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MOIIN ING EDITION BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. A PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS of this BOROUGH will be held at the Yorkshire Sting°, New.. road, on TIIIIRSPAY NEXT, the 20th instant, at Two o'clock precisely, TO MEET COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.8., in pursuance of the following Resolutions passed at a Special General Meeting of the Members of the Borough of Marylebone Reform and Registration Association, hel a- Lawson's•rooms, Gower-street North, on Monday, the 17th May, J. GHAW, Esq., President in the Chair. Moved by G. HowirroN, Esq., seconded by W. C. TAYLOR, Esq., and unanimosPly resolved, That tit* Association has received with much satisfaction the announcement, by advertisement, of the intention of Com modore Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this borough in Parliament at the next election. Moved by W. THEOBALD, Esq. ; seconded by J. MooRE, E.q., and unanirnJwly . re v olved, That the Managing Committee be ins!ructed to call a public meeting et* the electors of this Borough at the earliest con venient period, for the purpose of giving the Gallant Officer the opportunity he solicits in his address, of stating fully h:s political sentiments, and taking the sense of the meeting thereon. By order, WILLIAM ALLEN, Secretary. Office of the Association, 62, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, May 17, 1841. NOTICE! THE SECOND VOLUME OF A GNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES Of the QUEENS of ENGLAND, NEW AND REVISED EDITION, WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. Crders received by all Booksellers. Henry Co!burn, Publisher, 13, eat Marlborough-street. Jiist ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., H E TR US TEE A NOVEL. By the Author of the Tragedy of " THE PROVOST OF BRUGES." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 31arlborough-street. New ready, in 2 vols. swill Svo., with a Portrait after a Painting by Maclise, L• E. I:. 'S L AND LI TERARY REMAINS.I F E . Comprising a Few Tragedy and upwards of 100 Pieces in verse and prose, hitherto unpublished. Edited by LAMAN BLANCHARD, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. IMPORT - ANT NEW WORK ON PERSIA. Now realy, in 2 vols. small Svo., with Illustrations, H It EE YEARS IN AND KOORDISTAN. PERSIA, By GEORGE FOWLER, Esq. " The intelligence just received from India, and the present condition of our relations, political and commercial, witn Per sia, render these volnmus, which comprise the most recent ac count of this interesting country, of peculiar importance at the present moment." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 11 is IIAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDEND Y, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) o 'er many possibilities of obraininh LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTIIERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persun3 desirou.a to purchase for the Next Distributions may re-eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS pEcrus and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEIN r: BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of .£25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 J.OOO 150 90 50 lifan 1(X) The lames: Dividend of the Distribution of lit Marc•h last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who !.emitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividend!, trout SOW. ar:d upwards unto 25,000/., besides many Dividends of sailer v.mounts to England, lreland , and Scotland. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN V II)Eh the M.A.NA GEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THTM EVENING. MAY 18. Will be reFeated the Net/ Comedy, in 1 • lye Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt (3tiully , Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away; Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Adolphus Spanker,\Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Ntathens ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Maximo Vestris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert. Mrs. numbs-. _ . Alter which will be repeated, the Grand Romartic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty. Madame Vestris : The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John. Quill. Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Le :don Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. _Doors t- t e erened at halt-pest Six—the performances to earamence e k. even o'Clock. Urebs Boxe,, 75. ; Second Prico, N. 6d.; First and Second ireies, ;Se -owl Price, 6d. ; Pit, N. ; Sec.ond. Price. 2 , .; Gallery 1,. Tiete , s it;id places for the Boles lobe taken of Mr. Grogan at .the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ante oe had upon application. Private Boat. to be had steel , : of Mr. Ancire a's, bookseller, ire New Bond-street. OVAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER 'THE MANA(•EUENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND 3111 WILLIS JONES. qsiumpliant t areer of laude Du Vel, the Ladies' High. wayrnan," no drama since the production of " Jack Shep• .1.44 - Aek I.lc. 5 _. P. ar-cue.ena satAisr of Rafael.. •.• • ..• • I'HIS E.VF.NING, MAY 18, Will be aeted a Grand Rcmantie Drama, entitled MOVE, HATRED, AND REVENGE; OR, THE CON QUEST OF TARANT‘E. .Characters by Ilieisra. H. Hughes, Hicks, Haines, Hislop, 113meltim,Tharn, 31 re, H. LI &c. after which, in Pistorical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DU VAL, TfIE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. IVitb entirely new local anfi beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, real horses and carriages, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. Supported by the most powerful Company in London. To conclude with RAFAEL THE LIBERTINE. Rafael, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Pedro, Mr. NV. Smith ; Maria, .Mrs. H. ; Miss Martin. ROYAL vicToßm THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSHALDISTON. Alias Vincent as. the Heroine of yomestie Drama, and the New Legendary Romance of " Rook wood !" with a New Pit, a New Gallery, and New Splendid Decorations ! THIS EVENING. MAY IS, AND TO-MORROW,: . . A New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, eniitled SIMON LEE; OR, THE MURDER OF FIVE.FIELDS' COPSE. Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, .3Las Vincent. After *hid), the Romance of ,ROOK.WOOD ; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LIME TREE. Inek Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Flash Songs of "Irmalt for the Game of high Toby " Nix rry Dully, Pals, Fake away !" and " My Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with a New Drama, called THE BOOK OF FATE. Krantz Tidlitz, Mr. Gardner; Cabello, Mr. Howard; Rosa, Howard. B oxes , 24.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. .1 - 11011 •VATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. al. rung ;3 . ► mniu attar ll I Evening rri minutes attar II 1„ rth.,49.b,, 4, ,„- i...; - „: . • ~, ; , ,i ft'n +1,, " V 4il V 11 04 ,...'" i - Li_xcl - - . l aiC% - ' '''' ...',. , -'-# . . _ may • ;:,i im - r .. ~ 0 , .. ,4 , ~. A , . • official and declared values, and insisted that this increase was a decisive proof that our manu fitcturers could not be ,in that state of distress and decay which Earl FITZWILLIAM represented. The Earl of RIPON was the first person who took this line, and he dwelt with great force—and con siderable effect on their Lordships, who received his statements with repeated cheers—on the in crease, asserting that it was remarkable both in the official and declared value of the articles exported. The Duke of WELLINGTON, somewhat blindly we think, followed the same course, and was only not equally cheered because he has not the art of making his statements so emphatic as the Earl of RIPON. Lord ASHBURTON, with some discri mination, adopted the same line of argument, but as he could not deny the existence of great dis tress in the manufacting districts, he attempted to account in part fur the existence of this distress in conjunction with the prosperous condition pf our trade as shown by the returns, remarking that they were only made up to January, and the dis tress might since have arisen, or that there was some inaccuracy in them. But there is a more palpable explanation of the discrepancy on the face of the returns themselves, and but that the Earl of RIPON and Lord ASHBURTON are the soul of honour, and could not possibly mean anything unfair, the Duke of WELLINGTON was merely unobservant of the bearings of the matter, we should say that their statement to the Peers, which the Peers loudly cheered, was anything but candid, and anything but fair to the confiding Peerage. _ Some of our readers may, perhaps, not be aware that the official value of articles is a scale of prices fixed, we believe, in the reign of King WILLIAM, which, no longer corresponding to the real value, indicates nothing but the quan tities exported. The real or selling value of the articles is nearly what the merchants declare it to be. Thus, 20 pieces of woollen, at the official value, say of 5/. each, as settled in the reign of King WILLIAM, appears in the table as, an ex port of 1001., while, in consequence of the mo dern facilities of manufacturing a piece of woollen, it may be sold for 2/. 10s., and conse quently the declared value of the same pieces would appear as 501. This runs through the whole of our exports, and it will explain to our readers the mystery of declared and official values, which used to puzzle Mr. Alderman WArrnmAN, and puzzled, we observed, only a few days ago, a Morning Contemporary. Now the Earl of RIPON, mainly confining himself to the official value, showed that the quantity of commodities exported had increased between 1829 and 1840 from 61,000,0001. to 102,000,0001. But the Noble Earl was not equally explicit as to the declared value of these exports. He said, indeed, that it had increased. We have not the advantage of the same returns to consult as the Noble Earl read, but we have consulted the annual financial accounts for some years, and we beg attention to the following statement drawn up from them. We adhere to round numbers for convenience : EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. OFFCIAL VALUE. DECLARED VALUE. 1834 £73,800,000 1835 * 78,300,000 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 It appears from this table that between 1834 and 1841, the quanties had increased as 29, while the value had increased as only 10. If the articles exported had continued of the same value in 1841 as in 1834 the manufacturer should have obtained 57,000,0001. for his commo dities, whereas he only obtained 51,000,000/. The manufacturers suffered a loss or deficiency in the last year, as compared with 1634, of 6,000,000/. sterling or one-sixth. But in 1836 and 1837 the quantity exported was equal to 35,200,000/., and the manufacturers obtained 53,000,0001., while in 1841, fur a quantity equal to 102,000,0001., they obtained only 51,009 0 992/. facturer ought to have received 63,000,0001. in 1841 fbr the articles he exported, had he been paid at the same rate as in 1836-7, he received only 51,000,0001., losing comparatively 12,000,000/. Our readers will remember that in 1836 and 1837, and when our manufacturers were getting 24 per cent. more for their goods than in 1840, the price of corn was down to somewhere about 40s. In the last year the price was nearly 705., so that the manufacturers were paying probably 60 per cent. more for their food in 1840 than in 1836 and 1837, and obtaining 24 per cent. less for their goods. The continued declension of declared value, in proportion to the official value, showing that our manufacturers have gone on exchanging a greater and a greater quantity for a continually dimi nishing value, appears to us a feasible explana tion of their distress, and an explanation which, if the Noble Lords we have alluded to had been as much inclined to state the whole truth as they were to make out a satisfactory case for the cheering landowners around them, they would not have omitted to notice. But they were play ing the part of advocates, not of legislators ; and their case is absolutely worth nothing, till the other side has been heard. It is a fact, then, as these Noble Lords stated, that exports have gone on increasing in amount ; but it is also a fact that, in proportion to the quantities, they have decreased in value. Year after year, our manufacturers have given foreigners and the colonists more cloth, and more hardware, for loss quantities of timber, sugar, coffee, &c., and have been great benefactors to other nations. The Noble bread-taxers ►•holly omitted or ►nis-stated this fact of the declension in the value of our exports, Is - A it might lead to a question as to the cause. The answer would not please them. Our goods fall in value from two causes,—the in genuity of our people in continually devising new and cheap processes, and the Corn-laws, with other commercial restrictions, which ex clude them from a market. In their ingenious contrivances they embark an immense amount of fixed capital, they cannot allow their mills to stand idle, they are obliged to manufacture, and are also obliged, because they must not receive food in exchange for their produce, to lower the price in order to find customers. The Corn-laws even make the ingenuity of our manufacturers a curse to them, and the patriotic bread -taxers con fer a benefit on foreigners at the expense of their own skilful. countrymen. .Perhaps the bread -taxers were afraid if they made this declension of value in our manufac tures, as to the foreigner, apparent, it would also be supposed that the same process is going on as to the home purchaser. The znanufae turers assert that they have been giving greater quantities of cloth to the agriculturists for equal quantities of agricultural produce, and this de clension in the value of their exported goods, while the price of agricultural produce has been rising, confirms their statement. Whe tl►er it be the effect of Corn-laws or not, it is palpable from this.that the landlords have been enriched at the expense of the manufac turers. Lord ASHBURTON made another statement, which seems to us deserving of notice. He said, with a view of showing that the capitalists in the manufacturing districts hal no reason to corn- plain, that they were amazingly wealthy, and that of the 60,000,000/. sterling embarked in rail- roads, 50,000,0001. had been subscribed from Manchester and Liverpool. What is the inference f'om that ? Why that the landlords owe the great improvement of such roads, by which their land and produce is enhanced in value, by which the Productive energies of the country are called forth, exclusively to those manufacturing and Commercial capitalists whom the bread-taxers try to degrade and ruin. Iu the other House of Parliament Mr. Ho DOES 41:k ,& • §1 r<ie (4, LONDON.: • TUESDAY, MAY is; 1841'. Another debate ou the Corn-laws, brought on by Earl FITZWILLIA;II, occupied the House. of LOrds for sotheiiine. We have adverted to.one principal feature :of it elsewhorJ. Here we shall only remark that it was (occasioned by the , Noble Earl presenting a; petition from Manchester ; that he, with Earl RADNOR and the Earl .of CLARENDON, ably and nobly supported the principle of free trade ; the opponents of "those principles were the Earl of RlPsor, the Duke of WELLINGTON, and Lord ASHBURTON. In reply to some allega- The Marquis of NonlisßY, tions of Noble Lords; denitd that the present measures I were adopted on the Spur 9r the moment,and declared l ihat they were all arranged before Easter. , ,After the presentation .of a considerable number of -)Vett„tions, their Lordships' adjourned. • The Commons were again exclusively- occupied with the ac;_iourned debate. ..In the early part of the everxing WYNN suirested that it would be advisable to Lring it to a close. Lord Joixs RUSSELL did not wish to protract the debate, but as there were many gentlemen representing large constituencies who desired to speak, he should take no measures to prevent them. A great number of petitions were presented, chiefly in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws, or in favour of the - Xinisters' measures. The adjourned debate was begun by Sir C. GREY, and continued to half-past 12 o'clock, by a great number of Members addressing the House. No leadine , man spoke. Some vivid representations were made of the distross in the manufacturing districts, most of the arguments and speeches being on the Ministerial side. The importance of the subject is shown by the length of the debate. It is found necessary by the bulk of the Members to ad dress their constituents. Even Mr. AINSWORTH endea voured to make his peace with his Bolton constituents, by warmly espousing the Ministerial measure. The in :lluence of thg constituencies begins to be felt in the Tiblquse, and if they continue to exert themselves they sill make several converts. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. The somewhat incidental, and yet prepared • di scussion in the House of Lords last night on - the/Corn-laws, was instructive. The opponents F of free trade expatiated at some length on the increase of our expbris, both under the head of ti ~? TrIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, !S4l correctly observed that the farmers were gene rally comparatively poor men, and that they were under so many obligations that they were not likely to become wealthy. We cannot look to them, therefore, for the means of executing great national undertakings; neither can we calculate on landowners, who are generally immersed in frivolous dissipation, executing such works. The capitalists of the manufacturing districts, skilful and enterprising,• are amongst the foremost men of the day in promoting those great works which will be the credit of this age in succeeding gene rations, and it would be to the honour of their Lordships if they were to cherish such men in stead of envying and trying to oppress them. Lord ASHBURTON, in endeavouring to make out a charge of unreasonable discontent against the capitalists of the manufacturing districts, showed that they conferred a great benefit on the public, which it might look forin vain to either the land lords or their dependent tenants. The system of legislation implied in the com bination of the sinister interests to defeat the Ministers, is that of mutual and reciprocal pro tection, which means, as is now acknowledged, mutual and reciprocal plunder, with the addi tional enormity, that they are all to plunder the unprotected classes, in the name of the law. Of the thorough, unprincipled iniquity of this system we say nothing ; we shall only make a few remarks on its impracticability. It is now avowed, on all hands, that the un protected classes cannot be fleeced any more. Annihilated they may be, but, to squeeze any thing more out of them is impossible. What can possibly be got from Irish labourers whose wages are sixpence a-day, and whose only food is lumpers ? What can be wrung from a hand loom weaver who has 4s. t2d. per week to main tain a family of seven persons ; or from an agri cultural labourer, who has, while in work, the great wages of I is. a-week ? No, the labouring class is ground down very nearly to the lowest stage of existence, and more than they have heretofore yielded, they cannot yield. The pro babilities indeed, are, that waxing wroth with oppression, or warn out by its heavy hand, they will yield less, or will die exhausted under its loads. The unprotected classes, then, yielding nothing more, the protected classes will have to get what they can from each other. At present they are united to resist an attack on their common mo nopolies, but whenever Sir ROBERT PEEL shall be quietly installed in office, the selfish interest of each class will come into full operation, and the contest will be which shall have most. If Sir ROBERT fancies that the protected classes will remain each contented with its present share of plunder, he will undoubtedly find himself mistaken. The landed interest and the monied interestalready regard each other with envious eyes, and the landed gentlemen who have triumphed over the starving people will not long submit to the operation of Peel's Bill. The first fertile season which lowers prices to the level of IS3O will again see the CA YLEYS and the BUCK ING HAMS advocating a reduction of the standard, and threatening rebellion if the price of barley fall below 375. Does Sir ROBERT expect that he will maintain the present plan of the cur rency, and at the same time preserve the support of those two classes of the present combinators ? Again, it is quite certain that with the present restrictions on trade, the profits on capital in every department of industry must decline. They are now stagnant, and if the channels of en terprise continue to be blocked up by the law, down they must go. Your great Brazilian mine speculators, Bank Directors, iron•inas ters, ship-owners, &c., will then begin to think it is time to get a slice off the landlords' protection, and to loggerheads these mutual and reciprocal protectors will assuredly go. A nice task the Right Hon. Baronet will have to ap pease the unappeasable maws of avarice in its various shapes and forms ; if he were dis posed to keep things exactly as they are, he may be sure that circumstances . , which - .., 8 , .. ILA NV4 ullto .V 1111 /{, and he will have to adjust and re-adjust to the continual falling away of some one class of his supporters, the rival claims of the mutually and reciprocally protected classes. But if these should really out of dread of the general foe, the despoiled and outraged people, subdue their rivalries, there is one pro tected class which will take no denial, and which even now demands an addi tional share of the general spoliation. Sir R. IrlGus's motion for Church Extension stands for this day. Sir R. PEEL voted tbr it on a former occasion, and must again give it his support. He must, fur consistency sake, and from gratitude, ex tend the Church, and extend the power and wealth of the priesthood. He can, however, get nothing more from the people. He must take something from the mutually and reciprocally protected classes, and then comes the squabble which of them shall give, or which of them shall let go protection. How many months will Sir ROBERT be able to postpone such a contest, and postpone the breaking up of his party? We confidently answer, not twelve. Dishonest me r n cannot agree when each has much less than he desires and thinks he merits, and the corn binators, at whose head Sir ROBERT PEEL is to seize the Government, will very soon break up his Administration, as they are now breaking up Lord MELBOURNE'S, for attempting to relieve the people from a little portion of their rapacity. The goodness of GOD pervades alike the moral and the physical world, and He has so ordered both, that honesty and gravity are sure, in the long run, to pull down the most soar ing, ambitions to the general level of the earth. When the Government of the combinatory shall break into pieces by its inherent wickedness, as break to pieces it will, a nice mess it will leave the country in. Even while we were writing the above re marks, a discussion in the House of Commons was supplying an illuStration of them. Mr. HODGES, the Member for West Kent, had a sly hit at the tithes, and made it appear that they were the burden on the laud which would prevent the landlords from repealing► the Corn-law. If, said the Hon. Member, a man formerly allowed his field to re man unploughed, he had no tithe to pay as he had no crop ; but now, whether he plough it or not, the tithes are a fixed rent-charge on the estate, and he must pay it, though his land do not yield the amounti-lf the tithes. The land owners and the tithe-owners will soon quarrel with each other, when the people can no longer yield enough to satisfy the demands of these mutually and reciprocally protected classes. We have not room to insert an account of all the numerous meetings which have taken place in the metropolis to support the measures of Mi nisters. A noble spirit is at length awakened, and the example of the Metropolis will give a stimulus to exertion throughout the empire. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have been received, together with advices from Constantinople, Beyrout, Alexandria and Athens, brought by the Levant mail. Our East tern intelligence will be found in another part of The Suit. 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 TniEns-created Legions will be disbanded, and the men drafted into other regiments. The trial of DARMES and his accomplices is fixed for the '2lth instant. DARMES is composing a long speech which he is to deliver before the Chamber of Peer's, 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 TUREET.—The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter. dated Belgrade, the 2d inst., which states that the engagement which took place between the Albanians under the command of the Pacha of Nissa and the Christian insurgents encamped at Alexeni•sa was most san guinary. The Christians fought courageously, hut their forces were two much dispersed, and were unable to re sist the compact body of Albanians. The insurgent's, whe had collected their wives, children, and old persons, were obliged to yield to the furious attack of the enrage' 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 t heir 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 Alexeni•sa 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. IxsuitexcrioN IN CANDIA.—The Portafoglio Maltese of the bth instant announces that the insuriection in Candia had become general. The Seiaskier, Niustapha Pasha, had ail dret-ed a proclamation to the Christian population of the island, offering a general pardiin 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 grievances. This 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 stronglrlds. EASTLRN 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 iViecea 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 tire Red Sea, and some as serted that, not satisfied with the possession of Aden, they wished likewise to s, ize 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 purp•se of establishing a trade with Abyssinia. ROME, MAY 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 Pesch, 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 poli on, when he was in the Isle of Elba, anti which is marked with his arms. The sale of the pictures. the number of ehich is considerable, will not take place till some time afterwards.— Le Canstitutionel. 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 'rasing 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. 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. 800 RSE OF AMSTE RDANT. —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 rite of per cent. in Ardoin s Spanish. Consols opened this morning at the same quota Fons tFey left off on Saturday, 893 90 for the Account ; Mtiney, 891 the market is quite inactive at present. Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 167 168; India Stock, 200 232 ; India Bonds, 1 discount 1 prem. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active not quite se good as it left off, at 24 1 / 8 , at present 233 24 ; Deferred, ; Passive, 5i ; Portuguese also a shade lower, left off 341! t , at present 34-4; Brazilian, 67i 68i ; Colombian, 22 1; Mexican rather lower, 2EBR 3 • Dutch Two-and-a-H a lf pe r C en t s . 52i; Five per Cents., 994 1 100. SIIA urs.—Great Western, 28 29 prem. ; New, 14f, prem. ; London and Brighton, 3% A dis. ; Blackwall, 7 1 4 61 d.s. ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 56i 57i per share; Greenwich 8 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15i 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London andßrighton London and Birmingham Midland Counties lOO Ditto Shares Nor, h Midland South Eastern and Dover BOURSE' -PARDI, SATURDAY, MAY 15. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price trench f.ner Cents ll4 90 ... 115 ... 1 490 ... 115 456 per Cents ...... 10;: ... 103 i 5 ... 113 75 iO3 75 4 ner Lents 1.4) 30 .« 99 30 ... 99 SO 99 33 3 per erns 79 541- .9 6i ... 79 45 19 55 of trance .. 5O 25 0 50 ...3250 Lattitte Bank 1.c001.51 ares 10s, ... 11135 ...1(85 %OWL St arcs 5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 50 :5157 50 vlgian Bank .. 795 ... 795 ... 795 ... 79) 1841.... 5 per Cents. New Loan lull ... 1 2 ... 101% ... 111% :banish Aciive......... Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O ... 20 ... 20 ... 20 Nespoitan O4 5 ... 114 5 ... ''..4 ... 14 Roman BAILWA ) aUAItES. Ve:saillcs..L.P ...... 037 50 ... 237 50 ... 2`32 10 .. :32 50 B. 1$ ::60 ... 160 ... 310 ... 300 louen 460 ... 4ro ... 460 ...4(U 4 ir ' , male to M11e....« Orleans .. 4tB 75 ... 488 7; ... 487 50 ... 487 50 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:— 179 FOP f kletiVniAilitielles For the Queen Dowager For Count Almadovar For Brigadier Thomas Garcia Vicente, 0 le of the heroes of Alay 2, 1808 Blank ticket General Eq3artero having obtained a majority of 69 vats, vs as proclaimed sole Regent of the kingdom during the mino rity of the Queen. M. Arguelles, alter announcing this result, adjourned the meeting. ;' Everything," says a private letter, "passed off with perfaci order. No murmur or cries were uttered ; the greatest de. corum prevailed during the whole of the sitting, which lasted four hours and a half.' It was said that General Espartero had stationed two of his aides-de-camp in the hall, who reported to him the progress of the proceeding, and that he had horses saddled in his stables ready to leave Madrid, and repair to Logrono, if the Trinitarians 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 Senor Gonzalez. Interior Justice War Finznce Senor Cant ero. 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 N - teional's list excludi-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. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RUTLAND.—The readers of The Sun will not have forgotten, we think, that the Duke of Rutland was the man to move a resolution, in 1839, in the Poor-law Union of which is a Guardian, to lower and degrade the pauper's diet, in order to keep it down to the level to which the agricultural labourers had been obliged to degrade their diet. This high and mighty Nobleman, who was complimented by more than one of his brother Peers, last night assured their Lordships that the labourers in his district were well off, that he gave his labourers 12s. a week, and that wages had risen with the price of provisions. If so, how came the labourers in 1839 to live worse than they did before and how came it to be necessary for the Duke of Rut land to move, a resolution to lower the diet of the paupers ? We hope his Grace will explain this mat ter to an observing public, that is far less prone to praise Noble Lords than they seem prone, if we may judge from what occurred last night—to praise one an other. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The Stock Market assumed a more buoyant appearance to day, and there was an improvement in Consols, taking the closing prices of Saturday, of from to per cent. The cur rent value of Consols to-day was 894 to 90, the market dosing at t 3976 90, and the quotations for Account were 90 and 90A ; Money was not so scarce, but a sale of 50,000/. sent down Ex chequer Bills to par, subsequently they rallied to 3s. premium. The East India Bonds were at par ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., at 98a to 984, and India Stock at 2514. The Foreign Market is still in a very inanimate condi: ion, and the quotations wear a heavy appearance. The Yor u guese New Five per Cent. Bonds were quoted 34; Spanish Actives, 231 ; Mexican at an improvement to 28%; Colom bian at 22i ; Brazilian at 674 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-ball per Cents. at 521,4. For Shares of alt kinds the demand is but limited. London and Birmingham were at 68 to 69k; the New at 22 to 223 ; and Great Western at 29i premium; Brighton were 3ii; 131ackwall, 7; and North Midland, 26 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Braganza steamer. of the slate of the 10th inst. The accounts represent the poli tical circles as being agitated by intrigues of the candidates for office. Ao chan s have taken place in the Ministr y , 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- English press. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, tv 15.—The sales of Cotton to-day con s i s t o f 1 , 5 00 b a l es only to the trade, without alteration in p r i ces reported in Fr id ay ' s circular. LIVERPOOL SII A RE M ARKST , Al 15.—The Share Market still continues very languid at present rates. G rand Junction, 204 ; Ditto Halt Shares, 101 1 ,-; Liverpool and Manchester, 199; Birmingham and Gloueester !New Shares, 3* ; Eastern Coun • tie Zr St ; tilas g °w, Paisley, and Gre enock, 29*. NCHEUTEX STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 15.—The de mand for Shales is very limited, and the market closes heavily. London and South Western, 67i ; Manchester and Birming ham, London and birm ham, 25 21i1 • hester, Bolton, and Bury, 53 54; Bank of 3bnchester, ; South Lancashire Bank, 5i to 5 3-16 ; Rochdale Canal, 1:36 ; Manchester Assurance, 9i. ingham, 158 160 ; Man - We have received New Brunswick papers to the 25th April. We urnier.tand th at hi s E xce ll e ncy Major - Genera l Sir John Harvey has taken a ge in the Acad ia steamer, to ieave Halifax on the 341 LAlla) passage Nova SCOTIA EGISLATUILE.--1 he cession was closed on Saturday last the 10th inst. Prince Edward Island papers td 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 5,905 tons, and carrying 2,078 men, for the seal fishery. THE FUNDS. The British funds continue fiNti, although no business of consequence has been done in the course of the morning, and they have a tendency to improvement. The: 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 ( liancellor 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 90a 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 ; Batik Stock, nothing done ; India Stock, 251 i ; India Bonds, par. The Foreign Market Spanish is inactive, Spanish lower, •1 ; Portuguese, 34* ; Brazilian, 674 ; Dutch Five per Cents,' lOU. The above are the only quotations during the morning. The Share Market is in a similar state as that of the Foreign Market ; London and Brighton, 461 A; London and Birming ham, ISS 1591 ; Midland Counties, Shares, 24; North Midland, 74. Consols, b 93 90; Spanish, 23i 23 3 ; Mexican, 293 ; Por tuguese, 34 34k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock •• India Stock 2518 3 per Cent Red. BBi Ditto Bonds — par 3 per Cent Cons 9O Ditto Old Annuities ... 86d 38 per Cent Red 971 Ditto New Annuities... New 3 / 2 per Cent 9B,i - Ex. Bills, 1,0001... 2;d 3pm New 5 per Cent ,— Ditto 5001 3pm Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small spm Jan. 1860 l2i I Bank Stock for Acct... -- Oct 1859 — l lndia Stock for 0pg.... =— Jan. I 860. ln i Consols for Acct 9O FO Is EIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto 34 Brazilian Bonds... . Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 67i- Russian, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... 77 Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 231 Ditto, 1824. ... ..... 22 Ditto, Deferred ... 1I i Danish, 3 per cent. — French, 5 per cent. —f. --c. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent Exchange - e. Mexican, 5 per cent....' 28i French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. , Dutch; 2i per cent. ... 521 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 16 t f 'Ditto, 5 per cent 99q _ . SHARES. Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 94i Ditto New Shares (50 paid 64 London and Brighton (50 paid) 464 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 171 London and Birmingham Railway (90 p:1) 1591 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and South Western Ditto Tenths.. . ... l a ' Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) 3G South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 16 HAMB URGII MAIL. WARSAW, MAY 7.—The Emperor Nicholas, on occa sion of the marriage of his son, has conferred some fa vours on the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Poland. Our journals contain three Imperial resolutions. By the irst, all persons under sentence of death have their pu nishment commuted to imprisonment for life ; the punish ments of confinement in the. House of Correction and ordinary imprisonments, fines, and corporal punishments are, with the exception of some cases, entirely remitted. By the second, all arrears of debt to the Treasury, ori ginating at the time of the Duchy of Warsaw and of the kingdom till the end of 1831, and many other particu larly- specified claims which the Treasury has for various taxes to the end of 1837, are excused. This resolution contains, besides, several other financial remissions for the subjects of the Kingdom of Poland, in respect to ac cidents and losses which they have sustained of late years. The third resolution grants to a number of po litical offenders, among whom there are some banished to Siberia, either a full pardon or a diminution of their punishment. COPENHAGEN, MAY 10.—The Helsingurs Adis an nounces that on account of the negociations which are on foot between Denmark and England relative to the Sound duties, Mr. %Vessel, the translator, and Mr. Olrik, the Comptroller in the Chamber of the Sound duty, have been sent to London. BERLIN, MAY 11.—It becomes more and more proba ble that Count Maltzan will be removed from Vienna to London ; family connections make it very desirable tot s irom Vienna spew( of it as certain. These letters likewise say that the Aulic • council of War has resolved, in case the insurrection in Bosnia should spread, to assemble a corps of ten thousand men to serve :he frontier' between Petrina and Grodiska. The neces sary orders have already been issued. BREMEN, MAY 10.— Yesterday the Bremen ship Julia St. Edward, Captain R. Siedenborg, jun., was brought into the Weser, under the care of a Lieutenant of the English Navy, on the pretext, alleged by an English cruiser, that it was to be employed in the slave trade. This has caused a great sensation here, because the de testation of that scandalous traffic is here too general for any . ship under the flag ofßremen to engage in it directly or indirectly. The owner of the ship has at once applied to the Magistrates to have the whole matter thoroughly investigated, and both to do him justice, and, at the same time, to clear the flag of Bremen from every suspicion ,:hat it could. lend itself to the carrying on of a scandalous traffic.—Hamburgh Papers, May 14. KZ.i.UTAN 1 .1./NDS—Baussimr, MAY 15 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent IO '5, 2 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B3 3 per Cent. -- -- (I 4'') lel Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Bl% Society of Commerce, 45., per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 par Cent .. 78 National Society. . — Exchange on Lonrho' (short) Brussels Papers, May 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIa►INA, MAY 7 t tve per Coots. Metalliquee Fotir per Cents lOO Three p..:r Cants. Bank Shares i(s2 ...Afieemesne Zettung, May 12 HAMBURG BUIOJEN HALLE, MAY 14. Thirty.lQven Bills. 111.ney Austrian 5 per Cents. ... 109% 108 1 4 Rank Shares A nalo.ltuisian Loan .. 10 % lON Russian 5 per Cent. tat series, Cortilicate Inscription, Ist Se•i.vs 162 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 58 and 4th Serics ir g 97L ... .... ._., 91:4_, Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) €".N 'WA." ‘,- 51 Dutch ..ctual Debt, 2 pe Cent 5l! Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bondi New 1 Icket Anglu.t)anish Loan, 3 per Ceo ' s. N I wegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Ceti:. __ Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 16% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, May 14.-13 7%.—Two months, 13 534. PETIRSBUKGH, MAY 4.--Two months, 311 pence sTocknoi.m. May 7.—Sevynty.five days. 1. 46. I.4IPSIC, Mai 1 .—Two rno ths, 6. 1934. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Charles Kean made his appearance here last night the first time this season, in his favourite character of Macbeth. The performance of this arduous part dif 'ered little from what it was last year, when he played it to crowded houses, with the exception that it was a little more subdued, and, generally speaking, more equable, which is a great improvement. Into the pathetic touches in which the character abounds, Mr. Kean threw infinite feeling, and delivered that beautiful passage "Duncan is in his grave," with a grave, heartfelt sadness, that even his father never surpassed. But decidedly his best scene was that of the murder. Nothing could be more impressive than his soliloquy when lie imagines he sees the dagger, or more harrowing than his sudden burst of remorse when, the murder perpetrated, and the fear of discovery uppermost in ais thoughts, he cries out, " Wake, Duncan, with this knocking—would thou couldst ! "Ile banquet scene was excellent, but we think Mr. Kean emphasized too much—if we may venture to use such an ex p ress i on —i n his delivery of the passage " Hence, horrible shadow, unreal mockery, hence !" The effect was rather too me- Mdratnatic, and intended evidently to call down the thunder.; of the gallery. The abrupt bursts and alterna tions of feeling of which the last act is made up, were ex hibited with force and judgment ; and in the closing scene between Macbeth and Macduff, ,just previous to their desperate encounter, the actor's voice was the only thing that failed him. Miss Ellen Tree played Lady Macbeth for the first time. Considerable tact was evident throughout her performance of this most impressive of characters ; but more tact alone will not constitute a Lady Macbeth. Miss Tree did not exhibit enough of that proud, stern determination of purpose which characterises the part throughout. When, too, she remonstrated with her husband for his remorse after the King's murder, her manner was rather that of an angry vixen, than of a daring, ambitious spirit, uncon scious of imagunitive apprehensions, and impatient of the ;lightest opposition to her fixed will. Considering, however, that it was Miss Tree's first essay in this line of character, her performance was a creditable one, and, in places, received loud and deserved applause. Phelps's Macduff was an able and energetic performance, that kept, throughout, the safe mean between rant and manly energy. The house was crowded to overflowing. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the ocean, J. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House on Staid4y with the Dutch mail. THE HAT TRADE.—There are more than gne thousand journemen hatters out of employ in London and the North of England, in consequence of their demanding an ad vance of wages aiAl regulation of prices; the strike has con tinued eleven weeks, an there is no chance of a settlement. This applies to the fur hats ; and as the country shopkeers can not get a supply of their beavers, they are compelled to sell silk, so that the makers of the latter sort of goods are now reap lag a rich harvest. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager. attended by the Countess Brownlow, visited the Queen yesterday a't, moon. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Al bert yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace last evening., included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Se rene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leininger., Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Baroness Spaeth, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Morley, Viseeunt Mel bourne, and Lord Robert Grosvenor. The Princesi Sophia Matilda and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, xisi - ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at. Clarence House, St. James's; The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cam bridge yesterday at Cambridge House, St. James's. Mr. John Easthope, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., ith a deputaion consisting of the Rev. D r . Li e f c hild, R ev . Dr. Vaughan, Eev. Mr. Mansell, Dr. Thomas Price, Wil liam Greig, Robert Fletcher, Rev. John B urne t, R ev . Th os . Binny, and the Rev. Fletcher,Drhad an inter v i ew with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his fficial residence in Down ing-street. Lord Portman and Mr. Muntz, M.P., had interviews with the Marquis of i‘ormanby yesterday at the Home-office. The Marquis of Northampton and Sir Charles Lemon had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday; Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were receives! yesterday at the Colonial-office. Capta:n Rowland Mainwaiing, R.N., had an interview yes terday s' ith Viscount Melbourne. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal, " Sir Matthew Wood and others v. Goodlake and another," from the Prerogative Court. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, and Sir J. Littledale. The Court rose at fours o'clock. The Queen gave a concert last evening •at Buckingham Palace. The grand saloon was fitted up as a music room for the con cert, and the picture gallery and yellow drawing-room were olso opened. The company began to arrive at half past nine o'clock, and were conducted into the picture gal:e7. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Ktiesebeck, and Major Ste phens, arrived at the Palace soon after ten o'clock, and were received by the Hon.'Aliss Alurray, and the Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. Her Majesty and 'Prince Albert, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Stew ar,l, entered the saloon soon afterwards, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen. The con cert then commenced. The following was the Programme of the Concert : . PARTE PRIMA. Quartetto, "Pieta di noi," Madame Persiani, Signori Rubini, Tamburini e Lablache (l'Ar bure di Dian I) ... Duo, " Per to rinunzio al Soglio," Madame Grisi, e Signor Mario, (Fausta) Duo, " Far calzette," Madame Viardot e Signor Lablache, (Sciocca per Astuzia) Air, " Addio nembi," Signori Rubini, (Gianni du Calais) Trio, " Murena it genitor," Maclaine Persiani, Signori Mario e Tamburini, ( L'Esule di Roma) Donisetti Air, "Io talor piu nol rammento,"Madame Sangia di Castiglia) Nature°, Notte the at tristi e piaci," Mesdmes Persiani e Viardot, Signori Rubini e Lablache Costa PA. RTE SECONDA. Trio, " Sol tu, gran Din," Madame Viardot, Sib norinl Bubini e Lablache (La Creation) Air, "Non mi air," Madame Persiani ( Don Juan) Mozart Due, " Parl ir sp;egar," Signorini Rubini e Tamburini (Mo-e) Air, " Non, je ne veux pas chanter," Madame Viardot (I.e Bidet de Lotterie) Duo, " Si fuggire," Mesdames Grisi e Persiani (Capuletti e Montecchi) . Romania, "La douce Paix," Signor Mario (L'Altente) Quintetto, " Sento oh Dio," Mesdames Grisi e Viardot, Signori Rubini, Tamburini, e La blache (Cosi fan tulle) Signor M. Costa presided at the piano-forte. The following had the honour of leceiving, invitations :- Ihe Austrian Ambassador, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy; Baron de Nieumann, Count Valentine Esterhazy; the Turkish ism• bassador, and Fuad Effendi, Chief Secretary ; the Prussian Minister; the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna ; the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Sardinian Minister ; the Portuguese Minister; the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, and Count and Countess Chreptowitch ; the Hanoverian Minister; the Saxon Minister; Baron do Bourqueney, French Charge d'Affaires; M. Charles Drouet, Belgian Charge d'Affaires, and Messrs. Theophilus and Vic tor Van de Woestyne ; the Archbishop of York ; the Lord Chancellor; Lord Pultimore, Lord in Waiting; Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Welting on the Duchess of Kent; the Speaker; Major Stephens and Baron Knesebeck, attenit ing on the Duke of Cambridge ; Count D'Aglie, M. D'Aglie, and the following Dust ES—Buccleuch, Rutland, Norfolk, Wellington, North umberland, Beaufort, Bedford, Hamilton, Devonshire, Somerset. Du ex ESSES—lnverness, Buceleuch, Somerset, Northumber land, Hamilton, Bedford, Beauford. AI ARQ UISS ES --Headfort, Northampton, Camden, Clanri carde, Douro, Westminster, Landsdowne, Tavistock, Ailes bury, Anglesey, Conyngham, Normanby. Manostoisesszs—Westminster, Lansdowne, Douro, Nor manby, Ailesbury, Camden, Clanricarde. EA R L s—Belfast, Charlemont, Charleville, Cawdor, Morley, Bathurst. Beauchamp, Howe, Ilchester, Grey, De Gray, Cla rendon, Fitzwilliam, Cowper, Erroll, Lucan, Liverpool, Lis towel, Minto, Sheffield, Stanhope, Zetland, Sandwi c h, Rod en , Surrey, Somers, Tankerville, Uxbridge, Albemarle, Mount Edg,combe. COLT NT llSSES—Charlemont, Charlevil'e, Dowager Chiches ter, Belfast, Eroll. De Grey, Minto, Clarendon, Lucan, Unnidge, Mount Edgecombe, Cowper, Surrey, Tankerville, Listo,el. Roden, Somer.. Dean,h..ip, Stanhoro, C-wdor, Grey, Sandmen, Sheffield, Zetland, Albemarle. VlSCOUNTS—Torrington, Jocelyn, Melbourne, Palmerston, Powt rscourt, Barrington, Sydney, Alford, Mahon, Bere.ford, Ossu'ston, Noueys, Morpeth. Viscose NTESSES—Beresford, Barrington, Mrhon, Norreys, Jocel) n, Powerscourt, Palmerston, Sydney, Torrington ; Selina, Milton. Martini Donizetti Rossini Nicoli 13ellini Loans—Byron, Barham, Burghersh, Hill, Hatlierton, Robert Grosvenor, F. Gordon, Fitzalan. Fitzgerald and Vesci, Ellenborough, Dalmeney, Paget, Alfred Paget, Clarence Paget, George Paget, Duncannon, Compton, Leveson, Mon ' tague George Lennox, Lei g h, Kinnaird, Saltoun, Edward Russell, John Russell, Charles Russell, Lilford, Radstock, Portman, Poltimore, Sudeley, Stanley, Worsley, Seymour, Willoughby de Eresby, Templetown, Wharucliffe, Ashley, Frederic Fitzclarence. LADIES—Pelham, CottingLam, Elizabeth Campbell, C. Campbell, Katherine Cavendish, Louisa Cavendish, Caroline Capel, Mary Cal , el, Amelia Capel, Burghersh, Byron, Agnes Byng, Bowater, C. Barrington, Augusta Somerset, Barham, Augusta Barin g , Harriet Baring, Harriet B a g o t, J o h nstone , Olivia Taylour,Haterton, Georgina Grey, Gardiner, C. Ver non Harcourt, C. Strangwa . l s, Robert, Grosvenor, Augusta Gordon, Mary Fox, Albmia Foster, C. W. Fitzwilliam, D. Fitzwilliam, Couper, Louisa Cores, John Hay, Fitzalati, A. M. Dawson, Harriet Clive, F. Elliot, E. Elliot, Montagu, Clifford, Ouseley, Lilford, Leveson, Leigh, L. Fitzmaurice, Kinnaird, Adeliza Manners, Charles Russell, Radstock, Port man, Poll imore, Pechell, Peel, Isabella Wemyss, Mary Howard, Wilhelmina Stanhope, Stanley, Seymour, C. Cocks. F. Cocks, Wheatley, Wharneliffe, Mary Wood, Worslev, Eleanora Paget, Constantia Paget, Vivian, Willoughby d'Ersby, Adams, Ma rianne, Alford, Adelaide Paget, Ashley. Brstrors—London, Norwich. RIGHT ROHM! RA IMES—Sir Robert Peel, M.P., T. Ma. clulay, M. P., F. T. Baring, H. Lab o u c here, G. S. Byng ; Sturges Bourne. HI;NOURABLES—Misses Pepys, Miss Cavendish, Georgiana Liddeil, Miss Byron, C. Cavendish, M.P., Captain George Campbell, Mrs. George Campbell, Miss Noel, Locke King, Mrs. Locke King, Miss Littleton, C. Howard, Miss Ponsonby, Miss Devereux, Hugh Fortescue, Wm. Cowper, F. Maule, M.P., Mrs. Fox Maule, Miss Mo n tague, Berkeley Paget, Mrs. Berkeley Paget, Charles Noel, M.P., Miss Lister, Misses Leigh, Miss Pitt, Miss Paget, E. J. Stanley, M.P., Mrs. Stanley, John Strangways, Misses Tracy, Mrs. Anson, Miss Drummond, Wm. Ashley, Mrs. Ashley. SlRS—George Couper, Edward Bowater, Henry Wheatley, Robert Adair, John Hobhou'e, John Johnstone, ."amuel Hig gins, Augustus Clifford, Gore Ouseley, Charles Adam, George Anson, John Pechell, Hussey Vivian, Augustus Foster, RoLert Gardiner. MEssiEuas—Cavendish, M.P., William Cavendish, F. Ca. vendish, Clive, M.P., G. E. Anson, Brand, Granville Berke ley, Baring, M.P., Cotes, C. Wood, M.P., Charles Greville, hogers, William Russell. _ SitsraEssEs—Sturges Bourne, Brand, Bouverie, Stanley, Grenville Berkeley, Luttrell, Blomfield, Shaw Lefevre, Labou chere, William Russell, Waymouth. MrssEs—Bourne, Cavendish, Bagot, Gardiner, Clifford, Clive, Ouseley, Percy (two), Stanley, Anson, G. Vernon Harcourt, Wheatley (two), Wynn, Webster, Gurney, Peet. COLONELS Wylde, Wemyss, Fox, Vernon Harcourt, Bouverie. MAJoft—Waymouth. The company were served with refreshments during the evening. in the Green Drawing-room, and at half-past eleven o'clock supper was served in the Dining-room. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended at the Palace during the dinner yesterday evening. LIFE OF HENRY GRATTAN.--The third volume of Mr. Grattan's "Life and Times " of his illus trious father comes most opportunely at the present moment, when the very existence of Government— whether the Government in esse or in posse—hinges upon • Irish affairs. lt contains matter more pregnant with political importance, as well as personal interest than either of the. two preceding volumes, especially in the original letters from the most distinguished men of their day which are now for the first time made public ; some of these throw an entirely new light on important points in English as well as Irish history: the admirable ones, for instance, of Mr. Fox, to the Lord-Lieutenant,' those of Lord Northington in reply ; those of General Bur goyne to Mr. Fox, &c. The " characters," t00,,0f some of his most distinguished contemporaries, by Henry Grattan himself, are are least equal in political and per sonal interest to those from the pen of Lord Brougham, which lately excited such attention. This volume evinces great care and research in the author, and contains pas sages (especially those describing the public characters of the day) of strong and sterling eloquence. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. --,The Albert steamer, Captain Henry Dundas Trotter, and the 'Wil berforce, Commander W. Allen, sailed from this port for their destination. on Wednesday evening last, at half-past six. Great interest was felt ,to witness, their departure, as i t was supposed they would sail ear lier. There was a considerable number of spectators on Mount Wise, Cremill Point, Plymouth Garrison, &c., throughout the day. As the steamers neared the men-of war in the Sound, viz:—the Impregnable, 104, Capt. Forrest, C. 8., Belleisle, 74, Capt. Toup Nicolas, C. 8., Edinburgh, 74, Capt. W. Henderson, K. 11., Bellerophon, 80, Capt. Austen, and th e T r inculo, 18, Command er Coffin, they each manned their rigging and gave the steamers three hearty British cheers—the bands of each ship playing " God save the Queen." The Albert and Wilberforce, as they passed each man-of-war,• returned the compliment, and proceeded to sea with as fine a wind as could be desired. Captain Trotter and his bravecom panions take with them the prayers and best wishes of the inhabitants of these towns, and of the nation at large, for their health and success in the highly interest. ing mission in which they are engaged.—Pymoutli Inde pendent, MORNING EDITION ABOR I G INES PROTECTION SOCIETY. Yesterday the Fourth Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held in Exeter-hall. Mr. HINDLEY, M.P., ihtvinir been voted to the Chair , said that it was with regret he undertook the office, i n the absence of the President, Sir F. Buxton, who would be•so much more able to discharge the duties. If the So ciety had not been as well supported as it ought to be, the reason was that its objects were not sufficiently un derstood. Many people indeed did not know the' mean ing of the word Aborigines, and he wished that every friend of the cause. would explain their object to be, t ° protect the native and original owners of the various lands in which Europeans had made settlements, from outrage and wrong.—(Hear, hear.) • The 'SECRETARY then read letters from Mr. Thomas Clarkson,- and from Mr. Henry Reid (a merchant con' nected.with Van Dieman's Land), expressing regret fur their inability to attend, and their hi g h a ppr o batiuo , the institution. The Report of the Committee of Management for the last year was then read.' It was v er y vo l um i no us, .old consisted in a great measure of correspondence relating, to the treatment of the aborigines in a ll th e colonies ot, the world. The efibrts of the Society i n th e ir behal f were attended with great success, and th e p ros pects of those much injured people were everywhere improving., The'ciindUct of Lord John Russell in the department ?1 his colonial duties, which affected them, was spoken of 1 9 strong terms of praise, which elicited great applause. During the reading of the Report Mr: O'Connell :LP" peared on the platform, and was greeted in the most ell thusiastic manner. Rev. Mr. BURNETT in moving the first resolution' which was to the effect—" That the Report which was just read he adopted by the meeting, and printed fin- cir culation, and that the gentlemen whose names had been submitted should form the Committee for the e nsuing year." He said that it ought to be matter of regret t ° all of them that the present. Society had been in 0 6 1 0 cues only four years. A s it was a S oc i e ty. w hi c h had i d do with every sea and continent, and almost every Wa n . in the world, as they had to do with every connoting; and every parallel of l a tit u d e on our g l o b e , itavould ho . been but justice, and nothing but justice, to have such an institution to watch over the movements of our con . ' mercial enterprise in e v er y direction,Vst that enterpr ise while it served us mi g ht b e f ou nd tth inflict irreinedia ls ! -losses on the original inhabitant's of the countries whieo we visited. M an y of the friends,lie.meant .the friends °f man and of humanity, had not perhaps entered fully into the merits of the Aborigines Pr o t e Cti on S oc i e ty , b ecau se , .very strange name did not convey to every mind the ob jects it had in view. Some, however, w h o f oun d fani with the name, would have found as much difficulty the Society itself did in getting another nam e as a sub stitute for it. They durst•not have called themselves , Society for the Protection of Barbarians, as they wish e , to protect the inhabitants from the barbarians of our ow d country—against the superior power which art an science gave us, and by which alone we could crush th . in their weakness. It was deeply to be regretted that col!, lization was so much connected with the grossest ba barity. They could not conceal from themselves the fu„;., that our sailors and other individuals—s e ttl e rs in di f• parts of the world—among the South Sea islanders; and various uncultivated nations throughout t h e earth—thought no more of shooting a human being t ha t shootingof a wolf or a bear. They care d no more s b o e the one than about the other, and why ? J t tht bec 3 t progress of those individuals—and to se i ze on t h os e dee i no such Society as the present exist e d t o watc h o ver t 'd, d of anti-Christian and anti-English cruelty—and to 110 .., them up to the execration of the world, and ask the Legl latures of the . different countrie s o f th e wor ld f rom odu r l those civilized barbarians h a d go n e f or th, t o p rotec t by th l own law, the'poorand helpless inhabitants f rom the Cl; bu i mercial cupidity and tyranny of their own subjects.. he would be seen, then, that such an institution as-• Aborigines Protection Society o was loudly called. I w There was a civil way of promoting civilization as we i f a barbarous way. It was not necess ar y w h e n one ° a those poor ignorant savages took up his tomahawk ,t i the settler should take up his musket. It would he t i t and much better to Show him the folly of adoptiq' t to l mode of conduct. He (Mr. Burnett) h a d a l wa ys f' that those whose hearts were open to the course 4 4 . e l, manity at home, were able to extend their humane ': ings towards distant contries. If the h umane course %e referred to had been adopted, they would not now ha 'to deplore the death 'of the missionary, .Mr. who fall by the clubs of the islanders of Aramang°' i l , revenge for the treatment th e y r ece i ve d f rom some C hr , tians who had a short time before come to plunder the of sandal-wood. The R ev . G ent l eman , a f ter a few ti w ther observations, concluded by moving the resolutio n ; eo Rev. Mr. CARLISLE s e c o nd e d th e reso l ut i on i n a appropriate observations. Mr. O'BRIEN proposed the secon d reso l ut i on , w hich was to the effect " That the native i n h a bit ants o f our e , lonies, in whatever state. of civilisation. or b ar baril; were not to be outraged by a, s y s t em o f colonisaPir which did not adequately com p ensa t e t h em for tb e „ . / lands, or secure to them the protection and privileges:v. British subjects ;" and, in doing so, took occasion to :u e o l ; that he deeply regretted his not having hitherto. ta t i l , a part in the proceedings of the Society. If coloniza.l.(L were properly understood and well regulated, it w ouldf i ; found to be not prejudicial, but beneficial to,the • ahoy o ginal inhabitants of whatever 'Country - coloniso England might settle in. Theirs was a Country tov\h,i,.: they ought to be proud to belong—a country whkel .`.; it was the first in the career of civilisation, the first to come forward to protect. the unprOtec d He trusted that the individuals, whose beneYolenee I ' l 4 humanity brought them to the present meeting, v r ,° ; ° : (l for the future co-operate with the Society in wori“ l "' out its objects. Mr. O ' CONNELL, who was received with loud eheeo, was likewl e l seconded the resolution ; the subject was little under: stood and little appreciated, and it was not by the desilltor), manner in which the su bj ec t must necessa rily be treate d the course of a speech, that much impression could been produced upon the public mind. H a d the subject uv properly appreciated, th ere was no room in the Br i t t sh metropolis which would hold th e num b ers which ruined er then have been congreg a ted t oge th er .—(C h eers .) Where' been colonies had been settled, there the aboriginesthad be e trampled on and o pp resse d. Hi mse lf ' an d his 11en, o Friend, Mr.. O'B r i en , were b ot h a b or i g i nes. ,r But he did not then intend to enter into the details oi e sufferings of Ireland—(Cheers)—but wherever the Whi t ba man had come, there the aborigines had been fir s „ t ha e nished, next pursned,'and at last exterminated. '-'-"'„a was no country possessed of colonies which had participated in this guilt.—(Cheers.) - Great Br itt '', France, and America were all alike implicated. t (Cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then wer. l , into a detail e d s t atement o f t h e crue l t i es of the Aug. cans in forcin g th e I n di ans t o em i grate b eyond t h e , sissipi, and even beyond the nearer branches of the souri,,and introduced to the meeting Oseolu, an ludtae youth belonging to the tribe of Seminole Indians, 'it ~ murder of whos e unc l e , b y t h e Americans, had "res t sioned th e S e mi no l e war , i n w hi ch the Indians had or.l length terrified th e w hi te man, and might-perhaps cure from his f e a rs th at f or w hi ch they could not trou his justice.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then imadverted in severe terms on the conduct o f Lord 11' - , d merston, in acknowl e d g i ng T exas, and said that he Iva' , opinion th a t T exas was not so safe as was ge n erally inn r" gined, as th e C ommanc h u I n di ans who were their net/ neighbours, had passed from the h unt i ng into the pas t°r S. • state, and as th e y were possessed of horses, it was exe ee al ingly p ro b a bl e t h at t h e attempt to extirpate them ii-');"b be uns uccess f u l. Th ere was one region to 'whed'e the atte n ti on o f t h e S oc i ety had not been d i rec t and which contained 120 millions of inhabitant-; he meant British India, where, with the exception of 01 ' small district, the native possessed no right to l l e d house which he occupied, or. the land which he ti re The consequences of the system pursued in India we t horrible. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then w e # . ll ,, into a detail of the sufferings produced in India by th e mines, which were the consequence of misgoverinu e " c i and expressed a hope that India would not be overlouke t e by the Society. • H e t h en passed a high eulogy on h conduct of L or d J o h n R ussell since he had been at th c e i head of the Colonial Department, which was recei ve r with loud cheering, and con c l u d e d b y express i ng an 11/ dent hope that the Society might succeed in carry" iug out its objects, which were •to make the P re :, gross of civilization not what it had hitherto be en ' t , curse to the aborigine s , b u t a source of blessing, e°ln—l. and prosperity.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that B r iti s h I n di a was.un der the especial care of a Society which was an offshoot from the present—the British India. Society.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. S. Bucßimitiam considered that with regard to their conduct to the aborig. England, France, a n America were all equally guilty. He denied that the 63' rage races laboured under any mental deficieno 4 . ' and quoted as a proof to the , contrary ; -the instancy of the Cherokees, who, without any aid from the White s press,had in l l,: n e invented e v d ari a o w ritten t e lang m a nu factures.languag e, tish Govermilent'not entitled to much' fo ea r d t P i t t li c ii,v i n r nt l i ' r l :ig; forcing the Indian tribes in Canada to emigrate. t voiucte.sofitinoctizegaofrda t w o ,a t r h l e vi l t n h d! ‘ a i n nerica. 414 1 Indians, but to s ec re characterized by' a superior perception or justice er, strict adherence to an obligation. The treatment iiiey e r periencedfrOin Pe nn fo rm ed a splendid licceiniCn.t9,t general course. of conduct purs u ed t o w ar d s them, ,andth to,t h e • treaty entered into With hir n h a d' 'never bee n broken. }Frith regard to British India, he had 20 years ago ,drawn the at. tontion of the British p u blic to the' state o f that couutt , i.'; and he had n ever cease d t o a d vocate t h e cla i ms of the injured aborigines of that 'country.—(Cheers)—arid hoped they Would - be brought within the pale of the Pr °- teetion of that 'Society. - 'He cordially supported ther e solution.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried unanitn° ° ' • • The Rev. Dr. CamPnELL„in moving the next resolution. said he considered this not merely a question of h"i °3 : 3 nity, but a question of reli g i on, and as such all t 1 friends of missions should give their aid to this Society e It was most satisfactory th a t t hi s Society should h.rot. originated. in England, th e country of colonies un' • missions. ' The Rev. G en tl emen then alluded in elocl u, „ `;' t t • terms to the efforts of Si r T. F. B ux t on , an d sa id it na i be gratifying to him to find those principles, to advocacy of which lie had d evo t e d hi s lif e, s te;tl4 '!` t h they it. They r g e 0. among ttthh peopleoe sidvoeie.ee tr o y,o f ,nfN E li raco n kou g eni l dt a neci n noo d drn , I nee d % h fi 01 ac c rt t i uo 2 ytni i d sit o , e, lost e ng hoped tshvecisafter x to religious nemp periodicals would lend.l-e -assistance. Th e R ev . Gentleman - ,then proposed Off., which ; rt an s i s f i e n s g ted th b e 3 g , r t ti s t ( ud i particularly L ord John Russell, 'to render .)blessing instead ofa curse to the aborigines, stated tha t tl , the -opinion of the Society, the plan of legislation foVil:t; -aborigines, drawn Up hy Mr, Standish Mote and a (-/,9 mittee Of the- Society, was well deserving of attention.L.n. Dr. , Cos.rti.to Seconded the resolution , and iii so' paid a well deserved tribute to the enblitened nial policy of Lord J. Russell. The SEenEtanY, before the reSoltition'''was,Pull. on th, G, thl (Ti fur 11 1( th i an 1 ) 1 . (111 ~e~ Ilf Lc an 13 - Ei cil ~• ~•~ op to ea fla • tat an, th, ra; no Pro !tll it , sol nrkt ha he 44~ s. rr, to, ' 1 . 1 . 1 Pr!. , • rt to t 1( S,