The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-10 00:00:00

WINDSOR-SUNDAY. Viscount and Viscountess Falkland returned to the Castle yesterday, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. Sir James O'Brien also arrived yesterday. The King enjoyed a carriage airing yesterday, accompanied by Madlle. D'Este. Admiral Lord Anielius Beauclerk arrived this morning. Divine Service was performed this morning in the private chapel of the Castle, by the Rev. Messrs. Cosset and Wood. 'I he King and the different members of the Royal Household ere present. In the afternoon the King took a drive, accompanied by Madlle. D'Este. The Queen has not been out, though we are happy to be able to state that her Majesty is convalescent. This evening the Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, and the Rev. Isaac Gosset sk ill have the honour of being included in the royal dinner party. Should the Queen be well enough their Majesties will go to town on Wednesday next, and remain at St. James's till Friday. On Saturday there will be a grand banquet in St. Ceorge's Hall, after the investiture of Prince Esterhazy with the Order of the Bath. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended divine service yesterday morning at the chapel in Kensington Palace. The Rev. William Fisher officiated. Their Royal highnesses again attended divine service in the afternoon, 3% hen the Dean of Chester officiated. A deputation of the Spitalfields weavers attended at Ken sington Palace in the course of last week, with an address of on the part of the weavers, to the Duchess of Kent, for her Royal Highness's great attention to their interests in their present distress, and her constant support of British ma nufactures; and, also, to request her Royal Highness the Prin cess Victoria to be a patroness of a Ball to be given in aid of the weavers. The Duchess of Kent has directed that 22 silk dresses be put in the looms and be made expressly for her and her Royal .Highness the Princess Victoria. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Sa turday afternoon, at two o'clock. It was attended by all the - .Ministers. The Council broke up at five o'clock. A deputation, including Messrs. John Hodgkin, George Fife Angus, and Wrn. Higgins, had an interview with Lord (;lentil' on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Lichfield has left town for Newmarket. Despatches from the Earl of Gosford, Governor of the Ca racils, were received yester.lay at the Colonial-office. Tile Turkish Ambassador transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Coun il 11;:d a Committee meeting on Saturday, to consider peti tYWlS from various places, praying for charters of incorpora tion. The Lord President, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John lioa.qcll, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were present. Mr. Sergeant Wilde had an interview with Viscount Mel bierne on Saturday. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on Saturday at Lansdowne House, Berkeley- square. His Majesty's Dinner to the Knights Grand Crosses a the Bath will take place on Saturday next at Windsor Castle. The Earl anal Countess of Albemarle left Berkeley squxe yesterday for Newmarket ; his Lordship is expected to I,:tUri. , to town to-morrow. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland leave Paris to-morrow, on their return home. They are expected at : - .affoid House on Saturday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and fa mily tornove: l on S.lturday from the Claren:lon to the family mails;on, in Arlington -street, occupied by the late venerable Dew - ,ger Marchioness, who perished in the late fire at Hatfield House. The Earl and Countess of Verulam arrived in Gros -1,, nor-square, late on Saturday, from Gorhambury, where arty have been entertaining the Earl and Countess of Craven, tit John and Lady Shelley, and a large party. The Duke of Rutland and the Marquis of Granby lets. Belvoir Castle on Saturday last, for Newmarket. The •Castle was filled with visiters, during Croxton Park races. Duke anti Duchess of filchmond are expected itt ! own to-morrow. Their eldest daug,htur, Lady Lennox, A ,13, it is expected, be presented at Court at the ensuing 4lri,wi.ig-room:. Her Grace, we hear, will shortly throw open ler :law and elegant mansion with a series of splendid evening A report ~v2s generally circulated on Saturday, that the Countess of Kerry had given birth to a posthumous son nod heir. Tliii event woufrlhave created an important altera tion in the Marquisate of Lansdowne and the Earldoms of Kerry and Sheiburn. We learn, however, that the report is incorrect; and it is added, that Lord Henry Fitzmaurice is likely to succeed to the family titles. The marriage between Miss Samuel, niece of the Baroness Rothachid, with the wealthy Mr. Salomons, is to be 'solemnised the week after next. The Duke of Devonshire has added his name to the Committee for the management of the ball for the benefit of the silk weavers. Baron Maltitz, late Rusian Charge d'Affaires to the British Court, is, we hear, appointed Russian Minister at the .flog,ue. The noble mansion in Charles-street beloivinp , to the Countess of Craven, having been newly re-embellisher - 1 in teriorly and exteriorly, will shortly be thrown open to the fashionable world. Earl Catio . 2,an arrived last night at his mansion in Piccadilly from Kelso. Lord and Lady Hatherton and family have arrived in Grosvenor. place from Staffordshire. The I3eresford family, in all its branches, at the bra i of which is the Archbishop of Armagh, in Ireland, is :said to realise annually from the church, army, and navy, by patronage (principally from the church), 100,0001. a year. Lord Ilehester has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of .-;ornersetshire, in the place of the late Marquis of Bath. The party at Woburn visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedford has broken up, her Grace having arrived in Belgrave-square for the season. Prince Nicholas Ester ltezy, Count Waidstein, Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, Lord Alford, and a large party of the nobility visited their Graces. Earl and Countess Cowper have returned to town from Pansanger. The Marchioness of Ailesbury will return to Gros venor-square to-day from Ham. l'he Earl and Countess of Minto had a grand dinner party on Saturday evening at the Admiralty, and among their distinguished guests were Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Howick, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Boringdon, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, Hon. Mr. Elliott,' Miss Berry, &c. In the latter part of the evening the Countess of Radnor, Liscly Jane Bouverie, Lord Henry Fitzmaurice, Right Hon. T. Spring Rice, Sir Charles Adam, Mr. G. C. Adam, Mr. snd Mrs. - Ponsonby, &c., joined the party. The Earl of Tank - erville entertained the Russian Ambassador, and a select party at dinner, on Saturday even ing, in Grosvenor-square. Mr. Ferguson, M.P., of Raith, gave a grand dinner yesterday, in Portman-square. The members of the Fox Club dined together on Saturday, at Grillon's Hotel. Earl Grey will give his first dinner party for the season, some day this week. The Marquis Conyngham returned to Dudley-house Park, late yesterday, from a visit to their Majesties, at Windsor Castle. His Lordship's visit to the castle was connected, we believe, with arrangements relative to the grand fete to be given, it is understood, next month, at the King's theatre, for the benefit of the Spitalfields silk weavers; and which is to be managed by a Committee, at which the Marquis, as Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Hood, are to be at the head. Their Majesties intend to honour the ball with their presence. The King has been pleased to present to the Gold- smiths' Company a very valuable painting, being a full-length portrait of his Majesty, in his coronation robes, which is to adorn the interior of their splendid new hall. It was from the pencil of Mr. Morton. The Duchess of Montrose, we hear, is likely soon to add an heir to the noble house of Graham. On Saturday G. F. Young, Esq., M.P., Mr. Charles Enderby, Mr. Smith, Captain R. Locke, and Mr. J. Wal lace, Directors of the British and American Steam Navigation Company, and Mr. Laird, the Secretary, had an interview w;th the President of the Board of Trade. By letters received on Saturday, we learn that the Duke of Cumberland intends being in town by Tuesday week. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Richmond, and a large party of the nobility, pa tronise Mr. Weippert's dress ball this evening, at the Hano ver-square rooms. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans' had a din ner party last evening at St. Albans' House, Piccadilly. The Countess of Kinnoul gave a dinner party on Satu,'day at Hampden House, Green-street. In the evening there as an assembly of upwards of 200 of the heist ton. The Ron. Captain Curzon has resumed his at te'tdance on hel• Majesty as Private Secretary and Resident Gentleman Ushe:',. the gallant Officer has returned from Keddleston Hall, Derbyshire, the scat of his brother, Lord Scarsdale. An elegant equipage is building for Colonel Pozzo di Borg°, nephew of the Russian Ambassador, which will be launched on the 13th inst., the first drawing-room. The Prince Royal of Sweden does not, we under star, d, intend to visit this country or France during the present sprinj. His Royal Highness is expected to leave Stockholm for Ears next month, and after visiting his sister, the Princess Hohenzollern, he will return to Sweden via Hamburgh. 'The I- on. Mrs. Edward Stafford Jernyngham, who has i'nheritcsl a great portion of the late Mrs. Fitzherbert's property, is laughter of John Smythe, Esq., and married, in 1828, the fourth son of Lord Stafford, by whom she has two soillleiße..elde.st, who is the godson of Mrs. Fitzherbert, is to }rave the YeiVessitt pf the property. s - eV ley, the new Secretary to the Post . s , _ekhimself favourably to the request made , _l 4, _ ~. : from Jersey to Granville, which will , ( 1 K 6 . 1 45 0es * A ts ... and prosperity of this island.—Jersey *map fr .• ~ ,, ,iii, ;_,' . ,Q . ': , A ,./ , ri - 7". ei ti v ire 0 ford entertained a party on Satur- iease the Marquis and Marchioness of alkit ik. Abercorn have returned, for a short visit, from Bentley Priory, Stanmore. The Duchess of Bedford and Lord and Lady Charles Fox Russell have arrived in Belgrave-square, from Woburn, for the season. The Swedish Minister, Count Bjorntsjerna, has taken a villa at Richmond. The term for which his Excellency had taken the Earl of Munster's mansion, in Belgrave-strcet, having expired, it will revert to the Noble proprietor. Lord and Lady Ravensworth have returned to Percy's Cross, Fulham, from a visit to their Majesties at Windsor Castle. The Hon. Mrs. Darner and Sir Frederick Hervey Bathurst returned to town on Friday from attending the obse quies of the late venerable Mrs. Fitzherbert, at Brighton. Mrs. Darner, before her marriage with the Hon. Col. Dawson Darner, was Miss Seymour, the protege of Mrs. Fitzherbert, with whom she constantly resided. Prince Esterhazy gave a sumptuous dinner to the Ministers, foreign and domestic, yesterday, at Chandos House. On Friday next his Highness is expected to visit their Majesties at Windsor Castle ; and, on the following day, he will be invested with the insignia of a Grand Cross of the Bath. The parties at the Russian Embassy will be resumed shortly after her Majesty's first Drawing-room. The Grand Ball to be given by the Officers of the Artillery and engineers on the 17th inst., at the Barracks at Woolwich, will be on a scale of great splendour. It will take place on the occasion of her Majesty's birth-day. The Earl of Rosslyn, on Thursday, took the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords, for the first time after the death of his father. Mr. Sergeant Storks was so much indisposed at Norwich that, after he had addressed the jury in the breach of I promise case, " Dennington v. Dearsley, clerk," Mr. Justice Park urged him to go home to his lodgings and nurse himself, expressing a hope that he did not walk to the Court. He was too unwell to attend the Judge's dinner, and is not ex pected to preside at the Cambridge borough sessions, ad journed from Monday last to Friday, on account of the unusual time the Assizes have occupied. At a meeting of the National Society for the Edu cation of the Poor, holden at the Central School, Westmin ster, on the sth inst., there were present—His Grace the Archbishop of York ; the Lord Bishops of St. Asaph, Ban gor, and Hereford ; Joshua Watson, Esq. ; the Rev. Dr. Walmsley, the Rev. H. H. Norris, Anthony Hammond, Esq. ; James( Trimmer, Esq. ; Richard Twining, Esq. ; and the Rev. J. C. Wigram. The travellers' room at the White Horse Cellar is of course uncomfortable ; it would be no travellers' room if it were not. It is the right hand parlour, into which an aspiring kitchen fire-place appears to have walked, accompanied by a rebellious poker, tongs, and shovel. It is divided into boxes for the solitary confinement of travellers, and it is furnished with a clock, a looking-glass, and a live waiter, which latter article is kept in a small kennel for washing glasses in a corner of the apartment. —Pickwick Papers. KING'S THEATRE.—The Italian Opera, which was sinking into degradation, has been brought back, at a spring, into a state of perfection by the return, on Saturday evening, of Madame Grisi, and her inseparable associates (long may they continue so), Signors Rubini, Tamburini, and Lablache. They were welcomed by a house crowded to over flow. The opera chosen for the occasion was I Puritani, in which they have acquired their best laurels, and decidedly the piece in which the most perfect display is made of this phalanx of talent. Grisi is in better voice, and looks better, and acts better, and dresses better (though last not least) than ever. The calls for an encore, as usual, were numerous, but she encountered willingly, even gratefully, the additional fatigue they imposed ; and a more arduous part than her Elvira in I Puritani is not to be found in the whole range of the Its. Tian musical drama. The audience wished, out of absolute pity, so spare her the repetition of the quartett in the first act. Who can forget the triumphant look with which she advanced to the front of the stage, amidst a thunder of " No, no," from all parts of the house, which said " I can and will sing it again in spite of you." Rubini was also in remarkably fine voice, and received his full share with the prima donna her self of the public favour. His taste, we think, is even im proved. Of Tamburini it is unnecessary to say more than that he is himself ; and of Lablache, that he retains the quiet astonishing power which makes him at all points gigantic, in voice as in person, and also, let that never be forgotten, in real unaffected unprcteeding talent. The opera has been very carefully got up, the details well managed, and the chorusses full and effective. The part of Henrietta, the widowed Queen of Charles, out of whose escape the leading incidents of the drama arise, was well sustained by Miss Wyndham. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Zoological So ciety was held Thursday afternoon, Captain Bowles, R.N., in the chair. Mr. Yarrell, the Secretary, read the report of the Council, from which it appears that the receipts during the past month were 1,063/. 6s. (id., during which time there had been expended upon the gardens, 1,201/. 163. ; on the museum, 2371. Is. I Id. ; and the general establishment, 66/. I 03. The number of visitors to the gardens in the month of March was 5,595, from whom 1571. 19a. was received. A great variety of presents were announced to the museum and menagerie. Amongst the latter were donations from her Ma jesty, the Marchieness of Winchester, Sir Herbert Taylor, &c. The names of members of the Council going out by ro tation at the ensuing annual meeting, were announced, as Captain Bowles. Drz. Rogtt and Horsfield, and Messrs. Erie and Hay ; and those recommended for election to fill these vacancies, were Lords Braybrook and Milton, Messrs. Boi leau, W. S. Mackay, and Chit. Mr. Rogers brought for ward a moticn, as a recommendation to the Council, for the institution of lectures on Zoology at the museum, with con venient places for dissection of animals dying at the gardens ; which, having been seconded by Mr. Hardisty, was unani mously carried. Twenty-four new members were elected, and the names of twenty-seven candidates were proposed for election. The late Bishop of Norwich was the youngest of thirty-six brothers and sisters. He commenced life as a tutor to the children of a Barrister, who agreed to give him 2001. a year as a salary. He staid with this gentleman three years, during which time he received no salary ; and never in his life made one application for payment. A Clergyman of his diocese obtained permission to dedicate a book to him, in which he attributed to the Bishop sentiments directly oppo site to those he entertained. He was informed of the circum stance, and could have stopped the publication, but refused to do so. Some few years after this occurrence the Clergy man became distressed in his circumstances, and asked the gentleman who had obtained the Bishop's permission to de dicate the work to him to solicit relief from his Lordship. This gentleman was the holder of a Bishop's lease, and on mentioning to Dr. Bathurst his reason for calling, his Lord ship said, " You want your lease renewed ; well, then, I will renew for three lives, and you may pay the fine to the poor Clergyman." From the great expense entailed on the Bishop of Norwich, the bishopric becomes the poorest of all in Eng land ; this never influenced his Lordship in his opinions or public conduct. After he had made his celebrated speech in favour of Catholic Emancipation, his Lordship said to the writer, " I have lost Winchester, my dear Sir, but I have satisfied my conscience." This circumstance did stop his translation to that see.—Norwich Mercury. - . On Saturday evening an inquest was held on the body of Mrs. Louisa Williams, a maiden lady possessed of considerable property, about 50 years of age, who was burnt to death at the fire which broke out in the house of Mrs. Charl ton, in Bowling-street, Westminster, about three o'clock on Saturday morning. George Day, a policeman, stated, that in passing the house he discovered it was on fire, when he gave an alarm, and attempted to open the door, but without success. Mrs. Charlton, with three other inmates, however, soon made ;heir appearance at the street-door, and escaped. By great exertions the flames were prevented extending beyond the first ticor, on entering which the deceased was found lying on her right side, in front of the fire-place, most dreadfully burnt, particularly her right arm, of which scarcely any portion re mained. In the opinion of witness, the fire originated in the room where the deceased was found, and afterwards communi cated to the shop, a portion of a table on which she was ac customed to place her gold watch having fallen through the flooring, and was found, with her watch, in the shop. Mrs. Mary Wright deposed, that the deceased, who had resided in the house all her life, was of eccentric habits, frequently going to bed at an early hour, and at other times staying up very late. Witness supposed she sat up reading, and, falling asleep, had set fire to some portion of her dress. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally burnt." AUSTRIA AND THE AUSTRIANS.-2 vols. post SyD..__This work, the author informs us, is published with the view of making the Austrian dominions better known to the people of England, and especially of removing from public opinion the fallacies which Western Europe has long enter tained with respect to the people, manners, and government of that empire. The,volumes are full of attractive details, rendered still more inviting by their entire novelty, respecting the Court and capital of Austria; the people, their character, amusements, &c. ; the celebrated diplomatists connected with Vienna, Metternich, and others ; the physical, moral, and political power of Austria ; and a thousand other topics equally interesting. One chapter devoted to the considera tion of the social and political importance of the Danube steam navigation will excite, at the present moment, much attention. The volumes are embellished with portraits of the Emperor Ferdinand and Prince Metternich. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom.house, at noon on Thursday. The Ocean, from Antwerp, arrived at the same time. " BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR APRIL affords Boz an opportunity of exhibiting his admirable qualities as a comic writer," observes the John Bull. "He must decidedly stand unrivalled in the class he has selected." Bentley's Mis cellany, to which we are accustomed to look forward as to a most welcome companion, contains also a most amusing story called " Grey Dolphin." In the style of its humor it may, perhaps, resemble the stories of Sterne ; still it is original, and not at all inferior to that writer. It is the most laughable and witty story we have read for a long time. The popular author of " Hajji Baba " continues his entertaining Oriental romance of " Ilajji," and Lover gives us more of the whimsical ad ventures of the blundering Handy Andy. In addition to the humorous articles which abound in the present number, we have several original letters of Addison, anecdotes of Sheri dan ; a pathetic story by a distinguished writer, called " Scenes in the Life of a Gambler ;" and last, but not least, Father Prout's playful song, " Les Poissons d'Arvil," or April Fools, which will he read and quoted by every body. Thus, for half-a-crown, we have in the present number of this comic periodical, about twenty stories, a humorous sketch by our old friend George Cruikshank, and a portrait of She ridan—need we be surprised at the immense success of this new work ? SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Newmarket, Sunday afternoon. The regular racing season in the south commences to-mor row with the Craven Meeting, and with more flattering pros pects than we could have anticipated from the state of the turf twelve months ago. Racing, in fact, has amazingly increased within the last six months, as may be gathered from the num ber, character, and value of the engagements now on the book for Newmarket, Goodwood, and Ascot, and if the same spirit which has prevailed of late continues to show itself, there can be little doubt that the Newmarket and other principal meet ings in the south country will recover all their former popu larity. With two or three exceptions these remarks will ap ply to the north and west country races, where attractions of a very superior kind are held out to breeders and trainers, so that 1 837 is likely to be a very busy one. In observance of our usual custom, we submit a list of the horses in training at Newmarket that have engagements in the course of the ensuing week : - Three-years-old. Mr. Thornhill's Brother to Mouch ; Lord Verulam's f. by Emi lius, out of Varennes ; Sir S. Graham's c. by Emilius, out of Bra vura ; Lord Chesterfield's Capulet, Lord Lichfield's Cassandra, Lord Chesterfield's c. by Priam, out of Arachne; Lord Orford's c. by Mulatto, out of Medina; Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middle ton, Lord Jersey's c. by Sultan, out of Fille de Joie ; Colonel Peel's f. by Bedlamite, out of Garcia; Lord Chesterfield's c. by Priam, out of Octaviana ; Mr. Bland's Cordova, Lord Stradbroke's Chinchilla, Lord Chesterfield's Edgar, Mr. Houldsworth's Dan, Lord Exeter's 'I roilus, Lord Orford's £ by St. Patrick, out of Mulebird ; Mr. Forth's c. by Emilius, out of Grisette ; Colonel Peel's c. by Lapdog, out of Mary Anne ; Lord Exeter's Champion, Lord Chesterfield's c. by Young Phantom, dam by Whisker; Lord Jersey's c. by Bedlamite, out of Alea ; Lord Lichfield's Cartoon, Lord Exeter's Gauntlet, Lord Orford's Armenia, Mr. Greville's Mango, Sir M. Wood's Brother to Glaucus, Mr. S. Stanley's Rat trap, Mr. W. Edwards's c. by Peter Lely, out of The Balkan ; Co lonel Peel's Rosabel, Mr. Cooke's Norgrove, Lord Exeter's Velure, Lord Exeter's Adrian, Duke of Portland's c. by Tiresias, out of Addy ; Duke of Portland's Cassandra, Duke of Portland's c. by Catton, out of Tragedy ; Duke of Cleveland's f. by Emilius, out of Maria ; Lord Suffield's Caravan, Lord Lichfield's f. by Emilius, out of Ada ; Lord Orford's c. by Catton, out of Spavina ; son's Quicksilver, Lord Chesterfield's c. by Emilius, out of Bee-In a-Bonnet ; Mr. Vansittart's c. by Catton, out of Darioletta ; Lord Suffield's Anvil, Lord Egremont's Madeira, Mr. Sotverby's Ruby, Mr. W. Edwards's c. by Muley, out of Bequest. Four-Years-Old and upwards. Duke of Richmond's Haveldar, Lord Suffield's Airy, Mr. Fos ter's Longinus, Dord Lichfield's The Drummer, Lord Exeter's Luck's All, Duke of Rutland's Florestan, Mr. Houldsworth's Tur ban, Lord Suffield's Alfred, Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea, Lord Chesterfield's Carew, Colonel Peel's Slane, Colonel Peel's Mr. Waggs, Colonel Peel's Jacob Faithful, Mr. W. Edwards's Royal George, Lord Tavistock's Jack-in-the-Green, Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny, Lord Lichfield's Elis, Mr. W. Scott's Scroggins, Duke of Richmond's Emilianus, dam by Gam ; Duke of Grafton's Calmuck, Mr. J. Day's Venison, and Lord Stiffield's Newlight. There are in all upwards of 300 horses in the different stables. The list contains upwards of thirty stakes and matches, inde pendent of plates and handicaps, which close in the course of the week. The most interesting events are the two Riddles worths and Column Stakes. For the first Riddlesworth, to be run to-morrow, there is an entry of twenty-one, of which eleven only are training here, and of these the Garcia filly and Cas sandra (winner of the Nursery stakes), are the only public horses. Brother to Bay Middleton was tried on Friday, and is said to have won his trial. Garcia has many admirers, but neither has been mentioned at any price. Arachne, the Va rennes filly, Brother to Mouchc, Bavaria, and Madona, are thought likely to run. For Monday's Riddlesworth seven out of twelve are at work, viz., Garcia and five dark ones. The Column Stakes has two public (Colonel Peel's Rosa bel and Garcia filly) and ten dark horses in training out of a nomination of twenty-two. The names of those in prepara tion will be found in the list given above. The lameness and departure of Bay Middleton leaves the Port free for W. Scott, as it does not appear from public runn ing that either Sepoy or the Emilianus colt have any chance with Scroggins. The weather continues dry, and that is all that we can say in its favour ; the wind is excessively high and cold, with every prospect of a fall of some kind. Under such circum stances a full or fashionable meeting can scarcely be expected. It is worthy of observation that while many persons are suffer ing from the anomalous state of the weather not a single horse out of the immense number in training is affected by it, pro bably a change will operate prejudicially. The arrivals at present are so few as not to admit of a list. The following is a sketch of the fixtures for to-morrow, omitting such horses as are out of training:— The Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft. Ab. M. Lord Verulam's f. by Emilius, out of Varennes, Bst. 41b; Mr. Thornhill's Brother to Douche, Bst. 71b. ; Sir S. Graham's c. by Emilius, out of Bravura, Bst. 71b ; Lord Chesterfield's Capulet, Bst. 71b ; Lord Lichfield's f. Ca=sandra, by Priam, out of Zillah, 7st. 131 b. ; Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Arachne, Bst. 21b • Lord Orford's c. by Mulatto, out of Medina, Bst. 41b ; Lord Jersey's B other to Bay Middleton, Bst. 71b. ; Lord Jersey's eh. f. by Sul tan, nut of Filagree, Bst. 41b ; Colonel Peel's gr. f. by Sultan, out of Fills de Joie, Bst. 4ib ; and Colonel Peel's ch. f. by Bedlatnite, out of Garcia, Bst. 41b. Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. D.M. Lord Chesterfield's c. by Priam, out of Octaviana, Bst. 41b ; Mr. Bland's Cordova, bat. lib ' • Lord Lichfield's f. Cassandra,, ' 131 b • and Col. Peel's ch. f. by Bedlamite, out of Garcia, S.A. -lib. The Hyde Park Stakes of 100 sovs. each, b. ft., for three years D. AI. Lord Stradbroke's f. Chinchilla, by Camel, out or Memina, Bst ; and Mr. Thornhill's Brother to Manche, Bst. 71b. Match, 150, h. ft. D.M.—Duke of Richmond's Havildar, Bst. 10111, agst Lord Chesterfield's Edgar, 7st. 51b. The Craven and two Handicap Stakes do not close till this evening. It is expected that the Caravan, which left off on Thurs day with Bay Middleton for Stockbridge, will return with Mustee and Chapeau d'Espagne, for the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas stakes. Sunday Night. The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each. A.F. Royal George, 4 yrs ; Hock, 4 yrs ; Capulet, 3 yrs ; Redihank, 4 yrs ; and Shireen, 3 yrs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three and four yrs old. Ab. M. Luke, 4 yrs, 9st ; Alus, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b ; Partner, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b ; .Mendizabal, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b; Madeira, 3 yrs, Bst. 61b; f. by Emi lius, out of Maria, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. ; f. by Emilius, out of Mulebird, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b ; f. by the Colonel, out of Bassilea, 3 yrs, 6st. 51b ; Edgar, 3 yrs, 6st. 131 b; Darioletta colt, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b ; c. by Emilius, out of Legend, 3 yrs, ist. 7lb ; Miss Sophia, 3 yrs, ist. 41b. ; and Comet, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for four yrs old and up wards. T. Y. C. Skim Milk, 3 yrs, ist. 91b ; Darius, 6 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Rioter, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b ; Famine, 6 yrs, Bst. 61b ; Lulima , 6 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Florestan, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b ; Coriolanus, 5 yrs, 9st. 21h ; Foozool, 4 yrs, 7st. Slb; Professor 4 yrs, Bst 81b. ; and Arsenic, 4 yrs, Bst.llb. THE RIDDLES WORTH. Even on Brother to Bay Middleton, but scarcely a bet made, the severity of the weather having prevented the usual muster before the rooms. Besides the favourite, Garcia, Brother to Mouche, Varennes filly, Arachne, and Medina are expected to run. The weather continues wintry, with an occasional fall of snow, very few arrivals, and every appearance of a dull meeting. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.FIIIDA r. THE RIDDLESWORTH, P.P. 6 to 5 agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton—offered THE PORTLAND HANDICAP, P.P. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime 11 to 2 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis 7 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Locomotive 7 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Hock 12 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Felix 12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Jacob Faithful—taken CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. 5 to 2 agat Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse—taken 11 to 2 agst General Yates's Sylvan 7 to 1 agat Mr. Peel's Tamworth 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Bubastes—taken 12 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Philip--tzken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Giffard's Traveller 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Allen's Vesper 25 to 1 agst Mr. R. Price's Master of the Rolls 100 to 8 agst Mr. Robinson's Stockport 100 to 8 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaley No others in request. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—taken 15 to 2 agst Lard Jersey's Brother to Bay Middleton 10 to 1 agst Captain Gardnor's Benedict—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mango 14 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiscus - 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Caravan—taken 27 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's Mickle Fell--taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Brother to Meuche THE ItANCHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. 6 to 1 agst Resurrection—taken MIDDLEHAM RACES.—WEDYESDAr. The Dinner Stakes. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. Mr. Allen's b. f. The Sylph, 4 yrs Mr. W. Allen 1 Mr. C. Topham's bl. h. Negro, aged The Hurdle Race. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. Mr. C. Topham's, aged (owner), beat Mr. J. T. Wray's, aged, and Mr. Allen's b. m. The Girl o f Kilkenny, aged. PRICKS_ OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock. :0 4 1 /4 4 i 3 per Cent. Red. 8 9 !4%5 4 i 3 per Cent. Cons 90 1 / 4 % 3 1 / 4 per Cent 97% Ditto Red.........,..... .......97% 1 / 4 % 1 New 3 1 / 4 per Cent.. 98%% ii New 5 per Cent.... . ... .. -......- Bank LongAnnuiilestoexpire Jan 5, lico l 4 l /4 Oct. lu, 1659 l4 7-16 Jan. 5, IP6O 14% 13-16' . Jan. 5, ss , April 5, 1889 -- Jan. 5, 1870 - -1 Omnium Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds liitto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account . Buenos A yres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, !824 Ditto Account . Danish Bonds ... Ditto Account Greek Bonds...—. Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account ........ ••• Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account ......... Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account... . Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 20 London and Southampton Railway Company 35 17% Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 5 7% Colonial Bank London and Westminster Bank 2O 19% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 8. 3 per Cent. Consols 89% Grand Canal Debt. 6 per cent 87% Ditto Reduced Ditto, 4 per cent.......... ...... - 3% per Cent. Stock.... 9 7 1,E Hibernian Bank - oitto New, 1830 97% City of Dublin Steam Co HO 3% per Cent. Debentures 90% National Insurance Co. ...... ... - Bank Stock.. 199 , City Debentures, 4 per cent... 78 Royal Canal Stock. 34% Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock - ' per cent. - .. - MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America I 0 France............ 2 0 Lisbon 0 0 8razi1............ 0 1 Guern.&Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburir ........ 0 0 Mexico I It Carthagena...... 0 0 Holland 1 0 Ostend.. ...... ... 0 2 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 2 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning. ..... ... 2 minutes after 6. I Evening 28 minutes after 6. ANTI DRY ROT COMPANY.- KYAN'S PATENT. The Directors of this Company have the greatest satisfaction in laying the following letters before the public : 2, Lime-street-square, April 5, 1837. _ _ Great St. Helen's, April 4. Dear Sir,—Accompanying this we send you a Report from Cap tain Lisle, the master of our ship, the Samuel Enberby, the first ship wholly saturated with Mr. Kyan's preparation for the preven tion of dry-rot and mildew. We delayed obtaining the report al luded to until such a survey had been held on the ship as to have warranted an opinion on a subject of so much importance to the public, and we beg now to state, that we feel so well satisfied of the beneficial effects of the preparation on the timber that in any cases where we may have occasion either to build or repair our ships we shall continue to use it, and in like manner for the masts, and in which particular, we think, we have derived considerable benefit from its application. -The iron fastenings, of which she has but few, are not in so satis factory a state as we had reason to expect, but we are not prepared to attribute the cause to Mr. Kyan's preparation ; and with respect to the copper bolts, they appear as good as on the day they were driven. The sails and cordage appear not to have worn so well as we an ticipated, and for which we cannot account, as from the numerous satisfactory experiments we have made, and from the most favour able reports we have received of similar canvass, so prepared, in other vessels, we had considered that point long since settled. We remain your obedient servants, Charles Terry, Esq. Messrs. Enderby, —•- C. H. and G. ENBERBY. Sirs,—ln compliance with your orders, to report as soon as I ar rived-in England on the state of the " Samuel Enderby" in reference to the several points mentioned in your memorandum, in order to give information on the ship, she being the first vessel built whose timbers and sails have been prepared according to Ryan's Patent Process, I beg now to state the following particulars in the same order as put down by you, viz. :—Sailing and trim of the ship, health of the crew during the voyage, effect of the process on the bilge water, state of the timbers and masts, state of the sails and rigging, effect on the metal bolts by the prepared timber. We sailed from London on the 11th of October, 1834, and re turned to Gravesend on the 7th of March, 1837, being absent from England 29 months. We reached the Celebes Islands, long. 125 deg. east, lat. I deg. 04 min. south, on the 20th February, 1835, and remained in those latitudes fishing until October, i 836. The ship was nearly at sea during the whole period, crossing the line several times. Respecting the Ship Sailing.—During the whole voyage, having met with many English and American vessels, I have found none whose sailing qualities were equal to the Samuel Enderby's, and am persuaded (according to my humble opinion) she is the best ship adapted for the Southern Fishery. Health of the Crew.—During the whole voyage, all the crew have been more than usually healthy ; indeed, 1 have never known the crew of any ship return from the South Sea Fisheries so free from sickness, therefo re I h ave no h es itati on in stating it is my firm opinion that the patent process in its application to ships' timbers mast in SOME way - improve the internal atmosphere of the ship, for, as you are all well aware, we frequently use the water hose over the casks of oil between decks and in the hold, by which, in southern latitudes, the hold is filled with steam from evaporation and intense heat, and that circumstance, in ordinary cases, affects the timbers and iron work, as well as increasing the putresence of the bilge water, but in the " Samuel Enderby," from the time she was launched at Cowes, in August, 1834, until her return to Eng land in March, 1837, the bilge water has been much sweeter and more free from noxious smells than any ship previous that I hare been in on the same voyages. Timbers.—As regards the timbers, the ship is perfectly sound in every respect, and shows no symptoms or indication of decay in any part throughout the whole ship, and it is my belief that the timber and plank have shrunk less than any new ship I have witnessed. Being at Cowes inspecting the ship from the time that her keel was laid until she was launched, and the greater part of the deck beams being made from green timber just felled and afterwards submitted to the process, they are now perfectly sound, and as firm as if cut from the most seasoned timber. These facts I consider to be strong evidence in favour of the process, and I am so satisfied myself of its good effect on timber that I should recommend new ships to be built of timbers prepared when quite green, and to let it be quite dry be fore placing it in the ship. Masts and Yards.—As to her masts, the lower ones are from the usual Canada white or yellow pine timber, the others are the red pine, all of which remain in a good state ; and have not lost any during the voyage from the ill effects of dry-rot. Metal Bolts.—Since my return to England the ship, after being discharged, was put into dry dock, and many of the bolts, iron and copper, have been driven out ; the latter are perfectly sound, and in good condition as possibly can be. The iron bolts are from some cause (I cannot comprehend) much corroded, probably from the effect of salt water being so frequently thrown on them. Sails and Cordage.—The effect of the process on the sails has not been so satisfactory as you anticipated, for they have worn out sooner than I expected. The standing rigging has given way in some places, and, as a precautionary measure, I tarred it to prevent the effect of the wet weather; whether the sun has had any par ticular effect on the canvass and rigging so prepared, as we were for the most part under the meridian sun, or whether the solution in which the canvass and rigging were prepared was too strong, I can not pretend to say, but it requires further trials (in my opinion) in similar voyages to establish the efficacy of the process on sails and rigging. I remain Sirs, your obedient servant, WILLIAM LISLE, Commander of the " Samuel Enderby." London, March 28, 1837. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. IWALTON RACES. The Members' Plate had not a sufficient entry to admit a race, and in consequence of it and other stakes not obtaining nominations, the meeting is put off, probably to the latter end of the season. NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY SPORTING Wanßa.—A match of a very singular description came off in a field at Highwood Hill, near Barnet, on Tuesday last. Mr. W. Freeman, land lord of the Wheatsheaf, at Well End Green , Shenley, under took to leap over twelve hurdles , placed e i ght yards apart, on foot, against a horse, ridden by the owner (a gentleman weighing fifteen stone), the animal being backed to leap a like number of hurdles, placed at the same distance from each other in a row parallel with those to be vaulted over by Mr. Free man. The match is said to have been for 401., and bets were freely laid in favour of the horse. The novelty of the affair attracted many spectators. Previously to starting, th e owner of the horse played a number of pranks with him mounting and dismounting several times in succession, and suddenly riding, by way of a frolic, at full speed into the midst of the bystanders. Fortunately no one was hurt, but the shouts of the crowd alarmed the animal, and, after taking three of the hurdles in good style, he bolted, and could not be brought up again until Mr. Freeman had accomplished' his task. Mr. Freeman had a rather severe fall, from catching the last hurdle but one with his foot. He, however, recovered himself imme diately, and won with ease, to the no small chagrin of the pro.. prietor of his four-footed competitor. Mr. W. Tooke paired off with Mr. C. Baring Wall on Major Fancourt's Amendment to the Mutiny Bill. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 10,1837. The third reading of the Irish Corporation Bill comes on to-night, when we doubt not it will be proved to the country that the representatives of the people are determined to follow up perseveringly their decision on Lord F. EGERTON'S motion. The majo rity on that occasion was signalized by some circum stances which materially altered the position of ;he question. It had been given out by the opponents of Reform, that among other achievements of theirs during their festive campaign in the autumn of last year, they had accomplished such a re-action in the public mind on the subject of this Bill as would assuredly leave it with a greatly di m i n i s h e d number of supporters in the House of Commons— so small a number, indeed, as would amply justify the the Lords in kicking it out of their House with even l e ss ceremony than formerly. Well, the day of trial came, and it proved what had often been proved be fore, that the Tories are bad prophets, and, if possi ble, still worse interpreters of public opinion. The result showed not only a greater majority in favour of the Bill, than had ever at that stage voted for it be fore ; but it exhibited the still more mortifying catas trophe to sanguine and prophetic minds, that the an ticipated conversions were all the wrong way. It established the very extraordinary fact, that the eyes of many Tory Members had been opened, and that these Members could no longer, in conscience, oppose the great and popular measure which merely gave jus tice to Ireland. This unexpected result threw the party on their backs. It completely upset all their calculations, and rendered it necessary to recast the plan of the cam paign. For the House of Lords to stand out against an increasing majority, increasing too by desertions from the ranks of Toryism, would he dangerous policy, and they therefore determined to compromise matters by giving their sanction to a modified Corporation Bill for Ireland. It is, we believe, precisely in this state of things that the House of Commons proceeds to-night to the) third reading of the Irish Municipal Bill. No Liberal Member of the House of Commons needs to be informed what the duty is which his constituents and his country expect him to perform in these circumstances. No faithful Representative of the people requires to be told, that if he do not attend in his place and support the measure by clenching his former vote, he endangers its ultimate success, and must take the responsibility therefrom ensuing. It is quite clear that the organs of Toryism are trying to throw those who are silly enough to be lieve anything coming from such a quarter off their guard, by pretending that, were an opening made for their patrons to come into power, they would de cline availing themselves of it. " The pear is not ripe yet," says one of these self-denying worthies this morning, therefore you need not be under any alarm. Now, let there be a considerable falling off in the majority on the third reading of the Bill—it matters not from what cause=and we shall soon see how ra pidly the pear will ripen. The Lords will not be slow to follow up the advantage gained in the Commons. They will give the Bill the coup de grace with hearty good will, and point to the declining support it received on the third reading, as at once a proof of the popular feeling, and a justification of their own conduct. As to the merits of the question at issue, it would be a mere waste of time to enter into them at this time of day. All that Ireland demands is simply justice. She asks to be put on a footing of equality with the other sections of that empire with which she has been united on the terms of an incorporating union. Those who deny her this equality as regards the reform of her Municipal Corporations, on the ground of danger to the Church, must, in order to be consistent, deny her every other civil right. They must re-enaet the severities of the penal code against Catholicism, and repeal the Reform Bill ; for to expect that with the power which the Ca tholics now possess they can be prevented from ob taining what they demand—namely, the right of ma naging their own Municipal concerns—is one of the greatest absurdities that ever entered the mind of man. Why then vex and exasperate the public mind of Ireland by delaying to grant that which must soon either be voluntarily conceded, or extorted by force ? Above all, why introduce the Protestant Church as the great barrier to the enjoyment of the privileges of the British Constitution by the people of Ireland ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S Imprisonment for Debt Bill stands on the Order Book of the House of Commons for further discussion in Committee this evening. We trust there will be a fuller attendance of Hon. Members than there was on Thursday last, when one of the most important clauses was carried without eliciting a remark from any of the Liberal Members, who feign to take such a lively interest in the details of this Bill. Bad as is the present law of debtor and creditor—and Heaven knows we were long of opinion that worse could not be devised—we almost fear, that in the case of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S Bill, the remedy is worse than the disease. If a debtor con trive to owe a less sum than 1001. to each creditor, he is perfectly secure under the proposed law both as re gards person and goods. Nay, if he play his cards skilfully, he may keep his creditors at bay for three years, despite of a host of attornies, and at last may send them about their business 501. worse for the annoyance they gave him. But if the debtor owe 1001. or upwards to any single creditor, the new law places him at once at the mercy of every creditor to whom he may owe a sum equal to that amount. In such a case all the creditor has to do is to ask the amount of his debt ; if it be not paid forthwith, or sufficient surety given, he has only to serve his creditor with a notice to pay the debt in twenty-one days ; and if it be not paid within that period on the twenty-second day, he can declare his debtor a bankrupt, and compel him under penalty of impri sonment, to make out a schedule of all his effects —though he might be possessed of ten thousand times as much property as would pay the paltry debt de manded. It was well observed by Mr. RICHARDS in the Committee on Thursday, when the 12th clause was under discussion, that an Hon. Member of that House might, if a trader, be sued for 10,0001., and though in possession of property worth 30,000/., he might be both unable to pay such a sum or to find sureties for so large a sum in the short space of twenty-one days—so that with the most ample means he could not escape insolvency, which in such a case would amount to ruin. Sir FREDERICK P OLLOCK put the objections to which the proposed law is liable in a still stronger light. "If a person of large pro perty," argued the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, " were sued for a judgment debt, and the debt were not paid instantly, not all his creditors, but one individual creditor might call upon him for a schedule of all his effects—not merely a schedule of property sufficient to satisfy that particular judgment, but he could call upon him to disclose all his concerns, and if the debtor on his examination gave dissatisfaction to the Com missioner, he could be brought before a Judge, and sent to prison till he should satisfy the Judge. Now, he did not see the great advantage . of this course, and he saw a very great disadvantage in making every cre ditor of the party the investigator of the debtors' con cerns, toties quoties, every time a judgment debt was obtained, while the debtor every time got no discharge at all. Constant complaints were made of the proceedings under a commission of bankruptcy, in consequence of their inquisitorial character, and in the Insolvent Court the case was the same. The system of forcing a debtor to make a complete discovery of his property by sending him to prison if he gave dissatisfaction, and keeping him there until the Judge was satisfied,ought at least to be followed by some corresponding advantage to him. He would not, as the clause stood, be in the same position as an insolvent debtor or a bankrupt under the present law, and after successive examinations by sepa rate judgment creditors, after pie had been stripped of every farthing, he would be incapable of obtaining fresh credit, if an Act of Parliament did not give him relief from his liabilities. His Hon. and Learned Friend the ATTORNEY-GENERAL might perhaps ob ject to a cessio bonorum, but if this clause were framed on this principle, he for one should object to it as be ing exceedingly harsh and severe. It was contrary to the principles of the law of England, and he was as tonished that his Hon. and Learned Friend should think of giving a single judgment creditor the whole power of bankruptcy and insolvency to enable him to get his debt paid, and yet give the debtor no relief. His Hon. and Learned Friend said he wished to abo lish imprisonment for debt ; but under this clause where was the difference between the present and the proposed law ? Was there any difference in going to gaol on a commi ss ioner's warrant o r a sheriff's writ ? or was there any magic in the former which would in fuse a greater share of candour into the breast of a debtor ? " Such a system of debtor and creditor law as that de nounced in this extract from the speech of Sir F. POLLOCK, is unfit for the meridian of Great Britain. It would fill the island with insolvents in a month—to the ultimate ruin of all commercial enterprise. What merchant would freight a vessel for Canton, or any port out of the chops of the Channel, if he knew that in twenty-one days some creditor who envied his prosperity might compel him to declare him self a bankrupt ? What country gentleman would contract a debt on the security of his rent-roll, if he were confident that every Gilbert Glossin to whom he might owe 1001. might compel him, on a twenty-one days' notice, to make a full disclosure of the state of his affairs ? Why, in the commercial world, such dis closures would assuredly, in every case, ruin the debtor. Besides, in the name of common sense, wherefore is a greater power given to the creditor than may be requi site for the recovery of his debt ? If the debtor ex hibit a schedule sufficient to discharge the amount of debt demanded, every rational end of justice is satisfied. A further exposure of the affairs of the unfortunate creditor ought . to be guard e d aga i nst b y t h e l aw ; an d the attempts of the malicious to wound the feelings of persons on the verge of i nso l vency, b y pry i ng unneces sarily into their affairs, merit punishment—not encou ragement. — lf the Bill of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL pass hi its present form, it will do away with the evil of impri sonment for debt, but, on the other hand, it will fill the emintr . with insolvents. Nos there exiqtr rnt shadow of j a necessity for substituting one tremendous evil for another. The power of imprisoning a man for a debt which he has no means of paying when de prived of his liberty, is almost as oppressive as the Roman law, which enabled the creditor to sell his debtor, or keep him as a slave till the payment of the debt ; but we question whether, in a commercial coun try, such a law is not exceeded in cruelty by one which enables the creditor to declare his debtor insolvent in three weeks, and so fling him without property or reputation on the world. Hon. Gentle men should take up the subject of this Bill in quite a different spirit from that which animated the past dis cussions upon it. They should bear more strongly in mind the commercial character of this country. Unless the Bill be greatly modified we would rather want it altogether. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL has published a pam phlet, in the shape of a letter, to Lord STANLEY, on the law of Church-rates. Nothing could be more seasonable than this publication, and we are quite sure that no one, with any pretension to fairness or impar tiality, can rise from the perusal of it without being convinced that there is no longer any room for dispute about the bearing of the law on this important ques tion. It may be recollected that during the debate in the House of Commons, on the resolution for the abo lition of Church -rates, Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, who is very apt to merge his law in his politics when there is a party purpose to serve, laid it down very dogmatically, that the law could compel the pa rishioners to assess themselves for the repairs of the Church, and for providing the things ne cessary for carrying on public worship. This was hailed with loud acclamations by those gentle men who, wishing to continue the Church-rate im position, were very much at a loss for arguments to support their views ; and Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, who spoke immediately afterward in the debate, was abused up hill and down dale by the squad of serviles, who out of the House are ever ready to re-echo the factious cries of those within it, because he corrected the Learned Member for Exeter, and placed the legal meths of the question on their true footing. Sir JOHN, on that occasion, stated the law to be, that when the majority of the parishioners met in vestry had laid a Church-rate, the law would enforce the payment of that rate, but that there was no law to compel the parishioners to lay the rate. The most forward of the yelpers at this statement of the legal question was Lord STANLEY, who, with his usual diffidence, took upon himself to contradict the opinion of his Majesty's Attorney-General on a dry point of law. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL has therefore very properly addressed— we were going to say dedicated—the pamphlet, in which he confirms his opinion by an appeal to the highest legal authorities, to the Noble Lord, who we hope will read, learn, and inwardly digest its con tents, before the next discussion on the Church-rate question comes on in the House of Commons. We are sorry that want of room prevents our giving even an abstract of this learned and useful production ; we shall, however, take an early opportunity of making our readers acquainted with its leading features. The French mails of Friday and Saturday have not yet arrived. We are consequently unacquainted with the progress which the Citizen KING has made in the appointment of his Cabinet. And yet, when all is done, the affair is of little consequence, as no Minister can remain for any length of time in office, who has not influence sufficient to change the whole domestic policy of France. The re pressive system is worn out—the spy system is worn out—the KING'S name has lost its magical in fluence—the whole current stock of political adventu rers are not worth a sous a-head in the opinion of the people—and in fine the nation sees in Louis PHI TIPPE a political mountebank solely intent on making money, wielding a despotic power, and procuring Royal Crowns for his children. He quarrels with his Cabi net, and risks the peace of France in order to grasp an apanage for his son ; and yet to deliver Spain from a fratricidal war of three years' continuance, he feigned a reluctance to burthen his loving subjects with tavr.a necessary for the equipment of a foreign legion I Brussels and German Papers have been received, but their contents are of no political importance. A letter from the frontier of Russia has some ingenious observations on the probable effect of the Imperial Ukases, making a knowledge of the Russian language a necessary qualification for all offices within the pre sent limits of the empire. Some extracts from the Brussels Papers will be found in another column. - t , ;0.-04 - —4.lhessAw4a ) L. - , . U fl+ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ..... t)itto Bondi 37 39 3'l pm. 'South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1751 Exch. Bills, £I,OOO 39 40 38 40 pm. Ditto ..... ..... 38 40 pm. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. ' Ditto Advertised — pm Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... India Stock for Account 258 Consols for Acconnt 90%y4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ........ Ditto Account ....." Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 4B Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent Prussian Bonds. ..... Russian Bonds, 1922 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic ............« — Spanish Bonds Ditto Account ..... Ditto iiiwaz last 2 3 1 /4 Ditto Account 23 %%% French, 5 per cent. .... ..... 106 t. 50c. -- 4 per cent. ....... ... —l. --c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange 2sf. 50c. Dutch, 2;,, per cent. Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent ..... .... 100% 100 Ditto Account — LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DRAT, MARCH 9.—Wind N. E. strong breezes.—Two Irish steam-vessels passed for the River this day, from the west ward. POKTSMOUTII, MARPII 9. —Wind E.N.E., blowing hard and squally.—Arrived the Amsterdam, Gollons, from the Bay of Chaleur. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8. —Wind N.E.—Arrived the Havre, Bruce, from the South Seas. FALMOUTH, MARCH B.—Wind N.E., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Sheldrake, packet, —, from Halifax. Sailed the 11th ult. CLYDE, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Antigua, Fisher, from. Naples. COWES, MARCH 9.--Arrived the Eleanor Sophia, from New York. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Arrived the Concord, Cox, from Lisbon. GUERNSEY, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Scandinavian, from Copenhagen. JERSEY, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Apollo, Sillents, from Lisbon. BRISTOL, MARCH B. —Arrived the Hayti, Krimes, from Marseilles. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 9.—Arrived the Matulina, from Leeatio MILFORD, APRIL B.—Arrived the London, Bull, Smyrna. WATERFORD, APRIL 7.—A rr i ve d th e Vi rg i ne , M udei from St. Übe's. BELFAST, APRIL 7.—Arrived the Hero, Gibson, London. . DUBLIN, APRIL 7.—A large vessel drifted by E a gle San d on the 4th inst., apparently a complete wreck ; boats have gone out to her. . _ DUNBAR, APRIL. 6.--The James, from Wemys to this port, was driven on the rocks this morning, but has been got into harbour much damaged, after throwing her cargo overboard. LowssroFFE, APRIL 9.—For the last three days it ha; blown a very strong gale f ro m th e N.N.E. t o E. N• Several vessels drifted from their anchors last night in Yar mouth Roads. Upwards of 100 are in these roads ; many with only one anchor. The John Dunn, of Newcastle, hav-• ing lost both anchors and chains, was supplied with others from hence, and is now riding out the gale, which con tinues N. E. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9.—The Azores packet, from St. Mi' chael's to London, has floated off, and brought alongside the wharf. PADSTOW.—Part of the wreck of a vessel, timber lade n ' has been driven on shore at Trevose Head, with " Brun'' wick" branded on it, 33 feet long, has been picked up. SWANSEA.—The Peggy, from Bristol to Dublin, which via!! on shore, has been got off with little d a mage, and broug ht into this harbour. The following was received at Lloyd's this morning Foreign-office, April 7, 1837.- " Sis,-1 am directed by Viscount Palmerston to trans,:r.it to you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, the copy of a despatch from his Majesty's Consul at Naples, re porting the loss of the British barque Portia, of London' George Clarke, master.—l am, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " IV. FOX STRANGWAY. " The Chairman of the Committee of Lloyd's." (Com) British Consulate, Naples, March 28, 1837. SIR,—I beg leave to inform you that I have received let ters from his Majesty's Vice-Consul at Lecce, in the Adriatic, fle a ! Cape Otranto, and from 11. Ir. George Clark, mas ter of the 1 1 British barque Portia, of London, reporting t h e total los 9 that vessel on the morning of the Bth inst., at half-past on, o'clock. The vesssel was in ballast, and was on her voyag_ from Ancona to Malta, when she struck on the ground at. ; place called Torre de Chiarca, ten miles from Lecce, in th l , r foggy weather, and became a perfect wreck. The crew fu)a r : great portion of the stores of the ship were saved. The latter, with the remains of the hull, will be sold for the benefit of ti parties interested ; and I have given directions to the V i _ e _ e Consul at Lecce and Galipoli for the disposal of the forma -1 am, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GALLW"- AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—On Friday 111 °r"" ; i n gn: few minutes past seven o'clock, a hostile meeting took place siding Scrubs, between Mr. Raystock, a gejntleinan re; gentlemaniding in Bakeri-nstreet,stP.orjtombaA-squwoarood,. be 'Mr. Wood , d without effect, when tho seconds interfered, andpaafrtteiersaleer. minutes' consultation, they succeeded in c btainin• ar ds cable arrafrom : ement, and the combatants with theirs frien quitted the ground. The Pause of the meeting arose fro : dispute at Covent-garden theatro, 011 Wednesday eve ning 'Aft:, lative to e young lady, a relation of Mr. Raystock, v-01. w h9 lO , _ R. considered was insttitga by Mr, Wod on their quitting eqttrgi THE SU - N, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1837.