The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

MORN INGaEDIVION THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 26. Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. After which will 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 ; -Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rYitokla, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Loudon Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances 'to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 21. ; Gallery . Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Tea till Four, where Season Tickets in-.y De had upon application. Private Boxi.. to be had solely of Mr. Andreas, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Extraordinary Novelly. Last Week before the Holidays. Last Nights of Mr J. S. Balls. An entire change of pieces, supported by the most talented Company in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, MAY 26, Will be acted the Comedy of JOHN BULL. Tom Shuffieton, Mr. J. S. Falls. After which, THE BRIDEGROOM'S HOOD. Alphonso, Mr. J. S. Bills. To conclude with THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. Hicks. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. Miss Vincent as the Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. Immense sensation created by the affecting' * Drama of " Simon Lee." The Legendary Romance of "Rookwood!" with a New Pit, a New Gsllery, and New Splendid Decorations ! THIS EVENING. aIAY 26, AND TO-MORROW. A New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, emitled SIMON LEE; OR, THE MURDER OF FIVE-FIELDS' COPSE. Simon Lee, Miss Vincent. E. F. taville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, After which, the Romance of ROOKWOOD; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LIME TREE. Dick Turpin by alias Vincent, with the Flash Songs of " Hurrah for the Game of High Toby !" " Nix my Dolly, Pals, Fake away !" and " Mt . Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with the Laughable Burletta of THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. ... Richard Witie:s, Mr. Gardner; Mabel, Mrs. Howard; Mar garet, Ms Lee. Boxes, ls.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Whit Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY!! ! THE first grand ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicin,4s whip h take place 41 Rome at the celebration of " 11 giorno di S. Pie'ro," will be given on MONDAY, MAY 31st, when will be presented an exact fac-simile of the superb GIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Angelo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fireworks in the World, with the ILLUMINATION of St PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and glorious edifice is brilliantly lighted with count less fnyriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'sail Lf in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by lir. God frey. augmented by the addition of many performers of emi nence, will give the first Promenade ;Musicale et Champetre, commencing at Six o'Clock. The Menagerie, incluctin:_t the great male Orarg Outang, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Daoson's Coloiftal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admis , ion One Shilling. TO . CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot give " AConstant Reader" any more specific in formatkm than that he must procure a ticket from some sub scriber Sc, an hospital. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. uunutas al:.sy 5 I Evening a minutes alba 6 he was not present when any violence was committed. The number of persons sentenced to imprisonment had been 444, and 398 had been released on account of bad health. After a just and able exposure of the evils to which these persons were subjected, and making a feel ing appeal to the House, Mr. DuxcomnE moved an Ad dress to her MAJESTY to extend her merciful considera tion to all persons at present confined for political of fences in England and Wales. Mr. LEADER seconded the motion. Mr. Fox MAULE, by virtue of his office, opposed it. He objected to the proposed interference with the prerogative of the Crown, adverted to the few persons now remaining in prison, and put it to his Hon. Friend to withdraw his motion. Mr. O'CONNELL announced his intention of voting with Mr, DUNCOMBE if the motion was pressed to. a division. Mr. LEADER contended that several of the prisoners had committed no moral offence, and he contrasted their severe punishment with the slight punishment inflicted on Lord WALDEGRAVE for a serious offence, who suf fered no other inconvenience than being unable to drive his cab to Epsom races. Mr. GILLON trusted much to the returning good sense of the Chartists, and would give his vote for the motion. Mr. HumE would not discuss the conduct of the Char tists, but the severity of the punishment inflicted on these people; and he hoped Government would restore them to liberty. Mr. WARBURTON took the same side, and Mr. WAK LET taunted Sir R. PEEL into expressing his opinion. Sir R. PEEL said, the real object of the motion was, to release those prisoners, and he should vote, as he always would on such cases, to leave the matter in the hands of the Crown. He thought they would place the Crown in an improper position if they took into their own hands the power of showing indulgence to prisoners. Mr. EASTHOPE, Sir DE LACY, ENANS, Sir B. HALL, and Mr. AGLIONBY severally supported the motion. Lord SANDON concurred with Sir R. PEEL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to tiia motion as inter fering with the prerogative of the Crown, and not likely to promote the object proposed by the Hon. Member, for it was proved by experience, that pardons granted even when such motions were not pressed, were attributed, not to the favour of the Crown, but to the House. Colonel SXRTUORP opposed the motion, and Mr. WARD, while he pressed on Ministers the propriety of par doning the prisoners, recommended his Hon. Friend not to press his motion. Mr. DUNCOMBE, however, divided the House, and the motion was lost by the casting vote of the SPEAKER ; 58 being for, and 58 against. The SPEAKER gave his vote in the negative. Mr. EASTEOPE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to put an end to Church-rates, and enable the Church wardens to let the pews of churches. We have not space further to advert to the proceedings, but the motion was agreed to. Some other business was disposed of, including the bringing in a Bill for the drainage of large towns, for which Mr. MAULE obtained leave, and the House then adjourned, at Half-past Twelve. All the papers published in the manufacturing districts—all the letters we have received from those quarters—all the speakers at public meet ings held in those districts, who could be so easily contradicted if they stated what is false, agree in representing the people there as plunged in the deepest distress, yet Lord ASHBURTON opposes the repeal of the Corn-laws, lest the starving people should be reduced to substitute black rye bread, like such as the Germans eat, for no bread at all. At a late meeting at Manches ter, for example, Mr. HEARNE, a Catholic priest, told the following remarkable tale of some of his own population : "In his ministerial character among the people he had witnessed the effects of a famine now and again, but he would say that this was no temporary distress ; a famine had been raging in the district where he lived since 1838, which proved the evil could not be a passing one, and he attributed it to nothing else but the low rate of wages— (Hear, hear)—which scarcely afforded the poor labourer the means of feeding himself and offspring. The meet ing could scarcely form a conception of the misery aad destitution prevailing in the district, of which he was a witness on this occasion. He went lately to administer the consolation of religion to a poor dying woman. On arriving at her bed-side she seemed to be alone. He asked if she was. ' Johnny,' said she, and immediately a sack in the corner of the room began to move, and then another began to move, and out of these tumbled. the poor woman's sons, their only bed being the inside of sacks filled with shavings.—(Hear, hear.) He had about 20,000 of his flock living within half a mile of his chapel. Scarcely a single Catholic, unless in cases of sudden death, breathed his last without sending for the priest, and of these, and he spoke from personal observation, at leas tone-half died from starvation.—(Hear, hear.) Talk of war ravaging a country !—better by far was he who died by the sword than he who was stricken by famine.— (hear, hear.) He could bear but too strong testimony to the opinion expressed by Mr. M`Kerrow that men in want of temporal comforts were but ill-fitted to receive the consolations of religion—for he had found how diffi cult it was, when the poor man was dying, with his staff ing children around him, to stop the word of blasphemy issuing from his lips, in his parting breath." Yet, with this appalling distress, Lord Asx- BURTON refuses all relief, because rye bread is black. At the same meeting the Chairman stated— " That in the township of Manchester, in 1836, there were thirty-two empty warehouses; there are now 340. In 1836 there were in Manchester 300 or 400 empty houses ; there are now about 2,6oo.—(Hear, hear.) In Stockport there are 2,000 empty houses ; in Oldham, 1,000 ; in Bolton, 1,200 ; in Bury, 1,20(1; and in Sal ford, 1,400; making, as Mr. Heyworth has stated, nearly 10,000 in the whole, in this neighbourhood." Does any person hear of uninhabited houses, deserted stores, and starving people in Germany ? Lord ASHBURTON, however, is quite clear and po sitive that the abundance of Germany would be fatal to the happiness of England. It might, perchance, render the people somewhat more independent, and less the submissive slaves of the priests and the Peers, and Lord ASHBUR TON will not allow abundance. Need we remind our readers of those harrow ing pictures of the deep-seated and almost uni versal distress of the labouring classes, which the excellent representatives of Finsbury and Wol verhampton so recently brought before the House of Commons, without, perhaps, tinging the cheeks of the DARLINGTONS and the HAND.. LEYS with one blush of shame. It will suffice to re-quote the following description of the happy white-bread-eating English, which Mr. S. DUN COMBE quoted from one of Mr. OASTLER'S letters from the Fleet : " It is almost, nay, it is actually incredible ; but never theless, it is true—absolute fact—which can be proved by incontrovertible evidence :—Not six miles from this place, on the edge of the Moors, a cow dying of dysen wry, is considered by the poor weavers and their families as a honey-fall—a God-send ! She is called by them a green tail.' I will not trust my own description of this horrid fact, I will merely transcribe the notes of a friend, which notes I know are true. 'ln the course of our in --;rif into the state of the labourers, one of our questions :ltow often do you get butchers' meat ?' In the neighbourld of Dean Head and Scammonden the ge neral reply was, :.aever nobbut wen th' green tail butcher gets a ka-ah' (cow). This expression, of course, re quired explanatio n , which was in the following terms : When a farmer had gotten a ;. 1 1—tering ka-ah, and wen t' doctor sed shu'd dee, they sent for green tail butchei-, to sell hur tull him ' .then a l a d wor to drive her past sick and sick hauses ; they all knew wat bit meant, and then began to niak a collecshun i' their folds ; xn if ss. cud be raised, a whole quarter wod be brought t'fold, to be devided amang efoulk ; but if they cudent raise ss. they tuk wat they hed, and gat a lump of bur for thur brass.' Now . this was all the butchers' meat they had tasted all the year round, except now and then, when they could afford a few pence for melt' . to boil with their pot'ates.' The landlord of the public-house (who had not been long there) related the following anecdote. He told us, That he had once allowed a green, tail' to be killed in his mistall, but he would never allow another to be killed on his premises, no, not for fifty pou n d s : He said, the poor people could not wait until she was cold, that they slapped' their knives' into her before she was stiff—that they cut collopgoff, and held them a short time before the fire, and actually devoured them before they were half fried'—such savage work,' the landlord said, he never saw before !' And is this a prosperous state of trade? These are manufacturing_ labourers --hard working hafici-loom weavers. This is an English scene —a scene in the thriving parish of Huddersfield.", Mr. VILLIERS mentioned, amongst Otherfacts, that the starving people, near Oldham had dis interred the carcass of an animal which had, died of disease, and devoured it. We can conceive only one greater horror to which the people may be driven; but they will, perhapS. take anothe r remedy into their hands before they allow the landowners to degrade them into cannibals. Nevertheless, with these accumulated horrors filling a great portion of the land, Lord AS HBUR : TON in one House, Sir ROBERT PEEL in another, and the bulk of the landlords, speak slightingly of the people's sufferings, and will not abate one jot of their lawful plunder to put even a morsel of wholesome black bread into the mouths of the famishing people. The calmest language we can apply to such conduct is that it is a most impudent aggravation of a foul legal robbery. Were the tortured and half-famished. Multitude to be driven into the last .degree of crimi nality, and embrue their hands in the blood e-ht ,§un. LONDON : WEDNLSDAY, MAY 26, 1841. Their Lz)rdships wero informed last night that the adjournment for' Whitsuuti is to be from Friday to the following Thursday., As the Duke of WELLINGTON asked the question, we are inclined to infer that his Grace is disposed to follow the example set by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and move some vote against the Ministers. Again their Lordships were haunted by the Corn-laws. The Earl of Ranson referred to the Earl of RIPON'S quotations, some nights ago, of the amount of exports, and delicately hinted that the Noble Earl had insinuated, by keeping back the last amount of declared value, the thing that is not. The Earl of Iturcon showed that while the official value of exports had risen from 56 to 102 millions in the last twelve years, tite declared value had only increased from 35 to 51 millions, showing that while the manufacturer had had to contend against a high price of corn, his own produce h a d h e ', : sxtcontinually falling in price. The Noble Lord alsO showe,l many examples that no densely peopled country - had p:ovided for its own population, and that an exporting country' was always a poor country, and that our country had made!he most rapid advance since it had become an importing country. The Noble Lord also proved, with great clearness, t.'at it was injurious to the country, injurious to agriculture itself, to depend wholly on our own produce, which, bad seasons, slid not suffice to feed the people, and in good Sft suns could not .be disposed of. In conclusien, he referred to a misquotation which Lord ASUBCRTON had made on a previous evening from ADAM SMITH, and was rebuked by Lord WHARNCLIFFE for violating their Lordships' order by referring to previous debates. • The Earl of RIPON did not successfully defend himself, a wl, to conceal his plight, raised a cloud of duSt about re uiissio,A of taxes, the currency, improvements of machi nery, &c., (cc., which he implored their Lordships to consider before they said anything about doing justice to the people. Be complained, too, that he had been held up as introducing a law to fix the price of corn at 80s., but that was the neraimum, not the minimum price, and rite fact was, that the it".srage of six years after passing this law, was 695. lid. He said that in the management of his property he had always. proc&lded on the .assumption that the price could not reach 80s. He expected, how ever, that it wotfld rise considerably from the effect of lase paw ; but he and other Noble Lords would have us tstlieve that those expectations had no influence whatever on their conduct. Would they, did they ever, pass a law - to lowee the price of sybeat, ? Lord A milBuRT" &ailed that the distress in the • manufacturing districts was caused by the Corr.- laws destroying the markets of the manufacturers, • Who do not manu,Scture solely exclusively for the landowners of Engil;od, though the la7v would con fine them to that. The Noble Lord qts - sted Mr. FIELDEN'S speech, which we quoted on Monday, to Zitow ,that all the distress in the manufacturing districts was Mused by the extended use of machinery. According to Lord A SHRURTON, to abridge human toil to provide cheaply for the wants of man, is to cause distress. Poor Lord AsnnulTos4to find him turned a Luddite in his old age is a pitiable spectacle. Knowing the foul source of the change, we can only weep over the polluting and degrading effects of avarice. . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE deprecated expressing Opinions on the subject. He, however, described the slidiog scale as a delusion, and advocated a fixed duty. He obt, , erved that those countries which depended on other countries never suffered from scarcity. The Noble Marquis referred to the lean cattle of France, which Lord ASHBORTON had quoted the evening before, and ob served that they were objects of protection. - The Duke of WELLINGTON was for avoiding all irri tating topics, but was favourable to the present law. Prices under it had been more steady in England than in other countries. He attributed the lowness of prices to the extended use of machinery, and expressed an opinion that the lower classes of manufacturers were in a state of distress. But, looking at the exports, he was .of opinion . that the manufacturers were not in such a state of distress as they represented. He recommended, however, a general discussion on the Corn-laws. Earl EITZWILLIAM was rejoiced at the recommenda tion of the Noble Duke. Fat oxen were prohibited to be imported into France, which explained why the French were so badly off for cattle. The prices quoted by the Noble Duke were medium prices—not the high est and lowest—and therefore gave no such information as that the Duke had drawn from them. After the presentation of petitions, the Peers ad journed, at Half-past Eight, till Thursday. Mr. T. DUNco3LLE having, presented a number of pe titions for the release of political offenders, one of which was signed by 1,300p0 of the industrious classes, went on to call the attention of the House to the petitions. be knew that it was a delicate subject, but there were and cases when it was necessary to advise the 'Cro*:n in the exercise of its prerogative. He referred to eves in which the prerogative had been exer • ciseeto release political offenders, and said th e persona at present confined were worthy of the favour. His motion was confined to the home prisoners, exclud ing Mr. Frost and his companions. The petitioners par ticularly alluded to Atte case of Captain DUFF. Mr. DUNCOMBE, oft the part of that gentleman, stated that he was found guilty because he did not choose to excul pate himself at the expense of another person, and that _, t ti b , . - .A. 717: ;, ,-%, . . 4 . 1 . , iiv,%.:, , ..,.. ,, 7,, , , , ,,rikpi.±.:,.‘ i ' II arli ii c '' , • '," '. • -• , ftii,k77...0/cLa) - ''' ' 11*4144 :.14‘,1 14 ` . ''- r., , T e:S;; ,, ' , : r 1....-741141' c' " " '' - " -411' ' .' ' - 4 .• • ~" 1, 4..."- , ‘ •• - t - ' ( i ../"Y• . . - ' \ TH 1 4 1 SUN, LONDON, Vl' EDNESDAY, MAY N, 18 U. who would be must to blame, the mad dened people or the iniquitous law-makers? Bread or blood has been, on several oc casions, the cry of a starving popul2. c. ; and if our law-makers wickedly withhold bread from our people, which is abundant, not only in America, and Poland, and Russia, but even in the bonded warehouses in our own ports, can they expect that the laws of human nature will be suspended for them, and that they should live as safe and secure amidst a famishing, as amidst a well-fed people ? For • our parts, we tremble to think of the yet greater horrors than those we have quoted, which await the country—though GOD knows, what with books written to recommend a painless extinction ofin fant life, and law-makers putting men to death by the lingering pain of starvation, we have had quite enough—should the starvation law bf' continued. `We must, before concluding our observations on Lord ASHBURTON; notice another circum stance. He dwelt with much force on Monday evening, on the greater consumption of meat and sugar iu England than in France and Ger many. Be the statistical account correct, how does that throw light on the condition of our hand-loom weavers, our agricultural serfs, or the lumper-fed Irish? They rarely or never taste either meat or sugar. The fact is that rich, commercial, and manufacturing England possesses a numerous and opulent middle class, who enjoy undoubtedly all the comforts of life. Our middle class town population is probably six times as numerous as the same class of per sons in France, and three times as many as in Germany. Now it is the consumption of this numerous and comparatively favoured class which swells the average consumption of meat and sugar in England above the average consumption of other countries. In no other country of Europe, however, is there the same mass of destitute, hard-working, skilful labourers as in England, and.their distress may be great, their sufferings may be, as they are at present, most poignant, and yet Lord ASHBURTON may be able to quote, with smiling satisfaction, the tes timony of a Liberal, that Englishmen, on an average,, consume more meat than Prussians, and more sugar than Frenchmen. The terms of com parison, in fact, are not identical. Lord Asn- BURTON compares the middle classes of England, the great consumers of sugar and meat, with the middle classes of France and Germany, and from that comparison he infers the well-being of our middle classes—not of our labourers. Tile Noble Lord's logic is of a piece with his consis tency, and both are a disgrace to an honest and s right-minded man. M. Guizov's praise of Holland reminds us that it was the great object of Louis XIV. to crush that then young republic, and that Hol land was only saved from destruction by the assistance of England and the victories of MARL BOROUGH. France then wished to destroy Hol land, and now M. GuizoT vaunts its utility to France. Such are the results of the schemes cf politicians. They build up in one year, or in one century, what they destroy in the next ; they destroy at one time what they have before taken the greatest pains to aggrandize. The re lations between France and Holland are a type of those between England and Russia. At pre sent Russia is the bugbear of England, and for many years prior to 1815, except during the short interval that PAUL sat on the imperial throne, one of the great objects of our policy was to strengthen and civilize Russia. We in troduced her officers into our navy; we sent out our officers to organise her fleet; and having made her formidable, we now live in apprehen sion of her, and would feign check her power. Such is political wisdom ! The whole of the Paris Journals of Sunday have reached us. In the debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the commercial treaty with Hol land, several Members who spoke in favour of the treaty took occasion to express a hope that no similar measure would be adopted between France and Great Britain. " Fortunately," ob served M. FOULD, " every Administration has recoiled from the universal maledictions to which a commercial treaty with England would give birth. In treating with Holland we treat with a nation of consumers; in treating with England we treat with a manufacturing nation not having markets enough for its produce." Propo sitions so general as those laid down by M. FOULD admit of long lists of exceptions. We presume that even the Hon. Deputy would admit, if hard pressed, that in the course of his political studies he had read or heard that the vineyardb of England do not supply a stock of wine ade quate to the consumption of the population, while in France the reverse of this is pretty generally admitted ; more especially in the southern de partments of that kingdom. Coals are not over abundant in France, and yet in England we could spare a few at even a cheaper rate than thee• can be raised in Belgium. We are a nation of pro ducers no doubt, but if M. FOULD were a little better acquainted with commercial statistics, he would not require to be told that we are also more extensive consumers of foreign and colo nial produce than any other nation in the world, Holland not excepted. Not that we disapprove of the commercial treaty with Holland. On the contrary, we are always glad to witness an exten sion of the principle of free trade, no matter who may profit most by it. What we seek to establish is the fact that however beneficial to France is a commercial treaty with llolland, one with Eng land would not be without great and manifest advantages. M. GUIZOT supported the Treaty with Holland chiefly on political grounds. The following ex tract from his speech is worthy of attention Government is convinced that France should be on good terms with Holland, and that there is a great political interest in such being the case. This interest alone legitimates the treaty. In time of peace, as in time of war. we require the good feeling, nay, the amity of Holland. It hat always been the policy of France to keep up this feeling. I need not tell you, gentlemen, that France has constantly sought the alliance of the small States around her. Need I speak of her intimate relations with the electoral circles? I have no hesitation in declaring that this is a first-rate interest.—(Agitation.) You have been told that Holland is above all others a consuming na tion. Her 3,000,000 inhabitants consume as much as 7,000,000 Germani. The treaty, moreover, opens to you the rich islands that Holland possesses in the Seas of Asia. England has not understood the importance of these islands. She has overlooked the resources presented by this group of islands, the Indian Archipelago, Java, &c. She has confined herself to the Continent—she has signed the treaty of 1824, and re grets it deeply. Let us show more foresight than England has done. The Sovereign, who has abdicated the throne of his noble free will was the first who resisted the coalition against France. The good will of Holland gave to France, on the 15th of July, 11,000 horses. Commercially speaking, the treaty has less importance than some persons pretend to say ; but, politically speaking, it is of great importance. To prove this has been the purport of my speaking. It is in the name of the political interests of the country that I declare myself hostile to all amendments on the subject. We have pleasure in stating that the health of the young Duke de CIIARTRES, second son of the Duke of ORLEANS, is so far recovered that he is considered out of danger. So amiable in private life are all the members of the Royal family of France, that the chance of any calamity befalling them excites the sympathies of every class in this country. The Duke and Duchess of ORLEANS removed with their household on Friday to the Chateau of Villiers. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by their children. TEXAN LOAN.—" The issuing of the Texan loan had been received with such general disapprobation and distrust that the firm of J. Legal., which had undertaken to bring it out, and had inundated the country with its prospectuses, was obliged to abandon it." “ o lden times of the Cortes loan are over," says La e rg,Pr " not, however, without having left sad recollections and hitter regrets in the mi nds of those of whom it a b sor b e d their palpfuliy*Arngd savings, and deceived the credulity of the Liberals." ke MAZILIAGE OF A RUSSIAN PRINCESS.—The Leipsic Gazette ot th e 19th i nst. states, t h at t h e P r i nc ess Olga daugh ter of the Emperor of Russia, was about to be married to a son of the Arehdu Charlee, THE LOUIS PHILIPPI: n :O genstein bad passed lately throngh Vienna fur the purpose of arranging the treaty of marriage tsthaatEsFpioe:::::7,4Phreince Witt- Journal des Debats, after alluding to the petition to the Ch:Pier i Of Deputies, si gne d b y 5,000 citizens of Paris, demanding an n: quiry into the Louis Philippe letters, and after referring to the acquittal of the H ero o f C aen, for an art i c l e on these same letters, states that the quest i on o f th e au th e nticity of th® cor respondenee ou g ht not to b e le f t to t h e di scuss i on of political parties. The C rown cannot con d escen d to prosecu te the Con temporaine in Loni place itself at the mercy of some IQ reign judges. The Debats winds up by stat ing that the only cour,:e to be pursued by the Government is to declare in the Cham ber of Deputies therorgery of the letters, since Juries had given verdicts which factions were making the most of. " here verdicts," concludes the Debats, " must be broken by a Court of Appeal, and that appeal is the Chamber. Let the Deputies then enter upon the question which has so grievously irritated and tormented public opinion for the last three months. Its sovereign impartiality must decide the discussion of a question that originated in forgery, and was transferred to the Court of Assizes. An answer must be given to the five thousand sig.. natures of the National'} petition, and to the cries of joy uttered by unpunished libellers. It i s f or th e Mi n i s t ry t o pro voke this reply, and for the Chamber to make it." RAILWAYS.—A letter from Geneva of the 18th instant, states that the Sardinian Government having proposed to the Directory of that Canton to join it in constructing a rail way between. Seyssel (Savoy) and Geneva, which would run along the left bank of the Rhone, the offer had been readily ac ceded to, and the plan was about to be carried in execution. DESERTION OF ARABS.—The Toulonnais of the 19th inst. publishes a letter from Oran of the 14th instant, which stated the rather improbable fact, that 70U Arabs, belonging to one of Abd-el-Kader's regular battalions, had presented themselves to the French advanced posts, and surrendered their wins into their hands. The Commerce is mistaken in saying that the Duchess of Orleans had been sponsor to a son of the Count de Hautpool ; the christening took place at the Tuilleries, but the godmother of the child was the Princess Wagram, who is a Princess of Bavaria.— Gazette de France. We have received the following letter from Berlin dated the 161 h of May : ' " The King, yielding to the remonstrances which are made in all parts of the States belonging to the German Customs Union, against the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation con cluded on the 2nd March last, between Prussia and Great Bri tain, in the name of the other States belonging to the Customs Union, has just ordered that before it is rati fied this Treaty shall be submitted to the examination of the new Reformed Representative Committee, being re solved not to decide on the propriety of ratifying the Treaty till the Committee has given its opinion, but public opinion having already expressed itself very decidedly against the Treaty, it is not at all probable that it will be rati fied, and the less so as, according to one of the clauses, the exchange of the ratification ought to have taken place within two months after the conclusion of the Treat- at London, that is to say, on the 2d of the present month of Aiay. A letter from Toulon, of the l9ih of May, says, " A Re ir- Admiral, Baron de Lassusse, is expected every moment from Paris, and the division, the command of which has been given him, is ready to sail for the Levant." The squadron which is cruizing off the Hyeres Islands, under the command of Admiral Cosy, for the instruction of the Cap tains, the officers awl crews, consists of the following ships of the line :—Souverain, the Marengo, the Scipion, Jupiter, Alger, Ville de Marseilles, Trident, Genereux, a n d the Venus frigate.— Le Commerce. The Madrid Papers of the 16th speak doubt fully of the formation of the new Cabinet. An impression prevailed that most of the difficulties which the REGENT at first experience) were over come, and that a HA of the new Cabinet would appear in the Gazette of the 17th inst. ESPARTERO has commenced the great work of reform by reducing the army. This is an excel lent measure and ‘vill be popular with the indus trious classes. The following is a translation of the Decree to this effect : Peace and tranquillity being re-established in all the pro vinces throughout the kingdom, the period is arrived to com mence an organization of the army suited to the state of affairs, and better adapted to the military territorial division of the realm, at the same time introducing in the public expen , es an economy which the condition of our finances so imperiously ne cessitates. Actuated by these principles, I as Regent of the kingdom during the minority of Queen Donna Isabella the Se cond, have considered it incumbent upon me to decree as follows : Art. I. The rank of General-in-Chief of the united armies is abolished. Art. 2. As a consequence of the preceding Article are also abolished the rank of Chief of the Staff, of General Com mandant of Artillery and of the Engineers,of Military Intendant of the said armies, with their respective dependencies, the au ditory and the service of the military hospitals. Art. 3. The divisions and the brigades composing the five corps of the army in the districts of Catalonia, Valentia,Araston, the Northern Provinces, and the Two Castiles, will retain their actual, organization, under their respective chiefs. Art. 4. The troops, for the time being in each military dis trict, will be placed under the superior command of the Captain General of the same district. This decree, as having heard it, you will enforce the ful filment of. Given at the Palace, May 14, 1841. The Duke de la VITTORIA. To Don Pedro Chacon, Minister of War. GENERAL ASSEMELY.—Friday, as usual, was spent in prayer, and on Saturday a variety of subjects came be fore the Assembly. They were, in general, of little interest to the public, with the exception of the case of Mr. Wright, of Borthwick, one of the most useful mem bers of the Kirk of Scotland. He has published several excellent works on the duties of Christians, which have had a general circulation, not only throughout Scotland, but England, and the north of Ireland, and have been greatly admired by those who derive consolation from the Gospel dispensation. Some of them, however, have given offence to the Evangelical party in the Scotch Church, who consider them heterodox, and that party, therefore, has persecuted Mr. Wright for the last two or three years. He appealed from the inferior Courts to the General Assembly, and that body as now constituted, of Course decided against him on Saturday, by confirm ing the decisions of the Synod and Presbytery. It is not at all improbable that the wild men who now rule the Kirk may eventually depose him. The more we see of these agitators, the more are we convinced that the Church of Scotland is now really in danger. CALM DISCUSSION FOR THE CORN-LAWS. —The landowners want to have the Corn-law question discussed with calmness. These men with full bellies, ask the hungry labourer to be as placid as they are. They should have made the request in 1835 and 1836, when food was abundant, and prices low ; but the men to whom calmness must then have been recommended, were the fidgetty, fretting landowners. Their request comes now too late ; and as they have taken great care to con vince the public that it has nothing wlatever to hope from their sense ofjustice, they must expect that the pub lic will appeal to another sense. EFFECTS OF PENNY POSTAGE IN THE LONDON DIS TRICT POST.—The revenue in this post (after deducting the receipts on General Post letters collected by this de partment), for the year 1838—the last year totally unaf fected by the great reduction of rate—was 118,0001. ; for the year 1840 about 104,0001., so that an increase of 13 per cent, only is wanted to make the revenue of 1840 equal to that of 1838. But the present rate of increase is 14 per cent. per annum, so that, assuming this rate of increase to continue, the lapse of another year is all that is required for the complete restoration of the gross re venue of this department.—Mr. Rowland Hill's Postage Paper, read before the Statistical Society, on May 17. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. . CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The Stock Market assumed rather a rising appearance to day, in consequence of the nature of the account, which, a. we mentioned in our article of yesterday evening, Wa3 en tirely in favour of the speculators for a rise. It is notorious that stock is now so scarce as to render the market pretty well invulnerable to any but the most decided agents, it we may risk such a term in relation to political events. Nothing short of a resignation of Ministers, could, it is thought, occasion a fluctuation just now of even per cent. Consols for imme diate delivery realised to-day 89i to 90k, closing at 90 sellers, and for the Account, 90! to 90k, the latest bargains being at 90% buyers. The unfunded debt supported the premium of as. to 10s. Bank Stock was rather dull at 168, the Re duced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 97a to 97g, and India Bonds par to 2s. prem. The few sales made in the Foreign stocks were at prices ex hibiting a trifling rally. Spanish Ronds were at 231 ; Por tuguese were not dealt in ; Colombian were at 226 to ; Buenos Ayres at 23; Russian Bonds at an improvement to 1121; Belgian were steady at 100 to 1; French Five ptr Cents. at 114 f. 25c ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at. 52i to b. The market for the Railway shares wore a very depressed appearance, and although there was no large extent of business doing prices underwent a general decline. Great Western were 26%; New, 12%; London and Birmingham Thirds, 20%; Greenwich Scrip, 1 ; South Western, 16i ; and Mid land Counties, Quarter, 61 premium. Brighton were 4/1 to 5 ; Blackwall, 7 ; North Midland, 23 ; the New 54, and the South Eastern, 18i discount. Nothing was done in Banking shares. The foreign exchanges generally appeared to wear an im proved appearance to-day, and the rate on Hamburgh again improved slightly. Three months' bills were taken at 251. 621 c. to 65c. on Paris ; at 13 101 to 11 on Hamburgh ; at 12 3% on Amsterdam ; at 12 3tol on Antwerp; at 1491 to on Frankfort ; and at 9 56 to 9 58 on Trieste. (From The Sun of Last Night.) . LIVERPOOL COTTON MR RE2T, 141 tv 24.—The business in the Cotton Market has been again very limited-, the sales comprise 2,500 bales, wholly to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE-MARKET. MAY '24.—A very limited business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this day. Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock, 294'; Midland Counties, new share, 21 3 / 4 ; North Midland one-third shares, 53. • MAWCHISTER S TOCK E X CHANGE, MAY 24.—. We do not experience any improvement in the Share Market:—North Midland (Thirds) 5L 5 13-16, and 5a ; Manchester and Leeds , 505 to 515 , do. Half Shares, 203 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 25 ; Bank of Manchester, 7 ; Manchester Assurance, 9 5 Sir Robert Peel's notice in the House of Commons last night that on Thursday next he would move that her Majesty's Mi nisters do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons, has not had any effect on the British funds, and caused but little excitement in the City, it having been already anticipated for several days past. The prevailing opinion is, that a new Ministry cannot last for six months. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yes terday. 89% 90 for Money, and 905 a for the nexte Account, July 16. this being Settling Day in the British Funds the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in adjusting their accounts, which are to a little extent, as the extreme fluctuation during the present Account not being more than 4 per cent., conse quently it will be easily settled without any difficulty. Exche quer Bills 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, •261, 253; I n di a B on d s , par ., 2 premium. 1 In the Foreign Market very little doing as y et. S p anish Active, 23 4 L ; D e f erre d, iii if; Passive. 84 4 ; Portuguese , 345 ; Three p er Cents., 204 204; ; B r azilian, 674 684 ; Co lumbian, 22% 4; ;Mexican,per Cents. 525 . 4 ; Fi ve per 28A i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half Cents., 99% 100 . SHA RES.—G reat W estern , 26 27 premium; New, 13% prem. Lond on and Brighton, 4,4 4 prem. ; Blackwall, 7 6 dis; Brrningiietno 69 prem. ; ... cout h a mpton,sss 565 per share, Croydon, 13% 134 poi , ;h ug i Greenwich, 85 per share ; Man chester and Birminghmn, IW, 145 dim. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT OWE. RAILWAYS. . Paid. Per Share. Great Western Loudon. Itudgfrighton ...... 50 ...... 455 to 45% London and Iliackggi ~ „ . . . 25 ...... 18 London and Birminghaigri ... . -:. 11 0 :r:••• :-:.;i to Ditto Thirds - ...... ' 32 ...... .'-'', • lu -' London and Greenwich ......... '2O •• ••• Ditto Scrin ........ 4 ...... 54...... to London and 'South Western...... 381......M4*.. to 5 1,„ 14 . 4 74 POunties ... ......... 100 ...... ...... to ' ..-;ittc, 5 si tare North Midland fpo ...... Ditto New ' • - ' • ' ..... 4O ...•.;.'. 33 1 - 01 ff " lt The settling of the British Account is g ng o we , an 4 to the present Limit is a Bear Account, continuation to next 1 „ ..„•• ...... 15 ...... 215 to Tiwe may be looted at 5 to i per cent, and blowy ranges from g per cent. in the house. No business of consequence has been done during the morning. Stock is scarce. The general topic of conversation in the city this morning entirely relates to Sir Robert Peel's notice in the Ilonse last night. All persons are anxiously awaiting the decision of Thursday's motion. Consols are at present 90A for Money, for the opening, July 16, 90 1 1. ; Exchequer Bills 10 8 p rem ., l ower ; Bank Stock, 168 ; India Bonds •.?, prem., par. There is scarce anything doing in the Foreign Market ; Spa nish Active, 23i ; Belgian, 100 i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52g. The Share Market is heavy, with little doing. Great Western, 9141; London and Brighton 45i ; do. Birming ham ( Thirds), 52%; South Western, 55* ; North Mid land, 3311 34. Consols, Money, 90 90k; for Account, 90i g. No business whatever (lining in the Foreign Funds. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. _ _ _ Bank Siock . 168 India Stock -- 3 per Cent Red BBi Ditto Bonds 2 par 3 per Cent Cons 9O& Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 97a Ditto New Annuities... New 36- per Cent 9O Er.. Bills, 1,0001... 24d Bpm New 5 per Cent — ' Ditto 5001 l2pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l4 pm Jan. 1860 l2 11-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 123 ;India Stock for 0p;.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct 903 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOO4 'Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 23 !Russian, 5 per cent ll2l Chilian, 6 per cent._ Ditto, Nletallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 234 Ditto, 1824. ... ..... 224 Ditto, Deferred .. 111 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.ll4f. 25c. Greek, 18;45, 5 per cent — 'Exchange - e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. IDutch, 2 per cent. ... 524 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et Ditto, 5 per cent 994 SHARES Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 9li Ditto New Shares (50 paid 64 London and Brighton (50 paid)... 4si London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) lB London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto 'thirds (32 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto Scrip. (4 paid) London and South Western North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ...... 67 Ditto New Shares (40 paid).. ......... South East, , rn and Dover (33 paid)... 14i COURSE OF EXCHANGE-(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar . .. . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6i Genoa . . . 25 85 Antwerp flamburgh M.B. 13 13i Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon Marseilles Bout deaux 25 80 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 150* Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37i Buenos Ayres Berlin.... Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 0 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid . . 35 Portugal Gold Coln £0 0 0 .... . _ Cadiz Bilboa .. Forein Gold, bars 3 17 9 'New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ... 34 New Dollars 0 4 10a (Silver in Bars 0 5 0,-; COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, arrived in town at twenty minutes before six o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Huisars, from Claremont. Colonels Wemyss and 'll ylde, and Dr. Prcetorius, followed in another open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her attendants occupied another carriage, and in the la.t carriage and four were Lady Portman, Baroness Leiner', Baroness Spa th, and Lord Poltimore. Her Majesty and the Prince were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole to Piince Albert, Earl of Aboyn.!, Lord in Waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, and Major the Hon. George Keppel, Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen last evening, and afterwards accompanied her Majesty and Prince Albeit to the Italian Opera. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen also accompanied her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The Royal Suite consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Hun. Miss Murray, Earl of Aboyne, Major the Hon. George Keppel, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Francis Seymour. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge also paid a visit to her Majesty yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Ely with his company at dinner, last evening, at his residence in Bel grave-square. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia Matilda, visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cam bridge House. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage. Mr. J. Parker and Mr. Ward had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing. street, on the sub ject of the Sheffield Address to her Majesty. Mr Gillespie had an interview with Lord John Russell yes terday at he Co!onial-office. Despatches from the Governor of the Honduras were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Mr. Baron Parke gave judgment in "Dalzell c. airrodaile," Commissioners of Compensation. The Solciror-General was beard in the Appeal relative to the will of the late Mr. James Wood, of Gloucester, and con cluded his address soon after four o'clock. The Court then rose. Commodore Sir Charles Napier visited the Panorama of Acre and Damascus yesterday, and was highly gratified at the correctness of the views. DR. REID'S LECTURES. NEW PRACTICAL COURSE FOR SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. Yesterday the first practical lesson illustrative of the course recommended by Dr. Reid, was given at Willis's rooms. Dr. Reid's views are, that the introduction of practical lessons in chemistry, in all schools and acade mies, will be equally advantaffeous in their influence on the arts, on public health, and in economising the means of the poor, while they are essentially necessary for all who may be intended for professional pursuits, where a knowledge of physical science is required. The practical lessons are given immediately before the lecture, and consist of a series of demonstrations as to the nature of air, water, combustion, or such other subjects as may engage attention, each of the pupils performing simultaneously a series of experiments illustrative of the facts described, and being interrogated upon each, so as to quicken his powers of observation in tracing the suc cessive phenomena that are presented as the experiments proceed. The pupils stand round a table, each having an assort ment of apparatus and materials placed before him, such as are required for the operations in which they are to be engaged. The apparatus is exceedingly simple, and consists merely of slips of glass, with which numerous experiments are performed, and of a few tubes, glass jars and candles, gas-lamps, or charcoal, according to the de gree of heat required. The following statement of the experiments performed in the introductory lessons will give a better idea than any detailed explanations of the system adopted. The pupils performed all the experi ments with much interest, and we noticed a number of ladies and gentlemen, including several Members of the House of Commons, examining attentively the nature of the system, and the manner in which the young pupils entered upon their experimental operations. Dr. Reid began the practical lessons by placing in the hands of each of the pupils a small instrument, which he termed a chemical abacus. It is constructed in the same "manner as the common abacus ; a number of beads strung upon different wires, representing the different elements, which are moved in different positions, accord ing to the nature of the combination it may be intended to represent. In the first experiment the pupils placed a jar over a candle, when their attention was called to the manner in which it burned till it was extinguished, to the products of combustion, to the moisture deposited, and thus to the impurities communicated to the air, these being tested saccessively by litmus, lime-water, &c. In the next series of experiments the pupils operated upon the air which they expired testing it in the same manner as the products of combustion, by litmus and lime-water. Lastly, they dissolved a portion of a chemical prepara tion which was given them with the view of explaining the extreme minuteness of the particles of matter, and having effected a solution by boiling it with water upon a piece of flat glass, they lifted-- tests with another portion of glass, and applied them to the matter of experiment. During the whole course of thew experiments the teacher keeps up a continued conversational intercourse with the pupils, and they are continually examined and cross-examined upon the varied phenomena that are ob served, till he is satisfied that they are thoroughly un derstood. ELOPEMENT.—A great sensation has been ex cited at Camberwell by the elopement of a widow lady named Hallan, of Cottage-green, with a Mr. Abraham Horne, of the Foxley-road. The paramour of the lady has deserted a wife and four young children in the most heartless manner, besides having absconded from his creditors to a large amount. The guilty parties were traced to Monteuil, on the road to Paris, where they were arrested under a false passport, the man having assumed the name of Alfred Hallan (the lady's name), It is sup posed they intend to proceed to America. CONCERT.—:MIIe. E. Meerlis's Grand Even ing Concert on Monday, the 7th of June, will be a great treat ; as, in addition to her own beautiful voice she has secured the talent of Dorus Gras, with Mdlle. Bertuccal no the harp. 01111 M. H. Vientemps on the violin ; who. with the Beneficiare, has the latinour of appearing before her Majesty nt 41,e -1'4 1 4 , c , , op Wednestlai evening . . The, great delay experienced by the public in the production of maps of importance has long been a cause of great annoyance to publishers, and we have much pleasure in calling their attention to a very clever inven tion, which will assist materially in remedying this evil, AS by the °Mnli g ra Pht " a 11401iIIP p tpPte byMessrs. Becher and Co., of Holloway (which will perform the work in an eighth of the time usually employed by . the most rapid letter engraver, with the greatest precision and uniformity possible.) Maps, Charts, &c., can be pro aiteed-at a certain 4ofir, PFPO, end . 0 ft vast sffitig expenditure both of time and money. The Count de Survilliers (Joseph. Bonaparte), with his son-in-law, the Prince de Canino, and his son Lucien, Dr. Stokoe, Messrs;Maillard and Thibaud, se cretaries, and a numerous suite, embarked at' the Brims , Wick Wharf, 81,-.ickwall, yester+y Oternon, 9 R -I l o r d the Peniiiiiilar . o!hiorC)i4ental 5i01Tt1 , 4% . - igation Company's ship U, Corer, gsco Commode; for Genba, REPRESENTATION OF MARY LEBONE. Last evening a meeting of the electors of the Borough of Marylebone, residing in the district of Paddington, was held at the King and Queen Tavern, Paddington-green, for Ilse purpose of receiving from the Reform candidate, Commodore Sir Charles Napier, an explanation of the grounds upon which he solicits their votes at the next election. At seven o'clock precisely, the chair was taken by Mr. Welsher, one of the late Churchwardens of the parish. The Gallant Commodore presently afterwards came into the room, and was greeted with much cheering. The CHAIRMAN said that the duty which he had to perform was a pleasing one. It was merely to introduce to them Sir Charles Napier, of whom they had heard so much for the last two years.—( Cheers.) It was not necessary for him to say anything for the Gallant Comodore, who would speak for him self.—( Cheers and laughter.) Sir C. Nama then rose, amidst the most enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. He said, Gentlemen, you must be aware that the occupations which I have had fur the last two years, make me perfectly capable of understanding the tricks and manoeuvres of our opponents.—(Cheers and laughter.) At our last meeting they attempted to make it appear that I was opposed to the amendment of the New Poor-law Bill. But I tell you, once for all, that there is not a man in England who is more a friend to the poor than I am.—(Cheers.) And I will second, with might and main, every effort to amelioraie the condition of the poor, and to mitigate the asperities of the Poor-laws.—(Repeated cheering.) I was for two years one of the guardians of the poor in my own parish, and I did all I could to soften the hardships of the law, and to lessen the suf ferings of the poor.--( Renewed cheering.) We took the re sponsibility upon ourselves of departing from the orders of the Central Council, and we allowed out-door relief to the aged poor of 6s. instead of Ss. a-week. If the state of the old law requ.red alteration, I am still of opinion that the union workhouses ought to be like Greenwich and Chelsea Hospitals—places of refuge and comfort for those who are worn out in the service of the community.—( Tremendous cheering.) I think that those who are past their labour ought to have a home and a refuge there, and he allowed to go out to take their walks when they liked, as in Chelsea or Greenwich—(Cheers)—but I do not think that the young and the idle ought to have the same indulgence at the expense of the industrious.—( Hear, hear.) I understand that the parishes of St. Pancras and Marylebone have good local acts, well administered, and that the best parts of the New Poor-law have been taken from their example ; and I will therefore do ail in my power to prevent any interference with the local management of those districts of this borough.—( Hear, hear, Lear.) There is now another subject to which I must allude—and which, indeed, must be looked to all over the country—l mean the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I am a deadly enemy of those laws.— (Vehement cheering.) 1 go with her Majesty's Ministers as far as they go—(Cheers)— and I believe that their propositions would not aggrieve the landholders, but would greatly benefit the people.—( Cheers. ) But even if the alteration did tend to diminish the incomes of the owners of land, is that a reason why the luxuries of the rich should be maintained at the cost of misery and privation to the poor ?—( Cheers.) I have had a calculation sent up to me from the country, by which it is shown that a difference cf 3d. in the price of the loaf makes a difference to the poor man with a family of fully one-fifth of his income, and to his landlord a difference of only one-four-hundredth part.—_ (Cheers. ) I think that if money must be raised for the sup port of the public establishments of the country, it should be raised without oppressing the poor—it should be raised by a property-tax.—( Applause.) I think that if the transmission of property in the funds is taxed, so a'so ought the transmission of landed property to be taxed.—( Hear, hear.) The matter of the Sugar Duties, gentlemen, is now an old story—( Hear, and a laugh )—and all I have to say about them is, that I think every old woman in the country ought to have enough sugar to her tea.—( Great laughter.) The Tories have no right to throw it upon the Ministers that they would encourage slavery by reducing the duties. What did the Tories ever do to discou rage slavery ? But,Gentlemen, if you wish to understand the whole state of the case upon that question, read Lord Palmer ston's speech, and you will see how it stands, and how far the measure of the Government is from being an encouragement to slavery.—( Hear, hear.) An ELECTOR—What do you say about the timber duties, Commodore ? _ _ Sir C. NA PIER—The gentleman asks what I say about the timber duties? Well, that's easily done.—(A laugh.) The Government always uses Baltic timber in its own ships, and I can't see why the merchants should not be allowed to use it in their vessels, or why the people of England should be com pelled to use the inferior timber of Canada in building their houses.—(Hear, hear.) _ _ An ELF.CTOR--NONV'tell us, Commodore, what do you think of the Ballot.—( Hear,. hear. ) Sir C NAPIER—I tell you what it is, Sir ; when I was a young man, I thought it was the best way for every Englishman to go up to the poll, and speak out his mind like a man, and for that reason 1 did not like the ballot. But I have since seen that it is impossible to have the people represented unless they are protected by some such means ; and I am decidedly in favour of the Ballot.—( Cheers.) I find that there are in this borough upwards of 35,00 J ten-pound householderi. I find that I 1 ,500 only of these are registered; and I find, lastly, that of these, only 8,000 have ever voted.—(Hear, hear, hear.) 1 understand, also, that the true cause of so few registering, and so much fewer voting, is, that they want the Ballot to protect them from persecution.—( The Gallant Officer then sat down amidst repeated rounds of applam.e. ) Mr. SMART (who was greeted with the warmest applause) said he had a resolution to propose, which he was satistied would meet with the cordial approbation of every one of the numerous body of his brother electors then present. It was— " That this meeting has heard with entire satisfaction the sen timents of the gallant Commodore, Sir Charles Napier, and the electors present pledge themselves to use their best exertions to secure his election as a worthy colleague of their esteemed representative, Sir Benjamin Hall."—( Great cheering.) He could not but express his deep regret that another attempt was about to be made to divide the Reform interest in the borough, and to continue the misrepresentation of Marylebone by a Tory.—(Cheers. ) An ELECTOR—We are not so YOUNG as to be caught that way again. —(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. SMART Or as sorry to see a gentleman professing Liberal opinions, and whose sincerity he would not venture to dispute—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter)—coming for ward, when he knew from previous experiments he had not sufficient support in the borough, having never polled more than 700, with the whole interest of Sir S. Whalley in his favour, to throw himself in the way of a man who stood so high as Commodore Napier, in the estimation of the electors and of the country at large. Such conduct was, to say the least of it, nothing better than playing the game of the Tories. —( Cheers. ) Mr. kIAynoN, who was also received in the most enthu siastic manner, seconded the motion. The re . solution was then put by the Chairman, and was car ried without a single hand being raised against it. Thanks having been Toted to the Chairman, An ELEcTort proposed three cheers for the Queen and Com modore Napier, which were accordingly given with many repetitions. The meeting then separated, and as Sir Charles Napier pro ceeded across the green, he was followed by a large concourse of the inhabitants, loudly cheering, arid calling out " Hurrah for the true British sailor." COURT OF SEWERS. The Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster, and part of Middlesex held a Court yesterday at their offices, Greek -street, Soho. The whole of the sitting:was occupied with hearing appeals against rating, none of which contained any points of general interest. PRICE OF CORN, AND WAGES. TO THE EDITOR . OF THE .SUN. Sin,—As regards the corn duties the chief objection seems to be that the proposed alteration would lower the price of labour, and surely, if it would have a tendency to lower wages much below the present point, it would be a matter of very grave consideration ; but I believe it would rather have a contrary effect, as the price of la bour, like every other article, is regulated by the de mand, and not by the price of food. Now, I think you have it in your power to procure very valuable information, on this subject. The Corn laws have had a fair and long trial, and if, on inquiry, it is found that wages have not only kept to their former rate, but have gone on increasing, I should then say let things remain as they are. What I wish is that you would be so kind as to call on your Correspondents in the fol lowing places to give you the average wages of a good workman each year for the last ten years, in order that we may see what increase has taken place. The places, I think, would give n fair estimate. I will now name Norwich, Tiverton, Macclesfield, Manchester, Sheffield, Stroud, Birmingham, Shepton Mallet, Nottingham, Tewkesbury, Witney, and Kidderminister. I think a return of those places would give a fair view of the case as it regards manufacturers, and persons sending theni to you would confer a great favour on the working men in London. It would also be desirable to have a return from many agricultural places of the weekly wages of the labourers ; say from Warminster, Bedford, Burford, Tamworth, Dorchester (Dorset), &c., the more the better. I think, Mr. Editor, with such in formation, we (I mean the working men of London) would know how to act. I am, Mr. Editor, your constant reader, A POOR WEAVER. Bethnal-green, May 24, 1841. [We shall be happy to attend to the request of this Correspondent, if any of our readers in the places men tioned would favour us with returns. Let them state, for instance, what was the rate of wages at Birming ham, Manchester, &c., for the staple manufacture of each, commencing with the year 1831, and giving the rate for every year, as far as can be ascertained, up to 1841, and the same as regards a few of the agricultural districts.] SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. Higgs held an inquest on Monday evening at the Crown, Green-street, Leicester square, on the body of Thomas Simcock, aged 37, formerly a hackney-coach proprietor. On Saturday night last deceased was found opposite to the Admiralty, sitting on the pavement, and resting against the railings. At first it was thought he was intoxicated, but a police-constable, examining him more closely, discovered that he was seriously ill, and with as sistance took him to a surgeon's, where, though restoratives were administered, he died in a few seconds. Since de ceased had been reduced in circumstances from having been a very extensive coach proprietor to driving occasionally a coach at the Golden Cross, West Strand, he had been neg lected by his relatives, who refued to attend the inquest or come forward to identify the body. Mr. Tayleure, one o f t h e overseers isf St, Martin's, said deceased bore an excellent cha racter, and that it was not through misconduct, but misfortune, that he had become reduced in circumstances. He hoped th a t the enmity of his relatives would be dissipated by the hand of death, and that they would bury him decently at their own ex pense. and not allow the parish to do so. Verdict—Natural death. PERSIAN COURTESY.—Duplicity is so deeply impressed upon the P ers i an character, Out the greatest adept in it has the most honour, the game of conversa tic% is kept up with an overwhelming politeness. Thus the master of the house tells the guest that he "looks as brilliant as the sun, and as placid as the moon ;" to which he repli e s, "hi s ears are now rega l e d w ith the tones of the nightingale, and may the ro§e§ of happiness ever bloom in the gaz:42 l l of his destiny ;" with other cßlP l l4tehts quite untranslatable ; and the thousand and one nothings come out of their mouths so glibly, and so unmeamngly, that they seem glad when it ]s . over, and laugh at each o th er . O n taking Imp there s a great deal said about ‘• Oi a lp,o.”. witg long ignorant rg this work'N'vineh implies by the visitor W Rea hit aetea of trouble he has given • the other doubles it with " kali zham e t"—it is he that has giver} the trouble ; and so they go on bowing out each ether with their " zhamets " innum hie —Fowler's Three Year s —3. in p frl i q , Co.trevoclent states that W. A. Williams, 4 pg., o Llaugibby C as tl e , wlll again C(111e C c fr ard fer the coOty of Mon mou th on the Liberal i nterest, with a ce r t a i nty of being electo, MORNING EDITION- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE- EPSOM RACES.—TUESDAY. Baron DE TESSIER. and Sir G. BEAT oco rE, Stewards. That amusements of every kind s: ould be affected by the electioneering movements artsmg out of the recent debates, it was reasonable to expect, and it is tor small roof of the in trinsic attractions of Epsom Races, that the difference betolF. the attendance yesterday, and on occas i ons when the pogo.: cat thermometer has been at "temperate," was so slight as almos t to escape notice. The public, in fact, drawing their infeleoce, from the satisfactory manner in which the majority of the ple as hadfilled, and the immense number of horses congregated is the neighbourhood, calculated upon a sufficiency of sport repay the trouble of a visit to the Downs. 'I hey ware ne, disappointed, the provision for their amusement, minus as sv,.s of the " Woodeote" Stakes, having exhibited the ens" tornary average of racing. Their enjoyment of it was hanced by the fineness of the weather and the judicious at' raugements made for the maintenance of order, arrangeme nt : with which they have been familiarized under the pr egen energetic stewardship. The fitting up" of the course Ra s on much the same plan as last year, th e only alteration tha struck us was the addition of a high stand t o the row in tr °l ; t of the winning I,ast, and the conversion of the old Prince* Stand into a Pace station, thus avoiding the necessity of et ve)itro offenders to the old place of co nfi neme nt under '''"" Gland Stand. The duties of Judge, Clerk of the Course, aid Starter, We ll severally performer! by Messrs. Clark, Farrell, and.perr eu i l in a manner creditable to th e msel v e s an d sa ti s f ac tory to bar parties. The Grand Stand, to w hi c h a b ac k entrance ", , been opened, was as well attended a s usua l on the ' ‘ .l . day ; many of the fa s hion a bl es enumera t e d i n the losing appeared in the p r i v il ege d apartmen' s in the course of trio day :•—Duk es o f R ut l an d an d Beaufor t ; Marquis of Exeter ; Earls of Che s t er fi e ld, U x b r idge, Lit field, Jersey, and Veruhm ; Loris :!tai stone, Paget, Vih Russell, G. Bentinck, G o d o lph in , C. F itzroy , Miltown, liens, Albemarle ; Honourable s G. A nson , H. B ar i n g. Ga rs ,, Byng, H. Rous, Yaulest, G. Fitzroy, R. Grh ir ston; G. tleathcote, T. Good r i c k e , J. Sh e ll ey , •C. Cockereb; Colonels Synge, Cranford, Peel ; Messrs. Brand, Delete itaa chill:, Payne, lliggins, Clive, Irby, Greville, Batson, Grego r y , Crommelitt, J. White, Hawker, H. Coombe, Codring te* Angerstein, Saelly, Rush, Meiklam, Al agennis, • V. nsittar t ' Broadhead. _ The racing commenced punctually at the appointed 6E116 (half-past one) ; with— lb i Tho Craven Stakes o f 10 sovs . eac h , f or three years, 6st —0 lour, Bst 10lb; fi ve , 9 st 4 1b ; s i x and aged, 9st 101 b. Cric'". Course. 5 Subs. Mr. Dixon's eh fby Saracen, out of Delightful,3 yrs (13e1 1 ) .1 0 Lord Lichfield's b b, The Corsair, 5 yrs ....................... Mr. nes:brook's b c, Mobarek, 3 vrs ........................... Mr. Alo3tyn's I,r t; Arthday, 3 yrs .......................... Colonel IN , yndham's b c Father Mathevv, 3 yrs ............... Betting—Even on Mebarek, and 2 to 1 agst Th e corssir' ado After the first quarter of a mile, Father Mathew took the le _A and made play at a go o d p ate , f o ll owe d b y T he Corsa i r ai; Birthday to the turn, wh ere h e res i gne d an d the running,rm taken up by Birthday, who li ve ' only to the di s tance • 1 , 11. Saracen f went on with C orsa i r , an d won c l ever l y b y a leng,,lN The Shirley Stakes of 25 so vs . eac h, f or 3 yrs o l d co l ts . Bst and fillies Sst 41b. One mile. (Four Subs.) , Lord Albemarle's Minaret (Cotton/ g Duke of Grafton's c Mosque ...... ............................ 3 Captain Ridge's b c, by the Wanderer—Monody .......••••. tv Betting-:-5 to 4on Mosque, who made all the runnieg:, the distance, where Minaret challenged, and after a good % won by half a length. Captain Rid ge ' s co lt was b e at e n a- 1 ‘" • way. Sweepstakes of 5 toys. each, with 40 added; 3 yrs, 7st ;4 B.t 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 1015 ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b. 3121 ; ‘4 ,„ i ; &c. allowed 31bs. The wi n n er t o b e so ld f or 2504 T. Y. C. ( Eight Subs.) ' j Mr. Dixon's Came:in.), 5 yrs (Buckle) $ Mr. lialehin's Dromedary, 4 yr 5....... ........................ 3 Mr. Walter's ch h, Sir George, 4 yrs .............. • •• ,fr , 'the following al so started, but were n o t placed:'''' Greville's ch c, Pei sous, 4 yrs; Col. Anson named ch Fours, 5 yrs ; Sir. Westbrook's ch f, Decision, 3 yrs ; a nd ' . Lichtwald's br e, by Augustus, out of Courtesan, 2 yrs. of . , . Betting-5 to 2 agst Carnelino, and 3to 1 agst All ° i t,. Decision made play a t h er b est pace, followed by Perseus , ' o others lying b e h in d w i t h wa i t i ng or d ers. At the dista l ', Camelino went t o th e f ront w i t h Si r G eorge and Drom edary and after a very p re tty race d e f eate d t h em b y h a lf a l e ngth' capital race for second. 121 b; Plate of 501. for 3 yrs, 6st 91b ; 4 yrs, Bst 61b ; 5 yrs, Bst „% - ch, 6 yrs and aged, 9 s t 21b. Th e w i nner to b e so ld f o r &c. 2 mile heats. 1 Mr. Shaeliel' s oh c C an tl e , 4 yrs ...... ...( B ut l er ) 0 0 0 ' dr Sir. Goodman', br c Al ungo P ar k e, 4 yr 5......... 1 A 4; Sir. Hornsby's oh Whalebone, aged... ......... 0 3 ",; Mr. Sowerhy's oh f Phingari, 3 y rs 0 4 w Mr. br m Isabella, 6 yr s • 3 5 dr Mr. Wright's br m C am ill a , 5 yrs... ..... 0 6dr First heat.-6 to 4 on Isabella, who made all the NO Ailing° Park waiting till half-way up the distance, wberes ba .., went up and won clev er ly by half a length. Second 11e t. e r Even and 5 to 4 o n M ungo P ar k, w h o f o ll owe d C an tle 4 '; do the first mile, challe n ged hiinbalf-way in the distance, and it a dead heat. Third heat.—Cantle had it all his own 1/ "' and won by two lengths. TtlE DERBY (THIS DAY). , 0 10 The following is a li s t o f th e h orses lik e l y to star t, tue, the of such as are in th e b e tti ng , comp l ete d up to the fi nis h 01 races yesterday afternoon, and their jockies:—. BETTING. 4 to I agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken Conolly 11 to 2 agst Ld. Westminster's Marshal Soult (t) Scott 6 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph J. DIY Bto 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh Holmes cl 11 to 1 asst Lord Lichfield's Belg ra d e 12 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaur—taken Heseltine 27 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Knightsbridge—taken Buckle .0 30 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim—taken E. Ed" 30 to I agst Mr. Batson's Potentia . wr ly‘,7 33 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans—taken • • 13°e-- Y 4O 33 to 1 agst Col. Crawford' s E rmengar di s TemP 40 to 1 ag3t Alr.Copeland'sMustaphaley—(t) Marlow 50 to 1 agst Col. Peel' s C ame l eon Stagg --- • 'WWI Mr. Win : cbush's Finchley -- Mr. Greviile's Pahemon w. - Cot Nat. _,.., Mr. Thornhilt's E. 0 . p e alt• , Captain Williamson's st. C ross Mr. Griffith's Hereford Mr. Coombe's The Nub Sir G. Heatheote' s M ongol i an Chapple: , Mr. J. Negus' s N e'us P ortsoken Lord Orford's Arundel Mann. Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minus Mr. Rush's c. by Plenipo—Obelisk's dam ••• Robinson ' Colonel Wyndham's Mon s i eur l e S age Mr. Saddler's Pro!eetion Roger s• Lord Exeter's Ccsarewitch .. ••• .. Darling. Mr. E. Buckley's Clibert - M There is some talk of th e K n i g h t o f th e Whi s tl e a nd Ct . . l; zaru running, but both ma y b e l oo k e d upon as ver y doubtlu INSURRECTION IN THE TUR ISH PROVINCES. t he The Augssurg Gazette publishes a letteedated froln_sit frontiers of Turkey, th e 10 t h i nst ., w hi c h sta t es that theyll'oi from Constantinople of the 28th u lt. h a d b een ov erdue '; e to days, which was conside re d th e more extraor di nar y, the lay of . I , Zi , sa having so positively asserted that the roads s . ho kept free for couriers. One report stated that the Turks or were escorting the mail had surrendered to the insurgen t* that he had taken the road through Widdin. In general the intelligence from Bulgaria is confined tP , t i r ie tails of the atro c iti es comm i tte d by the Turks on the co p tiar s. The fu g iti ves h a d related- the particulars of elties of which they had been the victims so eirctunst. n e o , that there could be no d ou bt o f th e t rut h o f t h e i r s taten' at isr This conduct ma y th ere f ore b e assume d as the c ols of the late insurrection i n B u l gar i a an d t h e o ther T ur ikis. provinces. Th e repor t th at t h e revolt h ad exten d e d tf!a g d eedonia is n o t con fi rme d. Th e l atest l etters from Bitng "our Salonica (t o th e 21 s t u lt.) ma k e no ment i on of such an",,,ior rence. The number o f f ug iti ves t a ki ng re f uge i n the the territory continued to increase, but the armed men necni. c eli mountains. They have much want, however. of arms ; ''' bo elgrr one man in ten possesses a gun, the others having 0 01 Y ,ideo l scythes, and hayforks for their weapons. It is now e ' ev olrs that the population of Servia were concerned in tha': pal , although the Government wishes to keep it secret. IR' ber . e, 11 grade itsel' cons id era bl e exc it ement preva il s, which 1 , 5 .0 0 increased by a remarkable appearance o f th e holy erese2 r i e of to have been observed by s e ve ra l o f th e i n h a bit an ts an on the towers of the fortress. "in s " The same journal publishes a letter, dated Vienniv 15th tiseP le which alludes also to the nen-arrival of the COst an • ii W A ' mail of the 28th ult., and states that the insurrection' s e . . melia had extended to the country between Adrianer s e er fte Nissa. This letter adds, that " the last accounts frote,.. r kif throw no light upon th e s t a t e o f th e upper prov i nc es of I n sb e since the victory obtain e d b y t h e T ur k s at Al ex i n issa,.: of the l'aeha of Nissa app ears t o h ave ma d e t h e centre of hi j est: rations, in order to prev en t commun i cat i on w ith ill(' t he gents of the other provinces." It was expected at . Vien na th e the next Turkish mail, whi c h it was supposed had tell we road through Bucharest, wou ld put an en d to t h e s tate certainty with respect to recent events in the Turkic, vinces, and which was bec om i ng every d ay more alern/1 German Paper. • - SP' Monday, about one o'clock; th e passengers,Paei ing along the Chalk-road by the New M o d e l Pria 4o '` e t i,iog. from Pentonville, were attracted by some little boYa d i eto to a pond which lies by the road side, and while vievvin_ ng oi , the head and hair of a human being was discovered fi°: 00 „ 0 0 the surface of the water. A policeman, N 4U4, W 5 bathiog the spot, and with the assistance of a boy who WI b e nr e e d to be dragged the body of a man to the shore, who about 46 years of age ; lie was respectably dress" s s boo' his legs were tied by a piece of cord, and. several br uis oto°' his face. Information was forthwith conveyed to the 1= to Breen station-house, when the inspector on duty WO ° st sent a stretcher, and the body was taken to the va ult • Islington Church. SUDDEN DEATH.--On Monday a n + llall 0 0 was held by Mr. Payne, at the Woolpack, Horselyeloicn' the body of Mr. Richard Butcher, a carver and gilder, ag e lot , From the evidence it eppeared that; an Sunday mornio'd l eo the deceased was returning home after attending chap °4 l „ v' eS' he was suddenly sexed wito a tit and almost immediat e ' pired. Verdict—" Natural death." Lieutenant-General Thornton no t being Obi.,le to a n' meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Camhridge of) 1116 nual dinner of the London Society for the protection (/! females, on Thursday next, at the Albion, has , Mbb elt . e , forwarded to the secretary, in addition to a previous d 0 °o of ten guineas, the further sum of fifty guineas to hien ° on that occasion. I,o o ' BRIGHTON, MAY 24.—The railroad (tom w ill don to Hayward's Heath, within fifteen Miles of 13tiibtliso 4 be opened the last Monday in June. The Director:o4P issued tenders for the conveyance of passengers front th e do tsi at which the trains will stop to Brighton, in roachesose nihuses, each drawn by four horses, and to travel it t , 4 „o oll ' rate, so as to effect the journey from the metropolis to tiff in three hours, 0 , Lord Melbourne, on quitting the Ib u p se o;l l 7 Lords on Monday, was loudly cheered by the persons it"; about the Houses of Parliament. Such is the anxiety t. what is going forward in Parliament, that there are nignroot sembled about the doors many and very well dressed Peuitte• 'I he Duke of Wellington w as also warmly greeted as be 4 the Holm anal mounted his horse. G 1 Ss' We are happy to learn that the artists of • or the gow have formed . the mse l ues i nto an a cadenlY n i 011 0 ' advancement of the Fine Arts in the west of lA"' upon the same p r i nc i p l es as t h ose b y w hi c h the. Dublin, and, Edinburgh academies, are under 'Which they have risen to such eminence. , gel' NOT BAD.---The Cincinnati Daily New' •oil .nd O; the story of an editor who reeontly got marriedi $ somewhat confused, hp beaded the marriage " Dreadful ealatility." The next day his wife el ogled proVO tin mistake by boxing his ears, and nearly hi§ torin kuto so w erS , meeting of the merchants, MP . `.lufactor shipowners ut Dundee was held the Thist le ' pole WednesdaY, when it way I ' s, solved to petition Par bo ritio j in favour of Lord . ll' not ic e for- th e susse s introdu of the prPs•-: • laws --and the - rues C o rn-laws,- , fn« a revision-of the import duties.- - notice, los