner
that the welfare of one increases by the welfare of all, and the
welfare of all by that of each individual." I wish the Abbe
had mentioned what country in any age, has exhibited the
delightful spectacle he describes. He asks "if the ficti-
tious barriers raised by Governments between nations
were no longer to hinder their mutual communications ii f the
produce of the various climates, and of the different useful
arts, %sere to circulate without obstacle from one extremity i f
the globe to the other ; if commercial liberty were every-
where triumphant over the selfish interests of revenue and pri-
vileged monopolists, could any one doubt that such freedom of
trade would alone augment incalculably the common stock of
wealth and the general prosperity ?" No one certainly. But
before such a theory can be put into practice, it will be neces-
sary that the Abbe should demonstrate how such universal free
trade could be adopted—how a nation can exist, when every.
species of revenue is dispensed with—and how any govern-
ment can be carried on without the means of paying its army,
its navy, and its civil servants. If the Abbe has found out that
a government will, by the amelioration of human nature,
soon become unnecessary to a civilized people—he has, in-
deed, made a discovery more curious than that of Pytha-
goras 1 The Abbe is evidently an optimist of the first class.
Ile believes in the perfectibility of man, notwithstanding the
obstinate contradiction, and the unerring experience of 6,000
years : and he is, at this moment, enjoying such a foretaste of
the earthly beatitude of the human race, that he has floating
before his fancy the approaching epoch when wars, and ru-
mours of wai s, will for ever cease. He already sees, in no dis-
tant vista, the whole family of man dancing round the tree of
" Liberty and Equality," and singing
" Nunc genus humanum positis sibi consulet armis
Inque vicem gens onznis amet : Pax missa per orbern
Ferrea belligeri compescat limina Jani."
Unhappily, however, such is our degenerate nature, that these
hopes are but the day-dreams of enthusiastic visionaries.
They are not peculiar to the reforming Abbe; they have been
indulged before by people who had more imagination tb'an
knowledge of man—and have been smiled at. It is ft; be
lamented that, before the Abbe proclaimed them afro :h, he
had not been reminded that when a former Abbe,—the
Abbe de Saint Pierre—unfolded to Henry the Fourth
his cherished scheme for improving the human race,
and forming it into one commonwealth, that good
and great monarch quietly told him that before it could be put
into execution, it would be nc•essary to send an army of mis-
sionaries to convert the crowned heads of Europe. The edi-
torial Abbe has, however, another mode ready, and one fully
as efficacious. He will conduct a journal which is "to orga-
nize the whole French nation upon the basis of a perfect equa-
lity of rights." I thought that it bad been already effected by
the Charter of 1830. The views of the Abbe are not, how-
ever, confined to his own country ; they extend to "all nations."
His grand aim is to produce a " universal system of liberty
and equality ;" and he calls upon " every nation, and every
individual in each nation, to assist him." He professes to have
for his ultimate object a prevention of the collision between
those two tremendous antagonist principles which have been
long contending for supremacy—a collision which he considere
near at hand. I, on the contrary, am convinced, that if hi s
propagandism should be successful, it will accelerate, rathf:r
than retard or prevent, the threatened conflict ; for if I its
dogma of universal liberty and equality should take root, s.nd
spread through every country, in the present unquiet state of
the public mind, the consequences must be the downfrsl of
every throne, and the change of the social system of the great
Commonwealth of Europe into a wild state of anarchy, con-
flict, and chaos.

I have seen no dogma so dangerous as this (which has just
been fulminated by this political and polemical apostle—this
Patriot in Christ) since the decree of the National Conven-
tion of November, 1792, which invited every country to overturn
its govern ment. There was a time when such a dogma, en-
forced by the eloquence of this "meddling Priest," might have
set all Europe in flames. Fortunately, however, the influence
of the cowl no longer directs the destinies of this world 1 For-
tunately, too, the brief existence of the French Republic ',vas
long enough to prove the fruits of such a political principle ;
and we need not dread the mightiest efforts of a writer who
dreams that he can remould the world, and call into existence
a state of pure innocence, undisturbed liberty, universal equality,
and universal fraternity and philanthropy—a golden agr.t which
the world never saw, and which has existed merely in the
heated fancy of the poet. Nor can we highly estimate the
judgment of a politician who has the vanity seriously to be-
lieve that the high mission has devolved upon him of extir-
pating that which his great master did not succeed in doing,
and which has baffled the exertions of all moral philosophers
since his time—the principle of selfishness—a principle which
is as innate as that of self-preservation. Such a belief and
such hope seem more compatible with the mind of a monk, ac-
customed to the recluseness of his cloister, than with that of
a political writer who aspires to be the director of
World." C. T.

The Speaker will hold two levees at his residiffiee
in Carlton-terrace ; the first on Saturday the 4th March, ; the
second on Saturday the I Rh.

The Earl of Burlington is about to give an enter-
tainment to the Senatus Acadernicus of the new University
of London, over which he presides ; and exertions ar.e making
to bring that establishment into operation with the least pos-
sible delay. Somerset-house is mentioned as its site.—Morn-
big Paper.
It is believed in well-informed circles that I\fr.
Stewart Mackenzie, the Member for Ross-shire, is to be ap-
pointed to the Government of Ceylon, in the room of Sir Rs
Wilmot Horton, who is coming home.
It is at length settled that Prince Esterhazy ir, to
retain the Embassy for three years longer. The Princes ,s will
remain, however, it is understood, at Vienna, with occasional
visits to her mother, the Princess of Tour and Taxis.
The Marquis of Anglesey has quite recovered from
a late attack of the tic doloureux, and the Marchioness has
recovered from a paralysis of the limbs. The, family intend
remaining in Paris for a month longer.
Maurice O'Connell, Esq., M.P. for Tralee, will
not attend Parliament this session, having been advised to re-.
main in Kerry for the benefit of his health, which is not Yet
perfectly restored.—Limerick Chronicle.
We were misinformed when we stated last week that
Sir Wm. Molesworth had accepted the invitation sent to hint
to attend a public dinner at Leeds at Easter. A_ letter 105
been received from Sir William, which waives ',;he invitatiol
for the present, and which, in the opinion of the provisional
,
committee who sent the invitation, renders it proper to Inlet"'
some means for testing the amount of support which Sir
William is likely to receive in Leeds. Such measures are
now under consideration ; and it is probable that the only saga
or satisfactory test, namely, a requisition,will shortly be adopte"
—Leeds Mercury.
Taglioni is to appear at Drury-lane, as we have all.
along said, after Easter ; moreover she is to be paid 6,000/. fof.
such a number of performances that she will cost the lessee g'
least 1501. a night. Can this be worth his while ? suto c
to be paid to one dancer will be within a few pounds I°-g;
as the whole cost of the rest of his establishment, rer,t, „
scenery, dresses, &c., all included.
MINISTERIAL DINNER AT THE NIANSI°I4I;
110 USE.—On Saturday the Right Hon. Lnr a Mayor gaveral
splendid entertainment to his Majesty's rinisters and sev,e,c...
select friends. Amongst the company `Jve noticed the fo?.of
ing :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Yelbourne, the Marqu'te,
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Sir John Cain Hob"u:il
Bart., the Right lion. C. P. Tl:mmson, the Duke of Aro s
Viscount Morpeth, Earl of Albemarle, Right Hon. Sir geior--
Vivian, Bart., Lord Hill, the Attorney-General, the Solitr An"
drew the Hon. Fox Maule, Sir Rufane Donkin,
drew L. Hay, W. Crawford, Esq., M. P., Alderman vv
M.P., Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq., M.P., Sir W. HeYgat
_io,,
and several of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, the Under She sae.
the City Chamberlain, and the other high City Office,Crtcu,
&c; The company sat down tc, dinner at half-past 7 0 iu

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1837.

The late decision of the House of Commons on the Irish
Corporation Bill has driven the Tories to their wit's end.
They are quite at a loss how to shape their political course
after so unexpected and awful a disaster. We are not in
the least surprised at this paralysis of the body factious. It
Welt puzzle wiser heads than sit upon the shoulders of any
or all of the oarty to devise a plan capable of extricating them
out of their present difficulties,without sacrificing factious inte-
tests. To Men who regarded only their country's good,the path
le clear enongh—so clear that it cannot possibly be missed.
Such men would not hesitate a moment. They would im-
toediately submit to the will of the nation so unequivocally
expressed through its representatives. They would reason
thus " We had imagined that the voice of the country
Was with us in our Irish policy ; the matter has been put
to the test which the Constitution has provided in such
cases, *and that test has proved that we have been labour-
411g under a delusion with respect to reaction in the public
sentiment. We find, on the contrary, that the oftener
the question of Irish Corporation Reform is dis-
cussed in the House of Commons, the greater is the
Majority in its favour. We find that in a House originally
Called together under circumstances more favourable to our
'views than we can ever expect to exist in future, this ma-
jority has increased from Session to Session, until it has
„reached a number nearly twice as great as that which we
felt it our duty not to resist when the great question of the
rep. al of the Test and Corporation Acts—Acts which we
had looked upon as the best safeguards of the Church—
was decided. To stand out any longer against manifesto-
tions of the national opinions, so clear and strong, would be
equally unconstitutional and impolitic ; for it would ine-
vitably lead to the suspicion that we are actuated by other
Tnotives than those by which we profess to be guided. We
therefore yield the point,\and acquiesce in the peaceful set-
tlement of thislon,g agitated and irritating question, as the
representatives of the people have determined."
This, we say, would be the language of the Tories
if they had a single eye to the good of their coun-
try. But as they have their eyes fixed, and their
Whole minds bent upon place, every thing else is but a
:secondary consideration. The selfish principle has en-
tirely absorbed the social in their breasts. Let society be
sg itated and disturbed in England and Scotland ;. let it be
inged in Ireland, it matters not. If by any means—if
at any hazard—they can gratify, or see a chance of grati-
fying, their insatiable lust of office, the best interests of the
nation must not stand in the way—the empire may go to
wreck and ruin.
It is rumoured, though we cannot give credit to it, that
they have adopted a new plan of tactics, to be carried into
effect through the House of Lords. We are by no means
thisiuelined to believe that the Lords would lend themselves
as ready instruments to any scheme that had a likelihood
to thwart the public inclinations, more especially if it could
they
the same time further the views of the party to which
,2hey are devoted ; but we do not think that they will ven-
ture upon a step so pregnant with danger to the " Order"
414 that to which we refer would be. The Lords, it is
I?.hispered, mean to adjourn the consideration of the Irish
Ut‘rporation Bill, when it shall come before them, for two
u. 'the I The pretence under which this .unprecedented
departure from Constitutional usage is to be justified is
this—that as the Bill in question is one of a connected
series of measures proposed and to be proposed by the
jeT ntuent they cannot be duly qualified to take any one
15,,,.t hen: into consideration until they have seen the whole !
_1"--the sapient patriots—never before discovered—
ultvreer_ in the course of the three years durhig which they
been discussing these measures, found out that there
vas any connection at all among them, much less such
!SO lurrepealable union as must indissolubly link the one with
tlih ieatotile.r in their lordly minds ! But how do they know
e .natoi More Irish measures than those already introtlvced
T.' sndeil ? Do they mean to assume the province of
etqtatma to the KING'S Government what measures they

shall bring forward, and what not ? Surely this is a pitch of
overbearing arrogance to which they do not mean to carry
their presumption. But the thing is altogether too absurd to
waste words upon. The Lords might just as well say to
the Commons " draw your swords, and let us fight it out
at once," as have recourse to so desperate an expedient as
that alluded to.

The Paris papers of Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday have all been received.
The journals of Wednesday contain no intelligence of

importance. The suicide of CHAMPION, and the conspiracy
of which he was to have been the instrument, form the
principal topics of discussion. In the Chamber of Depu-
ties, on the preceding day, M. THIERS made a long speech
against the Ministerial project of law, relative to Savings
Banks. The law enables Ministers to apply the surplus
funds vested in such establishments to State purposes, on
leaving in the hands of the Directors an equal amount of
Government Stock. The object of this law is political, and
so transparent as not to be easily misapprehended. In it
the KING adopts the old Macedonian policy of borrowing
from his enemies, in order to make it their interest to pre-
serve his life, and give stability to his Government. Louis
PHILIPPE, like EUMENES, endeavours 'to bind his enemies
by the ties of a pecuniary loyalty, by sanctioning a law
which makes his life the only security for their money.
M. THIERS, however, did not oppose the law, because of
the great influence which it would give the Ministry He
only contended, that in the event of a run upon
the Banks, they would be compelled to declare
themselves insolvent, unless the Government undertook to
guarantee their solvency. Uuder the new Law the di-
rectors would be transformed into an association of stock-
jobbers—for they could not be prevented from jobbing in
the securities placed in their hands. M. DUCHATEL, the
Alinister of Finance, contented himself with asserting that
the evils apprehended by the ex-President of the Council
would not, and could not occur. The Chamber appeared
to be of the same opinion, for the articles of the law em-
bodying its principle were severally proposed and adopted.
The Charte of Wednesday states that three men were
seized by the police on the Sunday before, as they were fix-
ing crowns of flowers on the grave of PEPIN, who was exe-
cuted as a regicide along with MOREY and FIESCHI. There
was to have been a funeral service fdr PEPIN on the same
day, being the anniversary of his execution, and circulars
had been sent round to the persons requested to attend it.
The following is the form of these circulars :—" You are
invited to attend the funeral ceremony of citizen PEPIN,
beheaded by the Thiermidorians in the 44th year of the
Republic.—Health and fraternity !" The person chosen
to officiate as celebrator of the ecclesiastical service was the
Abbe Auzou, an anathematized schismatic, or rather anti-
Christian priest of the Saint Simonian apostleship.
In the French Journals of Thursday we find some bitter
reflections on the conduct of the Government, with respect
to the police plot revelations. One Journal not only states
that the whole affair of the PtriN Coronation Conspiracy
was a farce got up by the servile tools of the Ministry, but
that CHAMPION'S keepers actually hanged him in prison, to
prevent disclosures, which must have implicated certain over-
zealous officials in the employ of the Minister of Grace and
Justice. As a matter of form the keeper would undergo a
trial for his seeming negligence, but there the matter would
end. The Siecle offers a very probable solution of the
mysterious conduct of the police. According to that paper,
the Foreign Ministers in Paris have jointly and severally
recommended to the KING the creation of a Royal Guard,
for the protection of his Majesty's person. The KING re-
ceived this recommendation very graciously, and the for-
mation of such a corps is now under the consideration of
the Council. It is proposed that it shall consist of four
choice regiments of cavalry, who alone will be permitted
to do duty about the KING'S person. The appointment of
such a guard would put an end to a world of sham plots
and conspiracies. This is what the KING has been driving
at for the last two years. He had hoped that the Cham-
ber of Deputies would voluntarily have voted the appointment
of guards, but seeing that an attempt to shoot him almost on

its threshold led to no such motion, he has now recourse
to the Foreign Ministers. The opening of this affair is very
skilfully managed. Not a hint is thrown out about popular
feeling, and not the slightest intimation is given of the
possibility of opposition on the part of the Chamber of
Deputies. The KING receives the suggestion of the Am-
bassadors, and submits it for the adoption of his council
as a mere matter of course.

The Paris evening papers of Friday contain various, but
by no means important, commentaries upon a Royal Or-
dinance published in the Moniteur of that day, prohibiting
the sale or the carrying of pocket pistols. Several indivi-
duals were seized on suspicion of participating in the plots
of CHAMPION and MEUNIER. Most of them are labouring
men out of employment. The vigilance of the police is so
excessive as to be almost intolerable. Taverns, coffee-
houses, and lodging-houses are entered by them at all hours,
and the inmates subjected to the most humiliating annoy-
ances. There is no such thing as personal liberty now in
France.

The law for the disjunction of Civil and Military Tribu-
nals is in a fair way of being adopted. In the Chamber of
Deputies, on Friday, M. SALVANDY brought up the report
of the Committee, which was extremely favourable to both
the principle and the details of the Ministerial project. It
does not, however, appear that the army is becoming more
disposed to submit to such an enactment ; the opposition
in both chambers will undoubtedly oppose it in every pos-
sible shape.
The Paris Journals of Saturday are not more interesting
than those of the two preceding days. The KING has ap-
pointed General BuGEAuo to the Governorship of the
Province of Oran—probably that he may act as a check
upon General DAMREMONT. There is very little in these
Papers relative to the African expedition. It was judged
to be the subject of discussion in the Council on Thursday,
because General DAMItEMONT was admitted to take his
seat at the Council Board. This, however, is pure conjecture.
The following intelligence from the North of Spain is
copied from the Paris Papers of Saturday :
BAYoNNE, FEB. 2l.—(From the Sentinelle.)—lt ;s repor-
ted that the permission g►ven by the French Government to
land some English cannon at Socoa, and to convey them
through the French territory to Behobie, has been withdrawn.
We can hardly believe these facts, which would again endan-
ger the treaty of the quadruple alliance. How would the
French Government justify such a measure towards the Eng-
lish troops ?
We are assured that steam-boats are gone from St. 'Sebas-
tian to Santander for more troops.
The commencement of operations is announced for to-
morrow.

Letters from Pampeluna of the 15th, say that Gen. Saars-
field's troops were to move on the 18th.
It seems, from a statement of the force of the army of ope-
rations in the North of Spain, that, including the auxiliary
troops, that army consists of 104 battalions of infantry, 3,600
cavalry, 13 brigades of light artillery, 11 mountain artillery,
and 500 cannon in different garrisons.
.

In the excursions of Don —Carlos, he is preceded by twenty
horsemen ; then come two companies of guides, and after them
a squadron of the body guard, and a quarter of a league before
him are 12 of the body guard, who announces his arrival. Ho
is accompanied by his Ministers and his staff. On the 15th be
made a speech to the people of Hernani from his balcony. He
told them that he would be at their head in the contest, and
that if he fell his son was at hand, and that they must acknow-
ledge him for their Sovereign.
General Bugeaud has accepted the military command of the
province of Oran. The publication of Marshal Clausel's
work on Algiers and the French possessions in Africa, is
announced for Monday next.--Journal du Commerce,

FRENCH FUNDS.-Paitts, Fats. 24.
five per Cents., 109 f. 6Uc. 70c. 75c.
Four per Cent., 101 f.
Three per Cents., 70f. 70e. 75c. 70c.
Bank Actions, 2,430 f.
Rente de Naples, 9Sf. 75e. 65c. 7Cc. 80c. 90c.
Roman Five per Cents.. 102%
Spanish Actives, 274 27.
Spanish Passives. 7%4%.
Belgian Society, 1,560 f.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 324 %t.
hay tian Loan, 365 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
Orrlitece month,
mouths,i pepari,,,-c. ,
-Coors Authentigue. c,
2Sf. li.C.c.irmnoen3.42.s2rif3.°leoc•
FRENCH FUNDS.-Psats, Feu. 25
Five per Cents., 109 f. 75c. 1:0c 75e.
three per Cents. 79f. 75c. 80c. 70c.
Bente ae Naples, 98f. 95c. 90c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102.%%%.
• Spanish Actives, 2.7%%!4%.
Spanish Passives, 74%.
Belgian Loan, rive per Cents., 10234 1a3%.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 32;4%.
HaNtian Loan, 365 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, -f. -.c.; money, 2.5 f.
Three months, paper, -f. -e.; money, 251. 1244 c.
_. rs lithe 11 tiaue.
•
BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.-.The following notice was
posted up on the Paris Bourse on Saturday :-
. " Paris, Feb. 25.
" 111 consequence of notice given on the 10th of November
and the Ist of December last, the undersigned Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty the Queen
of Spain at the Court of the King of the French has the
honour to inform the holders of Spanish Rentes, that the ope;
ration for changing their bonds (coupons) for bonds of the

Spanish Treasury will take place every day, dating from the
Ist of March, at the office of the Spanish Consul.
" CAMPUZOO."

LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 80e.
Three per Cents. 79f. 80c.
Rente de Naples, 99f.
Roman Five per Cents., 1&44.
Belgian Loan, 103%.
Brussels Bank, 1,455 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 32!.4.
Hayti= Loan, 365 f.
Spanish Actives, 27%.
Spanish Passives, 7%.
Spanish Difreres, 9.

Madrid Journals to the 19th inst., with advices from the
North of Spain, of the same date, have just reached us.
The capital was tranquil, although much mischief had
seen done by a band of robbers, who entered the houses at
all hours, and plundered the inmates of their most valuable
moveables. They entered the houses by stealth, but once
inside, they made no secret of their errand.
The Cortes have formally declared that the Commis-
sioners sent by the Ministers to the army have no power.
This is a serious annoyance to the Ministry, and more
particularly to the President of the Council. Captain
MAITLAND arrived in Madrid with Commodore Lord JOHN
HAY'S answer to the letter addressed to his Lordship by
the President of the Cortes. Her Majesty the QUEEN
REGENT received him most graciously, and presented him
with the Order of Charles llL—the second Military De-
coration in Spain. By the Cortes and the people the
gallant Captain was received still more enthusiastically.

The French authorities on the frontier evince a determi-
nation to put an end to the Carlist contraband traffic. This
speaks well for the sincerity of the Citizen-KING. Instances
of the dismissal of functionaries for abetting the schemes of
Don CARLOS' Agents have already taken place. M. Pout-
TIER, Sous-prefet of Bayonne, was dismissed last week for
signing passports permitting Mr. MITCHELL, the corre-
spondent of the Morning Herald and a violent partizan
of the Pretender, and a Carlist loan-contractor to cross the
French frontier. General HARISPE has also written to inform
General EvANs that he has brought six pieces of
cannon to the French side of the Bridge of Behobia, with
which he will silence the Carlist guns should a shot fall on
the French torritory.
The great struggle has not yet commenced in the north.
All is ready, but we believe the jealousies of the different
Christino commanders stand in the way of an immediate
simultaneous movement. This is very unfortunate.

German, Brussels, and Dutch Journals have been re-
ceived. The first contain advices from Constantinople of
the 25th ult., in which is reported the assassination of a
member of the Divan while at prayers in one of the
mosques of that city. So daring, and so sacrilegious an
outrage created the greatest excitement among the Im-
perial functionaries.
By accounts from Italy we learn that the fire which
consumed the greater part of the King of NAPLES' Palace
burned without intermission for twenty-four hours. The
Royal Library, and a fine collection of valuable paintings,
were entirely consumed. The Prince of SYRACUSE, who
was asleep when the fire broke out, narrowly escaped suf-
focation, being carried from his Chamber i❑ a state of in-
sensibility.

We direct the attention of Parliament to the following
insolent paragraph from a German scribe in the pay of
Count NESSELItODE. The cool assurance of the writer
bespeaks him in the confidence of the Russian Cabinet
Lunaca., Faa. 15.—T0 judge by letters from St. Peters-
burg, it appears that Lord Durham, in conformity with in-,
structions which he has received, has taken some steps to ob-
tain the release of the Vixen; but that his endeavours have
hitherto been fruitless. The correct tact and great prudence
which distinguista Lord Durham, as one of the first diploma-
tists, will aid him in this delicate question, and it may be taken
for granted that the matter will be amicably settled, as Lord
Durham well knows what is to the advantage of England,
and will most likely use all his influence, which is known to be
great, to get his conciliatory proposals listened to in London,
and to prevail to have the whole affair dropped, which, if for
any motive it should really be carried farther by Lord Pal-
merston, must at all events end to his disadvantage ;
first, because, according to all the notions of maritime
law, and most especially laid down by Great Britain, the Rus-
sian cruisers were allowed to detain the Vixen, and to de-
clare it a good prize; and secondly, because the Russian ca-
binet is firmly resolved, however disposed it otherwise is to
yield, not to suffer its rights to be disputed. The supposition
of the English journals, that Russia has no right to the east
coasts of the Black Sea, is not tenable ; for if that were really
so, the English government ought not to leave the validity of
stipulations to be cleared up by the clandestine entrance of a
ship into those ports ; but it would have been its duty to clear the
matter up thoroughly, so that nobody might be left in the dark.
But it has been long known that the Russian government asserted
its authority over the Circassian tribes, without the slightest
remonstrance on that account having been made by any Go.
vernment whatever. In fact Lord Palmerston seems to
feel uncomfortably, at the statements of some of the English
journals. That he had asked the opinion of the Law Officers
of the Crown whether the Vixen bad a right to trade with a
Circassian Port, plainly shows how much he distrusts his own
judgment. Whatever may be the opinion of the British Law
Officers, it can hardly have any influence on the conduct of
Russia. To suppose that it is for these gentlemen to de-
clare and to confirm or reject the spirit of the general law of
nations, would be giving them an omnipotence to which
Europe would hardly assent. It would be erecting a tribunal
in London to which all nations would do homage. But the
common sense of mankind revolts at this, as does doubtless
the practical good sense of the English themselves.

BELGIAN I. UNDS—BRUSSELe, Fes 27,
- Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. • 52,'
ItothschiliPs Loan, 5 per Cent. losi
Loan of Thirty Millions 93
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 99%
Society of Commerce, 414 per Cent I34X
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l4O
Brussels Papers, Feb. 26.
DUTCH FUNDS—AstsTaitaam, FEE. 24.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A molt Syndic, 4 14 per cent. ....„ ............
Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent. 765 7744
Commercial Company, 4% per cent lB4-X 186
Ditto (1332 and 1833) 5 per cent.
liachange on London, One month ll 97%
Two months
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 17.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—Allgenseine Zeitung, Feb. ::2
HA 51BURS BORSEN HALLE, FEB. 30.
Bills. Money.
Austrian Xletalliques, 5 per cant.
Ditto ditto 4 per emit. —
Ditto ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares —1317 1345
Anglo-Russian Loan lO5 1045
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent 75 745
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent 47% 47
Ditto, 3 per cent 53% 30!4
Dutch 244 per Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets 157 157%
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 71;
Norwegian Lean of 1834, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent... ..... ..........
creek 4 per cents. 1&33, guaranteed by France 93 112%
—Hamburg Pacers, Feb. 17.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, FEB. 20.
Bills. Money.
St. Scbuld. Sch., 4 per cent lO2l 1015
• Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent lOU.
Exch:.nge on tendon, three months 6 23,4
—Prussian State Gazette. Feb. 21. .

The atmosphere still continues in a very variable
state, with few symptoms of the approaching spring. On
Wednesday and Thursday we had a fall of snow, and on Fri-
day the frost was very keen with a clear sky. In the coun-
try the snow continues to cover the ground, and agricultural
operations are in a great measure suspended.—Edinburgh
Jo►rrnal.

On Monday last, as Mrs. Hannah Ayre, of Hough-
ton-lc-Spring, was crossing a railway in the neighbourhood,
she fell down, and seven waggons passed over and crus'ied her
legs in a most dreadful manner. One of them had to be im-
mediately amputated. She now lies in a very precarious state.
On the day following, a little boy, the son of Mr. T. Bulmer,
publican, of Hetton-lane, fell on the Seaham Railway, and
the waggons passed over his hand, and severed off two fingers.
—Sunderlar►d Herald.

On Thursday William Hurd, Edward Essex, Edward
Housden, and Robert Fisher, four desperate characters, who
have for some time past carried on the most extensive depre-
dations in Stratford and its vicinity, were finally examined at
the house of Mr. W. Davis, at Layton, before that gentleman
and Mr. W. Cotton, magistrates for the county of Essex, on
a charge of burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr.
John Brown, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, in Stratford, and
stealing therefrom a missionary-box, containing a sovereign
and half-a-crown, a writing-desk, and other property. From
the evidence, it appeared that the house of the prosecutor
had been entered by the shutters and parlour windows
being forced open. The noise caused by the thieves walk-
ing about and packing up the property awoke Mr. Brown,
who, suspecting that there were burglars in the house,
got up, and, having partly dressed himself, and armed
himself with a fowling-piece, he proceeded down stairs.
The thieves took the alarm at his approach, and instantly de-
camped, leaving a hat behind them on the premises. Mr.
Brown could have easily winged or shot one or two of them,
but Mrs. Brown entreated he would not fire at them. On the
night after the robbery the prisoners were apprehended by
Johnson, one of the Bow-street patrol, and it was proved that
the prisoners were seen to get a short distance from the house
of Lieutenant Brown on the night of the robbery, and on the
following morning in Whitechapel and Petticoat-lane. It was
further proved that the hat left behind belonged to the pri-
soner Essex. The prisoners, who denied all knowledge of the
offence with which they were charged, were fully committed
to take their trial 'at the Central Criminal Court, and were
taken to New ate in custody of Mr. Miller, the Governor of
tht 119 use of correction at Ilford.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

ALDERSON V. CARSTAIRS.

The arguments in this part-heard petition, which has occu-
pied the Court three days, were concluded this morning. The
Mister of the Rolls said he would give his judgment to-
morrow morning.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

FERMOR V. rONIFRF.T.

This case came before the Court upon the petition of the
Countess of Pomfret and Dr. Thorpe, her husband, praying
that no steps might be taken by the guardians of the children
of the Countess, with respect to their maintenance and edu-
cation, without her sanction, and that it might be referred to
the Master to settle the matter, a scheme by which the
Countess might have unrestricted access to her children.
Our readers will recollect from the repeated • applications that
have been made to the Court in this case, that the late Earl of
Pomfret by his will appointed Lady Potnfret sole guardian of
his children in case she remained unmarried, but in case of
her second marriage then he appointed Sir Richard Bur-
roughs and others their guardians. These gentlemen, upon
the marriage of the Countess of Pomfret with Dr. Thorpe,
took upon themselves the office of guardians, and in the dis-
charge of that duty they bad sent the eldest child, a youth
about eleven years of age, to Worthing. This was complained
of by the petition, which stated that in addition to this the
guardians had refused to allow the children to ride out with
their mother in her carriage, and in order to prevent a repe-
tition of such an occurrence the present petition had been
presented.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR, after hearing the case at consider-
able length', dismissed the petition with costs.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

The business of the present Sessions for the jurisdiction of
the Central Criminal Court was proceeded with this morning,
before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr.
Sergeant Arabin, Aldermen Harmer, Pirie, &c. &c.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the RECORDIR said, on
looking over the depositions, with reference to the cases on
the calendar, it did not occur to him that any difficulty of a
legal nature would occur in the discharge of their duties.
Their attention would be directed chiefly to matters of fact,
and it would therefore be unnecessary for him to trespass on
the public time by any lengthened observations. There were,
however, two cases where, upon the first blush, it might not
appear that the offences were committed within the jurisdiction
of that Court; but he had to inform them, that by 7 Geo. IV.,
chap. 64, in the one case, and by another Statute in the case
of a larceny, where the goods were removed from the place
where they were stolen to one within the jurisdiction of ,the
Central Criminal Court, the Grand Jury, whom he addressed,
might lawfully take cognizance of both. With respect to the
calendar in general, he was happy to see that it did not present
any features of particular enormity as was unfortunately the
case at the last Sessions. After recommending the Jury to
take care that the public interest should not suffer for want of
the examination of any or of all the witnesses to the bills of in-
dictment, the Recorder said he would not detain them longer
from the discharge of these duties committed to their keeping.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, 7'IVELVE O'CLOCK.

There was no chanp in the Money Market on Saturday,
and discounts obtained a high rate. Heavy payments in
commercial transactions become due on the 3d and 4th of next
mouth, which rather causes some anxiety among the monied
interest ; but in general it is expected that the payments will
meet due honour.

Letters from the manufacturing towns in the north state that
inconvenience begins to be experienced, owing to the peremp-
tory manner in which the, agents of the Northern and Central
Bank were' proceeding in the recovery of the balances due
to their establishment.

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 90 buyers for the Ac-
count, and 894 for Money, opened this morning at 90 to ;
Money, 891 H ; Exchequer Bills, 30 32 ; India Bonds, 26 28 ;
Bank Stock, 2071 ; India Stock, 257 258.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy in consequence
of the disappointment of not receiving accounts of the com-
bined attack of General Evans on the Carlists, which were
generally expected this morning,. Spanish receded from
261 4-, leaving off price, to 251 26 ; Passive, 71 ; Deferied,
I :1; Portuguese, 481 494; Three per Cents., 31i 32;
Columbian 251 ; Mexican, 2511 ; Dutch Two and a Half
peroCurenatrsr.i,vsa2l:4-
thiss3. morning are four French mails, and one
Hamburg; ship-letters from St. Michael's, Havannah, Maran-
ham, and Demerara ; also a Malta mail by the Firefly, sailed
from Alexandria the Bth January, Corfu the 2d February,
Malta the 7th, and Cadiz the 18th. •

We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, of
the 26th inst., bringing the Dutch prices of the 24th—Two-
and-a-half per Cents., 53k ; Five per Cents., 100 ; Ardouin's
Loan, 25*.
The Gibraltar Chronicle, received this morning, contains
the particulars of the earthquake which took place at Saffet,
and which destroyed the whole of that town, Tiberias, and many
of the surrounding villages. About 500 Jews, and as many
Christians and Musselmans, fell victims, without including a
great number of persons mortally wounded and maimed. Such
an appalling event is scarcely to be met with in the annals of
history.
HALF-PAST ONE .O'CLOCK.

Overland dispatches have been received from Bombay. The
letters are of the 20th Nov., but do not contain any news of
importance.
We continue still in the same uncertainty respecting the
operations of General Evans and the Spaniards, as no further
information on the subject has been received to the present hour,
which causes great anxiety in the City. It is the prevailing
opinion that the, delay of the attack on the Carlists is owing to
the bad weather on that coast, and without the assistance of
the navy he would not venture the taking of Fontarabia.
Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 90
buyers for the Account, have since receded to 8914 for Money,
89ii, owing to some money stock being brought to market ;
Consols at present, 89:1- s ; Exchequer Bills, 31 prem. ; India
Bonds, 27 25 ; Bank Stock, 207 ; India Stock, 257 f.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues heavy at
/26—at present, 26 ; Passive, 7i 1 ; Defered, llf i ; Por-
tuguege,4Bi ; Three per Cents, 31t 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
half per Cents, 52k 53.
TWO O'CLOCK.

The Consol Market which was heavy at 897,- for the Account,
has improved to 90/. Spanish Active also from 26 to 261 i.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Malta papers are just received to the 2nd of February.
They mention that official advices from Tunis to the 25th
state that the Bey had prohibited all communication with
Tripoli, in consequence of the existence of the plague
in the latter regency. The cordon stationed along the line
of frontier consisted of 3,000 troops, who had orders to warn
all persons who might approach to retire immediately, and in
case of non-compliance, to fire upon them.
Consols for the Account, 90i. • Ar

The metropolis was visited this forenoon with a sort
of twilight darkness, which has been growing more dense up
to the hour at which we write (three o'clock), so as to render
gas necessary to carry on business.
A Philadelphia paper; in noticing a basso relievo
representation of the Bridge of Sighs, says, " Some well-
known scene, perhaps, would be more effective; and the same
ingenuity which wrought the Bridge of Sighs' in Venice,
might imitate the bridge of larger size in Philadelphia."

The celebrated poet Leonard Wachter, better known
by the name of Veit-Weber, ha! just died at Hamburg, aged
seventy-five. _ _ _

The following conversation actually took place, the
other day, between two cabmen :—" I say, Tom, have you
seen Jem lately ?" " No, not for a long while—'cause he's got
the influenzy." Well, lam glad of that, poor fellow, for he's
been out of a sitivalion for a long time."

We hear, from undoubted authority, that from the
day of the opening of the Greenwich Railway, on the 14th of
December last, to the time of our going to press, nearly 200,000
persons have passed over it. The receipts are materially af-
fected by the weather. When unfavourable, they amount on
the average to 1001. or 115/.—while on fine days that amount
is douhled.—Morning Gazette. _ . _

The editor of the Boston Morning Post informs
his readers, that no paper will be issued on Friday, as he had
received a glorious thanksgiving turkey, which he meant to
eat in peace I What would the readers of the London Morn-
ing Post say to a similar announcemet ? _ _

No reward has yet been offered for the discovery of
the murderer at Uxbridge, but the Uxbridge officers are exert-
in o• themselves to the utmost to unravel the mystery by which
the horrible affair is surrounded. The body of the poor boy
was bUried yesterday in Ruislip churchyard.
We take the following from the .Journal de Maine
et _Loire :—" At a ball lately given at Port Louis, near Lo-
rient, while a young lady was waltzing, she felt the hand by
which she was supported become stone cold, and on looking
into the face of her partner found his features deadly pale and
horribly contracted. She fainted at the sight, and fell to the
ground, whilst her cavalier dropped by her side. The lady
was taken. up and recovered, but the life of the gentleman
was extinct. She maintains that he was dead several seconds
before she knew it, and that she made one turn round the room
with him after he was a corpse. He was a married man with
several children, and his wife was at the ball."
According to the Moniteur Algeria there was an
increase in the European population of Algiers, during the
year 1836, of 1,690 inhabitants. The census made in the
month of January last shows that on the 31st of December,
1836, there were in the colony 5,845 Frenchmen, 1,802
English, 4,592 Spaniards, 1,845 Italians, 810 Germans, 6
Greeks and Russians, and 21 Portuguese. In this number
were 7,736 males, 2,079 females, and 3,636 children. . This
population is thus divided:—At Algiers, 9,094 Europeans
at Oraa, 3,068; at 80112, 1,967 ; at Bugia, 357 ; at M'...)sta:
ganem, 75. _ _ _

Mont Blanc, the wonder of the Alps, eolr. puti,sd
to be nearly three English miles above the level of and sea ;
and the extent of snow which crowns it has daterr,thiod. its
name. It is estimated that the ice which lies upon the gorges
and sides of the mountain reach to the height of 8„ft0t) feet
perpendicular, and that the snows of the upper par°.4 occupy
an additional space of 4,000 feet ; marking tegethet! a mass of
12,000 feet of ice and snow, not including the irregularities
of the surface.

A few days since, a drunkard at Wilolington,
(United States) murdered his own mother while, in a fit of
itlto4icationt

NEW/GATE AND LEA
At per stone,
s d.tos d.

DENHALL MARKETS,
ry the Carcass.

s 4. to= (1.
210 3 2
34 2 6
38 4 2
36 4 2
48 5 0

1leef, inferior
- middling ........... '2 9 210 - middling
_prime large - prime
-- prime mail ........ 3 4 3 6 Pork, large
Veal ........... ...... 3 -small

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORN M A RKET.—Feb. 25.
We had a large supply of Wheat at this day's market, from
the country, which met a brisk sale at the prices of last Satur-
day, and in some instances an advance of Is. per quarter on
last week's rates was realized. The demaud for Barley is
limited, and all but the finest samples arc a slow sale at our
quotations The supply of Oats was large, and prices Is. per
qr. lower than last week. Malt continues very dull, and prices
are looking lower. There are few inquiries for Rye, though
we can quote no alteration in its value. In Beans and Pease
there is little passing. Flour is in more request, the arrivals
this week having been moderate.
New. Old.
Wheat, Northumberland 4ls. 5Ss 5.55.62.,1
Norfolk and Suffolk... ........ 5-Is. 60s 59, 63..
Berwick and Scotch sos. —a. —s 58s.
Foreign
Ilye, Norfolk and Suffolk

- • •
oreign
—s.
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and SuiTolk...3Sa
31s.

Grinding and Feeding 26s. :28s
Malt, Norfolk and Snaillk sls. Ns.

—s.
98b, —s.
Leans, Small
Tick 36s. 40s —s.
Pease, White 19s. 42s —s.
_— (tray
Oats, Northumberland, I'otatoe 245. 26s 2ss.
--- Feed 20s. 23s ‘.3s
Foreign
Flour (per sack) —s. —s 4ls.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY).

DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind N. by E., clear.—Arrived the
Swift, Mara, from St. Michael's ; King of Tyre, Bond, from
St. Michael's; Emily, Turner, from Malta; ative, Carr,
from Waterford ; and Eliza, Noulan, from Waterford.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Adelaide, Godfrey, from
Cork ; Lovely Cruiser, Cox, from Cork ; Rebecca, —, from
Youghal ; Endeavour, Rowland, from Youghal ; and Industry,
Vincent, from Lisbon.

DOVER, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Po, Gage, from Cork ; Ann
and Mary, —, from Yougbal ; Cabinet, from Mantaroz as.
COWES, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Maria, De Gruchy, from
Havannah ; and Alexandria, Martin, from Baltimore.
BRISTOL, FEB. 25.--Arrived the Emily, Kepple, from
Demerara.

HOLYHEAD, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Alfred, Ludstone, from
St. Michael's.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25. —Wind N. N. E.—Arrived the Ounce,
Wilson, from St. Mark's ; and Maria, Faniello, from Palermo.
PoaTsmouni, Fan. 26. —Wind N. N. E.—Arrived about
60 colliers.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 25. Arrived the Firefly steamer, —,
from Mediterranean—left Malta 7th inst., Gibraltar 17th, and
Cadiz 18th inst.

ANTWERP, FEB. 25.—1 t blew a most tremendous gale on
the night of the 24th, which caused the waters to rise two feet
higher than the high tide of 1825. Yesterday morning about
seven o'clock, the new dyke, constructed about two years ago,
to repair the one the Dutch blew up in 1830, gave way, and
the whole of the Polders, as far as Caine, are covered with
water nine feet deep. At low water several persons horses
and cattle have perished, but the extent has not been ascer-
tained. As it was market-day, it is feared many persons have
met with a watery grave.
The shipping before the town have not suffered, but some
small crafts were washed up on the quay. It is reported that
the dyke at Shebreck has also given way.

A vessel was seen off Maryport on the 19th instant, with a
signal flying. On the 21st and 22d inst. pieces of wreck were
driven on shore in that neighbourhood, among which was a
large swinging boom and a board with " Mischief" on it.
Six American vessels, and two British, one of the latter from
London, are reported to have put into Bcrmudcs in distress,
previous to the Ist inst.
The Pheasant, from Leith to Odessa, has arrived at To-
berino, with loss of sails, spars, rigging, bulwarks, &c.—cargo
shifted, and making a great deal of water.
The Fremling, from Newcastle to Toulon, was on shore
ear Wells yczterday.
The Roschill, from Newcastle to London, foundered off
Southwold 24th inst.

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The Lord Wellington, from Newcastle to London, found-
ered off Southwold 24th inst.—crew saved.

The Tiger, from Liverpool to Bombay, sailed from the
Cape of Good Hope 12th July, and has not since been heard of.
The St. Lawrence, from Newcastle to London, is totally
lost on the Middle Sand ; crew saved.
The Union Canal, from Falmouth, arrived at Buda, after
being on shore, and must discharge ; bound to Neath.
The Medora, from Newcastle, arrived at Sheerness, after
being on shore and thrOwn part of the cargo overboard ; bound
to London.

The John, of South Shields, was wrecked near Whitby, on
the 23d inst.

The Emancipation, from Newcastle to London, struck upon
a wreck and sunk in the Swin on Friday night ; crew saved.

King Charles's spaniel, the first of this breed,
for which 1301. was offered by a distinguished nobleman, has
at length been recovered. It was found in the execution of
a search warrant at Dellahay's, the Three Compasses, in
Little Mary lebone-lane. The case occupied a considerable
portion of the Magistrate's time when stolen in September
last.

Ann Mann, sixty years of age, came to her death
through plunging herself into a butt of water at Warwick
while in a state of insanity. s .

On Friday last the workmen began to prepare' to
erect iron gates in front of the new Palace. The office of
Woods has given instructions for a foot pavement to be laid
down from Buckingham-gate to George-street.
Letters of a recent date from Switzerland mention
that several of the governments of different cantons have re-
solved to establish steam vessels upon some of the lakes of the
interior. The greatest advantages will result from this ar-
rangement for the communications between Zurich, the Gri-
sons, and Italy. When the new steam packet upon the lake
of Geneva is finished, travellers will be able to go in one day
from Geneva to Berne. The spirit of republicanism only
shows signs of lift in the narrow limits that have been as-
signed to it ; and, in fact, regenerated Switzerland is scarcely
out of the swaddling clothes of the middle ages. The people
have shown but little sympathy for the revolutionary movement
of thuJa,st few years.
C 4, NIT. Dunbar, the barrister, died last Tuesday at Mr.
Benton's, Charlotte-street, Blackfriars'-road, officer to the
Sheriff of Surrey, where he had been confined some days at
the suit of' the Crown for arrears of taxes. The unfortunate
gentleman had prepared an affidavit to apply to a Judge to
be discharged; and a clerk of ow of the Judges attended to
administer the oath. Ha complained of a pain in his head,
and was immediately seized with apoplexy, and expired in a
few minutes. He appeared conscious of his approaching dis-
solution ; the last 'NCI a 1W uttered were, " I shall soon be in
'leaven." W., Ind a good practice at the Surrey Sessions and
Home Circuit. Mrs. Dunbar and her son were present at the
time.

ithin the last fifteen months the number of persons
?.rowned in the river, below Carlisle_ ridge, amounts to 78.
Dublin Palm'.
OLYMNC THEATRE.—A burletta, in one acts
' called the Sentinel, was produced on Thursday at this theatre-.
This is a pleasant little piece. Madame Vestris acted with
her usual liveliness and naivete, and sang several pretqt airs.
Vining was good as a hasty domineering old monarch. and
Mathews gave the drunken grenadier with great humour and
effect. The piece was well received by a numerous audience.
Little Keeley and his wife are parforming with great
success at New Orleans. A yonng gentleman, 'named Scot,
has been waylaid and shot in Arkansas, on his own plantation ;
the motive, as usuid in the south—revenge.
The brewers in general complain of a diminished
consumption of beer, owing in a great measure to the pro-a-
IcncQ of the late epidemic,

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Murray, London, 1837. '-
The first article in the present Number on the ir-Mati:
ners, Customs, &c., of the Zoolus," is as interesting, and
as full of characteristic anecdote, as the Quarterly's notices
of books of voyages and travels usually are. The Zoolus,
it seems, are a powerful and influential tribe of South
Africa, whose sovereign, when Captain Gardner and Mr.
Isaacs paid them a visit some few years since, was a blood-
thirsty tyrant, by name Chaka, who was afterwards mur-
dered and as a matter of course, succeeded by his own bro-
ther. This Chaka, however, though crafty and ferocious
as a tiger, was a wag in his way, and freq iently, by way of
pastime, beat his subjects to death with clubs, saying that
the population of the empire being too abundant, it was an
act of charity and good nature to put some of the poor
devils out of the way. On one occasion, being sadly at a
loss for some exciting occupation, he pretended that he had
had a dream " that his boys and others in his absence had

taken liberties with his women," and accordingly took the
following summary method of purifying his palace :
" King Chaka at first beat his aged and infirm mother with
inconceivable cruelty, and to the astonishment of all, as he had
ever manifested towards Ids parent a strong filial affection.
When all the poor unoffending creatures were collected in the
cattle kraal, or village, many of them being sick, their number
amounted to one hundred and seventy girls and boys, a great
many of whom were his servants and girls from his seraglios.
Nothing could equal the horror and consternation which per-
vaded these poor creatures who, surrounded, and without hope
of escape, knew they were collected to sate some revengful
feeling of their tyrant, .but were nevertheless ignorant of the
cause, for they felt that they were innocent. Everything being
ready for the bloody scene, to complete this sanguinary
massacre, Chaka called his warriors that had surrounded the
village, and told them that his heart was sore, and that he had
been beating his mother Umnante, because she had not taken
proper care of his girls.' He then ordered the victims in-
tended for destruction to be brought to him, and those whom
he selected his executioners immediately despatched. He
began by taking out several fine lads, and ordering their own
brothers to twist their necks ; their bodies were afterwards
dragged away, and beaten with sticks until life was extinct.
After this refilled act of cruelty, the remainder of the victims
were indiscriminately butchered."
This was but one day's amusement, and Chaka relished
it so highly, that " the next day he ordered his chief do-
mestic to be beaten to death ; then two of his adopted
daughters ; and one of his chiefs, after which he spent the
evening among his women in singing and dancing, and asked
Isaacs, Are we not a merry people ?' " In addition to
his other amiable eccentricities, King Chaka piqued himself
on being the best dancer in his dominions, and was never
tired of exhibiting his saltatory accomplishments before
Englishmen, varying his amusement occasionally by knock-
ing out the brains of an old man or two who might happen
to be standing near him. On one occasion, being in espe-
cial good humour, he created Mr. Isaccs, who was on a visit
at his Court, Chief of Natal, a tract of country containing
a " space of twenty-five miles of sea-coast, and one hun-
dred miles inland ;" and after he " had made his mark as a
signature to the grant, the interpreter made his, which hap•
pening to be larger than the King's, the latter asked, in a
stern manner, how it was possible that a common man's
name could be greater than that of a King." This is a
fine characteristic trait of royalty T. On the death of this
scamp, his brother, Dingan, who, if possible, was stilk
worse, succeeded to the throne. We subjoin an anecdote,
illustrative of the habits of this savage
One of his most cruel acts, says Mr. Gardner, was un-
fortunately induced by the sight of an e 3 e:glass which "I.
wore. He had requested to look through it, and was amus-
ing the people near by describing the effect. On being told.
that it was only intended to assist the eye, he sent for a large*
burning-glass which lie had formerly received as a present..
His first essay was to ignite the dry grass on each side of'
his chair; but this was too tame an occupation, and beck•stn-
ing one of his servants near, he desired him to extend Iris
arm, when he firmly seized his hand, and delih,erate/y
held it until a hole was actually burnt in the skin, a few
inches above the wrist. As soon as this wanton infliction was
over, the poor wretch was directed to go round to the company
and display the effect."

" Ilallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe" is
an elaborate notice of one of the first works of modern
It is impartially written,- and shows in every
page a full and familiar acquaintance with the prolific sub-
ject on which it treats. In particular, the incidental re-
marks on the old German literature, and on the character
of the Reformer Luther, whose translation of the Bible,
says the Reviewer, " created, we may almost say, the Ger-
man language, are characterized by sound thought, and
critical perspicacity. In the " Dispatches of the Duke of
Wellington," an article which conveys much valuable, and
to us novel, information respecting the Duke's Inditin
campaigns, we find this striking anecdote :
" A characteristic trait of Colonel Wallace is recollected
by those who served in the Deccan. At the siege of Gawilgliur
he had been charged with the execution of certain details ne-
cessary to the capture of that place. A heavy gun had been
directed to be conveyed by night to an important point, and
its transportation over the most rugged• mountain so long baf-
fled all endeavours, that the artillery officers in despair, re-
ported the accomplishment of it to be impossible. Impos-
sible, Sir!' exclaimed Colonel Wallace who had all his life
maintained the most rigid adherence to obedience, 'impossible !
let us see.' [He then called for a light, pulled the instructions
from his pocket, and having read them, said, oh no, not im-
possible, the order is positive.' The result evinced the efficacy
of the order."

In the criticism on the " Works of 'Walter Savage Lan-
dor," justice is done to the merits of an original-minded
man, while his many literary defects are dwelt on with
equal freedom. Mr. Landor,' who, judging by his last sa-
tire which he entitles " An Admonition to Detractors,"
must be of a very touchy temper, will, of course, be an-
noyed by theQuarterly's criticism on his prose and verse lu-
cubrations, though there is quite enough of praise ir. it to
satisfy any reasonable author. " Lady Mary Wortley Mon-
tague's Letters" is an ingenious Essay on a work of
that name lately edited by Lord Wharncliffe. The Reviewer,
we see, takes the unfavourable side of Lady Mary's cha-
racter, and is besides of opinion that her literary talents
have been overrated ; which is surely not the case, for
nothing can surpass the wit, the shrewedness, the humour,
and the unaffected vivacity which are conspicuous through-
out her correspondence. Not a few of her letters will vie
with the very best of Horace Walpole's, and far exceed
Pope's epistolary attempts, notwithstanding he piqued him-
self on his abilities as a letter-writer. The article entitled

" Cathedral.Establsments," is admirably written irt point
of style, being graceful and easy throughout, and in places
rising to a high degree of impassioned eloquence ; but its
spirit is bad, for it is of the most high-Church and ultra-
Tory character. " One thing," says theßevie wer, "is now
certain, from experience, that a body of Ir•,sh Romanist s
cannot be admitted to sit in the Legislature, consistently
with the safety of the State and the integrity of the Church
of England." This is a fair specimen of the spirit in
which this otherwise admirable article is penned. 01 the
remaining articles, " Hamilton on Architecture," and " Por-
tugal and Gallicia," the first is by far the best.