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VALPY'S GRPEK TEST.4.,3IENT

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REEK Tr ESTA 111 _E N T,
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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1837.

The House of Lords stands adjourned.
In the House of Commons the presentation of peti-
tions and discussion on some private Bills took prece-
dence. The second reading of the Belfast Waterworks
Bill was negatived, and that of the Bath and Weymouth
Railway Bill was postponed.
Amongst the mass of petitions was one presented by
Mr. T. DUNCOMBEi praying for the repeal of the rate-
paying clause in the Reform Bill.

- Mr. WARBLIIITON, in his capacity of Fellow of the Lon-
don University, informed Mr. TOOKE, that the Govern-
ment had given to the University rooms in Somerset
Ilouse ; that the Charter was opened ; and that a Com-
mittee had been appointed to consider all regulations con-
nected with the taking out of degrees.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that he will
bring in after the recess a Bill for amending the Act
relative to the union of parishes.
In reference to that clause (the 12th), in the abolition
of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, which exempts Mem-
bers of Parliament from its operation, there were two con-
tradictory decisions by the Committees of the House. It
had been agreed to by the first Committee, and rejected by
the second. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now stated, in re-
ply to Mr. WasoN, that he had not yet determined
whether he should or should not press the original clause.
Lord J. RUSSELL fixed the second reading of the Irish
Poor-law Bill for the 17th of April.
The Noble Lord then enumerated the subjects that
would,be brought before the House on the first day of its
meeting again. He afterwards moved that the House do
adjourn to Monday, the 3d of April.—Agreed to.
Mr. HUME wished to ask the Secretary for the Colonies
whether the Government had received any official accounts
relative to the statements which had appeared in the pub-
lic papers, that thirty passengers from Liverpool to New
York had been starved from actual want of provisions ?
Sir G. GREY said that no official accounts had been re-
ceived of that unfortunate occurrence.
Lord J. RUSSELL, in answer to Sir G. SINCLAIR, stated
that the Government did intend to bring forward, after
Easter, a measure respecting Tithes in Ireland.
The NOBLE LORD named Friday, the 21st of April, for
proceeding with the Church-rates regulation question.
The second reading of the following Bills was then post-
poned to the sth of April :—The Hackney Carriages
(Metropolis) Bill, the Sheriffs' Fees Bill, and the At tornies'
and Solicitors' Bill.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL then, in a luminous speech, abound-
ing with interesting facts, and important deductions, moved
for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish the punishment of
Death in cases of Forgery, which motion he said he should
follow up by moving for leave to bring in several other Bills
regarding the Criminal Law.--Leave was given.
Mr. flultE expressed his gratification at the propositions
of the Noble Lord, and he was sure they would meet with
general approbation.

Oil the motion of Mr. HOME, a copy was ordered of the
correspondence between the Colonial-office and the Go.
Nernot of Australia, touching the pardon of the Dorchester
labourers.

On the motion of Lord MORPETH, the Dublin Roads Bill
was reported, and—the Municipal Corporations (Ireland)
Bill was re-committed, and ordered to be read a third time
on the 7th of April.
Mr. EWART then proceeded to state his motion for the
reduction of the Tobacco Duties, when it was discovered
that there were but ten Members present : the House was
counted ont, and became adjourned at half-past Seven o'clock
till April the ad.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night, in a luminous
and able speech, dettiled a course of reform in the
criminal law, which the Government has determined
upon, and obtained leave to bring in the first of a series
of Bills, by which it is intended to carry that determi-
nation into effect. This Bill has for its object to abo-
lish the punishment of death in cases of forgery, and
is to be followed up by others, to abolish the punish-
ment of death in certain other cases in which the crime
affects property merely—to regulate the punishment
for robbery and assaulting the person—to regulate the
punishments lot burglary—to alter the laws relating,
to piracy ; to make the burning of buildings and the de-
"Struction of ships, special crimes, and to regulate the pu-
uishments to be inflicted in such cases ; to abolish trans-
portation for life as an invariable punishment for cer-
tain offer.ices; and to abolish the punishment of the pil-
lory. These, it will be allowed, are important im-
provements in the most important branch of the law, and
will be hailed by the country at large as a just tribute to
the humanity and enlightened spirit of the age. The
speech in which they were announced by the Noble
Lord, we recommend to the careful perusal of our
readers. They will there find the contemplated
changes in the law recommended upon the soundest
principles of legislation, and illustrated by an array
of factS which - must gainsay all opposition, were
it possible that any opponents could be found to
;inch measures. The foundation of the intended

alteration rests upon the well-known principle
that the law is defeated by its own severity.
. Where the penalty is too severe, either prosecu-
tors cannot be found, juries will not convict, or judges
recommend the sentence pronounced not to be exe-

• cuted. All these circumstances operate on criminals
(who are thc most desperate of all gamblers) as en-

couragements to crime, by multiplying the chances of
escape ; while experience has proved that promptittide
and certainty arc gi:alitic hi punishment far more
cfrectual than severity for repressing crime:

The Tories; sapient ereato.ren, have just diEco-
'vered another table's' nest. They have discovered
that the cause of Lord DURHAM'S anue',:!i'ldi return
from St. PetersburB " `.3 the intention of the Duchess
of KRNT to place the Noble Lord at the head of the
VICTORIA'S establishment, on the cttattion of
her Royal Highness attaining her majority; MIMI will
occur on the 94th of Mar ensuing:" Certes this is a
brilliant discovery, with thh !slight drawback, however,
that it is all soon-,pine. There is not a single word
of truth in the above paragraph, as regn.dss the cause
assigned for the Earl of DCIIIIAM'S return home.
That return is prompted solely by the state of his
health—a fact which our Tory Cotemporaries know
well enough, though it does not suit their party pur-
poses to say so. The avidity with which the faction have
pounced upon the simple statement that Lord DURHAM
is on his way back to England, and the breathless haste
i%ith which they have built up a superstructure of
calumny upon it, clearly show the state of extremity
to which they are reduced. They evidently see that
they have no hope of ever regaining their ascendancy
over the minds of their countrymen ; hence they have
become reckless of all regard to propriety, and utterly
ind:frerent to what lengths they proceed.

The survey of Church Lands made in the time of
WILLIAM the Conqueror, a copy of which Mr.
H °NEE moved for the other night, may be a very curious
document ; but we doubt much if it could be of any
use for the main purpose—the ascertaining the extent
and value of Bishops' Lands now. Since that period
much of the property has been transferred to private
individuals ; and however improperly they might
have obtained it at first, they have obtained a right to
it by prescription. It would be of much more im-
portance to move a new survey of all existing Church
property, stating its value and extent after the Refor-
mation and at the present time—what portions of it
have been illegally disposed of by Bishops and other oc-
cupants—and the exact amount of fines and other wind-
falls since the great rise in the price of land about the
commencement of the present 'century. The public
would then be convinced whether or not we have " too
much Church," and whether the Bishops have not
good reasons for cry ing out " Sacrilege," when any
attempt is made to enquire into the amount of their
vast revenue. That, after all, is the great cause of
their alarm. They are afraid that if the truth were
known, the public would come to the conclusion that no
class of men, whether warriors, or statesmen, or lawyers,
have had half the amount of public property that has
fallen to the share of the heads of the Church.
That property was set apart, not for them only, but for
the maintenance of the Church generally ; but through
the influence of the aristocracy, in both branches of
the Legislature, it has been diverted into channels
where the younger branches of their families are likely
to obtain the largest prizes. The great difficulty a
reforming Government have to contend with is not the
the opposition made by the Church, but by those who
have an interest in its abuses ; and such a survey as
that proposed would be the first step to expose these
abuses, and furnish the best grounds for a thorough
change of the system.

It will be observed by reference to the proceedings
in Parliament last night, that on the motion of Mr. J.
STANLEY, a new writ was ordered for the election of
a Member for the Counties of Ross and Cromarty, in
the room of J. S. MACKENZIE, Esq., who has ac-
cepted the office of Governor of Ceylon. We learn
that this will be a keenly contested election, between
WILLIAM MACKENZIE, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh, on
liberal principles, and Mr. MACKENZIE, of Apple-
cross, a Conservative. When we recollect the spirited
and triumphant manner in which the electors carried
the present Governor of Ceylon into Parliament at the
last election, we can entertain little doubt that they will
acquit themselves in an equally worthy manner, by
their choice of their new liberal candidate—than whom
they cannot have a more efficient representative.

The Paris papers of Wednesday have all been re-
ceived. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of
that day, M. JANVIER presented and read the report
of the Committee upon the Supplementary Credits for
1836, including the credit for the French Government
in Africa. The presentation of this report is the first
step to the grand attack upon the Government for the
system of policy hitherto adopted with regard to Afri-
can colonization ; which attack can neither be sustained
nor resisted without a full inquiry into the conduct, civil
and military, of• Marshal CLAUSEL as Viceroy of Al-
giers. The report blames the Government for entrusting
so much power to Marshal CLAUSEL, without taking
the necessary precaution to prevent an abuse of it.
The Committee admit that the instructions which
Marshal CLAUSEL received from the Cabinet were
drawn up with the utmost prudence and reserve. The
gallant Marshal was required to keep up the most
friendly relations with the natives ; to undertake no
project that would impose expense on France ; and,
above all, not to attempt to increase the colonial terri-
tory by violence. No instructions, says the report,
could have been better or wiser than these ; but Marshal
CLAUSEL took no heed of them, and the Cabinet
neglected to enforce an obedience to its orders. As
the reading of the report was not finished when the
express left Paris, we cannot state to-day the recom-
mendations with which it concludes.

The appearance of this report was simultaneous
with that of Marshal CL A LISEL'S long threatened vin-
dicatory pamphlet, which was published un Wednes
day last. Already it is in the hands of everybody;
but there are few whom it has not disappointed. In-
stead of facts the Marshal employs declamation
in his attack upon the Government ; and though
the pamphlet contains passages remarkable for
their force and moving eloquence, we fear they will
make but a slight impression on the members of a Fi-
nance Committee. The Marshal begins by claiming
indulgence for an old soldier, who after forty-four
years of incessant toil, is forced to seize the pen to
protect his sword. He next enumerates the charges
brought against him, and answers them one by one
with great spirit, .and even eloquence. He attributes
his failure in Africa wholly to the Government, which
first betrayed and then deserted him. He main-
tains that the preservation of the colony is not
desired by the Cabinet, and therefore it was that
his *glory was sacrificed. He accuses Ministers, in
the face of France and of Europe, with a design to
abandon Algiers, and to sacrifice the many commercial
advantages which arc already beginning to flow from
the possession of so vast and improving a territory.
But, perhaps the French language does not contain a
more forcible passage than the peroration of CLAU-
SEL'S pamphlet, in which he enumerates his many
services, and their final reward, as a warning to all
French soldiers of fortune. We give it entire.
" When the country, calls out its children, you enlist as a
simple soldier ; you gain every step of promotion at the point
of your sword. For the space of one campaign you are pre-
sent at five drawn battles and at sixty engagements. You
compel cities to surrender by pointing out where they are vul-
nerable,' and how they may be taken. After presenting the '
nation with 100 stand of colours wrested from the enemy, some
of irhich with your own hands, you refuse the rank of Gene•
ral in order to return to the field of action. You go and
wage war wherever you are directed. You oblige a King to
abdicate (the King of Sardinia), and when that King gives
you a masterpiece in painting, for which an Emperor offers you
a million, you make a donation of that picture to the National
Museum. You negotiate the union of a kingdom with France,
and attain that end; you defend cities with inadequate garri-

sans; you save the remains of r.r. army by fighting, Alt-nest'
alone and ditr;ng an entire (lay; at the head of a bridge: Ytiu
assist at every battle, aod lead to loi:):7.,the tr:iopsunde yc,tir
command when l'ritne. 1:: nO 18nky
voU STO in distant riegious (at. Domingo), and
'there fight, conquer, pacify, re-tore and cause, your
na:ne to be
.blessed ,by the ;,-orS; en'enitcs thein.-ielvt;s:
aft r thqk you outain a province
t04;e1.-?., Open roads through it, and found establishments
that willl.-.st for ever; if, when your Sovereign calls upon you to
snare in a battle, you bring him your army across 200 leagues of
country, opposed by an enemy's army three tirtieSfilore
roes than yotfr own, and arrive it the stated day in the 'Condi:
titan in which a regiment, after ,leavliat h'iri-ack; rcOcliei th,e
parade ; ybit are then Clitr-cd, under two other chiefs, with
the command of a corps of army, and when those two chiefs,
answerable before you for its safety, lacing wounded, leave it to
your care, surrounded on all sides and nearly lost, and, though
wounded yoursoll, you save it, frirT. it troug•
prriur;:-.'e or an army double its numbers; intrusted with
command in chief, you incessantly have to contend
with a victorious enemy, and to retard its march so effica-
ciously as to deserve its praise •and esteem; then, be-
cause you belong to the party of Frentli glory, yoq Sfo
demned to death, and live in ekile. You return to France,
you join public opinion in its resistance against the power of
the day ; subsequently, and under a new Government, you
are appointed to govern a new colony ; you do your duty on
every occasion, more even than your duty; you teach our
young soldiers the art of war ; you promote by every means
In your power the grandeur and welfare of your country—
well, when you shall have done all that, what recompense,
do you suppose, awaits you ?
" A brutal dismissal for a failure which the Government did
every thihg to bring about. • If poor, you will be accused of
exactions and robbery ; you will be said to have grown rich
by depredation, when you shall be obliged to sell the patri-
mony of your father to pay debts contracted while you were
giving your services to the state ; your head will be demanded
in journals and in petitions ; and you will be insults dby
words and writings, and in every possible shape. .
" Now, young Generals, go and risk your lives, consume
your best years in fatigues and privations ; give your blood
without any expectation or measure ; hope for glory, a name,
and fortune—go, go ; behold what awaits you, for that was
my lot.
" Oh, I confess, on my return from Algiers to France, I
was painfully afflicted at all I was told. When I found that
no calumny had been spared me ; that my enemies had not
patience to wait my arrival to commence the attack ; that my
44 years' service did not induce my accusers an instant to
relent ; when I reflected that an irreproachable life was not
preferable to a life of treason, my notorious poverty to a for-
tune obtained by dishonest means, and when I looked around
and found that no one had stood up to defend me, or even say,
' Pause, perhaps the charges are unfounded I'—oh, I confess
it, it was for me the most poignant desolation.
" I was sad, but I did-not give myself up to despair.
" I had still a sword ; it was taken from. me, ae far at least
as it was possible; a victorious career was suffered to be checked
by a reverse, without allowing me to go and reap a last laurel;
my enemies thought, no doubt, that I had fallen so low as to
be unable to rise. - No, no, they shall not have that satisfac-
tion. I can still walk erect and lift up my head on
paternalre-entering
my house. I have risen, and on t,e threshold of my
house I will place between me and calumny my old battle sword.
Look at it well, its hilt is not set in diamonds or gold, it has
blood on its blade=the blood of the enemies of France,"

The two last sentences which we have marked in
italics are strikingly beautiful. They remind us of
some passages in MiumioND, the Oriental historian.
The .111oniteur of Wednesday contains a Royal
Ordinance, censuring the Archbishop of PAars's
protest against the disposal of the Site of the Archi-
episcopal Palace, and commanding that it be regarded
as null and void. This Ordinance was recommended
by the Council of State in its sitting on Tuesday, when
the conduct of the Archbishop was censured with
great freedom, and even bitterness. The Council
went so far as to recommend the erasure of the Arch-
bishop's protest from the registers, and when it was
understood that the KING would not consent to the
erasure, several Members flew into a violent rage, and
denounced the Government as priest-ridden. The
storm which this affair has raised is not yet over.

Five per
BCE,
Cents.,
rio6F N
I'. tslc)S.6-5cF/i7aolcs.,
611ccIa.Fteti '22.
Four per Cents., 981. (30c. 74/c. 75c.
Phree per Gents. 713 f. soc. sc. Cec.
Bank Actions. 2,4i0f.
Rente de Naples, 98f 30c. 35c. 45c. 50e.
Roman Five per Cents., 102 101%14.
Spanish Actives, 23% 2414%.
Spanish Passivest 6%
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103.
Belgian Society, 1,560 E
Portuguese 'Three per Cents. 30% 31 21%.
Haytian Loan, 350 E
MECHAM:It ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 2511 45c. • money, 25f. 42%c.
Three months, paper. 251. 25c. ; money. 25f. 2•254 c.
-('ours Aulhenfiaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 106 f. :oc.
Three per Cents. 7,Af. 75c.
Bank Actions, 2,4 01
Etente de Naples, 9Sf. 60c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%.
Belgian Loan, 1034.
Bruss:"ls Bank, 1,390 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., :31M.
Haytian Loan, 350 f. •
:lianish Actives, 24%.
Spanish Passives, 6K.
Spanish DifTeres, S.
Miguelites, 12.
Belgian Society, 1,560 f.
At a quarter to 5 o'clock, the French Three per Cents
were done at 78f. 821 c.

We have received a host of communications from
San Sebastian, with details of the defeat of the 16th,
but as they arc substantially the same as those pub-
lished yesterday, we decline to crowd our columns with
them. To speculate upon the consequences of a disaster
so unexpected would be a waste of time ; for, in Spain,
causes produce very different results from what they
might be supposed to do in the case of other coun-
tries. It is probable that some days may elapse be-
fore we receive an official return of the killed,
wounded, and missing, since the commencement of the
operations on the 11th. Among the Officers killed and
wounded are Captains COYLE and DAWSON, both
dead ; General CIIICFIESTER,CoIoneI DE LANCEY,
Colonel CLERKE, Major BRENNAN, Lieut.-Colonel
EBsWORTII, Captains O'CONNOR, IRVING, and
MOCKLER, Major TALBOT, Lieutenants O'DR Is-
COL, PALMER, ROSS, GLENNIE, O'DONNELL,
O'NEIL, and Mona's, all ,wounded.

The QUEEN'S troops have abandoned the village
of Loyolo, in order to protect more securely the
heights of the Ametzagana, now strongly defended by
four heavy guns. EVANS received, since his defeat
on the 16th, a dispatch from SA ARSFI ELD, in which
he promises to bring his division to join the Legion in
three or four days from the date thereof ! Of ESPA R-
TERO nothing further is known than that he retreated
in the direction of Bilboa the instant the weather began
to look unfavourable.

Brussels and German papers have been received.
The health of the King of SWEDEN and NORWAY
is gradually improving. The daily bulletins are not
yet, however, discontinued. In advices from St.
Petersburg of the Bth inst., we find the following
paragraph, which includes all that is worth notice in
these journals :

Several Russian Vice-Consulates have been established in
Great Britain, under the direction of the Consul-General,
namely, Glasgow, Bideford, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Newport,
Clmtham, and Sheerness.

From the list of the houses which transacted most busi-
ness during the year 1836, it appears that of each of the fol-
lowing houses, Stiglitz and Co., Wilson and Co., J.
Thomas and Co., Thomson, Bonar and Co., was to the extent
of above ten millions of roubles.

nEIA; lAN kUNDS—Bavasatri, MARCY( 99
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ... ' 5241.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO.
Loan of Thirty Millions .... ..... .... 92%
Loan el City, 1832, 4 per Cent 94
Society of Commerce, 44per Cent. 13.1
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 135
Brussels Papers, March 23.
DUTCH FUNDS—Asuraitaam, March 21.
money. Bills.
Artnal Debt, 2% per Cent
' Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amon Syndic, 4 4 per cent. 63 931,4
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 764 7ii
Commercial Company, 4',, per cent lBO% In%
Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent.
L'achange on London, One month l2 ON
Two months
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Mutest 17,
Lille. Money
Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent.
Ditto ditto 4 per cent. —
Ditto ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares t 348 1115
Anglo-Russian Loan lO5 . 10.13(
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent. %5 14%
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 47 _
Ditto, 3 per cent. 3l 30%
Dutch 2Y,,, per Cents. 52%
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. ,' 127 126%
New Tine's 15..14 j5,1i2
Anglo_Danish Loan, 3 per cent 5............. 71% 71f-I
Norwegian Lean of 1834, 4 ptr cent•i
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 21% 214;
Greek 4 per cents. 1533, guaranteed by France 33 ii2g
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
f-lAMBI-SO, MARCH 21.-13 634 ; too months, 13 7.
',sieve, MARC!! 17.—Two months, 6 1714.
Ber.mEN, 31sacti 14.—Two months, 605.
Sr. PETELASIIRGII MARCH lll—Three months? 1014,4
BERLIN, MARCH IS.—l'hree rn•nths, a 2414.., .
—Hamburg Papers, March 41.

FINE ARTS.

7'ic74unE-sp.dE SKETCHES IN

SP A .12V..
ilcidgspn and Grates, London,
.1837.
W 0 pare seldom seen a more stiikifig Colledtion of
sketches than those now before us. They are drawn
on stone, in exact imitation of the originals, and ex-
hibit the lithographic art in its highest point of ex-
cellence. Mr. itoberts; the well-known paititef, has
furnished the designs, Which arc not less than twenty-
six in number, anti convey of some of the
most picturesque landscapes, and imposing cathedrals
Ned monastic edifices in Spain. Among them is a
sLtcb of tit," ti:gh of t4evirv.j Ctlfircdral dur-
ing the celebration of the Corpus Chri-305" which, with
its tabernacles of pure glittering silver, its costly sane-
mar), of the _Holy Virgin, its varied sculptures, curious
enehasements, splendid efligies of saints, and aik set
with rich capitals in the centre, exhibits a most impres-
sive display of religious pomp and magnificence.
" Correo de los `Toros" is a singular and somewhat fan-
tastic specimen of old Moorish architecture ; the site
of the building is near the ancient bridge over the
Durro, in the most picturesque part of the once popu-
lous and renowned kingdom of Granada. The engrav-
ing is executed with great skill, and prOduces a very
Pleasing effect. " Fortress of the Alhambra"—how
many stirring and romantic historical recollections does
the word " Alhambra" recall l—is a landscape teem-
ing with various beauties. We see the old Moorish
tower crowning the brow of a steep hill, up which
several armed bands are winding, while below are one
or two remains of buildings apparently in the last stage
of decay. Nothing can be more picturesque than this
engraving, which realizes all these eloquent descrip-
tions of the Moorish fortress, which Washington Irv-
ing has given us in his Tales of the Alhambra. " Cor-
dova" is a sketch of an ancient Roman gateway in that
city. It is a structure, or rather ruin, characterized
by majestic simplicity. " Bridge of Toledo on the
Manzanares, Madrid," contains a well-executed fore-
ground, in which is a mill, for the purpose of raising
water for the supply of a neighbouring fountain. But
decidedly the cleverest engraving in the collection is
the " Bull Ring, Seville," which, as we are informed
in the Artist's prospectus, " is calculated to accomo-
date twelve thousand spectators." The figure of the
tauridor, who is on horseback, and in the act of spear-
ing the bull, which is just about to gore the horse, is
full of life and spirit ; and the groupes in the arena,
especially the two figures holding the red cloth between
them, for the purpose of casting it over the bull's head,
are replete with easy grace. If these sketches do not
become immediately popular we will never again hazard
a confident opinion.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

C117'1"--, 714'ELV.k O'CLOCK.

This being Good Friday, is kept in the City as a strict
holiday. Lloyds, the Stock Exchange, and the Foreign
Markets, are closed ; and few persons have made their ap-
pearance at the Coffee Houses.
Yesterday was the weekly Court-day at the Bank of Eng-
land, where doubtless the state of commercial affairs was die-
cussed by the Directors ; but nothing official on the subject
has transpired. It is confidently stated, however, that the
preliminary arrangements with certain American houses have
been made,—we hear, in particular, with regard to four of
them, viz. three in London and one in Liverpool—to the
amount altogether of 1,200,0001.
The delivery of the post this morning was very late, and two
inland mails are still wanting, owing to the great depth of
snow in the country.
The business in the foreign exchange was transacted yes-
terday with little or no alteration.
Letters from Lisbon of the 6th of March, received at Paris
state that for a long time past they expected that the Ministry
would be completed ; for instead of six they only have at pre-
sent three Ministers. M. Costa Cabral, in the sitting of the
sth proposed in the Chambers CO pray of her Majesty to com-
plete the Cabinet. This proposition caused a stormy debate,
and finished without any result.

THE PRINCESS VICTORIA'S BitiTH-DAY.--Lort-
don will be unusually gay this spring. Preparations are
now being made at Kensington Palace to receive the King
and Queen of the Belgians, who intend to be present on the
celebration of the Prince'ss Victoria's birth-day. His Majesty
has also sent invitations to the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours,
to the Prince of Orange and his sons, and to tJe Grand Duke
Michael of Russia.
There is a report in circulation, the truth of which
we cannot decide, that a certain Earl, well known in another
hemisphere, is not at present living with his Countess ; it is
said her Ladyship intends taking up her abode at Rome.

The remains of the late Viscountess Canning were
removed from Grosvenor-square yesterday morning for inter-
ment in Westminster Abbey. The funeral was conducted
without the least ostentation, the procession consisted merely
of the hearse, drawn by six horses, three mourning coaches,
each drawn by four horses, and five private carriages of the
friends and relatives of the deceased. Lord Canning and the
Marquis of Clanricarde were the chief mourners. The pro-
cession reached the abbey at 12 o'clock, when the burial ser-
vice was read in a most impressive manner by Dr. Ireland,
after which the body was deposited in the same vault as that
containing the remains of the late Right lion. George Can-
ning. The private carriage of the Princess Sophia, with the
servants in deep mourning, joined the procession on its road to
the abbey.

The Moorfields Savings Bank has just published its
20th Report, as read and approved on the 24th of February.
The Report is highly satisfactory. It records a great annual
excess of deposits over the preceding year, and a balance in
hand of 530,3491. duce to 23,022 depositors.
The income of the metropolitan police in 1836 was
212,3081., derived from various sources. The expenditure
Was 216,6131. —Parliamentary Paper.

William Tamlyn, Esq., of Porlock, has in his pos-
session a ewe, of the Exmoor breed, which is now 21 years
old, and which has produced altogether the extraordinary
number of 38 lambs.—Devizcs Gazctte.

DISTRESS IN TILE HIGILLANDS.—A meeting
was held in Manchester on Saturday for the purpose of receiv-
ing information from Dr. M‘Leod on the present destitution in
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, the Mayor in the chair.
The Rev. Gentleman's affecting appeal was very successful.
A subscription was iminediately entered into, which is going
on most prosperously. On Sunday evening the Doctor
preached an eloquent sermon in the Scotch Church, Oldham-
'street; after which a collection was made in behalf of the
same object. It amounted, we understand, to 1061. 15s. 101.
—Lit7erpool Standard.

OLDHANI.-After struggling for several months,
greatly to their own pecuniary injury and the serious distress
of numbers who can only be employed in conjunction with
them, the turn-out spinners are manifesting a decided anxiety
to exchange their present unsettled state for permanent work
and constant wages. Not only in Oldham, but in many of the
neighbouring places, the machinery of numerous mills is only
running short time, consequently the hands are earning little
more than half their usual wages; they have, therefore, no-
thing to spare in support of the turn-outs, who, alarmed at the
falling off in the supplies, the taking up of their places by
new hands, and the working the mills short time, are now
quite anxious to return to their old situations upon the terms
off!red by the employers,and rejected by them so long as they
could do without work. On Monday a number of the turn-
outs returned to their places, and the machinery of several of
the mills commenced workine, only eight hours per day. The
employment of the new hands has not produced any mate-
rially unpleasant feeling. We hope that the result of this
and of the Preston contest will enlighten the hands gene-
rally with respect to the manner in which they ought to re.
Bard the demagogues and agitators by whom they were .ex-
cited to a course so greatly to their own injury.—Manchester
Guardian.
A most determined attempt at suicide, arising out
of a love affair, took place yesterday morning in Somers
Town. The name of the young man who made the rash
endeavour to terminate his existence, is William Croft, of
No. 17, Carey-street. He is the son of a respectable trades-
man in the neighbourhood, and a few months ago was intro.
duced, and subsequently, in the character of a suitor, paid
his addresses to a female of great personal attractions, and
from the apparent reciprocity of their affection he had every
reason to imagine that in the course of a very short period
she would render his happiness complete by becoming his
wife. In this, however, he was doomed to be disappointed,
and having learned from undoubted authority that her more
favoured smiles had long been bestowed upon another, who
had made every preparation for the speedy celebration of the
nuptials, he took from a cupboard an ounce phial, with which
he hastened to the shop of a chemist and druggist, and pur-
chased a quantity of laudanum, when he immediately repaired
to the residence of the false fair one in Church-street, and
after reproaching her in the most bitter terms for her incon.
stancy, drew from his waistcoat-pocket the deadly draught,
which he swallowed, exclaiming, " You are the cause of my
death—l could live no longer without you, and have there-
fore poisoned myself to get rid of my misery." The wretched
young man then rushed out of the house, and on his arrival
home threw himself upon the bed in the greatest agony, and
was presently followed by the female, accompanied by Mr.
Barnard, surgeon, of Charlton-street, who with the aid of
the stomach-pump, succeeded in extracting nearly the whole
of the poisonous fluid ; but the sufferer lies in so weak a state
as to render his recovery exceedingly doubtful. The female
is in a state of mind bordering on distraction at the sad event.