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n• p.-Tfortncil once- more, viz.
OTHELLO, HAMLET,'
CLAN US, lON, THE TWO FOSCARI,
WEL.NER, and VIRGINIUS.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 19,
Will be performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called
RICHELIEU, OR 7IIE CONSNRACY,
Wriaen by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
The Characters by
Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macreadov, Mr. Warde, Mr. kn-
ors, Mr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben-
, 3;r. llswe, Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar.
Mr. W. L. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender.
Pau?s, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur-
Mr. smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal•
1, Mr. ANlitre, Mr. Andrews' Mr. 'l'. Matthews, Miss
derilloff, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee,
titluke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan.
After which the New Farce, in One Act, called
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
To conclude with
THE IN VINCIBLES.
-,..Morrow, The Tempest, with (first time) a Dramatic
'tea Agnes 13ernauer, the Maid of Augsburg.

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LONDON :
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1539.

After petitions against the Corn-laws, and for Postage
il.eferei Bze had been presented in the Lords, the Earl • • l . I
•of RODEN referred to the constitution of his Committee,
cod to its proceedings. It has met twice, appointed a
1 Ckeirman, and sent for witnesses; but unfortunately for
iits character, none cf the Ministerial Members had attended
it. Ile asked, therefore, whether the Marquis of LASS-
DOWNE meant to attend it. The Noble Marquis ,after pro-
teaiieg against the Noble. Earl's right to question any
N 'We Lord es to his intentions, stated that he did not
reran to attend, and he could say as much for a Noble
Friend near him. He regarded the Committee, as directed
rig ainat the Administration of his Noble Fi iend.
Lord FLLENDOIV)UGH, as a Member of t'ae Committee
eed that it war criminative; it was inquisitorial.
Lord BROUGHAM made a similar assertion, but by the
r9ii,'tVion of the word Acquittal, clearly admitted, we think,
oat the Committee put Lord NORMANBY on his trial, and
it is, we believe, something new fora. Committee of, or for
the whole, House of Lords to try a:Minister before he is
impeached. Ms Noble Lord inquired wiry Ministers did
nut move that the inquiries of the Committee should be
extended beyond the period of Lord NORMANBY'S Ad-
ministration. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that his
friend had asserted at the time that if the motion extended
beyond Lord NORMANBI'S Administration, it would not be
opposed, bait the motion was confined to that, as if deter-
mieesi to put him on his trial. Lord RODEN stated that
had an amendment been made to extend the inquiries of
the Committee, he ahould not have opposed it.
Lord \VHARNCLIFFE censured the Ministers for not
attending to defend their colleague, also showing that the
Cem rnie.eri Lad put that colleague on his trial.
L-rd Geseoree also declined to attend because no good
coo ,-erne of the Committee.
I The Marquis of NORMANDY assigned his reasons for be-
lieving that the Committee was directed personally against
lino, which the Earl of Roneei'denicd. The Committee
was instituted, he said, in the discharge of his duty to his
country. The asperities to which it has given rise must
I e yet down, we presume, to the same account of duty,
)
~1,e./1 seems not a moral duty, though it is no doubt a po-
litical one.
Lard BROUGHAM called the attention of the Government
to the crudities and d'rerepancies of a law which had been
r mulgated at Malta concerning the press, and asked
whether it had been confirmed as law or not. The Mar-
, quis of NottUANlly replied that it had not been disallowed,
but that the subject was under consideration.
A short conversation took place on the clause some time
ago introduced by the House of Commons into the Eccle-
siastical Appointments Suspension Bill, relative to the
Deanery of Exeter, which was ultimately postponed for a
week. Their Lordships then adjourned.
In the Commons there was again a question of form as
to Members serving on Railway Committees.
To A question put by Mr. GODSON, Mr. LABOVCIIERE
replied, if the Irish debate were concluded he should pro-
ceed with the Jamaica Bill to-day, but would not oppose
the motion for bearing Counsel at the bar.
Mr. BARRON accused`the Times of giving a false report
of his speech, and rather unnecessarily spoke of that as a
breach of privilege.
After some unimportant matter the adjourned debate
was resumed by Mr. MORGAN .JOAN O'CONNELL, who
stiowed, by the words of Sir ROBERT PEEL and Mr. Govt.-
:: B-.,:, tliat Ireland was in a far worse state in 1t124, under
their Administration, than under that of Lord No/MARRY.
A considerable number of other speeches followed, all
of e horn we pass over to come to that of Lord MORRETU•
We Most. however, say that Mr. HUME made a useful
arel truthful speech. Lord MOnPETU made a spirited
pail excellent speech, pointing out amongst many
(We r things the enormous mischief which was caused
by the irritating attack made by such would be
i'avii-itora as Mr. Peraneree on the religion of the
p ty!e. He put an extinguisher on Sir Roemer PEEL'S
:,,,e-i:oent, drawn from the appointment of a Committee to
ierprira into the nomination of Sheriffs, and reminded the
!light Hon. Baronet that on that subject the law was lin-
er, rein, and the Committee was appointed, not to try Lord
erreeee, but to ascertain the law. Moreover, that Cons-
had never made a report, and :afforded no encourege-
c-new Committee. The Noble Lord took the
n'eon• sense view of the question, and insisted,
ch eeieter of those who had brought forward the
e;:6 their speeches in bringing it forward, that the
*.ineit, of the Committee was intended as a cen-
an the Government. He wished to know why the
,rrimerit had not been impeached, if those who
iwed it believe their own accusations? Ably and
.rriy did the Noble Lord refute a great many of
t'' C:lA!gi'll urged against the Government, giving
'IY. Learn,ti Itecor:?er SHAW a rebuke which he will feel
eVCW in Ireland. That Learned Gehtlentan had had much
c'in,unicatic:n with the Lord Lieutenant, on the exercise
of the prerogative cf mercy, and he could not
b'lnt:, from his own knowledge, One accusation
! n,gi4,lt him. Instead of priests and their rela-
,le influencing the Lord Lieutenant, he had never
...,a013.....1 by the advice (If the Law Officers of the Crown.
(I;l,,i.r.arii.lonhlee Lord concluded an effective vindication of the
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_ornt with a spirited declaration that they Called
e t..: nmens for a clear and explicit opinion. They
o se, i ,• i)eterrnibed 5
e,,a,,,, 00 . - 0 put up with no further ambiguity—to
. tenets-103 motions for papers here and Com-
"1-ft th''re, but th'eyThid come to the House of Commons
a direct epiniere
id no longer exiasntao nt
hseetry‘ff
would take no low ground and
ewranee. They had been chal-
d ter combat,
ae from the fiald. The
esrpewllteetdetermined to conquer
. . declaration met with
d [amenl cheering; and spirited conduct would be
eered.

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GIIAIIAM began by declaring that the motion

of Lo,rd J. RUSSELL was unprecedented ; while no hing ha
been more common than motions to censure Ministers, or
to declare that they are worthy of confidence. Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S motion differs in nothing from these motions,
except, perhaps, something in the situation and dignity of
the persons making them. Sir JAMES made a long
speech, directed against the policy of the motion, which
he described to be useless, unless it saved the
Administration by a quarrel with the Lords. The Right
Hon. Baronet entered into the general conduct of the
Ministers, and while he condemned it, did not smile nor
tip his neighbour the wink when he asserted that a Com-
mittee of the House of Lords composed by Lord RoDEN
was a proper tr;bunal to examine into their delinqu.incies.
A Spanish h.quisitor to try a hunted Jew would form as
just a Court. On Sir JAMES concluding his elaborate ora-
tion, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the further adjournment of
the debate, which accordingly took place at One o'Clcck.

Though the temporary interest connected with the
debate on the Irish question may perhaps be at an end
before our Journal goes to press—for a division is ex
pected while we write—yet the remarks we have to offer
on some facts elicited during the debate seem to us to
have a higher and more enduring interest than the
sulject immediately under discussion. A Mr. LITTON,
whose speech, probably on account of its Irishness,
is much complimented by the Standard, stated the
night before last, `• that the guiding-star of the political
course of the Members of his party was the preserva-
tion of the Church (in Ireland) and the maintenance
of Protestantism in •the empire." Some of them, he
admitted, might differ on particular measures, alluding
expressly to his having voted against the Irish Muni-
cipal Bill, which Sir R. PEEL and Lord STANLEY sup-
ported, but they were only taking different roads to the
same point. He would have us infer, therefore, that
the whole of the Tories, however much they may differ
on other subjects, are united on that one ; and the pre-
servation of the Protestant Church in Ireland is the
" guiding star of their political course." That was ex-
pressly stated, too, by Sir ROBERT PEEL, whose
leadership in the Commons Mr. LITToN and his friends
at present follow. It has long been gorgeously embla-
zoned on the RoDEN banner, under which Sir ROBERT
himself now humbly serves ; and was the mainspring
of that motion in the Lords which be has framed his
amendment to support and justify in the Commons.
Whatever, therefore, he may allege of not designing,
when restored to office, to favour the professors of one
religion more than another, it is plain and palpable that
his party is bound together by that one principle, and
seek to place him in office to give effect to it. We will
not believe that while he pretends to serve, he means
again to betray, the eltra-Protestants ; his position,
thetefore, as well as his can declaration in favour of the
Church, brand his assertion of impartiality towards
the different sects with the characteristics of false-
hood .11 d deceit.

It is in our view, hcwever, of far less consequence to
expose the political dishonesty of Sir It. PEEL, than to
explain the impossibility of governing the empire on the
system which he embraces in common with the Earl of
RODEN and Mr. LITTON. If the Protestant Church
of Ireland had been as efficient for good as it has been
mischievous—if it were just in its origin and in its pro-
gress beneficent—if it now excited against it no
animosity, we should at once decide that a Government
constituted expressly on the principle of maintaining it
must be injurious. The declared object for which Men
are organised into a political society—the single reason
why they are or can be in reason asked to obey laws,
is that laws are made for the common and general pro-
tection. Political organization refers altogether to
earthly security and happiness ; but Sir ROBERT PEEL
seeks posses,iion of the Government on the narrow
ground of maintaining a religious Establishment. He
introduces, theoretically at least, a new principle into
society, and coolly asks obedience from Catholics, Dissen-
ters,and Presbyterians, in order that he may maintain the
supremacy of his own sect. He is to take the Govern-
ment on a principle which would justify disobedience
and revolt, even if his sect constituted the great majo-
rity of the empire ; but in Ireland they constitute noto-
riously a small minority of the people,. and are, proba-
bly, a minority of the whole. A Government pro-
fessedly founded on such a narrow, sectarian, unsocial
basis would not deserve obedience, and would, probably,
provoke that revolt, which it would certainly justify.
We should adopt that conclusion had the Church of
Ireland been the most virtuous, deserving Church that
ever was formed ; but when it is, by common consent,
stigmatized as a monstrous nuisance, a gigantic injus-
tice, when its history is written in blood, when plunder
and murder have always been its concomitants, when
Sir ROBERT PEEL was himself compelled to strike off
the chains which were imposed in its name on the
people, for him now to attempt to establish a Govern-
ment on the false and unjust principle of main-
taining the supremacy of that one sect, is one
of the most absurd proceedings that any states-
man ever adopted. The consequences which
have already ensued in Ireland, from acting on
the principle of his party, demonstrate that it is as
mischievous in practice as it is erroneous in theory.
For the benefit of his supporters in the country we must
observe that a Government constituted on that principle
could not possibly continue. His promise of impartiality
shows that he shrinks from its consequences. Such
men as Mr. GIBSON, who now generally support him,
trusting in his moderation, would forsake him were he
to carry out the RODEN principle ; were he not to
carry it out, the RODEN party would desert and abuse
him as they did in 1829. If he succeeded, therefore,
in displacing the Whigs, he could not long retain the
Government, he could not command a majority in the

country, and his success would be the beginning of a
series of successive changes in the Administration,
leading to commotion and revolution. We are not sur-
prised, therefore, at the assertion of some Tory
and some extreme Radical Journals, that he does
not now want to take office, that he would rather be
defeated on this question, which places him in the di-
lemma of provoking a mock debate, and of wasting the
time of the Legislature, merely to beguile and delude
his own adherents with a show of resistance. 'Which-
ever way we look at his conduct, it seems based
on deceit. If he be sincere in supporting Lord Ro-
DEN'S Committee by his amendment, he makes a false
declaration of impartiality to deceive his opponents ; if
he do not desire success, then he makes his amendment
to deceive his own friends. Avowing the impracticable
and absurd principle that the Government of the empire
is to be carried on for the exclusive advantage of one
sect, while he professes a love of impartiality, this over
cunning man has involved himself in a labyrinth of de-
ceit, and made the continuance, if not the formation of
a Government of his party and principles, an impos-
sibility.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, in his argument against Lord
JouN RUSSELL'S motion, though to all appearance
sufficiently elaborated, very carefully evaded an impor-
tant part of the question. He took no notice of the
specific nature and necessary object of Lord RoDEN's
Committee. It is no doubt, nominally, a Committee
for Inquiry. There is a river in Monmouth and there
is a river in Macedon, but they run to a very
different sea, and take a very different course.
Lord RoDEN's inquiry is not to enable the House to
correct the law, but to ascertain the existence of mis-
conduct in the Executive, for the purpose of arraigning
it. It must be instituted either with a view of punish-
ing the delinquent, or of advising the Crown to remove
those who directly or indirectly are implicated in his mis-
doings. Punishment is no legitimate object for the House
of Lords to pursue. It is constitutionally and legally
irregular; andit is substantially unjust fur Judges—and in
some cases sole Judges—of state delinquency to assume
the functions of the great inquest of the nation, hi-
therto reserved for the House of Commons.
Since the practice of original jurisdiction, so long
claimed and so much abused by the Lords, was aban-
doned, no such proceeding, unless in concert with the
Commons, has ever been instituted, without exciting
the animadversions of that body, in a shape somewhat
similar, and generally much more peremptory than the
resolution proposed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The
reason is obvious. Supposing the result of the
inquiry should be, that Lord NORMANDY had
been guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors by his
abuse of the prerogative, what practical consequence
would a charge emanating from a Committee of Lords
lead to? Impeach they could not. Precedents might
perhaps ba found, though very bad ones, of Bills of
Pains and Penalties originating in the Lords. The
right of the Lords to originate such Bills has been pre-
dicated by writers on the Constitution, but they have
uniformly 'deprecated the exercise of such a right,
for the very reason urged against Lord RODEN'S Com-
mittee, viz., that it is the assumption of the character
of Prosecutor and Grand Jury, by those most unfit and
most improper to perform it, the Judges and Jury who
might have to try the offence.
This uniform and theoretical censure of such a pro-
ceeding has of late years been strongly confirmed by the
solitary instance in which it has been resorted to. On
Queen CARDLINE,in l 820, a sentence was pronounced by
a judicial body which the Executive power could not,
and dared not, carry into effect. It was abandoned
after the sentence of the Judges, because there was an
apprehension that another necessary party to the pro-
cess, namely, the usual Prosecutor and Grand Jury,
would pronounce a verdict of acquittal and (oh, strange
perversion of ideas and solecism in language!) reverse
the sentence of the Judge. lf, therefore, the Lords'
Committee point to any criminal proceeding against
Lord NORMANDY, the Commons are bound, in vin-
dication of their privileges, either to remove, by a
Port of Parliamentary certiorari, the preliminary process
of an impeachment to the proper court, or to record
its resentment of the usurpation of its functions by ano-
ther branch of the Legislature.
The Committee may, however, have been appointed
with another and less objectionable view. It might
like, to ascertain such misconduct as would justify the
he}editary advisers of her Majesty to address the
Throne for the removal of those directly or indirectly
implicated in the charge ; and although the immediate
oliject of such censure has actually retired from the
post,, we are not disposed to deny that all who appointed
or niaintained him there are, in law, reason, and fact, as
responsible for his actions as the Viceroy himself. But
if an inquiry with a view of removing Mi-

9've.ter, whether Secretary of State or Lord
Lieutenant, be within the range of the jurisdic-
Con of the Lords, it remains to be asked, what
are and what ought to be the immediate consequences
of exercising it on the servants of the Crown ? What
course in such a case does the Constitution require
Ministers to pursue? To continue i❑ nominal power
with a stigma affixed to them by one branch of the Le-
gislature, without the declared support of the two
others, would be degrading to their character and inju-
rious to the country, lowering the authority of
• the Government. To resign, if they still enjoy the
confidence of Prince and People, would be a
base desertion of both, and mere pusillanimity.
What then remains ? The plain, manly, and
straight-forward step which Lord Jottx has actually
taken. An appeal to those whose confidential support
, is the chief recommendation of every Minister, and who;
by a law of sense and nature anterior to all constitu-
tions and usages, are the persons from whom all lcgi-
. timate power is derived, and upon whom in any whole-
, some state of things it must ultimately depend.
Tories, in olden times, have pretended, and in more
modern days have seemed to think, that the personal
will of a Sovereign should keep an obnoxious Mi-
, nister in power (provided he was guilty of no
legal offence) against the wishes of Lords,
Commons, and People ; and Whigs, such as
PYM, BURKE, and Fox, when anxious to secure, and
, perhaps to stretch the rights of the Commons, have main-

:wined that a vote of that House should over-rule

the judgment of the Lords and the inclination of the
Sovereign ; but never till Sir ItoBERT PEEL spoke on
Monday, did we hear (at least since lllciticn the
SECOND), thi.t. in England the voice of the House of
Lords was supreme in all such matters ; that the Crown
was to acquiesce in its decisions ; and that the reprLsen-
tatives of the people were to sit silent, with their hands
across, waiting i❑ decorous and submissive attitude the.
ultimate decree of their Lordships.

The election of M. PASSY as Speaker of the
Chamber of Deputies, is a striking answer to those who
are in the habit ofasserting that the French are divided
into so many discordant parties, and so utterly incapa-
ble of Representative Government, that nothing but an
absolute monarch, with a large standing army, can pre-
vent anarchy and rebellion. Though we regret the re-
sult, we still regard it as a proof that the representative
system is gaining ground in France, and are convinced
that all that Lotus Primees; has obtained by his late
manoeuvring, is only a choice of two evils. He disliked
PASSY because he assisted in defeating his late Minis-
ters, but he disliked BARROT still more, because he was
the nominee of the man who was, and who stiil will be,
the heart and the soul of the coalition. He was com-
pelled to assent to the election of one of the party, and
he rejoices in having defeated the more obnoxious. The
rival candidate, M. ODILLON BARROT, would have
been preferred certainly by the ultra-liberal and anti-mo-
narchical party, and by those who, if in power might have
involved France in war, unsupported, too, by any one Eu-
ropean power, for the sake of Belgium ; his election
too, would have been more acceptable to a vast ma-
jority of Liberals in this country, as being a pledge
that 'FIBERS' policy with regard to Spain would be
followed out, but on the other hand it is a proof that
the French of the present day, are not that fickle, reck-
less, and mercurial people, which some of our
grave politicans describe them. PASSY, together with
DLIPIN, the late President, belong to the old Liberal
pa:ty, friends of monarchy, but of monarchy limited and
defined by constitutional bounds, alike opposed to
Republicanism and Carlism, and, possibly for the
sake of adhering to these very principles, they
may have leant more to the right centre, who,
perhaps, entertain too high ideas of the royal prero-
gative, than to the Left, and Extreme Left, who
would have no monarchy at all. They may therefore
be regarded as a new juste milieu party, who must,
from principle, and still more from position, be more
liberal than the old party of that name. It is evident
from the large minority in favour of ODILLON BARROT,
supported as they are by so many influential Liberal
Journals, and by the decided expression of public
opinion at the late elections, that they cannot retro-
grade, or yield submission to the Royal will, without
speedily being doomed to the fate of the MOLE Admi-
nistration. SOULT, too, and others who support them,
are known to have refused office because they could
not consent to the King sitting at the head of the Coun-
cil, not only controlling their deliberations, but control-
ling the whole of the foreirrn policy of France without
even the intervention of the Cabinet; and it is not to be
supposed that when they refused office with a majority
in the Chamber in favour of the King's pretensions, they
will accept it now on any such conditions, with a vast ma-
jority unequivocally opposed to them. When we see this,
and find the new Chamber supporting them, then doubts
may arise about the fitness of the French nation for Ike.
presentative Government. Hitherto there are no
grounds, for such an assertion. They are making a
great experiment, and the populace, in spite of depriva-
tions and causes of excitement of no ordinary kind, are
nobly seconding the views of those very men who,
though accused by our Tories of a restless desire for
change and anarchy, are in profession and practice en-
deavouring to establish, what in this country they say
has been the best safeguard of established order—the
responsibility of the Ministers to the representatives of
the people.
The charge, too, that the French are divided into so
many parties of such different opinions, that no suffi-
cient number can unite to carry on a Government,
may be retorted with still greater force on their ac-
cusers. It would, indeed, be a difficult task to locate
all our different parties, even in the six sections of the
French Chamber. We could apportion places for
Messrs. HOME, GROTE, LEADER, and others of this
cast, with BARROT, LAFITTE, GARNIFR PAGES, and
Ma uotrisr on the Extreme Left. The old Liberal
Consistent Whig party, represented by such men as
Lord EBRINGTON and Sir HARRY PARNELL, might find
a place with the old tiers parti, on the benches
of the Left Centre. Sir ROBERT PEEL, with his
tail, would sit quietly beside GUIZOT and the Doc-
trinaires, on the Right Centre ; and possibly Sir
ROBERT INGLIS and Mr. GOULBURN -would not
object to the company of BERRYER on the Extreme
Right. But would the small spot left, occupied
now by the Jeune Droite, suffice for the Rodenites, the
Agnewites, and the class who have no idea of loyalty
separate from office? Is there any place in the French
Chamber for men that would proclaim war to the knife
with a third of their fellow-subjects on account of
their religious opinions, or that would turn the Sab-
bath into a day of lamentation and mourning, to accord
with their morbid, deranged, and superstitous ideas of
Christianity ? To such a charge the French may well
reply—" Thou Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of
thine own eye."

Required Majority
For M. Cal mon 239
M. Curtin Gridaine
M. Teste 225
M. Etienne 206
M. Gareerin i
General Jacquernino•

We have received a file of the Bombay Gazette to
the 22d of February, inclusive. The news from India,
though miscellaneous, is not politically important. The
following gleanings, from the Gazette, include all that is
interesting in the accounts from the East :
DREADFUL DEATH OF THREE OFFICERS.—The sad in-
telligence has been communicated to us by a take-letter
correspondent in an extract of a letter from Scinde, of
the death of three officers of the Queen's. At the time
the letter was written it was unknown in what manner
Lieut. Sparks, Lieut. Nixon, and Dr. Hebbert had met
with their melancholy fate ; and, as it was suspected
that they had fallen by the hands of a dastard
enemy, who was known to be hovering round the
Camp, we can well imagine that a strong feel-
ing pervaded their brothers in arms. We find, how-
ever, that the three unfortunate individuals perished
in an awful way while shooting in a Shihar L'aith or game
preserve where they were suddenly overwhelmed and de.
stroyed by the flames. The accident has been thus re-
ported to us. A jungle had caught fire and it being anti-
cipated that the flames would force nurnb2rs of wild animals
from their coverts, the Officers of the Queen's posted them-
selves in a tree, and as they supposed a secure position
with reference to the wind, waiting for the escape of deer,
when the wind suddenly changing the trees and
jungle surrounding the Officers took fire and precluded all
escape.
WAR WIT," RANGOON. —There are many rumours rela-
tive to a war with Rangoon. Some papers say that it
has been decided on, but that no movements are to take
place for a season. Others have other assertions, so
that we cannot certify anything. The Enterprise steamer
left Madras for Moulmein on Tuesday, the 4th instant.
A branch Bank has been established by a native, named
Baboo Ram Comul, at Mirzapore, in connection with the
Bank of Bengal.
The Treasury tumbril of the Executive Engineer's De-
partment at Poonab, was attacked on Saturday night by a
gang of 15 or 20 robbers, who were repulsed by the
guard. One sepoy was, however, amended in the fray.
A letter from Patna gives a very distressing account
of the sufferings of the 9th Regiment, in' the vicinity of
that city. This corps, on its march from Cuttack, was
overtaken by the rain at a spot called Neema Mudawa,
and it will be seen from the following account, that the
effect was disastrous in an uncommon and painful degree.
It appears that incessant rain had fallen over the most part
of the Behar on the 14th and 15th instant. The nights
were excessively cold ; the people had nothing to eat for
two days. The bullocks were all dreadfully harrassed, not
having been changed during the whole march. The con-
sequence was that the morning of the 17th, showed the
road strewed with dead cxen, and dead men, principally
hackery drivers. I saw the Commandidg• Officer of the
regiment yesterday (17th),:and he told me that ten men
were reported dead.
The road, all the way from Neema Mudawa, is one
scene of distress. The road itself is barely passable and
backeries loaded with tents and baggage are sticking in
all directions. No cattle to be got—and the drivers lying
stretched—stiff and stark, in the mud.—Englishman.

Strange scenes sometimes occur at Exeter Hall when
Mr. M‘GILEE and Mr. O'SULLIVAN make their an-
nual exhibitions in support of Orangeism, but the ex-
travagance even of these political fanatics sink into
insignificance when compared with the late proceedings
of the very Rev. the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr. What
a contrast between these men and the Covenanters who
once inhabited the same district ! The Covenanters,
who hat-id Episcopacy, and with good reason, more. than
Popery, suffered persecution and death fur the take of
civil and religious iiberty, and the Camerons and Mac-
farlanes of the present day complain of the mutilation

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1839

of the Liturgy, and pass resolutions for inflicting on
Roman Catholics the pains and penalties which that
Episcopal Church inflicted on their forefathers. These
men, not satisfied with having their own Church do-
minant, would repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act,
destroy Maynooth College, take away all grants made
to the clergy of the people in Canada, brand the Ca-
tholic Members of both Houses of Parliament as per-
jurers, and force the Government to destroy by fire stud
sword the rights and privileges of one-third of their
fellow-subjects, and all these atrocious deeds they would
sanctify by prayer and humiliation, as CROMWELL sanc-
tified the murder of CHARLES I. If a petition embody-
ing these princples, said one of these madmen, was
supported by CoLQUHOUN, PLUMPTRE, and SINCLAIR.,
DAN would tremble, and, he added, " the Mi.
nisters of the land tremble before the Church
of Scotland." Nell might Ministers and the land
tremble if these men had power equal to their
wishes. They reject expediency—they would act on
what they call principle—that is, the principle of carry-
ing their object, not at the risk, but with the certainty
of a civil war, and the destruction of thousands of their
fellow-creatures. On the same plan the massacre of
ST. BARTHOLOMEW and the Sicilian Vespers were justi-
fied. The petition was agreed to by a majority of 45
to 2, and at the close of the discussion it was resolved
that the Synod, on the petition being brought up, should
cnvage in devotional exercises on the subject. The re-
port of these atrocious proceedings wiil be, found in
another part of the Paper, and our readers will be able
to judge for themselves. The only two Clergymen
who oppessd these resolutions were laughed to scorn,
and one, who was absent when the discussion took place,
but who disapproved of the proceedings, was not allowed
to enter his dissent. In order to guard ourselves against
any charge of exaggeration, we may state that the re-
port is taken from a Tory paper.

It will be seen from the return of the advertisement
duty, .which we published yesterday, that since the
duty was reduced in 1834 the number of advertisements
has been nearly doubled, and the amount of duty is only
about a fourth less non' than it was for the avcroge of
the live preceding years. During that period the duty
was nearly stationary ; and if the increase goes on at
the present rate, in two years the revenue flout this
source will be fully equal to the amount raised before
the reduction.

It was reported on 'Change this morning that the
Holland and Belgian Treaty is to be signed this day,
previous to the departure of the French and Dutch
Ambassadors from London.

At a late hour on Wednesday, the French Chamber
of Deputies proceeded with the Ballot, for the election
of four Vice-Presidents. There was a very full
attendance of Members. The following is the result :
Number of Voters 429

MM. CALMON; CUNIN GRIDAINE, and TESTE, only
Javing the required legal majority of votes, were declared
Vice-Presidents. The election of the fourth Vice-Pre-
sident was fixed for Thursday previous to the election ,
of Qumstors. It was expected that the Court party
would exert all its influence to secure the election of
General JACQUEMINOT.
The election of M. PASSY to the Presidency of the
Chamber, is much commented upon in all the Journals
of Wednesday. The Constitutionnel states, that the
Ministerialists, in supporting- him, exacted a pledge
from him, to the effect that, if appointed to a
seat in the Cabinet, he would use all his influence
to transmit the Presidency of the Chamber to
M. GRIDAINE. The same journal takes notice of the
gradual rise of M. ODILLON BARROT'S influence in the
Chamber, notwithstanding the powerful hostility of the
Court, and his well-known anti-Monarchical principles.
In 1831, when the'revolutionary fever was at its height,
and when it was no reproach to be a Republican, M.
ODILLON BARROT obtained only one vote for the Presi-
dency of the Chamber, and for the Vice-Presidency,
119 ; in 1832 he got no vote as Presidential candidate,
and only 74 for Vice-President ; the year following he
obtained 11 votes for the Presidency, and 62 for Vice-
President ; in 1834 there were 3 votes in support of his
being President, and 56 for Vice-President ; in 1835 lie
got but 2 votes fOr the Presidency, and for the three fol-
lowing years none—his votes for the Vice-Presidency
being in 1835, 54—in 1836, 56—in 1837, 142—and
in 1839, 193—being only 30 votes less than the candi-
date supported by the Court, the Doctrinaires, and the
Royalists.
There is no domestic news in the French papers.
The Liberal journals expose without mercy the apostacy
of PASSY and his friends. According to the Cocci ier
Francais the utmost the Court can obtain is a majority
of 20, and what are 20 votes against an opposition headed
by such men as TRIERS and BARROT ?
We have received the following letter from Odessa,
dated March 20:—

" We have received letters from Tiflis, which inform us
that the incursions of the Tcbitchenses and the Abasians
into Georgia and Kabarda are so frequent and violent, that
the Russian troops are no longer able to resist them. A
panic terror has spread in the ranks of the Russian army,
and has produced desertion and complete inaction. Lieu-
tenant Golowine, Commander-in-Chief of the army of the
Caucasus, and Governor-General of the Caucasian pro-
vinces, has in vain exerted himself to revive the courage of
the soldiers, and has been obliged to give orders to all his
troops, including the Cossacks, to retire into the fortresses
for their defence. Thus these countries arc at the mercy
of the Circassians, who, not content with plundering and
ravaging them, even raise recruits to combat the Russians.
" Another event has increased the embarrassment of the
Governor. General of the Caucasian provinces. All the
Russian manufacturers and workmen residing in them
are seeking refuge in the interior of 'Russia. General
Golowine, in order to remedy as much as possible the bad
effects of this imagination, has concluded an arrangement
with the French Consul at Tiflis, to the effect that the
Consul shall incite French manufacturers and workmen to
come and settle in those countries, on condition of being
exempt from taxes for ten years, and that twenty acres of
land shall be assigned to them. The Emperor Nicholas
has approved this convention, but it is not believed that it
will have any effect, for it is very doubtful whether French-
men will be tound willing to quit their own country, to ex-
pose thomselvs to the risk of being murdered by the Cir-
cassians. _ .

However this may be, it seems certain that if foreign
manufacturers do not come to settle in the towns of the
Caucasus, the latter will rapidly decline—the Czar will
reign over deserts only, the conquest of which will be no
difficult task for the hostile tribes which surround them."
The Danaide corvette, Capt. J. de Rosamel, sailed from
Toulon, on the 13th instant, for Brazil—Le Commerce.

BOURSE.—PA RIB, WEIWESSAY, APRIL 17.
HALF.PAST THREE.—Probably in consequence of the election of
President of the Chambr:r of Deputies having fallen on M. Passy,
the French funds have advanced. For the Account the Three
per Cents. opened at 81f. 15c., and closed at 81f. 25c., a rise of 15
cents. The Five per Cents. from 1101 5c., rose to 1101 20c., an
improvement of 30c. For money the Three per Cents. are 10c.,
and the Five per Cents. are 25c. better. The Bank of France
Shares have improved 121.; 50c. The Laflitte Bank 5,000 E, have
risen 10f. The Belgian Five per Cents. are unaltered. The Three
per Cents. for the Account are 72f. 15c, The Spanish Active
have been stationary at 20%. The St. Germain Railway Shares
are 51, the Versailles Right Bank 22f. 50c., the Versailles Left
Bank 271. 50c., and the Orleans 2f. 50c. better: The Havre
unaltered.

---------
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French 5 per Cents llO 5 ... 110 20 ... 110 5 ... I'o 15
4 per Cent 5........., lOl 50 ... DI 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50
3 per Cents Bl 13 „• SI 20 ... 81 15 ... SI 15
Bank of France
Lalfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lO3O ...WM) ...11)30 .„10...0
5,00..5. Sh 5OO ...5200 —.5200 ...5200
Belgian 5 per Cents 10:% ... WI% ... lON ... 01%
3 per ( ents 72 ... 72 ... 72 ... 72
Bank 725 •,.7311 ...7.'5 ...730
Coupons
S,anish Ac ive 02.;1.i 4
Neapolitui
Roman . ..•. IrVi ... lON ... 102% ... 102%
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Oerrnain
Versailles, R. B 7OO ... 722 50 ... 700 ... 722 50
L. 8.290 ... 300 ... 290 ... noo
Havre
Orleans ....
Strasburg to Bole 2.0 ... 340 ... 340 ... 340
ASPFIALTES AND BITUMENS.
Seyssel (A) .)25 ...'22•25 ...2..:25
Galvaniz:d Iron
___

... 435

The Madrid Papers received this morning are of the
10th inst. They bring no news of interest. Reports
reached Bayonne of an engagement between CABRERA
and VAN HALEN on the 9th, near Segura, but the par-
ticulars were not known. ESPARTERO had entered the
province of Santander, followed by MAROTO at the
head of twelve battalions. It is rather curious that
the Christinos and Carlists suspect their respective
Generals of treachery. The ruin of CABRERA is all
that is wanted to leave MAROTO master of the fate of
Spain.

Brussels and German Journals have been received of
the latest dates, but they are without any political news
of interest. The Hungarian Diet will be opened on
the 2d of June, and sit for four months. Letters from
Athens of the 28th ult. state that never was the wea-
ther so severe in Greece. The cold was intense. The
delay in signing the Treaty of the Twenty-four Articles
on the psrt of Belgium has alarmed Holland, and
greatly irritated the members of the London Conference.
The latest advices from Alexandria are of the 24th
ult., Egypt was then in a state of great wretchedness.
nEtA,IAN r N DS— USS APRIL 17
• Actual Debt, per Cent. .....................
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ......... ..... 1 0
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.......... 91N
3 per ...... 71%
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Cent............. 95
Society of Commerce, 4Sv per Cent ............. 12 34
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...... ....... ...... 70
National Society
—brussels Papers, April 17.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.— V Ii;NISA, APRIL
Five per Cents. Metalliques .........................
Foar per Cents.
Three per Cents.
1504
Bank Shares
—APgarteine Zeitung„ April 14

THE POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.—SiIICe the
20th of February last upwards of 7,000 copies of this very
useful and cheap publication have been sold, and a second
edition, corrected to the 15th inst., has just been published•
The infurmn.,ion on, tilts subject of the 1),),t-office, postves,
London Corporation, Imperial Pa:liament, &c., is oun.
piled with much care and accuracy, and we have, there-
fore, no hesitation in recommending it to public patronage.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco.)
WHITE V. DONALD.

Mr. TFIESIGER in this case moved for a rule to she w
cause why the verdict should not be entered for the
tiff on both pleas. It was an action for an assault and
false imprisonment, tried before Lord Abinger, when a
verdict was had for the plaintiff on the second plea, with
ls. damages. The defendant was a schoolmaster at St.
Alban's, and the plaintiff his usher, and in consequence of
a dispute about the quantity of a word in a Latin line.
Laughter, in which the Bench joined) the plaintiff was
ordered to leave the house. The plaintiff reused to
leave the house till he was oaid the amount of his demand.
and the defendant requested a fencing-maser who was
preient to turn him out. Plaintiff s,id if any body
touched him he would stab him, but he subs,quently let
the room, and placed himself across the threshold of the
cuter door, and refused to go away. A policeman was
sent for, and he was given into custody by the defendant,
and taken to the station house, but was bulb d in the course
of the evening.
Atter h,ur!og arzuinents and authorites cited by the
Learned Counsel, the Court granted a rule.