The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDIT lON NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. Under these adverse circumstances, the increase of business could not fail to be retarded ; but the Directors have the satis- Lotion of being able to state, that the operations of the Company have proceeded, during this trying period, wish the greatest steadiness, and that noth . ng has occurred to effect its general prospeiity. On the t otitrary, the events of last year, to which the Directors have adverted, have not beer, altogether unattended with advantages. By timely precaution and careful management of their resSurces, the Directoi's were not only prepared to meat any emergency that might arise, but were also enabled to avail themselves of any new connexions of a desirable nature. Accordingly, upon the stoppage of a private bank at Dcal,and another at Teignmouth,and upon the withdrawal of the Cimmercial Bank of England atiNewport, the Directors o p ene d branches at these places, at each of which a safe and promising business has already been founded. Another important connexion, nrt arising, however, from any circumstances of difficulty, but from the generally in. creasing disposition in favour of Joint Stock Bails, ri•ce ntly presented itself with the highly respectable banking firm of Messrs. fryer, Andrews, and Co. of the county of Dorset, which had been established more than half a cm ury After'flue investigation and consideration the Directors con eluded a satisfactory arrangement, under which that firm has metged in this establightnent, and an important adisition, both in character and amount, has thus been made to the Company's business. ----- Apart from the eligibility of the business of Messrs. Fryer and Co., the junction with them had two recommendations. First, that the field which it embraced had hitherto bnn com paratively unoccupied by Joint-Stock Banks, and, seeancV:• that a link was thus supplied in the chain of connexion'6etween the Company's branches in Devonshire and Hampshire. The Directors embrace this opportunity of placing upon re cord the expression of their warmest thanks fir the eonfilenee and support which, with very few exceptions, the customers of MesSrs. Fryer, Andrews, and Co., Have continued to , their successors. .The Directors now beg to call the attention of the Pro2rietors to the annual statement cf account, prepared in the usual manner. 1840. Jan. 1. Amount of undivided profits at this date •• • Dec. 31. Net profits of 1840, after making al- lon;ance Mad Debt , :, and for a portion of Preliminary Expenses... 31,593 16 9 76,081 16 6 Deduct Dividend of 6 per cent. for 1840 on Company s stock ...... 24,649 16 0 • Leaving of Undivided Profits on De cember 31, 1840 .. .... £53,432 0 6 Whep allowance is made for the increase of divitiend declared at last meeting, the above statement, it will be observed, pre sents an improvement over thy preceding year. Such is the result of the past. and as regards the future, the addit,onal experience which the branch managers have acquired in their several-localities, and the greater perfection wheel the general_ systl:in of management is (tails attaining, justify the expectation that, with a return of more prosperous times, the opt rations of the establishment will be attended with a - still btrger measure.of success. The Directors have only further to inform the Proprietors, that, three of their number go out of office by rotation, viz. : John Page Reade, Esq., John Hinxman, Esq., and Almon Hill, Esq. ; but being eligible to he re-elected, offer themselves ac cordingly; and that a vacancy occasioned by the retire ment of Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton is to be supplied. ROBERT lircintrts, Esq., had great pleasur ein i the report just read be received and adopted. After doing so it would be competent for any proprietor to put any questions he might think necessary. The report rererred to the state of the money market in 1839 and 1840, and he could say, after forty years' experience in that market as clerk and principal, he had never seen any period when so much skill, so much foresight, and so much ea .e was necessary in the management of .the affairs of a Company like theirs. To have carried their business to such a result as was then before them required the most care ful, watching day after day of the fiuctuationsof the foreign-ex changes, of the prospects of the harvest, the fluctuations of the Corn Exchange, the state of the manufacturing districts, and the general prospects of the country. These matters were aggra vated very much by three or four deceitful calms or lulls, and it required no small degree of experience and foresight to decline taking advantage of what appeared to be favour able op.. portunsties of investing money. Those who did so were compelled bitterly to regret having risked their capital.--(Cheers.) He trusted the Directors would go on steadily pursuing the course of policy they had hitherto adopted, ard that they would trot, for the sake of adding one4ta.lf or one per cent. to their profits, rush after business which might not be permanent. The . question was not one of an addition of one-half or one per cent. to their profits, but it was the larger amount of property which was invested in the concern, and which was confided to the discretion of the Directors. When these cornpasies first started he cnnfessed that he looked with great suspicion upon Joint-stock Banks, and he feared th a t t h e i nducement to look well before the 'roprietors and the public wood lead them to run too eagerly af er business, but these fears. had all, itanished.—( Hear, hear.) He now placed entire confidence in the Company—they had stood the test of experience, and that of the two last years particularly should induce the Propri tors to place the fullest confidence and reliance upon the Direc tors, who evinced great forbearance and sound judgment in not launching out • so too large an amount of business. —( Users. ) He had c , pleasure in moving the adoption of the Report. Mr. -Ileowee concurred most fully in the observations that had !alien from the Honourable Proprietor. His curiosity had led him to go over the Reports made by the Directors from time „to time, and compare them with-the . preient Report. He bad great pleasure in staling, for the information of the Proprietors, who had not the same opportunity of making these comparisons, that the result was most satisfactory.—(Cheers.) It therefore with the greatest pleasure that he had heard reference made to these documents, which of themselves showed the principles on which joint- stock banks had been established, and that they were calculated to realize the most san g uine anticipations of those who were i n t ereste d in them . ; He was satisfied that these institutions had conferred greater benefits upon the local districts than any one not acquainted with their operation' could possibly, conceive.—( Hear, kear.) He felt much pleasure in seconding the adoption of the report. • Th e question that the report he adopted, was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously: The CHAIRMAN then moved, that John Page Reade, John H„ nss e, and Almon Hill. Esqrs., the formes Directors sabo went out by rotat ion. be re-elected.: This motion was seconded by Mr. WASHBOURNE, and car. ?led unanimously. The CrraramAts said the next business was to fll up th e vacancy in the directio n, caused b y th e retirement of Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton, from ill health. • GEORGE GOiDON DUFF, Esq., saki the retirement of Lora Douglas Hallyburton from ill-health rendered it necessary that the vacancy should he supplied on the present everyntoec uasio.a;n had greet pleasure in p ro p osin g a gentleman qualitted, from his high standing in the mercantile world and his experience and knowledge of busine-s. The gentleman be alluded to was Archiba'd Paul, Esq., a gentleman con nected With their colonies.—( Hear, hear.) From his high .commercial standing, End his not being connected with many other public companies, he had no doubt that Mr. Paul would be found a most • efficient Director, and that a due portion of his time would be devoted to the interests of the Institution. The Directors *ere fully sa tisfied of the eligibility of Mr. Paul, and it was for the Pro- Prietors to condom the selection if they approved of it. P. Cauntattarses. Esq., seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. HICHENS moved a vote of thanks to the Chairrran and Directors for their' great tention to the interests of the So tuzan The motion was second e d b y Mr. Stewart, and carried imnusly• • The CH I_,Jit'3lA N returned t h anks. Mr. linowNE then moved and Captain Fritters seconded a mote of thanks to the Manager, bfr. Robinson, and the other Offierrs of the Company, for their zeal in promoting its In tort:lts. The motion haring been unanimously artopted, Mr. RostNsoli returned that,ks, and the nvetng, which was attended by a large number of shareholders fr o rn vari ous parts of the country, broke up. ____....... 1 MARRIAGE OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF RUSSIA. Sr. PErnicsauactr, Aram 28.—0 n Wednegdav, the 2tith ultinto, the ceremony of the marriage of his Im perial Highness Cesarewitsch Grand Duke Alexander Nicheloiewitsch, with her Imperial Highness the Gr: nd 'Duchess Maria Alexandrciwna, took place in the great Chapel of the winter Pala-e, in the presence of their Aaj st es, the members of the Imperal lamily, and of the Foreign Prine, s , r: F• ~, now at St. Petersburgh lhe members of the Council of the IVI VA, ir *re, the Ministers, the Senators, the Court, the Foreig n nkrr. -.. assodors, and the Gene ra l Officers and Officers of the ', l 4:''''Arml,and Navy, were nisembled in the Palace, to be present _, e',.. ‘attlealernnic v to ere h• • -*se • ' 1 is Alajesty was p'ea-cd to invite tit.- r -, : . .‘ .„ ~. merchants of the first two clas.es and the toreign .. t•-" , •;."l o lReit• r bltits. A grand r atettaLuie n t full.nved. An Imperial ..,‘ e ... • roit pf . the day ann".nces.nnmerous promoli , ns in the army. . g 1 , 011, *till w 15 44414 '4 1441 4inalect un tha 3t11.13,29thi ald .. TheEfgh , h Annual General Meeting 44 the Directors, and Proptiet r 3 of Cie National Bank of England took place 3 , 3- lerday, at the Company's offices, 112, Bisi.opsgate-street At 12 o'clock precisely the chair was taken by Josue Met ♦lttlt, Esq., and the announcement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, since the Directors had last the plea sure of meeting the Proprietors, they were all aware that the emantry had undergone one of these severe monetary revulsions which he was very sorry to think were now becoming nearly of annual occurrence in that country. It was gratifying to him, however, to be able to assure the Proprietors that the last pressure, as well as the two preceding ones in. 1836 and 1839, appeared only to hive a ten dency of confirming their establishment more and more in the confidence of the public.—( Hear, hear.) Of that they had the most gratifying proofs in the different quarters of the country in which the Company had branches. If the Proprietors would have the goodness to look at the statements made in their previous Reports, and then take them in con nexion with the Report which ha should have the pleasure of reading for them presently, they would see, notwithstanding the adverse circumstances under which the Company had to labour, that the advancement of its busi ness had been steady and progressive.— (Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that as .commercial and financial matters im proved in that country and America, they might look forward to very flourishing and prosperous times. With their Termis sion he should now read the Report. The CHAIRMAN then read the Report of the Directors as follows : The Direotors have now the pleasure, for the eighth time; of submitting to the Proprietors their yearly Report ; and when the eventful times which have recurred since the last general meeting are taken into consideration, they confidently anticipate that it will be viewed as a very satisfactory one, both as regards the statement of account which it contains, and as famishing additional experience of the soundness of the prim-. ciples upon which the establishment is founded. The commencement of last year was marked by some favour able symptoms—by an influx of btillion,an abundance of money, and a slight revival in several branches of trade. But, on the other hand, it was to.be apprehended that the deficient harvests of the preceding years, and the unpropitious weather at •the open ng of 1840, together with the unsettled state of our foreign relations, might lead to ,a return of derangement. After weighing .all circumstances, therefore, the Directors thought it advisable to continue that cautious and restrictive . policy which, as was stated in the last Report, they bad adopted in anticipation of the monetary crisis of 18.39. Subsequent events justified this determination. As the year advanced, political difficult ies increased, the foreign ex changes suddenly became adverse, and the banking. and trading interests were again placed in a state of difficulty. The occurrence of these new embarrass ments, before the country had time to recover from the paralysing effects of 'the pressure which had so re cently passed away, produced, as might have been expected, both in the metropolis and the provinces, very disastrous con sequences, which, however much to be regretted in their im medate operation, have taught a lesson of no small practi cal value, by demonstrating the superior security offered by Joint-;teck Banks. . . NATIO AL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SO CIETY. The Annual Meeting of the above Company was held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday last. At half. past one o'clock the Directors entered the room, and Mr. LAXIE MURRAY, t0446.4he Chair. After the advertiseitent calling the meeting had been read, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, before the Report which the Directors have prepared is laid before you, I beg to make a few observations ; and, first, on the part of the Directors, I have to express their great pleasure in again meeting the Proprietors. The Report itself embodies the sentiments of the Directors on all the topics therein discussed, or upon which they have felt it their duty to bring before your notice. I will, therefore, not detain your longer than to request the Secretary to read it to you, and calling your attention to it. The SECRETARY (Mr. FERGUSON CAMEROUX) then read the following Report : " THE SECOND ANNUAL REP.ORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE " NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY," TO THE PROPRIETORS. MAY 12, 1841. The Directors have to express their gratification, in, meeting for the second time the Proprietors, on the re currence of the Annual General Meeting of the Society. ' Before the year 1843 it will not be the duty of the Directors to place the accounts, calculations, and profit and loss of the Society, before the Proprietors and the public. The deed of settlement provides that this account shall be - rendered at that period. Had it been deemed expedient to have prepared a statement at this early period, since the commencement of the Society, the Directors had the power to have done so in the present year. But inasmuch as it would have involved a decision with regard to bonuses to the policy-holders, which must follow after the first investi gation of the business of the Society, the Directors have deemed it more prudent, notwithstanding their own wishes to expose the successful working of the Society, to await the great er experience, which the period pro vided for by the deed will afford them, in declaring its first bonus, and on which so much of its immediate future success will depend. Since the period of the last meeting, several causes acting on the public mind, have produced impression: unfavourable to the general extension of the principles of life assurance. Notwithstanding this, the progress ol the " National Loan Fund Society," has been steady and uninterrupted. Of these causes, it appears to the Directors that two leading ones have mainly .contributed to increase the inaptitude of the public towards investments in Life Assurance, as provision for a family. The first is, however, but of a temporar . l nature—it refers to the sudden appearance and disap pearance of schemes of Life Assurance Societies, which have either become immediately 'extinct, or merged. after the lapse of some time, into other Com panies. The second is the tendency that has mani fested itself within the last few years towards lower rates of premium than had heretofore been considered prudent. The competition which has existek in this respect has given rise to discussion, and a re-ac tion has been created in favour of rates, that experience had proved to be safe and well-founded. While, unques tionably, the rates of premium, calculated on the Northampton tables of mortality, are found by the experience of the Societies themselves who have adopted them, to be too high for the contingencies of hfe—it must be admitted there should be a limit, be , low which it would not be safe to go, even in adoptim more correct data of mortality than the Northampton tables exhibit. This is a subject that cannot be at - proached with too much gravity, as involving the deeper: considerations. The more it is discussed, and the limit' of premium within which an office can fulfil all its en gagements, fixed satisfactorily to the public mind, the more will it increase the number of those who, by means of Life Assurance, seek to provide for a family. No one is so much interested as the policy-holder himself, that the rates which he pays to an office for his protection, shall be adequate. It was after the maturest reflection, and a lengthened investigation on the subject, not withstanding the tendency which prevailed at the period of the formation of the " National Loan Fund Society," that its present rates of premium were determined upon. The tables of the Society were calculated by its eminent actuary, Mr. Woolhouse, from original data arrived at by an adjustment of the irregu larities of the Carlisle tables, combined with the valu able experience of the " Equitable " and other tables of mortality on which former calculations had been based.. Connected with this subject, the Directors see with great satisfaction at the present moment, the announce ment of a Committee of the House of Commons, the re sult of whose investigations will, it is hoped, be a guide to popular opinion on a subject on which there prevails so great a diversity of feeling ; judging from the diffep ence in the rates of premiums considered safe by different Life Assurance Establishments. There is yet another subject of equal value to tilt• policy holders the careful selection o f li ves . T o th e im portance of this point in the management of the business, the Directors have paid the most watchful attention. So far in this respect the Society has been fortunate. Ou. of the whole numbei - of policies issued by the Societ y only 11 of them have become claims. The total numbei of policies issued by the Society now amounts to 1,611. which gives an increase on the year of 381. The present annual income of the Society - , derived from premiums on existing policies, and its investments, is equal to 22,5001. The claims paid by the Society since its commence ment on eleven policies amount to 5,5991. 195., and the sum received on short and lapsed policies, on which no claims can accrue, amounts to 4,489/. 7s. 7d. The lam r result satifactorily proves an increase in the business of the Society on short risks since the publication of tables marked A and.B in the Prospectus, which are highly favorable to assurers for temporary purposes. The total number of shares disposed of amounts to 19,813, and on which the sum of 44,579/. ss. has been psis' The increasing business of the Society and the ac me. mulation of its funds, besides the burthen to the policy holders of too large a paid-up capital, has induced the Directors, at the pressing instance of several influentia: parties interested in the Society, to consider the pro priety ofrecommending to the Shareholders the conversion of the capital into shares of 201. instead of IW. each, the present nominal amount of each share. This recommen dation, which the Directors now make, has for its object the giving increased value to the stock, inasmuch as thf one-third of the profits on the business of the Society, which belongs to the Proprietors (besides five per cent. on the actual paid up capital), would then. be divided on 62,5001. of stock, instead of 112,5001., the sum originally intended to be called up, while the amount of subscribed capital, and the semis ry to the assured would remain the same. Thus, without any further payment being made on the 20/. shares, in ad dition to that already paid on the 10/. shares (except flat sum of ss. per share, in respect to prelimin kry experea s, provided for in the deed of settlement), the interest co each Proprietor in the profits of the Company will be nearly doubled. The Directors have availed themselves of the occasion of the General Meeting to place this recommendation before the Proprietors for their approbation. At the same time, in the event of that, it will require the signa ture of each Proprietor to a short deed, which the Di rectors have ordered to be prepared for the purpose. The Directors cannot close their Report without ad verting to the difficulties they have met with in extend ing the efficient agency of the Society. A ver) great part of the country yet remains unoccu pied by any of its branches or agencies. The Directors have always felt unwilling to commit the Soci ety into inefficient hands, and have been careful to select . only such individuals as agents who, joined to respecta bility, had the leisure and activy, besides a true appre ciation of the extent to which, with' the requisite perse verance, the principles of the Society could be worked in every district of the country. The Directors are happy to say they can reckon many such individuals amongst the•agents of the Society, and who are now re Ting the fruits of their perseverance ; but there yet exists a great space where similar talents could be employed with great benefit to its interests. The business to be transacted at the present meeting is the election of four Directors in lieu of JOHN ELLIOTSON, M.D., F.R.S. GEORGE LUNGLEY, Esq. CLEMENT TABOR, Esq., and whose eligible p t e o r iboedr re-, JOSEPH nosiesoN, Esq., and ds offerexpired themselves al o C a , n w co l r , o din m , : i re y. e f le o c ffi te c d e , T The election of one Audit or in place of Professor WHEATSTONE, F.R.S , wh ose term o f o ffi ce has expired, an d w h o i s also re - e ligible, and offers him self accordingly. The Directors have to propose JOHN RIDDELL STODART, Esq., for election thetor,Court, and as a Dire ctor, o for the confirm f ation of th e appointment by JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq., and • the election as tn Auditor, of Professor GRAVES, AM. F.R.S., in place of the late lamented Dr. OLINTHUS GREGORY. T. LAMIE MURRAY. Chairman." The Report having been read, The CHAIRMAN said—lf any Proprietor should now wish to address any observations to the meeting, or re quire any explanations from the Directors, I shall b e happy to hear him. The Cstatamals—Since no Proprietor wishes to put any question, it will now be my duty to move that " the' Report now read be adopted by the meeting, printed, and distributed to the Proprietors. Before doing so; 'I would beg to call your attention to some of its state ments. It is not my intention to detain you by any lengthened observations ; the Report speaks for itself. One thing you will find stated in it, and that is, out of the whole number of policies issued —..tiamely, 1,611, only 11 of them have become claims on the Society, to the extent of 5.599/. 195., but there is another point that is not stated in it, but on which I can now afford you information, and that is, the num ber of lives that, according to the calculations of the Society, should have dropped, and the sum the So ciety should have paid if the selection of lives, they have made, had not been better than the average expec tation—that, however, I learn from the Actuary, should have been 23, and the sum that we expected to have been called on to pay, 12,1801. I think I may, therefore, with confidence claim for the Directors the credit of pru dent deliberation on every risk that is accepted, on the part of the Society. Indeed :we have been fre quently blamed for our caution; but when it is considered how deeply interested those are who assure with the So ciety in this respect, I think I am warranted in saying that such circumspection is valuable. The Report refers to the discussion there has been for some time Carried on on t h e su ff i c i ency of rates o f pre um-- Undoubtedly the tendency his been for some y ears past towards tow r a t es , an d it appears as if t h ere Were uadue competition la this reved. WINO Oats THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1841 however, be limits below which nothing could be mote , langerous, nothing could be more mischievons to ex ceed.—(Hear, hear.) This disposition, however, is for tunately stopped, and it would appear as if the public mind had lent itself on the opposite course. At this moment, therefore, I am glad to see the subject is likely t o b e . we ll investigated—l mean tor the satisfaction of the public mind ; for amongst men well acquainted with the subject of life contingen cies, such an investigation by a Com m itt ee o f Par liament: would be to them of little value; but there requires a high authority, such as a Committee of that kind would be. to 4 pronounce on this subject, and whicli would be.a guide to those who are not able for thAuselves to collect ail the elements of the calculation. From the foundation of this Society, the Directors have seen that this subject must, sometime or other, come under the notice of the Legislature ; and, in consequence, before we fixed our tables, we instituted the fullest investigation. The rates of the Society will be found to give the most equal charge for any age of life ; they are not low rates,- nor are they so high as those founded on the Northamp ton Tables Another topic I would briefly allude to—the Directors have always had a strong desire to increase the number of respectable and efficient agents throughout the country, as there are some points connected with this Society which require the most strenuous exertion, and I can say with safety, that in general our agents have been more effi cient, perhaps, than those of most other Societies. Havine adgressed these few observations, I will now, put the motion. The motion having been carried unanimously, Mr. ADD ims, ofExeter, said—Mr.Ch i rman, the Report which has been read to us is of so cheering a nature, thatl think little can be said upon it. There is ' everything that is calculated to fill us with hope—(Hear)-- and from what I have observed in my own district, I can state that that - hdpe will be strengthened every day. In that 4 itistrict, in the west, there are some very efficient agents, but many are not so in the parts they have un derthken. We are doing a very fair rate of business in ' Exeter and other parts of Devon, with which parts 1 :,m conversant, seeing the accounts and proceedings weekly. Unfortunately in many parts of that county this Society has not been sufficiently worked. I have the plea sure to announce, however, that this very week an exten ,ive district has been taken up by one of our agents.— (Hear, hear.) I have no doubt that, if other local dis ricts will adopt the same line of conduct, we shall very soon be able to carry the operations of this Society through the whole of the provinces, as originally in tended.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—I beg to say one word more with respect to agencies. It is desirable that the most efficient agents be obtained, which I believe has been done ; some idea of this may be derived from the fact that 22,5001. per annum is the income of this Society, and, for the third year, this sum is very considerable. Success creates success, and if the future will be equal to the past, i+ will be very good, but, I think, from all ap pearances, it will be even better.—(Hear, hear.) great desire is manifested to obtain efficient agents, but ye have always considered it better to have no agent at all than to have one not equal to the task which his Society imposes. We have since our commence aent discharged several on account of their in • fficiency. As we have now no mere businesE, o enter into of this nature, I will propose hat- the following gentlemen be re-elected as Arectors for the ensuing year :—John Elliotson, F.R.S. ; George Langley, Esq. ; Clement Tabor. Esq. ; and Joseph Thompson, Esq., which was carried unanimously. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., was then re-elected as an Auditor ; John Riddell Stodart, Esq., and John Griffith Frith, Esq., were also elected as new ; and Professor Graves, A.M., F.R.S., as an Auditor. Mr. MILLER, of Sunderland, moved a vote of thanks o the Chairman; and the other Officers of the Society, -,vas unanimously carried for their able management of th institution up to this period. The CHAIRMAN begged to return his sincere thanks for the mark of approbation conferred upon him and his !)rother Directors. A vote of thanks was then moved to the Secretary, v.ho returned thanks, and the meeting separated. Entire satisfaction seemed to prevail throughout tht whole of the proceedings. THE SUGAR DUTIES. . TO THE EDITOR `OF THE SUN. Si,_t You will oblige me by in , erting the fillowing report 'of a Ineetirg held here lest evening, to Lke into consider ation a printed circular of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. On Tuesday evening, May 11, 1841, a meeting of the Committee "of the Bridgewater Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Slcety, was held at the Friends' Meeting-house, Joseph Thompson, Esq., in the Chair, for the purpose of taking into consideration a circular-letter received from the Committe( of the Parent Society . in London ; and th e f o ll ow i ng resolu tions were passed unan i mously 1. That this meeting views with deep regret the opposition manifested by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, to the proposed measures of her Ma jesty's Ministers, with respect to the duties on Foreign suga , s. and cannot withhold the expression of its entire disapi royal of the-course which the Committee have taken on this subjee,i a course which appears to this meeting hasty and inju,tici ous, and mist ungenerous to the Government, the niemb -r -of which hive given 140 many p, °ors or their sympathy with the friends of f. eedom and of the Negro—and which w.ll hay.• the effect of aiding those men, whose effects have beet; always directed to the ma:nteiiance of slavery and oppression, and who are now striving to excite the feelings• and preju dices of the Anti-Slavery body, not, as we believe, fri m any humane considerations, but for party purposes—in their in ?eavours to embarrass and displace the present liberal and en lightened Admin'stration: 2. That one of the great and primary principles asserted b! the leading men of the Anti. Slavery body, and re-asserted any defended with much ability and success at the Conventio: last year, i 4 the vast superiority of free labour, above that nt Aare labour, both in chearnes, and efficiency, aid that the en ouragement and use of the former would speedily and effee tuall, ,supenede the latter, if they should be brought into fair competition. 3: That in the opinion of this meeting, the measure pro• posed by her Majesty's Ministers is designed to give encourage. meat to free labour, and that if that measure be carried , though a present and temporary evil may be occasioned b) the importation of sugar into the markets of England fron Cuba and Brazil, it will ultimately end in accomplishing the ilestructi44l of slavery and of slave labour. 4. That this meeting cannot. therefore, adopt the recom mendation i f the London*Comraittee, in their recently receive(' circular, and that a copy of the proceedings of this meeti ng be forwarded to th e Secretary without 'delay. This is forwarded to the Editor by the direction of the Com mittee. W. JAMES, Hon. Secretary. Bridgewater, May 12, 1841. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • RESPECTED FRIEND,—AS a member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, I greatly regret the haty arid injudicious conduct of the London Committe, in taking upor itself to denounce soine of the benevolent and beneficial mea sures mostly ably brought forward by our present Government. Whilst I believe the members of the Committee have been ac -nated by the best intuitions, I can give them no credit for good judgms nt on the present occasion. The inconsistency of their conduct is &early •hown le the letter !rem " A Hater of White aid Pla k Slavery," which I saw in the Globe of the I(th ire . As members of the Anti-Shive , y Society, I con ceive it is our duty to protest against s'avery everywhere, and to do all in our power, consistently with our other duties, to rot ore its termination ; but that it is improper arid imperti nent in such a Society to take upon itself to attempt to frus trate or embarra s s the fiscal regulations of our Government. I do not consider my opinions worth recording, but my object is rather to state, in reference to the able remarks which have .irpeared in The Sun, my full conviction that few of the coma !ry Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Societies will support the London Committee in the step already.taken, and that a great majority of the members thoughout the country will oppose it, arid manifest'this in the exercise of their electoral rights. I am respectfully, PHILIP DEBELL TUCKET. Frenehay, near Bristol, 12th May, 1841. CORN AVERAGE,. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF EtifflSll CORN, For the Week ended May 7, 1841, made up from the licturns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Teems in England ar,d Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat ..... .... Ms. 24,1 Oats &ale,' 31 :. '7d. I Rye 35, 10.). 1 Pease .335. 3d. AVERAGES OF THE LAST cll WEEKS. Wit EAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. ' BEANS' . FE 141 h. ~........................ ...... ....... -......—,. 2 .. . 64 1 ' :i3 0 21 11 31 0 3'l 2 39 9 : r e: t in. L ib ::: : (I 39 1 2 6 3 RI 8 32 2 4 1,3 1 35 fl 39 3 37 • 10 30 63 8 31 8 :23 0 3i t , :":8 7 38 1 Way 7 . 63 2 31 7 22 5 35 10 3 , 7 38 3 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX W W wKS Wheat t,34. &I Oats 23, Cd. Beans 39 , Id 11ar1ty........., 32a. 4d. I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat '233 Bd. 1 Oats ...... ... 123. 3d. Beans .. ...... 11,. 0 Barley l3s, 10t1 1 Rye TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mr. rritch rd is informed that he temarlcs of our Corres• pondent did not apply to the engines of the Bristol Union Company. , We have no recollection of a l e tt er s i gne d " A n E ye - w it ness ,' respecting the fire at Bristol. We must reque-t " J. B." when he writes again to give his name and address. MRS. MABERLY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with Por. trait of the Authoress, rj•HE LOVE MATCH. A NOVEL. By MRS. MABERLY. Authoms of " Emily." Henry Colburn, Publither, 13, Great Marlboroush.street. I_l IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of 1 AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) O'er many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDSfor the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PFICTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAM BURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 425,009 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,00) 400 110 70 1.503 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 80Q 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, who remitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividends, from 6001 . and upwards unto 25,0001., besides many Dividends of srcaller amounts England, Ireland, and Scotland. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MAY 13 FOR THE BENEFIT OF- MR. BARTLEY. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Hawley ' • Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, %lr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainferth. 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 ircles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; 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 Ticket. may oe had upon application. Private Boat . to be had Wily of Mr. Andrews, bookeellet , .67. New Bond-street. itoYAL SURREY THE , I I HE. UNDER THE MANA(,EMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Wonderful success! Haine's " Claude Du Val, the Ladies' Highwayman," decided to be a greater hit than Jack Shep pard ;" thousands have already witnessed the startling situa tions, intense interest, and extraordinary cff.cts 'I he cur tain hills nightly amid the cheers cf crowded audiences. THIS EVENING, MAY 13, Will be acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DU VAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, real horses and carriages, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. Supported by the most powerful Company in London. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE BRIDEGROOM'S HOAX ; OR, A WEDDING all who adhere to him, all who look for safety and security, for ease and protection from the success of this combination of sinister interests against the public weal, that they are building on sand. Their own voices and their own hands are against them, and they will be compelled to pull down their own building. They profess a love of justice, they institute laws to do jus tice, they use power to enforce justice, and yet they propose to found the next Administration on a large scheme of plain and pal able injustice. They aim at constituting a Go vernment on a vicious principle, which they in theory repudiate. They combine to make the Government an instrument for plundering the people. They are running counter by their acts to the laws of GOD, and the nature of the human mind, which laws they acknowledge by their words. To constitute a Government on the prin ciples of these combinations, is to make it the duty of the nation to hunt down that Govern ment like any other criminal, like a thief or a murderer. We would earnestly warn these gen tlemen, by whatever other means they may seek to overthrow the Ministers, and make themselves masters of the Government, not to do it on the vicious principle of maintaining sinister interests against the interests of the public. The Second Annual report of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society will be found in another part of The Sun. Having supported the National Loan Fund Society from the date of its projection—from a conviction that it was cal culated to be of immense benefit to persons of provident habits and limited income—it is with no ordinary degree of pleasure that we record a statement of facts which places it among the most thriving, as it was the most promising, of such in stitutions. Much of its success is most deservedly due to the zeal and energy of Mr. LAMIE MUR RAY, its originator, and to the praiseworthy ex ertions of the Secretary, Mr. CAMROUX, and the Board of Directors. That numerous other Life Assurance Societies unworthy of support, sprung up since the establishment of this Institution is to be lamented; although the mere fact, regarded abstractedly, only shows the soundness and the popularity of the principles upon which the Na tional Loan Fund Society is founded. It is now 0.1 as permanent a basis as any provident and commercial establishment can be, in a great com mercial country like England. Accounts pour in from all quarters of the as tonishment expressed by the members of the Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Societies throughout the country, at the arrogance of the London Com mittee, and their wickedness also, in allying themselves with the monopolists of every de scription, who -deny all relief to our half-starved and hard-working population. The resolutions adopted at Bridgewater, and the letter from a place near Bristol, inserted in another part of the Paper, give a fair estimate of public opinion respecting the meeting to be held to-morrow at Exeter Hall. We trust the Auxiliary Societies will find some honest and elo quent representative on the occasion—one who will call upon the abolitionists to adhere faithfully to the party that have proved them- selves the only real friends of the oppressed slave—the men who put an end to the British slave trade, who emancipated every negro throughout her MAJESTY'S dominions, and who are now making continued exertions to induce foreign Governments to imitate their glorious example. The Madrid Papers received arc of the 4th inst. Some disturbances bad taken place at Zamora, on account of the imposition of some toll-dues. General URBAN() had marched at the head of some troops from Valladolid to re store order. The debate -on the Regency Question was drawing to a close. The election was expected t ) take place on the Bth. No other news from Spai~i. On the Madrid Exchange, on the 4th, bargains to the amount of 14,600,00 reals were done at 27 for cash, 27 11-16 for sixty days. We have received, by extraordinary express from Paris, the Moniteur of yesterday, with the important, but not liexp , ,cted, news of the elec tion of RiPARTERO by the Cortes to the sole Regency of Spain. The following is the official account : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " BAYONNE, MAY I 1 —NIADKIN, MAY 8. " The Chambers vo ed this day the quasti, n of the Re gency. fly 154 to 136 votes they deci'ed on a single Regent " By the second vo e the numbers were deelart d, fa. Espar tero 179, Argueles 103. Espaatro was, therefore, elrcted sole Regent. Queen CHRISTINA arrived in Paris on Tuesday evening, and proceeded to the Elysee Bourbon, which has been assigned as her residence. Her MAJESTY has been forbidden by the French Go vernment to take part in any political intrigue during her stay, or in any way whatever to give umbrage to the Spani,h Government. While stopping at Macon, some days ago, Queen CHRISTINA narrowly escaped being burnt to death. The curtains of her bed took fire, and e,he was only saved by the promptitude of her domestics. The insurgents of Bulgaria have been defeated by the Paella of Nissia, at the head of 1,200 Albanians. By this victory the road between Belgrade and Com.tantinople is opened. We expect soon to hear of frightful atrocities com mitted upon the unfortunate families and friends of the vanquished. It was the atrocious cruelties of the Turks and Albanians that drove the Bul garians into revolt. • It was reported in Paris, that the eldest daughter of the In fant Don Francisco de Paula eloped on Tuesday morning with a Polish nobleman. Orders were immediately forwarded by the telegraph to stop the fugitives, who were believed to have proceeded M the direction of Brussels. The Toulonnais of the 7th inst., states that a naval division, composed of the Inflexible and Santi Petri, ships-of-the-line, and the frig.ites Melon, Minerve, and Medee, would sho r tly sail for the - Levant. " Englaod," add the Toulon journal, "not wishing, us to have three-deckers in the Ea=t, Rear-Admiral Lasuse, who is appointed to the command of that division, will remove his flag from the Montebello to the Inflexible 90-gun ship." A letter from Algi,-rs, st , teu, that, on the Ist, the Arabs howed tilemselt es in the Sahel, near Algi: rs, and that about 50 horsemen hating approached ore of the outpo..t; at Dele, Capt,,in Muller, anti So men sallied after them. The Arabs retired, and were pursued ; but on a sudden, from 500 to 600 Arab horsemen. 'laced in ambush, rushed out and cut the whole detachment off, with the exception of five men. The Arabs had shown thern,ev , s in force near the Maison Carree, and, it was believed, at Cel• ah also. A cannonade had been heard in that direction, and also at the fords of the Arach. At a lime when the Chamber is going to discuss the budget of Alg , ria, it raly not be amiss to make our readers acquioted wi , h the ideas whi‘th ate excited in our African Foss, ssoans by the mail who are sent hither. OKAN. ArNIL 15.—1 t appears unfortunwely be end a doubt, that with the exception .t the African General Officers, who could not be decently got rid of, ail the men by whom the new Goicrnment issurrounded, ewe s antipathy for the preserva tion of Aigeira, and do not let blip any occasion to express it. General Garraube, who may be said to have scarcely landed, maii•fe-ted bi- ill humour in the prt settee of a great number of officers, and exclaimed, " This, then, is Africa ; I am very glad to see it. Ten years ago," he is sail to have added, " de clared for giving it up, an.i my opinion is only strengiheLed." I need not say that these word., spoken by an iat:mate friend of General Bugeaud, produced a very bad etlect. Hence a rep , rt ha: risen that the only object of the expi dition which is going to be undertaken, is to spend enormous sun s. After all this, how can anybody have the least confidence in the future prosperity of the colony. Letters from St. Thomas, of the 6th of April, announce that the little town of St. John ( Antizua) has been destroyed by fire. The conflagration was so violt nt, that it destroyed three hundred hi:use , , being a'most the whole of the town. '1 he damage is estimated at several m llions. .bol., 7 lt6E—rAnis, TUESDAY, MAY 11. : 'lst Highest Lowest Last Price Price Prick Prier Drench .'.. ~et Cents ll4 '5 ... ,14 65 ... 1 4 55 ... 114 6 ;pet Cents l9 30 .. 99 341 ... 99 1,0 .... 99 30 3 per 4 eats 79 4i . :9 50 ... 19 45 ... 19 10 . :.,,,i. u. r tante -.245...f 220 ... 3:05 —.5220 Lai tie ! -, at.k 1, ,, 00t. SI ares F9O ...IC9O —ll9O ...EDO 5. , 1:01. m , ares 5157 511 ...5157 srl ...5157 50 ...5157 50 vfi.;giari Bank 1841... 5 per Cents. New Loan... ..... gl,anish Active t'4% .. 24% ... i 4% ... 2.% P.m... , s* ... :.% ... 5% .. 5* Old Deferred ....... 541 ... 5* .4. 7 5 % ••• 5 % Nesonhiatz Homair• .... ,(Z ... IP*2% ... 102 ...102% PAILWA . SHARES 5t ..errnao. Ve .atlies.F P H. n L6, ... P 6 ... 14e2 .0 .. 3445 Rolm 4 ,0 ... 460 ... 4 0 ... 460 th le ill . It rastiii 4 g (I 8a1e... .. : , E.I.(iIAN l./NJS—Bauhusg4.4. MAY 11. %ctual Debt, 2% pet Cent. ituthschild.,- L.al I. 5 per C,nt ...... ........ ..... 14./A Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.......... 93 ----------•---- 3 per Cent ...... ... .11 -TnirtY•seyen----- ----- --__ (1 4') ILO% Loat, o' City, 1 832,1 per Cent. 8 i X iociety ot Cornm‘rce, 44 9 per Cent lOO B an k of Bogunn, 5 per Cent .. IS% National Society . 1Z11134170 atilondo (that) .011001071.14110111141 U 25 DUTCH FUNDS.—Amwrimnam, MAV 10 Monet I.i Actual Oftht, 26 per Cent OHM, ditto 5 pet cent. ► I;ti,/ I :•>, ndic , It, per cent p 1 4 1 , 14 Ditto,' ditto, 36 per cent 7,y AN Commercial Company, 4., per cent 165% Ditto (PM and PM) 5 per cent. ...... 101% • 102 Loan 11;37, 5 per cent. 916 97% Exchange on London, One month .... Two months 11 9e36 Dutch Papers, May 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vumwa, MAY 1 Five per Cents. Metalliqu es• I(I7N Four per Cents. Slug Three per Cents. 77% Bank Mares. •••••••••••.• ...... «•••••••«•••••••••••••• 101 Zeitung. May 5 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, yA y 7. - Bids, Money. St. Schuld. Sch.. 4 , ,, per cent ............104% 111% Prussian Engiish Loan, IMO, 4 per cent. 1(.2 102 Uxctiange on London, three months... 6 19% —Prussian State Gazette. May 8 HA MIA) liti 130M:,iENI-lALLE, MAY q. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. 107% Bank Share., An,lo.ltussian Loan .. 10.% I 0 Russian . - i per Cent. !st .eries, C.:rtificate . lO3 lOLA Inscription, Ist Se. C S Russian 5 per Cent. Hop, and Co. 3d and 4th Swiss 97 : ' I)itto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Celt. (ISO) B7 s, F 7% Dutch .ettial Debt,:4, pc Cent 5lcZ 51 Ditto 5 per Cent . , Polish Rnnd, New t lcket ~ ie4 —. Angle_: , apish Loan, 3 per Cep . .4 1 wegian Loan, 1534, 4 per Can' -. Sp.:hush, New 5 per Cents. 1634 REDUCTION OF TAXATION.—Some of our Whig Con temporaries, h av i ng no faith in their own p rinc ipl es , heedlessly admit that the several reductions of taxation made by the Whigs since they acceded to office, is one of the ca uses w h y the Exchequer is not now as over flowing as before they reduced taxation. That is not our opinion. • On the contrary, we have already stated, and we now repeat, that the several reductions of taxa tion, as they took place, gave a stimulus to hope and to enterprise which contributed to stave off the inevitable crisis,• the result mainly of the Corn-laws. Whatever justice we may render to individuals, let us not be unjust to principle, and admit for one moment that the reduc tion of taxation has aught to do with bringing on the present crisis. It is brought about by the continuance of excessive taxation. Taxes on corn, sugar, and timber. for the benefit of individuals, have crippled the resources of the country, and cut off the revenue which would have accrued from a great increase of population and an increase of wealth. SIR GEORGR GREY'S free and bold speech did more good than the Right Hon. Baronet ever intended. It broke up old conventionalites ; it unmasked some ancient humbugs ; it tore the veil off some idols that have been described as gols, and displayed them in the hideous nakedness of . deformed monkeys ; it scattered some sham reputations and some old prejudices to the winds, and exposed Parliamentary tactics to just reprobation. SLAVES IN SURINAM.—It is stated in the Dutch papors that the slaves of Surinam deSert in num bers to the English Colonies where slavery is abolished, and the remedy proposed is to abolish slavery in Surinam. CORN -LAWS, &C.—Meetings took place last night, in furtherance of the repeal of the Corn laws, at the Westminster Reform Society, and St. Saviour's, Southwark ; and within the last week they have taken place generally throughout the country. At Kendal, Bolton, Bury, Leices ter, -and orwich, the - feeling in favour of the Corn-law and commercial reforms projected by Ministers was most enthusiastic. We regret that we have not space to give the speeches made on ti ese occasions. The meeting at Kendal, however, ought not to be passed over without noticing the glorious, though we regret to say rare, example of a clergyman of the Established Church, the Rev. Gilbert Elliott, co i n i ng f orwar d to advocate the repeal of the Corn-laws. . Two other clergy-• men supported hint on the occasion. This is the true position for the Church, and were the clergy ti look to the interests of their flocks as 'much as to their own, we should have less of the want of godliness among the poor. We will endeavour to find room for the report to-morrow. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done, and the public sales were not of moment, but 'Aces were supported for most articles. The arrivals were to a lair extent. • TEA MARKET. The transactions were very limited, and confined to the wants cf• the trade, at a shade lower prices. In the specula tive market there was considiTable heaviness, and the value of tke Company's Congou deelin-d to 1.. 94d. per lb. TALLOW MARKEr. The demand for Russian Tal:ow was dell, both on the spot and for delivery ; few sales were made; 475. 6d. was the value of Yellow Candle on the spot. SPIRITS. Rum dull of sale, and prices_ on the decline. Brandy flat, but not lower. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was short, the demand good ; the best qualities fully supporting our last quotations, and middling and inferior sorts met with a fair demand. Clover, 31. 15s. to 51. 18s. ; Meadow Hay, first cut,. 31. 12s. to 4/. 17s. ; Straw, 1/. 14s. to 11. 18s. LLO S H I PPiNG—(THIS DAN.) LONDON, MAr 13.—Wind this day at noon light breeze from the ea•tward, fine clear weather. Dear., MAY 12.—Wind Q.N.E.—Arrived the Venetia, 13us'on, from Sierra Leone ; Queen Victoria, Tetieriffe. Ar rived from he River and sailed, the Malcolm, for Madras ; African, Afrira ; Marquis of Douro, Bermuda; Canadian, Monti eal ; Zealous, Newfoundland ; Sovereign, St. Sebas tian ; Othello, Jersey. LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Plutus, from Manilla; Zane, M sters, Tobago, sailed March 22; Constittrion, Neil, Charleston ; Dahlia, Brelm , oti, Malta ; Eliza, laden with c tton from the Matthew Bell. Sailed the Adam, Lodge, for Sydney ; Bombay Grace, Brown, Baltimore ; Symmetry, New York. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12. Wind N. N. E.—Arrived her Ma jesty's ship Monarch, from Sheerness; Josephine, Westerbury, Bahia, sailed 19th March ; Robert Bonne, London, for New York. Sailed her Majesty's ship Dee, for the eastward ; her Majesty's ship Volege, ditto. Arrived off port the Mainstone, Wimble, Ca'cutta. BRIGHTON, MAY 12.—Arrived off port the Malcolm, Sim, Singapore —.ailed Bth January; Sumatra, Duncan. Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, MAY 12 —Arrived her Alajesty' s ships Belle rophon and Edii.burgh, from Malta ; Aticia, Nichol,, Sierra Leone , May, Tate, ditto: Coh mbia, ItioJaneira, for Hamburgh. COWES, MAY 12.—Arrived the Comet from Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp ; Rapid, 'Tooke Bahia. ' TORBAY MAY 11.—Arrived the Bertha, Bovay, St. Mi eha,l's, with loss of mainmast and o'her damage: Sailed the Hand uf Providence, Consiantinople; Sister, Newfoundland. NEWHAVEN, M.sY 10.—Arrived off port the Mathilda, So derburg, from Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm. MONEY and CO .v 1 ME HCFAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON AiARKET, MIY 12.—Fur all de scriptions of Cotton the demand to-day has been limited—the tra•te being the only purciia,urs at previiius rates. American kind range from q.t. to 7d ; Swats, Maranbains, and Egyp tian as brine ; 2,000 bales are reporter. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 12.—The market continues slack, but prices are quoted at vrevious rates. Edin burgh and Glasgow, 37 ; Gla,govr," Paisley, and Greenock, 294 ; Cheater and Crewe, 50 ; Gre:it Western ialf Shares 64 ; diito, Fifth Shares, 1*; Midland Counties, Quarter Shares, 21/ ; North Union, 81%. MANCHESTEIt STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 12.-1 he share Market, generally, remains without improvement.—Manchest er and Leeds, 55 to 57 ; Manelneter and Birmii.gliam, 25 ; don and B righton, 47 to 47k; Manchester and Sheffield, 6i ; London and south Western, 57 to 50 ;. Manchester and Sal ford Bznk:i, 101; ; Union Bank, 71. • A Mexican mail has arrived, braught by the Peterel, sailed from Vera Cruz, March 28, Tampico, April 3, Havannah, April 15. The news will be found in another part of the Paper. We have received the Dutch mail of the 12th May, with papers of the same date, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the 11th inst., Two-and-g-Half per Cents., 51i to 15-16; Five per Cents., 99E ; Arduins, 22 9-16 to a . BOURSE OF ASISTERMAge MAY 10.—The National funds are calm, without any varation, the Bidets of Chance, and the acti-ns of toe Society of Commerce are more of f ered ; Arctoins Spanish, is weak. Almost all the fields from Courtrac to Ghent are inundated, owing to the overflow of the Scheldt. It is stated that Espartero, who has been appointed Regent, will entrust the formation of his Ministry to M. Gonzales, for the purpose of carrying into effect the treaty of commerce w . v h England. This measureis looked to with con siderable interest by commercial men. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. I Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to a. s. to s. a. to s. I sto s Boston 63 r 33 38 19 26 35 40 39 . 48 Wainti ee 5l 64 28 3% 94 29 35 40 39 43 ighton 57 16 23 23 24 27 43 33 41 Cambridge. 20 2 2 38 4O Chiche.ter 55 64 28 31 24 26 40 42 34 4'2 Dunmow 53 60 32 36 31 35 40 38 43 Grantham r,E. 00 '2B 3 1 9 0 30 44 rimsby 5l 04 2 4 24 21 24 :75 39 Ha i lsh4 „, 50 58 20 31 j:3 25 3 i 40 24 26 Hitch in ... 44 30 37 22 30 31 4'l Ipswich s'l 61 4 29 :5 21 26 31 40 36 41 Lewis 54 60 2,3 19 2 23 31 34 34 V.B Lnn 56 r 4 21 30 20 24 34 39 24 39 Maidstone si) 6 36 391 20 q 33 40 Norwich Pet worth Rom ford 5B ;2 34) 35 22 30 36 44 36 40 Sandwich 62 71 30 34 26 30 P 5 43 33 41 l'netrord PO 6'? 30 32 24 27 39 41! 40 44 Wishcch 5n 02 28 34 0 23 35 :..7 34 37 Witham I: 2 62 2.1 34 26 31 36 42 38 42 Yin:mutt ) ..... 66 CI 311 24 5 1 40 41 38 39 TRIPOLI, APRIL 13.—SLAVE TRADE.-,--The TRIPOLI, APRIL 13.—SLAVE TRADE.---The import of slaves from the interior has varied much during the last nine )ears (say from two to sixteen hundred annually) owing to the civil ear and un.ettled state of the Regency; but it may he observed, that during the years el the minimum im portations fr om the interns, the caravans have generally avne to Tu,,is or Egypt. A few weeks ago a caravan arrived at Pengazi with a number o! slaves, cstanat..d at 1,000. But very few of . 11, se s ayes are roam e d at Tripoli, as a better market is found for them in the Levant. THE LITERARY FUND SOCIETY.—The an nual festival of this Society was celebrated on Wednesday, at Frefrni<ons' Hall. The Earl of Ripon presided, and 'as sup ported by Lord Colborne, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir Charles Napier, Dr. Crols, Charles Dickens, Esq., W. C. 'Unready, Esq., &e. The treasurerannouneed that the subscription, on this occasion, amounted to upwards of 401. The festivities of the evering were kept up until a late hour. • ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The sixth performance of ancient music took place on Wednesday night, under the direction of Lord Burghersh. Conductor, Alr. Bishop. INQUEST ON MRS. JENNER.—This unfortu nate lady, who was, on the morning of Tuesday fortnight, shot at by her husband, lingered wail ti.e evening ^f Friday list, when she died of the wound shc..,, had received. h e inquzst took place on Monday afternoon, when the Jury returned a v.er diet of wilful murder against Air. halm) 310 W MOO as a charge of boinglaadhis som• NIGHT DILEMMA. Characters by Mr. J. Neville, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. Hicks; and Miss Martin. To conclude with FREDERICK THE GREAT; OR, THE KING AND THE DESERTER. Frederick, Mr. Neville ; The Deserter, Mr. N. T. Hicks With Corcbats, Conflagrations, &c. HIGH WATER AT LO ••• DON BRIDGE 'lO-MORItoW 7 Evening .. 3 n:nutes after 8 Ole Publication of the Evening Edition of Tux SuN com menced at 40 inhiutes alter Three. LONDON : THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1841. The I oris adjourned over vest rday. In the CommonS Mr. LINDSAY, the new Member fir Sandwich took his seat. The p:titfons presented were numerous, a great number of them relating to the Corn laws and the Import Duties. Mr. MUNTZ altered his notice concerning the Earl of CARDIGAN, to an Address for an inquiry into the Earl of CARDIGAN'S conduct in the command of the 11 th hussars. The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. CROL maNDELEY, who declared that he should give his stre nuous opposition to the Government measure. Lord Howicx directed the beginning of his speech to the refutation of Dr. LusumaToN's opinions, and ;ontended that free labour sugar would be able to com .)ete with slave grown sugar. The planters would never .;ucceed, while they leaned on the broken reed of pro ;ection and monopoly. The new system required that he landowners of the colonies should reside there ; and under such a systeM he was persuaded that sugar could be grown cheaper by free labour than by slave labour. If such were the case, to abate monopoly and protection was to encourage the growth icir r ,cheap sugar in our own colo nies, and the first pound'okree grown sugar that would be sold for less ." than slave-grown sugar would .xtinguish slavery for ever. The Noble Lord also re . - :'erred to Mr. GLADSTONE'S establishment at Demerara, -tnd did not hesitate to give another severe blow to the ;ham humanity-monger, by remarking that on the Gladstone estAte,' at Demerara, more sugar had :seen made, and more human lives sacrificed, than ever were known even in that colony so generally .'atal to life. The Noble Lord male a sound and sensible peech in favour of the Government plan. Mr. C. WYNN spoke against it, and Mr. W. EVANS ;r it. Lord WORSLEY, like Mr. HANDLEY, said he meant to vote against it, because it was touching an outwork of the Corn-law. It was giving a blow to protection, alias plunder, and the Noble Lord sacrificed his political principle to maintain his plunder. Sir A. GRANT heard the Noble Lord's speech kith _Teat satisfaction, and stood up for the honesty, integrity, and fair dealing of the planteis. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, Sir J. REID, Mr. GISBORNE, and cttiers,. filled up the evening. The debate was brought to a close by Lord STANLEY, who made a heavy, tiresome speech, full of repetitions and misstatements, which his Right Honourable Friends behind him ,orrected as he went on. One or two good hits he made towards the end, as he thought, when he demonstrated, by reading a corn-market circular, that the people out of doors were quite sure that the Tories would never allow the measure to pass, and when taking up the weapons which - had broken harmless at his )IVTI feet in 1831, when hurled by the Pories, he accused the Ministers of inscribing revolu tion on their banners, and seeking to enlist the masses Igainst property. On his Lordship resuming his seat, which he did amidst the tumultuous applause of his Friends, the debate was again adjourned. The people well understand the nature of the present contest in Parliament, and those will fa tally deceive themselves who rely on either the ignorance or the indifference of the people. The owners of rent derived from land in England and the West Indies, and the owners of profit derived from capital embarked in shipping, cul tiveting Sugar, and' felling Canada timber, all of which is much enhanced by taxation, and mis called property--the whole brood of mo nopolists, and the spawn of corruption, have united to resist the very small abatement of the taxes levied on industry for their behoof, proposed by her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The landowners unite with the ci-devant slave owners, the owners of rotten timber craft, colo nial societies and land companies, and jobbers of all descriptions, to defeat the Ministers on a pro position which goes to reduce the price of sugar about ls. Gd. per cwt. They complain of the smallness of that relief, bur they resist it because it is part of a system, and the reduction ! would be followed by a reduction or abolition of thedu tm duties on a boon on agricultural the people, giving relief to tenfold the sum . If i t b e Sc) small, and, at the same people, from what motive other than the steady determination of all these classes to maintain, at all hazards, their odious and oppressive monopolies and taxes, do they resist it? The bulk of the people are all aware of the motive and the nature of the con test now begun. At the head of all these monopolists and cor ruptionists is Sir ROBERT PEEL, and he proposes to take the Government on. the principle of maintaining entire their exactions. We beg leave to ilifoxia Sir itow.au Pte, a4d to 411'0413 4. ) j.' 2' =I -.C....< , .„ , • t • ? „ ? y,„ 04'41He":,tet: • 74- '''' 'l , ~ th-- .. - -, ~t,...„....43, Bi t i. , 777. , , , ,,,,„ , r ~ 0 . „,,,: i , sur :. 0 t 4...,.., k ,„ E. gbtfltL THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, at 89i I for the Account, since which they have become rather flat, and may b• quoted at present 89i for the Account; Money 89A 4. Exchequer 1311!s 4 6 premium; Bank Stock, 167 169 ; India Stock, 250 252 ; Indian Bonds, 1 dis. 1 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has improved in consequence of Evartero being appointed sole Regent, left off at 23124, at present 24% 4 ; Deferred, 114 12 ; Pass ye, 54 6 ; Portuguese same at they left off, 331 34%; 'Three per Cent.), 20%; Brazilian, 6869 ; Colombian, 221 23 ; Mexican, 281 29 ; Chilian, 60 62 ; Dutch Twe and.a-Half per Cents., 52i a; Five per Cents 991 100. SHA KES.—Great. Western, 271 281 prem. ; New, 134 141 prem. ; London and B , ighton 31 3%' dis. ; Blackwall 76% ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per bare ; Croydon 1:14 14% per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ; menehester and Birmingham 15/ 141 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Blackwall North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ........ 10 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 11. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 I Grand Canal Stock Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. t per cent... 86 _ Ditto New, 1630 ..... . 97i Ditto 4 per cent Si per Cent. Debs. 9O Royal Canal Stack HALF•PAST ONE. The inactive state of the British Funds still continues, and there s I,ot a future in the Alarket worth attention to the pre • sent hour, this slate of things, in all probability, will contin-e on till the debates on the sugar question, timber, and Corn-laws have turminated, which will cause a continual agitation in our commercial affairs, as well as damp the spirit for speculating, esusing money also to become scarce. The grand question at present is, will Ministers resign. Console may be quoted as in the early part of the morning 89% for 'he Account ; Exchequer Bills 4 6 prem. ; Bank Steck 168 167 ; India Bonds, 2 prem. 2 discouut; India Stock, 251 1 / 2 . In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is the only . feature, which may be quoted 245 3 ; Deferred, 113 ; Passive, 53 ; Mexican, 263; Portuguese, 343; Dutch Two-and-a=tialf per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents., 996 is is settling day in the Share Market, consequently very little doing excepting squaring the accounts. (ir, at Western New, 645 ; Fifths, 115 1 / 2. ; 'l,endom a=d Bacliwall, 18 T North Midland 76k. QUARTER TO Tang, Console,illi Account i, Bsi 90; Mexican, j; Fortn um 34i; Sgh EVENING EDITION.v HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) TIDE HASTINGS BARONY. The LORD CLIA NCELLUti. opinion en th" case this morning, but in so low a lone that few of his lor t• ship's observations were heard below the bar. We undo: told his Lordship to say, that the claim Caine before the 'r Lordships under a reference from her Majesty, upon the petit on of Sir Simon L'Estrange and Sir Jacob . Astley, i haw ing the barony of Hastings, stated to have berm reate;. l * or at least to have su b s i s t e d, i n t h e 49th Henry 1 1 " The pedigree, so far as it derived descent from the party under whom it existed, appeared to him, atter a..laborious investige: tion, to have been made out; but at the same time there existed that degree of doubt which must always exist in coming to conclusion on facts of such ancient date. It, however, her pened in this Case, that the pedigree was so supporter by public documents as to leave . no reasonable doubt on the subject. Its Lordship then proceeded to trace the pedigree of the respective claimants from sit Henry De Hastings, who was summoned to Parliamen t in the 49th of Henry 111., and said, that though there was clear proof that Sir 14enry de Hastings had been summon , there was no proof of that which was also necessary to creste a legal title, that he had ever sat, while it was proved that ids son had sat in Parliament, but proof was wanting that he ever been summoned. His Lordship then commented upod the evidence, and said, that under all the circumstances, h 6 thought their Lordships would be justified in coming to th° conclusion that the writ of summons had been issued, which alon e would have entitled him to a seat in their Lordships' House. This being established, and the claimants, with a Mr. Brown , who does not claim, being proved to be co-heirs of the Weil , it was his opinion that Sir Simon L'Estrange, Sir. Jacob Ast° ley. and Mr. Brown, were entitled to the barony of Fleeing* and t hat the barony must remain in abeyt•nce between the three until it should be the pleasure of the Crown to exercise its pre'_ rotative, and determine whi c h of th e par ti es s h ou ld en j o y the dignity. . The Loan CHANCELLOR having concluded, their Lordship ; decided in conformity with it, and ordered their decision tob3 recorded upon the J:Mrnals of the House. SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) EVANS V. UPTON. The plaintiff in this case is commonly known a.; YoUnf Dutch yarn, the pugili s t, an d i- l an dl or d o f t h e Black fitn; public-house, Vinegar-y , rd, Covent-garden 'I he action W brought to recover of defendant the sum of 13/., monies el' leged to have been lent to defendant at plaintiff's house on the 24th of March last. A number of witnesses were examined, who saw the moue!' handed to defendant, and two I 0 U's, one for 81., and the other for 51., given as acknowledgments for the same. It, however, appeared that the defendant had lost the whole of the cash at the game of " tress" before he left the house, which was construed into a gambling transaction ; and the. Jur: returned a verdict for defendant. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL' —PROPOSED MINISTERIAL REDUCTIONS OF THE DUTIES° CORN, SUGAR, AND TIMBER. — We are very happy to state thai the Mayor has convened a special meeting of the Ton' Council for Saturday next, to express its opinion as to the 0 0 ' difications and reductions proposed by Ministers in the duties noon sugar and timber, of which notice has been given by th e Chancellor of the Exchequer; and as to the alteraion of the Corn-laws, of which notice has been given by Lord Joh ° Ru-sell. We believe that more importantsubjects never oat" pied the attention of a legi-lative assembly ; and it is the bounden duty of the 'people of. this country; if. they wish it' commerce to be extended, and the social condition of its p"fd r lation to be improved, to put forth all their energies in stlP' port of the great and most beneficial changes w hi c h Minister' propose to mske. The latter will be most strenuously oppos ea by great and powerful class interests; they will have arraY,e' against them the East and West India interests, the landed terest, a large portion of the shipping interest; and the mass the Tory party ; and, against such a host of opponents as these; they cannot p oss ibl y ma k e h ea d, un l dss they be promptly Oa most actively and warmly supported by the people at large' 'l' he people, ind ee d, may be said, humanl y . speaking, to ba ° ' the destinies of the nation at this moment in their own hands they have it in their power to give at once to the entire , or e of our comme rc i a l p o li cy a new sp i r i t an d di re c t i on ; t h ey haf , it in their power to s ecure th e gra d ua l su b st i tut i on of ro°..'- fiscal or financial duties for protective and prohibitory &ries', they have it in their p ower i n d e fi n i te l y to, en l arge t h e circle°,' our peaceful commer c ial int ercour s e w ith a ll t h e nat i ons of tp e . world ; and, by the free introduction into this kingdom of dia . ! , commodities, to compel them to a cce pt p ayment i n our ow' various articles of produce and manufactures, without a COn• atantly increasing demand, for whi c h it i s i mposs ibl e that D e er Isbouring populatiGn can be maintained in even tolerable com e fort. They have it in their power, by thus securing an e t n ..: tire reform of our commerci a l co d e , t o ra i se t h e tra d e o f tn; country, and the general conditi on o f i ts i n h a bi tan t s , to average standard of prosperity, which it has never yet attained • —Manchester Guardian. WHITBY.—STOPPAGE OF MESSRS, CAn PIONS BANK, AT WHITBY.—An extraordi nar y sen , ation a n panic was felt in th; s t own on 3londay last, by th e c l o sing e l the banking establishment of Messrs. Campion, in Chure__.."" street.. The parties in this old establi s h e d' an d well-known fir' are not only bankers, but ship-builders, ship -owners, manufae" turers, and very largely conneted with the trade of the Por t ' The particulars will hi, best ' , armed from the follow' ing extract from the letter of a correspondent :—" f l y object in w r iti ng t o you now, i s to inform you t- Messrs. Campion's bank closed on Monday, nay, in fac t ' it was never open e d f or b us i ness . Thi s has caused one of th° greatest stagnations that could befal Whitby. Farmers art' rp flocking in from all sides with not es , an d s t an d roun d theba'. looking as if they knew not wh a t t o thi n k. Th ere are man} rumours as tO the cause, but nothing is yet known for s cep: tainty. Their bills were sold yesterday for 50.5. each—that is EV: 3 exchange, but many may thi n k th e fi rs t l oss i s t h e best. _ shipyards, smiths' shoo, block and mast yards, and toe, kelp works, are all elo.sed, thereby throoing above hundred. hands out of employment. This is a serious occurrence for Wl;ithy and its neighbourhood, and I am afraid it is the fer e : runner of a serious evil to the neighbourhood. York Courant' SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE FREE-TRADE" OF MANCHESTER.—When the delegation from. the Manches ter Chamber of CommerCe on tariff reform twice 'W iled t : Sir Robert Peel for an interview, he had not even the "uali ty reply to their letters. At last, Lor Frattrtis Egerton having given him the hint that two member d s of the deputation were Conservatives, he at the e l even th hour, after Lord John's tsp.; nouncement of his motion on the C orn -l aws , i n ti m ated that would admit them to his presence. What passed at the in tr view we have not be e n a bl e t o l earn ; but we,are ready to taker odds th'st Sir Robert was ext reme l y j u d ic i ous , and culinent unsatisfactory when he was at l as t d rawn , as s t the soy . .-_ badgers. —Spectat or . F Th e d epu t at i on froM the Coro, anon of Manch..ster, m oppo ition to Mr. Wils , eo Patten's clauses: made three attempt s t o o bt a i n an interview with f"ir Rebe r* Peel ; but were each time refused.]— Manchester Guardieth MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND.—The ReforMell of all grades —men of every shade of Liberal princiPla -- from the extremist ultra to the most moderate Whig—are re ; solved. for the present, to co-operate in tt e general movenl . which is spreading to the remotest extre m iti es o f the Mr. O'Connell recommends simultaneous me ling, and taneous meetings we shall have. The Anti-Orange orgasu'' - ' lion of the Irish people is so perfect, that there can be 11° question at all of the comclete and astounding effects of these meetingslin Ireland. —Dublin Evening Post. THE WIDOW OP THE DUC .D'ENGHIEg•"' The Princess Charlotte of Rohan Rochefort sled a few d a l, ' since, after along and painful illness. " The life of this adru l " rable woman," says the Siecle, in no ti c i ng t h e event , " wa marked with a cruel fatality. Belonging by birth to one Of the most ancient noble families of France, she was, when young. O w ried to the unfortun a t e D u k e d'E nghien ;• but this uniue' though the result of a mutual affection, did not obtain the on e ; tion of the Duke de Bourbon, and, consequently. the Prinel e never publicly bo re th e name of her illustrious bre-baud., It has been stat e d t h a t , a f ter t h e execution of the Duke de pri' ghien at Vincennes, his father offered to confirm the mar riage, and thus r en d er t h e P r i ncess h e i ress of the imnlrPT wealth of th e h ouse o f C on d e ; b ut the Princess, with great' of mind, re f use d to accept t h e f ortune of the man whose '' - t name she had not b een a ll owe d to b ear. She devoted t h e res t of her lif e to c h er i s hi ng t h e memory of her last consort ; such was the pure spirit of her soul, that, bitter as were her regrets, she never was brought to bear malice towards thm; who wer e th e causes o f h er m i sery. H er m i ld and toleran t piety could only b e app r eci ate d b y th ose w h o surroun ded her; and her ex:st e ns e was o n ly ma d e k nown b y t h e numerous bete' ficent acts which emanated from her to the last (lard her !li e :, and which sheditfused without distinctionofpartytnd opiuk lu. a Messenger. THE LATE EXPLOSION ON BOARD.A ° LAST-MACHINE.—On Wedn es d a y an i nquest was h e ld al tb Mitre, Rackfriars-road, on James Constable, a watery:o'f who was drowned o n M on d ay morn i ng last, b y the sinking the a vessel called the Larki ns , use d as a b allast-mach i ne o ut , River, of Bull-stairs, 131ackfriars. Cl ar k, t h e engineman, was examined at great length, and said he could only attribute 1b ,d accident to the safety- va l ve h av i ng stuck fast, which preven t : l , the escape of steam, and caused the boiler to burst. 1 1 . e ,y mitted that he did not examine the safety-valve on rdow", - /. morning, and that he ought to have done so. From. t a e d questions put to him it seemed that great carelessurra ,s been exhibited by Clark, and that he was not a practiicir c t l i , giceer. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental- Asah e with a deodand of 501. on the vessel and machinery. I, by request of the Jury, Clark was called in and repriixiat fide the Coroner for his neglect. oees..2._•"—""! - - C PATENT LEVER WA T,. 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Table Spoons •r Forks', Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons. ss. per dozen; Table Candlestit 8 inches high, i s . p er p a i r; t h e part i cu l ar metal of w hi these articles are made is so like silver, that it eat' only be tu from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver nt anufsc' tured in this material by RIBBON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-of reet, Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it to themsel ves ' Catalogues of prices gratis. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Frankfort-on-the -Maine, the ladY Robert Koch, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Vio-Consul, of daughter. On the 7th inst., at Selwoed. near Frome, the wife of Thomas Byard Sheppard, Esq., of a son. On the Sth inst., at Birmingham, Mrs. Alfred 'Vivi&P ei Tebbitt, of a sen. MARRIRD. On the 11th inst., a t St . George's, Hanover-square, WriWarn M. Tufnell, D.q., second son o f I. J . Tufnell. Esq., .ot ley, Chelmsford, t o Eli za I sa b e ll a, eldest d aug h ter o f Sir yssen Tyrell, Bart., M.P., of Boreham House, Chelmsf ord : On the 6th inst., at the Cathedral, Canterbury,: Geoll.e_ only son of Mr. Robert Gardner, of Beakshourne, • Kent , _,, Kate, third daughter Of Mr. George Austin, of the, Freeing° Canterbury. On the sth of Februa D ry lE las p t,. at Petersburg. America, J o h n G w nne Davis, Esq., native of Llanvirnach' Pembrokeshire. Y On the 9th inst., William Lushington, eldest son' of Wiliamßothery, E sq ., jun., of Doctors'-commons, and of Jan2e3-street' Buckingham -gate, aged 9. f r u e ats On the 10th inst., at Coombe Lodge, near Croydon, Taylor, Esq., late Comptroller-General of her Majesty's Cu r toms, aged 72. London.• . Printed and Published by MURD(j yo °' No . 11% Strand , at The Sun Office, die. 111;. 13 " '- the county of Middlesw—Thuride, May 13, 180' T , AI Tii nurnent! such w, Lnd dun obt4inecl .the ROom Th e kiloel„ ! . ; ! ! 1 . tosition. Irrftwcz 3 I the I' LAN twat per.a under Witn( Ditto Pat mad• b &,, Treat' for hi Ev e raltv, panied to be e 25/. p , Cont.