The Sun. — London, England, 1835-03-23 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS. CAssaL, MARCH 10.—In a confidential sitting, which took place last week, a communication was made to the Assembly of the State of the negotiations at Berlin, for joining the Commercial Union, especially so far as they relate to Frankfort and Nassau. MUNICH, MARCH 13. —The German Courier gives under the above head the following article : " Melancholy accounts respecting Greece have been received here. It is said that all Messina is in insurrection, and that the troops ordered thither by the Regency, far from being able to overcome them, were obli g ed to capitulate with them. The rebels are said to have demanded, as conditions, that the King shall immediately assume the Government, grant a liberal Constitution, and that the Regency shall be called to account for its administration, and for the di,burse ment of the subsidies. It is feared that the insurrec tion will extend to a great part of Greece, and that the troops which the Regency has at its disposal will not be sufficient to suppress it. Koletti, who by his influence has hitherto kept the contending parties balanced, is said to have declared on this occasion that he must remain neutral." M. Von Robell cannot take any share in the affairs of the Government being ill of the dropsy—Frankfort Paper, 19th March. BRUSSELS, MARCH 21.—The Senate in its sittings of the 20th commenced and concluded the general debate on the Budget of the Finance Department, in which nothing re markable occurred. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, MARCH 21. Actual Debt, 2i per Cent., 541 Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent., lOll Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent, 991 Bank of Belgium Society of Commerce —Cr Eck- 111 •h 22. —Corrier Beige, 111 arch "zz. VIENNA, MARCH 12.—Prince William of Prussia made the journey from Berlin in 64 hours. He is accompanied by Ma jor-General Von Roder, who was at Vienna last year on a special mission. In a few days the Plenipotentaries will set out, who are to carry the official notification of the death of the Emperor Francis, and the accession of the Emperor Ferdinand, to the Courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg, Dresden, Stock holm, Munich, Stuttgard, Paris, London, Turin, Rome, Na ples, &c. The persons said to be chosen for this duty, are Prince Charles of Lichtenstein, Prince Alfred Von Schom berg, Prince Adolphus Von Schwartzenburg, Prince Alvey Von Lichtenstein, Prince Kinsky, and Count Hoyes. By a resolution of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager will have the title of Her Majesty the Empress Mother. ROME, MARCH 7. —The placable spirit of Gregory X VI. has manifested itself in a new act of clemency. Many indi gent persons in tae provinces, who had suffered themselves to be led astray in the years of trouble, lost in consequence the pensions which they received from the Government. llis Holiness, moved by their repentance, has ordered their pen sions to be restored. We regret to hear that this act of mercy is opposed by a great part of the superior clergy ; but - it is hoped that their opposition, like that to the lately-announced secularization of the Tribunals, will be overcome. VIENNA, M. 13. —Five per Cents., 1011; Four per Cents., 94i ; Bank Shares, 1335. —Allgemeine Zeitung, March 15. PRICES OF STOCK i THIS Bank Stock DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. 3 per Cent Rod. 3 per Cent. Cons.... 9'2.:!i '4 3L4 per Cent - Ditto lied. - - New 3';:.; per Cent lOOl6 99; . c A antird - 4 P'r Cen t. IDiss se ented... .. ._ - Bank I_otigA nnuitift to expc re Jim. 3. 1860 - Oct. II), 185 - Jan. 5. IFIIO Jan.. 5, 1850 - April 5, WO . -- Jan. 5. 1870 -, India ...... Ditto itonds •-)0 2 pm. South Sea Stock ler3!4 'Old Amniales New Ditto par Cent. Annuities, M 1... Exch. Bills, .1:1,1110 ..... .... 94) 41 pm. Ditto 300 19 40 pm. Ditto Small 3ll 40 pm. ' Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised —.— pm. Bank Stock for Opening ...... 2.21;4 India Stock for Acc0unt......... 2130 1 4 Consols for Accou , ,t 92% tii 14 PRI(.7EB OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. •I Peruvian Bonds .1 Ditto Account • 1 Portuguese Bonds — II Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds iti% 5,4 4.4 -; Ditto Account ( ):s;'et 4i 14 •' Prussian Bonds — 1 Ditto Bonds, 1822 -. aussian Bonds, 113:1....... 109% 8% -( Ditto Account - -) Ditto Metalilc — I 1 Spanish Bonds I 1 ' Ditto Account 6")% 1 ,4 4%% 5 - Ditto Bonds, 1523 — -1 Ditto Account - -' French, 5 per cent. —f —c. _I 4 per cent —f. --c. ti per cent. —f. —c. i— Exchange l. --c. '.! Dutch, 2. 1 •.', per cent. ; Ditto Account s6'i I I Ditto, 5 per cent 1 0:3 1 4 2% . 1 Ditto Account thtto Account —l Brazilian Fonda - 81 Ditto Account BB 87;4, Buenos Ayre.3 Bonds — Ditto Account — Ch:inati Bonds Ditto Account Clltimbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bends, 1824...40% 3 4 I Ditto Account .—...407,4 s I) Eonds - Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1925 Ditto Account Mexican Bondy, 5 per cent. 5:31i Ditto Account Mtn, 11 per cent. 45 4%5 Dial Account 41 5 Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I'aid. 11+) 54 !' 1 2 t;,l Albion Copper Mining Company Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5!. pm.) Columbian Mining Company (issued at 51. pm.) Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 91/. . - Ditto Unregistered United Mexican (Isisticsi at .'l. pm.) PRICES OF HUSH STOC Per Share 4 7 4 5 42% 1% 2% 13 S KS. DUBLIN. MARCH 20. 3 per Cent. Consols ........ 9l,i Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent. 92 Ditto Reduced — Ditto, 4 per cent 62 3' : per Cent. Stock 9B; Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 183(1 Ski per Cent. Debentures 91% National Insurance Company •'S Sank Stock 9'24 ,i. City Debentures, 4 per cent... 82% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock 9-1N per cent 92% the serfs of Russia—not a shilling of the surplus that remains after providing every thing necessary for protes tant worship—where there are protestants to worship— shall be applied to the great national object of raising, by education, the miserable population from that de grading state of ignorance which will, while it con tinues, defeat every Legislative attempt to establish order and peace in that unhappy country. But, say the Ministers and their supporters, " we hold that Church property is inviolable and cannot be diverted from Church purposes—that is our principle, from which we cannot swerve, for with us principle is everything." Without stopping to inquire how far the claim of a rigid adherence, to principle may be liable to question, let us see how the doctrine of inviolability has been practically maintained. The Church legally claims the tenth of the produce of all cultivated land. This, say the Tories, is its ina lienable right----" the law allows it and the Court awards it." This right extends over all land as soon as it is brought into cultivation ; the moment a bog is planted with potatoes the parson comes in for his tithe. Now the Ministerial Tithe Bill entirely ex, empts all the, at present, uncultivated portion of the Irish soil—which is far the greater portion of the sur face of the island—from any charge for tithe in all time to come. Is this the way to maintain the rights of the Church inviolate ? But this is not all. The Bill cuts off one fourth of the amount of tithe payable from the land now under cultivation. Instead of 1001. the proprietor of the soil is in future to pay only 751. Now let any man who takes common sense for his guide, ask himself whether it be not a greater violation of the principle contended for by the Tories to extinguish altogether----to annihilate, at a single blow, so large a part of the revenue of the Irish Church, than to apply a portion of its wealth—that portion which it does not want—in such a way that the Catholic nopulation may participate in the be nefit to be derived from it ? Some such application as this of the surplus fund of the Irish Church is imperiously demanded, not less by jus'ice than by good policy. For the mere change in the name and form of tithe is a boon too unsubstantial and we must add, too tardily conceded, either to in spire much gratitude or to impart much hope. One great source of irritation will be removed, but until means are adopted to conciliate the' Irish, by conferring on them some solid and substantial benefit, the Parlia ment may heap statute upon statute, but it will be in MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0. America...» ..... Il '2 France 0 0 I.ishon 0 0 Brazi: 0 1 Ouern. &Jersey () 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg........ 0 0 Mexico 1 0 Carthagena. 0 I Hollantl 2 Dublin 0 1 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 2 Flanders 0 I 1 Leeward Wands 0 2 iVaterford HIGH IN ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 40 minutes after 10. Evening 13 minutes after 11. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed a new Comedy called PATRICIAN AND PARVENU. Sir Osbaldiston de Mowbray, Bart., Mr. Warde ; Percy de Mow.. bray, Mr. Cooper; Sir Timothy Stilton, Knight, Mr. W. Farren ; Dick Moonshine, Mr. Harley ; Ruby, Mr. Bartley. Ellen Rivers, Miss Lee; Mary Stilton, Miss Taylor; Miss Sally Sanders, Mrs. Glover. Previous to the Comedy, Mr. Cooper will deliver an occasional ADDRESS. To conclude with the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. In which Mr. Ducrow's magnificent Stud of Horses will be introduced. Arthur, Mr. Diddear ; Sir Roland, Mr. T. P Cooke; John Galadin, Mr. Harley; Gybe Dagonet, Mr. Webster; Gabriel, Mr. Tayleur. Gyneth, Miss Clifton; Morgana La Fayc, Mrs. Vining; Dorothy Stump, Mrs. Humby. Tomorrow, Patrician and Parvenu, and Timour the Tartar. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of LESTOCO ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. Lestocq, Mr. H. Phillips; Count GolofFkin, Mr. Gieubelei ; Mr. Wilson. The Princess Elizabeth, Miss Shirreff. To conclude with—THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindolf, Mr. G. Bennett; Lothair, Mr. Cooper; Count Frederick Friberg, Mr. Brindal ; Claudine, Miss Taylor. Tomorrow, Lestocq, with Black Ey'd Susan. The publication of Tna SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past 3 o'clock-. •••453)., 4. - Yi1'..007 , 4 4,z( . : - , - - !... t ., , ' , , , _4„ J , , : _).• / • ,_,,- ( 4N .-t.,..- , -- tr ~t 2 •••• -- - ..-.7.-;,-.,5, r:Tti9f)t c,_7-,':r,a7(,+ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1835. We understand that it is not Mr. WARD'S inten tion to bring on his motion this evening on the subject of the Army Estimates. The great trial of strength will be on Lord J. RUSSELL'S motion respecting the Irish Church. The Irish Church is the rock on which the PEEL Administration seems destined to be shipwrecked. Sir R. PEEL has solemnly, repeatedly, and in our opinion, most unwisely, declared that the entire revenues of the Irish Church shall be devoted to " purposes strictly ecclesiastical," meaning by that phrase, as he has him self explained it, the religious instruction of the mem bers of the united Church of England and Ireland. On the faith of this declaration Sir R. PEEL procured the support of his present adherents of every shade and hue, from the deep orange Tory to the milk-and-water Whigling. The whole of this anomalous party from RODEN to STANLEY, agree in holding the Premier's doctrine on this subject--a doctrine, the monstrous extravagance of which, to say nothing of its injustice and cruelty, a single glance at the state of Ireland would make manifest to the dullest, and one would almost think, to the most bigoted understanding. The Catholics and Presbyterians of Ireland amount to seven millions and a half ; the members of the Church of England to about half a million, the pro portion being as fifteen to one ; and the Ministerial proposition is, that the one shall monopolise what was intended for the whole sikteen—that of the revenues originally set apart by 'Catholics for Catholic purposes, and belongint , to the Catholic Church for a period eompared" with which the boasted " prescriptive rights" of Protestantism are but of yesterday—that of these ample funds not a shilling is to stray beyond the con tracted pale of the " EstablishMent." Although the people of Ireland should die of famine—though they are, thanks to Protestant ascendancy, reduced to a state of barbarism and destitution unparallelled even among When Lord STANLEY introduced his Irish Tithe Bill in July 1832, there appeared in the Times a very able article on the subject to which we have been directing the attention of our readers, with a few ex tracts from which we shall conclude our remarks, re gretting that we have not room for the whole : " The Composition Act was, in its day, a specimen of en larged legislation. Its original framer, Lord Wellesley, designed it to be compulsory ; but the journeyman spirit of Messrs. Goulburn and Peel deprived it of that—its most up right and valuable characteristic—and clogged it with condi tions so partial to the interests of the clergy, that it could not offer an effectual check to the growing murmurs among a Catholic people, against the principle o paying tithe under any modification to an alien church." " We have never ceased to urge, that a tax on land, to be paid by the landlord, would be the best description of per manent fund out of which to pay the clergy of the three deno minations in Ireland, as likewise to provide for the poor. Great difficulties would, no doubt, present themselves to the immediate adjustment of such a tax to land leased out already ; but what arc such difficulties compared with that of attempting the enforcement of tithe from the occupiers, expressly and ex clusively for the service of a church, to the support of which they have one and all resolved that it would be wicked in them directly to contribute ?" " Mr. Stanley himself admits that with the amount of re venue hitherto enjoyed by the church, he does not design to meddle through the operation of the measures now developed. We tell him, then, that on such an admission his whole project stands self-condemned, inasmuch as any new scheme for COTS firming to the church the immense and unjustifiable income which she has heretofore appropriated, must, if effectual as an instrument of legal torture, tend still more to spread that " disorganization of society" of which the Right Hon. Gen tleman complains, while, if inefficacious, it will but add con tempt for legislative authority, to hatred of its objects." " We wish that Mr. Stanley would look more at things and less at shadotis. The bulk of the people of Ireland, Protestant, Catholic, and Presbyterian, will not pay tithe to rectors, vicars, or ecclesiastical corporations. It is useless to imagine it. Nor will the people of Ireland, whether tenants or landlord, consent to pay money under any denomination, whether tithe, or tax, or rate, of the same amount as they hitherto have contributed, to the exclusive service of the Es tablished Church. Not only must the "tithe" be annihilated, but the substitute for it must be otherwise, and more compre hensively bestowed. Both these points appear to have escaped Mr. Stanley, who attempts to make the abolition of tithe prospective, while the nation have already abolished it, and who affords no prospect whatever of a reduction, by law at least, in the sum-total of those emoluments, which, no matter whence derived, have in years past gone to the benefit of the established clergy. They will have the corruptions of the church pulled down." The election bribery case, just tried at Cambridge, before Lord ABINGER, is, in its results, both inte resting and profitable. The action was brought an agent or sub -agent employed in promoting the suc cess of Mr. KNIGHT, the Conservative candidate for the representation, of Cambridge town, in opposition to Mr. SPRING R ICE ; it was proved in evidence that the defendant had bribed an elector, by the payment in hand of five pounds, and the promise of a like sum after polling, to vote for Mr. KNIGHT : the Jury were satisfied and the defendant found guilty. Lord ABINGER, in summing up, explained to the Jury that the statute provides that if any person shall, by any gift or reward, corrupt or procure any person to give, or to forbear to give, his vote in any election of a Member or Members of Parliament, he shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 5001. and be subject to certain civil disabilities ; in commenting upon the evidence, his Lordship felt himself called upon that to remark, " That the crime of bribery was very frequently committed, was a matter that could, hardly, he feared, admit of a doubt, because, when party spirit ran high, and men's passions were excited, they were too often found to sacrifice their own characters, for the sake of the temporary triumph of being on the winning side." But, notwithstanding the magnitude of the penalty, and the spirit of mercy (how benign and cheering it appeared !) which prompted the Court to apologise for the intemperance of human passion, the Jury inexorably mulcted the defendant, in the full penalty prescribed by the law. The trial was remarkable upon four grounds : First, That such an action should have been tried .be fore Lord ABINGER, who recently represented the immaculate City of Norwich, in connection with which, to speak of bribery, were defamation ; secondly, that a proper spirit appears to have been so gene rally awakened, as to the crime of bribery, that a Jury will extend, to a culprit of this sort, neither mercy, nor the benefit of a doubt ; thirdly, that nothing tran spired with reference to the great tempter who, sup plying the bribery fund, led to this sacrifice of character, for the sake of a temporary triumph ; and, fourthly, that so gross an offence should have been brought home to Conservative doors. We avail ourselves of the present opportunity to direct the attention of Parliament to a subject connected with one of the greatest improvements of modern times— railroads. Though the advantages promised would just now appear to be more immediately confined to distinct and separate localities, the day is fast ap proaching when the universality of the new mode of conveyance will elevate those advantages into a great national good, generally considered. It will be prudent, therefore, by the exercise of a little forethought, to anticipate any difficulties which may by-and-bve arise to these R undertakings, when they shall have advanced vain. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1835. into maturity, by reason of piecemeal acts of legisla tion done in their infancy. We are not aware that any legislative provision has yet been made for the erection of a standard, by which every tram-road should be constructed as to specific and well-defined width. The variation of one inch in this respect might render impracticable the continuous transit between neighbouring counties, and defeat the utility of a junction of roads. Let us suppose a case. Parliament permits a railway to be constructed in a line bissecting the county of A ; the road is made, and the distance between the parallel trams on which the carriage wheels (conformably adjusted) are to tun, is set at five feet six inches. Two or three years subse quently a similar grant is obtained for the adjoining county of B ; the engineer, without reference to the plans adopted for the former, lays down his trams at a distance of five feet four inches. Now it is evident that the carriages constructed for the wider way cannot pass into the narrower, and no transit can consequently be made between the two counties. Hence, then, in order to extend the usefulness of the roads as a con secutive route—to - prevent loss of time and of pro perty in altering or reconstructing ways already made— and to make the advantages general as well as local— the Legislature should forthwith establish one uniform standard width for every railway to be hereafter laid down throughout England. WTe believe no such standard yet exists, and as the propriety of the measure must be manifest, we hope, without further dilating upon it, that the hint will be taken. We observe by the Parliamentary Printed Papers that upwards of six thousand of the Operative Weavers and other inhabitants of the town of Paisley, have petitioned the Legislature for the establishments of Boards of Trade, on the principle laid down by Mr. FIELDEN, one of the Members for Oldham. This petition, which is most respectfully and sensibly drawn up, states that the establishment of such Boards is absolutely necessary to preserve the industrious artizans from utter ruin—the consequence of a system of un principled competition which universally prevails among the manufacturers. We have doubts of the efficacy of of legislative interference ; but we are bound to state that we think it incumbent on the House of Commons to take the proposition for the establishment of Boards of Trade into its immediate consideration. The operative weavers are a large, intelligent, and most useful class ; remarkable for their sobriety and love of order ; and nothing short of sheer necessity would in duce them to press their claims on the consideration of Parliament. We have always opposed, a►►d shall always oppose the unnecessary interference of the le gislature in the affairs of social life. We hold that the less Government concerns itself between the em ployer and the employed, all the better for both parties. The interference of Government, in such cases, bears too close a resemblance to the empirical equity of the ape in the fable, when deciding on the rights of the cats to an equal division of the stolen cheese, to obtain our approbation of its frequent intermeddlings between masters and men. It generally proceeds by enacting laws. Now we dislike legal enactments on temporaly affairs, because it too frequently happens that laws so enacted seldom cease to operate at the precise point where their operation begins to be injuriously felt. But the establishment of local Boards for the regulation of trade prices, and agreements between the employers and the employed, is liable to no such objection. Such Boards, of course, would consist of individuals selected from among mas ters and workmen on account of their general intelli gence, their acquaintance with the trade, and their high moral character ; and these persons, being constantly on the spot, would be able to meet all the various exi gencies that would arise out of increased demand, fluctuation in prices, and varieties of texture. Should the plan for the establishment of Boards of Trade be embodied in a Bill, we shall consider it our duty to re commend it, as a most salutary measure, to, the two Houses of Parliament. The Paris Papers of Saturday have all been re ceived. They state that the French Cabinet has re solved to bring the prisoners of April to trial, between the sth and 12th of May. It is, however, presumed, that all other obstacles removed, the absence of the necessary number of Peers will effectually prevent the trials from being proceeded in. By the laws of France, the Court of Peers can only exercise ju dicial functions, when a majority of the mem bers are present, and as this seldom hap pens, and as their attendance is entirely voluntary, it is doubtful whether the trials can take place. Besides according to the rules in criminal trials, any Peer who shall be absent a single day from the Court, cannot take part in the subsequent deliberations, and therefore cannot vote. The Ministry are reported to be ex ceedingly ill at ease. Private bickerings and personal piques among the Members have already commenced. It is rumoured that M. TITTERS wishes to be sent out as Ambassador, his health having suffered by his Ministerial labours. The intelligence from Bayonne is to the lith inst. General MINA was then in the Bastan at the head of the army, preparing to march to Narvate, to dislodge ZUIIALACARREGUY and the main body of the Car lists. It is generally rumoured that the war in the North will speedily be brought to a termination. FRENCH FUN DS.—Parits, MARCH ta. Five per Cents., 107 f. 73e. 60e. Four per Cents., 971. 9.5 c. Three per Cents., 801. 55c 60c. 8.5 c. Bank Actions, 1,960 t. —c. Rente do Naples, 971. 50c. 55c. Roman Five pv Cents., 991 a. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 4 ,1- y. 49. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 301 Royai Spantsn Loan, 49. Rente Perpet. d'E4fflagne, Five per Cent., 49 4814 49. Belgian Loan, Fiveyer Cents., la Portuguese Loan, live per Cents., 94. Portuguese Loan, Six per Cents. 100. Haytian Loan, 3 , 5 f. —c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. 0 -.0 month, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, 25f. 42!4C. 1%-iree months, paper, 25t'. 30e.; money, 9.5 t. 3t)c. Artthe;llig;le. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 197 f. 15. ; 3 per Cents., 601. 850. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 49 ; 3 per Cent. ditto, 301 ; Cortes, 49,E ; Coupons, 4 29 ; Guebhard, 49 ; Dif feres, 18L ; New Loan, 69A ; Ducats, 97 75 ; Romans, 99 . 1 ; Belgians, 105 ; P e d ros , 94 ; Haytians, 3S7y, _ We have received a file of Jamaica and Leeward Islands papers, to the 12th ult., by his MAJESTY'S packet Camden, being the first vessel that sailed under the new regulation, for the sailing of packets twice monthly. The Camden sailed from St. Thomas's on the 17th ult., and arrived at Falmouth on the 20th inst. The following are extracts from the papers : His Majesty's ship President, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, was appointed to sail for England via Bermuda,_ on the 11th February. His Majesty's steam-vessel Rhadamanthus was to sail the same day for England. The following is a list of King's ships at Port Royal on the 1 lth ult. :—President, Vestal, Thunderer, Rhadamanthus, Dee, Serpent, Wasp, Magnificent, Flamer, and Jackdaw. The cruiser had captured a slaver, having on board 367 slaves. His Majesty's ship Forte sailed on the 2d of February for the Havannah. His Majesty's schooner Fetcher sailed on the Bth on a cruise ; and his Majesty's ship Fly sailed on the 9th for Honduras. Merchant Ships.—The Rapid, and the Susan, for Liver pool, to sail on the 13th ; the General Keane, for Chagres, to sail on the 11th ; the Jamaica, for Liverpool, to sail on the 11th ; the Anfield, for Liverpool, sailed on the 7th. The Jamaica Herald of the 9th of February, says : " There is a report (which we sincerely hope is unfounded) that his Majesty's schooner Skipjack has been sunk off the westend by a slaver. It is affirmed that a heavy firing was heard at Sa-la-Mar, in a south-westerly direction, about a fortnight ago g The report of single guns was heard, with now and then a broadside. The accounts from the different parts of the country are in every respect favourable. Crop has commenced, and is pro ceeding well. Arrangements have been made upon several estates between the labourers and their employers, for the purpose of extending the weekly period for manufacturing labour agreeable to the Order in Council of June 5. The contract has been entered into on the plantations Perle, Bellevue, Marquis, Grand-Anse, Choc, and Bois d'Orange, by which the master obtains twelve extra hours manufacturing labour in each week from his apprentice by an allowance of from 1: 1 ,- to 2lbs. of fish. We have no doubt the system will be generally adopted, as we have heard that it has been found to work well wherever the experiment has been made.—St. Lucia Gazette, Jan. 7. Many of the patriotic inhabitants of Westmoreland have re solved to embody themselves into a society for carrying into effect the intention of the late Act of Assembly relative to immigration, and for promoting the agriculture of the island. —Jamaica Herald. (Extract of a letter from St. James's, Feb. 4.) "We have had glorious rains here for the last three days; but are getting on very slowly with the crops, from the indo lence of the apprentices. Most of the estates that are about are making excellent sugar." Some further particulars, relative to the ashes and volcanic scorhp that fell in St. Mary's, and other parts of the island, htely : " Extract of a letter from St. Ann's, dated the Ist instant. —' As I do not observe any notice taken in the Courier of last week, of an extraordinary circumstance which took place on Saturday and Sunday, the 24th and 25th ult., perhaps it did not extend to Trclawny. The first day the sun appeared from two o'clock, P.M., until between three and four, deeply eclipsed. On the morning of the latter day, all the houses in this vicinity, as well as in St. Mary's, were covered with a fine dust, resembling white lime mixed with ashes; and, although swept and wiped, could not be kept clean. The plaintain and cocoa leaves were covered with this strange mixture. lam afraid we shall hesr of some serious convulsions in the Wind ward Islands.' "—Cornwall Courier. A copy of a Letter and Statement from the late Com missioners of Revenue Enquiry into the Post-office and Packet department, dated 28th May, 1834, in reply to the observations of the Duke of RicHmoND, when Postmaster-General, has at length been printed, on the motion of Mr. WALLACE, the Member for Greenock. We have attentively perused this extraor dinary document, and regret that we have not space to give the whole of the Statement. It will he seen from the following extract that the D uke of RICHMOND was opposed to the recommendations of the Commis sioners : " The reason given by his Majesty's Postmaster-General for having, as he states, declined to take the schedules of the Commissioners as his guide, in preparing the new establish ments, is because it was evident that the service could not be performed with the means they have proposed, and because of the great expense which their recommendation must have en tailed upon the public.' " Here the Commissioners are at once charged with having lapsed into opposite errors, in proposing insufficient official means for executing the public service, and such an establish ment as would entail upon the public an excessive pecuniary charge. "`By what process it was made evident' to the Postmaster- General that the service could not be performed by the means proposed by the Commissioners, remains to be explained. It is certain that those means have never yet been experimentally brought into operation; it may therefore not be without use, nor is it irrelevant, to explain the views which the Commis sioners entertained in measuring the expected efficiency of the establishment proposed by them. " The Commissioners had observed what they thought a most objectionable anomaly in the administration of the Post office, in the delegation of power, influence and discretion, to an extent inconsistent with appropriate responsibility and con trol, and without parallel in any other department of the State, to officers whose sphere of duty should be limited exclusively to ministerial functions : they considered that it was no longer expedient that the originating, the adopting or the rejecting of plans and opportunities for improving the circulation of the correspondence of the Empire at home and abroad, the aug mentation or curtailment of expenditure, and the concurrent effects upon the interests of the revenue, and the convenience of the whole community, should be dependent upon the voluntary exertions, the particular views, the judgment and discretion of any single individual holding the office of Postmaster-General ; that the application of more than half a million (exceeding a fourth of the whole annual receipts) to charges of , management, not subject to any real present restraint or ultimate control beyond the precincts of the Post-office, called for a more guarded sanction of the objects to which this large outlay was appro priated, and a stricter superintendence of the actual disburse ments ; that it was time to put an end to a miscalled Post office Board (described by a late Postmaster- General as ' any thing but a Board'), consisting of a Postmaster-General, the Secretary or the Assistant- Secretary, and the Solicitor, occa sionally assembled, and to entrust the management of this most important and increasing establishment to a regularly consti tuted Board of Commissioners authorized to act, and acting re sponsibly as such, who by properly assuming to themselves the decision of all matters demanding deliberation, or of a confidens tial character, and not belonging to the details of official routine, and by exercising a constant superintendence, upon a regulated system, over the respective branches of the establishment, should relieve subordinate officers from services improperly confided to them, and vigilantly maintain the activity requisite by their habitual presence, and the opportunities of direct corn uni ca tio n with each department. " With this exposition of the views of the Commissioners with respect to the superior control, the general superintend ence, and the discharge of the more responsible duties of the department, a better judgment may be formed how far it was evident the service could not be performed by the means they had proposed.' " Upon such a system, and such principles of management, the Commissioners neither did nor do entertain a doubt that the establishment they recommended, aided by the subordinate arrangements designed and suggested by them, would have been found numerically ample at the time of their recommenda tion. This establishment has been subjected to a theoretical comparison with a different system, different principles, dif ferent arrangements, and a different period. " It is little to be feared that the Lords of the Treasury or Parliament will draw a hasty conclusion from such premises; nor is it requisite to dwell upon the necessary delusiveness of such a comparison." . . _ - We have always been opposed, on principle, to the office of Postmaster-General ; because the uncertainty of its tenure, and the nature of its duties, must in almost every case lead to the certain delegation of those duties. Under the present system, the place of Postmaster-General is so far conlidered a political ap pointment, that every change of Ministry is accompa nied by a change in that Office. The duties of Post master-General are not less important than difficult to fulfil. They are full of intricate and practical details, which it requires considerable time to understand. And yet no sooner has a Postmaster-General acquired the experience necessary to enable him to superintend that department with advantage to the country, than pro bably comes a change of Ministry, and he has to give up the appointment, to make room for a novice who goes through the same ordeal. Every Postmaster- General must, therefore, in most cases, be entirely dependent upon his Secretary for a knowledge of the duties of his Office. The extract which we have quoted above will account for the hostility of the Duke of RICHMOND, and of the Post-office Secretary, to the valuable reports of the Commissioners. The Postmaster-General must be a Peer ; and, administered as the Office has long been; it may be considered a good sinecure. Those are not circumstances which are likely to lead to its abolition. But the House of Commons will, at length, we confi dently trust, institute a rigorous inquiry into the admi nistration of a department which involves an annual revenue of two millions, and of which the accounts are utterly unintelligible, and the expenditure totally un controlled, although amounting to upwards of half a million annually. The Duke of Ric timoND must either have been grossly imposed upon by those who drew up the papers relating to the Post-office, to which the Commissioners have given so signal a refutation, or he must be incapable of preparing a Statement fit to lay before Parliament. The description given by Mr. WALLACE of the delusive nature of the papers fur nished concerning the Post-office is completely borne out by the statement of the Commissioners, which has at length, and apparently so reluctantly, been produced. It has appeared, however, in sufficient time to support any motion which may be made for a Committee of Inquiry ; and that such a motion will be made we cannot doubt, as the question relates to a department with which the commercial pursuits of the whole com munity, nay the every-day concerns of every individual, whether relating to business or amusement, are so inti mately connected. The Post-office requires a com plete revision ; every branch of that service should be thoroughly inquired into ; and nothing less, we are con vinced, will satisfy the public. One single circumstance mentioned by the Commissioners will prove the neces sity of such an enquiry. They state that " a loss of 300,000/. was estimated to have accrued upon an, outlay of 609,0001. ;" which loss they are of opinion was attributable to an improvident outlay, and a defective system of management and control." For the reasons already mentioned, we hope, at least, in the mean time, that the suggestions of the Commissioners for placing the Office of Postmaster-General in Com mission, will be acted upon. We cannot conclude these observations more appropriately than by quoting the last paragraph of the Commissioners. " Without presuming to contend that every recommendation contained in the Reports of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry was deserving of adoption—without supposing that other and better means of effecting the improvements they had in view may not be discovered, or that other advantages than those they have pointed out may not be attained, they claim the credit due to an anxious and attentive performance of the duty assigned to them, in the discharge of which they sug gested such improvements as the service seemed to them practically to require, in the conviction, still unaltered, that if adopted, they would lead to the removal of what appeared to them the prominent defects in the administration of this important department, give additional security to the revenue, and contribute to increase the public accommodation and ad vantage. " Arrivals from Madrid to the 13th inst. have been received. The new Minister of War has appointed General Rodil Inspector General of the Army. This appointment is most judicious. The Chambers are prosecuting their labours with much diligence. WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND AMERICA. We find the following paragraph in the Hampshire Telegraph : " PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22.—The Bristol mail brings us the intelligence that an American packet had arrived at Cork, with the news that America has declared war against France: the information comes through Milford." It is almost unnecessary to observe that we place no confidence in the accuracy of the above report, which we believe has been fabricated to answer stock jobbing and such like purposes. The rumour, or whatever else it may be called, is said to have been picked up at sea by a Post Office packet, which happened to meet the American frigate Superb, the Captain of which stated that a declaration of war against France had been made by the Government of the United States. We look upon the whole story as a hoax ; and even supposing it to be true, as far as regards the American Captain's story, might it not have been uttered in the way of a joke ? THE SPECTATOR'S LISTS.—We are glad to observe that our contemporary the " Spectator's" Complete Lists of the New. House of Commons, the Number of Electors, &c., has reached a third edition. Several useful additions have been made, including Lists of the Divisions on the Speakershiv, and the Address to the Throne. The " Black List 'is a very useful hint, of which the Reformers will not fail to avail themselves. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SHIRE STEEPLE CHACES.—FAIDAr. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each and 30 added, 12st. each. Four miles. 11 subscribers. Mr. Baring's Paddy Captain Lamb's br. g. by Master Henry (Mr. Becher) 2 Mr. Brown's Shakspeare (Mr. Burton) 3 The following not placed :—Mr. Crowther's Chasseuse, Mr. Bicknell's Deceit, Mr. Lowe's Landscape, Mr. Waddam's Red Rover, Mr. Best's Sportsman, Mr. \revers's Judgment, and Mr. Whittingtou's Alfred.—Won easy. A second Sweepstakes was won by a horse named Wildboy (Pa trick), beating Gee-pro, All Pipes, and five others. HUNTING APP 0 INTMENT S. Mr. Codrington's Hounds will meet on Wednesday, at Slierring ton Pond ; Friday, at the Blaek Dog, Standerwick-10. The Craven Hounds, Wednesday, at Chisbury ; Friday, at East bury Park ;. Saturday, at Hunt's Green—l past 10. The Devizes Harriers, Friday, at Candow•n-11. The N. F. H., Thursday, at Moyle's-court ; Saturday, at Whad don—/- past 10. The H. H., To-morrow, at Brandean Common; Thursday, at Medstead Green—l past 10. The M. H., Wednesday, at Fordington Field ; Friday, at the Kennel (last day on the Downs). The Charborough Hounds, Tuesday, at Bere Wood ; Friday, at Woolbridge-10. Col. H. Wyndham's Hounds, Wednesday, at Lisgale Common ; Friday, at Black Down—l past 10. The Hambledon Hounds, Wednesday, Basing Park ; Friday, at Place-house—l past 10. The Inglewood Hounds, Thursday, at Aiket Gate-10. The Duke of Buceleugh's Hounds, Thursday, at Craigling ; Sa turday, at Chapel—/ past 10. The Pembrokeshire Hounds, Wednesday, at Cotts ; Friday, at Templeton village-10. Sir W. Carew's Hounds, Thursday, at Sandy Gate; Saturday, at Thorns-10. Duke of Beaufort's Hounds, Wednesday, at Bourton-bridge— past 10. The Monmouthshire Hounds, Friday, at Crowfield—i past 10. The York and Ainsty Hounds, Thursday, at Walsliford ; Satur day, at Cracked—} past 10. Lord Harewood's Hounds,' Wednesday, at Garforth-bridge ; Friday, at Birdsall—i past 10. The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds, Friday, at Greenberry— 11. The Bedale Hounds, Wednesday, at Wild Wood ; Friday, at Ainderby Steeple-11. The Cleveland Hounds, Thursday, at Court Green--i past 10. Mr. Vyner's Hounds, Wednesday, at Rowington ; Saturday, at Snitterfield village—i past 10. Sir M. Ridley's Hounds, Thursday, at Long Horsley Moor ; Saturday, at Cold Law Wood. The Galewood Hounds, Wednesday, at Milfield ; Friday, at Learmouth Gorse-12 past 10. The Lambton Hounds, Thursday, at Brancepeth ; Saturday, at Stony Gate-11. The Hambleton Hounds, Friday, at Ingleby Manor-9. The Alnwick Hounds, Thursda,y at Buston B ns-10. She Haydon Hounds, Saturday, at Capola-bridge-8. ir J. Cope's Hounds, Wednesday, at Farnborough-place ; Fri day, at Stanford-street. The Vine Hounds, Wednesday, at Kingsclere ; Friday, at West Sherbourn. The Chesterfield Harriers, Friday, at Norbriggs-10. On Saturday, at the close of the Middlesex Ses sions, the Foreman of the Jury said he had to apply, on. the part of his brother Jurors, for the usual allowance for re freshments. A Magistrate —What is called a blow-out, I suppose ? A Juror—No ; twelve shillings, for twelve inde pendent free and honest jurors, would not be enough ; it would only be a bob a head. The Chairman explained, that twelve shillings was formerly handed to the Jury, on their demanding it, when discharged ; but from what source did it proceed ? Why, individuals charged with as sau lt, or o ff ences s h or t of larceny, and acquitted, had to pay t wen ty-t wo s hilli ngs , w hilst the party found guilty of a venial offence, was often dis charged on the payment of a fine of one shilling. This mon strous anomaly had been done away with, and an illegal and absurd system altogether expunged from that Court-house. BRADFORD MARKET, MARCH 19.—There have been more buyers in our market to-day than usual, and the demand for goods has been greater than for some weeks past. The stocks in the manufacturers' hands are rapidly diminish ing, and of some descriptions of goods there is a scarcity. Lastings and moreens are more plentiful, but the supply of narrow plainbacks and middle qualities of three-quarters wide merinos are not equal to the demand. The manufacturers complain very much that the prices realized do not leave any profit ; and the spinners, we believe, are at present even in a worse situation than the manufacturers. The continued high price of wool operates most unfavourably for the interests of both spinners and manufacturers. The demand for yarns con tinues tolerably brisk, especially for the lasting-trade, in which a good deal of business is doing, more particularly in the finer sort of warps. There is a steady demand for low lastings ; but the manufacturers have great difficulty in getting the weavers to take the lower sorts to work, on account of the low price paid for weaving them. We do nut hear of any im provement in the prices of yarns, although the spinners com plain that they are scarcely obtaining prime cost. There has been a good demand for hog wools, which are scarce in the market. Wethers remain dull.—Leeds Mercury. A WOMAN AND TWO HORSES DROWNED.—On Wednesday, Harker, of Feetham, was crossing the Swale, with four carts, on his way to market, at a place where the river is broad, and before they could get across, a flood came suddenly down, and carried away the two hindmost carts ; the two first, with great difficulty, got out, but unfortunately a woman named Nancy White, and two horses, were drowned. —York Courant ELOPEMENT.—An affair of this description " came off" at the end of the past week in a town on the borders of the Eastern Division of Worcestershire. The lady, in addition to her personal attractions, is said to be highly accomplished, to possess considerable expectations, and to have just attained the age of seventeen. The gay Lothario is one of the " gentlemen of the press," and has considerably the advantage of the lady in point of years. At the early hour of four o'clock in the morning, the adventurous fair one left the shelter of her father's roof and braved the pelting of the pitiless storm, to throw herself into the arms of her expectant lover. A chaise was in readiness, which whirled away the happy pair to the " Midland Metropolis," where (a license having been previously provided) the indissoluble knot was tied.— Worcester Herald. WALKING MATCH. — Mitchell undertakes, for a wager of fifty pounds asid, to walk a thousand miles in a thousand hours. This modern Captain Barclay, is to com mence his laborious task on the first day of the next month. — Leeds Times. At 'Waterford Assizes, John Finn was tried for the manslaughter of his daughter, Catherine Finn, on the 28th December. The deceased, 13 years of age, had eloped from her father, and had followed immoral courses. On the day question, she was found by her father in an infamous neigh bourhood, and was taken home, having on her at the time a man's shirt. He then fell alternately lecturing and beating her. She was found in the evening with a fracture in her skull, and her entire body one series of injuries. The pri soner was found guilty, but strongly recommended by the Jury.—Belfast Newsletter. 'UBE MARKETS-(THIS DAY)• CORN EXCHANGE. The past wrek's arrivals of all description of Grain were verY large, and the trade throughout was very dull for every This morning the supplies fresh up are moderate. The Wheat tra,d , e remains very dull, and for most qualities may be reported Is. to U. per. qr. lower. Barley has also, unexpectedly, met a dull sale to-daY, and is Is. per quarter lower. Beans met a languid demand at P . r.• vious prices. For Pease of both kinds there is very little inquiry Oats meet buyers slowly, at the rates previously quoted. The Floi r trade continues very dull, and ship parcels are lower. article. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new) ............ --al: White (01d)... —s. —B. —Red 1834) 3ss. 38s. Tick (new) ............ s .l ._ ff,,: --- Fine 4os. 425. -- Superb e 423. 443. Harrow (new) ......... 35'.Z. Wh to (1834) ‘Pls. 445. --- (01d).........." . _A . .... 4 ,.._ _ . 465. 563 Brank ----- Fine. .... .... 4.... . 4 : -- Superfine 50s. 525. Oats, Feed ........................ 0, --Foreign free A . .......... ...._......, Rye 165. 405. Poland ..................... ° „,,.• Barley 225 245. , fis. 30s. PotatoeN e . ............................... ‘22:•.zjq; Grinding ---- Malting 333. 26;. .... .413. IS''' Malt 445. 503. Scotch ..................... - 4 , ---r) Fine New ii S . 645. Irish 18s ...... ig s * - 35 ,4 pi. Pease, Grey, New 363 40, Flour Town per sack) ....... . ggs. Maple New 4O, 435. Seconds .................. at , ..„„ -- White . -- Boilers l4, 38,. North C0unt5;.,"........ AO , 42 1 Bran D MARKET. ly good, and the trade was some' SMITHFIEL This day's supply was rnoderatel what brisk, at the following FBICES mut STONE OF BLB. TO SINK THE OFFAL'S. d d to 4 s. d. to s. d o 2 : 4 n Interior Beasts. " 0 2 2 Inferior Sheep.-- ...... 83 w Second quality ditto 2 6 10 Second quality ditto ..... 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Coarstt-woolled ditto "„ 4 0 Prime Scots, tic 3lO 4 0 ou thdown Wcthers , 3 :1 6 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 . 6 Large Hogs ....... ...... 3 0 4 0 Prime small ditto 0 Suckling Calves each l4 34 t I Quarter old Pigs each.: 10 c Lamb ss 4d t 44 6s. 2d SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts Sheep Calves. I rigs 2,480 I 510 2d,-190 1 81 t 13 0 U P About t2O of the B, , :ts cam,' tin the St. Aluan's road; a bout Meru the other northern ro.t.ts ; e no' 150 (including tr,sl,) front the typ o ,unt midland district, about 1500 Sr. Nl,t roll:, 5,0 1 ' , ' 4 F ,- " ,an •,,der b: , dgeshire ; ab tut 160 from ~, nt aid ~,,,,,, , air most of there ntal from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of Loud, 11. ___............./ e d O l t 4 DENI I ALI, MARKETS. by the Carcasi. NENVGATE AND LEA: At per stone, i d toil d Beef, inf ricir. 2 9 2 0 :2 2 Mutton, inferior ......... ,, -- middling - middling .... '' ..- prime large 2 Ii) :i 0 .- prime ...... . ..... ! -- prime small 's 4 3 4 Pork, large ................. '' ~ Veal Lamb is. 2d. to ss. 6d. 2 5 ° ° £I 9 a Ni \vCASTLE CORN MARKET—March ti We bad a good supply of Wheat from the farmers to-daY,, which there was a ready sale at a trifling advance on the best P i e eels. Of Oats, also, there was a full supply with ready at an advance of one shilling per quarter. In Barley moro yet ness has been done this week than of late, though slowly note no improvement in value. Malt goes off, though late prices. In Rye, almost nominal. White Peas, if g i ld breakers, better sale. Beans and Grey Peas in fair demand. arrivals of Flour are large, and go off slowly at the above q uote Clover Seed and Taxes heavy sale. New. 01/1. Whet, Northumberland 35.. 424 ...... —s '1 - Norfolk and Sullolk 'tis. 42, ...... 39 , --;• Berwick and Scotch 344. - 5....... —s 3 '" . Foreign . —.. ... —,.• -...5.. Rye, Norfolk and Stitlolk 'lds 5: ....... —s. -- 7 Foreign 3.s. 3'2 ....... --s. - 7' Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Stifiblk 32s. 4 , a Grinding and Feeding 24s. Zi5...... —s.l" - .,' Malt, NorlGlk and Suffolk 56 60: .... ---.• all Bears, Small .. :z3s 35, ,. _.-.4. - Tick . 4. _-.4 ['ease, White .... 3 ,1. :ISt. -s• --:: .._— Gra , '32. :37: _, -- . 0 t , , Northumberland, Potatoe :.^.l, 24; ,. .....i. ------ Feed 2O I,'.avign _3.;. ............. —5 ....g. ...... 21 :' Th 30s. Flour, Fine, (per sank) —s. ...-e. ..... ' 0 u J r~ N Y SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) At: DEAL, MARCH 21.—Wind S. S. E.-22, N.N."'":.colf rived the Isabella, Hammel!, from Waterford ; Live'rEt. Meyler, from Dublin ; and Neptunus, Edmunds, fro e als Übe's. Arrived from the River and sailed the J anet fof geant, for Cape Coast Castle ; Marshal Bennett, Hull er ' fot the South Sea ; Achilles; Lea, for ditto ; Rapid, 31ihnerr'ualP Waterford ; Athol, M'Cready, for St. John's, Ne w fel ' wick ; Ontario, Liber, for New York • Sarah, Wilk i ll,st'on Londonderry; Courier, Smith, for Belfast; and ita'' Smith, for Waterford.b t E PORTSNIORTH, MARCH 21.—Wind N.W. .W. to • "than airs.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, for 1 31 ) 1°11.- East Indies. PLYMOUTH, MARCII 21.—Wind W. t " FALMOUTH, MARCH 20. —Wind S. S. W. to lA r • S' ' W . 6say derate. —2l, W. N. W. to N., moderate.—Arrived the St. den packet, from the Leeward Islands; sailed fr c)til Thomas's on the 19th ult. 0 0111 ' BRIGHTON, MARCH 22.—Arrived off port the Be de Rogers, trom Mauritius. from CLYDE, MARCH 20. —Arrived the John, Mars hal " Virginia. ilig b‘t ; LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Gipsei' As bellM from China ; Lucey, Yellman, from Islay ; Sophia, S o Or' from Paßta Arena; Mount Sion, Levainston, from l' e ftro wao leans ; lifta cha e 1 , Owens, from Charleston ; Mary A nn 'g o o* Bonny, from Mexico ; Storey, from Sierra Leone ; I , loal s ' • Main, from Alexandria; and Carina, , from CeP.docal PENZANCE, MARCH 21.—Arrived off port the Pr °°l Gibson, from St. Michael's. from GUERNSEY, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Harvey'Albert, Tarragona ' • and St. Aubin, Drieulx, from Malaga. opst itie r ' JERSEY, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Dolphin, Le '- from Demerara. gel"! BRISTOL, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Lucrct.:'a °hail, from Barbadoes ; Symmetry. Faizard, from St. M ic " - and Daisey, Jack, from Canaries. • Aore The Thomas, late Wilson, from Sierra Leone, Was c '' near Hol Fr y ie head, on the 19th instant. tSi The ndship, Shean, from Bridport to JerseY , s - c r i 00 0 a sunken rock near that island, on the 19th inst., a n crew saved. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DA CITY, TWELVE O'Ci Uu C , Our arrivals this morning are a Jamaica Mail by th e o O a : den, which sailed on the 12tb, and from St. ThoFt s , l ); °F. 19th of February • two French Mails; two Dutch ; with the Express from Paris. - csi THE FUNDS. e ien ,3 Rather an increased demand for money Wan eiP- A r it on Saturday for commercial purposes in the city, aihren!,,' . generally believed that the Bank had decreased their " joir tion. Reports say that Houses of Agency from, t e tte* Stock Banks in the country are to be established in instead of employing the London bankers. f t gj t Consols opened this morning at the price they le — ; ,, c) e .; Saturday, 92 for the Account, with little o° . '"_ money, 921. set:, The following are the opening prices of the Fe relb re - 0i 9 4 rities :—Spanish Stock 6.5 k 1; Spanish Scrip 81 l' sill 9 Portuguese 94a ; Colombian 40i 41; Exchequer 40; I report The nia Bonds n the 21 Ha 23. g rie st l impshire Tele raph that the 1 011 1, tb i have declared war on Franc e is enerall d i scr edit° s ho oi city. Had such an event t a k en place no doubt 1, /e Ootn i Lave known it at the North and South American C°" ee HALF-PAS OP 0 t he The Consol Market is not so good as it wan n l i ec on, li ji part of the morning, when they were 914 for the '7 l d PS since which they have receded to 9241 for mo neL,, 3 ,. 39 4 is for the Account ; India Bonds, 21 22 ; Exchequer pi,lbanii; . The Foreign Market appears to be more buoYan;a 64 5 4 . the early part of the day ; Spanish Bonds may be cl u t e - lon° - Spanish Scrip, 8:!ilf prem. ; Portuguese, 941; - a fpm 4lDanish, 9. ire t ot , Favourable accounts are said to have been re-eiting - Colombia by the Jamaica M a il, in private letters, soteag-eciate a Commissioner is comin g to, this country t° • Treaty of Commerce. THREE Consols for the Account ; 92ii. THE FUNDS.-CI BRITISH .USING PRICES, FUNDS. ell India Stock ...... . ........... .. ~;,t a g Ditto 80nd5.... ..............., South Sea Stock •••• ............... / l)itto Old Annuities ........ .... do , Ditto New Annuities • ..... ..*- ori o , Ex. Bills, 10 I'/.... ......... • ' Ditto VOi... ......../' I. , ...... pl y Ditto 50•••"* .."..... w et; Bank Stock for Act. ....... .., v .. India Stock for Op 6• «•«.. Consols for 014. ............ Bank Stook 3 per Cent. Red 92,4 3 per Cent. Cons 92 lys, per Cent. per Cent Red 1004 New 3V, per Cent 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Ica. 1860 ()et 1859 Jan. 1860 17 1-16 17 t• tg Austrian, 5 per cent } UNDS. I. 5 Pe r , Belgian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Don , -- , ... ~..'.. . # 4 Brazilian Bonds .......... • 0 1007. 1825,5 per cent , J per cent., 1825 33% Buenos Ayres. 6 per cunt Chilian, 6 per cent .,er .. ..... 01 :32 Russian 13onds, 5r- ........ . 46% Ditto, Metallic ..... ........ ......... ~ , c 4 Columbian, $ per cent 3 413 73 4 '4 D5piattn0i,5hi,8253p.e..r..c..e.n.!..... ........... .........4 . .. ,-6 _ , Ditto, 1824 Danish . _BB Prussian, 5 per cenL _.0... ~, creek Bonds, French, 5 per cent ... „.„,. , Mexican r Exchane ................. ....fbil Ditto, 1825 6 ,per cent Peruvian, ti per cent. tt,,Xl Dutch, 2 per cent. ...... ..... 1,,- ••• a. Ditto, 5 per cent. ..... _., French, 3 per cent.. .... .................,si FOREIGN TO THE EDITOR OF THE 5 , v ,;i VW; SIR, I beg to transmit to you th S e t' io a l n lo se wTng 3i n aoret . lice";—; o hi:c "' "ll' atuck up to-day in the Post Office window in this t°," • I am, Sir, your 's tru..b. His Majesty's h 20, PAolsltLOFffiOnßeDpaWckeAtYinßbelLr p L 3asiasrage e frooo lt b froi i more to Milford fell in with the American s hi Pi S W/ P ar slsl America, who reported that America had declare" e is ° France. A b e . . ,o, nd l l w la a y s e b m cn a l d nd e i f n o ci r u L ir i y ve o r f p t n h o e l Postmaster here, and v u 6 °''' that a the Superb was from New York, had been ° oneof , th as em tl' o . h S e w d indon, FATAL n ,-, A niorilig ° OCCURRENCE.—OI ounuay - lane? a a about ten o'clock being , near to which was a 00l of water. The' po ol 00 awakened, they ' idand the ..ked• o f searched, and the b procuri assistance,. re do.- k et o bs l e a r b v o e u d re labourers inweerecro taiilkeigngly;rltiuzdiefloo4o body of a man was discove side pouoore, examining the clothes a card was found in the es • t h kr. JAM fil the jacket, on one side of which the name o. r • Wr it ye II 110 plumber, &c., was printed, and on the other was, „ have t o a , pencil, " May God bless my dear wife, as W e b .' i d an ...,,,, th e i r wish—l am no more." An inquest wa s l o sall it i body at the Cross Hands, Swindon. was Gloster Journal. % I d ti to ex it ra.. '4( I I I I lt Q Sitiecil C„ iee