The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-17 00:00:00

rVENING E_DITI ON THE WORKING MAN'S QUESTION. EXTRACTS from the REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS, AIESSRS. SENIOR, S. JONES LOYD, &c. Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of the HAND-LOOM W WEAVERS: Repri n t e d f or t h e Use of the orking nen of Northampton. By RAIKES CURRIE, Esq., NI.P. I hope that the Country will rise as one man against such a Tax, against a Tax on Bread."—Speech of the Earl of Win .r.„.6 eh ea, Al ay ad . —S ee " Ti mes ' " Reiort. London : Published by T. and W. Boone, 29, New Bond ~~t, price Id. each, 7s. per Hundred, 31. per Thousand. ETER HARRIS ABBOTT'S BANK RUPTCY.—The Creditors of Peter Harris Abbott, of King's Arms-yard, a Bankrupt, are particularly requested to attend a Meeting to be be holden at the Guildhall Coffee- Eing-street, Cheapside, on Tuesday next, the 18th inst., at two o'clock prechely, when the circumstances under Which t h e Bankrupt's roperty is place.l will be explained to the Meeting, and in the mean tune all parties are requested to send the particulars of their claims to our office, in order .that the same mac be examined and the proofs prepared for 4,11 e next AI. eting. TURNER AND HENSMAN, • Ilasing-lane, May 15, 1811. Solicitors to the Fiat. T A YL 0 R'S PATENT WOOD-CUTTING COMPANY. Square Tower, East of Waterloo Bridge, Lambeth. Capital R 50,000 in 1,000 Shares of £5O eac. Notice is hereby given, that the Board of Directors h have ap- Pointed a Sub-Committee to receive Applications for, and to Grant Licences for the use of this Patent (by the machinery ' .O l Which 240 Staves are cut per minute, without any loss from . 1 4w-du st or chips) to Coopers and others, in any part of t h e U Kingdom not already contracted for, and that all such Application may be made to either of the Members of the Scientific c.ommittee, Alexander Galloway, Esq. ; or F. R. 'fonder, Esq., C.E. ; to the Solicitor, Edward M. Elderton, 184 1., Lothbury ; or to the undersigned, W. S. NORTHHOUSE,' 72, King William-street, City, and 4, Parliament-street, Westminster. 13, Great Marlborough. street. C MBEIL'S LIFE OF PETRA RCH,' IS NOW READY AT ALL TILE LIBRARIES, ....in 2 vol s . B vo ., w ith P ortra it s of Petrarch, L aura , & e . nenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlb3rough-street. In a few days Will be published, R. BURKE'S PEERAGE, AND BARONETAGE FOR 1841. Seventh Edition, beautifully printed on l a new plan, in double columns, and embellished with a new blazoned title 1115e, and up war d s o f Fift een H un d re d E ngrav i ngs o f Armo rial Bearings; forming the most complete, the most conve nient, and the cheapest work of the kind ever offered to the This popular work. which has long been considered an un- Vvalled authority for information respecting every individual belongi ng to the titled classes of this country, has now under a°oe asiz months' revision, and this new edition, enriched by :additional articles from the public archives, and private corn ?nllnications of great interest to the nobility of Great Britain il ! br ought down to the moment of publication. Besides a va- Zty of other new particulars of the most authentic and in esting character, obtained by the most strenuous efforts and 41 .1 most vigil an t researc h, th e au th or h as now added full de la/14.i° the Families and Armorial Bearings of the Crowned "a of Europe, showing that many are allied in blood, or connected by marriage with our own Royal Family. This ork will, therefore, become, from the present time, not only ....%mplete book of reference for the history of every . distin f,`" hed family in Great Britain, but also possess great interest _lroughout all Europe, where, as , in Er gland, it will be found qn in dispensable companion to every library. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. * ' Orders received 13) all Booksellers. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, May 16, 1841. ~,.Notiee i s hereby given—That the Carriages coming to her I laje s t y ' s Drawing-room on FRIDAY, the 21st of May, are to 1 11 11 into t h e li ne at the top of St. ames's-street, come down 1 ," left. hand s id e , an d enter at t h e i ron - gate nearest to t h e sloe, , et down at the Arcade, return by the iron-gate near- St est to s -s Marlborough House, and pass through Pall Mall into to James'qua, e, by George-street. When called, they are imss from St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Re. Rent- street,.lermyn-street, come down St. Jame s 's-stre e t as " 1 „:0, tale u p, an d go away through Pall Mall. A i" Hackn e y C arr i ages w ill b e perm i tte d to come within e gates. For all persons having the Privilege of the Entree, Ti.:kets .r. l ll be d e li vere d at the Board of Green Cloth, on WEDNES "k Y next, between the Hours of Eleven and Three o'Clock their Carriages are to enter the Gate at Constitution Hill, pro teed down St. James's Park, through Stable-yard, into the Am uls'adors'-court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The r Ministers Cabinet iages of the A m b assa d ors , F ore i gn theafterwards Ambassad ors '- cour t, an d th ose of a ll ot h er persons h av i ng the Entree may wait in Stable-yard, or St. James's Park, till stl 'ed; they are then to tak e up i n th e same or d er as t h ey h a d setes down, an d pass away up t h e l e f t -h an d s i de of St. James ' s- No Carriage will be admitted with Company a second time With the same Ticket ; to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution Hill Gate, and Stable-yard Gate also, where a aortlor of it will be torn off by the Ma.rshalmen in attendance ; and n o person can be allowed the PriVllege of the Entree by any other approach to the Palace than rise Gates last mentioned. ERROLL, Lord Steward. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U 'DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 17, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark raY, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Adolph us Sp an k er , M r . K ee l ey ; M r . D azz l e , Mr. C. 1%,, 1t " e w4 2 ' Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; G race arkaway, me Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. After Airs Humbr. . which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fai r y Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Peauty, Madame Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar 'il!:loa, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. 10-morrow, Loudon Assurance, with Beata), and the Beast. co "ors to t o evened at h alt-past Six—the performances to onnenc e at Seven o'Clock. r.irlieieress Boxe s,! 7s, ; Second Price, 33.64.; First and Second 2, 1 ' ; Second Price, 2s. lid. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, Galley 15" at ~:enet-s and pl aces f or t h e B oxes t o b e t a k en o f M r . G rogan Bux-ofEce, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets . 1 ; t. , e had up on app li cation. rivate Boa t ., to be had seely of Mr. Andrexs, bookseller, N e • nonti-street. UDDER ;ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THE MANMJEMENT OF MR. DAYIDGE:, AND MR. WILLIS JONES. —Pliant Career of " Claude Du Val, the Ladies' High wayman," no drama since the production of <6 Jack Shep pard " has made so d eci d e d a hit. R ev i va l o f ' R a f ae l th e Libert of ine, Rafael. ani first appearance of Mr J. S. Balls in the cha t`..r THIS EVENING, MAY 17, LOv ll acted a Grand Romantic Drama, entitled HATRED, AND REVENGE; OR, THE CON- QUEST OF TARANTIE. btFe!kiaricters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Haines, Hislop, Aftingliam, Mrs. H. Hughes, B,e- CLAUD After g htih, an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled —E DU VAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. ith entirely new local and tuautiful Scenery, extensive Ma cbinery, real horses and carriages, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. Supported by the mist powerful Company in London. To conclude with jIjrsRAFAEL THE LIBERTINE. atiel, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Pedro, Mr. W. Smith ; Maria, "min t ; ; Inisella, Miss Martin. 'C NI , ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. At i - "Ell. THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Vincent as the Heroine of Comestic Drama, and the Pit y Legendary Romance of " Rockwood!" with a New a New Gallery, and New Splendid Decorations THIS EVENING, MAY 17. AND TO-MORROW, mestic Drama, is: Three Acts, enitled SI MON LEE; o OR, THE MURDER OF F IVE -FIELDS' COPSE. Its s Vincerst S ''rnori Lee : Mr E. F. Saville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, wch, the Romance of IIIO V 3 °OOD ; After OR, hi THE LEGEND OF THE OLD - LINIE TREE. all, H hick Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Fl as h S ongs o f urra h rake a fo way ! e " and " My Bigor th Game of H nny Bla/ckh TO Be" Nix try Dully, ss." To conclude with a New Drama, called THE BOOK OF FATE. MKrantz Tidlitz, Mr. Gardner; Gabello, Mr. Howard; Rosa, rs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is,— Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. wATEtt AT LONDON BRIDGE "ro.sloltltow 4 thing... 3 i minutoi aftzs II i Evening 59 minutes attor II he Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN Coin inenecd at ZO minutes alter Three. 4 ,* t t ch) ,, 4" - , „. Kfb/t Atn. LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 17, 1841. The theoretical principle of Government is, that it is a contrivance to increase the public wel nire- Of course the public means all the indivi duals of the nation, and it will not be denied that tll6 r welfare requires that they should obtain the largest possible supplies of food. Nobody kluw supposes that food will be too abundant, or that there will be a universal glut either of that (3 1' any other useful article. In fact the great difficulty, which may be called the curse of rather it be not his blessing, being as I lutch in conformity with his nature as the gathering of honey is to that of th e b ee — t h e great difficulty is to get food ; and the deficiency Of food, or the difficult; of getting enough, ac co rdin g to the most accredited theories, is the great cause of all the vice, crime, and misery in the world. It is plainly and palpably, therefore, the duty of every Government to facilitate as Il luch as possible the exertions of the people in obtaining food for themselves, and it violates its duty 4iost grossly w h en i t i m p e d es th us' exer cmsi- It then incurs the terrible responsibility of causing all the vice, and misery, and crime, which result from a want of food. The excuse or the pretext for the Corn-laws — though it is a false pretext—is, that they, in the long run, ensure the people a greater supply of food than they would otherwise have. But sugar, like corn, is an article of food very nutritious, and it might be used as a substitute in considerable quantities for other food. No pretext is made by those who oppose the Ministers' plan for the reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, that it would lessen at any time the quan tity of sugar or food which the people could obtain. On the contrary, they resist the alteration because the market would be over whelmed with sugar. They will not allow the law to be altered, because it will give the people too much sugar, and at too cheap a rate. The Legislature, in this case unblushingly, and for the benefit of a few members of its own body, actually stops the supply of food. The statement of the Tories is, if the law be altered, or if the discriminating duty be abolished, that the people will get plenty of food, and they most scandalously interfere to prevent the people from obtaining it. This is a most shameful violation of the duty of the Legislature, and instead of being the discourager of vice, and punisher of crime, it is the great cause of all the crimes and all the misery that are caused by the scarcity or the deficiency of food. As for the nonsense it pleases some gentlemen, in the utter forgetfulness of their duties to the people of England, to talk about the blacks— dooming those of the West Indies to cultivate sugar. and hoping to relieve those of the Brazils and Cuba from cultivating it—we must take the liberty to tell them, that if, by their measure, they could relieve the whole black race from the slavery to which they are subject in almost every part of the world, that would not exonerate them from their duty to the people of England. They receive power to promote the welfare of our people ; that welfare is pro moted by allowing them to have an ample sup ply of food; and the Legislature is the traitorous assassin of the people it is bound to protect and cherish, when it withholds from them that large supply of food which the Brazils and Cuba are ready to send them. Weep Lord SANDON, weep Lord STANLEY, weep Mr. GOULBURN, and weep Sir A. GRANT and Dr. LUSHINGTON in conjunc tion, over the sufferings of the slaves •—reproach the planters with cruelty, send out ships-of-war to stop-the slave trade, and when you have wept and declaimed at others, look at home ; see the people confided to your care perishing of hunger —see yourselves actively at work to keep food from their mouths, and acknowledge yourselves to be more extensively criminal than the plant ers and the active agents of the diabolical slave trade ! The agitation for the repeal of the Corn-laws is going on well, despite the little aid it has received from those who are bound, by their situation, to be the leaders of the people. On such an occasion we naturally look to our repre- sentatives for counsel and advice. Mr. O'CoN NELL, however, is the only one we are ac quainted with who has shown himself sensible of the importance of the crisis, and has done his duty on the occasion. He has addressed more than one letter to his countrymen, expressing his opinion of the present state of affairs, and ad vising them how to act. Why should not the Members for' England, and particularly the Members representing the great manufacturing districts, and more particularly still the Members representing very remote constituencies, now ad dress their countrymen with that weight of au thority which belongs to possessing the confi dence of such vast and intelligent bodies of men? Mr. RAIKES CURRY, the Member for North ampton, is one exception. He has drawn up a paper for his constituents, the great use of which, it is properly said is, that it stamps im- portant truths with local authority. We want such conduct to be imitated wisely and judi ciously, not blindly imitated on a large scale. Messrs. M. PHILIPS, GREG, BA INFS, and WARD, for example, may make very useful speeches in Parliament, but a letter from each to his constituents, embodying, perhaps, some of his arguments in favour of the proposed mea sures, and suggesting what they should do to strengthen the hands of the Liberal party in Par liament, would be more efficacious than a speech. We advise them to think of this, and put their shoulders to the wheel, which wants as yet to be forced round. As for the Metropolitan Members, with the exception of Mr. HAWES and Mr. GROTE, who have each made a good speech, and Mr. B. WOOD, who has attended a public meeting, the metropolis might as well be without them. Where are they ? Do they take no interest in measures which are the commencement of the most im- portant change that ever was begun in the policy of the empire, or perhaps of the world? After having legislated for ages on the principle of first favouring one branch of human industry and then another, it is at length found out and avowed in Parliament, that the system is unjust, is wicked, is injurious to the nation ; and it is proposed to commence a system in which no taxes shall be ]aid on for the encou ragement or protection of any one particular branch of industry, but only for the service of the State. The principle of the change is to substi tute impartial for partial legislation, just laws for the fancied expediency of interested and selfish men; and this last change finds no other advo cates or impugners in those gentlemen who are honoured with the confidence of the electors of this mighty metropolis, the heart of the empire, than those we have mentioned. The measures proposed have a subordinate, but a more attractive interest. They go to cheapen sugar and to cheapen bread, and make the trade in both steady. They go to remove restraints from the sources of supply, and extend the markets for own production, in creasing our abundance, and increasing the means of obtaining it. They are of great benefit to all traders and all consumers, and the princi ple on which they are founded, carried out to its proper conclusion, would be more fraught with blessings to mankind than all the Reform Bills or Constitutions that ever were penned. Though we should recommend a large reduc tion of the sugar and timber duties, as more be neficial to the people, and equally productive to the revenue—though we demand, and ever shall demand, the total repeal of the Corn-laws—yet we cannot shut our eyes to the immense advantages of bringing foreign sugar and foreign timber into something like competition with colonial sugar and timber, and to the immense advantages of abolishing the whole system of corn averages, and all the frauds connected with them, giving some stability to the corn trade by a fixed duty ; and these measures being of such intrinsic im portance, even if they did not involve the fate of a Ministry, should elicit from our representa tives some tokens besides a speech in Parliament, that they take that interest in them which their importance commands. The people justly ap preciate these measures, have in general pro nounced very sound opinions concerning them, and are taking a proper course to give effect to them. But their efforts would be encouraged, and perhaps more judiciously directed, were their representatives, who must know and see more of the political game in the House of Commons than the constituencies, to state their opinions, and co operate with the electors. These are not times for neutrality, neither will indifference or ignorance find fitvour with the people; and those, whether now in Parliament or not, who wish to enjoy public confidence, must unite cordially with the people, and show that they understand and are interested in the very important subjects which the measures of Ministers have made the leading and popular topics of the day. Representatives and constituencies must now work together, and the former have no time to lose. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and - Saturday have been received, together with advices I t 4! ;4•ITN, LONDON. - NM ND MAY l7, 1811. from Constantinople, .Beyrout, Alexandria and Athens, brought by the Levant mail. Our East tern intelligence will be found in another part of The Sun. It was rumoured that a modifica tion of the French Cabinet would shortly take place, in consequence of some differences of opi nion between M. GUIZOT and Marshal SOULT. The debate on the War Budget continued in the Chamber of Deputies. Never did ex• Minis- ter cut so sorry a figure. as M. THIERS has done during the past week. So soon as the Eastern question is definitely settled, France will disband her armaments. The TniEas-created Legions will be disbanded, and the men drafted into quiring only in return security for its gains, how ever exhorbitant or however made, will be aptly represented by Sir Robert Peel himself. He is the true emblem of the present generation of great English merchants, of much show and little solidity, fair spoken, and unfair meaning, with an imposing outside, covering great hollowness, signing petitions one day for free trade, and sign ing petitions the next . against the measures which are to give effect to those principles, act ing wholly for their personal or party interest, while they pretend to be solicitous for the public good. Of all the race of Bank Directors,'great merchants, &c., who thrive on monopolies, loans, and corruptions, and see unmoved the oppression of their poorer brethren, Sir Robert Peel is the proper emblem, and he will, therefore, represent them in the Cabinet. The landed gentler en insist, very properly, on having one of themselves in the Cabinet, as a security that the slippery Premier may not in some _slippery moment throw the landed gentle men overboard to appease the cravings of his monied supporters. The Duke of Buckingham is the man, and they have told Sir Robert Peel that he must take the Duke, or they will not give him any support. With one or two of the Duke's nominees for Bucks in subordinate de partments, the sinister interest of the bread-taxers will be appropriately represented and protected in the new Ministry. There is a minor class of traders and manufac turers who yet look to prosper by means orpro tection. There are the bangers-on of the East and West India interests, persons connected with ship brokerage, members of emigration com panies, and emigration agents, who would like to see Mr. Irving in the Cabinet, but that gentle man has signified that he cannot give up his lu crative shares in Brazilian mines and other speculations for the miserable salary of the Pre sident of the Board of Trffle, and this class will have an appropriate representative in Mr. Glad stone. In him all the chicanery of trade and the chicanery of religion, the cant of an extortionate humanity, and the cant of Puseyism, will find a proper Cabinet Minister, whatever post he oc cupy, and all the cants under his auspices will be duly promoted. Bigotry will have her own Stanley, fierce and unyielding like herself. We know not what may be his station in the Cabinet; but with Colonels Perceval and Verner for subordinates, and Dr. Lefroy for Lord 4 Chancellor of Ireland, the Earl of Winchilsea for Lord Lieutenant, Mr. Bradshaw for Secretary, and Mr. Litton for Attorney-General, the Orange party will be se cured a due ascendancy in the Cabinet and Go vernment. • The principle of coercion, which will be as es sential to the Cabinet, to compel the people to submission, as a skilful financier, is of course to be represented by the great Duke, who will en force it with his iron counsels, if he have no longer an iron hand to carry it effectually him• self into execution. Who are to be the chosen men of all the Swiss of the party—the youthful aspirants for place at home and abroad, without any regard to principle; the skilful negotiators, who are al ready practising on their companions and coun trymen the arts by which they are hereafter to overreach foreign statesmen, we know not; but they will most likely be found in the Upper House, and will form the Peers of Sir Robert's Cabinet. One thing is quite clear, that all the sinister interests—bread-taxers, sugar taxers, rotten-ship owners, Orangemen, &c. &c., who now combine to turn out the present Ministers, must have its chosen man in Sir Robert's Cabinet. Not one of them Mill trust him, nor will any one trust the other. As long as there was plenty of plunder to satisfy them all, it was easy to kcep them in order and harmony; but now, when the booty falls short, and they must scramble and fight each for what he can get, and that not enough—now that they are like the crew of a ship reduced to very short allowance, Sir Robert will find it a most difficult task to prevent one throwing the other overboard, and to preserve his own command. How long a Cabinet, formed of representatives of the several sinister interests, which are now openly com bined to tax the people for the exclusive advan tage of those interests will last, we cannot say; but the first day of its existence would;be the commencement of an anti-social revolution, which would end in the "bloodiest work " of time. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. TWELVE O'CLOCK A Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Bragania steamer, of the elate of the 10th inst. The accounts represent the poli tical circles as being agitated by intrigues of the candidates for office. IN o changes have taken place in the Ministry, and it was expected they would meet the Cortes when the period of adjournment expired (25th inst.) A portion of money towards the next dividends was on the point of being remitted by the above packet, through the Bank, but at a late hour some dif ficulties were started which would prevent its remittance by this post. The pending treaty of commerce with England continues to excite the clamour of the revolutionary and anti- EngliAt press. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, M.XY 15.—The sales of Cotton to.day consist of 1,500 bales only to the trade, without alteration in prices reported in Friday's circular. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 15.—The Share Market still continues very languid at present rates. Grand Junction, 204; Ditto Half Shares, 104 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 199; Birmingham and Gloucester New Shares, 3i ; Eastern Coon • ties, 8,4 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 29*. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15.—The de mand for Shares is very limited, and the market closes heavily. London and South Western, 57i ; Manchester and Birming ham, 25 •25k- ; London and Birmingham, 158 160 ; Man hester, Bolton, and Bury, 53 54; Bank of Manchester, 7h ; South Lancashire Bank, 5i to 5 3-16 ; Rochdale Canal, 86; Manchester Assurance, 9i. We have received New Brunswick papers to the 25th April. We understand that his Excellency Major-General Sir John Harvey has taken passage in the Acadia steamer, to leave Halifax on the 3d May. NOVA SCOTIA LEGISLATURE.—The cession VMS closed on Saturday last the 10th inst. Prince Edward Island papers to the 28th April have been received. The merchants of St. John's, Newfoundland, have fitted out this spring 72 vessels of the aggregate burthens of 5,965 tons, and carrying 2.078 men, for the seal fishery. We have received the Antwerp papers of yesterday's date. HAGUE, MAY 14.—The Members of the First Chamber of the States General have been convoked on the 21st May to resume their sittings. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM.—The tendency of the National Funds was towards an improvement to-day, and some of the prices were better, but the transactions were not animated. The appointment of Espartero causes a rise of per cent. in Ardoin's Spanish. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this snorning at the Fame quotations they left off on Saturday, 891 90 for the Account; Money, 891 -1 1 , the market is quite inactive at present. Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 167 168 ; India Stock, 250 252 ; India Bonds, 1 discount 1 prem. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active not quite so good as it left off, at 24%, at present 231 '24 ; Deferred, 111 1; Passive, 5i 1 ' • Portuguese also a shade lower, left o ff 34 1 ,4, at present 34*; Brazilian, 671 681 ; Colombian, 221 i ; Mexican rather lower, 281 1 • Dutch Two-and- a -H a lf per Cents. 5211 ; Five per Cents., 99 1 4 100. SHARES.—Great Western , 28 29 prem. ; Ne w , 141 Fern. ; London and Brighton, 3 % A (Lis. ; Blackwell, 7 1 % 61 dis. ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 561 571 per share ; ich 81 per share ; Mancheste r an d Bi rm i ng h am, 15 1 Gen l4 re dis. w PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London an d 8right0n......... London and Birmingham ...... ... 90 Midland Counties ... ...... 100 Ditto * Shares ......... North Midland ... ................. 100 South Eastern and Dover HALF -PAST ONE. The British funds continue firm, although no business of consequence has been done in the course of the morning, and they have a tendency to improvement. Thee Exchequer Bill market still retains its heaviness as on Saturday, and there is a prevailing opinion that the Savings' Banks have made use of the Exchequer Bills that the Chancellor deposited with them for the eight millions of the Navy Estimates taken from the Savings' Bank Fund. Consols reached in' the course of the morning 90 to 901 for the Account, at present may be quoted 90, with an ap pearance of a further rise. Exchequer Bills heavy, 3 prem., par, 2 prem ; Bank Stock, nothing done; India Stock, 2511; 7tions ; Dutch Fi ve p er C en ts, India Bonds, par. 1 The Foreign Market Sp anish is i nactive, Spanish lower, 23 100 1 . ; P T or h t e ug ab u o e v se e , Broanzliyliguano, quotations during the morning. The Share Market is in a similar st ate as that of the Foreign Market ; London and I3 r ighton, 461 1 ; L on d on an d Birming ham, 158 1591; Midland Counties, * Shares, 221; North Midland, 74. a 3 r 4 e * the ; QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, 891 90; Spanish, 231 TIZ --e ; Mexican, 291 1 ; Por tuguese, 34 34*. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN On Saturday afternoon, about six o'clock, as the carriage of A. Grant, Esq., was standing opposite the National Gallery, the The body war re coachman was observed t o fall back on the box. Assistance was immediately rendered him ; but we regret to state the rainquest. un fortunateoved to manstAeixarptiirne,ds workhouse,alm os t instantly, where it awaits a Coroner s • HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to bear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Bedford, and the Earl of Beverley. CARTER V. PALMER. The arguments on this part-heard case were resumed this morning. The case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. fhe question in the case related to the amount to which the appel lant was entitled for certain incumbrances on the estate of the respondent, which He had purchased. Sir W. FOLLETT to-day addressed their Lordships on behalf of the respondent, following Mr. Pinney. The Learned Counsel had not concluded when our reporter left. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) WOOD AND OTHERS, V. GOODLAKE. The arguments in this long litigated cause were resumed this morning before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, when their. Lordships heard Sir Frederick Pollock on the part of M r . kitchens, one of the next of kin of the testator. The Learned Gentleman contended that it was the duty of the other executors, when acquainted with the circum stances, to have told Mr. Chadwick that his conduct had been so strange, so irregular, and so unprofes,ional, that they could not consent to be even tacit parties to: it, but would impound the document, and t a e' the opinionof this Court whether or not under the circumstances, it was entitled to probate. The arguments which contained no new features of public interest, were proceeding when we to press. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Sessions terminated this morning at ten o'clock. The Court was occupied in passing sentences on the several pri soners remanded during the sessions. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.`, LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind this day at noon, fresh from S. to S.W., cloudy. DEAL, MAY 16.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Barrossa, Austin, from China. Arrived from the River an d sa il e d , t h e Ariel. from the Mauritius • Andex, St. Mi c h ae l' s ; Fl ora, Malta; Tornand Jessie, Leghorn. Arrived f rom t h e Ri ver, the Arrow, for New Zeal and; David Clark, Sydney; Emma, Port St. George; Ocean, Bermuda; Annandale, Miramichi; Active, Quebec; Thetis, Constantinople; John Romelly, Alicant ; Nautilus, Gibraltar. DOVER, MAY 15.—Arrived the Maria, Drewes, from Rio Grande, for Hambur&h, with loss of topmast, sails, &c. Eliza beth, Jansen, Batavia; Columbus, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth, Johnson, Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15.—Wind E. S.E. to S. ; 16. W..— Arrived the Bon Accord, Penny, from Naples. Sailed 25th March, Gibraltarlst, and sailed for Aberdeen. FA tmourn, MAY 14.—Arrived the Jessie Ritchie, M'Lachlan, from Jacmel. Sailed on March 23, the Highland Lad, for Venice. Sailed the Escort, Smales, for Halifax and Boston. Pandora packet, a cruise with supplies for the home ward bound. Arrived off, the John Willis, Willis, from De merara; Boreas,"Bleekschmidt. Sailed Thomas, Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, MAY 16 —Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Co lumbia steamer, from Boston—left on the Ist, Halifax 3d ; Frisk, Whiteway, Buenos Ayres—sailed Feb. 22 ; the Vo lunteer, M'Minn, for the Mauritius ; H e l en , St ewar t, Ma nilla ; Rochdale, Tasker, Demerara ; Governor, James, Mo bile ; Lancashire, Lyon, ditto ; Scotia, Welsh, itto ; Colom bia, New Orleans ; H uron, Charleston ; Pampero, Roberts, Buenos Ayres—sailed March 24 ; the Mona, Hill, for the Mauritius ; Leven, ditto ; Iris, Fisher, Barbadoes, sailed 4th ult. ; Poilock, Purdon, New Orleans ; F. Depau, Forbes, New York • Edward, Sevale, Messina. Sailed the Margaret, Kerr, for Ginebec • Robert, Syers, La Guayra ; Hermia, An cona ; Eleanor, Bombay ; Roscius, New York ; Arab, Ma deira. The Susan, Drew, from thence to Boston, has been taken into the latter port leaky, having been on shore. BRISTOL. MAY 14.—Arrived the Great Western steamer, from New York. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were scanty of most Grain, but consi derable of Oats, chiefly from Ireland. There was a short fresh supply of most articles. The little fine Wheat that was offered sold readily at ls. per quarter advance on last week's terms, other qualities sold slowly at no improvement. Barley, Beans, and Peas as last reported. The Oat supply exceeded the de mand, and to make sales 6d. to Is. per quarter reduction was was taken. The Flour trade very heavy, the bakers showing no disposition to purchase, except for their immediate wants. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Lambs was moderate ; a good many Beasts having arrived from Scotland occasioned a steady demand at our present prices. The demand for Mut ton and Lamb was not very brisk, prices rather lower. Of Veal our supply was good, with a fair trade, prices on the de cline. Of Pork a plentiful supply, prices without alteration. Beasts, 2,736; Sheep and Lambs, 22,330; Pigs. 654; Calves, 157. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. Bd. to 6s. 4d. TEA MARKET. There was but a small amount of business done, and rather lower rates were taken, Is. 9d. was the value of Company's Congou cash. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, but holders were unwilling to submit to any further reduction, and 475. was the nearest quotation of P. Y. Candle on the spot. The supply was large of South American. PROVISION MARKET. The prices of Foreign Butter continue steady, and a good business was done. Fine Dutch at 98s. to 100 s. per cwt. No Irish on sale. Bacon in fair demand at full prices. Prime Waterford, landed, 565. to 595. per cwt. Lard in demand at 70s. to 71s. per cwt. landed._ HOP MARKET. Prices firm and the demand steady. The supply small, par ticularly of old qualities. The accounts from the Hop-grow ing districts were favourable. TIIE WEATHER.—Nocav, MAY 17. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Barometer Thermometer... 60 I Highest 7l I Lowest ... 44 Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. PLYMOUTH —Mr. Collier and Mr. Bewes, tht present Member for this Borough, have announced their inten tion of retiring in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. NEW CA - USES.—It appears that the total num ber of new causes which have been entered during and after the term just ended is as follows :—Queen's Bench, 2f).5; Common Pleas, 115; Exchequer, 247. DETENTION OF THE OUTWARD WEST INDIA MAIL.—On Saturday a notice was posted at the Gene ral Post-office, stating that the letters for the West India mail will be in time till Tuesday (to-morrow), the 18th inst. Ac cording to regulation, Saturday should have been the last day for the receipt of letters to be forwarded by this conveyance, and the reason that this regulation has been departed from in the present instance is in order that the next outward packet may be the bearer of the news relative to the decision of the House of Commons on the sugar question, and in which the West India interest is so much concerned. Some doubt having arisen as to the precise period when the Treaty between Great Britain and Brazil will expire, we have been requested to state that, under any cir cumstances, it will continue in force until the 10th of Novem ber, 1844. • NIONMOUTH.—SmaII-pox continues very preva lent in this town and neighbourhood, two deaths have taken place during the past week. In consequence of several boys in the Free Grammar School not having been vaccinated, the School has broken up, and it is the intention of the Visitors not to admit any boys on the re-opening of the School, who cannot produce a certificate from a surgeon that they have had the cow-pox properly, or the small-pox. It may be a satis faction to the public to know, that wherever the small-pox has taken place after the cow-pox, it has been of the mildest des cription.—Hereford Times. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning between twelve and one o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Bryant, cooper, Cross-street, Blackfriars• road. The fire was first discovered by a policeman of the L division, who observed flames issuing from the centre of the premises. He gave an alarm, and in a few minutes the engines from the West of England, Waterloo-bridge-read, and that from Wat ling-street, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, were on the spot. In the meanwhile the flames, from the combusti ble nature of the stock, gained a fearful ascendancy, and in a short space of time, the whole of Mr. Bryant's premises were enveloped in one entire scene of conflagration. The premises extend a considerable distance in the rear of the houses on the south side of Cross-street, and great fears were entertained that they would take fire ; but, by the judicious efforts of the fire men, the fire was confined to the premises of Mr. Bryant, but, which were entirely consumed. It is not at present known the extent of the damage done, nor how the fire originated. Mr. Bryant, we understand, is understand. APOTHECARIES' HALL.--Names of Gentle men to whom the Court of Examiners granted Certifi cates of Qualification on Thursday :—Raymond Levi Haynes, Holloway, Middlesex ; Thomas Guy, Howden ; John Bean Armour, London ; Henry Piers, Weymouth; John Cornish Trestrail, Truro ; John Ellison, Liver pool ; William Wilson, London ; William Okell, Knuts ford ; John Froggatt, Brixton ; Edward Henry Chase, Hocking, Essex ; John Raynor Hatfield, Birstall, York shire ; James Moline, Godahning ; John Harry Evan, Seaford, Sussex ; John Wilson, Huntingdon ; George Harvey Williams, Holywell, North Wales ; George Tennyson Moody, Grimsby. THE DEBATE.—With respect to the inten tions of Ministers, or the probability of a dissolution of Parliament, nothing has transpired. Our own opinion is, that, whatever be the result of the present debate, Ministers will not relinquish office, until they have had the opportunity of laying the whole of the commercial changes which they contemplate, before the country for its consideration ; and that their future conduct, and the advice they may tender to their Sovereign, will greatly depend on the way in which these changes are received by the commercial interests. We are happy to find that these interests in various parts of the country are already actively stirring ; and, in tho course of the next week, we have little doubt that a very decided manifestation of public feeling will take place. Of the character of the debate, so far as it has proceeded, we shall not attempt to say much. Nothing, it seems to us, can be more striking than the superiority, in point of argument, of the speakers on the Ministerial side of the House ; but what avails superiority of argument against the compact union, cemented by personal interest and party hopes ? —Manchester Guardian. BOOKS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.—Grecia, the widow of Berlay, the second lord of Montreuil, and wife of Geoffroi Martel, sovereign Count of Anjou, was, for those times, a singularly well-instructed and deeply-learned Princess. She was a great book-collector; and, if we Islay judge by the liberality she ev i nce d i n the gratification of h er l iterary tastes in her own day, she would certainly have beat the most muni. ficent of our own Roxburghians out of the field had s h e h a d the good fortune to live in the nineteenth cen t ury. For a dopy of the homilies o f Haimon, Bishop of Halberstadt, she is re corded to have given two hunched sheep, twelve measures of wheat, a similar quantity of rye, and as much millet; several marten skins, and eight mares of silver. In another place, we hear of a monastery having been built with the price of a fa mous missal, which a Viscount of Thouars compelled the monks of St. Florent to give up to him in the year 1069. Trellope's Summer iu It i otern France. A RICH MAN.—The late Edward Brown, Esq., of Barn-hill. Stamford, whose death we announced last week, is said to b avp di e d wort h more than half a million of property. The larger pail - , it i 3 beli eve d, h as b een left to his on ly surviving son, the Rev. Edward Brown, and the rest a mongst his three m e ri t ed daughters (the w i ves o f M r, Co nant, the Lon d o n Police Msistrate ; S. R. Fydeel, of Mor t cod ; and the Rev. Robert Doeker, of Wik s er.ey i . and three unmarried daughters. Amongst the legacies Is the swifts cent sum of 11,0001. to the Stamford and Rutland Infirmary; 5, 0001, for the specific purpose of buildi ng a f ever ward; atii 6,0001. for the support of it for ever.-- Stamford Mercury. • other regiments. The trial of DARMES . and his accomplices is fixed for the 2.lth instant. DA rwEsis composing a long speech which he is to deliver before the Chamber of Peers, in which, instead of extenu ating his own guilt, he proposes to exhibit the villany of his Judges. It is needless to observe that the Court will not permit such an outrage upon its dignity. Nevertheless the Chamber of Peers must suffer greatly in public estimation by being thus brought in constant contact with ruf fians reckless of life, and therefore pre-determined to set their authority at defiance. After the proofs of magnanimity the KING has given in sparing the lives of wretches who attempted to take his, it would be surely as safe to try DARMES by a Jury as by the highest tribunal known to the laws. There is no domestic news in the Paris Papers of any political importance. INSURRECTION IN EUROPEAN TURKEY.—The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter. dated Belgrade, the 2d inst., which states that the engagement whi c h t oo k place between the Albanians under the command of the Pacha of Nissa and the Christian insurgents encamped at Alexeni,sa was must san guinary. The Christians fought courageously, but their forces were two much dispersed, and were unable to re sist the compact body cf Albanians. The insurgents, who had collected their wives, children, and old persons, were obliged to yield to the furious attack of the enraged Turks. After their victory the Albanians committed the most horrible excesses. They murdered children and unresisting old men. They impaled the prisoners taken with arms in their hands, they laid the villages in ashes, they violated the females and then threw them into the flames. Between 20 and 30 villages were destroyed by fire after the flight of the insur gents. Accounts from Alexenissa state the Christians after their defeat fled, some to the mountains, and some into Servia. It was reported in Belgrade that an insurrection had broken out in Anatolia. INSURRECTION IN CANDIA.—The Portafoglio Maltese of the bth instant announces that the insurrection in Candia had become general. The Seraskier, Mustapha Pasha, had ad dres,ed a proclamation to the Christian population of the island, offering a general pardon to the insurgents who should submit to the authority of the Sultan, and announcing to them that his Highness had reduced the taxes on leather, wine, and spirits, and redressed other local gri evances . Thi s proclama tion, however, had not produced the desired effect. The in surgents were determined not to accept any boon short of inde pendence ; and, according to the last accounts, dated the 21st ult., they were more than a match for the Turkish forces, who were afraid to venture out of their strongholds. EASTERN NEWS.—The Augsburgh Gazette publishes a let ter, dated Djedda, March 2, which states that the Arnauts and other irregular troops which Ibrahim Pacha had left at Mecca were about to be shipped for Egypt, and that the holy cities would be garrisoned with Arabian troops. The same letter adds, that various reports were afloat relative to the movement of British troops on the coast of the Red Sea, and some as serted that, not satisfied with the possession of Aden, they wished likewise to seize Mocha. On the other hand, it was said that a French company had acquired a territory on the coast fora sum of 100,000 f., through she mediation of a French traveller (M. Combes), fur the purpose of establishing a trade with Abyssinia. ROME, NAY I.—A line of telegraphs, as we are informed, is going to be established from Lombardy, to the Kingdom of Naples. The effects of the late Cardinal Frsch, will be sold by auction in a few days, besides an immense quantity of gold and silver plate ; there is all the linen worn by the Emperor Na pokon, when he was in the Isle of Elba, and which is marked with his arms. The sale of the pictures, the number of which is considerable, will not take place till some time afterwards.— Le Constitutionel. The Gazette du Midi of the 11th has the following article:— " The preliminary inquiries in what is called the Republican plot continue without intermission. Two persons having been lately arrested, and two others having surrendered themselves, the total number of persons now confined is now 36. At Orange and at Lisle more than forty persons were arrested, but most of them were released by the Magistrates. Here not one of the persons accused has been discharged from prison.— Le Commerce. BOU.RSE--PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 15. first Highest Lowest List Price Price. Price.. Price 11490... 115c`0... 1:4 90 ..; 115 ere , ,ch 5 per Cents 4i' per Cents ...... lO3 75 ... 103 75 ... P 3 75 ... )93 75 4 pei Cents 99 30 ... 119 30 ... 99 30 ... 99 31) 3 per Cents 79 50 "9 61 ... 79 45 ... 19 55 Mn.,, of frame . ,n 242 50 ~.F250 ..3242 50 —3250 Laoitte Yank 1,000f.51 axes 1085 ...ICBS ...1(85 ...ICS-, . . .. 5, 1 4X0. St arcs 5t57 50 ...5157 SC ...5157 50 ...5157 50 e!gian Bank 1841... 5 per Cents. New Loan 1011( ... 1 2 ... 101 ... WI% Spanish Acme t'4% ... t 4% „. 14% ... 14% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O ... 20 ... 20 ... 20 zvea t ,tuitaii .___. ••• .•• J ••• Roman t , AILIN A NHAREs _ _ 10-,% 103 Versailles,' LP 237 50 237 50 ... 232 50 ~„ 50 It. Is Rouen Str iu li/tee Orledns The French Government received on Saturday a telegraphic despatch, announcing that, on the 10th inst., ESPARTERO took the oath prescribed by the Cortes as Regent of Spain. After which he was conducted in State to the Palace, surrounded by a vast concourse of the citizens of Madrid and its vicinity. The Madrid Papers received are to the 9th, and describe the election of the Regent on the Bth with considerable spirit. The Mem bers of the two Chambers wore Court dresses, and the hall of the Cortes was crowded with persons of the first distinction. When the votes were given the following was the result:— For General Espartero 179 For Augustin Arguelles For the Queen Dowager 5 For Count Almadovar For Brigadier Thomas Garcia Vicente, Orre of the heroes of May 2, 1808 1 Blank ticket General Espartero having obtained a majority of 69 votes, was proclaimed sole Regent of the kingdom during the mino rity of the Queen. M. Arguelles, atter announcing this result, aejourned the meeting. •' Everything," says a private letter, " passed off with perfect order. No murmurs or cries were uttered ; the greatest de corum prevailed during the whole of the sitting, which lasted four hours and a half." It wai said that General Espartero had stationed two of hi. aides-decamp in the hall, who reported to him the progress of the proceeding, and that he had horses saddled in his stable, ready ti, leave Madrid, and repair to Logrono, if the Trinitarian s had gained the day. In the evening the bands of the regiments of the garrison serenaded the Duke. The Regency having been appointed, the new Cabinet of Espartero formed the next subject of speculation. The fol lowing was one list in circulation ; President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs Inferior Justice War Finance Senor Cantero. Marine The Castellano states that Senor Gonzalez will be Prettier, with Senor Infante as Minister of War; and Senor Olozaga would return to the Spanish Embassy in Paris. The Correo Nicional's list excludt s Senors Olozaga and Sancho altoge ther, as will not take office to govern with the present Cortes. The Fives were at 27 3-16 for cash. MEETINGS IN LONDON.-ClerkellWell is to meet on Wednesday or Thursday to petition for the measure'bf Ministers. The Finsbury Reform Club meets to-day to effect the same object. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields meets on Tuesday. The metropolis, then, is beginning to stir. There ought to be meetings in every parish and almost every tavern. The women ought to meet and petition for cheap sugar. Now or never is the time to put down monopoly. A requisition was made last week to the Church wardens of Lambeth parish to convene a meeting to take into consideration the measures brought forward by the Government respecting the Corn-laws, and the sugar and timber duties, but they declined to call a meeting. The inhabitants, however, have resolved to meet, and Mr. Benjamin Hawes, the Member for the borough, will preside, either at the Horns' Tavern, or some convenient place, on the occasion. On Thursday a meeting of the inhabitants of Christ Church, Blackfriars road, will be held at Newton's Hotel for the same purpose. THE PEEL CABINET. Various rumours are afloat as to the persons who are likely to constitute Sir Robert Peel's Ministry. We do not guarantee the authenticity of the following statement as to the persons who are actually to form the Cabinet, but of the prin ciples to be represented in it there can be no doubt whatever. We need not name the more than Whig and worse than Tory hack, who, as the Lord Chan cellor, is to represent the profligacy of the Bar and the oppressiveness of the Bench. A fit em blem of both can only be found in the ranks of the Tories. The enemy of Ireland and of the hannony of the empire is the proper head of the law, which seems made to ravage the people—and of the lawyers, who, for their own advantage, car:y it into effect. _ Tile great commercial and monied interest wl.:ch prides itself on its respectability, which ha 3 no sympathy for anything but wealth, which is all for specious order and submission, which is decorous beyond decorum itself, while it fills its pouch without ever inciuiring into the means, which readily lends itself on all oc cas i ons t o every Government to execute any tyranny, re- LITERATURE. TEXAS. 2 Vols. Hastings, London, 1841. In his preface to these volumes which give the fullest accounts that have yet appeared, of the rise, progress, and pro spects of the republic of Texas--Mr. Kennedy, the author, pays the following deserved tribute of respect to the memory of his friend and patron, Lord Durham :—" The first time I saw his Lordship in 1833, I was drawn to him by a sentiment of attachment which seemed to be re ciprocal. Whatever trust he reposed in me af terwards, strengthened that sentiment, for his soul was a mirror on which meanness and du plicity had never left a shade. Even in the irri tabilities of his quick temperament, there always seemed to me a gladdening leaven of human kindness. His foibles belonged to the accidents of his position; his virtues were his own ; and for my part I could more readily excuse the unpre meditated overflow of an impetous temperament, than tolerate the frigid self-sufficiency which en trenches itself behind specious formalities for the conservation of its prerogatives, real or supposed. Truth, justice, and honesty were the pervading elements of Lord Durham's moral nature, and because they were, I honoured him when living, and mourned him when dead. As a public man, he was surpassed by none in devotion to his country, and equalled by few in a clear percep tion of its interests; but he was in advance of his time, and paid the usual penalty for being so." There is much justice in this character of Lord Durham, whose worst fault, we be lieve, was an irritable temperament, which was apt at times to get the better of his judgment. Having accompanied his Lordship to Canada, Mr. Kennedy, when his official duties were somewhat abruptly brought to a close by the return of the Governor-General to England, took the opportunity of visiting the southern States of America, and thence passing into Texas, of which he here gives us an account. On the whole, his account is favourable, and, not impro bably, will have the effect of directing the atten tion of enterprising emigrants to this hitherto neglected—and, indeed, in some respects un known —country, Texas, the author assures us, is remarkable for the general salubrity of its climate, and has been termed the Italy of Ame rica. That portion of it which consists chiefly of prairies, is blessed with a delightful tempera ture favourable to most of the products which render life agreeable. The mildness of the sea sons enables the planter to pick all the cotton he can raise, to grow as much corn as lie requires, and to accumulate stock of every description, almost without labour or expense. The prevail ing summer wind from the south-west tempers the warmth of July and August, with its grateful and constant play. While the midsummer air of the alluvial region of the Mississipi is sur charged with noxious moisture, the clear atmo sphere of Texas is quickened and renovated by invigorating sea-breezes, which, passing over the dry, rolling, and verdant surface of the interior, enliven the spirits, and induce a love of existence, even for the passive physical enjoyment it affords. The drought that pervades the season from the close of April to September is often molli fied by copious and refreshing showers, which sometimes distribute their favours very unequally. The unequal distribution of rain is indeed consi dered by husbandmen the chief defect in the climate of Texas. One section of the country is frequently saturated by teeming showers, while, at the distance of only a few miles, the ground is gaping for moisture. In December and January the cold north winds sweep down the plains with nearly as much regularity as • the south-west wind in summer; but, notwithstanding their severity, the winters are generally as moderate as the month of November in the North American States. Ice is seldom seen, except in the districts towards the North, and snow is a rare and transient visitor. Estimated by its effects on a bountiful soil, the climate of Texas may, it seems, claim to be en titled a perpetual summer, admitting, as it does, of two or three crops a year, of fruit and vegeta bles, in great abundance and perfection. Mus quitos, however, and sand-flies, the curse of all tropical countries, abound in the lower grounds of Texas ; alligators infest the rivers; and veno mous snakes are numerous, though of'course they will become more rare as civilization gradually increases. Mr. Kennedy's second volume is de voted to a consideration of the recent quarrels between Texas and Mexico, in which in many respects he gives a different view of the subject to those which have hitherto been published. TEXAS AND MEXICO. We lay before Our readers what may be interesting to them, the treaty between her Bri:annic Majesty's Government and the Republic of Texas, which has bean lately ratified by the latter. It provide: for the mediation of Great Britain between Mexico and Texas ; and it is equally honourable to the justice and good faith of Texas, and to the vigilance of Lord Palmers ton' in protecting the interests of th os e B r it is h su bj ects w h o are Mexican bondholders. We subjoin the letter of the Texian envoy, General Hamilton, showing the grounds and extent of the concession made by Texas. " CONVENTION. Whereas her Majesty the Queen - of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of putting an end to the hostilities which still continue to be carried on between Mexico and Texas, has offered her mediation to the contending parties, with a view to ' bring about a paci fication between them ; and whereas the Republic of Texas has accepted the mediation so offered; the Republic of Texas and her Britannic Majesty's Government have determined to settle, by means of a convention, certain arrangements which will become necessary in the event of such pacification being effected; and have tor this rurpoye named as their'jilenipoten tiaries, that is to say, the republic of Texas General James Hamilton, &c. ; and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom the Right Honourable Henry John Viscount Pal merston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Council, a Member of Parliament, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Most Honour able Order of the Bath, and her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good order and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles "Art. I. The republic of Texas agrees that if by means of the mediation of her Britannic Majesty an unlimited truce shall be established between Mexico and Texas within thirty days after this convention shall have been communicated to the Mexican Government by her Britannic Majesty's mission at Mexico, and if within six months after that communica tion shall have been made Mexico shall have concluded a treaty of peace with Texas, then and in such case the re public of Texas will take upon itself a portion, amounting to one million pounds sterling, of the capital of the foreign debt contracted by the republic of Mexico before the Ist of January, I&9b " Art. 2. The manner in which the capital of one million pounds sterling of foreign debt, mentioned in the preceding article, shall be transferred from the Republic of Mexico to the Republic of Texas, shall be settled hereafter by a special agreement between the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Mexico, under the mediation of her Britannic Majesty. _ Act. 3. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as soon as possible, within the space of nine months from this date. ‘• In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed, and have affixed thereunto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the 14th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1840. (Signed) " PALMERSTON. " HAMILTON." " London, November 5, 1840. " Mr Lo a n—A s uoritnhge dmediation proposeof , o her c s o l m oes u t n y i s ,:a G ti o o s n e s rn i m n en re t la in ti p n r n oc t a paoification between Texas and Mexico, and the a s su m pt ion by the former of a portion of the public debt of the latter have hitherto been entirely verbal, I beg leave to transmit you this despatch, that the reasons and motives which may influence the Republic of Texas in making this assn option may not be liable to any future misconstruction. " In the first place I must enter a protestando against the inference that Texas is bound in any degree for any portion of thesaid debt on any principle of international law, or by any obligation of private justice. ‘• Mexico violated the Charters she had granted to Austin's colonists, on the faith of which the Anglo-Americans had emi grated to Texas, and recovered its territory from the savage tribes, with whom Mexico was incapable of coping. These violations wcre accompanied by atroeitivs which rather be longed to the dark ages than the era in which we live. Texas consummated her independence in 1836. In 1837, after 'Mexico had lost all possession of and sovereignty over Texas, she concluded a convention in London with the Mexi can bondholders, and assigned certain portions of her public lands in several of her provinces or departments. She was guilty of the absurd mockery of including in this convention those situated in the department of Texas, where she had nei ther a man nor a foot of land over which she exercised juris diction east of the Rio Grande. " I need not insist (I am sure) with your Lordship on the absolute nullity of this Convention, as far as Texas is con cerned. But what I desire to do is to do voluntarily, as a con cession to the benevolence and philanthropy of her Majesty's Government, which have induced you to come forward and offer its intervention in producing a pacification between the two countries honourable to both. " If, therefore, Mexico will consent to a truce with Texas within thirty days after the communication of any convention we may conclude on the subject by her Majesty's Minister at her capital, and in six months after will conclude a treaty of ' amity and commerce with T exas , w hi c h s h a ll provide for a sa tisfactory and well-defined boundary between the two coun tries, I shall be quite willing to come under a stipulation that Texas shall assume one million sterling of the public debt of Mexico, contracted by Mexico prior to the year 1635, wbia is precisely the sum the United States offered for the whole country in 1830. The value it has acquired since has been conferred on it by the enterprise, h ero i sm , an d i n telligence of the citizens of Texas themselves, and is a just and honourable acquisition of their own. " This J desire to be regarded as a voluntary concession ; for I conceive Texas no more bound to assume a portion of the public debt of Mexico, than the thirteen American colonies after they achieved their independence were bound to assume a share of the national debt of Great Britain. Your Lordship, however, in our conferences, has never pressed this as a matter of right, although I have not failed to recognise the zealous attention and regard 'you have paid to the interests of a class of her Majesty's subjects who have long suffered under the bad fajth of Mexico, and whom, under a just equivalent to the guished confidtrution citizens of Texas, I shall be gratified if they shall be inst.- remain, mental in indemnifying. u - "In conclusion,, hnay.e..!,hts..honour remain, With dislin- " Your Lordship's obedient servant, "J. HAMILTON. Th e Bight Hop. Lord Viscount Palmeritton." rvr \TING EDITION. TURKEY CONSTA NTINTOPLE, Aazt 27. The annou/ceme n t o f the participation of France p in the last deliberations of the London Conference, and of her adhesion to the Treaty to adjust the affair.: of the East, had been re ceived by the Sultan with the liveliest satisf,ction. The tirst dragomans of the great Powers had had, for the last ten days, frequent conferences with R.faat Paella, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Although the object of these in terviews had not transpired, yet there were many reasons to believe that they had reference to the Egyptian question, which was considered to be entirely settled. The Divan, as we have already stated, have acce.!ed to the modifications of the hatti seheriff of the 13th of February last, required by Mehemet Ali, and a new hatti-scheriff to that effect was being drawn up, which would be shortly despatched to Alexandria. The Sultan removed on the 26th to the Palace of the Scs t eet Waters, where he intended to reside during the month of May. His Highness had been indisposed for some days, in conse quence of the change of season, but he was then convalescent, and it was hoped that his sojourn at the Sweet Waters would hasten his recovery. The four Austrian superior Officers who served in the last expedition to Syria were presented "cii the 24th by Rifaat Be; to the Sultan, Who received them in the most gracious man • ner, and expressed to them his satisfaction with their gallant conduct in Syria, and the services which they had rendered the Ottoman empire. Hussein Pacha, the President of the Board of War, died ,en . the 27th. Preparaions for ri new expedition to Candia were carried on with the utmost activity. Several vessels of war had been taken out of the arsenal, and laden in all haste with provisions and ammunition. They were to immediately sail for that island. 1 his expedition, which is to be commanded by Tahir Pacha, the Grand Admiral, was to consist of two ships of the line, six frigates, and a number t,f smaller vessels and steamers, which, after landing 6,000 troops in the Wand, would cruise along its coasts. A note to that effect had been communicated by the Porte to the different foreign legations in Constantinople, together with an official notification of the blockade, after the 15th of May, of the harbours and coasts of Candia, with the exception only of the four principal towns, Chnea, Suda, Can dia, and Retimo. Some disturbances have occurred lately at Trebizond, which have caused a momentary state of excitement in the Greek community. They had been rebuilding an old Greek church that lay in a quarter of the town inhibited partly by Greeks and partly by Turks. The latter murmured, but as the former had obtained a firman f om the Porte for the purpose, nothing was said until Easter-eve, when the Turks began to complain aloud that the walls of the building had been carried much above the limits prescribed by the fit man. The Pacha ordered that the walls should be reduced to the height prescribed in the firman, which was accordingly put into execution on Easter- Sunday. he popular exc it ement was so great that Kiayoghe Emir Aga. fearing that something might happen t o t h e Rus sian Consul. sent to t e ll hi m that should any insult be offered him during the row, he had fifty armed men ready to pro tect him. Elated by their success, the Turks next turned their atten tion to a Greek school that was building in the Christian quarter of Oise town. The place was inspected by the legal authorities, and it was declared unlawful to allow the building to stand as it was, inasmuch as it was e. ntrary to their law to allow an infidel building to be raised higher than Mussulman houses. At this decision the Russian Consul, as proteetor of the GreeTC, interceded with the Pachaos ho after much dis cussion decided that the whole edifice should he razed to the ground. NVliiie the people were demoli , hing the building, however, a second order came from the Pacha. that only the upper story of the school should be thrown down. This ap pears to have been owing to another application from the Rus-. Sian Consul. EGYPT. ALEXARDRIA, APRIL 27.—The political a7pect of affairs has undergone no change since the departure of the Great Liverpool. Ihe four Consuls-General are still at Constantino ple, which they expected to leave about the end of the month, with full powers to settle the questions which re mained open. The plague is speading and creating great alarm among the Europeans and Levantine, and the merchant-vessels in port have, by the advice of their Consuls, hoisted the yellow flag, and adopted some quarantine precautions. One Aus trian and two English sailors have died, and another Aus trian similarly attacked has tecorered. A young Dane, named Smidt, - who superint: nded the passage of travellers on the Nile, has died in the Lazar'tto on the 25th ult., and the oldest Maltese merchant in Alexandria wag 13incr ill of the di sease at the date o f our a d v i ces. The French' steamer sailed en the 27th without passengers. The general mortality, has, however, not increased. On the 26th ultimo the deaths were eight; persons attacked, and removed to the hospital, 9; other deaths 15. The general mortality at Cairo was 120 pt r day, but the deaths from plague there are few in comparison with those from fever, small-pox, cholera, &e. None of the passengers of the Liverpool had reac.ited Suez in time to sail for India. The Phoenix steamer has arrived front Bey rout and Caiffa (after landing Sappers and Miners for the repairs of Acre) to take in coals, and to return to the coast of Syria. Specie had been landed at Beyrout by a French man of- war, for the service of the Christian convents of Lebanon . and two Iriests of the Propaganda, who had arrived in Alex andria with a large sum of money on the 14th ult., sailed again on the 18th for Beyrout on a similar mission to the Maronitea in the mountait.s. Ibrahim Pacha is still at Cairo, making extensive changes in the administration of the .affa . rs of Egypt, displacing Arabs in office, and replacing them 'with Turks. The immediate effect has been a great depreciation in the value of the teskeres, or paper securities, of the Egyptian Government. SYRIA. Adviccs from Beyrout of the 17th ult. State that Syria was then lerfectly tranquil. Nedjib Pacha, the new Governor of Damascus, and Enveri Effendi, the Defterdar, had arrived at Beyrou: a few days before, and proceeded to their destination. On the lath the Ser:skier, Selina Pacha, convoked a meet ing of all the civil, Military, and religious authorities, and of the Consuls of the different nations, on a plain situate beyond the gates, for the furpose of rn , king to them a communica ion of genet. •1 ireerest. A c. , n4derabie crowd having reraired to the place of rendeavou4, Seam directed one of his secee:aries to read aloud a hatti-schrriff having for its object to inform the yiians of the benevolent intentions of the Pone for their welfare and prosperity. On the following day the Divan as sembled at the palace of the Governor. The Muf i and the Cadi assisted at the assembly, together with the Bishops of the diffe ent Christian rates, who were to return each five delegates, in order to constitute with the Mussnlinans a council which was to establish a system of administration conformable to the manners and wants of the people. Several &mans were read to the assembly, the most important of which was one limiting all the contributions to a uniform tax of 10 per cent. on the rental and produee throughout the empire ; but, consi dering the last events of which Syria was the theatre, and the losses sustained by its inhabitants, his Highness had deigned to exempt the Syrians from the payment of that tax, which was to be temporarily replaced by a trifling personal tax. The country had at last been freed from the presence of the 2,000 Albanian troops, %ch.) had kept the people in constant appre hension ever since the re-occupation of Syria by the Turks. Some misunderstanding had arisen between the mountaineers and their Emir, but no apprehensions were entertained for the peace of the cnurviy. Thu new Customs' Ta riff was carried into execution, for the first time, in Beyrout, on the 11th ultimo. The sanatory Adminis tration had adopted various measures calculated to prevent the plague spreading through Syria. A cordon had been established within a mile of Beyrout, at the request of the Bt :fish resident, contrary to the advice of the French Con sul. At Seyde the Mussulmans had demanded the abolition of the sanatory intendance, and presented a memorial to that effect to the Divan, who having submitted it to the British Consular agent, the latter replied, that the institution of the quarantine hart been created by a fetra ; that it could not be abrogated without a similar enactment ; and that it was the duty of the authorities to punish with severity those who pre sumed to violate the ordeas of the Government. The people, displelsed at this reply, evinced a disposition to revolt, but were restrained by the energetic attitude of the garrison. BELGIUM. Baussitt.s, MAY 15.—The Miniver t the Interior has sent the following note to the Chamber tf Commerce of Ver viers, and probably to the other Chambers of Commerce in the kingdom : " Brussels, M ay 3. Sir,—The Treaty of Comm:eree and Navigation between Belgium and Brazils expired ‘.,n the 18th of April last. The Government has in vain made every effort that it might be continued • Brazil has resolved to refrain at pr, sent from re newing the Treaties which it had concluded, as well with France and the United States, as with Belgium and England. This resolution it has already applied to the first three PAwas, and has declared its intention of applying likewise to tM last as soon as the Treaty expires, which will be in November, 1842. However, the steps t a k en b y our E nvoy at Rio have been entirely fruitlebs ; he has obtained a promise that our commerce shall continue to be treated in the same manner as that of the nation (England), the treaties of which are not yet expired ; and this, the last existing treaty having expired, another shall be made with us on the princi ples of reetproc . ty. Thus, Sir, till November, 1842, our com merce will continue to enjoy the same advantages, secured by the treaty which has just expired. Our merchants know that the principal of these advantages is to pay to Brazil only an import duty of 20 per cent. on our spirituous liquors of our own manufacture, while that duty is 50 per cent, on the same ar icle coming from countries not favoured. Be so good* S i r' as inaniediately to inform the Chambers of Commerce in ”at province, of what I have stated, and Lt the same time desiring immediately to inform merchants in their departments " The Min.ster of the Interior, ___ " NOTHOAIB." The Pole who carried off the Infanta arrived here yesterday, accompanied by an offict rof gendarmes, and was conduaed to the office of the chief of the police. We learn that Count Gerofski and Princess Isabella have declared that they were married by a priest before they left Paris. PORTUGAL. We have received Lisbon news to the 10. h instant, brought by the Braganza steamer, which left that city on the above date. The Countess of Durham and her brother, the Hen. Captain Grey, came passengers in the Braganza. The letter of o ur C orres pondent represents the political cir cles as heing agit a : e d by the intrigues and personal rivalri es o f the candidates, either for office or promotion. The Duke of that thegrl• Palmella, it appears, narrow. es Costa Cabral, the present Minister of Justice, as the instrument by 'Mich he expected t o make some arrangement of the Ministry, snore after his own heart than the present one. Baron Lag at pelacoce;taensdwihtenwastheexpP:reitoedd of Ini‘trY one time was talktd of for Finance Minister -°3 the Duke's protection. However, no chats 9 under had. would meet t e a e k t en ti, finTahneci adjournment ex schemes of the uncer.ainty 'which the intrigue+ and rumours afloat naturally pires (25th inst. ) in its present shape. aloccasioned, had acted prejudicially in hampering the Government , and inducing a want of confidence wig s , which may, however, prove only ence among capi tion of ironey towards the next dividends temporary. A por tion remitted by this packet throu gh ds was on the poipt of hour some difficulties were stared, the bank ; but at &late would pi event its remittance by this which it was expected The pending treaty of - post excite the clamours of thecommerce with England coutfinsed to press, which w r it es in evident Revolution ar y an d ant i -E ng li s h • ignorance of the whole subject. A . curious circumstance was observed yesterday day afternoon by a gentleman who was passing through the enclosure of S t. James's-park, on the small Island nearest Buckingham P a l ace. A duck had just hatched a brood of young ones. With that instinctive craving for the water natu ral to them, the young ducklings, as soon as the shell was burst, waddl e d to the s water's edge, followed by the OA one. this, in- One of the little ones, which had a portion of the shell still on jumped up above that water, seised eitlsemba4ikt: W w h a e .s n ab a o l u ar t ge tom sh ake its first attempt on ;!ts favourite it, and immedipftli di,appear4: the old duet see i ng stantiv ~ ` l ',ed after it, and remai t n?d u n d er water upwards of a itimute, but came up withT h t ertte. the ts then stood for some as before. I. tosuecest s f a ur it, Th ag e ai fi li sh li w ved as time contemplating the ak s e p an ot other effort to One had daP pasetareredit,,abnudt, trout, supposAl to be a large w ith w h i c h the lake abounds., A. vast number of the young are destroyed in this manner by the I fish. acsamifeto.pm