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eicotland.—( Hear, her: r.) It was that feeling that bad induced him to dissent from t' rat. proposal. Now he would ask the house, had not the o' ejection to this Commission been borne cut by the result ? He world ask the Noble Lord, had any of terse objections been obviated by the course which he had pledged the Governmant ? The ifoble Lord on the occasion referred to expressed his red Lard for the Church of Scotland, u he (Major C. Bruce) a lways had accustomed himself to lace more contiderce in a .ction, however small or limited, ellen innrrofessions. however large or high-sounding.—( Loud cheers.) The Church of S cotland asked for bread, and the liohle Lord gave it a stone.. —( Henr, hear.) . They asked for a grant, and the Noble Lori I gave them what ?—a Commis sion. The Church of Se otland, however, did not sue in 2brma pauperis. She asket I a grant to enable her. to extend necessary religipus instruct ion. Well, a Commission was granted, and, after two year s' labour, what had the Commis sioners accomplished ?—(F Lear, hear.) They had produced a Report, which in some re.spects was perfectly unintelligible. —( Hear, hear.) When •the Noble Lord was asked the mean. iing of the Report, he TIM that he did not understand its language. He suppose-d. it was in an unknown tongue. He did not know what satin friction to the people of Scotland could arise out of- the proceeetings of this Commission. Ho .sup posed that the results of this Commission would be felt in Scotland about the swam time that the good results of the appropriation principle would be understood i n I re l an d.— ( Hear.) The peoples o f Scotland had. no expectations from the present Government: He entreated the Noble Lord to pause in his course ; and not to be insensible to what was pas sing around him. A great reaction bad already taken place fn Scotland, of which the Noble Lord must he aware: •The Right Honourable Baronet the Member for. Tamworth had received at the hands of the youth of Scotland the highest compliment which it; was in their power to bestow.—Great cheering.) A distinguished and eminent Noble Lord had also received a high. compliment and a gratifying honour from the University of ilsberdeen.—( Cheers.) They had another instance of re-action in the rejection of the Ministerial•candi. elate for Ross-shife.—( Hear, and cheers.) The Noble Lord ought not to close his eyes to the re-action that was going on. The Noble Lord might increase Committees, he might add job to job, but he never could persuade the moral, religious, and conscientious p eople of Scotland to violate their con sciences.—( Loud chem.) The Hon. Member concluded by neolog:sing to the House, and expressing his determination to support the resolution. • Mr. C. FERGUIS ON thought the Established Church of Scotland was entitled to ask for aid, if a clear case of des titution' could be made out ; but no such case had as yet been made out for it. He therefore could not consent to grant any money until the report of the Commissioners should he received. At , present that report was partial, because it • had not touched on the funds applicable to the Church of Scotland ; and, therefore, that important question was left totally untoue;aed. It never could be expected that a grant of money, to be paid by the Dissenters of Scotland, should be paid, until the case of destitution had been clearly shown. The necessity had, no doubt, been shown in the case of Edinburgh ; but it bad not as yet been shown in the whole case of Scotland. If the Report of the Commissioners were waited for there would, after all, be no great delay; for they were at work day and night to produce it. Under these cir eueastancea—seeirg no advantage which could result from the adoption of the Riesolutiens, but, on the contrary, much pro bable evil--,he should decidedly oppose them'. Mr. HUME should not have risen but for the kind of com plimentary manner in which he had been alluded to by the Hon. Member for Inverness. He (Mr. Hume) had heard with great satisfaction the speech of the Hon. Member for Cockermouth. When he said that there were drones and kypocrites in the Scottish Ch urc h h e co i nc id e d w i th h i m. Ile did not know to which of these classes the Hon. Member f)r Inverness belonged; but he (Mr. Hume) thought nim en titled to the latter character.—(Loud cries of " Order," and Withdraw.") Mr. C. BRUCE merely rose to observe that nothing the Hen. Gentleman could say had the slighest effect on him. The SPEAKER said it was a question mere. or the satis faction of the House than fur that of any Hon. Member. Mr. HUME was not conscious of having used any eipres slur) inconsistent with the rules of the House.—( Great laugh ter.) The Hon. Member for Cockermouth had slid that the number of drones and hypocrites had inereasCd in the SCottish Church from the manner ,in which the Clergy had hitherto se:cd, in ekich be (Mr. Hume) expressed his agreement, and - stated that he would not say whether the Hon. Member for Inverness belonged to either of these classes.—(Cries '• Ott !".and laughter) But when he (Mr. Hume) saw the lioa. Member claiming for him se lf an d hi s party t h e ro l e re ;nerd for religion in th country, and preaching. up his Ma jesty's Ministers as its opponents, as men desirous of flinging della its sacred institutions—(Hear)—h e thoueht a degree of sanctity tees arrogated by them which deserved the appella tion of the eliaracti r stated. Men should be judged by their wurls as well as their acts, and when he ( Mr. Hume) looked back to the long period-in which the party of the lion. Mem b held pow, - r, he could not help thinking that they should now be the last who cried out for assistance .for the Chuech. Jr was the cry of party, and it bad been gut up to check- his Majesn.'e Niinivers, and to stop the march of Reform. Bele cation had of late years been greatly neglected -in Scotland. did 'not his itigia . Hon. Friend (Sir W. Rae) bring for ward a measure for the education of the whole country, rather fain the eresero partial one ? Nothing less than the general edue.ition oF the people of Scotland would ever rest(); thee re the 'proud station the) formerly held in the eyes of Europe. lie (Mr. Ilerre: differed with the Hon.. Member for Kirk liecauee he would not giv e any grant to the Church ef Scotland at all. It was olready rich enough, without it, ror all useful purposes. If Emits were to be given at all, lie: 'hooch that they would be given equally to all parties in Scot bind. If I:it-re 5.5,7 any deficiency - of funds, it was rot in the kn• kof that eoutery. -lie entreated the House not to lend rise;!' to the patty procceding . s originated on the opposite side. grultrirN on which it was urged had signally feiiell-Lanal hvii4lstrd the House week!, without hesitation. reject the re seletions p7opc.s.ed by the Rightllon. Baronet. He should give them his treat strenuous opposition. Mr. A. JOHNSTON did not think the Church of Scot land fairly treated en this occasion. When the Committee of the Gereral Assembly made certain proposals to the Noble Lord—that they would build a large number of churches if he would endow them—he' (Mr. A. Johnston) thought it areued no g reat zeal in the cause o f re li g i on f or the Gnvernment to d:cline them. —( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord on n ler tp• r cceasion had said that it would be the duty of the Coot ),:iAt,iunc,rs to report on the paramount cases of necessity first ; the Noble Lord taws reav satisfied. Thew had reperied the case of Edinburgh, and sliow ed that in thot city there avert. 2d 000.PC/setis destitute of the means of religiom instruction. What more did he n ant ? But it was said the case waeiecore p'ute. Ail the Right Hun. Baronet's reso l ut i on as k e d was that it shce'd be taken in•o consideration. Was that toe much ?—( Hear. ) If the Noble Lord acceded to that re-- sonahie requcst, ail %void& be trade plain and clear in a ten na ) s. The H on . M em b er for Cockermouth hail charged the Clergy of the Church of Scotland with a political bias. Now he ( Mr. A .Johnston) was not there to . defend them—they did not need his defence.. He would let. their own charactets Speak fer them, end point, merely to what they had done fur the people of Scotland as the best refutation of that cherge._ ( Hear.) At any rate, they were entitled to for mere consi deration than the Hoe. Met:atter had shown them. The Noble Lord had now the opportunity of -proving his own con sistetwy, andbe (Mr. A. Johnston) hoped that the house wouhl adopt the resolutions. • • • • Mta DUNLOP roar, amidst cries of " Question,' aed " Divide." to *ay that Scotland owed a large.debt of gratitude to his Majest . i's Ministers for their _ conduct on the question at iesue. - The Dissenters of that country felt the greatest rcluctarn.te to give any grant to the Church of Scotland and the only result the resolution o f th e Right Hon. Barone t was likely to have, would -be the production of bad feeling be tween the Dissenters and the member 9 of the Church of Scot land. If, however, the whole case of the Church were fully stated, and the destitution complained of satisfactorily proved, be did not believe- that the Dissenters would offer guy opposition to wbateaer amount of grant might be deemed necessary to. relieve s Hut, while the whole claim put forward was for the capital of the country alone, he thought l is Majesty'a Mini s te rs wou ld b e very ill -adv i sed indeed to admit it. lie •(Mr.• Dunlop) could understand why Hun. Members opposite nislied to cause a rupture between the • Dissenters and the Church of Scotland ; it was to further their own political purposes. The only question at issue, in point of fact, was, whether the people of Scotland should be called on to contribute to the necessities of the Church be fore all its wants were made apparent. He should oppose , the_resolutions. Mr. CAMPBELL expressed his grief that the question should be made a party one at all, or treated in any way as a political question. No man felt more warmly for the interest , of the Church of Scotland than he did ; but he could not, notwithstanding, support, the resolutions of the Right Hon. Baronet. It was true enough that there was a population of 55,000 destitute souls in Edinburgh, Without the means of reli gious instruetion; but the same destitution existed elsewhere as well as in Edinburgh. In his (Mr. Campbell's) county there were two parishes, measuring 60 miles long by 18 broad, and yet they had only one church and one clergyman between them. Under those circumstances, he was of opinion that the whole state of the country, rather than that of an isolated portion of it, should be taken into calculation before any relief were ad ministered. He hoped the Hon. Bart. would withdraw his motion, and not press it to a division ; because, if he did, he would do more injury to the Established Church in Scotland than all the efforts of her enemies could accomplish. He (Mr. Campbell) should not support the resolutions of the Right Hon. Baronet ; but if the whole case of Scotland were made out, and all the funds of the Kirk were proved to be exhausted, he should then have no hesitation to vote anything necessary. Mr. H. JOHNSTON said a few words in explanation, which were quite inaudible in the Gallery. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment Majority COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. On our return to the Gallery we found the House in a Com mittee of Supply, and Mr. I3ERN AL reading a resolution for a grant to his Majesty, not exceeding .24,617,0001.—( Loud laughter)—for thA payment cf outstanding Exchequer Bills, issued for the public service. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, which did not reach the Gallery, Mr. HUM E said he thought the Committee ought to ad. jcurn the consideration of this motion until the 9th of June.— ( A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") When the other Pouse stopped the progress of reform, when they unnecessa- Hy impeded legislation with that view, he submitted to that House whether it was right in them to part with a single shil ling of the public money ? Besides, he knew that the Hon. Member for Coventry was anxious to say something with refe- rence to this resoluion. When it was considered that it was past midnight, and especially after what had occurred else where, he thought he should only be acting consistently—for there was nothing like the two Houses of Parliament agreeing —A laugh)—if -he moved as an amendment that the debate on the grant be adjourned to the 9th of June. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that as far as his own convenience was concerned, he should have been very glad to have brought forward this vote at an earlier period of the evening. —(Hear, hear.) It was a vote which did not go to incur any new charge, but merely to enable Go vernment to effect the ordinary exchange of Exchequer Bills ; and if the Hon. Member's proposition was agreed to, such an exchange could not take place ; and the effect would be very greatly to embarrass the public business. Mr. HUME wished to know whether the Bills had to be exchanged before the 9th of June ;,for it was most desirable that the House of Commons should first see what step their betters—(A laugh)—would take on that day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that if the vote were postponed till the 9th of June, the public business would then still further have to be delayed until a Bill had been passed through all its stages in a Committee of Supply. Mr: HUME said that it would be very practicable to pass such a Bill through all its stages in one day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this might be the case in reference to some Bills, but the forms of the House interposed difficulties in the.way of passing a Money Bill so rapidly. It was the law of Parliament that a Money Bill should only pass through one stage in one day. These Bills became due on an early day. in June. Mr. FIUME then consented to withdraw his opposition. The vote was then agreed to, and the House resumed. TITHES (IRELAND). On the motion that the Report on the Tithe resolution be taken into consideration, Mr. SHARMA N CRAWFORD--(amid very great confu sion and cries of " Go on")—intimated his intention to more that the consideration of the Report should be postponed till the 10th of June. Lord JOHN RUSSELL trusted that the House would not sanction such a course. If the Hon. Gentleman however de sired it, he (Lord John Russell) had no doubt that his Noble Friend would consent to postpone the second reading till the 9th of June.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD repeated his objection to proceed with the Report that evening. Mr. C. HINDLE Y moved that the House do now adjourn. The House divided. The numbers were— For the adjournment of the House l2 Against it l2B Majority -116 On the gallery being► opened, Mr. SHARMAN CRA WFORO said he should not state his opinion on the provisions of the Bill ; but some of these n-ere so objectionable, that he would divide the House in oppo sition to the motion of the Noble Lord. The House then divided, ntifin there nere— For the motion Against it 126 Majority . ...• -119 The motion was then agreed to. The house went into Committee on the Post-office Bills. Sir A. AGNE W proposed a clause, that nothing in the Act should authorise any person to send or deliver newspapers, letters, or communications on the Sabbath. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion. Mr. TREVOR declared that the proposition of the Hon. Baronet was ridiculous, and he was making that subject con temptible which otherwise was entitled to respect. Sit- A. AGNEW withdrew his motion. Mr. AGLIONBY proposed a clause to the effect, that marks made in newspapers for the sole purpose of directing attention to any particular paragraph, shall not subject the paper to the duties of postage, nor the sender or deliverer to sny penalty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed :he motion. After a short conversation the Committee divided, when ;here appeared— For thc-clatisc . Agair.Rt it Majority against the clause.. The licnse then re,umed. -16 . _ The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and :he House adjourned at Half past Two o'Clock. IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL. Majority of 190 Peer:, who. voted for the motion of the Duke of Wellington, that the Committee should be postpowd till the 9th of June. P RESENT. EA RLs. nuKr, Cumlecrland ncirß;siwrs, Canterbury York 7.1 a) o Morcton Motu dcash el OrkuL y Plymouth Ripon • Ross Sandwich So! kirk Sha.tc+Lury. Stain:bid 1?-rul-m IVu•l.Lnv PA RONS. Camden Carteret Clinton - Churchill Clanbr, ssil C!anwilliam (Fail) Cotelie.ter Cowley Pc Tabley De Saiimarez Dumno. Dyneror Ellenbor (nigh Fitzg:lton Parr Gage nay I leyte.sbury Kenyon Kerr (Lothian) Mat.nors Meldrum (Huntley) Alekoss (liatl of Haddingtoh) Mor.son Mon - igu PenNl!tirst Prudhoe Rayleigh lteay. Redesdale • Rodiwy Rolle Saltersford Sands Saloo n Sinclair Sondes Southampf on Stewart of (iarlies St. John of Blets., Teuterden Wallace Wharticlirre Willoughby Je ErOke Wyntird DUKES.' Pe:mien Neura,tle II te:ISPA, AbeiTorn Bute ch ,, Tranw7vlcy Hertford Thornond Tw idale West]. va• h EARLS. Abenieen Abiuedon ilirlie . Amherst Bandon Beauchamp Bradford Cianarvon Oartnmuth lle:iea.ter (7)uke of Ilucelcuch) Falmouth f4raham (Montrose) Ilardw i I larewood llarrlngion Hai rowhy Hillsborough Home Jersey - I,,en an.: Melville Limerick Mansfield • V tAcouNTs. Arbuthnot Bervsford Cannin. Can t erl'inry Ctanticrinere Exmon.h Coif IL:warden Hood Hut,,hinson Ma!, h:aal Sitmey• Vin:Tnt nrsnors. Bangor Cashel Exeter Gloucester Linenln Lo :don Winche,ter Abinger A,liburt on Baj'ning Beidey Bolton Boston Braybrooke PROXIES. EA Mount Edgcambe ONIOI rfortt Pern:woke I'oulett Po%ris Somers - t ISCOVNTS. re,Crera Lorton Melville Sittmouth Strathallan DUKE. Buckh.gharn Dorsot Led rdarchcster Notrammbv Hand 31A fitr A ylcibury Bristol BARONS. Co'Nine 'relamere Douglas of Douglas auviks Dun.any Farnborough Fevefsh,m Eo be.s Graittl2y Gray I.nelhurst Oriel Ormonde (Marquis) Riv:•rs St. Helen's Stuart de !tot Ilsay 'churlow Tv tone .I:iugham Wigan Wu;lehoun EA !Mt. A rlt•sfo:d Bathur.•t Beverley Buckinzharniliire Cardigan Cmtvgan Ulm:arty Di2lawarr Elilon Elgin Cuillurd Lines .y alaimeLbury 'BIS11 , )P Bath and «'cl!3 RA BONS. A rclen Aral ossan Pz!g,ot Carbery Cz:rringtcn MINORITY OF 11, P:: ESENT. EARLS. Tinto Morley Qx ford Paget (Uxbr"dge) Radnor Rosebery Scarborough Sefton St radirrlke Tha net Yarborough VISCOUNT a Duneaonon Melbourne Torrington n, stoNs Clow . urry I)acre Denman Foley Gardner Glennlg Gpdolphin Hatherton Holland Howden King Kinnaird Langdale Li ford Lovat BISHOPS. Chichester Durham Ely Hereford Killaloc Ripon, :lalisbury Lined och Montfort Moityn Poltiinore Saye and Sele Seaford Segrave BARONS. Arundel Bateman Brougham and Vaux Myron Stourton Strailbrd Suffield Templemore Teynham Vernon PROXIES. FJ. LS. Essex Ferrers Gosford Granville Huntingdon Ludlow Bleath Mulgrave Roxburgh Sherberne Shrewsbury Suffolk VISCOUNTS. Bolingbrokcl Dorchester BARONS. Auckland Dormer Dunally Erskine Howard de Walden Pitinket Ponsonby Western BISHOP. Lichfield & Coventry Duke of Somerset Lord Petre Marquis of Anglesey Lord Portman Marquis of Sligo Earl of Derby Lord Dundas Lord King Earl of Carlisle Lord Chancel'or nl:Ki Vii, Argyll Cie el:not Devonshire Grafton Norfolk Richmond Sutherland MAI<iI!•ISF r S. Clam icarde 1 - lee fort Lansdowne • orthampt on Oueensberry Tavistock EA nu:3. A lbenlat le Burlington Camperdown Cork Craven Ducie Errrol F'ingall ntzwilliam Howard of Effingharr llchester Leitrim Lichfield H. B. H. the Duke of Sussex Bedford Brandon Leinster Marlborough MARQUIS. Til eadatbane Westminster Winch est r EARLS. Charlemont Durham , PAIRE. Marquis of Camden Earl of Lonsdal Earl De Grey Earl of Sheffield Bishop of Rochester Bishop of St. Asath Lord Alvanley Lord Ma ryboro ug h Lord Ravensworth D OFF. MR. AINSWORTII'S NEW ROMANCE "CRICII TON."—Mr. Ainsworth, who certainly produced in his " Rook wood" a work indicating very considerable powers and re sources, has in his new story " Chrichton," aspired to the honour of fraMing a regular historical romance. tie has set about his task evidently with great pains ; has read a great deal of contemporary history ; has familiarised himself with the manners of the time ; is well versed in its intrigues ; and has woven the result of his reading Into a series of scenes at once rapid, graphic, and imposing in their movement, of which the admirable Crichton is the hero, during his residence in the Court of France. Mr. Ainsworth has many of the best qualities of a romance-writer, and holds the mind in suspense by scenes of peril and terror. " Crichton" is the work of a man of genius."—Edinburgh Review, April, 1837. - - Brillsley Sheridan, Esq., arrived at Bridgewater on Wednesday. The whole of the Liberal party will support this gentleman, who possesses sound liberal principles, though not to the extent of Mr. Leader. By marriage Mr. B. Sheri dan possesses the splendid domain of Frampton, in the adjoin ing county of Dorset. Mr. Sberidan's success is beyond a doubt. HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION. The canvass last night (Thursday) was— . Ellice .... Oastler . Neutral . Doubtful . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l send you documents illustrative of the man whom the Tories would have in for the borough of Huddersfield. Comment is unnecessary. A SUBSCRIBER. BRIEF EXTRACTS, FROM MR. OASTLER'S SPEECHES AND WRITINGS. 168 198 98 " Talk about Rights, you none of you have any Rights but what the People let you have. A Title Deed is no Right if the People'say it shan't be."—From a Speech delivered at the Infant School, Huddersfield. " Oh, we must have men who will fight up to the knees in blood for the Ten Hour Bill. For perhaps we may have to fight for it yet ; but mind take care that you don't begin until you see me lead the way. I will tell you, however, how we can beat them. If they will resist, I will teach every . factory child in the hingdont how to use a knitting needle among the machinery. Oh, yes, I'll do for them. I'm to ling lessons now to teach little children how to do more harm than good. This is on condition —that they resist the law. lam resolved that the laws of England shall triumph ever the factory monsters; or that the factory monsters—shall breathe their last."—From the Report of a Speech at BlacAburn; Sept. 15, 1836. " I will, in that even t, print a little card about Needles, and Sand, and Rusty-nails, with proper, and with very explicit directions. These cards of mine, shall then, be the catechism of the Factory children,-1 will take .care to have every factory child well instructed in the art of self-defence—and I will make the Factory-master, who, in that day, will have success fully defied the law, bow to the Banner of the 4 ' Needle."— From the raw or the Needle, P. 39. " Read the Title of this book,—' The Law or the Needle;' —perhaps you laugh at it ;—may be—you will change your tone, when I publish The Dagger and the Torch,'—which I shall not fear to do, if your pride and obstinacy, and cruelty, and hypocrisy, make it needful.—From the Law or the Needle s , Page 30. " Oh, yes, ye filthy, loathsome, slimy wretches, who have driven the steel ot: anguish to the heart of England, with the Hammer of Reform,' your day of sorrow and of anguish drawcth near—their day of vengeance ! The steel and lead which ye prepared for others, will soon be your reward. Pre pare your necks for Axes," and your hearts for ' Bullets.' " From ditto, Page 32. The above Extracts are respectfully submitted to the Pa. rents of Factory Children, Mill-owners, and to Magistrates. SIR F. BURDETT'S PICTURE. (From a Correspondent.) A sporting tanner in Warwickshire was a strong admirer of Sir Francis Burdett, at the time Sir Francis was confined in the Tower in 1810 ; he was a subscriber to his portrait, and not a little pleased %sith it ; he had it handsomely framed, and hung in his dining room. Many sporting noblemen and gentlemen, whO used to honour him with a call, have, on seeing the portrait of Sir Francis, turned on their heel, and moved towards the fire. About four or five years since he became suspicious of a change in Sir F.'s politics. So satisfied was he, that about twelve months ago he put the portrait of Lord John Russell in his place, in the same frame. Soon afterwards, having a few friends to dinner, one said " Hallo whit have you done with your old friend Sir Francis?" Reaching the portrait of Lord John Russell down, he said, " Here he is ; when he turned his both on the people, , I turned his face to the wall." So disgusted was he with Sir Francis's change in politics, that he had his portrait pasted at the back of Lord John Russell's, with his face to the wall ; and there it is likely to remain. Fln connection with the above we may remark that the painter of the celebrated painting designed to commemorate the. Royal As sent being given to the Reform Bill, seems to have had a presenti ment in grouping the most prominent equivocal characters. In the foreground he places Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, and ,Sir Franc:3 Burdett, close together, with this remarkable cir cumstance, that Sir Francis has his back turned upon th e public. There he stands, with bald head, in his favourite frock coat, and top boots, a true picture 'Of his future character, with his back turned on himself—and no Mistake. The painter had evi dently an eye to " coming events," by classing the three renegades together, well judging that the late Member for Westminster. would b.! better recognised by posterity 133 his back than his face. The likeness is true to life, and ought to be seen by all honest Re formers. It will immortalize the painter, who ought to show him self and his picture on the hustings next Wednesday. There is a capital print to be seen in the shop windows. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CIL-1 NCELL ()R'S COURT, 111.41- TAYLon V. IiCNDELL, This cause, in which the creditors of the late Duke of York are in effect the claimants, came on hr special qppointnicnt . this morn irg. The only question wns. whether a grant from the Crown of all minerals-in the province of Nova Scotia,, comprised tnincrals in the Island of Cape Breton, which is nor a county of the province. Mr. KNIGHT appeared for the plaintiffs, fir Herbert T:zylor and Sir Berjamin Stephenson, the executors of the Duke. The defen dants, Meslirs. Minded and Bridge, were lessees of the Duke, and the Attorney-General was a party to represent the interests of the Crown. The bill prayed an account of the renders of the mines in question and an incidental declaration of the rights of the executors. After hearing Counsel at great length, .„ . ._. . The VicE-CtrA NC EI. LO2. , %% ithout calling for a reply, said tliere must be the usual decree for an account. It was generally rumoured that the result of this decision would give the creditors of his Royal Highness 20s. in the found. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.--3h r 3. THE KING V. ROSS AND NIGHTINGALE. Th!s was an information against the defendants for. having pub lished a libel of and concerning Mr. Lawrence, a highly respect able gentleman, a rragistrate of the county of Lancaster. The de fendants were the editor and publisher of the Liverpool Chronicle, and they were convicted at the last assizes for Lancashire. They were new brorght up for judgment. They put in affidavits a sertinn 'that as seen as they were informed th e p aragra ph was - e. un true, they had made inquiries, anti finding it to be so had made every possible apology and retraction, and now by their counsel they desired to say that Arr. Lawrence went out of Court without the slightest imputation on his characer. - The COURT, taking all the' circumstances of the case into con sideration, and especially the conduct of the defendants in retracting the imputation, sentenced Mr. Floss to be imprisoned at Kirtcn, in Lancashire, for two calendar months,to pay a fine of 501. to the King, and to be further imprisoned till that fine was paid ; and as the editor had thus been punished, the Court sentenced Mr. Night ingale to a less punishment, and sentenced him to pay a fine of 201. to the King, and to be imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea till such film was paid. Both the fines were paid immediately. PRICES OF STOCKS THIs DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'tank Stock. -- littia Stoek — 3 per'Cent. Red. <19.34 'Ditto 14enh !per Cent. Cons 9U% 74 South Sea Stuck ..„ ..... ....... 1% per Cell' — ; Old Annmties — Oitto Red — 07% ,!: I New Ditto . — \Tow 3% per Cent '413% 9 8% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... ew 5 per Cent... ...... ........... . I Exch. Bill,, Xl,Olll 12 no pm. Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire (Ditto .500 32 30 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14 7-16 9-16 Ditto Small Oct. 1,,, ;859 l4 5-16% ; Ditto Commercial. — pm. Jan. 5, 860 l4.' i Ditto AdvertiscA — —pm Jan. 5, 83'. - A pr i 1 5, 181 1 — ;India Stock for Account. — J,n. 5, 1871' — 'Consols for Acconnt OO% Omnium pm. I IIICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austria Bonds Belgian Bonds ..... ............. .. —i Ditto Account — Ditto A ccount... .. — . Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds .... ........... ... r-ii Ditto Account — Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bond — i Ditto Account ' 47% Ditto Account — Ditto, 3 per cent. ' Chillian Bonds — l Prussian Bonds.. ......... Ditto Account C 'lumina:l Bonds ... ..... .... ..... —: Ditto Account — Ditto Accaui.t. Columbian Bonds, •821 —} Spanish Bonds — ( Ditto Account Ofinish Bonds ... Ditto Account Greek 80nd5...... .. ..... .. ...... .. French, 5 per cent ......... —t. —r. Ditto Bonds, 18.25 — --- 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. —l. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent - Exchange Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent ............ Ditto Account — Ditto Account .... Sleap6litan —, Ditto Account — LLOYD'S SiIIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY DEAL, MAT s.—Wind S.—Arrived ,the Chieftain, from St. Vincent's; Anna, Bobertion, from China; Pa ragon , A mes; , f rom Hernfleur ; and Union, Thacker, from Stockton. PolT6.:OrTir, MAT s.—Wind N.W., fine.—Arrived the Na varino, from Calcutta. PLTMOUTX, MAY 4 . —Arrived the Malabar, Voss, Bombay. Pd LMOUTH , MA y. 4. —Wind N. N. W. , mod era t e b reezes an d fine. DARTMOUTH, MAY 5.--Off port the Jean, Scott, from St. Vin cent's ; George Sutton, Trout, from Terceira; and Monkey, Car gill, from St. Michael. BRISTOL, MAY s.—Arrived the Orestes, ShatirT, from Can ton ; and Osrrev, from IthuritillS. SWANSEA, MAY s.—Arrived the Maria, Hardy, from St. Jago da Cuba. DUBLIN, MAY 3.—Arrived the Ariel, Eloter, from Oporto. CORK, MAY 3.—Arrived the Irop.dPr, Musquito, from St. Übe's. LEITH, MAY s.—Arrived the Highlander, Lindsay, and Albion, From Dantzic ; Frederick Wilhelm, Rudolph, and Stettin Packet, from Stettin. Hum., lIAv s.—Arrived the Minerva, Tiedman, from Lisbon, LivEttroot., MAY 4.—Wind variable and light.—No arrivals. The William, of Sunderland, was run down and sunk off Graves end the 4th instant by a steamer ; crew savci. The Ann Paley, bound to Lisbon, was aground near Jackson's Buoy, Liverpool, the 4th instant. The Three Betseys was carried into Yarmouth yesterday, after being on Harborough Sands, and abandoned. (Extract of a letter from Lloyd's.) Office of Committee of Privy Council, Whitehall, May 4. Sza,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of_the Privy Council for Trade to inform you, with reference to my letter of 24th November, 1836, on the subject of the ordinance which has been in force in Sweden since Ist July last, directing all foreign vessels, arriving from ports where a Swedish Consul is stationed, to be provided with a manifest of the cargo, duly attested by such Consul, under a penalty of 200 rix-dollars, that it has again been represented to his Majesty's Government, that this ordinance is still but imperfectly known to British ship-masters, notwithstanding the notice published by your direction, and that, in more than , one instance, British ships having become subject to the above-men tioned penalty, their Lordships direct me to request that you will take such steps as may appear to you best calculated to give the ordinance increased publicity among the shipping interests. I am, Sir, ecc. &c. (Signed) DENNIS LE MARCHAND. To the Chairman at Lloyd's. THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION.--We under stand that additions are making hourly to the Committee of the Reform Candidate for Westminster. Among those appended yes terday were the following :—Mr. John Bagshaw, M.P., Mr. P. H. Howard, M.P., Mr. William James, M.P., Mr. James Man gles, ALP., Mr. Edward Strutt, ALP., Mr. H. W. Tancred, M.P., and Sir William Trelawney, M.P. ; Sir J. D. Hay, Bart., Major Revell, and Messrs. Henry Baker, George Bryan, Joseph Brown, John Chalmers, D. Cooper, H. B. Fearon, Edward Kendall, John S. Keymer, John Perry, W. M. Turner, Charles Thompson, W. Tijou, John Travers, Edward Trewlavvny, and Charles Tennant. At a General Meeting of the Middlesex Reform Club, held yester day, a resolution was unanimously passed, declaring that the ob jects of the Club were to enlighten the minds of the electors with regard to the trust placed in their hands, and to urge on them the duty of exercising it independently and conscientiously for the be nefit of the country, and to promote the cause of reform by all con stitutional means ; and that these objects would be materially ad vanced by the support of the members of the Club being given to J. T. Leader, -Esq., the Reform Candidate for the City of West minster. This determination on the part of the Reform Club gives the most practical contradiction that could be offered to the assump tion that any difference of opinion existed among Reformers, whe ther Whig or Radical, on this important subject. MR. LEADER AND THE ELECTORS OF WEST MINSTER.—Last night a meeting of the friends of Mr. Leader was held at the King's Arms Tavern Palace-yard ; John Jervis, Es q ., the eminent King's C ounse l, i n the chair. The chair was taken at about a quarter-past eight o'clock, at which time not only were the room and adjoining passages thnsely crowded, but there was a large assemblage of persons'outside the house, who appeared to be much disappointed that they were not able to obtain admittance, , The publication of TUE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 25 minutes past Three o'Clock. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share areal Western Railway Company... ............ 4O 42 Brighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 1U 1 4 Brighton (Gibbs') Railway I 014 Brighton (Rennie's) ...... ... London and Birmingham Railway Company B5 119% 19 London and Southampton Railway Company 35 1414 N )rth Midland Railway Company l5 13.1 i South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 2N Anglo Mexican Mint lO • 9% Me;ican and South American , Ditto New COURSE OF EXCFIII Amsterdam C.F. 12 6% Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 0 U l2 6% Antwerp... Han Thing. MAI. 13 1454 A1t0na..... Paris, 3 days' Melt 25 70 Ditto ....... .............. 2Us 26 0 Marseilles. Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 155 Peteribuigh, ruble '3 Us. 11l 0 13.41111 Vienna, effective 11 ° M lO 20 Ftiette ditto lO 22 Madrid 14% Cadiz_ !Whoa... 'l5 Barcelona '3s Seville 35 i;ihrßit~ LNGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa l'.o 25 Milan Venice Naples Palermo Lisbon Oporto RIO Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork ..... 3111.4 per oz. 118 PRICE OF BULLION, PER 07. Portugal (Old, coin CO 0 f Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Muth/cons New Dollars Silver, bars. standard 0 4 ll HIOII WATER AT LONDON BAIDGE ‘1,.) nine... minutes after 3. I Evening...... 57 minutes after 3. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. pHE COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of the REFORM CANDIDATE, J. T. LEADER, Esq., respectfully acquaint the Electors, that they MEET DAILY at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, where all communications are to be addressed. DISTRICT COMMITTEE ROOMS. St. Wrtin's-in-the Fields—Slaughter's Coffee House, St. Martin's lane. St. George's, Outer Ward—Flask Hotel, Ebury-square. St. George's, Inner Ward—Spread Eagle, Oxford-street ; Running Horse, Duke-street ; and Coach and Horses,,Maddoek-street. St. James's—Crown, Broad-street, Golden-square. St. Mary-le-Strand, St. Clement Danes, and the Savoy—The Crown and Anchor. St. John's and St. Margaret's—King's Arms, Palace-yard ; Rose and Crown, Tutton-street, and Blue Anchor, York-street. St. Ann's—Golden Lion, Wardour-street. St. Paul's, Covent-garden—Eastey's Hotel, Southampton-street, Strand. There will he a PUBLIC MEETING THIS EVENING at the Saville Rooms, Leicester-square, at Eight o'clock precisely, Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH in the Chair. Mr. LEADER will attend. By Order of the Committee, W. WEST, Honorary Secretary. British Coffee-house, Saturday, May 6, 1837. ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMEN, NITE congratulate not only you but the friends of our time. honoured institutions throughout the empire, on successful progress of the canvass in behalf of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the champion of your rights sod liberties. We regard with indifference the aspersions which party rancour has so industriously thrown against him.• They are best confuted by an appeal, first to your own recollection of his services and sa crifices in your cause, and next to the loyal, constitutional, and old English sentiments which breathe in every line of his recent ad - dresses, and have been nobly responded to by so many loyal, de voted, and soundly British hearts. The expression by which he designated the few busy and factious intermeddlers, who, at public meetings and in virulent journals, have -- for some time been assailing his character and misrepresenting his motive - 3, has been artfully perverted, as if levelled at the groat body of a constituency, with whom he has beCn so long connected by every tie of mutual confidence and respect—a constituency which he has ever heldup to general admiration, as affording the most illustrious example of disinterested and manly independence. Electors, this device will neither exasperate nor mislead you. We may safely leave the application of the phrase to your own plain sense, to your own long experience, to your own discrimina tion. It is a phrase which, when so considered, affords no cause for retractation or regret. You know that, besides the " pismires," unconnected with the Westminster electors, who have assailed Sir Francis and every friend of the, Constitution, there are some Who have long sought to exercise an usurped and degrading supremacy over this great and enlightened community, disgusting by their pretensions the sober-minded electors, and attempting at least to assume an unauthorized control over the conduct of your Repre sentatives. The day of decision .is at hand. We call upon ;nu, earnestly and respectfully, to hasten to the poll at the earliest hour, and again place in the situation, which he prizes as the highest to which he can aspire, the man echo, - in times past, was the vigilant and intrepid denouncer of all abuses, who, at this moment, stands forward (as he alisays has done) to preserve the true balance of the Constitu•• ti m, from whatever quarter it may be enlangered, who is prepared for the future, as long as his health permits, to fight the battles of Our common country ; and If disabled by returning sickness, to re sign the trust into your bands. • In the name of the Central Committee; • • GEORGE SINCLAIR, Chairman. Ship Hotel, May 7, 1837. • w - ESTATINSTE It ELECTION —The f lowing Correspondence between an Elector of Westmin• ster and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is submitted to the notice o: the Electors:— 38, Broad-street, Golden-square, May 3, 1837. Honoured Sir—l have taken the liberty, as an old elector of West minster and a most zealous supporter of you, on account of the prin ciples youhave always advocated, to request the favour of an answer to the following—" That, if elected, will von attend to your duties in Parliament, your health per m itti ng ?" Knowing, as I do, that, many electors of Westminster will not vote (myself, for instance, ) against you from a feeling of gratitude for past services, it would dierefore.be most satisfactory to receive an answer to the above. I am, honoured Sir, yours obediently, Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. (Signed) PETER PAUL. Answer. Dear have great pleasure in receiving and answering your most obliging letter. I hope you are aware that nothing but necessity kept me from the House of Commons last session. The physiciani were apprehensive of a concussion of the brain from a fall, and would not hear of my attending the House of Commons until all symptcms had disappeared ; and had it not been for the influenza and suppres , ed gout, which reduced me to death's door, I should have been in my place on the meeting of Parliament.. I am nosy recovered in health, but unable to move from a chalk , stone in the heel--very painful. Thi4 will not list probably long, and I shall be too happy, and indeed proud, of doing, as well as I can, my duty, should I be on this great occasion returned. Believe me, Sir, yours very sincerely, (Signed) I'. BURDETT. 25, Park-place, May 4, 1837. The Central Committee have much satisfaction in having permis sion to submit the above correspondence to the consideration of the electors, feeling assured it will at once satisfy them that their late representative, Sir F. Burdett, was prevented from attending his Parliamentary duties solely by circumstances over which he had no control, and that he will, if re-elected (unless prevented by the same much-to-be-regretted causes) discharge h:s Parliamentary duties with that zeal, energy, and fidelity which has distinguished him throughout his public career, and that the best interests of his constituency will continue to be watched over with undiminished vigilance. JOSEPH CROUCHER, Sec. Ship Tavern, May 5, 1837. i','' ~~~ 4rM u4+ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6,1837. The House of Lords is playing just the sort of game we had expected.. Last night they succeeded by a majority o f 77, in postponing the committal of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill to the 9th of June—just five weeks from the present time ! And this shuffling, temporising policy— this willingness " to wound," but fear " to strike"—this evident " letting I dare not, wait upon I would"—their Lordships possibly imagine will be recognised by the coun try as sound statesmanship ! Never were factious oligarchs so miserably mistaken. Had they gone boldly into com mittee, and burked the Bill at once, the people, however they might have deprecated their conduct, would, at least, h ave given them credit for moral courage, which is always respected ; but when they find them tampering with the question, and seizing the first flimsy pretext that presents itself of putting off its discussion—when the people see this, and see, moreover, that the Lords are just as virulently— though more craftily, perhaps—opposed to them as ever, what other feeling can they entertain towards them than that of supreme contempt ? Not one sa tisfactory reason , did their Lordships allege in jus tification of their proposal for an adjournment. They would have it so, was literally the sum and substance of their argument, for it is absurd to dignify by the name of reasoning the anile sophistries which the Duke of WELLINGTON poured forth so copiously. It fortunately happens, however, that there is another will to be consulted besides that of the Bouse of Lords. There is such an i n- 7,1' stitution as a House of Commons. Moreover there is an enlightened, firm, and united community, who have not only a will, but a disposition to have that will respected : and these two great parties, the People and their Repre sentatives, acting together for the common good, will take special care that their Lordships, however difficult the task, be promptly brought to see the error of their ways, and repent. We lay little stress on last nights proceedings in the House of Lords. The very cha racter of them, timid and temporizing as it is, clearly proves that the faction stands in a salutary awe of the popular energy, and will not too far commit itself. It is our duty then to show their Lordships that their appre hensions are not unfounded ; that if they have a will, we too have a will ; that if they have a voice in the State, we too have a voice ; that if they have privileges, we too have privileges ; and above all, that the time is gone by when the Many yielded blind sycophantic obedience to the Few. The Irish Municipal Reform Bill must not be regarded as merely an Irish question ; nor the conduct of their Lord ships last night as affecting that country only. It affects us all equally. It is another blow aimed direct at the heart of Reform—another unequivocal, though cautious, mani festation of the faction's inveterate dislike to the principle of constitutional freedom. Let us consider it then as such—resent it as such—and teach these incorrigible despots that the hour of forbearance is past. They ,are only strong so long as we hesitate to act. A prompt, ener getic manifestation on our parts, such as we made during the progress of the Reform Bill, would soon bring them to their senses. Lord MELBOURNE, in reply to the Duke of WELLINGTON, touched briefly, but emphatically, on - this point, observing, " that the consequence of their persisting in their present course might be to create a struggle and contest between the two Houses. If they deferred a mea sure which was sent up to them by the other House of Par liament until they saw what that House did with other measures that were before it, the other House of Parlia ment might defer measure: until it saw how their Lord ships might think proper to deal with other measures that were .before it. And he begged to remind their Lordships that such a postponement, on the part of the other House of Parliament, might be attended with much more awkward circumstances than any postponement on the part of their Lordships." The House of Lords will do well to ponder on these remarks, for they are pregnant with significant meaning. Were the struggle which the Noble Viscount here hints at once to commence, there can be no possible doubt of its result. The House of Lords would be com pelled to give way at once ; and not only this, but, to make sacrifices in exact proportion to the duration and character of the resistance they have offered. We conjure them to pause in time, and retire from a position which they can no - longer retain with safety. The ground they stand on is hollowed and mined beneath their feet, though externally it may appear as secure as ever. It is not because the people are just at present tranquil, that they are therefore indifferent. They are quiet from a con sciousness of strength, because they think it best to bide their time, rather than prematurely expend and dissipate their energies. Events, they feel, are working for them ; and assuredly the admirable exposure made last night by Lord BROUGHAM, of the motives of the Tories in proposing an adjournment of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill, will give a powerful impetus to the popular determination 'on the subject. Another dead-set was made at Ministers last night in the House of Commons, on the subject of the Church of Scotland, which Mr. HORSMAN, in reply to some jesuitical remarks by Sir R. PEEL, exposed in a most caustic and triumphant manner. The discussion occupied nearly the whole night, and was characterised, on the part of the Op position, by a virulent display of factious feeling. We s h a ll enter more at large into the debate on Monday. The spirit with which the people of Westminster hive come forward to assert their rights, anti resent the repeated insults heaped upon them, is only what might have been expected of men proud of their independence, and sincerely attached to those principles of ,Reform for which Sir F. BURDETT has been so often returned to Parliament. Per hapi in the whole history of apostacy, there is not 'one in stance in which there has been displayed so much tergiver sation, hypocrisy, and wanton insult. At the lust election many of the voters had misgivings about the Hon. Baro net's political opinions, and though his general professions on the hustings did not remove their doubts, they could not forget the stand be had made almost alone against the corruption of the' borough-mongers, and the abuses of an unreformed House of Commons, and trusting to his well established character, and also to his honour as a gentleman, they resolved to give him a fair trial. How has he come out of the trial ? No sooner had the new Parliament met than their suspicions became confirmed by his manifest Nish - to support a Tory Government. A num ber of his constituents in consequence requested an inter view, and after much evasion and shuffling on his part, they Were furred to agree to a sort of compromise and allow him to remain neutral. Since that period he has entirely neglected their interests. During the agitation of many questions of vital importance for the last two years, while a Liberal Government was m a king ever y exer ti on t o C arry . Out the principles of the Reform Bill—to improve our Muni- cipal Institutions, and redresit he grievances of the oppressed Irish nation, he kept entirely aloof—seldom entered the Rouse, and we believe never voted at all. His consti tuents, wearied out by conduct so unworthy and so incon sistent with his professions, at last call on him to give up the trust which he had betrayed, and when at last driven to a corner, he turns round and avows his apostacy, scoffs at " the fashionable slang" of that class of electors by whom he had all along been ,returned, leaves his pl ace of retreat to which he had been confined by " severe ill ness," and arrives in Westminster accompanied, as if 'in derision of his constituents, by the man who in 1832 op posed day after day the extension of the elective franchiso, and who has ever been the bitterest enemy of Reform. The electors of Westminster feel the insult, and from the exertions making in every quarter, little doubt. remains that he will never have another -opportunity of repeating it. As Saint ANDREW AGNENV'S ridiculously fanatical zeal 'or the better observance of the Sabbath, is no longer con tined to the concoction of Bilis to serve the purposes of Cerntuittee-room waste paper, Scotland cannot do a wiser thing than ,adopt some public measure for the removal of the devout Baronet from the House of Commons. Had he devoted his Parliamentary labours to speeches in support of Notices of Motions for the introduction of Bills for the prevention of births — marriages —deaths—diseases—hunger —cold—thirst—the stoppage of the diurnal motion of the earth—the arresting the progress of the celestial bodies— the suspension of the tides and the growth of vegetation— the employment of fifty cooks to allow cne baker to attend Divine worship—and hundreds of other vagaries of the same kind, we would have laughed at, and borne with him : but when he presu nes, as he did last night, to waste the time of the House of Cbmmons with discussions on fanatical amendments on Bills for the regulation of the Post-office, it is high time to call upon his constituents and the country to compel his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds. Had the absurd amendment which he proposed last night, as one of the clauses of the Post-office Management Bill, been adopted, a most serious injury would have been inflicted on the commercial relations of this country. In the first place it would have destroyed the country circulation of all Journals published in London on Saturday and Sunday— thus entailing ruin upon the weekly, and material injury upon the daily Press. The non-delivery of all letters on Sunday would be to the merchant not a delay of one day but of two ; and thus the English mercantile week would consist of only five days. As the clause included petitions, with letters, the criminal condemned on Saturday to die on Monday, could not even address the Crown for a mitiga tion of punishment ; but be driven to seek consolation in the fact that his death was necessary to the sancti fication of the Sabbath. f But it is unnecessary to dwell longer upon a subject so little liable to misconception. The good sense of the House quickly dispelled the purblind sophistries of the canting Baronet. His Mucklewrath de nunciations produced no more effect upon the supporters of the Post-office Management Bills, than did the raving of his prototypes, the Pharisees, against the non-observance of the Sabbath by the Lord of the Sabbath. Nevertlacles7, as cant finds many supporters in the House of Commons ; and as the slang of the conventicle is always infectious where men have a political interest in donning the mask of religion, we seriously advise the people of Scotland to choose some other representative in the room of Saint AGNEW. If they propose the getting up of a public subscription for that purpose, they may rely upon the best support of the English people. Indeed, we think no better plan of getting rid of him could be adopted, should he refuse to confer upon his country the boon of a voluntary resignation. Even Mr. TREVOR declines to support any longer the ridiculous amendments of Sir ANDetw AGNEW. It would be as wise and statesmanlike to propose bringing all ships to anchor on a Sunday, as to attempt a further restriction of the already paralyzed action of the Post Office. The French Papers of Thursday have been received, with letters from Madrid of the 26th, and from San Sebas tian of the 28th, ult. Thursday being the Feast of the Ascension' was a holiday in France ; consequently we have no domestic news of any interest from Paris. The Three per Cents. closed at ToaToNt's at 79f. sc. The Christinos commenced operations on the 28th, but the details have not reached us. ESPARTERO was expected to arrive at San Sebastian on the 29th, to head the expedi tion in person, which was to consist of 30,000 men, all well armed, and in, a high state of discipline. As the town would not afford lodging for so large a three, General SEOANE had proceeded to Bayonne to purchase 1,000 tents for the Army to be pitched in the open space round San Sebastian. The Cortes were engaged with discussions on the Con- stitution on the 25th ult. Sixty-five articles hove 1 )° 1 adopted. The ac coun t s f ro m the Province3•Acre favdura'" The German Papers received this morning contain' political news of any kind. CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTCa' (THIS DAY.) The Committece met to-dity at eleven o'clock. 411' Mr. THESSIG Kit having yesterday abandoned any further gill' tiny, proceeded this morning to call evidence in support of the . gations contained in the petition against the High Sheriff ant t l! t . assessor, in order that the Committee might be able to repor . t 19: 0 the petition was not frivolous or vexatious, and thereby avoid u payment of those enormous costs which fall upon parties who on necessarily brim , ' such petitions before the House. ' case for Mfr • Mr. EdmundHayeg, a barrister who conducted the Bunbury, the defeated ' candidate, was then called in and exact 01* ; in chief by Mr. Austi n , an d •deposed to certain improprieties on ": part of some of the Sh er iff s Deputies ; but he admitted that ai . as they were made kno wn th ey were correc t e d and not repeated THE FUNDS.-(THIS DATi) TIVELVI o'--- ri O'C K ' The arrivals this morning are the French and Hamburgh and Ship-letters from Calcutta and Bombay, Some anxiety still prevails in the city in respect to the A s her rican and East India commercial affairs, and we i.:ear that :I c r' tior American firm applied yesterday to the Bank for .aee dieg' the 1 ° t which was granted. It is also stated that some of „I v es firms connected with the India trade were exerting there withdraw their acceptances from circulation. The Foreik, changes yesterday were heavy, and most. of them at decline: al The debates in both Houses last night occupy the attean?l the public in the city, particularly that in the House. of Lords 04 Jan. 5, old dat" me . the Irish Municipal Bill, which met with a discomfiture, and postponed till the 9th June by a majority of 77. THE FUNDS. bed Consols, which closed yesterday at 904 for the Accoun t, o n e' this morning at the same. Exchequer B3ls, 32 ; India nos h ' Bank Stock, 2041 • India Stock, 253/. In the Foreign ? Market, Spanish Active closed at 2'24 e= in Coupons opened the same ; P ass i ve , 5.7, ; Portuguese, 48 T ; per Cents., 301; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 - „ t t E The fact of Ministers havi n g b een i n th e m i nor ity last o 'to d the House of Lords, has not as yet h a d an y e ff ec t on the Fungi„, HALF-PAST 01 " r il l, Official accounts have been re ce iv e d thi s morn i ng from the , t of Spain to the 30th ult., stati n g that the force to be assereb: t St. Sebastian will amount to thi r t y th ousan d men , which r e Ge • be commanded by General Espartero in person, aided b 3 t t. o neral Evans, Gurrea, and E sca l ara . Th e operations we r e i be commenced as soon as the la s t r ei n f orcemen t s had la n d d • The line of the Ebro was entirely secured by Gener th barren's forces. The provisioning and every necessary for whole army was secured to th e en d o f M ay , an d wou ld be eat en within a few days to the e nd of J une , th e Government haying r io i , vided the Spanish Consul at Bayo nne w ith th e necessa ry funds' instructions. „ et; Consols have been during the mo rn i ng a t 90i- for the AC CO I,,; at present the same also for Mo ne y. E xc h equer Bills. ii" 2s `.A• India Bonds, 32 30; Bank Stock, 2041; India Stock, 2 5 3, In the Foreign Market, Spa n i s h A c ti ve , w hi c h were ' fl i,e, morning 22 / 7 1 23, are at present 221 ex div. ; Coupons--P a3 3 W; 53 j ; Deferred, 83 a ; Portuguese, 47a Three per Cents e 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half p er C en t s ., 33i 1 ; Mexican, •-4`7r?; Spanish Coupons, 48 50 ; A mer i can N ew P aper , B an k, 95 ,2,,,e Morris Canal, 981 99. Cg O'CLO Consols for the Account, 904 /. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES..• KRITINII FUNDS. '- Bank Stock 201% Omni.tra 3 per Cent. fled. lndia Stock ***** 3 per Cent. C0n5..... ..... 90Y, Ditto Pond. 3> g per Cent. t-er Cent. Re.,l q" . '! Ditto Old Annuities .. ........ New :1;i per Cent. 95?4, Ditto New Ar.nintics. ........ 1:1 P s i her Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities expire Jaa IWO l4 9-16 Oct 1850 14% Jan. 1/360 FOUEIG Ditto 5004 ....... Ditto 5001... ....... •"" flank Stock for Opg. ........ India Stock for Act. ••••"' Clusols for Act. FUNDS. ' ,co ,, a P.:rtugnesc Bonds, per . ... Ditto, Now Ditto Austrian, :ipr.r cent 5 per cent Brait B.onds Prussian. _5 per cent .....•••• --- - - . ten es Ayres, ti per cant ...,. Gillian, 6 per cent -.L. Ditto, Metallic .................. ~ .- ....., Colombian 6 per cent.... Ditto ' 1a 34 ~' 1 Tan itih ,3. per. tient — French, 5 pet cent . ~c. Gieek.Botids, 1325. , t ...., 1 cr cent. Exchange -. ri Mexican, S per cent. — Ist...iich, 3 per cent ..... •o'i i , Ditto, 6 percent., 1825 ....... 1. Itch, 2 1 -per cent........ -••• Jfi''' 1' crovian„ 1823, 6 per mit.... _ Ditto, 5 per cent •••"' :r' SklAct ES Birmingham and Derby Railway 5 , Birmingham and Gloucester Rail wa y - ,- Great Western Railway London and Brighton Railway (Rennie's) Lotid•in and Birmingham Itaitway - London and Greenwich Railway .. lO4 Manchester South Union Railway ,„ 4,', , , , No other variations in the Priees.of Shares since our One 'lc Mn. LOVER'S NEW WORK " RORY O'lNlCi t t• —The hero of this ne w romance i s a genu i ne , outspo ken, "'d mourous, and honest Irish man , f on d o f hi s j o k e , a pattero or ' courage . and generosity, and a felicitious illustration of the is tional virtues of hospitality and fidelity. The whole story admirably told ; and the dialogue is full of Irish wit repartee. Some of the scenes are extremely striking i b ia effective. The return of Rory, and the scene in the over the dead body of Shan Dhu, is a fine conception, lol l :A the path os is a t once i n t ense an d s i mp l e . Th e esca pe Jr' -, t , the ruin in the valley of the Folly--the meeting of the srn g to glers and conspirat ors i n th e ce ll ar —R or y' s adventure at t r p house of the Colonel of th e " R c g'la rs ,' are a l so i n t h e ir 0 1 1 , ferent ways, excell en t. Th e vo l umes are em b e lli s h e d 1,', 11 0 some spirited etchings, and natio n al ly r i cs , exhibitingthenn; in one person of the novelist, the artist, t h e p oc t,. an d 11/ sician.—Atlas. • PORTENTS AND PRODIGIES IN ANCIENT R° l4 .,i —We extract the f o ll ow i ng di a l ogue b etween two clot l ` b , personages, from a very original and amusing work lately 0 0 0 lished, called " Piso and the Prefect ;• or, the Ancitn 9 o ' their Stilts :"—" A c hild w ith th ree l egs h as b een b or n in ,oh. market-place," said the Chief Magistrate of Rome.—" h is. Sancte Jupiter -.. 1" ejaculated the sage.." And a calf been produced in the suburbs, with its head growing from t i : o tip of its tail,", added th e g r ea t man .—" Di B on i , t ot , gods have mercy on us 1" exclaimed the venerable serf: id trembling from head to foot.—" But all this is Nothing," tis the Prefect, .‘ to what I am told has just happened in the p% ,. barra, where a very r esp ec t a bl e marr i e d woman has pectedly become the mother of an elephant." An eler dri . tine birth of this sort is recor d e d i n th e Ch ron i c l e o f Alc 5 :„ 0 dria. It is said to have occurred at Rome, during the C C S of Vespasian. aci A LGERINE PROVERB.—If yo u g i ve a T ur k !no with one hand, you may knock out his eye with the other' Similasso in Africa, by the German Prince. (.1 W isnom---- .There are some folks who think a O' n 4 a dood deal and say but little, a nd th e y are • wise f o lks; ,„ there are others again who blart right out wh a t ever comes er o , permost, and I guess they arc pretty considerable supers .darned fools.— The Clockmahcr ; or, Sayitigs and Doings ) Sam Slick. We are, at length, glad to observe the formal R o d nouncement of Miss Pardoe's promised bok on TurknY s w e the Turks. We know that the lady c a n d o mu ch, and th e .` have• learat, in many quarters, that her opportunities in su f. East were very great. She was, indeed, admitted to the co o tan's I alace when it was closed against all other Franks , , herself and her father. Thus w e may anticip a t e a work ( io ordinary interest. The moment of her visit to C on stantil i l o r t o was a singularly happy one : she arriv e d in th e Golden ;0 during the' festival of the Bairam, and witnessed the mo ll s, of the Sultan's daughter. She must have much to te ll and we do not fear that she will fail to tell it welt. • , MR. GLEIG'S NEW WORK, " THE HUSSAR ' ha; Here we have the genuine autobiography of a soldier ho t seen much service in various parts of the w or ld—been t into many curious corners—shar e d i n n u mer o us , odd, ne d aad teresting adventures, personal and professional—met with, 1 _ 1 1 ) ,.... persons, great and little, of whom anecdotes are acceptanLody • and who, in short has just such a story to tell as ever! e lige , • has a taste for reading. We refer the reader to his narrl .oc i and to the many amusing and romantic adventures, ranr e ' in ..... , military, personal and historical, which the volumes conte,., ec t sure that he will rise from the perusal of them with eani"' feelings of gratification. of WYRE HARBOUR.—We have before us a vie w har . the projected town of Fleet woo d a t th e en t ra nce of this nt bour, which in point of taste and elegance of arrangele c ,. o l eo would be difficult to surpass. We are gl a d to find tha Lwio measures proposed for deepening the mouth of the WY re wa rd shortly be in active operation, and we confidently lo p o r kf e r r olo. of to the establishment of a large shippi ng p or t, h which we shall not f a il t o wa t c h w i t h so me degre7 of have anxiety, and communicate the same to our r e aders. W f r oal 4i always entertained a favourable opinion of this proje ct ficett the natural local advantages of the Wy re ; first, in it 'f r ont liarly desirable position as a harbour of refuge, and nest' vita its having en a mple d e pth o f water to it s ver y entrance , out any incumbrance of shoals or sands.—Nautical .31(gla SECOND-HAND SILVER WATC 4 ' ine ss A variety of some dozens ma y b e se l ec t e d f rom , price Two .L each ; each ; some rather more mode r n, Tw o an d a Half Guine as and an assortment quite equal to new, Three Guineas aae h ' CO whole have been carefully examined, and are warranted. a g oiscv . SAVORY, Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. N• l3 ' hand Watches purchased in exchange. BIRTHS. .1.6 1118 On the sth inst., at the Duke of Bedford's, Belgrave - gl u— Lady Wriothesley Russell, of a daughter. di 4 On the 4th inst., in Chapel-street Grosvenor-place , the la Carteret J. Kempson, E s q., o f a daughter., k I sSir On the 4th inst., in Norfolk-street, Mrs. John Fred eric son. of a daughter. .derilei'• On the 3d inst., in Harley-st r e e t, th e l a dy of E. G I( ' n . Esq., of a son. Mg,RRIED. iro to oth , On the 3d inst., at Shering, P. S. F. Martin, Esq. a si r coo , Essex, to Ann Charlotte, y ounges t d aug ht er of the late •.'• Esq., of Durrington House, in the same county. wood, of On the 29th ult., at St. M ary ' s , Carlisle, Thomas ~a fy ,, . '. of Albion-road, Stoke Newington, London, to Mrs. °'" Abbey-street, Carlisle. Set • On th 4th inst., a St. Pal's, Shadwell, Mr. Gore - f 0 worth, of e Whitechapel- t road, to u Elizabeth, eldest daug hter e _ .. .,,... : Thos. Saunders, of Upper Shadwell Dirt elli D I ED. On the 9th of March, at Nassau, New Providence, e° forG Esq., his M a j es ty' s Att orne y-General for the Baham a merl i Attorney-General for St. Lucia, and a member of jesty s Privy Council. ' 1 N 007 London: Printed and Published by 31VIIDO Yuw. - . 6 ),; cool2i -112, Strand, at The Suu Office, No. 112, Strand, 'n of 3liddlese - x.—Saturday, May 6, 11337. V SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1537. _ e..J .