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MORNING EDITION TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF NOTTINGHAM. GENTLEMEN, Nottingham, April It, 1841. THE lamented Death of Sir RONALD FERGUSON having occasioned a vacancy in the Representation of your town, I am induced, by the flattering promises of support which I have received, to offer myself as a Candidate to succeed him. To replace a person so distinguished by professional ho nours, liberal principles, and consistent political conduct, and who has so long occupied a large space in public estimation, must at all times and to all persons be a disadvantage; and it is peculiarly so to me, whose walk in life has been exclu sively confined to commercial pursuits. But lam told that it is the wish of a large portion of your constituency, looking to the various and complicated interests of your great manufac turing town, to seek a representative in that class of persons who ought, from long experience, to be familiar with those important subjects of commercial and domestic policy upon which its prosperity so essentially depends. I come forward as a warm advocate of Liberal principles in commerce as well as in politics—l will support no class in terest, adverse to the general welfare of the community—l feel in their full force the evils of the existing Corn-laws, and I shall give my cordial support to those who seek their repeal. Anxious to secure to the voter the free exercise of his privi lege, I shall support the Ballot, or any measure calculated to secure that desirable object. Although not insensible to the inconvenience of frequent changes, yet I shall be ready to concur in any practicable plan for the extension of the suffrage ; it being my conviction, that as the varied classes of the community rise in education and independence, they should successively be made partakers in the choice of the national representation, and, without pledging myself to any particular course, I shall be prepared to support such a shortening of the duration of Parliament as may be required for the public benefit. lam myself a sin cere member of the Church of England, but I do not approve of taxing, by means of Church-rates, persons who do not belong to it, and I shall therefore vote for their abolition, trusting that means may be devised for maintaining the exist ing fabric of the places of worship without affecting the re ligious scruples of others. Feeling strongly the inadequacy of the present means of instructing the people, I shall, as 1 have always hitherto done, give my support to the most extended system of national edu cation, The Poor-law Amendment Act being now the law of the land, it will be my study, as well as my duty, narrowly to watch its operations, and to prevent and correct its abuses; and I shall look to the manner it may affect the working classes, as the principal point to be considered in any future legislation upon the subject. It is upon these grounds that I submit my pretensions to you, confident that I shall bring to your service an anxious desire, and a determined will, to promote your welfare to the best of my abilities, and trusting that I may in some degree compensate for their inferiority by diligence and zeal in the discharge of your Parliamentary business, and of the general duties of your Representative, should you be pleased to place thoe great trusts in my keeping. The limits of this address will not enable me to entertain other matters, upon which you may wish to know my opinions, but I shall at all times be ready to give the fullest explanation of my principles. I have the konour to be, Gentlemen, with great respect, Your very obedient servant, G. G. DE H. LARPENT. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE MARRYING MAN A NOVEL. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U VDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, APRIL 21, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark. away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace arkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. 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The House of Commons met last night after the recess. A new writ was issued for Nottingham. Pri vate business and petitions, as usual, occupied some time, but were of no public importance. Mr. HUME inquired of Mr. MACAULAY whe ther the statement published as to a certain military flogging on the Sabbath was correct. Mr. Mll ACAULAY said it was not true that the punishment was inflicted so as to make it appear a continuation of Divine service. The corps were marched out of the riding-school after Divine service, an inspection took place, and afterwards the troops were ordered back to the riding school, and there the punishment was inflicted. Mr. MACAULAY exonerated the Earl of CARDI GAN from any imputation of inhumanity, or a desire to inflict corporeal punishment ; but he said he could not reconcile his proceedings either with good sense or good feeling. Nothing but the extreme exigency of the public service could justify inflicting punishment on the Sabbath, which did not exist in this case, and it therefore was without excuse. Here the subject ended. To-day, Mr. Fox MALL, stated, in answer to Sir G. SINCLAIR, he would inform the House of the determination of the Home Department re lative to the appointment of Mr. CANDLEISII. The Administration of Justice Bill was post poned till Friday. In answer to Sir R. PEEL, ViSCOURt MORPETH stated that it was his intention to proceed with the Parliamentary Voters (Ireland) Bill, and that he should state, either to-day or to-morrow, what alterations he proposes to make in it. The County Courts Bill, Mr. F. MAULE stated, would be proceeded with on Thursday, with amendments. Mr. EWART moved an Address to the Crown to throw open the whole of Regent's Park to the public, but after a short conversation withdrew his motion. Mr. E. J. STANLEY stated that a portion of the Park was let ; and though he could not say that the whole of the Park would be thrown open from the water to the Zoological Gardens, it was the intention of Vis count DUNCANNON to throw open an additional portion of the grass land between Lord HERT FORD'S villa and the gardens. Mr. EWART postponed his motion relative to appointing a public prosecut or f or a fortnight. The Arms (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and at Six o'clock the House adjourned. We are reminded, by the following extract from the Southern Reporter, of the great services formerly rendered to the good cause by the Times, and of its recent scandalous attacks on the Irish. The first sentence sounds harsh, but something must be allowed for the much wounded feelings of the Irish, and their perfect knowledge of the falsehoods affecting themselves. As a public organ, the Times is a foul and convicted liar writing for a faction without a pretension to honesty, without a particle of principle. We can very well remember the noble position occupied by this journal when it forced from the Bo roughmangers of England an unhoped for Reform ; and, as a companion picture, the Irish will not easily forget the long series of unrel e nting, unblushi ng f a l se h oo d s t h at, on a change of p . oprietary, it suited this leader of public opinion to put forth in the performance of its despicable contract. But our phmest and England. business is not with Alr. Walter o r hi s paper — it is. with Eng- N o persons regret more than we the change in the Times from our leader in the cause of Reform to our most powerful opponent. During a con sideral period it was a " true book persuading England—a Bishop," as Mr. CARLYLE says, "or Archbishop, the Primate of England and of all England ;" but then it became a false book, a loud voice without any meaning, like a priest re peating his prayers in a language he does not un derstand. It formerly taught us that the Tories were always like a duck-legged drummer in the rear of the regiment; and now, while we are re quired to march steadily forward as the means of safety, the Times essays to drive back the whole battalion to a line with the waddling duck-legged drnmmer. It used to tell us emphatically that we had too much Church; we believed it, we believe that assertion still; but the Times now argues for more Church, and more parsons. In only one point has it preserved consistency. It was the parent of violence, by its brickbat and bludgeon recom mendations; the fire-and-faggot faction of the Chartists sprang from its loins, and it now ap peals to its children. The moderate and reason able Chartists spurn it; those who advised arm ing, and pointed out how children, by the inser tion of a bodkin into the machinery of mills, might bring it to a still stand, are Mr. WALTER'S friends. From good it has apostatised, and has remained consistent only in evil. The electors of Nottingham are now asked to honour and reward the Times. Some of the leaders of the violent section of the Chartists are Irishmen—will they forget the language and conduct of the Times, and support Mr. WALTER merely to spite the Whigs ? It has recommended that Ireland be re -conquered; it has spoken of the Irish priests as surpliced ruffians; it has been of late systematically op posed to that system of governing Ireland which has done so much for its tranquility ; and is now to be considered as the embodyment of Orange principles, and the representative of Orangemen. When such are its well-known politics and cha racter, no other than an Irish Orangeman, can use his influence in favour of Mr. WALTER. Nottingham has long been renowned for its free and intelligent spirit. Lord HOLLAND was for many years its Recorder, and we treat it as utterly impossible that Nottingham can now choose the representative of apostacy, intole rance, and bigotry. It would be most ungra cious toward Ireland to elect Mr. WALTER. The Irish justly complain of injuries and in sults. They demand Repeal, because they can get no justice from England. The Times has been distinguished for the virulence of its attacks on the Irish; and were the electors of Nottingham to return Mr. WAL TER, that would assure the Irish that they must look only to themselves and Repeal for re dress. There are some men, however great may be their talents and signal their virtues, who are the representatives of such ultra and injurious opinions that they ought on no account to be placed in Parliament. Mr. WALTER is one of these ; for to elect him is to honour the lan guage and conduct of the Times. It will confirm Mr. O'CONNELL'S statement that the passport to favour in England is to abuse his country. Mr. WALTER'S success, as the reward of apostacy, would be a disgrace to Nottingham and to Eng land; as an encouragement to insult the Irish it might be dangerous to the empire. We need not ask the electors of Nottingham to consider these matters, we know that they are very at tentive to all just considerations bearing on their contest, and we expect that by rejecting Mr. WALTER they will confirm the high opinion which the whole empire entertains of their spirit and integrity. We do the parsons' journals, which call inces santly on the community to respect and honour all the formalities and observances of religion, the credit of supposing, that, like ourselves, they doubted the accuracy of the story that Lord CARDIGAN had flogged a soldier on the Sabbath Day, and therefore held their peace on the sub ject. It was too monstrous to be readily believed. All doubt is now at an end, and silence is no longer practicable. The journals we have allu ded to must now speak out. Last night, in the House of Commons, Mr. MACAULAY, the Secretary of War, ad mitted that the man had been flogged on the Sabbath, and in the place where Divine Service had been performed, though another military ceremony, namely, an inspection in another place, had intervened between the worship of GOD and the flogging a brother. Time, we presume, was given to put down the altar and put up the halberts, unless the same con trivance might have served for both purposes; and then the sound of the cat, and the wailing of the sufferer, followed the effusions of the soul in prayer and the chaunt of thanksgiving. The plain fact is, that in the very place where the Earl of CARDIGAN had collected his men to hear the truths of Christianity— where he had probably joined them in sup plicating the ALMIGHTY for mercy and favour —where they all had joined the chaplain in sup plicating the ALMIGHTY for forgiveness as they forgave their brethren—in that very place, and within half an hour of the time of offering up these (dare we call them mocking) prayers to the DEITY, was the man tied up and flogged The punishment is itself abhorrent to humanity. No justification, but what is to be found in the negligence or brutality of the officers, exists of its infliction; to inflict it at any time is an unnecessary outrage on human feelings—to inflict it now, in peace, is a wanton cruelty—to inflict it on the Sabbath is an outrage on religion, and to inflict it on the spot where prayers to GOD had just before been solemnly offered up, is a profane and a terrible mockery. Our religious people are great sticklers for observing the Sabbath.; they will not allow mails to travel on that day ; and what will they say to flogging a fellow -creature on the Sab- bath, and in a place which, a short time befbre, had been consecrated to religious worship ? We have frequently read expressions of horror at turning churches into hospitals, and at stabling horses in the consecrated house of prayer; but what expressions are adequate to express this laceration of a fellow-creature's naked back, amidst all the calculated solemnity of military punishment, surrounded by his fellow soldiers, who were made the witnesses, and in some sense the partakers, of his shame and his agony ? If anything was ever done in the slave States of America to match this we have not heard of it, and we are sure that even there it cannot be surpassed. What will be done with this Lord CARDIGAN ? Will he still be allowed to pollute the throne by remaining in the actual command of a regiment of which her Majesty's husband is the Colo - 4e i W ill he continue to disgrace the ar nv tolerating make it a bye-word to the empire, nd su ch practices ? thZint - r;? himself for in its ranks such a man and expatriate.. people ; freely,t though honestly, Will he even be allowedeltori-. A PA INE s N o Va m s e f l o vi r: a e t d speaking against the religious feelings of th e but what outrage did he ever commit that w al tenth part so flagrant as this conduct of Lord CARDIGAN ? If he be suffered to remain i n the land, except in the deepest obscurity— if he ever again brave public feeling, auda ciously exhibiting himself at the theatres, and thrusting himself on public notoriety—if he remain in the army, to brand it with his name and character—if he continue in the command of Prince ALBERT'S regiment, polluting the very throne itself— the world, the fbreign world—the world without our prejudices— will justly say that all our respect for humanity all our regard for decency all our sympathy fbr one another—all our devotion to her MAJESTY, and our honour of the military services —all our reverence for religion —are mere hollow pretences, practical and audaciotrs falsehoods, and that we are the most hypr'cri tical people that ever lived. For the &tic!, of the national chara c t er , L or d CARDIGAN must, from this time forward, never be heard of but in exile or obscurity. e were enabled to publish in a second edi tion, last night, an account of the dinner given to Commodore Sir C. NAPIER at Liverpool on Mon day. The readers of The Sun will b e d e li g h ted at the homage paid to our greatest living nava l hero. It does equal honour to the people of Liverpool and the Gallant Officer. The Mayor, even while he professed himself no admirer of men of the sword, could not refrain from showing his great respect for the Commodore by pre siding at the dinner. He said only what is emi nently true and just when he complimented the Commodore on being an able negotiator as well as a great warrior. The Commodore's reply was a brief and modest history of his operations in Syria, and of his negotiations with MEHEMET Am, the latter of which do him as much honour as his victories. What he said of the Egyptian Pacha is extremely favourable, and adds both to our conviction of the impolicy of trampling on him and our regret at the attempt. The Gal - lant Commodore's speech is an historical docu ment of great interest, and it tends to prove that he can talk as well as negotiate and fight. A ponderous volume, which, however, forms but the first part of the diplomatic correspond ence relative to the settlement of the Eastern Question, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her MAJESTY. With many of the documents contained in it the public is already familiar; but there are others which cannot fail to surprise all who take an interest in the foreign policy of this country. The zeal with which we have hitherto defended the foreign policy of Lord PALMERSTON would have been somewhat abated had we been aware of many of those Downing -street secrets which are now re vealed to us. Though prepared to find Lord PALMERSTON acting in concert with Russia, it re quired the publication of these official papers to convince us of the extent to which his Lordship lent himself to promote the views of that wily and unscrupulous Power. The following extract from the dispatch No. 333, addressed by Baron BrtuNNow, the Russian Plenipotentiary, to his colleague, the sagacious Count NESSELRODE, dated the 26th of September, 1839, will not in crease the nation's confidence in the patriotism of the Noble Foreign Secretary : He began by telling me that the Council had taken into se rious consideration the overtures with which I had been en trusted. That it had not hesitated to admit and strongly to appreciate the sincerity of the intention by which those overtures had been dictated. That on this point the opinion of the Members of the Cabi net was unanimous, so as to pay the tribute which is due to the rectitude of the intentions of our august Master. That the desire manifested by the Emperor to come to an amicable understanding with England, with respect to the affairs of the East, was in entire conformity with the wishes of the British Cabinet; but that the latter is under the necessity of not losing sight of many considerations which make it expe dient for it to observe great caution in its proceedings, in order not to run directly counter to opinions which it is im portant to it that it should have regard for. Lord Palmerston, on this point, entered into very detailed explanations, which I will endeavour, M. le Comte, to repeat in this place, while I report to you, as faithfully as possible, the very words employed by this Minister. " The opinion of my colleagues," said he, " is loudly ex pressed in favour of the same principles as those which you have set forth on the part of your Cabinet, for the maintenance of the independence and the preservation of the Ottoman empire. Like you, we desire to act for this purpose in concert with you, and to dedicate thereto a common action. We should be de termined to act in this manner with all the Cabinets who might be willing to concur with us for the attainment of this object. We should be ready to proceed in this course with France, and even without her, if she refused to rejoin therein. We per sist in thinking that our efforts should be directed to reinstate the Sultan in the possession of Syria. We do not conceal from ourselves that this result cannot be obtained without a display of force designed to overcome the resistance of the Pacha. " Still, neither can we overlook that the employment of these measures might lead Mehemet Ali to adopt an extreme reso lution, and to march his army on Constantinople. " If this contingency should occur, we are the first to admit the necessity of seeing Russia interpose her material force to ensure the safety of the capital of the Ottoman Empire. But in that case, my colleagues are of opinion that it would be de sirable and necessary that the military intervention of Russia in the Bosphorus, should not have the appearance of excluding our co-operation. " According to the unanimous opinion of the Council, the military intervention of Russia, if it should become necessary for the protection and defence of Constantinople, ought to take place in such a manner as that it might be combined with a certain degree of ce-operation and assistance on the part of the naval forces of England. " This co-operation might be settled so as not to blend and not to bring in contact the forces of one Power with those of the other. This distinct ion would even be the result of a prin ciple on which we are already agreed. As a general proposi tion, we look upon the two Straits of Constantinople as closed to the flag of war of foreign nations. Consequently, if as an exception to this rule, and for the common interests of the de fence of the Ottoman Empire, one of those Straits should be opened to your naval forces, it would be just and natural, that its pursuance of the same exception, the other of those Straits should equally admit our naval forces. They would appear there by no means with the intention of confinin g or controllin g your action. Each of the two Straits would be placed under the protection of the respective Powers, whose forces would in this manner remain separated, and would not find themselves in presence of each other. You on one side, we on the other, would be there to prevent the Egyptian army from crossing the canal of Constantinople. Placed at a distance from each other, the respective forces would run no risk of coming in contact. Besides the numerical disproportions which would exist between them, would evidently show that our co-opera tion could have no hostile tendency with respect to you; for the presence of three or four ships of the line which we should send there, would assuredly not be c.ticulated to compete with your land and sea forces concentrated in the Bosphorus. All that would be necessary for us, would be to prove to the nation that we have not consented to allow ourselves to be excluded from a common operation, having for its object to preserve the capital of the Ottoman Empire; that we have not formally agreed to a principle by which Russia would be empowered to exercise that protectorate alone. " It is not, therefore, from mistrust as to the intentions of the Emperor, whom we respect, nor from jealousy of Russia, with whom we are sincerely desirous of proceeding together, but only from the considerations above-mentioned that it is im possible for us to accede to an arrangement by which we should ourselves pronounce the absolute exclusion of our flag from a quarter where we should in principle establish the iso lated presence of yours." It is in these terms that Lord Palmerston communicated to me the decision of the Council. He did so in a manner which proved to me that the British Cabinet at the present time en tertained no mistrust as to the intentions of our august Master with regard to Turkey. But that in expressing the opinion above set forth, it had merely guarded itself against the attacks which it is easy for it to anticipate, in the event of its lending itself to concessions which might be represented as an injury done to the honour of the British nation. Is it then possible that Lord PALMERSTON could so betray the interests of this country as to enter into a collusive negotiation with Russia, flinging the dust of spurious pa triotism into the eyes of the British people, while actually engaged in abandoning the Turkish capital to Russian protection ? Will it be believed that while negotiating for the possible presence of a Russian fleet of twelve sail of the line and as many transports, with an army of from sixty to eighty thousand men at Constan tinople, Lord PALMERSTON could propose being content with the mockery of three or four ships of-the-line and a handful of Marines to keep watch at the mouth o f t h e D ardanelles? We cannot I give credit to the evidence of our senses without 1 condemning, in the strongest terms which it be comes public journalists to employ, the dishonest and dastardly policy evolved in Lord PALMER STON'S alleged conversation with the Russian Minister. The whole tenor of the conversation is to show that but for the force of public opinion out of doors Lord PALMERSTON would have no compunction whatever in constituting Russia sole guardian and protector of the integrity of the Ottoman empire. But upon tLis point France happily shared not in the 'easy credulity of the British Cabinet. Th French Ministry made no secret of its su . , ..; p * i of the good faith of ti- CZAR, CZAR, and' fleet ' of its determination to ‘ s ,a e n n t d co Constantinople the i n F_ owerful Russian `.., -i fiau.- l ow upon th e waters snip-of--the-line cast its of the Bosphorus. ibis wholesome suspicion ion the part of Fiance is resented in one of Count NEssELnonE's despatches, dated 26th of Decem ber, 1839, in terms which actually menace the existence of the Ottoman empire. As they are as remarkable for the manner as the matter, we will quote them for the Information of our read ers : It is time M. le Comte, that this distrust and these recrimi nations should give place at length to a sound er apprec i a ti on i l ear politi ca l v i ews. The Emperor has made sufficient sacri fice of personal feeling to the desire for.unitei and peace, to be entitled to obtain some in return. His Majesty has not con , fined himself to mere sacrifites of opinion ; he has made for the common advantagti actual concessions, far more important. It is th e l east that can be done in other quarters, to give up prejudge s whi c h h ave no longer any foundation. If, notwith •standing so many proof s of disinterestedness and self-denial, the Emperor should continue to see his intentions misunder stood ; if, at the same time that his concessions are view of accepted, ende avours are made to t urn th em to account with the p popularity, by re p resent i ng them as roceeding from ac enotber quire* source than his free and enti vo tion; if, in the irrangernent which i s to be concluded, re endeli as yours are Made to complicate the negotiations by new demands, by diseissing questions, by raising cohtingencies unconnected with the existing crisis; if, in s h ort, under the pretext of bringing Turkey into tie European system, attempts sh- - ' be made to depr.. - ,,e us, not of that exclusive nr-- .....ut t lair share of info ewripiirneotetefodreedg,ob;uttht:n:_m_...lo- -Ci:mndtec,rahnacveinto. occupted.b forehhe_luade his first pro- P..".tliausted the measure of moderation and compliance, our g e w n h ee ich c; r n • august Master might see himse . lf .e compelled to repl a „ himself t e ch l:;a ß v u e s i s l i e a v 1 positions and nothing would remain f or is Majesty but c a l mly in s which he to wait for events, taking no counsel, for the ordering but of attention to his own dignity empire. of them and to the interests of hi; So, then, if Western Europe go on suspecti ng the immac u l acy o f Russ i a ' s respect for the faith of treaties, she will realize their suspicions by pouncing upon unfortunate Turkey ! NICHOLAS is not to be called the NERD of the North with impunity. Call him a devil, and he will wreak upon his nearest neighbour all the malicious fury I .-- i t' .. 1 1 .. s i let , ..., ~ I ~ ,„,42, , b.„ . - 4 :, - ovr 'l, ~,....4‘,..Y:it 414 t - 15fTAE,„-,' • . - ';',•*".,, 0P" -k1 4t4,-, : , t 1t ,4i ,- o, l " l tiii 4 ,,, mwar ,,, : 4 :.,- -;4 :- -- _ , •ri. ois.';',. - • , ~.....; ~..... -..... ----., v) -.- ;;, . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1841. charges, to have more regard to the accuracy of statements, and not attempt, by indecent and un founded representations, thus to impugn the con duct of the Government. The facts of the case are these; in 1838, a public meeting was called of the inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, which was very numerously attended, and at which it was resolved, with the exception of one individual, that it was desirable Bolton should be in corporated. A petition for the purpose was agreed to, and put in the course of signature, when another public meeting of the inhabitants was by the opposite party convened, to recon sider the subject; and it was again determined that a Charter should be applied for. The pe tition was then signed by an actual and consider able majority of the rate-payers of the borougli, and duly presented. A counter-petition was then obtained, which was said to be signed by more than 3,000 rate-payers, and both these petitions were referred by the Privy Council to a Commissioner, who made his report, and a Charter was granted. After the Char- ter was granted elections of the munici pal body took place. In 1839 the Council petitioned that a Court of Quarter Sessions might be holden at Bolton, and on the state ments in that petition the grant was conceded and a Recorder appointed. A contract for the maintenance of prisoners was entered into with the Justices of the New Bailey prison at Salford, a distance of eleven miles, to which place of fenders were committed, and for a time brought back to the borough to be tried. The decreased costs for these prosecutions soon proved the utility of the change, the charges in each case being reduced from Si. odd to 5/. odd, with the saving also of the inconvenience and expense of Jury,lwitnesses, attorneys, &c., travelling eleven miles to the Salfbrd Sessions. The contract for the maintenance of prisoners in the Salford gaol was removed by certiorari to the Queen's Bench, and on the rule being argued the Judges inti mated that inasmuch as there was no gaol in the borough of Bolton, the law as it now stood did not warrant the contract, and it is to remedy that difficulty, which applies to many other bo roughs, that the Bill for the better administra tion of criminal justice has been brought in. If the Times will refer to the Parliamentary Reports it will find that the persons promoting the incorporation of the new boroughs have not required or sought the confirmation of the charters, being satisfied they are good in law and it is evident that other persons, to whom the Times has vouchsafed support, have made the same discovery, and are now willing to abandon their original opposition for private gain in the nature of " compensations." Madrid Journals of the 12th inst. have reached us. On the previous evening Queen ISABELLA and her sister attended the theatre of La Cruz. Her MAJESTY was attended by the Duke of Vie- TORY, who displayed the most marked deference to his Royal Mistress. On the 12th a discussion took place in the Senate on the abdication of Queen CHRISTINA, in the course of which the loyalty of ESPARTERO'S conduct was admitted on all sides. The Minister of the Interior assured the Chamber that CHRISTINA'S resignation was entirely voluntary, and that nothing had been done on the part of the Cabinet to suggest to her such a resolution. We have never heard the Spanish Cabinet accused of compelling the ex- Regent to abdicate. It was too well-known that her MAJESTY'S abdication had been rendered im perative by her passion for MuNoz, to leave any doubt about the matter. The wife or mistress of MUNOZ had rendered herself physically incompe tent to discharge the duties of the Regency, and she prudently anticipated the expression of the national voice by abdicating. In the Chamber of Deputies the question of the relations between the Spanish Government and the Court of Rome was debated on the 12th. The Minister of Justice stated that the POPE had refused to acknowledge Queen IsABELLA, and that in consequence no Ambassador from Spain resided at the Holy See. He observed that the Government was aware that violent sermons were preached in Seville, Malaga , and various other cities, and that order s had been given to prosecute before the civil tribunals all ecclesias tics so offending. We question whether it would not be more prudent to let the priests rave on after their own fashion. To prosecute them will only serve to make martyrs of them in the eyes of the uneducated Spanish people. Left to them selves they will soon attract no more attention than so many bedlamites. A priesthood that troubles itself with politics, soon destroys its in fluence over the popular mind. The change in the Turkish Cabinet is the only subject of importance mooted in the French Journals of Sundtty. This change is thought to be favourable to France, whose policy, liberal at home, is illiberal in every other part of the world, But what France can gain by the acces- Sion of a Ministry at Constantinople pledged to concede all the claims of MEHEMET ALI, is more than we can pretend to discover. An Anti- RetOrm Turkish Cabinet, however well it may be disposed to cultivate amicable relations with France, must, by stopping the prootess of im provement, inflict great injury Lin r rench sub jects scattered dims - lint every part of the reason to H owever muc h F rance may be rejoiced, we d o not think that England has n ul 'lament the temporary retirementis strong of -sCHID PACHA, notwithstanding his bias in favour of British influence. Had Lord PONSONBY actually represented the state of pub lic feeling in this country with regard to the Eastern question, the case would have been very different. The Moniteur Parisien announces that M. Caille, Mar shal Souk's aide-de-camp, had arrived in Paris from Algiers, bringingthe i I in mostis te r important w por a ta r. n t despatches from General Bugeaud According to the Journal des Debats, the works of the for tifications of Paris were to have commenced simultaneously on every point on Monday last. Upwards of 10,000 workmen were engaged on Friday and Saturday last, and the contractors were enjoined to prosecute the works with all possible activity. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortont's at 78f. 5c., a shade lower than the closing price on Saturday. ‘A e have received the following letter :-- ALGIERS, APRIL 6.—By the departure of the expedition the environs of Algiers are left without troops. This morning the herd of oxen, consisting of 1,200 head, which was in the pasture grounds of Sidi Kalif, was surrounded by a body of 3610 Bedouins. A battalion of the 20th Regiment came up, and it was not till after a very sharp engagement that our brave troops succeeded in recovering the oxen. The enemy lost many men. We had 11 men killed and 7 wounded: We have received, by private arrivals, some news of the expedition. The army had passed on the 4th the Cot di ? Teneah. It will march Several times froth Blida to Medeah arid ANdeanali, Which Will serve as bases for the operations. The main operation will commence at the beginning of Al a ,. —Le Constitutionnel. The .T'' ...,..raw[ da Mere eohteitte the follow ing article : -... r .. We have said, an the authority of letterg from Valparaiso, that the neva would without doubt being In satisfactory news respecting the unfortunate crew of the Deiphine, who was left on a desert island on the coast of Patagonia, waiting in that perilous situati on f or t h e return of C a ptain Coisy, who sailed from Sa n Ca r t o t o go to their relief:l The Htva is in the road, and at the tim e o f t h e d eparture from Valparaiso no in telligence on this subject had been received. Too LoN, APRIL 13.—Vice-Admiral Hugon's squadron, now at anchor at the Theres islands, will return to Toulon to cele= l?rate the King's fete. The squadron of Rear-Admiral Baron La Susse will, in its turn, pt to sea to ezoT4se the craws,— Le Commerce. CITY of LONDQU NATi.i3N4P The Duke o f Cambridge will ho noun the Mansion . house W his pre sence on t h e 6th of Zi fav, to witness the ex. SCHOOLs.-- ;r' i L'atioll of the child ren of ti ie . - National School?, and nis royal Highness will afterwards pate the chair at the aniTercary dinner of the Aliatitlit - • of one. So, then, an invasion of Turkey can at any time be excused by a reference to the suspi cions that may be entertained of the amicable ness of Russia's intentions by the Governments of France or England ! This is a startling doc trine to advance in the middle of the nineteenth century. But it is worthy of the quarter whence it emanates. We have not done with these papers. In the Times of yesterday there is a long and laboured article on the subject of a Charter of Incorporation sometime ago granted by her MAJESTY to the inhabitants of the borough of Bolton, and in which it is attempted to show that the Government have acted with what the Times continually calls their usual unfairness ; and after the commission of such acts, of having resorted to Parliament in an unworthy manner, to bolster up and confirm such proceedings as have not the merit of self-support. We think the Times would do well, before it makes such MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The public securities keep up well. Money continues very easy both in the Stock Exchange and among the ge neral discount brokers, and it is difficult to find any safe and at the same time profitable employment for it. For immediate transfer Consols realised 901 to 901. to day, and for the Account 903- to 90a. The premium on the unfunded debt remained without alteration, namely, 13s. to lbs., and of East India Bonds the quotation was again par to 2a. prem. Bank Stock was a shade better, namely, 172 k to 173, and India Stock rose to 2553- and 256. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. reali-ed 99 to 994, the Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents. 96 and the Three per Cents. 891 to -if. The Foreign Market was dull. The New Portuguese Five per Cents. went down from 344- to 34 and 33,1, and the Three per Cents. were heavy at 20+-. Spanish Active Stock was firm at 234 ; Mexican receded to 30} to 30i ; Colombian w ere at 22k ; P eruv i an at 17 a ; Brazilian at a decline from 694 to ; Dutch Two-and-a- Hall pe, Cents, were at ; Belgian at an improvement from 1024 to 1034, and Danish Bonds at 774 to A good demand exists for the leading Railway Shares Great Western were done at 303-, the New at 15,i, the Fifths at 7 . 1 to 8; the Birmingham Thirds at 22, the New at 22i; the Greenwich scrip et 2, and the York and North Midland at 33 to 35 premium. Brighton were 1 Manchester and Birmingham 14k, and South Eastern 143- discount. London and WeArninster Bank New Shares were at and Union of Australia at 9+ premium. Na tional Bank of Ireland Shares re ilised 2 discount. This afternoon the Foreign Exchanges were not quite firm. Bills at three months' date were negotiated as follows :—Paris 25 65 to 67i ; Hamburgh 13 94 to 9i ; Amsterdam 12 31 ; Antwerp 12 31 ; Frankfort 1491- to 150 ; and Trieste 10 Itolo 2. Thc.. Exchanges from the northern ports has come over very firm for the last three or four post days. The exports of the precious metals from the port of Lon don in the week ending Thursday last were:— Silver Coin to Hamburgh Ditto ditto Rotterdam Ditto ditto Swan River B.OOO Ditto ditto Belgium Ditto Bars Hamburgh (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, Arßtt. 19.—The sales of Cotton to day have been to a moderate extent, amounting to 2,500 bales, wholly to the trade. In prices we have no altera tion to notice since last Friday's report. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 19.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise the follow ing :—Che s t er and Birkenhead, New Shares, 184 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 36 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock,27 ; Grand Junction, Quarter Shares, 28i; Great Western, Half Shares, 65/ ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 96i ; London and Birmingham, 159; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 23; ; London and Brighton United Company, 474 ; North Midland, 81. MArcenEsTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.—There is a fair demand for Railway Stock, but very little offering. London and South Western, 584 and 58 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 251 and 254 ; Manchester and Leeds, 66/ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 36 ; Bristol and Exeter, 35/ ex in terest; Alliance Bank, 171; Uniun Bank of Manchester, 7Z,-. We have received Alauritius Papers to the 7th of January by which it appears that the small-pox is still raging there. The ship Baltimore has arrived from New York, bringing New York Papers to the 2d inst. At the time of her sailing there was no information respecting the President. General Harrison was indisposed. The United States Bank Shares closed at 173-, being 19 per cent. ad.:atice on the previous day. The above arrival is only one day later than the last account. Consols opened this morning at the closing_ prices of yester day, 90 2 6 f or th e A ccount, M oney 904 ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 prem. ; Bank Stock, 172 173; India Stock, 255 256. In the Foreign Market the prices continue nominal to the present hour. Spanish Active, 23i ; Deferred, 124 ; Passive, 51 ; Portuguese, 344 ; Three per Cents., 20i k ; Brazilian, 69 70; Colombian, 224 234; ;Mexican rather lower, 30 i 1 8; Dutch Twe- and. a- Half per Cents., 524; Five per Cents., 984 994. Sit A RES.—Great Western, 30i 31i, prem., New, I.siprem. ; London and Brighton, 1a dis. ; Blackwall, 53(.1 4 dis. ; Bir mingham, 6S 70 prem. ; Southampton, 571 sti per share; Croydon, 131 14 per share ; Greenwich, 84 k per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 15 1-q dis• PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid, Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Birmingham ...... ... 90 Ditto Thirds thtto New ... London and Greenwich Ditto Scrip London and South Western 3BL - .. to Ditto Tenths tlanchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland A veszel arrived, on the 29th of March, at Baltimore, which left Bermuda on the 20th March, at which period nothing was known of the President steamer. We still continue without any information of the President, nor is there any other news of the least importance. Other files of Maui itius pacers have been received to the 15th Januuary, but they do not contain any news. Consols are not quite Si- good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 91)1 ;at present 94 for the Ac count ; Money, 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 13 15 prem. ; Bank Stock, 173 1721 ; India Stock, 256 2551 lower ; India Bonds, par, 2 premium. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active, 23* ; Portuguese, 301 ; Three per Cents., 20i ; Dutch Five per Cents., 994. Not much doing in the Share Market, and the prices are firm. Great Western, New, 65,4 ; London and Brighton Birmingham, Thirds, 54 ; Midland Counties, 90; York and North 85, Consols, Account, 90/, sellers ; Colombian, 223 23 Mexican, 301 Portuguese, 333 34h; Spanish, 23,i a. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1724 India Stock 255 k 3 per Cent Red. B9; Ditto Bonds 2 pal 3 per Cent Cons 9o'4 .Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent Red.. New 34 per Cent 99 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 15 pm New 5 per Cent ... Ditto 500/ l5 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l4 pin Jan. 1860 ... 124 !Bank Stock for 0pg.... Oct 1859. ... 124 !India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lo3* Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5........., 684 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 1824 .. .... 22a Ditto, Deferred .. 123. Danish, 3 per cent 77i ,French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent —l Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30i 1 Fren ch , 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 24 per cent. ... 52-,1, Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99 IES. SHA Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6si Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) — Ditto Thirds (32 paid),:, 54 Ditto New shares ( 2 paid) 241 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) — Ditto Scrip. (3 paid) 4i London and South Western ... ........... ... Ditto Tenths Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... •. 25/ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ...... 90 South East.rn and Dover (33 paid)... 18/ York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 85 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. i 2 7 "Gibraltar 4B Ditto ) at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 71 Genoa . 25 85 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 12/ Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per 0 ., 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon Marseilles • . . 25 85 Oporto 521 Bourdeaux 25 85 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres ...... 8er1in...... Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid __.. ...... ... _ .. _ Cadiz 3si Bilboa ...35 Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New 'Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville New Dollars 0 4 10h ISilver in Bars 0 5 0 THE TABARD INN (TALBOT,) IN THE BOROUGII.—The exterior of the inn is simply a narrow, I square, dilapidated-looking gateway; Its posts strapped with rusty iron bands—its gates half covered with sheets of the same metal. " The Talbot Inn" is painted above, and till within the last five or six years there was also the following inscription t—" This is the Inno where Sir Jeffry Chaucer and the nine-and twenty Pilgrims lay in their journey to Canterbury, anno Intl,' This inscription was formerly ou the frieze of a beam laid crush-wise upon two uprights, which stood in the road in the front of the tabard; and from ',high hung the sign / creaking as it swung to and fro with every pa3i= ing gust, he sign and ifs Sitppnrts yere tetoVed in 1766, when a ll suc h characteristic teattif62 the streets of London in the olden time disappeared, in obe dience to a Parliamentary dict for their destruction. The writing of this inscriplon was etitictifly not very ancient; but hati i not improbably, been renewed ftotr, time lo time from a very remote period. Tyrwhitt, hnweVer, thinks it is not elder than the ri4Onteenth tentbry, from the fact that Speght, who noticed the Tabard lh hl4 edition of Chaueer (1602), does not mention it ; he therefore stip• poses it to have been put up after the great fire of South wark in 106, whet] sane portion of the itin was burnt; and it, cons, quench of the change of name Wliitih thtin„took place. Aub'cy; writiog, a little after the per.od of the fire, say i s; ignottint landleird, or tenant, instead of the ancient sign of the tiihnirl; i'.tt tip the Talbot, or dcg." —C. h night's " _London," Part I. • • 1 tie ociety or P 'm a usicians will give its second annual concert on Friday evening, when Handel's L' Allegro eil it Ptrisieroso will he p rformed for the first tore for many yca, s 1 1 a host of vocal and instrumental talent, who have off red their services in aid of the funds of this laudable inst tution, which was established in 1839, by Miss Mason and a few other ladie=, for the support of aged and indigent female professors of music. It ought to be generally known that members of Town Councils are not only exempt from, but absolutel , disqna'ified f,r, serving on juries. In a recent case tried in the Sheriff,' Court at Devonpor', a Mr. Liscombe, one of the Town Council of that borough, having ob jected to s , rse on a jury on the ground of his being a me., ber of the ToAn C , uc eil, ii ,e übj,:ction was over ruled by the under-she iff.. Af ,, r the trial bad proce•ded for some time, a copy c f the Act of Parliament wa, tame', and rh diclualific tinn di•c,vrred. Mr. Lise , :mbe wa' rh.erefore direct. dto leav , e jury box. and anothr r gentleman who had been summoned as a juror, and re . inaluud in uai.irt, althuugll uot.caacci, was swore ill COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. —The Qae..ii took an airing this morning in a pony carriage and four, attended by the Duchess of Bedford, Lady C. Cocks, Hon. Miss Caven dish, and Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, Colonel Wemyss, Hon. Mr. C. A. Murray, and Mr. Rich. Prince Albert accompanied her Majesty, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The Royal party rode through the Long Walk into the Great Park. Her Majesty and bis Royal Highness are looking extremely w , .11. The Princess Royal was taken her accustomed airinr , this morning. The carriage was drawn through Palk: street, &c., and the Royal, and certainly beautiful infant, was held to the window, much to the dclzhr and grail. fication of numbers, who had waited at the Lung Walk gate to s-e the Royal parties. Mr. Maclean had the honour of submi:ting to her Majesty a beautiful lithographic drawing by Mr. Lane, from the picture by Mr Hayter in her .thjesty's posses_ sloe, of their Serene Highnesses the Princess of Holen lohe Langenburg, and her daughter the Princess Ade laide. Her Majesty left the Castle again in the afternoon in a pony phaeton, which was driven by Prince Albert. The usual suite were in attendance, and returned with her Nlajesty and his Royal Highness at half-past five o'clock. The Hon. H. Littleton Powys, of the 60th Rifles, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The Court is expected to leave here to-morrow (Wed desday) for Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the London Hospital on M inday. Str Benjamin Hall, Lord Nugent, Rev. Mr. Fellowes, and Mr. Alfred Daniell, with a petition to her Majesty front the Vestry of the parish of St. Marylebono, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. The American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson have re turned to Upper Grosvenor-street from their excursion in tha country. The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges met and transacted business yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel, preparatory to a general meeting of the Order. Viscount Ebrington bad an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Brownlow and Lord Verulam had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office. Viscount PAlmerston left town on Monday afternoon for Panshanger, Herts. CIVIL CONTINGENCIES. The following are some of the items in the amount of the sum expended under the head of " Civil Contingen cies," in the year 1840 (omitting pence and shillings):— Extraordinary disbursements of Ministers at Foreign Courts £16,579 On account of speci-a missions Rewards for the apprehension of J. Frost, Z Wallow:, W. Jones, and others 650 Expeni•es in consequences of the riots at Newport 436 To the Morshal of the Queen's Bench, to make good deficiency of lees Rewards offered by Government for plans to carry into effect the penny postage Salaries and expenses of the office for cat rying into efg.ct the regulations Expenses incurred in the maintenance and edu cation, &e., of the nephew of the King of the Ashanteeg Letters patent for appointing the Right lion. C. P. Thornton, Governor, &c., of her Ma jesty's Provinces in North America ... To the bell-ringers of Ch r i s t Church, Dublin, for ri 'ging on the day of her Majesty's 2,702 mart i ige For boiAtiig the it.:)l Statlildrd on th© C.stle Tower, Whin] To the EArl of Malmesbury, as Governor t f the I ie of Wight ... 343 On account of maintenance and proceeding ; in the case of the Cdue.nin prisoners 312 The total expendi•ure Ix the United Kingdom for the year 1840 115,010 Estimated expenotture fur 1841 130,000 THE CORN-LAWS. IMPORTATION OF CANADIAN FLOUR AND WHEAT. We are informed by gentlemen connected with the trade of Canada, that there is likely this year to be a very great increase in the imp°, tation of wheat and flour from the united province of Canada, and that there is reason to expect that this increase will be rapid and progressive in succeeding years, and ulti mately be carried to such an extent as materially to affect the price of bread in this country. Last year the importation of flour and wheat from Canada amounted to 298,761 barrels, and 141,931 minots of whet, each winot being equal to three bushels, and this year it is expected that there will be an importatio❑ of about 700,000 barrels of flour, and of wheat in the same proportion. Had it not been for the disastrous effects produced on agriculture and industry gene rad), by the two recent rebellions, a much larger quantity of wheat would have been produced in Ca nada, and sent to this country during the last three years tha❑ has been received, but now that confidence is thoroughly restored, aril that the constitution of the province has been placed on a firm and lasting basis, agriculture has again begun to flourish, and fresh supplies of labourers to pour into the province. Ef forts such as never were made before, are now making to increase the amount of emigration from this country to Canada, partly from political and partly from eco nomied motives, and every increase of this kind will add to the productive powers of the province. When it is considered that there are more than sixty millions of acres of land capable of cultivation in Canada, and that the population is increasing at such a rate as to more than doubte itself every twenty years, it is not improbable that this colony may, in the course of years, become the gra nary of the British empire. 'Ms, however, is no the only source of supply, for wheat grown either on the American or Canadian side of the St. Lawrence may be imported into this country provided it has been ground into flour in the province of Canada. The ef fect of this permission has already been to produce a very large importation of American wheat into Canada, so much so that not less than Curly thousand tons were received in the single port of Kingston, the new capital of Ctimada, during the last year. • The duty on whcat imported into this country from Canada and other British possessions in North Ame• rica, is five shillings a quarter when the avera 4 e price of wheat in this country is less than sixty-si vun shi;lings a quarter, and 6if. a quarter when it is above that price. The duty on flour is in the same proportion. These duties present no obstacle to the importation of any quantity which the Canadians can spare for export. —Liverpool Times. THOMAS HOBI3ES, OF MALMES- BURY, ON THE UNIVERSITIES. It is manifest that the instruction of the people de pendoth wholly on the right of teaching of the youth in the Universities. But are not (may some men say) the Universities of England learned enough already to do that ? or is it you will undertake to teach the Universities ? Hard que,,tions. Yet to the first, I doubt not, to answer ; that till towards the end of Henry VIII. the power of the Pope was always uphelo against the power of the Commonwealth, principally by the Universities ; and that the doctrines maintained by so many preachers against the Sovereign power of the King, and by so many lawyers and others that had their education there, is a sufficient argument that though the Universities were not the authors of those false doctrines, yet they know not how to plant the true. For in much contradiction of opinion it is most certain that they have not been sufficiently instructed ; and it is no wonder if they yet retain a relish of the subtle liquor, wherewith they were first seasoned, against the civil authority. But to the latter question it is not fit nor needful for me to say aye or no ; for any man that sees what I am doing may easily perceive what I think.—P. I€o ; 16.51. EXTENDING THE THOROUGHFARES IN LON- DoN.--A Bill of much importance, with regard to the im provement of the metropolis, has just been printed for the House of Lords, having been introduced under the sanction of Government. Its object is to promote further improve ments in the cities of London and Westminster, particu larly in two parts of it :—first, to open a convenient thoroughfare from the end of Coventry-street, Piccadilly, to Newport-street and Long-acre. A schedule is attached of the property that will be required to effect this very im portant change. From that it appears that it will be nooessary to pull down three houses in Leicester square, namely ? Nos. 50, 51, and 52; and also houses in Princes-street, Cranbourne-street, Bear -street, and Caste-street, in Little -court, at the back of old Slaugh ter's Coffee-house, in St. .Martin's-court and lane, &c., which ate built on ground the fee of which is in the Marquis Of Salisbury, so that Cm: plan is not likely t o b e red. The second opposed if his Lofdthip's assent is sect:. im provement proposed by the Dill is to cont inue the line of street from kVatcrloo-bridge, now cGrttpleted to Bow -street, northword into Broad-street, Holborn, to t'x...:nd to Ox fordzstreet, in a direct line through St. 143 as to comMunicate With Holborn at or near Southampton-strefi. The Dill further proposes to open a spacious thoroughfare tetiveen 'l'Vhitetiliapd and Spitalflelds and the docks, wharfs, &c. of the river Thames, by widening the northern and southern ends of Leman-street, and by creating a new stte.2otdrn the northern side of NV hittchapel to the front of Sotal,9eld4 .Ititt.reh. A schedule is attached of property that it will be net titsail to pull down from East Smithfield to Rosemary-lane. Thtl bill ' , meets that the Commis aioners of Woods and Forests are to have the power to make and plan the improved thoroughfares, to charge their funds with 214,0001. for such purp o s e ; to o btain Ex ch. qut r bills from the Tiea:u.y, &r. It further provides that the streets are to be made ace rding to maps or plans to be deposited in the offie , of the COMMISSI Alas, and that no alteration in lines of streets arc to be made without the consent of the Lords (1 the Treasury. SUPERANNUATIONS.—An account has been laid befor e Parli,ment of all a llowances or superannua. 1840; the annual amount lions in public offi,..es or depart ments which r e liai6ed parable on the lit of Jaoua r y , which was granted in 1840 ; the annual a mount w hi c h ceased within the year, and the total amount remaining , 1 0 84 f 0 o , ur departry, pas able on th , 31st of December, 1840. Ti,e total corn pensati ut and suprranou,tion allowat.ccs remaining pay able was 657,0281 , about two Ordnance. 41 6971 : Admiralty and subordinate N val ents, v z • ( 1 1 'n ird th s e o 3 f 1 : 1, : f e hDi:rsceem p baiedr' Department,,, 112.749/ ; Excise, 125,547/. ; and Cue. t 01125, 154,3 35 /. - MORNING EDITION. I ODE ON THE BUIiIAL OF SO MOORg. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN , Sax.,—Your correspondent, 11. A. is a wag. The Ion? , de 3 about " The Midshipman and his Log," is evidently iot, e ' sio . to be a quiz on the spurious eirettmstantiality and affecte''• o ; desty of the unhappy Scotehman who gave rise to the P re c discus ion. In order, therefore, doubtless, that his joke 51 0 not be mistaken in the present matter-of-fact Age , b,: judiciously- represented his Gallic Socrates (who, of C"%i.ts the counterpart of poor " old Mrs. Henry," requit-c r- c o pace, reciting to his nil.; tical Alumnus, about the time %tii battle of Corunna, "as much as he could remember," f" rs . of a parody w hi c h was com po se d i n F renc h tw o or three 7%. azo by the witty Dr. M. as I believe, and pu blished , i,n First. Volume of Bentley's Miscellany with J o iy ane other " Reliques of Father Prout." And as it thibsr;vii, not sufficient to insure credence to his jocularity , h e tbF forward his young hero, like a second Daniel, dream," as well as giving the interpretation thereof ; fe l. • cm " Old Veteran" recited only as much as he c ould r c e o n' or , e , ber," the young gentleman's inspiration suppled, e f what was wanting of the original. Dr. M-----'s (?) parody, or rather translation of ,„ 6 . 4 lines, is really so good, and so slyly introduced in ro be Reliques," as to have actually imposed on some peo ple ss tba t original ; and IL A.'s irony also is so gravet airos t without this explanation it might spread the delost,e n coextensive with the circulation of your journal. ri°` . " de. should I have misconceived your correspondent's -0. o f sign, by mistaking lightness of judgment for gra ci :oe humour, I heartily beg his pardon ; hut at th e , to te ll time advise him, if he really did intend to start for r,,r l ; - ob. withdraw his " beast" as fast as possible. As it Most vious to the meanest capacity that the statement of his 4,rr%5 thee cations, &c., &c., &c., w ill no t b ear a scru ti n y, I dare sa) • l .'s might have been as muc h lik eness b e t ween ‘• The Iva Burial" and " The Lines on the Burial of Sir John 3 1 °° r6 ; of we may conceive to have existed between the spouting:o, Mons. " D'Almand," which inspired the former, and t he ' sir, position ofDr. M. (?), w hi c h travest i es t h e l atter . —l a ll, your very obedient servant, Monday, April 19. DR. HOOK AND MOTHER CHURCH. „ te h We chanced th e ot h er d ay to ta k e up the s P — he which, our R everen d Bi s h op h av i ng p r evented h o d Rev. Dr. from talking, he has now printed, f i , • from it we can learn that both Dr. - Hook a nu ,,, ) poor " old Mother," are at present in a very hi, e . l i f' s If a man, says the worthy Dr., thinks for him fag runs a great risk of embracing the soul•destrOh' heresy of Socianism ; but if, instead, he let, l ' j t ,..t e b r‘ o think for him, he runs equal danger of worshiPP ° ( ' scarlet ! The only chance, he tells us, (/' s al one's salvation, is, for him first to march straight s l O . from Rome along the road of individual juilgm el :ihg wards Sociniani sm , till h e comes to t h e turn ing 4 ,i 'erg implicit autho r ity o f th e Ch urc h o f England. l '" p r he is to diverg e , an d t w i st i ng near l y quite roul"„,;is) , coed in the opposite di rec ti on (i. e ., towar d s R o me Wb 'titt till he comes to th e t o p o f th e col de sac (Anglic sll4 lane),there—squat. O PP ° Dwindled, as, the Dr. says, Socinianism ig , s '„ of days, we fear that, if hi s accoun t b e correc t, 1115 0 s! " old Mother" will soon be quite childless. B les 'i e ft , we had forgotten the worthy Dr. would still be 0 rema i n i ng Ho w she will doat o n h er on ly b° too, in her old age ! „ so The Apostolic Dr. say s th a t th e Ch urc h is nil b e divided int o p ar ti es , t h at every one must nec essardy lu ,, come a party man. If o ur memor y d oes not fa' a se , one of the e a rli es t of' his predecessors, in a simila r held just the con t rar y d octr i ne , exclaiming, Is ,ci; divided ?" ,v , Perhaps, then, the Dr. may b e wrong in tbe t)thet little matter too, and Ck r i s ti an it y , at l e tat, wha t G: e d may he the fate. of the Dr.'s poor old mother, .log bless her soul !) i s not , j ust ata t least, ge to the dogs. We • may observe, by the bye, th a t though t he seo l present manists and Socinians will doubtless forthwith the worthy D r . vo t es o f t h an k s t or hi s ca ndid O tli t b e that to embrace their respective doctrine; isto.o legitimate result of following one or other of the alternative principles of th eo l og i ca l d og matics an us that his own views can o n ly b e reac h e d by ,0 tor tu u ° f ' fi, a curse, that few arc to be found with spines o f s p . t , cien flexibility to be able t o thr ea d it ; y e t, we s usr- ille that his own tribe will not very readily forgive hi c° tha t indiscretion, even on th e d ou b t l ess ver acious plea• eat, he was led into it, through the (though weak Yet) e z l d ous and truly amiable hope to frighten into the few of the more timid sheep.—Leeds Times. t , be Mr. G. A. Macfarren's new opera canno t ' 0 , brought out at the Ly c e um , a lthough it has be p e e l' illips derlined in the bills, in c o n sequence of Mr. IL having left the theatre, for whom a principal part had expressly composed. WIS SS REDUCTION OF DUTIES ON FRENCH • . 05 AND SPIRITS. is reported that the proposed r ech , l r c a l nce, to be trade under the new commercial treaty with j. p er will be to 10s. per gallon on brandy, and to 15 . 6 ca ty gallon on wine. The conclusion of the commercial teL,it y, is dependent on the ratification of the politic al ! 0 r n. .... which will withdraw France from her present isolett London Journal of Commerce. DES CA p Rene C. f France, perils? , rte (horn F 96) a n ative o the most original thinker a coun try has predueed. Dev that ; dAP Cartes the contemporary of Bacon, and exerc ise d equally powerfullosophical system Of influence, - though in a manner widel/ different, on the prog ress of philosophy in Eur' Both equally undertook the task of demolishinc; old scholastic system, and of substituting in its f p irit a more comprehensive method and a more livie6, ) , of philosophising. But %%het Bacon strove to plish by calling men's attention to experiment s e . 0 hi eervation of nature, Des Cartes proposed to attvi oil the search for a first and self-evident groun d ° of' knowledge. This he finds in the art of co asc iod• ncss, involving necessarily the idea of self or '-ucht, ((,ogito ergo suns.) Consciousness is the act of th e t h at constitutes the essence of the soul, and i 5, Or which distinguishes it from matter. The iee-ired, objects of conscicusness are of three kinds---aclea, of compounded, and innate. Of the last sort is the ' dof God, or the absolute being, which, as being the gr e h ti : Be all reality, is itself its own demonstration. God, t "erPP time of the universe, upholds it in its source by his P o o. tual co-operation, or, in Cirtesian language, as sigt All physical phenomena Des Ca r t e s endeavoured Oci count for by his celebrated vortices—motions Wit:, e of God, the source of all motion. This singular m' st ", pr:' philosophical depth and extr a vag a nt hyp o thesis t hs " dr ip, vails in the writings of this philosepher obtained form ad' as might have been expected, a large number of tva the hereeLs, and of equally violent opponents. Afi l°l3 slale; former may be enumerated th e c el e b ra t e d Pascal, ,deed branche, and Spinoza. The two latter devi itcdclartes; in many important points from the views of De s d a lik e but the main features of hi s phil oso phy ar e preser ve oie tte in the religious mysticism of the one and the sY S 7 / Sci' ence, Literature, awl Art—an cxceltint pantlitim of the other. —Lonyznan's Dictionary 0r pearing periodically. nn a t lile CHURCH-HATE FRUITS. n ch° l Church-rare defaulters lately summoned before a P` a Magistrat's at Hickney, was George Offor, Escl• A ' gi3trate in the Tower Hamlets, who, thout'h he " e c ,, e art d , to deny the legality of the rate, refused to pa v the ' t ile di d made upon him and his tenants, on the grour;.d t hat (1 we re not attend the parish church, and that those who did t/ weelthy enough to pay for themselves. This oer sl „gieg• their claims the clergy have not been slow in a ve f tb e publican°, Mr. Offor has for many years been a Coninaissioner:; end Tower Hamlets' Court of Requests—the most s e , tl useful member, it is beli ved, ever found in the L' a ne ts. sion. These Commissioners represent the various P a t jp to ri g ro fmortm this sd parish ri lg ; reZr i fs in the Tower Hamlets. Hack n ey el e cts e;ghteen• t o . h , tt el l ' yi n t.I'S present s t e he rectionof time,s uitr6 party persons faceelain interest has usually been taken in the matter, th't t the have hal-a-dozen inhabitants attended to Ave ° dii.g, ; eighteen commissioners:. This Easter, the procedefee took a new turn. The clergymen and chutch vver , by 4 the district iu which Mr. Offer resides, atteode'ectieg, troop of fiends and supporters, came down to t he el 0 , st% and not only turned out Mr. Offor, but also fiv e th e other gentlemen, lacking no other qualificati oni ° fro m office than that of an exclusive and intolerant s pirit., ere the disgust which this proceeding has excited, "Lode; little doubt that the next year retaliation will be il' oorn i• and thus it is that the church and the clergy, wh ils e t e nally existing for the promotion of peace, become , 'f•-°,3il matters which no way concern them, the fomenters. 0, rerences and hostility among neighbours.—Chro me At Queen-square police-of f ice, yesterclaP roo gh t Tracey, the Governor of Westminster Bridew ellt of the girl who had been committed, under the n,o:eis' " George White," before Mr. Burrell, the sitting re r cl td trate, and stated that since the disclosures had apP ea i c irg the papers she had threatened to destroy herself o°_, ob liberated. He had repea t e dl y q uestioned her on te:roet iect, and that morning , s he had declared that the Tvricer. she could get out she would throw herself into th e Leo elf; The Magistrate asked if she intended to destroy a e r - oca afterme hesitation, she said she did. Sh e r , 61 , 0' and, so hCr rel ii • r, to g i be her name or any information cahoot beds ooli could not give sureties for her good and, as she . she was ordert:cl back to prison. I ° Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., Master-Gener,foth the ,r ent the Ordnance,hispected that fine regimen Hassary, on Mondaj, in Clarendon-squarc , L ovs . The regiment is quartered at Coventry, and cam,. o purposely to be inspected by the gallant Gerle ra _hleg e novel a spectacle naturally attracted a brilliant ass el" of rank and fashion to witness it. 14 • 17 ; PENRYN ELECTION.—Mr. HUte,iinS: or E. for this borough, has written to his agents, r ef a t them to announce that he shall not, in th e event jofor ral election, offer himself again as a c andidat e of borough.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. ast The b o f the ENGLAND AND IRELAND. — c oder ° English pride is ridiculous to the dsily r.c. but the -to le' l o h u Times. It may be very galling to English 1) 16 fact nevetthelese, we Irish arc beginntruigre ~ an d . t ied ::elves the superior people. We have end an( ? _ is something ; we have enforced our rights . 1 :Tr 0 d ri b! classic them. Marathon and Leonidas are ure for the ter Catholic Associatiln will be a bold_ e pic h t ave done l f, t her temptation of the future historian. V \weakness on the - e rfe l Oppression on the one hand and with a 1 3° 1 s eso eng eoe , grading vice-- the Nation, onemar, ; o ur lae ien el will, hay shaken it off as wou l d hut, if a V.Ci f• do' disgraced by contention and vio lence ; üble _ d waters °alio,. • had been spoken over the tro d tran c l u it! poaer calmed into profoun ciety, the country has h emditien of btu u e ic e In a population of nine millions, t ea L nd offane e9- 1; h u i t is, that there shall be man crintes fere , " a te deposited by its and cum throvvit off and dels and ev e , rr ., s d up they miscalculate their power of e too cannot reaa 11. ignorance, who imagine that w Souther) lief derstand, reflect and compare. Al 0 Comm