The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-22 00:00:00

IMPORT DUTik.

'Mr. EWART rose to move the'following resolution
That it is indispensable to the maintenance and ex-
tension of the trade of this'eeintry, that ,those dude's
be repealed which press on the raw materials of ,manii-
facture, 'eSpecially the raw materials of the woollen
and cotton trade.- That it is- expedient also that
those. duties be greatly reduced which, press upon
articles of interchange in return for our manufactures-1
-especially such articles of -interchange as, at the same
time,- Concern-the subsistence of the people ; being (be-
`sides corn,--which is the subject of superior and separate
consideration) such 'articles as tea, sugar, coffee, bacon,
butter,' and cheese. That it' is ' expedient, that
those duties alio be greatly reduced which, by their
amount, :encourage: smuggling ;. being at once injurious
to the • revenue - and dangerous' to .the morality of the
country ; such as the duties on tobacco, silk goods, and
foreign spirits: That whatever temporary deficiency of
revenue be' caused :by such reduction, ought, Until the
revenue, regain its former amount, to' be sustained by the
property; and not by the trade and labour of the country."
He said that the repeal- of these duties were particularly
called for in a time of peace, and still more so in a time
of distress; such' as that which' thia 'cOuntli had 'lately
witnessed.. The same argument which applied, to
cotton also applied: to wool:. They would not be able to
compete with foreign countries if they kept up their
present. high .duties. They were obliged to re-export
large quantities of the wool imported into this country.
By repealing those duties they would; add to the
comforts of the .people, and . they would extend their
commerce in coffee, tea, sugar, bacon, butter, and cheese
—articles-which *ere 'So necessary for the poor. He
thought that 'for their sake they ought to remove the
duties .on those articles. America, with peculiar
sagacityi, abstained from levying 'any duty. on tea and
coffee. These articles had become mere important to
the people of this country than formerly, because they
had became, more . temperate. The tea duty, pressed
with peculiar severity on the poor.. Taking the amount
of- tea imported into the country to bb.40,000,000 lbs., it
Was no too: much to . say that; 22,000,000 lbs. 'of it
consisted of cougou, the tea used by the poor. There
was a duty of 2s. ld. on-tea cif-rall deSeriptions, which
pressed equally on the tea consumed by the poor andhy
the rich. On *the - trade with China bhing :opened, a
propositionwas made that there should be a distinction
in the duty, 'but a, COMmittee having .sat to consider the
subject, -they found the difficulty of distinguishing the
different teas so great that they ' recommended the
present roe of: duty, which was adopted. He Was of
opinion that to make up to the poor for this,‘ they ought'
to remove the duty on cotton. They anticipated an ex-
tensive trade with China, but unless they removed the
duties on cotton- they would not belible to compete with
'Russia, who, .next to themselves, w*re the greatest ex--
orters to China. The duty was reduced in 1784 by
Mr. Pitt, and the consumption was finteediately. doubled.
,
From p,000,p00. lbs. weight it Was increased to 10,000,000,
and in two years the consumption of tea, in consequence.
of that reduction, rose from 5,090,000 to 17,000,000 lbs.
Weight. Then, as to the duty on sugar, it also pressed
heavily on the labouring poor, and it was known that'
ten per cent. of all the inferior.§ugar consumed by the,
poor was adulterated. This was owing to: the high
duties on that article: With respect to coffee, the con-
sumption increased in an inverse ratio to the amount of
ditty. In'lBll -there was but one coffee-house which
-Was frequented by the poor in London-there were now
20900, and in consequence ,of the reductions made
from time ,to time. in the duties. upon that article. In
the'llii.e.adjusirpent; or. the, tariff he -regretted that the
Right Hon. Baronet did not Make an equal reduction of
duty on both foreign and, colonial coffee, The article of.
coffee bad shown in a peculiar degree the wisdom of re-
ducing duty to increase consumption. The: present high
duties were great encouragements to the smugglers,
Look at the enormous duties which were imposed on the
importation of tobacco.. The lity on tobacco was about
800 per cent. on the original cost of the article. Hardly
a day passed without some poor,unfortunate man being
brought before the stipendiary Magistratee in. Liverpool
for having contraband tobacco in- his possession. He
thought the duty on tobacco ought to be reduced from
3s. to Is.' "I hope," said the Hon.; Gentleman, in
allusion tO.,a somewhat ,ominous gesture on the part of
an Hon. Member on the Ministerial , side, "I hope the
Hon. Member* deei -not ineditckte anything of that sort.
to'soon •
The nom. MEMBER alluded to protested that he did
,
not comprehend the meaning of the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Ewart). Considerable laughter was occasioned by
this little incident, and upon its subsiding
Mr. EWART proceeded. On former occasions, when
duties were reduced, the revenue had' always been
benefited. This' had -been 'particularly the case with
respect to the article of brandy. He thought the duty on
brandy ought to be further reduced, considering that it
was now very much used for pliarmateutical purposes.
An HON. MEMBER here moved that the House be
'counted, and there being only thirty-eight Members
m4eht, the Speaketactiourned the House at. Seven, -

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-THE. ;'HIGHLAND SOCIETY. OF.
LONDON.

The anniversary dinner of the Highland Society
,was held last evening, at the Freemasons' Tavern,
Great Queen-street; it being the anniversary of the
battle of Alexandria, rendered memorable to all High-.
lenders, by The conduct of the Scotch Regiments upon
that glorious day, and by the fall of the Gallant Corn-
mender, Sir Ralph Abercrombie: -- Previous to the
banquet the Society held a general court,: at which
-the minutes of the former meetings were read by
Mr. G. Bain, the Honorary Secretary. The attendance
Was very numerous; above a hundred' gentlemen:sat
down to dinner. The scene was-a most brilliant one,.
-from the number of naval and military uniforms, and
the display of the picturesque costume of the
Highlands, some individual specimens of which were
_of the most magnificent description. The gallery,
too, was filled with elegantly dressed lathes who re-
mained as-spectators during nearly the whole of the.
proceedings. The band of the Coldstream Guards
was in, attendance, and played several of the most
,favourite Scotch airs and popular pieces during the
dinner, its performance being varied by the skill of
M'Kay, - the piper to the Highland Society;
and of the pipers to the Duke of Sutherland and her
Majesty. Every arrangement was made that could
conduce to the comfort, the hilarity, and the amuse-
ment of the company, and as .a-display of national
feeling, looking with pride upon' the deeds of . the
pest, and forward with hope and' kindliness to the
future, nothing; could, exceed , it. The number' 'of
visitors of " Saxon," as distinguished from "
,Celtic"
Mood, was alluded to during the evening with 'very
happy effect, as a proof that there is not that anti-
pathy and estrangement between them which has
been too' often stated to exist The dinner was an
excellent one, and the wines unexceptionable, and all
the 'arrangements gave the utmost satisfaction.
Among the distinguished gentlemen 'present we
obierved Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, General Sir
Fitzroy Maclean, Bart., the Adjutant.!Greneral (Sir
John Macdonald), Major-Gen. Duffy, Major-Gen.
Sir J. L. Lushington, Colonel Munro, RA., Colonel
Rolt, Captain Sir Andrew Green, R.N., .Colonel
Elwin, Captain Lloyd, R.N.; Captain .Fead, R.N.,
COlonel Falconer, Captain Beares, Major Burnes (son
of the-Poet), Major Lutyens, Sir J. Sinclair' Major
, Chase Captain Gunning, Sir John Hall, Sir W. D.
Ross, J. E. Tennent, Esq., M.P., Dr. Quin, Colonel
Godson, John. Walter, Esq., MU lister,Of Inistrynich,
&c.. &c..

Lieutenant-General Sir JAMES MACDONELL pre-
sided.

On the removal of the cloth, grace was said in
Gaelii- the. Rev. J.. Lee,. the chaplain of, this So-
ciety anc h
,the Caledoman Asylum. _
The CanasisN -their severally gave the AoastS of
the " Queen," the " Queen Dowager,". the "Prince
of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," which
were drank with every mark of leyalty and enthu-
.

. _
The GRAMMAR, next gave "His Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the Chief of the Highland Society."
The toast was drank with " Bighland honours," and
tumultuous applause.
The CHAIRMAN said he bad now to propose the
health of an illustrious individual, the <mere mention
of whose name would, he was sure, make the hall re-
sound with applause. He gave.them the health of
his_ Grace " the Duke of. Wellington"—,(Cheers)—
and he had to inform them, at the same time, that his
friend, Sir J. Macdonald, the Adjutant-General, was
charged to deliver to them a message from his Grace.
The Noble Duke's health was drank with the
warmest applause.--Air--" See the conquering hero
comes.": • ,

Sir J 0 MACDONALD.- (Adjutant-General); re-
plied to the toast ; he said he was desired to convey
to them individually and collectively; an expression
of. the, great and. sincere regret which his Grace,
the 'Duke of Wellington felt, at not• being able to
, meet them here to-day. He was prevented from at-
tending by the pressure of -his Parliamentary dutiei;
which were of such a mature as on this evening to
'call for his' particular attention.- That circumstance
must be his rexcuse for not meeting thenr.—(Cheers.)
They might :well: suppose that the Duke of "%Veiling-
ton, would have been desirous of meeting with the
'members of a Society of Highlanders who
had always been remarkable -for their loyalty and
attachment to the Crown. It was a great source
of disappointment to. the Noble Duke, that he was
not able to mingle with the members of a Society, of
which the Consort of their beloved 'Queen—(Cheers)
—had that evening been announced as the Chief.
(Cheers.) , He would also have been most, anxious to
do honour, to -.the merits of the distinguished officer
whom they, as -Highlandert, 'must be proud to
see in the - chair.-(Loud cheers.) ---That gallant
-officer was one who had acquired, not merely high,
but the very highest, distinction in his profession,
on the-most-eventful day that-had distinguished the
Noble -Duke's' career.--(Hear, • hear,. and cheers.)
At the battle of Waterloo their Chairman had the
good fortune to be called to defend, if not the most
difficult, certainly a very difficult post of the ,English
position;" and' he' defended it with the greatest
braverrand the- most consummate military ability
and judgment.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave, ". The Army'and Navir."
Sir ANDREW Gammam. replied to the toast, on te..
half of the Navy, paying a high tribute to -the gal-
lantry-of their Chairman.
Sir FITZROY MACLEAN acknowledged the toast on'
the part of the array., ,He referred to the high esti-'
mation in which the officers' of both' service's were
held abroad, and-stated that it ,was the Constant en-'
deavour of the officers of the -army to 'cultivate a
good "understanding: with the officers of the, other.
great branch' Of her Majesty's service.
The CHAIRMAN gave, as the next toast, " The
Memory of Abercrombie, -and of the heroes who fell
'with him in Egypt." The toast was drank in solemn
silence; • and the band played the "'Dead March,"
WhiCh Contrasted with great effect with the previous
festivity. • ' • ,
The Citarasurt said 'they were favoured 'with the
presence of several officers. He regretted. `that their
number was small who were survivors of the celebrated
battle of Alexandria.—(Cheers.)
Sir. JOHN . MACDONALD, in acknowledging the'
toast, said it could not be otherwise than gratifying.
to him and hit brother officers to find the last toast
so well received. There'could 'doubt that the
services of the Army in Egypt were most important
to the nation .while they were rendered memorable:
by the fall oithe commander in the glorious' struggle
in whiCh he' was engaged.- As, one of the survivors
of that battle he returned them his thanks for the
honnur they had done him and them.
The Earl of CARDIGAN roge to give the next toast ;
he was received with applause, nochoWever, without
some- epressions Of disapprobation. He Said that, at
a moment's notide,'hc had been desired to
.perform a
drit, which; 'however agreable: he still felt some
hesitation undertaking,. • That duty was to propose
the health of -theirs gallant and distinguished Chair-
Man, -Sir. Jam eS Macdon ell .—(Cheers .) That ;toast
'ought to 'be ii•oPOied in a manner . worthy -beth •of
the Gallant Officer and of the Society with whom he
was then sitting,'' but he felt liiniself incom
petent •to- do justice td ' it. Nor ,was it
necessary that he should dwell upon the
gallant services he had rendered his
„country,
'w for they were well •-• khown- to" .eveity. indivi-
dual present. He was covered with honours and,
wounds gained in the service of his country. Ho
begged to connect with; the, health: of the-Gallant
Officer some mention of the'chiritable exertioni 'of the
Highland Society itself, which had been 'productive
of much good among the children of soldiers.
The Cneresrvi (Sir J. Macdonell) acknowledged
the toast in a feeling "speech, expressive of his sense
of the condescension of the Duke of Wellington, in
having taking notice of them on this occasion, and
thanking the Noble Earl for the kindly manner
in which he had introduced his health. Alluding to
what had been said respecting the. share he took in
the battle ,of Waterloo; he said,. in the defence of.
Hougoumont, the instructions given to himself and
his companions were'briefly these—to defend the post
to the last.;---(Cheers.) They eventually succeeded
and in doing so, he could assure them, he. laid claim
tsz, no greater 'merit than, that oflaving.denelis duy
to the utmost.---(Lond Cheers.) ' On such a subject
theyy, would excuse him from saying more.---:(Cheers.)
The 'emu-roux then gave as a toast, "Chiefs and
Clans."—lt was drunk with all the honours, and every
mark of enthusiasm. -

The toast was followed by a Highland reel by the
four young men who danced before her Majesty at
Taymouth Castle. They wore the full Costume of
the Highlander, and. displayed an activity perfectly
astonishing. The spectator might well exclaim in
witnessing.it—
" Magic motion'! changeful 'evet;,
Can I catch thee ; catch thee ? Never !' •
Whirling o'er the slippery boards !"
The dancers were • enthusiastically applauded by all
present.
THE Cnisnowa rose to acknowledge the last toast.
He was greeted with cheers that cnntinued for some
time. He said, no 'person could, for a:moment,.
doubt the cause of the enthusiasm with which the
toast had been received. The toast of "Chiefs and
Clans" included in it every Highlander.—(Cheers.)
No wonder, then, that such a toast should be so re-
ceived in such a Society. He could not forget, too,
that there were many among them of their Saxon
'fellow-countrymen, and to them he felt especially
grateful for the ' warni sympathy with which they
had entered into their national feelings.—(Cheers.)
They had heard much—too much lately—of a
necessary incongruity between the races of the
Celt and the Saxon. Let the cordiality
and good feeling evinced among them that' evening,
for ever give the lie to so vile and so false an asser-
tion.--(Loud cheers.) Would --that the same good

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*as' several time t during the day the point akainst Which the
dercot of Napcloon'A attacks sere directed.

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-feelings could he diffused among all those generous
Celts' who were 'first led to believe that alienation
must necessarily exist between the Celt and ' the
Saxon, and who then,' with marvellous inconsistency,
were told that the Saxon was well-disposed towards
them.—(Cheers.) He knew not what other branches
of -the Celtic raee might believe, but he was . con-
vinced he was only speaking the sentiment of every
modern Celt, when he declared that he con-
sidered all animosity and jealousy had ceased to
exist between them and their Saxon fellow-country-
men, except that which' might be, called jealousy, but
which he should rather term 3). generous emulation to
outvie each other in feelings of loyalty to the common
Sovereign of their common country.—(Load cheers.)
The proud pre-eminence-of Highlanders in this qua-
lity he attribtited to that patriarchal system alluded
to 'in the toast of Chiefs and Clans. —(Cheers.)•
Under that system, the Highlander was taught, from
his earliest infamy, that the chief of his clan was his
temporal 'superior, and one from whom he had
a right to expect every sympathy and support. The
bonds which united ,‘ chiefs and clans" were those
of reciprocal love ; in them there existed no.feudal
tyranny on the one hand, and no servile vassalage on
the other.—(Cheers.) The Highlander imbibed the
principle of loyalty from his birth; and as his limbs
straightened- and' as his frame hardened by exposure
to the breeze on his native mountain's side, he felt
that inborn spirit of Highland chivalry. which fostered
the memory of the deeds that their fathers had
done, and 'which their country might one day require
at their' hands.—(Loud cheers.) Thanks' be to Grodl
the finger of undying fame had not left his country's
glory.without some record of its heroes' deeds. Their
attention had been called, that evening, to the ex-
pedition to Egypt, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie;
they had been reminded of the deeds. the Highlanders
there performed. While they dwelt upon them, _he
must beg to remind them of the fact that, although
the British force mustered only 15,000 swords and
bayonets, yet, so good an account did they render 'of
their enemy, that,, besides the more than human
efforts they made 'on the field, for the glory of Britain
and the freedom'of England, they shipped for Eng-
land 82,000 French prisoners.—(Loud cheers.)
,Although assailed by the invinciblelegions of Na-
poleon, their enemy quailed beneath the stalwart arms
of the gallant 421—(Cheers.) ~The, Colonel of that
Regiment—the Black lAratch of Scotlind—was then
pfesent with them.—(Cheers.) If he cast his eye
over the campaigns of the Peninsular war, wherever
they had been called they had maintained the
character of their country, as if proud of the
name • which, as' Highlanders,- they bore.—(Lowl
cheers.) . In the last great struggle, after, the
scourge. of Europe burst from his, island prison,
and displayed his standard in the plains of Waterloo,
there,--too, the Highlanders•showed.how they could
dare, and do, and die I—(Loud cheers.) Sir Walter
Scott, in speaking of the fall of Colonel Cameron, of
the 92d Highlanders, could find no stronger reason
for the gallant bearing of that distinguished officer,
than the strong Highland blood that ran in his veins.

FREE CHURCH OF SCOT AND. .
t
A meeting took place on Wednesday eve ing at the
Wesleyan Chapel, Sloane-terrace, Chelsea, - hich was'
,very respectably attended by the friend f the/Free
Church movement. Mr. Farmer, a gentle n residing
in the neighbourhood, Was called to the char, and was
supported by the Rev. D. M'Kellar, late 1 erator of
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, of Glasgow ;'the Rev. Mr.
Tweedie, late of the Tolhooth Church,:Edin rgh ; the
Rev. George Scott, Wesleyan Minister of ravesend ;
and other ministers interested in this spiritu mission.
The. CHAIRMAN stated that he regretted hat justice
should not be done to ,the mighty cause of t th ,by one
More efficient' than himself. It was indeed a, omentous,
a most important movement which was then oing on—
a movement which ought to, and did, draw bl sings and
reverence upon the beads of those pious and co scientious
men engaged therein. Such blessings had bee and con-
tinued to be poured upon them not only by those who
had the welfare of the Church of Scotland p • uliarly at
heart, but praises were heard from all to who ; the soul-
inspiring struggle for conscience sake was oft • slightest
import.—(Cheers.) -
The Rev. Dr. Becitastasi explained the cha ter of the
visits of the Scottish Free Church ministers. He said
that to show the extent of the movement to those who
dwelt in England, it might be but necessary t say, that
if such an one had been, made in England, he results
in proportion to that in Scotland would have ; • •n, that
500 ministers would have quitted the Establish .' Church, I
and that from six to seven millions of laymen it ust have
followed, to be in the same ratio as the num ter of the
people whb seceded in Scotland. But he wo d not say
that numbers at all times constituted the ight and
honesty of .the cause in which such number were en-
gaged.
The Rev. Doctor then went fully int I the rev,
sons which induced the ministers of Scotland I give up
private emolument and domestie comfort, and • become
voluntary exiles from their land in search of ympathy,
adopting, as it were, the character of sacre t mission- I
aries, the better to make the grievances under a' ich their
Church laboured, known to. their fellow-men. He (the
Rev. Doctor) would urge, that as God was t t head of
the Church, his ministers could not bow do . or obey
a temporal master. He would strongly mite. d for the
right of the people to elect their own pastor and the
interference • which had sprung up to meddle
with this wholesome ' right was a c tel and
oppressive act, wholly at variance with the' s rict com-
mands of Divine precept, and in direct violati n of the
laws as guaranteed to the Church of Scotl • d. The
people had a right to see that the man who 't : sent to
look after the welfare of their souls was n A a cold,
worldly mortal, alike careless of the spiritual ,elfare of
his flock, as of that of his own. They, the p .ple, had
a right to see that such a man was not an eligious
man, whose intrusioh had only for its end the i ; olatry of
Mammon and not the worship of God. Tet su h a right
was denied them.—( Hear, hear.) The first s' pin the
revival of the Scottish Church after the Re 'irmation,
was the check which was laid upon the law of 1 : tronage.
The patron might nominate an individual' 1 t a parish,
but, before he could be received, he must 'reach at
least four sermons, and, if such accorded wit the feel-
ings of the majority of the Church members, th patron's
nominee was elected, but, if otherwise, anothe must be
ri
provided, and so on until a fit and proper pees n, whose
character, too, would bear the strongest -se iny, was
found. This salutary system was exercised for upwards
of a century, and the results were eminently eneficial,
and there came from day to day into the various parishes
a class of ministers whom, for evangelical doctrine, ex-
cellence of heart, and brotherly love, no portion of the
civilised world could surpass, or did ever equal: -(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) This period was very propetly called
a revival, but such blessings excited the envyland dis-
pleasure of the world, and the most insidious opposition
to the progress of good arose. The patron ca
jealous, and insisted upon his protege being thrust•
upon the people. This the people ;resisted,
and the wealthy patron* flew to the c urts of
law, where he unhappily obtained a ye diet to
compel the people and ministers to el t his
protege to the parish—a man whom they ey so-
lemnly believed—and had the most irrefragibl proof—
,}
was wholly unfit to be intrusted with so sacred and re-
sponsible an office.—(Hear, hear.) What did the minis-
ters do ? They refused.—(Cheers.) They 'acid they
could not fly in the face of the laws of God. Theirduty
was written in the hely book—there was their hiw, and
that law they must obey.—(Cheers.) The patron
goes again to the Courts of Civil Law, and g a ver-
dict, subjecting the Church to submit to sar in
the things which are Christ's.—(Hear, hear.) y hen the
ministers deposed men for immorality, the Cisfil Court
interposed to keep them in office, and to this day some of
those men remain.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Gentleman
concluded an address,' marked with great pdwer, by,
stating that he looked upon the present accident in the
Church's history as being one for its good. ' It had
caused persons of most religious denominations to ex-
tend the hand of fellowship and_ co-operation to them,
and such a friendship and co-operation might, at. a crisis
when he saw infidelity upon the one hand, and:Popery
upon the other, coming in like a flood, be f moist espe-
cial service to the great cause of enlightenmeni and of
truth. He was about to leave for Scotland tliat very
night, and he carried back to the land of his birth a very
strong sense of gratitude' for the sympathy which had
everywhere in England been raised on behalf of the
Free. Church.—(The Rev, Gentleman then quiited"the
platform amidst loud and continued plaudits.)
The Rev. Mr. TWEEDIE said that in England the
Reformation commenced 'with the King, and went
downwards to the people ; in Scotland it commenced
with the people, and went upwards to the King.—
(Elear.) The books of policy in Scotland eXpressly
stated that " no minister shall be fOrced into any; parish
contrary to the will of the people," and the' principle is
embodied in the word of God.—(Cheers.) The Ipeople
must either listen to the minister thus forced upon theta,
or go some twenty, or it might be thirty, miles to hear
another more consonant to the spirit within then,
(Hear.) Such men who had been forced upon the pee--
ple were, in many cases, "experimentalists," such as
got into the Church by subscribing to her cloctri4s and
when there, repudiated them—men who went sd far as
to state that to visit the heathen, and endearour t 4 make
him acquainted with the blessed Redeemer, wait both
useless and foolish.—(Hear, hear.) Now there 4vas an
Act passed by the Court of Session in General Assembly,
and which was ultimately eulogised by the Lord 'Chan-
cellor Brougham from the woolsack, and its validity
recognised by the Attorney-General and Solicitor-
General of Scotland. This Act protected the people,
or was supposed by these great authorities to protect
them from the tyranny of the 'patron ; yet,' in endea-
vouring to carry it out, the ministers got into contact
with the lay officers, and, whilst seeking to give the
people their privileges, they (the ministers) lost their
own. They (the ministers) -would not consent -to see
their people thus subjected to have a man sent amongst
them who was unworthy, and for this they were dragged
into the civil courts, and the damages were laid at'
16,0001. ! Since that period, in 1836, the ministers had
not had a day's peace. Actions of damages and penal-
ties followed, rapidly upon each . other, and thus;- -
by- taking the advice of the law makers, they
(the ministers) became the law breakers.--(Loud
laughter.) The Rev, Speaker then contended for
the spiritual independence of the Church of Christ,
urging that no human being had a right to give laws to
conscience, but the God Of conscience. They were ready
to the death to submit to civil laws, in matters which.
Were civil, and they were equally ready to the death, to
resist the interference of civil laws in things which were
Spit-Heal. The ministers preferred retiring from such
a state of affairs, where they had not the liberty to con 7
sult God's word, but were to be-cot:lapelled to take man-
dates from a certain Act of 'Parliament, which now lies
upon the Presbytery table. He (the Rev. Speaker)
would net take the interpretation of God's word from
an Act of •Parliament; while- he had the word itself to
go to,--(Loud cheers.) No statute-should' bind him to
things spiritual, but the Statute Book of the Almighty,
—cLoud cheering.) Five hundred churches hadbeen
. built during the last five, months, to provide for the hn-
raense number of 'persons who had followed their
pastors into the Free Chtirch. But he would tell them'
that these churches were ,built with every regard to
economy—Scotch economy.—(Hear.) These, or nearly
all these churches had been raised out of the deep po-
verty of the'people; yet so thoroughly were they embued
with the necessity for such edifices, that upwards of
206,000 L were subscribed by the poor' and despised.
Two hundred and eighty-seven new churches were yet
needed. Their people were well nigh exhausted, and it
was for this the ministry appealed. The Rev. Gentle-
man concluded by stating, that the weekly income for
the sispport- of •the-Tree Church ministers was now
2,3541., and,that not a farthing of the' money subicribed
for church-building purposes, went to the maintenance
of 'the clergY.
The Rev. Mr. M'KnLLAa and other ministers Utters
wards spoke at some length, and the meeting separated
at ten o'clock. :

" Where Cameron in the shock of, steel,
Fell like the offspring 9f Lochiel ! "
—(Cheers.) -He 'would for awhile forget his
.re-
lationship to the Chairman, and once more relate
how the blood of the Macdonell and the spirit of
Glengarry showed,itself that day.—(Cheers.) These
deeds and such as these would never die—
No ! Agincourt may be forgot,
• And Cresiy be an unknown spot,
' And Blenheim's name be new ;
Yet, still in story and in song,
For many an age remembered long,
Shall livelhe towers of Hougoumont,
And field of Waterloo I
-After a song in Gaelic, sang by Mr. M'Alister,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The British and Native
Soldiers in India."

Sir JAMES LUST/MCP/ON replied to the toast in a
neat speech,' in' which he alluded to the services of
the detachment of. the. army in India, which, under
Sit David Baird, marched across the Desert to co-
operate with the force in Egypt under Sir Ralph
Abercrombie. •He also paid a lust tribute of praise
to the conduct -of-the 74th Highland Regiment at the
battle of Assaye.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Visitors," coupling
with the toast the name of the Rev. Mr. Gleig (the
Chaplain =of•Chelsea Hospital).
The Rev. Mr. GLEIG returned thanks. He
thanked them, as•a clergyman of the Church of Eng-
land, for the compliment paid him by many who, he
was aware, were not members of that Church. He
had seed some service in the army, and he knew what
soldiers were
.; though he never had the honour or be-
longing to a Highland regiment, yet he knew what
they were, and. what was the extent of their grati-
tude to those who endeavoured to make them not only
good soldiers, but gOod men.. - • -
The "Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot-
land" was then drank, the " Caledonian Society"
being;joined• with it. •
The latter part-of the toast was acknowledged by
Mr. GORDON Derr, who stated that the asylum,
which educated .ninety-three boys, had just added
ten to that number, and that the funds of the institu-
tion enabled them to add to their present building ac-
commodation for 100 inmates. -

• A song, most sweetly sung by Miss P. Horton,
" Will ye come to the Highlands," followed.
The Cne.utstAN gave "The Branch Societies in the
Colonies and elsewhere ;" the name of the Bishop of
Newfoundland was -mentioned with great praise in
connection with this toast.

Mr. Templeton sang, in his best style, the song of
+' There lived a young lassie all down in yon glen."
" The Emerald Isle" was then toasted, and was
followed by, an Irish.songl.admirably given by Mr.
Jones. The toast of " The poetry of -our native
country" was followed .by a song from Major Burns.
" The Ladies" were given with all the honours.
" Highlanders, shoulder to shoulder," followed ; after•
which Mr. M'lan sang " Donald Caird."
On the motion of The CHISHOLM Sir John Mac-
donald was elected a member of the Highland So-
ciety .by acclamation.- Colonel—Faulkner and Mr.
M'Crregor Of the Board' of Trade) were chosen mem-.
hers in the same manner.

"The Fine Arts and Scottish Artists" was then given,
and was followed by a song, 'The oak and the ivy,"
from Mr. Ransford. •

The `CHAIRMAN gave . the " Gaelic School So-
ciety of Edinburgh." In introducing it, he stated
that when he was. in Canada he met with
many- of his old relations and friends, for
they 'were Highlanders, and he was Trench morti-
fied_ to find that their children could not speak
a. word of Gaelic. . This, he thought, •was a
sort of insult. to their mother country. The
French Canadians, on the contrary, still
spoke theirnative French, and many" of them had
even learned the Gaelic, but Could not speak•'English.
He hoped, therefore, that the Society would do all in
its power to extend the knowledge of the Gaelic
language. .
The toasts concluded with The land we live in."

In addition' to Mr. M'Kay (the Piper of the So-
ciety),. his brother (her Majesty's Piper), by per-
mis.sion, attended also, Prince Albert being, chosen
Chief .of the Society. His pipes• were of the most
splendid description, the Itoyal arms being richly
embroidered in gold on a blue banner. Macbeth (the
Piper of the Duke of Sutherland) was also present,
and the three; in their picturesque costumes, added
much to the brilliancy and effect' of the entertainment,
as they parided the hall—
"In the plume of the eagleand plaid of the north!"
The company separated atone, o'clock.

TRH ,MURDRR Or • Ma.. SOLOMONS.—At , an ad-
urned meeting- of the Brighton Commissioners of Police,
ho
on Wednesday, the following resolution, moved by Mr.
Folkard, and seconded by Mr. Bradshaw, was unanimously
carried: It is with the most painful feelings the Com-
missioners have heard the awful account of the murder of
Mr. Henry Solomons, their chief officer of police, and coin-
. mend their clerk for the- steps he has taken in bringing the
murderer to justice. The Commissioners cannot but express
their' abhorrence and detestation of the cold-blooded deed
which has deprived the town of an'old, faithful, and valuable
servant, the country of a most zealous and vigilant officer,
The Clanimissioners, deeply
and a mother and nine children of the onjy support on which
ation into which, by this aw-
tezhineymdiseepreantdinegd
thfoer
4suietbrsessisteiungceeitu
ful act; the family of their late chief officer is plunged, resolve,
That a special meeting be convened on Wednesday, the 27th
inst., for the purpose of taking their unhappy circumstances
into consideration, and to adopt such measures relating thereto
as the meeting may deem expedient.:'
' [ArovEnTisrial.ENT.l--ON TII VERGE Or -. THFI
GRAVE ; OR. .A MtstACCTl,A)tis CUBE BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS!
----James Langley, a ladies' shoemaker, residing in Alien-
street, Goswell-street, caught a violent cold about twelve
months since, which, being neglected,' brought on a swelling
of the legs and feet, pains in the side and shoulders, night
sweats, with inability to keep food on his stomach : indeed,
, he was at last reduced to such a state of general weakness
I and debility, that no one thought he could long survive ; but
by the use of Holloway's Pills every dangerous system
quickly disappeared, and he is now as hale and as hearty as
ever lie was in his life.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Esta-
blishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis) ;
and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout
the civilised world. ..
TRATALGAR-S4UAR.I3.—The works within the en-
closuie are proceeding rapidly towards completion, Mr.
Barry;the architect, having devoted much of his time of
late, for the purpose of causing the whole to be thrown open
to the public during the summer months. The Artesian
well is likewise fast advancing, the bore having been already
sunk a considerable depth. The basins of the fountains will
be 83 feet in diameter, and are to be covered with Maude's
Patent Portland Cement, which has been fonrid to resist the
action of the atmosphere and of water as long as most de-
scriptions of stone, while it possesses and retains the colour
of that material. The pavement_of the inner court of the
quadrangle is to be laid out in a somewhat te,sselated style,
the darker parts being composed of asphalts, and relieved by
the introduction of onuuriental'work in the Portland Cement.
The whole space to be covered is about 18,000 fat. '

INTERESTING ANECDOTE OF BERNADOTTB, KING
OF SWEDEN.—Among the wounded prisoners, was a young.
French sergeant, who -80 particularly attracted the notice of
Colonel Wangenheitn, commandant of the Hanoverian troops
in the English service, by his interesting appearance and
manners, that lie onlered the young man to be conveyed to
his own tent, where he was treated with attention and kindness
until his recovery and release. Many years afterwards, when the
French army, under Bernadotte, entered Hanover,. General
Wangenheim, among others, attended the levee of the con-
queror. " You have served a great deal," said Bernadotte
'on his being presented,.',' and,' as I understand, in India ?"
" I have served there" —L" M. Cudalore ?"—" I was there—
Have you any recollection of a wounded sergeant, whom you
took under your protection. in the course of that service ?"
The circumstance was not immediately present to the Gene
tura mind; but on recollection, he resumed. "I do, indeed, re-
member, the circumstance, and a very fine young man he was ;
I have entirely lost sight of him ever since, but it would give
me pleasure to hear of his welfare." " That young Sergeant,"
said Bernadotte, " was the person who has now the • honour.
to address you, and who is happy in the leublic opportunity
of acknowledging the obligation, and will omit no means
within his power of testifying his gratitude to General Wan-
genheim."— Sketches of the South of India.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.- ffirednesdaT evening, about six
o'clock, W. B. Glasse, Esq. of Lincoln s Inn, was proceed-
ing along Portland-place on horseback, accompanied at a.
distance by a youth, his groom, when the animal, a.
high-spirited one, upon which the latter was riding,
took fright and ran with
.gregt violence against a
lamp-post ; by the concussion the horse was nearly
stunned, but after a short lapse of time, it started
off again, and came with such violence against some area
railings, that A dropped dead upon the spot. The groom
'fell'under the animal, and on being extricated he was
immediately conveyed in a cabin the surgery of Mr. A.
B. Chisholm, in Devonshire-street, who upon examina-
tion, found, that , there was a severe concussion, his
right ankle being much injured, and otherwise bruised
very much in various parts of the body. Ho was promptly
bled--and we are happy to find that the sufferer is doing
well. • •

The new Easter spectacle
ItltiCEastst'
sheTpHriEntsßE'r Theatre is from the pen of one
preparingPof ' -the principal . contributors to a mot
.popular_periodi,
cal. It will combine all the comic talent of the Theatre,
with the addition of Wright, and the aid of the admired
ballet. company. The musical arrangements are entrusted
to Mr. Corti who displayed so much tact in his labours in
the Magic lirror, and the ballet of I oda.

Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governor of the Falkland Islands.

• THE BANK of ENGLAND and the
CURRENCY QUESTION. -
Tlise folkowinF remarks upon.the late Mr. Harman
(one of the most active Directprs of the Bank of
:England during the late French war) are extracted
from the Banker's Circulae, of the lath FebrUary,
1844

"Having mentioned the. name of Jeremiah Har:
man (who died last week, full of years and honour),
we cannot, for the sake of example, refrain from di-
recting reflection to the virtues of thig eminent per-
son, which were as remarkable in his private as his
public station ; the latter Only being within our
province to 'notice here. During that eventful and
critical period of our history which elapsed between
the years 1797 and 1818, Jeremiah Harman had
more concern with the regulation of that vital func-
tion of our system—its money power—than any other
man : he exercised this, without emolument or titular
distinction, with a degree of foresight, circumspection,
prudence, and vigour, which, if there ever be an,
historian capable of doing ju.sticeta human actions in
the most important positions of life, will place his•
name among the most estimable and illustrious of the
a.g,.e in which he lived.. What are the duties of a Lord
Chaneellor, with laws and recedents and a learned
bar to assist and guide himAimpared with those of-a
man who, in an extraordinary, difficult, and unprece-
dented conjuncture of affairs, is appointed to hold the
balance which determines whether the people, what-
ever the sacrifices demanded from them, shall prosper
or wither in their industry ? What honour belongs
to that the highest subject of the realm, that is not
due to the balance-holder after he has performed his
duty discreetly, judiciously, and wisely? Where
-would have stood the names of Peel and Arkwright
if a man of oppoSite character to Mr. Harman had..
governed the affairs of the Bank when they were
struggling to acquire wealth and, pour wealth into
the country ? 'They would have figured in the
Royal Gazelle as bankrupts, instead of being re-
corded there with honourable titles. Where would'
have been Wellington's victories and glory, if such a
man as that had not given rigour to the " sinews of
war ?" And let .not us of .the 'lower grades of the
commonalty ever forget that Mr. Harman was the,
man who boldly stretched out his arm to "avert that
fatal blow on his industrious countrymen—the Act
of 'l9; for he it was principally, we believe, who
composed and tendered that celebrated remonstrance
against the impending mischief with which the, Act
of 'l9 was charged, and which drew forth the
undignified sneers of Lords Grenville. and Liverpool,
and Mr. Huskisson—presumptuous men, who dealt
with a case of which they were Vitally ignorant in
defiance and contempt of the remonstrance of those
who practically knew all. We here 'speak of Mr.
Harman as the last of the old school, with no desire
to detract from the merit of his colleagues and
coadjutors. We had no intercourse with him, and
have not had the pleasure of seeing his grave,
benevolent, and intelligent countenance, for ten years
but it would be wrong in a publication set up for the
purpose of giving warning of any danger which may
be seen approaching, in consequence of the disre-
gard of Mr. Harman's counsel, to omit this feeble
expression of our veneration for his character. He
was the brightest example of an independent high-
minded British merchant, as anxious for the success
of others as for his own, which ever appeared in our
path of life." _ -

We subjoin a copy of the memorial of 1819, which
is alluded to in the above remarks as being princi-
pally composed by the late Mr: Harman. The man-
ner in which his fears and predictions have been
since realised, constitutes an imperishable monument
to his memory. " The universal interests of the em-
pire, in all the relations of agriculture, manufacture,
commerce, and reienue, have been ruinously compro-
mised, notwithstanding the prolonged state of peace
with which this, nation has been blessed since that
period."

4 The Directoris of the Bank of -England, having
taken into their most serious consideration the reports
of the Secret Committees of the two houses of Parlia
ment, appointed to inquire into the state of the Bank of
England, with reference to the expediency of the re-
sumption of cash payments at the period now fixed—
have thought it their duty to lay before his Majesty's
Ministers, as early as possible, their sentiments, with
regard to the measures suggested by these Committees
for the approbation of Parliament.
" In the first place it appears, that, in the view of the
Committees, the measure of the Bank recommencing
cash payments on the sth of July next, the time pre-
scribed by the existing law, is utterly impracticable,
and would be entirely inefficient, if not ruinous.
Secondly, it appears that the two Committees have
come to their conclusion at a period, when the outstand-
ing notes of the Bank of England do not much exceed
25,0000000/. ; when the price of gold is about 41. Is. per
ounce ;. and when there is great distress, from the stag-
nation of commerce, and the fall of prices of imported
articles.

." It must be obvious io his Majesty's Ministers, that,
as long as such a state of things shall last, or one in any
degree similar, without either considerable improvement
on one side, or growing worse on the, other, the Bank,
acting as it does at present, and keeping its issues nearly
at the present level, could not venture to return to cash
payments, with any probability of benefit to the public,
or safety to the establishment.

" The two Committees of Parliament, apparently ac-
tuated by this consideration, have advised that the Bank
shall not open payments in coin foi a period of four
years, but shall be obliged, from the Ist of May, 1821, to
discharge their notes in standard gold bullion, at Mint
price, when demanded in sums not amounting to less
than thirty ounces. And, as it appears to the Commit-
tees expedient, that this return to payments at Mintprice
should be made gradually, they propose that on the Ist
day Of February next, the Bank should pay their notes
in bullion, if demanded in sums not less than sixty
ounces, at the rate of 41. Is. an ounce, and from the Ist
of October, 1820, to the Ist of May following, at 31. 19s.
6d. an ounce. •

" If the Directors of the Bank have a true compre-
hension of the views of the Committees in submitting
thia,schemeiet,Parliament,.they are obliged to infer, that
the object of the Committees is to secure, at every ha-
zard, and wider every possible, variation of circum •
stances, the retutrn of payments in gold at Mint price for
Bank notes, at the expiration 'of two years ; and that,
this measure is so to be managed, that the Mint price
denominations shall ever afterwards be preserved, leaving
the market or exchange price of gold to be controlled
by the Bank, solely by the amount of their issues of
notes.

" It further appears to the Directors, with regard to
-the'final execution of this plan, and thepayment of Bank
notes in gold at Mint price, that discretionary power is
to be taken away from the Bank ; and that it is merely
to regulate its issues, and make purchases of gold, so as
to be enabled to answer all possible demands, whenever
its treasury shall be again open for the payment of its
notes.

"'Under these impressions, the Directors of the Bank
think it right to observe to his Majesty's Ministers,
that being engaged to pay on demand their notes in sta-
tutable coin, at the Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10fd. an ounce,
they ought to be the last persons who should object to
any measure calculated to effect that end ; but as it is
incumbent on them to consider the, effect of any mea-
sure to be adopted, as operating upon the general issue
of their notes, by which all the private banks are regu-
lated, and of which the whole currency, exchtsive of the
notes of private bankers, is composed, they feel them-
selves obliged, by the new situation in which they have
been placed by the Restriction Act of 1797, to bear in
mind not less their duties to the community at large,
whose interest in a pecuniary and commercial relation,
have in a.great degree been confined to their discretion.
" The Directors being thus obliged to extend their
views, and embrace the interest of the whole commu-
nity, in their consideration of this measure, cannot but
feel a repugnance, however involuntary, to pledge them-
selves in approbation of a system, which in their opi-
nion, in all its great tendencies and operations, concerns
the country in general more than the immediate inte-
rests of the Bank alone.
It is not certainly a part of the regular duty of the
Bank, underits original institution, to enter. into the
general views of policy by which this great empire is
to be governed in all its commercial and pecuniary
transactions,,which exclusively belong to the Adminis-
tration, to Parliament, and to. the community at large ;
nor is itthe province of the Bank to expound the prin-
ciples by which these views ought to be regulated. Its
peculiar and appropriate duty is the management of the
concerns of the banking. establishment, as connected
with the payment of the interest of the national debt,
the lodgments consigned to its care, and the ordinary
advances it has been accustomed to make to (loyean..
meet.
But when the Directors are now to be called upon,
in the new situation in which they are placed by the
Restriction Act, to procure a fund for supporting the
whole national currency, either in bullion or in coin,
and when it is proposed that they should effect this
measure within a given period, by regulating the mar-
ket price of gold by a limitation of the amount of the
issue of Bank notes, with whatever distress such limita-
tion may be attended to individuals, or the community
at large, they feel it their bounden and imperious duty
to state their sentiments thus explicity, in the first in-
stance, to his Majesty's Ministers on this subject, that a
tacit consent and concurrence at this juncture may not,
at,some future period, be construed into a previous im-
plied sanction on their part, of a system, which they
cannot but consider fraught with very great uncertainty
and risk.

" It it impossible for them to decide beforehand what
shall be the course of events for the next two, much
less for the next four years ; they have no right to
hazard a flattering conjecture, for which they have not
real grounds, in which they 'may be 'disappointed,
and for which they may i considered respon-
sible. They cannot venture to advise an 'unrelenting
continuance of pecuniary pressures upon the commer-
cial world, of which it is impossible for them either to
foresee or estimate the consequences.
" The Directors have already submitted to the House
of Lords the 'expediency of the Bank paying its notes
in bullion at the market price of the day, with a view of
'seeing how far favourable commercial balances may
operate in restoring the former order of things, of which
they might take an advantage ; and ' with a- similar
.view they have proposed, that Government'should repay
the Bank a considerable part of the-sums that have been
advanced upon Exchequer-bills.
". These two measures would allow time -for a correct
judgment to be formed upon the state of the bullion
market, and upon the real result of those changes, which

the late war may have produced, in all its conse-
quences, of increased pu'ilic debt, increased taxes, in -
creaked prices, and altered relations, as to interest, ca
pita), and commercial dealings with the Continent ; and
how far the alterat'ons thus produced are temporary or
permanent ; and . to what extent, and in what degree,
they operate.
" It was the design of the Directors, in pursuance of
the before-mentioned two measures, to take advantage of
every circumstance which could enable the Bank to ex-
tend its purchases of bullion, as far'ks a legitimate con-
sideration of the ordinary wants of the nation, for a
sufficient currency, could possibly warrant. Beyond
this point, they do not consider themselves justified
in going, upon any opinion, conjecture, or speculation,
merely their own ; and, when a system is recom-
mended, which seems to take away from the Bank
anything like a discretionary consideration of the ne-
cessities and distresses of the commercial world ; if the
Directors withhold their previous consent, it is not
from a want of deference to his Majesty's Government,
or to the opinions of the ComMittees of the two
Houses of Parliament, but solely from a serious feeling
that they have noright whatever to invest themselves, of
Their, own accord, with ,the responsibility of counten-
ancing a measure, in which the whole community is so
deeply involved ; and possibly to compromise the universal
interests of the empire, in all the relations of agriculture,
manufacture, comma ce, and revenue, by a seeming ac-
quiescence, or declared approbation, on the part of the
Directors of the Bank of England.
" The consideration of these great questions, and of
the degrees in which all these leading and commanding
interests may be affected by the• measure proposed, rests
with:the Legislature ; and it, is for them, after solemn
deliberation, and not for the Bank, to determine and de-
cide upon the course to be adopted.
" Whatever reflections may have from time to time
been cast upon the Bank, whatever invidious represen-
tations of its conduct may have been made, the cautious
-conduct it adopted, in so measuring the amount of cur-
rency, as to make it adequate to the wants both of the
nation and of the Government ; at the same time
keeping it within reasonable bounds, when compared
with what existed before the war, as is shown in the
.Lords' Reports, pages 10, 11, 12, and 13 ; the recent
effort to-return to a system of cash payments, which
commenced with the fairest prospects (but which was
afterwards frustrated by events which could not be fore-
'seen nor controlled by the Bank), are. of themselves
a Sufficient •refutation of all the obloqtty, which has
been so undeservedly heaped upon' the establishment.
" The. Directors of the Bank of England, in sub-
mitting these considerations- to his Majesty's Ministers,
request that they may be allowed to assure them, that
it is always their anxious desire, as fax as depends upon
them, to aid, by every consistent means,,the measures of
the Legislature, for furthering the prosperity of the
empire. " ROBERT BEST, Secretary."

ground that it did away with the Courts of Pecu-
liars and Exempts, but reserved to himself the right of
proposing in Committee such amendments as he might
see fit.

Lord CAMPBELL was opposed to the Bill, and
pointed out the inconsistency of leading Members of
the Government who supported the Bill of last session,
yet gave it up at the wish of the section of a party.
There was some mystery about that transaction which
required explanation.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply, said the Bill
could be read a second time, and an amendment
might be moved for the purpose of carrying into
effect the measure of last cession, but he would not
give his assent to any such amendment, and on that
point every Member of the Government concurred.
The Bill was then read a second time, and the
House adjourned at Nine o'Clock.
On the motion of Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE, a
new writ was ordered for the borough of Christ-
church, in the room of Sir G. H. RosE.

•
Mr. G. CRAIG moved that the order issued on the
16th, relative to the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and
several other Railway Bills for Scotland, he dis-
charged. Mr. GLADSTONE and several other Mem-
bers opposed the .motion, and, on a division, it was
lost by a majority of 1.
_ _

mr.l7fins presented a petition Irom the members
of the Repeal Association in Ireland, praying for in.
quirt' into the late State prosecutions. The petition
was signed by 821,334 persons, and had been got up
in three weeks. The petition was of an enormous
size, and, on being carried up to the table by six
Members, one of the bearers being Mr. O'CONNELL,
excited much laughter. The petition was read at
length by the Clerk, when Mr. WYSE moved that it
be printed. The SPEAKER, however, informed him
that he must give a specific notice to that effect,
when Mr. Wxsz said he would move the question
on Monday.

Mr. EWART brought forward a motion for a reduc-
tion of the import duties; but after he had spoken
for only a short time, a motion was made to count
the House, and, there being only thirty-eight Mem-
bers present, it adjourned at Seven &Clock.

The works within the-enclosure of Trafalgar-
square, says a Morning Contemporary, are proceeding
rapidly towards completion, Mr. BARRY, the archi-
tect, having devoted much of his time, of late, to per-
fecting his arrangements, so that he may be enabled to
throw the whole open to the public during the summer
months. The artesian well is likewise fast advancing,
the bore having been elready sunk a considerable
depth. The basins of the fountains will be eighty-
three feet in diameter, and are to be covered with
MAUDIfS patent Portland cement. Such is the

brisk, active spirit, in which improvements are
eilli9VMaititoiriethre .: ores indifference t- endieorftchee
evinced—no
metropolis.
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" Whitefriars Is the work of no common hand. It is fill of talent."
—John Bull.
" A work of talent and Imagination, fill of interest, and replete
with scenes of great power. Charles 11., Rochester, Buckingham,
Nell Gwyn, Col. Blood, Titus Oates, Claude Duval, and many other
celebrities, figure in every page."—Court Journal.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

'ENV WORK BY THIS AUTHOR OF " THE CROCK OF GOLD,'
" PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY," " AN AUTHOR'S MIND," &c.
Just ready, in two vols. post tiro.,
TII E T WIN S: a Domestic Novel.
HEA RT : a Social Novel.
By MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER.
Author of " The Crock of Gold," " Proverbial PhilOsophy," &e,
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 22,
Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd,
M. Dupree ; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle •; William Tell, Mr.
Stret on I Lutern, Millie. Albertazzi ; Miss Horner;
Martha, Miss netts.
After which,
Will be repealed Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY
OF WHEN I'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; BeneJict, M.
linguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara
Webster ; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan • Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ;' Upper Caries of Boxes 55.,
S vend Price 3s. ; Pit 3s Second Price 25.; Melilla Gallery 2e..
S :tend Price If.; Upper Gallery ls., Second Price 6d.
THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKF.T.
MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
'I HIS EVENING, MARCH 22,
Will he repeated Shakspeare's Comedy of The TAMING OF THE
SHREW. Petrucio. Mr. Webster; Grumio, Mr. Buckstuae ;
Katharine, Mrs. Nisbett
Atter the Comedy, Mr. JOHN PARRY will give his Operatic
Scene, " Norma."
After which, the Farce of OUT OF PLACE. Sophia Sollikins,
Fitrwilllam.
To conclude with THE TRUMPETER'S DAUGHTER. Phil.
lipot, Mr. Webster; Madden, Madame Celeste.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ' • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper
Gallery, 11C Half-price—Boxes, 35.; Pit 25.; Gallery, Is.; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performances
commence at Seven.
'rickets aid Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
office, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 22,
Wi'l be performed THE SWISS COTTAGE. Nate Meek, Mr.
Keeley ; Lisette, Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir
Harry Wilder Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Ozberty ; Lady
Clifton, Miss Fortescue.
To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE
YOUNG SCAMP ,• or My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs.
M Keeley; Mildew, r. Keeley.
To which will be added GONE TO TEXAS, in which Mr. and
Mrs. Keel, willperform.
To conclude with *New Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the
May-day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chichetey; Phelim, Mr. Gilbert ;
Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Bailin.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARCH' 22,
Will be performed a Me'o-drama, called HENRIETTE; THE
FORSAKEN. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon. 0. Smith,
Maynard, Forman, and Wright, Mrs. Yates, ALIN Woolgar, and
Miss Chaplin.
To be tollowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews,
bliss Chaplin, and Miss Lee.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Second price at Nine. Doors
open at Half past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock.

DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 22,
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled TIIE LAST SHIL.
LING, supported by all the Company.
After which, a Favourite Interlude.
To conclude with ABELARD AND HELOISE, revived with
New Scenery and Dresses.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
olive,from Eleven to Four.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, 31Artar 22.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 46; Noon, 46.
BAROMETER, S.S
NOM-The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually- placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

TWA/ WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY.
Morning • • minutes after 3 Evening • • 3 minutes aner 4
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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1844.

Lord CAmenreL called the attention of the House
of Lords to what he considered an unjustifiable delay
in giving the Royal Assent to the Bill for reducing
the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. By a clause isa that
Bill, the dissentients were required to express their
dissent on or before the 23d of this month. The Bill
now could not become law before four o'clock on Fri-
day, so that only a few hours would be given to the
many thousands who resided at a distance, to give
their dissent. Ile objected to this course, as it might
be taken as a precedent.
The LORD CIIANCHLLOR said he had received inti-
mation from the House of Commons that it would be
more convenient to have the Commission on Friday,
There had, however, been only three notices of dis-
aent, and he believed no more would be given.
Lord IIioNrEAGLE concurred in the remarks of
Lord CAAlrnr,u, but he did not think the delay
would produce any inconvenience, and he was sur-
prised that there had been even one notice of dissent,
as the measure-was so advantageous.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, and detailed at some
length the alterations proposed. The Bill, as far as
we can judge from the statement of Lord LYND-
BURET, made no change of material importance ; it
left all the diooesan courts in full vigour; and, though
some of the minor courts would be abolished, all the
old causes of complaint would still remain.
Lord COTTENHAM opposed the Bill, and stated his
objections at some length in an excellent speech. Ile
thought the measure was fraught with much mischief,
and therefore 'moved that the Bill be read that day
six months.
The Bishop of LONDON supported the measure, and
defended himself in the best way he could for sup-
porting this Bill, which, in many respects, was similar
to others which he hid opposed. He supported the
Bill on the ground that it was the only one likely to
receive the assent of Parliament.
Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill chiefly on the

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