The Sun. — London, England, 1829-04-16 00:00:00

the Right Hon. Gentleman to this point, as he had rally read a second time, and ordered to be COM confined his observations to the state of the night milted upon Friday, the Ist of May next. watch; and he trusted, that as the Right Hon. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Gent. proposed to establish a more efficient night Mr. HUNIE wished to know frOm the Right patrol, he would also see the necessity of establishing Hon. Secretary opposite, to what day it was his in a regular patrol for perambulating the streets of the tendon on to-morrow (this day) to propose the ad metropolis during the day. `. The House was of journment of the House ? course aware of the correspondence which had taken Mr. PEEL said, he did not intend that the ad place between the Home-office and the City authori- journment should extend beyond the usual period, ties with reference to the regulation of , the police. and he should therefore propose on to-morrow that He (Mr. Bernal) was not aware whether any thing the House should adjourn to Tuesday, the 28th had since been done on that subject, but to him it of April. appeared quite clear and manifest, that in order to On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex produce the good effects of any plan or system for CHEQUER, the Committee of Supply, and the Corn the improvement ef the police of the metropolis, mittee of Ways and Means, were postponed till Wed there must be a perfect union and harmony between nesday, the 20th of April. all the authorities on the subject, otherwise the GREENWICH HOSPITAL BILL. thieves would have only to emigrate eastward or Sir A. GRANT brought up the Report upon westward of Temple-bar, according as they were the Greenwich Hospital Bill. The Report WIIS driven from the one place or the other by the exer- agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a tions of a more efficient and better regulated police. third time to-morrow (this day). He hoped the Right Hon. Gent. - would direct his SPANISH CLAIMANTS. attention to these points, and he was sure the Right Sir A. GRANT brought up the report upon the m. Gent. would see the necessity for the este- Spanish Claims Bill. blishment, not only of a night, but of a day police Sir R. WILSON wished to address a few words throughout the streets of the metropolis. on this occasion to the Right Hon. Gentleman op- Mr. PEEL said that the Hon. Member was mis- posite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer). He taken in supposing that the board which he pro- thought it his duty on this occasion to direct the posed to establish would only embrace • the regula- attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the tion and management of the night patrol : that claims of a class of persons whom he conceived were department would be responsible for the state of the entitled to the consideration of his Majesty's Go metropolis both night and day, and its object would vernment—he alluded to the Spanish bondholders, be to afford efficient protection to the public as well whose property had been confiscated by the grossest by day as by night.—(Hear, hear.) —Much benefit and most outrageous violation of good faith that had resulted from the day patrol, even as it was at had ever been disp'ayed by any Government. These presented. To what did the day patrol at present bondholders lent their money on the good faith of amount ? To only three inspectors and twenty-four the Spanish Government, the signature of the King men. When benefit resulted from such a small pa- of Spain was affixed to the bonds, and all the trol, it was plain that great good could be effected Ministers of the different Courts of Europe, who were by the establishment of a vigilant and . numerous then at the Spanish Court, gave their sanction to the patrol under the controul and superintendence of the agreement. The greatest portion of the money new board of magistrates, and capable of giving which was thus lent upon such security to the King efficient protection to the passengers in the streets of Spain was appropriated to the King's own ser against the attacks and depredations of the thieves vice, and to defray the expenses of the Court, to and pickpOckets in the great leading streets and which a great portion of the public revenue in that thoroughfares. of this metropolis. The Hon. Mem- country is devoted. But no sooner did the French ber had spoken of the defects which existed in the forces enter the country, and no sooner had the King present system of the day patrol, but the Hon. of Spain entered the French camp, than he caused Member would no doubt concur with him (Mr. to be cancelled all the obligations in which he had Peel) in thinking, that if that patrol so constituted bound himself to those bondholders, and thus per had been productive of any benefit ,it only demon- petrated one of the most glaring acts of bad faith atrated the necessity and advantage of having an that had ever been committed. He (Sir Robert efficient, vigilant, and well-regulated patrol, both by Wilson) was aware that these bondholders hail not Might and day, controuled by one authority, and given a power to the Government to act for them acting under one head.—(Hear.) —Unless it were under the convention which determined the claims established on such a plan, it would be quite impos- to which this Bill applied. Still their claims were sible to effect the objects in view; for when the good; and though the British Ambassador had it thieves would be driven from one part of the town, not in his power to protest against the confiscation of they would have only to transfer themselves to their property, at the same time it was so shamefully another part of the town; and it was therefore ab- and openly made by the King of Spain, he (Sir R. solutely necessary that there should be but one head Wilson) conceived that his Majesty's Government presiding over and directing the operations of this might interpose their good offices on the part of new police.—(Hear, hear.) —With a police esta- those bondholders with the French Government, in blished upon such a system and such a plan, lie order to induce that Government to compel the (Mr. Peel) was t onfident that they would be able King of Spain to discharge their just claims. The to dispense with the necessity of a military force in French declared, on entering Spain, that they did London, for the preservation of the tranquillity of not go there to injure or destroy the property of in the metropolis. He was certain that ii an efficient dividuals, but that their solepurpose was to re-estab police of that kind were once established here, they lish the Government of Spain, and to place the would not be subject to the risk of any attempts at King upon the throne. It was therefore probable disturbing the peace and tranquillity of London. that France might be induced to interfere in this Mr. HUME said there was only one point in the matter, so as to make the Court of Spain restore observations which bad fallen from the Right Hon. their property to these bondholders. Gent. which be conceived called for explanation, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER which lie considered objectionable. He alluded to said that he did not at all wish to expressan opinion that part of the statement of the Right Hon. Gent. which could be considered in any way unfavourable where he spoke of letting the parishes come into this to the justice of the claims of the individuals on new system, as they might think proper.--( 4, No, whose behalf the Hon. Gentleman had spoken, but no," from Mr. Peel.) He wished to know from the the Hon. Gentleman must see that their claims Right Hon. Gentleman whether the parishes would were totally different from those particular claims to be left at liberty to adopt this system as they pleased, which the present Bill applied. The claimants in Mr. PEEL said, that under the Act which he in- the present instance, were persons whose property tended to introduce, a certain day would be appointed had been seized by vessels employed by Govern when the parochial establishments in each particular ment. Now the individuals of whom the Hon. parish would be abolished, and the whole manage - Gentleman had spoken, stood in the situation of ment of the police of that parish transferred to the those who, placing a reliance_ upon the faith of new board of Magistrates appointed under this Act, a Foreign Government, entered into pecuniary en- It was desirable, however, that so great a chan ge gagements with that Government ; and under such should not be made too suddenly. He (Mr. Peel) circumstances they must be prepared to bear upon did not propose that all at once the parochial police their own shoulders the misfortune, if it should so establishments should cease, and that this new happen that that Government should riot adhere police department should at once be obliged to to its engagements, and if its faith should turn out take charge of the whole police of the metro- to be bad. He conceived that it would be an un polis. He would first propose to intrust to them safe principle to admit that the Government of this the charge of the police in a certain number of country should interfere in such a case, on behalf of parishes ; and he would extend their authority persons who bad taken upon themselves, and at gradually to other parishes until the charge of t heir own risk, to enter into pecuniary engage the entire police establishment devolved upon ments with a Foreign Government, and in which them. By that means, the new police department transaction the Government of this country took would become gradually exercised in the manage- no part. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) anent and controul of the police, and in the course distinctly refrained from expressing an opinion ad of time they would be competent to take charge of verse to their claims, but he doubted much the the entire police of the metropolis. In every instance propriety of this Government interfering on their a day shall be fixed when the charge of the police behalf. in a particular parish shall devolve to this depart- Sir R. WILSON would merely recall to the re ment; the existing parochial authorities shall then collection of the Right Hon. Gentleman the case of entirely cease, the rates paid for the maintenance of the South American bondholders. The Secretary watchmen shall also cease, and instead of the watch- for Foreign Affairs exercised his .influence on their rate a new police-rate shall be imposed. He was behalf, so as to induce the Governments in South not, however, as he already said, for giving to this America to make an adjustment of their claims, as new department too - widely-extended authority all they ought to do to support their own credit, and as at they were bound to do by virtue of the engagements once,—to give to them suddenly the charge and management of 1,500 men would be too much. He into which they had entered. Now here was a gross would have them, in the first instance, to taxe instance of a violation of good faith on the part of charge of the police in the city of Westminster, the King of Spain ; and he conceived that the Go then he would propose to extend their jurisdiction vernnient of this country might very properly afford gradually to Kensington, Hammersmith, and other their aid and co-operation to these unfortunate bond places in the neighbourhood, and in that manner he holders, with a view to procure them redress. would gradually extend the jurisdiction of this de- The Report on the Bill was then agreed to, and partment over the various districts where its au- the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to thority was intended to reach. morrow (this day.) The Report on the Assessed Taxes' Composition Mr. HUME had supposed that it would be left to B the parishes themselves to come under the jurisdic- Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was o tion of the Board; but the Right Hon. Gentleman ordered to be read a third time to-morrow (this had satisfactorily explained that part of his state- day.) ment. He was sure that the plan, if carried into The other Orders of the Day were then disposed effect, woukl be productive of the best consequences. of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Six The motion was agreed to, and leave was giver o'clock. to bring in the Bill. SILK TRADE. Sir A. GRANT brought up the report upon the Silk Trade Acts. The resolutions were agreed to, and a Bill was ordered to be brought in founded upon them. NEW METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. Mr. PEEL brought in a Bill for the Improve ment of the Police of the Metropolis. It was read a first time; the second teadinc , waS fixed for Mon day, the llth of May, and the Bill was ordered in the mean time to be printed. A message from the Lords brought down Tyrrell's Divorce Bill, and notified their Lordships' Assent to several Private Bills. EAST RETFORD. Colonel FANE said a few words in reference to the borough of East Retford, which were but in distinctly heard in the gallery. The Gallant Colonel was understood to say that there were at present two notices of Inotiews in respect to that borough, the success of one of which would have the effect of putting an end to the other. Ile was understood to express his determination to bring on his motion for the issuing of a new writ, for the electing of two burgesses to serve in Parliament for the borough of East Retford, at an early period after the holidays, and to suggest to the Hon. Member for Bletchingly the propriety of having the subject disposed of as slot' as possible by the House. RE-APPOIN I'MENT OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE COMMITTEE. Mr. PEEL moved the re-appointment of the Select Committee appointed last Session to inquire into the cause of the increase of the number of corn mitnittiS and coovictions in London and Middlesex, Fl - 154t0- -- the state of the police of the metropolis , jami: Q-r the t4itiets adjoinining thereto.—Motion pilreed' to: -----' ''. c s\ .{: LZGAL 4 REFORM. dn. Ate [notion Mi.. SUGDEN, the property in annis; Ike., _PA' titelllusory Appointments Bill, L \.- tit the Liability of Real Property' Bill, were seve- WHO VOTED ON MR. FY - INQUIRE IN' Attwood, 111. Antrobus, G. Bankes, H. Buxton, I'. F. Davenport, D. Dundas, Hon. C. Egerton, W. Encombe, Lord Estcourt, T. H. S. B. Farquhar, Sir It. Gascoyne, Gen. Harvey, D. W. Cr OF THE MINORITY VLER'S MOI lON FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE TO TO THE STATE OF THE SILK TRADE. Heathcote, Sir W. Smith, Abel Lygon, Hon. H. Scott, Hon. W. M'Leod, J. R. Sadler, M. T. Monck, .1. B. Vyvyan, Sir R. Mundy, F. Waithman, Ald. Osborne, Lord F. Wells, J. I'almer, R. Western, C. C. Peachy: General Walrond, B. Rickford, W. Seymour, Henry TELLERS. Smith, S. Fyler, T. B. Robinson, George ~. . PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. TOBACCO. An hccouNv of the Quantity of Tonscco entered for Home consumption in the United Kingdom, and the Amount of Dtrry received thereon, in the Year ended January 5, 1829. Quantites en-. Total Receipt of tered for Home Duty thereon. Consumption. lbs. £. s. d. 18,594,808% 2,782,882 9 4 22,342 13 0 69 15 9 '2,805,271 IS 1 Unmanufactured Tobacco Manufactured Tobacco and Segara Snuff 49,618 1 A 2..1234 18.614,689 ► Total 1 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Paid. Per Shale Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) £lOO 21 22 Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. Om at 51. pm.) £2O 69 70 69 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2734 5 1 , 2 United Alex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) £:1934 1034 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 13. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 34 per cent 93% Ditto, New 4 per Cent 10 1 3,4 Gov. I)eb. 3!ii per cent 96% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c. Royal Irish Ditto - National Ditto — ' Patriotic Ditto I Hibernian Bank — IProvincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine • — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland — ,Commercial Buildings — RATES OF DUTY ON TOBACCO DURING THE YEAR ENDED JAN. 5, 1829. Per lb. Unmanufactured, of any British Possession in America 2s . 9d. of any other place 3 0 Manufactured, or Segars 6 0 Snuff' WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports, Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, April 9, 1829. MALT. RETURN of the Ourcasr of MALT chargeable with Duty upon the Survey of luth of October, 1828. I Amount of Duty. Number of Bushels J. EWBANK, General Accountant. Excise °dice, London, April 4, 1829. At the Glasgow Assizes, EDWARD MOORE or MUIR, labourer, Stonelaw, was found guilty of the murder of his wife, MART MacAvoir. Me was sentenced to be hanged on the 20th of May, and hisbaily to be given for dissection. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1829. Mr. PEEL last night made his promised motion respecting the state of the Police in the Metropolis, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill with a view to remedy the defects of the present regulations. He supported his proposition by strong convincing practical arguments, in the course of which he proved that while throughout England and Wales crime was on the decrease (though gradually), in London and Middlesex it was rapidly and alarmingly in creasing, so much so that, according to the latest and most accurate computation, one person out of every 358 was convicted and sent to prison for some offence. The chief cause of such a dreadful increase originated in the defective state of the Police, which wanted unity, consistency, and vigilance. The Right Hon. Secretary stated that the whole watch establishment was placed under the control of different parishes, in which certain people were responsible for that watch. This, he observed, was a state of things highly objectionable in every point of view ; and, as events had proved, totally inadequate to the pre vention of depredation. It was manifest that the great ground of efficiency was wanting— namely, a united correspondence between the several divisions into which the watch was necessarily divided, by being under the controul of separate parishes. He thought means might be devised of introducing a united system, by taking away that divided responsibility now attached to several autho rities, anti concentrating it in one, and that too at less expence, arid with a much better prospect of preventing the commission of crime, than the pre sent establishment. Of this there can be no doubt; nor can any one be so competent to remedy the pressing evils of the present Police Establishments as he, who with so much accuracy, has discoVered and detailed their defects. Mr. PEEL is a safe and constitutional reformer, and not the less to be com mended because he likes to make sure of his ground . before he attempts innovation. The German Papers state they have received news from Tripoli, in Barbary, that in December last there were serious differences between the Re gency and the British Consul-General. They were however adjusted by the timely arrival of a Dutch man-of-war : BERLIN, APRIL IS. An extraordinary Supplement to the St: Petersburgh Gazette of March 20, contains the official report of Gen. Diebitsch on the taking Sizoboli by the expedition under Admiral Kumany. The details arc the same as already publipled in the Odessa Journal. The town is inhabited entirely by Greeks and Christians of other nations. The Russians, as soon as they were in possession, set about repairing the damage done to the fortifications by their cannonade, and strengthening them by additional works. ST. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 1. On Sunday Te Deem was performed in the chapel of the winter palace, for the taking Sizoboli. His Majesty has addressed a most gracious Rescript to Field Marshal Count Wittgenstein, en allowing him to re tire from the command of the army for the recovery of his health. His Majesty thanks him for the indefatigable zeal with which he has prepared every thing for the next campaign ; and, however unwilling to lose his services, allows him to retire, as he feels that it would be unjust to require a further continuance of them. Hilt Majesty hopes that, after some repose, his health will allow him again to be serviceable to his country. BRUSSELS, APRIL 11• M. Dedel, his Majesty's Plenipotentiary to the Court of Brazil, has arrived in this city with the treaty of Com merce which Le has concluded with the Brazilian Govern ment. _ _ _ Area 14.—The follewing are the reports in circula tion respecting what passed yesterday in the second Cham ber of the States General. It resumed its deliberations on the questions relative to the Jury. After a debate which lasted from eleven o'clock in the forenoon till eleven at night (with the interval of an hour's adj ournmen t f rom f o ur to five) the three questions were proposed as follows: let. Shall the Jury be introduced in criminal trials be fore the provincial courts and other criminal tribunals ? Negatived by 66 to 31. 2d. Shall the Jury be introduced in trials for abuses of the liberty of the press ?—Negatived by 57 to 40. 3d. Shall the Grand Jury (Jury d'Accusation) he in troduced as distinguished from the petty jury? (Jury de jugement.)—Negatived by 65 to 31. The Chamber has therefore definitively decided against the introduction of the Jury. We learn from Tripoli in Barbary that in December lest there were serious differences between the Regency and the British Consul General. The English colours were taken down and the En g lish subjects placed under the protection of the Consul of the N e the r l an d s . How ever, in a few days, the arrival of . a Dutch man of war in duced the Dey to c hange his min I, and to accede to the demands of the British Consul. The British colours were in consequence again hoisted and saluted by 33 guns from the fort and the citadel. The Dey made a present of a sabre to Mr. Clifford Kocq Van Brengel, the Consul of the Netherlands, as an acknow l e d g ment for his mediation in this affair. It seems to be resolved upon that the Government will not answer the very n umerous and very imp ortan t remar ks of the sections on the ne w project of the decennial budget, and that it intends to run the chance of having it discussed in its present form after Easter. The answers of the Government to the observations of the sections on the new project bf law re l a ti ve t o t h e press have been received by t he President ; it is affirmed that, notwithstaiirng the -urgent desire that has been expressed for some changes, very few have been made in it. The report of the departure of Monsigneur Cappaccini was unfounded. It was reported on 'Change at Vienna, on the sth, that the English Ambassador had left Naples to go to Constan tinople. This news had caused a rise in the Funds. The French Papers contain little news. The Journal du Commerce is chiefly filled with details of the late earthquake in Spain, which, by all accounts, has been most extensive and devastating in its effects. Out of the ruins of Almoradi atone 470 bodies have been slug. The inhabitants of the afflicted provinces are in a state of dreadful conster nation. The Allgemeinc Zcitung to the 10th inst. men tions that the Pacha of EGYPT has yielded to the urgent entreaties of the PoRTE, and will send 12,000 men to the Danube. The Egyptian fleet was getting ready for sea, and IBRAHIM was shortly expected at Alexandria TRIESTE, MARCH 30. A ship that left Alexandria on the sth inst., brings word that the Pacha has at length yielded to the urgent desire of the Porte, and will send 12,000 men to the Da nube : this corps of four regiments of regular infantry and some regiments of irregular cavalry, must march through Palestine, Syria, and Natolia.' The expense will be enormous, and the Egyptian Government endeavoured to keep the affair secret, in order not to hurt its credit.— There is a scarcity of corn in the interior of Egypt, and several cargoes of wheat have been sent from Alexandria to Cairo. The Egyptian fleet was getting ready for sea, and Ibrahim Pacha was shortly expected at Alexandria ; but Mahmoud Pacha, lately appointed Pacha, of Two Tails, will command the troops to be sent to the Danube. The French Papers by the mail this morning state that advice; of the 26th March, from Gibraltar, mention that the Austrian squadron came to an anchor six days ago in the port of Algesiras, and had sailed again for Tangier, but the squadron bad returned on the 25th, The Austrian Charge d'Affaires, who arrived at Tangier on the 24th, demanded of the PACIIA to give up all the Austrian prisoners, as a preliminary condition to enter into any negotiation, and prompt satisfaction was given on that point, as the squadron has on board the pri soners; but with regard to what concerns Naples, the Emperor of MOROCCO insists on having an annual tribute paid. Orders have been given to M. VIAL, Charge d'Affaires of Naples, to leave the town in three days. The most virtuous and praise-worthy intentions, when ill directed, are not unfrequently productive of pernicious effects, and when such become evi dent, those who are inclined to scoff and 'cavil at all that is good, eagerly seize on the result as matter of triumph ; this alone should restrain the over zealotis, who carry their laudable exertions to indiscreet lengths; and above all, the fair dispensers of cha rity, who exercise their benevolence in spheres totally unfit even for their acquaintance, and expose themselves to be the witnesses of scenes grossly . offensive to their delicacy and modesty, and not un.:. frequently to personal insult and even danger. Some months ago a young lady of family, and moving in the higher circles of our northern metro polis, was in the habits of extending her charitable visits to the most forbidding haunts of poverty 'and vice, to administer in person spiritual as well as corporeal relief to the sick and suffering ; a practice which we believe is much followed there as well as elsewhere by the loveliest and the best, but which in great towns more especially is constantly attended by the most unpleasant results. The lady in question had several times visited a sick woman, who had been confined for some weeks to her wretched pallet in a dark haunt of some of the most degraded outcasts, in one of the narrow aid loathsome alleys which still abound in the old part of the city. On ona of these occasions, the weather being cold and wet to a great degree, she had spent an hour in conversing and reading the Scriptures to the poor sufferer, and was rising to depart when the husband of the invalid came in, and after thanking her in repeated expressions of gratitude for her kindness and charity towards them, appeared particularly distressed at the depth of wet and dirt which she had tome through that day, adding that there was a back entrance which led to the street by a perfectly dry passage, through which he would gladly conduct her back. She thanked him and was proceeding to follow, but the sick woman said the way she came was the pleasantest : the man repeated his assurance of the other being preferable, and was leading the lady through the back door, when the woman more vehemently re commended the other road ; the lady delayed her departing step a moment to listen to her, but was persuaded by the husband's assurance of the com parative comfort of his route, and was finally follow ing him, when the sick woman arose with frantic eagerness, and, undressed as she was, wrapped her coverlid around her, and seizing the lady by the arm, dragged her out at the door by which she had en tered, and hurrying her with tottering but rapid steps up the alley left her at the entrance to the street, which was a frequented why, and begged her never to return. The lady surprized, and under some alarm that she had been trusting herself with a mad woman, sought her home in a considerable degree of agitation, and did not return to the squalid abode. A few weeks after, on the discovery of the late atrocious murders in that town, and when numbers were daily flocking to visit the scenes of them, then e xposed to the public gaze, the fair object of our tale, from the descriptions she heard, was eurtous•to be an eye-witness also of those dens of guilt and horror ; she went with some relations, and on enter ing the fearful abode of the murderer Rare, she found, with unspeakable horror, that it was the very apartment she had repeatedly visited, and recol lected, with appalling sensations, how narrowly she had escaped the death-gripe of the monster. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 10, 1829, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors fa the different Clues and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat---703. 3d. Oats 225. 2d. I 34c 3d. 8ar1ey.......-338. 3d. I Rye --..... 348. Od. Pea5e«........315. Dd. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat--- 68a. 3d. Oats 225. Id. I 8ean5........ 335. lid. flarley..--- 328 . sd. I Rye 36, sd Pea5e......, 35e. Od. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Rd. I Oats 13s. 9d. 8ean5......-19s: 9d. 10d.1 Rye m I s , gd. pe as e yd. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock ... ...... DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , 'South Sea Stock ......... ...... . ...... 3 per Cent. Red. B7 67,', jOld Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons. 875'4 !New Ditto — 3 per Cent. 96 'E. x Bills, £l,OOO 2d.. 58.59 pm. Ditto Red. 96 1 ,, , g 5% !Ditto 500 2d. 58 59 pm. 4 per Cent. lO2-%N , Ditto Small 2d. 53 59 pm. Ditto, 1126 Bank L Ann. 19 5-16 N Bank for Acc0unt.......... India Stock — India for Account ......... Ditto Bends — pm. Cons. for Acct.... ............ 87% ,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.' Austrian Bonds Neapolitan _ Brazilian Bonds 534 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds ... Pertiviati Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old 'olombian Bonds ... — Ditto, New Ditto, 1524 Danish Russian Spanish, 1921 9% 10 9% Greek Bonds — !—..—:. 1823 — Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. 108 f. —c. Guatunala — I — Exchange ...... 25f. 40c. Mexican Bonds ...... Ditto, 1825 2 C O/ , Exchange . ..... —f. —c. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 2 1 Hamburgh 0 O Brazil ..... ........... .. 0 0 Holland O Buenos Ayree 0 0 Jamaica 1 Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islan& ... 9 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottenburgh......... 0 0 Mexico O Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...44 minutes after C. I Evening ... 7 minutes after I. L j e l 4 ' Cr -- . ) s `t _,S,4 .11 , ..., , x. , --- , A 7,7,--bir ~ :,,, , .—,*14154 c„,..„,,, THE FUNDS.---(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE o' CLocr. This seems likely to be another uninteresting day in the British Stock market. Consols opened at 87i a for money, and 87 for account, at which rate they have . remained all the , morning, with scarcely a bargain doing. ' Exchequer Bills are 57 8 pm.; and India Bonds, 48 9. 'ln the Foreign Stock market this is settling day, but the adjustment of accounts, has now dwindled down to perfect insignificance, and the interest oc casioned thereby is scarcely noticed; below are the various prices. In Shares Imperial Brazilian Mines have advanced to 43 5 pm., not from any intelligence of a favour able nature having arrived, but from the fact of the speculators having sold more than they held, and being obliged to fulfil their engagements were forced to purchase; Bolanos are 70 50 dis. It is with pleasure we notice that the accounts from the coast hitherto received have brought no ill-effects from the violent gale that took place on Tuesday night. Three per Cent. Consols, 87} ; Ditto, for Account, S7i i; India Stock, 2:111 2; Bank Stock, .209 10; India Bonds, 48 49; Exchequer Bills, 57 8 pm. • TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, 87a for money, and 871, buyers, for account. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, 871 I. FOUR O'CLOCK.— Consols 871 Do. for Ac. 87/ Brazilian Bonds 53 Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 •CLOSING PRICES. Danish Greek, 1825 Mexican, 1825 201 Peruvian Rtissiair . Spanish 10. • The Dublin Freeman's Journal says, that the county of Kerry has followed the example of Cork, in contributing towards the fund to Mr. O'CONNELL, and that it is. expected meetings will take place in almost every part of Ireland for the same object. Accounts from all parts of the country state the spring to be one of the most backward ever remem bered. Even the hawthorn hedges have scarce a tinge of green upon them.—Hull Packet. A little before sunrise yesterday morning, a traveller between Longtown and Gretna observed a part of a rainbow over the Solway Frith, ,the lower end of which was plaCed at a considerable' height above the ho rizon. Such a phenomemin is extremely rare; but it is obviously to be accounted 'for: by the 'circumstance; that at so early au hour, the shadow Of the earth iptercepted the direct rays of light, from the sun up to a certain ele vation, below which no refraction could occur•= It is also deserving of remark, that imniediately, after the sun rose, there were seen exactly in the, opposite qiiaster of the heavens, a great many liright, pencils of light, radiating upwards' to, a considerableheight, from a mock sun, at a centre in precise opposition to the real one, and therefore depressed below the horiaon.—=Dunzjiiies Couriei. . , SUPERSTITION.-- 7 -- 7 1N Notwithstanding the boasted " march of intellect "- within the last few years, it would apjear that " the schoolmaster" has yet a vast deal to 'do 'in rectifying vulgar errors, conquering absurd prejudices, and decrying senseless and superstitious usages. We are informed, that within the last two or three days, a female, of apparently decent habits, and of a respectable grade in society, applied to the sexton of the Holy Trinity Church to procure for her a small fragment of a human skull ! On the' man expressing his surprise at so singular a request, add asking ber for what purpose she could pos sibly want a relic of mortality which most females would view with horror and disgust, she made the following dis closure :—A. child of her's, she said, bad been for some time afflicted with the falling sickness, and she had been recom mended, by some of her neighbours, as an infalliable cure, to grind to powder a piece of human skull, and, mixing it with treacle, to administer it to her offspring ! ! Packet. THE SAW MILLS AT BANKSIDE.-Our readers may recollect that about two months ago a fine young man, named ALEXANDER LANE, met a frightful death at the above mills; in consequence of becoming en tangled in the machinery. . The nnfortunate deceased had only been employed at the works for a week, and acted as the deputy of his brother, who., had three of his fingers taken off at the same mills a fortnight before. Since the above shocking catastrophe, another victim has fallen a sacrifice at the same works. Mi. RICHARD HARRIS, engi neer to Mr. STUTELEY, the proprietor of the mills, about 10 drys ago, was in the act : of 'examining and arranging the cogs of the. machine (at a period when it was going with the utmost velocity), when his left arm was nearly torn off, a few inches above the wrist. With the utmost for titude the poor fellow instantly walked to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, where a consultation of surgeons was held, and immediate amputation above the elbow deemed absolutely necessary to save his life. TiAnnis bore the operation with extraordinary nerve, but eventually sunk under it, and only survived the shocking accident a week. The unfortunate man (who is to be buried to-morrow) was in his 42d year, and has left a widow with four children, whom Mr. STUTELEY has, with great humanity, provided DECLINE OF PARTY.—A remarkable in stance of the salutary effects of the great measure int! o duced by Government for the pacification of Ireland, has just taken place in the city of Curk. A Court of Oyer Hundred was held there on Thursday, convened, expressly to enrol the names of Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, ex- Attorney General for England, and Mr. SADLER, the DUKE OP NEWCASTLE'S new MetnLer fur Newark, amongst the freemen of that loyal corporation, and to pe tition Parliament against Catholic emancipation. Alr. Sheriff CUMMINS, however, had changed so entirely since the requisition was signed, that he conceived any further opposition to the mea. , ures of Government would be justly branded as factious, now that it was obvious it must be unavailing. As concession might now be considered the law of the land, it became the duty of every loyal man to promote peace and tranquillity among all classes of the Irish people ; he therefore moved an adjoin nment sine die. Mr. DEA/4E and Mr. GREGG, both heretofore distin guished by their anti-Catholic politics, concurred with the Sheriff, and the Court accordingly broke up. We cannot too highly applaud the good sense and good feeling ex hibited in this proceeding, and we trust we shall have many similar instances to record.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. Great excitement was produced yesterday among the underwriters at LLoyn's, by intelligence of a capture of British property, scarcely out of the limits of the British Channel, under circumstances which, to ap pearance, would designate it as piratical ; at least some of the ship-owners, from facts which have, come to their knowledge, affirm it to be so. The vessel captured is the Union, of Buenos Ayres, and carrying the flag of that republic, but having a cargo on board belonging to mer chants of London, and recently from the river Thames bound to Rio de Janeiro. The vessel by which she has been captured is called the Ferdinand VII., but has re. cently been armed and equipped in the river, under the name (a good counterpart of the other) of the Alexander the Great. The crew and officers on board were all, or chiefly, Englishmen, who gave out, according to the in formation which has been current to-day on 'Change, that they are about to proceed to Cadiz, to be fitted out as a privateer, under Spanish colours, to cruise against vessels of the trans-Atlantic states, lately colonies of Spain. They sailed from the river, it is said, ostensibly in ballast, and made oath in the usual form at the Custom-house—that they had neither arms, ammunition, nor warlike stores on board. Of these, however, they had contrived surrepti tiously to smuggle in an adequate supply; and having marked, as is supposed, the Union as their intended prize, which vessel lay very near to the moorings they occupied, they sailed from the river nearly about the same time. In latitude 45. 30. N., and 13. 30. W., the Union was 1 captured by the Ferdinand VII., and carried, as appears by the letters received to-day at LLOYD'S, into Corunna. The parties interested have manifested, of course, the most lively indignation at this proceeding; and, as an application has been forwarded to the Foreign.office on this subject, the affair will most likely attract further no tice, That which constitutes the offence in this case is understood to he the taking nn board arms and ammuni tion in the river, without obtaining a proper license for so doing, and in seizing British property, which constitutes, it is said, the whole of the Union's cargo. The Corunna letter to ).LOYD'S states, however, that the Ferdinand VII had obtained the necessary documents from the Spanish Consul in London. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY•) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W -- ; It has blown strong in squalls most of the day, and several of the outward-bpund have put ,back: • PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind rived the Rotterdam, Gillman, from Cakliz. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived , the Emma, Frost, from Riga, for NeWYoik.. • , FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind S. to Arrived the Eliza; Deacon,_ from Aux Cayes.' " r BELFAST, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Kale; Craw' ' ford, from Antigua. • CLYDE, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Robert, Robert son, from Demerara; Strathmore, - Auld, from , Antigua; Jean, Whyte; from St. Lucia; Rog' Stewart, from Charleston ; and Camillus, Neivi°o from New York. RAMSGATE, APRIL 15.—The Pulteney,• Luckes, from London to Exeter, having ran on her a nchor on the West Bank of the harbour, has made m°° ll , water, and it is feared part of the cargo is damage°. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. PROPOSED MARRIAGE OF A WARD. LORD ROSCOMMON. This case was heard sometime since in his Lord ship's private•room, but in consequence of a misun derstanding it was mentioned to-day in open Court upon his Lordship's taking his seat. It appeared that Lord Roscommon, whom it Will be recollected has lately succeeded to the Peerage, made a proposa l of marriage to one of the wards of his Court, whose name did not transpire. The lady was agreeable to. the match, and a petition was presented to the LOrd Chancellor for a reference to the Master for an ap proval of the marriage, and settleinent. The appl!' cation upon this petition was made in his Lords4lP private room. The court then asked if the young lady 'had not a mother; and, upon being answered in the affirmative, suggeSted the propriety of ob taining her consent. Hiti Lordship wrote a letter to the mother, who subsequently stated that as the guardian of her ' daughter, she could not ,con Sent to the marriage taking place, not upon any ground detrimental to Lord Roscom mon, but in consequence of her daughter's youth, and her property being placed under such circorn - • stances as to render a marriage at ,the, present mo ment by no means desirable. From some suggestion that fell from his Lordship at the private hearing, Mr. Spence, one of the Counsel, was led to appre hend that his Lordship had made an order for the • personal appearance of the lady and her daughter before the Court. His LORDSHIP disclaimed having made any such order. He had merely stated, that if th e young lady and her mother thought proper to attend, he should be happy to see them, and if possible, arrange matters amicably between all parties. Considering-th e facts stated by the mother of her daughter's youth , and the peculiar situation of the property, his Lord' ship should decline making any order whatever. CHATFIELD V. MARTIN. The Court then proceeded with this part hear d cause. • OLD BAILEY SESSIONS..-(THIS DAY•) OLD COURT. Patrick O'Donnell and Peter Daly were indicted for assaulting,4lizabeth Coombs, on the King's high way, and taking' from her person several articlee, n wearing apparel. The prosecutrix stated that she was passing dow n Fleet-street; .on the night o f the 31st March, wben she was met by O'Donnell, who persuaded her to sc company him ,to a house in the . neighbotirhen4.!!' White-cross-street; where •• they got . Lion ~," Lamb-court, tWo other men joined .o"Doiinell , w hen she was knocked down ; one of the prisoners pulled her clothes off, and the other put his hands acr oss her throat and mouth. Whilst she was lying on the ground O'Donnell struck her several blows on the head. She was very . much alarmed. The prisoner s then ran into a house in the court. One of the me n that was with the prisoners they calledßurife• Witness has been in St. Luke's workhouse - ei* since the outrage. James M'Donald, a watchman, stated tha t be., tween two and three o'clock on the 31 st Marc h he heard some footsteps in Lion and Lamb•court. T here were three or four men and one woman. He tol d the woman she had better go he away, which she d id. Witness saw them again shortly afterwards'. T, prosecutrix was then hanging on O'Donnell'serl i they again went into the court, and shortlf uic ' t wards he heard a scream. Witness, in eornP a N; with two other watchmen, went to their assistance, she appeared to have been ill used, and said the men had robbed her, and that they had run into 008 of the houses in the court ; s h e pointed out th! house, and witness searched it. On one of the.be es the shawl of the prosecutrix was lying, and Igle: neath was O'Donnell; it :was with the gre4. o6 ` difficulty they got him up; he said that he bad 00V been out of the house all day. John Woods and William Finch, two other men, gave similar evidence. Several witnesses gave the prisoners a good, Or racter, and an attempt was made to proVe. - ae e i ' Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up thP: eYideoC at very great length, and the Jury immedietelY turned a verdict of Guilty.against both prisners. This trial occupied the Court from ten o'clock to two. • THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trus6o6.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to i 4 ,2 i p Best New Meadow Hay 2 10 •`" 4 # Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 10 0 Clover Hay 8 S 5 1 MI Oat Straw XI Bto XI 12 1 Wheat Straw 11 12 3upply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay Best New Meadow Hay 1 2 2 1 5 5 to 1 ICI 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and. Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 jo Clover Hay (extra fme)..as 0 .. Generally 3. 0 1 1 6 Oat Straw 4l Bto £1 12—. Wheat Straw., 11 2 There were several loads of damaged Meadow Hay sold at 900. per load ; prices otherwise as last quoted. A moderate suPPV , and a very dull trade. SOUTHALL MARKET.—ApriI 15. an d This day's market having beck') but moderately suppot-u, 7„, 4 rather numerously attended by buyers, each kind ,t.f meat with soiree degree of briskness, at the following prices Pe" of 81b. to sink the offals • As 10d- Beef 3s• 4d. to 4s• 4d. Vea1,..,..,.. 4g . 10,14 to- • 2 Mutton 3 8 4 6 Pork 4 2 5 Land) ss. sd. to 6s. 6d. The fbregoing quotations are Beef, Mutton; , La.mb, and vr.„, 2d. per stone lower; l'ork 2d. per , stone higher than on se'nnight. But a small proportion of the stock left the Ms.' unsold. LEWES MARKET.=ApriI 14. yd, Beet 3s. id. to 48.4 d. Veal 44.8 d to 0 - , 4 Mutton 4 4 4 10 1 Pork._ , 4 0 A moderate supply, and a dull trade_.____ RUMFORD MA lKET.—April lb. ~ d. P. d. to s. d. s„ d. ..,•• 8 t Beef '1 0 4 2:1 Veal Mutton 3 4: 4 4 Pork . 4 0 5 Lamb ss. Pd. t o Bs. 4d. AO' Suckling Calves from Its. to 38s. ; Quarter old Pigs 15s. to 185. e A moderate supply, and a very dull trade. RKETS.-April 9. DUMFRIES MA cl , s.d.. s.d. a. d. e• 9 0 Wheat, Imp. Bush 8 oto 8 6 Butter, 160 z..... ...... .. 0 @t o 0 / Barley 3 8 4 0 Eggs, dozen 0 0 „ s Oats 2 9 3 3 Beef, per lb. 0 4 v Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 2 3 2 4 Veal •8 4 9 3 0 :(1 Potatoes. cwt. . 8 CsrrLs.—Our show of Cattle to.day, in -roint,oreondit io r; was not good, though there were 445 on the Sande • the salet% very dull, and last week's prices were obtained w it h dialctliv ' a good many left the market unsold. ' • . A letter from Bridgewater says, " Our ill" portations are unusually large of vessels with wheat, oat t ' and potatoes; the latter article is selling to the retail from the vessel, at 2s. 6d. per cwt.; 001 they from 16s. to 18s. per quarter from the vessel ; other fe e ' sets are expected daily with wheat."—Batlt Chronicle' AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—The following h i r been handed to us for insertion :—A duel took place 'l— Sauuby Marsh, near Gainshro', on the evening of Satar' day last, between Captain IlniTott and me: wine merchant ; seconds, Lieut. Sutt.Toit on , theittoi" Captain Hircrox, and FiAs. °Trait, Esq. suliCitory ed the part of Mr. GA RPM. After shots had bassi iiithsog the seconds interfered, and tha iliff er int e settled. —Hull Packet. . - • = '-.