The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-02 00:00:00

. • A r,..._. - : , , ~ ._c_; , , ,, 4- X 1;,:i4 ..: (3 , ••• -.. ‘"K___,.. 44. v1 ! 4 . 4, i:), S,', - , ;!?' t ~,,ea•-,: 71--Pe . ,19, .. x. ... I !e :,e ;: t s . -..,..:.-..4. 2 - 1:- '' If -, ' ) 7•T ,1.7:,..- ;-"/ , ..,i....:_,-..4. _...,.......--A.l - z - cs,l , k' . -, .;•., .. ••••, :,:.•„ 4 ....... ~.,....L..--- ),' 4 * LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday, the, p esentation by Lord BROUGHAM of several Petitions on the subject of Church-rates amongst a multitude of others on this im pr•!tant question, led Lord MELBOURNE to assure his Noble Friend that it was the intention of the Govern ment to proceed with the Bill as speedily as the pressure of business would allow. Lord BROUGHAM had previously .stated that the Petitioners felt alarmed at the delay which 1.01; place in abolishing the present _odious Church-rate vy.totn, and intimated that he did not expect that the (piestion would be brought before their Lordships much e.rlier than the end of June. The Resolutions against Canada, which were carried by The other House, were communicated to their Lordships t the farce, called a " conference." These impolitic and tyrannical Resolutions arc to be taken into considera tion on Tuesday se'nnight. The Consolidated Fund Bill went through CDmmittee. The remainder of the sitting was almost exclusively oc cupied with the discussion of the Municipal Act Amend ment Bill. In the House of Commons the Bath and Weymouth Railway Bill was thrown out on the second reading. After the transaction of some other private business, and the presentation of various petitions, the .CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated in reply to Mr. CAYLEY, that the Com mittee on Joint Stock Banks might be expected to make a Report as soon as certain returns should have been fur nished to them. Mr. CAYLEY then gave notice of an in tended motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of commercial distress, and the best means of remov ing them. Lord MORPETH brought forward the Government plan for the Commutation of Tithes in Ireland. The asser tion of the Appropriation principle is not embodied in Lord AIORPETII'S present Resolution, but is to form the subject of a separate measure. The discussion on the Irish Poor Law Bill was resumed, and the Bill read a second time. We alluded to this subject yesterday. The Poor-law for Ireland Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons last night. The ad journed debate upon it was opened by Mr. BARRON, in a speech which reflects credit upon the Hon. Gen tleman's knowledge of the wants, and appreciation of the moral feelings of his poor countrymen. The sys tem of relief would be novel indeed which would have the effect of eradicating from the bosoms of the more comfortable among the labouring peasantry of Ireland all compassion for the wants of their destitute relatives or neighbours. The support of his aged parents, and the sharing the produce of his little farm with the des titute—often to the serious detriment of his own chil dren—is as sacred and as absolutely necessary a duty in - the opinion of the Irish peasant, as a belief in any article of the Catholic religion. There is, therefore, no reason to fear that his charity will suffer a greater diminution than his faith through the influence of an Act of Parliament. But because one part of the community, and that part the least able, does more than its duty voluntarily, shall not compulsory mea f,m, es be resorted 'to in order to hinder another, and a more powerful part, from continuing to divest itself of all responsibility ? Shall the burthens of the indus trious be increased, because, of their own accord, they charge themselves with the weight under which others (laity sink around them? He must indeed be a puerile politician and a flimsy moralist, who answers these questiohs in the affirmative. The Irish Poor Law Bill is the more necessary for the very reasons that have been urged against it—reasons which, if fairly tested, resolve themselves into so many guarantees that its wholesome provisions will not be generally abused by the Irish people. As for the Bill itself, it is neither the best aiat might be framed, nor could it, were it the best p ro duce all the benefit that its more sanguine sup porters anticipate from it, if unaccompanied by other measure s for the improvement of Ireland. To view it i n i ts true' light, it must be regarded as a lever, by means uf which every necessary change in the social condition of the country may be gradually and successfully effeeted. This appeared to be the prevailing opinion Among the Irish Members who last night addressed the House in favour of the second reading. Mr., BARIZON, Sir R. BATESON, Mr. LYNCH - , Mr. WYSE, Sir RICHARD MUSGRAVE, and Lord CLEMENTS pronounced it a necessary expe riment, which, to be fully successful, would require to be immediately followed by important changes in the domestic polity of Ireland. The Bill, in fact, is but the first install Tent of the debt justly claimed by Ire land, and when obtained will operate most powerfully towards the speedy recovery of the rest. From the speech of Sir ROBERT PEEL last night, we do not anticipate any serious objection to the principle of the Bill on the part of those who are in the habit of voting with the Right Honourable Baronet ; so that on every side a disposition is manifested no longer to withhold from the Sister Country a measure which we regard as absolutely necessary to her regeneration. The principles of the Irish Tithe Bill, which is about to be introduced into the House of Commons were explained last night by Lord MORPETH.. The main difference will be found to consist in the modifi cation which the appropriation clause has undergone. This certainly appears in a much less objectionable form than in the previous editions of the Bill—so much so that some of the organs of faction, as our readers will perceive from the extracts in another part of The Sun, do not scruple to assert that the appro priation principle has been entirely omitted. It must, at the same time, be allowed that there is some little difference of opinion among those worthies on this point, the Times exclaiming in one of its finest paroxysms that " it is something more—much more than the ap propriation clause—something worse, much worse, than the appropriation clause !" How these state ments are to be-reconciled is not for us to determine ; our Morning Contemporaries must settle the matter among themselves ; all that we shall say is, that there seems to be a mistake somewhere, By an Act passed in the reign of HENRY VIII., and revived in that of WILLIAM 111., every incum bent in Ireland is bound by oath at his induction into a benefice to keep, or cause to be kept, a school in his parish. This law has been almost entirely disregarded, though attempts have been repeatedly made within the last sixty years to enforce it. Instead, however, of doing this, it is proposed to relieve the existing race of clergy from its operation, and to levy a tax of 10 per cent. on the income of all future incumbents, to be applied to the purposes of an education more extensive and more applicable to the present state of Ireland than that intended by the Acts alluded to. • It is proposed at the same time to repeal the tax laid .by the Church Temporalities Act upon all clerical incomes, whether of archbishops, bishops, dignitaries, and other orders of the clergy. This is an outline of the present plan, which we think has many advantages over the former one. In other respects the Bill is not very different from that of last year. The rent-charge is to be fixed at 70 per Cent. of the amount of Tithe, 30/. being deducted from every 1001., and some of the amendments proposed last year by Lord STAN LEY, and adopted -by the Lords, are to be in troduced. On the whole, we think the Mi nisters have managed this important matter with consummate ability. The greatest practical difficulty ,Hill, we apprehend, be, to arrange a system of educa tion that shall be satisfactory to all parties. Of this we may rest assured, that the Tory faction will throw every possible obstruction in the way., The Paris Journals of Sunday contain little besides comments upon the conduct of the Chamber of Depu ties in voting the dowry of the QUEEN of the BEL GIANS ; rumours of preparations for the celebration of the KING'S birth-day, and anticipations of the solem nities that are to accompany the marriage of the Duke of ORLEANS. Upon the first and third of these topics the Nouvelle Minerve has an article which must prove gall and wormwood to the Government. The French opposition Journals have not given insertion to one so calculated to make a serious impression on the public mind since the passing of the September Gagging Bill. We quote it entire, with the exception of a -few unconnected sentences with which it closes. To the constant readers of this Journal we have plea sure in recommending its attentive and careful pe rusal : Were we the determined enemies of the monarchical sys tem, we might wish it another fortnight similar to that which has just expired. The Republicans are bound to raise statues to Ministers who have placed the Crown in so awkward a po sition. It seemed to be their wish to exhibit a sentimental penchant for monarchy ; a fine project, indeed I The result has been a general conviction, that in the midst of public dis tress, at a moment when national industry is only supported by charity and subscription balls, we have a civil list worth 74 millions, which stretches out its hand to grasp a million, and begs a sous from each tax-payer. • The million for the Queen of the Belgians has been voted. But what trouble and what anxiety has it not cost I It is to M. Dupin, once more, that gratitude is due for this victory ; it was he, in fact, who became the whipper-in of the civil list. The Tiers Parti, as usual, became the dupe of the lion. President, and fell into a sort of monarchical extasy. during which all its candour and ready attachment were turned to account. Let us see what the Cabinet is endeavouring to instil into the minds of the said Tiers Parti—nothing less than the conviction that it is their interest to vote for the secret service money; and for the following reason:—The Bill for those funds once passed, the Tiers, Parti,will be called on to take share in the Ministry, and will thus profit by its vote. Indeed, this intimation has been pretty widely circulated on the various benches of the Chamber by the little Ministerial spies. Whis pers are exchanged between the leaders and-adepts of the par- ties ; the Doctrinaires are violently abused, as it is well known that this tactique is the surest way of pleasing M. Dupin's friends, and by this ruse the requisite number of votes will be obtained for carrying the Secret Service Money Bill through the Chamber. The monarchical effervescence has risen to an extraordinary height since the marriage of the Duke of Orleans has been so blazoned forth. Grand fetes are in preparation : Louis XIV. received his Court in the Royal Chateaux; Fon tainbleau has accordingly been selected as the most Gothic, the most German, and the most feudal ; and subsequently the Duke and Duchess will take up their residence at Versailles, that brilliant prodigy of absolute power. But that is not all ; the city of Paris must testify its official joy ; the Municipal Council, which exacts a tax upon every thing, even upon char coal dust sold to the poor, has already voted 100,000 f. for the mere ornaments to be added to the hall of the Hotel de Ville; the decorations will be so arranged that the principal views of Mecklenburgh will form the chief of the ground-work, and thus afford an agreeable surprise to the future spouse of the Prince Royal ; this delicate compliment was no doubt inspired by M. Rambuteau's recollections of former gallantry. The authorities will spare nothing, except the people. For instance, besides the million granted by the Chamber for the expences of the marriage, the city of Paris will lay out more than 800,000 francs. M. Rambuteau, Prefect of the Seine, is as busy as if he was an old Provost of Paris. The books of ce remonials in the time of Louis XIV., are carefully studied in order to learn the etiquette observed in those days, when a King's daughter visited the Hotel de Ville. The invitations to the citizens will be made out in strict accordance with the old models. _ This marriage commences under unfavourable auspices. M. Ancillon, by whom it was fostered, dies before its celebra tion ; the guardian angel of the marriage will remain as its protectress, and of course it will be through her hands that the pin-money of the Chambers will principally pass. The death of M. Ancillon will give rise to an important question at the Court of Berlin, a Court which is divided into two parties. The ange de bonte, whose influence is considerable, supports M. de Werther, the representative of a mixed system of peace and moderation ; the appointment of M. de Nangler is warmly espoused by the Prince Royal and the Court of Russia, and for the simple reason, that the Vice-President of the German Diet is a stanch partisan of the Holy Alliance, and of the sys tem of European coercion. Up to the present moment the King has expressed himself in favour of M. de Werther, but his Majesty is not always free, and the influence of the nobility is most powerful. A diplomatic movement of serious importance is in prepa ration at the present moment. Holland, it appears, is the centre of extensive plots and projects, and it is not impro bable that a descent upon Belgium will ere long be attempted. The expedition will be started from Amsterdam and St. Petersburgh ; efforts are to be made for turning the discon tented amongst the Belgian population against the present mock monarchy ; the throne of Leopold not having as yet taken root, was considered a favourable opportunity for trying one of those diplomatic manoeuvres which are often the signal of a general war. " Europe seems to abandon all these questions, and only tarns her eye towards the course of events in Spain. The Pretender, at the Instance of Russia, is about to attempt an onward movement ; he is now abundantly supplied with money ; the frontier surveillance in the dieection of the Py renees is a complete fudge, and only of service to the Minis terial journals. Every one knows that Don Carlos has pri vate agents in Paris, and that they have been received - more than once at the Tuileries. The Pretender, at the head of his troops, intends to march to Madrid by the rather cir cuitous route of Old Castile, La Mancha, and Arragon. This would be a decisive blow, which might soon upset the Queen's weak Government. In Spain, as well as in France, the energy of patriotic impulse has been extinguished, and the former country remains a prey to all sorts of invasions." The only recent news from the Spanish frontier will be found in the following extracts from the Journals : According to the Phare of Bayonne of the 27th ult., the Carlist expedition is for the moment given up in consequence of the movements of the Queen's troops. The Phare says that the main object of the premature boasting of the Carlists was to encourage the emission df the Bons, created on the Bth of the month by a decree of the Pre tender, and to favour the negociation of them, the difficulties of which the Bishop of Leon cannot dissemble. We wish that the Phare may have been well.informed, and that the Queen's Generals may at length agree to employ to advantage the force which they have at their disposal. Colonel Pinto de Lemos, Portuguese Commissioner at the head-quarters of the army of the North, has been at Bilboa for some days. BARCELONA, APRIL 23.—Lieutenant-General Santoceldes died the day before yesterday in this city, after a long ilness. The Junta of Commerce and the Board of Manufactures for spun, woven, and printed cotton baying learned that the mer chants of Saragossa bad requested that the prohibition of the importation of cottons into Spain should be abolished, have lately addressed a memorial to the Cortes, requesting that every petition, of whatever nature, tending to the introduction of foreign cottons into Spain, shall be rejected. It seems that the insurgents have entirely quitted the dis trict of Gerona, proceeding in a mass to the district of Vich. General Ayerbe has taken the command of the 4th Brigade.— Journal du Commerce, April 30th. The Moniteur of this morning contains four ordinances, convoking the respective electoral colleges in consequence of the appointment of M. Lacave Laplage to the post of Minis ter of Public Instruction, of M. Persil to that of President of the Mint, and of the death of M. Charles Comte. The Moniteur contains also various ordinances relative to a great number of promotions in the Army. —ConstitutionneL CARLOW ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock. A lengthened discussion took place between the learned counsel and the Committee, as to the propriety of delay for a day or two, in order to enable the assessor to attend and de fend himself ; and, on the other side, for the attendance of material witnesses. The room was cleared, and on our return, The Committee assented to the proposed delay. Mr. THESSIGER then asked that a list of voters intended to be objected to, should be interchanged. Mr. MAULE objected, and Mr. THESSIGER then proceeded to call witnesses relative to the vote of Hugh Nowlan, whose vote was struck off by the assessor at the request of Mr. Vigors, and which vote it was now sought to place on the list of Mr. Bunbury. The letter was put in and read, and, after its receipt, the vote of Nowlan was displaced, as it had been improperly writ ten down on the poll. Mr. Butler, ()lie of the assistants in favour of Mr. Bun bury, was called in and examined by Mr. THESSIGER ; in the course of his examination, the witness mentioned several matters relating to the conduct of the Assessor and the Sheriff, when Mr. MAULS objected to these " bit by bit" attacks upon two respectable public functionaries. If his Learned Friend wished to go into the charges alleged against the High Sheriff, let him do so at once, but not through Nowlan's vote, or any other vote, merely apply himself to the prejudices of the Com mittee. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission The CHAIRMAN said it was the opinion of the Committee that evidence in Nowlan's case should not be entered into, so as to affect the conduct of the Assessor. Several other witnesses were examined, but the case was undecided when our Reporter left. LONGFORD COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met at the usual hour. The votes of John Hunter and two other persons were struck off for insuf ficiency of value, and one vote was retained. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and the Earl of Stradbroke, sat in the House of Lords to-day to hear appeals. CAMPBELL V. CAMPBELL. The arguments in this appeal were concluded, and judgment postponed. DE BURGH V. CLARKE. Their Lordships then proceeded with this case, which was appeal from the decision of the Court of Chancery in II e land allowing a demurrer filed by the respondent to the bill of the appellant for the foreclosure of a rn,:rtgage. The argu ments were not concluded when our reporter left. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank 5t0ck......... ..... 203% 4 31, India 5t0ek......... ............. 258 7% Byer Cent. Red. 89 h%% Ditto Bonds Sper Cent. Cons ......... ......90%U% South Sea Stock 202% INper Cent.......... 97% 9 7 5 4 Old Annuities ....-.... B B% Ditto Red ... 97%14 !New Ditto .•• -- New 3% per Cent 98/%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... --- New 5 per Cent. B tnk LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto .500 33 30 pm. Jan. 5, 1860.........14 7-16% 7-16 'Ditto Small 33 30 Pm. Oct. l 0 1859 , Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14 11-16 Ditto Advertised.....- ..... -- Pm. Jan. 5, 'BBO — Bank Stock for Account. -- A pril 5, 1890 - India Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1870........- ........... —lConsols for Account ...... ..90 *4 °s % Cranium . Pm. T ICYS OF FOREIGN FUNDS A ustria Bonds re vial Bonds 99K, THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I Peruvian Bonds l7 Ditto Account.... ........ .. Vrazilian Bondi ................•• S'N Ditto Account ..... Portuguese Bonds 705; Ditto Account 7l Ditto New Bonds 4B Ditto Account 46% 7% Ditto, 3 per cent. Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 107% Ditto Account Ditto Meta11ic................., Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds,lB3l, 21 1 4%1, 23 Ditto Account ..... y 4 2% French, 5 per cent.......... —l. —c. 4 per cent........... —E —c. -- 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —c. Dutch, 2%, per cent. ...... 5.3% 1 4 Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 99% 100% Ditto Account Ditto Account. ienos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account ......... ......... Chillian Bonds ••.•3•••• ...... •••• )itto Account ..... C ,I,,mbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, :821 Oitto Account 11)toish Bonds .......« ,NW) Account Greek Bonds.. I.itto Bonds, 18:25 Ditto Account Ttl , xican Bonds, 5 per cent l5 vitt° Account Ditto, ( per cent......., — Ditto Account ..... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share flr :Milan Imperial Mining Co. (issuetlat 5/. pm.) 2l 25% Real del Monte Mmirig Co., Registered 631. 10s. 6d. Ditto Unregistered ...3 14 Jitiiymney Iron Mining Company JFiirmingham and Derby Railway Company lO 3% 4 3% Calcui ta and Suagur Railway Company 2 0% Great Western Railway Company 4O 42 iHrighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 I% Illeghton (Rennie's) London and Birmingham Railway Company B5 utou and Greenwich ttailway Company 2O Landon and Southampton Railway Company 35 Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 5 North Midland Railway Company l5 south Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 Anglo Mexican Mint lO 114 12 12q OK, 7 6N 1334 14 11,434. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 29. 3 ier Cent. Consols Oat° Reduced 96% 1 Ditto, 4 per cent .SBN 2 1 ,4 per Cent. Stock 90% 1 Hiberntan Bank ..Itto New, 1830 11 per Cent. Debentures 9oti • National Insurance Co - JB•tok Stock 101144 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 7814 It,yal Canal Stock 341.', Ballast thrice Debentures, 4 li-end Canal Stock 27% per cent - MAILS. --- ,A r rived. Due Arrived. Due.. Arrived. Due 0 A nerica 0 1 France 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 Brasil 0 0 fluern.fieJerscy 0 0 Meta 0 0 Buenos A 'Tea.. 0 I Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 t.:arthaLlena ...., 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend.. ....... .. 0 I iv i blin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica O F .nders ......... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. N ..... ....53 minutes after 0 I Evening......l7 minutes after 1, NEW WORK BY MISS PARDOE. Immediately, in 2 vols. Svo., with Plates, THE CITY OF THE SULTAN. By MISS PARDOE. Authoress of " Traits and Traditions of Portugal," &e. 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His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was occupied the whole morning with exceptions and further directions of no public interest. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) The argument in a part-heard ease' from the new trial paper was resumed this morning by Sir Wm. FOLLETT, and occu pied the attention of the Court up to the time of our Reporter leaving. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) The COURT was occupied in hearing arguments in a part heard case from the new trial paper respecting a charter. party, in which there was nothing of public interest. BAIL COURT. WORTLEY V. PROSSER. In this case an order had been granted by Mr. Baron G uft- NEY change the venue from Norwich to Norfolk. The action was brought about the middle of last year. Mr. KELLY now moved for a rule to show cause why the order of the Learned Judge should not be discharged, as he considered that Norfolk would be an improper place to try the case, where a Special Jury would be impannellcd, the greater part of which would consist of Magistrates.—Rule granted. IN THE MATTER OF CRESSWELL. Mr. UDELL moved for a rule respecting a prisoner, that he be forthwith discharged from the custody of the Warden of the Flect'prison, on the ground that he was supersedable, but which could not be done unless by an order of a Judge. There had been an order granted in October by Mr. Justice GASE LEE ; but the Warden refused to comply with it, as it did not properly describe the prisoner, and did not agree with the order of Commitment. The party did not deliver the decla ration in due time, and if the prisoner took out a rule for fur. ther time, there would be a waiver of the irregularity, and the right to a supersedeas would be done away with. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.—,.You must come upon a fresh sum mons applicable to the case. If any difficulty has arisen, it has been caused by the delay of the person on whose behalf you make the application. You may go to full Court, for as it is the first application of the kind that has come before me, I shall not originate a case.—Rule refused. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Lisbon mails —the latter by the Camden, sailed on the 23d April ; Ham burg mails ; also ship letters from Bombay 2d January, and Cape of Good Hope 18th February. They are of old dates. Yesterday passed over without any fresh difficulties having been experienced in the commercial trade, and there is a pros pect that the failure of Messrs. Marjoribanks will not be to the extent at first anticipated. It was 'reported that by the assis tance of their friends, they would be able to resume their pay ments again in the course of a few days. The accounts from the manufacturing districts were of a favourable nature yesterday ; at Liverpool the sales of 'cotton were on' the increase. The late arrivals from New York, contain the following from Mexico :—That the French Minister at Mexico had re ceived orders from his Government, by the last packet, to in sist upon the reimbursement of all the forced loans imposed on the French citizens; and, in case of refusal, to demand his passports. Intelligence was received from Matamoras to the 20st March. General Bravo and his army had commenced pack ing their camp equipage; they were to march on the last of March. It is stated that Lieutenant Latimer, who conveyed Santa Anna to Mexico, reports that he was well received by the inhabitants. TIM FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 001 / for the Account and Money, little doing. Exchequer Bills, 31 33 ; India Bonds, 29 31 ; Bank Stock, 2031 2041 ; India Stock, 2574 2581. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 21/ s;- Passive, 51 ; Deferred, 81 ; Portuguese, 461 ; Three per Cents., 29/ ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 52i 53/. Consols just done at 901. HALF-PAST ONE. (From a New York paper.) Extract of a letter from Onandago.—" Usury is carried to the most dreadful extremes in this county. The farmers have caught the mania, and our sober and honest men are now under the fashion of the times, defrauding their neighbours at the rate of 30 to 75 per cent, per. annum. Notwithstand ing the failure of the wheat crop in this county amounts to half a million of dollars, there is money enough for all legitimate business, if the more wealthy did not hoard it up again for usury. Again, the greatest curse of all is, that those who command large sums in this county have been sending it to Wall-street to shave Short Paper at 3to 4 per cent. per month. Sangrado is bleeding the people to death. Money which the county owes New York mer chants for debts, comes here to shave New York merchants with. The Shylocks of all the earth concentrate in Wall street to get their pound - of flesh. Sangrado has a glorious practice here now, who will ever pay what he owes, who will ever do a legal business, and who will not slip his money chest when he can get 2,3, and 4 per cent. per month." Since the early part of the morning an improvement has taken place in Consols—from 901 to 90k for the Accoust. All is tranquil in the City in respect to commercial affairs. Exchequer Bills lower, 33 29 prem. ; India Bonds lower, 31 25 prem. ; Bank Stock, 203 k. We do not hear of any transactions of importance having been done, in the course of the morning, in the American New Paper, which maintains the prices of 941 for Bank, and 98;- for Morris Canal. 2 In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Ponds have taken a start, and improved to 22i 4, owing to a report that Goneral Evans is to .remain in Spain. Coupons, 44 ; Portuguese higher, 474 4 1 ; ; Three per Cents., 30 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 534 1. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, sok a. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE Mr. Macready took his benefit here last night, on which oc casion a new historical tragedy was brought out, from the pen of the author of Paracelsus. The Sun was among the Orst, if not the first, to notice this fine poem when it appeared some two years since, and to observe also that Mr. Browning displayed throughout it evidences of dramatic ability of no mean order. ‘ His present play Strafford has not disappointed the expectations we then formed of him. It acts even better than it reads, for, this reason, that action is substituted for description, and mere poetry made subservient to the sterner business of the drama. Still it is by no means the highest effort of which Mr. Browning is capable. We are convinced he can do better—work out his ideas more fully—develope his characters in a more subtle, analytical spirit. The good stuff is in him, but patience and diligent habits of thought are requisite, to enable him to work out the conceptions with which it is evident his imagination teems, even to over flowing. The leading defect of Stra f ford is that it is, in a great degree, obscure, we might almost say, unintelligible to those who are not well acquainted with the stirring period of which it treats. The author relies too much on the histo rical knowledge of his audience. He gives them credit for as accurate an acquaintance with Clarendon, Godwin, and others, who detail the events of those days, as he himself possesses. This is a serious blemish, and would have been fatal to his suc cess, had it not been for the masterly manner in which he has pourtrayed the stern, censcientious republican, and the ambi tious royalist, in the persons of Pym and Strafford. Here he appealed to the broad principles of human nature, and his ap peal was understood and answered. While touching on the subject of the defects of Mr. Broe , ning's tragedy, we may just observe that the position in which the Countess of Carlisle is made to stand towards Strafford is equivocal, and needs fuller development. She appears, from her actions, to be instigated by the profoundest passion ; but it is clear that the object of her love does not understand this, nor does she herself once hint at it; nor can the audience be made to comprehend the nature of that strong impulse which urges her to save Stafford at all risks. This is an ambiguity that should be cleared up. We now turn to the brighter side of the tragedy. The language throughout is spirited, sententious, and dramatic ; never inflated—never tame—never sinking be low the level of mediocrity. Above all, mere poetry-- poetry we mean that encumbers dialogue, and bids ac tion halt—is carefully avoided. Mr. Browning has also been scrupulously correct in his adherence to the truth of character. King Charles is the identical Charles of history-- weak, insincere, and vacillating, not, however, from a bad heart, but a weak head. We may extend the same prai s e to Wentworth and Pym, the latter of whom we like best, because we have the distinctest idea of him ; though the former is the author's pet. As for John HarepdtM, he is somewhat shabbily treated, being little better than a walking gentleman. We subjoin a passage which Mr. Browning has put into the mouth of Pym, because it lets us into his character at once, in the most sterling dramatic manner:— " A glorious thing, We all say, friends, it is a glorious thing To right that England. Heaven grows dark above-s Let's snatch one moment 'ere the thunder fall To say how well the English spirit comes out Beneath it ! All have done their best, indeed From lion Elliot, that proud Englishman, To the least here • and who the least one here, When She is sav ed (and her redemption dawns, Dimly, most dimly, but it dais ns—it dawns) Who'd give at any price his hope away Of being named along with the Great Men ? One would not—no, one would not give that up." In these few emphatic lines we have the secret of that stern resolution to follow up his old friend Strafford to the death— despite the yearnings of his heart towards him —that marked Pym's character. Henceforth, to the close of the catastrophe, his motives are intelligible. We have no need of an inter preter. Just in the same prompt, and apparently unconscious way, are the leading weaknesses of the ambitious Stratford brought out. Just one careless sentence, and all is revealed, that need bo revealed : RING CHARLES.' You shall rule me ; you were best Return at once ; but take this ere you go (giving a Paper). Now, do I trust you ? You're an Earl; my Friend Of Friends ; yes Strafford, while—you hear me not STRAFFORD. Say it all o'er again —but once again—. The first was far the mitsick—unce again 1 KING CHARLES. Strafford, my brave friend, there were wild reports— Vain rumours; henceforth, touching Strafford is To touch the apple of my sight. Why gaze So earnestly ? STRAFFORD. I ant grown young - again And foolish. What was't we spoke of? This is the true legitimate action of the drama, in contra distinction to mere description. Here Strafford is made to un veil his inmost heart unawares, which is the great charm of Slaakspeare's characters. The Earl's Coronet, accompanied by the monarch's flattering offer of friendship, has unmasked him, and he stands revealed in all his weakness. Equally dra matic is Mr. Browning's personal description of Henrietta, Queen of England, which he places vividly, but indirectly be fore us, in one line : KING CIIARLES TO HENRIETTA. Nay, hear me I —l have schemes—such schemes—will buy The leaders off; without that, Strafford's counsel Had ne'er prevailed on me ; perhaps, I call it To have excuse for breaking it—for ever. And whose will then the blame be ? See you not ? Come, dearest—look, the little fairy now, That cannot reach my shoulder / 7 -Dearest, come." A writer less endowed with dramatic skill than Mr. Browning, would here have brought action to a dead halt, while he in • dulged in a set description of Henrietta's virtues and graces ; but Our author has studied Shakspeare and the human heart with too close attention, to fall into such an error. The whole of the fifth act of Strafford, especially the closing speech of Pym, after he has sacrificed his old friend to a pa triotic sense of duty, is pathetic in the extreme, though better calculated to please id the closet than on the stage. Of the actors we may justly say that all did their duty. Mr. Vandenhoff made Pym somewhat too solemn and puritanical, but in the passages where strong emotion was required, he played admirably. Macready's Strafford is the best part we have yet seen him play. Had it not been for his chastened en thusiasm, the tragedy would have been a dead failure, but his animation in the third act—by far the most effective—at once ensured its success. Miss Helen Faucit, as the Countess of Carlisle, evinced judgment and sensibility, and Mr. Ben nett, as Hollis, would have received more applause, had he not emphasized so much. This gentleman has a foolish trick of laying a stress on almost every indivi dual word that he has to pronounce—just as if all expres sions were equally emphatic. This is an absurdity that should be remedied. The play was received by a crowded house with enthusiasm ; and Mr. Browning therefore must set to work again, for if any one can revive the half-extinct taste for the drama, he can. As a specimen of his more im passioned manner, we quote the reflections of Pym, after he has brought his early friend Strafford to the scaffold. The lines marked in italics strike us as being exquisitely pathetic : Have I done well ? Speak, England 1 Whose great sake I still have laboured for, with disregard To my own heart,—for whom my youth was made Barren, my future dark, to offer up Her sacrifice—this man—this Wentworth here— That walked in youth with me—loved me it may be, And whom, for his forsaking England's cause, I hunted by all means (trusting that she Would sanctify all means) even to the grave That yawns for him. And saying this, I feel No bitterer pang than first I felt, the hour I swore that Wentworth might leave us,—but I Would never leave him : I do leave him now 1 I render up my charge (be witness, God 1) To England who imposed it I I have done Her bidding—poorly, wrongly,—it may be With ill effects—for I am but a man Still, I have done my best, my very best, Not faltering for a moment 1 I have done 1 (After a pause.) And that said, I will say yes, I will say I never loved but this man—David not More Jonathan 1 Even thus, I love him now : And look for my chief portion in that world Where great hearts led astray are turned again, ( Soon it may be...and...yes...it will be soon : My mission over, I shall not live long 1) ...Aye here I know I talk—and I IN ill talk Of England—and her great reward—as all I look for there • but in my inmost heart Believe I think ;If stealing quite away To walk once more with Wentworth—with my friend Purged from all error, gloriously renewed, And Eliot shall not blame us ! Then indeed... ( This is no meeting, Wentworth 1 Tears rise up Too hot...A thin mist—is it blood ?—enwraps The face I loved so 1) Then, shall the meeting be 1 Then—then—then--I may kiss that hand, I know 1 Tuesday morning a duel took place on the Battle Common, about four miles from Brecon, between Lieut. Elmslie and Lieut. Wright, both of the 10th Regiment, now stationed here,. The cause of dispute we have not correctly heard. Both parties exchanged shots ; at the second shot Lieut. Wright's pistol missed fire, when Lieut. Elmslie imme diately fired in the air. The seconds here interfered, and both parties left the ground. It has caused a great sensation in this town, such a circumstance not having occurred for a great number of years.—Hereford Times. WIG AN.—Wili it be believed that not only do the Tories intend to propose a miserable buffoon again, but that they have given an invitation to Mr. Peter Greenall, of St. Helens, who possesses no other recommendation than unrea soning Toryism, and that he is a brewer, like Mr. Kearslcy Will even the humblest voters who have hitherto submitted to Tory influence, submit to this double insult--this plain decla• ration that the persons who are most likely to obtain their suffrages aro those who will administer most plenteously to their filthiest appetites? We question if all England could furnish another such instance of moral degradation.—Man chester Times. GOSSIP.—The refuse of humanity—he is the crow of mankind, feeding upon the carrion that the purer and the prouder bird loathes and avoids; he is the scavenger of society et raking together nothing but d .—Grimstone. ENGLISH CONVERSATION—Is for the most part carried on in a series of the most extraordinary and rugged abbreviations—a species of talking short-hand. Hesitating, humming, and drawling, are the three graces of our couversa tion.—Bulwer, MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED) THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Coburn. To too many of the articles in this able advocate of the interests of the Naval and Military Services is prefixed the chilling intimation—" continued from our last." We dislike " continued" narratives in almost every case, and can rarely bring ourselves to tolerate more than one in a single Number of any Monthly publication. The proprietors of such periodicals would consult their own interest—an object few pro prietors wilfully lose sight of—in paying more regard than they generally do to the hint which is here given them. Articles continued from month to month—no matter what may be the subject of them—lose half their interest by being broken into so many fragments. With this drawback, the United Service Journal for May is all that we would desire to see it. The " Old Commodore" is a sketch that will be relished, and the faithfulness of it recognised by, and in the person of, many a hoary veteran. It finely illustrates the force of early habit, when asso ciated with personal prowess, and the confused ideas of individual glory and love of country. In pro portion to the past risk is the self satisfaction enjoyed by every retired actor from the great stage of public life—provided he feels satisfied with the way in which he performed his part. The " Inland Cruise of a Naval Officer" contains some valuable hints on the bad state of the harbours on the British coast. To this important cause he attributes the decline of many commercial depots which since the last war have dwin dled into little better than mere watering places. " Remarks on the Military Consolidation Commission" merits the attentive perusal of the officers of the Bri tish army. We speak of the article generally, inas much as we wish not to express any opinion respecting the peculiar views of the writer. We disapprove alto getheraf the system which prevails in the organization and government of the army and navy of this country ; but the present offers no favourable opportunity for the entire development of our views upon a subject of such magnitude. The " Editor's Portfolio" contains a mass of information most useful to the members of the naval and military profession. TILE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL MAGAZINE. R. Taylor, Red Lion-court. The scientific student will find in the present Num ber of this valuable journal a rich supply of materials on which to exercise his thoughts, whatever may be the particular direction of his pursuits. Nor need the ge neral reader be deterred from its perusal by the fear of encountering an unbroken series of papers wrapt up in technical phraseology. He will find (independently of numerous miscellaneous articles) a most gratifying treat in the eloquent " Address" of Mr. Lyel, deli vered before the Geological Society, in which the learned President takes a review of the additions which have been made to geological science since the last annual meeting of the Society. THE EVANGELICAL REGISTER. TV. E. Painter, Strand. There is an article in the present Number of this periodical, headed " Church -rates, Dissenters, and the Voluntary Principle," which is more remarkable for the uncharitable spirit which it breathes than for the argumentative power which it displays. " Christ our Ark " is not a bad specimen of the art of spiritualization, and comes appropriately from a " Navigator." Whether the writer of the following passage had in his eye any particular class of men who more than others delight in being clothed in fine linen and in faring sumptuously every day, we do not pretend to decide. There is no want of point in it. On earth thy chief delights are to be gorgeously appa relled—to inhabit a splendid mansion—to have companions of high degree—and to be thyself exalted above many. " Can hell give thee these ? No l—There thy garments will be blackened with eternal smoke—thy dwelling place, a dungeon—thy associates, fallen angels—thyself a degraded being, a creature of the Devil." THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood and Co. An excellent Number, in which, while variety has been consulted, it has not been done at the expense of the more solid recommendation of information. " The Quaker Controversy in England" is a can did view of the late shaking which has taken place among the Friends, and which has rent the Society asunder. This breaking in of light, and consequent breaking up of religions confederacies, may be con sidered as a sign of the times. " Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Fyshe Palmer" is a brief but highly interesting sketch of the life of that political martyr. In " Herder's Fifth Letter relating to the study of Theology," there is a fine illustration of Jacob's prophecy respecting his sons ; and " Comments upon Commentators," happily exposes in the case of Dr. Adam Clarke, the unwar rantable liberties which expositors sometimes lake with the holy Scriptures, when they meet with passages which they cannot reconcile with their own particular notions. The religious intelligence, particularly the foreign, is ample and more than usually interesting. The King has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Charles Girdlestone to the Rectory of Alderley, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. Mr. Stanley to the see of Norwich. Mr. Girdlestone is Vicar of Sedgeley, in Staffordshire, and is known as the author of many theological works. The Marquis of Titchfield has arrived at Harcourt House, in Cavendish-square, from a tour. PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU'S NEW WORK, " SEMILASSO IN AFRICA."-The interest excited by the ap pearance of the " Tour of a German Prince" some time ago, will yet be in the remembrance of many of our readers. The present volumes, by the same author, are written in the same lively, gossiping, and agreeable manner. The Prince is a tra veller who seems to have every disposition to be pleased with everything and with every body. He is always cheerful, and evidently wishes to make his readers as comfortable as him self. The work is full of pleasant reading, and conveys much interesting information respecting the many places the Prince visited during his journey to Africa.—Observer. Last night an inquest was held at St. Andrew's. workhouse on the body of a female child, which was discovered on Friday night wrapped up in a bundle at North-mews, Bed ford-square. The child was evidently strangled ; but there being no evidence to prove who the culprit was, a verdict was returned by the jury of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." A correspondent informs us that a small farmer, in the neighbourhood of Baslow, has this spring been actually compelled to give his lambs away, owing to his not being able to procure a sufficiency of fodder. —Derbyshire Courier. LUNCHEON.----I have heard Mr. Warde, the father of the field, say, he never ate luncheon in his life; and who has had a better digestion than he has had, and I hope now has? Lord Panmure has gone a step beyond him; for his Lordship has never accustomed himself but to one meal a day, and that has been a good dinner, to which he has been thus able to do justice, having nothing of the indigesta moles of the previous meal to contend with.—Nimrod. A subscription is raising at Nottingham for the relief of the suffering poor. No further symptoms of riot have appeared. Eight individuals have been taken into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a woman named Elizabeth Hemmings, whose body was found last week in the Cauldon Canal, near Shelton, Staffordshire, with one arm broken and several cuts on the other.—Liverpool Chronicle. DUTY.-The task assigned to man is to move among his fellows doing good, filling his part in the scale of creation, and escaping none of the high duties which God has allotted to his being; and greatly should he be grateful, that, while his service is arduous, he is not left without the power ful aid of that intelligence which controls the harmony of the universe.— Cooper. A little girl, named Mary Brennan, was charged, at the Hull Police Court, with begging. Her mother, who was an Irishwoman, attended, and said she sent her out. She added, " If me counthry had the privileges as England I would not be here ; if we cculd get the rights it is not here meself would be." She was sorry there was a necessity for her child to beg, but before they should fast she would go out herself. She had five children—She oldest twelve years old. The Mayor dismissed the girl, and cautioned her not to offend again. Woman—Plaise yer honner ye should allow people to git relif when they're out of bread. The Mayor—You should remain in your own country. Woman— Well, send home Mt RIGIITS, and I'll go an' all.— Hull Observer. PORTUGAL LISBON, APRIL 16.—Official. The Commission created by the decree of July 4, 1835, to draw up the new general Tariff of Customs, having concluded the important labours confided to it, and a permanent Board of Customs having been esta blished, conformably to the third article of the decree of 10th January last, I hereby dissolve the said Commission, created by the decree of 4th July, of which Jose Xavier Mou sinho da Silveira was President, and the other members being Senors Luiz Antonio Rebello, Francisco Morato Roma, Anto nio Joaquim de Carvalho e Oliveira, and Henrique Da niel Wenck, who have duly and worthily performed the task com mitted to them, for which they deserve my Royal consideration. THE QUEEN: - MANOEL DU SILVA PASSOS. Palace das Necessidades, April 6, 1837. A report from Baron de Vallongs, April 10, states that nothing had occurred to interrupt the public tranquillity in that dis trict, but that he could not say the same of the district of Guieda, where a numerous band of robbers had committed various excesses.' A detachment being sent against them, succeeded in taking eight prisoners, but being attacked by a party which attempted to rescue the prisoners, the detachment was reduced to the cruel necessity of putting the prisoners to death, which ought not to have been, except by the sentence of the Tribunals. In consequence of the above statement her Majesty has ordered the Baron Vallongo to institute the most rigid inqu►ry into the circumstances which induced the troops to shoot the eight robbers, whom they were conveying to prison. APRIL 17.—A dispatch from the Colonel commanding the Bth Military Division in the Serra, gives an account of some operations in pursuit of the Guerillas, and tho voluntary cur -1 ender of a few-of the robbers. No information could be ob tained of the place where Remechido was. Aram 21.—The Diario publishes the 221st, 222 d, 223 d, and 224th lists of National Property in the districts of Port alcgre, Coimbra, and Beja, to be sold by public auction for the benefit of the National Treasury. -_Diario do Govern°, to 22d April inclusive. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY I.—Wind W. S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Gilmore, Lindsay, from Bombay ; Latona, Mann, from Cuba; Julius, from St. Kitts ; and Lady Middleton, from St. Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind W., fine.—Arrived the Ruth, from Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, APRIL 30.—Wind W. S. W., strong gales and . squally.—Arrived tho Camden Packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 23d ult. ; and Juno, Patterson, from Gonaives. MARGATE, MAv I.—Arrived the Nocton, Hubble, from the South Seas. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the Otterpool, Richardson, from Canton ; Mary, Lloyd, from Per nambuco ; Alexander, Stewart, from Jamaica ; Corsair, Irwin, from Barbadoes; Elizabeth Moore, from Portobello; St. Leon, Westcott, Warsaw, Hill, Willmott, Johnson, Bashaw, Tucker, Dorothy, Gales, and Gerard, Lambert, from New Or leans ; Grampus, Hayard, and Josephine, Popham, from Mo bilo ; Wakefield, Swallow, from Savannah ; John Taylor, from Charleston ; and Beverly, from St. John's. CLYDE, APRIL 9.9.—Arrived the Rowena, Reid, Savannah. HASTINGS, MAY 1..-:-.Arrived the Flora, Leveque, Jamaica. SOUTHANIPTON, MAY I.—Arrived the William Gray, Gray, from Oporto. BRISTOL, MAY l.—Arrived the William Thompson, from Jamaica; Adelaide, Brooks, from Tobago; and Arethusa, White, from Barbadoes. LEITH, APRIL 29.—Arrived the Hoffning, and Woolfurt, Meyer, from Kiel. HULL, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Charlotte Dorothea, Stettin. STROMNESS, APRIL 26.—The Dee, of Aberdeen, with seven fish and about 60 tons of oil, arrived here this evening from Davis' Straits. She got out of the ice the 16th] ult., in lat 62., together with the Grenville Bay and Norfolk ; the master and 36 of the Dee's crew are dead. The Thomas, of Dundee, was lost on the 13th December ; nine of the crew died on board of the Dee. The Advice, of Dundee, it was supposed, would get out of the ice about the same time. Fell in with the Washington, from Dundee to New York, off Flan nel Islands, which vessel towed the Dee into Hoy Sound. There is, lam informed, another of the missing whalers off Holyhead. The Friends, from Swansea, was run on shore in a sinking state at the entrance of Helford Harbour the 3d ult., haying struck on the Manacles. HOW TO PREVENT APPLE STEALING.—Our old minister Joshua Hopewell had an orchard of most particular good fruit, for he was a great hand at buddin, graftin, and what not, and the orchard (it was on the south side of the house) stretched right up to the road. Well, there were some trees hung over the fence, I never seed such bearers, the apples hung in ropes, for all the world like strings of onions, and the fruit was beautiful. Nobody touched the minister's apples ; and when other folks lost theirn from the, boys, hisn always hung there like bait to a hook, but there never was so much as a nibble at em. So I said to him one day, Minister, said how on airth do you manage to keep your fruit that's so ex posed, when no one else can't do it nohow ? Why, says he, they are dreadful pretty fruit, an't they ? I guess, said I, there an't the like on em in all Connecticut. Well, says he, I'll tell you the secret, but you needn't let on to no one about it. That row next the fence I grafted it myself, I took great pains to get the right kind, I sent clean up to Roxberry, and away down to Squaw-neck Creek (I was afeared he was agoin to give me day and date for every graft, being a terrible long-winded man in his stories) ; so says I, know that, Minister ; but how do you preserve them? Why I was agoin to tell you, said he, when you stopped me. That are outward row I grafted my self with the choicest kind I could find, and I succeeded. They are beautiful, but so etarnal sour, no human soul can eat them. Well, the boys think the old Minister's graftin has all suc ceeded about as well as that row, and they sarch no farther. They snicker at my graftin, and I laugh in my sleeve, I guess, at their penetration.—The Clockmaker ; or, Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. Yesterday morning a; a Mr. Dakin, an agent of the Religious Tract Society, was proceeding to town by the rail road, he was suddenly taken ill, and died in five minutes. A surgeon was promptly in attendance, and attempted to bleed the deceased, but life was quite extinct. Thomas Burnett, a person connected with the railway, was immediately dispatched to the deceased's residence, No. 3, Greenfield-place, Grove lane, to inform his friends. His wife received the melancholy intelligence better than was expected. She said he had hur ried himself at breakfast, having to meet a gentleman in town on important business. The body of the deceased was taken out, and carried to the house of Mr. G. Williamson. The Leicester Mercury contains an account of a disgraceful attack which was made on the relieving officer's house on Wednesday night. Every pane of glass in the house was broken. Though the destruction of property was consi derable, and several articles of furniture, pictures, &c., were more or less injured, it is consolatory to know that no person was hurt, the children who were sleeping in the chamber being fortunately removed before many stones were thrown into the room. A bazaar was held at Newark, in the County Hall, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, in aid of the funds for the new church. The,amount of ladies fancy and useful work, and other contributions, sent to the receivers-general for the bazaar, exceeded 5001. About 1,000 persons, it is sup posed, were present, and the proceeds realised 4671. Sir Ro bert Howe Bromley, Bart., has signified his intention to pre sent the communion plate to Christchurch. Goons OF LIFE.—The greatest pleasure of life is love ; the greatest possession is health ; the greatest ease je sleep ; and the greatest medicine is a true friend, to o bserve and tell one of one's faults, whom one has reason to esteems and is apt to believe.—Sir William Temple. PLATE SUITED FOR PRESENTATION'' Elegant or Splendid Silver Inkstands--Silver Waiters of every size —Silver Cups, New and Second-hand—Fifty varieties of Silver Tea and Coffee Services—Splendid Snuff Boxes—Silver Epergn e !' and many other articles of Plate adapted for Presentation as Testi monials, &c., may be selected from in the Show Rooms at T. COX SAVORY'S Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult., Mrs. Francis Watts, of Vincent•square, of a daughter. On the 27th ult., the wife of J. Bacon, Esq., 9f Bedford-plac e, of son. On the 26th ult., at Canonbnry-square, Islington, the lady of j " Jeaffreson, Esq., of a son. On the 27th ult., at My(idleton-square, Mrs. H. Drury, of a sigh MARRIED. bird On the 20th ult., at the B r iti s h E m b assy , P ar i s , Flora, t•-•-daughter of the late Wm. Mit c h e ll, E sq ., o f H ar l ey - s t ree t, to Al 'i phonso Beral de Sedaiges, second son of the Count de Sedaiges, of Aubergne. - On the 25th ult., at St. B r id e ' s Ch a p e l, th e R ev. Henry Christ mas, B.A. of St. John's Colle ge , C am b r id ge , t o Elil a Jane, s e ' coed daughter of John Fox, Esq., of Bridge-street, Blackfriarh and of Herne-hill, Surrey. On the 26th ult., Mr. H. F. Metcalf, eldest s.on of R. 31etealft Esq., Camberwell-grove, to Mary, youngest daughter of James Bun' yard, Esq., Maidstone, Kent. On the 27th ult., at Marylebone, John, only son of W. Cug l iir e ' Esq., of Bakeham H ouse , S urrey , to M ary , e ld est daug ht e r of " ' Bailey, Esq., of Shenley House, Bucks. • DIED. On the 27th ult., Mr. Jacob Erat, of Berners-street, Oxford street, aged 37. On the 18th ult., at G eneva , age d 9 1 , Bartho l ome w giber Strutt, Esq., nephew of Mr. Necker. - w ife of. On the 27th ult., at K n i g ht s b r id ge, aged 81, Thomas i n , the Rev. J. P. Ashe. , bet On the 22d ult., on board the " Monarch " steam-ship , r voyage from Edinburgh to L on d on , M r. J ohn D rew, F,,,econtto"' -e of that vessel. On the 231 ult., Gertrude Richmond, infant daughter of G. Gray, of King-street, Cheapside. On the 14th ult., at Cheltenham, Ch.lmpernowne-Hele-. d youngest son of Captain R. S. M . Sprye, of the Indian Aro)", an. • • of Ugborough, Devonshi re . of At Leeds, Colonel Ja mes Cassidy, many years, Lieut.-Colonel the 31st Regiment. r On the 26th ult., Mr. Ed - ward Frederick Long, of Rye-terrace- Peckham, and Mincing -lane. On the 27th ult., at Norlands, Kensington, aged 71, Junes ham, Esq. rd. On the 27th u lt., M r. J aco b Erat, o f B erners-stree t, vl r fl street, aged 37. On the 27th ult., in the Quadrant, Regent-street, Mr. Simpson, aged GO. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YrAi`NG , 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Squ i d, in the"'" of Middlesm = Tuesday, May 2, 1837.