The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-01 00:00:00

MORNING ED ITION 13, Great Marlborough. street. MR.PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK, " DE CLIFFORD ; or, the CONSTANT MAN." IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 11Iarlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING. MAY L Will be repeated the New C ASSURomedy, ANCEin Five Acts, entitled LONDON . Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley Grace arkaway, Madame Vestris • Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. numbs-. tier Which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. beauty, Madams Vestris : The B east, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. Doors to t s opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 35. 6d.; First and Second Circles, 51. ; Second Price, 29. 6d. ; Pit, 39.; Second Price, 25.; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private BOItA to be had so!ely of Mr. Andre ors, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Astcuwling Novelty. The greatest attraction ever presented to the Public, supported by the most powerful Company in the Metropolis. :THIS EVENING, MAY I, Will be acted a New Grand Historical Drama, entitled WARLSHA ; OR, THE SAXON SLAVE. The Characters will include the whole of the splendid Com pany of this Establishment, magnificent Scenery, Costume, arra Appointments, In addition to which a greater assemblage of Females than were ever engaged on the English Stage will form the Army of Amazons. After which, a Comedietta, called THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER. In which Mr. J. S. Balls will perform the principal Character. To conclude with EL HYDER. Ben Tareb, Mr. 0. Smith. Unequalled Splendour and Effects. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ROME ! NOVEL AND EXTR WRDINARY EXHI BITION. On MONDAY, MAY 3, will be opened, for the first time, a new COLOSSAL and PICTORIAL MODEL, of AN CIENT and MODERN ROME! exemplifying on a scale o . enormous magnitude never before attempted , the former glories and present aspect of the once-proud" Mistress of the World ;" and comprising among its mo.t striking features the ancient Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo ; the Vatican and Pontifical Palace ; the Toridinona Theatie ; Ospitale di Spirito, and the vast and marvellous Basilica of St. Peter's: This magnificent re presentation has been entirely constructed from the designs, and under the superintendence of Mr. Deson, assisted Ly numerous eminent artists. The delineatilt is so accurate, and the proportions so stupendous, as to offer a perfect realisa tion of those wonders of architecture which still render the " eternal city " the most interesting spot on the face of the globe. It will be exhibited Daily from Ten till Dusk, together with the splendid ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, which inc udes several recently-acquired rarities, and specimens of unequalled size and beauty. Admission, One Shilling.—Feeding hour, Five o'Clock. "THE CHINA SUN," WHICH WAS REPUBLISHED LATELY, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. rm4l RAILWAY SUN WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A FEW DAYS. HlGti w ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS ,:AY. munites afar 10 i Evening ...... 5 minutes after 11 4 t A , tf4g . O VI "1 4 4, '' e ' . t,14 ' ' NV: ‘'i :. _--'l'C 4' ? -7 , :t )'''',,. ..,_" 'l 'll it k - .=, ''' .-- - • -' - - ,'' 4 ", ' ' .- '. ii 0 2, .. , ...i..'E r m . ''' ' J' , -;•'. - 4"-- • - . , m , - •' , '114,... ',.: 'I. ght LONDON: SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1841. The announcement made last night by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that he would, on the first Order Day after Whit-Monday, move for a Committee to take into consideration the Acts relative to the trade in Corn, took the House of Commons apparently by surprise, and will be hailed with delight by the country. It was one of the prin cipal features in the discussion which ensued on the Budget, and the taunts which were thrown out against Lord MELBOURNE, against the Government, for seeking some covert objects, and against Lord J. RUSSELL for not at once ex ..plaining his whole plan, makes it plain that for the Government to take up the Corn-law as a Cabinet question annoyed the Tories more than it astonished them. They know they cannot maintain their monopoly when the Government declares against it, and they are deeply wounded by the proposition being made. In the course of the evening Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in order to gratify the impatience of the landed r-entlemen for information, announced that the intention of Government is to propose a moderate fixed duty. We will at once say that such a duty does not meet the views of the League, nor correspond to the justice of the case. Our opinion is that it would be far better for the agriculturists themselves at once to sweep away all the protecting and fiscal laws on provisions of all kinds, and that by so doing the State would obtain a greater revenue, by all the taxes yielding more, than it will gain by any tax on bread. W e remain, therefore, firm friends to the total and immediate abolition, but we, nevertheless, give her Majesty's Ministers great credit for undertaking to deal with the question on the only basis probably on which they can hope for success. We argue for justice; they must consider what they can accomplish. This announcement by Lord John RUSSELL was a happy prelude to the Budget of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, which was brought forward immediately. afterwards. Its contents may be told in few words. The revenue is below the expenditure more than 2,000,0001., and must be increased. We should like that an attempt were made to curtail the expenditure. Warned apparently by the failure of the increase of taxes last year, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER essays this year to add to the revenue by an alteration of taxation. The Minis ters propose to undertake the revision of our commercial system ; they are to begin a trade re form ; and they look for an increase of revenue by raising the duty on colonial timber 10s. the load, and lowering the duty on foreign timber 15s. the load ; by lowering the duty on foreign sugar from 635. the cwt. to 365. the cwt., and by substituting a moderate fixed duty on corn for the present fluctuating scale of duties. The statements as to the amount of the revenue, though calculated to excite unpleasant feelings, were in a great measure lost sight of through - the discussion, which occupied the House all the evening, by the intense interest felt in the pro posed alterations. Last year an addition to the taxes did not add to the revenue, this year it is proposed to try the effect of a diminution of the taxes, and we trnst that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will not be disappointed. We cannot now offer a summary of the de bate, or make many comments on it. We can only say that we regard it as by far the most important, as well as the most interesting dis cussion which has taken place during the Session. Now, indeed, the real business of the nation is beginning. The sham business, the, fights of faction, must come to an end, the revenue must be provided, and its sources begin to dry up. Accordingly, amongst the many statements that were made to the House, none seemed to have a more quieting and impressive effect than the assertions of Mr. M. PHILLIPS, that he had never known our manufactures so dispirited as at present, and that they were talking of shutting their doors and retiring from business; and the assurances of Mr. LABOU cHERE that the merchants and manufacturers were deeply, quietly, but most intensely in earnest. The Right lion. Gentlemen said in substance, the House would deceive themselves if they thought that the demands for an alteration in our fiscal regulations were the results of the inquiries of the Import Duties C omm i ttee, or o f any temporary excitement by orators; they were the result of deep and calm conviction, the fruit of many painful facts. Such statements, proceed - frora authority, will be as un h arme d b y the quibbles of GOULBURN, the taunts of Sir R. PEEL, the interested questions of Mr. AFRICA. BONA.—The mail from Constantine arrived on the Bth, with news which has producedan extraordinary sensation here. The following are the particulars which we have learnt : On the morning of the 2d of April, General Negrier had caused eight Arabs to be beheaded who had been condemned to death for assassinating some French soldiers. Great terror prevailed in the city. The Arabs were condemned and exe cuted, as our letters inform us, within 24 hours. But the most extraordinary fact is without contradiction, the condemnation of the famous Ben-Aissa, Knight of the Legion of Honour, to 20 years' hard labour, having been accused and convicted of coining base money. This important chief is namedthe "Ser pent of the Desert , " and whose son was sent to Paris soon after the taking of Constantine, has been degraded and sent to Toulon, were he is to undergo his punishment. His beard has been shaved, a punishment a hundred times more painful to an Arab than 20 years' imprisonment and hard labour. The operation took place in presence of an immense crowd, and in this state the prisoner was conducted through the city. It was reported at Toulon, on the 23d, that the Etna, which brought this news, had Ben Aissa on board. Our Correspon dent cannot answer for the fact, not having had time to inquire into its truth. We have letters from Algiers of the 20th instant. General Bugeaud had made every arrangement that (except bad weather ) nothing might delay the departure of the expedition, fixed at first for the 21st, then put off to the 22d, and which may be yet further delayed if the rain should not cease. It was ge nerally believed at Algiers, on the ground of news from the interior, that the revictualling of Milianah would give occa sion to some important action between our troops and the Arabs. It is said that the Emir is collecting a consit , crable force at that point.—Le Commerce. 130 U K6II:•—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy Price French 5 per Cents ll3 65 113 15 113 40 113 40 4 per Cents 99 e 5 .. 99 2S ... tlll 25 99 25 3 per Lents 79 10 ."h 10 ... 79 05 79 Oa Bank of rrance 3190 ..3190 ...3185 —3185 Lattitte &us. I dout. Stares- 11.1b5 „JOS° 5,0001. Shares 5157 50 ...5157 5 , 1 ...5157 50 ...5157 50 Helper, !Sank 1841 ... Belgian 5 per Cents. New Loan 1 1 ,1% ... 1 1% ... 10s RI% Spanish Active 1.4% ... 24 1 % j ... ... qc; Passive 553g ••• 5 % 5 5 4 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. German. Versailles,R. B 267 50 ... 367 50 ... t 67 50 ... 367 50 L. 11..- ..... Rouen ........ .. ....... ............. 457 50 ... 4:4 5 , :... 4:.7 5n ... 457 50 Orleans 1 .... 45 ,, 75 ... 488 '75 ... 468 75 ... 468 '7.i Strasburg to Bale BELGIAN 1, UNDB-13at.roxi.i, APRIL 2i. Actual Debt, 2S per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant 10.)34 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 - 3 per Cent. — __ .. 70% __-------(1 40) lO% Loan of City, 1632, 4 per Cent Bl% Society at Commarce, 41.4 per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .. 70% National Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, April 28. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viallia, Agalt 20. Flyeper Cents. Metalliques - 167% Four per Cents. Us% Three per Cents. ........ .. ... : .............. ................ 77% Bank Shares 1657 ..-411gemeine Zeitung. April2s HAMBURG BOBSENHALLE, Ara Bills. l Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Anglo-Russian Loan 10,14 RA% Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Selias 162 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series rii, 9T Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1540) Bi % 1-,7% Dutch Actual Debt, 2s pe, Cent 51% 51% Ditto 5 per Cent Polish Bondi New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen " NAwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 16% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 27.-13 63i.—Two months, 13 5 STOCKHOLM, Apart. ,o.—Seventy-five days. 11. 47. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 16. --Two months, 38 pence. VIENNA, APRIL 17.—Three months. 9. 45. Thirty-avven. The Madrid Papers received are of the 21st inst., but they contain no news of the least mo ment. Those who were for the sole Regency of ESPARTERO were spreading the most absurd rumours of the arrival of CABRERA in Spain. On the Bourse the Fives were at 26 for cash and 261 at 60 days. The " Commercial" Marine Assurance Coin- ' pany have issued a prospectus, stating their plans for rendering the marine policy of the British em pire more efficient, and placing it, also, on a more humane footing. It will be seen from this, that on taking insurances they admit bona fide the seaworthiness of the ship, which, therefore, un der no subsequent contigency will become the subject of litigation ; that disputed claims, in or der to save both parties needless law expenses, ma y be decided by arbitration ; and when ships insured by this Company render aid to vessels in distress, this act of humanity will not be con sidered a deviation. It appears to us that mu tual aid of this kind, as is the practice of In surance Companies against fire, would be a vast improvement on the present system. This regu lation is contained in the last clause, which ap pears opportunely at the present moment, when the public are so warmly interested in the fate of the - Pr e sident steamer. . The .Coinpany , have GLADSTONE, and, we are sorry to say, the uncalled. for and misplaced personalities of Mr. WAKLEY, as a rock is unharmed by peas blown against it by an urchin. The manufacturers will not sub mit to be extinguished, and the people cannot silently be starved; they have screeched, and their screechings, echoed by the Board of Trade, have made a profound impression on Parliament. Party tactics must be laid aside on such questions, and enough was said and enough exhibited to make us believe that all but the most inveterate parti zans and the most besotted landlords will feel themselves obliged to discuss the great question last night mooted, chiefly with a view to the public good. For the manly statements of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Lord JOHN RUS SELL, and the earnest appeals of Mr. LABOUCHERE, all the partizans of free trade will feel much in debted ; but they will be still more pleased, pro bably, by the judicious, bold, and excellent speech of Lord HowicK. The speeches of other Hon. Members we are constrained to pass by ; but we cannot conclude without express ing our gratification at finding that the bold policy we advocated in The Sun oh Tues day corresponds to the intentions of Minis ters. They have given up the Irish Registra tion, and have taken up these great commercial questions. We cannot say that they are about to do all which we wish, but so far as they go they have our hearty commendation and support: There was no intention apparently on any side of the House to immediately oppose the mea sures of the Government ; all those who spoke against them declaring that they could not im mediately make up their minds, and postponing e decision till the Bills are brought forward. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have a been received. The Government is disgracing itself by its prosecutions of the Press. As th. , September laws allow Ministers to prosecute journalists without the inconvenient formality of an appeal to the honesty of aJury,convictions arc no longer doubtful. On Tuesday the responsible Editor of the National was tried for publishing letters recommending a subscription to defray the fine.of 10,000 francs levied on that paper by the Chamber of. Peers, and for this very harm less proceeding the Court of Correctional Police sentenced him to pay another fine of 500 francs and suffer a month's imprisonment! The Gazette de France is also to be tried without a Jury on the absurd charge of publishing an incorrect re port of the trial of La France, which was ac_ quitted by a Jury ! These prosecutions are So frivolous and vexatious that no person can mis take the object of them. We lament that a Govern ment, of which M. GUIZOT is a Member, should have recourse to such pitiful shifts for the pur pose of stifling public opinion. T!►e September laws are a disgrace to France, and their invoca tion a disgrace to any Ministry, much more to the Liberal Cabinet to whose sober good sense , Europe is indebted for the tranquillity which it now enjows. The following news from French Africa is the most important in the French Journals : THE FRENCH BUDGET.—The Commission of the Budget cf 1842 has unanimously declared itself against keeping up the additional regiments that M. Thiers organised; still many members of the Commission did not think that Ministers ought to be forced to dissolve these regiments by a vote of the Cham ber, but that the Ministry should be left to itself to carry into effect, at the proper per.od, the unanimous wish of the Com mission. 3he Commission proposes a reduction of thirty-seven mil lions of francs on the war estimate of 1842; the cavalry to be reduced from 54,000 to 48,000. Three millions and a half of expenditure for engineering and fortifications —the greater part in Algeria—is struck out by the Commission. Four maims are struck off the general services of the Ministries. The re ductions proposed by the Commission on the Government esti mates amount to forty-one millions of francs. The expenditure of 1842 would thus be fixed at 1,275,453,340 francs. lhe re venue is estimated at 1,160.516,942 francs. The deficit on the three years is 929,000,000 francs, to be met in part by the loans, in part by other resources. Count De V illele left Paris for Toulouse on Tuesday morning. Rear-Admiral NI assieu De Clerval, who succeeds Al. Dupotet in the command of the French naval station on the coast of the Brazils, had hoisted his flag in the frigate Gloire, at Brest. The Chamber of Peers adopted on Wednesday the Customs Tariff Bill, without any modification, by a majority of 97 against 3 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1841 resolved to set at rest the d aibts that have so t THE BISHOPS ADMIRERS OF long ex isted as to what constitutes a strand, and PAPACY. also to equalise their risks on e ach shi p , which The admiration of the English cle r gy for the they trust will be a guarantee of their prudence, practices of the Papal priesthood was well ex and an assurance to the public of security. In emplified at what the Tory journals call a nume order to make the best use of their capital, they rous meetinc , to raise a fund for sending out have been careful to avoid large and expensive bishops to the colonies. We have more than establishments, which have often formed one of once informed our readers that our priesthood the greatest difficulties that new Companies had measure the morality of mankind by the defer to contend with. We refer those interested to ence which is paid to their order; and that they the prospectus, in our advertising columns, in especially complain of the age , because the order that they may judge for the mselves. POPISH HOLIDAY s.—We are glad to see from priesthood are not now as powe rful as were the what occurred in the House of Commons last priesthood of the Church of Rome, when the evening, that Lord John Russell begins to see bishops of that See deposed Kings, and made the mischief which he has done his party by suc- — m cumbing to the aristocracy and the Bisho p s. He Emperors act as their grooms. We have in- formed our readers that the g reat object of is now determined to attack the Corn-laws and Popish observances at the same time, and in the priesthood is to get back as much proof of his sincerity gave notice that he would of the power which the Papal priesthood post upon the House to discuss the oppressive re- sessed as they can. Half their animosity against strictions on the Corn trade on Whit -Monday. the Papacy grows from the influence which the This may have been done inadvertently, but at all events it proves that his Lordship cares little Papal priesthood preserve in Ireland in spite 0) for these foolish devices of the Church for de- political persecution; and they can find no better ceiving the multitude. model to shape their conduct by, in order to get power, than that of the Papal priesthood. Thus the Bishop of London, at the above meeting, could find no better argument for multiplying bishops than the fact that the Papists had a great many. It was not said that bishops could pro mote holy living, but ,they could make a show, and rival the Romanists. His words, as reported in the Tory journals, were these : He Would refer now to the backward conduct of their ewn Church when compared with that of the Church of Rome. In those places where their Churchmen held the office of the episcopacy, the Romanists had ever taken care that no such want should exist on her part. Wherever a settlement was made, there did she send an episcopal authority. When their own Church had tep bi-hops the Roman Catholic Church had no less than twenty - th ree ; and, indeed, he be lieved he might add to that number ; for within the last five weeks she had established a bishop at Gibraltar, and she had sent out a bishop to New Zealand, with 13 or 14 priests under him. That this example might induce greater exer tions on their part, he sincerely trusted.—( Hear, hear.) These were facts for the existence of which they might take shame to themselves ; but which, however much they might regret their existence, they could not refute. In much the same strain did the Primate hold forth :—.- One of the causes why our holy religion had not prospered so much as might have been expected, was unquestionably that these things were too little thought of.--(Hear, hear. ) This country did not follow the example set by France, who sent out bishops and efficient staffs; but we were content to send to the colonies a few clergymen only. 'lbis tended in evitably to the decline of religion in the colonies. The mis take was, however, discovered after the settlement of peace with America. That country was lost to us, and our statesmen of that time showed their conviction that one of the causes of that loss was the want of episcopal superintendence, by estab lishing bishoprics in Canada.—(Hear, hear.) What a misfortune that the habitaits, so obe dient, so very docile, such nursery fathers of the Church, were not under Anglican instead of Popish bishops. If we had sent bishops to Canada, like the French, and established. there an Anglican Episcopacy, Canada would have been a paradise, and it has been converted into something very different, because the Govern ment neglected to send out bishops. We thought that clergy reserves, and quarrels be tween Episcopalians and Dissenters, had been rife enough without adding thereto Episcopal ire and Episcopal avarice. The Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury are far from being the most perfect of bishops. They are not Puseyites, but rather profess Evangelism, and yet they both admire the Papal priesthood, and hold their conduct up to imitation. We are not much surprised at it, when we learn from the same Prelates that Episcopacy and the Church, Episcopacy and mo rality, and of course Episcopacy and Socialism, are all one and .the same thing. The Bishop of London said— He had always maintained that an Episcopal Church with out a bishop was neither more nor less than a body without a head, and the Church was said to be an Episcopal Church its head had ceased to exist. Ecelesia est in Episcopo. when And the Primate said— We should assert our claim to be called a Church, by the establishment of bishoprics in the Mediterranean.—(Hear, hear.) This, he conceived, would tend greatly to the benefit of the Church universal. Bonaparte's phrase was, L'etat c'est awl. The Bishop's and Archbishop's phrase is—The Church, it is a bishop—morality, it is a bishop—salvation, it is a bishop. Bishop first, bishop last—bishop greatest, bishop witholit .. endthere is nothing like bishop. We now understand. the source of the wickedness of the Irish, and the great crimi nality of the Whigs. (They, the sacrilegious men, cut off ten bishoprics in Ireland, and ever since the Irish have been running a downward race to perdition. There must be no small share of brass, however, in the composition of these men, when they could vaunt of the utility of bishops, when the case of Ireland is fresh in the public recollection. What is in a man's mind is sometimes made apparent by his eagerness to disavow and deny it. On this principle it is worth while to notice that the Archbishop of Canterbury said—" Nor was it meant in sending Bishops to the colonies to make war with Dissenters (applause), but to put our Church upon a proper footing." That means, however, that the bishops are somehow or other intended to strengthen the Church in the colonies against the Dissenters. The splen dour of a bishop, and still more of an arch bishop, will be sure to put out Dissent. It will be overshadowed by the magnificence of Epis copacy, and will pine away to death. The bishops who have done so much to extinguish Dissent in England, are not to make war on it u the colonies. They are only expected to put MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Funds to-day were soon buoyed up to the former mark. A solitary bargain was effected in Consols early in the dsy at 894 for Money, and 90 for Account, but. the former closed at 903, and the latter at 901. 'the premium on the unfunded debt keeps up well under existing circumstances, being 12s. t o 14s, and upon East India Bonds it has heea again 4s. to 2s. The most heavy Stock in the market at present is that of the Bank of England, which receded again to-day, being at 169 to 168, and East India Stock was also lower, the price being 2551 to 254. the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were marked 981 to 984, the Reduced Three-and-a• Half per Cents. 971 to 971; and the Three per Cent. Annuities 884 to 89k. The speculators in the Foreign Market have been very inert to-day, and prices generally have been heavy. This state of things will continue no doubt until it is seen whether a new loan will be required. The Active Spanish Bonds were dull at 234 to 231, the New Portuguese at 34 to I, Mexican at 294, and Colombian (Venezuela) at 281 to 4. Austrian Bonds were firm at 1103, and the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52i. A good amount of business was transacted in the Railway Shares to-lay, and the previous quotati , ns were fully cur ported. Great Western Railway Shares were 311 to 301, the New 151 to 2., the Fifths at 8, the Birmingham at 72, the New at 231, the York and North Midland at 331, and the S o uth-Western at 193 premium. Brighton were 11, Green wich (New) 2i, North Midland 231, South-Eastern 141, and Eastern Counties 14 discount. Union Bank of Australia Shares were at 91 premium. This afternoon the Foreign Exchanges were without altera tion. On Paris the rate was 251. 60c. to 623fe, Hamburgh 13 91, on Amsterdam 12 3/, on Antwerp 12 31 to 1, on Frankfort 1493, and on Trieste 10. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, APRIL 29.—The sales to day are 2,500 bales. No alteration whatever to notice in prices. Nothing done in expoi tor speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Aran. 29.—The following are the transactions: — Edinburg h and Glas g ow, 374 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock , 27 4 ; Grand Junction, 2094 Great Western, New Shares, 64% ; London and South Western Si. Shares, 24 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 254; North Midland, 79 ; South Western and Dover, 184. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 29.—The state of the Share market does not improve :—London and South Western, 584; Ditto, Tenths, 445. ; Great Western, 95; Half Ditto, 644 ; Manchester and Salford Bank, 10; Union Bank, 8. The Lyra packet has arrived from the West Indies, with mails, and a treight of 6001. Sailed from St. Thomas, on the 24th cf March, Hayti, the 29th March, with Jamaica papers to the 24th of March. Extracts will be found in another part of the paper. The Hamburgh mail of the 27th April has arrived, with pa pers of the same date, bringing the exchange upon London 13 5 ; Gold, 429 ; Metalliques, 107%; Bank Shares, 1,665. BOURSE OF A3ISTERDAM, APRIL 27.-7 he national funds have a tendency to a decline without any apparent cause. Ar doin's is equally lower in price ; Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52 ; Five per Cents., 99 7-16 ; Ardoin's, 204. All attention at present is turned towards the forthcoming Budget this evening ; in the interim the British Funds con tinue inactive. Consols opened at 904 for the Account; Money, 89/ 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 12 14 prem. ; Bank Stock, 169 171 ; India Stock, 254 255 ; India Bonds, 2 4 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices are much the same as they left off ; Spanish Active, 234 ; Deferred, 124 4 ; Passive, 54 4 ; Portuguese, 344 ; Three per Cents., 204 %; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 22% 23; Mexican, 29% 30 ; Dutch Two and-a - Half p er Cents., 524 8; Five per Cents., 99 1 -4. SHARES.—Great Western, 304 314 prem. ; New, 15% prem. ; London and Brighton, 144 dis. ; Blackwall, 54 dis. ; Birmingham, 70 72 prem. PRICES OF SHARES THIS_D AY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham Ditto New - to London and South Western 384 584... .. to Midland Counties ...................10 0 Ditto 4 Shares York and North Midland... Consols are a shade better than the early part of the morning. 904 for the Account; Money, 904. No business of any consequence has been done up to the present time. Exchequer Bills, 12 14 prem.; Bank Stock, 169, rather lower ; India Stock, 2534, also lower ; India Bonds, 4 2 prem , ditto. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 234 ; Portuguese, 344; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 524; Five per Cents., 99 1 / 2 . In the above Market we have only to notice four quo tations, all of which are lower. In Shares scarcely anything doing, but they are rather better. Great Western, 964; Ditto, New, 654 ; Ditto, Fifth., 124 ; London and Brighton, 461 ; London and Bir mingham, 162; York and North Midland, 1 34 Consols, Account, 904 ; Mexican, 294 ; Portuguese, 34 to 344 ; Spanish, 234 4. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank St ock l6B India Stock 9 :54 3 per Cent Red B9 Ditto Bonds 2 pal 3 per Cent Cons 9oh Ditto Old Annuities ... - 3 per Cent Red 97h Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent 96A Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2-id 14 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ l4 prn Long Annuitiestoexpire Ditto Small l4 pm Jan, 1860 ... 124 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. SHARES. . _ _ . _... Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 75 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) 96 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 6si Ditto Fifth (4 paid) I2A London and Brighton (50 paid) 4:' London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 191 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 162 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 251 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ......... ..... 17 1 London and South Western Ditto Tenths. .. ... 2 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) South East.‘rn and Dover ( 33 pa id ) ... 18 York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 83 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY) Amsterdam C F. i 2 6 ,Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12 6} Genoa Antwerp l2 6 Milan liamburgh M.B. 13 12 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 80 ißio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine... 150 i Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us ... 37 ,Buenos Ayres Berlin... 7 0 'New York, 21days sight 4b, Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M. 10 1 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto lO 3 ,FatcEs of BULLION, rEn oz, Madrid Cadiz - Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9 Bilboa .. 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona . 35 New Dollars... 0 0 10 Seville ... 35 Silver in Bars 0 0 0 it down. At the meeting there was a great sprinkling of gentry, as well as clergy. We are not much surprised at that. A bishopric in the colonies, like a judgeship or a bishopric at home, will be worth the acceptance of a scion of nobility. No Peer thinks of making his son a missionary, but many Peers would like to provide for their sons by making them bishops. The aristocracy, out of Parliament as well as in Parliament, exhibit great readiness to create those places which they are exclusively to fill, and the people are to pay for. 30 35 25 80 CHARTIST SCHOOLS TO MR. WILLIAM LOVETT. DEAR SIR,-If the saying of Dr. Johnson be a correet one, " That he never knew he had struck a hard blow unless there was a rebound," you have no reason to regret the personalities so unjustly heaped upon you by some unthinking and physical. force Chartists; fur their uncourteous conduct has not only excited a closer investigation into your plan for accomplishing the views of the Charter by public opinion, and moral and educational means • but that very investiga tion will, in the minis of rational democrats, discredit the outrage of violent men, and render them and their f r antic behaviouralike objects of commiseration a nd avoidance with the convulsions of exiiir hug inanity. I give my adhesion to the great outline and general princiVe of your plan, because it offers to the working classes the choice whether they will have their families educated by themselves in freedom or by the state in slavery. You seize the present critical time for the working classes to commence your system before any Whig or Tory Government, under any pretext, can dictate a sectarian one, and compel them to educate their chil dren according .to Act of Parliament regulations. I think if you can establish a " 'I rades' Hall" in London, as a preliminary fulcrum whereon to place your lever for the elevation of the working classes to their rightful station in society, all other details might be amicably arranged hereafter, but certain it is, that if the principles of democracy, as set forth in the Charter could be obtained, they never can be permanently secured until the people arc rendered compe tent (by some system analagous to your own) to appreciate their inestimable qualities. With the highest respect for your independent and patriotic character, I am, your's truly, ARTHUR S. WADE, D.D. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, honoured with a visit yesterday the Exhibition of the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square. The Royal Suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lady in waiting, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Maids of Honour in waiting ; Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain ; Earl of Erroll, Lord Steward ; Earl of Albemarle, Master of the House ; Earl of Listowel, Lord in waiting ; Sir Frederick Stavin, Groom in waiting ; Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom to Frince Albert ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry to his Royal Highness. Sir Martin Archer Shea, the President of the Royal Aca demy, received her Majesty and the Royal party on their arrival at the Academy, and conducted the Illustrious visitors through the different Schools. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended by Lady Anne Maria Davison, Lady in waiting; and Colonel Couper, First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's House hold, also visited the exhibition. Her Majesty and the Royal party remained about an hour and a half at the Academy, and then returned to Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yesterday of the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken a drive yesterday in a carriage and four. Her Majesty took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open landau and four, Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in waiting, Attending on horseback. Prince Albert and the Prince of Leiningen, left the Palace on horseback, at the same time, at tended by Colonel Bouverie and Captain Fr anc is Se y mour. Lord Hill had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening included the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, and Baroness Spaeth. The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Lriningen, and attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson and Colonel Cou per, honoured the German Opera with her presence last evening. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Lord Abinger with his company at dinner last evening, at his residence in New-street, Spring Gaidens. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the exhibition of the Royal Academy yesterday. Mr. Pringle arid Major Chetwynd had interviews with the Marquis of IVormanby 3 esterday at the Home-office. The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despatches for the Governor of Cey'on were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Columbine, W.. Norwood, from Rotterdam. arrived off the Custom House at. 9 o'clock a.m. thisday with the Dutch mail; attic a favourable passage of twenty-four flours.' WEST INDIES. We regret to slate that t.,e oex t West India packet, the Lyra, Lieutenant Morgan acting commander, has arrived at Falmouth, with the following sailing dates, but brings no intel ligence from thence of any kimt in relation to the President steam-ship. The Tyrian packet, however, may now be hourly expected, as she arrived at St. Thomas's on March 22 ; and should not anything be heard in the meantime of the ill-fated steamer from Bermuda, or elsewhere direct, she may possibly be more likely to be heard of by this following packet than by any other means. The Lyra reports that some vessels had pat into the islands in distress, dismasted in the Gulf Stream. She sailed from Barbadoes March 8, St. Lucie and :Marti nique 9th, Dominique and Guadeloupe 10th, Anti g ua and Montserrat 11th, Nevis and St. Kitt's 12th, Tortola 13th, and St. Thomas's 24th, having been detained for the arrival of the Venezuela, hired steam-packet, from the Lee ward, and for the Heck from the Windward, with return mails ; left Port au Prince March 2.5 th, and Cape Henri 29th tier advices from Jamaica are only to the 22d. Passengers — Messrs. H. Anderson, Joseph Morgan, and Browne, R.N. ; ,on freight, about 6001. in gold. A correspondent gives us the following scrip :—" At Martinique, the French frigate Astrea and two brigs of war are at anchor ; at Guadeloupe, a French brig of war. The French Admiral has visited the islands, and the greatest anxiety prevails respecting a war with Eng land." We are informed that fever had been prevalent at St. Thomas's, and several deaths had taken place. At many of the islands the want of water was seriously felt, and f. om the dryness of the season the crops were not looking well. The tlingdove anchored at St. Thomas's on March 21, but on hearing of a suspicious-looking vessel having been seen of ,he island, left the same day in chase. It will afford some ,atisfaction to learn that from the attention paid to the health of the crew of this vessel, only one death has taken place on board from the period of her leaving England, a space of four years. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at St. Thomas's on 24th March, which had created much alarm, but happily no other ill consequence was known to have happened therefrom. The Maltese immigrants, who had been landed at Grenada, end were in a sad state there, are on their way back, via. New York. '1 he Jamaica Colonial Legislative Assembly had been pro rogued from March 9th to April 13th, by proclamation. The immigrants arrived by the Robert Kerr, from Limerick, had been nearly all engaged. Active measures were being taken to promote the erection of a light-house on Morant Point, on the plan of Mr. Gordon, of London. Her Majesty had been pleased to disapprove the finding and sentence of the Court martial on Lieut. Findlay, by which he was ordered to be dis missed from her Majesty's service. Our Correspondent from Montego Bay writes :—" The only news of this week is comprised in the pleasing fact, that the late severe cause of dry weather has at last ceased, and 'he neighbourhood of the town has at last been refreshed with delightful showers for the last two days. This can have but little effect upon the present crop, which, I much feat, will prove in the aggregate even less than the last, but must operate beneficially on the young plants and general prospects of the next. This parish has suffered much from drought ; also has Westmoreland ; but in Hanover their hopes of the present crop are more gratifying." From the northern part we learn that the weather conthities on this side of the country unpropitious. The properties in Liguanea are literally burnt up. Very little water in any of the ponds ; the stock, in consequence, suffering, and the prospect of next year's crop very far from being cheerful or encouraging. The Jamaica Despatch of March 22, says :—" Thank God! the ' Windows of Heaven' are again opened, and the rains have descended to nurture the parched earth ! " On Friday night, and on Saturday, this city and its neigh bourhood were favoured with deliciously refreshing showers. We hope our friends in St. Elizabeth and the other parishes have been similarly blessed. In St. Elizabeth the sufferings of the poorer classes have been dreadful. The rich, too, have suffered. A proprietor, in the Santa Cruz mountains, writing to his friend, last post, says:—' I am obliged to lock up my pumps, and give out two or three pailsful of water a-day. We are on short allowance, and I may manage to hold out for a week or ten days lenger. If we have not rain by that time, God knows what we shall do !' By this time, we hope short allowance' is no longer necessary, and that man, the beast of the earth, and the bird of the air, have alike cause for gratitude to an all-wise Provi dence for his beneficence !" FIRE AT BLENHEIM ESTATE, ITANOVER.—We are in debted to an esteemed Correspondent for the following infor mation : " On Monday night last, at twelve o'clock an alarm of fire was given at the works on Blenheim estate, and it was found to proceed from the Stoke hole-shed—in a moment, it pro ceeded to the shingles of the boiling-house ; within a short period this large building was completely consumed—the labourers of the estate as well as those of Naughton Tower, together with persons from Lance's Bay, were exceedingly in defatigable in their exertions to extinguish the fire, and suc ceeded in saving the curing-house, which was attached to the boiling-house ; the curing-house had in it at the time forty three hogsheads of sugar. The conduct of the labourers de serves the greatest praise. The cause of this conflagration was purely accidental, fire having been left in the stoke hole, communicated with the shed." The following is from our Correspondent at St. Thomas's:— "A. brig or brigantine arrived at St. Thomas's, on the 21st Jatinary, 1841, under jury-masts, and carrying the Danish flag ; the name on her stern is Active. According to common report. she was found at sea, with no person on board, somewhere near Madeira, about the 6th of December, 1840, by the Danish Ship Johanna Maria, Captain Christmas, from Copenhagen, bound for Madeira, Saint Thomas's, and St. Croix. Captain Christmas p ut a few hands on board of her, and sent her to Saint Thomas's, where she arrived as stated above. The collector of customs and other authorities toot charge of the vessel and cargo ; the latter consisted of dry goods, tin, iron, and other articles, which have been landed and stored, a considerable part of the cargo in a damaged state. It is said that the vessel was from Liverpool, and bound for Lisbon, but no particulars as to her have been published , nor was her artival men tioned in the St. Thomas's papers. The law or practice in St. Thomas's is said to be such that Captain Christmas and his crew will receive half the proceeds of the entire cargo, and of the vessel, in the name of salvage. The legal and other expenses attending the vessel and cargo at St. Thomas's will be heavy, of course, so that the net . proceeds may not amount to a large sun. Captain Christmas no doubt acted as he thought right, but it is to be regretted that he did not send her at once to Madeira, to which place she was bound. Capt. Christmas arrived at St. Thomas's from Madeira on the 3d, and brought in his own ship a quantity of goods that he took from on board the Active. Report says that he landed or sold about 5,000 dollars of the cargo of the Active at Madeira, and that he was fined in 2,500 dollars by the authorities of that island." Trade at Jamaica was very dull, and a general panic pre vailed, owing, it was said, to the state of the Maine, no traffic being done. Exchange 97 for 1001. The three banks are re fusing discount. EASTERN NEW S. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) Our correspondent from Constantinople has sent us news down to the 7th instant. Up to that date nothing of great im portance had occurred. He insists, however, upon the truth of the troubles in Kurdistan reported in his last. The move ment in Mesopotamia must be taken as the first symptom in dicating in what part of the State the next outbreak will take place. Neither the Frankish nor the Turkish papers are allowed to mention a syllable concerning this unforeseen and most unwished for event. It is only known that Zekeriah Pacha has taken the army of occupation in Syria, in forced marches, to quell the disturbance. In the Ottoman Moniteur he is said to be reinstated in his old Pachalic of Diarbekr. The Porte desires to hush the matter quietly. The Russians have perhaps as little to do with this affair as with the troubles in Montenegro and the Morea. Postscript. —This moment we receive other letters of the 7th. The long expected communications from London had arrived on the sth instant, and with them the preliminary protocol respecting the question of the Dardanelles. The same couriers brought Baron Sturmer and Lord Ponsonby new instructions, which threw the latter, it is said, into a sick Led, so that the general notification in favour of Me hemet Ali, recommended to be made by the Ambassadors in common, would not as yet take place. Conciliatory steps were, however, expected from the Porte, and the more so that since the last change of Ministers, every one in the divan and se raglio is more favourably disposed towards the Pacha of Egypt. On the other hand, the dismissal of Redschid Pacha has so frightened the greater number of the Franks in the service of the Porte, that they 'are thinking of resigning. Javer Pacha (Walker) has already sent in I ,2is resignation. A letter from the - Crimea, date,: 3d April, says that no vio lent outbreak has taken place, but the ferment in the minds of the inhabitants continues, and the commicement of serious troubles is constantly apprehended. A Correspondent a t Semlin writes to the iltrgsti,,:rg Ga zette, on the 12th inst.—" Baron de Lieven left Belgrade the day before yesterday. The day before Prince Michar: had addressed a proclamation to his subjects on the political occurrences of the last few years, and parti cularly an amnesty granted by him to several voluntary exiles of distinction. The most important passages of this document are—' Agreeably to an understanding with the Ottoman Porte, I have taken the necessary mea sures for restoring to their country a certain number of Servians who have gone into voluntary exile in consequence of the events of latter years. They shall henceforth enjoy the protection of the laws; and such of them as before their exile held public functions may apply to me for their reinstatement. Let the past be buried in oblivion. But whoever in future shall be detected in secret intrigues or machinations against the State shall be punished with all the rigour of the law." A Correspondent of the Constitutionnet at Corfu writes on the Ist instant, that the session of the lonian Parliament, which had been opened on the Bth ult., had been closed by the dis solution of the Legislative Assembly, as soon as the civil, crimi nal, commercial codes, and the code of the proceedings had been passed. The island of Cephalonia had se.nt a petition, signed by 4,000 persons, to the Bi itish Governnment, ali:kaments, ing for liberty of the press , exte nded suffrage, anual Par and the public discussion of the budget. Sir Howard Douglas is to leave in GREECE. ATIIENR, Arab 10.--The departure of M. Tricoupi for England has given rise here to considerations of a very serious nature. It is well known that Tricoupi's nomination was, in tl - an first instance, made by the King, under pretence of %Nish ing to shrsw his desire to please the British Government is nomination . It is well known that not only after Tricoup ons Edmund , but long previous to its taking. place, Sir Ly lad protested ag ainst his being sent to England •; a nd, above all, it is well known that the King, on discovering Tricoupi's disgraceful abandonment of principle, almost de cided on not sending him to London, when he again sud denly altered his m ind, and Tricoupi was despatched by THREE YEARS IN PERSIA.—The land o f the French strainer to Malta• this last ep aving been taken has now the nightingale an d the rose—the most interesting of al bec T i h m e e r ae•earsyore'vident. Telco*h has undertaken to persuade the countries of the East—Persia —is about to be made the British Gover nment that the Greeks are not fit for a better known to the leaders, we have heard, by the C o nstitution, Coo do i whch he must deny the truth of canny publication of the remi niscences of fin English traveller, word be ever pke prvious to his npostacy ; he must at who, during a long s ta y in various pa,ta of that highly tack the chara cters of Condnuriotti, Isilavrocordato , Sir romantic country, was allowed extriurdinary facilities for Richard Church, and the whole of those forming the C becoming acquainted with the resources of the kingdom, stiiutional party, and endeavour, thus every means in his and the manners and customs of 1113 inhabitants. The foivecoru,ll,teo, obtain the recal i„ of Sir Edmund Lyons. This, work is announced under the title of " Throe Years in P_ suits the Bavarians ; they see that it is their Persia, with Travelling Adventures in Koordistan." The ° only chance of remain in g in Greece, and they feel con author, George Fo wler, Es q ., is well known to every t-a. vineed that Tricoupi, like all renegades, will not dick yeller in the East, and we we assured that his work aff rds at trifles. the most e:.t inairing picture r f Persian I.fo that has tvor Money hag not been spared ; the salary of the Greek been published, besides conveying a vast fund of inform , - Minister, alrearlv greater than those of the Ministers of tion of the highest impnrtarca, both in a politinal and com any of the smaller courts i t Londor, has been greitly lo tion point of view. creased. Money been spared 1 Why, it has positi,ely Mit& FRY. —Her Alnjesty the Queen, some been s quandered on Tricoupi by the King, to increase his time since, sent for Mrs: Fry, and intimated her intention to zeal in hii cause. Thousands of drachmas have been paid patronise the exertion of that lady and her benevolent col him for the lo , s on the sale of his furniture I Thousands leagues in their laudable endeavours to reclaim and restore to for the trav e lling expenses of Madame Tricoupi and small society unfortunate females, who by destitution and w::?it hate fur I Thousands to buy a carriage in London I and thou been driven to the commission of crime, and by penitence in sands for representation money ! Let all London epee- prison given evidence of a sincere desire to return o the pur \ - suits of honesty and industry. The Marqus of Normani,-' P ared to be dazzled . by the Greek Minister's ed signified his readiness to preside at a dinner of the gentlemen ,:n uipage and splendid Nei. who second the efforts of the Ladies' Commit , ee, nominal-jag ^ A ; regards the constitutional cause gererelly, it has house, -hall Asylum; and the sth of May, at the Landon Coffee, ria . I not suffered from Tricoupl'a disaffection. It never is selected for that purpose, upon which occasion a. ". In Y ' than at the I resent moment. Mavrocor larg,e party will assemble of gentlemen of wealth and influence, wan strorg". tied for with the greatest anxiety; alit!, without di6tinetion of party, sect, or denomination.. daws arrival is t0t,...,_ • . . MORNING EM if he is firm, I have not a float but that the Bavarian Ca- person ; and that two other notes at different times were marina may be at once got rid ot. On the contrary, should dropped into her basket, without her notice. The notes \lavroenrdato accent office under the present system , he, were not p roduced, but Mr. Laws stated one to be, " Meet too, must be cast off. me to-night about nine, or half- past nine, between Pen , rice's and the beach." This was on the 18th of July last. Laws stated, that in consequence of this note he had de sired his wife to attend to the appointment, and that be ac companied her at a distance of about 20 or 30 yards; that he saw Mr. Waters approach his wife and converse with her three or four minutes, but was not sufficiently near to hear what was said. Mrs. Laws, on being examined, stated that she bad never known Mr. Waters till the evening of the 18th of July, when she met him accompanied by her husband, who did not leave her more than an arm's length, and could hear all that was said. Mrs. Laws' mother, Mrs Bedard, contradicted her, and swore that her daughter had lived in the town nearly all her life, and that the knew Mr. Waters well as the minister of St. Gecrge's. Mr. Palmer frequently urged his objection to the ad mission of hearsay evidence, which was gone into and fiefs use made of private communications. A number of letters written to and by the Bishop were produced and read. Af,er the most extraordinary examinations of these wit nesses, whose evidence was exceedingly conflicting, Mrs. Tuthill, a woman living in the same row with complainant, was examined, and proved nothing. Mr. G. Bateman deposed to having applied to Laws respecting the notes alleged to having beer. dropped into Mr. Laws' basket, , without the authority or knowledge of any party, and Mr. E. 11. L. Preston stated that he bad been requested by a relative of Laws to interfere, to acquit Mrs. Laws of any improper conduct. The Court adjourned ebout four o'clock for one hour, during which time the Commis , iiners were in consulta tion. On re-admission to the Court the Chairman ad dressed the public as follows :—" As one of the Commis sioners appointed, I read the report which they make of the proceedings of to-::ay : " Although the Commissioners arc unanimously of opi nion that the conduct of the Rev. Mark Water , in the transactions which have been the subject of inquiry before us, has been highly objection:lle, yet they do not think that the evidence is sufficient to warrant them on the terms of the Commission in pronouncing that there is:primafacia ground for instituting further proceedings." The elect:ion was teceived with applause.—Norwich Mercury. FINANCIAL STATE OF MEXICO. MEXICO, FEB. 24.—1 bare been wandering for some years past amongst these new States of America, and am now in what is called the Republic of Mexico. I have no motive for decrying the people of the country; on the contrary, I have received the greatest kindness and civility from all those with whom I have become acquainted. Ge nerally speaking, the Mexicans arc worthy of a better lot than teey are at this moment doomed to suffer from their ignorant and incapacitated rulers, but they arc not possessed of daring or perseverance to face their oppressors ; all their revolutions are beaded and conducted by three or four corrupt military leaders, who, for the sake of gain in plunder or promotion, are at all times ready to sacri nce the well-being of the community to their own views. My chief object in occupying myself in this communi cation is, to warn my fellow-countrymen against the cunning of the present Rulers of Mexico, in order that they may not fall unconsciously into t he snare that is laid for them. Mexico possesses more ac tual wealth, and means of meeting the demands upon her,. than any other of the 6-decant Spanish colonies ; but these means arc neither honestly collected nor applied ; this applies especially as regards the English creditor. I have reed with surprise in an English newspaper. as eu logy on the conduct of our Minister of Finance, Don X. Echevaria, for the answer he gave to our worthy repre sentative, Mr. Pakenham's note of the 15th of Septem ber last, relative to the British claims, both of which ,re published in The Sun newspaper of the 21st of December of last year. The attentive observer will at Ince perceive the usual Indian cunning of Don Xavier, who does not answer satisfactorily one single - point ad vanced by Mr. Pekenham as to the justice of the demands made and the treatment received from the Mexican Go vernment. When Don Xavier mentions his own pocket, he omits to give an account of the profits that he is de riving from his office ; his transactions are well understood , n Mexico. These plausible letters are published in the English Papers by the friends and agents, and p rhaps partners, of M. Echevaria, the Messrs. Lizardi with a view only of gain to themselves and associates, but which have been the cause of infinite mischief to poor John Bull. The affairs of the conversion of the Mexican loans got up by M Quintana, the present Consul for Mexico in London, end partner of the said I.,:zar3i, was planned and carried intoeffe.t for the whole and solo object of their own gein. This scheme enabled the I,izardis and Echevaria to by come the principal buyers of Coupons, Lizardts being the agents of the Mexican Government, and Echevaria the Minister if Finance. They have, in feet, realised a great part of the Coupons they bought at five per cent. discount, which •hey bought in London at 50 and 60 per cent. discount. Not satisfied with their rapacious gains, these same persons have now matured a scheme for the further gulling of John Bull, which is that of suspending the issue of Coupons, under the pretence ih it the money will be remitted from them to pay the dividends, when it is well known to every resident here that such an event is impossible, and the more so now that the duties are so enormous that no goods can be im ported. These endeavours on the part of Lizardi and Echevaria, are merely for the purpose of being able to realise the Coupons they have at a greater profit ; they have made up some story about the country holders in England of Mexican Bonds, which is all nonsense ; a Fixed sum is to be paid yeerly, which cannot be paid wine over. If paid is the custom-houses of Mexico it cannot he expected to be paid in cash in London. This affair has been got up in London between Lizardi and Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, at the instigation of Echevaria, the Minister of Finance; but what is most ex traordinary is, that this proposition should have been at once admitted by the Committee of the bondholders. It !s true that the gentlemen who compose this Committee have no interest in the bonds, and are consequently led entirely by the nose by Messrs. Lizardi. These infringe ments in the contract cannot be done unless under the sanction of the Mexican Congress. The motives arc evi dent to all persons on this side the water. The only object of Messrs. Lizardi and Echevaria is that of enhancing the price of the Coupons they hold. The chief of the house of Vinda de Echevaria e Vigos in this city is Don Xavier Echevaria, our present Minister of Finance, who now keeps his place in the Cabinet against the wish of the whole nation. Don Xavier, has manifested in every possible way his hatred to Englishmen, and has even dared to slight the British Minister resident here. " This country, which in itself is a beautiful one, and ought to be a powerful one, is fast on the wane ; t is now on the eve of separating into fractions. Texas on one side, and Yucatan on the other, will glen. funny entice other portions of the country to separate from the centre. The liberal government adopted by both these States will be the means of attracting a con siderable influx of population, which will eventually render them wealthy and powerful nations. " It is a matter of great regret that the greater pact of those who have written on Mexico have done so, as it would appear. with a view of depreciating the character of the people. This is not my motive ;my wish is to pre vent John Bull from being deceived by the cunning of the Mexican rulers, and at the same time to make apparent the incapacity of the generality of their rulers to promote the welfare of the nation ; which incapacity must be the more evident to all, when I say there are not in the world such a tractable people as the Mexicans ; and I firmly believe there are no better soldiers, and who would be invincible were they headed by officers well instructed and equal in bravery, " SAMUEL SAUNDERS." SAINTS AND SINNERS• On the night of the 17th inst. a cock turkey and three hen fowls were stolen from the premises of Mr. William Mayo, farmer, of Redmarley. Information was given to Sergeant Holloway the neat day, and he, witl, praiseworthy alacrity, immediately set about search ing the houses of some suspected parties in the neigh bourhood. He commenced at the lodgings of a g;psy, named EdiNa7d Priddey, where be found tl, e leg and wing of a fowl (cooked), and a little further, under a bed, a quantity of fresh plucked feathers tied up in a cloth, which exactly corresponded with those of the stolen fowls. A further investigation brought to light the entrails of a fowl' concealed in the garden. All this looked very suspicious, and Sergeant Hollo way took Priddey into custody. He then proceeded to the domicile of one Andrew Careless, a bright or nament (as the sequel will prove) of the " Bible Saints," where he found Careless and a number of his brethren engaged in religious worship. The Sergeant told Care less his business, and asked permission to search the house. Careless told him he was very welcome to do so if he would ca'l again when the sermon was over, as he did not like his brethren to be dis- ..- ,urbed. Now all this appeared very well, but the Ser geant was not to be deceived by any such specious hypo crisy, and be pressed for an immediate search, which be with difficulty obtained consent to make, and then it was only on the condition that he would proceed noise lessly, lest the brethren should be disturbed. A. bread trough first came under the inspection of the officer, in which some flesh blood was found. The sight of the blood freshened the scent, and being assured that he was on the trail of the turkey, he hailed the old man with, " Holt)! old chap, [what an irreserent address to a saint how do you account for this ?" " Oh," said he, " it's been there some time." " Nay" , rejoined the sergeant, " touch it with your finger, and I think you'll find it will stain." The old fox did as he was told, and the blood stained his flesh. The sergeant next overhauled an adjoining room, and soon discovered a turkey, plucked and drawn, minus its head, legs, and wings. " What do you say to this, old boy 2" raid the cruel sergeant. " Why," replied the saint, now traesformed into a regular old sinner, " I'm done, I'm done." " Yes," was the reply, and I'm done if I don't soon have the rest of the fowls." The old rogue declared that he was only concerned in the abstrac tion of the turkey ; but the gipsy, seeingthat the game was up, at once confessed that he, a son of Careless, and a navi gator of the name of Williams, had stolen the fowls, and broueht them to the old man's house. He (Priddey) had a fowl for his share, and the feathers, &c., found in his house belonged to it. The active officer then pro ceeded to Williams's house, and took him into custody ; but he has not yet been able to trace young Careless. ThR parties were all taken before the Rev. C. Dunne, at Upton, on Monday ie'nnight, where they made a full confession, and were committed to take their trial at the Sessions, Careless is, we understand, a man of some property. — Worcestershire Chronicle. THE WEATHER.—NOON, APRIL 30. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 68 I Highest 74 I Lowest .. 44 Wind S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. A WARNING VOICE. Example, says the prcverb, is better than precept. Mr. Combo's Travels in America speak volumes on the subject of the religious disputes which now agitate this country. The people of Massachusetts began with the very same system which the Non-Intrusion men are now labouring to establish in this country, and they were compelled g radually to modify, and at last to abandon it, by bitter experience i f the evils it produced. The facts are ex ceedingly curious and instructive, and well merit a fuller In consequence of the continued ill health of de.ail arid more ample commentary than we can afford. Colonel Davies, we understand that the Hon. and Gallant Member will not again offer himself for the representation of At first the clergy of Massachusetts were supported by an assessment on the whole i nhabitants without distinction. this city.— Worcester Jou day her M rnal. ajesty the Queen , They held their offices for life, and were chosen not by his Royal Yost — day Highness Prince Albert, her Roya l Hi g hness the Duchess of those who paid them, but by the communicants only. Under t his arrangement a spiritual d es p otism g rew up. Secure is Kent, his Royal Highness the Duchess the Duke of Cambridg e, her Gl ouces ter, and their respee- tine suites, visited the exhibition of the Royal Academy. their emoluments , the c ler gy set the opinions of the people Royal Highness of at defiance, and drove the honest and independent out of the pale of the Establishme nt. The terms of admission to They were received and c onducted throu g h the rooms by the President, Officers, and Council of that Institution. sealing ordinances were made extremely strict, under pious Accounts from Jamaica are distressing ; a gen pretences, of course ; and by this means, the minister contrived to 'pack the list of communicants, and to tleman who has been 27 y ears residing there, declares that the mercan' ile panic e xistin g at the p eriod of his throw the whole manage ment of the Church and its concerns leaving the island , was of a most alarmin g character; into the hands of a small j unto of his per- s that the Colonial, the Planters' , a nd the Jamaica Banks onal friends, and of feeble-minded individuals, whose conduct he could always ieflaence. He was thus enabled were at a stand-still in their operations; that no epe to exercise great immediate power. and ultimately, culations were geing on—buyers from the coast having in many eases, to appoint his successor ; and thus ci wed to purchase, a dec:ension accounted for as arising from the disturbed state of the central American repub the patronage of the Establishment, while nominally vested in the people, beca me reall y the heritage of the clergy. lics. A great sca rcit y of water and of rain existed in the northern parts if the island, but on the southern side To render the spiritual tyranny more compact, the esprit seasonable showers had considerably benefited the parched de corps and a feeling of common interest bound the whole clerical body more firml y to g ether as dissent increased, crops. We are sorry to hear that the Right Hon. Sir and the Establishment acquired the arrogance, the exclu sive sprit, and all the ot her vices of a close corporation. Robert Wilmot liortoa is at Brussels in a very precarious Such a system could not be permanently reconciled with state of health. Mrs. Tufn ell, Mr. Wilmot Horton, and the popular nature of the American institutions, and Mr. se veral other members of his fami l y , are in constant attend- Combo has describe d the g radual changes it underwent. attend ante upon him. First, though Dissenter s were still compelled to pay A memorial to his Highness Mehemet Ali, tribute to the Church , the State repaid an equal i Pacha of Egypt, is in progress of signature by the leadin sum to the dissenting clergy. By and by this complex prae. bankers and merchants in London connected with the China g , tice was abandoned, and Dissenters were allowed to pay Indian, and Egyptian trade, thanking him for his general kind their assessment directly to their own ministers •; but ness and support of our countrymen, and for his great libera lity.in giving full effect to the overland communication with e v e ry man was held boun d to contribute, accordirg to a India, while his possess ions were threatened with bombard fixed scale, to one p art y or another ; the clergy of the anent. Se'e are glad to see so many of the first commercial firms d om inant sect had still a co m p ulsor y claim upon all who in the city sensible of the Paella's magnanimity and en did not belong to some other communion, and still the lightenment during a most trying period. election of the minister was vetted, not in those who • • We understand, that in acknowledgment of the were taxed for his support, but in the small select body I, eminent public services rendered by Major-General Sir of communicants. This last practice rested on a series of George Arthur, during his administration of the govern legislative acts, which were variously interpreted ; meat of Upper Canada, he is about to be raised to the but the question havirg at last come regularly I dignity of a Baronet. The Gallant Officer's return to before the Court s of Law, it was found that , this country was the inevit able conse q uence of the Act the right of choos in g the minister belonged, not which united the Canadian Provinces, and which, there to the communicants, but to all the parishioners , fore, brought to a close his separate command, both civil who were assessed. Another change, not however con- and military. temporaneous with this, sealed the fate of the Establish- DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—On. Friday last, meet. The obligation on every one to contribute to the support of some i eligious denomination was done away; men as the Subscription Coach, which was filled with passengers b a d intended inside and out, was entering this town, on its journey westward, were left free to attach themselves to any party, or to none— one of the wheels came off, and the coach was udtpseetr. waThrcinse. 7n ea th r at K i e n s t w e Taword, the Voluntary system v, al introduced , in full force. he result has. been most satisfactory. Peace has suc- masseongerasr,khesowEever, o a f ll c es r e e aT k ed unhur h t, with tdeeeeeixerlignroent to 31 ,.. spa . rkes, result and to the fierce spirit of sectaries warfare ; the clergy, state, W P as thrOwn q under the ' 'ceearcrihe'an‘ PsuwstainedPa):,ollllloilud thrown on the affections of their flicks , are mote assiduous fracture of the leg, and severe injuries of the foot and ancle, in the discharge of their duties, less selfish, intriguing, and which rendered a mputation necessary a few hours arrogant , and the influence of religion has been extended Mr. Sparkes, we are happy to hear, is going on favourably. He and strengthened. Scotsman. bad only got on the coach at Lopen head, and 3 i : e.as e :i s t il a i :e a s s p o r f : of ed fe i c: l n es - s going to Torquay.—( We deeply lamenitnitoiki genes has just reached us of the death of , as reared, excepting, NOVEL ECCLESIASTICAL IN- ing from the above accident.]—Sherborne iournai. QUIRY. We have often had to state On Wednesday, a Commission issued by the Bishop dity of sheep, but the following is ofie whi c 'h we think has of Norwich, in pursuance of an Act of the 3d and 4th rarely been su'rpassed:--Alrs. 811, of i lli cit - , of Victoria, relating to Church discipline, was opened has at present in her possessioa a favourite ewe of the fell at the Bear Inn, Soutbtown, before the Rev. Francis breed, which, during the last four c. Cunningham of Lowestoft, the Rev. Edward Thurlow than nine lambs, of Louud, the Rev. Charles Green of Burgh, and the of course, those yeaned this Tu ri n ig e , riarai i h p h a rever, have every Rev, George William Stewart of Caistor, the Corn- the whole of v . ih i b w s h h c _ appearance of doing w ell.-- (- ' , Ihe General Pet Steam Navi missioners therein named, to make inquiry int - ) a QUICK PASSA Gg. ahi Count certain charge preferred by one James Laws, a sail-maker, at ion Company's ster oil h P t Tuesday's ess of Lonsdale, Captain living in Row 99, in Yarmouth, against the Rev. Mark ii• S. Strsnack, tha t rs r 'n iondon mail from Hamburgh, Waters, minister of St. George's Chapel, a Clerk in landed her passeoungfrom' the time he e sterday morning at six, left Hanihurgh. Holy Orders, of baring offended against the laws cede- bein g onl y 47 h GARDEN T Co HEATRICAL FUND siastical, by soliciting the chastity of Ann Laws. Mr. —The a nniversary festival DINNER•of the Covent-garden Waters appeared by his agent, Nathaniel Palmer, sq., Fund was held on Thursday Theatrical at Freemasons' Hall, his our Learned Recorder, attended by Messrs. Tolver, Highness the Dukeof Royal Hig . Cambridge presiding in the chair. Preston, and Tolver, as Solicitors. His Royal in the course of the evening was . oined The case, partly from the novelty of such proceedings, by t h e fflarquis of Normanby, who pleaded public duty chat his as a ell as from the extensive connexion of the party apology• not arriving earlier ; and at the Vice-Fresident's a gainst whom the charge bad been brought, excited very on e w also noticed Sir Richard On s loske C a pt a in F or bes, and considerable interest, and the Court was crowded by gen- 2r two mere patrons of the dramatic art. tlemen of the first rank in the town and neighbourhood. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The anniversary Amongst those present were the Mayor, uearly the who meeting was held yesterday at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, the Right Honourable Bench of . Magistrates, and several clergymen.c Lord Bra}brooke, Vice-President, in the barn, hair. Ai The Court was opened by the Rev. F. Cunning ~ ..r. Appleyard read the Report of the Committee of at the . uditors whi h stated the Chairman, who read the Commission, dated i was 1_• . , c that the total income of the past }ear Palace of Norwich. Bth Apiil inst. was 12,732/. is 3d. of which 5401. 6s was received as sums ;which 1 due from ". ' lis.on, , 7 , • previous years, 5,368/. ss. from annual subscrip- Mr. Palmer applied fur a copy cf the Commi . firms, 400/. for garden rent, and 4,584/. 9s. from admis- was refused him, but he would be allowed to read tits . sinus to the gardens. The e xpenditure of the last year was The Chairman desired all witnesses to leave room, 11,8381. 19s. 6d., of which 10,1371. was on account of the and refused to allow Mr. Waters' Counsel to address th e the r- current year, and 1,2331. 17s. rid. was invested in the funds Court either on the validity of the Com mission,,. 4 ant or The co.:t of animals as 766 1. 93 provisions- 2,136 a. 155.,. of proceeding, or the mode of taking t h e evidence, insisting . and 1,5101. 13s. 3d. for works. Theas " sets were 14,633/ 4 5d . s. ~ on his confintrig himself strictly to tee e ion or cross- independent of the living and preserved collections, which examination of witnesses.were of great value. The liabilities were but 762 t. 17s. 7d., • n the The party at whose instig.no Commission of In- and there were no contracts pending. There was a deficiency he first witness • quirt' had been issued was the first called, and of the previous year of 690/. 10s. 10d., the falling off of the though Mr. Palmer pointed out that by the Act under receipts under the important head of admissions to the gardens which the proceedings were prosecuted such party eats not amounting to 4191. 14s. The museum still remained in an competent to give evidence, the objection was over-ruled, unsettled state, and had lately been valued, by order of the Council, when the worth of the collections was estimated at and Laws was examined. 110,99651. The number of specimens in the menagerie was 894, The evidence given may be stated in a few words, mid of which 352 were mammals, 524 birds, and 8 eerie less and was altegether most extraordinary. The complainant's of these 23 maramll_s and 9 birds had never before been seen wife bteted, that on Saturday, in our market, some indivi- in this country. The number of visitors in the pa,trar was dual, whom she did Dot tee, dropped a note into her basket that snob note was neither signed b . addressed ' ' y nor to any The Reporte were severally adopted. -- _ M