The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In your Paper of this evening, I perceive an error
which it is but fair towards the parties interested, should be
corrected. Under the head " Coal Trade," it is stated, show-
ing an advance to be on all sorts of Coals to the Coal-owner
of 2s. -5d., which was stated by the witness to be twopence
halfpenny, and if you will add the items which you give, this
will clearly appear, viz.:—
The average price of all sorts of Coals, sold on
four consecutive market days, in December s. d.
1837, was
In April, 1836, the average of four days wa5...... 19 3
Average price higher in 1837 than 1836

The average freight in December 1837, was ... 10 3i
The average freight in April, 1836

Average freight higher
Insurance and charges higher in Dec. 1837...... 0
Shewing the advance to be on all sorts of Coals
to the Coal-owner only

0 2

s. d
2 11

2
I beg further to observe that the witness stated the allow-
ances to buyers to be 71d., viz.:—
s. d.
Tret, 1/. per cent.
Discount 21. per cent. on two thirds s. d.
and storage Is. per score 0 41- together 0 7i

Factorage
Del credere Commission, at 10s

per cent.
Bill and receipt stamps, and inci-
dental expences 0 1 i together 0 51 bein
the Factor's charge.
_ .._

I am, Sir,
A HEARER OF THE EVIDENCE.
London, March 2, IS3S,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Silo—The three principal causes of the detention of the
vessels engaged in the Coal Trade are—First, the regulation
among the coalowners, by which the supply is regulated each
fortnight, according to the state of the London market ;
secondly, the want of a sufficient number of weigher; or
meters ; and lastly, the agreement entered into by the ship-
owners themselves in conjunction with the coalowners, by
which the factors receive orders to offer a certain numbs • of
cargoes for sale each day, according to a certaio s?ale as to
price, &c.
First, as to the coalowners—l cannot think of a better com-
parison of their situation than to that of a mm who has had
his constitution so long propped up by medicine, that he can
scarcely live without it ; while at the same time it is sr c-etly
undermining his boOily strength ; for, from the prices being,
artificially kept up, so as to enable the owners of expensively-
worked collieries yielding inf,rior coal, and at a considerable
distance from the shipping ports, to work them to a profit, the
proprietors of those more advantageously situated, worked at
a lighter expense, and shipping the best coal, are realizing
such a good return, that a large increase of capital is being
invested in the trade, and railways are made and collie' les
sunk in places where they would never have been thought of,
if the trade had been left perfectly open. New collieries are
now opening faster than ever, although it is considered that
there are sufficient at work already to supply twice the present
consumption ; but as they cannot hinder them working, they
have to allow each new concern their share in the vend, which,
if the consumption should not increase, will have to be taken
off those already at work—so the thing appesra to le gra-
dually working its own cure; but if these regulations should
be broken up, the re-action will be tremendous, if we may
j itle-e from what has occurred. The last time the vends were
off (as we term them), in the year 1833, the coalowners, in-
stead of netting 30s 6:1. re: Newcastle chaldron for the best
coals, as they are doing at present, in many instances, after
paying the freight, they did not realize much more than half
that sum; and it was understood the very best collieries lost
money that year, and several of the inferior and more distant
ones could scarcely work at all, except at a most ruinous loss ;
and, if that state cf things had continued much longer, would
have to be wholly abandoned, to the irretrievable ruin of many
of the proprietors.
There is one thing connected with these regulations which
presses hard, I think, on the poor of the metropolis, which is,
that the small coal of the best Wallsend, with the dust taken
out, is shipped for foreign ports (on account of export coal
not being included in the vend), each colliery always vending
the quantity allotted of the best quality it produces, at nine
shillings a ton less than the Wallsend. From their excellent
caking qualities they are touch used in the North, making an
excellent fire by themselves. The middle classes generally
mix them with an inferior quality of large coal, which rather
improves them than otherwise. From the same cause, the
Wallsend is charged 24a. 6d. for foreign (instead of 30a. 6d.)
per chaldron, which I shoted therefore conclude to be a remu-
nerating price to the coalowner.
Secondly, on referring to the Coal Letter, I find
that it was the shortness of meters which caused the deten-
tion last December, for the cargoes were all sold before they
came in turn for a meter, until the 27th of the month, when
there were a few unemployed owing to a market falling on
Christmas-day, which consequently was not held. Indeed,
ever since I was conversant with the coal trade, there has
always been a shortness of meters in that month, owing to the
large influx of vessels which are employed in the foreign trade
during the summer ; and the shipowners found that when a
large fleet arrived, they were often sold off at once atlo
coals
ty
prices, and before they came in turn for a meter. Thug
would be at Is. or 2s. per ton higher, which weist
into
the
to be made which I before noticed. In an ar
•
aprorcakngeteomfetnhte coal-merchant—and this principally caused the
sumticle
set
which
down latelyas factors'appeared
profits, in your
whichpa To e ,
cannot
observednnnt
understand.
Coals at the Pool price of 235. may be thus stated :--
g. d.
Cast free on hoard 10s. 6d. per chaldron, 0r... II 6 per ton.
Freight
a lare
Factor's charges, including Is. Id. per ton city
dues, lights, metage, commission, &c. &c... 2 9

Price in the Pool 23 0
Expenses of landing and delivering in to the
consumer's cellar, the largest item of expense 12 0

35 0

Your's, &c.
SPECTATOR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUA.
SIR,— In your paper of yesterday you give the evidence of seve-
ralwitnesses before the Coal Committee on 'Monday, on some of
which you will perhaps excuse me for making a remark. The
evidence of Mr. Beale, I think, was satisfactory. It proved
there was great impartiality used both in the selection and
appointing of meters, and that the business of the Coal
Meter's Officer was well conducted in every respect.
Mr. Charles Green, one of the Coal Meter's Committee,
said, during the present year there would be id. per ton taken
off their office charges, which is a matter of no great conse-
quence. Mr. Bailley said the Deptford Pier Company com-
plained of the injury sustained by them in consequence of the
Factors' regulations, but he did not make it appear that they
did receive any injury from those regulations ; he said one or
two ships which were in distress and danger (from the ice),
after several applications to London, got permission to un-
load ; does Mr. Bailley complains that the Captains had to go
to London to consult the agents of their employers what was
to be done with the cargoes while in distress and danger?
He perhaps thinks the Captains should have consulted him,
and put their cargoes into a depot, to be retailed at a price
fixed on by his superior judgment, he not knowing anything
of the cost of production, or of the amount of capital laid out
in the purchase of colliers, which he should have known be-
fore giving his evidence, likewise the expense of sinking a
coal-pit, which would astonish even Mr. Bailley, Secretary
to that stupendous undertaking the Wooden Pier at Deptford,
which, to give our Newcastle friends an idea of, is something
inferior to the wheelbarrow staith erected by Sir Thomas
-e co
question,Bin do n
theyatwould not
,oSandgateul and;discharge
ifel
prevention
one-tenth
of th
Deptford Pier that they wheel from the staith at Sandgate.
lam not acquainted with the consumption of coal at Dept-
ford,theat but it is so small that they seldom have a small ship to
deliver them ; and. the merchants, to suit their own convenience,
send their craft into the pool for the quantity they want, but
they may deliver from the ship as many as to keep Mr. Bailey's
depot of ,
1 000 to 2,000 tons full if they could find consumption
for them, and would find no difficulty in purchasing that
quantity each market-day ; but why purchase a ship when they
cannot consume a barge load?
As Mr. Bailey. does not know any legal impediment to
prevent him forming a depot to contain 1,000 or 2,000 tons of
coals, why does he not make one ? But who has to fill it ?
Have the ships to discharge their cargoes into it, and make
another voyage as quick as they can, leaving their cargoes for
Mr. Bailey to dispose of? It would take a depot to hold as
many millions
as he proposes thoustmds;. and I think the con-
sumer would not have to complain of his regulations and
prices. What business has he to listen to the complaints of
the 9 captains .
• Would he like any one to go and induce
his servants to complain ? But the captains do not complain,
because they have the sense to know that if the trade was
open
they could make no more voyages than they do at
present, unless the consumption was greater than it is. The
omnibus-cad complains of the regulations of the Lord Mayor,
and will do so until he can get as many passengers as to keep
him continually plying, not caring . for the wear of wheels,
horse-flesh, &c. ; but his master, like the ship-owner, has to
look for some profit, to replace this tear and wear. Then why
bring forward the evidence of the captain and cad, when you
can get that of the owner and master?
J nnes Fyfe, lighterman, , said on the. 24th of January
twelve colliers came ashore at Deptford. Application was
made for barges to unload them, but was refused, as the ice
that drove the ships ashore would have destroyed the barges
and coals ; as it must be evident to every one that the coals
would be safer in the ships that were quite secure, though
ashore, than in a barge exposed to the ioe. He advised one
of the captains to unload over the Pier ; but had he found a
merchant for the coals, or had they to be pit into
it the depot,
or given away at the price that James Pyle thought the situ-
ation of the ship required ? He seems. to, know more of the
cost of production and the amount of c pital laid out in the

LONDON:
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1838.

MArylebone has disgraced itself. By the factious pro-
ceedings of some of the Radicals a Tory has been returned for
that borough. The contemptible split among the Liberals
not only deprived Mr. EWART of 21 I votes, but prevented
a considerable number of electors, who did not choose to
rote for one Liberal in preference to the other, from voting
at all. But even those circumstances would not have
secured Lord TEIGNMOUTH'S return, had not those Radi-
cals who prefer the Tories to the Whigs voted for him.
We have been assured on undoubted authority that not
less than 300 Radicals voted for Lord TEIGNMOUTH, so
determined was faction to accomplish its mischievous ob-
jects. One section of the Radicals have loudly avowed
their wish to come to blows with the Tories, and
they only act consistently when they struggle with
all their might to displace the Whigs, and put
the Tories in office. In Marylebone they have
accomplished their object, but should they succeed in turn-
ing out the Whigs, they will be grievously mistaken, if they
think that the ultra-Radical party will gain any accession
of strength. All the moderate men in the kingdom will,
suppose, that the Radicals mean michief—that their fac-
tious conduct can only have for its ultimate object to force
on a revolution, and they will rally round a Tory Govern_
ment, if that be in power, and crush the Radicals with a
strong hand, inflicting on the country a long and dreary
night of legal tyranny. Deeply do we regret the result of
tile contest, but the very small number of voters who sup-
ported Col. THOMPSON is an unanswerable proof that Mr.
EWART was fully justified in standing, and that we only did
our duty in supporting him. The obstinacy of Colonel
THOMPSON, we will add, has lowered him very much in
our estimation, and having really wished him back into
Parliament, we can only now look forward to his permanent
excluaion from it. The man who submits to be the instru-
ment of a narrow plotting mischievous faction, has no right
to expect the support of any constituency in this enlightened
empire.

On Tuesday Sir WILLIAM AIoLEswoRTH is to make
the following motion :

" To move an humble Address to the Queen, respectfully
expressing the opinion of this House, that in the present criti-
cal state of the many of her Majesty's Foreign Possessions in
various parts of the world, it is esseetial to the well-being of
her Majesty's Colonial Empire, and of the many and important
domestic interests which depend on the prosperity of the Colo-
nies, that the Colonial Minister should be a person in whose
diligence, forethought, judgment, activity, and firmness this
House and the public may be able to place reliance ; and de-
claring, with all deference to the constitutional prerogatives
of the Crown, that her Majesty's present Secretary of State
for the Colonies does not enjoy the confidence of this House,
or of the country."
How he can undertake such an office, would be for us
inexplicable, did not the Marylebone election thoroughly
convince us that faction is resolved to gratify its
ill-
regulated passions, though by self-destruction. Sir Wm.
MOLEBWORTH belongs to the small party which desires
to have a stand-up fight with the Tories, and wishes to put
the Whigs out of the way, that the Radicals and the Tories
may come to blows. He would put the Tories into
office for this purpose, though he should thereby
arm them with all the power, as he infallibly
would, both of Whigs and Tories. That the
Tories should make such a motion would be quite in
accordance with their principles, but on what ground can
be attack the Colonial Minister ? It is charged against
Lord GLENELG by the Tories, both here and in Canada,
that he and Lord GOSFORD have neglected the interest of
the British party,lin order to sooth and conciliate the Cana-
dians. They have not been coercive enough ; they did not
send soldiers enough to Canada. This is their great offence.
Lord GOSEORD invited Mr. PAPINEAU to his table, where
probably no leader of the French party ever appeared before.
It was stated by Sir JOHN COLBORNE, not above a month
ago, that the Government had so completely, at a former
time stood apart from the French Canadians, and united
itself with the English faction, that it was totally unac-
quainted with what was going on in the townships of
Canada. The animosity which still exists and has long exist-
ed between the two races in Canada, one armed with
the powers of the Government, domineering over and con-
tinually insulting the other, is scarcely conceivable in this
country, whatever it may be in Ireland. Now the great
object of Lord GLENELG and Lord GOSFORD, and of the
Whig Ministers, as to Canada, has always been to sooth
the outraged French Canadians ; and to accomplish that
we have no hesitation in saying, speaking from experience
after the events, that they went so far as almost to forfeit
the support of the British party in Canada, and its
numerous friends at home. From the state of
public opinion in this country, it is now plain that
the Colonial Minister went further than he was
warranted by a regard to the stability of the administration,
in endeavouring to win over to peace and friendship, by
kindness and deference, M. PAPINEAU, and his party. Lord
GLENELG did net, however, succeed. The deeply en-
graved sense of outrage and insult for years was not to be
effaced in a day, and the misled Canadians rose in arms.
Now will Sir WILLIAM MoLEswoivrai censure Lord
GLENELG for not succeeding by concession ? Will he
brand all concession to the Canadians as wrong, by attack-
ing the Noble Lord for want of success ? Does
he not see that by such a motion as that he pro-
mises to bring forward in the situation in which Lord

GLENELG is placed, that be is in fact condemning the
liberal policy of that Noble Lord, and enabling the Tories
to give the ascendancy, both in argument and place to the
?rinciples of Tory tyranny ? Should he succeed, every
Statesman, and particularly every Whig Statesman, will be
henceforth taught that concession to popular demands is
a crime, and that his duty to himself requires that he should
❑ever relax the rigid rule of coercion. In Lord GLaNaLG'S
mild and merciful hand concession has failed to prevent
civil war ; and for that S►r WILLIAM MOLESWORTII, a
leader of the people, an advocate of concession, is about
to denounce his policy-. How bitterly unjust, how
miserably factious ! At the same time it is playing the
game of the Tories. There is nothing in the motion that
we see to prevent their voting for it. Cunningly is it con-
trived for that purpose ; and they who have waged; an in-
cessant war against popular principles, whose vast power in
the empire—not to be overcome or put down by the Go-
vernment—is the real cause why the policy of the Whigs
has not been more popular and more conceding, are to be
placed in power by a popular leader denouncing the inuti-
lity of concession to popular demands. The Whig Ministers,
who have certainly done more for the popular cause than
any Ministry that ever existed, has been of late, we freely
admit, roughly scourged ; and ►while it is 3 et bleeding and
humiliated by the vote on the Ballot, and by the Marylebone
election, a popular leader the representative of those whom
the Whigs called into political existence, chooses this
moment to make a motion on which a union of Tories and
ultra-Radicals will complete its destruction. If prudence
and policy cannot restrain Sir WILLIAM MoLEawoant
from imitating the electors of Marylebone, and doing the
work of the Tories, the electors of Leeds will probably
think it their duty to express their opinions on his impor-
tant, and, to the public liberties, dangerous motion.

The recent miserable display of hostility to Mr. O'CoN-
NELL by all the Tory Members, and by a considerable
portion of those calling themselves Liberals, will not in-
spire the Irish people with much confidence in the present
Parliament. Mr. O'CoNNELL has again and again asserted
that there is a bad feeling but too prevalent in England
and Scotland against Ireland ; and though for the sake of
peace he is willing to make another experiment, he almost
despairs of obtaining justice but by a repeal of the Union.
The inconquerable hatred of the party which the Irish
Members have mainly contributed to keep out of office i 3
only natural—we do not blame them for it—but what ex-
cuse is there for the conduct of such men as Mr. BENETT
and Mr. HOWARD, who voted against him, and for fifty
others who kept out of the way, in order to inflict what
they considered a disgrace upon the man whom seven
millions of Irish Catholics look up to as their best friend
and protector ? It is useless to allege as an excuse the
strong language—Mr. O'CONNELL hardly ever makes a
speech without using strong language—his ardent tem-
perament and the treatment he has received impel him to
it ; and why punish him for that which they overlook in
tlTose who drive him to extremities? A combination of
the enemies of Ireland got up subscriptions to eject him
and many of his colleagues—the result of the first Irish
Election Committee confirmed his worst suspicions—he
denounced such treatment with more fervour, but not with
more truth, than it had been denounced by writers in every
liberal Journal. The latter said justice is set at defi-
ance, and the former said the agents are " perjured men ;"
and for this distinction without a difference, he is voted
guilty of a false and scandalous libel. That, however, is
only a part of the injustice and provocation. An English
Bishop accused him and all the Catholic Members of per_
jury ! English petitions were presented repeating the same
charges, and English Members, in both Houses, added to
the insult by deliberately stating their conviction of the
• fact. Yet these are all passed over, and when one of the ac-
cused party retaliates, he is subjected to punishment.
Have not the Irish reason to say they are treated as aliens ?
Had this been the pure work of the Tories there could
have been no cause of regret ; but it is a matter of serious
regret that the conduct of men who profess to be friends
to Ireland should confirm the charges made by Mr.
O'CONNELL, and lead the Irish Catholics to believe that
they are debarred of their rights and privileges as much by
the secret hostility of false friends as the open hostility of
their bitterest enemies. The effect of the decision will
not soon be effaced ; it will make Mr. O'CONNELL more
powerful, and it will afford him the best argument he has
ever had for demanding the repeal of the Union.

We direct attention to the meeting of the Coffee and
Eating-house Keepers on the subject of the Coal Mo-
nopoly, which will be found reported elsewhere. It is
very creditable to the body that they have been the first
to come forward for the removal of this grievous burden.
We take the opportunity to publish at the same time a
number of letters on the subject, some of which have
been lying over for several days. The comments of op-
ponents, as well as friends, demonstrate the great interest
which the public feel on the subject. The letter of Yr-
RITAS, who we have no doubt is a factor, is the only one
which needs any notice from us here, but they are all worthy
of the reader's attention. VERITAS wishes the public to
believe that the gains of the factors are much less than we
said. Our readers will recollect, perhaps, that the article
on which VERITAS comments was a notice of an article
which we had inserted from a valued correspondent,
and our estimate of the gains of the factors was merely a
statement of the difference between the expense of bringing
coals to the door of the consumer, exclusive of the tax
which the factors impose on him, and the sum which he ac-
tually pays ; and that difference amounts to about 400,000/.
annually. If the factors do not put it into their
pockets, it is lost. A much larger portion of it, however,
goes there, on the showing of VERITAS, than he makes
it amount to. His arithmetic and his logic are on a par ; for
Is. 3d. per ton on 2,626,997 tons is not, as he says
32,837/. 95., but is upwards of 164,000/. We have, how-
ever, received and seen other statements of the gains of
the factors, besides those of VERITAS, some of which we
publish ; and on a future day, when we have space to go
into the matter, we will do ample justice to the factors.

When a witness stands up in a Court of Justice, all the
world expects him to speak the truth, and all the world
admits that he lies under a moral obligation to speak
the truth. That obligation—which grows from the consti-
tution of the universe—exists at all times and places,
independently of courts of justice and of oaths. It has,
however, been thought proper to enforce its observance,
by imposing an oath on witnesses to speak the truth,
to violate which is perjury. Is there any such
moral obligation on the Catholics not to destroy
the Church of England P Clearly there is not. On
the contrary, the members of the Church of England
declare that it is the duty of every Christian to give
efficacy, force, and extension, to the religious opinions in
which he honestly believes. The moral obligation on the
Catholics is to do that which the oath requires him not to
do. The oath imposed on him, as it is interpreted by the
Bishop of EXETER, is a violation of that moral obligation
which the Bishop and his friends affirm exists to propagate
the truths of religion. The two obligations are at variance,
therefore, and though we may say that the Catholics are
as simple in taking the oath as the Protestants are
in imposing it, clearly the prior moral obligation
cannot be set aside by the oath. Let the Roman
Catholic Members of the Legislature, then, who have
right on their side, refrain from defending themselves, as
Mr. LANGDALE did last night in the House of Commons.
Men do mot stand paltering with rabid animals, a bite from
which is death ; they destroy them—and if the rabidness
of the Priests of the State Church is such that they will
continue to scratch and bite other religionists, they must
be assailed and crushed, not paltered with. Mr. LANa-
DALE and his friends should attack the Bishops, and the rest
of the Clergy, for continually violating their oaths. Taking
Lord RADNOR'S speeches, the ReV.SYDNEY SMITI'S letters,
and Mr. LustuNoToN's Dilemmas of a Churchman as their
authority—and much more is accessible—it will be easy for
the Catholic Members to prove that no class of men in
this empire are so habitually guilty of what the Clergy
call perjury as the Priests of the Established Church. Mr
LUSIIINGTON accuses the whole body of them of habitually
violating their oaths, as t) the Rubric, in order to please
the rich, while they palm indecency on the poor. Let the
Catholic Members of the Legislature, then, carry the war
at once into the camp of their enemies, and we will answer
for the eternal silence thereafter of all the brawling Pre-
lates and Priests of the empire on the perjury of the Ca-
tholic Members of the Legislature.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been
received ; but the intelligence they bring is unimportant.

Brigadier-General FLINTER'S victory over the Carlists is
doubly confirmed—namely, by a despatch from himself to
the Spanish Government, and by the following telegraphic
communication received by the French Ministry :
PARIS, INILLICII 1, 1838.—Government has received the following
telegraphic despatch :
" BORDEAUX, FEB. 27.—The united Carlist bands of Jara, Peco, and
others, to tho amount of 2,000 foot and 800 horse, were come up with
on the 16th, in the environs of Yebenes, province of Toledo, by Briga..
dier_General Flinter, who gained a complete victory over them. They
lost 130 killed, 309 wounded, 1,340 prisoners, 40 of whom were
chiefs, 303 horses taken, a great quantity of arms, and all their bag-
gage. Such was the result of this fortunate affair."
. . .

For this victory, which FLINTER achieved without the
loss of a single soldier, haying attacked the enemy when
unaware of his intentions, the QUEEN REGENT has rewarded
the brave Commander with the Grand Cross of St. FEU,
DINAND of • the Third Class. The following is the result
of this affair, as reported in the Mad id Gazette of the
21st ult. :
" From the despatch sent by the worthy Brigadier Flinter to the
Captain-General, it appears that, by a well.combined plan, he succeeded
in surprising, attacking, and completely routing, at day-break on the
18th, in the plains of Yebenes, the whole faction of Jara, La Mancha,
and Estremadura, amounting to 800 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, whilst
his force did not exceed 600 infantry and 220 cavalry. The Carlists
were pursued for three leagues, and the remnants sought refuge in the
inaccessible heights of the Sierra de San Marcos. The Carlists slain
amount to 190, including a colonel and several officers ; the number of
wounded, according to Flinter's account, ascends to 309, the prisoners
to 1,300. He has also captured 502 good muskets, 74 bayonets, 40
lances, 30 sabres, 5 trumpets, two waggons containing ammunition, six
cart-loads of cloth, several scarlet cloaks and caps, a Hock of sheep, and
303 bad horses. The ground is covered with other spoils, and several
men taken from the villages by Jara have been liberated, as also the
musicians of Polau, whom that chieftain took with him to raise the
spirit of his troops."

. .
In a private letter, addressed by the Brigadier-General
to the Commandant of the Province of Toledo, FLINTER
himself says :
" The Province is saved. I have captured the magnificent horse of
the chieftain Peco, who escaped most miraculously. Many of the
wounded Carlists died during the night, but I shall require 60 cars to
convey the remainder. lam about to set out for Sonseca with the
prisoners, and shall return to Toleda to-morrow, to march again in
pursuit of Tara; and I hope, if the authorities support me, to clear this
Province of the Carlists. I have given them quarter, and have only
shot a portion of deserters from the guards, the 2d of the line, the Queen
Regent's Regiment, and some cavalry soldiers belonging to the corps
operating in this Province, in compliance with the desire of their
respective regiments, and from a sense of the necessity of maintaining
discipline.
" The celebrated robber-Carlist, the terror of the province, known by

the surname of the Tuerto de Espana, and the two brothers Navarros,
who committed such atrocities at Navahermosa, have also been shot.
I regret it in my soul, but the public cause demanded this terrible
sacrifice."

In Paris, all party feuds and struggles seem in abeyance
at the present moment. No question of European interest
occupies the Chambers, nor is any likely to arise imme-
diately. The KING considers himself strong enough to di-
rect the movements cf the Government, without dread of
the influence of the Opposition ; and there cannot be a
doubt, but that he is so just now. Spain is a thorn in his
side, but such is his dislike of intervention, that we question
whether he would not prefer the entry of DON CsaLos as
a conqueror into Madrid, to the sending of fifty thousand
Frenchmen across the frontier. The other rumours in
these Journals, are not worth notice, relating, as they do,
to police plots and conspiracies, all of which, are, as a
matter of course, laid at the door of the Republicans.
An Evening Paper has the following letter :

" WARSAW, Fez. 16.—For the second time a report is in circula-
tion that Field. Marshal Paskewitsch will leave Poland, and that be is
to go at the end of April to Tiflis, to take the command of the army of
the Caucasus. If this report should prove true, it may be confident!?
affirmed that the Czar does not think of the conquest of Circassia only,
but that he has further views on Persia, Asiatic Turkey, or evert the
English possessions in India. The Field Marshal Is considered, to be
the first man in Russia for military talents. It has always been the
system of the Czar to place a Field Marshal at the head of an army
only on important occasions, and the war with Circassia is not looked
upon in that light in Russia."—Le Commerce.
FRENCH FUNDS.—Paats, Marren 1.
five per Cents., 109 f. 70c, 65c, 70c.
Three per Cents., 79f. The. 70c. 65c.
Bank Actions, 2,650 f. 2,652 f. 50c. 2,655 f. 2,660 f.
ftente de Naples, 99f. 20c. 15c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%43x,
Spanish Actives, 19w.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 10434,
Belgian Bank, 1,5171. 50e. 1,520 f.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55.
Haytian Loan, 390 t:
RICH-111'90E10N LONDON.
One month, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 'sr. sg,
Three months, paper, 25f. 35c. ; mmiey, 25f. 35c.
LAST PRICES,
Five per Cents. 109 f. 80c.
Three per Cents. 79f. 80c.
Bank Actions, 2,660 f.
Romans, 101%.
Belgian Loan, 1043 Q.
Belgian Bank, 1,520 f.
Haytian Loan, 390 f.
Spanish Actives, 1914.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55.

New York Papers to the 10th of February inclusive
have been received this morning, bringing advises from
Toronto of the 2d, and Montreal of the 3d. The Upper
Provinco was then in a state of great tranquillity. The
House of Assembly had expressed its admiration of the gal-
lant conduct of its Speaker, Col. M'NAB, by voting one hun-
dred guineas to buy him a sword, and seventy-five guineas to
purchase a sword for Lieut. DREW, R.N., for the daring
bravery displayed by him in the burning of the steamer
Caroline. Before all is over, we dare say the Caroline will
be an expensive affair enough to the loyalist Assembly of
the Upper Province.

According to the Buffalo Advertiser of the sth, the
frontier is so tranquil that General SCOTT has dispensed
with the further services of the militia ; three companies of
regular troops being deemed sufficient to maintr:in the
neutrality of the States. Nearly .two hundred of the
fugitive insurgents from Navy Island had reached Cleve'
land on the Ist, wandering they knew not well whither•
Others were on the road exhausted with fatigue, and in tz
state of deplorable destitution. The following paragraph
is from the Toronto Patriot of the 2d :
" Fifteen of the persons taken in the schooner Ann, captured by the
Loyalists, said by the Detroit Post to have been " all massacred," were
brought to this :city on Tuesday afternoon under a guard of milltia.
and lodged in gaol to await their trial. The London district, so mush
talked of as the theatre of excitement and discontent, seems to be quiet.
" NAMES OF TIM PRISONERS :—Edward A. Theller, General Ste-
phen B. Bropney, Colonel of engineers; Claude Campean, Augustus
D. Bodineau, Francis St. Augustine, Harry Johnston, Abraham W.
Partridge, T. Culver, Chancey Parker, Louis Lennoux, Francis Clou-
tier, Walter Chase, Benjamin F. Pew, Henry L. Hull, and George
Davis, Captain.

The news from Montreal of the 3d is not quite so sa-
tisfactory. According to the Herald—an ultra-Tory
paper of violent principles—further disturbance was an-
ticipated in the county of Acadie. Lord GOSFORD wag
preparing to return to England, Sir JOHN COLBOg%
having assumed the functions of Governor-in-ChieL
Numerous bodies of troops were so disposed as to
act in concert in the event of any fresh outrage
—a misfortune which we see no reason to dread, unless the
French are driven to deperation by the mal-conduct of
their conquerors. _

Advices from Mexico announce preparations for a re-
newal of the war with Texas.

The following account of the Money Market is from the
New York Commercial Advertiser of the 10th ult. :

The pressure in the Money Market in Boston has been greatly
increased during the last week, by the curtailment of the issues or
the Banks in consequence of the prevailing panic, and by the large"
amount that has been withdrawn from circulation by the failure of
the Commonwealth and the suspension of business by several 0C
the other Banks. The returns of the Committee appointed to evr-
mine the condition of the Associated Banks have made a very
satisfactory Report, and confidence has in consequence been 13-
some degree restored. The public are still suspicious in regard to
the solvency of some of the banks, but without sufficient reason. The
associated banks are doing all they can to restore confidence, by o'ln--
biting a full statement of their condition, collectively and individually--
The associated banks have made a reduction of 1,363,300 dollars 01'
their loans, and this reduction has produced a reduction of 374,834 dol-
lars in the circulation, while the specie is increased 125,841 dollars,-
This having been done in the course of a few days only, produced
visible effect on the business of the city.

We understand that the Ministers did not, etS IF
usual, when Ministerial questions arc coming on, send round
circulars for their friends to attend on the night when the affs27
of Mr. O'Connell was before the House of Commons. If to
the Liberal party this may be an evidence of lukewartuness
and neglect—though we seeing a good reason for it do not
say it is—to the Tories it must be an answerable proof that,
the Ministers did not take up the question as a Ministerial one,
and were not, as Ministers, defeated. But the Tory lie has
already served its purpose, and is not worthy of further 00111-
ment or refutation.

BRAZILS.—The Rio Janeiro journals announce
that Commander Moritinho, the Brazilian Ambassador at
Paris, is to be superseded. The change is to take place in
consequence of M. Moritinho having requested permission to
retire into Italy on account of his ill health, which, however,
is not so seriously injured as some journals have recently an—
nounced. It is expected that lie will shortly be appointed 't?
the Embassy at Rome, the differences between Brazils itr.d
the Papal See being far from adjusted.
EIGHT LIVES LosT.—A boat marked "
of Sunderland, John Alderson, was picked up at \Vinterton,, on
Monday morning; it was seen making for the shore, with
seven men and a female in her; when, in coming over the
outer bank, a sea struck her and carried her over, and the next
sea capsized it, and threw them all out, and they were washed
away with the strong flood tide, the exertions to save them by
the men on beach proving quite useless ; the boat has been
brought in here. The vessel, of which the above men were
the ill-fated crew, now lies a wreck on our beach. —Norfaa
Chronicle.

The first ball in Paris to which all persons indis-
criminately were admitted for money, was given at the
Opera in 1716. The ordonnance was granted by the Regent
Duke of Orleans, and forbade any person, of whatever qua-
lity, to enter without pa)ing. The price of the tickets was
five livres, and all other persons were interdicted from giving
similar balls.