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EVENING EDITION SOCIALISM. --On FRIDAY, the 30th of APRIL, at the Conclusion of the Six Nights' Debate oa Socialism, between Mr. Lloyd Jones and Mr. Brindley, at the Colosseum, Dr. Shearnian , Moderator, the following reso lutions and amendment were proposed to an audience of 3, 000 persons, called by advertisements in the " Times," " Stan dard," anti other Morning and FAening Papers :- Ist Resolu,:ion-1 hat the Rational System of Society, as pro pounded by Robert Owen, appears is be based on unchanging !arts, and oti true principles, and if fairly sad honestly applied in practice would le permanently beneficial to all parties. Amendment.--That Socialism is a false and pernicious sys tem, and that nothing has been advanced to shake oar confi dence in the Christian religion. 21 Resolution.—That the first resolution, and the decision of the Meetirg be advertised in the leading Morning and l'en iirr Papers, at the expfnse of the Discussion Fund. The original resolutions were passed, and the amendment re jected, by an overwheltuning majority, and with a cordial and heartfelt cheering, that has seldom been 'before witnessed on such grave and important subjects. Just ready, in 3 vols. post dvo., THE QUEEN'S POISONER -111 Or, FRANCE in the SIXTEENTH CENTURY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Sumni.r among the Bocsges and the Vines." Richard Bentley, Nev — Burling On-street. Now ready, the Third Volum3 of THE LIFE AND TIMES OF rrHE RIGHT HON. HENRY GRATTAN By HIS SON, HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., M.P. Henry Cnlburn. Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THe.A'IRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. NIDER the lIJANAGEME . NT of MADAME YESTIIIS THIS EVENING, MAY 3 _ . Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Darren ; Max Hark. away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. M ithews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Bumb.r. Alter which Rill be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex. travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris : The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dre s salinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Le-.don Assur:nce, with Beata} , and the Beast. Doers to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven &Clock. Dresa Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. W.; First and Second circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2.5. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 1)...; Gallery Is. Ticko3 and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan: at the isox-6ffice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets in oe had upon application. Private Boats to be had so'ely of Mr. Andress, bookseller, !67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAUEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Th:. most powerful attraction ever offered. First Night cf Claude Duval, supported by Mr. J. S. Balls, and the ac knowledged best Company is the Metropolis, with an en tire change of Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will he acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DUVAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and b. autiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. After whirh, the Comedy of WILD OATS; OR, THE STROLLING GENTLEMAN. Rover. Mr. J. S. Balls. To conclude with the Romance of Diablerie, entitled APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND. Apollyon, Mr. 0. Smith, The Last Week of his Engagement. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ROME ! NOVEL AND EXTR k ORDINARY EXHI BITION. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, will be opened. for the first time, a new COLOSSAL and PICTORIAL MODEL, of AN CIENT and MODERN ROME! exemplifying on a scale of enormous magnitude never before attempted, the former glories and present aspect of the once-proud " Mistress of the World ;" and comprising among its mcnt striking features the ancient Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo ; the Vatican and Pontifical Palace ; the Toridinona Thewle ; Ospitale di Spirito, and the cast and marvellous Basilica of St. Peter's. This magnificent re presentation has been entirely constructed from the designs, and under the superintendence of Mr. Danson, assisted by numerous eminent artists. The delineation is so accurate, and the pro,portions so stupendous, as to offer a perfect realisa tion of those wonders of architecture which still render the etercal city " the most interesting spot on the face of the g lobe. It will be exhibited Daily frtm Ten till Dusk, together vith the splendid ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, which inc 'tides several recently-acquired rarities, and specimens of unequalled size and beauty. Admission, One Shilling.—Feeding hour, Five o'Clock. — " THE CHINA SUN," WHICH WAS REPUBLISHED LATELY, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. Ni.E RAILWAY SUN WILL. BE PUBLISHED IN A FEW DAYS. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW M riling 49 minutes atlcr 0 1 Evening 9 minutes after I Ihe Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sus com menced at 20 minutes after Three. nag<s.wo LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 3, 1841. We heard of nothing yesterday and Saturday but the Budget. It has already taken deep root in the' mind of the nation. It has excited the anger of the Tories beyond anticipation, and has caused as much satisfaction to the Liberals. The existence of the former is bound up with cor ruptionists and monopolists, and a blow aimed at them goes to the heart of the faction. They will, however, struggle hard, and if the Liberals mean to gain a victory, they must at once exert themselves, and neglect, no preparation which may tend to secure success. Our readers will have noticed that Mr. Alder man THOMPSON, on Friday evening, stated that a petition had Leon got up from all the merchants of the City of London engaged in the colonial trade aniEst Mr. LABOUCHERE'S plan to reduce the duties in the colonies, and allow them to import various articles direct from other countries than England. Already we hear the same class of men (who are becoming as great a nuisance as the owners of rent, from not being satisfied with the fair and honest pro fits of trade), connected with the East and West Indies, are beginning to make an outcry against thd reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, pre dicting ruin to the colonie:, and combining to resist the proposed change. We mriy be sure, too, from That Mr. AARON CiiAP S IAN" said in the House of Commons on Friday, that all the owners of rotten ships who employ them to bring timber from Canada, care- whether they sink or not on the voyage, will resist the smallest reduction in the enormous tax th r y are now permitted to levy on the people. There will be eadles assertions again, as there were in 1831, about the ruin of the saw-millers in Can Lda, wnile those who have so much compas- Sion, from Some fellow-feeling on account of a small redaction of profit, have no regard what ever fir the famishing millions at their own doors. Cf coarse the landlords also, who are fully sensi ble that if once their tax be assailed by the Government it must be totally abolished, will ,join with the sugar dealers of the East and West Indies, w ith the owners of rotten timber -ships, and with all the jobbers iu saw minsin Canada and New Brunswick, who cut up the pin es of the United States, and are paid for their huma n ity and their pa triotis m by a tax on the Peopl e of E ngland; all these classes directly interested, will form one vast combina tion of monopolists -I ‘.JObberS to resist the Go vernment scheme. They will be jui led, too, many of those g,entlew en very probably hy 1 ` 1 .14 are known to haVe an extraordinary affection for a black skin' Already they have ini:ictecl, Int - Ist unjustifably, great privatio Is on the industrious el:lst:es at home, to c ,rry the i • c ratchets into eff e ct, without the s nal:est success. admit, after spet.ding mire money, and wasting-, more lives than we care to calculat; that the slave trade is now carried on more extensively and cruelly ti an ever. This class of well-meaning enthusiasts, being anxious to keep slave-grown sugar out of the market, will join the mass of jubberr, and will resist the Ministe rial scheme to give a little niief to the suffering people of England. They resisted Mr. EWART'S motion last year to reduce the sugar duties on this ground, and persevered in plundering by law the people of England to enrich the West India planters. If by continuins the discriminating duties on sugar, the condition of the bulk of the black po pulation of our colonies was improved, there would be some reason to approve of their con duct. But the excessive stimulus given to sugar cultivation in our colonies by the duties is more a curse than a benefit to the emancipated slaves. Not a single sixpence goes into their posses sion as increased wages, but the whole tax is absorbed by planters, estate-owners, mer chants, and shipowners. Nevertheless, it is to be apprehended that the anti-slavery party will oppose this year, as they did last year, the reduction of the discriminating duties on sugar; and with them Bank Charter jobbers and other monopolists will make com mon cause, from a sense of common danger. All these, joined with the merely political Tories, whose hopes will make them zealous on the same side, will form, we have no doubt, one of the most formidable combinations that ever a Ministry had to encounter. It is incumbent, therefore, on all who are the enemies of monopoly in every shape—on all who pant for freedom of trade and freedom of indus try—on all who are opposed, from principle, to legislative dishonesty, the most dishonest kind of dishonesty, and most certainly pregnant with great calamities, if not with dire and impending ruin—it is the bounden and the imperative duty of every honest man— of every religious man, of every humane man — of every man who wishes for'the preservation of social order, and hopes fur the quiet and peace able improvement of the species, at once to rally round the Ministers and support them in their efforts, however feeble, but well-timed, to abate-- not, we regret to say, destroy—three of the heaviest and most unjust burdens and mono polies which now weigh on the industry and prosperity of the nation. We know, from undoubted authority, that the Ministers have long been sensible of the neces sity of dealing with all these subjects. Last year Mr. LA BOUCH ERE and Lord Jon N RUSSELL expressed such an opinion. Fur ther distress and further decay have forced the same conclusion on the unwilling Lord MELBOURNE. Unable to resist the autho rity of facts, he has for some time, we believe, been convinced of the necessity of the alterations now proposed, and been determined to make them. Other matters, in the opinion of the Cabinet, but not in ours, of more importance, compelled the postponement of these great mea sures, till at length, the Bill for settling the franchise in Ireland being happily got rid of, and the Budget coining on—which was fixed for Friday last, be it well remembered, before the holidays—the Ministers have opened to the country the plan which they have devised for gradually relieving the industry of the people from the accursed fangs of monopoly and injus tice. It was pointedly stated by Lord Howrcx, in his admirable speech, and assented to by Mr. LA BOUCHERE, that these were not insulated mea sures, but parts of a great scheme for effecting a full and complete revision of our tariff. How far it shall be carried, after such an announcement, will depend on the people, and on the energy they display in supporting the Ministers. We are far from saying that these measures are enough. We would have a greater approxima tion to the principle—as far as timber and sugar are concerned—that taxes are only to be levied for the sake or a revenue, and not to give a six pence more or less to any class or condition of her MAJESTY'S subjects. They are all entitled to equal justice ; and it far surpasses human ability to devise a system of protection, once begun, equal and just to all. As far as food of all kinds is concerned, we still demand the total abolition of all taxes, for all such taxes, by impeding the growth of popu lation, strike at the root of national greatness and social improvement. Both depend on the increase of the people. A stationary, or a retrograding population, is always mise rable and criminal. It is suicidal in any Legislature to tax the food of the people. It will now depend, however, on the people themselves how much they are to get. The Ministers, opposed as they are by powerful in terests, will not go beyond the line of prudence; and the people must be united, bold, and ener getic, taking what they can get, and supporting most cheerfully the Ministers, but not stopping short of justice in their demand, to enable the Ministers to do anything for them. Success now depends on the people ; and, if they be true to themselves, they may now achieve a great com mercial and fiscal reform, the proper comple ment to parliamentary reform. And let us at once tell all the fundholders, all those who live on taxes, all placeholders and pensioners, all who depend on the Government for subsistence, that it is only by promoting com mercial reform, and setting industry free, that they can hope to be paid their dividends and their salaries much longer. The pro ductive powers of industry are limited. All these classes, and all the land and tithe owners, with all of every description who live without being engaged in productive labour, can only receive the surplus of the industrious classes. That the former have anything the latter must be subsisted. But our present system goes the length of destroying, by its over rapacity, the industrious classes, and so de stroys the only means by which all the others are sustained. The public is not, we believe, fully aware of the defalcation of the revenue. Every yearsince 1837, the National Debt has been annually aug menting. Every yearsince then, the expenditure has been increasing, and every year the revenue has been more and more deficient in proportion to the expenditure. It is useless to tell us, as the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did, that there have been of late some extraordinary charges which will not again occur, for every year will bring, its own. burden. While that increase of expen diture and deficiency of revenue have been go ing on, Ireland has been tranquil and troops have been reinoved from it. The working classes of England, too, though greatly aggrieved and greatly discontented, have submitted to starvation with even too much patience. Who will answer in the next succeeding years for the tranquillity of the two parts of the empire if the present system be persevered in, or if its evil be aggravated by the acces sion to offico of the Tories ? Let not the public deceive themselves by supposing that there will be no other sources of extraordinary expen diture, in the next half-dozen years, than the Canada outbreak and the Chinese expedition. There can be no rational hope, while the bulk of the nation demands a continual extension of the operations of Government, that there can be any sensible diminution of the national expenditure. Well,whatthenwas the deficiency ofthe revenue last year? 1,841,997/.said Mr. BARING. But there was included in it the sum of 1,200,0001. levied on imported corn, which whole sum will fall away with the first good harvest. The estimated ex penditUre for 1841 exceeds the revenue by 2,400,0001. The produce of the new taxes last year was, as Mr. VILLIERS proved, only 530,0001. instead of more than three times that amount. Further taxation will produce a similar or a worse result. Thus the present system of taxa tion cannot be carried further; it is now, on the average, upwards of 2,000,0001. a year less than the expenditure, and there is no hope of the expenditure diminishing. It is as clear as that that two and three do not make six that the system cannot be continued; and if the great multitudes, dependant on the taxes, if all those who live at ease on the productive classes, desire theirm i income s , they e to con tinue in the enjoyment of to abate they must help the Government or destroy the protecting duties , which, like every other kind of robbery—for they are nothing better than a Legislative robbery—de stroy infinitely more than they give to the pro tected classes. A crisis is now reached in our financial system, and the public have the choice offered them of 'continuing to levy taxes on sugar, on timber, on corn, and other commodities, for the avowed , purpose of putting money into the pockets of sugar planters, timber cutters, rotten-ship owners, and landowners, who perform no services what ever for the money, or of abating those taxes, and taking nothing from the people but for the payment of services or debts. The industrious classes cannot any longer support themselves, while they work as it were in • fetters, and support the many idle people whom they have now to subsist. If they decay, however, all will decay, and it is for the interest of all that they should receive justice, and be at liberty to exert themselves. The protective system has reached its culminating point, and it will depend on the good sense and exertions of the people, uniting with the Ministers now to abate and ultimately to destroy that system, whether it shall sink quietly into annihilation or perish amidst blood. shed and ruin. By the arrival of the splendid steam-ship Aca dia at Liverpool, on Sunday evening, in twelve days from Halifax, we have received New York papers of the 16th, Boston of the 17th, and Hali fax journals of the 20th ult. inclusive. When the Acadia sailed from these ports nothing had been heard of the President. Public meetings had been held in Washington, New York, Phi ladel pl iia, Boston, and all the great towns through out the Union, at which resolutions deploring the loss the country had sustained by the sudden death of General HARRISON, and expressing con fidence in the wise administration of the new President, were unanimously adopted. On the 13th ultimo President TYLER issued a proclamation ordering a solemn fast on the 14th of May to avert the Divine displea sure manifested in the sudden death of his la mented predecessor. By the evangelical portion of the community this first act of the new PRE SIDENT is lauded to the skies. But the counte nance which it receives from several of the Journals is somewhat equivocal. For example the New York Evening Post says : That there is a certain propriety in this step we cheerfully acknowledge, for if the public offices are to be filled in this manner with party rogues of the basest class, we shall be ready as early as the 14th of May to fast in sackcloth and ashes. Mr. BIDDLE is publishing a Series of long let ters in the American Papers, the purport of which is, that he is not to blame for the pecu niary embarrassments of the United States Bank. Mr. BIDDLE is certainly not more to blame than Presidents JACKSON, VAN BUREN/ and the whole of the Sub-Treasury squad. Their system must be abandoned, or the United States will go to ruin. The New Yorh _Express of the 16th ult. has the following observations upon this now all-important question : That a National Bank is the only means of restoring the currency, that the Secretary of the Treasury will recommend one, that Congress will create one, and the President sign a Bill thus creating one, are, if we learn correctly, the views of public men in high stations, facts established, or as well esta blish( das anything of the future can be. There being no other means of getting where we started from but by going back, back we shall go. The ten or twelve years we have been ex perimenting, have taught us all there is no currency so good, no means of equalizing it so good, as what Washington, the Father of his country, what Madison, the Father of the Constitution approved—which currency, and which means of equalizing it, the Whigs now in power must and will restore. All the Virginia Fathers, every Virginia President, unless it be Mr. Jefferson, who was never called upon to act, have signed Bills creating a National Bank, or expressed opinions favourable to it—and John Tyler, who has declared his deter mination to fullow, will, no doubt, act out what he well calls their " glorious example." The Sub-Treasury will be re pealed early in June. The union of the Purse and Sword will be severed. The public money will be restored to a custody approved by George Washington and James Madison. The Journal of Commerce severely censures the attempts of the French Journals to fan the flames of discord between the people of England and those of the United States. The remarks of this sensible paper are quoted with approbation by the leading journals throughout the Union. There is not a syllable about Mr. M'LEOD or the Boundary question in these Papers. THE PENNSYLVANIA BANK BILL.—On Saturday last the Vetoed Bank-bill was discussed at some length in the Penn sylvania Senate, with a view to pass it by a vote of two-thirds, that it might become a law notwahstanding the veto. The vote, however, when taken, stood yeas 15, nays 13, and the attempt accordingly failed. THE MICHIGAN BANE SUSPENSION BlLL.—This Bill has passed both branches of the Legislature, and wants but the signature of the Governor, which it will, no doubt, promptly and cordially receive, to become a law. The sum and sub stance of the Bill is that it gives a naked, unqualified, indefi nite, and unconditional suspension of specie payments to the Bank of Michigan and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank and their branches. The suspension of any of the other banks named in the Bill, is at the discretion of the State Officers. Our banking system then, hereafter, is to be genuine wild cat. —Detroit Fret: Press. THE FIVE I%IILLIoN LOAN.—The rumour was current in the city yesterday, that the State Treasurer had received in formation that the United States Bank would not pay the April instalment of the five million loan, which the Bank of Michi gan was allowed to anticipate by putting out her irredeemable notes.—Detroit Free Press. SNOW STORM.-The snow storm began to fall in New York on Monday morning and continued through that day and evening. The ground early on Tuesday morning was covered to the average depth of a foot. A large part of it disappeared in the course of that day. There was also a violent sturm in Philadelphia. The correspondent at that place of the Journal of Commerce, says that more snow fell there on Monday than did, in the same time, any day during the winter. Here the snow fell through the day on Tuesday, but did not accumulate to a depth of more than six or eight inches, except where it fell in drifts. FAMILY OF GENERAL HARRISON. - A letter published by the Baltimore Patriot states that Mrs. Harrison, the General's daughter-in-lax, with the rest of the bereaved family who were at Washington, would leave that city on Saturday or 'Monday for the West, accompanied by Col. Todd and Col. Chambers. They would make the journey by way of Phila delphia and Pittsburgh, on which route the canals are open. GENERAL JACKSON IN PECUNIARY DISTRESS.-The fol lowing paragraph, from a late number cf the Louisville Jour nal, will be read with pain :—" A few weeks ago we saw a letter from General Jackson to a gentleman who had drawn on him for one hundred dollars. He acknowledged that the money was due, but stated that he was so miserably embarassed by his security debts as to be utterly unable to raise the small sum necessary to meet the draft. He said he had some blooded stock which he was willing to give up to the drawer of the draft, but that 8100 in money was out of the question.' (Correspondence of New York Commercial Advertiser. TAMPA 'BAY, MARCH 27, 1841.—0 n the 20th inst. 220 Indians sailed from this place to New Orleans, on their way to Arkansas. They were principally Tallahasses of Echo Emaliha's band. This shipment left at the post 95 Indians, increased now to 150 by the arrival yesterday of a party under Cosa Tustenuggee ; Coacoochee or Wild Cat is also here ; one of the most intelligent and fine looking Indians I have ever seen. It requires no little restraint upon one's feelings to extend a friendly hand to two such consummate villains and cold blooded murderers as these last two chiefs. Their coming in is quite unexpected to us all, and I cannot think that Wild Cat has done so with any intention of emigrating. The number of Seminoles at Sarrasota has been increased by recent arrivals to 90. Billy Bowlegs, the chief of this party, and the third in rank in the nation, is now here tempo rarily. He is very young, mild and amiable in appearance, and his physiognomy certainly furnishes no indication of the ferocity and treachery which he manifested at the massacre of the Cailoosohatchie. _ _ _ CA NA DA. —Lord Sydenham, Governor-General of the Bri tish North American provinces, has by proelaimation pro rogued the Provincial Parliament from the Bth of April inst. to the 20th day cf May next, then to meet at Kingston, for the despatch of business. The Governor-General was se riously ill on the sth inst., but on the 7th his health was im proving. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET-APRIL 16. A few days since there was a general call for specie among the banks of this city, and a consequent shifting of balances. The call commenced with the Bank of Commerce, and before it was finished the specie drafts sent through all the others Those most in debt, as a matter of course, had to pay up. This call did not arise out of any demand from abroad, or from other States, for there is no demand of this sort, but merely to settle up. There is now no arrangement of interest between the several institutions, therefore tnere is no benefit to a bank to let other banks be much in their debt. The occasional set tlements that are made, are highly necessary to keep things in a sound and healthy condition. To pay is as necessary as to receive, and banks as well as individuals are kept strict by short reckonings. Exchange on London is a little higher to-day. Sales at 107 to 1074. The manufacturers Ins Co. of Boston on Tuesday declared a dividend of 10 per cent. on their earnings for the past six months. The Reston Atlas of Tuesday says that the money market there is without any material change. The amount of busi ness paper offering out of doors is very limited, and is sought after at from 7to 10 per rent per annum. An increased amount of Bank stock has appeared in the market within the past fortnight, which is generally the case after holders have received their semi-annual dividends—the prices of most of them have been well maintained. Rail-road stocks are firm and the demand harely supplied. Domestic Exchanges within the past week have been rather more abundant, and the rate on Philadelphia funds has been more steady than for some time past. On many other points we have exrerienced .ars improve ment, but on Georgia it is difficult to sell, excert a heavy dis con it. Foreign Exchanges continue rather dull. We are requested to state that the report that the German Bank of Wooster, Ohio, had refused its own notes, is of debts due to that institution, is f a l se. 'lie Receivers of the American Fi re I nsurance Company have declared a final dividend of 1 3-4 per cent. payment The Bank of New York four per cent. for the last six months, payable on the Ist of May. The State Bank of New Brunswick four per cent. At Philade!phia, yesterday, United 'lank Shares were sold at 18 A moderate business only was done at the Stock Board, bat generally at a reduction on the closing vitas of yesterday. United States Bank fell off 1-2; North American Trust 3.4; Harleml-8 ; Stonington 1-4 ; Deiaware and Hudson closed at 92 1-4, which is an advance of 1 1-4 on the sales of yesterday ; Mechanies' Bank rose 1-2, and Syracuse and Utica 1. • STATE Srocxs.—This morning the fallowing sales were made at the Beard—s`l,ooo Illinois Sixes for Ib7o, 48; $3, 000 Indiana Sterling Fives at 54; $l,OOO Isodiana Fives 53; and $2,000 at 52 1-2. Madrid Papers, of the 24th ult., have come to hand, but they bring no news of any political c$ 4 gil R, t - 4_7.-='-LT ' sr,se •-• B • 4 - , *\ k • Jo. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDIY, MAY 3. 1841 interest. The Senate had appointed a Committee to arrange with the Committee of the Deputies the manner of discussing the Regency Question. A collision between these two bodies was re garded as inevitable. They had held two Meet ings without any result, The Fives were at 26 3-16 on the Bourse. • The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all reached us. The heat with which tlte• French Government follows up prosecutions for political offences almost reconciles us to the tol lowing act of amnesty which appears in the On , cial columns of the illoniteur. To the principle of amnesties, on such occasions, we are strongly opposed. The course of justice ought not to be regulated by Royal whims, or the accidents of days upon which, to parody COLMAN'S expres sion, it graciously pleases Kings to vouchsafe to be born. If the sentence of a Court be just, the Monarch who disturbs it is guilty of irjustite; if unjust, every day of the Sovereign's reign is pro per for setting it aside The King, on the occasion of his fete day and the christen ing of the Comte de Polio, upon the Report of the Minister of Justice, has extended his clemency to 187 individuals con demned by the ordinary tribunals. They hare obtained as follows : —156, remission of the remainder of their puni.l - ; 28, commutations or reductions ; and three, remissi,n of the accessory punishment of the pillory. Con.ormablv to the wishes of his Majesty, the pardons which the King has deigned to grant w ill. every where receive their execution dating from the Ist of May. The defeat of the Wings upon Lord Flow - le:es amendment upon the Irish Registration Bill affords great delight to the Journal des Debal.l. This Journal will change its tune on receiving the London Papers of Saturday. The Whigs have retired from the contest stronger than ever, for now they have the country with them. The promised modification of the Corn-laws and the reduction of the tax on sugar, have given a giant's strength to the Ministry. M. SA IMAM, the author of a Life of Lafayette, has made the discovery that one of the letters for which La Fiance was prosecuted, was pirated from a work of his published in 1834. As it then appeared in a different form, this stamps part of the correspondence with the brand of forgery. CA BRE R A. --" Several papers,"says Saturday'sMoniteur,"h are announced the re-appearance of Calm era in Catalonia, at the head of some of his partisans. This news is false in every point. Cabrera has not quitted Hyeres. A report has also been spread in Spain that General Brujo, who was a refugee in France, had disappeard, and taken the direction of Catalonia. We can affirm that this General has not left his place of re sidence." The Journal des Debats, after having announced that the Emperor of Morocco recognises as a French subject every lgerine whether Jew or Musselaian, and that by proving himself such he will enjoy in Morocco the same privileges as the French, makes the following reflection :—" If we reflect that the Emperor of Morocco has been since the taking of Algiers almost a Pontiff to all the Messelmans in the western part of Algiers, that prayers are made in hisname, that Abd-el- Kader and all the tribes hostile to France acknowledge in general his supremacy, if we recollect all the circumstances which the enemies of Algeira attempted to draw from the in divisibility of the temporal and spiritual power among the Musselmans, we must acknowledge that the declaration of the Emperor of Morocco is a political success on which we may congratulate the Government. But this declaration proves that Morocco, to whom all the tribes with whom we have any connection attribute the legitimate sovereignty, ex plicitly recognises the right of France over the Musselmans re siding in the country of which she is mistress."—Moniteur. On the 27th of April a covered waggon passed through Rennes, loaded with four millions in gold, being a consignment from Hayti for the indemnity to the former planters. It is said that in this sum, which is almost exclusively composed of fo reign coin, there is a pretty considerable number of French gold pieces of the reign of Louis XIII. and Louis XIV. The waggon is escorted by a detachment which has accompanied it from Brest, and which is re-inforced by other detachments in each garrison which are necessarily changed.— Le Commerce. PBOURSE. •••..... APIS, FRIDAY: APRIL 30. First Highest Lowest Lint Price Price. Pm.- Prier French fl per Cents lB 9i ... 79 25 ... 78 95 ... 79 21 4 per Cents l4l 20 ... 99 21) ... 9y 20 99 2.) 3 per Cents 7B 91) . :8 10 ... 78 90 ... 19 10 'lank of trance Lattitte Bank 1.0001. S. arcs 16e5 ...1065 5„f;001. Stares 5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 50 celgian !Sank 5 per Cents. Nel.v Loan 101;4 ... 1 l ... 101% ... 101% ipanish Active l'4% ... 2414 ... 1:414 ... 2414 Passive 5% ... :.% ... 5% ... 5% Neapolitan IC3 73 ... 113'75 ... 1 13 75 ... 113 75 Roman IT AIL WAY SHARES. Versailles.R. B r6s ... 365 ... Vii ... 365 LB 23.3 75 ... 212 ...:33 75 ...:35 Rouen ..—...... .............. . 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 455 S:rustrurg to Bale k3B 73 ... ,238 75 ... 238 75 .. 2::8 75 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, APRIL 30. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares l6il _ Anglo-Russian Loan EI-% /ON Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Selios lO2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 914 97 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 87% l -,% Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 51% s.l!ii Ditto 5 per Cent • Polish Bonds New Ticket Angie-Danish Loan, 3 per Cer' 75% 75 Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent.,.. Spanish, New 5 per Cents EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG. APRIL 30.-13 64(.—Two months, 13 5 PETEasmnion, APRIL 20. --Two months, 38% pence. LBIPSIC, APRIL .26.—Two mo .ths, 6. 9.0%. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His HONOUR was occupied the entire day in hearing the arguments of Counsel on a motion respecting the taxation of a solicitor's bill of costs. h e case possessed not the least feature of interest. THE MARK ETS.--(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were moderate of English Grain, but good of Irish Oats. There was a fair fresh supply of most ar ticles. The proposed alteration in the Corn-laws made the buyers hesitate considerably, but being mostly out of stocks the decline in price was not great. Wheat 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower than last Monday, and all other kinds of Grain ls. per quarter cheaper, with some business done at these reductions. The millers were not disposed to aiter the price of Flour. PRICES os4 BOA Ku O$ Sri r Wheat,Red (old) -s. -s. Beans, Small (new) 42s 44s -....--- White (old) - 5 -5 (old) _-s ---,.... Ited1840) s2s. 555. - Tick (new) 35 37 , Fine 56s 59s --- (old) a -s - Superfine......6o3. t 4 3s. - /Jarrow (new) 3'5.39' --- White (1840 ....559. 5911. - 3 Fine 403.645. Brank ...-s.-s. --Superfine 66s 70A Oats,Feed --; S. ----Foreign free 51 ' l ° _ _s. _.. •••••+••••••••••. New 18.2: 2s. Byt :Bs. 403. - Poland - ..... , Barley .25, 33,. New 2'3-.25 6 . - Grinding 24s 283. - Potatoc -A ff. - Malting 30..345. Malt s6s. Ws. - Scorch 26,.2f s. -. Fine New Ws. 63a. - Irish 174. ... 20.. Ws. Prase, Grey, New firs. 3.95. Flour Town (per back).- 5.L 58s. - Maple New 40, 425. - Seconds 43 3. : 2s. - White 345. 365. ------...- North Country...4Si 50 . - Boilers 37s. 38,. Brass 9 Ml's. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURINII LAST W , EEI-, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. , Flow - , English Irish - -. 10,3r0 1 - 1". reign SMITHFIELD. We had a heavy supply of Cattle, but moderate of other stock. The demand was pretty good at a reduction of full 2d. per stone on all kinds of Beef. Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and Pork at Friday's prices. Bea , ts, 2,773 ; Sheep and Lambs, 18,980; Pigs, 450 ; Calves, 93. Beef, 3s. 4d. t o 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 4s. to 5s ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. Bd. to 6s. Bd. TEA MARKET. The demankvras good for Congou and Twanlcay by bath the town and country dealers, and full prices were paid-ls. 5 1 ,4 d. to Is, 60. for cash. Company's Congou i n f a i r de man d at Is. 514 per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. In prime this morning little doing, and the holders retrain ed firm. Fine Yellow Candle was I , eld for 483. on the spot. The trade were disposed to purchase for actual want only. PROVISION MARKET. The demand for Irish Butter was very dull, and the few parcels sold were at lower prices,_ from 965. to 9.:15. per cwt. Fcreign Butter also lower, and the demand very limited, from 104 s. to 106 s. per cwt. Lard in moderate demand, at 10s. for prime bladders. Bacon very firm in price, but not much in demand ; last quotation 58s. to 60s. per cwt; WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. Prices continue depres , ed in consequence of the supplies being very large and considerably more than the deman .1 ; the buyers were very cautious, and confined their purchases chiefly to the best descriptions:-York, red, 725. to 90s. ; Scotch, red, 465. to 68s. ; Guernsey and Jersey, 655. to 68s. ; and Kent, Essex, and Suffolk, 565. to 6;25. per ton. .............-.--__ REVENUE.—From a return recently moved for by Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., it appears that the payments into the Exchequer of British revenue from 1800 to 1841 amounted in that period to 1,956,049,6614 and that the pay ments into the Exchequer of Irish revenue, during the same period, amounted to 150 ,189,3401. KEMBLE S BLUNDER, oR, THE HORSE AND THE LADY.--A ludicrous circumstance occurred one morn ing during Kemble's management at Covent Garden. A gentleman was shown into the green-room, whose object was to treat about an engagement for his daughter; but as about this hour a horse dealer had been appointed to the manager, whose head ran very much upon his stud, mistook one for the other, end began by asking the father of Melpomene, " How old is she ?" " Sixteen last May, sir." " Oh, she's aged, then, and won't do for tl'e hard work ; pray is she qtiet ?" '6 Perfectly. I never knew a gentler creature." " Elsa she been long in town 1" " I only brought her up with n.e a truck ego from East Grinstead." " 1145 she been prof erly bandied?" " Mr. Thelvvall has given her some lessons " ‘• Has she bee., ever between the pillars?"- S:r, I don't understand you." " Well, well, no matter ; if your terms are mode rate, I dare say we shall not diff'r." " Sir, that I leave entirely to yourself; she is below, shall I tiling her up to you ?" " 13:ieg her up? oh, n o (emily grimly), give her to my groom ; he'll pat her into a s tall till I cone down to look at her." " Ito a stall, Si r ?" " Yea, Sir, into a stall to be sure; and as you say she i 4 quite gentle, and, I presume, perfectly sound, I am deter Mined to by her my self. My friend Morton is writing a melo-drama, in which I am to perform ; and I am determined, should we close the bar gain, to make nzy entree upon her back !" ." Upon her back —upon my daughter's back, Sir ! Sir, do you mean to affront me ?" " Sir, I beg ten thousand pardonS, but don't you come from the Cumberland-mews?" "No, I came from East Grinstead." "With a mare?" "No, with my daughter." Got by Skyscraper out. of Andromache?" " No, she is the first-born of my own and my ever-lamented wife, Mary Mug gins's loins." " Bless my soul, Sir, I have been betrayed into a great mistake ; but lam glad we happened to be alone— (solemnly taking a pinch of snittf)—sueh meetings should be private.' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LlNTEnroor, COTTON MARKET, MAY I.—The business in Ole Cotton 'market to-day has been very limited, and the saes amount to 2,000 bales to the trade, and 500 to exporters ; prices for all descriptions remain at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET , APRIL 30.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange this day have been as follows : Eastern Counties, sh ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 38 ; Glas gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 29i ; Great Western, 201. shares, I I ; Liverpool and Manchester, 200; Yerk and North Mid land new shares, 23. No alteration to report in prices. MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY I.—Railway stock is steady in price, with few exceptions :—Manchester and Leeds, 59; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 38 39 ; Glasgow, Pais ley, and Greeno c k, 27a Manchester and lirmingham, 251 26; London and South Western, 58 59; Ditto, Tenths, 445. 445. 6d. A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Rnyal Tar steamer. The accounts from that quarter will be found in another part of the Hy the arrival of the Acadia steamer American papers have been received to the 17th April, but they furnish no intelli gence respecting the President steamer. United States Bank Shares had fallen from 21 to 17i, and the Exchange upon England was 74 to 8. The Hamburgh mail arrived this morning with papers of the 30th April, bringing the Exchange upon London, at 13 5, same as per last post. Gold, 429; Metal, 107 1 ; Bank Ac tions, 1,660. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, APRIL 30.—At the opening of the Bourse, the National Funds were again lower, but later in the day a re-action took place, and the prices were firmer at the close. Ardoin's Spanish followed the impulse of the fa lat Antwerp, and remained / 1 under the price of yesterday. Great sales were made owing to the liquidation. THE FUNDS. By the returns published of the Bank averages it appears that the circulation has increased 50,00‘)/., the deposits have increased 43,0001., the securities have decreased 246,000/., the stock of bullion has increased 299,000. The British funds have become heavy, and Consuls have re ceded from the opening prices of 90A * to 90 for the Account, Aioney, 891, owing to the expected dissolution of Parliament. Exchequer Bills, 12 14 prem ' • Bank Stock, 166 163; India Stock, 253 255 ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices are much the same as they left off on Saturday. Spanish Active, a shade lower, 23* ; Deferred, 14 ; Passive, 5i ; Portuguese, 34* ; Three per Cents., 20* % • Colombian, 22% 23; Mexican, 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a:Half per Cents., 52i A; Five per Cents., 99; 4 . SII A RES.—Great Western, aoi 31i prem. ; New, 151 / prem. ; London and Brighton, 1 j dis. ; Blackwall, 5h 5 d.s. ; Birmingham, 72 74 prem. ; Southampton, 53% 59 per share ; Croydon, 14* 3/4 per share ; Greenwich, 8* per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Gre,t Western Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Manchester and Leeds ... 70 HALT-PAST ONE. Both the British and Foreign markets are exceedingly heavy, although there has been but little business doing to the present time. A report prevails that the Secretary of the Treasury has resigned, and that others of the Administration intend to follow. Everything has a sombre appearance in the City, both in respect to commercial affairs as well as the fund , . Money is getting rather tight, and it is expected that a dissolution will take place earlier than expected. Consol4 have receded to 891 for the Account; Money, 894 ; Exchequer Bills, 12 11 13 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1661 167 ; India Stock, 252/ ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. The Foreign Market is also in a dull state, with scarce any thing doing ; Spanish Active, no quotation ; Deferred, 12/ ; Portuguese, 34; Mexican; 29; C o l om bian, 22/ 8 ; Brazilian, 69 ; Dutch Five per Cents., 99/. The Share Market is stagnant. London and Brighton, 48 ; Great Western, 95 ; London and Birmingham, 162. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Account, 891 90 ; Mexican, 29/ ; Portuguese, 331 34/ ; Spanish, 23/ I. Market flat. THE CITY COMPTROLLER.—The high and extremely profitable situation of City Comptroller, having be come vacant by the severe and hopeless illness of Mr. Heokey, who has filled the office for several years, there is a good deal of excitement amongst the members of the Corporation cs to the probable successor. The office not yet being declared va cant there has not been a starting of candidates, but the fol lowing gentlemen are spoken of as ready to start. Mr. Thomas Saunders, the unsuccessful opponent of Mr. harles Pearson for the City Solicitorship; Mr. James. the Secondary; Mr. Timothy Tyrrell, the Solicitor to theCommistioners of Sewers; and Mr. Brand, the Comptroller of the Bridge-house Estates. It is believed, too, that there are a couple of the members of the Corporation who have an eye to the place, and that an at tempt will be made to suspend an essential Standing Order of the Court which at present negatives their eligibility. It is certain that many of the enormous emoluments which pressed very hard upon the health of poor Mr. Hookey will be cut away from his successor, and that the 4,0001. a-year hitherto arising from it will drop into the less unwieldy bulk of 1,6001., beyond which it ought never to have been raised upon any pretext whatever. Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., for Windsor, has resigned his •flice of Financial Secretary of her Majesty's Treasury. _ _ The General Steam Navigation Company's ves sel the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom .house at seven o'clock a.m. yesterday, with the Dutch mail, after a favourable passage of 23 hours ; also the Neptune, H. Whittingham, from Hamburgh, arrived at two a.m. this day, 'with the Hamburgh mail, after a favourable passage of 44 hours. VOLTAIRE attended our rehearsals, as well as our performances at Fcrney. I can fancy I see him now, in his every-day dress, consisting of grey stockings and grey shoes, a large waistcoat of baths descending nearly to his knees, a large wig squeezed into a little black velvet cup, turned upin front; the whole completed by a obe.de charnbre, likewise ( f baths, the c irners of whichNhe would sometimes tuck into the waistband of his small-clothes. Arrayed in this costume, any - other person would have looked like a caricature ; but the appearance of Voltaire, so far from suggesting any idea of the ridiculous, was eal. culated to command respect and interest. On ordinary occasions, when he happened to enter into conversation with any of the members of our theatrical troop, his man ner was marked by good-humoured familiarity. But when he superintended our rehearsals there was a truce with pleasantry ; then he was all in all the dramatic poet ; and one, too, whose correct judgment, and refined taste, were not to be easily satisfied. --Theodore Hook's French Stage. INFANCY.—An infant requires a secretion afforded by another's system, and requires this to be brought, to it; it requires others to keep it warm, to protect it from injury, to keep it c'ean, and to tend it in every way : and I suspect, for reasons which I shall hereafter give, that a living influence was communicated to it in uthes, by the maternal fluids which entered into its system, and by the surrounding body of its mother is whom it lay, and that, after birth, a living influence is communicated of the highest importance in the milk poured into its system di rectly from its mother's breast without the intervention of a moment for this to lose its vital properties, and by the contact of the mother when it is lying in her bosom. Not only do childrea generally die which are fed wills milk that has stood in vessels atter having been taker* from the breast of a brute, and with vegetable mater, whatever care be taken of them; but chickens which are hatched and afterwards kept warm artificially, though their food is the same, and the utmost care he bestowed upon them, ac quire size and vigour more slowly than those which have the benefit of the hen's nursing, and therefore the contact of her body. There s;as an old idea that animal heat was different from common heat. The moderns argue that caloric is always calo'ic, and that therefore the wisdom of our ancestors in this matter was fully. But though ca. loric is always caloric, it does not follow that with it some other principle may not co-exist in animals and be commu nicated. I know a clergyman in Essex who has severe pains iu his legs relieved by no other friction than with the hand of another, nor by any other warmth than that comintl nic. ted to his lower extremities when sitting between two persons, as is a coach, in wb ch he was struck with the discovery. The aged David had good reason on his side, when he bad a young virgin to tie in his bosom. The communicator of course looses in propo'rti in, and therefore Dr. Copland declares ha has frequently known children become weak and pe:e from sleeping with the aged. The greatest foe of the church, therefore, cannot doubt the pro priety of its order that a man shall not marry his grand. mother. While a woman can sear children, she is in the prime of life, and therefore not in a state to derive vigour from her infant, bet to impart vigour to it. If old women bred, their nursing as mothers would probably be delete rione —Elliotson's Human Physiology. AN ENGLISH GOVERNESS IN PARIS.—We find the following narrative in the Constitutionnel:— " M. X—, a gentleman of independent fortune, father of a family, a widower, and still young, resident in the Marais, had taken into his house, as governess, a young lady, from London, to direct the education of his children, and especially to teach them English. Mme. A— pos sessed all the agreeable qualities of a prety English woman ; she had an air of sentimental coquetry, long fair hair,•beautiful blue eyes, a slender waist, and she was two-and-twenty. Two days ago, at breakfast time, M. X—, at first surprised, end then uneasy, at not seeing Mite. A—, went to her room door, which he found locked. He went down stairs, and asked the concierge if he had seen her go out. The answer was in the negative. The anxiety of M. X— was redoubled; he thought she most be ill, so he sent fur a locksmith and had her door opened. M. X. went in himself first, thinking that, it she were not dead, she was, at least, in one of those delicate and romantic nervous crises to which taste; in Groat Britain are subject ; but, not finding her any where in the room, he stood as it were thunderstruck. On a sudden af, tal thought came ever him. " I have been robbed 1" he exclaimed; and, rushing to his secretaiie, found that two notes, of I,ooof. each, and a quantity of jewels, worth 20,000/. had disappeared. It has since been ascertained that Madame A. had left the day before, but in what direction she went is not yet known. Mean time M. X. who is inconsolable for the loss of his jewels, bas been to relate the whole affair to the commis:ary of police of his quarter. WEEPING.—Yourg wo nen are full of tears; they all weep as bitn riy for the lots of a new dress as for e loss of a old 1 wer. They veal', weep far an) thiriff, or for netting. They will scold you to d ath fur act i 'ally tearing a yew gown, and weep for spite that they c .nnct be revenged on you. They will play the coquette i i your presence, and weep when you are absent. They wilt weep whet they cannot go to a bell or to a tea-paiti or heeaase th. it patents still not permit them to run away w•th a scamp ; they will weep because they cannot have e•eryti ing their own way. Married women weep t) con tra:Ai; tears are the most potent arms of matrimonial war fare. If a gruff husband has abused his wife, she weeps, and he e'enta, and promises better behaviour. How many met have gone to bed in wrath, and risen in the morning quite subiued by tears and a curtain-lecture 1 Women eep to get at their husband's secrets, and they also weep when their own secrets have been revealed. They weep thrcth;h pride, through vanite, through folly, through cun ning, through weakness. They will weep for a husband's misf etune, while they scold Lim, and, at the same time, a woman w'll weep (,vrr the dead body nf her husband, while her wi 1 a,lt her neighbours how she is fitted w:th her mournings. • She sometimes weeps for one hus band, that she may get ar.other. ABOLITION OF THE CORN-LAWS Immediately on receiving the account, on Saturday morning, by the Second Edition of Me Sun newspaper, of Lord John Russell's notice of motion the previous evening, for a Committee to consider the Corn-law, the Council of the Na tional Anti-Corn-law League forwarded the fol lowing circular to all the Branch Associations : NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. Sir— The Council of the National Anti-6;;;;; — League seize the earliest moment for calling- yot.r attention to the announcement made by Lord John Rus,ell yesterday, of his intention to move for a Committee of the House, on the 31st instant, to consider the Corn-law. As the decision of the House upon the measure will depend mainly upon the force of public opinion which may be brought to bear upon the Representatives of the people, the Council most earnestly entreat you to lose no time in procuring pm i tions, holding meetings, and making every possible demon. st, atiim in favour of the immediate abolition of the Corn and Provision laws. It will be seen that Lord John Russell's notice of motion refers to the Corn-laws exclusively, and the Council recom mend that the question be kept distinct from that of the Im port Duties. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, By order of the Council, 11Ianchester,'11lay 1, 1841. GEO. WILSON, Chairman. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 3.—Wind this day at noon N.E., heavy rain. LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind S.S.E. 2. Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrived the Paris, King, from New Orleans ; Emerald, Buenos Ayres ; Cera, Honduras ; Fleurs, Havannah ; Queen, Hoscason, New Orleans; Mountaineer, Hickey, Savannah ; Queen Victoria, Black, Mobile. Sailed the Robert Hender son, for Batavia; Camoens, Trinidad; Wiiliam and Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Manchester, Boston ; 'Queen of Britain, Alex andria ; Rhoda, Leghorn ; Isabel, Singapore ; Elva Heywood, Monte Video; Jersey Tar, Pernambuco; Leo, Quebec. A large steamer has hove to off B. M. Beacon, waiting for water to enter the Victoria Channel. 520 P.M.—The telegraph has just announced that the steamer is entering the Victoria Oran nel, but has not shown her numbers. Arrived off, the Aca dia steamer, from Boston. DEAL, MAY 'L.—Wind SW., fresh breeze.—Arrived Forti tude, from Singapore, with loss of boat, bulwarks, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea off Cape Finisterre ; Bolivar, Cadiz. Arrived from the River, William Metcalfe, fur Port Philip; Andromeda, Singapore ; Larkins, Madras ; Samaran, do. ; Arid, Mauritius; Havanna, for Antigua; Belvidere, for Montreal ; John Horsfer, Cape Coast Castle PORTSMOUTH, MAY. 2.—Wind W.—Arrived, Samson, from London, and sailed for New York. Sou'r HA 114 pr oN, MAT 1 . —Arrived Ro)al Tar, from Gib raltar, left 22d ult., Cadiz, 23d, Lisbon, 26th, Oporto, 27th, Vigo, 28th. COWES, MAY 2.—Arrived Elizabeth Maria, from Havannah. DAhTMOUTM.—Arrived, Ellen Gillman, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind E. to S.E., fresh breezes.— Arrived, Oriental, and proceeded for Malta ; Eleanor, Sophie, Messina ; Skiold, do. PENZANCE APRIL 30.—Arrived the Juno, Jans, from Ma tanzas; Major Ogilvie, Xagua ; Robert Taylor, Shields for Miramichi. The Sylvia revenue cutter is off the port, having a ship in tow, with loss of fore and main topmasts ; they are reaching to the eastward on a wind. GUERNSEY, APRIL 28.—Arrived the Maria, from Havan nah. Sailed the Rollo, for Labrador ; Christy and Jean, ditto ; Concord, ditto; Laurel, ditto ; Flora, ditto ; Superb, ditto ; Canopus, ditto. SWANSEA, MAY I.—Arrived the Alexander, Harvey, Cuba. CLYDE, Arasa 30.—Sailed the John, Mitchell, for Cal cutta; Commodore, Rio Janeiro; Rowallem, Trinidad; Ariel, ditto ; Rainbow, Montreal; Clutha, New York. ISLAY ' APRIL 28.—The Agnes, f r o m th e Clyd e t o Sli go , put into Lochindahl yesterday ; the master reports, that when lying to off Arranmure i n a ga l e , 24th i ns t., there was a barque and schooner close to leeward, when a shower, with a heavy squall came on. and upon its clearing up, he saw the barque, with nothing but her lower masts standing, but no sight of the schooner, from which circumstance he is fearful the latter is lost. WHITBY, APRIL 2.—The Prince of Wales, of Newcastle, and Harmony, of Sunderland, ran on Whitby rock this morn ing during a fog, but are expected to be got off'. WATERFORD APRIL 28.—Arrived the Peace, Davies, from Swansea, with foss of boats, bulwarks, &c. Sailed the Mar garet, for Trinidad ; John, Newfoundland ; Don, Reed, Mira inichi ; Perseverance, Kingston, Courtmasherry. CORK, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Jubilee, Aneerson, from Monte Vidoo ; Huron, Sibbeson, Savannah, with loss of rud der. Sailed the Barbara Ann, Atkinson, for Newfoundland; King of Tyre, Smarden, ditto ; Elizabeth, Wilson, ditto ; Cremore, Shepley, London. Off port, Middleton, Tennan, from Buenos Ayres. BELFAST, APRIL 30.—Sailed the Lady Mary Fox, Sower by, for Demerara; St. Mary, Gruby, Quebec. The Queen, Hawkins, from Shields to Londonderry, was driven ashore in this harbour, during a violent gale, on the 24th ult.—part, if not all the cargo must be discharged before she can be got off. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—A large French ship, with main and mizen masts gone, bound to Honfleur, was passed on the 27th April, in long. 8, by the Flora, Jansen, arrived here for Ant werp. Ihe Elizabeth and Ann, Lowosd, for Liverpool, was driven on the rocks during a gale on the 24th, and must discharge. Arrived the Cato, Hehr, from Malaga; John Rencock, for Sydney, New South Wales ; Runnymede, ditto, for ditto; Ann, ditto, for Quebec; Margaret Ogilvie, Smith, ,Cuba. Sailed the Goede, Hinsight, for Tarragona. BRISTOL, MAy 2.—Arrived the Pomona, Smith, from Tri nidad; lona, Alexandria. SHIELDS, MAY I.—Sailed. the Clementina, for Barcelona; Honor, Constantinople. THE BUDGET.—The resolution actually passed by the House of Commons on Friday night was, " that towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, the sum of 11,006;0001. be raised by . k.xchequter Bills for the service of the }ear 1841." This resolution is to ibe reported to the House to day. '1 he sugar duties are to be consid e red on Friday. EXCHEQUER.—A Parliamentary return, just published, states the balance actual ly remaining on the books of the Bank of England to the credit of the Exchequer on the sth of April, 1841, to have been 718,131/. 13s Bd., and the balance at the Bank of Ireland on account of the said Exchequer to have been at the same period 424,8.311. 14s. 3d. DINNER TO E. GIBBON WAKEFIELD, ESQ.— On Saturday last a grand entertainment was given at the Cla rendon Hotel, by the Directors of the New Zealand Company, to Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Esq., on the occasion of that gentleman leaving this country for Canada. The Governor of the Company presided, assisted by Viscount Ingestre, Lord Petre, t Hon. Francis Baring, M.P., Mr. J. A. Smith, M. P. , 111 r. A glionby, M.P., Ale.erman Thompson, M.P., Al derman Copeland, M. P., Mr. I hitt, M. P., and other Direc tors of the Company. Among the guests:invited to meet Mr. Wakefield were, Viscount Howi ck, 111. P., Lord Eliot, 111. P., Lord Fitzallan, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Hussey Vivian, M.P., Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, m_p., Mr. Charles Buller, M.P., and Mr. Ward, M.P. We mentioned last week, on the authority of an occasional correspondent, that Captain Richard Anthony Rey.. nolds was about to be restored to the army ; but having made inquiries in the proper quarter, we were led to caution our readers against taking the on dit for more than it appeared to us to be worth. A military contemporary, however, improved upon this report, and added that Captain R. A. ,Reynolds would be gazette(' to the 14th Light Dragoons last night, and that the announcement of his * having sold out to Capt. 'rouge would appear in the same Gcczette. We have made further inquiries on the subject, anti find that these statements are wholly without foundation. The authorities at the Horse Guards have never, we lamead to say, for one moment, con templated the restoration of Captain R. A. Reynolds to the serv,ce, nor is such an event at all likely to take place at pre sent.— United Service Gazette. ACCIDENT AT LONDON-BRIDGE.—On Satur day a serious accident occurred to:the Royal Mar gate-steamer, at London-bridge, which caused much alarm and excitement on the river. The vessel got up her steam et her moorings off the Custom-honse, and at nine o'clock she got under weigh with the intention of going alongside the upper wharf, next tiro bridge, to take in pas sengers f.a. Margate. The tide we a running up very strung at the time, which drifted her tow. ;Ha the bridge, and the usual precautions to bring the ye Ise' alongside the quay ee:e resorted to; . and as she nea.-ed London-bridge the order was given by Mr. Allen, hr :r pilot, who was on the paddle-box, for the engines to be reversed, and go e-stern. The engineer attempted to perform rfiis operation, but ti the engines being overheated„ they would not net, and to save her from going athwart nbe bridge, direc tions were given to let go her anchor. The anchor was let go, but the rope got foul, and it wool d not hold. Di rectly afterwards the vessel came athwai t hawse of the pier of the second arch, and swung round stern foremost, which brought the mainmaq in contact with the crown of the second arch, and immediately carried it aw ay. The funnel next fell with a tremendous noise ; and, lastly, the fore mast, amid the crashing of spars and tiro bar, came down. No further obstacle to the progress of the vessel took place, end she drifted through the arc h, and was soon afterwards brought up about midway bet ween London and Southwark bridges. The companions were crushed by the falling of the masts and funnel, an.d the fragments of masts and spars were strewed about the d ecks. At eleven o'clock the dismasted steamer, which has sustained damage to the amount of 5001., was taken in tow by a steam-tug, and carried down the River to the e ngi neer's factory, et Lirnehouse for repairs. None of the era w were injured ; but bad such an occurrence happeo ted when the decks were covered with passengers, a fea,f xt loss of lite would have taken place. The Mercury, C apt,in Turner, pro e"edel to Margate with the passenge. rs intended for the Royal William. WALSALL.—The recent ate ippage of Messrs. Barber and Marshall's bank has add ed materially to the gloom and distress which were before too prevalent in this town and neighbourhood ; for though. but little commer cial business was transacted at this he ate , , there was enough to affect the interests of some trac',esm en by the failure. Among the deposits there is, wt belie ye, a consilcraEe amount belonging to benefit s.o ' eieties • the members o f which as well as many private individuals, had no doubt placed their money there induced by the higher rate of interest which they received. It should he known that benefit societies, hav',ng deposits in the bank, enrolled according to law, and h avingt previously ap pointed Messrs. Barber and Mar. shall their treasurers, would, by the provisions of the Fri endly Societies' Arta, be entitled to a preference overt ether creditors. Mr. Gladstone, the Member for the borough, has engaged to present to the House of Commons the petition from the electors for the abolition of the Cor t.a-laws, but says that, 't beli7ving, as he does, that a free t rade in cern would net conduce to the welfare of this cour, try, he regrets that he cannot support its prayer." Thi , j mig,ht have been ex ce 1 ; but will it s.tisfy the eke tora a. We believe not. Foca with the present registry th are is good reason to an ticipate that, were an election to take place next week, the electors of the borough woe 1(1 not again return a sup pt ver of the bread-tax. Se workshops, monev-clubs, and feral (ale r retitions from other suci t'ee, pra)ing for total repeal, have b ea this we e k transmitted to the honour_ able gentleman for presents kic In our last we stated that Zephaniah Williams and four convicts had run away from Port Arthur. It appears that Williams, who is a n overseer of the coal mines, found in the bush a boat, a; Id the convicts Is ho had concealed it knew that, unless they forced him away with ti em, they would be ciiscovered ; so they took him Away with them, and at the first home he came to after leaviag the remainder of the men, he ga rt! himself up, and is now in gaol at Richmond. We a-e gild to hear the conduct of Wihiams, sinct , his arrival here, has bren extremely exemplary. We have heard 0 mt some of the Canadians have escaped from Green P rids, under rather estrr.- ordinary circuinstances,—Hot art Town Advertiser, Nov. 24, 1841. EVI - 41NING EIDTTJON. IMPORTANT MEETING OF TILE NEW ZEALAND. COMPANY On Saturday the general annual meeting of this Cornralrr, took place; Joseph Soatritsi : Esq., in :the chair. A fu n attendance of Directors, and a numerous body of the Share holders was present.' The report congratulated the shareholders upon the recognition of New Zealand by the Government Is a p,rtion of the British empire, and upon the .. accordance ; of a charter by the Crown. It stated that the affairs of the Corn' anY are extremely flourishing, and that with reference to the -fatiour able aecounts from Part Nicholson,—to the extensive : roles of land in 0 . 14 second (i rjectc:l) settlement,. t.r the choice and survey oe the site of which an expedition sait,ed from Gravesend on the 27th ultimo, and to the general tendency to Seleci 'New Zealand as the field of em igra:ion, it s frit ure prospects are , c osily satisfactory. Itproceeded to strte that the Company wars impe ratively called upon to demonstrate that its measures were not merely of a sdtith nature, and that its attention had exeribeep most lively engaged in an enlarged and gem rous'ilW of the claimsof the brave men who hadundertaken, under ifs auspices , the arduous 'task of establishing in - one of : the re motest islands of the Sou,hern hemisphere a new and most important dependency of the British Crown. Taking this vs a principle, ai,d to give proof of the sincerity of its public spirit, the Directors.. first proposed to encourage, by means of a bounty, the establishment of a line of packets for letters arid pss:engershetween New Zealand and the western coast of the Lthmus of Darien,. from whence it would he easy to commu nicate with Chagres on the eastern coast, to which place a re gular lice of steam packets, in connection with the Post-officer will soon commence running. This route would expedite the passage from England to New Zealand to about 70 days, thus rendering those islands the nearest, instead of the most remote, of the southern colonies of the Crown. The Directors also proposed by the instrumentality in the first instal C 3 of the Company (though it was expected that such an institution would soon pay its oun expenses) to establish seminary or college for the education of youths intended for colonial career. Amongst many other important announce ments it was stated that an arrangement with the Church Society of New Zealand had been entered into, and that the Company had contributed liberally for the endowment: of $ Bishopric in those islands. A dividend of three per cent. was declared, and of er, ex pressing its satisfation at the state of its affairs, and voting its cordi3l thanks to the Directors, the meeting was dissolved. " — A dinner was given, at the Clarendon, in the evecing to F. G. Wakefield, Esq., at which that gentleman was highly complimented by Lords Howick and Eliot, and other distice guished persons present, upon the great success which had waited upon every step of the Wakefield sys' ern of colonization. BELGIUM. MUSSELS, SATURDAY, MAY I.—By the quarterly official return of the produce of the public Revenue of Belgium. it appears that the first three months of 1841 have yielded a trifle more than the like period in 1840. In the taxes on beer , vinegar, foreign vines, salt, &c., and in the post-office, and stamps, there has been a small decrease ; which however is more than compensated by the increase in the customs, and especially in the receipts of the railways, which now present s regular and most satisfactory progression in a financial view. The quarter ending 31st March produced 1,174,000 fr.-; . being 225,000 fr. beyond the amount in the correspondicg three months of 1840. We have not the advantage of knowing what sort of'm Sion the present King of Sardinia is ; but we confess that we lave formed a very favourable opinion of his Majesty's taste and esprit, simply from reading an account of his first visit 'tbe other day to Sardinia, where, upon landing in state, amidst the firing of cannon at Cagliari, he " begged the authorities not t ° make the harangues usual on such occasion." How many 10 1. fortunate dignitaries must ha-ze felt a similar desire, without having the courage to express it ! A (eplor abl e accident, of which the details are not yet fully known, happened on Thursday morning in the coalmine of the Societe des Charbonnages et Hauts-fovrneaux d'Ougree, near Liege. About nine o'clock an explosion of gas took place in the mine, in the must of the unfortunate workmen. The cause is unknown, for the usual precautionary examination had been made in the morning, before the miners went down • and tb° ventilation was found to be in a proper state. A n alarm was, immediately given, and assistance p r omptly ren d ere d f rom a ll the neighbouring establishments, the authorities, and the me dical men. The extent of the calamity was not known, but in the afternoon twenty workmen were still missing, and seve ral had been taken out of the mine more or less injured. On Wednesday Lord Combermere and family. who have, been Tending some time in this country, returned to E ng land on board the Princess Victoria steamer, from Antwerp to London. The General Steam Navigation Compant's vessel Solo reached Antwerp from London last evening before five o'clock , with 46 passengers, among whom whre Sir P. BeDew, Mr- Walter and family. Robberies have been rather frequent lately in the file' bourgs of Brussels ; and some are effected with a dying violence which greatly aggravates the offence. The sulael ring at houses where they have reason to know there is only one person at home at the time (between nine and ten o'clocg at night), and as soon as the door is opened rush irs, over power the servant, whom they gag or terrify into silence, and then rob the house. The other evening an attempt of this roe ture was made on the house of an English gentleman in the Rue Royale Exterieure; but the servant, although attacked by three men the instant he opened the door, called out vigorously ; and his master, who by good fortune had (value home eat tier than usual, hastened to his aid. After a severe contest, in which the master and servant received some violeslt bruises, the rascals were put to flight, and the police is it , quest of them. A door-chain of iron, which would ena'ole the door to be partially opened without admitting intrudes*, might be a useful precaution in houses somethnes left in the charge cf one man or of females only.—Brilish Gazette,. s Brussels paper. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—EarI Howe has consented to take the Chair at the ensuing anniversary disk' ner of this excellent charity on the 14th of this month. The Hospital has proved a great blessing to the poor of the pore bus neighbourhood in which it is situated, as well as to the metropolis at large, as may indeed be gathered from the fact+ that within the last eleven months 1,060 in-patients and 5,624 out-patients have participated in its benefits. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 26.—The bulletin Wednesday says that the Crown Prince is so far recovered that no more bulletins will be issued. THE WEATHER.—The spring is now over--- to-day we commence with summer, and if the season before U prove as favourable as the one we have left behind, we shall hive a right beautiful season. Vegetation is in an unusually ad vanced state, and it could not fail to be so, for the spring which is just over, has not been excelled by any withina the memory of man. The seeds have been committed to the ground in the most favourable circumstances, and the braird of wheat and corn is looking very healthy. The grass fields,. also, are in an advanced state; the blossom is on the fruit , trees, and if no ungenial blasts occur soon we may anticipate' a plentiful harvest, both in the field and in the orchard. The' past week has been the warmest of the season, and there is no' appearance of a change of weather.—Leeds Times. LAUNCH AT GREENOCK.—On Saturday, the Tweed steam frigate, of 1,838 tons new measurement, was, launched from the buildi ng - yar d o f M essrs. T homson and Speirs, ship-builders. G reenoc k. Thi s b e i ng t h e second ves se l of the West Indian line of steam-packets built at Greenock , considerable interest was excited as to the successful issue of the launch. At half-past one o'clock every situation that could command a view of the launch was crowded to excess. At two o'clock, while the men were clearing every thins' the dagger snapped, and away went th e T wee d In beautiful style, into her destined element, amid the cheers of thousands. In the hurry, one of the shores at the stem had got fastened by a rope to a timber of the vessel' and was carried along through a crowd of the people, and We are sorry to say that five men and a boy were dangerously' wounded and bruised, and had to be carried home on boards and in noddies. The boy has since died, and fears are.entet , tamed that one or two of the men will not recover. The Tweed was taken in tow by two powerful tug steamers, but she was too many for them, an d d r if te d d own on a schoone r lying at the tail of the bank, and did considerable damage to the vessel. Another powerful steamer had to go to the rescue, and by seven o'clock she was safely moored alongside of the East India Quay, where she is to get is her machinery. WEALTHY VP- GRANT.—On Monday night an old Highlander arrived in Cupar from Dundee, on his routele Edinburgh. After obtaining liberty to get lodgings, and having received charity to pay the same, no person would take poor Donald in. He then applied to the police, who ac commodated him with a bed. Upon being searched, as is etts tomary, Donald declared that lie h ad "no mole but one Denny. my dear." However, Donald's word was not taken, and after being divested of his upper garments, meal bags, sc., he wag found to be worth more than he intended should be known , In the inside of the cuff of one of the sleeves of his old eves was fund three pound notes, neatly stitched there, and in the' other two in the same manner—in a small purse attached to' his garter 193. 6d. in slyer—and in a concealed pocket in his; trousers, Is. 24d., which, with the penny, amounted altogether to 6/. Os. 94d. When the discovery was male poor Dorntld'iP " Oigh ! Otglt !" was truly pitiable—his whole covering wa s ; not worth the 94d. Next morning Donald was elevated on the' top of the coach for Edinburgh at his own expense.—Edin burgh Paper. _ PICTURE OF A SAVAGE.--I observed a iv . ..titre on the opposite bank, and, without being seen by Kim, I stood awhile to watch the habits of a savage man at L o me , His bands were ready to st ize, his teeth to eat, any living thing ; his step, light and soundless as that of a -Indoor gave no intimation of his approach ; his walk sagges:vd the idea of the prowling of a beast of prey; eT cr y little track or impression left on the earth by the losleetenittiala caught his keen eye, but the trees overhelAd .chiefly en gaged his attention Deep in the hollov, heart of some of the upper branches wai still bidden, as it seemed, the opossum on which he was to dine. TV,e wind blew cold and keenly through the lofty trees Ott the river margin. Set that brawny savage was entirely raked. Had I ball unarmed, I had much rather met a 'licit., than that sinew) , biped; but I was on horseback,. pistols in my bol sters, and the broad river was Bowing between us. 4 I overlooked him front a high ban's, and I ventured t o dis turb his meditations with a hal/ 00. Ho thee stood still, looked at me for about a mini Ate, and then returned, with that easy bounding kind of step which may be termed a running walk, exhibiting unrestrained facility of movr ment, apparently inconnistible with dress of any kind. It it in bounding lighth at such a pace, that, with the ad ditional aid of the watramerab (a short notched stick), the native. can thre,w his spear with sufficient force and ve• locity to kill the emu or kangaroo, even when at its speed. —Major Mito'nell's Third Lxpedition into the Interior of Eastern Awit Since writing %hat appears elsewhere on the subject of Lord Cardigan, we have - heard, and we are in clined t o cons id er th e report as authentic, that the Secretary at War has so far overcome the scruples of the authorities at the. Horsta Guards, in regard to his Lordship, th a t th ey h a ve , reluctantly decided that he must take the earli es t co nv enient opportunity of « selling out." Mr. Ma cau l ay is said to have convinced Lord Hill, that any further protection of his Lord ship by the military administration of the country, cannot fail of being productive a the worst consequences to the dis cipline and well-being of the Army ; and that unless 11 I Lordship, at length, consents to the step, which circumstances have so long rendered nec e s sary, a change in the manage ment of the affairs of the Army will inevitably be called fort in a tone so imperative as to make a further resistance to pub lic opinion dangerous, if not impos ih!e. The Noble Earl has consequently received notice to quit ; but is to be allowed the grace of having himself orip:riated his retirement. The Sunday flogging affai r h as proved the last drop to the cup fdl of official endurance.— United Service Gazette. STOCKROLM, APRIL 23.—After a warm de bate of three. days the Chamber of Nobles had resisted, by majority of 155 to 69, the liproposal for a charge in the repre sentat on, by which the fate of the projected reform is deft rad for at least. ten yeazs.—llamburgh .Borsenhaile, April 30. HAMBURGH., Ap a u, 21.—The Convention with En,land (that is, frith the English Post-office), concluded on the `2d March, ^:sure into effect on the 6th of April. was negoriatod by Mr. Banks, one of the Syndics irk ho. was sent out on a spec i s l m i ss ion to London. On this occaiion he took up a negoti: lion, which began long ago by fur. Coign: houn, Hans.!atic resident at London, relative to the dive. trade between the itameatic cities and the British colt dines