The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

EVENING ED IT lON BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. A PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS .of this BOROUGH will be held at the Yorkshire Stingo, New road, on T/EURSDAT NEXT, the 20th instant, at Two o'clock precisely, TO MEET COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPILR, K.C.8., in pursuance of the following Resolutions passed at a Special General Meeting. of the Members of the Borough of Marylebone Reform and Registration Association, heli at Lawson's-rooms, Gowen-street North, on Monday, the 17th May, J. BAGSHAW, Esq., President in the Chair. Moved by G. Houcirrow, Esq., seconded by W. C. TAYLOR, , . Esq., and unanimously resolved, That this Association has received with much satisfaction the announcement, by advertisement, of the intention of Com modore Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this borough in Parliament at the next election. Moved by W. THEOBALD, Esq. ; seconded by J. Moottz, Esq., and unanimowly . resolved, That the Managing Committee be instructed to oall a public meeting of the electors of this Borough at the earliest con venient period, for the purpose of giving the Gallant Officer the opportunity he solicits in his address, of stating fully his political sentiments, and taking the sense of the meeting thereon. By order, WILLIAM ALLEN, Secretary. Office of the Association, 62, Warren -street, Fitzroy-square, May 17, 1841. NOTICE! THE SECOND VOLUME OF A GNES STRI CKLAND ' S LIVES Of the QUEENS of ENGLAND, NEW AND REVISED EDITION, WILL BE READY IN A FEW DAYS. * * Orders received by alI Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Gicat Marlborough-street. Jost ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T H E TR US T E E. A NOVEL. By the Author of the Tragedy of " THE PROVOST OF BRUGES." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with a Portrait after a Painting by Maclise Li • E. L. ''S L AND LITERARY REMAINS. 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Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may re-eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PI CTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, daring a few years, 21 large Money Dividends, from 6001. and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. IDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME ViSTRI4. THIS EVENING. MAY 18, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in i , i;oActs, 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. Mithews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkacay, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Huraby. Alter which will be repeated, the Grand Romattic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE I3EAST. Beanty, Madame Vestris The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Rams, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Ler.don Assurznce, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors t^ t e pened at hall-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Seeend "ireies, ss. ; Second Pnee, 2s, 6d. ; Fit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2-.; Gallery Is. Tickers and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets oe had upon application. Private P.oxt., to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. RoYAL SURREY THENTRE. UNDER THE MANMJEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE; AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Triumphant Career of "Claude Du Val, the Ladies' High wayman," no drama since the production of " Jack Shep pritd " has made so decided a hit. Reviial of Rafael the Libertine, and first appearance of Mr J. S. Balls in the cha racter of Rafael. THIS EVENING, MAY 18, Will be acted a Grand Romantic Drama, entitled LOVE, HATRED, AND REVENGE; OR, THE CON QUEST OF TARANTX. Characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Haines, Hislop, iluckingham, Mrs. FL I.ltighes, &c. After whteh, an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DU VAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and he antiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, real horses r.nd carriages, &c. ' Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Supported by the most powerful Company in London. To conclude with RAFAEL THE LIBERTINE. Rafael, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Pedro, Mr. W. 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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW t oramg. .... tn.,,ntos attar 0 1 Evening ..„. 11 minutes alter 0 Lb , Pt.blies:tion of the Evening Edition of THE SUN corn• raenced at 10 minutes after Three. . . - - • a s . ,fiy "'IS 7, c , . • cf l og is ,A ' tst i • The LONDON: TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1841. Another debate on the Corn-laws, brought on by "Earl YrrzwILLJAN, occupied the House of Lords for some time. We have adverted to one principal feature of it. elsewhere. Here we shall only remark that it was occasioned by the Noble Earl presenting a petition from Manchester ; that he, with Eari-RAnNon and the Earl of CLARENDON, ably and nobly supported the principle .of free trade ; while the opponents of those principles were the Earl of RIPON, the Duke of WELLINGTON, and Lord ASHBURTON. The Marquis of NORMANDY, in reply to some allega tions of Noble Lords, denied that the present measures were adopted on the spur of the moment, and declared that they were all arranged before Easter. After the presentation of a considerable number of cetitions, their Lordships' adjourned. The Commons were again exclusively occupied with ther adjourned debate. In the early part of the evening Mr. WYNN suggested that it would be advisable to bring it to a close. Lord Joux RussF.T.T. did not wish to protract the debate, but as there were many gentlemen representing large constitucncies who desired to speak, he should take no measures to prevent them. A great number of petitions were presented, chiefly in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws, or in favour of the Ministers' m easures. The adjo urned debate was begun by Sir C. GREY, and continued to half-past 12 o'clock, by a great number of Members addressing the House. No leading man spoke. Some vivid representations were made of the distress in the manufacturing districts, particularly by Mr. T. Dux- CONDE, whose speech was much to the purpos q ,. .T he iin; portance of the subject is shown by the lengtkofths debik 1 It is found necessary by the bulk of ilieNeln te!.. 3 1 , 40 ,e1 dress their constituents. Even Mr. .A . paw dR'FR Tiltieq Toured to make his peace with his BOttA?,n coustitutoti;:i l by warmly espousing the Ministerial AWisure.. Th e, i Er . illience of the constituencies begins" to be felt in '41% liwse, and if. they continue to exert themselves they win make several converts. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. The somewhat incidental, and yet prepared discussion in the House of Lords last night on the Corn-laws, was instructive. The opponents of-free trade expatiated - at some length on the . increase of our exports, both under the head of official and declared values, and insisted that this increase was a decisive proof that our manu facturers could not be in that state of distress and decay which Earl FITZWILLIAM represented. The Earl of RIPON was the first person who took this line,and he dwelt with great force—and con siderable effect on their Lordships, who received his statements with repeated cheers—on the in crease, asserting that it was remarkable both in the official and declared value of the articles exported. The Duke of WELLINGTON, somewhat blindly we think, followed the same course, and was only not equally cheered because he has not the art of making his statements so emphatic as the Earl of RIPON. Lord ASHBURTON, with some discri mination, adopted the same line of argument, but as he could not deny the existence of great dis tress in the manufacting districts, he attempted to account in part for the existence of this distress in conjunction with the prosperous condition of our trade as shown by the returns, remarking that they were only made up to January, and the dis tress might since have arisen, or that there was some inaccuracy in them. But there is a more palpable explanation of the discrepancy on the face of the returns themselves, and but that the Earl of RIPON and Lord ASHBURTON are the soul of honour, and could not possibly mean anything unfair, the Duke of WELLINGTON was merely unobservant of the bearings of the matter, we should say that their statement to the Peers, which the Peers loudly cheered, was anything but candid, and anything but fair to the confiding Peerage. Some of our readers may, perhaps, not be aware that the official value of articles is a scale of prices fixed, we believe, in the reign of King WILLIAM, which, no longer corresponding to the real value, indicates nothing but the quan tities exported. The real or selling value of the articles is nearly what the merchants declare it to be. Thus, 20 pieces of woollen, at the official value, say of 51. each, as settled in the reign of King WILLIAM, appear in the table as an ex port of 1001., while, in consequence of the mo dern facilities of manufacturing a piece of woollen, it may be sold for 21. 10s.; and conse quently the declared value of the same pieces would appear as 501. This runs through the whole of our exports, and it will explain to our readers the mystery of declared and official values, which used to puzzle Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN, and puzzled, we observed, only a few days ago, a Morning Contemporary.' Now the Earl of RIPON, mainly confining himself to the official value, showed that the quantity of commodities exported had increased between 1829 and 1840 from 61,000,000/. to 102,000,0001. But the Noble Earl was not equally explicit as to the declared value of these exports. He said, indeed, that it had increased. We have not the advantage of the same returns to consult as the Noble Earl read, but we have consulted the annual financial accounts for some years, and we beg attention to the following statement drawn up from them. • We adhere to round numbers for convenience : EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. OFFCIAL VALUE. DECLARED VALUE. 1834 £73,800,000 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 It appears fro m thi s t a bl e th at between 1834 and 1841, the quanties had increased as 29, while the value had increased as only 10. If the articles exported had continued of the same value in 1841 as in 1834 the manufacturer should have obtained 57,000,0001. for his commo dities, whereas he only obtained 51,000,0001. The manufacturers suffered a loss or deficiency in the last year, as compared with 1834, of 6,000,000/. sterling or one-sixth. But in 1836 and 1837 the quantity exported was equal to 85,200,0001., and the manufacturers obtained 53,000,0001., while in 1841, for a quantity equal to 102,000,0001., they obtained only 51,000,0001. As 85 is to 53, so is 102 to 63, or, while the manu facturer ought to have received 63,000,0001. in 1841 tirr the articles he exported, had he been paid at the same rate as in 1836-7, he received only 51,000,0001., losing comparatively 12,000,0001. Our readers will remember that in 1836 and 1837, and when our manufacturers were getting 24 per cent. more for their goods than in 1840, the price of corn was down to somewhere about 40s. In the last year the price was nearly 705., so that the manufacturers were paying probably 60 per cent. more for their fbod in 1840 than in 1836 and 1837, and obtaining 24 per cent. less for their goods. The continued declension of declared value, in proportion to the official value, showing that our manufacturers have gone on exchanging a greater and a greater quantity for a continually dimi nishing value, appears to us a feasible explana tion of their distress, and an explanation which, if the Noble Lords we have alluded to had been as much inclined to state the whole truth as they were to make out a satisfactory case for the cheering landowners around them, they would not have omitted to notice. But they were play ing the part of advocates, not of legislators ; and their case is absolutely worth nothing, till the other side has been heard. It is a fact, then, as these Noble Lords stated, that exports have ;one on increasing in amount ; but it is also a fact that, in proportion to the quantities, they have decreased in value. Year after year, our manufacturers have given foreigners and the colonists more cloth, and more hardware, for less quantities of timber, sugar, coffee, &c., and have been great benefactors to other nations. The Noble bread-taxers wholly omitted or mis-stated this fact of the declension in the value of our exports, last it might lead to a question as to the cause. The answer would not please them. Our goods fall in value from two causes,—the in genuity of our people in continually devising new and cheap processes, and the Corn-laws, with other commercial restrictions, which ex clude them from a market. In their ingenious contrivances they embark an immense amount of fixed capital, they cannot allow their mills to stand idle, they are obliged to manufacture, and are also obliged, because they must not receive food in exchange for their produce, to lower the price in order to find customers. The Corn-laws even make the ingenuity of our manufacturers a curse to them, and the patriotic bread -taxers con fer a benefit on foreigners at the expense of their own skilful countrymen. Perhaps the bread -taxers were afraid if they made this declension of value in our manufac tures, as to the foreigner, apparent, it wouid also be supposed that the same process is going on as to the home purchaser. The manufac turers assert that they have been giving greater quantities of cloth to the agriculturists for equal quantities of agricultural produce, and this de clension in the value of their exported goods, while the price of agricultural produce has been rising, confirms their statement. Whe ther it be the effect of Corn-laws or not, it is palpable from this that the landlords have been enriched at the expense of the manufac- turers. Lord ASHBURTON made angt4er statement which seems to us deserving of mice. He said; with a view of showing that the capitalists in the manufacturing districts had no reason to com plain, that they were amazingly wealthy, and that of the 60,000,0001. sterling embarked in rail roads, 50,000,000/. had been subscribed from Manchester and Liverpool. What is the inference from that? Why that the landlords owe the great improvement of such roads, by which their land and produce is enhanced in value, by which the prtiductive energies of the country are called forth, exclusively 0., -those_ manufacturing and THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, Ik4l. commercial capitalists whom the bread-taxers try tcraegrade and ruin. In the other House of Parliament Mr. HODGES correctly observed that the farmers were gene rally comparatively poor men, and that they were under so many obligations that they were nct likely to become wealthy. We cannot look to them, therefore, for the means of executing great national undertakings; neither can we calculate on landowners, who are generally immersed in frivolous dissipation, executing such works. The capitalists of the manufacturing districts, skilful and enterprising,; are amongst the foremost men of the day in promoting those great works which will be the credit of this age in succeeding gene rations, and it would be to the honour of their Lordships if they were to cherish such men in stead of envying and trying to oppress them. Lord ASHBURTON, in endeavouring to make out a charge of unreasonable discontent against the capitalists of the manufacturing districts, showed that they conferrad a great benefit on the public, which it might look forM vain to either the land lords or their dependent tenants. The system of legislation implied in the com bination of the sinister interests to defeat the Ministers, is that of mutual and reciprocal pro tection, which means, as is now acknowledged, mutual and reciprocal plunder, with the addi tional enormity, that they are all to plunder the unprotected - classes, in the name of the law. Of the thorough, unprincipled iniquity of this system we say nothing ; we shall only make a few remarks on its impracticability. It is now avowed, on all hands, that the un protected classes cannot be fleeced any more. Annihilated they may be, but, to squeeze any thing more out of them is impossible. What can possibly be got from Irish labourers whose wages are sixpence a-day, and whose only food is lumpers ? What can be wrung from a hand loom weaver who has 4s. :2d. per week to main- tain a family of seven persons ; or from an agri cultural labourer, who has, while in work, the great wages of II s. a-week ? No, the labouring class is ground down very nearly to the lowest stage of existence, and more than they have heretofore yielded, they cannot yield. The pro babilities indeed, are, that waxing wroth with oppression, or worn out by its heavy hand, they will yield less, or will die exhausted under its loads. The unprotected classes, then, yielding nothing more, the protected classes will have to get what they can from each other. At present they are united to resist an attack on their common mo nopolies, but whenever Sir ROBERT PEEL shall be quietly installed in office, the selfish interest of each class will come into full operation, and the contest will be which shall have most. If Sir ROBERT fancies that the protected classes will remain each contented with its present share of plunder, he will undoubtedly find himself mistaken. The landed interest and the monied interest already regard each other with envious eyes, and the landed gentlemen who have triumphed over the starving people will not long submit to the operation of Peel's Bill. The first fertile season which lowers prices to the level of 1836 will again see the CAYLEYS and the BUCK-. INGITAMS advocating a reduction of the standard, and threatening rebellion if the price of barley be10 ., 375. Does Sir R OBERT ex p ec t t h at ,he w,iikiv i sintain the present plan of the cur gitlitai the same time preserve the support • ,10 csclasses of the present combinat ors ? 04 s quite certain that with the present t.estrictiop4,fin trade, the profits on capital in erY - `'depa'rtment of industry must decline. Thdy , are' now stagnant, and if the channels of en terprise continue to be blocked up by the law, down they must go. Your great Brazilian mine sreculators, Bank Directors, iron-mas;- ters, • ship-owners, &c., will then begin to think it is time to get a slice off the landlords' protection, and to loggerheads these mutual and reciprocal protectors will assuredly go. A nice task the Right Hon. Baronet will have to ap pease the unappeasable maws of avarice in its various shapes and forms ; if he were dis posed to keep things exactly as th ey are, hemay be sure that circumstances, which are for ever varying, will not allow him, and he will have to adjust and re-adjust to the continual falling away of some one class of hi s supporters, the rival claims of the mutually acd reciprocally protected classes. But if these should really out of dread of the general foe, the despoiled and outraged people, subdue their rivalries, there is one pro tected class which will take no denial, and which even now demands an addi tional share of the general spoliation. Sir R. INGLis's motion for Church Extension stands for this day. Sir R. PEEL voted for it on a former occasion, and must again give it his support. He must, for consistency sake, and from gratitude, ex tend the Church, and extend the power and wealth of the priesthood. He can, however, get nothing more from the people. He must take something from the mutually and reciprocally protected classes, and then comes the squabble which of them shall give, or which of them shall let go protection. flow many months will Sir ROBERT be able to postpone such a contest, and postpone the breaking up of his party? We confidently answer, not twelve. Dishonest men cannot agree when each has much less than he desires and thinks he merits, and the corn binators, at whose head Sir ROBERT PEEL is to seize the Government, will very soon break .up his Administration, as they are now breaking up Lord MELBOURNE'S, for attempting to relieve the people from a little portion of their rapacity. The goodness of GOD pervades alike the moral and the physical world, and He has so ordered both, that honesty and gravity are sure, in -the long run, to pull down the most soar ing ambitions to the general level of the earth. When the Government of the combinators shall break into pieces by its inherent wickedness, as break to pieces it will, a nice mess it will leave the country in. Even while we were writing the above re marks, a discussion in the House of Commons was supplying an illustration of them. Mr. HODGES, the Member for West Kent, had a sly hit at the tithes, and made it appear that they were the burden on the laud which would prevent the landlords from repealing the Corn-law. If, said the Hon. Member, a man formerly allowed his field to re man unploughed, he had no tithe to pay as he had no crop but now, whether he plough it or not, the tithes are a fixed rent-charge on the estate, and he must pay it, though his land do not yield the amount of the tithes. The land owners and the tithe-owners will soon quarrel with each other, when the people can no longer yield enough to satisfy the demands of these mutually and reciprocally protected classes. We have not room to insert an account of all the numerous meetings which have taken place in the metropolis to support the measures of Mi nisters. A noble spirit is at length awakened, and the example of the Metropolis will give a stimulus to exertion throughout the empire. The Paris Journals of Sunday have been duly received. The debate in the British Parliament on the sugar duties and bread-tax is exciting the liveliest interest in France. Most of the Journals support Ministers, and recommend a dissolution of Parliament in the event of their being de feated on a division. They contend that the Ministers cannot resign without betraying the country, as the first act of Sir ROBERT PEEL, on taking office, would be to dissolve Parliament, and so bring all the influence of Government to bear against the people at a new election. From the House of Commons there lies an ap peal to the nation, and this Ministers ought con fidentlY tci'make before giving way to the Tories. Lord WARWleleti taunting the peer with tick • - " ignorance and inability to sign petitions, praying. for leave to fill their bellies with cheaper bread, i s severely commented upon in the Siecle of Sun day. That Journal, says very truly, that the Aris tocracy rob the poor of their earnings in the shape of a bread tax, and then sneer at them for not being qualified to write begging letters to Parlia ment. If the tax were remitted, the people would be in a condition to defray the charges of a writing-master. Their Lordships, too, would be saved the trouble of rejecting so many begging letters. The French Journals are very angry with some of our Contemporaries for asserting that Louis PHILIPPE promised to evacuate Algiers. We regard the question with the utmost indifference. If France cannot live without fighting, there is no battle-field upon which she can let blood with less injury to the progress of knowledge and civi lization than the theatre of her recent struggles in Africa. A conquest which costs France 20,000 men annually, and burthens her people with taxation, ought not to be grudged her by those who limit her will to disturb the repose of Europe by her power. There is no domestic news of any importance in the French Papers. " Queen Christina, " says the Ga ze tt e d e F rance, " goes daily from the Palais Royal to the Tuileries to breakfast and dine with the Royal Family. One of the Royal carriages goes regularly, morning and evening, to convey her Majesty from one palace to the other, and conducts her back to her apart ments. Two sentinels are posted at the doors, and the guard turns out every time the Queen goes and returns, the drums beating a Royal salute. The same honours are paid to her at the Tuileries, The Queen passes all her leisure time in w riting, and after dinner is thus employed till 11, and sometimes 12 at night." We have received the following letter from Vienna, dated the Bth of May :—" The nomination of Baron Munch-Bell inghausen, our Ambassador in the Diet of Frankfort, and the President of that Assembly, to the dignity of Minister of State and Conferences, which is published to-day in the offi cial Gazette of Vienna, is considered by those persons who are acquainted with the internal policy of Austria, as the pre lude to a more important elevation. Baron Bellinghausen, it is said, will soon be recalled to Vienna, to act in conjunction with Prince Metternich, whose successor it is presumed he will be, for it is well known that though still y oung h e i s con sidered as the most able of the diplomatists of Austria, next to Prince Metternich. After the death of Count Clarn Martinitz it was thought that Baron Figuelmont would succeed the present Minister ; but since the influence exercised last year by Baron Bellinghausen in the Department of the Archchancellor during the absenee of Prince Metternich. There is no doubt that the Prince has chosen him for his suc cessor." The peace of Europe is again confirmed, as the Journal du. Frankfort assures us, in announcing the solution of the Eastern question, the honour of which result it ascribes to the policy of Prince Metternich. As for France, it asks whether it has gained by its policy of separating itself from the other Powers, and it does not hesitate to declare that it does net think so. It states, in the following terms, the result sprepared by the retreat of M. Thiers, and by the declaration of peace on any terms of M. Guizot :—" This policy has consolidated the influence of England in the East, to the pre judice of that of France. It has caused the Viceroy to lose the fortress of St. Jean d'Acre, and all the ad vantage which the Treaty of the 15th July offered him, and France, as probably lost a friend and an ally. If the fortification of Paris is represented to us as a happy result of that isolation, we answer only one word, as soon as the Emperor Aurelian had caused Rome to be surrounded with a rampart, the internal city visibly hastened to its ruin ; it was, says Gibbon, a great but deplorable enterprise, for the fortification of the capital an nounced the faU of the empire."—Le Commerce. Letters from Athens, of the 18th ult., announce that the Greeks are eager to join the Candiotes in the war which these oppressed islanders are waging against the Turks. In one now before us we find the following passage : Numbers are starting for Candia every day. A party of 130 a few evenings ago marched down to the Pirteus, singing national songs, headed by a flag with the arms of Candia crossing the Greek stripes, so that the Government can no longer plead ignorance ; they calculate in all, that no less than 4,000 men have left Greece for Candia ; the Cretan colonies of Nauplia, 3lonambasia, Modon, Coron, &c., are completely abandoned. A small goelette also left the Pirrens a few evenings since for Mount Athos, with 153 men and 80 barrels of powder; the powder, however, was bought at Hydra and Spezzia. 'We have various accounts from Thessaly, but, however, they all agree on one point—that about 800 men are concealed in the passes between Mount Athos and the main land, and are well supplied with provisions from the two Greek villages there. They seem to be waiting the arrival of a chief, supposed to be Tzamis Karatassos (who is under surveillance at Nauplia) ; for the moment they are under the orders of a priest, the Greeks generally feel pretty confident of success, from the state of Turkey, the really small Turkish population, and the preju dices of the Turks themselves, who have a prediction that their reign in Europe is nearly over. Against the insurgent Candiotes the Porte is sending 6,000 men, besides the military force already in the island. As such a body of troops is not greatly disproportioned to the number of the disaffected, the contest will be dreadful, if the Great Powers decline to interfere in fa.vour of the unhappy Christians. But the revolt of the Candiotes forms but a tithe of the troubles of the Porte. A letter from tonstantinople, dated the 27th ult. says : " A Government Tatar, who arrived in Constantinople on the 25th, was the bearer of the alarming intelligence of a ge neral insurrection of the people in Albania and Bosnia. Sixty thousand men were said to be in arms against the Porte and its authorities, and there was every appearance of deep and extensive organisation in the plans of the insurgents, which are in all probability connected with the outbreak in Cantlia. The amount of troops to be embarked for the present expedition will be from 5,000 to 6,000, a force which, it is thought, will be quite inadequate to the task of crushing the rebels, whose numbers, thanks to the foolish interference of the European Consuls, have, though originally not more than two or three hundred. swelled to fi'teen thousand. A Turkish steamer arrived here the day before yesterday from lileyrout, bringing rather unsatis factory accounts with respect to the state of Syria. Amongst other causes of discontent there, was the establishment of the quarantine, which the more bigotted Mussulmans, who abound in those provinces, declare to be quite at 'variance with the pre cepts of the Koran." Whatever be the result of the present insur rectionary movements in European Turkey, it requires but little sagacity to see in them the germs of a great revolution, the accomplish ment of which cannot be much longer delayed. It is in this light that European statesmen ought to regard them. It is in this light that Russia considers them ; and therefore it is that all her policy is directed to attach the disaffected to herself, in the hope of inducing them to re place the yoke of ABD-UL-MEDJID for the iron despotism of NICHOLAS. Now it is the interest of England and France to prevent this. The crescent is rapidly waning in Europe. The ter ritory which it ceases to overshadow ought to form an independent barrier state, limiting Russian aggression on the side of Constantinople. His GRACE TIIE DUKE OF RUTLAND.—The readers of The Sun will not have forgotten, we think, that the Duke of Rutland was the man to move a resolution, in 1839, in the Poor-law Union of which he is a Guardian, to lower and degrade the pauper's diet, in order to keep it down to the level to which the agricultural labourers had been obliged to degrade their diet. This high and mighty Nobleman, who was complimented by more than one of his brother Peers, last night assured their Lordships that the labourers in his district were well off, that he gave his labourers 12s. a week, and that wages had risen with the price of provisions. If so, how came the labourers in 1839 to live worse than they did before ? and how came it to be necessary for the Duke of Rut land to move a resolution to lower the diet of the paupers ? We hope his Grace will explain this mat ter to an observing public, that is far less prone to praise Noble Lords than they seem prone, if we may judge from what occurred last night —to praise one an other. CORN-LAws.—Meetings in favour of the Ministerial measure of Corn-law Reform were held yesterday at St. George's, Southwark, an d i n the wards of Ald gate an d Bishopsgate. Stir r i ng meeting also, in furtherance of the same object, were held at Greenwich and Wands worth. In the provinces, public meetings are daily taking place in all quarters. At the meeting of the borough of Finsbury, Mr. Richard Taylor objected to the use of the term " Tories" in one of the resolutions. They were now, he said, divided into two great classes—monopolists and no monopolists. Mr. Richard Taylor has hit the nail on the head. Let the words Tories and Con serva ti ves b e pro s c ribed. These terms have now no meaning. Th ere are now on ly the classes who, by mears of monopoly, w i s h to starve th e people, and the enemies of monopoly, who wi s h to allow free scope to in dustry. e ter m C onse rvative or Tory is obsolete. r lh The monster whom the people have now to combat says to the working -man—" I have you in my power—if I choose to purchase to fruits of your industry from you, 1 take it on my own terms ; but whether or not, you must take my corn from me at the price I choose to ask for it, or starve." The Monopolist has superseded the Conservative. Origin is now of secondary consequence. Deserters from the Whig camp, as well as old Tories, are banded together to oppress the people THE QUEEN TO VISIT by monopoli es ; an d many w h o were Tories have, on the other hand, join e d th e people. Let " Down with the monopolists!" be, then, ev er y w h ere the watchwor d o f the people.— Chronicle. THE PETI TION TO IRELAND. —Her Majesty has been apprised of the intention of her Irish subjects to present a petition to her, praying her to honour I re l an d b y a visit this sum mer. I understand that her Majesty has expressed her lively satisfaction at this proof of their affection, but it is well known that she will be unahle to leave England this year.—London Corresp ondent of the Dub lin Monito r . He assured " . HORSE -DEALING MORALITY. —Having oc casion for a horse in 1759, I mentioned it to an acquaintance. showed in the stable, and held the candle pretty high, for fear of the straw. I told him it was needless to examine him, for me had one that would exactly suit me, which he I should rely upon his word, being conscious he was too much caused him to be sen t homym friend to de ce i ve me ; thereue. But by pon he , bargained at once, and I the light of the sun next morning, - Perceived that he was greased on all fours. I there fore, in gentle terms, upbraided my friend with duplicity, when he replied w ith some warmth, " I would cheat my ownbrother lit It hens r,....1y, z un t e r' s ufe. weal - • Tratz MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MkY 17.—A rather better business has been done in the Cotton Market to-day, and the market in one some degree firmer. The sales comprise 3,000 bales. _ LIVERPOOL SHARE-MARKET, MAY 17.—There has been scarcely any thing doing in the Stock Exchange this day. The transactions comprise only Birmingham and Gloucester New Shares, 3/. 16s. 6d. ; Eastern Counties Debentures, 64. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17.—There iS but little disposition to speculate in the Share Market, buyers are scarce, although railway stock is not pressed upon the mar ket. Bank Shares are steady. Manchester and Leeds, 55/ to 57i ; London and South Western, 561 57k ; Grand Junction New Quarters, 25i t 26k, Midland Counties New Shares, 213 22 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25 253 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Birmingham, 53 54 ; Bank of Manchester, 7 7} ; Union Bank, 73 7i. The Hamburgh Mail of the 14th instant has arrived with papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London, 13 51, being * shilling higher than last arrival ; Gold, 4314, also higher ; Metal, 108* ; Bank Actions, 1,656. THE FUNDS. Although there is scarce anything doing to the present time in the British Funds, still they have a firm appearance, and opened this morning rather better than they left off, 87i 90 for the Account, at present ma y b e quo t e d 90 to a Money 89A 90 ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 1675 1685 ; India Stock 250 252; India Bonds 1 dis. 1 prem. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active opened a shade lower, 23 4 24 ; Portuguese, 34} ; Three per Cents., 20i 5 ; Spanish Deferred, 115 ; Passive, 5a ; Brazilian; 675 685 ; Colombian, 225 ; Mexican, 285 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 525 ; Five per Cents., 99 1 100. SBA ASS.—Great Western, 285 295 prem. ; New, 145 prem. ; London and Brighton, 31 a dis. ; Blackwall, 7 6 1 / dis. ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 565 575 per share ; Croydon, 135 14 per share ; Greenwich 85 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 155 145 dis. We are exceedingly dull in the City owing to the adjourned debate, and no arrivals of consequence. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 15. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 855 Ditto New, 1830 ...... 97a Ditto 4 per cent ... 35 per Cent. Debs. 9O Royal Canal Stock PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland l7i l6 to Provincial of Ireland 25 . 42 HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have been during the morning 90 for the Account ; Money, 891 90 ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Steck 168 167 1681; India Stock, 251 ; India Bonds, par. In the Forei gn M ar k e t littl e d o i ng , Spanish Active rather heavy, 23i ; Deferred, ; Colombian, nothing done ; Mexi can. 284; Portuguese, 34h ; Three per Cents., 20*; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5.4; Five per Cents, 994. The Share Market is quite inactive. Manchester and Leeds, 53 ; New Shares, 211 j; South Eastern and Dover, 16 15g. We have no news or reports of any description to the pre sent hour. QUARTER TO TRREE. Consols, 90i ; Spanish, 234 ; Mexican, 28i 4. Markets not very firm, owing to the scarcity of money. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .. 1681 'lndia Stock 251 3 per Cent Red BB ir Ditto Bonds 3 dis 3 per Cent Cons 9O Ditto Old Annuities ... - 38 per Cent Red 97§ Ditto New Annuities... New 3/ per Cent 9BB Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2/d 3pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 3pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small spm Jan. 1860 124 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 l2 9-16 India Stock for Opg. ... Jan. 1860.. I Consols for Acct SO 1 FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per cent 23'4 Ditto, Deferred l lB French, 5 per cent. --f. —c. Exchange —f. —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —r. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 524 Ditto, 5 per cent 99i RE., aster Railway (100 p) i paid) (65 paid) ' paid 64i ' paid). FOREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent lOO3 Brazilian 80nd5.... 64 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 ..... 223 Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 283 Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 — Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct — S H A Birmingham and Glow Ditto Nei, Shares (2 Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares (51 London and Brighton (I London and South West Ditto Tenths .• Manchester and Leeds ( tern .... Ditto New Shares (31 South Eastorn and Dovi ;70 paid) ...... ... .... 53i / paid) r (33 paid)... . 153 UNIVERSITY ,INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, MAY 15.—At a congregation on Wednes day last, the following degrees were conferred : Doctor in the Civil Law.—Hugh Penfold Wyatt, Fellow of Trinity Hall. Masters of Arts.—William Norris Nicholson, Trinity College ; Thomas George Wil mer , T r i n ity C o ll ege ; George Waring, Trinity College ; William Anderton Smith, St. John's College. Bachelors of Arts.—William Frederick Witts, King's College ; John Kinsman Tucker, St. Peter's College ; Charles Cockle, Trinity College ; William Headley, Corpus Christi College. Gonville and Caius College.—The Chemical Examina tion for the Mickleburgh Scholarship was held on the 13th • the first on the list was William Davies, one of the iancred Students. The Rev. William Martin Mungeam, 8.A., of St. John's College, in this University (late assistant minister of St. Mark's, Whitechapel), has been licensed by the Bishop of London to the ministry of White's-row Epis copal Chapel, on the nomination of the Rev. W. Stone, M.A., Rector of Christ Church. Spitalfields. A Morn- Paper says Mr. Mungeam bids fair to be one of the moz4 popular preachers in the metropolis. The Rev. J. B. Snelgar, of Jesus College, in this Uni versity, has been presented by the Right lion. Lord Dacre to the vicarage of Royston, Ilerts, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. Cautherly. Value, 1071.—Popula tion, 1,757. . . The Rev. W. C. Broughton, M.A., of Emmanuel Col lege, in this university, has been presented by W. Smith, Esq., to the rectory of Stopham, Sussex, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. C. Whicher. Value, 1601.—Popu lation, 129. The Rev. George Henry Walsh, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, in this university, has been presented to the incumbency of the newly consecrated church of St. John the Evangelist, Clifton, Bristol. The Rev. R. Brocklebank, late of Queen's College, in this university, has been presented by the Earl of Bur lington to the perpetual curacy of Udimore, Sussex. Value, 1001.—Population, 454. William Dougal Christie, Esq., 8.A., scholar of Tri nity College, in this university, has been appointed pri vate secretary to the Right Hon. the Earl of Minto, First Lord of the Admiralty, in the room of Lord Mel gund, retired. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Welch, Esq., of Queen's College,. in this university, to be Attorney-General of Van Diemen's Land. On Saturday last, the Bev. John Ashley, of Jesus College, in this college Chaplain, .and brother-in-law to the Lord Bishop of Ely, was inducted to the prebendal stall in Ely Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Ve nerable Archdeacon Cambridge. MARRIED.—On the 13th inst., at St. Mat thew's, Brixton, by the Rev. Edwin Prodgers, Thomas Smith Daniel, eldest son of George Daniel, Esq., of Canonbury-square, Islington, to Mary Ann, eldest daugh ter of R. W. Herring, Esq., of Brixton-rise, Surrey. ST.MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.—THE CORN LAWS.—This forenoon, at eleven o'clock, a very nume rous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields was held in the Vestry-room, " to take into consideration and to adopt such proceed ings as may give success to the proposed measures for the reduction and alteration of the taxes on sugar, corn, and timber." Mr. Cobbett, Senior Churchwarden, presided, when resolutions were proposed, seconded and agreed to, approving of the measures introduced by her Majesty's Ministers for the alteration and modification of the duties upon corn, sugar, and timber. The Hon. P. Bouverie,M.P., Messrs. Hutchings, (late Churchwardens), Ridgway, Hawkes, Cockrane, Wilson, &c., addressed the meeting, which was unanimous in its condemnation of all mono polies, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed in the sup port of her Majesty's Government. The resolutions having been adopted, a petition founded upon them, to be presented to both houses of Parliament, was ap proved of, and it was further resolved, that the Mem bers for the City of Westminster be requested to pre sent the one to the House of Commons. Mr. Sydney Smyth, the Anti-Corn-law lecturer, addressed the meeting. FRANCE.—The National states that M. Arago commenced his course of lectures on Astronomy last Saturday, and such was the anxiety of persons who had come from all quarters to hear the Learned Professor, that more than 4,000 persons were unable to abtain admittance. The Countess of Durham arrived in town last evening, from Falmouth, where her Ladyship landed from Lis bon and a tour in Spain. The Earl of Durham and the La dies Mary and Emily Lambton, accompanied the amiable Countess. The Earl of Oxford and family arrived in town from Antwerp, on Thursday last, by the steam-ship Princess Victoria. 'the Bishop of Limerick and the Hon. Thomas Denman, with their families, the Baron Mandell, &c., were amongst the numerous passengers who left by her on her re turn voyage on Sunday last. The Earl and . Countess of Eglintoun, arrival in town on Saturday last, from Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire. Viscountess Forbes and Mr. Vaughan, accom panied by the youthful Earl of Granard and family, are ex pected in town to-day, from Castle Forbes, Longford. Her Ladyship shortly goes in waiting on her Majesty, as one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber. HOME STEAMING.—The competition among the steamers has become so great, and their numbers have so much increased of late, that 17 vessels are daily engaged in conveying passengers between Gravesend and London. Some of them charge 2s. in the after cabin and Is. 6d. in the fore part of the steamer for each passenger, others Is. 6d. and Is.. and a few Is. only all over the vessel, while the steamers from BlAckwall to Gravesend carry passengers for Bd. each. Four teen steam-vessels are engaged in carrying passengers between London and Greenwich, and a majority of them have lately reduced their fares to 6d. each. Eight steamers are constantly moving to and from Woolwich, and they will receive a great accession in a few days, by the fast and elegant boats of the Watermen's Steam-packet Company. There are sixteen small steamers, belonging to different Companies, steaming away from tarn till night above bridge ; and on Sunday last they carried upwards of 55,000 passengers, at 4d. per head, between the numerous piers between London-bridge and Chelsea. Some of them were shamefully orer•crowded. LITERATURE. THREE YEARS IN PERSIA. 2 Vols. Colburn, London, 1841. Though these volumes cannot be said to add much to the stock of useful and entertaining in formation respecting Persia and the adjacent provinces, with which Fraser, Morier, and other recent travellers have supplied us, yet they will be read with pleasure, penned as they are, in a light, easy, familiar style, by one who has not wandered through the country deaf and blindfold, but made good use of all his faculties. Though Mr. Fowler's accounts of Persian manners, tastes, scenery, &c. amount to little more than sketches, which are strung together in the loosest possible fashion, they are superior in interest to many more formal and elaborate details, if only for their evident truth and freshness, and the general vivacity of their character. The work is one of those rambling, desultory ones, which it is not necessary to read regularly chapter by chapter, for, strictly speak ing, it has neither beginning, middle, nor end, but is merely an unconnected series of personal reminiscences, jotted down, apparently, just as they occurred to the author's memory. Per haps the most important, if not the most amus ing, portion of them is that which is devoted to a consideration of the present political re ' lations between Great Britain and Persia, which Mr. Fowler assures us are far from being of an amicable character. "Of the British residents," he says, " only three remain ; of the British com merce I am not aware that there are any re mains. Where our name formerly was exalted, it is • now degraded; where our influence was predominant, now it is null. We are held by the Persians in contempt ; nay, onr military prowess is derided, in consequence of some paltry rencontres lately with the natives at Bushire, in which they were successful." The author adds that Russia, a subtle, sagacious Power, which, unless we keep all our energies on the alert, seems destined ere long to circumvent our in fluence in the East—is looked up to by Persia as its natural protectress, and, as such, treated with a deference denied to every other foreign State :—" Men of rank," continues Mr. Fowler, " fed by Russian bribes, attack the vitals of Persia, betray her interests, and they accelerate her downfal. They make no secret of being in the Russia pay; her merchants engross the commerce, and exercise a tyranny in the bazaars which the native merchants cannot exercise. Greek establish ments are formed under Russian protection. Thus Russia in every way insinuates herself, which it might have been imagined to be British policy as far as possible to coun teract." In the second volume—which by the by, is by far the most interesting of the two— occur some curious particulars respecting the late Shah of Persia, who, it appears, was the richest man in the world, as respects family ties, having not less than one hundred and fifty sons and about as many daughters ! The work is embel lished with several characteristic lithographic plates. ANCIENT AND MODERN YORK. Linney, York, 1841. An instructive little volume, which antiqua rians of the Britton school may consult with ad vantage, inasmuch as it contains minute details respecting the Roman, Saxon, and Anglo-Nor man antiquities of the city of York, and exhibits, besides, a statistical survey of the city as it now exists. THE LOVE-MATCH. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1841. The title of this novel—no slight recommenda tion to a light work of fiction—is well chosen, and will be pretty sure to attract the attention of a numerous class of readers. The Love-Match ! The very name is enough to ensure the success of the tale among the fair frequenters of our fashionable watering-places; and great, doubt. less, will be the demand for it at the cir culating libraries of Brighton, Cheltenham, Ryde, and elsewhere. The work is the produc tion of Mrs. Maberley, to whom the novel reading portion of the public—a large and increas ing majority'-is already indebted for " Emily"— a sentimental story which was, we believe, re ceived with much favour last year. Like its pre decessor, the " Love Match" abounds in senti ment of the most ad captandum character. We have a broken heart at the end of the third volume, accompanied by its natural sequitur, a tolling death-bell, and a funeral, with the "rays of the setting sun falling upon the embla zoned pannels" of the principal mourning coach; a remorse-stricken London roue ; a virtuous Lord or two thrown in, we suppose, by way of novelty —an uxorious country Baronet, of ancient descent and unble mished honour; an interesting Sister of Charity ; and a high tragedy fiend, in the shape of a dis appointed old maid. The plot of the story is re markably simple, and regards the love of Flo rence Brandon, for a handsome young profligate, Gerald de Grey, who, after inveigling her into a clandestine marriage, and putting her to the exceeding inconvenience and embarrassment of maternity, gradually wearies of hersociety, and is consequently the cause of her death. There are some tender scenes in the story, and one or two passages written in an eloquent and im passioned spirit; but, as a whole, it is sadly des titute of originality. It has been stated publicly, and not contradicted we believe, that Dr. Lushington is the owner of a sugar estate in Jamaica, and has thus a direct interest in the perpetuation of the existing monopoly. We believe, however, that this is not the fact. Dr. Lushington, we have been informed, is not himself the owner of a sugar estate, but one of his very near relations is, and perhaps this indirect interest it is which has warped his judg ment, and induced him to range himself on the same side with the Gladstones, the Goulburns, and Irvings, to whom he has been all his life opposed. As to Mr. Glad stone he must long writhe under the stern rebuke admi nistered by_ Lord Howick on Wednesday evening.— Liverpool Mercury. A WOMAN HATER.—Not so much as a foolish fat scullion will he suffer in his house. Even the white window curtains were taken down, as bearing too much resemblance to female drapery. For every why there is a wherefore, et voici le fait; he formed an early attach ment to a very beautiful girl, much his inferior in for tune ; he was sent abroad, but continued most romanti cally constant. As soon as his father's death made him master of a noble estate he married her. Two months after their marriage she ran away with his most intimate friend, whom she had known a fortnight.—Life and Lite ••ary Remains of L. E. L. DEAL AND SANDWICH ELECTION.--The Deal Pilots amount to upwards of sixty ; they receive their licenses from the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who has the power of withdrawing them at plea sure. The Duke of Wellington is the present Lord War den, whose deputy, of course, employs his powerful in fluence with these dependents for the purposes of the party of which his illustrious master is identified. As a proof of the effect of this influence, we are assured that at the recent election but two of the whole number of the Deal pilots voted for Colonel Fox ; the rest, with most marvellous unanimity of opinion as to the course prescribed by the dangers of their position, voted for his Tory opponent. THE " TIMES" AND THE CORN-LAWS.—The last rag of the garment worn by the Times, previous to its apostacy, consisted of an occasional article in favour of free trade, and especially of a repeal of the existing Corn-law duties. It also published regularly a statement of the price of bread in London and Paris, for the pur pose of exhibiting the effect.of the Corn-laws on the price of that essential' article of htiinan food, which was often appealed to for the purpose of showing the, injurious operation of the existing Corn-laws upon the bread-con sumers of this country. The Times has ceased to pub lish the statement, for a reason sufficiently obvious. It contains damning evidence against the monopoly which it formerly opposed, but now defends ! Lusus NA TUR/E.—Last week, a chicken was hatched at Mr. Denbigh's, Shipley, which had three bills and three eyes. It was alive when found, but died very soon, and is now keptin spirits.—Bradford Observer. DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.—Last week Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital on the body of William Lingard, aged seven years. Rebecca Lingard, of 6, Skinner•street, Bishopsgate, mother of the de ceased, deposed that one day, about three months since, her child told her on his return from school, that while on his way there in the morning, as he was running through Long alley he had been bitten in the heel by a small dirty white dog. Application was made to Mr. Shaw, a surgeon in the neigh bourhood, who dressed the wound with caustic, and it had since healed, but he (deceased) has not appeared in good health since. On Friday last he appeared drooping, on the following day he was very ill, and on Sunday became so much worse that it was deemed necessary to send him to the above hospital. where he expired in dreadful agony about half-past one in the afternoon. He was first attacked with pains in the legs, which extended up the body to the throat ; he was then unable to swallow—this was succeeded by fits, and shortly before his death he foamed at the mouth and growled like a dog. Wit ness had been unable to find the owner of the dog. J. E. Porter, house surgeon, deposed that deceased was brought to the hospital in a dreadful state of hydrophobia, he was gene rally convulsed, could take no liquids, the sight of and even the sound of water had thrown him into paroxysms, and in one instance a mere empty cup had had a similar effect. Various medicines were applied, but to no purpose. Verdict, " Died of hydrophobia through the bite of a dog, but how inflicted there was no evidence." THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The late rains have materially improved the appearance of the crops of corn and grass in this neighbourhood, and the varie ties of spring core, give promise of an abundant harvest; and the hopes of the farmers were scarcely ever brighter at this period of the year. The cultivation of the Italian Rye-grass will probably be attempted to some extent during the present year ; its prolific and freq uen t crops, and its nutritious nature as an article of food for cows, render its growth most impor tant to the occupiers of milk farms; and as it has been success fully cultivated in the neighbourhood of Halifax, it is to b e hoped that many will be induced to give it a trial in this nelghlOcnirhood.... , Bradford Observer. EVENING EDITION • :-..4 THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY' 1 8 • 0 ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE 4T - 1 "." Barometer I 44 Thermometer... 63 I Highest 63 Lowest . ......•••••• Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS VAT') LONDON, MAY 19.—Wind this day at noon, light ' bream from S: W. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the it Wei". from Moulmein. Arrived from the River, Canton, for ;Ong. Rosalind, Gulf of Nicoya ; Scourfield, Jamaica; Cour Yee, Lig' naries ; Thetis, Constantinople ; John Romilly, f dies!!! Agnes, Bilbao; Nautilus. Gibraltar; Arundel, IClir asnicu" Transport No. 16, Westward. DOVER, MAY 17.—Arrived off, the Rhoda, from T Wks. LIVERPOOL, MAY 17 —Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the trea, from Buenos Ayres ; Alert, Ball, Monte Video.; Me rl " dian, Williams, New Orleans ; New Hampshire, ditto; Charles Humberstobe, Marshall, illobae ; S Saunders, Savannah ; Siddons, Cobb, New York ; Q ace" the Isles, Lewis, Messina ; Grazia, Suer e, o,;.lttn; N °6 7. Gergente. Put back the Feroma, for Ancona. Arri red o the Samuel, from Mobile; Independence, Mary A tin, .4 dit 11 Minerva, and Catherine. CAPE CLEAR.—Arrived off, the Jane Walker, and A bet. crombie, from Mobile. SHOREHAM, MAY 17.—Arrived the Thomas, Cl' ' CGWES MAY 17. Arrived the Natchez, Bel well, frail* Havannah; Ardent, from London, for St. Michael"r. ,A. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived tl Con Cox, from Figueras ; Forth, from London, for Sy bey rived off, the Atalanta, from Bremen, for New Yor k ; Con""" from Bremen, for Hayti ; Noord, Holland, from . isaisterdaw, for Surinam ; Rose, Julienne, from Carthagena, for Havre. FALMOUTH, MAY 16.—Wind S.W. to W., frm h breciet —Arrived the Penninghamc, Green, frnn Laguna, s ailed 29t , March ; Leeds (steamer) Vigo ; Pandora packs -, a cent Sailed the Jessie Ritchie, for Rotterdam ; Fighlari d Lad, an. Ebenezer, Loudon ; Lady Charlotte Guest, iqydd ; Ni c°/111 Bjornebeirg. BRISTOL, MAT 16.—Arrived the George, Itc berts, fr °2lt , St. Vincents ; Mentor, Dantzie • Earl of Liverp 133i41. Nevis, sailed 21st ult. ; Craig Efaetie,Phillips, Nad.tes• g GLOUCESTER, MAY 16.—Arrived the Reindeet from Leghorn. CORK, MAY 15.--Put back the Joseph, Anderson,. Junaieb VESSELS SPOKEN WI TH. —The Negociator, ? O tt ult., lat. 37, lon. 3E. ; Harley and London, Alexan dr:Z e i t Clyde, 28th ult., lat. 41, l on . 2 E. ; a b r i gan ti ne , un der lA', colours, from Trieste, 6th, off Cape Trafalgar, hy the 1: 1 4 arrived at Milford. A brig, standing NAV. No. in the 1,081, 3d inst., lat. 42, lon. 31 ; a ship, Barbadoes to LiverE7Z supposed the rancis, 28th ult., lat. 41, lon. 4W., by the " 1 1,, badoes. arrived at Cork. Onega, New Orleans to Livere 17th ult., lat. 26, lon. 76 ; Susanne, Cumming, 6th inst., 1 ; ' ts j 42, lon. 52; Admiral Benbow, Lady Worsley, an d Gene Hewitt, 7th, lat. 42, lon. 47 ; a large ship, supposed the E . dons, from New York, Bth, lat. 44, lop. 42; Stratton Cgs L ie t : Clyde to New York, 9th, lat. 45, lon. 36 ; Carricks, 10th , 46, lon. 32, by the Columbia (?), arrived at Liverpool. E Buenos Ayres to Cowes, 10th March, lat. 28, len. 35 ; T tromben, Mayo to Buenos Ayres, 23d Feb. ; Juno, Per ta m , buco to Falmouth, 2d ult., lat. 3, len. 29; Calypso, of mouth, 27th, lat. 40, lon. 32, by the Frisk, arrived at l i.lr tb pool. , Admiral Von Gwegbtzen, Holland to Batavia, March; lat. 2 N., lon. 21 W, • Erin, Marseilles to ti..e ritius, 26th, lat. 3 ; Warrior, ' 27th ; Adolphe, Mars eill: Calcutta, 30th, lat. 4, lora. 22, by the Volunteer, arriv ed Liverpool. pool. RE-APPEARANCE OF PIRATES AT SALONI CI •; The following has been receiv e d a t Lloyd's, from Sal °llle dated the 22d of April : e " Pirates are reported to hav e re-appmared at the en tran . te c i, of this gulf ; but of their having attacked any vessels no ! i „; ligence has been received. Th e G ree k nun-boats ai.e ono between the islands at the m ou th o f th e gi ill and Moant Ath" to the N.E., and to Vulo to the S. W." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY') • COLONIAL MARKET.. Prices of produce w ere s t ea dy, w ith a mo d era te dolt Raw Sugar went off s t ea dy a t i m p rov i ng prit Its. The Poi sales were very large of all descriptions, but the bulk 0 0 4 buyers at full prices. Refined Sugar was in go od bat prices Is. per cwt. higher. British Plantation Coffee a i ri, is no cheaper. E as t I n di a sor t s ra th er l ower , ant i but " t " dSo request. Rice is asked for in partial instances only, 1 3er effect sales, lo w e r p r i ces were acce pt e d. Middli n g 'Vale. tur4 gal sold at is. per cwt. Cassia Lignea in request ter and higher prices paid. TALLOW MARKET. The The demand was steady, but prices were a shade lov:er• th ird public sales c ons i s t e d o f 200,000 p ac k ages , about ,one. eO O only of which found buy ers , and id. to ld. p er lb. ds t the rates of Friday last. Company's Congou was oft cr ls, 9d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. eel Prices much the same, b u t n ot mu c h b us i n e s s doing r e. by the Chandlers or Soap Trade, in expectation of tattle ) : duced prices. Fine P. Y.C. 475. per cwt. WHITECH APEL HAY MARKET. The supply of Meadow Hay was good, the demand 01 fair, yet a reduction of 2s. per load took place. The 01 7 1 3 01, Clover was moderate, a n d th e d eman d goo d, w hi c h fully t o our last quotations. Cl over 41. t o 51. 16 s . ; geadow R tt e, 3/. 10s. to 41. 12s. Th e su ppl y o f St raw W AS very inoderiosd and the demand good ; the best sorts made full 2s. Per higher. Straw, 1/. 17s. to 21. PICE OF BREAD. , The highest' rrite of ii R re.d i . the Metropilis is PM. COL — the 40 Loaf. G.A.d Bread may be had at 7Nd. PRICES Ol SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter S •". ...., •••• ..., , Sew E , gl'sh Re° C10ver...56s 54s St. Fein ...... .......... ...„ Old litt, Ditto —s s s Rye G ass ....s ....4 ...i New Foreign Ditto —3 56s SOs Pacey Grass .......... .....- 5 o f 5 0 Ott Di to Ditto :sew White Clover 4—uss—s to Old Dittu Ditto —s 42s 46s13itto, for crushing . ••-•...... ,vs a ... ,. —st.s. f3s —s DitLin s o c , eel izr f: o r w fet in t g lit . ) . g .. ......cl ,j 5 6 0 ,, rs , - 4 1 •uw Tre'oil ... —s Vs 44s Hum ............ ........*** - 0 3 1iP Old 1 itto Jr folium Per Bushe l . Oct•to 1551 E glish Carraway ......—s 50s s's White Mustard •••• , -s 7su a 'to l Foreign Ditto —s 44s 50s Brown Ditto ......... 143 0 1 v i. us Coriander _ s a 4 1 t2 9: 3 70. 6s,Canary ... ..... .. —s —s —s,Tares .... ttt 6l Ca AC PitiCE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton "" ' E '4s ° Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 0 'lt' Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per IWO) - le 10 0 15 Rai e • ake. per ton ,... PR lt,E OF TALLOW , SO A P , &c. per i 121L4 75 ° Town Tallow •„ £2 II 6 Melting Stuff ... .. ............... f -I " 6 Yellow Russia 2 (1 6 Ditto Rougb. ............ 0 14 White 0 0 0 Graves ....... .. ......... 0 5 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Drags.... ............. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of-61bs. ' :a. grl Price of Tallow (as stated by th e T a ll ow Meners) ............... COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 26. s. d. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley l7 7 I.lolyweil Ma n l3 0 Oirglnai Windsor's Pontop 16 Pontop Windsor • 15 9 south Hartley Tanfied Moor Butrs West Hartley ... Willington l9 6 Wylaut Walls E• d hewic , e and C. , l'l 6 Walls End Brown's l7 6 Walls End Hilda ........ Walls End Killingworth 4' 0: 'Walls End Newmarch 1 1 1 6. Walls End :14,,r hul,berlano , 4 Walls End Witham ..•••••••. : 2 0 , Walls End Hetton ...... . .... f t 2 q Walls End Larnbton ..... 19 0 Walls" End Wintwell ..... Walls Erd Hartlepool i g Walls End Kelloe ....... Walls End barrington Tees 1 6 WallsWa s End End s C o l a r u t e h n D o e u r l h i e a t m t Walls End West HettOrl •i• ; 6 # Howard's Nethertonblain . " v.l Llangennech C0a1... ....•N••' MARKETS. AIN. t ISt Barley, Mccklenburgh 1 50 , - f, 0,4 , I --- Magdeburgh 15 0 tv 01 --- Holstein 13 2 to . 1 $ ----- SUITIMer ll4 t ° If Oats, Eider si to il l -- Mecklenburg -- Holste i n j.35 to 1 , 11 East Friesland I" t ,:f I 0 „ A /e Poase, Mecklenburg Beans 02,5 UP pi Buck Wheat l6B 07 4 ,' jO 14 Rapeseed, lianovcr Malt Tares roN. 0 Marrnbarn Maer4s bS j Surat; 5% 0 Do itsmo .....• IN FEE,. Domingo 4% WI. lA, 6 uavra 'it • Porto Rico.... .......... Ilayannah..... • . . 4 ft f . 83 Discount.) Bahia, Whits.. ••••••ilt Brown. ~, ......... Pernambuco, %vbite 0 B Town •••21. li, 2% to 27 HANIBURI GR Wheat, Maria 2EB to' 3.1 ---- Magdeburg 2,18 to 3:131 Anhalt, white 283 to :301 red 2AS to 333 Brunswick 294 to 327 --- Mecklenburg 258 to 333 ---- Polish 3co to 336 ------ Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic Elbing and Ko nig6burg - Upland -- Riga Coln Carolina and Tennessee 7% to 9% Georgia, lst suit 0 73 2cl 7 7'4 3d and 4th COF ‘lecha 13 to 1:344 Batavia h% s'ii Sumatra Rio 4 544 Bahia SUGAR.— (Witl Havannah, White...— 3 to 4 Brown 2 23i Rio, White 274 4 Brown . 2 Manilla. Brow THE RECENT ROYAL ELOPEMENT.O-'" SE LS, MLAy 15.—The Pole who carried off the Infani a a ' .- 51Je here yesterday, accompanied by an officer of gend.trule 6 l es o was conducted t o th e office of the Chi e f o f Police.---;"e 110 that Count Ge ro f s ki, an d P r i ncess Isabella, hare dttotwirtle they were married by a priest before they left Paris? sels Paper. SECOND•HAND GOLD TRINKI/S'ld 0 quantity, which may b e p urc h ase d at per ounce, are Sr on for selection on the Second. floor Show-room, At T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Gracecher ch " street), London. tibukle * They consist of necklaces, ear-rings, brooches,_vra•; s - • & c . bracelets, armlets, Ladi es ' nec k c h a i ns , go ld snuff-b°''''' STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed He ads 15s. per Set, Bronzed F en d ers , A s. A var iety ! f terns and prices, from the abo ve t o 30 s . at which pri ce 1 ' 1. " fenders are particularly handso me , w ith splendid-stroll an; richly intermixed with steel, the end s are steel, &act the $ up s porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished steel fire-ir°" — from 4s. per set. Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of every artie l A Furnishing Ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-stieet" Established 1820. BIRTHS. re , On the 16th inst., at Ewell, the Lady of Captain LOMPr ie of a daughter. C fir On the 15th i ns t , i n W e lb ee k -street, the wife of T._ m • Master, Esq., M.P., for Cirencester, of a son and heir. Art On the 16th i ns t . , at Bllckheath, the Hon. Mrs. Az' Legge, of a son, still born. • or On the 16th i ns t., i n U pper S eymour -street, Por t square, the lady of J. E. F_,ardly Wilmot, Esq., of a son- 0 0 On the 12th inst., at Havre, the lady of. B aron de Vis es of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at River, near Dover, John Minet+r` Esq., M.P. for Maidstone, to Isabella, only child of , the Major-General John Murray. On the 10th inst., at Shanbally Castle, Henry Prittf e4 r l ol;; eldost eon o f th e H on. F. A. Prittie, to the Hon' O'Callaghan, only daughter of Viscount Lismore. DIED. e ? On Tuesday l as t, M ay 4, Anne Isabella, youngest ag d 14. of Mr. J. S mi th, o f Liverpool, Lecturer on Education, ag!a f ty On the 7th i nst ., at Bodiam, the Rev. Sir John Gum — Thomas, Bart., Vicar of Bodiam and Warthing, age d ripe' On the 13th inst., at Exmouth, Margaret Citi l Liah youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, C. 8., aged 14. 0 p yEf 0 0 nn the e e I .9 7 t t h h u inst. . , R.Ojnulituhse, i‘ ls ii t d h sh i i n p s m t. a , n in Hyde Park-street, Harry I Dobree, Esq., aged 53. r n the board her Majesty's ship Edin.,, ter of the first and sister o sHo f u t o h n e f l CC at aa e prot L al o iinn rd eC S e c urO ar zw il: On the 15th inst., in Regent-street, John Thomas Beaumont, Esq., aged 67. On the 16th inst., at Wilmington-square, Mr. T. , elde s t son of Mr. Gilson, of Buckiersbury, age d 26. , On th e 16 t h i nst ., a t W an d swor th, H e l en , w ife of ivir•,r , Bradley. London Printed a nd Published by A UrIDO YO n G Y • No. 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112, S (1 the county of Middleeex.—Tuesday, May 16, 11041' .~ .. hcts ~-; ~.. A