The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-28 00:00:00

hank PRICES OF ST(:Y2KS TM.' DAY AT UNE o', LOCK. _ " ) f, - 8 3 PRICES ..... • .......... '204 3% I.,tha StOCK 3Per cent. Red. ............... 89% 3 4 ~,,, ' Ditto Bonds 3.3 30 pm. 3, Cent. Cent. Cons .. Vo %31 3 'South Sea Stock . ......... 4 ~,,, lO2 6 ? per Cent ...... ........ ........ 99 Old Annnities It° It ' d •••• 9 7 1%4 i New Ditto — _ . N „ der Cet; t .............. 08 74 ''s % 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 38 1 30 — pm. R,',17..5.Per Cent... .. " K per !Dia) 500 ... 3S 30 pm. 40 38 pm. n jan ' 5 , 1810 ................ 14% ' Ditto Small 'Ct. ',, 359 ................. , Ditto Commercial — Pm. • • 5 , 851 ........• , Ditto Advertised — pm in• 5, R 51 0.............. - Bank Stock for Account — `Mil 5 o 181' ;India Stock for Account -- -7 ~ . . , . „...,. ................... 01 3 4 ;II 'Consols for Acconnt i1...._. 0 ~ 1 r”..... .. .............. ........... . ••vain rn . ............_ ........ prn. I.I.ICES OF tOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. p,nno Bonds ; Peruvian Bonds .. Pe fiPst Bonds.. —' Ditto Account — 71% II Ottto Account ............... .. --; Portuguese Bonds il it z . illan B Ods ... ............ WM(I Ditto Account 1614 7 6'4 11--,sto Account .. . .... —' Ditto New Bends 46% nos Ayres Bonds ............ ' Ditto Account .......... 29 1 , 4 VAi ....Ditto Account ..... ...... ...... Ditto, 3 per cent unilliao Bonds.. . ' Prussian Bonds — ~ Ditto Account.: ............ ..". i Russian Bonds, 1E592 • ••• 7 ‘,llusnt,lan Bonds ............. '' —1 Ditto Account Ditto AccoUnt ~......":".. ...... ---' Ditto Metallic ... .......... DittoCllumblan Bond s • 1...•.......... .......... 52;354 Spanish Bonds Account - • i Ditto Account fisnii h Bonds .- Ditto Bonds, IKII 21% 5 4 4 3 A leek Account" ." ..... .............. --' Ditto Account 91 %% 1 / 4 2% —I --r.. "reek 80nd5.... . .... French, 5 per cent .... ••••• : . ditto Bonds. I . iii ..... ..... ... I -- 4 per cent-- =l c ..-.-:, .Llitto Account . ............... ::: ...,1 3 per cent. iNcari Bonds, 5 p " er ... c . ent. ... —' Exchange 52% 3 Oitto Account ... —' Dutch, 2 54 per cent. -Onto, 6 per cent' ............. ..Ditto Account .. .. .......... ' Ditto , per cent. 911% 100 99 5 li % , Ditto Account ( 52% ~apolitan.,, ...................... —' Ditto Account n , - ;------- -- l'aid. .--nICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Per Share 90 R_?'atins Mining Company l5O 1 10 ,ht!ripingliam and Derby Railway Company 1.1 I 14 '.4lningliarn and Gloucester Railway Company 40 4011 I 54 Ijrrieat Western Railway Company 5 I t h•li s.,r.ghton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 3 0% ighton (Rennie's) 85 110 1 , i_L•ondon and Birmingham Railway Company 12 ~ l !lotnidon and Southampton Railway Company % ehestor and Lheds Railway Company sl (q !' .( s.' 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Colburn, Publishsr, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE QUEEN'S BIRTH DAY. ON THE Next, April 29, the COURT by c J°IJRNAL will contain (in addition to Original Papers, bliA e try l°}r ated Writers) full Particulars of her MAJESTY'S Rai s hn,NG ROOM, with an Alphabetical List of the Distin- Pany present—Approachinn• Royal Marriage—Royal tkr , e'--Gaieties and Movements in HigliLife—with all the Lite iTheatrical, and General Gossip of the Week. C i lished for the Proprietor, by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, rine-street, Strand, and supplied by all Newsmen, price S. e Publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1837. J 'lle arguments which Lord MELBOURNE, on • 11 11 u u g the second reading of the Irish Corporations urged in f avour o f gran ti ng municipal rights to the Peopl e of Ireland, were sound and convincing, but not q uite calculat e d f or t h e H ouse o f L or d s . Th a t b o dy ll t°t to be convinced by argument, or softened down by 4P P e als to their mercy or justice. They have one pro cut obj ect i n v i ew—power ; an d w h atever t h ey con 11,e4ree can diminish or interfere with that, they oppose tlz unceasina hostility. Th ey l ong op p o sed with the Ih 4tl ost viole nce t wo great quest i ons w hi c h were ulti tilately carried—th e one b y t h e leader of the ma j or i ty i n , if at Rous e , an d t h e ot h er b y the leader of the mino hil'and in both instances they yielded not to argu e:eat or reason, b u t so l e l y to fear. The dread of a o r war in I re l an d , so forcibly described by the Duke WE LLINGTON, compe ll e d th em t o co ncede the Catholicl,l., clai ms ; an d t h e d rea d o f a s i m il ar ca l am ity %: 4 ' 4l g out not only in Ireland, but simultaneously Pg h °ut the United Empire, compelled the great their of the m to retire from the House, and give up 11 : °PPosition to the Reform Bill in despair. They see 4 su ch danger littl now, orthey - e cloud like a man's hand arising out of the sea,' p So appropri a t e ly a ppli e d by Mr. ROEBUCK to Or - ,. "E RT PEEL ; b u t th e y will not feel the danger take warnin g from the past, till the political horizon . 4 "aY e k with c l ou d s an d w i n d , an d t h ey are carnet i the hurricane and the tempest. Then they to e l ela- -hut not till thin will they consent to grant i ti eland the rights and privileges guaranteed to .) : e I-T "ien. No concessions on the appropriation elap se any pled , e for the security of the Pro tilea4 C hu rch in Ireland, reconcile them to the refo :ur e , 'nonce them to give up their hostility to a Nronling Ministry. If concession on the former point f. Ni eto t o he made, they would hail it with shouts o 11 1e ai rY ' b ut they would think only of using it as a wo r d l' tu an end —they would still find out some watch- Cre tu -s—sul ne new cry of danger till they obtained the session' u aY, the only object of their ambition—the i i ) l os . - "hol r °r Place. These are not words of course. T eir e L ,, -I " of policy has affirmed the fact—that they thi s yeas to to any measure for the sake of office. For they lea they g ranted the Catholic claims, though str o ad 1 011 g declared that the concession would de te,sYo t he Iri s h -r-3 .urotestant Church. For the same whi~i ti . le Y were p repare d to accept t h e R e f orm Bill, e l ored l with equally solemn asseverations they had de teheellrstitwuotiuollidaihe fatal to monarchy, and destructive of govermnent. With such facts before alo me e , Yes can a Liberal Government believe for one ord A n , that c oncession would satisfy the Tories ? aware thatME is aware of this, and he is also and th at ll ls Only safety is in firmness of purpose, zuies _ by yieldi ng he would only strengthen h i s ene and alienate many of his friends. Mr, s y . t- At eB .401,15, from whose pamphlet on Church ', , we gave a few extracts yesterday, add9ce.s . a great ti ''lllUe r o f q ti authorities to prove, that in the earlier ages 1,1141 ,Church, and down to a period later than that to file '''' legal memory ascends, the burden of repairing til Chtirclies and providing ~ the ornaments," lay upon t o e cler gy by the Canon Law, in opposition to those who o t : 'ten d that an impost for those purposes was levied of the People, if not from the first establishmen it has Parish Churches, at least from time immemorial. rat es been attempted by some defenders of Church richLw, to invalidate the authority of the Canon Law, , they say, is always null and void when it t d ru bt ail u ? ter l ' o Commo n or Statute Law. This is no a ou il. 411 i laeontrov'ertible maxim ; 4,. 'e to but before it can be • t hose who wish under its shield to evade avail jugnanient drawn from the obligation of the Canons, . a re e t es sary that they should show that the parishioners Ch -ell " by CommOn or Statute Law to repair the kri -eluted ~.. w ~ .. This they have not yet done, and we ref:. they eannot do. On the contrary, Mr. SYMONS the ref er s two Statutes, made in the reign of EDWARD of ti•eirst, both of wide)) clearly recognise the validity L ef, 'e Canon Law in this very matter, which had then s ona hl-1 to for ma subj ect , o f quarrel between the par- Ishift u p s h thei r parishio ners—the form er wishing t o t e 1 tile urde n fr om t h e i r own shoulders to those of ei erB a Y t ter, b who resist e d i t as an encroachment. The ne v Il° doubt, s ucceede T d in their obje c t, b ut t h ey h e eY to the impositior ebtained the sancti on o f l aw imposition. il.pi r i " t ., Iclubtleas availed t h emselves of the powerful a l arguments which they had then at command, to procure= • compliance on the part of the laity, until the plea of custom could be set up, to fly in the face of which would then, as in our day, be anathe matized as " impiety," " profaneness," " sacrilege," &c. COKE, commenting on the first of the statutes to which we have alluded, uses the following words—" and this (the repairing of the Churches) the parishioners ought to do by custom known and approved ; and the conu sauce thereof is allowed to the Ecclesiastical Court by this Act :" upon which Mr. SYMONS very justly re marks that " COKE, as the advocate of the Church, would not, of course, have advanced either his own ipse dixit of the obligation on the parishioners, or the mere law of custom, however approved,' had he been able to bring the powerful authority of a Statute Law to bear on the point. To such an application this Statute is manifestly incapable of being perverted." And then adds, " Whoever still doubts that Canon or ecclesiastical Law was valid, and unimpugned by Sta tute Law during the whole period in question, may refer to Gibson's Codex, 199, where he will find this pas sage on the subject of repairs : " But as to the obligation resting upon the Parson, or upon the Vicar, concerning that the books of common law say nothing : and so it is wholly left upon that foot, on which the canons of the Church bath left it." The author having disposed of the question about the validity of the Canon Law, produces a series of extracts from ancient records, extending from the divi sion of England into parishes down to the end of the thirteenth century, to show that during all that period the Tithe was chargeable with the repairs of the Church. We must refer those who wish to see these extracts to the Pamphlet itself, being obliged by want of space to limit ourselves to the following curious enactment on the subject by an Anglo-Saxon Parlia ment, and Mr. SYMONS' s accompanying observation : " The most cogent evidence, however, prior to the Con quest, is unquestionably the positive law passed by the Witenagemot in the reign of Ethelred 11., in the year 1014 : And respecting tithe, the King and his witan have chosen and enacted, even as right it ;s, that the third part of the tithe which belongcth to a church shall go to repair the Church, and the second part to God's Servants, the third to God's Poor, and to poor men in slavery.' " Lest the perfectly decisive testimony of this national edict be assailed by the quibble that the Church here meant only the chancel, we beg to adduce the following extract from the Council of Enham (sec. 36), subsequently passed in the same reign, and in the King's name, which directs that the applica cation of the money shall be in •' the establishment of oratories and hospitals for the poor, and to repairs qf the Church, and to the purposes of education, and to purchase food and clothing for the servants of God, and books and bells, and church vestments, and never to worldly pomp and and vain glory." We have received the whole of the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Court of Peers sat from half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday till a quarter past seven in the evening, in secret deliberation on the judgment to be pronounced 011 MEUNIER, LAVAUX and LACA2E, for the regicidal attempt of December. The Court condemned MEUNIER to suffer death as a parricide, but acquitted the other prisoners. The following is a copy of the judgment : . _ Th.; Court—" Concerning Meunier, considering that on the 27th of December last, by the use of fire. arms, he made an attempt against the person and life of the King ; " Concerning Lavaux and Lacaze, that there does not result from the previous proceedings, or from the tr►al, any sufficient proof that they had rendered themselves guilty, either as principles or accomplices, in the above-mentioned attempt, or of a conspiracy preceding the attempt ; " Declares that Lavaux and Lacaze are acquitted of the charge laid against them, and order that they be imme• diately set at liberty, unless detained on any other account. " Declares Meunier guilty of an attempt against the per son of the King, a crime provided against by articles 86 and 88 of the Penal Code. " Condemns Meunier to the penalty of death. " Orders that he shall be taken to the place of execu tion, barefoot, his head covered with a black veil, that he be exposed on the scaffold while a huissier shall read his sentence to the people, and that he be immediately put to death. " Condemns him to pay the costs of prosecution. " Orders that this present sentence be executed under the direction of the Procureur-General du Roi. That it be printed and posted up, and notified to the culprit by the Registrar of the Court." The correspondent of a Morning Contemporary mentions as a singular fact that the President of the Chamber, Baron PASQULER, and all the Judges, Magistrates, and Lawyers in the Court, were for con demning LAVAUX to death ; but that all the Peers who had served in the army unanimously voted for his acquittal. Had a simple majority of votes decided the question, the accused would have been sacrificed, as sixty-seven votes were given for his condemnation, and only sixty-five for his acquittal. Fortunately in capital cases the constitution of the Chamber of Peers, as, the highest Court of Criminal Judicature, requires that five• eighths of the Peers who vote should concur in a sentence of guilty. _ _ _ When the sentence of the Court was read to MEU NIER in prison, he appeared indifferent to his own fate ; but grew furious with rage on learning that LA vn ux and LACAZE were acquitted. He protested that what he had done was at the instigation of LAVACTX. For once we cordially concur in the justice of the sentence'pronouncel by the Court of Peers. Against LAVA ux a conspiracy had been formed, at the bottom of which was his mother-in-law, with the atrocious de sign of taking away his life. As for MEuNt Eft, he deserves to die, were it only for attempting to take away the lives of two innocent persons ; but the KING would best consult the safety of his own person, and the peace of the Royal Family, by commuting the capital sen 7 tence to imprisonment for life. The blood of State criminals, however deservedly shed, never fails to taint the moral atmosphere of nations in which the Mo narchical principle is not fully recognized. It is rumoured that the marriage of the Duke of ORLEANS will take place at Fontainebleau, early in June. The arrival of his Royal Highness's destined bride is fixed for the 26th of May, and the preparations to receive her are already nearly completed. The Princess will be accompanied by her mother as far as Strasburg, where the Duke proposes to Meet her, and conduct her in person to Paris. The accounts from the Spanish frontier and the Basques Are from Bilboa and Pampeluna to the 20th, San - Sebastian to the 21st, and Bayonne to the 23d inst. The Carlists and Christinos are preparing for a grand expedition, in which both armies arc to perform prodigies of valour, and of course, each to clear the country of the enemy. The QUEEN'S troops at Pam peluna were in motion to prevent the boasted Carlist expedition from crossing the Ebro, and at Bilboa ESPARTERO was busy in repairing works, and getting ready materiel for a general attack upon the Carlists in that quarter. From San Sebastian letters have ar rived, which state positively that General EvANs will return to England after the 10th of June, and that General SEOANE has been already appointed by the Madrid Cabinet to succeed him in the command. Upon the correctness of this statement, however, we recommend oar readers to lay no particular stress. We have it not from the best authority, and publish it merely as a rumour, current among the officers and men of the British Auxiliary Legion. In a letter from Bayonne of the 22d inst., received by a Morning Contemporary, we find the following account of the recommencement of hostilities in the Basques : The news which has reached hero to-day is of con siderable importance. it comes from Pampeluna. On the 19th, at three o'clock in the afternoon,. Iribarren re ceived positive intelligence that Don Sebastian, with thir teen battalions, consisting of his own picked nine, and four quartered near Estella, had, after a forced march, taken up a position at and in tire vicinity of Los Arcos, with the intention of crossing the Ebro. Within two hours he left Pampeluna, and at three o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th (when the last news left), he was with 10,000 men at Larraga, determined by forged marches to arrive at Lodosa before that place could fall Into iltc hands of thg Pretender's troops. Thus, then, the second movement has commenced. The Carlists, driven to a momby want of provisions, have put the Queen's Generals into action, and now in reality the campaign commences. Of course intelligence of this move has been transmitted by extraor dinary couriers to St. Sebastian and l3ilboa, and we may now every hour expect important results. Iribarren''s promptitude looks well. We trust it may be imitated. On General Evans and the Legion we may at all events de pend for something. The steamers are now round at Bil boa for troops ; on their return, operations, I am confident, will not be delayed. The general expectation here is, that Fonterabia and Irun will be at once attacked. The weather, unfortunately, is still unsettled ; but still opera tions might proceed." On the 19th inst., at Berlin, died M. ANCItLON, Prussian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. His Excellency had nearly completed his 70th year, and was equally distinguished throughout Europe as a Statesman, a Philosopher, and an Author. His death will be a severe affliction to the King of PrtussfA, who ever found in him a wise Councillor, and a most devoted subject. The following arc extracts from the French Papers of Wednesday : FRONTIERS OF SratN.—On the 20th several carts, loaded with muskets, arrived in our city. They came from St. Sebastian, and were on the way to Pampeluna, passing through St. Jean Pied-de-Port. The Spanish Government is making fresh exertions to securo the subsistence of the army of the North. Larr supplies of provisions are collecting on our frontiers. Let us hope that these efforts will not be once more thrown away.—Sentinelle des Pyrenees. Ii is announced that bon Carlos has sunatnoned the bat talions of Cabrera to the Biscayan provinces, in order the more effectually to oppose the movements of Espartero. W e know besides, from the Madrid Jourres, that Cabrera had quitted the kingdom of Valencia to proceed to Arragon he had even disposed of the prisoners by entrusting them to another Carlist Chief. It is said that the movement party in the kingdom of Valencia has formed some free corps commanded by the brave Brigadier-General Borso. The Capt.-General has refused to recognise, or command them. A letter from Ciret of the 17th April, says, Brigadier General Ayerbe has just obtained an advantage over the Carlists. In the night of the 10th he attacked the village of Villagran situated a league and a half from Vich, in which 200 insurgents had barricadoed themselves. The latter, assisted by the inhabitants, defended theMselves, and so vigorously repelled the assailants that Ayerbe thought it necessary to set tire to the %Wage. The Carlists, to es cape the flames, endeavoured to open themselves a passage, but were almost all killed or wounded by their adversaries. who, on their side, had 12 killed, and a pretty considerable number of wounded." The probab lity of the marriage of the Duke of Nemours with the (laughter of the Infant Francis de Paula is again spoken of.—Constitulionnel. It is affirmed that a good many prefects have resigned.— Siecle, Journal du ComMerce. FRENCH FIIN DS. —Ps ;us, Aran, 26 Five per Cents., 10f f. 8.5 c. Ike. 75c. Four per Cents., 9.-1 30c. Three per Cents. 78f. 95c. 90c. Bank Actions, 2,41,01 Bente de Naples, 9,5 , , scc, 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 102% Spanish Actives, 2314 24 23%%%. Spanish Passives, 5V Belgian I.oan, Five per Cents, ICOU Portuguese Three per Cents. 29%. Haytian Lsan, 3301 EXcIIANUR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251 42 1 .6 e.; money, 25f. 40, 'Three months, paper, 25f. 22%e. ; money, 251 20e •-•-l'Ohrs Autheislefaue. LAST PRICES. Elva per Cents., I:g;f. 90c. Three per Cents. 781 95c. Rank Actions, 2,411 f. Route de Naples, 98f. 9(c. Roman Five per Cents., lON. Belgian Loan, 100 3 4. Brussels Bank, 1,325 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 25%. Haytian Loan, 3301 Spanish Actives, 2:334. Spanish Passives sa. BELGIAN I UNDS—Bituasists, APRIL 21 Actual Debt, 2!.i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant. IOON, Loan of Thirty Loan of ('itv, 1832. 4 per Cent. Society of Commerce, 4 , ,,:,per Cent l3O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l3l —llrussels Papers, April AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Aram 19. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bonk Shares —4lllgemcine Zeitung, Al ril 23. Letters and papers from Madrid of the 18th inst. bring accounts of the defeat of a revolutionary conspiracy against the Government, which was to have broken out in the capital on the night of the 16th. The principals in it were the en-Minister LOPEZ, and the Deputies CA LVO nE ROSAS and CABALLERO ; and the ob ject of it was stated to be—the ovet turning of the Cabinet ; the dissolution of the Cortes ; the wresting the Regency from Queen CHRISTINA ; the es tablishment of a federative Monarchy ; the total abolition of the senate or second Chamber ; and an equitable division of the soil among the friends of the ultra-movement party. To effect this the con spirators had agreed to seize on the Post-office and a park of artillery destined for the protection of the Ca pital ; but happily for Spain, General QUIROGA, Military Governor of Madrid, had early intelligence of the affair, and took the necessary precautions to frustrate it. Either on account of weakness on the part of the Government, or because the evidence was not strong enough to sustain .a prosecution, the chiefs of this infamous conspiracy were not seized up to the date of these communications. It was re ported on the 18th, that LOPEZ had departed for Ali• cant, with the intention of organ zing a general rising on the part of the violent Republicans. Should he succeed, Spain will be drenched with blood. The debates in the Cortes on the new Constitution were continued during the sittings of the 17th and 18th inst. Twenty-two articles had then been adopted. The nineteenth provides that at every general election of the Members of tl►e Second Chamber, one third of the Members of the Upper Chamber shall go out, leaving it at the option of their constituents either to re-elect them, or replace them by others. This is beyond all question an improvement upon the Article as it first stood in the Ministerial outline of the New Constitution. The Peers will be less reckless in ad vising the Crown to resort to — sudden dissolutions of the Legislative body. The news from the interior of the kingdom is not of the least importance. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE This Week the arrivals , of English Con have been mode rate, of Irish Oats good, and of Flour a fair quantity. The weather continues favourable for vegetation, and the trade has been generally inanimate since Monday. There have been few transactions in Wheat to day, and Monday's terms are hardly supported. Barley is Is. per quarter lower. Beans and Pease have no alteration. Oats find buyers slowly, at Monday's terms. Flour is very dull, and expected lower. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. ttigilah Irish Foreign SAIITHFIEL This day's supply was very good alteration from the prices last quo PRICES PER STONE OF tiLl s. d. to s. d Interior Beasts Second quality ditto. 3ll 3 4 rritne large Oxen 3 7 3 8 1 1, i me Scots. &c. Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 0 :rime small ditto s.ickling Calves each t) 34 01 Lamb SUI.PLY, AS PER CL Beasts. I Sheep. 672 3,476 Oats. Flour. 1,710 qrs 4,040 sacks 1 900 NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, I s d. to s d Beef, inferior 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior - middling ...... 210 3 0 _ middling .41 -- prime large - prime - prime small 3 6 3 8 Perk, large Veal Lamb to 61."81 DENHALL MARKETS, py the Carcass. s d for tt. 28 3 2 3 2 2 tl 3 IS 4 2 210 4 t: 44 4 8 Sir Francis Burdett has, we learn, sent a donation of 1001• for the relief of the distress:d H I hlanders and Islanders. FEMALE BOLDNESS.-_.A bold woman is one of the mo3toffensive objects on earth. I have always felt disgust for such, though it has often been mitigated by recollecting in how many instances their husbands have been conducive to this fault by their want a thilicacy, or by the improper associations they have allowed them to form. But when an gnmarried woman emancipates herself from all the constraint that modesty and propriety prescribe,.my disgust is unmitigated by pity. I am one of the few who maintain that modesty may survive the virtue it was meant to guard ; but that virtue rarely, and only then by chance or calcu!ation, outlives modesty._ Lady Bles gingtoth . • • ~• - 7 77 Vt.? vis g . -4 4 ,a j • • • 1 , 7 , J ir)it -11t11. D MARKET Kl, and the sale was dull at little oted : ;. To ISINIC THE orpALS. s. d. to 1.4. Inferior Sheep.... . . Second quality ditto 3 S 4 0 Coarse-woolleol ditto 4 4 4 S Sou.lidown Wethers 4 3 5 4 Large Hogs 3 6 4 2 Small Porkers 4 8 5 U I Quarter old Pig teach) 12 U 20 tis td. to 7s. Od. . -. ,EAK'S STATE3SENT. I Calves. ItO I Pigs 322 CARLOW ELECTION COMMITEE. (Tuns DAY. The Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. Mr. AUSTEN proposed objecti,g to the vote of William Barry, and intimated to flie Committee that his object in making this application was to see to wliat txtet,t the Com mittee would adhere to their resolution of yesterday. Mr. RUSIITON objected to the course IntlPied by his Learned Mr. ArSTEN proct'eleil to observe, that the Committee would have to decide whether the registry in Ireland was so close and so final, as that a man's name once being placed upon it without any qualification should remain there fur ever? Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and on our return, The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would not open the re gistry as to the vote of Patrick Barry, LONGFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. The votes of James Farrel and Timothy Nolan were ob jected to fur insufficiency of value, and ordered to be struck off HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Lord BRotIGRAM, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, and Lord WILLOCOIIoy D'EaEsnr sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The arguments in the part-heard case of Ihn v. Zippman were resumed, and had not cone!udod when our reporter left. CHANCERY COIJItT.-(THIS DAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LUBBOCK. In this case, which relates to Morden College, our rea ders will recollect that a few days since it was ordered to stand over, to see if an arrangeme►►t could not he made be tween the parties. The proposition was made by Mr. 'FIN NE Y on behalf the of appellants, but that nut Lining agreed to by the relators, Mr. 'Pinney this n►orning replied to the whole of the arguments, and The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed his judgment. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole day with motions of no public interest. ROLL'S COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the ROLLS took motions, to-day, which were devoid of public interest. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, /Until. 27.—Wind S. \V., moderate.—Arrived the Isla, Norrie, from New York ; Lord Nelson, Trist, and Swal low, Curtis ' , St. Miehael',; Mary, from Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL `_'7. —Wind S. NV., Ehowery.—No ar rivals. PLYMOUTH, APR►L 27.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Reliance, \Valter, from Hamburg, for Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind W. S. \V., moderate and fine. MARGATE, APRIL 27.--Off port, the Royal Packet, Dench, from Madagascar. BRISTOL, APR►t. 27.—Arrived the Lilbuz, from Honduras. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26. —Wind N. \V., moderate.—Arrived the Orient, Taylor, from Bombay ; Richard Watson, from Bahia; Europa, Watson, from Honduras; Eliz►, Russel, from Campeachy; American, Manchester, from New Orleans; St. Paul's, Urnine, and Tunor, Love), from Mobile ; Victoria, Candler, from Charleston ; Tuscany, Mahon, from Savannah. OFF CA RAIIOO, BUENOS A YRES —The Arethusa, Barbadoes. CLYDE, .Artut. 26.—Arrived the Speculator, Bishop, from Cadiz ; Dalkeith, from Lisbon. OFF CORK. —Mary, —, Savannah. BELFAST, APRIL 25.—Arrived, Courier, Smith, London. LIMERICK, APRIL 25.—Arrived the Ann, Cave, London. LEITH, APRIL 26 —Arrived, Johanna, \Vilhelmina, Stettin. HULL, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Johanna Wilhelmina, Hut strom, from Gothenburg. ST. HELENA.—Arrived the Symmetry, Riley, from Cal cutta; Memnon, Ettin, ditto. MONTE VIDEO.-Arrived, Sturia, Sanderson, Liverpool. DEMERARA. —Arrived, Tuanaria, 13alleshal, from Liverpool. CummEs - roN.---Arrived the ()nix, Hogg, from Liverpool ; Roger, Stewart, from the Clyde. GENOA.—Arrived the Ctesar Augusta, —, from Buenos Ayres ; St. Antonie, Bahia ; Ellen, Germain, Liverpool. The Dunvegan Castle, bound to Jamaica, was totally lost on the Lemon Sand, 25th inst. ; crew saved. The Ganges sailed from St. Helena, for London, 25th February, with a trifling leak in her upper works. Vessels spoken—The Jane, Turcan, Clyde, to Calcutta, 20th ult., lat. 8, N., long. 23 W. ; Themis, Shields, to Qttebec, 21st inst., lat. 46, long. 9, by the Belhaven, arrived at Falmouth. Ono nelig-o, from Liverpool to Quebec, 20th ult., lat. 49, long. 30, by the Victoria, at Liverpool. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) Cl7' y, 7' W I, V E 0' CL 0 GK. Our arrivals this morning, arc the French, Flanders, and Dutch mails ; ship letters from Tri n id a d, H on d uras , S t . Helena, and Bahia ; Calcutta, December 13, and Bombay, December 30. Trinidad papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 29th February : these papers state that they are under the disagreeable necessity of an nouncing that the small pox, which was supposed to have been confined to the spot of its first appearance, and there to have been exhausted, has again made its appearance. The diseac is of the most violent kind. (EXTRACT). • " Colonial Office, Jan. 12. " Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to ypu herewith the copy of a letter which has been addressed to my Under Se cretary of State, by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, communicating their Lordships' consent to an application preferred by the West Indian Banking Company, to have a coinage of fractional parts of the dollar executed at his Majesty's Mint. ( Signed) " GLENELG." " To Sir F. Hill, Bart., Trinitlid." We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date, which states—" From all (Natters we are informed of commercial distress. From Trieste it is stated that several Greek commercial houses, as well as Jews, have faileJ ; and to these disasters we must add an extensive fire. A great warehouse, filled with cotton, coffee, and corn, has fallen a prey to the flames—the loss is estimated at 500,000 florins." THE FUNDS. A meeting was held yesterday of the Proprietors of South Sea Stock. A letter was read from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a deputation of the Directors, who had an interview with him a few days since, stating that measures were in progress for compensating the Company for the aboli tion of the South Sea duties. This is an answer to remarks made, that the Government was inattentive to the duties de volved upon them. AlthoUgh money was rather in demand yesterday, it did not produce any material alteration in the fiLids, but the unfunded debt was very materially affected, owing to some consi derable purchases of the new American notes, which obtained 951, and for Morris's Banki ng an d Canal Company, at 11 to 2 discount. Consols dosed at 001 for the Account. Exchequer Bills 38 40 42; India Bonds 3R 40; Bald; Stock 204 i 205. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed at 21i. This being settling day in the Foreign Securities the chief business doing is paying and receiving the differences of their accounts, which are not of an extensive nature : consequentl) the Account will pass off favourably. • Spanish Active at present 211 and little doing. Most of the new American paper is sent up from Liver pool for sale, and a great quantity of it is expected by the next packets. The prevailing opinion is that the bringing into the market of so large a quantity will soon cause a scarcity of money, and that the moment the information reaches New York of their scheme having succeeded, they will provide us with fresh supplies. Portuguese Stock steady at 461 47 ; Three per Cents., 291 30 ; Spanish Passive, 51 53-; DJferred, 81- ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 5253 k.• It appears, according to the accounts from the North of Spain, that the army at Pampeluna has made a movement to prevent the Carlists from passing the Ebro, and that Espartero had also detached a division of his army towards Vittoria. In a few days we may therefore expect important news from that quarter. HALF-PAST ONE. ' The only feature worth attention in the Funds - this morning is a considerable decline in Exchequer. Bills, which have re ceded from 38 to l 0 shillings ; at present the exact cause for this fall is not ascertained. Some surVie that Ministers are going to fund Exchequer Bills next week; others attribute it to the pressure of the American paper on the market. Consols are alsogower than in the morning, when they were 901 ; at present they are 90} ; Monoy the same. Exche quer Bills, 38 30 prem. ; India Bonds lower, 38 30; Bank Stock, 2031 i • India, 258. In the Foreign Market Spanish has improved since the morning, when it was done at 211 ; at present they arc 21i : Coupons, 47 ; Portuguese, 461 ; Three p er C en t s ., 29 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53. American Paper Bank, 94i 95 ; Morris's Canal, 98 99. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 94 g. The Government has agreed to - grant to Perth the important privilege of having bonded warehouses. The grant is made upon condition that suitable premises shall be provided for the deposit of the goods, to be fitted up agreeably to the established regulations, and that the goods be. taken out for home consumption only. The possession of this privilege will be attended with much advantage to several brztnpllcs of trade here, particularly to that in tinsboi..--,Perth Advertiser. The animal cominetrorotion of Shakspeare's natal day was held on Monday at Stratford upon. Avon, when the Royal ahakspearean Club and upwards of two hundred of the members and their friends dined in the Town Hall, Dr. Conolly, M.D., in the Chair, supported by the Mayor aod Corporation. Th e di nner wen t off with pe g f c :Nt . § 4 erician Knowles, vfhq 44.41yercal an 0114 lion itl the theatre at tuidtday, was repeiYeel with Priainsiasig, as well as at the banquet. It is worthy of general remark, that the Geographi cal. Society of Kris have conferred their medal upon Captain Back for his discoveries in . the Arctic regions. This is th third inst ance o f suc h a nat i ona l con.pliment haring i ? .c . elt paid •. to British Commanders. FINE ARTS. We, lave just seen a trait of Hafed, the cele brated Deer-hound, which has been engraved by Lewi s , from an original painting by Landseer. It is exe.cuted in a superior style of art, such as cannot fail tr.) gratify the taste of the first animal painter of his age. The engraving is published by Ackermann, and needs only to be known to be admired. COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1836, I send you a general and condensed statement of the Com merce ot the United States. The accounts being fully closed at Washington for the year 1836, the calculation is made up to the last dollar:— Dollars. Importa 189,980,035 Of whichlhere was imported in American vessels 171,636,442 In foreign vessels 18,323,393 Exports 128,60 040 Domestic of which amounted to.. Foreign ditto Domestic articles exported in American vessels 80,845 .443 , In foreign ves se l s 26,071,237 Foreign articles exported in American vessels In foreign vessels.,. American shipping entered Tons. 1,255,384 Cleared from the ports of the United States Foreign shipping entered Cleared same period Registered tonnage for 1836 Enrolled and lieensedlonnage Fishing vessels 897,774 872,023 111,304 Total 1,881,101 Of tho registered tonnage, amounting, as befoie stated, to 897,774 There were employed in whale fishery The total tonnage of shipping built in the States States during the year ending September 30, 1836, amounted to_.. Registered vessels . Enrolled ditto 66,92 Total.. 113,627 IRELAND. POLITICAL UNION.—At the last extraordinary meeting of the National Trades' Union, held for the purpose of taking into consideration the meatus which ought to be adopted at the present crisis, resolutions were adopted in consonance with the recommendation recently communicated to the people by Mr. O'Connell. THE MINISTRY.—The Ministry are firm —aye, as rock. Hear that ye gullible and ten thousand times gulled Irish Tories—Tor you are the fellows—vulgar, ferocious, and lying as you are—we delight to taunt. Yes, we tell you the demonstration made by the people has had its effect. The horror of you, ye virulent Irish Tories, animated the people, united them—it will do so on every emergency, and thus the enormity of your vices operates as the impediment to your uncontrolled exercise of them. We now tell ) ou tale Ministry is safe ; and all the low prowling vagabonds among you may as well commence at once and make out some honest mode of bread, for the harvest of peculation and plunder is gone for ever. Even the corrupt corpora tion dills may not be long the rank pastures they have hitherto been found.—pilot. MR. O'CONNELL'S LAST LETTER.—WeII might Mr. O'Connell declare that he was the best abused man in the world. The Liberator pays a handsome price to the ca lumniators of his country for presuming to exercise his rights, and daring to discharge his duty to the people. The Mail, however, a little overshoots its mark, when it asserts, as it it does by implication, that because British sympathy was supposed to be absent some months ago, that it cannot now consist with truth to state that there exists at present " a great and increasing disposition among the soundest part of the E ng li s h to ass i st i n o b ta i n i ng j ustice for Ireland." The stolid scribe, with the self-complacency of a per Son who thinks himself wondrous witty, bawls out " What a versatile liar (choice phrase!) Father Cant well's second Moses' is!" He then says "It is not three months ago since he assured his hereditary [Oliver] Bond's men' that the English were totally indifferent to their claims for justice to Ireland : and now he has a miraculous secret to impart, viz. :—that he has discovered a great and in creasing disposition among the soundest part of the English people to assist in obtaining the aforesaid justice.'" This is a tolerably fair simple of the ratiocinative process by which abuse of Ireland's champion is manufactured by the Mail. The following may, perhaps, serve as a specimen, not of slang we suppose, but it ought to be held an example of the polished language suggested by a highly cultivated and refined mind :—" What new humbug is here ? Is all round my hat ?' or my hat round to all?'" How forcible is the allusion to the hat! How exquisitely elegant the quotation " all round my hat ;"—and the " humbug" is above all praise. The Mail and its party have a peculiar claim to it. GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. We find the following article in the Beige :—" Two foreigners have died lately at Brussels leaving large for tunes, viz., M. Cortvriendt, a Dutchman, who has left nearly a million ; and M. Charles Renner, a Swiss, who has left about half a million. Their heirs have arrived, to prweed to the sale and division of the property, and had al ready in their hands the proceeds of the sale of the furni ture ; but the Minister of Finance has interfered,. forbid ding the seals to be removed from the chests containing the ready money and the valuables, alleging that the whole belong to the State, by virtue of the Droit d'Aubaine. As suredly we could not expect to see the usages and customs of barbarous times revived in 1837, especially at a moment when we are se, , king the alliance and friendship of our neighbours with an eagerness which often approaches to servility. " However M. de Mcrode, who possesses considerable estates in Holland, is by no means desirous of seeing King William 'act with a reciprocity more or less just, and is moving heaven and earth in favour of the heirs of Cort vriendt and Renner." We shall soon learn whether M. d'Huart or M. de Merode will gain the victory. The editors of all the daily papers of Brussels, except those of the Lynx and the Journal de la Belgique, have addressed to the Chamber of Representatives a petition for the abolition of the stamp on newspapers. FRON,TIEIRS OP BOSNIA, APRIL 7.—Since the defeat of the rebel Ali Vidaitsch Pasha, the Bosniacs have be oome sensible that not only prudence, but necessity, prescribe submission to the will of the Porte. The conscription which is so odious to them, proceeds every where without opposition, and the old Janissaries passively look on uhile their sons are exercised in arms by the instructors appointed by the Sultan. Discontent is reduced to silence, and in secret rests its only remaining hope in the Governor of the Ilerzegowina, Ali Pasha, who at present is the only one in European Turkey who has not yet actually introduced into his Paschalik the system of conscription. VIENNA, APRIL 17.—According to the Medical Bul• letin of the 15th inst., his Imperial Highness the Archduke Palatine had slept well for six hours, almost without inter ruption, on the preceding night ; the fever had not returned. Ilis Imperial Highness felt himself during the day stronger, and more cheerful.—Austrian Observer. NICK OF TILE WOODS.—The new romance an nounced under the above title, edited by the author of " Rook wood," is, we hear, a s t or y o f w ild and singular adventures in the forests of North America. The popularity of " Rook wood" is well known, and the clever author of the masterly ride to York presents us, in " Nick of the Woods," with the wild career of an American scape-gallows, whose singu:ar ad ventures are alive with exciting interest. A letter from New York states, that the past season exhibits a melancholy catalogue of suffering in connexion with six passenger vessels that have sailed from Liverpool to that port. On board the Bristol there were 90 perished ; on board the Mexico more than 100 perished ; on board the Bir mingham 60 passengers landed; on board the Tamaroe 130 passengers lost all their property ; on board the Diamond 11' died of starvation; the Enchantress, with passengers, much suffering from want of provisions. On these melancholy oc currences, the Hull Observer observes that, " the hurried events of active life tend to obliterate the memory of these sad occurrences, but where are we to look for preventative re medy? If we are rightly instructed, the British Government have appointed salaried officers to see that each passenger ship is amply provided with seventy days' provisions ; but from the investigations that have taken place, it appears that the duty, if performed, is without effect. Certain it is, that three of the above had not the provisions required, and by reason thereof great suffering and loss of life have arisen." An inquest was held at Bridgewater, on Thursday, on the body o! John Widtehead, 22 years of age, who died in the morning of the same day, through havittg taken prussic The brother of the deceased, v.`ao slept with him, and two other persons who had bran drinking with him the pre ceding evening, ievtii.a examined as to the state of tha deceased's mind. One of the latter witnesses observed that he never had seen the deceased more cl - &e:Pal. The brother of the deceased stated that observed nothing particular in his manner. They went to bed about bait past 11; at five the following nlortl g, deccascd muplained of the badness of his h,reittit deceased cutainued to get worse ; witness went for Mr, Parker, Surgeon, but on his return with that goa• k ittinaa his brother was dead. Mr. Parker stated tint Le had opened the body of the deceased, and hstt 7,a ..rautit that his death was occasioned by his prussic acid. The inquest watt adjournce i t,;, ha following day, in order that Mr, chitin, a Sgitg6on, with whom deceased had lived, ntialit he elii4Mined, but there being no evidence to skiff that, he was insane, the iur/ returned a verdict qj "Feld tie rte," • ' 'PRIS .)N DISCIPLIN' in thA STATES. Since the days of the benevolent HoWard maVetiFtWaitaiii ameliorations have been male in prison discipline. The ri. gours of the dungeon have been abated, moral and industrious habits of prisoners have bee.l promotcd, felons reclaimed, and the state of society bmcfice:l by those refi.rnis th :t have cen effected by modern humanity at.(l skid how mu c h I L ava wondered that Great Britain should be so far behind her trar a. atlantic child in these improvements; I speak of the nortbm States only. Those of the sootn are still Lvolved, as tar 4,8 prison discipline is concernel, in worse than Egyptian d a , k. ness. A short time since I was at Auburn, in the state of New York, where one of the prisons of that state is located. I wail particular in my inquiries, and send you the result of them. The system may be briefly summed up by biotin,- 1. That every prisoner works at a trade. 2. If he is not acquainted with one, it is trugki him by proper masters. 3. The prisoners .( I speak of tcnvicts) work together in immense workshops, and are n(lt allowed to • peak to each other. 4. They are inst ructe d i n moral and :elig 6 ious dtities, bcirg allowed (as much only as necessary), to speak with those wl o teach them trtdes, &c. 5. The major part of the profits .of weir lab iur goes tc wards the expenses o f t h e prison. A little is rescued fir their use when thy (me. G. Thus they are not turned out naked upon the world; butgenerally become honest and industrious men. - 7. They are well fed, well clothed (1 mean for pristvilers), and the prison is kept warm aid comfortable. I send you the following returns, which the keeper of the es tablishment favoured me with. One grand result is , that the receipts exceed the expenditures. Therefo:e the. establish ment is a pecuniary advantage to the F.tate : Earned by the convicts the year ending Sept. 30, D. 53,843 42 Expenditure for same period ...................... . 51.427 52 Balance profits ........ D. 2,415 90 I have compiled the following intereP,nag particulars trt.m the Report of the Rev. B. C. Sarah, Chaplain to the Insti. tution EDUCATION.—From an examir.atio i of 975 convicts, it ap pears that four had been educated at collev, 11 had an aca demical education, 260 could read, write and cipher, 218 could read and write, 219 could read, and 262 could not read. INFLUENCE OF INTEMPERANCE.-01 973 persons exarnired, 736 were intemperate, 219 were temperate drinkers, and 20 were total abstinents from the use of alcohol. Five hund ed and eighty-nine out of 975 committed the deeds that c , as signed them to the walls of a prison undo: the influence of strong drink ! REFORMATIONS.-Out of 2,183 persons discharged since the establishment of the prison but 162 have bee I econvicted, or about 1 out of 14. Since the adoption of thl new system in 1824 the discharges have been 1,735, the recoavictious 103, or 1 out of 17. SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. I frequently have occasion to remind you that domestic slit, very eultinues to excite heart-burnings between the northern atd southern states. The question of abolition or tioa-aboli ' Lion I have never entered into in my correspondence, be cause I consider it a subject of entirely a domestic character. But a paragraph is going the round of all the northern papers which is so eminently calculated to exhibit the her. rors and effects of slavery upon the human mind in their true colours, that I will not refrain from giving it. I derive the entire account from The Vermont Telegraph, which quotes as authority The. Newbern (North Carolina) Spectator. I am thus express in giving you the authorities, in order that not a shadow of doubt may be entertained • as to the cor rectness of the statement. I make no comment—for surely in such a case comment is unnecessary. It seems that thc following advertisement. was published in The Newbern (North Carolina) Spectator, of December 2, ISM:— " ADVERTISEMENT -200 DOLLARS REWARD.—Raa away from the subscriber, about •three years ago, a certain negro man, named Brn, commonly known by the name of Ben Fox. He is about five feet five or six inches high, chunky made, yellow complexion, and had but one eye. Also, one other negro, by the name of Rigdott, who ran away on the Bth of this month. He is stout made, tall, and very black, with large lips. _ . " I will give the reward of 100 dollars for each of the above negroes, to be delivered to me confined in the gaol of Le noir or Jones county, or for the killing of them, so that I can see them. Masters of vessels and all others arc cautioned against harbouring, employing, or carrying them away, under the penalty of the law. << W. D. COBB." " Nov. 12, 1836." For the killing of them so that he can see them.. The Justices of the Peace, as will appear from the follow ing notice, which accompanies the advertisement, are deter mined, as far as they can, to gratify this amiable longing after blood: " State of North Carolina, Lenoir County. " Whereas, complaint hath been this day made to us, two of the Justices of the Peace for the said county, by William D. Cobb, of Jones county, that two negro slaves belonging to him, named Ben, commonly known by the name of Ben Fox, and Rigdon, have absented themselves from their said master's service, and are lurking about in the counties of Lenoir and Jones, committing acts of felony. These are, in the name of the State, to command the said slaves forthwith to surrender themselves, and return home to their said master. And we do hereby require the Sheriff of the said county of Lenoir to make diligent search end pursuit after the above mentioned slaves, and they having been found, to apprehend and secure, so that they may bo conveyed to their said master, cr otherwise disposed of as the law directs. And• the sail Sheriff is hereby empowered to raise and take with hint stch force of the said county as he shall think fit f;►• the ap prehension of the said slaves. And we do hereby, by virtue of an Act of the Assembly of this State concerning slaves and servants, intimate and declare, if the said slaves do not rur render themselves and return home to their masler immedi ately after the publication of these presents, that any person may • kill and destroy the said slay by such means as he or they think fit, without accusation or impeachment of any crime or offence for so doing, or without incurring any pe nalty or forfeiture thereby. "'Given under our hands tnd seals this 12th Norm')2e, 1836. " B. COLEMAN, J. P. (Seal.) " MS. JONES, J. P. (Seal)." As I before observed, comment is unnecessary. PETRIFIED BODIES FOUND IN AMERICA. It may be interesting to antiquarians and the curious to be in fefmed that two scientific gentlemen, ♦iz., Mr. Chester, of England, and Mr. Davies of Philadelphia, hare recently dis_• covered in a cave, on or near the Great Laurel Ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, three entire petrified bodies ; one of a dog lying flat upon the rock, and two of men ; one sitting and the other standing, with a spear balanced in his hand. Pre parations were making to forward their bodies to New York. The Hamilton (Tennessee) Observer resnarks that among the many natural curiosities found in the extensive caves and grottos in the vicinity of the Great Laurel Ridge ( Cumber_ land Mountains) many human skeletons aid hones of animals have been discovered, some of them in a petrified state. These caves abound in prodigious vaulted apartments and chambers, which, when viewed by torch light, exhibit scenes of gloomy grandeur which astonish the beholder. Several petrified trees have also been discovered on the banks of the river near this ridge, as also bones of mammoths and other annimals whose races are now extinct. A private correspondent writes in his letter to a learned in stitution, that the wonderful discovery which will now shortly be presented to the public is three petrified bodies entire—. one of a dog, and two human bodies, one of them holding a spear. It is believed by the gentlemen who found them that all three bodies may be removed from their position in a per fect state, though the dog, being in a laying posture upon a flat rock, it will undoubtedly be a difficult task to remove it uninjured. The human bodies appear to be those of men, probably hunters. Their clothing can hardly be distinguished, but still it is evident that that too, was in a measure turned into stone. They are described thus: One sitting, with the head leaning as it were against a projecting , rock; and the o:hcr standing, with a spear balanced in his hand, as thangh he was surprised, and had just started in a quick walk. The dog lies as if crouched in terror or about to make a spring ; .but the features or body are not distinct enough to determine which position. Thi; wonderful formation cannot be accounted for in any other way than that these persons were Lueied by some terrible convulsion of nature. The cave in which they were found is full 125 feet into the mountain, and is situated about a mile and a half beyond what is called Mammoth Grotto, in a direct line. The entrance to the place is difficult,' and it is thought that it was never before attempted. At the foot of the en trance of the cave is a considerable brook of water, which ap pears to gather from all parts of it. The reception given to Sir Pultcney Malcolm at the levee, after a late affair, is said to have been of the most gracious description, such, in short, as a sailer King was likely to bestow on a gallant and ill-usr.d officer. The Earl and Countess of Romney's grand enter t tinment of the East and West Kent Yeomanry Corps, at Mote Park, is ( xpected to exceed in magnificence any fete given in the county since that of the Marquis of Camden, se veral years since, at the Wilderness. The Earl of Brecknock ad the Earl of Winchilsca, as the colonel's of the respective earl s, in conjunction with the other officers, give two splendid cups tc be run for. A building is being erected at Mote Pat k, where tha whole of the corps arc to dine, on Wednesday, the 25th of next month. In the evening the offi: ers give a gran d ball at M a id s t one t o t h e N o bi lity and Gentry. The Review takes place on the following Friday, and at which a great many Nerlemen and Fa6hionab'es are to be preser.t. The most pleasing duty is our's this week 'which h';. devolved upon us since the commencement of our labours. We have to announce the appointment of the Earl of Pchester the high and infirm - dial office of Lord Lieutenant of our county. Wc hasten to congratulate cur readers, no less than t'ia NoLle Earl, upon this appointment; it is as Creditable to t_r the Ministry as to the Noble Earl. and it cannot but prove most beneficial to the county. Lord Bel:ester is now and has eve; teen a firm and consistent Reformer. Ilitltirto our MagistrAcy has INcer, siiiktetl almost a holly from the ranks of :Ewaa iNho diirer from the majority of the inhabitants; but 119neeforth we trust that the justice seat will he filled by men whose influence and energies will be given to advance rather titan to thwart th e causeof the pe o pl e an d o f a itopu:ar Go— vernment.—Sontersee Gazelle, ~ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 1837 • 7 1 . ; I w )Z's\