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I/orning 29 minutes after b minutes after 5 Evening • 00 , 4•5 , - •4 4 • i j4.. - . ; ‘• e • `... ••• • ' ''' 7 „,,,,,*- I •Yat- • s m 0 D Ctie ,§un, MORN ING EDITION Mr. PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, CL IF FOR D; or, THE CONSTANT MAN. By ROI3ET PLUMER WARD, Es q. Ant:hor of " Tremaine," " De `'ere," Sce. Henry Colburn, Publisher,l3, Great Marlborough-street. TETF, SUN, LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1841. a higher Tank than that of Lieutenant of Marines, or Boatswain's-mate. And now that Great Bri tain has been for years kicked, and cuffed, and reviled, and spat upon by the Chinese, we sup pose it will be at last [discovered by her MAJESTY'S Government that the SOVEREIGN might be more worthily represented in the Celestial Empire, than by LlN's officious coadjutor in the work of suppressing the opium trade. Lord MINTO must by this time have had a sufficient dose of the laurels with which his relative and protege the Plenipotentiary is likely to adorn the family escutcheon. The best thing the family could do would be to make the Emperor of CHINA a pre sent of the Plenipotentiary. " CHARLEY FRO THY," as the Middies call him, would make an excellent Mandarin, most of whom he at present rivals in the composition of that grave inflated bombast which so tickles the ears of the Orientals. We are happy to see that the debate in the House of Commons on last Monday, to which we adverted on Wednesday, is very properly ex citing the hopes of the friends and the fears of the enemies of free trade throughout the empire. Both parties are fully convinced that it is quite impossible for the country to go on with an in et easing expenditure and a declining revenue. For that some remedy must be had, and it now becomes a question betwixt the Government and all who support Government, and look to it to secure life and property on the one hand, and the landowners, sugar planters, and other monopolists on the other, whether the bulk of the people are to be taxed for the advantage of these monopo lists or the State. The industry of the country cannot bear any longer the immense burdens which the Government and sundry classes of individuals, by means of legislation, have heaped on it. As the fund-holders have long ago been warned, the labour of the people is insufficient to pay them, to pay the expenses of the State, and to pay the landlords' tax; and while it is necessary that labour should be relieved of its burdens, the demands of the State on it are in creasing. This is bringing matters to a crisis, which will task all the energies of all who look to Government for the protection of property to carry the Government safely through it. The public are, perhaps, justly elated at the success of our arms in Syria and Affghanistan ; at the bold language our Minister has held at Washington, and at the victories obtained over the Chinese ; but every one of these very distant operations involves, not merely their present ex pense, but a continued cost to guard against danger along a frontier which may be said to extend round three-fourths of the globe. The nation, like a tender-hearted matron, whose feelings are warmly enlisted by chil dren, relations, and numerous friends, whose affections she delights to cultivate, and who is continually pained by their misfortunes or death, has spread its political sympathies more than half over the globe, and is now liable to be wounded, and bleed, and require expensive surgery, at every little change, though it be in the order of nature, which happens through the wide circuit of all the many States with which she has placed herself in contact. Our policy, be it good or be it evil, has latterly extended, and is now extending, very much the large sur face over which the nation may be wounded; and hence, after many years of profound peace, our army and navy, and our diplomatic and foreign ser vices have all been increased. On this point the Government seems fully to have carried the people with it ; a world-wide dominion has grafi the public taste, and the Ministers have more f inut •ntly been reproached with the poverty than the ext . , •avagance of their armaments. Th ere i s no probab: lity that the expense of th e St a t e w ill be diminishei2 under these several heads, an d hence will arise 1: necessity, while industry must ent, the revenue. be relieved to augur LONDON: MONDAY. APRIL 12, 1841. The more we reflect upon the news received from China, the more indignant we feel at the disgraceful, mean, and pusillanimous conduct of Plenipotentiary ELLIOT. Why such a man, after the proofs he had given the Government and the country of his utter incapacity, was ele vated to the rank of a Plenipotentiary, is only rationally to be accounted for by supposing that Lord PALMERSTON had no choice in the matter —that the First Lord of the Admiralty and his family were able to dictate their own terms to their SOVEREIGN. Captain ELLIOT was not an untried man. - He had been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The public judgment respecting his incapacity was nei ther suddenly formed- nor rashly pronounced. It was the deliberate result of a calcu lated series of blunders, in which the feeble ness of almost every high and noble faculty of the mind was successively exhibited. Phy sical courage is so common to whatever breathes British air, that there is little merit in attributing a fair proportion of it to Captain ELLIOT. A quality which Englishmen share with their horses and dogs is not to be denied to any officer wearing her MAJESTY's uniform. But of moral courage Captain ELLIOT has throughout exhi bited the most deplorable deficiency. The p:,e sent generation will never forget the circum stances under which Captain ELLIOT consented to deliver up the opium. We need not now dwell upon them. But surely they ought to have at once deprived him of the . confidence of the Government, and produced his immediate re cal ? Why, after that disastrous exhibition of temerity and tame submission, was he permitted further to degrade the British name? For it could not have escaped the penetration of Lord PALMEW:TON that the Chinese themselves must have a contempt for a nation represented by such a nincompoop as the British Superintendent. From the tone of an Edict of KESHEN, and of a report addressed to the EMPEROR relative to our occupation of Chusan, which our readers will find in another part of The Sun, we have little doubt that another expedition against China will he necessary at no distant period. The edict which was written after the capture of the forts proclaims the English " rebel bar barians"—a style of denomination somewhat at variance - with the article in the ELLIOT Con vention which recognizes the equality of Great Britain and China. The report demonstates the folly of our abandoning the fine • central Island of Chusan for the contemptible Islet of Hong Kong, and' absolutely recommends the utmost jealousy of us, and the wheedling us out of the country. It is impossible to read these documents and not be convinced of the blundering tendency of our whole policy, and of how completely we have been baffled and bamboozled by the Chinese. This conviction is general among the British merchants at Macao, and is shared by the mercantile community of British India. In a letter from Bombay, dated the Ist of March, a correspondent of the Times writes as follows : The march of the GO vernment, and the gene ral policy of the Liberals, has latterly been to in crease the national expenditt:re. All those mea sures for extending the operatio.7s of the Govern ment, which it has been the fashiOn of late to bring forward in Parliament—howe Yer useful some of them, like the County Cour!s, may be—necessarily cause an increase of p.nblic expenditure; and the Liberals, in propCs ing Boards of Health, Railway Commis sions, large grants for education, &c., &c., have been as obnoxious to censure as Ministers for bestowing the public money on the Niger exploring quackery, or for building stables at Windsor. If these measures be good at a pro per season, at present, when the revenue of the State does not equal its wants, when indus try is sinking under its burdens, and not a single sixpence of the public money should be unne cessarily used, they are very reprehensible. But the public wants, and the inability of in dustry to answer all the demands made on it, bring the State into collision with those for whose benefit, and not for the benefit of the State, industry is taxed. Hence the necessities of the State are working in favour of free trade principles, and will compel whoever may administer it, and will compel all who support the Government, even the land lords themselves, to consider of the propriety of releasing industry from the heavy burdens of monopoly. Whatever party may be in power, the ruling classes cannot allow the Government to fall into decay or difficulties for want of funds ; and they must do that, or consent to an expansion of trade which will make the strength ofthe country commensurate to the public burdens. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in his speech on Monday, declared against the monopolies; and he will be constrained to act on the principles of that speech. If his doing so offend the Whig land lords, they may be assured his successor in office, be he who he may, will act on those principles ; fbr it is more than the head of a Minister is worth to involve the Government in distress and difficulties for the pecuniary advantage of the landowners. The Ministers, and all who claim the character of statesmen, will remember, though some few landlords may not, that the whole system of legislation and government is discredited, that the peace of the country is endangered, that all property is perilled by the impossibility of in dustry meeting all the demands which legislation for behoof of individuals, and for be hoof of the State, makes on it. In fact, the whole parapher nalia of the State exists only to protect industry, the parent of all justly acquired property; and if industry be not protected, the State no longer answers its functions, and men will say it ought to be revolutionized. The Peers and the Commons, the Ministers, and the Judges, the Sovereign and the Clergy, exist as such, not for themselves, but fur the protection of the industrious community. But of what avail are the ministers of religion to teach morality, the Sovereign to wield the sword, the Judge to decide disputes about property, or the Ministers to guide the policy of the country, if industry be ground down to the dust, have little or nothing for itself, while it is unable to meet the many demands made on it by the Legislature 9 Some excuse might be found for such a state of things had the land been exposed to a forei gn invasion, to a succession of famines, or to the d vastation of a mighty whirlwind ; but when no natural disasters have fallen on the country, when, after years of peace, during which all the natural principles of great national prosperity have been in full operation, to find industry deprived of its due reward, a i ndtlie State not fully supplied, reflects id dis grace on the whole system of government. Statesmen must know, though ignorant parsons and ignorant landlords may not know, that a system of government cannot be thoroughly discredited by such a fact as that with out involving the system and all that de pends on it, from the crowned Queen to the little midshipman, in continual danger. Higher interests, therefore, than merely till ing the exchequer, tend to promote the prin ciples of free trade. There is an overruling ne cessity in this matter which will compel even the Tories, whatever may be their theories, to yield; because they wish to preserve a system that will be destroyed by attempting to make the people bear the grievous burden of taxation for the State, and the heavier burden of taxation for the benefit of individuals. I -II The terms accepted by the British Plenipotentiary are looked upon as unworthy of England. Hong Kong may be come a good military and naval station ; but 1 , 000,000 d o I I every sear for six years are considered insufficient even for the expenses. The opium compensation appears to have been thrown overboard altogether. 6,000,000 dollars every year for the six years ought to have been obtained to tio ju-tice to all parties. The preliminaries do not speak of any redress for injury, or of any security . tor the future, except, indeed, the liberty of official in , er cour:e be considered such. There arc no commerc'al arrange ments, no tariff, and Hong Kong is to be opened to all nations. The preliminaries may not have been sufficiently explained, but, as far as they are known, they excite general dis,atisfac tion. Captain Elliot's grotesque imitation of European diplo matic phraseology has thrown an air of burleique on the whole. The friends of Captain Elliot say, that his orders were to ma ke peace at all risks, and he has made one which will have the effect of prtviueing another war in a very short time. Similar opinions are expressed in nearly all the Indian Journals we have received. China has not made the shadow of a reparation for the past, nor given the slightest security for the future. On the contrary, KESHEN op en ly and grossly insulted Great Britain by the way in which he announced the convention to his countrymen. The English barbarians, he said, were now obedient to orders—that by an official document they had restored Tinghae (the capital of Chusan) and Shaheo, and that they had earnestly invoked him to beg for them Imperial pardon and favour. In fact the Chinese Pleni potentiary, so far from acknowledging our na tional equality, treats us as a pack of barbarian rebels reduced to obedience, but whom it might be impolitic to punish too harshly. Poor ELLIOT was not the man to convince the Chinese of our equality with them. That is reserved for time commander of some future expedition, in which the ill-starred name of ELLIOT will not figure in _n order to keep the subject of the fitness of the clergy to educate the people before the public we will now further remark that the whole body are united together by a corporate principle which makes them continually struggle to ensure the supremacy of their order. Other men strive to get individually to the top of so ciety, and, all trying, no one very far distances his competitors, but all get somewhat up. The priest, however, strives to secure the ascen dancy of his order, and to do that he necessarily tramples other men under foot. He very natu rally desires, in order to attain this end, that the education of all the youth of the community should be placed in his hands; but it is not the business of statesmen who wish to keep the priestly power in subjection, and still less is it the business of laymen, to assist the incorpora tion of priests in s ecur i ng suc h a supremacy. In Spain and Italy the priests have long used their power to control the education of the society,and keep the lay:nen subservient to them ; and un less we wish England to become as destitute of great and skilful men as are modern Italy and Spain, we shall carefully keep the priests from controlling education here as they have controlled it there. We know that it is supposed that they can teach morality better than any other race of men. That supposition is not confirmed either by their lives or their tenets. At present the morality which is most required is a restraint on greediness. We want to have the doctrine enforced, that wealth to be enjoyed must be honestly obtained. It is, above all things, requisite now to teach a, respect for pro-. perty—not that property which the Sate creates in favour of one man by taxing another, but the natural right of property; so that the State, and all concerned, shall regard it as a deriliction of duty to take a single farthing from him to whom it naturally belongs. Now this most necessary morality it is impossible the clergy can teach, for their whole lives are a violation of it; and the State Church, with its tithes, exists in de fiance of it. Tithes are a tax which the State levies on the food of the people for the advan tage of the priesthood. They are so much of the annual produce of industry forcibly--that is by law—taken from the people to give to the priests; and, as long as they maintain and incul cate the propriety of so endowing them, as long as they exhibit their present greediness after gain, it is impossible that they should be able to teach the people this most necessary morality. clear, and on the authority of letters from Paris we hear of an entire restoration of harmony between France and England, as well as of the declared return of the former to a participa tion in the me urei of the other great powers for the pre servation of peace. The Journw des Debats says, it his the pleasure t announce that Lord Granville is much bettee, and that he is n longor in danger.—Le Commerce. BO URSE.--.PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price Price , e-, ch S per Cents 113 25 ... 113 50 ... 113 5 ... 118 40 i ter Cents 99 50 ... 99 50 ... 99 50 .. 99 50 3 per Cants 78 80 . 78 I's... 78 75 ••• 76 V° Ban of trance .... ....... 3150 .3150 ...3147 50 ..3150 L .tritte lank 5,0001. Tares 5155 ...5155 ...5155 ...5155 w.gian Mani. 5 per Cents.....„ lOl% ... 101 ... 101% ... lt'l% 4,....n.5h Active Portuguese 3 per Cents :24 1 4 ... ‘A - .)% ... 20 1 ... 'IN eaohian lO3 90 ... 104 ... 113 90 ... 1 04 lonian ••••• 103 ... 103% ... 103 ... 1( 0 3% RAILWAY SHARE.% 3tiiermah. .......... ...... 725 ...._a ... 725 ... 725 Versailiesdt. B 385 ... 385 ... 3',5 ... 38 L. 8..... ..... Orieaus. .. Hontpellier to Cette 250 ... 250 ... 230 ... :z5O St •i•ing .• Bale 2lB 75 ... 2.18 75 ... 237 50 .. 2t7 50 Rouen ..... ......... .. ........ MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS ' In our former article on this subject we showed that the education of the priesthood is on grin ' ciple chiefly directed to acquiring a knowledge of a narrow portion of antiquity. No man con tends that that portion of antiquity comprises a complete code of morals for modern times. Though the principles of morality may then have been laid down, they require to be worked out and adapted to present circumstances. And it is to be remarked, that the morality of mankind, whether it be for the better or the worse, has continually undergone a change. Infanticide, that was allowed in antiquity, is now rigorously and universally condemned. Slavery, though universally practised in ancient times, is here no longer tolerated; and so much alive are we to its odiousness, that we have no toleration for those who inflict it. In antiquity human life was disregarded, and almost all the legislators of the olden time, from MOSES down to the early Parliaments of GEORGE lll.'s reign, deemed that they might cut off human beings for any and every offence. It is a question whether the laws of DRACO were more bloody than the laws of MOSES. But now we doubt whether it is just or not to take away the life even of that very man who has shed blood. In early times, spoliation was as common and as authorised as bloodshed, and but only a few years have passed since lifting cattle was a kind of authorised species of rob bery. It may be supposed, therefore, that a similar progress is making as to theft, which we have traced as to shedding blood. Respect for property is no virtue of the savage or the semi savage. Thus the morality of mankind is under going a gradual, a successive, and a great change. Now the priests, who fix their attention almost exclusively on the past, cannot be the authors of this modern morality, and, not being its authors, must be opposed to it, and be only reluctantly •Iriven to teach it. Hence we find them slow in ass: sting to procure the extinction ofslavcry, the aboliti . On of the punishment of death, or the ge neral ame.lioration of the criminal code. Hence we had them as long as possible the opponents of educating the people, except teaching them their catechism. Hence we find them at this day, while reflecting men are condemning the immorality of taxation for the benefit orindividuals, also abso lutely vindicating the legal plunder of the people. Because morality, like science, is subjected to change —we say improvement—the priests are no more competent to teach it to the people than they are to teach astronomy, if they believe on the authority of the Bible that the earth stands still, and the sun goes round and round it. The morality which the people require to be taught, is, if we may so express ourselves, the common mo rality—that which is now advocated by those of our race who have attained the highest eminence and can see the furthest; and that morality, the priesthood, who, as a body, insist on remaining below, and keep down as long as they can, are not qualified either to discover or to teach. (From 7he Sun of Saturday Evening.) The Liverpool letter received this morning, dated half-past five, P. M. No news of the President. Another letter from Liverpool, received at the North and South American Coffee-house, dated eight o'clock P. at., also states, no news of the President. The Hamburgh Papers arrived yesterday evening. The exchange upon London comes at 13 4 3 %, same as per last. post ; Gold, 428} ; Metal, 106; Bank Actions, 1630. Accounts from Sydney to the 9th of December, by the Over. land Express, have been received, and the following are ex• tracts : The French Journals of Thursday have reached us. The following are the observations of the National on the news from China : " The most important clause of the new treaty is that which stipulates for the cession of the Island of Hong-Kong to Great Britain. England thus realises her dream of two centuries. In 1760, after several fruitless attempts in the Chinese seas, she established a factory at Formosa. She then attempted to dislodge the Portuguese from Macao, and to create an establishment in the Island of Amoy ; but this project failed. The autho r ity give n to E ng l an d in 1689 to establish a factory at Canton did not satisfy, and, conse quently, she never ceased intriguing at Pekin in order to obtain permission to instal herself more solidly on the territory of the Chinese empire. In 1755, the English appeared at Ningpo, and, in the course of the same century, they set foot on the soil of Tchou-Chan (not Chusan) but they were soon compelled to abandon both. From that time they were unable to succeed until they called opium to their aid, and now they triumph. Hong-Kong, or more properly speak • ing, the archipelago of Hong Kong, is situated in the bay of Canton, opposite the river of that name, and about three myriametres (rather more than six English miles) to the east of Macao. This group occupies so small a space in the possessions of the Chinese empire, that we only find it in very large maps, and even there only the two largest islands are laid down. fhe largest of the two, that which gives its name to the archipelago, is only two myriametres long, taken at its longest part, and its mean breadth is about a myriametre and a half. These islands are barren, and are scarcely inhabited; their position constitutes all their importance. The English are not the first to appreciate the advantages which they offer in a military and commercial point of view. They have long served as a nest of smugglers and pirates. We can easily conceive the value of this new acquisition. In future the English will be no longer com pelled to place their ships under the protection of the Portu guese guns. Whilst nominally within the dominions of the Emperor of China they will be at home; this is all they wanted. In 1611, they obtained permission from the Great Mogul to found an establishment at Surata. This served as their point d'appui for the conquest of India, and the Em perors of Delhi soon learned to their cost, that to surrender a single inch of ground to the English, is to furnish them with the means of stealing an entire kingdom. What the English did on the Banks of the Ganges, they will do in China. They know, to use the words of Lord Napier, that they have to do with a people who are without the means of defence, and they will lay hold of the first favourable opportunity for throwing off the mask. In the meantime they will continue to gain round and strength according to their praiseworthy custom, until some fine day the anger of the Emperor will break forth, and give rise to a new war and new concessions on the part of the Chi nese. This is the history of all the invasions of the English." We are not quite so sanguine in our views as the National, nor would that Journal, did not the occasion afford an opportunity of strengthen ing French prejudices against this country. The France has a sensible article on the oppo sition of the English press to the fortification of Paris, but want of space prevents our quot ing it. There is no news of general interest in the French Journals. A letter friqn Bilogna of the 30th of Mardi announces that Prince Bacciochi, the husband of Ells' a (the sister of Na poleon ) is dangerously ill. There was a report. in circulation in the same city that the Duke Modenaoff int, nded to retire Nismes for Pau, where he will arrive Algiers of the 30th of March, which The e o expedition, th. which into 3: a e r sehhoalvreraataloeefet letter from Jesuits. i i . ot left n s . G GCt n z e cd ra t i e de the day after to-morrow. will proably not . r n Governor.momentz he The continued says : _6. We are all in motion to-day. , is to revictual Aledeah and Aliliana u i n h d e er col t u h m e n c c o o m n m sis a t n s d e o f of the Lieutenant —General-rg A letter from Vienna of the 28th of March says, —. 6'l take e t o p f la P ee tin a c e e Aalee„tnteaarn hadieh tboeJeonhasntnatiesbde. ex change of couriers and the evident press of business at the Prime Chancellor's office, indicate, the activ. cor re spondence of our Cabinet with those of the other Powers, and the Prince's journey cannot be seri ou.ly thi.ug, t of till the political questions now pending are decided to tt e sati.taction of all patties Meantime the political horizon is becoming more and more " Trade continues dull. Salt provisions received a very heavy shock on Saturday, on account of there being such large quantities sent out from England to Singapore. Tea re mains steady, a cargo being daily expected. " PORT PHI LLIY.—By an official notice in this day's paper it will be seen that so much of the Supreme Court Act, which was passed last Session, as regards the appointment of a Judge for Port Phillip, is to be suspended until atter the Ist of March, 18.11. Flour, first quality, 21s. ; second ditto, 16s. per 100 lbs. Wheat, Bs. 10d. per bushel ; first quality, 21s. ; iecond ditto, 16s. SYDNEY MARKET, DEC. B.—Fine Flour, 21s. per 1001 b, second, 18s. ; Ration, 15s. ; Bread, 6d. per 21bs Loaf; Bar ley, 6s. 6d. per bushel; Barley, Cape, 7s. per bushel ; Oats, 6s. to 7s. ; Hay, 91. 10s. to 121. per ton ; Straw, 21. to 21. 10s. per load. . _ Provisions—Fresh Butter, 25. 6d. to 3s. per lb. ; Salt, Is. to 2s. 6d. per lb. ; Irish, is. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; Cheese, I ld. to is. per lb. ; Bacon, 10d. to Is. per lb. ; Eggs, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per dozen ; Lard, 10d. Beef, per carcase, 3d., per joint, 4 1 / 2 d. per lb. ; Veal, 10d. per lb. ; Mutton, per carcase, 30. per lb., per joint, 4 1 / 2 d. to bd. per lb. ; Pork, Iod. to Is. per lb • Although we are now in possession of the particulars, and official accounts, of the Chinese news, it has not had any fut Cher effects on the British Funds this morning. Consols, which left off on Thursday at 90 fur the Account opened this morn ing at 893 90 ; same for Money, with scarce a bargain doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, 170 172 ; India Bonds, par 2 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal at present, Spanish Active at the leaving off prices of Thursday, 23k; Deferred, 123 %; Passive, 53 ; Portuguese same as they left off, 193 20 ; Brazilian 69 70; Colombian, 22i ; Mex ican, 34 ; Danish, 78 79; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents., 513 523 ; hive per Cents., 983 4. Shares—Great Western, 28 29 prem.; New, 133 14 prem. ; London and Brighton, 4 1 / 2 4 dis. ; Blackwall, 5 3 dis. ; Bir mingham, 6s 70 prem. ; Southampton, 56} 573 per shire ; Croydon, 13i : 4 per share; Greenwich, ti 3 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 153 15 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 15A 14 di.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great North of England ... ..... 70 Ditto Fifths London and Greenwich London and south Western 3Bl 57i..... to 57 Ditto Tenths Northern and Eastern Accounts have been received at St. Mato from Mon e Video, stating that Rosas was preparing a squadron to attack Monte Video, which has caused great inquietude there ; and the private letters state that he has issued an order that no vessel shall proceed beyond Buenos Ayres without his per mission. In general the terms made with the Chinese Government has not met the approbation of the public and speculators, which, report says, is attributed to the circumstance that when our Aliiiisten expected a war with France in September la t, they sent out orders to bring the Chinese affair to an imme diate settlement on the most reasonable terms. The British Market continues inactive, and the only feature worth notice is a sale of about 20,000 Consols during the morn ing for Money, at 89i. Consols at present may be quoted as in the early part of the day, 90 for the Account; Money 89i ; Exchequer Bills lower, 12 10 prem. ; Bank Stock for opening 175 ; India Stock 254 ; India Bonds 2 prem. par. In the Foreign 2 , larket very little business; Spanish Active a shade lower, 23 ; Belgian lower, 33i ; Mexican, lower, 30i ; Colombian, lower, 22k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 f 52 ; Five per Cents. nothing done. In Shares not much doing—quotations higher; Great North of England 67 ; Great Western Fifths 11 g ; South Western 57 ; Northern and Eastern 301 to 31. Consols Account, 90 ; Ditto, 25th May, 90i ; Mexican, 30i ; Portuguese, 34 ; Spanish, 23i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bink Stock ... 172 k India Stock 3 per Cent Red. BBi Ditto Bonds 0 pat 3 per Cent Cons 9O Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red.. New 3A per Cent 99 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 10 pm New 5 per Cent I Ditto 500/ lO p m Long Annuities to expire ! Ditto Small ll pm Jan. 1860 l2 13-16 Bank Stock for 0pg....175 Oct 1859 l2 9-16 India Stock for 0pg....254 Jan. 1860. — Consols for Acct 9O FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 33i Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, letallic Colombian, 6 per cent... 'Spanish, 5 per cent — Ditto, 1824. .. ..... 224 Ditt o , Deferred .. Danish, 3 per cent 7Bi French, 5 per cent.ll3f. —c. Greek, 18.45, 5 per cent — Exchange . —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent. 78f. 50c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 514 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 9Bi SHARES. Great North of England Railway (20 paid) 67 Great Western Hallway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (a 0 paid) 634 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( 2 p.iiil).. London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd).. Si London and South Western Ditto Tenths .. Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) Northern and Eastern (50 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... lab FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL LITERATURE. .______ BRUSSELS, APRIL B. I lie avera:e price of .-ii , i at FLY FISHER'S BOOK. last week was 17f. 96c., and that of rye, 10:. 78r. per ' Ackermann London, 1841 eectrolitre. Notvithsta d il_ing DI% oomins,,,, s .v,.!.-,, ~ mm General Baron Hurel will quit the Belgian service detiniton of angliti!):, that th. is; •• i. e, to return to France on the 'tut ,of t h is lisolilll. string, with a worm Lt iiete a.,..t.1 -,:ax : ~,,, .._ ._ ,_ We learn that for s o m . iteys comp• tent per-ons bee other,' some o f the most Cilllilt'tit:lleil ei le . _ e been busily engaged in ealufne the ci• y 1 brirv, wiil, . times 'lave been anglers, ..ad ie ei ~ek , view to the sale of it to the Government. These per for their enthusiasac atm-mem:we... m 0 ~...-! -1, , i' sons, we understand, were extremely surprised t., h. if Without going so far back as the days en o.ie that the library contained so many rare and curfoes Izaac Walton, and his witty son-in-law, Cotton, books, we may mention the philosqlfic Paley, We (i. e. the Courrier Beige) were right in thinking Mackenzie, author of the "Man of feet that the Crown would not hasten to come to a decistoit ing," Nalter Scott, Sir Humphrey Davy, ,b antes before it was thoroughly intoraued of time situ.itieh aid Hogg ; Professor Wilson, and several others, wishes of the country. whose names do not at present occur to us, BRUSSELS, APRIL 9.—The chief instruction to b all of whom were as zealous " fishers," as eves derived from the addresses in favour ot the retaining ot Zebedee himself. We cannot say that we ex the Ministry, is the di sa pp ro b a ti on o f th a t sy s tem of in- actly sympathise with th e i r ent h us i asm f or th i s stability which is so prejudicial to France, and which pastime. To us, angling seems to be about as an destroys all confidence in the r e p r esentative system. promising a pursuit as a r ati ona l b e i ng; can We were astonished to le ar n th a t M. N o thomb re- well engage In; for what can b e more dull— fused to return to the department of public works ; but what more deplorable, tha n t o s it or stan d f or on reflection we feel that it would be very difficult for hours by a river's side, e x p o s e d t o h eat , co ld , him to remain neuter and impartial between his own or rain, watching an artificially floating upon the system and that of M. Rogier. M. Sublankoff, a water, in the hope that some time or other, Russian General, has just ar rived h ere fr o m S t . P e t ers - a big fish may jump u p an d swa ll ow t h e b a i t ! burgh.—Courrier Beige, April 9. There can be no process of thought going on during this tedio us p er i o d to b egu i le i ts i nt ,, lera The Moniteur Beige, of April 9, has not been re ceived. The Courrier Beige of this day does not even able weariness. The angler must have his atten give any report respecting the c h an g e o f Mi n i s t r y, an d tion exclusively fixed on his fly, or h e w i l l l ose the Journal du Commerce, of Antwerp, which g iv e s a every chance of Succ ess . If h e venture to cast a list of the persons reported as likely to be members of stray glance at the landscape about him, to look the new Cabinet, decleres, in its No. of Saturday the up at the shifting clouds overhead, or admire the 10th, that it is not confirmed. bright emerald green of the grass in the mea- THE HAGUE, APRIL B.—The Sections of the Se- dows where he may h a pp en t o b e l ocate d , l ie cond Chamber of the States-Ge uera l havi ng exam i ne d must be content to sac r ifi ce t o hi s l ove o f t h e the project of law for the organi sa ti on of th e C our t s o f picturesque every hop e o f " a g l or i ous n ibbl e. " Justice in North and South Holland, and Limburg, a Angling is a fine thing to read about, especially new draft of it has been sent by the G o vernm en t t o th e in the eloquent pa ges o f P ro f essor Wi lson; b ut Chamber, divided into three sep a rate projects of l a w. woe to the novic e w h o , se d uce d b y such i n-; AMSTERDAM, APRIL B.—We have learned with the sidious eloquence, hurries away to the water's side with his " stick an d string," expecting to greatest pleasure the election of M. A. W. H u ide Roper, as Member of the Second Chamber of the realise all the pleasures which a poetic fancy has States-General. conjured up! Ten to one h e w ill b e bi tterly It is said that a squadron will be shortly fi t t e d ou t t o disappointed; catch n othi ng b ut a co ld ; get go on a cruise as of late years. His Royal Highness no bite but a gnat-bite ; be gored, pera q ms, Prince Henry will ac c o m p an y it on b oar d t h e frigete by an indignant b u ll i n hi s trans i t through an Rhyn. The squadron is to go t o R uss i a , an d the enclosed meadow; be taken up for poaching in Prince will then make a tou r i n t h a t emp i re . a private stream ; an d, not i mpro b a bl y, f i n i sh his day's enjoyment in the stocks or the black- The 17th anniversary of the birth-day of her Royal hole! Thinking thus disparingly ot the art of' Highness floe Princess Sophia was observed yesterday (the 7th) in the usua l manner . angling, we to o k u p the volume before us, AMSTERDAM, AP R I L 9.—We he ar th a t we ma y fl i t which discusses it at l engt i , w i t h great indiffe ter ourseh es with the exp ec tati on o f a v i s i t from tie Fence; but had not hurr ie d th roug h many pages, King and the Prince in thi s c i t y, p er h a p s on Moaday before we found teat it was realty well worth evening next. reading—not so much f or the practical know- TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 22.—We 1 • arn from ledge that it brings t o th e su b ect, as f or Comistantineple that the Punt a h as communicated t o tee its lively, pictur e squ e d escr ip t i ons, at. d nu- R.epresentativ ea of the Four P o w e r s th e remons t rance :herons characteristic anecdotes. Time au..11,r, of Meim met Ali, transmitt e d by M u bih Eff en di, ari d it is clear, is an an g l er o f C ie most zea has asked their advice. Tne Coun c il lind on the suo- ions order, and re sents , as l itt l e stuL t of - ,joct Was not unanimous, and int en d e d to l eave th e d o - blasphemy, a my ;id., tie th at may be cast upon eision to the Lond o n C on f erence , a resu l t a t w hi c h trig art. be s e e m s t o t hi n k i t t h e no b test and most fascim a Lig of all rural sp o rts ; an d l ays there is certainly reason to rejoi ce , b ecause t h e imtruc 'ions on the point are doubtless on time way• down h s directi ons f or pursu i ng i t s ki tfuliy, The capital was illuminat e d on th e 10 t h i n the eve n - with all the gra ve earnestness o f a Sul in, . with more m i uuteness an d precis i on. trig, on account of th e return o f t h e T ur k is h fl eet . IN'o zoologist c ou ld d eta il t h e " h a bi ts of Nothing is decided r e spe c ti ng th e ret i rement o f R- s - fish ' chid Pacha, which ha s be e n s o muc h talk'd of'. It is lie is never w e ary o f c h auat i ng t h e pra i ses said that be has hit, ly three tim e s t e nd ere d h is restg e of sa l mon ; eulogizes a trout with zeal nation, which the Sultan has n o t acce pt e d, b e i ng un - and discriminati on ; i s cons id erate towards able at present to do without him. a chub ; a n d can even say a good It was reported at Conatantinopl' that B aron S tur - word for a pike, no t w i t h stan di ng i ts aston i sh i ng mer, the Austrian Internuncio, wished t o b e remove d resemblance to an att orne y ! A s a spec i men of his maimer, we s u bj o i n hi s account o f a tr i al of to anwher post. As his probable succeasor, 11e. yen Rokesch, itie Au titan Minister at Athens, w as spoken skill and strength bet ween a W e l s h fi s h erman and a salmon, which o amrre d in one of ' the oi, or else B a ron Neumann, woo has letely been en mountain rivers 0: JN orth Watt•s : trusted with importaiit missions. As well as I can remenfbee it aas aeout five yews Peace his been concluded better en Montenegro and t a i g::, ,iv h er t F T .t i r n ouod s th fi o h first point of tre land on tois side Herzogeivtna, after a conference bet .ten M •jago Mu sopdi sch and Petro Petroelitsch at Grabowo. There gettilig loose, ° " 'i'"lde to‘thieugdro: le. : s :t t e ) , f rn t o h oti, and his real ew.,01 poor e st h r d ing lm b e y d which h is a great fermentation among the inhabitants of' Spizza, it teas bound tee Lie roil (for he j neighbours of the Montenegrins, in cons . ( pe nce a tee dim el it, rod ago eh, into the wive! to iiicreas:e ir l s ) t'eu e eion ey moisture; and davit g fee operation, a little b..li; appearance of a Turkish tax-gatherer. They seem disposed to throw off the Turkish yoke, and to join the him, can; •up at his fly a nioester of a sal'. il 1 A complete Montenegrins. At the end of February, a place bear levi• than I and to bit (not the salmon's) gieat joy, Tom found his ho o k f as t if, him. Aw a y flew the fish, our ale!, Rodgouzza was surprised by the M on t enegrins , b ut the red .he line, and e ll s arted Torn after them. Bo t h f uug l it attack was repulsed ; twelve men w ere kill e d on b ot h shins. with di seeration; one for lif e mu d l iberty, the other for CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 17.—The P or t e , i n an defha ,, ,,d glory. Long, t oo , t h ey wrestle d. At last, " Sir ffi oci .1 note of the 14th of March, s arch, announces t o the m, as Tom had breath, arid turne d to sul ki ng—ouch sulk ingr verbei k liire, in all his exp e ri ence , net Representativ e s of the Four P o w ers th at th e P ac h a of er? ,111 The fish la th not e a ne ont e e I r eg a , li bu f t e.a a m r d fck th l . amid Egypt has refused to accept the firma n of' investiture. for s u ch a le ngt h tit time, th t T Strictly spe a ki ng , th e P orte i s not i n t h e wrong, an d it was gone, le .veng his honk fist i n a srn y P tu a ' t the bott om cannot well be doubted that the c on d uc t o f M e h emet o f t h e !Ler, mini a sight mo i on tol d him .. all was right." Ali must be con-idered by a ll the grea t P owers ass Again he pulled and tut p,: with all the f orc e hi s ma , kl e formal refusal. But it is another question whether it weuld bear; and et last, •If ,terted old silver-sides agsitt. will be acknowledged in Europe that the Pacha Again was the battle reeewed, sometimes in water, some has by this step retr a cted hi s p revious l y d ec l are d su b - times high in ai m ; sometimes he imik to the profundity ; mission to the authority o f' th e P orte , an d t h at anon he was awake ne d f ront h is aw f u l s l um b er, and off he sta tcd again ; the n was h e •• bitted" under the v e ry t i p consequently the conditio n of th e concessions made to ofn tit., rod ; and at last Tom " worn' him round the point, him no longer exists. The Porte does not indeed ex- s e , ar to . yon small boat. Tee shades of averting at we then pressly draw this conclusion but merely announces the yards s eal their_ it : hazy maetles over the valley. E gitta en fact of the refusal, anti asks what advice the Four gaff was b rou g ht u t ) h u en ht wt,izz-d out, and were .e pod" back. Powers Will give, on this new incident. But a jeiut The wi t. et t ulgethcr ; four: , ea act of the Ambassadors is not to be expe led, as it is riot yards more were w i anted nul b s : i w m .. r ; ci agrogi g io g i ) ; a ,,_ 'probable that any of them have instructions for this case ; other turn or two—end .he fish floated on his eug , slues they can therefore only art severally a c e iidieg to their as Tom wound hint hack—w eund him back t, ~- t athin a respective opinions. Add to this th it it was ye stela ay single yard of the g ffl On 1 %het an layout moo get ! Tne monst e r gave one i.ifiguld struggle— nd th it rho !lacreported in the best informed circles, eve n i n th e D. ! hung loese to the t o o ; t h e hook i.a t slipped its b o ld, van, that the London Conference h e l b ro k en up , con e , i e l a d ing to the intte'!s t • presser • ; ati , t font steak exhausir d ceiving the Egyptian question to be settled. h e tSimitolittinl! off t2,, pi h i t i , t . . r ss o n i: _ti,e , :;round 1 Thus t Illifialt d a sale. g e wt.. be this report be confirmed the Porte II ~, b ‘t t, tue .4 ( ls lst erti y h e eoll u e- 1 and the fish Teen e , t i„. opposed to the Riche, and the question w Duet be wile- ma ed at (tbrough) appeared about ther it feels itself strong enough to mair ton tee finnan thirteen if.c i s and . iiis is i drPt b h about four feet ,* but he of investiture and enforce its decrees. Tne mend. sof has never se ea it, I,ka t efu e re bg Or siece. Mehemet have in feet eagerly laid hold of this report, and declared without reserve that the erasing of lot eien intervention is desirable for the Porte, as it can now free!y prosecute its own plans, and enforce its sore reign rights unembarrassed by the thousand conflicting interests of Europe. I scarcely oe.Nl to s,iy who is at the head of this party ; it cook:4es that the 1 3 .arte must make some concession, and spedts of the order of suc- crssion, and the amount of tribute, but not (which M. Pontois especially dwblt upon in his note to the Porte) the nomination of the officers of the Egypt4in army mid the other parts of the Erman objected to by Meh: met Ali. Those who are impartial between those who con- tinue for and against the Peeha agree in team; it - 1.:1 - t Mehemet by his military prowess, and especially the immense riches which he has amassed, aili a.)le at d:staut period to resume his projects, which are only defetred, and renew the war in Asia. Th, poc.t is to limit the cireunast ince in the situation of Egypt, which in:ght make it more easy for the Viceroy to recover his former position, and yet to modify the fiina n n, iu such a manlier that the Paella, in case of his refusal, shall be mantiestly iu the wrong. Ail depends on the extent of these niociifin,itions. It seems that the idea that the intervention of t e Powers in the ilfairs of Egypt has already eeised, or soon Nill, ground to the Palace, as autograph letters Item tk:e Sultan were yesterday di , patcheit from ti.e Seraglio to the Queen of England, the King of Prussia, and the Emperors of Austria and Ru slit , thanking ti:em for the assistance they have gi%en li.m againA Egypt. I►. ►F, how ever, flipetted that same conce.sio►►s must b • more to *atisly France, on which tie Egyptimi questioti%4lll be.come a purely Turkish o..e.—Adgemeine Zeihazg April 6. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmeTcanAN, APRIL 9. * Since this an'cdote vk as related to rre, I have, by calcula tion upon a geiei.,l scab., proved that such would be about ti►e wtight of the fish here oliu,.ed to. LEE 011 ENGLISH MINIiI?AL SPRINGS. Whitlak, r, London 1841. There is s,:rviceauie, practical inform& tion packed up in a small compass in this little voiume, which treats cleverly and concisely of the different mineral springs in England, of their peculiar properties, the circumstances under which they snouid be taken, and the regimen that should be adopted while taking them. The clia,:ter on baating, however, is the best, for it is tile mos,. in detati, and the subject is one in which the majority of readers are greatly inte rested. MitTISEI MUSEIJ vi AND INA du..., :,, s %anal Debt, '234 per Cent Jilt°, ditto 5 pet cent. Alliwlt synclic,44 per cent 1936 80% Ditto, ditto, 35 per cent.... .......... Commercial Company, 4 per cent . 111 , 1 1 4 67 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1637, 5 per cent. y, n;34 Exchange en London, One month l2 c 734 Two months •••••••I II I 1 9 , j. 6 Dutch Papers, April 10. BELGIAN k UNDS—Bausenr, APRIL 9 Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C,:nt 1,9% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. tO —.-- 3 per Cent. Thirty.seren— -- —...--....-----.0 49 L 0 Loan of City, 1632, 4 per Cent 6.34 Society of Commerce, 43 4 per Cent 9B Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ........ NationalSemety . .„ Exchange on London (shot t) ... .......... „ ll 1/5 —Brussels Papers, April 9. AUSTRIAN kUNDS.—Vivina, APRIL 1. I Leper Cents. Bletalliques roar per Cents. •••••«••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ......... • Three per Cents. ... ........... Bank Shares .....•...„..... ..... ••••••••••••••••••••••• ..411gemeine &tieing. April 6 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beaux, APRIL 6 Mils, Mooie% St. Schuld. Sch., 44 per cent ............lu4 Iftlyi, Prussian English Loan, 1839,4 per cent 100/4 In A bachange on Landon, three months... 6 ,9% —Prussian Slate Gazelle. April 7 DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— Mr. Macready evneluded an egiee,nent with the Suh.Coninil e on ThuisCay ev e ning 16a, to tike Drury-Line Thtarre for a iimAed number uf years (report says riine years), and, in pursuance of this sgieement, has en , ered into engagementi with Mrs. 61 v,•r, Mr. arid Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Ne:birt, Mr. Elton, Mr. W. Bennett, Mr. &Tit: manag r), Mr Marshall (scene la:titer), and rep, ri ands Mr. Ai,- demon and Mr. Payne. Mr. Macready is compelled to leave Loudon for the purpose of fulfilling severa! provincial e , gagernents, at the termin.tion of which be returns to the Haymarket Theatre for a limitad number of nights; but is is riot expected that he will enter on his arduous Mules a Drury-lane Theatre until the latter end of Ocioter nexi. A - number of Liverpool merchants have formed themselves into a G.ml ail for bui:d.rig ,hips in .he lele o Man, where Baltic timber can be imported at a dul. of s'. per load, and plank at Bs. pet load, wt, le in E klawl the duties are 21. 15s. and 41. per load. A.I v , , , st,ela built in the Isle of Man are entitled to be r, gist, r, lirrti vessilt. The Lverpool and :.underta,.d •I. u I r• hate, therefore, petitioned Peoli.tment to qua z h tim ber (tildes in England and the Isle ;,f Mau. --411atichest•r Guardian. ANCUENT TEMPERATURE OF CHINA.—M. E. Blot ha, compared the aaitent sod modern teuit.e.,,. ture of the 35th degree. By uscertan•itz the plants usually cultivated, the epoch of the training of ;the silkworm, that of the arrival and departure of birds of passage, and the meteorological phenomena. he has come to the con clusion that the temperature has not . vtrted from the greatest p ri«id of antiquity. He has dotty •i I l.s c, for modern time: front the tray. Is ,! 'lanes Eurt,p, an tray..ll,rs ; and f ,i,,1 1 sacred books Chi k aau Cnnu-kli,B, irons th.: Tcheou ohou....Atheneum. TIONAL GALLERY. TO 7'HE EDI7O - H OF THE SUN. Sir,—The spirited uhd lluerai teeinig with which you nave advocate:a the right of the poor L.; have access to tne . pr.. erty, Liuuris me to trouble )ou with ,his, struthil Sou deem it worth a notice in .your .ourinti, it may possibly lead some one more qu-,,tinea than my self to strive to ifbulish the ui:jast treatment which t and others have experienced. Being desirous of affording my children an Opportunity (if possible) of seeing tne britisn iviuseum, I went there during the last Christmas holidays, but . was told by the porter at the en trance-gate in ()treat Russell-street, that I could not be admitted with my two children, one a boy, and his sister. My wife, with au infant in her arms, was in the court-yard, waiting in case of a refusal to admit my daughter, being the youngest; she would take charge of her whilst I entered with my son. On presenting myself at the hall, I was peremptorily told by the at tendants, of whom one was a police (beardless) officer, that I could not enter (to view the • people's property). I demanded to know the reason, and was told it was in consequence of the children not being admissible. 1 further re quested to know why? The reply was they had not acquired sufficient age. I then requested to know what limit was specified for the age for en tering? and was told eight. I then said that my son was of the required age,* but was told in a peculiar haughty sneer by the man in blue regimentals, that my son did not appear so, and therefore could not be admitted. During this brief period my wife was peremptorily ordered to quit the outer court (by the gate porter) be cause her infan t, then at thie breast, became uneasy and cried. .She was told to quit, as such a dis turriance would not be aliuwed. I have been thus ~.irate in order to contrast it with the re ception I expei:ienced at the :National (iallery, to which I straightway directed my way, and at which, after a fatiguing jouiney f or my li tt l e ones, we arrived. Ls l had the most agreeable access; not the ,lighest objection or even notice being made. Why • this difference' should be created and permitted to exist, appears to me in explicable, but I entertain an opinion that it cannot be too soon abolislied. As far as the ex elusion is acted on, I shah feel gratified if this narrative should preveutothers being vexatiously disappointed like myFei:. I have had opportunity visiting many public inAAttion i. , • Pans \‘ flit einali-en equally youtt:2: ;•. bit uLver omcious Ls;l given, so uti to hi:ue(' a of ci &gust, as + l experie.acc u at the Must:Aim. J am, Sir, you ONE O.E'T.LIZ )ustant, re:l4er, SAPPOINTED 1- 1. * I .•fre— , l to certify my ion's az.e oath How TO GET Hill OF (1111110EI-EtAl Es . Let The V 1 a Pri i. be t, Pelt , t e b.M,s ~) 1 c. , • c • • _ g mate ;caul!, the separatwn of Cl:ute at , a Std.e, be t6affe the prominent feature of their demands, instead of being kept out of hearing by an undue clamour about Church rates and other minor evils, of . whieh it is th(; patent, and which must fall with it. Let this course be adopted tuid. P ie. end fury years will n o t 'elapse efore the ir e o r:;:e .k r " e , ,1 to , (1 nr : Ct:ureL "' ill d .i• t' ,~~. a ! ; sLuuld Ileac beeu su i l / 4 4, 6 uuu etweutly 4(111e. —Laces- Sirshire Mercury. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SoNDAY.--The Queen and Prince Alhk rt the Duchess of Kent, and the Royal Suit., at.end. d Divine Service this morning in the private Chapel within the Palace. The Prayers weie read by the Rev. Dr. Short, Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and the Com munion Service by the Hon. and Ve , y Rev. the Dan ot her Majesty's Chapel ROy a l of S. Geor g e ; epter wards her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ducii, ss ot Kest, received the Sacrament, which was adminis tered by the Dean. This afternoon the Queen and Prince Albert, and part of the Royal Suite, walked for some time on the new Pleasure Ground and Slopes, aad returned to the Castle about a quarter past six o'clock. The Duchess of Kent atteaoed Divine Service in the Parish Church this afternoon. Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Marquis of Headtort and Lady A.. M. Dawson attended the Service in Sr. George's Chapel this evening The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean, and the Dr. Short, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked cut into the Slopes and Home Park for some time. The Duchess of Kent also took walking exercise, at tended by Lady A. M. Dawson. The Princess Royal was driven out in a close car riage, with her usual attendants. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out, attended by the gentlemen of the Household. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Cambridge House yesterday morning for Kew. His Royal Highness returned to town in the evening. Tne Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to the Duchc.s of Gloucepter on Saturday, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Colonel Jones, did Mr. Hayter the hooour to sit again on Saturday for the picture of her M jesty's marriage. Viscount Melbourne left his residence, Brocket Hall, Herts, on Saturday, for the seat of tie Earl Cowper, Paushunger, near Hertford, Herts. Viscount Palmerston left town on Saturday evening for Paushangcr, Herts, the seat of Earl Cowpi r. The Lord Chauceilor wilt receive the Judger, Queen's Counsel, &c., as usual on Ti►ursdey cex , the first day of Easter Term, at his residence to Bruton street. _ _ . The Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council sat on S iturday, and continued the 1 earing of •' Wood and others v. Goodlake and ocher:," from the Prerogative Court. The Address of the Solicitor-General occupied i.e( Court during the wink of the day. ALLEGED DESTITUTION OF AN AGED NO. —We are surprised to learn from a friend toat Augthtus Carl Frederick, Count Van Ranziu, at present residing in Colombo, and fast approaching his 90th year, is so illiberally priivided for—this unfortunate Nobleman, related to the Roy al Family of England, formerly was the friend and conipa ion in Ceylon of Go vernors, Generals, Adniirals, &e., and possesssed of abund ant means, which he liberally dispemed, it is said, both in public and private emirates ; but untuiesecti niisfcr tunes and tne villany at other:. (it is repotted) reduced him to extreme povtrry, when he was obi• ged to retire from his splendidly futhisheb mansion, the seat of hospi tally, and retire to a humble cottag e, u n der the humiliat ing circumstances o f being forced to accept a paltry pen_ slur, horn the British Government for the support of him self and family ; this being gradually reduced under one plea or another until it dwindled into bArt.ly sufficient to support existence, ) et the pride of um: venerable iridi vidusl induces him um eptijog I) to submit to his destiny. Ceylon Herald, Dec. 24. MORNING EDITO CHARTIST iNTERRUPTIO I PUBLIC; MEETINGS. TO TIE' EDITOR OF THE S. , — T:.e. ,t t.,• a et e A., A . I ..Say v., c oi 111, .i.,v i'.• t~1 111• '• t fl,• - , tiai-," Arnie! ) i-..t to I. +, .c In , it. nl,l - 111).1, 4 : 1.,1., pablic tilt wri.er pie eIA to mieti apparent grit tune to the about-iner!., vier, which has ieeently proved so henifici;.l' Crown and Anchor Mecting), " I AN 3)5 P r " 4l ing by my Own rights to leasing them to the li 4 o Coarti , ts, Win g s, or any ot h, r party ," to 1 fence I say Amen, and Unit is the reitson l io dared to asset niy rights, w hi c h are c ontaiin • People's Charter (and nothing less). Yaur Corre s p on d ent ma y possi bl y b e i n fa 0, all he consid , rs himself e n t itl e d to , w i t h the O; of the supposed b ene fits to be derived by a r p co, the Corn-laws ; if se, he niay be excused tent:) , of pursuing an object which, if obts'',,,yo put him in full possession of what he may L e !„, lir cio rights, although it would not place the wernfol l in the same position, who are not in possess° 0 ;1 ° rights which a rei.eal of the Corn-laws would 11 0 ,0 Your Correspondent further states it to be 6 ,9 whether " public meetings upon important to,`, 11 )1 1 be held legally, peaceably, and with effect? ido l savers the question in the affirmative. An d same. And dare assert that in nine easesOeil where anything occurs to interrupt the r! P 4l meeting, it is caused by the parties conducting°. _ . acting contrary•to the sense of such meeting. e The next part of the letter which attracts ° I , 1 ' r tion in parti c ul ar i s w h ere re f erence i s rootl e t : machinery exi s tin g i n every mun i c i p ..l b or our lined and expressly designed for the decorous of public meetings." Now, Sir, it requires no conjecturing to old what is m ean t by t oe mac h inery a b ove me nu tae writer says th e M ayor h as " the ent i re P"' l t, in his bands and the military power also, an these f , r except to prefect us in the pettee 6- i ti ment of our ri g ht s; " Ati, there he lets the e' l ,, - ( 0 toe bag at o nce , an d w h at i s meant by "to!r,st' to the peaceable enjoyment of our rights," 0 0 " - , or less truer the exerci se o f t h e physical pow etS machinery to enable the middle classes le. tneetng, (query, cou ld t h e wr i ter not . other nerve than pubic, more suitable to 1 0 1, 5 1 to the exclusion of the working classes, or st ic ;:il as dare to d.ffer with them in opinion. And cif chinery is intended to suppress public opiaT i t/5 writer's showing ; for it is difficult to retol d " quoted words, without placing a marked e 4 0V, 1 tie words " us" and " our," where he asks 4 `i,ro A ,.. these for (the police and the military), but taTor,' in the peaceabl e en j oyment o f our r i g hts?Th v r e tr A ing classes h ave l ong b een aware of t h a t"%pr o to wit—where an a tt em pt was ma d e t t) .; , - the expressi on o f p u bl ic op i n i on v i e t ars"' follr) I fear I shall t respass on your time, : 5/ 0 ing ;he writer th roug h hi s tru ly atir of letter ; suffice it to call public atte'lloslr, its perusal. Yet I cannot conclude w it i e rs ferring tl the following example. The " L t us suppose the meeting were called O ho V the propri4ty of petitioning Parliament fo r O pl sp aria immediate r e p ea l o f t h e C orn an d Peu visi r ol, ir and that a person mceed a resolution in 4 °l ? Cnarter." %% el., suppose they did, what the j a 01 . 1 in comes the police and turns them out (" ° T id y batik thew"). if they Lae able ; if not, the an7 o f do ihe job, accor d ing ' o t h e wr i ter ' s s tatetves ) " o intended utility ; and this is what we P 6 Y,; t ild millions for. N ow , l et u suppose t h at an 4-100 M 1) 0 to the following t et were proposed on a r et re - li n favour of a rr p 2a l o f t h e C orn -l aws :" -- tr 'et tog is of opinion th a t th e re p ea l of tP h: ;o lvd laws would not confer on the industrious class e s , cauctry those ben e fit s w hi c h h ave b een las l° 4 held trou t diem , in consequence of tit@ : gl, system of taxstion, and the concomitant ev' is And this meeting is further of opinion 'b et ip; be a waste of time to petition the Cowman' ote o l l Parliament, as a t p resent cons ti tu t e d, f o r that P at .d that the only wa y o f o b ta i n i ng a re peal aid o o I lg laws, which hate been concocted and filat ure ,. ter, 4 class legislation, i s t o cause t h e P eo pl e ' s cha fe come the law of the land." Now, Sir, irrelevant in such an amendment as this? , should the Mayor presiding, or any other Cha ir no d g° l fuse to put it to the meeting ? Your Corresed Ishii his " Police and Army," could not justify Or proceeding. , wean 0 A few words about " a certain Irish en" - is hr in York Castle.," and I have dote. fheru ie sorry to say, u certain Irish gentleman 0 09/ b ug ra V Castle. Tent is there 1 : 0 1 j o re ! ins—but that gentleman , - b° e ve esteemed arid confided in, could not lead the P id 0 0 ward like a bull a t a ga t e , b ut on ly so langl i "e• as he 1, bowed the chart drawn up for bis gesu a I can, Si., your obedient servaet, itA Lambeth, April 8, 1841. i N G. RAILWAY THAVELti.L— STO ThE EL:s7ll—i OF 71 - 1 5 S UN / coluton7 111—Ki.owilig toot your Hay..lu tb.e a o ri I n dot to lay a ()Y ing, :or tile got dof the public, ou insert ! I ; : 1 1 Sunday week 1 was unexp, clu t rriy sit t to the sl'sp t for cm- rhumes ; consequently 1 went down to the ,Do! I n i g 1 :. n r„ ) u ` ; ', °l e i ; anaptun Railway at Nine Eim- airived there„ip lit tTenty-five minutes to eleven anti , lound the tr - o tP' started, I then inquired, and lOUild there %lag CI up t 1 five in the afternoon (with the eltePP li°P cor ° l gu t ds train at tw, Iv, ); as it was of ituporfa°c‘ncittlei; t be at. my journey's end us soon =is possible, 1 P ipe ;, my mint! to go with that. 1 rep.iir , d to the l ' ir ls l• # b4,,,k my place. 1 put down I, 6d.. the regu' o ', ‘ " sir," replo d the Clerk, b this law It " Why to," 1 asked. " 1 don't know y how it is, bu",,wv i is 2s. 6 , 1„" Now this contains en trucks f °r 0 ' be A ll'7 o grrs, not at all sheltered from th pram, b eit l i t ei li r ifi eittse to the engine it smothers you by the ul 6 l altogttber a miserable come an •ef and et ;° (11 : 1 be dragged from your pocket, a n d wtiat Y l c°": ll : t r A i l f ° teat nothing of toe sort is stated in the list t" . :act, to Kingston, it is not t tied at till ; alb° r ol e , intent' to t ave that tare why nor o ,ole it In UP' . £ s ll°, ►l:t as the i:ll.er aes are ? have tra velled i l ef ro. ll ll lit:, s, and the SAttuattiptott Is the worst e° Pdij a - s 11° ut au. I s.nei rely hope you will loser!. put the public on t dJen e heir guard ,lou, 0. rii• -r London, April 4 l , re l l B u 4 a l in . I, t ser v ' int'4'l ' FAli t Jil PROVISION }Ott TH E PO °S SCOTLAND. fs to l i 0 1 . 15gir :• A discus ion took pla ce . i . e Pri.sb terY° ai'e A iulig ;; k,•, respecting an assertionpupli ciY troo r ' W nut a gent.ein4n who rt a-voe.tres a rtiorin of th e k ;lol l ' : ! .d $ of Scotland, that an iLi a.unian in or:e of t" A vS ' t o Gria-gow had supported na for '',. l , u ;e l fee; tura se...- "es of cabbage. One or tw o oi n' n e t t , rl tew it sought to di morrstrare that the story but no attempt was tirade to prove that It foa s ois I ' 6 . o ri r t.vrn that it was mareriall exit cult , tf. i ,, .osid hie story is in strict ki eu: with gg the re-Yeotigili'li garding the condition of the g in E clivbi Ei° ll6: the facts elicited by Mr. Bailey'spocornma otiee ibr iyj: the il l tio ro o 0 ton ihustrative of the state of thepoor in t is chat acteristic of Scotch coolness, that °„„ u ,.:l ° I t n t ;' Prig Tweed extent Gi suf f ering protei to exist ou'i; 4 - 1 , lairs, in consequence of the inefEcail ( I t tf:it4,l4, cutild tf- o b o e / , : r e , ' no serious effort has yet been wade to " r o t .. i , subj ct tinily tetore the Legislature. For ir,,, c , - ;1. 5 ,„' ; sins the discussion of the English rnefra-, o j f v" e l e grossed a large proportion of thebusingss houti,P,, Houses of Parliament. The insufficient a ,: i i ii' ll i; made to English paupers has excited intense loYA`lier , ) 0 the no allowance nt Scotch pau :era is pi'lliie'bee"ul;cl silence. Tile English Poor-law was al' re- bc 4l / paupers got too much—that was an abuse W -ic olii°, for immedia:e reform ; in Scotland they g el n so re. that is an abuse that can b.! amended al le' Spectator. tJNIVERSII' Y INTELL I 62,-146 e P c )11(' - 1 The Rev. J. B. Owvn, M A. , i i St. J'11 511.9 ,,,i 4 : °)11,1 in this U, tte.,,it), the talented and cx. nirld r Y . a .tto e t St. ila .',. Bilsion, i, appoi, t d aliitiouti I 1 .. , , , , h.• C.ll ,ia .. Church, Woiveih.i e npion. ,-;,,, $ -':' Th. , i.ev. H. D Fu.tell. M. A t S diieY '-' - ' 4‘ btp leg, , 1,, t .is lin vi.ri y, h as b , •' " 0 ,„ t he el. prt sei,tt, ,SP diary cuiacy of F,field Bavant, Wt.e. , ye,• tort Ihe Rev. Frederick Tied, M IC of thi' u h ij 'oc 6 i l i i :o a u i l.: l) :i e hi e ts n i,o i hn r :iii, e slpa se :uh r i i iiic t ; i .cg d uiser, b . ytotvhaemiurLe,:ortild7iCio.hn.a:n,Weviee ( ilfoucrio, joifil,g)";_„Itifo:::: .4 St. Mieha..l's Lewes. vacant b y . the resigoattod 1 ;1 I R l l e r v p ..Te D f e o r d: fr more Hai) W . n .0: slit:: tlw;obsigas.(tirdmr:adnittivdsatibetrreof,7drwtoo,,nii;Mutairi.reoTr2:6e.iet,bdt:ii° tt00i,61,,, : n n' B ' i li t is , , i 11:1 gr.t r . . a : 1 1 ,.. . itKtaldry,waast i dig:Bl'766oo( r our iiisrActi; 11, I OW( EXTRA . — OR D I p----- vv Yes .° '- NA ity OSsIL.--- e ....Li!) hart sent f f not r • ' ~, ter, norbi, the ftr-to , th of a 111amnioth, or M': s ol e ti. e v . v t e . xe,,il, la preservati,n, •iv wt. it was f 4 2 ) :,;0 1 , t i1i ri , .. . s 'IL:4 ago, am,ing .00-,e g ,„v, l in ;he u th 0 ,1 4 ,, ts wry remarkable iyrsiarid,o‘ , e ••+ it it w tusks font Notm;ghttio, Tie w v „ per t ` i i ''' pou• di uvii a qu,;rier, and IN perki,ps Vie "" A )° SV ii i 3O c'?' - - , ei i e:, wit,l l },„.; „ .. 1 .,.„ 5 ,., „ ~, E . V'' , ~ o 'l I . r,) • . xtr:. ,A a , .-. t, ,, , act of i's tvo'i; ,: i tr ,J 1, a , e.gio.. u u..,;:.. v-ette ut, gi.-1..g1e.1 r`'" foil:, 1 , 'O. ve y cr. beets (I;.;e...iii cr. II:oui I , of ' 4 ":';44 t.,r , v 1. it z,bows no e% ,i; no:. ,A; nail Ver ° 101;:',0 Ire(t) ;,,,), j ..,,,,... r , atiy I-ttri;.; i; I 1 ,,. I ..1 : i i i Ai l ), p, civet, :,:ough 1,. outer vi.t.1.0 us t. .t - / s 'i t e O/`.O the tooth Asia 0 — •• pi at ently euvr.ted, 1, at one clau ',.. 4 tir„ and discloses the enamel, as though that end ,"! f s,.. above the gravel in the water, and subjected to WC or e" irg of ages. We should recorntecod a diligentk: folve both , rpotig the gravel and the neighbouring WT I to c 1.,, which 11. e t.;oth might probably IN, wished. ill Or U' i ~11!' e ti ~,' v ,- i , , Z'' itjvi:.t, riit,3S'C' • .0 0 ' .r 0' '''' :Jr t0,..2, g h;:. ; i., .., s,‘; I • t e (~ tv t,,,,,t r . :•.; _ A p t , Lit:..ti Ise nigh ) c..., lat. 0i.c0.:, el —Biroargyiglig ..- liser. • . kiliy • tWid j . IA 0 (ADDIi kt TA t; ro la th e coo Pos OR E Ch 0 01 shy ant dis ski h 0