The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-15 00:00:00

SvIIIIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It seems that Sir R. Peel was not in the House when Sir Francis Burdett took his seat, so that we were misinformed when we stated that the Hon. Ba ronet sat beside Sir Robert. The fact is admitted, however, that though Sir Francis has not changed his principles, he has changed his seat. And having changed his seat, he will perhaps also change his at tendance, for it would not surprise us to find him a tolerably constant voter against the people. Sir Fran cis began his political career by imputing the worst motives to all public men, of whatever principle. In himself was centered all political honesty, and he had no patience with those who, at a time when the alarm caused by the French Revolution made many very worthy men startle at the very thought of the most trifling change in our institutions, and rendered it ut terly impossible to effect any, were not prepared at once to rush to the extreme of annual Parliaments and uni versal suffrage. On all who would not go the tvhole hog he was unsparing in his vituperation. 'Sir Francis is not the only .instance of this rush ing from one extremity to another. It it by no means uncommon to find men who are all eagerness for measures when they cannot possibly be obtained, as violent in their dislike of them when circumstances prove more favourable. It is happily observed by the Examiner, with reference to Sir Francis's puerile at tempt to prove himself unchanged as to universal suf fra•Te, the ballot, and annual Parliaments at the least— " lie says that though he once thought such a plan of reform the most desirable, he accepted the Reform Bill as a. compromise. To this our answer 'is, that he argued most distinctly, upon repeated occasions, that the extreme or panic changes advocated by him_ were absolutely essential to.secure the liberties of ti l e people against the increased rowers of the Crown ; and he has now either to confess that be misled the people in such arguments, and vilified ether men as false or foolish who would. not go so far, or th.it be' is now acting in opposition to his secret con -I;eailsts fer the gratification of a vanity resentful of ne glt.4 and ravening after any kind of notoriety, however, In the extension of popular rights we have always Pre:oed 6,r a progress in some correspondence with the in (Teasing intelligence of the people. We have objected to the insecure position on the house-top, and desired to de scend to the broader and safer basis below ; but. We have never advocated jumping from the top to the bot tom ; we are content to come down step by step by the stairs. Sir Francis, on the other hand, contended that the proceeding essential to safety was a jump from the Louse-top to the street ; nay, to the very area—to the foundations of the social fabric ; but having, instead of :Lis desperate leap, taken the one step of the Reform Pill, he protests that another step would break the neck o• the Constitution. He has been a man of one jump ; nil ats •he could not jump from boroughmongering to tiniversat suffrage—as he could not jump from the top of the _monument to the base of it—but instead of this ii,mped the ten inches of the 101. franchise—there is litin in any other movement. And why ? Because the Fseform, Bal was a final compromise. But assuming rat fast. (which we dispute, for the legislative t rst admits of no final compromises, and is only go ented by the people's interests) how is an 'advance, far ort of the objects Sir Francis pronounced indispensable, If ale destructive to the monarchy by the fact that the Reform Bill was taken as a compromise ?* What -con t; etion is there between the alleged effect and the question of a compact ? He may tell us that we have bargained t2-I;nst taking a second step ; but that does not prove that :1;0 second step would in its consequences, apart front the I reach of compact, be mischievous or ruinous. Then as to the ballot, the patriot argued that it was essentially ne cessary, together with universal suffrage, but now declares .t it is unnecessary after the inktittaits of the 101. fran ; the obvious truth being that with a large constituency 0 Itli'ot is least ne3ded, and crtsalueatly that it 13 more for the protection of a 101. franchise than for uni v,rsal suffrage. But it is not only to organic reform that the great unchanged is hostile. lie is equally opposed to now fangled' measures of the Administration, though he has never condescended to spec 4 them ; but the propc sal of any improvement whatever seems a sufficient objec tion in the sight of the Westminster 'patriot. Front the passi'tg of the Reform Bill, Parliament, acconliog to him, siosold have eonfinel itself to taxing the people, and pay ing the establishments-" This reasoning is unanswerable. As, however, Sir Francis was never a reasoner, but at best a violent ch what was not required to satisfy every other pceson of the utter absurdity of his defence Will be thrown away on him. He embraced Reform principles when Reforms were impracticable, and when Reforms :tsre practicable he abandons his principles in order to 4'efeat them. The wayward Reformer becomes a way ard Tory. He never cared for the people, but em -1 raced Reform for the sake of personal distinction, and 1 e quits Reform at the time the people have a fair respect of benefiting by it. The Examiner thinks ri•at in present circumstances " it would be wise i n P.eformers of all shades of opinion to take for their im r-ediate object the completion of the Reform Bill ac outing to the declared design of it, which included 3.0 petty boroughs, and no Chandos clause. The eform Bill, as first proposed, was a great step, but it as a step which has not yet been made good ; and relay would join in perfectint , it that hesitate at more advanced move. The completed Reform Hill, unfettered by the fiscal restrictions, with the, "ballot and the repeal of the Septennial Act, would -very considerably fortify the popular influence.", The "Constitution which reposes on the foundation of an dextensive suffiage is always more safe than one which :reposes on a narrow foundation. But the reflecting :portion of the community can hardly be blamed for en itertainingan apprehension lest the liberties of all should le endangered by the communication of. the suffrage to rlasses not at present, at least, qualified to exercise it I . :a. the benefit of the community. It may be true that -Cie object of Government should be the greatest hap iness of the greatest number, but it does not follow logreatest number know what would promote their 3.lppioesc. We observe, for instance, in a Sunday aper, which addresses itself to the working classes, the following -exhortation to the men of Huddersfield to return Richard Oastler :—" Strain every energy, use 4.7ery. effort to oust the paltry, truckling, dirty Wing, and to maintain the man of the people, the hated of the ' respectable' consumers and non producers, and the beloved of the disrespected,' abused, trampled upon millions of producers, and non-comsumers.- Oppressed, starved, insulted, tramp led-upon working men, now is the appointed time, :stand fast by Richard Oastler, the real d.emocrat, the working man's friend, the worthy suc cessor of Saddler ; one that is better than him, for (beside all that good man's noble qualifications) he is the advocate of universal suffrage." What signi fles ~vhether he advocates universal suffrage or re stricted :suffrage ? This man, had he been returned to Parlitu aunt, would have voted' with those who seek pnwer, not to benefit the people but to plunder them, and who would not consent to universal suffrage merelytgcause of his profession of it. The friend of the working classes is not he who seeks to create a bad' feeling bet Ween them and their employers, and to cut up the sources of employment, by driving capital from the country, but the man who aims at practica ble ameliorations, and who seeks to make the people acquainted with the manner in which their true inte rests ma.y best be promoted. Mr. Richard Oastler's opinions in : favour of universal suffrage are of little imporrance to any one but himself ; but his vote in favour of the enemies of the people, would have been of some importance. len we see," observes the Scotsman of Wednesday last, with, reference to Oastler, " how readily the Radicals are cajoled and led blindfold to work evil to their own cause, by stupid acts like this, we do marvel at those who see in the grosAy ignorant and prejudiced mass of the English po l )ult-tion, as it now exists, the elements of a sound con titiun.cy for the exercise of universal or even household Ifulfrac. We do not mean to say that our own people :are much better—witness the proceedings at the late elec vien in Renfrewshire, where so many Radicals gave their thi toy eturn an inveterate Tory, in opposition to an old and consistent Liberal, who declared himself in favour , of Triennial Parliaments, Household Suffrage, and Vote lby Ballot! Such acts call a blush into the face of every one' who honestly maintains the competence of the people to exercise political power. We can almost pity the infa -I;:ttion of the Huddersfield Radicals ; but we feel nothing 1.. t. dis rust at the conduct of the Tories, who basely stooped ieliaiee the passions of the populace against a law which tie Leaders of the Tory party approved of, and had no in leJi;'.oo to repeal. Had this low quack, and three or four eV, -rs who have lately tried . to get into Parliament by the NEL , e dirty expedients, succeeded, their votes would _have 1 4 - . ;beted materially to nullify or defeat every measure ipeneticial to the people ; but the Poor-law, the grand rc .::,, object of their hostility, would have remained exactly where it was."—Morniny Chronicle. Whether we consider the proved deficiency of Church accommodation in Scotland, or Lord John Russell's former declaration, that Government are bound to supply it where needed, or the very terms under which the Whig commissioners were appointed to act, we confidently submit, that the erection - and endowment of a sufficiency of new' churches to meet the wants of the destitute population is not less cumbent on Ministers as a measure of wise economy and good faith, than due to the neglected poor of that country, whose habits and interests are so imminently at stake. Viewed as a mere question of social order, which of course every Administratioa is bound to con sult, the adaptation of an efficient moral discipline to the growing numbers of the, people is beyond compari son the cheapest and best police that can be main tained. In Ireland, we are obliged to uphold a mili tary, constabulary, and ecclesiastical - force (the Dis senting clergy of Ulster) at an enormous expense ; and with the exception of the latter body, whose services are above all praise, we daily see to how little purpose the outlay is incurred. The very exception which every impartial man must make in favour of Ulster, where mpral means super sede the more costly appliances of physical coercion, is as pertinent to our present purpose as it is condem natory of the Government whose inconsistencies we now arraign. So peaceful and orderly is Ulster found to be under the ministrations of the branch of the Scotch Church located there, that no sooner is a new place of worship erected by voluntary contribution, than the rep,ium donum is extended to it as a matter of course. Of the soundness of that policy in re ference to the north of Ireland there can be no better proof than the tumult and crime, the insecurity of life and property, prevailing in the other provinces, where, owing to Popish ascendancy, the moral organi zation of a Protestant Church cannot be thoroughly introduced. Why, we ask, is the same wise policy to be withheld from the hundreds of thousands in Scotland, who have immeasurably outgrown the estab lished means of instruction ? Surely, in declining to give additional Churches, the Government do not mean to prefer the alternative of covering that country with the barracks of Munster and Connaught ? But the fact is, the people of Scotland do not at present ask the Treasury to build the new Churches which their poorer countrymen so urgently need : they are I willing, as far as possible, in the mean time, to do this themselves. Already have they spontaneously contri buted for this purpose. nearly 150,0001. Since 1835 upwards of ninety churches have either been actually rased by their voluntary subscriptions, or are now in progress. These churches the subscribers ate willing to make over to Goverment in permanent connection with their native establishment ; and all that they ask in return is, that each new church and the old chapels of ease (now recognized as separate parish edefices) may receive a Treasury endowment of only 100/. per annum, in order that this small independent provision for the clergy of these places of worship may enable the managers to let the pews at time cheapest possible rate, or give them rent free fur the benefit of die unreclaimed poor. Now, with such a reasonable proposal before ' us, accompanied with such disinterested sacrifices on the pat t of the subscribers, involving a complete renun elation of all beneficial investment or right of property in the churches they so build, we fearlessly say,- that as far as regards the security of Government against unnecessary outlay, the reports of all time stipendimy Whig Commissioners who have ever fastened or fat tened on the public purse are not worth a single far thing. On this point, the best possible guardntee is furnished by the apphcants themselves. Prudent men, and least of all prudent Scotchmcn, will not subscribe their money unnecessarily. Whomever, therefore, they voluntarily undertake the pecuniary burden of rearing a church, without reserving the slightest claim for an nual interest or return of any kind, we hold that' to any Government professing to maintain the principle of an ecclesiastical establishment, the necessity of endowing that church is completely made out, apart from every other evidence. The stron case of necessity established by the rzport of the Commissioners, and so ably inns trated by Sir W. Rae on Friclav last, render this argu ment impregnable. Another consideration which ought to weigh with the Ministry is, that they are bound, if They have a shred of chrfracier VI, to keep good faith with the Scottish people. From the terms of the Commission's appointment, and from Lord John Russell's solemn pledges, as recently interpreted by Lord Moncrieff and other Mi.- adherents in Edin e burgh, the people of Scotland' were entitled to in fer, and' did infer, that on cases of spiritual des titution being made out, a suitable Treasury grant would infallibly follow. On the faith of this, they have built and are building nearly 100 churches in the worst supplied quarters,or their cities and provinces— quarters about whose spiritual wants there cannot exist the shadow of a doubt. Christian charity, a sense of deep necessity, and a confiding reliance on the inte grity of,Government to give the necessary endowments in completion of their enterprise, could alone have impelled them to. consecrate their money in any such way. To give effect to their philanthropic intentions, the endowments which they counted on are absolutely indispensable .; otherwise the pews cannot possibly be distributed on the cheap or g ratuitous terms which alone can meet the case of the neglected poor. Will Lord John Russell really have the heartlessness and perfidy to say, that under such circumstances these expected endowments shall be withheld ? But his Lordship, it . seems, has discovered that the work of reclaiming the population who have no places of worship to attend can be best accomplished, not by regular pastors invested with the full authority and in fluence of the sacred office, but by unordained parochial missionaries ; and the Noble Lord wished to insinuate that for this expedient he had the sanction of Dr. Chalmers, though if he had adduced the unmutilated testimony of that eminent person, he would have shown that the comparatively small respect which the people generally enter t ain towards inferior agents, and the impracticability of procuring funds for their support to any extent adequate to the emergency, had convinced Dr. Chalmers, and everybody else, that the idea of removing the existing evils by ally such means is utterly futile and hopeless. Let us see, however, what his Lordship would be at BY this new device of his 14e must mean either that these " parochial mission aries" are to be maintained by voluntary contributions or supported by a Government stipend. Now, as his adherence to the former of these modes would be equi valent to a Ministerial declaration that henceforth the due supply of religious instruction in these realms is to be intrusted to that voluntary principle which he and his colleague, Mr. Rice, took such pains to repudiate during the recent Church-rate discussions, we are of course shut up to the conclusion that his Lordship means the parochial missionaries to be nationally en dowed. Well, if this please hiM, let it be so. To these missionaries; all of whom must be regular licen tiates of the Church, he will scarcely be disposed to offer less than 1001. per annum. The best thing he can do then, on his own principles, is to announce his disposition to concede this immediately. The people of Scotland, we can aver, will not quarrel with him about the mere designation of the spiritual functionaries to be thus appointed. Let his Lordship call them "pa rochial missionaries" by all manner of means. The church of Scotland will cordially welcome their ap pointment, subject to ecclesiastical law. Nay more, she will prOvide them with suitable edifices, into which they may gather the wanderers whom they reclaim. Better still, she will ordain them on their small en dowments of 1001. a-year ; she will invest them with the full authority and influence of her orders ; and while Lord John Russell will be in extacies at the clever trick of endowing only " parochial missionaries," the Church will be equally delighted to honour and enrol them , among her regular parochial clergy. Come, we begin to see our way out of this affair, after all I The point, however, which we now approach forbids us to prosecute this strain of levity. A shame ful attempt (we say it gravely and advisedly) was made by Lord John Russell, and - followed up with more in decent emphasis by Mr. Horsman, to persuade the House of Commons that the cry for Chinch accommo dation in Scotland is a mere political manoeuvre ; and that the question is exclusively a Tory one, got up for were party purposes. Considering that Mr. Horsman is one of the paid impartials, whose signature is attached to the Commissioners' Report, testifying the present 1, want of Church accommodation in Edinburgh, we de nounce his misstatements as wholly without a parallel in the usages of Parliamentary warfare. A party and political question indeed I Why, there never was a question that was less so in any section of the empire : and Mr. Commissioner Horsman, whose vaulting per formances are so conspicuous, knows ,this as well we do. The following facts are known to himself and to us, on the best authority, and we defy him to contradict them. • At the recent Church extension meeting held at Kirkaldy, the assembly was presided over by the Whig provost of that borough, a supporter of Mr. Fergus, who represents it in Parliament. In the case of Kinross, where it had been arranged that a highly respectable Tory should take the chair at a similar meeting, all parties agreed in setting aside the Tory gentleman, and in nominating a decided Whig, who accordingly presided over one of the most harmonious assemblages ever convened. Lord Belhaven, a sup porter of Government, took the chair at the Church extension meeting in Glasgow, surrounded and sup ported by gentlemen of every shade of political senti ment. More recently, the Edinburgh meeting for the same object was presided over by the Whig Cord Pro vost, a supporter of Sir John Campbell ; while reso lutions in favour of new churches and endowments were moved and seconded by Lord Moncrieff, a Whig judge, as well as by Mr. Graham Speirs and Mr. A. Dunlop, respectable Whip: advocates. The story which Mr. Horsman trumped up about .Lord Moncrieff having at first been excluded from taking a motion at that meeting is in every jot and little un founded ; and we have reason to believe that Mr. Hors man has declined to give his authority for that state ment. Equally revolting was that Hon. Gentleman's averment that Dr. Chalmers had absented himself from the meeting in question, in consequence of its being known that Lord Moncrieff was to take part in the business. Dr. Chalmers was absent from no other cause than that of serious indisposition. Then, again, what are the party biasses of the Rev Dr. Simpson, who, next to Dr. Chalmers, has done more in the cause of Church extension than perhaps any other man in Scotland, who has been its able and welcome advocate in almost every provincial town, and who, associated with Mr. J. M. Hogg, cf Newliston, has just been in London, as a deputation to watch its pro gress ? Dr. Simpson is a man of high character, who, with a fastidious regard to the proprieties of his sacred calling, has kept aloof invariably from every political party. His temptations to a contrary pro cedure have often been strong. Sir G. Clerk, the Member for the county in which Dr. Simi son's parish lies, was his class-fellow at the High School of Edin burgh, whose acquaintance he has since been honoured with in private life. Sir George,_at the last election, was hard run by his opponent, but Dr. Simpson would neither vote for him himself, nor ask any of his parishionsis to do so ; and yet, in the teeth of all these facts, combined with the notorious support which the cause of Church extension is receiving every where from the Whig nobility and Whig gentry of Scotland.. the worthy Mr. Horsman must assert that the whole afrair is merely a question of Tory po!itics, and a stalk ing-horse of Tory artifice ! But the credit of this gentleman will find its proper level we have. no doubt. In one word, we ask the country—we ask even the Whig gentlemen of England —what particle of con fidence can be placed in the Government whose impo litic and evasive conduct to the people of Scotland we hare now- briefly exposed ? The salaries of their Comn6isioners will still continue to be paid ; no wonder' Mr. Horsman is an advocate for (Nag : hut the righteous thing which ought to be done will be de ferred till they are kicked cue, and the sooner the better.— His Majesty's present Ministers seem to be at their %lits' ends (which indeed they may be without making any great journey), about the policy by which their plaoes may be secured -for some time longer. The great questions in dispute are the Irish questions—the great difficulty to manage upon these questions that something may he done, so as to save their Ministerial credit, and yet that nothing may be done to promote peace, and the exercise of legitimate authority in Ire land, which—if it wet c accomplished—would sap up the foundation of all Mr. O'Connell's influence in that • kingdom. On the one hand the Ministers find the House of Lords determined to consider the whole policy of the Government with respect to Ireland in one view—to give it a deliberate and business-like examination, and to admit or reject it according to its merits as a general and comprehensive plan. The House of Lords will no longer consent to deal with Irish measures as the expedients of a party. They wish, if possible, to come to 'some rational settlement of .the distracted affairs of that country, and for that purpose to consider the several proposed plans, not merely with regard to their isolated appli cation to the state of Ireland, but with reference also to the relation they bear to one another, and to their combined effect as a system. On the other hand the Ministers find that it is in vain to think of altering this determination of the Lords by the O'Connell plan of popular bullying. This design they no doubt.did en tertain for some days, but a little consideration showed them how improbable it was that this could be ma naged, and the Westminster election has shown them that it is utterly impossible. The people of England are itt no disposition to find fault with the House of Lords. They perceive in that House the best safe guard against the designs of an unconstitutional and Popish faction, which the present " weak and vacilla ting Administration" is too dull to understand, and too feeble to resist. There is not the slightest chance of a popular explosion against the House of Lords, which was one stay. of Ministerial hope, nor of juggling that House with a bit-by-bit consideration of Ire land's affairs, which was the other stay of Ministerial hope, and they are consequently left in the agreeable situation of not knowing what to do, and yet convinced that the game of not doing anything must soon come to an end, and leave them without official power, with out offiCial emolument—without anything, save the universal contempt of the nation I The affairs of the Westminster election so absorbed public attention during the last week, that very little consideration was bestowed upon the curious Parliamentary ind;cations which it afforded. It will, therefore, be very well worth while to " try back" upon them, for the sake of more clearly perceiving the undecided and embarrassed state in which Ministers evidently find themselves. Our readers are aware that as soon as the House .of Lords had determined, by a large majority, to postpone going into Committee upon the Irish Municipal Bill until the other measures of the Government with regard to Ireland were before the House, there were exhibited in the other House some ridiculous and unseemly indica tions of Ministerial exasperation. It is enough to say of these, that, however consistent they were with the character and general conduct of Lord John Russell, they were very inconsistent with the dignity and the pru dence which are the leading characteristics of men who are worthy the name of British Statesmen. It seemed, however, as if this idle and impotent peevishness were soon repented of, for on Monday evening, the Bth inst., Lord John Russell uttered an elaborate ha rangue, in which his object seemed to be to acquaint the House that the wrath which Ministers had nursed for a little while had not grown warm by its nurs ing, and that, however indignant they were at the course taken by the Lords, they would go on with their other Irish measures in the House of Commons just as if nothing of the kind had happened. The speech of Lord John on this occasion was, as even the Examiner admits (with the reservation, however, that the blame • may be with the reporters), both " confused" and " obscure." The understanding of it in the House, however, may be gathe ed from some of the observations, in reply, by Sir Robert Peel. "He was glad," he said, "to learn from the Noble Lord that it was his intention to proceed with the Poor-law Bill and the Irish Tithe Bill. He considered this determination a much more pru dent one than the declaration made by the Noble Lord on a previous night. He referred to the sub ject not by way of taunt, but if a Minister of the Crown saw reason to retract a hasty or unguarded de claration, made at a moment when he had not an op portunity of consulting with his colleagues, lie was perfectly right in doing so." This compliment of Sir Robert to the wiser second thoughts of Lord John Russell was not disclaimed. Neither the Noble Lord himself, nor his colleague, Mr. Spring Rice, who fol lowed Sir Robert Peel, and who was that evening in THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1837. a very elevated state of mind, hinted in the most dis tant manner that the statement of the Minister had been in the least misapprehended by the Right Hon. Baronet. But what was the sequel ? Why this— that, sometime after midnight, the sagacious Lord Morpeth, that eminent and graceful sage who has charge of the Irish Tithe Bill, came down to -the House, and procured a vote that its second reading should take place on the 9th of June !—that is, the very day to which the House of Lords postponed the Irish Municipal Bill, with the expectation of by that time having before them the three measures of the Government with respect to Ireland. What sort of unanimity—or consistency—or regular plan of business can these Ministers have, when the Secre tary of State for the Home Department announces . early in the evening that the Irish Tithe Bill is to be proceeded with in the regular way, and the Secretary of State for Ireland at. a late hour on the same even-. ing postpones it for nearly five weeks? So strangely ' did Lord Morpeth perform this business that it was not even reported in the newspapers, but came within the sweeping announcement that " the other Orders of ' the Day were then disposed of." The votes of the House, however, show that the Irish Tithe Bill is postponed to the 9th of June. It will be observed that this exhibition of a design to wage war with the' House of Lords was made before the Westminster election, and at a time when the most extravagant hopes of success were entertained by the Republican party, and sympathised with by the King's Govern.; rent. On Friday evening—when these hopes were all dashed to earth—the subject of the postponement of the Irish Tithe Bill was noticed in the House of Lords, and Lord Wharneliffe expressed his opinion that it would prevent the House from proceeding with the Irish Municipal Bill on the 9th of June, as had been intended. Lord Lansdowne's tone in re plying to the observation of Lord Wharneliffe was, we are happy to say, apologetical. He was not the champion of the Ministerial rashness of the preceding Monday. Even his statement, however, involved this, absurdity, that he did not seem to be aware—at all events not certain—that Lord Morpeth had actually postponed the Bill in the other House. The Noble Marquis said that " if such a delay (postponement) had taken place it had been one of those delays inci dent to all important measures, foi the purpose .of affording opportunities for its consideration ; and that if such a postponement had been consented. to by his Majesty's Government, it was not to pre vent an examination of the Tithe Bill by their Lordships, and their Lordships would have an oppor tunity of examining it when printed for the Commons." This idea of the House of Lords being satisfied with a peep at the Bill while it is yet under the considera tion of tha other Ilouse was of course treated with the usual cautious forbealance of the Conservative Lords towards Lord Lansdowne ; it seemed to be ge nerally understood that the Government wished to withdraw the hostile character which might _have at tached to the postponement of the Irish Tithe Bill in the House of Commons. But what a spectacle of ~ weakness and vacillation" do these Parliamentary incidents present ! Is it possible that a manly and determined people can do otherwise than despise a Government which is so conducted, and earnestly de- Isire to see the management of affairs in better hands ? —Morning Post. It gives us great pleasure to be able to state that his Majesty has been advised to grant a pension of 304. a year to Lady Morgan. MR. DISRAELI'S " VENETlA."—Strange things are reported by those who are behind the scenes, relative to Mr D'lsraeli's forthcoming novel " Venetia." People ask each other if " there is no offence in it," and whether it is quite prudent to bring the domestic history of Childe Harold sn strikingly before the public? Whether the said deed be a rash one or not, that same public, however, will be the gainers, if half of what is reported be true, respecting the performance. WEALTH ON THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—It were a curious in ,uiry. were there anything like certain data on which to conduct it, to try to find out what may be the aggre gate amount of wealth represented by the gentlemen on 'Change between the hours of four and five o'clock. - There is, however, no such data. That such amount of wealth must be enormously great, there can be no doubt. Let it be only recollected that, as before stated, Oleic are indi vi.luals from the great majority of the leading commercial houses in London, as well as from abroad, and it will at once be seen that the amount of wealth represented on 'Change must be astoundingly great. Rothschild alone, when alive, represented property of between 5,000,000/. and 6,000,0001. To be sure, there are few Rothschilds in the world; there are none in London ; but there are, nevertheless, thousands in the city who are men of great opulence. To be worth 100,0001. or 200,000/. is no uncommon thing among metropolitan mer chants. Many can boast of possessing a quarter of a million, and a few even half a million and more. It is easy, then, to fancy what a vast aggregate of wealth there must be, in the supposed circumstances, represented by the indi%iduals assem bling in the Royal Exchange. Supposing the number of per sons present at a given time were 5,000. and that on an ave rage they were worth 20,0001. each—which surely, when it is recollected that Rothschild's successors stand there, is no ex travagant supposition—that would give the aggregate amount of wealth at 100,000,0001.— The Great Metropolis—Second Series. The new work by Mr. Washington Irving, which is entitled " Adventures of Captain Bonneville," embraces, among its romantic incidents, scenes of wild life among trap pers and Indian banditti, of which the world has little idea. The fascination with which this masterly writer invests every circumstance narrated by him in his charming productions, will in the present instance be still further increased by the fact that it is all true, being based upon journals furnished to him by individuals who had been among the mountains, and from oral accounts gathered from various sources. Mr. Wash ington Irving's new work is, indeed, full of adventures and stirring incidents from the first page to the last, with occa sional passages of humour, in the richest vein of this writer, who in this aspect of his genius may be ranked by the side of our own delightful Goldsmith. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.--ti very interest ing question has been mooted in this country : it is " From whom are the North American Indians derived ?" The sub- Joined statement affords some important and deeply interesting particulars ; though for my own part (and I have been much among the tribes in the far west), I can see no resemblance between their features and those of the Jews. Be that as it may, the origin of the American Indians is at present a sub ject receiving a good share of attention in literary circles. The editor of The Evening Star not long since delivered an instructive lecture upon it ; and at present an intelligent In dian, of the Mohawk tribe, is delivering a course of lectures upon the history of the red men of America. In reference to this subject a correspondent of The New London Gazette writes as follows from Fort Gibson, Arkansas:—" It has been supposed that the Indians are of a Jewish origin, which appears somewhat confirmed by their late emigration. Nine men have gone before the emigrants ever since they left the old nation; and one of them has carried something like the Ark of the Covenant, or the tables which Moses brought from the Mount. White men are not allowed to see them ; but an old negro says, that they have two brass plates, about eighteen inches by six inches, with letters engraved on them, probably the commandments. The person carrying them has not been known to speak to anybody on the road ; and in his manners he has been as solemn as the grave. It is said that the plates are cleaned once a-year by a person who attends to no other business. I shall endeavour to obtain further information on this highly interesting subject." Mtt. WARD'S NEW WORK, " HUMAN LIFE."— Mr. Ward has written, not from imagination, but from obser vation ; and the profound thought which his retrospectious exhiliit betrays an intimate knowledge of the hidden springs that guide the wondrous machinery of the human heart. His present work is deservedly entitled to admiration, and it must add another wreath to the laurels lie has already acquired. We have not a doubt that the perusal of these " Illustrations of Human Life" will afford the most sterling gratification. They will be read a second, nay, a third time, with increased pleasure. --Dublin Evening Packet. A letter from Paris, dated Wednesday evening, mentions, that the remains of the lion. Miss Copley, second daughter of Lord Lyndhurst, were to be privately deposited in a vault on Friday, and that they would subsequently be conveyed to England for interment in the family vault at Bayswater. Lord Lyndhurst was to leave Paris for London to-morrow, accompanied by his sister and his eldest daughter. An interesting anecdote of Lord Kenyon's sensibi lity was related in the House of Commons by Mr. Morris in the debates of 1811. Of the occurrence that gentleman had been an eye-witness. On the Home Circuit, he said, some years since a young woman was tried for having stolen to the amount of forty shillings in a dwelling-house. It was her first offence, and was attended with many circumstances of exte nuation. The prosecutor appeared, as he stated, from a sense of duty; the witnesses very reluctantly gave their evidence, and the jury still more ) eluctantly their verdict of guilty. The judge passed sentence of death ; she instantly fell lifeless at the. bar 1 Lord Kenyon, whose sensibility was not impaired by the sad duties of his office, cried out in great agitation from the Bench—" I don't mean to hang you; will nobody tell her I don't mean to hang her? I then felt," he justly added, "as I now feel, that this was passing sentence not on the prisoner, but on the law."—L aw Magazine. Twenty months ago two men were convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment iu the House of Correction for uttering counterfeit coin. One of the prisoners, when he was first taken into custody,' swal lowed seven half-crown pieces to prevent their falling into the possession of the officer. Ile has undergone the most se vere sufferings during the whole period of his confinement un-. til Tuesday ° last, when all the pieces passed from him by an effort of nature. He now lies in a very precarious state. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &e. &c. &e. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 12. Number Dividend of per Shares. Annum per Paid. Snare. CANALS. Price 1,766 7 pet cent. Asliton and Oldham...Average 971. 18s. sh. 135 1,182 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 10 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh.. 51 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 . sh. 101 8,000 1-16 sh. 94 9s. Birmingham, I-16th share sit & ill. 218 4,000 Ditto arid Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd Si 600 , Bridgewater and Taunton —.lOO/. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Cheliner and Blackwater". . 1001. sh. 102 500 48/. Coventry 1001. sh. 700 4,515 Croydon Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,0604 41. Os, Dudley lOOl. sh. Sb 6uo 71. Derby 1001. sh. 122 20,000 3,575] 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sb. .10 231 401. Erewash 'O9l. an. 650 1,297 29/. Forth and Clyde Average 400!.16L. ch. 610 11,00 12/. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 202 ..... • 2,C'49& 11. Grand .-.....,.. ~.. Union 11301. sh. 24 1,500 Grand Surrey 120,000/. 1/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan . 1001. 70 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. Its. 9d. Glamarganshire, Average cost 172/. I3s. 4d. 230 749 10t. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,235 11. 15s Huddersfield Average 571. (is. 6d. sh. 35 100 25,325 11. 2s. Kennet t.lri Avon, Average 39/. (Ss. 10d. sh. 22; 2,697; 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 540 545; 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. TOO 1,997 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver S3l. 10s. 77 2,400 ‘ 101. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray - lOOl. sh. 200 500 25!. Mersey and Irwell 'OW. sh. 560 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1004 sh. all pd, 54 247 17/. Neat h lOW. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 545 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average absent 731. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. ed. sh. 16 5,669 ii. per cent. rochdale Average $5l. sh. 119 500 8/. Shropshire I'lsl. sh. 138 800 2/. 103. Somerset Coal ' 150/. sh. 118 3,000/. 41 per cent Ditto bock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140!. alt. 730 500 01. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 9!. Stourbridge 3,047 2/. ,s. Stratiord-on.Avon ...Average 791. 9s. :dd. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. 220 3,762 11. 9s. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. sh. 261 2,6001ci. :241. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 550 8,149 1,00045 h. / 15/. Warwick and Birminghara lOO/. sh- 240 5 1 0 14.. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. ISO 6,000 4/. its. Worcest 1 and Birminghtaa...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh 411 5,000 2'b. Wilts an.. Berk,. .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 SOO Si, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 1'26 Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2,600 g 100/. sh. 55 1,06515 h. 3 3 P. c . Commercial IA-3,667;/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 1144 2,232,3101/. 50s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 51. per ct. West India 2,20.1 2/. 19.. Bristol 65,324/. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1.352,752 4 a , r• cent. St. Katharine Stock 9fl 500,000 4f per cent. Ditto Bonds 100,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bond's ha' 10 years 9* Shoreham 1-I:it hour 2.520 .... .... Deptford Pier 'All. sh. Si. BRUMES. 1,61)0 l's. Ham mersin.t! 5O/. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. G 3/. )2s. Ed. '.fit. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of. 7 1 , 1 per cent. 5O/.llli. 14 5,000 5,000 13s. gd. Ditto, Old Annuities of W. llOl. pd 111 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, Ne.v Ditto of 71 40/. pd 151 tio,oool. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonus 1013 14s Vauxhall Av %rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 16i AS".4.IIIANCI , COMPANIES. 2,000 31 Iris Albion 5001. sh. 501 psi 1 1 10,000 { S In e T I c i e c n c t } Alliance, British k Foreign 100/. sh. 10j/. ?id 12. 1 60,000 1 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100!. sh. 51. pd 5,1 24,000 i 1 per sh. Atla. 501. 511. 5/.. pd .ISi 1,200 ;sh. 51. Birmingham 1 ire "501. th. 55/ pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. , pd 4 I 12,00 i 61. per cent. British Commercial 5(11. sh. 5/. pit •VI 5,000 11. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, 10/.sh. 121103 pd 4 4,000 21 IN County IOU!. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 _ Sc. f 5 per c-!..nt.1 Econ . mic Lila IOOW. sh. 250/. pd 575 —'' land 301 bs. S 2,271 225. per cent. European L., 'W. sh. all pd V 50,000 2s. Ditto, New .... W. sh. !l. pd 1.1 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1471 '20,000 51. Guardian lOOl. eh. .271.1 pd 33 10,000 es. rd. Hope 50/, sh. 51. pd 51 2,413 id. 7s. 6al. Imperia. ir . l 1 5OOl eh 501. pd 121 ._. • —. . .- 7,500 Os. Imperial 1.41 e .. 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,451 12s per sh. Indemnity 1412. tine Irol. sh. St. pd 111 2,020 21 10s Kest Fire. . . 301. sh. all pi 92 31. Ditto Life. 10,‘ CO Ifis. Law Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd ?ti 5.000 los. London, Fire 9 3/. sh. 12/. !Os. pal 151 3,900 10s. London, Ship .51. eh. 1.:3. 10s. pd 151 30,0,:11 ii/. per cent. Palladium Lite 50/. eh. '2l. pi 21 its IM 50,001 rrotertor Fite 2Ol. sh. 2/. in) IC Cii 1,500 I/. Provident Lite , 11MW. sh. 104 pd 2 ) 100,000 W. per cent. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. 21. pd Si ite,,,!•20.1 5/. prr cont. Roy:11 Exclunge Sto k... 2-20 ii,oolll 5 per cent. Univorsity I..:te ;00/. sh. 5/. pi! fri 50,000 4 per cent. Unites , tiiit7 lomLife ___ 21. pd JOINT S i..uCK BANKS 25,A01 Agric antit'vmm. of Ireland 251. eh. IR pd 14 5,000 01,0011 10 per cent. Bank of Bilminghtun 5 /.sh : 101. pd I's , . . 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Banksol. sh. 51. pd 14 eO,OOO 6 percent. Lon.lon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 20 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1.'5,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. 1A 19 50,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. di. 151 pd 21+ Discount 2. ) ,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 251 pd 29.. 20,000 Provincial Rink of lreland...lool. sh. 251. pd 40 20, 10 National Bank of Ireland -s' l /. sh 1711. pd 14 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...11101. sh. 33/. pd 31 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. IV/. pd 20 (1,000 leper cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. id 9 GAS LIGHT AN!) COKE COMPANIES. 9,500 1/ !At 641 Bath 2Ol. sh. IC/. pd 21 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 21 r „ r W.p t./ ercen 1,- '" tancl lii, Sci.i Ditto Provitieal 0 0' sh. 19 pd 291 923 51 108 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 94 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2O . sh. 38 1,.`.00 5! lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 12 750 Si ICs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd lo 2,471 a per cent. Brighton General 201 ill. all pct 17 4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 62f1. pd 85 1,000 101. City of London 'ool. sh. all pd ISU 1,000 61. Ditto, Now 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 4241.1x1 25 40, , 00 2/ per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 42 1100 61. per cent. Isle of *Mallet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 V. per cont. ' ndependeut 3Ol. sh. all IA 49 ',IWO I. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39/. pit 2O 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. SO/. pd 53 - 4,000 South tistropolitan 501. sh. 19/. pd 17 0,200 11'. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 24 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 V. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. t 24 i I,o' l o , 31. Westminster Chartered - 5 O/. 5O/. sh. 45 coos) 12s. Ditto New ... 5( 1. sh. 10/. pd S 84 Yarmouth 904 sh. 181. pd Si WATER Walt KS. !NO 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. '251 pd 24} 1,134 ti/. East London lOO/. sh. 139 6,500 21 10s • Mind Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 50 *l,OOO 21. Kent • 100/. sh. 42 '370 101. Liverpo•l llootle 2201. sh. 8-6 1,500 21 lOs New Water Annuities 51 R:456 11 15: Manchester and Sa!fora - „100/. eh. 53i 1,0,10 4 per cent. South Lon.lon lOO/ sh 8 _ _ • 5,2114 341. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12.. 9(1. sh. 78 1,360 11 14. York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. oh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 Birmingham and Derby lOl. pd 4f 3,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pi 14 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 04 15,,t1 .0 Bristol and Exeter ...1001. sh. 10 pd 3 (40 Calcutta and Saugur 7,500 ..... ... Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 741. i 3,009 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pi 411 12,000 6,009 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 24 pd 1 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 21. pd , 2 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 501. p i It '7 Great North or England 7l. pd 53 25 , 0 J) Great Western lOO/ sh. 40/. pd 41) :2,0'41 I lartlepool 100/. sh. 1001 pd 101 V,OOO Hull and Selby 5O/. sh. 51. pd Of 10,001 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. Si. pd 14 7,1110 1,500 Leicester and Swannin,gton -.50/. sh. all pd Ili 1,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-lOU sh. 100/. psi 209. Ditto Quarter Shares '2sl. pd VI 10,000 I 45,000 Ditto ditto (091obs'1 ...SO/ sh. I/. pal 04 16,000 Ditto ditto (Itennia)...so/. sh. "1. psi 1 5,0 ill Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 3/. pd Of 1'2,000 London and Blackwall 501 sh. 3/ pd Of 20,000 8 per cent. London and Greenwich °o/. sq. 20/. pd 194 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 85/. pd 1151 20,,00 ...... ... London and Southampton -401. sh. 351. pd 14 7,000 ... ...... London and Croydon 20/. sh. 151. pd 13 12,000 London Grand Junction 5 /. sh. 31. pd 01 19,000 Manchester South Union 100/. sh. 51. pd 1 North Midland 1001. sh. 15/. pd 13 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 4 2,001 Preston and Wyro 501. sh. S/. 0 29,000 South Eastern and Dever 7l. pd S 1,000 GI. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 240 9,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 101. sh. 2/. pi 04 6,00.1 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 1 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 4,001 11. is. A lten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 11 I 1(000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd .1i Ditto Subscription 95/. pa 4 2,0011 Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 90 10,000 1/. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. 15/. sh. 20/. pd 25 15,0 0 Macaubas sic Cacaos United 2 5/. sh. 2311. pi 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2Ol. sh. 9/. pil 21 10,010 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 201. pd Si "0,000 •-•••• Ditto Scrip.... 101. sh. al. pd 9 20,0(1 ) British Iron .... 50/. sh. 50/ pd 411 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca nu. psi tit Candonga 7il. pd tit 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2nl. sh 19.1/ pd 14 6,500 Columbian, iss. W. pm. 2,950 31. English l2l ICs. pd '._2 :20,000 General Mining Association...2ll/. sh. 151. pii 0 11,155 Mexican Company 1000. sh 544/. po 01 3,000 Polherou Consols lO/. sh V. pi 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 112,1 no,ooo United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....40/. sh. all pd li Dart. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip 5l p(1 nt West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 511 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all lid 231 700 Russell ' 0 5gs. sh. $ King' College lOOl. pc! 32 MISCELLANEOUS. _ --------„—. 10,006 15s. Australian Agricultural 1001. sh. 2tll. pd 36 e,OOO 6!. per cent. British American Land Company ... 23/. pa 13 10,000 6/ per cant. Canada Company 100/. sh. 241. pd 35 200,000 W. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOO City Bondi, 4 per cent . lOl 15,000 11. is. General Steam Navigation...lsl oh. 131. pd 241 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 11. London Com. Salo Rooms Av. 75/. oh. 19 3,001 Caoutchouc Company 25/. sh. 2j/. pd li New Brunswick Land Company 411. pd 13 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 126 2,03:3 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. oh. 451. pal 601 1,000 Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pal 71 10,000 LIST OF SCO7'TISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ♦PRIL 29, 1337. BANKS. i5OO, 00)r. 111 P. ct. rank 01 Scotland ...... S3I. es, 60. sh. all pi IV/. . 2,000,0 Y/. 51 p. ct. 'loyal of Scotland ICU/. sh. all pd 15.11/. 500.0 i( 1. Bp. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. :,11 pd :136/. 3o)11,00(1. 6/. p. et. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 170/. 5. iou.ooo, .i ., occ N , tional lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 1544 .00 ,- 0 )01 51 p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd fiSI. 4,000,,1(.01. 4p. et. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 5614 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 0 5(.000sh sp. ct. ScoW.'.h Union 2O/. sh. 14 pi 211 s - ,500 61. p. Ct. flercules lOO/. eh. 101. pd 141 Os. i n( 000 6p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pi IV. Lom)) 6p. et. North British 2OOl. sh. 10!. pd 151. 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 10/. pd 1615 s 5,00 s op. et. Edinburgh L ife 1001. sh. 10/. p.i 14! 10s 100 , 000 3] p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. psi ir Vs MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Edin• and Was Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Alls,e, l ted 9el. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Eclinb.:Joirit Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 261, Carron Iran Company 250/. sh. all pd 43/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Eounuery 501 sh 3 44 1. pd 4ll 10,094 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass - 20/. sh. 161. pd 81. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25!. sh. all pd 56 il 4,455 10 per cont. Glasgow Gas .5/. sh aii pd 6 : 1 750 74 per cent. Leith Coal Gas .01. ,h. all pd 45/. 1.,*20 , 1 .... ..... Edinburgh pnd Dalkeith Itailway...soLsli. nsi. 3,000 5 per cent. Eqtgtable Loan Company 2a. sh. 9/. pi 101. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, MiT 13. The Kent, Tune, from Boulogne ; Britannia, Fox, Ostend.' ; M Charlotte, Daniels, Calais ; Castilian Maid, Sc ott, St. chael's ; James Ray, Grayson, Jamaica; Columbine, Brown, Nassau ; Ajax, Thompson, Messine • West Indian, M'Arthur, Madeira; Telemachus, Dennis , Jersey ; Apheroid, H ovl e, St. Vincent's ; Fortitude, Fowle, idarbadoes ; Diana, DticlralT, Canton ; Windsor, Hemming, Calcutta; Princess Victoria, P Lees, Canton; Symmetry, Riley, Bombay • Ellen, Wort Jamaica; Westminster, Hoare, New York; Tickler, White, Ceylon. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Trusty, Beerman, for Elsineur ; Malvina, B eer, „ neur ; William Jolliffe, Middleton, Calais ; Elden, Warre"' Quebec; Comet, Patterson, Algoa Bay ; Juliet, Wilson. Sydney ; Jean, Scott, St. Vincent's; Prince of VC r a iir ter i l: Ghent, &c. ; Loudon, Pearson, Rotterdam ; Progress, ''°° house, Amsterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The North Star, Anderson,, for Hamburgh; Ba tavi ! Dunlop, Rotterdam ; William Jolliffe, Middleton, Cal''s; Ocean, Morfee, Antwerp ; Catherine, Classen, Amsterclani; Union, De Jonge, Ostend ; John Wood, Woodruff; th s/re : Anna, Polourra, Garling • Erasmus, Mark, Batavia; A"' ' Mitchell, Naples ; Botley Wood, Guthrie, Bergen. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST. The Eliza Liddle, Surtees, for Dantzic ; Twee Gebroederst: Roos, Worcum ; Chapman, Christie, Quebec ; Margar!' Butley, Gravelines ; Victoria, Balderston, New York ; M ar° ' Bundsen, Merdershaland ; Boliva, Reed, Slaws. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—May 13, the Lord Hungerford, Farquharst from Bengal, off the Isle of Wight, sailed Jan. 16, frolu t t A m Cape March 7, and St. Helens March 28'; the Arab, Spar s 4 - t. from the Mauritius, at Gravesend, sailed Jan. 29. from mis Helena March 6 ; the Henry, Bunney, from the Mauritius' the Downs, sailed Jan. le, from the tape Feb. 18. Well' Arrivals at Rio Janeiro.-The Frances Chorcotle , bank, Feb. 28, from Portsmouth, and sailed March 5 for Si t, ney ; the Maitland, March 10, from Cork ; the Patriot, gi s man, March 20, from New South Wales, sailed Jan. 2. Departures from Rio Janeiro. -The Hereford, M arem ov for Ceylon ; the Johi Stamp, March 12, for Bombay j o b Helen, March 18, for Calcutta; the William, Wise) 21, for Launceston. Arrival at the Cape.-The Jubilee, Anderson, March" from Calcutta, for Liverpool. Arrival at Calcutta.-The Bengal, Marjorum, Jan. 21, fry Bombay. Ships Spoken With.-The Louisa Campbell, Price. f ro 1 ,, , Ceylon to London, Feb. 25, lat. 25. 20. S., long. 6 2 . , P oo , the Roxburgh Castle, Cumberland, from Bengal to Lon u,, March 11, lat. 34. 47. S., long. 27. 34. E. ; the Perthsh,l re t : Jameson, from Leith, to New South Wales, April 10, 11 2. 27. N.. long. 19. 30. W. ; the Netherlands India, 7, Amsterdam to Batavia and Huddersfield, Hall, from Lt by pool to Bombay, April 12, lat. 5. N., long. la, 24. VI T :' t the Lady Flora. The Sandwich, Withycombe, from Rt ° , India, Feb. 21, lat. 24. 38. S., long. 37. 16. E. ; the l a t Deniston, Mackie, from the Cape to Bombay, Feb. 19, 14. 6. S., long. 78. E. ; the Nelson, from London to``t , South Seas, March 27, let 4. 40. N., long. 28. 1 8 . the Formidable, from Liverpool to Singapore, March 22, 6. 50. N., long. 23. 20. W. ; the Mary Catherine t _C i rn i, bell, from Bengal to London, Jan. 25, lat. 18. 14. 1"4 ,1°1 ' . '1, 89. E.: the Maria, Ainsley, from Bombay to ,Liverpotit, March 20, let. 14. 48. S., long. 7. 30. W. ; the .1 01 1, Chalmers, from London to the Mauritius, April 7, lat. 5 . 3 1, N., long. 19. 23. W.; the Glenbervie, Kine, from Green cie, to New South Wales, April 15, lat. 11. 15. N., long. 3 ' 37. W. WHEAT AND FLOUR IN PARIS, COMPARE" WITH LONDON. ij WHEAT.—The highest price of the best Wheat in Pa v "" ni 23f. per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 355. 3d. per ':'";; lisp quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Wheat in London being 625. per quarter, the differencag 26a. 91 per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 7 6 Pit cent. and the same money which in London buys but eig e f bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the value of fourteen bushel° the finest quality. , in FLOUR.—The highest price of flour of the "first mark i t h Paris is 46 francs per 159 kilogrammes, corresponding 11 ; ii 295. per English sack of 2301b5. The highest price 0 1 best " town made" flour in London is 525. per sack, bb°‘ ll fine Flour to be 235. per sack dearer in London than , 0 Paris, or 80 per cent. ; and that the 525. which in Lo l l can procure but 2801b5., will in Paris purchase 5021b5. of finest Flour. TRAINING.—Amateur jockeyship being an 41. 1 every day becoming more fashionable, and gentlemen iock!. a class of equestrians more obnoxious to gr a tify than ;he P f, ssionals, the following somewhat curious fact, derived fr b , an authority that can be relied on, may be of service at t o present season :—Some years ago a lad at N e wmarket vi o almost starved, in order, in c o nju nc ti on w ith ver y se vere s" e s r to reduce him so that he might be able t o r id e a m atch of ' l t o poi tAnee at a particular weight. He was put into the s °l at 9in the morning upon which the race was to be runt To again at 10, and was found to have g a i ne d SO ounce s in W el gil in the course of an hour, having only tasted half a glast,, wine in the interval. To those who know nothing of el l mistry this will appear fabulous; nevertheless it Is very ea gi i i accounted for. The effect of the wine would be t o stimul i the action of the nervous system, and invite nature, exhatls by abstinence, to open the absorbent pores of the whole in order to suck in some nourishment from the air. In °a l e of the narratives of shipwrecks and other casualties at sea ky recorded instances of persons who have e xi s ted for estr a h i p dinary periods upon incredibly small qu an titi es o f wine, r preservation being attributed to the effect produced in A b e c of the groom-boy at Newcastle. In t r ai n i ng , th e safest jeg i o, dient that can be introduced into the stom ac h is soda -w s e a potulent more favourable to the vacuum than any fluid h torero discovered.—Sporting Magazine for May. „1, 0 05 PREPARATION FOR DEATH.—It is bad tn.— i d the time when we are expecting our last moment to prep io ourselves for death. When an event happens, the tite r A r make preparation for it is passed. Life only is the time t preparation. There is a sort of s a c r il eg i ous piety; th e tr , pretended Christians who sin incessantly, hate their neigh b° , o h deceive, calumniate, bear malice, pass their time in pie,ti ff t, and then, to expiate their follies boast o f th e i r f a ith in Yr s ei frequent churches, omit no ceremony, and, a t th e hour of repose themselves on the merits of the Saviour, or on sheave ; tercession of saints. Another c l ass o f p eo pl e are the br i: t tl! they jest on the subject of d ea th, t rea ti ng it as an a ffair et I lia d moment. They strive so to b enum b th e i r f ee li n gs, t° b o a' themselves, as neither t o thi n k nor l oo k th ere on, till it, be j prises them ; then, wh en it a pp ears t err ibl e , i nev itable , abandon themselves to dark despair. Whence comes t b i c t l Their minds are in error. They have lost sight of th e ° and purpose of their life. They have found in shams „ only contradiction, and, in the world, an i nex plicable —Evangelical Register. —moo' PATENT LEVER WATCH With silver deuble-bottom cases With silver hunting cases 6 l i c iy l This celebrated construction (the most accurate On w ie ns;l' watch can be made) is offered, with the latest imPr°" c "nli i. e. the detached escapement, jewell e d i n f our holes, ~ho o rs, hand to mark the seconds, hard en a me l di a l, an d maintaining, P° to continue going while winding up, at the above price, bY T. COX SAVORY, Aati• ' Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, C orn hill, Lon— • N.B.—Second-hang Watches purchased in exchan_le;/- BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., in Torri n gton- squ are, the w ife of S ir °sir Nicholas, K. C. M. G., of a daughter. Sul On the 11th inst , in Great Coram-st r e e t, the lady of J. '' n ' n naby, Esq., of a so still-born. , 3 On the 9th inst ' at Lambeth Mrs. J. C. Stahlsehmid t, of a 1 sgP ~ On the 9th inst., the lady of F. B. Ll o yd, E s q., surgeon' 3 e dleton-square, of a son. w . ti s On the 9th inst., the lady of th e R ev . J. A. Tillard, 0, f ' Huntin g donshire, of a daughter. t 1 - 1. On the 10th inst., in Weymouth-street, the lady, °- . Nichol], Esq., of a son. „ e lite! • On the 10th inst., in Dorset-squar e, Mrs. Playfair, ofd/ MARRIED. so], On the 6th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-squa re '„y, u S. C. de Pfeil, Secretary to the Wi r t e mberg Ein c 7co — pool - Francisca Caroline, daughter of the lat e C o lonel Edward f f and neiee to the Countess of Plymouth. Minis"' 0 At St. Mary's, Goudhurst, the Rev. Thomas Watson , ~.. ClLI? of St. Philips, Pentonville, London, to Frances Marian, t"' ,ti . (laughter of R. Springett, Es.q., of Finchcox, Kent. r e on, ' O l On the 11th inst , at Chertsey, J. R. Cole, Esq., 6 " Rector i' Fanny, eldest ( laughter of the late Rev. C. L. Bennett; 11 Littleton. el:g o ( On the :22.(1 of December, at Madras, H. D. Cook, E s V g q.r'' Service, to Catherine, youngest daughter of J. H. Houle' Long ormacus, Berwickshire. . DIED. 0 'ogi c .1 ; On the 19th ult., at Dieppe, Lieutenant Daniel L- 211' 00 1 1 i It. N., an old follower of Lord Nelson, in whose ship kt,e o 6 : oil k the battle of Trafalgar. He had been at the taking 01 ...o nsee, A w t line, besides frigates, &c., and was in upwards of 30 eng"e w ho _,v', being several times severely wounded. He was the o ffic t er sto, p os . , six hours was in the shrouds of the , 4 Victory," after the ~,i ii , li 0 deavouring to secure the top-mast, at the imminent risk. or and f 0 and which was at last happily effected. He has left a Isl i f o , sib ; , children, wholly unprovided for, except the widow's Pe nsl- v ~ri • is granted en similar occa s io ns . of Oa On the 11th inst., Ann, wife of Mr. John Afeheul, 4,4 place, Chelsea, aged 90. T. A fi ' . . On the 11th inst., Lydia, eldest daughter of the late h eb Madox, Esq., of Greenwi c h'. tlef On the 4th inst., Mrs. Isabella Bray, of Paradise-rois• tl , i ageOnB t d 4. M ll ' el ° he Bth inst., in Cedogan-place, Belgrave-squor e a to widow of the late James Williamson, M.D., Staff Sarg ' ••' ' NVO II British Forces. ed 49, On the 9th inst., in Cl eve l an d- row , St. James's , a g ' it' Nekes, Esq. evinn er-st" On the 10th inst., Charles Hodglinson, Esq. , o f " -7-- ° in his 47th year. daug hter On the 11th i ns t., i n St epnoy - squar e, Jane, elde st 1 1 ' the late R. Cooper, Esq., Purser, R.N. nt ?e sb ° On the 7th inst., , at Woolwich, aged 24, Lieutena ht , of Wright, Royal Engineers, son of Major-General Wr i g j ilt Slllle Corps. ,i 33, Ca „, x lrt ' On the 10th inst., at Holcomb, near Dorking , ag" - ht Ce"-,ti 7th ag" . Itit'y Henry Fuller, of the Hon. East India Compa's On the 6th inst., at Markeaton, in Derbyshire, Fra nc° ii .. o f ffe st' ' Esq., aged 66. r o oket .On the 6th inst., at Malvern, the Rev. George - ~o; 4 Sprotborough, Yorkshire. /71 441 ; "=""'" . " ..... r:T v raj 0, e . „ 1 " ~ 11 London : Printed and Published' by MURDO .. --. t he'" l 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, SO101(4'11 of Middlesex.—Monday, May lb, 1837.