Star. — London, England, 1830-05-18 00:00:00

I :,tomcat three great classes of his Majesty's subjects eligible to nigh Political office, and to seats in Parliament ; but they were all required to be Christians; these were the Protestant Dig. .senters, the Roman Catholics, and the members of the Church of England—and now we arc called on to admit the Jews ; but are there no Christians excluded? What becomes of the Quakers? Why is not a bill brought in for their admission ? (Hear, hear !)-1 again hail those cheers—if the Jew be admitted, there is not a doubt that the Quaker is equally well entitled. Why not one as well as the other ? Are you afraid of the consequences? co. n0,n0.) Observe the admission—if this bill be allowed to pass, Jitter bias a fertiori, must pass. It Is wise then to disturb yearly the religious feelings of the people of this country by separate hills for the relief of the several classes of his Majesty'sl subjects from the disabilities which from the earliest period the con stitution imposed upon them. If the measure be right, establish It free and for all, and let us not have a bill one year for one set of 'two, and another year for another. 1 know of no tenet of Qua herism which ought to exclude them from the enjoyment of political power if the Jews are to be admitted. It is said that the relief of the Catholics placed the Jews in 'a worse situation than before-- that the more the space was narrowed the greater was the suf fering—to speak inalliematically, the intensity of the suffering varied inversely with the space operated on. But, I repeat, that if the Jews are entitled to this relief, so are the Quakers—so are the Separatists. On these grounds, then, Sir, lam not prepared to ad. mit the principle, and I object to the mode of eying effect to the bill ; and I confess Ido so with much regret. There is nothing in the conduct of the Jews themselves which ought to create the slightest prejudice against them. The upper classes are eminent for charity and sympathy with the sufferings of their fellow men, and the lower classes arc not marked by any vices beyond what is common amongst persons in that rank of life. 1, therefore, cannot but feel the necessity of opposition as most painful, so far as landed estates are concerned. I see no objection to the Jews being em powered to hold them ; my own opinion is that they can do so at.' ready ; but in that I, of course, submit to authority ; but my own opinion h. that it requires no new law to enable them to hold estates in land. The late Lord Fllknborough contented himself with such a title as a Jew could make to land, and after that I think we need have little doubt that Jews may hold land and make good titles.— But, with respect to the present bill, I think it cannot be so amended as to meet my views and therefore I say, unhesitatingly, that I must oppose it : foreseeing its consequences, I cannot give it my support. Mr. BROUGHAM differed altogether from the statements of the right honourable the Secretary of State. When he (Mr. Brougham) considered the small number of Jews in the coun try, the small number of petitions also presented in their favour, he would ask where was the cause of alarm ? The Jews do not threaten, because they cannot do any harm : before the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill passed, we heard of Agita tors, and Hectors, and Associations, and :many more things; but the Jews stood alone on one high ground, the justice of their claims, which all must admit.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Brougham) would abstain from any allusion to the case of the Catholics in par ticular, , but he could tell the house, that as the law now stood, neither Jews, Mahommedans, Turks, Infidels, Atheists, Sap. tics, nay, call them by any name, however horrid to our nature, if the word hypocrite be not add e d, can be ad mitted by the statute of Elizabeth.—(Hear. hear, hear.) It must be in the recollection of honourable members, that persons not professing the Christian religion, had taken the oaths prescribed by law. Gibbon took the oaths against Catho licism when he was appointed to the office of one of the Lords of trade, and he no doubt took his salary as regularly as the right honourable gentleman opposite. (Hear, and laughter.) In fact, it was doing away with the sacramental test—that would be the surest means of accelerating the downfall of infidelity. Viscount Boling. broke, who by his writings avowed himself an infidel, who was also a first-rate orator, took the oaths as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs : and who would contend but that, in all his negocia. tions with other powers, and in all the duties of his office, he was not as capable, and did perform those duties as well and as much for the interest of the country as his successor : in fact, It would i c ao m r li be laughing at Lord Aberdeen, to suppose that Noble was not of such an opinion. (Laughter.) The real question, however, for the house to consider was, should this bill or should it not be read a second time ? If it was, it would be open to any objection in it s f uture stages ; an d w h y it sh ould it should not be read a second time he could not imagine; certainly not a single substantial argument h a d been adduced by its oppo. nents. Suppose the bill to pass, and that it was to receive the royal assent, what was done ? Why merely leaving out seven words in the oath or declaration presented to be taken by members of parliament. (Hear, hear.) If hon. members of that house were discussing the subject across a convivial table, and it should be said (as it !ladles:sal that night), why if you let the Jews into the privileges of the as stitution, you must letter the Quakers in also--(hear)-1t would be said, well what of that, let in Jews and let in Quakers—(Laughter.) In Gon's name, he would ask, why should they not, for amore in-1 dustrious, loyal, and respectable sect did not exist.—(Hear, hear.) — No persons were more entitled to the honours of the state than the' Quakers. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to let them in by any side-wind, but they were only now kept out by the form of the oath ; and as followers of the Christian religion, and attending to the doctrines of Scriptures, he would ask, were they not right in refusing to take an oath. (Hear, he a r.) W as it not the command of Divine authority to swear not at all; neither by Heaven, which was his throne nor by earth, which was his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, which was the city of the great king." Now, after such an injunction, how could any man, or set of men, be advocates for oaths. The Jews felt themselves b ound, as good citizens, to do their duty towards the state. Thaw was no tear of their making ptoselytes--they wished for none; but it was said, if they got into parliament they would not attend to business on a Saturday. Now, it was well known that no parliamentary business was transacted on a Saturday.—(Hear.) So much for that objection. He, however, could assure the house, that the Jews had no objections of that kind. (Hear, hear.) It was well known that they were eligible to serve upon juries, and :luny times in the course of his professional engagements had he s:en Jews take the oaths on a Saturday, in the jury-box. No could mistake them, for they alw a y s t o ok the oaths with their hats on. (Laughter.) And never in his life did he wit ness them actuated by any other desire than that of doing justice. What, he would ask, would be the danger of admitting a few Jews into the House of Commons, consisting of 668 blem hers ? And what was the barrier to be removed ? Merely leasing out of the declaration, the words "on the true faith of a Christian." If they would use those words, they would le eligible to all the offices of the state.—(Hear, hear, hear)...... By an Act passed in the 13th year of the reign of George the Second, it was enacted that all persons, Jew or Gentile, or what. seer te!igion stutter, after a seven years' residence in any of the Bri t:sit colonies, should be eligible to fill any of the offices of the state. Now this law never could have passed under the im preision that religion was more attended to and wanted less guarding in the colonies than in England. The religion of the country wanted no guards or fences to protect it—its purity was its greatest safeguard. Thousands of arguments might, if necessary, be adduced in favour of the measure. It had been said this was 4 religious and not a political question—that he denied. It als not a religious question; but it was one of civil right. Un the authority of Dr. Paley, be would say that the eats. Wished religion of the country ought not to be mixed up with the state, for it would corrupt the one and destroy the other.— ,i:ear, hear, hear.) On this authority how could any bon. mem. no defend the test that caused the Zexclusion of any pant- Lular sea. If a Jew or any other religion or the son of one of Buonaparte's Generals, if borne in England, were to take the declaration prescribed by law, he would be entitled to fill all i.:e offices of state. (Hear.) And was the British Parliament, after a persecution of the Jews, for 16 or 17 centuries, now to withhold Iron: that antient people their civil right? He would say do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly. He should tote fur the second reading, and, in so doin did not pledge himself to s u pport all the clauses in the bil ls; if it went too tar it might be remedied in the commit•ee. It was allowed on All sides that some relief ought to be afforded. One objected that the Jews should be admitted to a seat in the legislature motile / that they should not be eligible to fill some high office. This might all be very good, but by withholding assent to the second reading of the bill it would be the means of depriv ing them of nine-tenths of the benefits it was allowed by all chef were entitled to receive. He did therefore hope the house would agree to its passing another stage. It had his support. Mr. PERCEVAL rose to address the house, but the cries of loud, that the hon. member could not tg 228 biajor ity ` the third reading of the bill for Watch. tea of England. ,t the bill required further disetneion, and third time to-morrow. 50 18 i.y . third time and pasoW. • of the EXCHEQUER postponed the Rill to Friday, when be hoped he should ibe committee of supply early, and that the committee on the beer bill by ten o'clock. • a return of the number of stamps is. n from the year 1828 to 1829 inclusive. 1 wont dispelled of, and the house ad. LONDON• TUESDAY, MAY 18. THE KING. The Bulletins, as the following will skew, have at length assumed a degree of candour and explicitness, that set those rumours, so inseparable from their former ambiguity, at rest. We participate most heartily in the ge neral joy at the favourable change thus announced, and we sincerely hope it may be followed by still more grati fying assurances We also trust, that every plea for indulging in sinister conjectures, will be removed by the frankness of future Bulletins. " WINDSOR CASTLE, MAT 18, 1830. " The KI x has passed a tranquil night. His MAJES TY'S symptoms are all alleviated. (Signal) " HENRY HALFORD. MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." Despatches were this day received at the Colonial office, in Downing-street, from Halifax, in Nova Scotia ; from New Brunswick, from Prince Edward's Island, from Newfoundland, and from Bermuda. The despatches from Bermuda are dated on the 3d, and those from Halifax the 25th of April. Our attention has been called to a letter addressed by Mr. HUNT to Mr. THOMAS A rmoo», of Birmingham, in this day's Herald. Convinced that the utmost free dom of discussion, particularly in all matters of national importance, should be the basis of a Press which assumes to be the organ of public opinion, we shall give the letter a place in our columns on the first open day. First, ou account of the subject to which it relates; secondly, be cause the name of this Journal is more than once men tioned by the writer. Leaving the Marquis of Br..t x nFORD and Mr. ATT• WOOD to furnish such replies as we think are loudly called for by the statements of Mr. HUNT, it is due to ourselves and the sentiments we proclaimed at the commencement of our labours in July last, to assert, that whatever the conduct of others may have been, our profession of faith, set forth on that occasion, has been most scrupulously fulfilled in even• iota. Our motives for encouraging the Marquis of BLA N Droan cannot be better explained, than by the following ex tract from our public address:— " The writers of this article have not been inattentive spectators of the secessions which have lately taken place. Among these, the separation of Lord BLANDFORD from the high Tory league has afforded infinite satis faction. It would be presumptuous in them to conjec ture even, how far—in their general views —they will be likely to coincide with the Noble Marquis in his new character : but their impression is, that they mad• travel far together. It is true, the unconditional adoption of Roman Catholics into the Legislature of this Protestant empire, appears to have alarmed him into some original reflection of his own, and aroused in him a deep anxiety, lest it may be turned to the detriment of the State. But the law is passed, the innovation is introduced: the bu siness is to guard, now, the Constitution—such as it remains. It is true, also, that the abolitions which the Noble Marquis advocates, migl.t still encounter—as they hitherto did—his hereditary hostility, and that his friend liness to ameliorations has been contingent upon his terror at one liberal measure. But he has stretched forth his hand to the Reformers ; the writers of this note are of that class—and they take it, though many have re jected it. It is no time now to coquet with true men, and examine too curiously if they exhibit the criteria of party." It was a glorious sight to witness one of the highest scions in the aristocracy, associated as it is with an im mortal mina, burst from the trammels which had fettered its early years. Hailing it as a great triumph for the people, and a favourable omen of freedom, no wonder that our best efforts should have been made to encourage the almost " unfledged patriot," in a career so calculated to confer a much more lasting immortality on him than can ever be acquired by military achievements. Hence the frequent plaudits, and more frequent appeals, made in our columns to the patriotism of a man whom we looked up to as entitled to the admiration and confidence of his country. By referring to our first address, it will be seen that wo set out as reformers without alluding to the extent to which we were prepared to go, on the all important subject of the representation. It was, however, dis tinctly stated, on several subsequent occasions, that we considered the doctrine of universal suffrage as not by any means necessary to constitnte a perfect representative system. If we wanted a proof of the correctness of our opinion on this vital point, we need only look to the consequences of the electoral law of France, where a popular majority has been so re cently returned in the face of a Crown and Ministe rial influence, far more overwhelming than that which impedes the progress of Reform in this country. Without, therefore, opposing the advocates of Radical Reform, a slight glance at our files, will prove that whatever had a tendency to diminish the corruption of Parliament, that great source of all our calamities, was zealously advocated by the STAR. Such were the motives which led to the decided tone in which we spoke of the attempt made by the Marquis of BLAB DFORD to improve the representation, as well as the approbation we so often expressed of those pa triotic efforts which marked his conduct during the early part of the Session. Leaving it, as we have already said, for the Noble MARQUIS to reply to the letter of Mr. HUNT, it would be hypocritical in the extreme, to conceal our regret at the relaxation of their efforts, which has subsequently taken place. We freely confess that our regret is increased in proportion to the conviction that the talents of which he has given such undoubted proofs, added to his high rank, and those historical recollections with which his name will always be associated, would have enabled the Marquis of BL A X D• FORD to do more for the cause of improvement and reform than any other man in England. We have heard that dis gust at the want of support, experienced in the House of Commons, he had no small share in checking that zeal which had fixed the attention of the whole nation. If there is any truth "in this report, we are ready to admit that there is no task half so irksome or re pugnant as that of labouring in a public cause with out being adequately seconded. It is, however, the attribute of a great mind, to persevere in proportion as difficulties oppose their exertions. Hour voice could have the smallest weight with the Marquis of BLA NDFORD, we should urge him, in the name of his country, and as the descendant of MA REsottovon, to stifle every; rumour injurious to his fame, by a renewal of his patriotic labours. What !—though there should be want of sym pathy or support within the walls of Parliament, is the applause of a whole people to be put in competition with the support of a body of men who are universally ac knowledged to be the representatives of their own inte rests, rather than those of the People ? Two important subjects were disposed of in the House of Commons last night—the Birmingham Petition for Reform, and the Jews' Emancipation Bill. Impressed with the importance of his subject, and the respect due to the right of petition, Mr. DAVENPORT en tered into some interesting details elucidatory of the state of trade at Birmingham. These were answered by the HOME SECRETARY, who, of course, did his utmost to prove that things were going on as well as could be wished. The best thanks of the Petitioners and the country are due to the honourable member for SHAFTESBURY, not merely for the able exposition of last night, but for his omitting no occasion of press en the House the necessity of reform, as the only panacea to those evils which press so heavily on the great mass of our population. Although the effort to emancipate the Jews was thrown out, it could not have been more ably advocated. in the speeches of Mr. BROUGHAM, Lord Joux Rua- SELL, Mr. Hoax ISSON, Sir ROBERT WILSON, and Mr. O'Coxx au.. These will be read with great interest by the friends of religious toleration. To those who have been thus thus disappointed and condemned still longer to remain a persecuted caste, we shall only say, " Look at the slow progress and final triumph of the Catholic Question I" CITY, T A r.i.vP o'CLocc. Consols wh:cli left of yesterday at 9.31 w j fur i:u• Account, opened at the same price, and for Money 934, with link business cliiing as rat. They inay be quoted fur next tecount 93 I. In t!tc Foreign Market the prices are much the same as ). - day. Accounts from Berlin state, that M. de Ellen, who was at Con. stantinople with (}en. Mueling,Zwill accompany the French ex &don to Algiers on an important mission from the King of Prussia. Letters from Odessa state, that Jussuf Pacha has embarket for Constantinople. HALF.PAST ONE O'CLOCK This is quite an idle day in the Funds—no speculations ut any consequence has taken place to the present hour; but the Marker is not so good as in the early part of die morning. when Consols were 113,1 1, since which they hare been done at 93 to and 934 for next Account. The Hebrews, contrary to their expectations, hate been disap pointed in regard to the second reeding of the Jew Bill, at least they wer.: in great hopes that an enlightened Legislature like our. would have condescended to mitigate their oppressions by giving a proof to all other nations of English liberality. In the Foreign Market Greek Bonds have been the chief qpecu- Ltion, which have fallen since yesterday from 3to 4 per cent. L. other Storks nothing doing. q ut , tion, rinesiM;;Tireaio ~b !ain a heat Mg. The house divided— For the sccond reading Against it ORTMAN moved rug and Lighting the Parish( Alr. CARTER thought a • ainved that it be read a third The House divided... For the third reading Against it Ma)jor!' The Bill was then rad a t The CHANCELLOR of Committee on the Beer Bit be allowed to go into the a house might go into the coot M. BULLER moved for sued for London Newsmen The other orders of the da3 Orntrued at Three o'Cloek. LISBON, April 28. M. Vitlasboaa, Canon of La Slee, an old valetudinarian, has just suffered a most cruel extortiorreproperty at the hands of Don M iguel. Under a pretext that the venerable Priest held in store a large sum of money for the purposeof corrupting the troops of the capital, the agents of police paid him a domiciliary visit in the night of the 22d instant, and carried away a thousand pieces of gold, cacti valued at 7,500 refs. This respectable ecclesiastic was fortunate enough to be able to save himself, with his nephew, by escaping from his domicile through a private garden gate, and to em bark on board an English packet which lay in the harbour, and, in the morning of the 25th set sail for England. In the same boat sailed the Count de Pombeiro, who is the bearer of despatches from Viscount Santarem to Viscount d'Asseca, the agent of Don Miguel at London. During the whole of yesterday all the Ministers and Councillors of State held a Council at the Palace of Quelux, in consequence of the arrival of despatches from England. These were brought by an English packet which entered the Tagu■ in the evening of the 25th.— Don Miguel repaired this morning to the Park of Adjuda, to witness the evolutions of the Ist and 4th regiments of cavalry. You may already be informed of the recent death of Count Bar bacena. M. hlontealegre, Minister of his Most Catholic Majesty at Lisbon, has returned to Cintra, and has suspended all diplomatic relations with Viscount Santarem—Paris Advertiser. A T a MEETING of the Committe e f or th e pur pose.L-A. of building ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL, held the 17th May, 1250, consisting of the Earl of Rosinzar, Chairman, Right Hon. Lord Montague, Sir Thos. Farquhar, Et. Sir George Duckett, Bart. Alexander Copeland, Esq. H. P. Fuller, Esq. F. J. Fuller, Esq. Dr. Gregory, R. C. Kidd, Esq. Henry Hol land, Esq. the Rev. M. Hughes, John Nuuey, Esq. and J. V. Thompson, Esq. IT WAS ResoLvaz--Thankfully to acknowledge the following Sums, received since last Advertisement : Mrs. Belie ... ... .. .13 0 0 Messrs. Drummond (2d Subscription) 200 0 0 Mrs. Shephard, Kensington-square .. 21 0 0 John Shephard, Esq. ditto ... 10 10 0 Peregrine Fernandez, Esq. .. 50 0 Messrs. Willis ... ... .. 2 2 0 Right Hon. Lord Dundas (24 Sub.) ... 50 0 0 A. R. .. .. .. .. 3 13 0 The Earl of Liverpool (24 Sub.) .. 20 0 0 Mrs. Elizabeth Wegg 4 . 3 d Sub.) .. 50 0 0 R. Berens, F..sq. .. .. 10 0 0 J. Berens, Rag. ... ... 10 0 0 Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe (2cl Sub.) 52 10 0 Lady Lucy Fusty .. ... 30 0 0 Charles Edw. Pigou, Esq. (2d Sub.) 10 0 0 Francis Burton, Esq. (4th Sub.) ... 100 0 0 John Labouchere, Esq. (24 Sub.) .. 21 0 0 A. B. Drummond, Esq. ... .. 21 0 0 Thomas Oliver, Esq. . ... 50 0 Rolls, Rt. Hon. Master of, (2cl Sub.) 50 0 0 Dr. Holland ... .. ... 10 10 0 G. J. .. Cholmondly, Eli. ... ... 100 0 0 _ _ ._ . . . 5 0 10 0 5 0 .. 100 0 ... 50 0 . . Thomas Riborough, Eaq. (24 Sub.) .. Rev. James Greedle Sir John Harrington, But. His Grace the Duke of Bedford Right Hon. Lord Montague The Building Committee earnestly appeal to the continued liberality of those who are desirous that St. George's Hospital, when completed, should be a worthy Monument of Public Be neficence. Subscriptions received by Messrs. Drummond, Bankers to the Hospital ; by Sir George Duckett, Barr. (Joint Treasur e r to the Hospital,) 50, Pall-mall ; and also by the following Bankers Messrs. Centre; Hammersleys ; Herries, Farquhar, and Co; Morlands; Ran som and Co. and by all the Members of the Com mittee. AT TWO 0 CLoCK. D 0.50 Yrs. July, Jan. Apl. 241 India Stock, India Bonds 89 Old Annuities 98 41000 Bach. Bills 79 8 .1500 Ditto 79 8 .8100 and 4400 Do. 79 8 India for Acct. Cons. for Ace. 951 i NAILS ARRIVED AND DUE TH O Dub1in......... 0 1 0 France . 0 O Waterford..." 0 0 Flanders. 0 ' 0 Guern. & Jersey 0I 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Handmrgh O America......... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 THE EVENING STAR. PRICE OF STOCKS Bank Stock 2151 161 16 3 per Cent. Red. 921 1 S per Ct. Cons. 931 1 3 31 per Ct. 1818, 100 51 per Q. Red. 991 1 4 per Cent. 1011 2 4 per Ct. 1826, Long Ann. 19 146 Do. 30Yeara, ApL Oct. 181 O MORNING. •. D. O Lisboa 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Sweden • O Malts . 0 O Menleo 0 A ; _ Fr o Ci a cy o .3_ SI? PU CIE? S THE KING. The state of His MAJESTY'S health during the last few days has been favourable, more especially yesterday : the symptoms of the Ktta's complaint are in every re spect considerably alleviated. SIR RODENT PEEL bad all audience of His MAJESTY on Sunday afternoon, and was occupied with the KING a considerable time. Sir MATTHEW TIERS EY left the Palace at an early hour yesterday morning for London, and would not, it w:: expected, return to the Palace to resume his prele;iional attendance on His MAJESTY till night. ViS,:Otnii LAKE, as Lord in waiting, and Mr. HOPE, as Grown in waiting, were in attendance yesterday at the King's Pa • lace, St. James's, and showed the bulletin to the nubility and gentry who came to learn the state of His MA J EST v's health. The inquirers were numerous. DOVER, May 17. The passage between this and the opposite coast goe on vii•n extraordinary activity. The arrivals from Fiance lure been lately unusually numerous. Among them at Wright's Hotel, lwee Lea the Viscountess Combermere and family, 31r. F. Baring and Hope, Mr. and Mrs. Willan and family, lion. Mrs. Cochrane auJ family, Lord Germain, Major and Mrs Blacker, Mrs. Benin Slatthieu and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jusinger, the Countess Beauchamp, Lady Strachan and family, Lady Saltoun and suite, Mrs. Morgan, the Viscountess Bury, the Marquis of liertford, Mr. and Mrs. Wrightson, Mr. and Mrs. Lyal ItoHet, Lady Coote and suite, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Prince Paul Lieven, Miss Horne, Messrs. Antrobus, this. Hon. R. Mead, his lady and family, Mrs. Johnstone and family, the Earl and Countess Moray and family. Among the departures for France are, his Excellency Coura Ludolph, his lady and suite, Lord Pollington, Mr. and Mrs. Sraherni, Sir Francis Vincent, Col. Allen and family, &c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Diligence, from Virginia, has arrived off tuakar. Thus, May 17.—Wind W.S.W.--Arrived and sailed for the River. the Duke of Bedford, Bowen, from Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived off the port, the Hope, Dalrymple, from Madeira. Pia-mourn, May 16.—Wind W.—Arrived off the port, the Norden, Bird, from China—sailed the 24 'unary. from the Cape 11th March, and from St. Helena the 25th, bonW to Hamburgh. Fautount, May 15.—Wind W. to N.W. light..—Arrived the Camden packet, from Bermuda—sailed 3d ult. and from Halifax the 25th ; and Shamrock, —, from Philadelphia. Cowes, May 17.—Arrived the Vittoria. Andrews, from Manilla —sailed from the Cape 11th March. and St. Helena 25th. Power, May 16.—Arrived off the port, the Royal Saxon, Petrie, from Bengal—sailed the 24 January, and from the Cape of Good Hope 20th March. LITTIZOOL, May 16.—Arrived the Arethusa, Spence, from Barbados.; Splendid, Lee, from New Orleans; Harmony.Pringle, from I:obile ; James Cropper, Carey, from Viirginia ; Mary and Susan, Candler, and Nimrod, Atkins, from Charleston; William, Ashton, from St. John's, (N. 8.); Syren, Roe, from Palermo; Diana, Morrison, from Seville; Ellen, Coster, from Santander; and Adventure, Adamson, from Rostock. The Duke of CUM/MALAN D came to town yesterday from his residence at Kew. The Princess A trc USTA, the Duchess ofGLuUCESTEit, and the Princess SOPHIA, took an airing :;esterday in the Parks. The Duke of WELLINGTON and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER visited Sir ROBERT PEEL yesterday. The French and Russian Ambassadors had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign office. THE Jaws.—A singular omission has been made in the report of the debate last night, in the House of Commons, on the presentation of the Loudon Petition iu favour of the Jews. Some of the Morning Papers omit a speech altogether, while others report it as given by " a MEMUER, whose Name we could not learn." That MENDER was Mr. Ewitwr, who expressed his concur rence in the prayer of the petition, and observed that there was this difference between the petitions presented this year and the last that this year they were all on one ' side. There seemed, 0.4 far as the House could vet judge, to be only one feeling amongst the people on * the subject of the present bill, and that was favourable to it. The honourable and gallant member opposite (Central GASCOY NO thought it would be a difficult task to prove that the admission of the Jews would promote the prie r. mple of Christianity. Now he thought it would be a 'still more difficult task to show that that adraieion wte.ld be repugnant to Christian principles. "THE LAYS OF A WANDERER." This is a lightful work ; a kind of charm pervades it throughout, introduced, as it is especially, by " the Fairy Queen.' It is a gem—a curiosity, and, like a beautiful bouquet, fit for the ladies. There is, to be sure, " the Tippler : " —well, the ladies will perhaps smile, and so much lose their very proper and becoming reserve as to be excited, I even to merriment—and why not ? Theme i 4 nothing that we can see either offensive or disagreeable in this piece of original gaiety more than the name ; and a work of thie kind must not be judged of by any other than the very favourable one which it will soon acquire. To be serious, the work is a very complete one in every par ticular. There is feeling, taste, pathos, and genius, dis played in these compositions, and a talent which we vi ish to see encouraged by the patrons and patronesses of music. There are very beautiful illustrations to each song, designed and executed by the Author. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET, MAT 18. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, sell 5.. to IS 15% Useful Meadow Hay, slo3 Ss. to 15s. Fin. Upland Meadow' and Rye Grass Hay. 813 13s to ite 13s. (lover Hay, generally, d!3 Os. to 41•4 15s. Extraordinary line ditto, 43 10s. Oat Straw, is 3.. to £2 10s. Wheat Straw, £2 10s. to .02 ies. per load 030 trusses. There was a good supplyat market. ST. JAMES'S HAT-MARKET. Mav IS. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £ is. to di lOU. Useful ditto, .22 16a. to .113 10a. Floe Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, .63 15a. to .14 15a. Clover Hay, 43 JO& to 45 Sat Oat Straw, £2 is. to £2l4a. Wheat &raw, Ai 10s. to 42 las. per load of 36 tresses. NEW FARRINODON MARKET, Mew Is. A moderate supply of oust. Prkes the ease u so estarday int. / 1 I I I