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tion as another proof of the slovenly and extravagant manner in which these things were done. Mr. BARING inquired how the Noble Lord meant to borrow the money ? Lord LOWTHER should propose that some of the crown estates should be mortgaged,—that trans . - action to be effected by competition. Mr. HUME wished to know how it was intended to repay the money ? Lord LOWTHER :mid, the sum borrowed would be payable wit of the land revenue. Mr. HUME observed, that if there were land erlough to meet the debt new incurred, it would be *better to sell the land arid not to borrow, After a few words from Mr. BARING, Mr, I - 113S- I{ISSON, and Mr. istIABERLY, leave was given to bring in the Bili, - Mr. MOORE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize an Appeal from the Applotrnents of County Assessments in Ireland, and for regulating such Applotments in certain Cases.—Leave given. Lord F. L. GOWER moved for leave to bring in a 13ii1 to amend the Laws relating to Coroners in Irelentl.—Leave given. ARRESTS (IRELAND). Lord F. L. GOWER moved for leave to bring in a BAI to Prevent Arrests on Mesne Process A: hen the Debt or Cause of Action is under 20!., uitti to regulate the Practice of Arrests in Ireland. —Leave given. SUGAR DUTIES BILL On the motion of Mr. G. DAwsoN, the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill misread. Mr. BERNAL protested against the continuance of the duty on West Indian sugar. Mr. HUME said that the revenue would gain by re.incing the duty on West India sugar. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER l=aid that in his view of this subject, the situation of the finances of the country would not justify him in making the experiment of reducing the duty. R. GORDON said that the present duty on ,East India sugar was a war duty, and that the Vest Indian proprietors were - the only persons who had not benelitted by the transition from war to peace. The Bili then read a second time. To be committed on Monday. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the motion of Mr. G. DAwsoN, the Order of the Day for the second reading of t Ids Bill was read. Mr. HUME complained that t tis Bill went to add confusion to the public accounts, which the Ministers had promised to simplify. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Act must he passed, or a dis eretiouary power given to Government, which he w::s sure the Hon. Member would not agree to. After a few words from Mr. MABERLY the Bill was read a second time.—To be committed this day. EXCHEQUER BILLS' FUNDING BILL. On the motion of Mr. G. DAWSON, the (Mier of the Day for the second reading of this Bill was read. :41r. HUME took this opportunity of again ex pressing his protest against this ruinous transaction. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. MABERLY, and Mr. P. THoMP SON, the Bill was read a second time.—To be com mitted this day. SINKING FUND BILL. On the motion of Mr. G. DiwsoN, the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill was read. Mr. HUME intimated his intention of opposing this Bill at a future stage, and of taking the sense of the House as to whether whatever surplus of revenue we had should be applied to the reduction of debt, or to the diminution of the charges upon the country. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail that he should be prepared to meet the Hon. Member nn this point. The Bill was then read a second time. To be committed on Monday. CUSTOMS DUTIES ACTS. On the Motion of Mr. G. DAWSON', the Order of the Day for the Committee on these Acts was read. The House then went into Committee on these Acts. The Resolutions were agreed to, the House re sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow, (tf,s day). . , The other Orders of ti - e Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Ono o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Tuesday, May 12.) BUCHAREST, APRIL 13.—1 t is reported that the garrison of Ghiurgevo made another sally on the 15th of this month, attacked a Russian corps, and took six pieces of cannon. This news is contradicted by the Russians. However, all travellers coming from that country agree i❑ the truth of this fact.—Cuurier of Peace and War. LISBON, APRIL 25.—(Private Correspondence.)— " The Government has received dispatches from Paris, which appear to have greatly alarmed.it, for at no time since the return of Don Miguel have the arrests been so numerous. " Yon, undoubtedly, are acquainted with the de parture of the French frigate, the Thetis; but what you are, probably, ignorant of is, that this ship was scarcely two leagues outside of the bar when the police visited all the French resident in Lisbon who had any connection with the officers of the Thetis. Another cause of alarm to the subjects of his Most Christian Majesty is, that since the arrival of the dis patches which I mentioned above, the Monks have declaimed in their sermons against the French, and accused their Government of being the enemy of the Government of Don Miguel, and of doing every thing to embarrass it." (From the Gazette de France, dated May 13.) PARIS, MAY 12.—0 n the 11th March a horrid attempt at assassination was committed at Alexan dria, on the person of Captain Gibbs, an English man, of the merchant brig the Telegraph, which was just ready to depart for Smyrna. The assas sins are four Maltese, relatives of a young woman of the same nation, whom the Captain had brought from Smyrna, and to whom he had promised a pas sage back. They attacked Captain Gibbs just as he was preparing to go on board, and stabbed him in more than forty places with stilettos and knives. If these wretches did not kill him on the spot, it was because they believed he was dead. However, he is still alive, but in such a state that it is impossible to save him.. The four assassins—who are the father, the uncle, the brother, and another relation of the Maltese woman—are arrested, and proceedings are com menced against them. _ _ FRENCH -. FUNDS, MAY 12. —Rentes Five per Cents. 108 f. 107 f. 95c. 108 f. 1081. 10c. 5c.; Three per Cents. 78f 95c. 79f. 79f. sc. 79f. 78f. 95c. ; Bank Actions, 1865 f. PAUL PRY AND HIS WIFE.—We hear that an action is expected to be brought at the next assizes against a tradesman of this town, who with his wife amused themselves by listening to a conversation be tween a young lady of respectability and an acquaintance in the adjoining house, and then spread tales to her dispa ragement.—Brighton Gazette. EXECUTION.—JOHN BAILEY, convicted at the late Assizes of passing forged 101. Bank of Devises notes in Bath, underwent the awful sentence of the law at Ilehester on Wednesday last. On Tuesday afternoon his wife had an interview with him for two hours, and ti - e parting was most affecting. He stated that he was the happiest man in the gaol, and told Mr. HARDY that he was fully prepared to meet his doom. He acknowledged that he had passed 27 of the notes, and that he only meant to pass three more. He said he thought he should be able to walk to the drop without assistance, but requested that some one might be near to support him if necessary. The melancholy procession then moved forward, the culprit keeping his eyes shut the whole of the time until he as cended the drop. At a quarter past eleven the drop fell and closed the existence of the unfortunate man. The real name of this offender, we understand, war WILLIAM Harms Sxrar. He was a young man who bad beenvery respectably brought up, and was a traveller for a commer cial-house several years, bat latterly had been much re d uced.—Plymouth Jounial. LONDON, FRIDAY ESTNING, 111AY 15, 1829. Mr. WHITMORE brought forward his motion last night for a Committee to enquire into the trade between Great Britain, India, and China. In doing so he entered at length into the evils of the present system ; he satisfied the House not by bare asser tion, but by facts—those stubborn things, which, like the god TERMINUS of the ancients, are fixed and immoveable—that the Company's existing monopoly was fraught with blight and ruins to every branch of commerce ; that it was bad in theory, rotten in practice, and was founded, matured, and perpetuated by selfishness. One fact alone will speak volumes. "By the returns," said Mr. WurotottE, " it will be seen that there was a regular falling off in the trade from 1795 until the trade was opened, and that from that period there had been a rapid increase. In 1795 the official value of the exports to India was 2,500,000/. ; from 1796 to 1811 it averaged 2,300,000/.; from 1802 -to 1807, 2,100,0001. ; from 1808 to 1812, 1,000,000/. ; from 1814 (the returns for 1813 were burned in the Customhouse) the period when the private trade commenced, to 1819, 2,100,0001.; from 1820 to 1825, 4,000,0001.; and from 1825 to 1827, 5,800,000/.—(Hear.)—The House would observe that during the first period, the time of absolute monopoly, there was a regular falling off, and that during the latter period, when the private trade was in operation, there was a rapid increase." This plain matter of fact statement wholly falsifies the assertions of the East India Company, who, when they last applied for their charter, assured the House that the opening of the trade, or, in deed, any approximation towards a free trade, would not in the slightest degree benefit the commercial relations of either country : indeed they did not imagine that one extra ton of goods would be sold in consequence. Now how stands the fact ? It is simply this; that the partial—the very partial—opening of the trade to India, has already benefited the country to an extent greater than would have been imagined possible at the time such liberal concessions were made. Arguing then of the future by the past, we have the first and most legitimate principles of com moe sense on our side, when we assert that a still further clipping of the restrictive system will be at ttrided with a corresponding benefit, first to our commerce, secondly to our administration of India, of whose intellectual, moral, and mercantile re sources, we at present know comparatively nothing. Our policy hitherto has been to prevent British subjects from settling in India, excepting in the Presidencies. By this system we have diligently fostered ignorance and prejudice, to the as diligent discouragement of civilisation. Surely it is time to adopt a wiser and more enlarged policy. The ill effects of monopoly have already sufficiently deve loped themselves; it is a foul and ravenous harpy that devours the first fruits of commerce ; a mad aria that blights by its pestilential influence all the healthiest energies of the country. We are glad to find that Mr. WHITMORE'S motion last night, though negatived without a division, was met in a cordial and becoming spirit by Ministers. Mr. GOULBURN'S reply was, so far as it went, just ►what it should have been. "He did not oppose enquiry ; he wished it to be full and effectual." The Hamburgh Papers announce that the Russian army will be immediately put in motion, to com mence the operations of the campaign. They add, that the news of the return of the French and Eng lish Ambassadors to Constantinople has caused great joy among the Mussulmen at Belgrade. The confidence which prevails there is remarkable : HAMBURG FI, MAY I2.—BORSEN HALLE, Foua o'c:tom—The funds have recovered in some measure from their late decline, owing is the improvement in Lon don and Berlin. _ _ The relations between England and Russia form a sub ject of interesting speculation to the politicians of our Exchange. End of May. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. - Anglo-Russian Loan 93% Ha.nburgh-Russian Loan Anglo-Piussian Loan of 1818 991. Polish Bonds Austrian Bank Shares 1102 Austsian Metalliques 97li VIENNA, MAY s.—Metalliques, 97k; Bank Shares, 1097 4-sths. ZANTE, APRIL 19.—The town of Lepanto has now likewise surrendered to the Greeks. Admiral Mullis has concluded the capitulation and conveyed all the Turks to Arta. The siege of Missolonghi will now be prosecuted with vigour. CORFU, APRIL 22.—1 t is reported here that an inti mation has been made by the lonian Governmei.t to the Greeks that they must put an end to the blockade which they lately announced of the town of Prevesa, and of the coast to the north of it as far as Murto, at the entrance of the channel of Corfu. Sr. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 29.—According to authen tic accounts that have'been received here, the Russian army will be immediately put in motion to commence the ope rations of the campaign. General Rudaewitach, who commanded the 3d corps of the army, is dead. His successor is not yet known. BERLIN, MAN 10.—According to the latest accounts from St. Petershurgh, received by way of Warsaw, tho Emperor and Empress of Russia will net leave St. Peters burgh till two days later than was intended, and therefore will not arrive at Warsaw till the 17th. SEMLIN, APRIL 23.—The news of the intended return of the French and English ambassadors to Constantinople, has caused great joy ameng the Mussulmen at Belgrade. The Turks appear to censider the event as the result of the ccarsistent conduct of their sovereign. They are firmly persuaded that the re-appearance of the ambassadors of two such great Powers, who, from their well known interest, must be friends to the Porte, will be attended with the most desirable consequences, especially the cessation of the blockade of the Dardanelles, which in their eyes is the greatest evil that has befillen the Ottoman empire in the course of the present war. The confidence which prevails among the Turks at Belgrade is remarkable. According to them there is the less reason to fear any danger from the Russians, became profound tranquillity and submission prevail, and the defensive system adopted by the Sultan is the best to disappoint all the plans of the assailants. Bel grade is provided for some years with all necessary ammu nition and provisions. It is also affirmed there that the Russians before Silistria had been surrounded by the light Turkish cavalry, and suffered some loss. This perhaps is only one of the reports which are purposely circulated from time to time, in order to keep up the courage of the Mussulmen. FAUX TIM VISTULA, ATAIL 22.---Orders have been *eeivt (I at 131113stoeic, the head quarters of the Lithuanian r iorps of the army, which give reason to suppose that it will soon receive orders to march, it seems not improbable that it will be sent to join the army of reserve, under Field Marshal Sacken, the strengtb,of which must be con_ siderably reduced by the reinforcements which have been drawn from it for the army on the Danube. Travellers who were lately at Moscow , affirm Out cetsiderable tachments of troops, eOpecially newly trained fecruits, are hatitening by forced marches to the Caucasus, to reinforce the army of General Paskewitsch. The French Journals are barren of news. By all accounts the conduct of Don MIGUEL tends greatly to embarrass the French Government. A private Correspondent in the Moniteur (dating froal Lisbon, April 25) states that at no time since the return o f Don MIGUEL have the arrests been so numerous. German Papers have been received this morning their contents are unimportant. An article in the' Allgetneine Zeitung states, that the Duke DE LAVAL NIOUNT3IORENCY has declined the office of Minister for Foreign Affairs, to which the King of FRANCE, in an autograph letter had appointed hint : FRONTIERS or WALLACHIA: APRIL 23.—1 t is said that a palace is to be prepared in Bucharest to receive hi• Majesty the Emperor Nicholas ; the greater part of the Russian General's staff has arrived at Bucharest, and General Diebitsch is gone from Jassy to the corps of Count Pahlen, before Silistria. There have been some more engagements near Ghiurgevo. The Turks have made fre quent sallies, but have always been repulsed with loss. Travelers say that the famous Tchapan Oglou bad made an unsuccessful attempt to surprise the Russians. Mean time the Russian armies appear to be every where assem bling with all expeiition. Trade is extremely brisk in the principalities; articles of luxury in particular are in demand. The sanitary state (df the country is good ; there are, however, reports of a decrease among the cattle, which would be a great hindrance to the supply of the army. AUGSBURGII, MAY B.—A ship from Manatonissi, which has arrived at Leghorn, brings the confirmation of the surrender of the castle of Lepanto, with the addition that the surrender of the fortress of the same was expected, as Greek Captains had already been there to arrange the articles of the capitulation, and to take an inventory of the stores, &c. The fall of Missolonghi also seemed to be near at hand. Flags of truce had already been sent to the Greek camp. If that place falls into the hands of the Greeks, nothing will remain for them to conquer in eastern Greece except the Acropolis of Athens. All the troops that can be spared already beein to march in that direction. VIENNA, Mar 2.—The Duke de Laval Montmorency, received last night by an express from Paris, an autograph letter of the King of France, announcing his appointment to the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Duke despatched the courier again this morning with his answer, declining, as we hear, to accept the post offered him. CARLSRCHE, APRIL 17.—His Highness the Prince of Leinengen has published a very judicious Ordinance or fa mily statute, for the regulation of the debta of his house. The principle of this Ordinance deserves full approbation, the object of it being to prevent the family domain from being overloaded with debt, and to introduce a suitable and invariable system for the future. The Prince has appointed a special Board for the ma nagement of the debts of his house, which are chiefly re mains of the debts, the payment of which was assigned to his dominions by the decree of the Diet in 1802. The moment chotan is very favourable, as the Prince has no private debts, and the new statute gives great additional security to the creditors. By the French Mail this morning, it is stated that General LANGEREN has received orders to pro ceed to Warsaw ; also that the French Consul at Bucharest is going to leave that town, as well as the English Consul, the moment they learn that Mr. GORDON has arrived at Constantinople. From Rio Janeiro, of the 26th of March, it is stated that the declaration of war against Portugal will be pre sented to the Chambers on the lit of April. Mr. O'CoNNELL, we understand, intends taking his seat in the House to-night. We anticipate no opposition on the part of Government to an attempt which has unaccountably, and ‘re think unwisely, been delayed until now. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 14.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Creole, Galloway, for Antwerp. PLYMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Broxbournebury, Chapman, for London ; London, Huskisson, for Jamaica. PENZANCE, MAY 13.—Off Port, the John, Pais ley, for St. Vincent; and Arab transport, Low, for Ceylon. FALMOUTH, MAY 13.—W.S.W.—Arrived the John, King, from Bahia. Sailed the Royalist, Nash, for Brazils. HOLYHEAD, MAY 13.—Arrived the Norab, Ken nan, from Demerara; Hall and Lee, from Barba does ; Shallett, Mason, and Herald,from Baltimore and Colombia. GREENOCK, MAY 12.—Arrived the St. James, NPNeelage, from Jamaica, and James, M`Queen, from St. Kitts. NORTH SHIELDS, MAY 13.—The Wellington, Forster, bound to Quebec, has put back leaky, and must discharge part of her cargo. ronztuti tICHANCES ON LORDOiV. lIAIPSUROiI, MAY 12.-13. llk.—Two,utohths, 13. 9%. BmILIN, MAY 9.—Three months. 6. 23i. " o' o *llll, THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwEr,rs o'CLocr. The market remains as dull as it was yesterday, when Consols left off at 87i 4 for the Account, at which price they opened this morning, but they have receded since to 87:1*. - Three per Cent. Consols, 871 i; Ditto for May 26, 874 j ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 861 1; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 951 a ; Four pe: Cent., 102.3 ; Ditto, 1826, 1031 4 ; India Stock, 221-5 21; Ba nk Stock, 208 9 ; India Bonds, 53 4; Exchequer Bills, 68 70 pm. ; Scrip, 2i FORElGN. —Brazilian, 521 ; Buenos Ayres, 23 4 ; Chilian, 17 19; Colombian, 151 ; Danish, 65i ; Greek, 141 151 ; Mexican, 20 ; Peruvian, 10 1; Portuguese, 44 11; Russian, 96 ; Spanish, 94 TWO O'CLOCK. With the exception of one sale of about fifty thousand, there has been scarcely any business done this morning- Consols 8711 for the new Account. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 87a i. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting was pretty brisk yesterday, and some im portant changes took place. In the Derby, Morris Dancer advanced one point, and Rhoda four, while the Espagnolle colt went back from 12 to 16 to 1. Clotilde is becoming a better favourite for the Oaks, and now stands second to Varna. The following were the closing prices : DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Patron 16 to 1 agst Espagnolle 6 to 1 agst Morris Dancer 25 to I agst Windrush 9 to 1 agst Rhoda 25 tot agst Prince Eugene II to 1 agst :i0 to 1 agst Rupert 14 to 1 agst Ebury , 3t to 1 agst Dabs 13 to 1 agst Camel 10 to 1 agst Canvass OAKS. 120 to 1 apt Luss 1 . .?0 to I agst Fickle 21 to 1 Past Tib 23 to 1 agst Seraph 35 to lagst Device. 9 to 2 agst Varna to 1 agst Clotilae 11 to '2 agst Green Mantle 7 to 1 agst Mouse Varna, Clotilde, and Green Mantle, backed even agst the field. CLIFTON AND BRISTOL RACES. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13.—The company present this day , was unusually great,r,and the sport excellent. The Tradesmen's Plate of 50 soya. added to a Sweep stakes of 10 Sava. each. Mr. J. ii. Peel's Little Boy Blue 1 1 Mr. Allen's Upas Mr. L. Glynn's tioureddin Mr. Hand's Profile The Claret. Stakes of 20 sous, each. _ Mr. Pickernell's Eastgrove Mr. Bayley's Moses , 1 2 2 Handicap Stakes of five sous. each, three ft. with 35 added. Mr. Pickernell's Golconda 0 1 1 Mr. Wi!son's Naughty Tommy Mr. Thomas's Maid of Mansfield Mr....mm:5 dewy ........... “............ 00000 .. 000000 « 3 3 dr LAW INtELLiGENCE.-{THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat at half-past ten, on Scotch Ap peals. - The Lords present were the LORD CHAN CELLOR, the Duke of PORTLAND, and Lord GAGE. SPIER 3 V. Their Lordships were occupied the greater part df the morning in hearing the arguments of Mr. CAMPBELL, on the }Dart 6f the appelhint in this case, which involved several complicated questions with respect to advances made under a guarantee. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Mr. Jll;tiCe LITTLEDALE sat for a short time to dispose of motions of course, after which the full Court sat 17: banco4 nERNAscoM fl. lARt RdTil tZ Afiti A1'':0111EP. This action, by the assignees of Messrs. Cham bers, the bankers, against the Sheriff of Middlesex for a trespass, was brought to try the validity of the commission of bankruptcy. At the last trial the verdict was for the paintiff, and Mr. Gurney now moved for a rule nisi to enter a nonsuit or obtain a new trial, on the ground of the illegality of the com mission, and the want of sufficient evidence of trades ing on the psrt of the younger Chambers. The Court granted a rule to show cause. THE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of English Oats and Foreign Wheat are good, but of other descriptions of Grain the quantities are small. There is a fair arrival of Flour. The fineness of the weather oc casions the Wheat trade to be dull, and although the factors are firm in their demands, yet there are few buye,s here who will comply with Monday's prices. Barley is unaltered. New Beans continue ,carce, and fine samplei meet a ready sale. Pease are as last reported. There is a sl,ck sal:, for Oats to-day, at the same prices as last reported. The Flour trade is dull. A R R IV A LS. Barley. I Oats. I Flour. 1,550 qrs. I 11,500 qrs. 5,900 sacks. 550 2,200 Wheat. 1,150 qrs. English I ri eh Foreign - brla. 4,450 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE. OF BRITISIE CORN, For the Week ended May 8, 1529, made up from the Returns cf the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, pet Imperial Quarter. Wheat-- .695. '2d. I Oats --21 s. 9d. Beans--31$. 2d Barley-- 31s. Od. Rye 335. Bd. Pease--. 345. Bd. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat-- 699. Did. Oats 21s. 111(1. Beans—...— 345. 3d. Barley 31s. sd. I Rye —. 335. 11d I rease—,—.... ais. 61. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat-- 13i. 15s. 3d. I Beans---.lSs. 3d. Turleyl3s. 10cL Rye —19 s. 9d. Pease 3d. SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts and Sheep was, for that of Friday, moderately good ; of Lambs, Calves, and Porker, limited. Lamb an d Veal met with a tolerably ready sale, the former at an ad vance of from 4d. to Cd., the Litter '2d. per stone; with Beef, Mut. ton, and Pork, the trade was very dull, at barely Monday's prices. PRICES PEA STONE or HMIS. TO SINE THE orrALs. - ---- s. d. tow. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 222 41 Large Lambs Second quality ditto 2 4 3 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 6 6 Prime largq Oxen... 3 S 310 Large coarse Calves 4 6 410 Prime Scots, &c..... 310 4 2 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 4 Large Hogs 4 0 4 8 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Small I'orkers 4lO 5 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 4 0 Stickling Calves I2s to ?As. each, SoutlidownWethers 4 2 4 6 Quarter old Pigs I2s to 16s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CI, Beasts. 'Sheep and Lamb, 436 8,210 Mulch Cows which were mum week's prices. .ERE'S STATEMENT. )8.1 Calves. Pigs. 252 120 Lerous, went off heavily at last IokIEWG ATE AND LEADENII ALL MARKETS. At per store, by the Carcass. 8. d. to s. d. R. d. tog. d. Beet 2 2 3 6 Veal 1 8 5 0 Mutton 2 4 310 Pork Lamb —............. Is. Bd. to 6s. 411 CITY MARKETS-TWO O'CLOCK. PLANTATION SUGARS.—There has been a little im provement in the demand this week, and the sales upon the whole have been rather considerable, in prices however there is no variation, the quotations of last week having been firmly supported ; more extensive business would have been done had the parcels at market consisted more generally or the qualities in demand, but the still limited supply of the good sorts materially checked the disposition to purchase, which was evidently shewn by the buyers : 154 hhds. Barbadoes by public sale on Tuesday went off without animation, but at about last week's prices; to-day 2242 bags Mauritius Sugar were brought forward, con sisting of middling to tine bright yellow Grocery qualities, part of which only were sold, as the offers were not within is. a 2s. per cwt. of the prices given for part of the same parcel, 24th last month: nearly 16,000 bags are adver tised fur Tuesday next. FOREIGN SUGARS.—There have been enquiries for Foreign Sugars, and offers have been made rather higher than last week, but very little business at present ap pears to have been done; 130 chests Brazil (yellow and brown) by public sale yesterday brought rather an ad vance. COFFEE.—Two or three public sales of Plantation, consisting chiefly of coloury Jamaica, Lave been brought forward, and gone off steadily without any attention in the prices to notice, although some of the lots brought more than the valuations. Rumen SCGARS have been taken off very freely this week, and the market has now become very bare of the low to middling qualities, for which an improvement in price of about 6th to Is. must be quoted; in the Grocery sorts also more business has been done, and for the mid dling descriptions of these qualities rather higher prices are now obtained. In Crashed very little has been done, the buyers for packing having more money for the lumps than was offered by die crashers. Faum—The Importers of Valentia Raisins, in conse quence of the extensive sales lately made, having so con sider: bly reduced their stacks, have advanced their price to 435. ; a cargo of Currants was yesterday divided under the lowest quotations, hut there are none to be had at that rate at present ; there is an arrival of Red Smyrna Raisins, but there is scarcely any thing doing in them; other descriptions remain much the same. The RUM market is heavy ; sales have been pressed at 2s. per gallon for Leeward proofs, and 4s. for strong Jamaica. _ _ _ ' COTTON.—Surats are from 3d. to sd. ; Bengal, 31-d. to ; Madras, 4d. to 534. ; West India, sp. to 71-1. ; Berbiee, 7d. to 74-1 ; Maranham, 7d. to 71-d. ; New Orleans, 61-d. to 71d. ; Bourbon, 61d. to 10d. ; Georgia Unwed, 51d. to 7d. per lb. Rather wore doing. Hops.—The market flat ; but price+ have not given way. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit,—How strenuously certain Editors endeavour to perplex the following plain statement of facts, for the sake of showing inconsistency of purpose betwixt the First Lord of the Treasury and the Home Secretary ! The Duke of Wellington informs the Marquis of Anglesea that it is his Majesty's intention to relieve him from the Government of Ireland, and adds that he will shortly notify to his Excel lency the necessary arrangements. IS 7 o doubt the Marquis would have been allowed to retain the Government till these arrangements were adjusted, had not his letter to Dr. Curtis come subsequently to the knowledge of his Majesty's Government ; when Mr. Peel writes another letter, in strict conformity with the Duke's previous letter, but with this important addition, viz. that his Excellency should return to England, placing the Government of Ireland in the hands of Lords Justices. The actual recal was the result of the correspondence betwixt the Duke and the Marquis ; and Mr. Peel's letter is not written so much to repeat the notification:of his Ex cellency's recal, as to state that he should return to Eng land forthwith, and not wait till a successor could be ap pointed. It would be endless to go into all the misapprehensions and misrepresentations which a portion of the public press indulge in, but it is lamentable to see'to what lengths dis appointment and mortification carry them. So far from attending to the advice of Lord Eldon and other leaders of th e party, they actually appear to be exciting the distressed manufacturers to outrage the laws of their country, and to he making a temporary pre;sure the means of fomenting general discontent. Even the Editor of the St. James's Chronicle, who has frequently boasted of the extensive circulation of his Paper, particularly among country Cler gymen, does not scruple to abuse the confidence of his readers, by giving a shameful, because false, account of the meeting held at the London Tavern on the 6th inst. He omits the names (with two exceptions) of all the ancient Nobility, both Protestant and Catholic, which graced one of the most respectable meeting s ever assembled within the City, and describes them as a set of London tumblem It is true Mr. Hunt was there, because he is hic et übique, for purposes best known to himself; but I should imagine he could only he present as a Brunswick spy, for he cer tainly advocated the Anti-Catholic cause at the Surrey County Meeting, held at Epsom a on the 21st of March, and was most loudly cheered and welcomed by the Nuns wickers. If he be converted since, his advocacy was not winted on the 6th inst. I shall only add any regret, Sir, that a Paper, once so just in its views of men and mea sures, so candid and impartial, should have degenerated into a vehicle for slander, violence, and scurrility. May 14, 1829. I am, Sir, your's, &c. SURRIENSIS. • It is well known that Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett, and all the radical tribe, were averse to conceding the Catholic claims, and the reason may be easily curmieed. IItIVY COUNCIL One of the most numerous meetiugi of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, for sehle. time past, took place, yesterday morning, in the Privy Council Chambers, Whitehall. The object of the meeting eras to taste into consideration a petition from Sir Jr:lux ORAIrr, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judi cature at Bombay, on behalf of the judges of that Court, with respect to a letter- written, on the 3d October, IS2S, rind signed by Sir Joni Mai.6Ast, the Governor of Bona. bay, the Advo6te-Oineial; 'ma the two Senior Members of the Council—which letter, ridilrtised to the Judges of the Supreme Court, expressed an opinion that the Court had exceeded its powers in issuing writs of habeas sOrPr.4 in the case of one of the natives in the Provinces, and te- , quested them to suspend 4oing any acts of a similar descrip tion till the opinion of the Government at home, to whom application had been made, was known. The petition prayed the eotiteng of the letter to be taken into considera tion; and that his MnaiSti', rtith the advice of his Privy Council, should make such order as he thonht fit. The Lords of the Council were—the Lord Cliant;ellor ? the Lord President of the Council, the President of the Board of Controul, the Lerd Chief Justice of England, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lorsl Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Judge of the Pre rogative Court, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Judge Advocate-General, the Vlce4iresident of the Board of Trade, the Right flonourables C. Wrttri and S. M. PHILLIPS. _ _ _ Soon after ten o'clock, the Counsel in support of the petition commenced his address. This Gentleman stated that the case, to which allusion had been made is the Go vernor's letter, was one in which application had been made for a writ of habeas corpus, issued against a native of one of the Provinces to produce Iris nephew, whom it was asserted he kept confined, the uncle having an interest in the life of his nephew, being his heir. To this writ no sufficient return had been made, and ulterior measures were about to be ordered to enforce the order, when the•lettet above alluded to was received. The Learned Gentleman dwelt on the power possessed by the Court of King's Bench in this country ; whereas, by owe part of the letter alluded to, an opinion was expressed that the power of the Supreme Court at Bombay was limited to British subjects, and the servants of the Company, and did notextend to native subjects, and pointed out the abuses, which, in se re stricted a state of things, might exist. Mr. IfortNre was followed by Mr. fIOLDERNEtS, who cited the Regulation Act, and the Charter establishing the Court, to prove that it possessed the power which had been disputed. Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET and Mr. Serjeant Sraxxis were heard in reply on behalf of the East India Company. These gentlemen contended that the Court of Bombay did not possess the power of issuing writs of habeas corpus on native subjects, but that its power was limited to British subjects and the servants of the East India Com pany; that it was a mistake to suppose, that because the Court was called that of the King's Bench, its powers were as extensive in India as those possessed by the Court of King's Bench in this country. Cases shni!ar to the one in question had been adduced as having taken place in India, but all that had been quoted as precedents occurred prior to the Regulation Act, which was passed to remedy the abuses which were in existence in the Courts of India.— Several clauses in Acts of Parliament referring to the Supreme Court of Bombay were read and commented on. as referring to the power of the Court being restricted to certain classes of persons. The natives had their own provincial courts to appeal to. Mr. DENMAN was heard in reply to Serjeants Bosest- QUET and SPANKIE, and concluded his address about half past three o'clock, when the case dosed, and Counsel were ordered to withdraw. Their Lordships remained about half an hour in deliberation, and separated without making their decision known. The Solicitor-General was in attendance on their Lord ships during the hearing of the case, to give his professional assistance. Mr. BULLER attended as Clerk of the Council. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. A BILL FOR REGULATING THE LAW TERMS. mote:—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee. Whereas it is #7ttiedient that the times of holoigg several Law Terms sli6t4ct be equalized. and that thd WO ° should be appointed to be he1:1 at c , 2rtain fixed cringer:del periods of the year ; be it therefotq enacted, by the 14 1 ,,, most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advic e and cow; sent of the Lords Spiritual and Tetnporat. and Comma,* in this present Parliament assembled, and hrhe of the satne, that the petiods of foil Term to btg bO' in hit Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster; sA gin and end in every year as follows (that is to say) The period of full Term to be observed for Illichaelto_"; Term, shall begin on the First day of Novem ber, and el"! en the Twenty-first day of November: For Hilary Term, shall begin on the Fourteenth do of January, and end on the Third day of February For Easter Term, shall begin on the Fourfersatk ( 1 4 ° ' April, and end on the Fourth day of May : For Trinity Term, shall begin on the Fifth day:of/ 16 and end on the Twenty-fifth day of June: Provided always, that the following days , and no (A l t shall be observed as holidays in full Term, on which Court shall not Meet for despatch of business (that 1 14 every Sunday, Good Friday! Monday and Tuesday ioN'7, week, and also every such day a s may from time to Tal l f be appointed by his Majesty's Proclamation for a day public fast or thanksgiving ; and whenever it so hapl? an that the day appointed for the ending of any term shall wi on any of tl. , e days last mentioned, the Court shall for the the despatch of business for the last time in aU on the day next preceding the said last-mentioned oSio' spectively. And be it further enacted, that until further proviOil shall be made by Parliament for regulating the form It return of process, the following days shall in all case' , observed as the common days of return in his lif)o_ A t i Courts of Record at Westminster , inste ad of the cosolwi7 days of return now appointed by law (that is to say) IN MICHAELMAS TERM. The Twenty-niiith day of October instead of the3 l 9 9 row of All Soul,i. TheFourth martn. i day of November instead o f the Morrotre Saint t The Eleventh day of November instead of the WO of Saint Martin. The Eighteenth day of November instead of fifteen die of Saint Martin. IN HILARY TERM. The Eleventh day of January instead of the pima of St. Hilary. The Sevente nth day of January instead of fifseew days of S tint Hilary. f 11 16 ' The Twenty-fourth day of January instead °- Morrow of the Puron. „, The Thirty-first ificati day of January instead of theta 1-1•'"-1 of the Purification. IN EASTER TERM d. The Eleventh day of April instead of fifteen Of t - Easter. The Sixteenth day of April instead of three wee k. 0f Easter. The Twenty-first day of April instead of one 07.°1181) of Easter. The Twenty-sixth day of April instead of five we '' of Easter. The First day of May instead of the Morrow of OF Ascension ; and - - TRINITY TERM. The Second day IN of June instead of the Morrow of, b. Holy Trinity. hft The Eighth day of June instead of the Octave of Holy Trinity. I „ rit lf The Fifteenth day of June instead of fiftein the Holy Trinity. • art . The Twenty-second day of June instead of, three If of the Holy Trinity. A tuk . Which said several days shall stand, be observed , an— to be to all intents and purposes whatsoever in P l k ie lf the present return days for which they are respeel'oy substituted ; and the practice of the said several at o p applicable to and dependent upon the said present Woo days, shall in all cases be applied to and dependent 11 the said several substituted return days respectivelr And be it further enacted, that in all cases lair,"l-0.. writs, bills, or other proceedings, by the cour se an d 1"7,.., tice of the said Courts may be made returnable ou bythe day of the special day of re t urn, such uchmdoanytoh, odea of raeturnyshralolorwPir_rati.o any reference to the common return day of the Terns. And be it further enacted, that this Act shall eoroineou; and be in force from and after the Tenth day of ildif next ensuing, and that the same shall be construed ply to writs and other proceedings issued or eorntneoceu ' . w.. 11 before as after the day last aforesaid : provided net . ; theless, that no writ or other proceeding which .4 7,1 have been issued or commenced before the First dor; October next coining, shall be deemed to be irregular': . account of the return day therein mentione d .beinge::; pressed according to the form now in use, bu t the T Epiphany it further and Easter enacted, Quarter that ssio o day mentioned or expressed in such writ or o ther p e " ing shall be deemed and taken to be the day . hereinb e* substituted fur such return day. England and Wales, shall be as follows (th at is t° say) FOR HOLDING THE EPIPHANY QUARTER s Esslos9, s efteitarrohong lhdNot the And go The first whole week after the First day of J anua instead of the first week after the Epiphany. AND FOR HOLDING THE EASTER QUARTER 5501:1 0 0.• The first whole week:after the First day of diPri" --- - stead of the first week after die dos_ BIRTHS, • oig sr On the 13th inst. at Pennsbury, Mrs. W ort PO , of a son. of gerkeler On 13th inst. the wife of Mr. Sarel, jun. square, solicitor, of a daughter. MARRIED. 1 bi On the 12th inst. at St. Anne's Church, Liverpon the Rev. J. H. Stafford, Henry Goeseben, E.g. of Si t Newington, to Henrietta, daugh t e r of W. A. Ohm Esq. O of the former place. Q UA squar n t e, le i i ,y l th 4 e th ße in v: t E . t a iw t a S rd t. w Ge d o i r ia g m e s , j e oh iS n ia ß rt i, y i r l : Brompton, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. Or a° pher, of Great Ormond-street. tiOneer• On the 14th inst. at St. George the Martyrs, -• „ It ) square, Charles Devon, Esq. of Gray's I nn, to "riilt.. daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Gosnell, of Great (P... stree O t, th Lincoln's Inn-fields. drie t° n e 13th inst. at St. Pancras New Chur ch, A ph Joseph Verstraeten, Esq., M.D., of Brussels , to A.„_„11 youngest daughter of the late John Fred. Hamstedes Pre DIED. On the 13th inst. Susanna Harriet, second &g -of John Parnell, Esq. Bennett-street, St. James's. „„ i 's On. the 13th inst. at Mrs. and the Misses `"„;40. establishment, Myddleton.square, Pentonville, M r. Guy, many years master of the old-established ricatle-'' Fe On the 13th-lane, Ho inst. n " lbor. ig abo O Isabel, eldest daughter of Mr. si•- of Mil Cottage, Leicester. trOg" On the 13th inst. in Bruton-street, Berkelerin Caroline, wife of Benjamin Travers, Esq. sti fe On the 7th inst. after a long illness, Mary Anne , . of Isaac Harrop, Esq. of Altrincham, Cheshire. ,„,. On the 11th inst. at Franche, near Kiddermisiow, Hooman, Esq. aged 45. i c e - 11 tio b, On the 10th inst. at Brecknock-crescent, near .- Town, W. Urquhart, Esq. aged 71. On the 12th inst. at Epsom, J. Teall, Esq. On the 12th inst. sincerely regretted, Mr. Pritchard, jun. merchant, of West Smithfield. "' Le k On the. 4th inst. at the house of his Grace tlntrvert bishop of York, Grosvenor-square, Mr. Stephen aged 35. EAST INDIA —BENGAL. BIRTHS. At Calcutta, Jan. 6, the lady of Lieut.-Col. 11 ' bert, 69th Rtr. N.I. of a son. t , At Calcutta, Jan. 10, the lady of R. Swinhoe, Pi"? a daughter. be d ' At Bei luampore, Jan. 11, the lady of Lieut. F—r of a daughter. At Calcutta, Jan. 10, Mrs. Rebello, of a son. MARRIED. At London Place, Jan. 6, James Paterson , E 8 c1;„ 11 ; 1 0' to Jemima, youngest daughter of G. Aitken, Esq. A- ton, Fifes") i re. .• 0 At Calcutta, Jan. 12, C. Wilkinson, Esq., stirge°.4. Miss Llewelyn. At Calcutta, Jar.. 13, G. COoke, Esq. to MO Mary Wren. At Calcutta, Jan, 9, Mr. N. Pelegrin to Miss I" . Beauland, of Jessore. DIED. otiie l At Sanger, Jan. 2, the lady of Capt. Marshall, Artillery, aged 25. Dec. 31, at Bhag.dpore, suddenly, Capt. W. 11 0 11 ' ' the 3d Regiment, or Buffs. At Chittagong, Jail. 1, Marianne, wife of coe." Stirling, '74th N. I. 07 4 00 PAINTED and,PUBLIsHED by MTYTDO YOUNG, 111 , Orncs, 112, &MA HD, 1401111011. CHANGES. Sir William and Lady Chatterton, from Seymour.place, to Lord Gambier's, near Windsor; Rev. Lascelles and Mrs. Ire. monger, from Queen-street, May-fair, to Clatford, Andover; General Macauley, from Symmons's Hotel (late Jordan's), St. James's-street, for Cheltenham ; Viscount and Lady de Vesci and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland; J. Creighton, Esq. at ditto, from Oxford; E. L Bulwer, Esq. at ditto, from Surrey the Duke of Hamilton, yesterday, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from his seat in Scotland ; John Dorrien, Esq. at Symmons's Hotel (late Jordak's), from Orford; Sir Watkin WM. Wynn, from his seat in Denbigh shire; Viscount Eastnor, in St. James's-square, from his seat, Reigate, Surrey ; Sir George Shee, Bart. at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-street, from Hants; G. Pierce, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Knightley, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. Putland, at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, from Paris ; Sir Waste' Briscoe, at the Demers Hotel, Berners-street, from Brighton ; Mrs. Everard, at ditto, from Middleton, Norfolk; Charles Crewe, Esq at ditto, from Calke Abbey, Derbyshire ; Anthony Merry, Esq. and Miss Merry, at ditto, from Dedham, Essex ; Captain Austin, R.N. and Mrs. Austin, at ditto, from Southampton; J. Usbourne, Esq. at ditto, from the Continent ; the Rev. T. Blunt, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; the Rev. R. C. Cox, at ditto, from Oxford; the Rev. J. Coker, at ditto, from Oxford ; the Rev. H. Freeland and Mrs. Freeland, at ditto, from Birch Hall, Colchester. The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GtoecEs-rza left the residence of the Royal Duchess, at Bagshot Park, yesterday morning, and proceeded to the resi , lenee of the Duke and Duchess of CLAREXCI, in gushy Park, where their Royal Highnesses remained a considerable time, and afterwards came to town to their r e spective residences. Prince LEOPOLD has been indisposed for some days past, at Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, with a cold. His Royal Highness, we are happy to state, was a little better yesterday. The Duke of MA NCIIESTER and the Earl Of WESTMORLAND visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yes terday, at the Treasury. Sir BROOK TAYLOR had a long interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in Downing-street, for the first time since his return from Bel lin. Mr. FORS TER, our Minister, to the Court of Turin, transacted busi ness at the Foreign Office yesterday. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD visited Mr. Secretary PrEt. yesterday. Sir HENRY HARDINGE entertained Lord HILL, the Judge-Advocate-General, and a military party to dinner, yesterday, at his house in Whitehall-place. DOVER, MAY 14.—Arrived from Calais the French steam pack. t Dec de Bourdeaux, with the Duke of 0/MIA Ns and his son the Duke of CIIAItTRES. These distinguished visitors landed under a salute from the wes tern heights, and having devoted some hours to an inspec tion of the castle and fortifications, have just proceeded under a second salute towards London. It is understocd to be their intention to visit every part of Great Britain during the summer, and to return the latter end of the year to . Paris. The Hon. Mr. ARUNDEL, Lord ARUNDEL'S brother, is, we understand, expected to marry Sir H. TITCHBORNE's second daughter.—Brighton Gazette. The Taunton Courier received yesterday morning, says, " We are sorry to announce the stoppage of the banking-house of Messrs. SPARKAS and Co., at Crewkerne." The reports of the failure of country banks are confirmed : two have stopped payment. The Morning Papers are mistaken in asserting that there are three failures—one of the supposed banks is a branch only._ Morning Adv • rtiser. AUTHOR OF WA VERLEY'S NEW NOVEL. —Ti,e Public are respectfully informed, the ANNE OF GEIEASTEIN, by the AUTHOR, Of WAVERLKY, in three vole., will be published by Messrs. SIMPKIN and MAK SMtLL, Statioßers'-court, on Friday, the 22d May. KING'S THEATRE.—RossiNes Opera of Semiramide was revived la.t night, for the benefit of Madame PisaitoNt, and was received with loud applause. Mademoiselle SoNTAG was the representative of the B bylonian Queen, and PISARONI played Arsace. The house was crowded. COBURG THEATRE.—Miss HAMINIERSLEY, (late of the Aldelphi,) made her first appearance at this theatre on Mondry night, and was well received by a re snectable a udience, who filly appreciated and warmly ap plauded the successful efforts of the Company. BASE COIN.—The neighbourhood of Ken sington is infested at present with ntterers of counterfeit coin. Scarcely a shopkeeper h.ls escaped taking one or two bad dollars. The parties appear like bricklayers' labourers who have passed them, and the women who are their confederates represent themselves as laundresses. One of the persons charged with uttering some of the spurious coin is in custody.