The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

, mORNING ErniTiow._ On our admiegien we found t h"; H. lIINDE on his legs, mov:rg that the power of ,fe ` -om missioners should be confined to the completion 41 'iella. and th at t h e C omm i ttee s h ou ld d e fi ne the rules n which they ter re to act. the H e ATT 0 RNE -GENERALY did not b e li eve that oe. Member was ser i ous , f or if Isis amendment was earn d it would bi n d a f uture P ar li ament as to i ts conduct le spectit g the power of the Poor-law Commissioners. r ! r •H HINDE certainly did not mean to divide the 2intai t-e after what had taken place; but be would !ouch prefer to see th e p resen t Bill p u t upon the same nit as the Bank Rrsstriction Act—to last for one year Lo long r , Lord HoWICK d en i e d t h at any promise was held out , last the Comm's,i 3n wou ld on l y b e continued for five ' b e gs It was clays un d ers t oo d they would be a perma `"t Cornmiszion. l Co:onel SIBT IIORP should cert i n l y d o a ll i n h i s ° ,_ e to turn ou t t h e C omm i ss i oners , n otwithstanding, the Goyernn ent, they had adopted the lucky numter 4 .--( A lavrrh ) H h ld take the sense of the House , • eshould " a Molon for reducing the salaries of the Commis ""t ' 2 to 1 ,000/. er annum, and the salaries of the Assis :St C ollotasiorirrs to 300/. The tr ivelling expenses t` to charged at three guineas a month, aid he would move at it he reduced to one guinea, which was a very hand- St Me allowance. Ti e• amendment w as withdrawn, and • FIELDEN moved that the clause be postpored. • BERNAL sail the clause could not be postponed hlrth y had hegun to amend it. F IELDEN then moved that the clause be struck out " d Strangers were ord e red to wifidraw, and the numbers For the motion For the amendment •—••• —ll4 Ti'e House the j n resumed, and the Chairman reported pro grEtk and obtained leave to sit again. 0 ORDNANCE SURVEY BILL. ° going ii,t o C omm i ttee on t hi s Bill, in a nswer to a tves s i l r i " from Sir R PEEL e t HUSSEY VIVIAN sai I after the six northern i nc , i n. :'s %%q r.! fi n i s h e d, i t was rroposed to adopt the six ; 'ea,!e for the rest of t h e ki ng d o m, which he was per ft:el would b e o f great a d tantage , t o ena bl e them at a ISir time lay down improvements for the country. ROBERT PEEL di 1 nr.t contest the utility of the • btit douLted how fir it could be adopted with facility. HUSSEY VIVIAN raid that next yr ar the Irish t gut.e7 Would he completed and then they would be able : n r ', ° L e eed more rapidly in England. He intended to sur -4; 'tie counties which had not been surveyed before re pike the others. THOMAS ACLAND hoped the work on the ori e,l(;.fseao would be completed, as well as on the larger cl B4 HUSSEY VIVIAN said there would be no diffi hh" cast: Abo ut i t whatever ; the map of I re l an d was a l rea dy published on two scales. t o "e furth er cons id erat i on o f tie Bill was then postponed Th ursd Th a Y• ,pee Roughing Cattle Bill was to al a second time. le „:e Copyh o ld an d C ustomar y Tenure Bill was read a wad t: imp 1ii.1 41.6 PICOT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to conso k Ito the Coll( cion of Taxes in the City of Dublin, and it s ,c ? to b r i n _ . gin a Dill to extend to the County of Dubin, " Cull* of the City of Dublin, the laws now in forceind in the other Counties and Counties of Cities in i llpie %telatin g to 'he presentment of public money by grand Th; °Ler 'm Orders ( f the Day were then disposed of, e House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. N EWFOUNDLAND HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. 'rt. (l' " ll the Newfounalaod Times of Feb. 17.) d oi I' ,most prominent feature in the " sayings and ty,: i ! L a of the House of Assembly during the past %seek ''ae passing and presenting to his Excellency the lera t'r of an address praying for copies of all the uspecments relatine to the recent outrages at Carbonear, leb s i l yrihi c h his Excellency founded ceitain language pecee4l,lr deemed it his imprativa . duty to use in his t ure on opening the present session of the Legisla- C which address it appears that, different from of tt:te rest of the community , the House is in a state h most happy ignorance with regard to those events fee lilt it k nows not hi ng at a ll a b out th em . It pro ',ed to requi r e f u rth e r inforinat'on before it could be 4 14 a situatio n t o j u d ge of the necessity of altering the ett e , we ithe following is his Excellency's most judicious and ti med reply to this factious address—and would we e o , i tt44o:::it,;:nieti:n letters of gold : ,—The scandalous events which occurred f ern t 7° partial e l ec tions during the late recess—the a°, of t il e "lma condu c t o f a mob at Carbonell . , by which one 1 . 4 e elections was rendered abortive—and the neces ea! of Military interf e r e nce and protection on these oc :Pa, are m a t ters o f genera l no toriety. ti o consider that the documents already before the eq use are sufficiently demonstrative to prove those er r l i and, in the exercise of my discretion under the e o s idat circumstances of the colony, I must decline to._°Pl i ance with this address, believing that no good ali alti result to the community from the publication of syk i ttl e : Jepresentations which I Lava rece veil on this I, tir n (3 convinced am I of the absolute necessity of an thi: rid ment of th e e l ec ti on l aw , tiro. I avail myself of PPortunity to state, that should, unhappily, no l e gisl ative enactment be ma'le during this seision, to I r 4 lre the fr e e exercise of th 3 franchis' , and public t l ee quillity in future electi , as, I will not undertake t e r eaPonsibitty of issuing prod imat;ons or writs tor elution of a new House of Assembly, or make n telF trccountable for the seritur consequences, the cr n t°ll and bloodshed, so likely to ensue therefrom under th e e Present system ; hut, referring the whole affair to i b Sup reme G overnmen t, I will, as in duty bound, ilt°Plicitly f o ll ow suc h directions as I may receive in that "half. Government House, Feb. 12, 1841." THE WEATHER. Ro v .AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NOON. MARCH 22 Hkrometcr 29 43 In. 'thermometer Highest 5 5 .5 Lowest Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. COURT CIRCULAR. of 1119' Majesty and Piii.ce Albert walked in the garden O e kiagham Palace yedcrday forenoon. kei t : s t rut Melbourne had an audiet ce of her Majesty y. ev eoentiit ' n : L ! , d o y ya r l a d n i n n y rer pErty at Bockirgham Pala . ce last g Included h,r Royal Highrie;s the Dueness o Howard, Earl of Clatendnit, Earl and V. m unt e's of Cowl e . , Earl of Uxtridge, Earl of Surrey, Alf e°unt Melbou, ne, Viscount and the Lady Marianna hl:: d t Lord B eaumon t, the R g'at Hon. Thomas B. u! aY. and Lord and Lady H, hand. n Il h ind cf ,he Royal Horse Guirds attended during r e (4, 11 : i 4 e D' chess of Gloucester visited her Majesty ti.. e . ll Drwage;.yes'e day at, Mal Ler, ugh House. 4: Duchess of Ke:.t took an airing yestereay in a he Th e Duch ess o f Gl ouces t er yi- , iteci the Duke a Cam 'l'e Yest?rdav at Cambridge House. lee Chichester, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of tti t C 4t e", and the Elrl Mounteashel, had inteivievcs tteet.he Marquis of Normariby yest,rday at the Home -1)- • deATII OF THE MARCHIONESS OF WIN "t•--We have to annouice tie daath of the Mar k • h b ,e,ts f Winchester, ahl expired on Sunday afternoon tl l ,l." - plat five, atter an illness of a few weeks. Her Lis bon- !P for some time past has been unable to take any tn i n - ' l !ottnt, and since Monday last had gradually sunk nor sufferings. On Saturday ve:ing Dr. Chan-i -f:9'ls considered her to he much worse, and no improve reael, was apparent throughout Sunday. The last mo ski'uti of of h the numerous friends weie ca who surrlm, and ounded she was her fulldeath y con ht ri ,* The deceased Acme, Marchioness cf Winchest e r , t4;:ilnd daughter of the late Mr. John Andrews, was mar flout° 'h.!. Marquis tne 31st of April, 1800, and had a J,CY of , ight children, seven of whom survive—name!y, L or n 4 Earl of Wiltshire, born 3d June, 1801 ; the Rev. .18 02 Charles, p re b en d ary o f S a lisbury, born 11th August, tar ita-riei to Miss Car.ilne M. Ramsden, Baugh. tk , e late Sir John Ramsden, Barr. ; Lord George, 44 0 441i° the Royal Navy, born 12;h August, 1803, al b r 4 th a i r'ied Ia 1835 to Miss Georgians Wood, daughter e k , I we Gel. Sir Gco .. Woo), K. C. B. ; Lord Wil k Major the 68th Foot • Lady A nabella, born 6th g u , t e 1805 and married to 'Captain Wi liam Ramsden, he r "u l on of the late S r John Ramsden ; Lady Cecilia, ties n r,l2tir November, 1806, unmarried; and Lord Frede- Larn ' a Ptain aid Adjutant of the Coldstream Guards, th e l2lh May, 1810. In addition to the above members L t d Lamily, the Dowager Marchione33 of Clanricarde, eo, i ' ne rie , rY Paulett, Sir Henry Paulett, Bart., Earl and Da-ling:on, Duke of Cleveland, Loral and he r r Y Nilliam P va' •tr &c arc placed in mourning by , ald vs h• , ° " L i • IP s demise. V EIIPOGL, SUNDAY MORNING.—The New I'°ll Pla h clt 't - st ip Oxford, Captain Rathbonc, is off the trough may coriv:!v papers a day later than thos e nous 'Y the Columbia. The Rochester, Captain Wood en j l.i It' rived here yesterday from N 0../ York ; Ler news Is T7 e i by the strive! of the Colombia on Tuesday last. I a.t „„ „ E NEW BAYONET. —Sir Hussey Vivian C.' ol ; — teed the n e w iercussion musket in the Heuse of a , , - ' e , 41 ",0`i but we hav- since heard of a formilable append 4rt `. °111 5 weapon. The new bayonet is two and a half pr o p," l'oeth, a-d one and a half inch broad, and of a svac v 4 lti `'n 6 te thickricsr. One edge is formed to cut as a tand o s ar'd the hack is serrate'. This saw portion is ic hay "to cut palisades , and the g, eat length given to the e ii ",,, */4 nt is intended as a protewiln against the attacks of as TEe whole weight of the gun and appendages Stg to he about fourteen pounds. R 1 4 T is with ex t re . RONAL D FERGUSON.—. I the s, regret thit roe annour.ce that, from the latest ac tl, r n . ta ivcd here of this much • este2rned gentleman Q ' "re now no hopes of his iceovery. Sir Ronald's 4,t.e1-irrent to the cause of Reform , a nd his advo i tlx , (l s, of lib : ta t rileiples in times cf dat ger and dismay, ball e t i 4 name, not only in this country, where h e 41 1 e:I knclw rs but among all who prize integrity isande_a-. llt ert with peculiar pain and interest. —Fife Herald V L ~. ropy ovt_ a rs oi °B n er. 0i ,91 vary IC r ° 9IC" thouP y _ nR bu t stew; of ale u t • v iiicf• tkc q ' ro r01v i561 :1 16 I that t L° fore it s upon 0 111 cite old ' • n En ti o o o ell 'Ye t , ners. to lif ,por% b!l e r (Or 0 Sl : bo fie a o" , r '1 qu )d. ,0 1 d It • e ioana THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1841 Some of our Contemporaries writing about free trade, whether they advocate or oppose it, seem not to be aware, or at least not always to remem ber, that free trade nowhere exists, and never has existed, in modern times so as to supply us with evidence derived from experience either of its deformity and mischievousness or of its beauty and usefulness. It is rather an ideal state of perfection for which good men strive, than an actual state of society of which we can say such are the advantages or such are the miseries. Free tra de, therefore, we wish to im press on our readers, is less to be advocated by facts than by principles, and it is more within the domain of moral reasoning than statistics. There are few countries, for example, which are at present more cursed with restrictions, or which feel more the restrictions they are cursed with, than England ; and yet it cannot be denied that England, uneasy though she now is, and dreadfully hampered as she feels herself, and suffering as are the mass of her people, has made greater advances in general prosperity than any Madrid Papers of the 13th inst.—The Duke of Y ICTORV was about to confer, on the followin., day, the cordon of Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, on such of the munici. ether European nation. Arguments drawn from pality of Madrid as took part in the patriotic statistics, therefore, unless we are also able to manifestations of 1840. Large bodies of troops discriminate the moral causes of the progress or were in the course of concentration round the stationary condition of a people, are quite as capital. On the 11th a Cabinet Council was apt to lead astray as to conduct us to truth. held to discuss the Regency question, when the The only country of Europe in which an ap- debate grew so warm and so personal that Es proximation .to free trade prevails, is Switzerland; P ARTERO was compelled to break up the Council and it deserves to be at the same time remarked , before coming to any conclusion. On the Bourse that its • prosperity, or the statistics of the ques- on the 13th, the Five pe r C e nt. closed at 271 for don as exemplified by Switzerland, are not op- cash, and 28L. for -sixty days. . posed to the moral conclusions, but confirm and strengthen them. A similar, though not an equally decisive argument, may be drawn from the seve ral relaxations which have been made in •our commercial ..ystern during the last twenty years. For example, the successive opening of - the trade to India, from a very strict monopoly in the hands of the East India Company, in 181-1; to complete freedom, except as to certain import duties, was followed by an increase of that trade from less than '2,000,0001. sterling in 1815, to Very ncaliv 6,000,0001. sterling in 1839. In like man ner from 1815 to IS'2O, successive relaxations were made in our navigation laws, and with those relaxations at the end of twenty years the in crease of otr shipping entered inwards and outwards, was in the proportion of 30 to 13, or two-fold and one-third. Again, in 1821, some of the restrictions, not all, wore removed from our silk trade, and since then the trade has increased threefold, so that we have now become exporters of manufactured silk to some extent to France. Similar facts are true of the linen trade, of wool, of coffee, and various other articles, on all of which restrictions were removed or duties lowered, and in all of which a great increase of trade, of consumption, and of well-being were the results. In most of these cases the opponents of free trade and the friends of restrictions prophesied the most disastrous consequences from the re moval ofrestrictions, and in all, without exception, they were mistaken. At the same time not a single example, it is believed, can be brought forward in which the removal of restrictions or the lowering of duties has had the effect of lessening trade, or causing anything worse—and that generally from over excitement and over speculation—than a very temporary injury to some few classes. It is not therefore because statistics, so far as they go, are not completely in favour of free trade, that we say that it is a que3- tion more of principles than facts, but because the statistics themselves require to he explained, and sometimes rectified, by moral considerations to make them safe and sure guides. The trade of England, we admit—with the ac cursed bread tax, the abominable discriminating timber duties, the scandalous impost on sugar, levied to enrich, not the State, but the West India planters—is much hampered and much restricted; yet, compared to France or Ger many, England is a prosperous and flourish ing nation. If we look at the increase of her trade in conjunction with these restrictions, the conclusion formed is—which was Sir ROBERT PEEL'S argument—that they do not injure trade, and therefore they are to be con tinued. " Show me," he said, in substance, "that trade is declining, and I will listen to your prayers for a repeal of the Corn-laws; but while I see that the shipping is yearly increasing—that cotton factories are building—that the exports of cotton yarn are increasing, I cannot place any con . .idence in your complaints, and I shall ma .stain the Corn-law, because I am con vir ced. it does riot, as you say, injure trade." The tro ,h, of course, is, that the increase took place in spite of those restrictions—that the healthy and ever-willing spring of industry was strong enough to rise against them—that the natural desire in men to improve their condition, and the natural tendency of population to increase, are so all-powerful, that they overcome - even the landlord's tax, though that has been a hea vier curse of the community than any barrecess in the soil, or than war and pestilence united. The truth is, that the effect of those changes we have referred to is not at an end, and the restrictions continued have been, in reality, rendered bareable, and have been saved, by the prosperity caused by the removal of those which have been abolished. Unless we form, then, a tolerably correct idea of the natural increase of nations, and of the beneficial care with which nature has provided for their sustenance, we cannot reach correct conclusions as to the enormous evil of com mercial restrictions. It has, however, been undeniably proved, that population has a natural tendency to double itself every twenty-three years, and with that doubling there must be, to preserve the people in the same relative degree of prosperity, a doubling of the whole food, trade, and wealth of the country. But Great Britain at present makes no such progress. If she did, all classes would be pros perous, and there would be marrying and giving in marriage, children wouli be welcomed as blessings, and festivity and heart-rejoicing would prevail throughout the land. But why does not Great Britain make this progress ? Her terri tory is not bounded,—at least its limits are not known. Our people are better provided with land even than the inhabitants of the United. States, for they are as free to settle there as the natives of New York, and they have at their ex clusive service the great southern continent, the noble south of Africa, and the northern part of America. The reason why our people do not increase faster even than the inhabitants of the United States, and why they do not, as they in crease, double their prosperity, is, they are not al lowed. The paternal law-giver, thinking himself wiserthan GOD, prohibits them. Restrictions are laid on supplying themselves with necessaries and luxuries. Impediments are thrown in the way of their emigrating. The land at the South Pole even is seized by the landowners or their agent the Government, and a price exacted for reclaim ing it from barrenness. In short, the reason why the great prosperity for which nature provides such ample means is not realized is, that restric tions—unwise, ill-judged restrictions—are laid, by those who know nothing about trade, and who never labour except to do mischief, on the en lightened industry and trade of the people. At the same time, though we are hampered with many restrictions, we are not quite so much restricted by law as the less prosperous people of the Continent. Our command of the empire of the sea is a natural freedom, opening up to us the whole world, of which it has been impossible for the landlords wholly to deprive us. With that our people are more free to go and' come than most ofthe passport-cursed, police -vs' atched slaves ofthe Continent. A series ofpeaceful circumstances, such as the growth and rapid extension of many new trades amongst us, and the great extension of division of labour, has liberated internal traffic front many of the restraints of guilds, corpora tions, and apprentice-laws, and has effected for us what the French tried, but without success, to ef fect by a bloody revolution. In France the Imperial Government partly succeeded to the privileges of the guilds, and there, as well as throughout - the Continent, almost every trader must have a license, and the Government exercises a kind of control over every branch of business, - from which our people are happily free. Here there are 24,000,000 persons, who have, with the ex ception of bank monopolies, bread-taxes, and a few other still preserved monstrosities, a complete freedom of traffic. Such a great number ofhuman beings freely exchanging the produce of their varied industry one with another, never, we believe, before existed in the world, and certainly nowhere else now exists. This internal freedom, continued with our comparative freedom to go and come, is the cause of that greater prosperity which distinguishes England above the nations of the Continent. She owes that, therefore, to her comparative freedom, and she suffers those numerous privations which are felt by every class of her people, from Corn-laws and other similar restrictions preventing that increase of population which is the soul of national pros perity. Partial free trade is the source of our greatness, and the want of complete free trade the source of our. distress. That is an important truth, which statistics' confirm, but which they of themselves can hardly teach. The Paris Journals of 'Friday and Saturday have all been received. Private letters from Paris - bring the highly important intelligence, that the St'l4A'sliaving consented to modify the Firman, t‘TEITEMET Au with the here ditary government of Egypt, conformably to the wishes of Great Powers, France had signed the Convention of London of the 14th instant. They further state, that Lord PALMERSTON had agreed to make such concessions to France as could not fltil to satisfy that Power that he had throughout been actuated by the most pacific motives. One of these concessions was reported to be the recal of Lord PONSONBY from the Porte —a concession as much desired by the friends of European tranquillity in England as by any party in France. Whether the reports of Lord PONSONBY'S intrigues against the PACHA be or be not correct, they are too generally credited in the East and West to permit his longer residence as Ambassador at Constantinople to be advanta geous either to the honour or the interests of Great Britain. An Ambassador's good faith and integrity, like a woman's chastity, must not so much as be suspected. _ _ M. TITTERS was severely handled in the Cham ber of Deputies on Friday and Saturday in the debate on the supplementary credits for 1840. Not only was he charged with putting France to the unnecessary expense of great armaments, but he was accused of making ruinous contracts for horses, and brass for cannon. He made a lame defence, and when pressed hard challenged impeachment. But the charge which pressed hardest upon the ex-President of the Council, was that of Sending as an agent to the colonies to inquire into the expediency of emancipating the coloured race, a notorious partisan of the planters, notorious for anti-abolition principles. M. THIEus denied upon his honour that he knew the principles of his agent—a denial which was not believed, and which, if true, was most dis graceful on the part of a Minister of the Crown discharging a great national trust. The Cham ber, however, marked its sense of such disreput atle trickery, by disallowing the trifling sum of 500 francs which M. THIERS had paid the slavery agent, M. CAPO DE FECILLIDE, so that it must now come out of the pocket of the ex-President of the Council. This is the severest rebuff that :. it the i e s n . ourse by the finan cial M. MIS has yet encountered, and he seemed to stagger under it. T h e other items of the Bill w( , l o .e me adopted , fly exposé made by M. l=umennn during the debate on the supplementary, cr edits. The Minister said, that if the Govern ment did not bring forw ard durin g this se ss io n a Bill for the aygain large created ntelda j on construction of extensive lines of railroads, it was because it was aboixt to negotiate a loan of 450,000,000 f., and that it could not think of raising a competition in the market at the time of its realization : but next year, should circumstances improve, and the situation of the country be prosperous, then the Government would see no danger in undertaking those great works. tie was now providing for the extraordinary wants of the State with Treasury-bonds. The Minister then proceeded to describe to the Chamber the deplorable condition in which the Thiers Administration had left the finances, and showed that by the wise maaagement of the present Ministry. the deficit, which would have amounted to 900,000,000 f., had been reduced to about 500,000,000 f. 'Monsignor Slaximos Mazloum, chief of the entire Greek Catholic nation in the Levant, Patriarch of Antioch, Alexan dria, and Jerusalem, bad arrived in Paris. The intelligence from Constantinople of the 24th ult., an nounces the birth of a fourth daughter of the Sultan. From 400 to SOO of the labourers employed on the works for fortifying Paris, struck on Thurs day for an increase of wages. The Journal du Havre, says the journals of the Havanrah state, that an Engli-h man of war had attacked and destroyed, by its crew, two factories established by Mr. Blanco and Don Pedro Martinez, on the coast of Africa. 1,500 negroes belong ing to hese factories, fled under this attack, and the loss is es timated at no less than 500,000 piasters. This news has ex cited great fermentation at the Havannah, and will produce an equal excitement in Spain against the brutality of the English. The latter found their right to act as they did on the ground that these factories were establishments for carrying on the slave trade. BOURSE.—PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 20. 1 irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pries Price r,eeh 5 ;:cr cents 4% per Cents lOl 50 1"1 50 ... lilt 50 ... lel 50 4 per Cents ...... 98 „.. 01 ... 1)8 .. 1,8 3 per Cents 77 20 .. 77 20 77 15 ... 'll 20 o: France L .ffitte Bank 1,0001.1. S slt,) 5000 ar es 5160 ...5160 uigian Bank 5 per New Loan.... ..... 1(11y4 119.11 10114 11 1 Sp..nisb Active. New Ocferied ..;eapohtan lO2 :0 11)9. ,`).! 50 0! 110 Homan rAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 385 385 ... 340 ... 380 3. 5 305 31'5 3.5 touen Strusnurg to Bale 2 '7 Cent. 50... 457 ... 455 ... 455 I ~ 237 50 ... t:36 25 . 2.16 25 Orleans . 487 50 487 s') "' 486 25 ... 486 25 (BELGIAN UN DS—Buu es EL* , Stance 20 ACtUal Debt, 2% per Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C.:rit 1,8% Loan of Thirty Milli o n s, 4 per Cent. B9 nt. — SccictLoin o it o Belgium, t iC, y g o i m u l i nlB l 3 i e , 2r s ,c4 i e i e 'p r rl'i C r C e 3lP l eel l : t iiltrC)---eClei • t 1(1:8:()414 Nati , nalSeciety Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViEnts4, 514acii 12 rive per Cents. Metalliques Fear ice Cent, 2 3 3 /4 Three p.r Cents. Bank Shares '652 —4llgemeine Zcitung, Mareh 17 Thirty.sQven• MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The belief that the new Treaty for the settlement of the Eastern question, including France, has really been signed, had a favourable effect upon the public securities to-day. Consols far money brought 838 to and for the account 88i to a. Exchequer Bills were at ss. to 7s, premium, and Edits Bonds at 20g. to 15s. discount. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents were worth 97 to k. The improve ment iu prices was about per cent. The Foreign Stocks were more dealt in, but did not improve in price. Portuguese Stock was dull at about the previous value—viz. 31 for the New Five per Cents, 60i to 62 for the Old Five per Cents, and 18i- to 4 for the Three per Cents. Spanish Active Bonds realised only 231 to *; Mexican were heavy at 294 ; Colombian at 22+ ; Chilian advanced to 631 for account ; Cuba were at 70 ; aid Braz Fan at 714 t. Danish Bonds brought 78+; French Th , ce per Grits, 76f. 75c. ; and Dutch Twc-and a-Half per Cents. 301 to j-, rather higher. The Railway shares are generally very steady. Great Western Railway (New) brought 10} to 11, the Fifths si, the Birmingham 61, the Thirds 184. York and North Mioland 30 to 28k, and the South Western 16k to 161 premium. Brighton ware 7to 6i, and the North Mid land 29i discount. Colonirl Bank Shares were at 9, and Provincial of Ireland at 181 premium. Our Evening Contemporary the Globe was quite in error in supposing that the Rochester packet, from New York. brings later accounts, as her dates are only of the 2bth übimo._ _ We have news from Rio to-day to the 23d January, via Dieppe, but which is 'not of importance. Stock was as before, viz. 30i. The cor3nation was to be celebrated in the month of June. Tbcre was no change in the affairs of Rio Grande. _ Advices have also come to hand from Bahia up to the 27th. Trade was extremely dull there, and, in fact, nothing stirring but the slave trade. Two schooners, one belong ing to Pedrozo with 450, the other to Joa. Joze Pa chula with 350, and a yacht belonging to Joa. Pacheco with about 300, had coma in within a fortnight, and many more were expected. Captain Franklin, cf the Pearl, was said to be lying quietly in the harbour, while everybody knew these slavers were off, and discharging at ease. All the above three owners were Portuguese, but two of them lately naturalized for the purpose of getting the protection of both Governments in their nefarious pursuits. Some of the English house; at Rio had latterly lost much by failures of the smaller class of slave dealers, who, not being able to go on a; before, were trying to make their money thus at the expense of the British, who interfere with them in the trade. Slave dealers such as the above named, who were able to rig out a vessel entirely at their own expense, were doing a better business than ever. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAR C H 20.—There is no change to notice in the Cotton Market since yesterday's re port. Ihe sales to-day are about 3,500 bales, principally to the trade, at firmer prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 20.—We have had a very dull Market at the Stock Exchange this day, the only transactions to report are in Eastern Counties Debentures, ; Grand Junction, 201 ; Great Western, 20/. Shares, 98 ; Lan caster and Preston Junction New Shares, 238, and North Mid land Half Shares, 354. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 20.—We have no particular inquiry for Railway Stock to-day, but Banks, are heavy. Manchester and Leeds, 70k 71k ; Ditto, Halves 30k 31, London and South Western, Tenths, 2 1-10th; Bank of Manchester, 72 and 74; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101, ; Union Band of Manchester, 71,-; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 284 29. The Lisbon Mail has arrived, brought by the Royal Tar steamer, which sailed on the 15th in-t. We have received the Jamaica Papers to the 16th of Fe bruary, but they are without interest. '1 he North American, from Turks Island, brought intelli gence that a brig from Greenock, bound to the Havannah, was wrecked on the Caieas ; part of her cargo was saved, and taken to Turks Island. It appears that several other vessels have been wrecked off the same place; among them a brig, laden with timber. No lives were lost. _ _ _ We have received Demerara papers to the I lth of February. To-morrow Sir henry George Macleod, whom the Colonial Secretary of State sent hither to endeavour to obtain the set tlement of the Civil List question, which Mr. Light had failed to effect, leaves our shores, on his return to his own Govern ment cf Trinidad. Rio Janeiro Papers received to the 14th Jan. Exchange upon London, 30i, Stocks 75. The French Papers received this morning contain later ar rivals from Rio Janeiro of the 23d Jan. stating that for several days past Coffee has been in less demand, and the superior quality is very scarce ; the stuck is reduced to 15,000 sacks. Consols opened this morning at 881 for the Account ; Money 88* a, since which they may be quoted at 881 / ; Haney 881 1, with an appearance of a thin market at present; this may be attributed to the final settlement of the Egyptian affairs. Ex chequer Bills, 6 8 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active opened at the leaving off prices of Saturday, 23* a ; Deferred 12k; Passive 5a 1 ; Portuguese as they left off, 301, 31 ; Three per Cents. hi 19 ; Brazilian 71 72 ; Colombian 211 22*; Mexican 291 30*; Chilian 62 64 ; Buenos Ayres 20 22 ; Dutch Two •and-a-Half per Cents. 501 i ; Five per Cents. 991 100. SIIA RES.—Great Western 23/ 241 prem. ; New 11* i vrem. ; London and Brighton 7161 dis. ; Blackwell 51 * dis. ; Birmingham 60 62 prem. ; Southampton 55 56 per share ; Croydon 121 per share; Manchester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter ..... ... 6O ...... 35 .. ... to Great Western • Ditto New 50 Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham Ditto I,- Shares London and South Western 3Bl 554..... to Ditto Tenths Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares North Midland York and North Midland The private letters received this morning from Bahia, of the 27th of January, state that business was quite at a stand still there with the exception of the Slave Trade, which was continuing very brisk. Two vessels had arrived there, one with from four to five hundred slaves, and the other with from two hundred and fifty to three hundred. The Oxford packet from New York has arrived at Liver pool ; the papers by her are of the same date as those previously received. We have received the Antwerp journal of the 21st March. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 19.—The Foreign Mar ket presents but little variations, and the national funds have been very calm to-day—also remain without variation. At the closing of the Bourse sales were tried to be effected, which causal a slight depression. A great deal of business was done in the Actions of the Society of Commerce, which improved to 1623 1623. Ardoin's Spanish was animated, and more sought after; they remained at 20 11-16ths to Coupons, 20 5 % h to 11-16ths. 'I he British Funds are Rot quite so good as in the early part the morning, when they were asi a for the Account, at pre sent may be quoted 883, money 88 3 3. Up to the present hour there is not a feature in either of the markets worth no. tieing. Exchequer Bills, lower, 6 5 prem ; India Bonds, 20 15 dis. - In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, a shade lower, 233 ; in Portuguese nothing done; Colombian, 22k ; Mexican, 30 • Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50 3; hi ve p er Cents. 993' 3. The above market has been in an inactive state dur ing the course of the morning. Some business has been doing in the Share Market, with a slight improvement in Saturday's quotation. Bristol and Exeter, 35 ; Great Weitern, 613 3 ; Ditto Fifths, 93; Lon don and Brighton, 433; Birmingham 3-Sharer, 22; Lon don and South Western, 553 ; Manchester and Leeds, 703 ; Ditto New Shares, 303; North. Midland, 703; York and North Midland, 80. Consols, Money, 883 3; Account, 88% 3 4 ; Mexican, 29% 303 ; Deferred, 93 3 ; Portuguese, 303 31; Spanish, 233 3. Not the least transaction going on. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. By the Royal Tar steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, we have received ad vices from Lisbon of the 15th inst. The new Mi nister of Finance, Baron TOJAL, experienced great opposition in the Cortes. Baron MoN CORVO, Portuguese Ambassador in London, has been invited by the Government to accept the office of Minister of Foreign Affitirs. The Mi nister of Justice has resigned, and the Bishop of LEINA was spoken of as his successor. The fol lowing extract from a letter is the only piece of general news brought by these Papers A gang of robbers who had long infested Upper Beim a, and who not long since murdered and stripped a magistrate of Gouvea at mid-day, has, by a notice in the Diario, dated Midoes. sth inst., been entirely destroyed by a detachment of soldiers and the neighbouring peasantry. The daring im punity of the gang may be Judged of by the way in which they accomplished the above murder. They went, eight in number, armed, to the neighbourhood of Gouvea, where six concealed themselves, and the two others went to the house of Magistrates, and presented him with a petition to read, which he took in both hands, and while doing so they shot hi m . Theme were a body of labourers at work, eighteen in numbt - r, who rushed in at the noise, but the other robbers making their appearance at the moment, the workmen ran away, and left them to complete their work of plunder. One of the gang ultimately informed against the rest, who were surrounded in a detached house by twelve soldiers and a number of peasantry, but refusing to surrender, a regular siege took place, which only ended when they were all shot— resisting to the last, and killing, xi: of their assailants, among whom were four soldiers, and several others being more or less wounded. 'I he robbers had perforated the walls of the hotise, and kept up a constant fire on the soldiers, who contrived at last to throw in combustible materials and set it on fire, notwithstanding which, however, they resisted till they were all shot. Rink Stock 3 per Cent Red 3 per Cent Cons BBa 3i per Cent Red — New ai per Cent 97 New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860. FOREIG7 THE TORIES AND THE POOR-LAw.—The Tory Papers are all loud in their praise of Sir Robert Peel's humane and sensible speech on the Poor law. He condemned the harsh language of the Commissioners, was the advocate of alms-giving, and bespoke the kindest treatment of the poor. He and his party mean, therefore, to back out of the unpopularity of the measure. They are per plexed, and meant° leave the odium of it to the Whigs and the country gentlemen. FATAL AcclDEriT.—On Monday, the Bth cur having had occa sn t rent, Mr. Da vid Wilson, a gentleman residing at Castle e act of putting it to t he utter consternation a all w ithi n h ear ing S io anciu o ha much crr,der il new attached to ramrod, field sport , wae in th into its place , when, by some inadvertenc y , t h e bu tt- e nd of the fowling-pie ce came in Contact with the floor , an d being loaded at the time, primed, and cock ed , a dischar g e denisstuaendc,e. The shot passed between th e root o f t h e l e f t band thumb and fore -finger of the unfortunate gentleman, and from thence entered his breast opposite to the left ventricle of the heart. The shock was w h i ch he n s and severe, and, having the parlour in which tood, he entere d another a partment, exclaimin g to his wife and two children .. I sin a dead man 1" Shortly after this be sunk on the floor, and although medical aid was promptly pro. cured, it was of no a vail, life iu the interim having Lecome extinct. —Scotsman. kSSIZES. T MONAGHAN • ---.RIAL OF SAM GRAY FOR MURDER, FRIDAY, MARCH 19.—At the sitting of the court this morning, Samuel Gray, who was yester day arraigned " for having, en the 26th of November last, maliciously and feloniously ca used the death of Owen Mur phy, by shooting him 4 w it a loadedpistol in the right side of the chest, of' the effects of which he instantly died," was placed at the bar. In th e course of the jury being formed, Gray objected to eight or ten persons —some generally, and some hecalse they had expressed their opioi ins decisively on tie matter. For tho defence se veral witnesses proved an alibi, and the jury, after some coesultatiJn, returned a verdict of_Not Guilty, MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—There is now i a robin's nest, with six young ones just hatched, in the gar ! den of Mr. Goodchild, at the Cavalry Barracks, Windsor, India Stock Ditto Bonds l5 dis Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 7pm Ditto 5001 7 pm Ditto Small 9 pm Bank Stock for Opg. ...170 India Stock for Opg 248 Consols for Acct SB FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent ,Portuguese, 5 per cent. 62 Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 3l Brazilian Bonds. 7li ,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 23A Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred . Da..i.h, 3 por cent V4 French, b per ceist. —f. c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 291 French, 3 per cent 76f. 75e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2* per cent. ... 50Z. Peruvian, )825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99/, SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)... Ditto Thirds ( 10 paid) Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 6l Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 151 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ... 22 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) 5Ol London and South Western ... ssi Ditto Tenths ... 2* Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)...... .. Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 3o* Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) ... 706 York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 78* CHURCH-YARD OF CILLIE•CHRIST.—An in closure is much wanted for the solitary and beautiful bury ing-ground of Cillie-Christ, parish of Urray, Ross-shire. The church-yard of Cillie-Christ (Christ's Church) was the scene of a very sanguinary and cruel occurrence in the days of' feudal violence, which is thus described in " Anderson's Guide In the early part of the seventeenth century, Angus, eldest son of Glengarry, had made a foray into the Mackenzies' country ; on his way home, he was intercepted by a gallant little band of Mackenzies, and slain, with it number of his followers. Sometime thereafter a strong party of Glengarry's men were sent, under the command of Allan Macßaonuill of Lundy, to revenge his death. Allan led them to the parish of Urray, in Ross-shire, on a Sunday morning, and surprised a numerous body of the Mackenzies, assembled at prayer, within the walls of Cillif= christ, near 13eau1y, for so was their little chapel called. pl ac ing his followers so as to prevent all possibility of es cape, Allan gave orders to set the building on fire. The miserable victims found all attempts to escape unavai!ing, an d were, with a single exceptipn,man, woman, Wid child—sw4llowed up by the ile-youring clement, or indis. criminatnly massacred by the swords of the relentless Mac. donells, whilst a piper marched round the church, playing an ex!emporary piece of music, which has ever since been the pibroch of the Glengarry family."—lnvernessCoFfcr. f ic l4litl has subscribed The Lord Lieutenant of 200/. to the furtherance of t h e project for improving the apiculture of Ireland. It was inclosed to the Duke of Lcinster, as Chairman cf the Committee appointed at the late rneetino held i n Dublin, " THE CHINA SUN," Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand. IN PROGRESS, HIE RAILWAY SUN• Arith a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a groat variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. Mr. PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK. Just ready, C L I F F O -R D; or, THE CONSTANT MAN. By R. PLUMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. D E Second Edition, now ready in 2 vols. small Bvo., 215., THE PER:t.'ONAL lIISTORY OF GEORGE IV. By the Rev. GEORGE CROLY. Henry Colburn, Publi,her, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR o f AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (thoegh they are NO LOTTERIES) °Ter many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DIST RIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may re?eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS- , PE:CTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH. OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURG)). The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £137,592, Tne Dividends being X 25,000 £ 6OO 10 5,000 600 150 2,000 500 120 1,500 300 110 1,000 250 100 £9O 80 70 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UVDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 23. Will be DO repeated ON he t New Comedy, ANCEin Five Acts, entitled L . Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark way, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ,• Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. After which will be repeated the New Drama, in Three Acts , entitled THE EMBASSY. Duke de Nevers, Mr. Moore ; Viscount Rene de Bohan, Mr. Anderson ; Baroness du Pont, Miss Ellen Tree i Madame de Brissac, Madame Vestris. Doors to to evened at half-past Six—the performances to co2lmenra at Se•sen o'Clock. Dress Boxes 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second • ircles, ss. ; Second Price, %. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2 , .; Gallery Is. Tieketis and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets m De had upon application. Private Boat.. to be had so`elv of Mr. Ands ass, bookseller, :67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense attraction. Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Collins the same Evening. the last week of their appearance. " Poor Jack " and another nautical drama, in conjunction with " Paul Clifford." THIS EVENING, MARCH 23. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Fou r Parts, called POOR JACK; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin by Mr. T. P. Cooks. To conclude with PAUL CLIFFORD. • Paul Clifford, with the Song of " Hurrah for the Road," Mr. Collins. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 11 rning 2 minutes after 2 j Evening U minutes after 2. -•- NJ, • Ajyt 41% 44 4 • tzt • 4., • ' , 4 4,1, - • * • - 32 ,17 .1? „2. ffis 111 L LONDON: TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1541. The Lords did nothing but receive a few peti tions,hear a defence of the Rev.Mr.M‘C ANDLEISH, and prosecute their inquiry into the appoint ments made by the Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland. So very uninteresting are their Lord ships' labours considered to be by the Times, that it does not generally condescend to waste a line on their nightly sittings. Their Lordships amused themselves till dinner-time. The Commons, after the presentation of a great number of petitions, the announce ment of a motion for a Committee on Newfound land, a little gossip about the arrangement of business, in which Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should state on Wednesday what he meant to do as to many of the amendments proposed to the new Poor-law—went into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave the explanation to Sir G. CLERK which he was unable to give on Fri day, and said that the mistake arose from the Hon. Baronet having moved for and obtained an incomplete return, which took no notice of the money in the Treasury. In reply to Mr. HumE , the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER admitted that he had used some of the money of the Savings Banks, which the Hon. Gentleman said was enough to alarm the House and the country. The Right Hon. Gen tleman was increasing the debt without the con- sent of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he was authorised to do what he had done. The SPEAKER called the attention of the House to the mode in which the extra ex ' pence of last year was to be provided for and mentioned in the Appropriation Act, which he said was directly the reverse of the only precedent he, could find, which occurred in 1790, of a surplus expenditure being after wards provided for. In that case the vote was reserved till the end of the Session, and was not mixed up with the ordinary business of Supply. An appeal to Sir R. PEELS opinion however — who is the real guide of the House—and a few words from the Right Hon. Baronet, settled the question. The House resumed, and after a long prelimi nary discussion, about what specific object we cannot say, further than it referred to the Poor law Commissioners Continuance Bill, and the administration of the law, went into a Committee on that Bill. Mr. WAKLEY was, as before, very inflammatory, and this time he had Lord How- ICK for a critic and opponent. In Committee there was a considerable debate on an amendment proposed by Mr. EASTHOPE to limit the duration of the Bill to 1843, instead of 1846, which was lost by 174 to 135. The House was occupied with this important Bill through the greater part of the evening, and rose at Half= past Twelve o'Clock. LITERATURE. COMPTON AUD LEY. 3 Vozs. Bentley, London, 1841. The heroine of this love-tale is one of those barley-sugary young ladies, all sweetness, soft ness, and sensibility, whose hearts, though con stantly threatening to break beneath the burden of affliction, yet prove on trial to be as tough as the drumstick of a turkey. Lady Constance - 4 0 r such is the baptismal appellative of this suscepti bleyounggentlewoman--is of course highly born, and exquisitely . beautiful ; and equally as a mat ter of course she falls in love with a young man, by name Dudley Ravensworth, who has "a pro fusion of dark brown hair, fine large dark eyes, and a frank, open, and ingenuous countenance." The parties had first become acquainted :while rambling among the : sequestered shades of Gra ham Castle, and there was "an undefined and strange intelligence which informed them that they were growing inexpressibly dear to each other." But unluckily the parents of these enamoured turtles had no notion of their billing and cooing - with impunity ; and ac cordingly, the mother of Lady Constance insisted on her dismissing her sweet-heart ex tempore, and marrying a middle-aged aristocrat, Lord Atherley—who, we must honestly confess, is a man very much to our taste, for he is repre sented as possessing sound common sense, es chewing- sentiment, and having an enlightened appreciation of , the comforts of a good dinner. With considerable difficulty, and not before she has wetted through and through at least a dozen cambric pocket-handkerchiefs, Constance is pre vailed on to marry this " monster"—as of course she considers him to_ be,--and a very touching scene ensues, when Dudley is first made ac quainted with her faithlessness. He instantly •rushes abroad in a paroxysm of wrath; figures heroically in a tournament at Vienna, "mounted on a red roan charger, and armed in a complete suit of Milan steel ;" gets stuck in the arm with a lance at Waterloo; and finally, comes back to England, where he re news his acquaintance with Constance, very much apparently to their mutual satisfaction. The lady, however, being - singularly discreet and moral, no harm ensues from the renewal of her old in timacy with her " sweet-heart ;" and they go on flirting with each other in the prettiest and most innocent way possible .till by the. death of Con stance's husband, she is again left free to choose for herself. Virtue now meets with its reward ; she marries Dudley Ravensworth, and is exceed ingly happy for one whole year; but ar . the end of that time, Dudley begins to tire of mestic felicity ; the organ of infidelity also be comes powerfully developed on his occiput ; the natural consequence of which is, that he takes unto himself a mistress, and falls into a violent rage, whenever he finds his wife—who has dis covered his baseness—with -her pocket-handker chief at her eyes. Thus matters go on for a time—she sighing, he swearing—till at length a young "lady-killer," yclept Sidney Darval, steps in with his soft, wicked speeches to the deceived Constance; falls down on his knees before her ; .presses her lily hand to his lips; and would, no doubt, have succeeded in inveigling her into a chaise and four, and ultimately in consigning her to the tender mercies of Doctors' Commons, had not her husband at that ticklish moment burst open-mouthed into the room. A duel with Dar val is the consequence. The parties meet at Boulogne ; Ravensworth is shot as dead as mut ton; and Constance soon afterwards dies of grief. Tt will be observed from this slight sketch that there is not the slightest atom of originality in Compton Audley. Its incidents, indeed, are about as common-place as can well be.imagined ; its sentiment is false and sickly throughout; but it contains one or two lively scenes, and adroit sketches of worldly, every-day character, which show that the author possesses something like genuine humour. If it were not for these few redeeming scenes, the story would be as unread able as one of Dr. Phillpotts's Episcopal charges. JESSE'S WINDSOR AND ETON. Murray, London, 1841. A very pleasant, gossipping little volume, 'em bellished with a variety of choice engravings, and admirably calculated to serve the purpose of a guide-book to those who may be disposed to pay a visit to Windsor Castle, and spend a long summer's day in its delightful neighbourhood. The most interesting portion of the book is the account of the opening of the coffin of Charles the First in the year 1813, when the features of the King were found in a state of tolerable pre servation, and all present were struck with the re semblance which they bore to his Majesty's busts, coins, and pictures by Vandyke. PRIEST OF THE NILE. 2 VoLs. Whittaker, London, 1.941. This is an Egyptian romance founded—as may be4nferred from its title—on some incidents in the early and most perplexing history of that country. There is some ability displayed in the conduct of the story, but we fear its interest is not of such a nature as to conciliate the favour of the majority of novel readers. The period of which it treats is far too remote. TVA V.E RLEY NO VELS, Voz. 1. Cadell. Edinburgh, 1841. _ These unrivalled fictions are now republishing in a rdyal octavo and duodecimo form, and both editions are to be comprised, one in five volumes, and the other in twenty-five, which are to appear monthly until the whole work is completed. The first volume of the duodecimo, and the first part of the royal octavo editions are now lying before us; and considering their cheapness—for each costs only four shillings—we are astonished at the neatness and elegance with which they are got up. That the speculation will be a highly successful one we have not the slightest doubt, for each monthly part or volume is to contain a complete story, together with all the prefaces, introductions, and explanatory notes, that were attached to the celebrated edition of 1830. The Waverley novels, hitherto inaccessible to a large class of readers, will thus be brought within the reach of people of the humblest means, for a sav ing of a shilling weekly is all that is necessary. W e can conceive no greater boon to the rising generation in this age of steam-engines and rail roads, than the republication, at so moderate a price, of the most beautiful series of fictions that the world has yet seen. EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY. Vozs. 29, 30, 31. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1841. These volumes comprise a history of Italy and the Italian Islands from the earliest ages to the present time, and are the production of Mr. Spalding, Professor of Rhetoric in the University of Edinburgh. This gentleman has accomplished a difficult task with considerable ability; his narrative is easy and flowing; and it is manifest in every chapter of his history that he has spared neither pains nor research. The result is a tem perate and impartial work, which may vie with the best of its kind in modern historical litera ture. We are glad to hear of the increasing po pularity of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library , " for it is carried on with spirit, and the subjects discussed are in general well chosen. FINE ARTS. PORTRAIT ,OF P.RIACE ALBERT. By Mr. PRNLEY. - l r 'o ec rt e r n a t i l t y o p f a P h r l i t n e c d e i A n lb w e a r t t e , r w c h o i l c o h u M rs r .b . Penley _ mand of her Majesty. It i s as fi ne a specimen of the perfection to which this style of Art has been raised of late years, as any we ever saw, and confirms us in the opinion, which we have long formed, that it is absurd and unjust to designate by the disparaging name of drawings, the finished and. effective works, which so many artists of the highest education and talents are now daily producing in every department of the Art, with *his medium. Tins picture, which is painted on paper, has quite as much force, and nearly as much strength of colour as could be produced in oil by any painter of the day ; and we say, without hesitation and without flattery, that her Majesty's expressed approbation of it" as a picture and as a likeness," proves that the opinion generally entertained of her possessing a natural taste and cultivated judgment in the Fine Arts is well founded. As a work under our consideration has hi g h merit in composition, colour, drawing, dp i c t u re, the and management of the lights. As a likeness we are inclined to pronounce it the most successful that has yet ap peared before the public. Mr. Penley caught with rare felicity the peculiarly sweet expression of the Prince's countenance. The term sweet is the only one we can find to convey our wean ing. It is a co r r ect term in the criticism of phys i ogno my and art, And the appearance of it in this cOOl is true, and apt. In observing a close delineation of strongly marked and classical f eEk . ‘ tures, it is easy for a faithful t 7. ortraiteur to miss the softness and delicncy 3 1 w l ich) as in the present instuco t is the effect ottheir harmonious i l ipolpg, or of that external manifestation of the soul, which, under the name of expressio n • elhperelisosfied is the . is portrait most difficult accident of " the human face a; and liquid vine," forart to imitate. In this respect 0 1 , ‘," deserves the highest praise, with per fect vlf We eyes is here feet truth, and the outline of the lips is not hard and marble-like (as seen in many a living face), but, as in the gentle-mannered and kind original,. ti o remarkably sgft itnd the face (as, in t h e - Wing. In other details of . . moustachios) a fair criticism 1 MORNING EDITION pints out many excellencies, althOugh, in the present notice, the mention of them-might ap pear too minute. On the whole, the y.ortrait is life-like and forcible, and the details are marked with the utmost fidelity and care. The back-ground is properly adapted to give effect to the flesh, and (with the furniture), is, we are told, accurately copied from the chamber in which the Prince is TOresented standing, and which was fitted up under the iminediate.direc tion of his Royal Highness for a picture gallery; nor could anything be better chosen for the walls of such an apartment .than the coiout of the panels. They are. painted in the Arabeaque pattern of crimson (very much subdued), upon a ground of neutral tints, with which the hangingS and carpets, though varied and rich in colour, harmonise well. WRECK OF THE HOPE, STEAMER ON THE COAST OP AFRICA. Lithographed by Moose,.from a Painting by Huaahvs. The ill-fated vessel, the Hope steam-ship, having on board seventy-two persons, of whom thirty-three were passengers, consistin g o f s i x women, ten children, and fifteen gentlemen,-was wrecked upon the coast of Africa, south of the Bay of Algoa, on the Bth of March last year, under circumstances the most appalling that can be conceived, from which, however, all were . rc scued, through the skill, energy, and courage of the Captain (Mr. Baddeley) and his officers, and by the extraordinary patience and subordi nation of passengers and crew. In a violent storm the vessel was driven upon a reef of rocks, about two hundred yards distant from an iron-bound shore, and several casks of brandy being stove in by the rolling of the ship, the spirits flowed into the engine-room, and the hold and main deck were speedily a mass of flames. In this awful situation the Captain col lected all the people upon the quarter deck, and having exhorted them to calmness and obedience, which they readily promised and faithfully ob served, took effectual measures for extinguishing the flames. But the ship was rapidly filling, and must- soon go down. The jolly-boat had been washed away ; and, therefore, as the only means of enabling the people on board to reach the shore, a raft was hastily constructed, upon which forty-one persons, comprising all the wo men and children, were, although not without great difficulty, lauded in safety. After much suffering and personal exertion.on the part of the Captain and his officers, the remainder of the party were taken ashore, before .the wreck ultimately foundered. • Mr. Henry Whitaker, who served at the tithe as second officer, made upon the spot a drawing of the terrible and magnificent scene, when the burning vessel was beset by billows, of which the navigators of the temperate zones can form no conception, except from some siich represen tations as are furnished in the print before us. The conduct of Mr. Whitaker at the time of the wreck was such as to give a peculiar interest to the publication. In the letters of Captain Bad deley to the Directors of the Steam Navigation Company (the proprietors of the Hope), pub lished in the Cape of Good Hope Go vernment Gazette, 27th of March, 1840, and: republished by the London Press, in June last, expressed, in the strongest terms, his gra titude to Mr. Whitaker for his courage and fide lity under the most trying circumAances. "When the main deck was in a sheet of flame," said he, " my officers, Mr. - Whitaker, and Mr. Minter, re ft s t le..ve my s - de, and avail themselves of ti.e chance which the raft offered, of preserva tion, from a terrible death." When the frst party had been landed in safety, the rope mill was intended to pull back the raft to the wreak was broken, and the last ch:inm of preservation for those on board seemed totally cut off. 13ut the Captain and Mr. Whitaker ventured in one of the boats tLat had been stove in, and could hardly float upon a garden pond, to make for the shore, amidst rocks and surfs, aggravated by the fury of a tropical tempest. They were dashed upon the rocks and severely injured, sometime elaps ing before the Captain was restored from insensi bility. Mr. Whitaker, however, the publisher of this print, succeeded in recovering, the raft, whereby the remainder of the crew and passen gers were eventually brought off. POLY TECHNIC INSTITUTION. A new exbib:f on commences this day at this place of amusement and instruct;on, which will probably attract for some time those who are desirous of witnessing the progress of a discovery whi c h h as a l rea d y exc i ted not a tae interest. Mr. Beard, the patentee of Walcott's Reflecting Apparatus,. by which likenesses are taken on the principle of the Daguerreotype, for some days has been exhibiting the process in one of the rooms'of the estabYshruct,t to a limited circle of his acquair.tances and to persons connected with the press, precious to the public exhibition. The proceEs is extremely simple. The room in which the 11..‘nesscs are taken is at the top of the building, and has sky-Ights with coloured glass, - so as. to give the favourable light for the ope ration. The individual whose actress is to be taken places himself on a chair which is fitted with ma. chieer:. for ke3ping the head in ore position, the opera tor puts a small plate, properly prepared, in a camera obscura in front o f hi m , an d i n a f ew seco nds the plate is withdrawn, and submitted to the same process as that used in photogenic drawing. In some instances, the likenesses which we saw taken yesterday were uncom monly correct. But a grezit deal depends on circum stances, for if the patient is either nervous, or in clined to smile, or screws up his features to a solemn pitch, the portrait comes forth with these characteristics strictly defined There is also some nicety required in- submitting the plate to the operation of the mercury. By proper management, however, we have no doubt the art may be brougl t to great perfection, and the most str.king likeness pro.. ducted. According to the French papers, Louis Phi lippe and his family underwent the operation at the Tuileries some da3s ago, and highly pr .iced the inge nuity of the artists, who took their portraits at one sit ting of five seconds, instead of five sittings, as formerly, of half an hour each. FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON. A Diorama was opened yesterday at St. James's.strc et, in the building formerly called the St. James's Bazaar, giving views of the funeral of the Emperor at the Hotel des invalides. They are painted by four French gentle. men, painters to the Royal Academy of Music at Paris, and also to the Government, who employed them for the ceremony of the funeral. The Diorama consists of four representations—tbe Esplanade and the Court s and of the Invalides, the Funeral Car, and the Interior of the Chapel. The Effect is very impressive. The vast assemblage of troops—the numerous dignitaries of Church and State—the old worn-out warriors ranged on each side—the King, at the head of the Ministers, advancing before the coffin—the Prince de Linville resigning the sacred trust to his father—and the vast crowd of spectators assembled within the vicinity of this magnificent building, with its venerable dome t t h o we ring r rig above e e n il teet ien the of s man c) thef a g coed e — m p h r i e nwith duce a n effect altogether of great interest . . The work in general is well executed, but the light is defective, and the in tervals between each representation are tediously long. Some impatience was evinced by the spectators OD this account ; and the conductors of the Diorama, therefore, of vr theould teeopnrseusletntthaetieirnoewt leastninter b e y st by shortening the time a brighter li g ht, lik e t h at use d Ginneillhalel°arnd produci ngaalasat Re gent's Park. With some alterarions of this kind the exhibition would become an object of general attraction. di:was: eosys,i n a ' g l i the 1 gthma,terifunn --The Mr. Sewel of Oxford has addressed a letter to Dr. Pusey on the subject of the Tract No. 90, in whi c h he declares that be bas reser ~ been in the slightest d e . grce connected with the publication of the Tracts," an d has 4 . always studiously avoided habits of intimacy w i t h their authors." —Finning Paper- , STEEL OB.E.—A !NEW D ISCOVERY.--Th e on s melting yields a substanac and National Intelligence:. sap, that, in thetovrnof I Duare, in Franklin county, a smelting of magnetic oxide, has been di.. covered, which , all the ch.rmicat properties of manufactured steel. Loss OF FOUR LIVES.—Ott Friday nj o h t a vessel belonging to owner Thomas Pumfre ID Perth, Wilson, , on her re turn from Bristol to Upton -upon_ wan , was lost, and the crew, thice me n Seve r n , laden with Sul r w RECK.—On Tuesda y , perished. The latter was the son ,sftruels upon one of the ---.. current, of the owner.— a N et Newcastle to jo b sloop°Pc 1t h w i w it h Mary co , o al f F , P in ner edges of the Carr Rock of the vrehther, it is feared will eness; and from the state saved. —Edinburgh become a total wreck; crow Cour( t FATAL ACCIDEN" • deplorable T.—Yesterday afternoon a accidetit to bury, which caused to ok place in Worsbip-sqUare. Fins v.vdp, lb, ,on of the death of a little boy, named Ed street P01iec.. ,,,, , (‘. a tobaccoriat, living opposite Worship.. men %,,,,, en m' '. It appeared that some brewer's dray_ g i a l ged in 1 •wering barrels of beerinto the cellar of the aid-faced St Ig public -house, when a large board, which wa• raised barr i er in front of the as a •.. • collar_ Window, was bl o wn down by the violcne..... of the %Ind, and fell upon the the child's bead, which was fractured in a shocking manner. Upon bring P . eked up, the poor little fellow exhibited some slight symptoms , f life, but he died before medical assistance could be procured. The fabricators of falsehoods suited to the eo lumps of the Tory journals to have been recent l y imore industrious t han usua l . e !yrs yesterday put forth a circumstantial statement, embellished with theusual comments', that Lord Seaton is ap. propriate as .successor to Lord Auckland. We demolish the sfabric reared. . w i t h cire, and est ioited with mo re than usual effrontery. by silo/ 4 stating as a fact that Lor, , . Auckland is not about to return, nor has the relinquishment of his post ever been in cubtemplation ; and, consequen ly, that the whole story about Lord Se aton, Otale,e rest of the Argus' is pure invention.—Arening i Paper. ,RW IMIN • fie Crhu io ,rC9F• 1 In d ' ! some oi.re uatry lad 40: he' Dean a lowa 3 5 7 4 39