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LONDON.
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1842.

The Election Committees of the House of Commons
have began to excite consideralsle attention. Yesterday
the. Wakefield Committee, the majority of which is
Tory, seated Mr. LASCELLES, the Tory petitioner for
that borouoh. On Tuesday, the Longford Committee,
of which the Chairman, having the casting vote, was a
Tory, unseated, as the Times says, a Whig Member,
and gave the saat to one of their own politics, meaning,
we presume, of the polities of the majority. These are
specimens of the general conduct of these tribunals.
The complaints are Jniversal ; they are partial and
expensive ; and several retitioners have given up their
claims on seats, and some sitt:ng Members have resigned
merely became they would not incur the expense of a
contest before these Election Comnrittees•
The Longford Committee (says the 7'i:7les) went the leugtb
of determining that a registered vote, whic.ii had never bten
objected to before the Revising Barrister in tri'land, might be
called in question, investigated, and eventually 5,.711ek off the
sitting Meisber's poll by a committee in London. a de-
cision is truly monstrous—we care not whether the first. pre-
cedent for it was established by Whig or by Conserva:4e
authority ; it is nothing less than a deliberate repeal, by a side-
wind, of, the 34th section of the Irish Reform Act. The words
of that section are. that the certificate of registry " shall be
conclusive of the right Pi voting of the person earned therein;"
at.d that "no inquiry whatever, as to the right of voting of such
person, shill be permitted to be made, nor shall any scrutiny
he allowed." It requires more than the usual hardihood of a
lawyer to argue, as Mr. Sergeant Wrangham did last week,
that, under this clause, the certificate is only conclusive as to
the right to poll, and not conclusive against the world; and
that the scrutiny abolished is that by the returning-officer, and
not also that by a Committee of the House of Commons.
The Committee, however, seem to have adopted Mr.
Sergeant WILANGUAM'S interpretation of the law, have
opened the registry, have compelled every' elector, if
called upon, to prove his qualification in London, and
have at Once destroyed the franchise in Ireland.
Boroughs are no more safe than counties, and should
the decision of the Longford Committee be followed by
other Committees, there are few' elections for Ireland
which, if they can be disputed, may not be set aside.
This is the state of the Election Law and of Election
Committees, though only two years have elapsed since
Sir ROBERT PEEL passed his law for regulating Election
Committees. After much and serious deliberation, after
a Committee had sat to inquire, and several Members
bad introduced measures, after so much scandal had
been brought on the House, that it was impossible to
allow the old law to continue, Sir R. PEEL took up the
scatter, and passed a law which was to remedy the evil.
We remember contending at the time that it would
tail, and that the props r way to proceed was to simplify the
and leave all questions of fact concerning elections,
as concerning other disputed facts, to the decision of the
ordinary tribunals of the country. The result of Sir R.
PEEL'S wisdom is to leave the Election Committees of
the House of Commons still (Ten to all the imputations
which were before cast on them. In short, Sir R.
PEEL'S new law is admitted on all hands to be a cow-

mete failure.
So far as the investigations under it have gone, they
hove revoaled, we think, an astonishing degree of cor-
m otion amongst the electors, and amongst the Members
of Parliament. What has been exposed at Sudbury and
other places, is but an index to what is almost every-
whel'e practised. If there be bribery in the boroughs.
there is intimidation in the counties, and legislation is
vitiated at its source by the manner in which the
Douse of Commons is formed. With a Legis-
lature so constituted, we see no means of c'rrect-
ing the evil. Who shall purify the House, so as
to make it spread a healthy stream of law over the
land ? Who shall pull the beam out of its eye to en-
able it to pull the mote out of the eye of the nation ?
We cannot expect a cure from its blindness, nor can we
hope that the nation will be restored to health by its
pestilence. If we cannot find a source of healing
wholly independent the House of Commons, it is clear
that corruption must and will go on increasing ar,d ac-
cumulating till it destroys itself.

When Sir ROBERT Pr.r.,, proposed the Catholic Eman-
cipation Act, because it -was beyond the power of the
Tories to exercise any longer that bigoted oppression
which is so dear to their hearts, he carefully enume-
rated to the House of Commons the number of County
Members and the number of constituents they repre-
sented, who had previously declared themselves adverse
to the continuance of persecution. From that statistical
information he drew the conclusion that it was no longer
pactical to carry on the Government on the principle
ef excluding the Roman Catholics from the pale of the
Constitution. In the newspaper press there is quite as
sure an index to public opinion as the County Members
tar d their constituents, inflamed as, they have both
I een by party prejudices for a party purpose ;
nd were Sir .ROP.F.RT PEEL now to consult
that, we think he would come, in relation to the In-
come-tax, to the ound and rational conclusion he
adopted in 1829 in * relation to the Roman Catholics. He
would see that he must soon give it up. With the ex.
ception of the Morning Post, there is not one metropo-
litan daily journal which cordially supports the income-
tax. We may safely conclude, therefore, whatever may
be Sir R. PEEL'S majority in Parliament, that even now,
before the inconvenience of the tax has been felt, the
majority of the nation is decidedly against it. The op-
position: will waxstrong as the public fiels the burden, and
is convinced that the tax is not necessary, except to sup-
port those monopolies which Sir R. PEEL has on prin-
ciple cortilemned. Much irritatio:i will ensue, and when
it kicks :alit the rencral deceiver, it may perhaps kick
down the Government.
In the mearttime, to console Sir R. PEEL, some of the
Tory journals record, with exultation, the fact that the
Journal des D.thats approves of the tax. Deprived of
support from pti.-)lic opini,an at home, the Tories seek a

substitute in the praise of the minions of despotism
abroad. The Journal des Debuts is notoriously sub-
servient to LOUIS PHILIPPE, and LOUIS PHILIPPE is
notoriously the subverter of that freedom he was raised
to the throne to defend. Ana his business to encou-
rage tyranny everywhev., we know that he does
that. The Journal des Debats speaks the seLtiments
and opinions of that wily tyrant. What, then, will our
people say to the fact that the Income-tax gives in-
finite satisfactiOn to the Journal des Debats, and to the '
tyrannic Governments of the Continent ? has con-
ciliated," says that Journal, " the approbation of all
Europe." (Meaning all in Europe who envy our great-
ness and hate our freedom.) "Itis a plan, conformable
to the spirit which animates British statesmen, as ready
to act as to speak. When they have probed the wound
they apply the remedy with a steady hand. The chief
of the new Ministry has furnished a fresh proqf of the
superiority of the Tories over the N'higs. His plan is
simple, and • conformable to • the eternal rules of good
sense and reason, as well as to the laws cf experience.

It bears the stamp of that unhounded liberality for -which,
when the necessity exists, the Tone; know better than
their rivals how to give the example."
Superiority of the Tories over the Whigs 1 Yes ; on
the old Tory plan of subverting the liberties, and filching
the property of the people. Unbounded liberality !
Yes ; in fingering our money. Such praise from French-
men will go to the heart of JOHN BULL. His masters
are great and generous men. His submission conse-
quently raises him to the rank of one of the adorers of
LOUIS PHILIPPE. He has before now forced the French
to do homage to his vigour ; he was never before for his
servility degraded by their praise.
• What then is the vigorous measure which is so pleasing
to the French Journalist? We only know that it takes
away his property on false pretexts by an army of com-
missioners and tax-gatherers. As for understanding the
Income-tax law, that is beyond JOHN BULL'S compre-
hension. On its outside it bears this significant mark,
" under 20 oz." The law which he is to obey, therefore,
which is to be a rule of ;life (like the command, "thou
shalt not steal"), is contained in a book which weighs
-something less, without any cover, than Ilb. troy. It is so
cumbrous, that no journal will probably publish it entire,
and one Tory print said yesterday—
" It is quite impracticable for us to print this Bill, as it con-
tains no fewer than 189 clauses, which, together with sche-
dules, forms of affidavits, and other explanatory matter, occupy
130 closely printed pages."
Such a law will mean whatever the commissioners and
interpreters choose to make it say. To the bulk of the,
people it will be "heathen Greek." They will be go-
verned and plundered by a law which they cannot com-
prehend. It is restoration of the age of mysticism as
well as plunder. To us that seems the climax of degra-
dation. It is bad enough to have our Government
praised by the Journals of LOUIS PHILIPPE, but to be
compelled to obey a law which is so voluminous, com-
plicated, tad perhaps, contradictory, that not one man
iti a million can understand it, is to be the slaves of in-
comprehensible j argon.

The determined opposition given last night by the
Ministers to Mr. S. CRAWFORD'S motion must undeceive
the working classes, if any of them yet suppose that the
Tories will help them to political power. The Tories
have of late been flattering the people a little, and have
pretended that they were studying the benefit of the
working classes, but it was only as a good farmer takes
care of his cattle, to get as much work out of them as
possible. The Tories want more revenue, more money ;
they avow that they cannot get any more from the bulk
of the people, till their condition be improved, and there-
ibre they spare them, they say, from taxation; but they wil
no more allow them to have a share of law-making than
the farmer will allow his oxen or his swine to take up
their abode in his carpeted parlour. The Tories are
by their very nature opposed to the people. Their po-
litical creed is, that the people must obey, and that
they must be the masters of the people. Last night
they merely spoke and acted as they are always inclined
to speak and act. Their existence as politicians is
bound up with class privileges and class legislation ; and
to ask them to give Universal Suffrage, is to ask them
to commit political suicide.

We were somewhat astonished yesterday to learn that
the Columbia could not get her broken engine re-
paired at Halifax. There is a Royal Dock) and at Hali-
fax, and the Navy List contains the name of ALEXAN-
DER ELIOTT as Storekeeper there. That establishment,
however, and the whop town of Halifax, were unable to
repair the damage of the Columbia, and she was navi-
gated across the ocean by her sails and one paddle.
We are not acquainted with Mr. CUNARD'S arrange-
.nent, and cannot therefore say what precautions he may
have taken to provide against accidents ; but we should
Alit* that it was incumbent on him to have spare gear
At the port his vessels stop at, and the means of repair-
lig any ordinary damage. We must, therefore, express
Jur surprise that such was not the case fur the Columbia.
Wemust express still stronger surprise that the damage
.:ould not be repaired in Halifax. It is now ninety-
three years since that town was founded. It has a noble
im:bour, where. a thousand ships might ride in safety.
It has' long been the chief resort of her MAJESTY'S
fleets in ,`hose seas, and its dockyard is said to be sup-
plied with 112 kinds of stores for the Royal Navy. At
present, that nervy comprises a considerable number of
steam-ships, and the dockyard, if kept up at all, ought to
be provided with stores for them, and with all the means of
keeping them in repair. That the Columbia was obliged
to come home from such a place with one paddle, reveals
to us, better than would many volumes of statistics, the
backward and neglected state of Halifax, with all
possible advantages as to extent of territory,
proximity to England, and great conveniences of trade.
at the end of nearly one hundred years it has scarcely
attained the size and rank of a third-rate town of the
United States.. Such comparatively slow progress is
not creditable, either to. the inhabitants of Nova Scotia,
or the Government of Great Britain.

But if it cannot repair a steam-boat, we shall be told
that it can supply an author and
ta book ? SAM SLICK
has made Ilalifax renowned, and though he cannot
teach the Blue Noses engineering, he can hold up the
Yankees to never-ending ridicule. The contrast may
serve as an illustration of the progress of civilization in
our American Colonies, and in the United States. In
our colonies it leads towards the agreeable—it grows
tivom a government more polished than the people—it is
something partly derived front the Court and the Go-
vernment ; in the neighbouring United States civilization
is towards the useful, and grows from the natural laws
which determine the progress of nations. We will not
say that the former mzy not have the most charms for
.ertain classes, but it has t;:_is terrible defect, that it keeps
the country behind in populate ,r)n and in wealth, and
exposes it in the end to be swalloWt,J up by the nation
in which the useful is the guiding princip:;•

The news-from the United States is of great jalpor-
-o,nce, although not unexpected. President TytAl!'s
Message to Congress, recommending a loan of twenty
millions of dollars to meet theincreasingembarrassments
of the Treasury, has excited a great deal of interest.
He informs Congress that, after exhausting all the re-
sources of the current year, there will be a deficit of four-
teen millions of dollars. One of the measures which he
recommends for increasing the revenue is to impose ad-
ditional import duties, framed with a view to the protec-
tion of American manufactures. It is lamentable to see
a great young nation like the United States adopting the
worn-out protective system of feudal Europe. Nor aro
the proposed duties to be of trifling amount. In some in-
stances, which Congress are left to select, an increase of
import duty beyond 20 per cent. is recommended. Such
an increase of duty will be tantamount to a prohibition,
and consequently nothing will go into the treasury. To
hope to derive revenue from duties which limit consump-
tion, is sheer stupidity.
The deficiency in the revenue of the United States is
not.greati but as it is permanent, the PRESIDENT deems
it advisable to provide a permanent fund to meet it. He
enumerates the causes which have recently depressed
American credit in the Stock Market of the world.
Among these he enumerates the unsettled condition of
the banks in several States—the vast amount of foreign
debt contracted during a period of wild speculation—and
above all, the dishonest and immoral doctrine of repu-
diation of contracts solemnly entered into by several
of the States composing the Federal Union. The
PRESIDENT condemns the promulgation of such a
doctrine, as being calculated to alarm other nations, and
affix a stigma upon the character of the Federal Go-
vernment. That any impression which it may have
made upon the minds of capitalists may not operate to the
detriment of the proposed loan, the PRESIDENT recom-
mends the pledging of the proceeds of the land sales to
defray the interest. " The most vigilant money-dealer,"
observes the PRESIDENT, "will readily perceive, that
not only will his interest be secure on such a pledge, but
that a debt of eighteen or twenty millions of dollars,
would, by the surplus of sales over and above the pa) -
ment of interest, be extinguished within any reasonable
time fixed for its resumption." This is consolatory
news for the money-lenders. The following extract
from the Message of the PRESIDENT we recommend to
the especial notice of the Cabinets of Lisbon and
Madrid :

The first great want of the country, that without answering
which all attempts at bettering the present condition of things
will prove fruitless, is a complete restoration of the credit and
finances of the Federal Government. The source and foundation
Of all credit is in the confidence which the Government in-
spires ; and j:ISt in proportion as that confidence shall be shaken
or diminished, will be the distrust among all classes of the com-
munity, and the derangement anti demoralisation in every

branch of business and all the interests of the country. Keep
up the standard of good faith and punctuality in the operations
of the General Government, and all partial irregulariti: s and
disorders will be rectified by the influence of its example ; but
suffer that standard to be debased or disturbed, and it is impos-
sible to foresee. to what a degree of degradation and confusion
all financial interests, public and private, may sink. In such a
country as this, the representatives of the people have only to
will it, and the public credit will be as high as it ever was.
There has been another row in, Congress about the
Creole affair. Mr. GIDDiNGS, an able and influential
Member, astonished the slave-holders and their friends
by moving the following series of resolutions, which he
afterwards withdrew, in obedience to the wish of the
House :

RESOLUTIONS ON THE CREOLE CASE.
That prior to the adoption of the Federal Constitution each
of the' several States composing this Union exercised full and
exclusive jurisdiction over the subject of slavery within its own
territory, and possessed full power to continue or abolish it at
pleasure.
That by adopting the-Constitution no part of the aforesaid
Powers were delegated to the Federal Government,' but were
reserved by and still pertain to each of the several States.
That, by the Bth section "of the first article of the Constitu-
tion, each of the several States surrender to the Federal Go-
vernment all jurisdiction Over the subjects of commerce and
navigation upon the high seas.
That slavery being an abridgment of the natural rights of
man, cm exist only by force of positive municipal law, and is
necessar.lv confined to the territorial jurisdiction of the power
creating
That when a ship belonging to the citizens of any State of
this Union leaves the waters and territory of such State, and
enters upon the high seas, the persons on board cease to be
subject to the slave laws of such State, and thenceforth are
governed in their relations to each other by, and are amenable
to, the laws of the United States.
That when the brig Creole, en her late passage for New Or-
leans, left the territorial jurisdiction of Virginia, the slave laws
of that State ceased to have • jurisdiction over the persons on
board said brig, and such persons became amenable only to the
laws of the Lotted States.
That the persons on board said ship, in resuming their na-
tural rights of personal liberty, violated no law of the United
States, incurred no legal penalty, and are justly liable to no pu-
nishment.
That all attempts to regain possession of or to re-enslave
said persoi.s are unauthorised by the Constitution or laws of the
United States, and are incompatible with our national honour.
That all attempts to exert our national influence in favour,
of the coastwise slave trade, or to place this nation in the atti-
tude of maintaining a " commerce in human beings," are sub-
versive of the rights and injurious to the feelings and the in.
tcrests of the free States, are unauthorised by the Constitution,
and prejudicial to our national character.
When these resolutions were withdrawn, a Mr. BATTS,
one of the Members. for Virginia, moved the following
vote of censure :

Whereas, the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, the member from
the sixteenth Congressional district of the State of Ohio, has '
this day presented to this House a series of resolutions, touch-
ing the most important interests connected with a large portion
of the Union, now a subject of negotiation between the United
States and Great Britain, of the most delicate nature, the
result of which 'may eventually involve those nations, and
perhaps the whole civilised world, in a war: and, whereas,
the duty of every good citizen, and particularly the duty of
every selected agent and representative of the people, should
discountenance all efforts to create excitement, dissatisfaction,
and division among the people of the United States at such a
time and under such circumstances, which is the only effect
to be accomplished by the introduction of sentiments before
the legislative body of the country hostile to the grounds as-
sumed by the high functionary.having charge of this important
and delicate trust ; and whereas mutiny and murder are therein
justified and approved in terms shocking to all sense of law
order, and humanity ; therefore
Resolved—That the House hold the cOndect of the said
member as altogether unwarranted and unwarrantable, and de-
serving the severe condemnation of the people of this country,
and of this body in particular.
After a disgraceful squabble of two days, this resolu-
tion was carried by a majority of 125 votes to 96. Mr.
GIDDINGS then rose, took leave of his friends indivi-
dually, and retired. The venerable ex-President ADAMS
was deeply affected, and some of Mr. GIDDINGS' politi-
cal friends shed tears as he quitted the Hall. He sent
his resignation by letter to the Speaker. " Mr. GID-
DINGS," say the Washington Correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, " is a singularly mild, af-
fable, modest, retiring person—a man c.f unassuming
manners, of unobtrusive character, and remarkably gen-
tle and quiet in his way of urging his opinions upon
those whom he would convince." A living author
has observed that " the most timid men in appearance
do the boldest things," and perhaps there are not five
men in Congress who would have had the moral courage
to bring in Mr. GIDDINGS' resolutions. By that daring
movement he tore the veil from the gang of Congress
conspirators who, under the pretence of vindicating the
national honour, only sought to plunge England and the
United States in a war, to uphold slavery.

Notices have been given for the insertion of many
additional clauses in the Railways Bill in Committee ;
among others the three proposed by Mr. HARDY, to the
effect that carriages with passengers shall be se placed,
that the first of them shall be separated from the tender
by two or more carriages without any passengers ; that
in no case shall two engines be used at the- same time in
drawing a train ; and • that carriages with passengers
shall hot be propelled by having the engine in the rear.
These regulations, we are satisfied, would have a most
beneficial result. They would form a protection '
to passengers, and not interfere injuriously with
the profits or management of the Company. Every plan
for rendering travelling more secure gives additional
value to the line ; and the Directors would, therefore,
consult their own interests by adopting regulations that
could in any way accomplish such a desirable result.
The great falling off in the reeeipts of the Brighton, the•
Great 'Western, and, indeed, all other railroads, after
fatal accidents, is the best proof of this statement. With
a little more caution and foresight, many thousand
pounds might have been saved ; and, what is still more,
the Directors and Superintendents would have escaped
the pain and odium incurred by being the cause, how-
ever unintentionally, df such a melancholy loss of human
life. It is hardly necessary, therefore, to say that we cor-
dially approve of the suggestions made by the Member
for Bradford. But what is to be said of the wild propo-
sition of the successor of Sir ANDREW AGNEW, Mr.
PLUMPTRE, to put a stop to all travelling by railroads
on Sunday, except in cases of charity or necessity? He
should be answered according to his folly, and when his
clause is rejected, another should be proposed and carried
by acclamation, that it be imperative on all Railway
Companies to run at least two trains each way on Sun-
days. On many lines there is now actually no other
means of conveyance, and as this has been the result of
the new system, the public should not stiller inconve-
nience either from the caprice of Directors, or the med-
dling interference of these Sabbatarians. The people of
Scotland, with all their regard fur the observance of
Sunday, now admit the necessity of running a certain
number of trains before and after Church service. Sir
ANDREW AGNEW in that country is left alone in his
glory. At the last meeting of the Glasgow and Edinburgh
Railway Company, he appeared with the intention of
renewing his motion on the subject, but he was compelled
to admit that his friends had changed their opinions, and
did not think that the subject should be taken up on that
occasion. This is highly creditable to the people of
Glasgow.

There is no news of any political interest in the
French Journals received with the exception of the fol-
lowing from Constantinople:—
A letter from Constantinople, published by the Leipsig
Allgenteine Zeitung, relates a curious event, of which no men-
tion is made in the letters received by the last Levant Mail.
6' It had hitherto been the custom," says the journal, " for
the Persian Ambassador to the Sultan to have his board and
lodging in an hotel. The same was the case with the Turkish
Ambassador at Teheran."
Very lately the Turkish Ambassador, has not been well re
ceived at Teheran, and the Court of Persia has refused to give
him his board and lodging. The Divan has in consequence
used reprisals. the Persian having announced this circumstance
to his Court, the latter recalled him, and sent in his stead a
Consul-General, who is a Christian, a Georgian, and conse-
quently a Russian subject. This nomination has greatly
atarmedthe Porte and the British Ambassador, for this Per-
sian Consul will be under the protection of the Russiar‘ Am-
bassador, conformably to the desire of the Shah. Peop!e ask
now, whether England can put up with' this, since it is very
evident from this fact, that Persia considers the Emperor of
Russia as its lord paramount, and consequently that the Shah
iswhully dependent on the Czar. This check la the more un-
pleasant to England, as the English troops have been obliged
to retreat from Affghanistan.
A letter from Oran 7th inst. states that the late campaign of
Major-General de Lamoriciere, had been highly successful.
He left Mascara with only four days' provisions, and contrived
for twenty-two days to live at the colt of the tunny. He
captured 1,700 head of cattle, and made 500 prisoners, among
whom was Berkan, Chief Aga of the regular troops of Abd-el.
Kader.— Moniteur Parisien.
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—.Brussels Payers, April 19.

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AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--Vmra, APRIL 11,4
fin per CRats. MemiligmC3- 1673
li'cftr per Ccnts
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Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cent- • llO 104',
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan IIOV. I:0 Y,
Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate 10(1% 10.1,;,',
Inscription, ht cer
es lC3),i
Russian ti per Cent. Elope and Co., 2d and 4th
Series l39k 99
Ditto in Certificates ;94, 99
New 4 per Cent. (1940) 89% .c)%
Dutch Actual Debt, '}6 per Cent. .........
_ 51% yix,
Ditto 5 per Cent.

Polish Bonds ..........
New Tickets. 169% 1 9
Anglo-Danish Loan, 9 per Cent, 79 7R%
Spanish, New 5 per Cents.

THE BIIIKBECE TESTIMONIAL—We understand that
Lord John Russell, the MarquiS of Lansdowne, Earl
Fitzwilliam, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Monteagle, 111 r.
Hume, and Mr. Milner Gibson, are expected to take part
in the proceedings of the meeting, which is to be held on
Monday, to receive the Report of the Committee for
commemorating, by some testimonial, the. eminent ser-
vices to mankind of the late Dr. Birkbcck. The object con-
templated is to endow the London University with a Pro-
fessorship of Machinery and Manufactures, to be called
the Birkbcck Professorship. W hether that be the wisest
plan of commemorating his worth—whether its name
may not soon be forgotten--whether it be not possible
that such a Professorship may sink into a sinecure, we
offer no opinion ; but we sincerely wish that whatever
be done may stimulate other men to labour for the
benefit of the many, as did the illustrious man whose.
virtues are to be honoured and recorded. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, though not personally
able to attend, will give to the object of the meeting all
that support he is ever ready to lend to the cause of
human improvement. We anticipate an excellent meeting.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
Although the Bank and another influential broker, made
some extensive purchases, the one in Consols and the other in
annuities, the prices of the Funds gave way Just before the
close of business. No particular cause can be traced fir this
decline, beyond the re-action naturally consequent upon a con-
tinued rise. The prices even now are 2i per cent. above
what they were in the middle of March, having been steadily
advancing during the whole of the intervening period, and
when the present quotation be taken into account, namely,
911 per cent. for a stock bearing three per cent, interest, the
only astonishment which can be felt is, that it is so high.
Consols left off at. 91i 911 for Money, and 911 91„ for the
Account, Bank Stock, 165 116,; India Stock, 243 245; Ex-
chequer Bills, 37 39 premium.
Some little business was transacted in Foreign Securities at
the prices of yesterday. Belgian, 103/ 104% • Brazilian, 67
68 • Danish, 80 81 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-;Half per Cents.
52% 52i, and the Five per Ceres. , 100% 101.
exican has been dropped nearly 2 per cent. to-day, from
3834 39 to 37 37*. The reason assigned is the invasion of
the Texian territory, but as the news by the Columbia had
already been foreseen, the operations are only to be attributed
to Stock Exchangespeculation ; they have been wholly confined
to that place, the public having most pertinaciously kept aloof.
Railroad Shares are firm. London and Birmin,gham.B7, 89 ;
Great Western, 291 301 ; the Half Shares, 14/ 16 premium.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 55 57 ; South Western, 601 611;
Gosport, 60/ 611 ; North Midland, 69 70 : New, 34 35 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 30 301; Eastern Counties, 10 10* ;
Blackwall, 12i 12a; the New Shares, l 0 10k; and Brighton,
37 37* per share
The Insolvent Bonds were thus quoted : Portuguese Five
per Cents., 37 371; the Three per Cents., 21.4 22* ;
bian, 26* 271 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 24* 24i ; the
Three per Cents., 251 2;1.
It was announced to-day that a highly respectable firm
connected with America had suspended its payments; the
difficulty, of realising its assets, which are stated to be auffi-
ciently large to pay all claims in full, is stated to have been the
cause of this proceeding.
There are no foreign letters beyond those by the Colombia,
which add nothing to the voluminous detail Of American intelli-
gence which appeared in The Sun of to-day.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)

The purchases in the funds, which were commenced yester-
day, having been continued to-day, an impetus has been given
to the market, though prices remain nominally the same,
Consolsbeing 94,911 for Money, and 91% 911 for the Ac-
count ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 901/i 901 ; Three and a
Half per Cents. Reduced, 991991; New Three-and-a-Hall per
Cents., 1001/2 1003 ; Bank Stock, 165 166 ; India Stock,
244 245 ; the Bonds, 18, 21 ; and Exchequer Bills, 37 40 prem.
Scarcely anything doing in Foreign Securities. The price of
Belgian is 103 k 104/; the Dutch live per Cents., 1003 100 k,
and the Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/.
Considerable fluctuations have occurred in Mexican, in con-
sequence of the information,below, although very little real
business has been done. The opening price was per cent.
lower than the quotation of last evening, 39 ; since then it has
been 361, and is now 371.
The Share Market continues good. Great Western, New,
65k; Fifths, 101; Bristol and Exeter, 45; South Western,
60i ; North Midland, 69 691 ; Edinburgh and Glasgoiv • 511
52 ; Blackwall, 1014; Greenwich, preference, 173 ; , South
Eastern, 301 31 ; and Brighton. 37.
The Bends of the insolvent Sates are quoted :—Colom-
bian, 27 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 211 ; Spanish Bonds,
241; and the Three per Cent. Stock, 25.
Money is now so abundant that it is a favour to take it at one
per cent. -
It will be seen from the American President's Message to
Congress, received by the Columbia, that the financial difficul-
ties of the United States are at length fully acknowledged. It
is now some months since Government drafts were protested,
and the amount thus still unpaid is fully three million dollars,
in addition to the twenty millions of debt alluded to by Mr.
Tyler. According to some accounts by this arrival, the
States are completely bankrupt, the current expenses being
not less than twenty-eight millions annually, including the in-
tere,t on twenty-four million? of debt, while the revenue de-
rivable under the Compromise Act to come into operation in
July next, will not exceed ten millions : the total national debt
will be, it is cAirnated, at the end of 1842, thirty-two mil'ions,
bearing an interest of two million three hundred thousand
dollars aLnually.
The American papers have accounts of the invasion of Texas
by the Mexicans, which are evidei tly much exaggerated. The
following appear more probably to be correct : According
to letters from Tampico, an expedition consisting of 400 or 500
men, with 300 choice dragoons,was to leave San Antonio at the
end of February. It was supposed that this force would be able
to conquer Bexar, notwithstanding it was expected the Texans
would make a strong resistance, on account of the large quan-
tity of merchandise in the town: In New Leon 2,000 men
were organised to operate against Texas, besides cavalry.
LivEnroot Co•crox MARKET, APRIL '2O.—A brisk de-
mand was experienced to-day, prices were firmly maintained,
and 6,000 bales were sold, of which Speculators took 1,000, and
exporters 600.
LIVERPOOL SHARP: MARKET, APRIL 20.—The sales were
to a moderate extent ; the three first of the following being in
most request, viz.:—Eastern Counties, Debentures, 11/. 11s.
Bd. • Ditto, New, 51. 16s. Bd. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50E ;
London and Birmingham, 178; Glasgow, Paisley, and Green-
ock, 23 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 64; Manchester and
Birmingham, 28/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 83 ; Ditto, Quar-
ters, 51x ; and Northern and Eastern, 31.
MA tierrEsma STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 20.—We have
had a fair business doing, and prices are on the whole firm.
Bristol and Exeter, 45 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 51 51i ;
Lancaster and Preston 'l' hree-quarter Shares 181 ,• London
and South Western, soi ; Manchester and Birmingham, 28 ;
Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 5} ; Alliance Bank, 25.

CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock 166 'lndia Stock ............. 245
3 per Cent Red 9Ol Ditto Bonds lBpre
3 per Cent Cons 9ll Ditto Old Annuities ...
31 per Cent Red 99 Date New Annuities...
New 3t• per Cent
New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.... 37 pix
Long Annuities Zoexpire Ditto Small 37 pm
Jan. 1860 ... 1211 Bank Stock for Acct ...244
Oct 1859........ 12 5-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1860. .......• iConsols for Acct 914
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 pet. cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgmn, 5 pet cent lO4 'Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds. .
Buenos Ayres 6 per ce2 t ;Russian, 5 per cent......
Chilian, ti per cent-- Ditto, Metallic . --
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. ;Spanish, 5 per cent...... 24
Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... (Ditto, Deferred

Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. -4. —e.
Greek, 1 t3:45, 5 per cent — Exchange 1 -•c.
Mexican, 5 rer 'French, 3 per cent Bl . —c
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 24 per cent. , b'2
Pernvian,lB2s, f) per et. ,Ditto, 5 per cent... . 100 i
SHARES.
Bristol Exeter (70 paid) ...... .. 45
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 10%
Ditto New Shares ( paid)
Ditto Debentures ..
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... 52
Great Western ltailway (65 paid)
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ........ 654
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
Hull and Selby (50 paid) 4O

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London and Bri,ghton (50 paid) l
liitto Loan Notes (71 paid)
London and Blackwall (25 paid) —
Ditto New Shares ( paid...
London and Birmingham (90) ...... ..-
Lundon and Greenwich Railway ; pd) 6 I
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 14
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ... ..
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 54
Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...... 28
North Midland Railway ( MO
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ...... . • 31
York and North Midland (50 paid) .. .. 94

DISTRESSING CASE OF SUICIDE.—An inquest was
held on Wednesday at the George, High-street, Wapping, be-
fore Mr. Baker, on the body of Wrn. Macdonald, aged 19,
a clerk employed in the London-docks. Caroline Stewart
deposed that the deceased occupied lodgings in her house.
On Thursday week last the deceased returned home greatly
excited, and said that he bad been suspended from his em-
ployment. He said that whilst engaged in an office in the
London-docks during the absence of Mr. Mitchell; the chief
clerk, he recollected having committed an error in his books,
and went away to the room where they were kept to correct
it. When he returned to the office he found Mr. Mitchell
there, who reprimanded him for leaving quitted the place with-
out his leave, and, as a punishment, suspended him. The fol-
lowingcustody Aol
ro ~adaliclhecceanemased. went for his salary, and whilst waiting
f
he was accosted by Mr. Mitchell, who declared that if he
foour nil; him loitering about the office he would give him into the
Deceased appeared to be much af-
fected at this treatment, but was afterwards assured by Mr.
Chandler, a gentleman connected with the Docks, that
he should be reinstated. Arrangements had been
making for deceased's marriage with a young lady to
whom he was touch attached, and it was to have
taken place a few days ago; but witness observed that
since lie received notice of his suspension he took little of his
relleer ealjayments„ and gave way to despondency. On Sa-
turday night last he appears to have taken a large dose of ar-
senic, and died from the effects of it at eleven o'clock the next
morning. Mr. Garratt, surgeon, said that he had made a poet
morteni examination of the body, and though he could not po-
sitively say that the deceased had taken poison, he thought,
from the appearance of the intestines that he had taken a large
dose of white arsenc. Deceased, on Thursday week last, pur-
chased twopenny worth of arsenic, ant said it was to destroy
rats. Verdict, Temporary Insanity.
A (I,putation consisting of Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr.
Liddell, i%l. P., Mr. Hodson Hinde, M.P., accompanied by
Mr. R. W. 13rindley (Chairman of the Coal Committee), Mr.
N. Wood, M. J. Johnson, and Mr. Allhusen, had an imerview
yesterday morning with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in
Downing-street, on the subject of the proposed alterations in the
coal duties.

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" Who runs may read."

FORWEGN.
Most of the Paris Opposition Journals copy the article of the
Courzier Frc.ncais, on the pretended confidential communica-
tion, by the Emperor of Russia to the Government of the
United States; but few or them comment upon it. The Na-
tional is the only Journal which does so at any length. It be-
gin; by expressing its belief in the authenticity of the state-
ment, and proceeds with great gravity to enlarge upon the in-
dignant remarks which appeared in the Courrier.
't he following statement respecting the national debt of
Prussia is not without interest, in connection with the an-
nouncement of an intended reduction of the rate of interest on
public securities in the country. In 1818 the debt was 325
niilikns of crown; (1,235 millions of francs). It is now re-
duced to 98,900,e00 crowns, or 375,1320,000 f., bearing an in-
terest of 3% per cent., so that the entire amount of interest
paid annually is only 13,153,700 f., Which is a light burden for
a population of 15 millions.

AL Yam:en Hove, remarks the Okervaleur Belge, is the
fourth representative of Belgium who has died a vio:ent or sud-
den death within two years. M. Bekaert was struck with
apoplexy while addressing the Chamber; 11. Lesvigne was
found dead in his bed ; M. Hazen' shot himself, and M. 'Van-
den Hove drowned himself. He is the second deputy for
Louvain who has committed suicide during the present Session.

PA RLTAIKEIZTAit.Y.

The Lords showed themselves energetic men of business last
night, and passed the Corn-keeping-out Bill through the Com-
mittee in the short space of two hours and a halt. The Earl of
Stanhope and Lord Beaumont proposed some amendments, bnt
on discussion they were defeated, and the Binh. was reported
without amendments. It is ordered to be read a third time
this day. In the course of the discussion the Marquis of
Clanricarde said, in accounting for the much higher protection
conceded to wheat than barley or oats, that it was rumoured
that the highest rate of duty intended for wheat was 165., but
the landlords could not stand that, and therefore the protection
for wheat was raised to 205., and the protection for barley
and oats left as it was at first proposed. The Earl of Ripon
said that story might do in the clubs, but the Cabinet knew
better. T heir Lordships rose a.t Eight o'Clock.
In the Commons the Election Committee for Wakefield re-
ported that they had seated Mr. Lascelles, and unseated Mr.
Houldsworth.

Mr. Wason drew tho attention of the House to the case of
Mr. Lucas. but after an explanation from alr. Pakington, that
unhappy victim to his own forgetfulness, or to his desire to
deceive, obtained not the prayer of his petition.
.The Ipswich
Committee would not hear him again, and he remains com-
mitted to Newgate.
Mr. Sharman Crawford brought forward his motion for ex-
tending the suffrage. Several of the Liberal Members spoke
energetically in support of the motion. Sir James Graham
opposed it, because to admit numbei s into the Constitution would
destroy the Peerage. That would be an excellent argument if
the Peers could destroy the influence and power of numbers ;
but as they cannot do this, to withhold their rights from numbers,
will only compel numbers to take their rights. The power
of numbers cannot to resisted, and including or excluding
them from the Constitution is simply a question whether they
shall be admitted quietly, or be admitted by force.
The Peers and the Tories cannot keep them out. Sir
Robert Peel and Lord Stanley took the same view as Sir
James Graham, showing that, however the Whigs may have
sought to beguile the people, the Tories are determined to
oppress them. The House was occupied with this subject
during the whole ever.ing. On a division the numbers were,
226 and 67, Mr. Crawford losing his motion by 150.
The House Adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve.
PUBLIC OPINION".
The Chronicle says,—" The profligate's choice—a short life
and a merry one—may be the motto of the faded splendours of
Mr. Ferrand's senatorial career. His faction has done with
hire, and done for him. Like some of the first invented cannon
he was a Treat gun for one explosion of noise and smoke, but
now is to be spiked, and turned to baser uses. His long-
threatened charges, which were to have demolished the Anti-
Corn-law League, to have exhibited the real cause of a de-
clining trade in the ft auds of the manufacturers, and to secure
for the working classes their rights and interests, have all eva-
porated in a withdrawn motion and a tirade against tommy-
shops."
The following is from the Post:—." The vulgar clamour
about deception,' which certain of the Whip are endeavour-
ing to raise against the present Government, amounts, upon
examination, to an indirect confession of hastiness and error on
the part of those who bring the accusation. The Duke of
Wellington's demand for the how, when, and where, or in what
words, the alleged deception by the Government was prac-
tised, has met with no answer. lie has.denied the charge in
the most direct manner, and in the same manner challenged
the accusers to bring forward the evidence upon which they
rely. But they have nothing of the kind to bring forward.
Their rejoinder, for so far, has been not only an admission that
they cannot substantiate the charge, but a withdrawal of the
charge. "
The Herald makes the following just and forcible remarks
' on the subject of the Income•tax :—" In this day's Hernia
will be found a full abstract of the principal provisions of the
Income-tax Bill. Those provisions are, to say the least of
them, fearfully inquisitorial, even though they are modified in
severity compared with those contained in former Acts. The
necessarily hasty consideration we have been able to bestow on
them re-Ayes all our anxiety to see the contents of Schedule D
greatly modified. To screw out the same rate of duties from
income derived from acquired property and from income
proceeding from labour, industry, and actively-employed
• capital, is unjust, and when viewed in connection with the in-
quiries which commissioners, assessors, and inspectors will
have a right to make into the private affairs of merchants,
tradesmen, and professional people, it will constitute a perma-
nent grievance which must ultimately endanger the existence
of the Conservative Government. An effort will surely be
made in the House of Commons to modify Schedule D. , and
fir Rohert Peel will, if he be wise, yield on this point to a
little gentle pressure from without. at is scarcely possib!e to
road the provisions of the Bill without a shudder; Set the
peo;tle whom it will affect are fully prel ared to make any just
sacrifice which their rulers demand; but it is never wise or
political to demand a sacrifice which involves a great practical
Injustice."
We quote the following f••om the Times :—" The Govern-
ment, in the person of Sir James Graham, has decided that the
first of Sir. Ferranti's inquiries is unwise and impracticable,
but has consented to a Committee for inquiring into the opera-
tions, evasions:, and defects'of the present law against the truck
s3stem of payments. We earnestly hope that Mr. Ferrand will
be able to press this inquiry with the stringency which is due
to those poor people whose cause he advocates. His labours
have as yet but begun. He must be prepared to find arrayed
• against him all the ingenuity, arrogance, and perseverance of
alarme.:. self-interest. He must be prepared to force truth
front reluctant or intimidated witnesses, to correct misapprehen-
sions, dispel mystifications, expose equivocations, detect wilful
t falsehood. To make an effective speech is one thing—to con-
duct a prolonged inquiry is another, and one which will far
more severely tax his powers, and test his ability to fill that
honourable position which he has chosen for himself—the de-
fence of the working classes."
57,01‘171T—TRADE—COMMERCE.
At a meeting of the holders of Spanish Bonds•on Wednes-
I day, held at the London Tavern, it was resolved that an in-
terview should be requested of the Earl of Aberdeen, to set
forth their grievances, and the dishonourable conduct of Senor
Surra y Hull, the Spanish Minister of' Finance.
At the annual dinner of the Printers' Pension Society
which took place on Wednesday, it was stated that during last
year more than 1,200 journeymen printers had been out of
work in the City of London, who had been maintained by the
men in employment.
Meetings against the Income-tax have been held at Lambeth,
Pancras, Barlury, Driffield, Manchester, and Falkirk. Meet-
ings of the farmers against the tariff in Essex, Cambridgeshire,
Maidstone, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire.
STATISTICS.

At a meeting of the Statistical Society of London, held last
Monday, it wa3 stated that between August, 1840, and De-
ember, 1841, 204 accidents had occurred, by which 115 per-
sons were killed, and 295 injured. Of this number 125 took
place in the last year, and 79 in the preceding five months,
which is a decrease of exactly one-third.
NAVAL Alu D IYTXi ][TART.

At Chatham the 78th Highland Regiment, known as the
Rossbire Buffs, -and containing altogether 1,7u0 men, are now
at Gravesend, ready to embark for India.
A new composition has just been tested by the Committee of
Master Shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard, to be used in place
of the substance with which vessels are at present caulked to
render them water-tight; it stood the severest trials, and is
said to possess the power of expanding like India rubber in
warm climates, and not becoming brittle in cold. Mr. Jeffrey
is the inventor.

The troop-ship Beulah, recently chartered to convey our
troops to Affghanistan, and which ran ashore off Dungeness,
by mistaking a wrong light for the light-house, has been un-
rigged, lightened, and her troops landed, and is likely to be-
come a complete wreck.

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