The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-01 00:00:00

a , , he calculates not only upon the support of his i sled to obtain for the Commons the independence ! n as , associates, the Tories, but also upon that of ' which, through the usurpation of the boroughmongers, • ti , ose old friends whose tenderness has already been - it had lost. Those boroughmongers who, by means b : far too much extended towards his political delin- of their nominees in Parliament, in the year 1829, vencies. Now then, men of Westminster, to your stifled the expression of Protestant feeling, treated with tents. Be up and doing while the time yet remains contempt the petitions of the people, and, in defiance of fur manifesting those liberal and independent senti - the great majority of the British nation , passed that Bill , relents for which in past times you rendered yourselves which, without affording any security to the Protestant so dear to the friends of freedom. The Tories are not Church ; but the mockery of a gossamer oath, admitted only in the field, but mustering their strength in every into the Legislature the implacable enemies of that quarter where they can find the slightest support. Sir Church, who have since incessantly laboured for its de- Ceorge Murray, we are credibly informed, has with- struction. The manner in which the Bill of 1829 was d. - awn from the contest, and Sir Francis Burdett ap- carried, as the " panacea for all the evils of Ireland," p as the Tory candidate. Will you, electors of proved more than anything which had happened in Westminster, suffer the perpetration of such an atro- modern times 'the necessity of Parliamentary Reform. cious libel upon your past and present character for I Scarcely were those men, who have been brought the promotion of liberal principles, as to return a man 1 up in that worst of all slavery—the slavery of the rho has not only failed to represent you through de- ' mind—which the despotic system of the Romish s:gn, indifference, or but who has failed to Church ever inculcates, admitted within the doors aaend to your expressed wishes, and who now sneers of our Protestant Legislature,, than they began to , at those who have placed implicit reliance upon his make war upon old English principles of dovern4 Isonour and faith ?—Morning Advertiser. ment, under a leader who bad the monstrous audacity The rump of Westminster, driven quite frantic by to go about th© country in the professed charantea of time wise and brave promptitude with which Sir Fran- a " Ministerial missionary, to preach down the House cis Burdett has complied with the demand of their of Lords." The treaty at Lichfield House 'Dad placed ragamuffin meeting on Monday last, that he should the Whig Ministers at the feet of the demagogue at once resign his seat, have got up a stupid story whom they had. -previously denounced as the enemy about Sir George Murray, as if the gallant officer were of his country hi the Speech from the Throne. Be ahout to play the game of the Radicals, by standing tween two conflicting parties in the House of Com on this occasion for Westminster, and by helping to rnons, nearly balanced, the Irish " tail" were enabled bring in the Rump candidate through a fatal schism to turn, the scale in favour of destructive principles. of the great holy of Conservative electors, thus divided The House of Lords still remained as the great bul and broken up between himself and Sir Francis. watt: of Protestant principles and the constitutional li- We can assure the Rump that their hopes are vain, i beaties of Englishmen. Therefore the Irish demagogue i 'knew that if he could only succeed in destroying the that Sir George Murray knows too much of tactics, and his numerous friends too much of Westminster 1 independence of the House of Lords all Protestant in politics, to meditate so silly, because so unseasonable-,stitutions would be delivered over to destruction, and a 1 a project. Sir Francis has maany weeks ago declared road for the march of Romish ambition would be N aar against the O'Connell Cabinst. He has flung dtsw a opened in England itself over the ruins of the citadel the gauntlet on constitutional, that is, on true Csanser- of the reformed faith. Of this Irish demagogue the vstive principles, and tells the revolutionists of the Rump man who has declared himself I that he is resolved to bring the question to an iramediate for the *suffrages of the peoplean opponent of Burdett of Westminster is a i i disciple—at present a re p re sentativ e f or B r id gwa t er , e sue—whether the liberties and laws of England are to Le maintained in the person of him, their veteran and 1 and, we presume, not expecting to be a success f u l su it or for the favours of that borough a secon d ti me . H e Dever-flinching advocate ; or whether they are to be de!ivered over to the mercies of a rabble whose, notion hopes, by the . help of Mr. Wakley and the "rump," of Reform is everlasting change, and whose theory of to make Westminster his " city of r e fuge ;" th oug h good government is a "liberal " share of the loaves we must do some of the rumpites the justice to say and fishes for their own especial profit. Sir Francis that they have publicly expressed their astonish- Burdett insists on fair play from all quarters, as be- ment and indignation at their names having been clan tween him and Mr. Leader, who has, by an advertise- destinely made use of to recommend him to the elec nient within these tw tors, as appeared by th e report o f one o f their o days, placarded himself as a 1 meet submissive tool of the Rump of Westminster. Yes, ' inga in our columns the other day. His political spon sor, Mr. Wakley, has, however, answered three things Sir Francis, you shall have fair play. The .Conserva- tires, at least, will " take no unfair advantage "of you lin his name. One, the l as t, but grea test o f hi s quali in this contest. They will scorn to strike aback_aa_ 1 fications to rep re sent 'Westminster, being that he has - handed blow against the old warrior who fights • t h e i r i" a long purse, well crammed with gold." The exact battle together with his own. You have nothing length of the said purse the chirurgical Reformer of to apprehend from any Conservative rival. The Finsbury does not tell, so we suppose he has not taken fi *ends of the Constitution, including the whole in- 1 measure of it ; but he knows enough of Whig-Radical te!ligence, independence, and Conservative spirit of i constituencies to know that promises to pay are not Westminster, Sir George Murray himself among l very populaa among them just now, and th a t th e y p re f er the foremost of them, will on this emergency de- a substantial gold currency to paper securities, even of v ste diet:le:elves to your service, and help vou to a the purest temocratic manufacture. Much as they ganeous triumph over the abettors of destruction, admire the slave-holding Republicans of America, we the common enemies of every honest English- I doubt not that they would prefer the purse " well man. It must be the aim of' all "tree-hearted" I crammed" with British sovereigns to Jonathan's long electors of Westminster, not merely to bring in Sir I dated patter substitute for cash. In the mean time, Francis Burdett, but to make• such a demonstration 1 Colonel Evans, the other Representative of the ho- cE . reoard for, and confidence in, him, as shall crush the last remnants of life cut of Radicalism, and k A the Romp disgracefully before them, communi c :tine- to ether and far distant bodi es o f e l ectors f ilow-f,elina with that powerful reaction of sentiment 'rich has taken place amorg ourselves. At the next g aeral election, .which also is probahly close at hand, ti crc will he abundant room for Sir Geor7e Murray b • the side of the Hon. Baronet, and a unanitnotH termination to support him, But now, nnquestien a.elv, Sir Francis ha s a claim to be the sic object of our is mediate anxiety mid exertions. It is for the defence o' th e Constitutional Monarchy that this legitimate a-d thorough, bred " reformer of recogn zed abuses," it the classic sense of the word " Reform," has thrown himself into the breach, and it would be not merely iripolitie, but scandalous, for the friends of King and coontry to desert their voluntary champion. We leave tl c bastard patriots of the Bump, therefore, to chew tie cud of mortification—we leave the wretched '' 1)S -nres" to turn their stings upon each other, with t!:is o'rect assurance—namely, that the Cons er v a ti ves un 6:Tstand too well their duty to that cause with whose • lid prosperity is bound up their existence as a party, to waste by ill-considered or piece-meal .operations tie strength which it so much behoves them to c ncentrete ; or to sacrifice their 'Own sure and lest lug triumph for the sake of giving twenty-four lours' amusement to Metssrs. Place, Devear, and Co-, and of a: , grandizino a ballotmonp;er, republican, and revolutionist, like Mr. John Temple Leader, who L.ight be almost certain of his return should the con stitutional electors have differed among themselves, some offering their suffrages to their actual-rept-oscine t: ye, and others to Sir George Murray . It is but • aiting patiently a few short months, and we shall ave them both chaired through Whitehall. Since the above was written we have received the address of Sir Gorge Murray, which we publish in another column, a we have also learned that Lord Russell, son of the l' , ,:arquis of Tavistock, has interloped upon Mr. J. T. I eader, and generously taken upon hineeif the honour of the defeat which was in store for the latter gentk- P an. Pity, that there is not a doull! vacancy ! Times. The answer of Sir Francis Burdett to the epistle mandatory of the Westminster " rump," or rather the remnant of•the aforesaid most ignoble part of the West minster constituency, is manly and honest ; but it may v ell be doubted whether he ought to have attached so much importance to a requisition so concocted as to make it a ground for vacating his seat by the acceptan ce cf the Chilt ern H un d re d s. It must he owned, how ( ver, that for some time past the representativ e of West minster, though accused of being fonder of sport than business, has not had a very pleasant time of it. What between t w i nges o f t h e gou t, an d th e infliction of the Liore miserable torture of reading the dull and impel-ti t eat epistles of the " dear De Pounces," and " dear De Vears," who assume a sort of boroughmongering cietation in Westminster, he must have suffered the agonies of a double martyrdom ; and we can hardly wonder at his availing himself of the present opportu- Lity to throw off the insolent domination of " the ump," and kick it unceremoniously, as he has done, by the way of putting such an energetic " finisher" to the acquaintance as must prevent that dishonoured exeres cense upon the electoral body of Westminster from en deavouring to wriggle itself into his good graces again. If we may judge from the vigorous application of his leg and foot, on the present occasion, to the astounded ump, the stamina of the worthy Baronet are yet un impaired by the gout. Sir Francis, 'who served and suffered in the cause of Reform, when many of the rampant democrats of the present House of Commons were crouching at the feet of the Tories for what they could get or were actually, like Lords Palmerston and Glenelg, receiving the wages of " Tory misgoverk ir tnent," now comes forward as a champion of " old English principles and government, laws, and institu tutions," against " an unnatural alliance, an odious vet ludicrous combintan of Irish agitators, popish priests, and paid patriots," connected with an administration as unencumbered with any fixed principles as it is destitute of either working talent or intellectual ca pacity. This cause is, therefore, the cause of order, law, and rational liberty ; and all lovers of constitutional government in Westminster, we have doubt, will rally round his banners. In the hottestzeal of his reform-doings, the worthy Baronet never advocated those revolutionary dogmas which have sprung up . since the Reform Act, and the obvious tendency of which is to offer to Englishmen a new-fangled democracy in exchange for their old, tried, and glorious monarchical Constitution. He, un doubtedly, at one time, went further than we con sidered either wise or practicable in his notions of Parliamentary Reform ; but, while he laboured to in fuse an inconveniently ample supply of popular vi tality into the representative system, he never pro posed either to abridge the prerogatives of the Crown, or to invade the independence of the House of Lords. At a time when Lord Melbourne, who is now the no minal chief of the " odious yet ludicrous combina tion of Irish agitators, Popish priests, and paid pa triots," used to scout even the smallest portion of re form as leading directly to revolutions, Burdett strug rough, has, during two years past, been earning the piastres for which he drove a hard bargain with the I Spanish Government—floesing the Westminster gre nadiers, and getting flo g s, , ed by the Carlists ; vet no impati en t p a t r i ot i sm on the part of the Westminster Reformers recalls him to his post, or insists upon his vacating the neglected seat.—Morning Herald. The long extracts printed in another part of our pa.er from the repot of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Deptford and Dever sub scription list present a startling picture of the manner in which railway, and probably other joint-stock spe culative, Companica are sometimes manufactured. The report is clearly and ably drawn up, and cannot fail to excite a general feelin , of disgust and indignation to wards men, some of whom occupy a respectable station in society—none of whom can plead that they were tempted to become dishonest by want of bread, like some of the miserable ilividualA whom they hired as their rJzcomp!ices—and who, nevertheless, have at t2inp!ed a grosi i and fraudulent imposition upon the public, j)y means of a flagrant contempt of one of the Houses of Pailiament. We declare ex plicitly, at the outset of our remarks, that we dis sent altogether from the opinion expressed by the Select Committee whose investigation has brought this nefarious transaction to light, to the effect that the House of Commons can, consistently either with a due sense of its own dignity, or with a proper le gard to the interest and security of the public, refrain from visiting with the most severe marks of its dis pleasure the principal offenders. If the power of the House of Commons to inflict punishment for con tempt of its authority ouz,ht to be exercised in any cas.... whatever, it must surely be in a case in which an outrage has been committed upon the dignity of Par liament by interested and calculating speculators, the direct purpose of the outrage being to impose upon the public, and its direct tendency to arrest, for an unli mited period, the progress of all great public improve ments in Great Britain, by the utter and lasting over throw of that confluence between man and man which is one of the iudispensable conditions to the successful pro scution of every extensive joint-stock undertaking. The House of Commons, as our readers arc aware, has adopted a standing order, by virtue of which no Railway Bill can be entertained unless the pro moters shall have deposited in the Private Bill Office a plan of the work, an estimate of its expense, and a subscription to the amount of at least one half the estimate. This order is intended to protect igno rant persons from the danger of being drawn in by designing men to subscribe their money for the prose cution of chimerical or pretended undertakings, and to protect the public generally from the inconvenience and injury of having the surface of the country cut up, the present channels of communication interrupted or impaired, and extensive property damaged and depre ciated by extravagant or sham projects of improvement. There is no Standing Order of either House of Par liament more useful than this, and none which ought to be more steadily and vigorously enforced. Our readers will be enabled to judge in what manner the projectors and managers of the Deptford and Dover Railroad speculation have endeavoured to elude the Standing Order of the House of Cointnorw, and to obtain the btamp of legislative sanction to an enor mous fraud, by a very brief recapitulation of the facts. The engineer whom they employed to survey the line of road, and make an estimate of the expense, reported that, instead of two millions of money, the amount of capital originally contemplated, the pro jected railroad would cost three millions. This, of course, produced the necessity of a subscription of a million and a half, instead of the million which, by hook or by crook, they had already neatly obtained. Now commenced the game of spurious and fraudulent subscriptions, for the purpose of cheating Parliament out of an Act to legalize the scheme for cheating the public out of all the money which might bona fide be subscribed towards an undertaking which it was mani festly impossible for this Company ever to carry into effect. Persons of every imaginable description were vigorously canvassed to put down their names for sums, the larger the better, not only without any inquiry as to their means of payment, but with an express assu rance that they were never to be called on to pay at all ; and this canvassing was reinforced by the pro mise, that in return for the favour of putting down their names, the subscribers should have shares pro portioned to the amount they subscribed for, if they liked—in other words, they were to have the shares if the shares should ever be at a premium, but not otherwise. To men who had nothing to lose, the option was, of course, not a disagreeable one. To men who had anything to lose, few of whom, we sup ' pose, were caught, the offer was distinctly and unequi vocally fraudulent. But some simpletons might be, and some no doubt were, entrapped. We have bankers' clerks of 1001. a year, attorneys' clerks of 701. or 80/., and messengers and porters who perform daily drudgery at the rate of 18s. a week, assuming all at once the characters of men of fortune, and putting down their names for three, five, and even ten thou , sands a piece. Some of these gentry were induced to =lie great capitalists of their sons and daughters, at school or in ti ie nursery, by putting down their several names with four or five figures, adopted at random, against each . Less than four seems, indeed, to have been altoget her out of the question, so insignificant a sum as coul d lie expressed by less than this number of figures being evidently of no use upon such an occa sion. One worthy gentleman, who seems to have en tered fully i'a to the spirit of the thing, made his married daughter sit ;n, or signed for her, we forget which, for we know lot how many thousands, in her maiden name, her husband being already down for a consi derable s aim. It is amusing to observe how the eager projectors and their immediate connections became more and more enamoured of their spe ua as the time drew near for the list of sub- . c s c ib t ei o, :es to be lodged in the Private Bill Office of the Hou. sc of Commons. We find their single thousands of original subscription expand into tens, and their Ow or three thousands into twenty-fives. All reserve ' of modesty, and every scruple of conscience, seem at this important moment to have been renounced. Bankers were seen inciting their clerks to become participators in fraud, and it was thought no insult to men known not possess ten pounds in the world to press them to put down their names for as many thousands. But this canvassing for subscribers, dili gently and vigorously as it seems to have been carried on, was found to be insufficient for the purpose. After all that was possible, and more than could have been imagined, had been done in this way, it was still found that the requisite million and a half was not complete. What then was to be done ? The difficulty seemed insuperable ; but our projectors are not men to give up easily. The more difficulty the more glory was their maxim ; and, acting upon it, they were sure to achieve their purpose. They accordingly picked out an active fellow acquainted with many of the ruined speculators who haunt the neighbourhood of the Royal and Stock Exchanges, and appointed him their re cruiting sergeant or principal crimp for the enlistment of shareholders. The bounty-money was ss. a-head out of which the crimp was to keep ls. for himself. The thing was now quite in the right train. It was in fact, already as good as done. The recruits were raised, drilled, brought into the field to the number of 33, and carried all before them in the short space of an hour and a half, and at the very inconsiderable ex pense of Si. ss. Never was victory more easy or com plete. If, instead of the petty sum of a quarter of a million, for which subscriptions were still required, the deficiency had been ten millions or a hun dred. millions, the thing would have been accom plished with just the same facility, and at just the same expense. A figure, either more or less, would have been no cause of rupture between the honest railway projectors and their new and service able five-shilling runxiliaries. The sum added, by the means above described, to the subscription list was, of course, exactly equal to the previous deficiency. It is a pity that so little was wanted. It was only TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED POUNDS. Little comment is required upon this transaction, and we shall content ourselves with_ one calm and quiet observation. We do not know what degree of efficacy the House of Commons may wish to impart to its standing orders for the re pression of fraudulent joint-stock enterprises ; but there is one thing of winch we are quite certain, viz., that the orders of the House for this purpose will have very little efficacy indeed, unless the principal parties in the al:ove transaction are accommodated with lodgings in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate for the re mainder of the prese::t session.—Morrang Post. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY. MAY 1, 1837. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ENTERED INWARDS AT TIIE CUSTOM 11013Sit, Ar-nri, 2). The John Bull, Corbin, from Ilaraburgh ; Ghika, Hunter, Terceira; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais; Swallow, Curtis, St. Michael's ; Ailda, Bonds, Groningen; Enterprize, Wallie, Villa Nova; Underwood, Wood, Demerara ; Tbcresa, Young, Calcutta; Notion, Willis, Lisbon ; Lord Nelson, Trist, Ter ceira ; Sarah, Welch, Gw!r.is^y ; Mary, Bond, Cape of Good Hope. ENTERED Out WARDS. The William Jolliffe, M'ddleten, for Calais; :Juana, Lan greyer, Biiboa ; Albion, llopper, St. Michael's; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais; Union, Jonge, Ostend; Charlotte, Gaff, Algoa Bay; Counters Lonsdale, Stranack, liam►aurgh. CLICARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The W;llirtni Millleton, for Calais ; 13.ttarier, Dunlop, Rotterc:lani ; Wo9dman, Vale, Jersey ; Transit, NV; ighton, Lisbsn ; AT Stoffins, 1-lirnbucgh ; I.3fotnley, ditto; Uoion, De Joirge, Ostend; Nowt m, Ca.e, Tobago ; Charlotte, Daniels, Calais ; Ocean, Morfee, Ant werp; Princes:, Vietwia l. l3 : -itton,_ditto ; Julia, Faillnt, Calais. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 28. Number Dividend Price of rer CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1 ,7 6 6 7 pei cent. Ashton and Oldham.- Average 97/. Ms. sh. 135 1 , 18 2 4/, Ashby.de-le-touch Average 113/. sh. '7O 1 , 260 ..- .. Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 5/. Breckneck and Abergavenny 150' sh. 10* 8,000 I-16sh. 9/. 9s. Birmingham, 1-16th share .811. & 711. 218 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 31 600 Bridgewater and Taunton -.1004 sh.'all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 48/. Coventry 1001. sh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,0501 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 65 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 122 20,099 3,575; 31. Ellesmere and Chester... Average 1331. sh. 80 231 40/. Erewash 100/. sh. 650 1,297 23/. Forth and Clyde Average 44101.165. sh. 601 11 ,900 12/. Grand Junction 1001. sh. 204 2,49 f 11. Grand Union 100/. sh. 24 1.500 Grand Surrey 120 ,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan ' lOO/. '7O 3,096 Grand Western 10"!. sh. all pd 600 M. 12e. Sd. Glam"rganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10e. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6 , 2 38 1/. 15s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensingt ,n 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,323 11. 2s. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. sh. 221 2 , 897 1 201. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 540 545 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. 200 1,897' 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 33/. ;Os. 77 2,400 IN. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 2,000 I/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 217 17/. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 545 . . __. ._ . . ._. _. 2,100 5!„ Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. les. ext. sh. :6 5,6(0) 61. per cent. Aochdale Average 80/. sh. 119 500 Bz. Shropshire NW. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 148 3,6001. 4; percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 11; 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 24.3 300 91. Stourbridge 3,017 21. Is. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. /id. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea... lOO/. s h. 220 3 ,7132 11. 9s. Severn and . Wye anti Railway ...AT 35/. sh. 26; 2,604 en. 32!. Ws. Trent and Mersey, I share 1001. sh. 550 8,149 1,0005h.1 '').- „, I,000;sh. j Warwick sad Birmingham lOO/. sh• 240 980 11/. Warwick anti Napton lOOl. sh. ISO 6 ,000 41.05. Worcest -r and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. 81 5,000 225. Wilts an, Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 SOO 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45 905 1/. Wcy and Arun llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. 2 ' 60014 ' } c. 1 nCommercial 100/. sh. 56 I,ll6'ajsh. •- ' 11)8,101711. 6 per ct. East India ....Stock 1111 3,23*,3101/. 50s. p.ct. 1 sindon Stock 51 Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 51. per ct. West India 2,:0I 2/. 19s. Bristol \ Average 1471.95. sh. 80 08,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1.352,752 4 per cent. St : Katharine Stotk 90 '_.. .50090 4k per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bondi tor 10 years Shoreham 1-1 hour 2.500 .... .... Deptford l'ict 0 01. sh. 31. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST', The Augustus, Carr, for the Mauritius; Alexander, La velle, Gravelines; Espoir, Lavelle, ditto ; Antelope, Bell, \Vyborg- ; Prima, Eilin, , ..7ens, Sweden ; Augusta, Broadhing, El6ineur; Valleyfield, Stuart, Cape of Good Hope. WHEAT AND FLC UR, IN PARIS, COMPARED WITH LONDON. WHEAT.—The highest price of the best Wheat in Paris is 241. per 11 hectolitre, which is equal to 363. 9cl. per Eng lish quarter. The highest price of the best Essex and Kent Wheat in London being 645. per quarter, the difference is 271. 3d. per quarter dearer in London than in Paris, or 74 per cent. and the same money r.hich in London buys but eight bushels of Wheat, is in Paris the value of fourteen bushels of the finest quality. KINGS CREATED B signates the kingdoms created. French, Protectorate of the RI Y - ISLIPOLBON.-(* de ) Himself as Emperor of the * King of Itly. King of Rome. King of Spain. * King of Portugal. * King of Holland. * Kingdom of Etruria. * Duchy of Lucca. King of Naples—Joseph. * King of Bavaria. Mediator of the Swiss. Prince of Elba. King of Holland--Louis. King of Spain—Joseph. Crown restored to Ferdi nand. Kingdom of Illyria. Kingdom of Dalmatia. Kingdom of Wurtembcrg. King of Saxony. * Kingdom of Algarves. * King of Westphalia. 4 ' Kingdom of Extremadura, * Kingdom of Poland under Grand Duchy of Cleves, the title of Grand Duchy,&c. &c. &e. Warsaw. (.—Evenings wills Cantbaceres. SUICIDES.-- 7 -On Monday afternoon a poor woman, named Shilling, was found floating in the Medway, and taken to the Nelson public-house, Maidstone, where some unsuccess ful attempts were made to restore her. A short time before she is supposed to have drowned herself, she gave a halfpenny to each of her two youngest children and sent them home.--A young woman named Esther Elliot, lately residing in Union street, Maidstone, and who had been recently indispose& was seen walking on the towing-path on the bank of the Medway, on Saturday afternoon last. Shortly afterwards her bonnet and shawl were found upon the path, drags were procured, and in about four hours afterwards she was found in the river. No reason has been assigned for her resorting to this dreadful act. —Kent Herald. Gambling at the principal clubs' is said to have been considerably on the decline ever since the late expose, which has had the effect of producing general suspicion by showing people what sort of company they keep. Considerable excitement has prevailed in WeStMiro s!or. since Monday, in consequence of an arm and part of the shoulder of a female having been found in the moat opposite the Penitentiary, Milbank. It appears that a labouring man in the employment of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests was passing at an early hour in the morning along the side of the moat, when he observed a large paper parcel half buried in the mud. He drew it out, and found it to contain the limb described, which was evidently that of a female, and from external appearances it could not have been deposited there long. Police-constable Sullivan took the arm to the workhouse. A medical examination has since been made upon the limb by Dr. Wright, of Storey's-gate, who gives it as his opinion that it had been placed there by some medical student after it had served the purposes of dissection. Wednesday morning early, as a coasting vessel lyin g below the Tower was preparing, to leave the river with the tide, two men went ashore in the boat belonging to the ship, in search of a man who had been absent all night, they found him intoxicated, and took him with them ; as they were cros sing the river to the vessel the boat came athwart a hawser, in consequence of the two men who were rowing leaving their seats to prevent their drunken companion from falling over, the boat was upset and all three were immersed in the water, the drunken man caught hold of a fellow shipmate named Donaldson, and both were drawn under a tier of vessels and disappeared, the third man, named, Travers was saved by clinging to the boat which got jammed between some barges. CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL s.—Mr. Bell, the merchant and supercargo of the Vixen, has again set out on a visit to his friends the Circassians. He is understood to have taken with him presents to a considerable amount and value for the chiefs ; and so confident does he feel, from what he himself has seen, of their ultimate triumph over their op pressors, that, whatever may be the result of the pending negociations, he is determined to keep up, even at his personal risk, an intercourse with them. Mr. Bell, accompanied by several Circassians, took his departure in the Trebizond a steamer on the Ist. instant. A Cabinet messenger arrived here with dispatches for Lord Ponsonby on Thursday last. All that has transpired as to their contents is, that orders were forthwith dispatched to the Tribune ship of war at Smyrna to repair to Malta. It was also supposed that Sir Chas. Vaughan had by this time reached that island, but that he would not set out for Constantinople till Lord Ponsonby had left us. His Lordship was yesterday to have had an audience with the Sultan in order to present to him the King's letter, but for some reason it was postponed. _ BRIDGES. 1,600 lls. Ilammersnutl! 5O/. sh. 221 7,23! Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 4 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. ... 6Ol. lid 14 5,000 I6s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 151 60,000/. 51. per cent. Pitto BMUS llB 5,818 14s Vauxhall Avlrage 701. 10s. M. sh. 16i ASSURANCE COMPAN:ES. 2,000 8/ les Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd El 50,000 Er cent./ Alliance, B r i t i s h & F ore i gn 100/. sh. 10:/. pd 12: ad 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 5i 24,000 t/ per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. Si. pd 13 1,200 'sh. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 250/. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,090 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 61. per cent. Tritish Comiw•rcial 5 0 /. sh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 N. per cent. Clerical, Medi al,&c. Life, IC ol.sh. 12/10s pd 4 4,000 2/ 183 County 100/. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle .. 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 3 prr Cent. 4057 / and 30 , bs. Economic Lit. lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 375 2,271 225. percent. European Li. • "01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New "01. sh. 2/. pit If 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 150 20,000 M. Guardian lOOl. sh. 271/ pd 331 40,000 fis. ' . :(1. Hop. 50/. sh. 51. pd '6l 2,400 Si. 7s. tki. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/ pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial I.lle .. 100/. sh. 10/. pd lO 13,458 12s. per sh. Indemnity Mai ine 11'0/. sh. 8/. pd 16 2,026 3/ lOs Kent Fire... 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life. I. 79 10, 1 '00 16s. Law Life .lOO/. sh. la pd 25 5 000 ICs. London, Fir • 251. idl. 121. 10s. pd 151 5,91'0 10'. Londea, Ship 0 5/. sh. 12/. 103. pd lsa( :0,000 :--r. per cent. Palladium IA , cOl. sh. 2/. pd 415 s oel 59,00) Proteutor Fite cO/. sh. 2/. pd 18s Cd 2,500 I/. Provident Lite 100,000 Si. percent. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. 21. pd . 61 489,220/ It rer cant. Royal Exch .tige Sto-k... 220 6,000 5 per cent. University Life !00/. sh. Si. pd 51 50,091 4 per cent. United Kim; lOM Lire "/ pd JOINT Sl - OCK BANKS 25,01'0 Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14 s,o(i° Australa , ia V/. sh. 401. pd 52 iiyme 10 per cent. Bank of Bil mingham 5, 1. sh. 101. pd 13 10,090 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .. 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14 30,000 5 per cent. 1,0n,10n anal Westminster-100/ sh. 20!. pd 19 :1,600 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. '2 O l. pd 30 r 4 41 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/.14 19 50,0.0 71 per sent. rilan , diestel and Liverpool] 1001. ,b. 151 pd 211 I)iseount 2 1 ,000 7 per cent. Maneheoter. 1001. sh. 25/ pd 28i 20,110 Provincial Bank of Ireland-100/. sh. 25/. li 351 29,. (.0 National Bank of Ireland ...5"1. sh 174/. pd 14 10,009 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. —.lOOl. sh. 351. pd 25 19,000 Gloucester Mire rio/. sh. 10/. pd 2O (1,000 lOper cent. Hampshire 501. sh. Si. pd 1) GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,501 11 5s 6d Bah 5,000 Britidi lOl. sli. IC!. pd 21 Ditto Pt CIVIIICiZi "Oi. ch. pd 23j 9:13 51 108 Birmingham • _ _ 4,250 210; Bristol - 20 . sh. 36 1,500 8- 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 12 750 -, St les Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. l`/. pd 14 2,-471 i per cent. Brighton tleaeral °OI. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 62j/. pd 85 1,900 101. City of London 'PO/. sh. all pd 181 I, l 'oo 111. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable i0, , 00 Ei per cant. imperial 5O/. sh. 42 giK) f)i. per cent. Isle nf l'hanet . 25/. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cant. Independent 3O/. sh. a , lpd 49 t 1, 0 ,0 21. per cent. l'havnix 50/. sh. 391. pd 20 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclity lOOl. sh. ROL pd 53 4,0 0 South Metroiwilitan s'l. sh. 19/. pd 17 4,200 5/. per cent. United lleneral 504 sh. 401. pd 24 211 ki W 5/. per cant. Warwic k 501. sh. 50 4no Si. per cent Wakcijold 12,m0 31. Westminster Chartered 6,i 1 .2 5. Ditto New 'it 1. sh. pd Si Yarmouth 201. sh. I°l. pd 9 WATER WOZZKS. 4,800 9s. li:rminghain — 251. sh. 25/ pd 211 1,134 W. East London lOOl. sh. 139 ri,: r iO9 21102 Or Ilti Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 50 '2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 43 :172 10!. Liverpool I iootle 2201. sh. 326 1,500 21 lOs Now diver London Bridge IVater Annuities 511 6 ,1 M 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1.050 1 per cent. Siuth Lon.lon lOO/. sh. 8 t 5,294 3i/. Wes-t MidAlesex ....Average 031. 12s. 9d. sh. 7S 1,300 I/ 148 York IP ii !di rig Co. Lessee Prop ..... lOO/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,000 Birmingham and Derby lO/. pd 2 0,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 1 0 1 pd lk 7,500 Blrmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 05 15, ,1 00 ... Bristol and Exeter ION. sh. spd t" 060 Calcutta and Sauaur 5O/. sh. 21. pd 01 7,500 •• 3,11 e Clarence lOO/. eh. 1001. pi 40 12,0('0 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 2/ pd 1 69,000 E,stern Co:11)0ra '2 5 1 Fh. 21 p.l 05 brand Junetioni 1001. sh. 501. p 1 117 Great North of England 7l. pi - 55 05. 1 ;a1 Great Western lOOl. sh. 40/. pd 40/ 2,000 • I lqrtkpool 100/. oh. 100/ poi 100 k;,000 Hull and , elby 5Ol. oh. 51. pd 0/ 10,008 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 14 7.100 Leeds and Selby lOO sh 45 1,500 . . Leicester and Swannington ....54. oh. all pd 70 5,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( I. oh. 1001. pa 2(02 Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pail 61 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. Si pd 11 45, 0 00 ... ...... Ditto ditto (G110b5'1...201 sh. 11 pd 05 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. oh. I/. pal Of tl , ,Ong .... _.. Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. N. pd 0 12,000 ...... ... London and Blackwall 501 sh. 3/ pd 0/ 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "01. sit. '2O/. pd 19 05,000 , London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 85/, pd 111 2 01 00 ...... London and Southampton ....501. sh. 351. pd 13 7,000 London and Croydon 201. sh. 151. pd Ila 12,000 London Grand Junction... ...... 5 I. oh. 3/. pd 05 10,000 Afmchester South Union 100/.sh 5/. pd 31 North Midland 1001. sh. 151: poi 11 Northern and Eastern IOW. sh. 3/. pd 4 2,600 .......„ Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 84 pd 28,900 South Eastern and Dover .71. pd S 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 9,000 1,400 ' Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 4 6,000 York and North Midland 50 sh. 31. pd MINES. 8,0011 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 12 4,004 1/. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 111 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all od 31 Ditto Subscription A5l. pa 4 2,005 Bolan os , 1501. sh all pd 90 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm ..... 35/. sh. 201, pd 26 6,0' 0 Macaubas ie Cocaes United-25/.Bh. 231/. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 9/. pi q 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd St 10,000 .... ..... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 8/. pd 9 20,000 British Iron 50/. ah. 50/ pd 411 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca.... 611. pd Ci Candonga 751. pd 7 10,000 IL Copiapo 2O/. sh 121/ pd li 6,500 2,1450 3L English 12/ IGs. pd 22 20,000 ......... General Mining Association-201 sh. 151. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 5411. pd 01 3,000 ......... Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l4 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 125 30,000 United Mexican, isa. 2pm ....401. sh. all lxi 11 Ditti. Scrip- 2 Ditto New Scrip 5! pd :11 West Cork 5O/. ah. 501. 1 d 38 1 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1000, London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 London University 1,500 ... ...... 1001. sh. all pd 231 70 0 ......... Russell 25gs. sh. 8 King' College 100/. pa 32 MISCELLANEOUS. I 0,00111 155. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2fll. pd 36 6,000 61. per cent. British American Land Company • 231. pd lir 10,000 61 per ce nt. Canada Company 1001. sh . 24/. pd 33 200, 000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOO City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 If. is. General Steam Navigation -151 a 13/. pd 241 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 0 ,000 IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. '75/. sh. 19 e,009 ......... Caoutchouc Company 25/. sh. 21/. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd . 13 2,754 sj. per cent. Reversionary I n t eres t 5 0c... 100L sh. 100/. pd 126 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/. pd 801 4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 71 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. APRIL 6, 1837. BANKS. 1,x00,0091. 61. p. et. Plank of Scotland 83/. 6s. &I. sh. all pd 19 8 /. 2,000,0k1. 5l. p. ct. Royal of S co tl an d 1001 . s h . a ll p d 1581 . 500:00e1• Bp. et. British Linen Company 1001.8 h. :all 0 236/. 3,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175/. 6 0 00,000, ö o et. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 1514 2,000,0001. 51. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 68/. 4,000,0001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOI. sh 301. pd 361/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 61 p. ct. Scottish Union --- --- - iiii. sh. /.pd 25s -cm:). sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. pd 141 Os. Inflow sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ...JO/. sh. all pd 81. 50 , 006 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 131 1,000 ip. et. Caledonian Fire IQOI. sh. 10/. pd 1615 s woe 6 p. ct. Edinburgh life 1001. sh. 101. pi: 14/ 10s 00,000 • West of Scotland lO/. pd Was MISCELLANEOUS 4,210 ......... Edin. and G' as. Un. Canal...sio/. sh. all pd 021. Ditto Allocated . ..961. sh. all pd 651. 6,400 i per cent. Edinb.:Joint Stack Water.... 251. sh. all pd 27 1. Canon hen Company .250/. sh. all pd 401 . 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founclery... ...... 50/. sh 381. pd 441 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....201. sh. 161. pd SL 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 561 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 451. L 206 ... ...... Edinbwgh and I)alkeith Ilailway...soLdl. 0 1 , g OOO b Per Coal. agt4ble 4 , 904 eonspany 261. ob. at. pd 4 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 28.—Yesterday the Queen's birth-day was kept here with every demonstration of loyalty. At one o'clock there was 0u -de-joie in the Home Park, and in the evening the town was illuminated. We have sincere pleasure in stating that her Majesty is getting better. The King returned from St. James's yesterday evening, escorted by a party of the 2d Life Guards. It is expected his Majesty will go to town on Sunday (to-morrow). Lady Clinton and Sir Horace Seymour left the Castle yes terday for town. Her Ladyship was expected to return in the evening. Countess Brownlow will succeed Lady Clinton on Monday next, as Lady in Waiting upon the Queen, for the month of May. The King, attended by Sir Henry Wheatley, left town on Thursday evening for Windsor Castle. rlis Majesty returned to St. James's Palace, at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, attended by Sir H. Wheatley. The King went to the New National Gallery to see the ex hibition of the Royal Academy. His Majesty was accompa nied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Duke of Cambridge. The Royal Suite, occupying seven carriages, included the Master of the Horse, the Lord Cham berlain, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Lord and Lady Frederick Gordon, Lord James O'Brycn, Lady Mary Fox, Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir Wm. Fremantle, Major-Gene ral Macdonell, Mr. Shiffner, Sir Andrew Barnard, Lady Mary Pelham, Madlle. D'Este, Sir W. Lumley, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir George Seymour, Captain Curzon, and Rev. J. R. Wood. His Majesty arrived at the National Gallery shortly before one o'clock; and was received by Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy ; Sir David Wilkie, Princi pal Painter in Ordinary ' • and the Officers of the Royal Aca demy, who attended the Royal Party through the Exhibition. His Majesty remained two hours. In the afternoon the King, attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, visited the Chapel Royal in the Palace. The Chapel, which has been enlarged, has been entirely re fitted in the Gothic style, and has been very much improved. A new organ has been built in the middle of the west side of the Chapel ; and on the opposite side a gallery has been erected for the Gentlemen of the choir. The window over the altar has been exteded to the entire width of the chapel, and additional windows have been opened at the sides of the chapel. The painted ceiling has been preserved, and has been cleaned, and the mouldings regilt. The King was received in the chapel by the Lord Chamber lain, Sir Benjamin Stephenson, Sir Robert Smirke, the archi tect ; and Mr. Morris, the Clerk of the Works. The Princess Sophia visited his Majesty yesterday. The King gave audiences to the Marquis Camden, Earl of Albemarle, Lord Hill, and Sir William Woods. The King, attended by Sir H. Wheatley, left St; James's Palace, a quarter before seven o'clock, for Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by the Duchess of Northumberland, Lady Flora Hastings, Lady Conroy, Baroness Lehzen, Sir John Conroy, Sir George Anson, and Colonel Harcourt, were present yesterday at Mr. Sale's concert, from whence their Royal Highnesses went to the Royal Academy, where they were received by the Presi dent and other members of the Institution. Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at the dinner given on Thursday, in celebration of the Queen's birth-day, entertained the Commander of the Forces, the Se. cretary at War, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Paymister-General, the Quartermaster-General, the Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, the Judge Advo cate General, the Deputy Secretary at War, Mr. Burge, Agent for Jamaica • Mr. Mayers, Agent for Barbadoes ; Sir R. Donkin, Sir Andrew Hay, Mr. Maryat, and Mr. Stevens. The Solicitor-General for Scotland was present at the dinner given by Lord John Russell on Thursday, the anniversary of the Queen's birth-day. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a state dinner in honour of her Majesty's birth-day on Thursday, at his residence in Mansfield-street. The party included the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank, the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman of the East India Company ; Sir Francis Doyle, chairman, and Mr. Plunket, deputy-chairman of Excise ; Hon. Edward Stewart, deputy-chairman of Customs; the Secretary to the Post-office, and Lord Seymour. The Duke of Cumberland dined with the members of the Carlton Club on Thursday. The Rev. Dr. Crombie, Messrs. James Nisbet, William Skirving, and William Waugh, a deputation from the High land Destitution Committee, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Thursday, in Downing-street. The Attorney-General had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. The A ustrian Ambassador, the Spanish Minister, and the Belgian Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Earl of Harrowby, Right Hon. H. Hoblionse, and other Com missioners, attended a meeting of the Church Commission - este rd ay. WINDSOR, APRIL 30.—The health of the Queen is im proving. The Princess Augusta arrived at the Castle to din ner yesterday from town. Her Royal Highness will spend a week with their Majesties. His Majesty left at an early hour this morning for town, attended by Sir H. Wheatley, but is expected to return'this evening. Sir Herbert Taylor returned to the Castle yesterday. . . The King, attended by Sir Henry Wheatley, arrived in town a quarter before eleven o'clock yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. His Majesty went to the Royal Chapel, at Whitehall, which was re-opened fur Divine Service yesterday. His Majesty was accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cumberland. The Royal Suite occupied four carriages, and included the Master of the Horse, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, Lord Hill, Earl Brownlow, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord James O'Bryan, Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir William Freemantle, Sir George Seymour, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Edward Bowater, Hon. Captain G. Campbell, R. N., and the Rev. J. R. Wood. The King wore the ribband and the Star of the Order of the Garter. The Officers of the Household, members of the Or ders of Knighthood wore their respective stars and ribbands. A party of Life Guards and of the Royal Horse Guards escorted the King to the Chapel, where his Maiesty arrived ten minutes before twelve o'clock, the band on duty (with a detachment of Foot Guards) playing " God save the King." The Bishop of London preached the sermon. Many of the nobility and gentry, including the Marquis of Lothian, Lords Melbourne, Duneannon, Dr. Grey, Prudhoe, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Charles Bur rell, attended the service. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended Divine Service yesterday morning at the Chapel in Kensing ton Palace. The Rev. Joseph, Jackson officiat e d, an d t h e evening service was performed before their Royal Highnesses and Household, by the Rev. J. R. Pitman. The King inspected the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in the afternoon in the State-rooms ; Lord Foley, the Captain, and Sir Samuel Spry, the Lieutenant of the Corps were present. His Majesty afterwards inspected the non-commissioned Officers recently appointed Yeomen of the Guard, commanded by Mr. Deveuzig, the Exon in Waiting. The, Princess Sophia visited the King. His Majesty gave audiences to Lord Hill and Sir Charles Paget. At half-past six o'clock the King, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, left town for Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday, on his return to Hanover. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will give two Concerts at Kensington Palace in the course of the ensuing month. The Princess Augusta left town on Saturday, on a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cambrid ge and the Duchess of Gleucester visited he Royal Highness be fore her departure. The Duke of Cumberland went to his residence at Kew yes terday afternoon. A deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to re quest him to postpone the payment of the hop duty until Oc tober next, in the counties of Hereford and Worcester, had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Saturday, in Downing-street. The deputation included Sir R. Price, Bart., M.P., Sir Thomas E. Winnington, Bart., M. P., Cap tain Winnington, M.P., Messrs. Edward Foley, M.P., E. B. Clive, M.P., K. Hoskins, M. P., John Barneby, M.P., and Robert Biddulph, M. P. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, on Sa turday afternoon; it was attended by all the Ministers, and sat two hours. _ • _ Lord Morpeth attended at the Foreign Office on Saturday afternoon. - - - Lord Nugent and Colonel Doherty bud interviews with Lord Glenelg on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. On Saturday Messrs. Purnell, Wills, and Anstie, manufac turers of tobacco, had an interview with thu Chancellor of the Exchequer, to urge the reduction of the duty on tobacco. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will give her next grand dinner on Saturday, the 6th of May. The Archbishop of York's grand dinner party on Thursday evening, at his residence in Grosvenor-square, in cluded the Archbishops of Canterbury, Dublin, Armagh, Bishops of London, Rochester, Durham, Bristol, Ripon, Ely, Hereford, Oxford, Norwich, Salisbury, Bath and Wells, Gloucester, Killalos, St. David's, St. Asaph, Chester, Chi chester, Rochester, Winchester, Dean of Carlisle, Mr. G: H. Vernon, &c. On Friday a public dinner was given, at the Town ball, Boston, Lincolnshire, to celebrate the establishment of a steam communication between that place and London ; the first vessel, the Scotia, having been appointed to start the fol lowing day. The whole of the corporation plate was used at the dinner, which is, in all probability, the last time previously to its being sold by auction. The chair was taken by John Rawson, Esq., the Mayor. We have been requested to copy from the Barbadoes Globe of the 23d February, a letter from Captain Newby, of the Water TVitch, respecting his conduct to Captain Taylor, of the ship Jessie, of Liverpool, and his crew, whom he not in a sinking state in lat. 47 14 N., long. 12 30 W., on the 28th December last year, and took on board the Water Witch ; from' which vessel they were transferred to the brig Phenix, and brought to England. Subsequently to their ar rival in this country, some one of them caused a paragraph to be inserted in the London Standard, charging Capt. Newby with inhumanity, in refusing to take them on board until repeatedly entreated, and with afterwards :Tiffin; to land them on the coast of Ireland. To this paragraph Captain Newby has published a reply....,Liverpool Chronicle. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Leeds Intelliyeacer of Saturday.) MEETING OF STUFF MERCHANTS.-011 Thursday .ass a prelimi,lary meeting of the stuff merchants was held i 1 the Exchange Buildings in this town, to take into c ons!. deration the diminished and short lengths of goods sold in this market, and to adopt such measures as arc beat calcu lated to correct this increasing evil, also to co-operate and t act in unison in reference to wcfted pieces. The utmost. unanimity prevailed at the meeting ; and Mr. Mill: fan' the firm of Milligan, Forbes, and Co., stuff-merch ants, Bradford, and Mr. Birchall, of the firm of Aldam, Birchall, and Co. ; and Mr. Newman Cash, stuff merchash: , Leeds, were appointed a sub-committee to prepare resole'" tions to be submitted for adoption to a general meeting or the merchants to be early convened for that purposft.---• Bradfo; d Paper. TRADE OF LEEDS.—On Saturday the Market for balk goods was very flat ; but on Tuesday there was more ani mation, and prices were firmer, though there was not much more business done than on several market days past. It was evident, however, that the news brought by the last American packets had inspirited both merchants and ow nufacturers, even those who were not directly interested in or connected with the trade of that country. BRADFORD MARKET.—The intelligence brought by the recent arrivals from America, though it has tended to restore confidence amongst the merchants and manufacturers, and has given a tone of firmness to the market, has not, on the instant, produced any very considerable demand for goods. There has, however, been a good deal of animation, and the general opinion is that more sales have been effected then for the last three or four weeks, but with very little improve-' ment in prices. The wool market is particularly firm, the staplers being influenced, not merely by the accounts from our transatlantic friends, but by the reports from the agricul tural districts, which indicate a probable scarcity in the supply of long wools of superior quality. In worsted yarns very little is doing, and the spinners have for several weeks been working short time, to prevent the accumulation of stocks, so that at present there are a goodly number of hands out of employ, both of combers, spinners, and hand loom weavers. HALIFAX MARKET.—This market, on Saturday last, was unusually dull. Very few sales were effected, though goods and yarns were offered at a considerable reduction from former prices. HWDDERSNIELD MARKET.—The market at this place, on Tuesday last, was much the same as for some weeks past. There was thin attendance of merchants, and their purchases were unimportant in extent. Much of the time of the clothiers was spent in gossipping about the reported candidates for the representation of the borough. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, APRIL 24.—There has been another bad market to-day, and the very few pieces sold have been at reduced prices. In wool little or nothing has been done, and its price is rather lower than that of the preceding week. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, APRIL 29. The arrival of the advices by the New York packets of the 30th ult. and Ist inst., on the morning of the 22d, has, by infusing more confidence, materially improved the appearance of our cotton mar ket. The demand has continued extensive throughout the week, while holders have offered their stocks less freely, and the market closes with firmness at an advance of l At d. per lb. on the current qualities of American. Egyptian continues heavy and without al teration in price. Brazil is more saleable at former rates. Surat continues heavy of sale, and declining in price. 1,570 Orleans and 1,800 Laguayra are announced for auction on Friday next. 8,000 American, 140 Egyptian, 50 Pernam, 120 Bahia, 40 Syrian, 100 Surat, and 350 Bengal, in all 8,800 bales, have been forwarded into the country unsold, during the month. The sales of the week amount to 29,170 bales, including 6,000 American and 500 Surat on speculation, and 800 American and 500 Surat for export—namely, 4. d. d. d. 50 Sca Islands .... 23 to 32 : 20 Demeraras Ilk to 12i Stained ditto... 0 0 , Peruvians 0 0 5,570 Uplands. bk 71: 20 Laguayras n _ 0 4,830 Mobile, &c. ... 4i 8 1,360 Surats 13,110 New Orleans 5 9 Bengals 400 Egyptians 9— 13 30 Carthagenas 5i — s i 1,830 Pernams, &c 8 —lo'i' 140 Smyrna 5 920 Bahias 770 Maranhams 8 —lO 40 Barbadoes Sawginned 0 j Bahamas' o— 0 The sales of to-day are 4,000 bags, of which 1,200 are on specu lation, and 100 Pernams for export. Holders have been willing sellers, but the demand running chiefly on the same class of cotton, there has been more firmness apparent, though there exists no change to speak of. Bales. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1836 'od thr ld th: Forwarded to toe country unsol as year Same in 1836 Increase of import this year compared with the same date last year - .. 101,903 Increase of stock Decrease of quantity taken for consumption 42,000 Decrease of quantity taken for export ... 6,515 Comparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the 22d inst., and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last year : Into the Kingdom this year. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. .. East Indies Egypt, &e. Total of all descriptions ... 420,845 Same period last year. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &e. 57,707 4,488- 370,283 East Indies Egypt, &c. Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year Exports in 1837. American, 8,480 ; Brazil, 655 ; East India, 17,343 ; West India, —; Other kinds, —. 56,562 _ Total in 1837 26,478 Sarno period last year Stock. April 2S, 1837 Same time, 1836 FOUCHE.—" During the disgraces which beret Fouche I have repeatedly found Napoleon regretting that he no longer had the advantage of his services ; he would say to me, speaking of him :—" He is fitted tobe a minister of infer. nal police ; the very devil would have nothing to teach him.'" —Evenings with Prince Canibaceres. SUITES OF EAR-RINGS, NECKLACE, AN D BROOCH.—A variety in the latest taste, varying in price frogs 10/. to 20/. the Suite, are arranged in the upper Show Room for selection. They consist of Pearls and other real Gems, AmethYstt Topaz, and other stones. I'. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker; 47, Cornhill. London. N.B.—A Pamphlet, containing a List of the Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may, be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., at Denmark-hill, Mrs. W. K. Jameson, of a sort. On the 28th ult., at Earl's Croome Court, Worcestershire, the Hon. Mrs. W. Coventry, of a son. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at St. Paul's Church, Hammersmith, Alber t ' Levison, Esq., of Kingston, Jamaica, to Charlotte, eldest daughte r of the late Captain Woolward, R.N., of Ramsgate. On the 27th ult., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Charles, seventh sol of J. }laselden, Es q., of Windsor, to Maria Simpson, young est daughter of the late T. Moore, Esq., of Sloane-street. On the 28th ult., at Clapham, Pearce R. Nesbitt, 111.D.,.e f Honiton, Devon, to Arabella, second daughter of the late Dr. 0' Smith, of Maidstone, Kent. DIED. On the 23d ult., at Bath, John M'lntosh, Esq., of Holme, le" • verness-shire, aged 53. On the 28th ult., at Brighton, George, son of G. Bridges, Esq . ' of Hanwell. aged 20. On the 28th ult., Eliza wife of M. A. Goldsmid, Esq., o f Glow' tester-place, Portman-square. On the 28th ult., in Upper Raker- street, Maria, widow of the late J. Stanniforth, Esq. On the 26th ult., in Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, age d 51 ' Edward Browne, Esq. On the 13th of December, at Nowgam Goomsoor, aged 25, IL,i j e , ut i, John Briggs Hayman, of the 6th Regiment Native Infantry, son of Captain John Hayman, Trinity House. On the 27th ult., in the Hornsey-road, Islington, Mr. John L OW ' ' in his 77th year. On the 27th ult., in Brunswick-square, Elizabeth, relict of th e late D. Stephenson, Esq., of Guildford-stree t. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY- ..,. : ,„„ e f Generals—D. Campbell, Col. of 91 F., Edinburgh ; E. I. Comp. Serv. Major-General—Poyntz, late of Ist Life Guards. Colonel Kelly, C. 8., h. p. 73 F. Lieut.-Colonel—Serle, h. p. 106 F. Dunkirk. Major—Taylor, 13 Dr., Bangalore, Madras. h. P* Captains—Vernon , 98 F., Cape of Good Hope ; Rop e ' lat e 4F. ; T. Kettlewell , Unatt. ; Oliver de Lancey, do. ; Victor, __, of R. Mar. ; Kempster, h. p. R. Mar. ; Graham, do. ; do. ; Vyner, h. p., 56 F. Afil" Lieutenants—Quin, R. Horse Gds. ; Lavoine, 3 F., ne ir v, n g., soorie, Bengal ; Calder, 9 F., Chinsurah, Bengal ; Allen, 11 1 Smyrna ; J. Bell, late of Inv. ; Phillips, late 11 R. Vet' b, Warwick ; Quentin, h. p. Hompesch's Mount. Rif. ; Ilas en 'u p. 41 F. ; Wild, h. p., 48 F., New South Wales ; Rattray, "• Waller's Corps ; Neame, h. p. R. Mar. Che t ' Second Lieutenants and Ensigns—E. Smith, h. p. Gar. sea: 'Main, h. p. 43 F., Isle of Man • Armstrong, 11.3. , ,„`,,, do. Bn. ; Green, late of R. Mar. ; Home, p. R. Mar. ; 1 0 Paymasters—Grant, (Capt.), 59 F. Malta ; Richic, 1). W. I. Reg. Mellor , Quartermasters—Sims, h. p. 21 Dr., near Stamford; ."'" h. p. 53 F., Oldham. J e rsey' Commissariat Department--Com. Gen. Pipon, h. P' Gen' Assist. Corn. Gen. J. Coffin, h.-p:, Quebec ; Assist. Co Gen , J. Honore e Wilgress, h. p. Tonbridge Wells; Dep. Assist. Corn. ut Cooper, h. p. Windsor.. Tholot ri Medical Department—Dep. Insp. Gen. of Hosp. W . e- f 0. • T h. p. ; Apothecary Titterton, Ceylon ; Assist. Surg. urn Art., 'Woolwich ; Purveyor-Rolsertson h. p. Bath. Chaplain's Department—Chaplain Rev. S. Watson, Art. Woolwich. • - - - o London : Printed and raw:shed .AIL ILL YOUNG , g oy ; 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce , No. 1 1", strand, 1 ' - of Afiddleoe&—Monday, May 1, 1887.