The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to answer legal questions resembling those put by our Norwich Correspondent. " X. Y. Z. of Liverpool" has our very best thanks. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS iJAY. Atlnrnmg 34 minutes after 9 I Evening 11 minutes after 10 LONDON: FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1841. ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) NO NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT. The Caledonia arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning at ten o'clock, bringing New York papers to the Ist, and Boston papers to the 2d. The Caledonia brings no word of the President, which vessel, therefore, cannot have put into any American port. It is still possible that she may have reached the Azores or Bermuda, but hearing nothing of her by this arrival, cannot avoid enhancing the uneasiness which prevails respecting her. The intelligence concerning Mr. M‘LEop is contained in the following paragraph:— MORNING EDITIOS NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 'vol.,s JOAN OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By T. J. SERLE, Esq. Henry Colburn, F____'‘.2l)lj.!!!!!l:l22_92._*eat Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT ING of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVEN, l6, Will be repeated the New LONDON ASSUR Comedy, ANCE. in Five Acts, entitled Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren • Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, M r.i Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace arkaway, Madame Vestris • Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Hum bv. After which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris : The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, London Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 25.; Gallery ls. Tides and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ra ty oe had upon application. Private Boats to be had so!ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, i 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Three New Pieces, supported by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. J. S. Balls, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. J. T. Haines, in addition to the old favourites. Splendid scenery and appointments.; THIS EVENING, APRIL 16, Will be acted a New Legendary Drama, entitled • TOM MOORE OF FLEET-STREET ; OR, THE STARLING OF THE OLD SALOUPE HOUSE. Tom Moore, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Wilh elm Stirn, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, a Spectacle of Diablerie, called APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND ; OR, THE LOVE TOKEN. Apollyon, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE UNIFORM ; OR, TWO MEN AND ONE COAT. Characters by Messrs. J. S. Balls, J. T. Haines, Neville, Buckingham, Heslop, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. W. Daly, &c. Entirely New Scenery and Dresses for all Three Pieces. ‘ 4 THE CHINA SUN," REPUBLISHED ON SATURDAY LAST, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. THE RAILWAY SUN WILL BE PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH. •il , :,c 1, 7 , . - :ely. ,, . 4 o • or , "''w 4 ,• , ~. ._•.',,,. Ak.,..„ 4 41 ,1, ,. * ra , ,r , . , ,* ' -.. 1 C.k ' jitt TRIAL OF-M.LEOD.! A Correspondent of the Albany Argus, writing from Lockport, March 22, says— On the opening of the Court, Judge Dayton directed the clerk not to call the jury, deciding at the same time not to bold the Court in consequence of an informality, or rather a material error of the clerk, in giving but five instead of Six days' notice of the drawing of the jury for the term. M‘Leod was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty to the indictment against him. His counsel, Messrs. Gardner and Bradley, then moved the Court for two commissions to Issue—one for the examination of Mr. Webster, Secretary of State, and Mr. Fox, the British Minister at Washington, —the other to examine M‘l'iab and others, in Upper Ca- nada. This was granted, with the condition that the people might join in the commission. An application was then made to the Circuit Judge to allow a certiorari to remove the cause from the Oyer and Terminer to the Supreme Court, on an affidavit setting forth some of the circumstances of the offence charged to have been committed, and that difficult and complicated questions of law would arise on the trial. The Counsel urged that at the Oycr and Terminer the presiding Judge might be overruled by the county Judges, and that it was proper in this caw, for that reason, that this cause should be tried in the Circuit Court, rather than iii the Oyer and Terminer. The Circuit Judge declined allowing the certiorari upon that ground, as there was no allegation of improper bias, on the part of the county Judges, and our statute has pro vided the means of correcting any error in the preceedings of the Oyer and Terminer by a Bill of Exceptions. The counsel asked for time to add an affidavit in rela tion to the excitement which had existed in the county upon the subject, and the reasons why it was believed a fair trial could not be bad. This was granted, and the Court adjourned over to the afternoon, to give an oppor tunity to serve the writ if allowed. During the intermission the affidavits were prepared, the certiorari allowed, and served on the Court on their going in in the afternoon. This gives M‘Leod's counsel an opportunity to move the Supreme Court to change the venue to some other county. _ _ _ We learn from these Journals that the Go vernment has issued a Commission to inquire into the state and progress of Public Works. It is signed by Mr. WEBSTER, the Secretary of State, and contains the following passage, which is, we think, pretty strong for a Republican Government : You will in • qutre into no man's political opinions or pre ferences : but, if it be alleged that any person, having the power of employing and dim" • labourers, has used that power either in employin nsi o n o r g f dismissing, with any reference to the political opinio g ns , or for a t hose who may have way political ll or party been employed or dismissed inquireo ated his duty object whatever, or in any other eas into t' Je for party or election purposes, you will truth of such suggestion ; and if you find r it well founded, in any case, you will state the top ~tl;link lar Gets and circumstances on which your ' 8-411- op.atir n i s formed. The general Government will act c,n the in formation supplied by the Commissioners, and commence, we are afraid, a system of inquisi tion worthy of the monarchies of Continental Europe. General HARRISON, it appears, had been taken very ill on Saturday, after dinner. His physi cian remained with him tide whole night, and he was extensively cupped.. He was considerably better. We quote the following passage, to warn our Government that the old feeling, on the subject of our men-of-war visiting American vessels, still prevails; and to urge it on the Administration, that her MAJESTY'S officers should be enjoined, whenever they are obliged to perform this duty, to act with as much consideration as possible. Civility, which costs nothing, is a cheap method o f preserving peace :___. ANOTHER OUTRAG B BY A BRITISH CRBISER.—We learn that letters have been received from the brig Rich mond, Bates, of this post, which state that the vessel had been overhauled by a British cruiser. The Richmond was on her p a ssage from Sal em to St. Helena, and thence to Mozambique ; and a few weeks before her arrival at St. Helena, when off the Island cf St. Thomas on the coast of Africa, she was brought to by a British brig of war (the Persian, our informant thinks), her invoices and other papers were demanded and examined, and she was finally suffered to proceed on her voyage, nothing being found to justify a seizure. This is the fifth Salem vessel that has been searched by English cruisers with a few m ont h . _ Salem Register. Mr. and Mrs. WEBSTER had arrived at New York on a visit to her father, Mr. HERMAN LE Roy. On the frontier things remain quiet. General SCOTT was in the neighbourhood of Niagara. The foll ow i ng are extracts and the latest prices. A considerable quantity of news and extracts from American papers previously arrived by the Tarolinta will be found in another part of The Sun, which we received by express from Liver pool yesterday evening, and published in a third edition : The Canadian elections present, it seems to UF, a very novel feature. The candidates go on the ground with a thousand or two of armed followers, and having ar rived at the hustings, and ascertained the physical strength of their opponents, the weaker, or, if you please, the most cowardly party, gives up, while the other side polls 15 or 20 votes, and declares the election in favour of the Hon. Samuel Snooks, by a unanimous vote 1 The unani mity of an election, brought about by driving off the op nents of a given candidate vi et armis, is an improve ment upon our " Republican practice," which we suppose our Canadian brethren consider proof enough of the ad vantage which they possess over the " fierce democracy " in the United States.—New York Inquirer. THE BURNING OF A STEAMER.—The Natchez Free Trader furnishes the particulars of the burning of the steam-boat Creole. When met by the Sultana, the Creole was a mass of cinders. Her tiller ropes first burned off, and, of course, she became unmanageable, and was left at the mercy of her mad enginery, which kept on working more and more furiously, as the heat of the burning mass became more intense. When the boat first struck the shore, one or more threw themselves off and gained the bank; the rebound of the boat turned her bows another way, and she took directly across the river again. It is a lamentable fact that nearly all who threw themselves into the river rose no more. It will probably never he known with certainty how many perished in this fierce, brief struggle with fire and water. There were about 70 pas sengers in all, and 20 to 30 arc missing and unaccounted for.--Boston Paper, April 1. &torn& —J. D. Adams, formerly cashier of the Fulton Bank of Boston, committed suicide at St. Louis on the 6th instant, by drowning himself. PHILADELPHIA SALE OF STOCKS.—MAacu 23. 3,000 State s's, 1464 1,000 State s's, 1864 50 shares U. S. Bank lB 25 do. do. S3 ds flat 18 10 do. Stonington RR. 10 do. Agricultural Bk, Miss. 4ds flat 20 Sales at the 2d Board. 50 shares U. S. Bank isi 20 do. Wilmington Bk 33 3 000 Penn. s's, 1865 CLOSING PRICES.-MARCH 30.: • United States Bank at 164 to 17 ; Pennsylvania 315 to 320; Philadelphia, 75 to 85 ; Girard, 28 to 28,1 ; Vicksburg, 51 to 51 ; Camden and Amboy R. R. 862 to 87 ; Wilmington R. R. 334 to 34. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.-MARCH 31. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $4,000 State 54- per cent 50 Shares United States Bank l6, 47 do do 90 do Mechanics' Bank 8 do American Bank lO2 25 do Delaware and Hudson bn w 87i 15 do State Bank 9O 25 do North American Trust lli 30 do do 35 do American Exchange Bank 150 do Vicksburg Bank 30 do Boston and Providence 93 360 do Haarlem Railroad 2B 50 do do slo ds 27.1 100 do Long Island 50 do Canton do b6o ds 24 100 do Stonington 50 do do In regard to money we are in very easy position, and this arises not from the abundance of money, but from the paucity of demand. The engagements of our business men have bsen comparatively small for the last year, and have been entered into on a more prudent basis than in former years. Many of the grocers and other good houses are freely discounting their own paper. We infer also the easiness of the money market from the fact that cases have come to our knowledge, where holders of good paper declined receiving the money, legal interest off. Our Banks we learn continue to discount all the offerings made of paper coming within their requirements. In the street such paper as will not go is Bank is selling at 9 a 12 per cent. In State Stocks the operations are very limited, and the quotations may be considered merely nominal. Capi talists are anxiously awaiting the adviccs by the British Queen in relation to the value of these securities on the other side. The last sales of Pennsylvania Five's at Philadelphia, were at 74 ; United States Bank, 16 3-4 a 17 ; Pennsyl vania, 315 a 320; Philadelphia, 75 a 85; Girard, 28 a 28 1-2; Vicksburgb, 5 1-2 a 5 3-4 ; Camden and Amboy R. R., 86 1-2 a 87 ; Wilmington R. R., 33 3-4 a 34. U. S. Bank notes are selling at 16 a 18 per cent. dis count. A large amount could not be bought at the latter rate. The inquiry fur Sterling Exchanges has been rather li mited ; prime bills may be quoted at 6 3-4 a 7 1-4 ; Southern, without endorsements, 6 a 6 1-2 ; the principal sales have been at 7. In Francs the operations for this steamer have been large and but few good bills now re main : the ruling rate has been 5,35, but some bill holders demand 5,32; on Amsterdam the rate is 39 a 39 1-4; Hamburgb, 35 5-8 a 35 3-4 ; Bremen, 76 1-4 a 76 3-4. In Inland Exchanges the demand to-day has rather fallen off, but the rates have not materially changed. We are entirely without export demand for specie. The Exchanges are in our favour upon almost every country of the globe, and we continue daily to receive accessions to our already large supply of coin. We give quotations below, but the transactions are unimportant : Spanish Dollars, 3 to 4 per cent. premium ; Mexican ditto ' par to 1-4 ditto ditto; American Halves, par; Spa nish Doubloons, $l6 40; Mexican ditto, $l5 60; Sove reigns, $4 84. In general business there is beginning to be a little movement. The navigation to Albany being now open, we shall have a free communication with the interior, and the produce of the vast West will come pouring in upon us. Many country merchants are now in town, and during the ensuing week there will, no doubt, be considerable animation in all breeches of trade. The continued delay of the British Queen has tended to produce a calm in the Cotton market, and it is now very quiet.—Operators are unwilling to act until the re ceipt of the expected advices. Since the arrival of the Caledonia until within a few days the demand bas been very animated and extensive, and an advance of 1-4 to 1-2 c. was obtained on previous rates. Since the 15th the sales may be fairly considered at 17,000 bales, at far Uplands very ordinary to middling 9 1-2 a 10 1-4 cents per lb. ; fair to good fair and good 10 3-4 a 11, and 11 1-2 cents ; Tennessees and Alabaman 9 1-4 a 10 4 cents; Mobiles, Louisianas, &c., ordinary to middling 9 3-4 a 10 1-2, fiir to good fair, 11 a 11 1-2, good and fine 12 A 12 1-2 and 13 cents. The exports to Europe since October 1 have been 506.982 bales, against, last season 816,130. The export to Great Britain bas been 345,875 bales, against 499,143 last year. The receipts have been 1,111,319 bales, against 1,389,353 last year. — lmmediately after the arrival of the Caledonia the, operations in Western Flour, at $4 75, were large ; `.,ut the advanced rate which holders now demand has for a few days past limited the operations almost entirely t o re tail lots for city use. Western Canal is now teld at $4 87i c. a 5. The stock is estimated at 3Q to 40,000 bbls., which is light. We shall receive the u'Jual suppl'es by the Erie Canal about the 28th April or i_st May, and it is supposed that the opening price will be i t 4 75. George town and Baltimore Flour is held at $4, 69 as 4 75. The stock of Southern is estimated at about 20,000 bbls. Wheat is held at 95 a 100 e., with r aght sales. The stock here is about 75 or 80,000 bushel .g. The demand for Ashes is str,an, at Bc. for both kinds. The stock is very light. In Naval Stores the tra . .asactions are very li m it e d. Th e last sale was of about 2 , 2 .00 bbls. N. G. S o ft T ur penti ne 21 1-2 s. Prime Turp e ntine is scarce—other descriptions are plenty. Tar 164 1-2 a 175. Pitch 150 a 175. Ro sin 137 1-2 a 150. - Wilmington Turpentine 287 1-2. In Whale Oil the operations have been large within a few days, at a decline of 1 cent. per gal. About 3,000 brl-. have bc,en taken for export at 29c., and another sale of 2,000 b As. is reported at the same price. A sale bas been w a de of 7,000 gallons English Linseed Oil, at 80c. c".sh. At, auction to-day the following Teas were offered and mrAt of them sold :-18 chests Young Hyson, at 59 1-2; 1 ,182 half-chests Young Hyson, 45 a 80; 325 13-lb. boxes, 53 ; 5 chests Hyson, 54 ; 218 half-chests Gun powder, 56 a 62 ; 18 do. do. Punhoygus, 85 ; 43 chests do., 55 a 62 ; 100 13-Ib. boxes, 56 1-2 ;50 6-lb. do., 62 ; 19 half-chests Imperial Punhoygua, 79; 153 half chests do., 57 a 58; 19 chests Imperial, 54; 200 12-Ib. boxes, 58 1-2; 80 Bk-lb. boxes Souchong, superior, 53 1-2 ; 76 half-chests Orange Pekoe, 49 ; 100 chests Sou chong, 51 1-2 ; 10 chests Congou, 53 ;-7 bales Ceylon Cinnamon, 135. On the low grades Canton Teas this sale exhibits a decline ; but on the country packed Teas it is fully equal to previous sales, and perhaps may be con sidered a slight improvement. The packet rates of freight to Liverpool are—Cotton 7-16 d. a 9-16 d. ; Flour 3s. 6d. ; Seed, per tierce, 12s. To London—Cotton 1-2 d. ; Naval Stores and Flour 3s. 6d. To Havre—Cotton lc. per lb. for square bales ; 1 1-4 c. for round; Ashes, $8 for Pots ; $lO for Pearls ; Bark $l4. INDIAN MASSACRE. It seems that some time in December, the Kan zee, or Caw Indians , h earin g that an encampment o f the Pawnees were on a buffalo hunt, at some distance from the remainder of their tribe, gave up their own anticipated hunt, and organized themselves into a war party, w i t h their chief at their head. They entered the Pawnee country and lay in ambush near the ill-fated encampment, until they saw the Pawnee warriors, numbering but seven teen, depart for their hunting grounds. The Kansas war riors, sixty-five is all, then commenced a murderous fire upon the defenceless women and children, which they con tinued until they supposed all within the encampment had been killed. On entering the scene of carnage they tomahawked and scalped more than seventy of their victims—they found twelve (six women and as many children) unhurt, whom they decided to retain as prisoners. One of the women, however, determined not to be taken alive, and suddenly springing at the nearest warrior, seized him with the grasp of a tigress by the throat, and bore him to the earth. It was only when her arms were severed from her body that sbe relinquished her grasp—she was then dispatched, and her scalp added another bloody trophy to those yet reeking at their belts. An act of more atrocious cruelty and shameless coward ice has seldom come to our notice. It is highly probable that before summer we shall hear of dire punishment hav ing been inflicted upon these wretches by that fierce and warlike tribe, the Pawnees. ECCENTRIC HOSPITALITT.--DUrißg the late American war it soldier who had been wounded and honourably discharged, being destitute and benighted, knocked at the door of an Irish farmer, when the following dialogue ensued : Patrick—And who the divil are you now ? name is John Wilson. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1841. Patrick—And where the divil are you going from, John Wilson ? Soldier—From the American army at Erie, Sir. Patrick—And what do you want here? Soldier—l want shelter to-night ; will you permit me to spread my blanket on your floor and sleep to-night ? Patrick—Divil take me if I do, John Wilson. Soldier—On your kitchen floor, Sir ? Patrick—Not I, by the Hill o' Howtb. Soldier—ln your stable, then ? Patrick—l'm hanged if I do that either, Soldier—l'm dying with hunger ; give me but a bone and a crust ; I ask no m ore . Patrick—Divil blow me if I do, Sir. Soldier—Give me some water to quench my thirst, I beg of you. Patrick—Beg and be hanged, I'll do no such thing. Soldier—Sir, I have been fighting to secure the blessings you enjoy. I have assisted in contributing to the glory and welfare of the country which has hospitably received you, and can you so inhospitably reject me from your house ? Patrick —.-Reject you ; w h o t h e di v il ta lk e d a wor d a b out rejecting you? May be lam not the scurvy spalpeen you take me to be, John Wilson. You asked me to let you lie on my floor, my kitchen floor, or my stable ; now, by the powers, d'ye think I'd let a perfect stranger do that, when I have half-a-dozen feather beds all empty ? No, by the Hill o'Howtb, John, that I wont. In the second place, you told me you were dying with hunger, and wanted a bone and a crust to eat. Now, honey, d'ye think I'll feed a hungry man on bones and crusts, when my yard is full of fat pullets, and turkeys, and pigs? No, by the powers, not I, that's flat. In the third place you asked me for some simple water to quench your thirst. Now, as my water is none of the b es t, I never g i ve i t to a poor traveller without mixing it with plenty of wire, or something else wholesome or cooling. Come into my house, my honey ; divil blow me, but you shall sleep in the best feather bed I have ; you shall have the best sup ger and breakfast that my farm can supply, which, thank heaven, is none of the worst ; you shall drink as much water as you choose, provided you mix it with plenty of good wine, and provided also you prefer it. Come in, my hearty, crane in, and feel yourself at home. It shall never be said that Patrick O'Flaherty treated a man scurvily, who has been fighting for the dear country which gave him pro tection. HOG-FEN FOR BOYS.—Captain Willets, of the 6th Dis trict Watch, about two o'clock on Saturday morning, pur sued a fugitive negro into an alley, in the rear of a house in Anthony-street, Five Pointe. The ncgro ma naged to conceal hixr.self so as to elude discovery. Captain Willets, however, found in a pig-pen, in a corner of the yard, four hogs and three lubbcrly boys, lying in snug embrace, and quietly slumbering together. The boys were brought before the police. They gave their names as Patrick Towers, Peter M'Cann, and Thomas Ryan, aged respectively 12, 13, and 14 years. They all stated that they were destitute of home or educa tion, baying never been to school. They had of en before slept in the bog pen, and thought it quite hard that they should have been disturbed in their rest. They were ad judged vagrants, and sent to sling quarters at the House of Refuge.—New York Courier and Inquirer. The fact we mentioned yesterday that the law which commands us not to steal has left us igno rant of what really belongs to others, deserves, we think, some further illustration. Nothing but gross ignorance of that can be pleaded as an ex cuse or an apology for the many violations of the right of property, of which the Legislature is guilty. Possession is a very imperfect index to owner ship. A man's body is indeed his own, but as long as slavery existed, that truth was prac tically denied, and it required the exertions of many philanthropic men, through many years, to procure its final recognition in Europe, while in America it is not yet recognised. Other things in a man's possession are far from being his own. The clothes a livery servant wears belong to his master. The rich pieces o figured velvet or satin we ma y fi n d i n scores oft, houses in Bethnal-green and Spitalfields, are not the property of the weavers, but of some silk mercers in Cheapside, or Wood street. They even are not the actual owners of the whole, for, carrying on trade to a considerable extent on credit, and their stock being answerable for their debts, the real owners are their creditors in conjunction with them. Few captains own the vessels they command, and in general the cargoes they carry belong not to the captains but to some merchants perhaps of another country, and living under different laws from those to which the ship captain pro fesses obedience. W z most of us live in houses which we hire, and, they actually belong to those who do not reside in them. The owners,' Al ip of the soil of England is nomi nally in the Peers, Squires, and Yeomen, but as that ownership is little more than a power to re ceive the rent, and as the rent is pledged to mor tgage es, annuitants, and others, it is difficult to say who exactly are the owners of the fine castles and extensive domains which nominally belong to the landed gentry of England. The example we have already quoted of the silk velvet in the weaver's loom, not belonging to him, may stand, in common with almost all the work of the labourer's hand, as a proof that the produce of man's labour is not his own. Posses sion, therefore, whatever it may indicate, is not a proof of ownership. The examples we yesterday quoted from the Times of bankers getting hold of property by issuing notes, are sufficient proofs that the mere power to obtain possession of property does not constitute ownership. The burglar, to borrow the illustration of the Times, has the power of appropriating wealth to his own use, as well r the concoctors of banking schemes and the p ro _ prietors of bank charters. Besides tk-, power to obtain possession of wealth, to constitute owner ship the consent of other men m ust b e gained, and, in the majority of case-,, and certai n ly i n consent when the the long run, they only appro priation is just. The essential co 'adition of owner s hip, t h at which gives it sP.;curity, and pe r h a p s const i tutes it just for tke time, is possession with the con sent of otLer men. At any rate, the consent is all that is essential to security, and he may sleep in peace whose right is neither questioned nor denied by any man. The consent of others, as one essential element of safe ownership, is a subject of pre-eminent importance. To constitute the right of property, consent is ne cessary and property will cease to be safe, and to have a valid existence, whenever the bulk of the people from any cause, such as extreme poverty, or a sense of gross injustice, withhold from it their consent and guarantee. It has been, we think, one of the misfortunes of our time that the disturbances of war, and the improper interference of Government with the issue and circulation of paper money, at the close of the last and at the commencement of the present century, have existed in conjunction with a very rapid creation of wealth by new arts. New classes of men, in consequence, sud denly became extremely wealthy, and that alte ration seems to have caused considerable confu sion in the public mind as to the right of ownership. At least the existence of these circumstances was a misfortune, because they were unnoticed by our rulers, who, from their ignorance, aggra vated the moral evil. To carry on war, whether just or not, they required very large sums of money ; and the rapid increase of wealth by the in troduction of the steam-engine and the cotton mill, enable them to take immense sums from the people, and squander them in extravagant under takings, with the hearty consent of the latter. Every person is aware that those circumstances awakened a spirit of gambling and speculation in the land, and all men became infected with a desire to seize wealth by discreditable means. The conduct of the Legislature and of the people re-acted one on the other; the people grew care less about the right of property like the Legisla ture, and their tacit consent to its proceedings begot or confirmed the opinion that the Legisla ture might appropriate and deal with the pro perty of the people as it thought fit. Hence it has come to pass that of late years thet 1 ). e property Legislature fa s n had y cl na classes, e r s e , s pec exceptt lv h ate - thosee r for of its own immediate members and dependents. : n e g x cept classes. th e The servants of the State must be paid though the people starve. Hence also many persons not in the Legislature have asked it to be guilty of the most terrible invasions of the property of proper seems to us that the sentiment of the sacredness I the middle il a i m p id rac u t 'o ic r e k few, has been almost swept ou of the public mind. . ~ The Legislature has continued the CP which it began during a season of great ,reer soofme property, thvou e Pros property bulk of the people, . for the . now that they are poor and in difficulties,as it exhibited V PeritY' a n o d f thehas shown as little regard ' . when they were rich and prosy, nus. Their 4th the peopl e 011 Legislature c onsent t o its n a d c s ts it i s s e a lf t a p t r i e s s s e u n e t r w - ,thheld, and the the question of appropriating their property. The general ignorance, or rather the neglect to notice, the new relations which are continually growing up in society, seems to us the best pos sible excuse that can be formed for the conduct of the Legislature. We cannot suppose that it would wantonly and with demoniac art in flict on the bulk of the people the dis tress they now suffer. That it is all brought on them by bad legislation, to which they have in many cases consented, cannot be denied. In general that legislation may well be described as a violation of the commandment— " Thou shalt not steal." And we do the Legis lature the justice of believing, that it would not have violated that commandment, if it had been thoroughly well informed of the nature of pro perty. Our readers will find in another column a let ter addressed to the Editor of the Dublin Regis ter, to which we invite attention, on the prolific subject of Irish grievances. When the advocates of a repeal of the Legislative Union appeal to the common sense of the British and Irish people as the supreme arbitrator of the practica bility and patriotism of their policy, we are always ready to listen to them with the most se rious attention. But hitherto they have ad vanced no argument calculated to weaken our con viction that a repeal of the Union would add ten fold to the miseries of Ireland. The torch of civil and religious discord burns distinctively enough without the addition of a mock Legislative bear garden in College-green. Mr. O'CONNELL, and those who think with him upon this subject, may expose as often as they please the violent, cor rupt, and unconstitutional means by which the Union was carried. Statesmen, and men of statesman-like intellects, must look to things as they exist, and not to their origin. It may ap pear paradoxical to say that time frequently sanctifies injustice, but such in reality is the fact. Most of our colonial possessions have been won by acts of violence, and many of them by the grossest frauds; but he would be a sorry Legis lator who would contend, after our improvement of the moral and physical condition of their inha bitants, that we ought on that account to aban don them to barbarism or foreign slavery. The abolition of the Heptarchy, the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland, the great work of the Reformation, were not ac complished without crimes, and black crimes too; but surely that is no reson for declaring Scotland an independent monarchy, acknow ledging the supremacy of the POPE, and div . ' , : d — ing England into se ven se p ara t e king co doii s? That Ireland has many great grievane_.s to complain NELL himself. But do - of we know, and l amen t as :inich as Mr. O'CON- Irishmen suppose th a t grievances are un I j,nown in England and Scot land? Are t heyled to believe that starvation, and ignorr.,,,, and crime, and oppression of the p oor, % , reunknown in England? We can with th c :;iculty even allow them a monopoly of misery. If the people of Ireland knew the whole truth, we much question whether they would not be grateful for that Parliamentary neglect which they now resent as a national injury. We could here well dispense with the constant and vexa tious intermeddling of the Legislature in matters beyond the pale of its proper jurisdiction. The voice of the Legislature is rarely heard but in the imposition of some tax on industry, some re striction on commerce, or some ridiculous and annoying interference with the holiday comforts and amusements of the poor. The Anti-Corn-law League are working their cause well. They have met with a cheering re ception from the electors of Bury, and an ac count of their proceedings appears in another part of The Sun. A resolution was unanimously adopted not to support any candidate for Bury but one who will pledge himself for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. By thus making their creed a test of parliamentary fit ness, they will secure for themselves great in fluence over the Members of the House of Com mons. We learn from a Correspondent, who has at tended most of the meetings of the League, and been very much engaged in the discussions on the Corn-laws in the manufacturing districts, that in no instance has any person ventured at any public meeting to stand up in defence of the Bread -tax. That task is left exclusively to the Members of the two Houses, and one or two Lon don Journals which are supported by those who live and flourish on taxes. We understand that an opinion pre va il s i n th e manufacturing districts that the country has now passed through its season of adversity, and that there will be a recurrence of great and pro fitable trading years as in 1831 and 1836. We_ see no prospect, of that. We must have at least two succes:;ive good harvests before the price of an fall below 40s. the quarter. There is I r T v l ) lT s e p osition in the Bank to enlarge its issues, which are now ten millions less than in 1833, and no chance therefore of any return of those bub ble years. To meet the prevalent opinion, how ever, the League has appropriately published a hand bill, in which it is forcibly stated that dur ing those prosperous years the Americans were borrowing our money and with that paying for our goods. hi that period the amount of our ex ports much exceeded our imports, and now the Americans, being unable to borrow any more, and being obliged to pay the interest of their loans, will be unable to trade with us to the same extent as in the period between 1831 and 1836. There is no probability that upwards of eighty new joint-stock banks will now be established as there were in that period, and no hope whatever, unless the Corn-law be repealed, of any return to former prosperity. The Paris journals of Tuesday have all reached us. In the Chamber of Deputies the Supple mentary Credit Bill continued the subject of discussion. The debate loses much of its inter est by the reserve of M. GUIZOT, who would merely admit that negotiations were on foot for placing France in harmony with the other great Powers of Europe. The ex-Minister of Finance, M. Gouix, having contended that his successor in office exaggerated the financial distress of the country, M. HUMANN, the present Finance Minister, addressed the following observations to the Chamber : to positionTt hh that t t r h u oaf t d h bteh s ee , n G I le e sf n tt iteml toofu e s n i , that iaanred a h the w ayse Cabinetry necessarily deplorable eeesswahr ii leyh financial compelled uece ed ed to place the responsibility of that position upon those to whom it really belonged. The country knows well that the causes of this position are not due to uc, and that we are not responsible for the sacrifices which are imposed upon it.—(Sensation.) As to loans, I have always understood that it was an easy matter for a country to find lenders. We see, however, that many Governments seek to borrow and cannot effect their wish. Call to mind, Gen tlemen, without going out of France, the walks of Louis XIV. with Samuel Bernard in the garden of Versailles, and the patriotic loan of Necker. We frequently hear a neighbouring kingdom cited where loans are attended with no difficulty. I answer that there exists in that kingdom a sen timent of nationality and unanimity which renders the people capable of the greatest efforts.—(Murmers on the left.) There, notwithstanding the greatest embarrassments, exists an ad mirable order in financial matters. In that country were invented both the steam-engine and the spinning -machine. Two o g e n i us d ou bl e d, as if by enchantment, the pro- Im!. ducti;e ptswers of their country, and still , Gentlemen , what ',l Would be the situation of that country, with its debt of twenty Milliard, if on any single day of the last half century, it had been abandoned by its good fortune?—( Sensation.) France has an immense credit, and this credit will maintain itself firmly, if but one intelligence pervades the mass: In my opinio n , th e C a b inet of the Ist of March was - mistaken in its plans and resources, when it desired to support, by the mea sure owpeh.ichsiutephreepearoretds, area tendoito,us war against the whol e o f under a dictator and a system of absolute government.—(Loud marks of dissent from the left.) This speech called up M. THIERS,Vhose de fence of his policy will be best given in his own words : (Go vernment r e a e n s s g a r e m y e n , o t • le T n h t iei s r v s as s;ated that it was very unfair to attribute the expenditure of the armaments of 1842 to the responsibility of the late Cabinet, for If it was true, as 110 W stated, that the (30, , with the rest of Europe it could no longer be ne bn the point of 4 c 6 o o m o in o g o m to en a . sa o ti n sf t a h c i to s r p y ni a n: how keep up an army of , . e:ver, he said the Alinister of Foreign Affairs refused to I''.,,er into any discussion; but notwithstanding his reserve, the treaty, the signature to which had been promised, was known. It was a very insignificant affair connected with the passage of the Dardanelles, and amounted to nothing like that position in Europe which it had been the object of the late Cabinet to attain. The Hon. Deputy then aollfuhdedis speech o eeh the e large expendit ure w hi c h had been inc urred for p ublic w orks by preceding Go vernmen ts, observingtt.htehthcatihs partameacbhe Chambers n t i h st e ry pe h p a u d_ been compelled to give way to the influence of the D e p u ti es , each railway and each canal ha vin g its representative, an d t t t h es, the Ministers being sbe t i he ng d e e ie p e e t n o d r e s. n t r it there was much interrupti o n frorn the l eft, an d c ries of " No, no." M. Thi ers sa id it was a fact, to which one De puty replied, " This is a fatal admission." M. Thiers observed it might be fatal, but it was the truth. ) It .viP;'however, a fact that no Niuister finds greater support than the Minister of Public Works, for he has on every side persons who are soliciting him for public works; the conse quence is, that the Budget of the Minister of War is neglected for that of the Minister of Public Works. To such an extent had negligence been carried in this department, that there were some stables in which the loss of horses was 12 per cent, in= stead of 6 per cent., which it ought to have beem It becathe our duty to repair the negligence and onAlSsions of this depart ment. But is this any reason why we should declare in the face of Europe that we are in a state of absolute destitution ? When we shall have finished Cherbourg, repaired our fortresses, fortified Paris, and completed our principal civil works, we shall, indeed, have expended a milliard, but with the reserve of the sinking fund and a loan, we shall have executed immense works, and still be very far from the position of an unfortunate nation. At a subsequent period of the debate, he thus attacked the policy of the SCIULT-GUIZOT Ad ministration : M. Thiers asserted that the Cabinet was play►ng a farce.— (Tumult.) lie had hoped nothing from the policy of the Cabinet s but it had beaten his expectations. Its policy is quite negative. The lion. Member then entered into the Eastern question, and endeavoured to prove that Syria ought to remain under French influence; that the isthmus of Suez should support French preponderance; and that the object of the negotiation pending for the purpose of closing the Darda nelles against its maritime powers was a complete humbug; that it was to the advantage of Russia. The Hon. Member added that he still regretted the English alliance, and ►hat if the present Cabinet wat one day obliged to return to that al liance, it would find that it had been advancing the interezts of Russia. To this and other attacks upon him M. Gui- ZOT replied as follows: It was said by their adversaries that they were advocates for peace upon any condition, but such was not the case ; on th e contrary, they maintai ne d the armed peace, and would do so as long as the interests of the country required it. On the other hand, they were not disposed to threaten and brave all Eu rope, or declare, as M. Thiers had said, " that it was the intention of the Government to raise 900,000 men, and a large fleet, to ne gotiate in the Spring, and declare war against Europe, in case she refused to modify the Treaty of the 15th of July."—( Sen sation.) The present Cabinet had no idea of exacting such a modification ; its policy was simply to keep up an army of 500,000 men, and maintain " arme d peace ," unt i l France could resume with dignity and propriety her seat in the councils of Europe. This debate, which was so anxiously expected by the Journals and the public, will lead to no result. The impenetrable reserve of the Govern ment defeats all the projects of the opposition. The only facts of importance elicited were, that a Treaty was in the course of negotiation, and that M. THIEns is for France disarming the in stant the Treaty is signed. The Moniteur Parisien states that Lord PON SONBY has received from the British Govern ment leave of absence from his post as Ambassa dor, and that he was preparing to leave Con stantinople. We trust the leave of absence granted to his Lordship is unlimited. The country has had quite enough of his diplomacy in the East, _ _ Le -F ,ancais der Ouest complains in angry terms of the ap- P" .. ance of some English cutters come to dredge oysters on the bank of St. Marc, on the coast of the Cotes du Nord. " The National Guard of Binit is on the watch," says this journal. "If the English approach sufficiently near to the coast to be reached by their muskets, they arc burning with desire to shoot them. The Mayors of the communes in the neighbourhood of the coast have informed the Prefect now in Paris of the state of affairs, in order that he may solicit the Minister to give him the means of repressing this robbery, and to make our flag respected. If Frenchmen had committed such acts on the English coast, there would be no want of voices in the British Parliament to demand full satisfaction." The barracks and the camps no longer sufficing to receive the troops that are accumulated in Paris and the environs, the Minister of War has just had twenty large buildings erected in the great court-yard and the garden of the infantry barracks of St. Denis, three buildings (a wooden barracks) are arranged parallel to the great barracks. These buildings are much better and more solid than those in the camps. The whole of the 4th' Regiment of light infantry here has been quartered for these three days in the barracks of St. Denis, and these new buildings. Ihe soldiers complain of having no thing to he on but bad straw in sacks, and the bad bread which they receive, added to the fatigue of the exercise, and the manoeuvres, which are incessant, are, in their opinion, the great causes of the diseases, which prevail to a frightful extent. A letter from Toulon gives the following particulars relative to the expedition which is preparing for Africa :—Within these six weeks 10,000 soldiers and 1,200 mules have been embarked at Toulon for Algeria. Measures are taken to revictual Me deah and Miliana, to make them the basis of the operationsof the campaign, which is going to be opened from Algiers. Oran will act on its side, so as to make a diversion in the west, and General Negrier will operate in the east. The object of our efforts will be to take Tedekempt, Abd-el-Kader's capital. General Negrier has already struck a great blow at Constan tine. A chief, hostile to our powers, and whose influence is great, has been seized and brought away prisoner. He is now at Fort la Malque, at Toulon. He expected to be beheaded ; but he has recovered his confidence, and now complains bitterly of being detained. " Why do you detain me?" said he to Ge neral Boyer, Commandant of Toulon. " I have four wives and eight children, who call for me, and cannot do without me." —Le Commerce. 130 URSE.-PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 13. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ll3 95 ... 113 95 ... 113 70 ... 113 70 414 per Cents ...... 4 per Cents 99 40 ... 99 40 ... 99 49 ... 99 40 3 per Cents 7O 10 —. 79 10 ... 78 80 ... 78 80 Ilan", of erance [,•- i tfitt e Bank moor shares 5160 ...516: ...5155 ...5135 I,ooof. Sh — ... ... -- ..• -- kelgian Bank 5 per Cents lOl ... unk ... 101 ... Ist 3 per Cents ...... ~. •.. ••• New Loan... ...... ipanish Active l'3% ... 233,i ... 23% ... ~.34 Passive — Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan lO3 90 ... I('3 95 ... 1:3 90 ... , 153 95 Roman .10. 1. ... 104% ...104; ...10l . . ... _ Dutch 9).i per Centc.... ...... 511; 511; ... 51!:i RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles.ll. B 360 ...365 ... 360 ... 360 L.B X37 50 ... 237 50 .. 22.5 132 50 Orleans . Montpellier to Cette Str3sburg to Bale 236 25 ... 236 25 ... 235 ... 235 Rouen The Madrid Journals received are of the 6th inst. They do not bring a syllable of political news of any interest. The Chamber of Deputies adopted the Report of the Committee which pro nounced the legality of the abdication of Queen CHRISTINA. A letter from Madrid gives the following narrative :—"The young Queen was passing through the city a few days ago, in her carriage, accompanied by her sister, and attended by the Marquis de Santa Cruz, and other persons of her suite. The Marquis observed that there were le,s troops then usual es corting the Royal carriage, and calling to tke Marquis de San Carlos, who commanded the party, asked the reason. The officer replied that he had detached some of his men to ac company the viaticum, which was being borne to a sick per son. The young Queen upon this, said to him, ' You have done right, but another time you will stop my carriage, and invite the priest to enter it, and we will conduct him to the house of the sick person, and afterwards to the church. This was one of the recommendations to me by my mother at Va lencia, and I wish to comply with it.' Orders have since been given that this may be done on any future similar occasion." TRADE OF SPAIN.—The Consul-General of Spain in Bor deaux has published a return of the trade and navigation be tween France and Spain in 1839, from which it appears that the exports of the former to the latter amounted to 82,656,086 f. and the imports to 37,351,914 f. ; leaving a difference against Spain of 45,304,172 f. The Four per Cents. were done at 214 cash; and 10,200,000 reals were negotiated in the Five per Cents. at 25Lfor the 10th and 12th instant, and at 26 7-16ths at 60 days. QUACKERY IN RELlGlON.—Protestant Asso ciations, and Operative Protestant Associations are again making a display in the Tory Journals. All men are sensible that these meetings are quackery and dupery. Those who get them up seek to humbug a set of dupes and impose on the public. There is no heart or truth in them; no sincerity except in the poor dupes who pay their money. Two announcements of such meetings in a Tory Journal remind us of a short passage in Mr. Carlyle's late work "On Heroes." He says, " Quackery and dupery do abound in reli gion 3 above ail in the more advanced and decay ing stages of religion they have fearfully abounded; but quackery was never the originating influence in such things; it was not the health and life of such things, but their disease, the sure precursor of their being about to die. Quackery gives birth to nothing, gives death to all." The Church of England, if this be true, with its evangelical quackery on the one hand, and its Puseyite quackery on the other, its High Churchism and its Low Churchism, its Protes tant associations, its pastoral societies, its Church extension schemes, its demands on . the public purse, its puffery and dupery in every quarter of the land, must be on the point of death. There is quackery enough in it to kill a dozen estab lishments. " Man every where," says Mr. Car lyle, "is the born enemy of lies." As the An glican Church, with its sworn to, but not ob served, Articles—with its dead formulas and want of living faith, is one great lie; if Mr. Carlyle be himself one of those heroes he writes of—one of those men of insight and sincerity—the poor Church will soon come to an end. The sooner the better. It is only a wretched political con trivance, usurping the attributes, and mocking the hallowed emotions of religion. The British Queen displayed on Sunday last, as well as on the first Sunday of her appearance, a mass of choice and ori g inal matter, such as no Sunday journal ever exhibited. Next Sunday she will give an interesting biography of the Duke of Normandy, which - will be followed by a splendid likeness of the Prince. It will be some gratification to learn that the British Queen is the unquestioned supporter of the interests of the Licensed Victuallers, and that whenever they are in danger she will be prepared to shield them, so far as she can, from mischief. Her pilot has " braved the battle and the breeze" in their favour for a number of years, and nails his flag to the mast of their protection.—lllorning Advertiser. REDUCTION IN GERMAN POSTAGE.--On the 6th of this month the British postage on letters passing between the United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced from ls. 6d. on letters posted in London, and from ls. Bd. on letters posted in the country, to a uniform rate of 6d. The Hamburgh Post-office has also reduced its rate on British letters from about 4d. to 2d., so that upon London letters there has been a positive reduction of ls. 2d., and on country letters of is. 4d., as respects Hamburgh correspondence, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVRNING. This afternoon the Colonial Markets reopened but they have none of them yet dssafned a healthy tippeililiteo; ticif is it likely they will do so until the import duties question is quite settled. The rather improved demand that has arisen for Indigo appears to indicate an expectation of a better trade in manufactures. It was rather expected in some quarters that the Bank Directors would have issued a notice today for renewhig the one that expires on the 1s t 6stl respetting discounts, but it may probably hasfe been deemed expedient to post pone such a measure until the last moment, in order that the Directors may avail themselves of any change in the Money Market; for if, as we we informed, their position is so much more secure than it was, there is some reason, per haps, to anticipate an early relaxation in the amount of interest charged by the Corporation. It is quite as well in these matter's to reflect well before acting. For imme diate transfer Consols realized 90/ to 90k, being a rise of I per cent., and for the 25th May 90. to L, or only a con tinuation of k per cent. Bank Stock was at 173, and India Stock rose to 2541 and 2551. The New Three and-a- Half per Cents. were marked 99k to k, and the Three per Cent. Reduced 69k to Exchequer Bills were at 12s. to 14s. premium, and India Bonds at 2s. pre mium to par. It is surprising, in the face cf so many adverse circum stances, that the Peninsular Securities find a market at all, but although saleable, they ate certainly very heavy. The New Five per Cents, were marked 33i to to-day, and the Three per Cents. 20k. Spanish Active Bonds were heavy at 23 to e. Mexican at 31 to 30 g . Buenos Ayres at 24:4 to 23k, and Brazilian at 69. Russian Bonds were at 113, and Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents, at 52k to /. The Railway Shares are still buoyant. Great Western realised 30, the New 15, the Birmingham 69, and the South. Western 19e premium. Manchester and Leeds were 3i, and Brighton 38 discount. London and West minster Bank &cares brought 28 premium. (From The Sun o f Last Night.) LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.—N0 news of the — President. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, APRIL 14.—But a limited business has been done in the Cotton Market this day, the sales only amounting to from 2,000 to 3,000 bales, of which exporters have taken 500, chiefly of American descriptions. Speculators still remain inactive, and prices continue steady. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 14.—There has been an extensive business done in the Share Market this day. The transactions comprise the following :—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 27 ; Grand Junction, 211 ; ditto Shares, 64; ditto sth Shares, 11%; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 324 ; London and Birmingham, 158 ; ditto 4- Shares, 23i ; Mid land Counties New Shares, 22i ; Bank of Liverpool, 19A ; Liverpool Union Bank, 11g. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 14.—There is a fair inquiry for Railway Stock, and prices are 1 rm, with an upward tendency. Our quotations are as follow :—London and Birmingham, 158 ; Lancaster and Preston, New, 25k ; Man chester and Leeds, 66 ; do. Halves, 28; Manchester and Birmingham, 244 ; London and South Western Tenths, 2/. 4s Great Western, 94 ; Do. Halves, 64i ; Do. Fifths, 114 , Manchester Assurance, 94- ; Bank of Minchester, 71. 1 Is. 3d, We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 21st of February. SLAVE TRADE. —Extract of a letter from St. Helena:— "We have here a Portuguese schooner, prize to the Water witch, for condemnation, with 230 slaves on board. They have the small-pox very bad ; those that are free of it are landed at Lemon Valley, which place is kept under strict qua rantine. The sick ones have been removed on board a schooner which was formerly a slaver ; there has been upwards of thirty of them that have fallen victims to the disease. When the Wat..rwitch first gave chase, the captain endeavoured to get away by lightening the vessel, for which purpose he threw overboard about 130, having originally on board 350 ; he then run his vessel on shore, and made his escape. The boats of the Waterwitch saved about seventy from drowning, but the greater part of them died afterwards from exhaustion." ' (From the Graham's Town Journal,) We have beer, favoured with the perusal of a letter just re ceived from a British emigrant at Natal, dated December, as follows :—" A beautiful harvest is expected, but the corn is more liable to rust than in the colony. The horse-sickness prevails very much in these parts, also a distemper among the cattle ; many of the Dutch are in great distress, owing to the death of their cattle from the diseases which rage in these parts. The Boors are also much alarmed . at seeing in the newspapers, lately received from the Colony, that the British will take possession of the Natal country ; they ever talk of resisting the attempt. A stranger suffers great inconveni ence here, there being no house to afford accommodation or lodging ; there are only about twenty houses at Natal, and a few near the entrance of the Bay, which are now used by the emigrant farmers. The Lisbon mail has arrived brought by the Iberia ; it does not contain any news of importance. The finances continue in a deplorable state, and the Ministers have had several con ferences respecting money affairs, as well as the Treaty with England. It was not expected that any change in th Minis try would immediately take place. For further particulars the refer our readers to another part of the Paper. Her Majesty's packet ship Penguin has arrived from the Brazils ; sailed on the 2d of March from Rio. She brings a freight of 33,0001. Exchange upon London 30 dollars, Stock 75. Affairs at Rio Grande were in the same state. The Govern ment were sending troops there. The Batavier Dutch steamer has arrived o he 13th of April, bringing papers of the same date ; it being a holiday no prices were published. This being settling-day in the British Market, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in adjusting their accounts, and there is every appearance it will pass over without the least difficulty, money being plentiful in the house, the continua tion for the next Account being only per cent., and the extreme fluctuation during the present is about 2i per cent. Consols opened this morning at 90A Money ; for next time, 25th of May, 90i 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ; Bank Stock, 172 173. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23b ' 4 ; Deferred, 12a ; Passive, 55 ; Portuguese, 335 ; Three per Cents., 20* ; Colombian, 225 234 ; Mexican, 305 31* ; Dutch Two and-a- Half per Cents., 52,5 5; Five per Cents., 985 99. The Dutch Mail has arrived of the 14th of April, bringing the prices of the 13th of April. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5 t 7-16 to 5 ; Five per Cents., 99 5-16 ; Ardoin's, 201-16. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 . . 80 Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto New 2 .244 to London and South Western 3 B ll 5744 .. to 58 Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares 3O - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . ... .. 20 Ditto New Shares... We are still without any information of the President. The settling of the British Account is going off well to the present hour. It is a Bear Account, with a scarcity of stock in the market. _ _ _ Consols continue firm, at 90i &; Money, 904 b ; Reduced, 89b Exchequer Bills rather better, 13 12 14 prem ; Bank Stock, nothing done ; India Stock, 255 4& 5i ; India Bonds, 1 2 prem., par. In the Foreign Market there is little doing. Spanish 234 b; Portuguese 33 1 - 7 b; Three per Cents. 20b ; Mexican 301 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52i; Five per Cents. 99k. Very little doing in Shares; quotations lower. Birmingham and Gloucester 791; Great Western 941; Ditto, New, 641 ; Ditto, Fifths, 11-i ; London and Brighton 47b i ; Ditto, New, Birmingham Thirds, 241; South Western sd; Manchester and Leeds, new shares, 28. Consols, Money, 901 ; May Account, 90i a ; Mod lean, 30i to 31 ; Portuguese, 33i s ; Spanish, 23k I-. Second train from Liverpool arrived, and no news of the President. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 173 3 per Cent Red 896 ' 3 per Cent Cons 9Ol 31- per Cent Red.. New 34 per Cent 996 New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 l2 15-16 Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. India Stock 2551 'Ditto Bonds 2 pal Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,0001—.20 13 pm Ditto 5001 l5 pm Ditto Small l5 pm Bank Stock for Opg — India Stock for Opg — Consols for Acct 9Ol J FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. tDitto, New Ditto 33i iPrussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent 'Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent 231 Ditto, Deferred. FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds 69 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 23i Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18'25, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 311 French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 521 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 99i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 79i Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... ..... Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) 8 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 65 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) — Ditto Thirds (32 paid); 541 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 241 London and South Western ... ........... Ditto Tenths Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. 661 Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 2B South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 181 The mercantile accounts from Ceylon, brought by the overland mail, refer with dissata:ction to a mea sure that was about to be enforced by the Custom House authorities—the weighing of coffee at the Custom House previous to shipment. It was said to be unnecessary for these reasons ;—the merchant in bis business is obliged to take the exact weight of all his coffee, and there is every inducement for him to make a correct return to the Custom House; for on the return he places a valuation on which is paid the 2id. per cent. duty, and be has likewise to obtain a certificate from the Custom House that his coffee is of Cey lon growth, in order to gain its adinisshr for home consumption at the low duty , which it is contended is an effectual guarantee that the full weight is given, for if it was not, the surplus would be subjected in England to 28s. extra per cwt. Besides, the delay in the general progress of business which would result from such a measure is also much complained of, considering the short hours (about 4) to which it is already confined; and further, it is sai d there would be considerable risk in shipping coffee under such circumstances, from the vicissitudes of weather. The proposed alteration is altogether condemned, and if it i s to be carried out, the merchants engaged in the trade s eem inclined to think that before it can meet with any suc c e ss extensi v e alterations must be made to suit the convenience of the shippers, to prevent damage from rain, or absorp tion in damp weather at the Custom-house, which is a t present hardly sufficient for the business transacted. We understand that Earl Granville is recovering, rapidly. Such was the tenour of th e l ast accounts re ceived from Paris by the members of the f am ily. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the members of their household, leave Wind sor Castle, on Monday next, for Buckingham Palace. MORN ENG EDITIONS MO AM: EXPR BIBLE CHARTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE.SUIV. Stß,—Your known liberality has induced me t ° 6 quest the insertion of the following few recoarksin;:' Sun. Though we may di ff er in our political elle r; think you will agree with me as to the expediegfP l course I wish to see generally followed, A Being an ardent advocate of Chartism, fronithrbeo, that it embraces the only meatas of tecuring cm - tient, I connot but wish fur its speed , ' e"" r f r e ili But if, Sir, this great question is to be mixed ; 1 1( t bt matter either of a factious or sectarian tendeec•Poi realisation of that wish will be deferred for liff' l 4 ool indefinite period. I regret that any editor of cop Chartist Journal should so commit himself 01•?;u dl found a purely political question with mattellcijizio, speculative. I know of but one species of C P O ' calculated to benefit mankind by making the C.,./.12°5: , 00 . wealth subserve the interests of all ; -and I 6 11 ' 6 1 4 ceive what connexion it has with, or what OFPsbar. can gain, from the Scriptures. To talk of 8i.014,i0i tism is as absurd as to talk of Chartist religion : ~ A " , 01 confounding of terms, which are as distinct air" water. - 41 0 Chartism consists of five points ; one a naturil.r ne, inherent in man, and the ethers are matters 01140, diency. Now what have these things to do Ob' ao li vealed religion ? We need not a revelation to te them to us, nor to confirm our tide to them. l i f a b v e ;if in the divinity of the Bible was necessary to'citl °l 7 l ,ilitf person for the su ff rage, there would be some p4t.', s ' h ' ut I in talking of Bible Chartism ; but as Chartisturl o '- 0 1 1 1 means of securing good government, by each e ore it should not be confounded with the 'rights bi,,b, science, as by so confounding it we render 40 cO o tt ment more difficult, and at the same time vol c 'oal doubts as to what are our ulterior objects. ?l e r sr! aiming, surely, to establish religious creeds ! r s we going, in my opinion, to make Chartism 5 11 D ge ;. t r ' to Protestantism or Catholicism. In the el:lttett the suffrage, under the Charter representation/ wis";rt, would have ample protection afforded them. , l '! i ith° in that case, would gain support in the violatio°- Go' rights of conscience. Religion is a thing whi cij ,,, lsi rld,' vernment has a right to i n te r f ere or me ddle wi t '! : therefore, I solemnly prot es t aga i nst conn ecting Chartism. ••, -' t o Bible Chartism! H .hall e l e , e tistih !•;11,,1 'tmelisytayktoherei. American ~ ire have i ,''Tarolinta 11 (YS. Sho That unto • sailed, nor ~. there after • ~.., The trig ',.Potted to 1 tiecessary APPointme t he place. Pointed. ( Prora the APPOI Robert C, Ural of PIA Aen Allen, Samuel F nil of Public r elluned. Richard I the Territor .t erao‘ed. Charles E the Treasury Elisha fa r th e Post usrdner, rc Paul Ros ' 41 4 at Dal 9f J. J. Sin dalu wil dal La 41 b4a °n 7• i Cpor ge Cobb re ,'Je t miali Qs, remov, Parker $ hared . ,ow absurd! IF. rha to• bear next of Quaker Charti sm , U n it ar ian ,',i o eoPl ° and other nondescript kind of Ch ar ti sm . I,.° l 7 o l'erit s ' I t° would let the Charter rest upon its own intrilo ie r , DP and would not mix it up with such foreign 01 0 1 pend upon it they only injure the cause by ~0 loce tl i Trusting that you will perceive the iair, obiec -21, these brief remarks, and will not misconeei*Ossol is requesting you to give them insertion ,i!'i I remain, yours to' S 13' G. '''' Bath, April 13. Isaa c p . ‘ai.flea, rem VP RECENT ORDER.—A general r orue f t , issued to the troops stationed in Ireland, tile!, 'Laid ° , when escorting prisoners, the oldest and steatn e ' - orbe hi " be placed in the van and rear guard, and that,_! ° ,,,'sea l t ", nication whatever be permitted to take place °*'," - i t teT; or p er r nd i sceoreneehdre,s repelledt u h n a d e o r n e t s wh c eiotrhtat militaryhn e d the pointrce iaovciihltiihanengsbta andbayonet' e t t . b , s Ir t id l A r t, the gaols wells, the destination of the prisoners, 01 ° 1 ,, a : If i g soldiers be detached, and pl ace d i n suc h posit' h " -g od t` - protect the escort from th e i ntrus i on o f the tnel" ; t his i r o they are in no instance t o su ff er an i n truder. * reach of their musket and bayonet with inspeniti'S,'Jele r , The state of the currency in the Nisa nl i ;diel niens is, according to the latest accounts from ' d. '"„ most singular and deplorable that can be conceive ipS°: Nizam's Government at Hyderabad tacitly autbe f e t oo less than fourteen currencies • the country to t k h 11 1° of Hyderabad is full of Jagheedars and Rei a l:it are nominally independent, each of whom bas; to niiut in which he coins, fixing a value accor n 'r e sst i 'L state of necessities, and thus it becomes near . '" l ei r n t ur d to settle what may be the value of a eer Pill i t ee s ; after a period of six months. The incon ve°- fgi'' s ' greatly increased by the petty sover eigns, C ur prohibiting their neighbour's c o in from P as c os' rent in their own territory, for the ryots are ' n oire quence compelled to sell their ,produce in the tell too which they belong; or if they travel a few tsit el e pcsr the narrow limits of the domain, they not only sv! l de' bered with the frontier duty, but are almost certelSeeorri ting a low rate for their rupee. A correspondent lob°, sides in a cantonment in the dominions, descri bes* a te which is held four tim e s a we ek, where all the god° the surrounding district s ass emble, and only one P are s e; currency is allowed to pass, noteithstanding the re d iffetc ° veral mints for issuing copper coin, each of t he kind, within six mil es , 1 .11 o f which pay a ta x to. th vernment for their privilege. On account asorr prohibition the Ryots, after leaving the be-, ba co l j obliged to go to these local mints and exchange 1 1 which is alone current at the market. Tad .refsso° the mints are ready enough to take ,f.!;risett°oedietle this circumstance, and the poor ryots are '"*" nearly half the value of their coin by the exchange't worst of the matter is, that the Ni za m's Gosevnn e . ,,, t si e j . e ensent. • 'They lately opposed to all attemptsof Or I m ar ingt e s l , y a b n y d tb t i h s e v s i e cio 4 us state of the curren,o,Y; e ° , ll st." Profitable to relit, it answer their purp o s e to bave a number . 13 . thoroughly orgenized, ' by which the ryots alont-SY sufferers,though they are the only people in the dise k really work fur their bread,. -11 Iseeik° ciu-iraPthdcilethseh t t h ra a d t e a of systeme xchsontgienigt,:orL,i; CHARTIST' CONVENTION.—We o-- A t iO n t satisfaction that the Chartists of Erg.land, es.lr e c iitcu Scotland, see the necessity of postponing the ale jo io o l , the new Convention to a later date than that It, O r proposed. Better to take a little time and do7ntiqp properly. The magnitude of the object, the gt,est t he ertiins which were necessary to bring the lo st b e eee t o tional Petition into the House, were sufficient t°, 4 0,,a daeger of being in too great a hurry. In fact, I . s " itsbfb°t de mind should have been specially agitated on • tie ss; b. for a number of weeks before commencing oPert basticli now that ground has been broken, the work 10 9 ;4 e" r e elected forward t w he ith D t e h l e e i t wa s resol t he L'" g u a t t m e o f s h t r d G isp la a s t g c h h w . At the meet to ,d , commend to the country to pospone the meeting° $ vention till the 3d of May. —Scots Times. / T a t ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAPTURE c osi bet ECHO, A HAMBURGH VESSEL, OFF 11 10 GUlNEA.—Extract of a letter from CaPt al , l3 g •••••`. ices Commander dated Sierra Leone, January 1- • Atsv ° ,: g oti took on board at the Havana, on account 01 ° disci' s- r e merchant, a cargo of rum and tobacco, which Pit o sv e of at the American Colony of New Sestet, ni tr i r.e 1:01:po' ceived nine passeng e rs front on board the 'E°P-After'the war Wonder, for conveyance to Sierra Leone' soil t b° ing them, we prepared to sail on the 13th fir is sad other passengers being furnisbei with PaslP," c i tb ° usual legal documents. Scarcely had ve rs A i ss brong.,; o - 0 0 . ° two armed boats arrested our progress, and te stst se sr vessel back to the harbour. In spite of our P °° ,, - of t m `p t ers' have not been successful in learning the rees ° lo bev bitrary proceedings. It is said that the Eng ,4 mitted similar outrages on Ameri c an shipre ele fjesl4 he e° CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S, „ es , v 1",", 5 1° letter has been just received from John J, k - g iopt hol e tried and sentenced to be hanged for the 6 7 1 - but life' Birmingham during the Chartist riots in 1 83 ; iti '. 0 0 f °r el ei s t sentence was afterwards commuted to trans Pe r" litt lee j After stating other sufferings, he says, " ° ,: t s , - we do have is what i 3 broug oht from other c°l "6 the animals th.t have died on the passage. , k; sa d e ve; :pa del our water, which is not fit for a beast to clo a vi iit lb ° ''' the there are our overseers who are over us, theY a9 duel Cha mp ] allow us to stand upright nor to turn our be ° 00111 `CB t i lle fate time we are at work, which is from six ° „ e ing• I ° , rcle fa morning till half-past five in the e v— oriw d' ro have our breakfast before we go out in, v on so, • `bolts We c work, which is a drop of wheat water an",, a 'titr A • t _ th half of brown bread, that serves us the tv",, ° it is ' ssion if it rains all day we must endure tiß hat racr e 'if • '"'„Y old to leave off work, and then we come to our "„cbroci a u ; • -; we app when we are mustered together, we are 111 ; e t se PP, '• Then bed, which is a bed of straw, with one hie n ' os ed Ite dis rug to cover us. Our shoes, which are suPP est e, f€: 'e thin el us four months, will not, with the greatest I cor t' s , 1 4 : . 'tale c more than two months ; then we all go baref?u tbe stb $15 ,0( maindsr of the time.' Thee there are the a i re A ll he ve wear, which have to last us six menths—thei,, a e bri sc I ' s ) ; It o sha' hicks in a deal less time; and every morninb_ b ie, e s e st ° 'Ane nty , our beds we are in danger of getting into srel es pee l e . or Va t , tnd of is but the look it will get us into trouble, 'anu ic ,eic • Ye' er e di t the severest punishment, as that is all thel oo sto:',oe" of purpose to keep us as long as they can on . t oliPiote r N A , hands, and in the greatest of misery." 'rbt',,id proceeds to deny his guilt, and calls on his 0 7 tiOr , cede for a mitigation of his sentence. pill ll el° Rkt 10 pr. EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION or B oon c o 41 su e ,„ .4 et, HORSES INTO FRANCE.—A private letter •-° ow • e re the 11, states that the French Government has enter ed ) . ng - sone siderable contract in this country for supP l Y i l i b 14 Cl'lo regiments of cavalry now being raised w er ie o f; •• ', charger', in consequence of the difficult' °P ur a "I Marshal Soul s , the Minis t r r of WEr , in Pre c t. . i ' 01 co t P from the French bree d ers suitable fo r the " -- 010 d n they generally being small and light, and not cot t _ ce • etet e , pete with the Austrian and Russian cavalry.s„eitt:°,l month or six weeks Boulogne has had the a lit r ' ea d) , v otes ,e 'tee ti a horse bazaar, as a great number im b in s e l d e iet :lf st. PQA the w landed from Dover, when they are off by the parties from different regime n " e ant i le ti)er • '1 Ai, St. Pol, Amiens, Beauvais, ConWeigno thearts It is stated that the contract is for 20,000 bat 500 and 600 francs each. a ' i re h In the Sheriff's Court, yesterdaY• 044 efi li soft tion sessed damages in two cases of ass ault bro. t he ~‘ The gentleman of fortune named Gundry, Per e The plaintiff, in the first case, was a. i° Chapman, and the Jury gave damages 151. wast e , l as which was for an assault on a female r at 50t 4 1. i• thi s , M'Minn, the Jury assessed the damage olice ter. Jiei, vottr, Thia THE DEANERY OF YORK. 1) , particulars were given at the time in theP ,,ne h e ti: c‘ l o , e ePt; S- na Se. _ c ite ecee and twenty-five years, it is said, nave r %re theiike a t t t h e a n t t which to n o f a o n c y c occupied dis c , li te et PRESTO N n eq , BOOKSELLING AT . _ an d dVbs e4n t tation b r at , t hawker having advertised the impo h r a 'l carri eu c ° Atti vvhich was De so successful in his operstion, to carries It it ccssa be t .1 4 . 1 1 leodurthE(Ccllaetseiaystiicitanitie°noflicep:4ssl sale of three thousand volurres of c 14 " the reading public," because his largeranticipate to tter I than he Lad aVa exhausted a day sooner of f° ao open marks'-place, tbat he fe itersti 0 ir j it the same time promised tit( ' I 1 for the re soon with a still more s lendid strß a Y trio, b le We dation. —Granville's Spas of Eng' b a d in Hungary, „p 6 The town of Pesch, f relie t distinction o fit several non-nobles, witbou ,ia est a progress for n Dgik r i to city offices ebs°;olc"'l..°P liGrt:fibilreit; for P et tr an ti ; it stone Litt Mi 14rge fan' ANoT4 - 44 t Satu %kiBll and lonth_ we L ti bti i le 10 , is 411. ere wi Advice 'qt., an s : er Y hig .. P 4 part sever ered• corn-I In Au ta kterial As at the 'treat at At H e nrerin E derable * Ls not