The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-05 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS I)AY. Wrning 17 minutes after 1 I Evening 36 minutes after 1, LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1841. The Glasgow Evening Post contains the fol lowing announcement : We learn that it has been resolved that the demonstration announced to take place in this city during the Easter recess, will not be confined, as was originally intended,' to the consi deration of the Corn-laws alone, but will embrace the broad general question of the duties on every description of goods and produce imported into the United Kingdom, including, of course, the duties levied upon corn and provisions. We believe that this change will afford very general satisfaction, by giving an interest to the meeting which would have been wanting had it been restricted to the Corn-law question. The attendance of Members of Parliament will also, in consequence of the al teration, he largely increased; and we may expect to hear the entire subject of the commercial policy of the country deve loped by many of the ablest Members of the Legislature, and by deputations from several of the leadinc , commercial and ma nufacturing towns. We understand that e ' the Riding-school, in Cambridge-street, has been fixed upon as the place where the demonstration is to be held. It forms the largest covered space within the city, and is capable of being fitted up to held comfortably somewhere about fifteen hundred individuals. The precise day for the festival has not been named, but we believe it will shortly be announced. We doubt the wisdom of the course here pro posed. The object, as we understand the an nouncement, is, to abstain from discussion of the Corn-laws as a separate measure, and to combine it with a discussion for the general revision of the Import Duties. Against that we submit for consideration the following arguments. The Corn-laws, passed for the express purpose of enriching one class at the expense of others, are a gross violation of the first principles of po litical society, of morality, and of religion. They violate the duty which the State owes to the people, they justify disobedience, and risk the continuance of allegiance. They levy a most grossly unequal tax, suppose it were levied for the purposes of the State, but being levied for the benefit of an idle class, they are a shock ing and disgusting robbery of industry. They deny to man the blessings which a boun teous ALMIGHTY has showered on the earth, and, by exposing him to misery and want, they sow discontent in his heart, and make him irreli gious and immoral. To repeal them would strengthen the Government, increase the na tional wealth, and add to the general prosperity. By taking this high ground, the question of the abolition of the Corn-laws has made great pro gress in the hearts and minds of the people, and has served to elevate their moral perceptions. It has enlisted in its favour the sympathy of the pious and the good. The ministers of religion have taken an active part in its favour, and the abolition, far from being confined to those who merely look to their pockets, now interests the religious and serious part of the community. The import duties have no such claims to po pular support, and are not connected with such high considerations. They are levied for the purposes of revenue ; and they all go into the Exchequer, except the discriminating duties on sugar, timber, and coffee, which partake of the characteristics of the Corn-laws, and are the plunder of one class for the benefit of some other class. The import duties are founded on the necessity of supporting the State, and, were we to ask to abolish them, we should destroy the Government. Although they are in some cases impolitic and injurious, although many of them inflict a great injury on trade, it may, on the whole, be doubted whether, judi ciously levied, they do not constitute one of the best methods of providing for the wants of the State. The import duties, therefore, rest on a totally different foundation from the Corn-laws. The former are, to a great extent, expedient; the latter are nothing but robbery, which, like all robbery, wastes and destroys infinitely more than it benefits the thieves. On this great difference of principle, we doubt very much the propriety of adopting the course proposed at Glasgow, and we would strongly re commend all classes to join with the League to procure the total and immediate abolition of the Corn -laws. There are some considerations of expediency which ought to weigh with those who seek the abolition of the Corn-laws. Of late several clergymen of all persuasions have come forward to take an active part in the aboli tion of the Corn-laws, and have hallowed our cause by the most sacred of all inotives, and the most reverential language. Of late, too, the ma trons of Britain have graced and ennobled this cause by their presence and their exertions. Both classes have been called on by the highest motives to exert themselves, and every day will obtain from them more active co-operation. But we can offer to these two classes no mo tives or reasons for concerning themselves about the import duties ; and the course pro posed at Glasgow will deprive us at once On moral an d of their inestimable help. ligious principles we invoke their aid to abolisi t ieCorn-laws--on principles of expediency we cannot ask them to concern themselves with ti. import duties. The revision of those duties involves the ques tion of an equality of duties on produce the growth of slave and free labour. On that poin t the great organised and influential body opposed to slavery are decidedly against abolishing the present discriminating duties on the sugar and coffee imported from the Brazils and from Ja maica. Unless that be abolished the object of the merchants will no t b e o b ta i ned, nor will justice be done. W e thi n k t h e Anti-Slavery people dec idedly wrong, but th ey are powerful and united; and while we may count on their assis t tnce to procure the abolition of the Corn-laws we should surely encounter their hostility in proposing a just revision of the import duties. Further it cannot be exp ected that the revision of the tariff will disarm the h ost i lity of the Chartists, or enlist the multitude in its favour. It will not do them justice, nor appease their discontent. What do they care for an equaliza tion of duties on commodities brought from the Brazils and Demerara ? Far from being satis fied with such a scheme, they would only re gard it as an additional instance of the total want of sympathy in the middle classes with them. They would at once say that these classes are again looking after their own pockets regardless of us. They know that this scheme of a revision of th e tariff is recommended by an official man as a. means of obtaining a larger revenue, and they would be urged by such a consideration to defeat and oppose the revision. Believing that the Chartists and the Anti-Slavery body would oppose the revision of the import duties, while the women and clergy would take no part in that agitation, we think that the COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, No. 3, Moorgate-street, Lothbury, And No. 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Capital Two Millions, in 2,000 ,hares, of 1,000/. each. TRUSTEES. The Right Hon. Lord Petre. Thomas Barnewall, Esq. Edward Ozenford, Esq. Hon. William B. Petre. John Taylor, Esq. George Rennie, Jun., Esq. DIRECTORS. ED. STILLINGFLEET CAYLEY, Esq., M.P., Chairman. TOHN TAYLOR, Dq., Deputy Chairman. genry Barnewall, Esq. George Alfred Muskett, Esq., George Bulpett, Esq. M. P. Thomas Collett, Esq. Edward Oxenford, Esq. J. A. Douglas, Esq. George Rennie, Jun., Esq. Thos. Grimsditch, Esq., M.P. John Shewell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Joseph Travers, Esq. Arthur T. Holroyd, Esq. Richard 'Walker, Esq., M.P. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq Charles Weld, Esq. Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P. Ma NAGER.— Alfred R. Cutbill. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores ; and Messrs. Norris and Sons. The Directors having purchased the Banking Premises in Henrietta -street, Covent Garden, lately occupied by Messrs. Wright and Co., hereby give Notice, that Busioess commenced on the 31st ult. A Committee of Three of the Directors attend Daily in Hen rietta-street.: Accounts of Parties received and kept on the plan generally adopted by London Bankers. Parties having current Accounts with this Bank have the advantage of transferring any surplus Balance to a deposit account bearing interest; and sums of money are received on deposit from parties not keeping current accounts at such rate of Interest, and for such periods as may be agreed upon. An arrangement has been made which ensures the strictest secrecy as to all accounts kept at this Bank. Ttie Agency of Country and Foreign Banks, undertaken on such terms as may be agreed upon. Purchases and Sales of British and Foreign Securities, &c., effected, Dividends received, and every description of Banking business transacted. * . • .u , - _ Vtit ~.. Aleit. In that circumstance we see no reason, as some Members saw, for further interference on the part of the House of Commons. If the electors of either place petitioned the House complaining of the proceedings before the Committee, the House might perhaps order some further investigation, but if the electors put up with being misrepresented in Parliament, the compromises of parties and the compacts 01 Counsel do not concern the House. We have no intention by these remarks of apo logising for treating, or defending bribery ; still less have we any inclination to say a word in favour of a cross in an election any more than in a pugilistic conflict; but we hold the formation of Committees of the House to try elections to be altogether erroneous, and we are neither angry nor surprised at the natural consequences of having such tribunals. It is for the electors, not the House of Commons, to decide who shall re present them, and any disputes which may arise amongst them, ought to be settled by the com mon law of the land and by the ordinary tribu nals. Justice will never be done in such cases as long as the House of Commons forms the tribu nal by which they are tried. We insert the observations of the Spectator on " counting out," to its thriller remarks on which we drew attention this day week. They seem to us a far better illustration of the ingenuity with which a strong desire can always plead its own cause than a justification of the attack on General JOHNSON. If the wish of Mr. GROTE, or any other Member, to force some knowledge on an unwilling public, can justify the House of Com mons in transacting business without a quorum, the necessity of providing for the public wants will always appear to Ministers to justify a similar pro ceeding. To slight so excellent a rule as that which requires the presence of at least 40 Mem bers to make a House, for the purpose of allowing a favourite of the Spectator to enlighten the pub lic on some subject which that Journal has at heart, but about which the public does not care a straw, is to sacrifice the best Parliamentary rules to an individual's crotchet. If Mr. URQU HART were in Parliament, how he might, with the assistance of the new law laid down by the Spectator, enlighten the public as to the treason of Lord PALMERSTON ! The Spectator's obser. vations, however, will not bear examination. They are merely those fallacies which ingenious men can always find to vindicate the blunders into which passion may betray them. The Paris journals of Thursday, with the ex ception of the Quotidienne, a Royalist, and the Commerce, a Radical paper, are in extacies about the success of the Fortifications' Bill. They are filled with a transport of joy at the prospect of having freedom of discussion—the liberty of the Press—and the countless Republican institutions which surround the French Monarchy —secured by two thousand pieces of cannon and a garrison of eighty thousand regular troops ! When that period arrives, there will be glorious times for the National and the Republican party who support it. Then may the Republicans laugh to scorn threats of foreign invasion. .N o Calmuc horde can then bivouac in the streets of Pans. Sheltered by two thousand pieces of cannon, the National may safely bid defiance to what has not, and, we trust never will have an existence— a coalition against France. But, before the walls are up, it would be just as well if the writers in the ii ational, and the bulk of its readers, were to make a journey to St. Petersburg, to take a few lessons in loyalty at the Court of the Czar. We are quite serious upon this head. They ought also betinie - s to educate their children in the principles of the Imperial Catechism, which re cognizes as next to the Deity, and second only to that Divine Being as an object of human wor. ship, the sacred person of the CZAR. If the Re publicans neglect this, they will discover to their cost that the walls will be more formidable to them than to the enemies of France. If they want to dwell peaceably under shelter of the two thousand pieces of cannon they cannot too soon purge themselves of their old notions about equal rights, the sovereignty of the peopl e , an d suc h i other odd falwes as produced th e revo l ut i on of jtluielyvi There olation of the mustn charter—no tu b e e tle no f hintsbabbling tr thrown n o n u t t n a ) n o t u t t e r e the n u t : p d l u a e i n its conce e rning o .i thethe Crow corruptionn— 11 o of the Governm en t, the servility of the Cham bers, or the inconvenienc e of a libel law tanta mount to a Russian censorship. The Repub hear's, to keep their head s u p on their shoulders, Court, must discover the KING, the C a bi net , the the Chambers, and the Magistracy, to be re spectively models of perfection, to be studied and imitated by all Potentates, Governments,' Parliaments, and Judicial functionaries in the world. Having made this discovery, and being prepared on all occasions to proclaim it in the ears of France, the National and it s party might contrive to live in Paris without the risk of having the stability of their domi ciles tested by an occasional 24-pound shot from the nearest battery. The ordinary Madrid mail brings papers to the 25th ult. Their interest, however, is taken away by the following telegraphic despatch, which appears in Thursday's Moniteur : ‘‘ MADRID, MARCH 28. " THE CHARGE DE AFFAIRES OF FRANCE TO TILE MINISTER , chances of success, as well as the very different principles on which the two questions stand, alike command all the Anti-Corn-law party not to merge their definite, moral, religious, and sacred cause in the more extensive, but merely expe dient, demands for the revision of the tariff. We do not at the same time depreciate that revision. We have heretofore shown our in terest in the question, and have taken some pains to prove the folly of several of our import duties. We will willingly therefore exert ourselves to procure such a revi sion, as distinct from, and after the Corn-laws are abolished. The farmers and landlords have an undoubted right not to be taxed in their sugar and coffee for the benefit of the West India planters, but we would not hold out that redress as a bribe for them to give up the Corn-laws. This question stands on grounds peculiarly its own, and all honest and religious men are re quired by their consciences to make an exertion to put an end to the roguish legislation they now sanction. Revision of the import duties will cor rect none of the moral disorders to which the community is a prey. It will not be a substitute for the Charter. It will not lessen discontent. Far from reconciling the lower and middle classes, it may add to their discord. The aboli tion of the Corn-laws is a great act of justice, and though we believe it would effect all which the revision of the tariff will not, we do not de mand it on that ground ; we say do justice, and trust in GOD. Since the above remarks were written, we have seen, and transferred to our columns, a por tion of Mr. COBDEN'S eloquent address at Man chester. To that we refer for a confirmation of many of our statements. " The Election Committee farce" is the com mon head given in the country papers to the late investigations concerning Walsall, St. Al ban's, and Canterbury. We own that they in terest us very little, because we know the cha racter of Election Committees of old, and never imagined that Sir ROBERT PEEL'S new law would make in that any alteration. It seems to be a failure. If the Members want a reason or an excuse for deciding one way or an other, the ingenuity of Counsel will not fail to supply it. In the St. Alban's case it was in fact the Counsel who decided ; so it was in the Canterbury case. They agreed between them not to go on with those cases, and there is no means of making them. The Committee did their duty, but they are in the hands of the men of the law. OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Cortes constituted themselves to-day. M. Ar guelles was elected President, by a majority of 118 votes against 6." There is no other news of political interest in the Journals of Thursday. We subjoin a few extracts from them : A letter from Brussels of 30th March says—" M. de Meule naere arrived here this morning, and is to go in the evening to wait on hi s M a j esty, who wishes to consult him on the di ffi cult situation in wick the Government is placed. If this statesman is willin g to undertake the formation of a new Cabinet, the King will accept the resignation of his present Ministers. M. de Meulenaere is a Minister of State and Governor of Flanders. M. de Meulenaere was the head of the last Catholic Admi nistration. His return to office would be the signal of the triumph of the party of the priests in Belgium. The dissolution of the Chamber of Representatives, and new electors under the influence of the clerical party, would be the consequence of M. de Meulenaere's accepting office. —Le Constitutionnel. We have said that Baron Monier had orders to return to his )rleans ................ Stulhausen to Thum .. Strasourg to Bale More circulation, by , Deposits, last report Present repor t Less securities bullion, present report Last report More bullion.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto Thirds Ditto New London and Greenwich Ditto Scrip... 3 ...... 4li London and South W es t ern 3n 55/..... to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13/ 13i...... to York and North Midland... 5O - JOINT STOCK BANKS. ustralasia Commercial of London 200......197 Union of Australia. MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Company 324 294 to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 1. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 964 Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 34 per Cent. Debs. With the exception of some general business in the course of the morning, no speculations or purchases of any conse quence have taken place in the British Funds. Still they continue firm and in an improving state; both the public and moneyed interest being now of a decided opinion that our difference with the United States will be ami cably adjusted, are making investments in our national securities, and should the intelligence from China, which may be expected in a few days, prove favourable, there is no doubt that a still greater improvement will take place. Next Tuesday and Wednesday being the Hebrew Feast of Passover, it is not expected that many of them will attend the Stock Exchange. Consols have maintained the morning prices to the present time ; 894 90 for the Account ; Money, 894, have been done at 894 ; Exchequer Hills, 9 11 prem. ; India Bonds par; Bank Stock, for the opening, 173. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active not quite so good, 234 have been 23i 4 ; Brazilian, 694 ex. div. ; Portuguese have been 344 ; Three per Cents., 204 ; Colombian, 234 ; Mexican, lower, 314, had reached 314 324 ; Dutch Two-and a- Hal f per Cents., nothing done. In the Share Market some business has been done at higher prices. Great Western, 934; ditto New, 64; London and Brighton, 464 ; Birmingham, 156 158 ; Thirds, 534 ; ditto New, 234 24; London and South Western, 55 3 4 ; York and North Midland 80. No alteration in the prices since the report at half-past one. Nothing doing. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk Stock — India Stock 3 per Cent Red Ditto Bonds — dis 3 per Cent Cons B9' Ditto Old Annuities ... 3-1- per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 11 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 ll pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 ,Bank Stock for 0pg....173 Oct 1859 ;lndia Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. FOttEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 'Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — ,Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent I Russian, 5 per cent ll2l Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent — Ditto, 1824. 23 . Ditto, Deferred — Danish, 3 per cent. — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cat. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 311 French, 3 percent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 514 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 'Ditto, 5 per cent bli SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... ..... 9 Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid ).... Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 631 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall R a il way (25 p d) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 157 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) s3} Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid). 24 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 81 Ditto Scrip. (3 paid) 4 London and South Weste rn ... ........... ... 554 Ditto Tenths London and Croydon Railway (Trunk). 134 Northern and Eastern (50 paid) South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 181 York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 80 ...............................,.....„ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ving seen 31st ult. a paragraph stating that Surgeon J. Majesty's ship Vic tor, I h ß :b il e a en . tried by Court-martial at Port Royal, Jamaica, for drunkenness, andsen of te t tel to be severely reprimanded and wil , placed in yo a u t r the nea t botto m p , untrue as st i; üblication, contradict the same, as the isl have erue ltoanrdequest malicious. that you . invalided d t f i r s o as m base that an d on the 2d of October last, and imme diately proceeded to England, where I have since been for the is a villainous fabr ication, and could only e most foul and cowardly source. have a recoveryviel emanat e d whole o f chargef health.r from tthe 1 am, S,r, your obedient s er vantJouN, 'BOWLER. Lti l e ° p r' ar A ag p r ri a l ph of which Mr. Bowler so,...j'euestul Current compla i nsency o f sso deeply regret gthuatpon private cha racter. was copied from the Morning Herald, that we were in any way accessory to the any statement atrocious a falsehood. Nothing is more painful to us than to t v ly ig l i •e la fl n e c e e tin Libels upon individuals never originate with us, nor i fi as nd a , p a p ft e e ar r eedxeirncisTiyetshuenutumn unjustly do we knowingly ever allow them to stain the columns of this Journal. We have little doubt that Mr. Bowler's letter will be published by the papers which quoted our article.— ED. SUN.] The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed the son of Mr. Johnson (thc purser of the Fairy, who was . lost in that vessel) to the situation of a junior clerk in the Woolwich Dockyard. This young man has been educated at the Naval School at Greenwich. post immediately after the Fortification Law should be voted; his departure is said to be in consequence of communications made to our Government by the Court of Vienna, which, anti cipating a dissension among the Deputies to the Helvetic Diet on the affairs of Argau, is supposed to have resolved to station a cordon of troops on the frontiers of Switzerland. We read in a private letter from Switzerland, that a very warm conversation had taken place between Baron Kendener, the Russian Minister, and the Avoyer Neuhaus, after which the Russian Minister despatched a courier to St. Petersburgh. " What is the most extraordinary," says this letter, " is that the English Minister, who at the beginning appeared to take no concern in the matter, has just joined his counsels to that of the other Powers, so that it shoald seem as if a new Treaty, like that of July 15, was going to be concluded against the un offensive Swiss Confederation."—Le Commerce. BOURSE...—PARIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 1. Pint Highest Lowest Last Price. Price'. Price Price i French 5 per Cents ll Pr 2 25 112 60 ... 112 25 ... 112 25 4 per Cents ........ 99 ... 99 ... 99 3 per Cents ..... 77 90 7 8 77 90 *** 78 Bank of trance 1150 ...3180 ...3150 ...3180 Liflitte Bank I.ooot.Sh 1055 ~.1055 ...1055 ...1055 5,000 f. Shares 5150 ...5150 ...5150 ...5150 , 4eigian Bank 5 per Cents ..... ... ... 24 '2 4 Passive Portuguese 3 per Cents l9j ... 19% tuYa ••• 19 Nea p olitan lO3 103 il3 ... 103 unman 103 103 ... 103 ... 103 RAILWAY SHARES. Versaillcs,R. B 4$ 271 50 ... 277 50 275 '275 485 485 ... 485 485 420 ... 420 ... 420 421 237 50 ... 237 50 ... 237 50 237 50 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 2.—We continue to have a very moderate demand, and especially so since the re • ceipt of accounts from New York to the 16th ult., per the Bri tannia steamer, arriving here on Wednesday last, by which the apprehension of war is removed, and with it the excitement of speculation. On that score there is now remaining only the question of short crop, and which is not entertained, as it was set forth by previous accounts. In the mean time the con tinued unfavourable account► from the manufacturing districts tend to counteract the effect that might be produced by a falling off in the supply, and the want of a healthy demand for the trade causes unsteadiness in prices, which are reduced an eighth per lb. generally upon our quotations of Friday last, 2,586 Surat were offered at auction to-day, but only thirty bales of middling were sold at 4} 194; good 51/2. Speculators have taken 1,700 bales of American, and Exporters 200 Surat, 700 American, 400 Laguayra, 200 Pernam. 30 Bahia, and 100 Surat sent into the country last month unsold. Only about 2,000 bales of all kinds sold to-day. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 2.—The following transactions comprise the business of the Share Market this day.—Eastern Counties, 81 ; Ditto, Debentures, 7i; Glas gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 231; Great Western, New Shares, 63i ; Ditto 20/. Shares, 114; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 34; Liverpool and Manchester, 197; London and Birmingham, 165; New Ditto, 24 ; Midland Counties, New Shares, 16g. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—There is an improvement in all the finished Railways.—Manchester and Leeds, 64; Do. Halves 29; Manchester and Birming ham, 24/ ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34*; London and South Western, 55i ; Ditto, Tenths,: 21. 2s ; Bank of Manchester, 7%; _,Union Bank of Manchester, 7i. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England has been published, from the sth Ja nuary to the 30th March, 1841, both inclusive, from which the following is the result : Circulation to the above period £16,537,000 Last report £165,000 £7,567,000 7,212,000 Less deposits, by ••• .. £355,000 Securities, last re p or t Present report £397,000 £4,339,900 4,076,000 £263,000 The ship 1 . irginia has arrived at Liverpool, having sailed from New York on the 14th uh., three days after the Presi dent, and encountered a storm for three days. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yes terday, at 891 90 for the Account, Money 891 n ; with scarce anything doing as yet, and it is not expected that much busi ness will be transacted during the day, which is in general the case on Saturday ; Exchequer Bills 9 11 premium ; India Bonds 2 discount, 2 prem. In the Foreign Market the prices continue at present no minal, and may be quoted as per yesterday's leaving off. Spanish Active, 231 1; Deferred, 121 1; Passive, 51 1; Portuguese, 341; Brazilian, 681 69} ex div. ; Colombian 231 ;s Mexican 311 i ; D utc h T wo-and-a-Half per Cents. 51 1 ; Five per Cents. 97?-, -1 ex div. SHARES.—Great Western 27 28 prem. ; New 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 31. dis. ; Blackwall 5 3 / 4 dis. ; Birmingham 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 554 56 per share ; Croydon 134 1 per sh,,re ; Greenwich 84 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham 154 l 5 discount. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. Candiotes seem to have become sensible to the advantage of employing peaceable representations rather than arms. It is said that they presented to the Govern ment an energetic petition fur the same rights as arc enjoyed by the Samiotes. Two English and one Austrian men•of-war left Mar trorizza for Candia on the premature report of an in surrection in that island. THE HAGUE, MAacii W.—The King and Queen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess returned yesterday from Rotterdam. The Second Chamber of the States General has corn me.,ced on the petitions of the projects of law on the per. onal tax. His Majesty has lttely signed a decree, the object of which is to place the army on the peace establishment, and to organize the several branches of the service accordingly, and with the express intention of reduc ing, as far as possible for the present, the expenses of the Treasury. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 2.—We understAnd that his Majesty's visit to the capital is deferred till after Easter. IVIONS, MARCH 27.—The movement of the ice seems to be ended, only a few smelt flakes now and then pass down the river. But, on the other hand, the river had risen this morning to the alarming height of 18 feet 4 inches. It then tell two inches, and remained stationary for five hours, but during the last hour it has risen, we regret to say, one inch. The Peyel is now 18 feet 3 inches. In the Mederung the water continues to rise, and danger increases. According to a report that has just been received the Vistula has made a breach in the dyke at the village of Schonollen, nine miles below MODE. BELGIAN I! UNDS—BizumasLa , APRIL 2. Aetna' Dew, 23 , ,, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 1,91i Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Thirty•4Qven• -- —(1 40) 149% Loan of City, 183; 4 per Cent 9l Society of Commerce, 4S per Cent 96 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 77 National Society . Exchange on London (shim t) . ll 95 —Brussels Papers, April 2. 'DUTCH FUNDS.—AmereitoArd, APRIL 5/oiie e Mils. tctual Debt, ',:%, per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cext. ninon svadic,-4., per cent f4 X, 89 Ditto, ditto, 3%, per cent. 71% 12 Commercial Company, 4 •,, per cent ..... Ditto (1635 arid 1637) S per cent. Lou,, 1537, 5 per cent. bxchainge on London, Ore 'monk :2 05 Two months Dutch Papers, April 3. AUSTiIIAN I.lll 4 4.l.m.—VienN A , MARCH 24 ive per coatis. Metalliquee 10vr per Cents. uB% . 1 hrre p‘r Cents. (lank Mai os 3CI3 -- 4.'wernerne Zeliung, Mara 30 PRUSSIAN FUN Limit.m, Marten 39. Rills Money St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ....... ...... 10 % 0 Prussian Engilsh Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100 eachange on London, three months ... ri It % —Pruestan State Gazette. March 31. CUSTOMS DUTY. An account has been laid before the house of Commons, of the gross receipts of Customs Duty collected at each Custom-house of the United Kingdom, in the year ending the sth of J anuary, 1841, distinguishing the amount of repayments for drawbacks, and bounties of the nature of draw backs, &c. together with the amounts paid at each Custom-house, fbr expenses of °dice, and on other accounts, as welt as the net amount re mitted from each Custom- house to the Receiver- General ; also, an account of the receipts of each Custom-house for the previous year. The subjoined are the gross receipts at the principal sea-ports:- 1839. 1840. London £11,431,245 £11,116,685 Liverpool . . 4,234,118 4,607,326 Eristol Glasgow 852,104 v 898,579 Dublin Leith 573,685 602,999 Newcastle . . 464,219 443,294 Belfast 341,442 365,023 Cork Waterford Gloucester 163,466 156,641 Limerick 148,782 169,490 Plymouth... 117,878 135,930 Sunderland 111,731 119,681 Whitehaven 107,540 92,831 Londonderry 98,626 103,900 Dundee 92,502 63,346 Exeter ... ........... Chester 76,538 78,222 Stockton . .97,225 Aberdeen Yarmouth 68,332 61,495 Lynn 67,252 67,130 Southampton 61,014 77,942 Portsmouth . ........ .... 58,296 70,187 The amount received altogether is about twenty millions sterling, of which the London Custom house furnishes more than one lalf. A PRIEST'S OPINION OF ST. PAUL'S. has been observed, as a circumstance full of meaning that no man knows the names of the architects of our , ca thedrals. They left no record of their names upon the 'abries, as if they would have nothing there that couk suggest any other idea than the glory of that God to whom the edifices were devoted for perpetual and so lemn worship—nothing to mingle a meaner association with the profound sense of his presence ; or as if, in the joy of having built him a house, there was no want left unfulfilled, no room for the question whether it is good for a man to live in posthumous renown. One signal, we had nearly written, and will write, flagrant exception to the above rule, with reference to , our cathedrals, will probably, on the instant, occur to most of our readers—and th t is the pompous inscrip tion engraver on high in St. Paul's. It is there osten tatiously written in marble that ti : e huge pile is the monument of its architect. We all know that to the memory of Wren the bad taste of An Eiastian age offered this tribute. But who built Westminster Ab bey and Our Lady's Chapel in Southwark ? And in which building do we more immediately think of Him to whose service it is dedicated ? 1:30,) not our thoughts, as it were instinctively, turn heavenwards so soon as we enter the the long drawn aisles and look upwards to the fretted vaults of Westmiester ? But who that ever visited the Halle au Ble at Paris, can fail to be re minded of it when he looks around him at St. Paul's ? For ourselves, we confess that, in spite of our efforts to t , xpel such unseasonable imaginings, we never cross .St. Paul's without thinking what an admirable corn-mart it would make, and can never select for it a higher pur pose than that of a national gallery, dedicated to the memory of illustrious statesmen, gallant admirals, and doughty field-marshals. We cannot even think of poets, and never look at Samuel Johnson in the charac ter of Hercules without being almost as indignant at the H. 8., the caricaturing image-maker, who put such a slight upon the sage of Lichfield, as probably was tin_ Grecian hero himself, when doomed to twirl Omphale's distaff.—Church of England Review. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY..—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by their suite, visited this national bnild ing on Friday afternoon. The Royal party arrived at a quarter to three o'clock, and were received by the Mar quis of Lansdowne, one of the trustees, who escorted her Majesty and the Prince through the different galleries and explained each subject exhibited. The visit was quite private, and the pictures, &c., inspected by her Majesty were the same as are exhibited to the public. The Roy& party did not leave until half- past four o'clock • A Fox of a pure drab c o lour was captured on Thursday week, after a fine run, by the Cockermoutb Union Harriers.—.CarlisleJourma ANTWERP, APRIL I .—Nothing precise has yet trans pired respecting the Ministerial crisis. Everything continues to pass in the shade. It is said that the .-fforts of one or two interested persons to form a Mi nistry are greatly discouraged. ANTWERP, APRIL 2.—PetitionB to the King not to dismiss his Ministers continue to be signed in mar y places. Some days ago a solution appeared so immi nent that the petitioning relaxed all at once ; and it was proposed at Malines to send a petition, which was not agreed to, because it was thoeght it would come too late. Now that the general expectation has not been fulfilled, petitions begin to flow in again. It is remarkable that petitions in favour of the Mi• nistry are sent from places, the, representatives of which are the most determined opponents of the Ministry, viz. MM. Des Theux de Burdinne, Deschemps de Decker, &c. &c. The illessager de Gand says that the Municipal Council meets today to consider of an address to the King, petitioning him to dissolve the Chambers.— Journal du Commerce d' Anvers, 2d and 3d of April. BRUSSELS, APRIL 2 .—Yesterdey evening there was a brilliant entertainment at Lord Montagu's, at which the Foreign Ambassadors, several Ministers, persons of the King's Household, Civil and Military Officers, and persons of distinction, as well as a great number of English and other foreigners were present.—Brussels, April 2. TURKISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 18.--A letter from Constantinople says :—`• However well merited the dis tinguished recompense bestowed on Rescbid Paella may be, there are people who believe that it is a preli minary step to his dismissal, and, as it were, an ir.dern oification fur it. Ritaat Bey is already spoken of as his probab,e successor, but there is at present no certainty in all these reports, though it cannot be denied that Reschid has many adversaries in the Seraglio; and espe cially meets with great opposition through the Sul an's favourite, R.za Pacha. The Porte has not yet come to any resolution respecting ti,e alterations to be made in the firman investing Alchemet Ali with the Puchalic of Egypt, but he conciliator ) proposals of the two great German Powers appear to be favourably lis tened to. Syria is far from tranquil, and it may be difficult for the Porte to restore order in that country. The Druses, in particular, are said to refuse obedience to the new Governor, and to demand the reed! of the Emir Beschir. THE MERCANTILE MARINE. Daring spirits accomplish with ease that which would prove impracticable to others of baser metal. Lennon's speech was therefore received with acclamations, and the ship promptly cleared fir action. At bh. 20m., as the enemy had almost got within gun-shot, Lerrnon took in stay and steering sails, rigged in the booms, brailed his courses, and trice(' up the boarding-nettings. At sh. .50m. all hands were at quarters exercising toe guns. " Stations" was now the word, and al though the cook's is commonly alleged to be the fore-sheet, yet, upon this occasion, it was to see the poker sufficiently hot for Lennon's alleged purpose. At six the schooner shortened sail, although still in chase; the Hibernia double-shotted her guns, loaded her small-arms, and made every disposition to avert being boarded. At 7h. 30m., the enemy having closed, rounded to athwart the Hiber nia's stern, giving her several broadsides, and keeping up a storm of musketry. This kindness was returned with a small arm fire, and from the ship's stern-chasers. At about 9P. M. the privateer ranged up close upon the larboard quarter; to baffle this intent, Lennon yawed to port, bringing his larboard guns to bear, and, as Quashes says, giving his antagonist toko for yam." From this time a close action of an hour's duration ensued, Lennon evincing his coolness and skill by twice raking the schooner—once with his larboard, and once with his starboard guns. At about 10 the enemy sheered off to repair damages. In some twenty minutes, however, he again renewed the attack, the Hibernia all the while going large, and drilling with her stern-chasers as he came up. At about 10h. 30m. close action once more ensued, the schooner taking his position on the larboard side, and pouring in a heavy fire. At this stage of the combat the Hibernia had one of her larboard guns disabled, four of her feeble crew were wounded, and one killed ; this last was the poor cook, who had gone to tie up a favourite dog of the captain's uneer the top gallant forecastle. Having accomplished his purpose, he was returning to supply the captain with the hot poker, when a round shot took him on the crown of the head and hurled him upon the deck a mangled corse. Finding the enemy's fire very destructive. Lennon yawed athwart the privateer's stern, bringing his starboard guns to bear, and firing with great precision. They continued thus hotly engaged for above half an hour, when the schooner again sheered off. At this time the Hibernia bad the mein-top-sail tie shot away—all her braces were gone, her gaff was down, and she had sustained other considerable damage. Profiting by the retreat of their foe, single bra ces were got upon the yards, the gaff was hoisted, and the main-top-sail•tie re placed. At I lh. 30m. the schooner was once more discovered draw ing up astern ; when she had got within reach, she received a dose of double head and grape, most efficaciously administered from the unswerving stern-chasers. To get out of range of this unfriendly salute as speedily as possible. the schooner car ried a press of sale, that he might lay himself alongside. To wards midnight, having gained the Hibernia's larboard-side, a close conflict of three-quarters of an hour's duration ensued. At the expiration of that time, he evinced an inclination to board. With the view of either running him down or carrying away his mainmast, Captain Lennon ordered the helm to be clapped hard a-starboard, issuing at the same time, the com mand, " Boarders to repel boarders. ' So well judged, and so expeditiously was Lennon's manoeuvre effected, that he barely missed the enemy's mast—her escape from that deci-ive casualty being owing to the schooner shooting farther ahead than Lennon expected. As it was, the Hibernia ran her jib boom through tie privateer's main -sail, tearing it away, al though with the loss of the spars. At this eventful period, the privateer's men were clustering around the Hibernia's bows, but Lonnon's tar. were a' their post One of the enemy had gained the fore bumkin of the British ship, but he was flung back into his own with a pike through his body. As the vessels shot clear of each other, Lennon brou g ht h is star b oard guns to bear, a n d b es t owe d a heavy raking fire upon his ad versary, then jammed upon a wind, and in the act of sheering off. besides the cook slain, the Hibernia had now her chief mate, boatswain, carpenter, steward, and seven men, wounded. The courage, however, of her dauntless captain and his nine remaining men and boys, was still unimpaired. T heir strength, indeed, was worn, but their si irits were unquenched. The almost exhausted barky continued steering large, get ting fresh breechings for her guns, and repairing other da mages as best she might. At Ih. 30m. A. M. of the 12th, the privateer, having bent another main -sail, was again discovered to be coming up astern. Again the stern-chasers emitted their deadly shower. About two the schooner had regained her former favourite station upon the Hibernia's larboard quarter ; broadside after broadside was poured into the inflexi ble ship, and a furious encounter was maintained until half-past four. By this time every yard of the British ship was down, every brace and rope attached thereto had been cut away, and for the last two hours of the conflict she had been reduced to two men and two boys, who with the utmost difficulty were able to fight one gun. At 4h 30m., however, the enemy had also evidently had enough. By way of parting benediction and lasting remembrance, Lennon rammed one of his carronades, filling it to the muzzle with all sorts of missiles and upwards of 500 musket-balls. Waiting until the schooner had payed round off and exposed her stern, he then cast his fatal eye along the gun—the red hot poker did its duty—the deadly hail was evidenced by the yells of mortal agony which broke from the schooner's deck, who now hauled off to return no more. The discharge, which had carried so much of death and doom to the foe, had nearly proved fatal to the chivalrous Lennon. Every shot—and he threw none away—had been fired by his own hand; but when this last gun exploded so prodigious was the charge that it canted clean over, shaving the hero of this nine hours' unequal, almost unparalleled contest. At daylight the schooner, which was afterwards ascertained to be the Comet, of Baltimore, Captain Boyl, of 16 guns, about 350 tons, " and a crew of one hundred and thirty men," was discovered about a mile to windward ( Virgingorda bearing N., St. Thomas, W. N. W. ), a perfect wreck, like her oppo nent ; her decks were ripped up—her topmasts over the side— and she had lost 48 men, killed acid mortally wounded, exclu sive of others severely and slightly. The Hibernia showed him her colours, a compliment he was in no mood to return ; in fact, during the whole encounter, he had never shown his colours, and it was the impression of Captain Lennon that he had struck. Had Lennon succeeded in his attempt to carry away the Comet's main-mast it was his intention to have placed the Hibernia to windward, and to have drifted down a buoy, with a hawling-line attachrd to a hawser, which he would have compelled him (under the threat of being sunk) to lay hold of. This would, indeed, have been a triumph for a merchantman. Her means, how ever, were too feeble to ac complish a purpose so spirited. As matters stood, Lennon made for St. Thomas in the best manner he could, and ar rived there, without further casualty, on the afternoon of the 12th. The second schooner, seen by the Hibernia in company of the Comet, turned out to be the Aemiral's tender, of 14 guns and 65 men, which Boyl had captured on the 10th, after an action of thirty minutes. Scarcely had the Hibernia dropped her anchor ere the whole island of St. Thomas, from Governor Maclean downwards, rang with acclamations. Addresses, congratulations, subscrip tions, songs, odes, testimonials of every sort, poured in. The subscribers consisted of masters of merchantmen. So appropriate a tribute of his fellow-seamen's esteem was not the only token of the admiration which Lennon inspired. The colonists of St. Thomas were equally prompt to evince their feelings ; 5501., with Governor Maclean first on the list, were speedily subscribed-1051. to be expended in the purcha,e of a piece of plate for th e ca pt a i n ; t h e res i due to be divided among the crew. I en non ' s p ort i on i s contained in a superb silver salver, now in the gallarr veteran's possession. It bears the following apposite inscription : " Presented to Captain John Lennon by the Merchants of the Island of St. Thomas, for his distinguished gallantry in defending and saving his ship, the Hibernia, of 6 guns and 22 men, of whom 12 were killed and wounded, after an action of nine hours with an Americ..n privateer of 16 guns and 130 men, off the Island of Saba, on the lOth of January, 1814." The Comet, even in worse condition than the Hibernia, put into Port Rico, to repair damages. With the true spirit of a noble and generous foe, Captain Boyl wrote to his undaunted antagonist, intimating the plea sure it would afford him to see Lennon whenever times would admit of an exchange of courtesies. Both commanders were slightly wounded, each in the arm. Lenr,on's official letter to the Admiralty was remarkable for its modesty, but having given the details at large it would be mere iteration to transcribe it. Upon his arrival in the Downs he found an Admiralty order to protect his seamen against im prcssment. The speedy establishment of pece rendered it, however, of no value. The Hibernia's cargo was insured to the amount of 40,000/., yet the underwriters (on the cargo) would not contribute a shilling to the average of damage sus tained by the action. Those who had taken risks upon the ship acted very differently. Two trials were the result, and a verdict finally given against Lennon and his owners, entailing thereby a loss of 5,0001., not one-half of which he would have incurred by surrender ! What a contrast this presents to the enthusiasm of the Thomasians, who were in no way implicated in the matter. 't he actions of John Lennon well de , erve a bei ter chronicler than he who thus endeavours to snatch them from the obscu rity of all-devouring time. No doubt many kindred spirits have existed, and may again exist. We sincerely trust, then, that they may have to fight their battles under better auspices. The merchant-service is the indisputable cradle of our naval glory ; may it be fostered, encouraged, and advanced; and, we again repeat —no way so sure to achieve so important an object as by rendering " The Royal and Mercantile Marine alike National." IMPORTANT I .—Fanny Ellsler,arrived at New Orlean s , f rom H avannah, on the 28th ult., and was followed by a great crowd to her lodgings. The Crescent City, adds to the announcement of her arrival, that the cushion on which she rode from the steam-ship Natchez to the St. Charles Exchange, would be raffled for in the bar-room of the hotel. One hundred chances at two dollars and fifty cents. each., • Her Majesty has rewarded Captain Douglas, late of the merchant ship Cambridge, by con ' ferring on him the honour of Knigthood for his patriotic conduct at Singapore and in the Canton River; but praiseworthy as his conduct was, it fell far short of that of Captain Lennon and the crew of the Hibernian in the last American war. The account subjoined is extracted from an ar ticle in the Colonial Magazine, just published. We need not apologize for its length—the de scription is spirited, and the brave deeds of the Captain and gallant crew surpass even those ascribed by the poet to the " Saucy Arethusa." The Hibernia, a merchant vessel, which had been in action before under the same Com mander, carried six guns, with twenty-two men and boys. Her opponent, the " Comet," an American privateer, carried sixteen guns, and a crew of 130 men : From the period of his affair with Commodore Barney, Len non continued in command of the Hibernia. Denied the ad vantages of a running ship, he had landed all his guns save four eighteen-pound carronades and two long 9's. At the close of 1813, the Hibernia was once more on her passage to St. Thomas, with a crew of seventeen officers and men, and five boys. Having parted company with the convoy on the 1 lth of January, 1814, the Hibernia sighted Saba. At lh. 30m. P. M. the island bore N.N.E. seven or eight leagues distant. At this moment two schooners were descried to the southward—one of which was evidently a prize to the other. At two, the headmost vessel was made out to be a large schooner, with top• gallant-yards across, in full chase of the Hibernia, with whom she was coming up very fast. Lennon continued his course with every sail he could carry, but find ing an engagement or surrender inevitable, he called the hands aft, and thus addressed them : " My lads, I have called you together to ask you one simple question, and to make you one straightforward proposal. Thet eis no mistaking that fellow who is coining up w ith us hand over fist. I know well that you are ad jolly dogs—and if you will stand by me, why, 1 mean to show light." A hearty cheer was the gratifying response. I !iced not tell you, my lads, that a shot well Placed often effects wonders. I know well that you are not men-of-war's men, and that, in case of accidents, you have neither Green wich nor a pension to fall hack upon. All I can say, then, is, that it you will stand by me, like the men I take you to be, you shall each receive two months' additional pay, and the entire of the prize, should we be lucky enough to take her." COURT CIRCULAR. 'f Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager ou Saturday-, at Marlborough House. Prince George of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at hostile House. The Duke of CartiOridio attended Divine Service yesterday afternoon in St. James's Church. A Cabinet Connell wa, held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign office. It was attended by all the Ministers except the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer. The Conned sat three hours. Despatches for Lord S}denham, Governor of Ca• natia, wore sent off on Saturday evening trom the Co• lonial-office. Despatches were also sent to the Go• vernor of New Brunswick. Mrs. Fry and Leut.-Colonel Miller had interviews with the Marquis of Norma*, on Saturi ay, at the H e-0f8c,.. The Earl of Shelburne lett Lansdowne House on Sa turday for the Continent. Viscount Melbourne had a Yarbamentary dinner party on Saturday, at his private residence in South street. COURT OF ALDERMEN. (From the Obserper.) On Saturday a Court of Aldermen, was held, at which a good deal of merriment was created by a respectable petitioner. Alderman KELLY presented a petition from Mr. Ellis, the landlord of the Chapter Coffee-house, in Paternoster-row, praying that oninibusses and other public carriages might be prevented from passing down the row during the hours of Divine service on the Lord's day. The LORD MAYOR asked the petitioner if he had anything to add ? Mr. al.'s, who pleaded his own cause, with great earheAness said that his family would be ruined if his petition were not complied with, for, in consequence of the prohibition issued against the passing of public vehicles round Sr. Paul's Church-yard during the hours of Divine service, they rattled by his house in such quick succession, that his family were not oily dis turbed, but his customers, who were principally clergy men, could not get their reireshmenn in peace, and they would be obliged absolutely to run out of the house if the nuisance were not abated. Tine injury, too, which his valuable stock of wine in the celleirs under the pave ment would be subjected to would be very serious, for the rumbling of the carriages ma de the wine shake again, and his fine old port would never recover the convulsion. Alderman FAREBROTHER thought the petitioner's request a very unreasouable one. The Court of Al dermen would not be justified iin closing a public thoroughfare because an indiv id ual sustained incon venience from its use. If Mr. Eilis's family would go to church they might enjoy the q uietude they longed for, as it appeared from the petie.on that it was only during the hours of Divine Service, when St. Paul's Churchyard was closed against p tale traffic, that the coaches disturbed Mr. Ellis's family..—(Laughter.) Alderman WHITE was surprised,, for the same rea son, to hear that Mr. Ellis's wostomers were dis turbed ; for as tfo:y were described by the petitioner to be quiet clergymen, he should have thought they would be engaged in th it sacred calling during the Sabbath, rather thin be seated in a coffee-h o use to have their meditations disturbed by the retch; ,g of omnibuses and the tioise of coa-hes and cabs.—{ I 1 , ar.) Sir C. S. HUNTER assured Alt. Ellis that the Court would take his bi,ttl , ,s into their serious con .iteration.—(A laugh.) It might b e perhaps arranged that the onnebuses should pass toe .etitioner's house at a toot pace, instead of creating a 'commotion in the cellar by the rapidity of their move merits. The wine must, of all things, be protected.—t;.A laugh.) Alderman COPELAND moved that 'the petition should be laid on the table. St. Paul's Ch turchyard was very properly closed during the hours of di v ine service, at the instance of the Bishop of London, tlia t the soiemo ser vice of the cathedral might not be disturbed ; and if Mr. Ellis's had been a church irate; td c .f a coffee-house, there would have been some rea , bon, as well as some right, for the Court's interference; but .as it was there was neither reason nor right, for upon ireferring to the Act of Parliament under which the auttiori.y was given to close the streets in the way propos,A, it was clear that it only applied to cases in which tht: clergymen or churchwardens applied. In respect to 1 'eternoster-row no application could be made, becau,e there was no church in the whole line.—(Hear, near.) Alterman LUCAS shook his head very much at the idea of the injury which the wine might sustain from the sort of earthquakes which the vehicles °cc asioned iu tie cavernous locality of Paternoster-row. I - I , e was really afraid that the thunder of the omnibuses would be as fatal to port, ,as the thunder of the eleine.nts was to porter.—(Laughter.) Of the suggestion the at the car riages ot all kinds should go at a slow pace he should approve, if the proprietors were not liable to a penalty for creeping. The petition was then, according to Ole terms ,of the. amendment, ordered to be laid on the to ale. r [Tie preceding account is a fair sp ecimen, from a seligious Journal, of Aldermen and Cb urchmen. We shall probably refer to the subject on a future occa ion.—ED. Sun.] UNCLAIMED BANK DIVIDEZCDS. Alderman COPELAND presented a petition from Jo- seph Ady, of unclaimed dividend noto ric ty, complaining that the attorneys of the Mayor's Cou rt bad refused to bring an action f or hi m aga i nst the per son who detained his oks and other documentary matt ?,r connected with his bminess, and praying that the C ourt of Aldermen would brine the said attorneys to a sense of their duty to the public. Aicernian COPELAND said that the matter de manded inquiry, at the same time that he bad no idea of ia.pugniiig the conduct of the Mayor's Court attor neys. He had, since he presented a petition from Mr. Ady on a former day, received severe I letters from the country, assuring him, that if it hat': nut been for Mr. Ady many unclaimed dividends w ould ntsver have reached the parties entitled to them.- The petition was referred to the? Committee of Ge neral purposes.—Adjourned. WM, •••••• ItEBE. --- 1-S 1N THE Cl-i:URCH. Thursday the Arehi,h3hop's Visit dion wets continued in the Minster, pursua at to adjournment. Tim Dean was absent, but Thoi uas Terrell, E. q., B rrister-at-law, of London, appeary I as his advocate. After the names were called over, Mr. TERRELL stated that be auper wed or behalf of the Dean. Di. PHILLIMORE said the Dean was:in contempt, and no one could be beard for him until he• hail purged his contempt by promising obedience to t he. Ordinary. Mr. TERRELL was anxious to show ti at. he (the Com missary) had no power under his corer nisi ion to euter into the question of simony, or to put the De an in contempt. Dr. PHILLIMORE said he bad done sc t, and he could not reverie his decision. He then staf ect that he had net had a sufficient opportunity of co nter ring with the Visitor on the several Sttbjects which had heel: brought before him, and, consequently, he ni ijourned the Court until the knowing day, at eleven, , when he said he should be prepared with his decisi on. FRIDAY, APRIL 2 . This forenoon this visitatio n wir is continued in the Ecclesiastical Court at the C4thell During the morning the follo•we ig notice was posed on the south door of the Minstt tr •:- 4 . Joseph Phillimore, Doctor of Laws, Regius Pro fessor of Civil Law in the U arversity of Oxford, and Advocate of the Court of Arc) tes Commissary for the purpose of holdir,g a Visitatio, 3 of the Most Reverend Father in' God, Edward, by 1 Divio ,e Providence, Lord Archbishop of York, Primate. of England and Metro. politan. Whereas you, the 1 ery B ,evermnd Wm. Cock burn, Doctor in Divinity, Dean • of the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of 'St. Pettr of York, on the 23d day of Match last, pen'ling the p rocecdings of the said Visitation, have been, pronounce d contumacious and in contempt, and have continu ed e ver since wilfully to absent your self from tEe same. W e , , therefore, in virtue of the authority cor,feried • up on us by the sad Lord Archbishop, the Visitor, as ( jommi ssa , •y, do by these pre sents porecoptotily monish %fon, the saL d Very Reverend Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine Service yester day morning in the Chapel Royal, Si. James's. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached the ser mon from Matthew, chap. iii., v. 2. The Service was read by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, the Lessons by the R.3v. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion Service was read by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Sleath, and the Rev. Dr. Knapp. Tiie Chant was Dupuis, the Te Deum and Jubilate (Boyce) in A; the Sanctus and Responses (Rogers) in D. Ttie Anthem, " The Lord is King"(Arnoh), was sung by Messrs Hawkins, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in 1► siting. The Royal Suite included the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Marquis of Headford, Lord Geo. Lennox, Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bon ver'.e. Tnc Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Hudson, and Earl Howe. The Marquises of Normanby and Northampton, Earls Bandon, Cawdor, and Dunmore, and Viscount Can! erbury, were among the nobility prenent. Tiieir Roym Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and Prince George of Cambridge visiteu the Queen on Saturday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Ma jesty on Saturday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel in Kensington Paiace. Lady Anne Maria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George attended D.ving Service yesterday morning in St. George's Church. ! Wm. Cockburn, to appear before us in the said Catb dral and M etropo li tan C hurc h , i n the p l ace wherca t , said Vtsi'ntion was this day hoiden, at the hour of past eleven in the forenoon of to-morrow, then a nd 11 36r1 to purge yourself lion, the said contempt, and to reo s i to the lawful obedience of the Ordinary, on Pia!, canonical punishm en t. Gi ven un d er t h e sea l of 1 ; said Lord Archbi s h op , t h e fi rst d ay o f A pr il, in t i year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ao forty-one." After the name of the Dean had been called ove r ' the Commissary ordered the Apparitor to call bins ot iv side. Mr. Jackson, the Apparitor, then called the Deco outside. No Dean, however, appeared, and, after a long dis cus ; sion, mo re disorderly th an an y th at h as yet occurred °t, a Chartist meeting, Dr. Phillimore gave his judgil u n i vo!lich was to th e e ff ect , t h at t h e D ean was d e prive %, all his offices and emoluments. The judginefit h. afterwards rep eate d w i t h great solemnity b y the Ar c bishop in the Chapter-house. THE DIORAMA. r° This exhibition was opened on Saturday fo to private v i ew , an d t h e public will be admit ted t o it this clay. It cons i sts , as usua l, ec paintin g s ; one represent i ng the shr i ne Nativity at Bethlehem; and the• other, the ° l e o rior of the cathedral church of Audi/ ~t ! t ed Toulouse. This l as t p i cture i s now e xhp', for the fi rs t t i me. It is the production , 131 er. Renoux, wh o , i n t h e management of hi 5 P O ( spective, as witness e d i n one o f the ' ono ' aisles the cathedral, and the disposition of %is 1 0. and shades—the e ff ects o f some of w hich it . quite ma g i ca l—h as ev i nced consummate adul t ness. The still life o f t h e scene is judiciouslY re lieved by the introducti on o f one or two go,P r y, • of figures, attired in the costume of the coual ea t sonic of whom are kneelino• in prayer, such an aspect of real life, that it is with tlifh c o o one can believe that they are the mere cm att o st of the artist's pencil. But, perhaps. th e L l- et! striking features in the picture are the 5 7biell glass windows of the cathedral, through Bch the mellowed light streams in, lighting up o e l e ct. object within its range, with surprising ; V a li,' 'file Smine of the IN ativity is not less 6 , 1° ,," itiar coloure4 bit as the public are already ar with it, there is no need to enlarge on its peg t he merits. It is taken from a sketch made 0a,,,0 spot by Mr. David Roberts, the most accn)e and spirited painter of oriental and Is om , scenery tha t present times have produced. MAGAZINES-.CONCLUDED' BRITISH MISCELLANY. ,0 Among the contributors to this Miscelia o , l $ find 'Mr. Leigh Hunt—always welcome i ) a d' critic and an essayist—who exhibits to ,gre a ", ) f vantage in a graceful little article on the tev,iors, ing subject of " Epithalamiums and W i en 0 days." If not a very profound, Mr• P -ti- ter s often a very subtle thinker, especially on tria ti fr suggested by the s ens ibili t i es, o f w hi c h the s ia t, joined truthful passage is an instance in P (l tf ilif, Your stern, abstract, hard-headed reasone rs t it we suspect, b e somew h at perplexed b y it, bhijait will touch a c h or d i n t h e breasts of all 10 0 ar the slightest glimmering of fancy in thei r D iell ture :—" The first marriage cer em ony at we ever attended, e was during o ur et oat getting ; and w e remember being astonished a oi lt getting into a corner apart, and pouriA re' floods of tears. It was an evidence of tha as, markable intuiti on w hi c h res id es i n t h e feeTio and which every b o d y must h ave observe r_ themselves who have tho ug ht a b out the mat doe, that knowledge, as it were , w i t h out know' e 'os an intellectual p ercep ti on w i t h out conscioas-ndo of the critical reasons for feeling as w e , of long before w e can g i ve an y a ccoull a t them. All uncritical people have times all times mor e or l ess, at ° re el' of life. Infa n t s h ave i t w h en they 3.,:fore, procate practical j es t s an d arc h l oo ks / 11 :0 they can speak. It is nature's reasoning ha l' twenty to one, if it could speak, would bea t R id low that of the critics, considering how dive hotr from pure reason they are apt to be by a„, re' died sophistical irrelevancies." The o ° l .' lo o mark that disturbs the sentiment, and we 3 r al' the force of this passage, is where the ludes to his chiidish astonishment at his g pe He was not astonished, as a boy, at his aP oir rently causeless tears ; he wept, without ICI an ing why, or caring why ; reasoning, at ° e d'' , age, and under such circumstances, was evil etr out of . the question ; it is as a man and a n' i t hii physician that he is astonished ; and it ' 5 Dr that. has set him on the task of inquiry. o w' ceived by memory, Mr. Hunt has evidelitt);.,o. founded his past, with his present f i e e :; t ice Hours with the Old Poets" is a critr,;,. Lf s hed of Edmund Bolton, a pastoral poet, who P ° Z - l oot in the age of Elizabeth. The criticism cba and just. " British Orators" discusses — ,„ e tbiag nwter of Lord. Chatham, but it tells as 1 4 - :oil' hat we did hot know before. " Agues authorief. ton" is a passable story by Mr. Hemming e A 11° LONDON AND E , DINBURGH MA 1-7'!„ 1 ee,l As tins Magazin e i s not more t h an old, it is somewhat premature to give a ue tba t opinion about it; we may state, howeve r ' c or e the specime n b e f ore us i s a very fi t r one? no taming, inter alia, an amusing d e scriPt l ' " London on a Wet Day." BLACKWOOD'S LADY'S MAGAZ il fa' e have everal. articles here, grave ,111 7, the in prose as well as i n verse, happily suiteu;e the tastes of fidr readers, who, we suppose , 3 : til s° chief supporte rs o f th e M agaz i ne. There is a clever landscap e s k etc h o f a scene in Uerill which is well engraved by Saunders. FOX'S BOOT t OF MitßTYßS.—Pa rj j i iiel l A republic at i on o f a work toll of horrors, a 41 " To e' soon fatigue the rea d er b y t h e i r i ntoiera ble btlt ness. The work was once highly poPu lar p'for e ' its day is pa s t. W e d o not antic i pate , ther ,w itli that this republicatio n o f it w ill b e atte nded much success. POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. , kind This periodical i s among t h e b est o f published, for it gives us copious and prec l %re' formation respectin g a ll t h e most recen t ira r i a ill; meatsin science and mechanics and 04 ' a tic` their peculiar character with suc h , c learne s3 rple simplicity that he who runs may reed' e gli t most interesting com mun i cat i on i n the P r pa' A umber, is one on " the application of tb e , guerre otype to the taking of likenesses fr°;" the Life"—an . extraordinary discovery W lll- Pfo' seems, is hardly two years old, and 113 , 5 ,10 duced a great sensation in all the principa l of Europe. CANADIAN SCENERE—PART X- 111 a rar This Part cont a i ns not l ess than fb u r ve ings, representing some of the most pictur - vv itil scenes in our Canadian colonies, togeth el i oll ls / prose descripti ons f rom t h e pen of Mr' ~lace' which seldo m or never r i se a b ove co mmon - 4A; The embellishme n t s , h owever, w i l l b e verYL. - ote' to sell the work, f or t h e ma j or i ty are e);-- in a superior style of art. ENGLISH JOURNAL. _ wit h di .50 11 A cheap, weekly Ni sce ll any , got u p fro m and judgment, and furnishing its reader',' from time to time, with short, ent er t a i n i ng paPe l ;',,dice' the pens of some of the most popular Per::fort writers of the day. The best article in tu"" o ver is a traveller's adventure, ent i t l e d the St' nor's Soiree," which is the production of John. HISTORY OF NApoLEON• t. With this Part,--the Twenty-sevent y) f bien Moir Bussey closes his Life of Napole° ll / we t deserves the extensive circulation it ba'„ t with, inasmuch as it maintains through ° ,T a bli tone of rigid impartiality, and is reniarpol• accurate in its details. The illustrative 'v ari cl cuts, which are numerous, are very spi rited characteristic. _t It has been proposed to hold a Meeting pro, 13• . itisli merchants for the purpose of considerirg tbe 0 ., of .ino tns t ew n hf d oi e cr r h in th g hee to Mehemet Ali some public acknio. 4 p re r rd O eg t e r i ; t i rro 9 n e g a h ti3 h n i s 9 ' d o theirrr in i c p m eh s rasis o : n annffsa i ol h ar e d:ae r dc O dit U lhi t tteo e i ie t rts o hPeriand:Pee India.°rll3tYV well i°ilr-11:118Plat89C5;i11111e; ABOLITION OF THE NAVAL POLICE Al" 1. f ROYAL DOCKNARDB._,A 0 $ c tiOti ° he naval t police in the Woolwich and other dockya3s'ked, Ithough a t the late lope the efficiency and good conduct of the force was justly Pr a T,; e a yet it has for some time been anticipated that a rico ' ° ;bo a v e o. r u iV ld la b i:ty fter the inspectioninstituted in their place, which is now on - . 0 point of being carried into effect. On Monday Cap her Hornby, R. N. and C B, N,)%al Aide-de-CareP d assib h i: a d th t i h r e ess D u y t k he P m o e li n c , e rn at a W ii, jog announcement to them : —That the Commissioners 30_ the Admiralty had determined to introduce the Metrepoliti_l: Police Force into the dockyards, and that they you're under the control of the Commissioners of Police. Li's sth of April had been the day named for' m aking t% change, and those of the Dock Police who chose t(?egv., into the Metropolitan Force must immediately state tb D_ wish, an d such as would rather Wire should have 0 0 ' month's pay (41.) for every year tbey bad been in o °,l service. Many of the men in the Dock Police were i_l l , sailors, who lirid given up pensions on their appoinmev,i, g ° t l i v il;fo blloawil. ; and the poor fellows are most anxious to have thei the 7 set at rest as to whether they will be reinstated in r ward for their setv,ces to their country which they wer e if they take the retiremeLt motley, they may receii e deprived of on joining the police, a nd . wh t e h t e h i e r ri jeuslop, also, MORNING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, MOND IY, APRIL 5. 1841. MORNIN G EDITION .. llth 8d Iliv c tee to c N I 6 th efti \~ ~0~ f