The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. not look for him. I never thought of .his being there, and there he was not. He knew nothing of the burning of the Caroline till neat morning; and if I am not mistakeu be knew it first from me. The rise of the rumour of his being there, I can only account for thus : he was active and sufficiently daring to assist in that which in tither of our navies would be only thought a common ` cutting. out affair,' and had bean round the island that day in a boat, along with several who were really at the destroying of the boat. Had be been there, I feel certain that no fear of consequences would have made him deny it, but to be stigmatized as a murderer on one side, and foolishly lauded by some as a hero on the other, on account of a transaction in which he had no share, can be anything but pleasant. It has, indeed, been asserted that he has boasted of being at the burning of the boar. To those who know him and the circumstances, I need say nothing. To those who do not, I say it is a gross faleehocd. " He has been blamed, too, by many for laying himself open to an arrest by entering the United States ; but what had be in justice to fear ? Ile had been vaguely accused, without cause, of being guilty of what we con sider no crime--and was this sufficient to prevent a Bri tish subject from entering the United States on his lawful business? It is true a "true bill" had been found by the grand jury of Niagara county iq the e trly part of 1838 against one Angus M'Leod, but be was not that person, and though arrested on this indictment in August last, was duly I:berated after a short confinement; but the per severing enemies of all good subjects to the British Crown, the Patriots' of the frontier, had not done with him, and on again visiting Buffalo, or rather on his return, he mint be again arreste I, and by an accumulation of the most gross perjury, and against the most direct and respectable evidence in his favour, thrown into prison, where he must not only abide the uncprtain effects of the law, but the will of the mob. ' 1 He has not deserved suers treatment from the bands of any portion of the American people. He had no quarrel with them ;—well and favourably known to many of them, liberal and courteous to all with whom he had dealings, could be have expected the Government and Feople of a great nation would look coolly on, while his liberty, and eve t his lire, was made the sport of a vile conspiracy ? Yet such has been the case. But be make; no pitiful complaint ; be cal:s for no undue sympathy ; his case is simply that of an injure I British subjece He has claimed the interference and protection of Lis Government, which has been promptly afforded as far as possible; and come what may, he dreads net the issue. Still his situation is a very unpleasant one, confined in a miserable gaol, suffer ing i t health, and debarred from society ; and why ? Can any c-clightened American answer without a blush for his country ? The I;ws would allow him to brca'he the air of freedom in his own land of liberty and law, but the people would not, and it seems they are the higher power. Should he have a f.ir iris!, and the character of the witnesses on b tg sides be taken into account, I have no fear for his ac quittal, awl I hope such will in the case; but it otherwise, what thee ? " I sm, G 'ntlemen, much respect, " Your obedient bumble servant, ANGUS APLEOD." GENERAL BANK BILL. (Fr:.m tha United States Gazette.) PHILADELPHIA, March 1. Mr. Hinchman, from the Committee on Banks, yestcr ea/ rep red a General Bill for the Regulation of the Bask*. Knowing the great interest wl hitt is felt on the sabject, we hare taken pains to offer the following digest of its provisions. Sec 1. Provides for the suspension cf penalties under the law of April 3, 1840, until the 15th of May, 1843, prior i.enal provisions not to Le rcvived, and eaimants to have their action at common law. Sec. 2. Provides f. r tl-e issue of one, two, and three dollar notes, for five yt. ars, to an amount not exceeding fifteen per cent. f vieir capital stock actually paid in, and toe hanks not to issue any kind of notes to an amount of snore than 25 per cct.t. over their capital ; prohibits the is.uc of pmt tio•os having longer than 120 days to mature, nor For a less sum than fiveltundred dollars, nor amounting to moro than ten per cent. of the whole amount of bills of every kind issued. Sec. 3. The total amount 6f debts and liabilities, ex clusive of deposits, shall not more than double the capi a ! stock actually paid in ncr shall the total amount of debts and ela;ms true or becoming due exceed the same amount. Se^. 4. Provides that t! e total amount of investments and auvances, directly or indirectly, in stocks, bonds, or other securities, including its own - stocks and loans (ex calving only our State — stocks), United States :tucks, stocks of ri ies, counties, bcraughs, incorporated districts, i istirutions or companies, whether purchased bona fide, or 1 eld as collateral, shelf not exceed one-tenth part of the total mount of the debts and liabilities as limited by the 3d section. Nor shall any advance, loan, cr dis count, be mad on any of the above stocks and secu:ities, except those of our State, or held collateral, exceeding two- h'rds of their per value, or if below par, not exceeding tso-thirds of the current market value, provided no Bank shall be compelled to reduce the amount of such loans or irocitruents made prior to the passing of this Aer, in a greater re io than per cent. for every nincty days, in tlats total amount thereof. See. 5. Provides that the total amount of Is of Directors, individually and collectively, for loans, dis counts+, or advances, made to them directly or indirectly, shall not exceed the following limits. Where the capital stock does not exceed 250,000 dollars, not over one-sixth of the aggregate loans ; where the capital is over 250.000 dollars, and not above 500,000 dollars, one-eighth part of the aggi eget,: Lana ; where the capitol is over 500,000 dollars, and not cver 1,000,000 dollars, not ot e; one- enth of the aggregate loans ; where the cal ical it between one and two millions, zit t to exceed cne-twelfth part ; between two and three millions, not to exceed one fifteenth part ; over three millions, not to exceed one-twentieth part; provided that the riabil:t es now existing shall not be re_ duced in a greater ratio than 12i per cent. for every nincky days. Sec. 6. No cashier, tel'er, clerk, or any subordinate officer, Oral hate any loan or discount, or keep a private or individual ac.ount with or in the Bank they are engaged by ; and any loans or &sectins so made as heretofore,.may, if deemed expedient by the Directors, be reaewed, at a , r.duction of 124- per cent. for Every ninety days. See. 7. At general me elings or elections, each share of sock not over 50, owned by the same person three months breviously, shall entitle the holder to one vo c e ; a ll s h ares eta een 50 and 100, one vote for every five shares ; all shares above 100, one vote for every :ten shares. No vote by proxy, unless persons owning stock live•more than fifty mites from the location of the Bank, and the proxy to be made Ind acknowledged before an alderman or justice of the peace, within ten days next preceding such meeting or election—no person to be the proxy of more than two stockbeldera, nor shall any Director or officer cf a Bank hold a proxy in the Bank he is connected with. See. 8. No person shall serve as a Director unless 1 o I o'6 bonafide in his owit right, stock in the following prc porti 3,000 dollars if the capital is not less than 3,000,000 dollars. 2,000 de. de. 2,000,000 1,000 do. do. 1,000,000 500 do. is less than 1,000,000 pry vided that persons holding stt ek in the Bank of Penr sylce-nia, or Pella& Iphia Bank, to the amount, f 1,000 dolla.—, or in the Colombia Bridge Company to the amount of 500 doll us, shall be eligible as a Director on the part of the S-ate in said banks repectivsly. But no person shall serve as a Director in more than one bank for more than three out of every f ,ur years, aa.l not more than three feurtlui of the Directors shall be re-elected for the sue ceediug year, except the President, who then always be Sec. 9. If any person concerned in the managrtrelt or employ of any bank shall' wilfully and corruptly make or cause to be made any false entry on the book., or a false return to the State, on the condition thereof, or f Age, alter, c r be privy to any forgery or alteration of any of the minutes of the Board of Directors, or any book or t ecord of the Bask, to di• guise or conceal its condition, or issue false papers or ceiteficates rclating to its affairs or its capital stock, which would increase its liabilities; or shall embezzle, secrete, or tak e for hi.. own use or use of other persons any bullion, money, not; bill, check, drift, certi ficate, obligation or security, or any property or effects of the Bank or of depositors, to shall he deemed guilry of a mistlentranour, and upon conviction befor e a Court of cOmpc:ei,t jurisdiction shill he punished by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for aly term not eacee, log seven years, and be fitel not exceedi ng 2,000 dollars. Section 10. —No r i idend °vet 7 per cent, per annum dna,' be declared; all surplus profits over 7 per cent, to be equally divided, one-half for the use of the Constnonne.ltb, did the other ball* to Le set apart as a contingent fend, to be invested in State loans.. If a bank close busin.esc, the contingent fund remairing, a f ter redeeming . all bah:- among its stockholder?. 11 I.e divided, pro rata, Prey did that the taxes slow imposed upon dividends not exceeding 7 per cent. per annum, by the Act of June 11, 1840, shall not be exempted. Section IL —lt shall not be lawful for non-sepnet. per n. eiepay a ing banks to dcclire a dividend exceeding 5 per c ism, and be subjected to a tax of 8 per c:nt. on the amount thereof to the use of the Commonwealth. Section 12.—Between the Ist and sth days o _ n f the s months of January, April, J u ly, an d O cto b e r, the Banks shall in every ye a r ma k e ou t a statement , ver ified by the 'Oath or affirmation o f th e P re sid ent an d C as hi er , to be Itranamitted to the Auditor General. The Auditor-General is to prepare quarterly abstracts of these sta'ements, to be published in one of the daily Pa?qrs pub'ished in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburg. It ;hall be the duty of the President and Cashier to have such abstract published once a w e ek f or th ree wee k s , i n a paw where the bank is located. Sect. leNfthe officers of the Bank refuse, for thirty days, to furnish this abstract, or neglect to publish the same, or any Director shall v:olatc any of the provisions of this Act, they shall individually, and severallf, be Fable for the whole amount of the deft; and liahilities of such Bank, and be there ftzr incapatle of holding an oil c in snob or any other Bank ; and cv..Ty such neglect or re - - fusel, or any violation of the provisions of this Ac', shall I). deemed a forfeiture of charter, the Court of Common Pleas if in Sealer, or the President Judge thereof to act aceordilg to the exhtions of April 3 , 1840. , Sect. 14. Repeals conflicting and pri , r Acts. CANADA. We have received Quebec papers to the 21st Februa,,, and Montr: al rakers to the 23d February. The supdl'_ merit to the Quebec Gazette, contains the Lllovving ap poityrnents :—llis Excellency the Governer-General has ^` en pl c sse d to ma k e t h e f o ll ow ing app introent s , v i z . — The Hon. Robert Baldwin Sullivan and John Henry Dunn (.f the City o: Toronto; Dominick Daby, of the City of Quel'ec; Samuel Braley ILirrison, of the said City of Toronto; Charles Richard Ogden, of the City of Mon. treal ; William Henry Draper and Robert Baldwin, of the said Ci ty of Montreal, to be members of her Majesty T 's Executive i Cou nc il of the Province of Canada. .e Hon. Dornirick and Samuel Braley Harrison to be Secretarif said Pr ov i nce of Canada. Thomas Esq. of the said Cit f b Cle k of te Crow n i n Ch ancery for the Prov y in o ce Q of ue Ca e n c a , da.: Daby will conduct the eorrespondcnee for that part of the Province heretofore the Province of Lower Canada, and Mr. Harrison for heretofore the Province of Upper Canada. J. W. MURDOCH, Chicf Secretary. Goverrment House, Montt eal, Feb. 13. The same Gazette also contains the , following procla. mation " Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United King. dom of Great &hail' and Ireland, Queen, De. fender of the Faith. " To our well-teloved and faithful the Legislative Coun cillors of the province t f Canada, and to any knights, citi zens, and burgesses of our said province, and to all and every subject. Greeting, " Whereas we are desirous and resolved, as soon as may be, to meet our people of our said Province, and to have their advice in Provincial Parliament, we do hereby make known our Royal will and pleasure to czll a Provincial Parliament, and do further declare that, by the advice of our Executive Council, we have this day given orders for issuing our writs in due form for calling a Provincial Par liament in our said Province, and writs are to bear test on Friday, the 19:h day of February inst., and to be return able on Thursday, the Bth tray of April next. " In t!stimony iv bored*, "THOMAS AMIOT, " Clerk of the Crown of Chancery." From the Montreal papers to the 21st Feb. :—" Imme diately a'ter the receipt of news at Kingstin that tbe seat of Government was to be removed to that town, the value of real estate advanced at an unparalleled ratio. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecurnbc, Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Anson, took an airing in a carriage and four with out riders yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater and Captain Francis Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Hill, had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Anson, Viscount Torrington, Major the Hor. George Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Italian Opera with .their presence last evening. The Counteis of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded the Countess of Charlemont as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen; and Viscount Torrington and Major the Hon. George Keppel have succeeded Lord Byron and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to inspect Mr. Bunnar's grand historical picture of John Knox admi nittcring the first Protestant Sacrament in Scotland, with which she was graciously pleased to express her approbation. His Royal Highness Prince Albeit was also graciously pleased to express his approbation. The picture was submitted by Mr. Graves. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Couper, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough -house. The Duchess of Kent paid a visit, at Kensington Pal ice, yesterday, to his Royal Highness the Duke of SUScex. The Duke of Cambridge, a'tended by Major Ste pbeas, honoured Sir George Quentin with his company at dinner on Monday, at his residence in Great Cum berland-street. His Royal Highness afterwards ho noured Lady Willi:m Powlett with his company in Curzon-street. Mr. J. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Nicholls had an inter view with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. RUMOURED EPIDEMY AT ETON COLLEGE. ETON, TUESDAY AFTERNOON. —ln consequence of three children of Mr. Tarver, the Italian and French master at Eton College, having (lied of scarlet fever during the past week, the attst alarm has prevailed on the subject amongst the parents and friends of the various boys (amounting to upwards of 600), now at college. Yesterday morning a fine youth, twelve 3 ears of age, the son of ?.Jr. William Mount, of Wasing-place, Forks, who was an inmate in the establishment of the Rev. Mr. Coleridge, one of the assistant-masters, expired of this distressing disorder. It was reported yesterday that one of the servants of Mr. Tarver had died of the same complaint, but she is now better, and likely to recover. The following is a copy of a letter which was forwarded last night, at the request of Dr. Hawtrey, the head master, by the various assistant-masters, to the parents of their respec tive pupils, and likewise by the dames to the parents of those youths who reside in the:r several houses, in order to relieve their minds from the natural anxiety and alarm occasioned by the piinful rumours which were abroad :-- Three cases of scarletina had occurred since the holy days in different houses, and at intervals of ten days or a fortnight. The boys were removed into private lodgings, and are well or convalescent. Since these, however, three very serious cases have occurred in the family of 11Ir. Tarver, the French master, which have ended fatally. Though there is at present no intercourse between this house and any other, and the school is in a very healthy state, yet this afflicting event induced Dr. Hawtrey to take medical advice on the course which it was expedient to a'!opt ; and he was the more disposed to this as another fatal case has occurred in a master's house, the other inmates of which, however, have• all been re moved. I " Dr. Havitrey has received from a physician, who is tho roughly acquainted with the present state of health of Wind sor and Eton, and who has also made the subject of fever and contagion his particular study, the following letter. Dr. Haw trey wishes to leave the propriety of removing any boy who has never had the scarlet fever to the judgment of parents and guardians when they have read this letter, and considered th e possibility of further dange r a ft er th e sa d event of this morn. ing _ . 1 ' 'Dear reply to your inquiry respecting the scar let,,,fever now in Eton, 1 would say that there can be no reason whatever for removing any of the boys who have already had the disease even in the mildest form ; and with regard to the others, I think that, as the contagion is already so prevalent in almost every other quarter to which they could be sent, and that it has as yet made so little progress in Eton, they would run fully as much risk in being removed as in staying where they are. This is my present view of the case. Should the complaint, however, become a spreading epidemic, so as to as sume a local character, there can then be no question in regard to the propriety of immediately breaking up the school ; but at present this predicament does not exist, and, were 1 a parent or guardian, I certainly should not seek the removal of any of the pupils at this advanced and so nearly expiring period of their stay at Eton. " Believe me to remain, dear Sir, " ' Your faithful an d obedient servant, " ' WILLIAM FERGUSSON, M.D.' " ' Windsor, March 14.' " The report that the scarlet fever, in the most malignant form, was raging within the walls of the College, has spread in all directions; and this morning, before noon, nearly 100 had lest College for their respective homes, and it is expected that . in the course of to morrow the school will be nearly, if not en tirely, deserted. The writer of this, however, has the highest authority for stating, that the generality of the school, at present, is unusu ally healthy, and up to four o'clock this afternoon no further indications of the disorder amongst the pupils had then shown themselves. He is likewise authorised to state, that the New castle Scholarship will be contested for next week as usual, the examinations commencing on Monday. They will last during the whole of the week, and the result will not be known until Saturday afternoon. THE OXVORD TRACTS. At a meeting of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, and Proctors, in the Delegates'-room, March 15, 1841. Considering that it is enjoined in the statutes of this Uni versity (tit. 111., sec. 2; tit. IX., sec. H., § 3, sec. v., § 3) that every student shall be instructed and examined in the 39 articles, and shall subscribe to them ; considering also that a tract has recently appeared, dated from Oxford, and entitled " Remarks on certain Passages in the 39 Articles," being No. 90 of the " Tracts for the Times," a series of anonymous pub lications purporting to be written by members of the Uni versity, but which are in no way sanctioned by the University itself. Resolved, that modes of interpretation such as aro suggested in the said tract, evading rather than explaining the sense of the 39 Articles, and reconciling subscription to them with the adoption of errors, which they were designed to counteract, de feat the object, and ale inconsistent with the due observance of tike abovementioned statutes. P. WYNTER, Vice-Chancellor. LETTER FROM THE REV. MR. NEWMAN. Mr. Vice-Chancellor,-1 write this respectfully to inform you that I am the author, and have the sole responsibility, of the tract on which the hebdomadal board has Just now ex pressed an opinion, and that I have not given my name hitherto, under the elief that it was desired that I should not. I h?pe it will not surprise you if I say that my opinion remains unchanged of the truth and honesty of the principle maintained in the tract, and of the ne cessity of putting it forth. At th e same t i me, lam prompted by m y feelings to add my deep consciousness that everything I attempt might be done in a better spirit, and in a better way ; and, while I am sincerely sorry for th e trou b le and anxiety I h av e given to the f Members of the Board, I beg to return my be made as profitable to myself as it is reli. thanks to them may an act which, even though founded on mil apprehensione, amrit and h yablyintended.—l say all this with great sin cerity, JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. The Univer6itY is 1 • a hard at work. cerity, and am, Mr. n great sta'e of agitation. The printers are engage Oriel College, d on blOtlhar.sethdels6,. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE, _ STREET. NooN. MAR9ii 17. Barometer 29 64 In. Thermometer Higbee 67'5 Loaegt Wald S.E. by S.—Freezing Point 32 Dee. Ti e vie ti e. fir the last ten days or a fortnight has been remarkaoly warm and dry. The ti ermometer has been un some cc a ions ai Ugh as 67 in the shade, the barome . er at 30 . 52, and during that period the fall of rail has not exceeded 0.62 inches. Tbis mornitig 'het e have been some gentle showers, with mild breeze, form ing altogether the finest spring weather we have had for many bears. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vienna, Msucti 6 ttire per Ceats. Metalliques ..... TFORT per Cents. .es•••••••••••••• ..... •••• 0000000 “•• 000000000000 98% hree per Cents. 0000000 0000 •••••••••••••••• 7 1 .4 sank shares . 0000000 00000000 1605 ...Alt zetnetne - ZcltZug . „ Mareh 11. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 12. • Mils. Money. St. Schuld. Soh., 4; ‘ , per c en t. 00000 1830, 4 per cent. 100% Prussian Englis h Loan, 100 103 ,4 KiChange on London, three months 18 ...Frustum State Gazette. March 13. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter from Birmingham addressed to Sir Robert Peel, in praise of his speech on the healthful recreation and moral improvement of the peop!e, extends to such a length that we cannot find room for it. t• THE CHINA SUN," Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON 'SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand. IN PROGRESS, rn 141 RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom; containing all the STA LIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY, THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, Sze., COLIN CLINK. By CHARLES HOOTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U'DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTALS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 17, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley; Grace Harka way, Madame Vestris ' • Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbr. • After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. Mr. Euclid Facile, Mr. Keeley ;_ • Mr....Reckless,Mr. James Lining; Mrs. Facile, Miss Lee; Julia, Miss A. Taylor; Fanny 'erper, Mrs. Own fo-morrow, Lor.den Assurance, with The Critic. Doers to ba opened at halt-past Six—the performances to COZMEECt at Sr - :en o'Clock. 'Dress Boxes 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second mcles, ss. ; :iecond Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2i. ; Gallery Is. Tilkets and plat es for the Boat s to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private Boxe s to be had solely of Mr, And:: cvs, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Amazing attraction. Signal success, and brilliant overflows. Re-engagement of Mr. T. P. Cooke, whose performance of " Poor Jack " has surpassed all former efforts. The Theatre fills soon after the doors are opened. THIS EVENING, MARCH 17. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, DIY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Haulyard by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. [n which Mr. Buckingham and Miss Martin sustain Six diffe. rent Characters each. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS CA Y. Mcrnmg......t.l minutes after 10 1 Evening 5 minutes after II The Publication of the Evening Edition of nu& Suss corn menceol at 20 minutes after Three. eon 4 , \it - , Zht -)111t, LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1841. By the arrival of the Columbia, Captain JUD KINS, at Liverpool, at four o'clock yesterday morning, we have received New York papers to the Ist inst., and Halifax papers to the 4th inst. The news', brought by this vessel is not of im portance equal to the anxiety with which her arrival has been looked fbr. In Congress considerable excitement prevailed on the subject of Mr. M'Leod, and we find the House of Representatives making provision for the national defence, talking of appropriating money for building fortifications and steam-ves sels of war. For the latter purpose the sum of 500,000 dollars is to be advanced, and the sum of 1,600,000 dollars is to be appropriated for fortifica tions. The defenceless state of New York ex cites the apprehension of some of the citizens, and as that is not the only town exposed to the horrors and destruction of warfare, we hope that the useful knowledge of that will, even more than diplomacy, serve to keep the peace between the two nations. In the journals we see less excitement than in Congress, and probably till it be generally known in the United States how seriously the question of Mr. M'LEon has been taken up in England,(the President had not arrived,) it will not cause so much general interest as it has already caused here. The New York Herald mentions the arrival at Washington of a Government messenger from Upper Canada for Mr. Fox, which had led to some further correspondence between him and Mr. FORSYTH. The Herald says— Mr. Fox has made new and menacing demands on the American Government, requiring its interference and protec tion of Mr. M'Leod from the legal authorities at Lockport. He has gone ever the recent riotous events, and indulged in a strain of acrimony and harshness which have rekindled a fresh flame in the breast of our Secretary. There is every reason to believe that the re-organisation of a war army, con sisting of 40,000 men, militia and regulars, i n C ana d a , i s in tended to enforce the demand of the British Government for the delivery of Mr. M‘Leod ; nor is there the slightest hope that the disputed territory in Maine will be given up by Eng. land. On the frontier the excitement continues, and there the rude passions of borderers, including some apprehension, prevailing, precautions have been taken to secure Lockport Gaol, or convey its inmate to another prison, as if the people ex pected an irruption from Canada. The new ad ministrative power continues to be represented as disposed to settle the dispute in an amicable man ner; and a report prevailed at Washington that Messrs. CLAY, CLAYTON, and SERGEANT are to come to England on a special mission to effect this object. Whichever of the two nations may be in the wrong, it will be a terrible disgrace to the Governments of both if they cannot settle the difference without first having recourse to arms. The commercial news continues to be unfa vourable. The stock of the United States Bank had fallen still lower. The Legislature of Phila delphia had a Bill before it to suspend the appli cation of the penalties to which the banks have made themselves liable, and it seemed likely to pass. Our extracts from the papers appear in another part of The Sun. The Columbia made her passage out in 17, and home in 12 days. Captain JUDKINS reports that the boat conveying the passengers from New York to Boston for his ship, saw the steam-ship President off New York—she was most anxiously looked for in that city. The Columbia has brought over 35 passengers. by Americans t h h e e whole Colombia, a of the desire indicate it.aht.i letters ie and papers brought kith the provoke par t than of f the t to shun most a fa e r_ onfli et w si g h ted to t T z , ansatlanti c statesmen, the , sa a i n d d thaetrather s country. Among the vv impression .a r are s i n s contestaprnayp e r s, a sooner n d fii e o r later speeches general that the seeds of is inevitable. It is rather articles in the American from the tenor of the ilwhat the Ameri egvance—the efforts in Congress, than from ositive statement of the fact, that we learn that the ) affair of the Caro lineeins i r s e b g u a t rd a a p s re a te fa x i t . f d o e r e c p z . e g r r i and the of our Government to secure the freedom coloured race. The stizure by British vessels of American slavers, on the coast of Africa, correspondence between Mr. Fox and the United States Government relative to the Amistad, have contributed more to the war fever of the States than would the burning of ten piratical steame rs in the very harbour of New York. The New President, General HARRISON, is prepared to go all lengths to maintain slavery in the Southern States. At a recent visit to Petersburgh, this I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD4Y, MARCH 17, 1841 Devoutly deprecating as we do the possible contingencies of a war with the United States, less on account of its immediate or remote consequences to Britai n th an o f t h e i rrepara bl e evils it must inflict upon civilization and humanity ae large, it is ne cessary,to contempl ate t h ese cont i ngenc i es in a ov nd nevertheless,reasonable spirit. W e wou ld , consequently, re mind our transatlantic riv a l s , t h at, should those extremities occur which they a-e so gratuitously endeavouring to pro voke, they must find themselves at a disadvantage with this country heretofore unknown to them in any previous contest. When the memorable insurrection began, which ended in their national independence, it was based upon the existence of certain undeniable grievances that engaged the 'sympathies of a very considerable por tion of our !dome population. Both in Parliament and out of doors there was a large sec , ion of their then fellow-subjects, who, they did not positively approve of the rebellion, ap pro ‘ed still less the political maltreatment which was said to nave enkindled it ; and the two-fold consequence of that se rious difference of opinion in England as to the reasonable ness of the dispute, was, in the first place, a corresponding confidence on the part of the insurgent Colonhts with respect to the justice of their cause ; and secondly, such a proportionable want of rigour and public sup port in the military movements of the, British Ministry of that day, as tended in no small degree to render them in effectual. On the present occasion matters are in a very dif. ferent state. If ever, a people were cordially united, both as to the justice of their cause, and the firmness of their determination to prosecute it to a favOurable issue, it is the people of Great Bri tain in their existing dispute with America. A false sense of honour we can afford to dispense with. Our appetite for military glory, if ever it had a place in British policy, has been long since satiated to the full. But the paramount necessity cf pre serving our dependencies from lawless aggression, and of pro tecting the life of a British subject who has done his country good service in that particular, can never be permitted, con sistently with our national honour, to give place to any o th er considerations w h a t ever , even t h oug h war , with all its calami ties should be the inevitable consequence. Perhaps the Ame ricans will breathe a little, and think of this. This is wholeso:ne counsel. The Americans will act wisely in weighing it carefully. Some among them affect to believe that if they hang Mr. M'LEon England will not go to war. They are mistaken. England will make war, and in making it the Government will have the cordial sympathy and support of all parties and factions in this country. There ought to be no mistake on this head, as otherwise the citizens of New York might take it into their heads that they might hang a British subject with impunity. We warn them not to indulge in the cherishing of such a delusion. It is folly even to dreatn of it. But we have strong hopes that peace ma:: still be preserved. When the Americans come to reflect on all the losses they would sustain, and the little gain even victory would bring them-- a result hardly possible—we have litle doubt that they will see the wisdom of avoiding a hos tile collision with this country. The quarrel at present is entirely of their own seeking. They have not yet placed themselves in any position from which they cannot retreat with honour.. As the Federal Government has yet expressed no opinion respecting Mr. M'LEop's case, the giving him up cannot he regarded as concessions wrung from the fears of the United States. It is there fore competent to the Executive to, declare that there exists no right to detain Mr. WLEon, and thus voluntarily set him at liberty. We have received with the American Journals the Report of the United States Commissioners, respecting the Boundary Line, which shall appear in The Sun to-morrow. In the House of Lords list night the Tithes Composition (Ireland) Bill was, after a short discussion, postponed for a week. Mr. STANLEY, the Secretary to the Poor-law Commissioners for Ireland, was called to the bar, and examined touching the contradictory, or fahe returns which had been made to the House of Lords, concerning the appointment of Mr. BUTLER as returning officer for the Clonmel Union. After a lengthened investigation, tl e evidence was ordered to be printed; and Mr. PHELAN, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, to attend at the bar on Monday next. Their Lordships have engaged in an inquiry as to how, why, and wherefore, appointments under the New. Poor-law are made in Ireland, which pro mises to occupy their valuable time for several evenings. They adjourned over to-day. In the Commons a brief discussion ensued on the preentation of the Report of the South Western Railway Bill, which was in the end ordered to be engrossed. Mr. HUTT brought forward his motion relative ,o the Sound dues, and moved a resolution that :he King of DENMARK was not entitled to levy hem, and that they ought to be revised. Lard PA LMERSTON disputed none of Mr. HUTT'S statements, but he requested the Hon. Member to withdraw his motion, because the Government had entered into negotiations with the Danish Government on the subject. That Government had evinced a candid disposition, but our Go vernment could only object to such dues as were illegally levied. He hoped that the nego tiations might be brought to a conclusion in a quarter of a year. - Sir ROBERT PEEL thought that the delays which had already ensued made this a case tbr the interference of the House. There were many reasons why the Government of Denmark should desire to remain on good terms with England, and he thought the present manifesta tion of the opinion of the House would have a beneficial efiect. If the existing negotiations failed, the Hon. Member could renew hiS motion, when it.will, no doubt, have a proper effect. After a few observationsby Mr. LABOUCHERE, Mr. WHITE, Mr. VILLIERs, &c., the previous question was put, and Mr. HUTT'S question was not put. Mr. EASTHOPE moved to print the petition of Mr. BAINES with the Votes of the House, for the purpose of founding a motion on it on Thursday. From a misunderstanding of the Hon. Member's intentions, and from a misunder standing as to the nature of the petition, the motion was at first. opposed by Lord HOWICK and others, but was ultimately acquiesced in. Mr. BAINES obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better enrolment of burgesses; and the ATTORNEY -GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the administration of criminal justice in the boroughs of Manchester, Birming. ham, and Bolton. The House adjourned soon after Seven. We are glad t o see that our views of Mr. LA BOUCHERE'S colonial policy, and of the paramount necessity which now prevails to improve the re sources, by liberating the trade, of the country, arc shared and powerfully enforced by the Times. That journal said yesterday : The measures introduced by Mr. Labouchere to the Howe of Commons on Friday evening for the relief of the corn. merce of the West Indies and the North American colonies, are a very scanty application of the principles %N hieh the Right Hon. Gentleman laid down, a very tardy advance in that able policy of Mr. Huskisson, which has now been aprauded and abandoned for fifteen years, and a very sle nd e r i nstalment of those commercial benefits which the people of this country and of our dependencies demand from the Legislature. It is to be wished that Air. Labouchere would endeavour to defend himself for doing so little, not for doing so much ; or rather that he would dare to front the honourable opposition which might be roused by a more extensive application of the principles he adopts. It was justly remarked in the coure of the debate, that it is a galling spectacle to see the duties of the colonies lightened, whilst nothing is done to remore the most onerous and unprofitable restrictions borne by the people of the mother country. To the colonists themselves, however, Mr. Labouchere is unquestionably granting a •considerable measure of improve ment; and they will learn from the principles which will now once more, we trust, be recognized by the Imperial Legisla • tore, that their real interests are to be promoted by a relaxa tion of the restrictions bearing upon them, rather than by an increase of the restrictions imposed for their protection upon trade in general. We asked on Monday—" Why, if the colonies are so worthy of consideration, the mother coun try is neglected ?" The Times says "it wasjustiy remarked that it is a galling spectacle to see the distinguished specimen of perfect Republicanism absolutely treated the rumour of his being an Abolitionist as a calumny so foul as to require from him a reference to the history of his life in repudiation of it ! But general as is the present excitement, it is impossible that the Government of the United States can be blind to the dreadful consequences of a deadly struggle with this country. For whenever there is a war between England and America the struggle will indeed be deadly. It will be a war on our parts against the very prin ciples of the United States' nationality—against the very existence of slavery throughout the New World. The very object of the war would sanctify it in the eyes of every man, woman, and child in the British dominions. We might be beaten, but assuredly we would break up the Federal Government, and put an end to the Union. That we would be victorious in such a war is, however,the confident opinion of nineteen twentieths of the people of England. The following remarks, which we find in an article in th• Times of this morning,accord so entirely with our views, and appear to us so well worthy of the serious attention of our transatlantic neighbours, that we quote them here : duties of the colonies lightened, while nothing is done to remove the most onerous and unprofit able restrictions borne by the people of the mother country." Let us take the first item in Mr. LABOUCHERE'S list, and see how much better the Government treats the colonies than the people of England. The present duty on flour imported from the United States into our West India colonies is ss. per barrel, and Mr. LABOUCHERE proposes to reduce that to 2s. per barrel. Now a barrel of flour may be said to be worth on the average 5 dollars, or 205., conse quently the present duty is 25 per cent. on the value, and Mr. LABOUCTIERE proposes to reduce it to 25., or to 10 per cent. We should not grumble if it were wholly abolished. But now look at the duty levied on wheat in England. According to the last week's Corn Averages the price of wheat was 61s. 3d., and the duty 255. Bd. ; so that the duty here is about 43 per cent. on the price, and the people here are very nearly twice as badly treated as the colonists, or have to pay twice as much duty as they have to pay on their food. At the same time Mr. LABOUCTIERE proposes to remit three-fifths of the duty now payable in the co lonies, and to the people at home he gives no re lief whatever. Such a course of proceeding would be very unfair, provided it were no worse than we have now represented it ; but there are several circumstances which give to this differ ent treatment an aggravated character. First, the price of subsistence, or the difficulty of procuring food, is much greater in our crowded community than in New York. If we estimate the difference of price on au average at 20 per cent. we shall be guihy of no exaggeration. Our people, then, necessarily labour under a difficulty of procuring food at least 20 per cent. greater than the inhabitants of the colonies, who can im port it from New York, which aggravates the unfavourable difference we have pointed out to that extent. Secondly, the flour is a manufactured article, wheat a comparatively raw material. The wheat contains bran and pollard, which are worth no thing for human food]: but in the wheat they pay duty, while the flour contains them not and is all food. A miller might tell us how much this circumstance ag gravates the unfavourable difference, but we have no means of forming an opinion. It is, however, something very considerable, and becomes heavy in proportion as the wheat im ported into England is thin and poor, and as the flour imported into the colonies is fine and rich. Thirdly, the people of England are heavily taxed to pay a large bounty on the produce of these colonies. If we say that this tax is nearer six than five millions, we shall not overrate it. The Report of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce estimates it at upwards of six millions, which is over and above the 20,000,0001. the peo ple of England paid the colonists for the conver sion of unskilled slaves into skilled and independ ent labourers. These circumstances, namely, the large sum we paid the colonists for emanci pation, which is a permanent burden on our industry, to the extent of 200,0001. a year, the bounty levied on us by the discriminating duties on colonial produce fbr their behoof, while they can give us nothing in return—dinounting to nearer 6,000,000/. than 5,000,0001. a year—the tax being levied here on a raw material and there on a manufactured article of more value— and the natural difficulty experienced in our well-peopled and monopolised soil, to obtain the of life, aggravate the difference be tween the taxation on our food and the tax on the food of the colonies, at least cent. per cent. Yet we are not to be relieved, and the colonies are. Mr. LABOUCHERE and the Ministers can not answer to the country for this partiality. We need not travel through the other articles, such as timber and fish, to show that the same partiality pervades the whole scheme. The latter, except they be such luxuries as lobsters and turbots, which are brought in free, cannot be imported, if caught and cured by foreign fisher men. The importation of fish into the colonies was in like manner prohibited, but they are now, by Mr. LABOUCHERE'S scheme, to be imported on the payment of a duty of 23. 6d. or 53. per bar rel: Why should not a similar rule be adopted to procure a supply for the hungry spinners and weavers of England ? With respect to timber also, Mr. LABOUCHERE reduces the duties oi, that imported into the colonies more than one half, while not a farthing is to be taken off the heavy discriminating duties levied on the peopl( of England to enrich a few shipowners and 1.. few employers of lumberers in the North Ame rican provinces. No man can suppose that the people of Eng land do not need relief. For the last three mouths the average rate of mortality in the metropolis has been one-tenth more than the average of the same months of the two former years, when the Corn-laws were also in existence, though they had not then reached their highest murdering power. Every species of industry is here overdone with candidates for employment, and every class, but particularly the poorer classes, are dreadfully hampered and constrained in their means. Dis tress is everywhere complained of, and the whole community seems to move in fetters, clanking its chains with a horrid noise, impa tient under the irksome restraint, and striving in vain to bound onward. Why the Ministers should not undertake to lessen, if they dare not attempt wholly to cure, this great disease, backed as they would be by the exertions of the people, instead of merely peddling with these colonial trifles, we cannot say. Perhaps, as the Times remarks, "they are afraid to throw themselves on the good sense of the House and the country." For that fear there is no ground. They have only to pronounce the word m their own proper charac ter of servants of the Crown—have only to de clare to the landed gentlemen that they cannot answer either for the peace or the prosperity of the country, and cannot answer for the revenue, unless the taxes be abolished, whi c h are now levied, contrary to all principle, on one class for the benefit of another—they have only to speak solemnly and firmly to the public, to hush every breath of opposition. Nobody would take the government out of their hands, on the condition of keeping up the present odious system of tim ber dutie, and Corn-laws, and sugar taxes ; on the contrary, the probability is, if they do not boldly set about reforming it, that other men will be carried into power, wisely and deliberately, to restore, if pos sible, by a return to an honest system, the peace and the prosperity of the empire. "The only option," says the Times, " which the Go vernment is free to use, consists either in ex tending the basis of taxation by enlarging and relieving the class of consumers, or in narrowing that class and increasing its actual burdens, to the great injury of all trades, and the general welfitre." Between these alternatives the Minis ters have to choose; heretofore they have gene rally chosen wisely, and poor as we think their colonial reforms, they are still of a character which makes us hope that they will choose wisely as to those larger reforms which are now demanded by the commercial world, and will speedily announce to the public a grand reform in our system of taxation. The following rassage from the Standard of last night seems worthy of consideration. Our Contemporary's anger with his party has made him utter, though this is very seldom the case, some serious and important truths. In reference to the St. Sulpice debate of Monday, the Stan dard said— " Your party did something like shat we are doing some twenty or, it may be, tome fifty years ago ; therefore, whatever truths may have come to light, whatever changes may have occurred in the i nterva l , you surely cannot resist us now." On the other side, " What you propose is illegal, unconstitu tional, abominabl e , that is certain ; b u t as we are and as you remind me that some of my friends did something of the kind some twenty or fifty years ago, you must proceed— better that all go to wreck, than break the spell of our party's infallibility." And thus it is that this great country is governed, and has been governed, since (and before) the death of Mr. Perceval. The blunder or defection of yesterday is exalted into a precedent to-day, and becomes the parent of a princi ple of government for all time to come, of a principle para mount to the express commands of the law, or the clearly declared spirit of the Constitution. Now this, in the organ of a party which decries reason, and rests altogether on prescription, which is nothing if it be not a combination of precedents, is a remarkable passage. " The blunder or defection of yesterday, is exalted into the precedent of to-day ;" but why does the Journalist who makes the profound remark, con fine this pracice, which is universal, to the period "since the death of Mr. PERCEVAL." We deny that there is any good grounds for the limita tion, and we contend that the statement holds good before the commencement of Mr. PERCE VAL'S career, as well as since his death. Indeed, it is more forcible as applied to the anterior period than the posterior period, inasmuch as the igno rance was then greater, and men reverence politi cal principles in proportion as they are removed from the time of their adoption. The law itself, of which the Standard implies the commands are so reverential, was, and is throughout the whole mass of its enactments, but a succession of blunders exalted into precedents. Similar contests of party to those which we witness and censure, have always prevailed, though formerly they were conducted with more heat than now; and the laws which the Standard worships, were consequently, in most cases, embodiments of party passions. What the Standard calls the principles of the Constitution ;—the Reformation, as begun by HENRY VIII. 'from diseased appetite, mortified vanity, and over-bearing pride—as prosecuted by EDWARD VI. from dreaming sentimentality, under the influence of heads cunninger than his own—and as completed by EbIZABETH, including the statute of supremacy to protect her Throne against a foreign force and a papal party ;—the Church, which was founded on the partial re formation, and the change of dynasty which grew out of the attempts to change the Church, were all party triumphs, the results of contests for superiority, not for truth or the public wel fare, which deserve no more confidence than the blunder or defection of yesterday whenever they interfere with the present welfare of the com munity. To those who seek in the permanent natural laws which regulate society for the rea son of any proposed or existing enactment, and have no more respect for what are called the principles of the Constitution than for the blun ders of Earl BATHURST—except as they may more conform to these permanent natural laws— the observations of the Standard will be most welcome, as showing that the force of truth gains them powerful allies even amongst the chosen leaders of their most vehement and bigoted opponents. The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have been received, but they contain no news of political importance. Advicee from L'Orient, of the 10th inst., state that the Andromaque, 60-gun frigate, was launched in that harbour on the Bth. The Vauban war steamer, which was to have an engine of 450-horse power, will be fitted up with one of 540 ; and the two transatlantic packets are to be of 450-horse power. EA RTIIQUAKE.—The Courrier de Lyon of the 13th inst. publishes a letter from Italy of the 4th, stating that the city of Reggio, in Calabria, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake on 22d ult. The shocks were 15 in 'limber, the street of the Marine was converted into one heap of ruins; most of the houses were thrown down, and the rest were so damaged as to be altogether uninhabitable ; the Palace of the Governor, the Tribunal, the Prison, the Barrack of St. Augustine, the Cathedral, five other churches, and various other public build ing,s, were entirely destroyed. The inhabitants had sought refuge partly at Messina and partly at Naples. The annual exhibition at the Louvre, of works of art, opened on the 15th inst. ; 54,000 paintings a n d o th er o bj ects were presented, of whi c h 1,800 were refused admission. The jury of examiners have, however, reported, that this year's ex hibition will be very superior to that of last year. Intelligence from Madrid comes down to the 7th inst. The retirement from office of M. Gamboa was attributed to the low state of the Treasury. Some German journals return to what they have already said relatively to pretended advertisements, which they state to have been published by some French authorities on the left bank of the Rhine, at Lauterburg. For instance, to invite Bavarian moldiers to desert. We again meet the assertion .pf these jour nals with the most absolu t e d en i a l o f t h e i r truth. We will add that the Bavarian officer of the Gendarmes, on whose authority the false statement was sprea-1, has been dismissed by the Ba varian Government. It has been discovered that his report was made for the purpose of favouring some stock jobbing scheme. A letter from Toulon says, that four ships of the line were to be got ready to convey four more regiments to Africa. We learn in fact by a telegraphic despatch, that the Scipion sailed for Algiers on the 12th of March. • •••• ••• ••••1• PARIS, MI net 15..—We have received the following letter " Toulon, March 11. "The detachments cantoned in the enviroz.s of Toulon, have received orders to go immediately to Africa. The Scipion will take 536 men of the 53d of the line, 314 of the 3d of light infantry, 95 of the 24th of the line, and right officers. The day after to-morrow the Didon frigate will take on beard 137 of the .1d and 10th regiments of artillery, 344 of 58th of the line, 101 of the 17th of light infantry, and eight officers. Numerous fresh troops are expected in the environs of Toulon. General Galbois and General Schramm left Marseilles on the 10th fur l'ar;s."—Le Constitutionnet. 130 L t RSE.—PAats, MONDAY, MARCII 15 __- -- I , irst Highest Low-st Latt Price Price. 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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA.--1H the " Correspondence relative to Emigration to Ca nada," presented to both Houses of Parliament, comparative statements are given of the number of emigrants arrived at 'Quebec since 1829 up to 1840, both inclusive. The grand total is 293,721, of whom about 5,000 were from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Havre, &c., and not less than 178,766 from Ireland, or nearly two-thirds of the total number of emigrants from the United Kingdom. The greatest number of emigrants arrived in 1832, namely, 51,746, of whom 28,204 were Irish. In the previous year the number was 50,254, and of these not fewer than 34,133 were Irish. The small es t num b er i n any year was in 1838. only 3,266, on account of the dis turbances in Canada then. The number of emi grants that had arrived at New York during the last twelve years was 315,223. RATE OF PAUPERS IN COUNTIES.—Tn a return just made to the House of Commons, the counties are arranged according to their highest rate per ceirit. of paupers relieved to the population, and the agricultural county of Wilts has the honour of being at the head of the list, thus surpassing every other county in England and Wales in the number of paupers as comparell with the popu lation. The proportion in many of the Welsh counties is also very high ; in the manufacturing and northern counties, it is the lowest. The fol lowing list denotes the proportions :—Wilts, 14 per cent. on the population. Dorset, Sussex, Me rioneth, Radnor, 13 per cent. Bucks, Essex, Anglesey, Montgomery, 12. Bedford, Oxford, Hampshire, Suffolk, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, 11. Cambridge, Devon, Huntingdon, Leicester, Norfolk, Somerset, 10. Berks, Hereford, Hert ford, Kent, Northampton, Westmoreland, Car digan, Carmarthen, 9. Gloucester, Lancaster, Surrey, Warwick, Yo r k (E. R. an d W . R.), Brecknock, Pembroke, 8. Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Durham, Middlesex, Northumber land, Nottingham, Rutland, York (N. R.), 7. Lin coln, Monmouth, Salop, Worcester, Glamorgan, 6. Derby and Stafford, 5. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) JEW V. WOOD. This case came on upon a motion to dissolve an injunction which•had been obtained in an interpleading suit to restrain proceedings by the defendant, Sir Matthew Wood, against the Plaintiff, who was the tenant of a house, the right to which is in litigation under the will of the late James Wood, of Gloucester. The case was similar to that of Wilkins v. Wood, the cir cumstances of which were reported in The Sun on the 9th inst. Mr. Pemberton, Mr. G. Turner, and Mr. Walker appeared for the defendants, Sir Matthew Wood and Jacob Osborne; sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Sutton Sharpe, for the heirs at-law ; and Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Gordon, for the plaintiff. The arguments were not concluded when we went to press. IRELAND: One of the most important demonstrations in favour of national independence that has taken place since the great ' movement began was witnessed last Monday on the Curragh of Kildare, where upwards of 20,000 of the inhabitants of that and the adjoining c itinies assembled to meet Mr. O'Connell, who had announced his intention of being present on the occa sion. From an eai ly hour in the day thousands of pedestrians, well clad and comfortable in appearance, were seen proceeding from the surrounding districts to the place of rendezvous —the stand-house on the Curragh. Those were followed by several hundreds of the farmers and substantial landholders, on horse-. back ; of the 20,000 who were present upwards of 2,(300 were equestrians. Mr. O'Connell was received by the assembled multitude with the most enthusiastic greeting.. At ha!f-past two o'clock the Chair was taken by William Dunne, Esq., of Tully House, and the speakers addressed the immense assemblage from the windows of the Stand-house. The meeting was addressed successively by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Pim, 31r. Fitzgerald, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Thomas Rey no'ds. The letter of Mr. H. Grattan, which was noticed a a day or two ago in The Sun, having been read, The SECRETARY then read the petition.. Tne first was for a repeal of the Union. The second was for the rejection of Lord Stanley's, and in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Re gistration Bill. Mr. Past was then called to the Chair, and the meeting ad.. journed. Immediately afterwards nearly two hundred persons sat down to dinner in the Stand-house ; and at eight o'clock Jr. O'Connell set out on his way to Galway Assizes, where the trial in which he is specially engaged will take place or Wednesday. 1 EVENING EDIVOS EAST INDIA HOUSE -, THIS DA The quarterly general Court of the Proprietors or - Stock, held to-day, was in the first place to receive a com cation from the Court of Directors of a resolution coinetPe that body, for placing in the general court room a o''sr the Most Noble the Marquis of Wellesley, as a cuous, and perma nen t mar k o f the adttiration and grate the East India Co m p an y, an d for their concurrence i thenject of that resolution The Court was also . made special for the purpo se of ro om , ing the resolution of the General Court, ordaining 8 b,) .o b! for substituting a declaration in lieu of the oath to be n o t' propretors at every ballot, and furtht r to receive the 'll e tb? Bill now before Parliament, entitled, 4 , A Bill to redo duty on rum and rum shrub, the produce of and importe* certain British Posessions in the East Indies into the Kingdom." A Proprietor had besides given notice of the follotiing°m" tion re " Ist. That the Honourable Court of Dire ctors ba quested to take into consideration the practicability all petlieney of permitting the occuplers and cultivators soil of British India to redeem the land-tax. Ol t IQ " 2d. That the was:e Linds belonging to the Govern ,ds sold in fet simple, after the manner adopted in Ceylon, other British posses ions." • old W. B. Bayley, Esq., was in the Chair. The Innisteti lest Court were read and confirmed. Ot Certain papers presented to Parliament since the Is ral Court, were laid on the Proprietors' table.* ri ot! The form of a declaration to be made by Prot j l)— . re„ voting (instead of the f o rmer oath), was read, anu — m • tot" tion of the former Cou r t o f By-laws thereon, su.—lt confirmation. d A discussion took place o n the motion for confirm's' by-law. After which ne ctig The CHAIRMAN brought f orw ard the motion Nor -- erection of a monument to the Marquis of Wellesley. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE MARKBTS.-(THIS PO') CORN EXCHANGE.._ hays br t io„ '1 he arrivals of all kinds of Corn since MonaaY ai l s i o small. Wheat maintained its last quotations , ;Ale disposition on the part of the millers to do business. i 1,51 r t ; b,. tO I, el' at previous rates. Beans firm in value, and Oats ! e el posted, with little doing. Flour met a demand full the supply. sti NEWGATE AND LEADENHAL L ' dull , $ 6 ,1, The supplies were large, but the demand w: s 10 1§;,A prices rather lower. Hares, 2s. Kapper Kali , ' s., . j i , Woodcocks, 2s 6d. to 4s. Hen Turkeys Turkeys, 6s. to 10s. Plovers, Teall, and Snipes,.ckonOtl'o Pigeons, 6d. to Is. Fowl,, 3s. to 4s. Sussex C ii h i l 0 ,25. p, to as. Widgeons, 9d. to Is. Wild Ducks, Is. v „. t ` ' lse , ; 1 . 2s. 6d. Ducklings, 3s. 6d. to 7s. P ta 'n - t ‘1ing,, 51 ,,,,. Rabbits, 6d. to Is. 9d. Geese, 4s. to Is., ~;° C lIi„c) " „- i ., to 12s. Large Surrey Fowlv, 4s. to 7s. Barnil ° "Pes r ° ) ,..r ls. 6(1. to 2s. Guinea Fowls, Vs. 6d. to 3s. o ° . „t for l i io 9s. to 12s. each.. Larks Is. rer dozen. Live stt, t ,, 4 "io f , ping :-DucksGeese, 48s. tou,7, o tills' - 341. a4s. Guinea s Fowls, 30s. to 33s Pigeons for t. 1 , 0 , 055., to per dozen. Eggs, English, ss. to 7s. 6d. Others ' r 35 , 4 ' 1 ' it , to 7s. 6d. per 120. Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. IlluttoT,''' pe r 0 4s. Bd. Veal, 4s. Bd. tos s . 4d. P or k, 4 s . toss • t' of 81b. r sq' COLONIAL MARKETS. ra te t ( er, The transactions were extremely li m it e d by pri m, - hoo co , and the public sal es were o f littl e moment; Pri e g ool s . I V were supported for most ar ti c l es . Th e d e li v erics ° ,, x `O' s io st tinue large, notwith s t an di ng t h e d u l ness w hich '- fr o 1,0 market. The arrivals h ave b een t o a f a i r extea`ce ° $ ti parts, and several ships have made their aprea r ,;,por ta coast. The public sa les d ec l are d are l ar ge and Coffee, Tea, and Indigo are the principal. ,net' TEA The demand was good f or Free . Trade Tea, a nd poses firm; Company's Congou Is 7/d cash. TALLOW. thee The market was dull. P. Y. C an dl e a t 45s 6d On 110 , METAL MARKET. _ no Spelter, d fo r Pr t i e c r e , and In ; Copper firm,sfi rmrfoorinostaerticles, and much andthedernand e-- wa nted. 1 4f, ) ' 4 LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(TV' .... g PP' DEAL, MARCH 16.—Arrived th e S u san - 1 1 k e , . chid(' rnf 40 ' from St. Lucia ; Tho m a s Pi c ki nson , B a il s , - for '.• k seilles. Arrived from the River, the Al :hence , re tie' New South Wale s . S a il e d, Cl er k o f Errol l ' i A Leghorn; Asiatic, Barlow, Bombay. r. FALMOUTH, MARCH Arri , c o 15. Wind S.E. --; , t's l •frs l , the Albanium, f rom Si erra L eone ; EnterPr' s ',lsoe' i e'' Sailed the Leed s ( s ), t o Vi go , & c. Th e Ma r .', the sr Poole to Liverp oo l ran on t h e A l eers R oc k s , het" ce b .- t ''' Head and the M ena ill es , l ast n i g h t, d ur i ng a fog' '1 1Y" misted off and into Coverock pier leaky. „ fro' s , SHEERNESS, MARCH 16.—The Two Broth ei I,r , with to London, on shore, still remains. v -,Arr i , ' t,,, PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Wind 5.5.0..-... t v;: i 4e,' Majesty's ship Vernon, from Sheerness; her 31$31 0 'i. s'; Salamander, ditto • Elizabeth, Wei hall, London- eel' having been on shore on the Island of Alderney. froth 4 1 DARTMOUTH, Maness 15.—The Louisa, Carr , d i ll castle, got on shore on Hull Sands, this morning' .4 fog, but was assisted off without damage. fr° BRISTOL, MARC H 1 6.—A rr i ve d th e Seraho''' f r om Michael's ; Balance, Browning, Liverpool. l,ole ' e,ter SHIELDS, Masten 14.—Arrived the Zephyr, '' 's 0 0 Ostend. The Thistle, of Montrose, in w orking tarn day, got aground, but was assisted off with daning e r ',,Pvli HULL, MARCH 16.—Wind E.—A rr i ve d the Wiles' f: from Rotterdam. Sailed the Traveller, Brown, f°l. flog Sultana, Matamores. ;$5 Al, ~ , Ce,le."' YARMOUTH, MARCH 15.—Arrived the e.ene ., , s t . ' I F ,, Caen ; David, Bourdin, Dieppe ; Lees, Goudain, . n g t 00 ,4 00 Coax, MACH 13.—Arrived th e Th omas Wor ,l o yal' ia bo"', New York; Clifton, St. John' s , N ew B run swick ; et. 'Ot for Sydney, New South Wa'es ; Royal Willialn4 n .o. w isi New Brunswick ; Columbine, Robertson, G ( '',.,t a y, ,r t e Abbott, to this port. sunk off Bally Cotton ye stec i ' ey , ; been in contact with the Royal Saxon, for Sr iera rs sio ple here; crew saved. Arrived off, St. George, De6 frOt i , * 4o l ,; LIVE itrooL MARCH 16,—Arriv e d th e And' s ' f ) ",.,se' Video; Ariel , Pernambuco; Col om bi a (steant.'„,'• r P a ell'i Robert Seyers, Porto Cabello; Alexander, ", e 7oitcl o ner New Orleans ; Martha, Bradley, St. Michael's ; ' a ; ,kr Denia ; Venella, Malaga; Alida, Vaudam, Harling t e o l. ot ;er , heid, Stevens, Antwerp ; Atlae, Schmidt , (3/$ 0 ,,; vrs,' rived off port—The Pet, from St. Micha i e VI I ' Release, Eliza, Charles. Sailed, the Pliri c elieS it al e ' Samdry, for Bahia; Chamcook, Poas, Berbice ; S o l n : ta tio At ;$ ney, Harding, New York; Heeta, Crisp, civet' , P - ," The Royal Mint, from Morally Pomt to Salt p t . , a ; c ob a mud bank, Cabritta Point, Oat Pelican Il e :„ . t is ' I 0+ 1 , 4 ' reported) but after discharging a few hog The Or floated off and arrived at her destination 29th Int. , 1 , 0 r ;j to rick, hence to New York, on shore below the la, t ; t ho u , 0 got off, and carried in, 24th ul . The Adirono sc uc k ", e i. this port, in coming out of New York, 25th, stt rae re' e vit , South West Spit, but got off without damage an d P ee l' s i h P 1 GUERNSEY, MARCH 13.—Sailed the .s.onarc s o t Pernambuco. e, lo f JERSEY, MARCH 13.—Sailed the HarmonY!er, 10 4it e4 Cadiz ; Dido, Romerel, Fi gue i ras; P res ident ste met, P. York, Ist, lat. 43, lon. 66, by the C o lombia ste at Liverpool. 10. s MONEY and COM ri CIA MERL' 4 .) lie O' ie fi' c g CITY, TWELVE 6.t0 e° LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH . 0 14 had a very dull market to-d a y, only 1,500 hales iitolity sumers ; prices without alteration. __ Ac ed . , i i LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 16. ~,.(18 1, 1 1 11 1 : business has been transacted in the Share Market,'`'6itlP,,e' following are the present prices :—Chester an, °, ;411 01 New Shares, 16i ; London and South Western d" A North Union, 79/. t ? ' '' THE FUNDS. V fle l/11 A for 4 • t h $ Consols, which left off yesterday at 87% B '-' ei e cs l .4 88/ sellers for the Account; opened this inorna l r, t e r e told provement, owing to a report in the American 0 1 , 1 0 .5 0 1$ by the Colombia yesterday , aiternoon that a lega t ! °. c oo ° t , to Engl.:rid to settle the differences' between tlil' c oo S o the United States. A° 61 5 for th e e t pill'' Consols at the opening were done at 88i is be e r since which they are not quite so good, and 11 $g e bel °- ~i 88/ sellers for the Account; Money, 88k 1; '''. fot 'i; 6 8 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; Indio Stock ah u i e ft ° ; •s t i ,', In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, whil a l itas ire' 01:6 23k, at present 23 1 / 2 ,• Deferred, Ili 12; ~.,,e eijap, pt Portuguese same as they closed, 30i 4 • V" - oro f ife ' 15* 4 ; Colombian, 22/ 23 ; Mexican, ' 2Blt i a; ,il 71/ ; Dutch Two .and-a-Half per Cents., D v ' 104 i Cents. 99/ 100. . , Die l 4l l, bi b , SHARES.—Great Western, 22 23 pretn• , g i o ck -, don , if ' prem.; ' London and Bright on , 7/ 7 dis. •,'"arsich , . dis. ; Birmingham, 53 55 prem . ex. N ew ; 01, 1 sen to 56 per share ; Croydon, Ili 12/ per share ; ,ly ths,i. be sa' l ,l 8i per share, ; Manchester and Binningharn ,l ‘l6.!Aeo lic i; MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Ataxic , ' 0 ,1 le - 1 4, l eaf , are London and Birmingham, 165; Chester '''. A P I a l,e (New) 16i ; Manchester and Liverpool nis, tri s - t er an ee ed . , Manchester and Birmingham, 244 25; Manc he Cana l ' th a t 71 72 ; Grand Junction, 202/ 203/ ; Rochdale pat a ltle l jo The Montreal paper states, from the Ariel , is a "000 , the Prince of Orange, new King of Hollan of 1, , 4 , 4 The stock in the United States Bank to the el l ° t 0 17 ' dollars. .. nao k t fall in the shares of the United States -1' caused some excitement in the city. 'a' The eschange upon London comes 8 to 81• ° T 0; PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY„ , Shar, RAILWAYS. Paid. r e. .t° / Great Western 4 5 ...... '- ...." t° 45 Ditto New London and Brighton 5O ..... 42i.•" .. to .--- London anti South Western 381...... —;,:::.... $° ,„. Ditto Tenths ... ...... . ...... to o ....,, Manchester and Leeds - ..... t ...., 30 .... 3 1 .. to Ditto New Shares .. ~,e .....• ,„ ...••• Manchester and Birmingham ...... 7 . , Midland Counties ... 100 ...... ii..... ... 0 Ditto / Shares DU tell FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM. ;one. 61 . ), Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.......... ........... it° ...- Amon Syndic i : Pc 4l pi e r artc. Cent eti .. ...........................................................: .;,.,,, V l i i ii i g C p l o i le t m tt t ti o l l a' ( e ld 1 r 8 1; :a ob l :Clo d m is p 3 a 7 n ) y 5 , p • t e , p c c c r n cr . t o ................... . 0 05 p , ....4 r Luau 147, 5 per cent.. .... .. ..................... Tro Exchange on London, One month ....•••••' r; '%l' Two months .... ..• 2 , o , ,e, Dutch Papers, March M. ~..tri l S . ,tea ir i. BA Lr_ co l et ntoa ree ei , „ 4 l The news from the United States by the n Joel'''. _. a t v`,, is o C f on a sl 88 for Account, receded to 88i, n si e rit is n°",.! i rt e he ac ted' more s, which favourable wer c, i a n n d theaecai fi r l e y npaat:tre e o quoted at 88/, with little doing; any speculations of importance will - t „,_ n . yor niiis ot _5 of the President, which is to sail from i s '„ 6l l i , ;,--,,,, iis 6te frt•blithia:hnlerlY7tealrlibs.lil inst. New Three-and a- Hal per Cent ~,x ' c h4 e que r Pi Jo a ta k e place uni 00 the, s f o r • h Ac I prem. ; Bank Stock and India St? .. n tle , doin „.. p t , Money have been 88*, at present 8 , 8 . , ti _; b ni... s..arn epr :eficit:,.: In the Foreign Market, eery li t 3 oa • Th r i e`4o-a s 'Duo. 22i 23 ; Deterred, 111 ; Portuguese, 28 i 60 1 ; 181. ; Colombian, 22i; Mexicen , iNew) , 51; Half per Cents. 50,1. Great Westernl Letel., In Shares also little doing. ail the l ig i r ch' ditto New, 25. ' London and Brighton, 422, 43 ; ieed, bringt3th M a li; Batavia has ar , r . Of the 0., 9 The Dutch steamer Dutch Flinn .. a Cea .. 711 0 13 i ; of the 16th March, and the _,, , Foe p Two-and-Half per Cents. 502 to 7 - iu , v • 11 ; Ardoin's Spanish 21/ and. s ii ii i e v!: . .ts u i o ,c t : 100 , bia 1-0 i 7 8 : E 8 , 17 1; 2" Co e e ., 3 o ,ith Consols, Money, 88 1 s 2 1, --rtVg il S y 'rot Mexican 281 29 ; Deferred 9a er; ! Tharkei ii i d Three per ~ al • g re , if a tendency upwarc! ;.. ..........l tir ritt p or k , the plate, pamt:nS. S ard 000 4 ' 51aneliester and The value of Slf i;Spa'nish93l4 :f . V:i n d a t 7 0 ' ocs n di .tre', :co s no doubt of t e _. ite and there now seems tosse i 0 11 prinsured • -,, other property saved from the fire. _ st imate s ig as Journal. that h a ,said tot rho e e s p o r , p o p o c o r / t . y The v t c 1.1. 0 . 1 1 , loss 7 I i c