The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-19 00:00:00

1 1 ort‘?”,:r; rniTIoN 511 " 1 ( 1 bring in their present Members free of ex pense. We have repeatedly expressed our honest and unbiased approbation of Mr. DUNCOMDE'S con ;.l‘tle:t, and it w ill b e a reproach to the electors of 11.nsbury should this very useful representative IVlarassed by any rich and canting' pretender to great virtues. We venture, therefore, to sug gest to the electors of Finsbury at once to open I.l:Bobseription to return their Members, par- I leillarly M r . 131 umcomnE, against whom Mr. T oo l tE dire c t s hi s moral shafts, free of expense. There is no doubt whatever that Mr. DuNcomßE a nd Ir. WAKLEY will be re-elected for the boro ugh ; and as both of them have assiduously attended to t h e i nterests of their const i tuents, as far a s we have ever heard, and have always voted honestly and independently, the elec t°i.a ought not to suffer them to be harassed by 4rfaspirant to Senatorial honours, whose only re commendations are wealth—how got we know 11 , — and prodigious self-conceit. 4lie c ommunications ' lately . received . from . Germany indicate a growing spirit . of ‘ tlissati t s- o Ge rm there with the repeated denials given t he peopl e ' s prayers and demands for improved inatitutions.. In another part of this Journal ap- Pears an address of the Breslau Magistratestothe Provincial Parliament of Silesia, in which the claims of the people to a o e b t p ie public troe , re presentative Constitution the e , giving 1 p thei r R epresentatives, power over l Purs e, and p ower to call the KING'S Ministers o t accou n t , are legally set forth, and decisively liolvri to rest o n . t h e anc i ent l aws of the land, tad on recent and solemn promises of the So .1 - 1 ver e i gn, In Germany, and particularly I Prussia, lightly no men, and especially no Magistrates, e and accordingly undertake a task of this nature, ton 4 when undertaken it has a pr ' op t o h r ; -- eLe effect both on the Sovereign and People The 121 • King of PRUSSIA has shown fits dis -le"live by refusing the offered hospitalities of Zinhabitants of Breslau on occasion of forming a p,, gt , e amP in their neighbourhood, and the .glie in several parts of Germany have testi fied ea a lively sympathy with the patriotic_ Magis _r.te. Involved as the King of .1: 1 USSIA is in 11sPutes with his Catholic subjects, an we R and decrees. 1 . 4 g in popularity in his Rhenish provinces,ma„,stra„,i Magistrates regard the movement of the Breslau " a hopes d sign that hi s su bj ects are t i re d o f cheat ,,, and lyin g p rom i ses , an d are preparing "' achie their own freedom. til.e4B agitation strengthens in Prussia it . by . no . little or allS subsides in Hanover. We hear . t l i t t ila ii t b ia going on there, because the press is not it, ~erty to inform us, and the country is sel t°4l visited by persons who take an interest however, hs,P°litical affairs. A communication, has celY received from the town of Hanover, Ex not handed to us, which represents. Prince n o T t 4 t _ad AI. ScIIELE'S combined -exertions On th e likely to lead . to favourable resnits. 13 r teontrary, Hanover would appear, like 4 4 e t , 8 : 411 ) to be preparing and resolved to assert ts -,gin-s against the tyrant Minister and the -1.- It 't iNg. The communication is as follows sem. bled. the li'a oft present in great anxiety. The States decidedas th a ,„ - " e 2 d of this month, and have assumed a very opp o : j 7.er• 14 the Second Chamber we have a morepower a f r u e l either ,on than we ever had before, almost. all the members_ o . s ha b u la n'ttri or independent landowners. Stove, elected for Prose 11, Was accused of high treason, that a ci iminal t • and - ctn i , • . • a ti in- his sea P . tfi lezi he _ was disable him from t . a g t elased . 14 ! acquitted on the first examination, theAli d n o is t t i e e r a. s 1.1p 0 , 4 i '? give hips leave of absence from his official_an expia. two tills the Second Chamber resolved to demand 111 e i c nfl.0111 the Cabinet, as Stove possesses the con t fid r e o n p c o e n o a f dis e :_ ll . ll trY, and the Chamber is resolved not to enter him. vo, .104 . of the important measures before ;nett this vti ae , , resolution was read' in tke Chamber , the withoutthe Crown that if N s r „,' .14 i° is now a Member, declared, with Psin-ca\it Possessed the confidence of the country, he " (t e 240 9e1 1 did 14 ' 4 wish to po'sess it (rich dessen mcht e r freuen ester h sneer, Crown cli y , t and then left the Chamber. fhe day before yte in tht a still 8.,. more important resolution was come state i wth --:„.."4 Chamber, namely, it was resolved toad /44 -- " 1 , the to the Speech from the Throne, that the tr taii . th% tu : King did not enjoy the confidence of the couny, %ties,' . 4 - 1 , 'Ciro' be requested to dismisi them. Howeverit ii h,-„'*"laresolu'lion 3 , appear under our circumstances, or t i - l ; " 41 7 to be of incalculable moral weight. The speakers lad ti?PPosition vied with each other in depicting the injustice , e°l34l:4l'ritanagernent of the Government in the most glari ng are w ere "Id t heY had a majority of 44 to 27. Thes t e a e. , her 4i battler,only the skirmishes of the outposts ; we expect Co a , i , : , on the open demand for the restitution g th o : , traiit'tilltin, accompabied by a refusal to pass the Budget, atily i th he uiplies. What may be the result of thias, Godbeen 1 5 1544')wi' This much is certain,—if their object haddrreof tesoi„ja Pe'cerlll, moderate, and loyal people to th i e d v 4(44,, ilrahteol;,,atNhli.etNreonitS. chele and the King may be to have Lti, 4, a President of the first Chamber is De Meyer, of_L m u m ne - - diatei Perfctly honest and highly esteemed man. . 1 . ____" Lune city Richter the catast;ophe of 1839, he passed through our allo w i ' 4 'tick child, and then the Government . would not ' , lay he rn to remain here even a day ; and during his short h eat , a-' surrounded by police spies. At pr . esen h t . he is t hrt; 4 _ 'cry differently. The King conversed with him for that izarters of an hour, and told him, among nthert rho , ' I Y r aade a report upon his knees to the Most High, - ket,t. old hoon call him to an account concerning his Goyer o n d deal t , Meyeri who is a most religious man, was really riot h e "e'l by tins solemn asseveration ; nevertheless r h a e i g .i ‘. g o v h il t l w ron:. persuaded by it to assert that wrong is right, o It i s L . Caow PA I L tune that King and the ERNEST asylum 14 som e rilrlicE began to look out for an tericooguntry, for we feel assured that ktl4:l:lveill°litic: be ffered once to ijur th e 148114 as l oyal and su at peop le as n ever sun sho ne on. An ---------......._ date, thiffh,floss from Paris, with news of Thursday's t or 1( SPain and the Turkish froritier,, arr i i n ved wi i l n l he found yesteday. The intelligence from fre bt ' ie rl d in another article. Letters from th S e p T a Turkish rtt e ' of the 3d inst., state that the Greek Patriarch vatei:44tiltiaople was dismissed by the Porte for p 'We ha;, raging the rebellion in Bulgaria. liel, the ave likevvise received; through the ordinary ar p e whole of the Paris journals of Tuesday. ch a Theyil . ilxeceeclinglY mearrre of political news of interest the .Nit proseNtions bconnected with the letters of ex. tett o;lllPciraine," having raised a question as to,:the 11418 of Te hiviolability of the Crown, most of . the . j y o in u a r- 1 l e i °l4l tr is ii "„,aY make it a leading topic in their oYisub et wi ii itie Debuts cormences an article on this as it 44 S 11 0 - 7 4 Prolnise to confine itself to a few words, 45 nlnr:' it sa Ys, like' scholastic reasoning, and , then aehe b as riv t e ie s teahoni; til t) , ~ two columns full of the very The article is ab ly w 4; w inch it professes to abhor. 11 ! v i 0 lobii. e , t1 . An argument having been raised that the 414 a t 1 iq ef the KING does not throw d . a en sl s i e ie g l a d e o n s t t l e y r tdhat 'llsisuellre lie came to the Throne, an . l bai I fe, as Duke D'ORLEANs, 4tio: thatof history, unfettered by the h constitutionalin kks whu the KING can do no wronigs:cltvhiet puebpaotns th e I)ll .. i eth er 1 4 , ( e 1) , (1 it is possible to throw obloquy list. 'Gob a n 0(14i-11,Z:1.Na without, at the ~_ 'its dot s -1 upon the Crown. Whether,. '„Qat bo,4' mation and calumny seek their weapons tl i t n e t."111.1:':‘,.°4 of Utile when the KING was only . Duke . of ' l lio, - , - ,!' or in the history of his reign, it is still the '•-th e i'lli ) is attacked. " Crime consists of two ii things 1 14 t t, nte!ttion and the effect. In the present case, o n / a ria! efteet an offence against the KlNG—yes or n f te* lo l3 : z i the intention to excite contempt or hatred .n thliesttliietism9ohnnal Y es or no ?" The National, in !i the same subject, rather attacksthe n fiction than the arguments which are . d o in 13,1 it. How far the attack upon this fic meino t 41 itself an offence against the Constitution we e ita vi,4e Pretend to say. The fiction may or may not be t lit3ill4 Ore, but it is the basis of the Constitution, and_ be la to i_ e y be made the subject of party discussion. t, It do lle l . ti,tianged for something more real, i in t o o ,. : i e tut,' e lY, be effected by the deliberative powers KING I).'lkot affe ct Ile C onstitutionnel contends that the 4 :AN N -d by the diatribes upon the Duke of OR he Coannki.tha't:,all he did or wrote . before :he came to ( iecl s is fan' matter of history, and adds, that the Nerasea.c, of the public, and the contemporaneous refu k e ° l .` the caluinnies propaotated against the KING as ~ ,l 'il l i.w o l( )I t, btrijitnif_ANs, are sufficient for his vindication, laulg the authors of them before a tribunal Th e Fli t a lki b er • eolivrrtsier Francais, in a notice of the sitting of rsthro als t e , s ,_ of p er' on Monday, states that the Duke of v . I te et!ed ' fo ' r his seat near Marshal Soult, with whom he h con as h i :Lily v,„ n ',l . o r og time. '1 his simple_ , incident, a w . i__ lirst 4. . , ..:t 4 an a c i e C° T, ns t tr '•ii g that r th o e n lll , a hal h di h u i s e t m w ade th'Nsiti or l ee4r d ~ .i. hi .hambe .. is recovery - from in e 1) t i„ an which was highly creditable to the feelings of mli4' "' e • iS. gravely commented upon by the Courrier as a pace concession to the Marshal at once useless and out of Th e allo w write front Bucharest that the Emperor of Russia has turn the General fish of to accept the " indegenat" (na 1, 11447aation) which the Assembly of the States conferred upon ~,The A ., t„ittee!-o;sQnrieteigur p A u ff b i l l i i s r h s, e s a report to the King from the Mi on the state of the payments hitherto ti l , ll.l `e_c! by the Mexican indemnity commission. The total Ject ti g' of claims liquidated is 1,944,161 f., and of claims re 14ito '?`s7'33lf• Supposing which is not likely, that all the re rlia S still undecided should be' roved to be good, there would te p l l _,a stini of 4,550 000 f d u P and a sum of 3,200,000 f. to : tlivieekted. The Minister, therefore, proposes that a fresh - th iin ad c , f os 4ii per cent. should be declared on all admitted ( 46„:4 'n additton to that of 50 per cent., authorised by Royal iik,,_ ance of March 9. This is followed by a Royal ordon -•,e to t h e . 4 lett 13 a ore effect letter from Rome, in the Augsburgh Gazette, says :—.. " The Cardinals have lately' held several conferences, at Which the religious differences with Spain were discussed. Spanish ecclesiasties are daily coming to seek an asylum at Rome. The grand dinner given to M. Ingres, the celebrated French painter, by the artists of Paris and his friends, took place in the Salle I%iontesquieu on Tuesday last. The Marquis de Pastoret was in the Chair ; and at six o'clock 426 guests sat down to table; M. Ingres was introduced amidst the loudest acclatnaticns. During the dessert the Chairman addressed M. Ingres in the name of the company, and, in an eloquent speech, said they were assembled not merely to congratulate him on his success in painting, but also to greet him as an esteemed friend. M. Ingres made a suitable reply. A body of mu,icians, led by Messrs. Berlioz and Thomas, performed pieces from Orphee, of Gluck, and Euriante, of Weber. The party broke up after an evening spent with the utmost cordiality. We quote the following from the Gazette de France to show what trash is gravely inserted in the columns of a Joernal : " A personage in a high situation has just confirmed a state ment which we have already published, of not only a partition of the east being thought of, but also a new division of the States of Europe. According to this . plan, England would have Egypt, Russia Constantinople, Austria the provinces on the Danube, and Prussia would be aggrandised by the addition of axony, part of Poland, and Hanover. France would be informed that her conquest of Algiers would no longer be con tested. All this would be done without an European Con gress, and by means of conferences in which France would have no part."— Gatignani. The appeal of Madame Lafrarge from the last sentence of the Tribunal of Tulle, which defers to the sth of August the affair of the diamonds, will be decided on Thursday or Friday next by the Court of Cessation. The appeal will be supported by M. Daverne. MAI. de Beaumont and de Tocqueville, who had, been in Africa to study that couetry, have arrived at Toulon on board the Tartaca. By a Royal ordonnance of the sth of June, that part of the National Huard of Evre-ux which composed the three dis banded companies, is. to be immediately reorganized. This ordonnance directs that only one company shall be formed; the remainder of the men are to be distributed among the clothed companies. An extraordinary meeting of the Municipal Council of Per pignan took place on the 9th of June, in which an energetic protest was agreed to against the measures ordered by the Mi nister of Finance to increase the burdens of the country. This pretest will be addressed to the Ministers and the Prefect. The Municipal Council of Perpignan has been, on this oc casion, the organ and the echo of the country. Its example will doubtless be imitated by the other towns, and the Govern ment will learn that there are barriers which despotism and the thirst of gain cannot pass.—Emancipator de Toulouse, June 12. The Hablador of Madrid, of the 9th, says— " The Members of the Committee of the Chamber which is to examine the question relative to the guardianship of the Queen, have had a conference with the Ministers of State and Justice, end it is probable that the Report on the affair will be very shortly laid before the Chamber. "—Le Commerce, June 16. BOURSE—Pmuts, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pilo. Price rrench 5 per Cents ll4 50.. 114 40 .. 114 40 —. 114 40 4 per Ctlas 99 30 119 30 99 30 .. 99 30 3 per Cants. ex. cliv. 76 7u 76 75 .ank of riance Lattitte Sank I.ooot. Stares 1070 ...IC7O ...1070 ...1070 5.0091 Skares 5181 50 ...5155 ...5182 50 ...5185 Belgian 5 per Cents. New Loan lOl% ... 1 1. 4 i ... 101 k ... 11:1% i,..rnsh Active 53)4 35,; ... :3)4 Neapolitan Roman .... 10 ... 102 ... 102 ...102% ItAILWAY SHARES. St i-;ermap. VerNailtes. L.B l9O . i9S ... 190 190 H. B 327 50 ... 330 ... 327 50 331 Rouen 011 cm. Strasburg to Bale • 731 25 ... 531 25 ... 230 ... 231 25 0 ELAM A N I! U NDS—Baussata, JUNE lit Actual Debt,:,.. per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ...... ....... lOO Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.... --3 per Cent. ---Thirty.seven----..... 7O (140) 1t:614 Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent. Bl Society ot Couirnwce, 4!•:, per Cent S:B% Bank of ISclgium, 5 per Cent... ...... National Sficzety . — Exchange on Condom (shalt) —Brussels Faperi, June 16. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENta, JUNE 0 ft, e per Cents. Metalliques • 165 1 / 4 Four per Cents. 9s% Three p•ir Cents. Rank :Shares —Auee:neine Zeitung, June 13. HAMBURG BUILSENHALLE, JUNE 15. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares . 1649 1647 Anglo-Russian Loan .. Hi •IA '07% Russian 5 per Cent. let series, Cf.rtificate Inscription, Ist Se' it+s lO2 1013 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. :id and 4th Series Ol4 5714 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (I 540) 87% 67 Dutch ...ctual oebt, l pe , Cent 20% Ditto .. . 5 per Cent _ -- Polish Bond, ... 145 ..—. New Elckct Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cert 75 74% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Ciro:— li=3{ 102% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lti. lACHANGES Or LONDON. HAMBURG, JUNE 15.-13 7.—Two months, 13 5% PETRRSAURGH, JUNE 4.—Two months, 38 1').32 pence. CSIRINTIANIA, JUNE a.—Threc months, 4 58. STfIeKHOLM. JUNE a—Eeventy.five days, 11. 44. • BREMEN, JUNE 11 —Two months, 6 13: Advices from Madrid of the 10th inst. state that the Fete Dieu was solemnised with great pomp in that capi tal. The procession was headed by ESPARTERO, who took the place of the Kings of SPAIN. On the right of the REGENT walked M. CALATRAYA, President of the Senate, and on his left M. ARGUELLES, President of the Chamber of Deputies. All the Senators and Deputies in the capital followed in robes and court dresses. The Young QUEEN was ninon the spectators at the Hotel de Ville, where her MAJESTY was attended. by all the distinguished Members of her Household. Not the slightest interruption of public tranquillity took place. The Committee on the Tariffs had presented its Bill to the Chamber of Deputies. It recommends the Go vernment to exact, without mitigation, the duties upon all imported goods, and to make known the result to the Cortes in 1843, in order that the Customs'-law s ma.y be amended. One of the members of the Com mittee, M. SANCHEZ, drew up a separate Report, in which he recommended the Government to conclude a commercial treaty with Great Britain, before enforcing the Tariff regulations. He proposes as the basis of this. treaty, that English cotton goods shall be admitted into Spain at a low rate of duty, provided England consents to reduce to a corresponding extent the duty on Spanish wines, wools, and fruits. We fear the bulk of the Spanish nation is too little versed in the principles of free trade to adopt the liberal and enlightened views of Senor SANCHEZ. The influence of the " old House," " You-must-buy-at-my-shop," and "Rotten-ship" inte rests, is greater in the Peninsula than that of all the other interests—social, political, and religious put together. . The Spanish Government appears resolved to carry on its warfare with the Church with a high hand. One Ecclesiastic, the Cure VILLACARTINE, was recently brought to trial for reading the POPE'S Allocution from the Pulpit in contempt of the orders of the REGENT. The accused pleaded his higher obligation of spiritual allegiance to the visible head of the Church, but the plea was not admitted, and having been found guilty he was sentenced to be deprived of his cure, and undergo the penalty of transportation to the Island of Majorca. The submission of Portugal to the Court of Rome has given great offence to the Spanish Regent, who mutters threats of war unless DONNA MARIA CRIS Off all intercourse with the Holy See. This appears to us exceedingly unjust. As Portugal is not the temporal ally of Rome, and in no way interferes in the dispute between Spain and the PoPE, we cannot understand Upon what just principle Spain threatens to disturb her re pose. The right of Portugal either to adopt or reject a spiritual re-union with the head of the Romish Church is un doubted. Besides, Portugal has a great interest in settling her disputes with the POPE. In the course of recent nego tiations between the Courts of Vienna and Lisbon, Prince MErrEnNieu informed the Portuguese Minister that the Courts of Vienna, St.Petersburgh,land Berlin, only awaited the POPE'S recognition of Queen DONNA MARIA, to fling Don MIGUEL overboard, and to join with the Western Powers in acknowledging the legal accession of her MA JESTY. Already Austria is preparing to send an Am bassador to Lisbon, to realize the promises of Prince METTERNIcit. Letters from Vienna of the sth instant say, that this mission will fall to Baron MARSHALL, Austrian Internuncio at Washington. Surely conside rations such as these ought to have their due weight with the Spanish REGENT, allowing that there existed, which there does not, some cause of quarrel with Por- ' tugal for travelling singly to Borne. . We have no monetary news from Madrid of the 10th instant. On the 9th the Bourse transactions in the Five per Cents., 22 in number, amounted to 15,000,000 reals, and were done at 261 for cash, and 26 271 at dif ferent dates. The coupons to be capitalized sold for 22i a at 60 clays, and the posterior debt bearing no in terest at 61 I at 60 days. PARLIAMENT WILL BE PROROGUED either Tuesday or Wednesdiiy. The reports that there was to be a further change in the Home-office, and that Lord Morpeth was to be suc ceeded as Secretary for Ireland by Mr: Stanley, the Se cretary of the Treasury, are unfounded. It is, however, true that Sir Henry Parnell retires from the situation of Payniaster of the Yorces, and that Mr. Stanley will be appointed to that office. We understand that Madlle. Launitz gives an Evening Concert on Monday next (the 21st), which will be under the immediate patronage of the Archbishop of York. The Concert will take place at the Queen's Concert room, Hanover-square, and' judging from the excellent programme which we have seen, and which comprises selections from the best modern masters, we should say that it will be fully and fashionably attended. THE PRICE OF CORN.—The Tory Journals have lately boasted of the low price of corn during the last few years. The average since 1829 has been about 565., and the price in 1815, when the Corn-law was passed, was upwards of 80s. It is undoubtedly a fact, that the price on the whole has fallen considerably, even in England, since the war ; and so it ought, for reduction of price is the object of all improvement. But this shows that the law of which the Tories boast has not answered the purpose of the landlords. It was intended to keep up the price of corn, in spite of all the striving of skill and i:,tAligence, to upwards of 60s. at least. In fact, the law has aimed at an impossibility. The price here, communicating as our country does with all the world, must come down in the long_ run to the price of other countries, plus the expense of transit. That cannot be helped ; the only question is, whether it shall come down by unfettered communication, producing prosperity to all, or by starving down our people to a level with our means, the supply obtained from our own soil. The landlords have resolved on the latter course and unex ' °milled misery is and has b een the result. If anything could keep up price it would be unfettered intercommu nication, which would give such a stimulus to the growth of a town population as to make it difficult for agriculture to keep pace with it. The landlords, how ; ever, prevent this, and are as silly' and mean as they are MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY FRIDAY EVENING. Money in the Stock Exchange seems easier, and as the ac counts from the manufacturing districts have been more favourable within the last day or two, there is likely to be a bet ter feeling ere long among the commercial interests generally. Political excitement is the chief bar to an improvement in trade. The Funds were firm to-day, and in some instances a slight advance .occurred. Consols were 89 to 891 buyers; Exche quer Bills at ss. to 7s. premium ; and the Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cents, at an improvement to 89i ; Exchequer Bills weress. to 7b. premium. Fort ign Stocks and Railway Shares ranged lower. Spanish Actives at •.11i to 22, Portuguese, New, at 33, Mexican at 264 ; Chili= at 60q, and Dutch TWo-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52k. Great Western Railway Shares were 241 to 251 prem., Brighton 61, and South Eastern 18 disc. Bills of Exchange on the principal Continental Cities were supported this afternoon at firm rates, viz., Paris 25f. 60c. to 65f., Hamburgh 13 10i to a, Amsterdam 12.41, and Frank. fort 150. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 17.—We have had a better demand for' Cotton to-day from the trade, and the Market may be considered to have advanced in improvement considerably. The amount of busineis done is from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. Nothing in speculation or export. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 17.—A very limited business has been doing in the share Market to-day. Grand Junction, Quarter Shares, 2540 London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 23; Ditto, New Shares, 244. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 17.—Our market closes without any improvement; quotations as follows: London and South Western, 54 55; Manchester and Leeds, 526- 53 ; London and Brighton, 44} 45 ; North Midland, Flair Shares, 34 34k; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 20. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of June 17. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JUNE 15.—A1l the Funds were heavy to-day, although there were no heavy sales, and all the prices were lower. The cause of this heaviness may be attri buted to the approaching time when several of the Powers are going to make loans. France is expected daily to make a large one; Austria has concluded one; Russia is also preparing, to raise money : the Funds of the two last nations have fallen, and our National Funds have followed the same example. 'she Actions of the Society of Commerce were freely offered. Ardoin's Spanish is heavy. Consols opened this morning at the same quotations as they left off, 89b for the Account ; Reduced, 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 169 ; India Bonds, 1 dis., prem. The Foreign Market is also inactive, Spanish Active heavy at 214 22; Deferred, 101 4 ; Passive, sb; Portu guese, 33i ; Three per Cents., 191 20 ; Colombian, 211 ; Mexican, 271 ; Brazilian, 67/ 68; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52a ; Five per Cents., 99b 100. SHARES.— Great Western, 241 251 prem. ; New, 11 3 / 4 prem. ; London ar.d Brighton, 7 6k ; Blacksvall, 71 7 dis. ; Birmingham, 67 69 prem. ; Southampton, 531 541 per share ; Croydon, 13i 1 per share ; Greenwich, 71 Si per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 16 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton North Midland . South Eastern and Dover 33 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia 4O ...... 59 ...... to Both the Funds and commercial affairs continue paralysed to the present hour of writing, which is caused by the ap proaching elections, as no speculations can be undertaken with any chance of success until the turmoil is over. The British Funds continue at the opening price of the morning, 895 for the Account; Reduced, 89 to 894; Three and-a- Half per Cents. Reduced, 93 to 935; Exchequer Bills, 6 5 7, one shilling better ; Bank Stock, 1685, rather lower ; Indian Bonds improved 2 prem. In the Foreign Market rather more doing with little varia tions in the prices:— Spanish Active 21i 22; Deferred, 105; Passive, lower, 4/ ; Portuguese, a shade lower, 33; Colom bian, nothing done; Mexican, 27; Dutch Two-- Half per Cents., 52*, lower, have been 52i i; Five per Cents. also receded, 993. In Shares scarcely anything doing :—Great Western, New, 61*; Ditto, Fifths, 10e, ; London and Brighton, 431 ; Northern and Eastern, 66; York and North Midland, New Shares, 59. Consols, Account, 895 ; Mexican, 273 ; Spanish, 24 2i ; Not the least signs of business. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 1635 , India Stock — 3 per Cent Red. 893 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ... 35 per Cent Red 933 Ditto New Annuities... New 35 per Cent — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....23d 7pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 spm Long Annuities to expire 1 Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 ... 12 13-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 l2i ;India Stock for Opg. ...247 Jan. 1860. IConsols for Opg 895 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 1061 Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 33 Brazilian 80nd5.... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent 64 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... 12i Spanish, 5 per cent 22 Ditto, 1824 . . ..... 201 Ditto, Deferred ... NI Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18A5, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. -- c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 261 !French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 14i Ditto, 5 per cent 991 SHARES Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 9oi Ditto New Shares (50 paid 6 l i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) log London and Brighton (50 paid) 43i London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 18 North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds ( 5 paid) South East.7n and Dover (33 paid)... 15 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 74 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 7} Genoa . 25 80 Antwerp l2 tit Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 Thi Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz 1181 Ditto, 3 months 25 70 ,Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 2.5 80 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37i Buenos Ayres 8er1in........ Vienna, effee. 8. 3 M 958 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto lO 2 'PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid .... .. _ Cadiz 36 Foreiin Gold, bars... 3 17 9 Bilboa ... 354 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville " It is stated in well-informed quarters to-day that Messrs. Cockburn and Co. will ultimately pay their debts in full. They owe about 250,0001., and have 80,0001. due to them in Sydney alone, where, however, from the recent heavy failures, we fear they will not realize any thing like the full amount." By some inadvertence on the part of our City Correspondent, the name of a highly respectable house in the City was printed in our Morn ing Edition of yesterday in the above paragraph, instead of that of Cockburn and Co. We are happy, however, that no damage can ensue from the mistake, as the circumstances men tioned in the context so clearly point out the house of Messrs. Cockburn and Co., whose affairs have lately been before the public. For our own part, we regret exceedingly the error—and our only consolation is that the high standing of the other firm referred to carries its own refu tation on the face of the paragraph, coupled with the circumstances already known.—En. Sun. PRP SUI44,_LOWDON4 !LA Tritriiirt JUNE 19, NC turn from. New.BrunSivick, and appointment 'to the Go vernment of NeWfoundland. Her 11ajesty gav e au di ence to the Ear l o f Alb emar l e , Marquis of Normanby, and Lord J. Russell. - land, Mistres s o f th e R o b es ; Lad The Court wa s a t ten d ed b y the Duchess o f S u th er - Barham, Waiting ; the S e c r et ar i es Of State for the Home and Colonial Depart men t s , t h e Lord Stewar d , t h e L or d Chamberlain, the M aster of the Horse, t h e C a pt a i n o f the Honourabl e C orps o f Gentlemen-at-Arms, Viscount in y Combermere, Gold Stick in' Waiting ~- the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; the Vice-Chamberlain,. Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting on Prince Albert ; Colonel Weinyss, Equerry In Waiting ; Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, EqUerry in ,Waiting on. Prince Albert ; Sir Samuel Hancock, Exon in Waiting ; James Bunce Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Ho nourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; the Groom of the Robes, Sir Benjamin Smith, and.. Colonel Ellison, Field Officer of Brigade in Waiting. Lord Poltimore and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. • The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. The Queen's Guard of the Scots Fusilier Guards with ' the band of the Regiment, were on duty on the Palace lawn. The recnish and Grecian Ministers after having had audiences of the Queen, were presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Poltimore, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Sir W. Lumley, and Colonel Wemyss, honoured the German Opera at Drury-lane Theatre, with their presence last evening. The Royal Dinn er P arty at Buckingham Palace on Thursday included the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lord Barham, Mr. George E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during dinner. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre sent, last evening at the Duke of Wellington's Waterloo Dinner at Apsley House. The Dean of Hereford and Dr. Bryce had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home office. • A deputatiotr from Portpatrick, including the Marquis of Dow•nshire, Marquis of Londonderry, Earl of Glengall, and Mr. Macdonald, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in Down ing -street, yesterday. REPRESENTATJON OF MARYLE- BONE. The canvass for Hall and Napier Was carried on yes terday by the United lleform Committee with extraor dinary and unexpected success. Even in the most aris tocratic districts—in Bayswater and Connaught-square— they obtained it.large majority over the Ascertained pro mises of the Tory candidates. Some of the late sup porters of Mr. Young honourably redeemed their pledge by considerable and successful exertions. A de putation from the Central Committee waited on Mr. Young, in the course of the morning, to request that he would undertake the troublesome office of Chairman of one of the district Committees, and we understand that he readily acceded to the request. Indeed the honour able and generous conduct of that gentleman since his defeat, has won him golden opinions, even from those who had before been his most ecided Opponents ; and the cordial union which now happily prevails amongst the Liberals, holds out the most certain prospect of success. A small section of the disunionists, however, still per versely hold out. .They had mysteriously intimated, in the beginning of the week, that they had a " man of wealth and education," whom they meant to bring for ward in coalition with Mr. Young, on the great' prin ciples of the Charter, as soon as the ballot should have been decided in that gentleman's favour. But their " great unknown" could not confine himself to his ob scure waiting place until the issue •of that doubtful event ; and, on Wednesday, he announced himself as " William S. Villiers Sankey, son of a Member of Par liament, and a candidate for the representation of Mary lebone, on the principles of. Universal Suffrage and•the Repeal of the New Poor-law," alleging as part of his qualification fora seat in Parliament, that he had " corn- pleted his studies in Law, Medicine, and 'Theology." Last evening a meeting was held at the Archery Assembly-rooms, Bath-place, New-road, for the purpose, as the Chairman stated, of presenting a requisition to Mr. Sankey, to allow himself to be put in nomination There was a 'repeated cry of "read the names,"—to which very reasonable call,: strange to say, no atten tion was paid. Mr. Sankey, of course, having already put himself forward as a candidate, could have no hesitation in •complying with the requisition. In his address to the meeting he declared himself in favour of the five points of the Charter ; upon . which he enlarged seriatim ; and, in denying that education was necessary to qualify a man: to understand his duties as an elector, lie insisted that his opinion on that subject, should be - received as authority, - inasmuch as he had himself revived " a liberal and refined education." The gentleman who seconded the resolution pledging the electors present to support Mr. Sankey, said that " if they could not return Mr. Sankey, they would at all events attain their object of breaking up the power •of the Whigs in Marylebone," which is a plain avowal that their object is to return (if possible, which it is not) the two Tories.. But it is very well known that Cabell and Hamilton are liberal to prodigality in the payment of those who are active in promoting their election. , CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. " Sir—A meeting of the Conservative Electors of the City of London, at which the favour of your presence is requested, will be held on Saturday next, the 12th inst.. at the London Tavern, at twelve for one o'clock precisely. " RUSSELL ELLICE, ESQ., IN THE CIIAIR, In meet the four gentlemen who are candidates on the Conservative interest, " GEORGE LYALL, ESQ. JOHN MASTERNAN, ESQ. MR. ALDERMAN PIRIE, and M. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD, ESQ, and to adopt measures to secure their election. You are requested to present this notice at the door, and to introduce any electors of Conservative principles who may, by accident, not have received one." [Tory circular, by which the meeting was packed.] WATERMEN AND LIGIITERMEN'S ALMS-HOUSES. On Thursday the Second AnniverSay Festival of this Institution was celebrated at the London Bridge House Tavern. _ _ Alderman LUCAS, the President, in the Chair. •' Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to a most excel lent banquet, amongst whom were Messrs. Kemble and Young, the Members for East Surrey, Mr. Wood; M.P. for Southwark, and Mr. Woverley Attwood, the candi date for the City of London. . After the usual loyal toasts were drank, The CHAIRMAN proposed " Success to the Institu tion," which had strong claims upon their benevolence. It was to afford an asylum to the aged and decayed watermen and lightermen, and their widows, of the river Thames, who were deprived of the means f subsistence by the advancement of science and the improvements of the metropolis. Their misfortunes were not of their own generating, and therefore they had stronger claims upon the feelings .of the ,British community.—(Cheers.) There was no class of persons more meritorious, and to none were trade and commerce more indebted. Song by Mr. Hudson, composed by him expressly for the occasion, which received immense applause. Mr. KE3ini.g, M.P., rose to propose the health of the worthy Chairman, the founder of the Institution, and he was proud to see him surrounded by so many assembled to support it.—(Cheers.) There was no case of distress but would meet with sympathetic alleviation in it.— (Cheers.) It was worthy of the character of English men, to afford an asylum to a class of men, in their old age, whose active zeal was always prominent in promoting the welfare of their fellow-men.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that he had passed the greatest part of his life amongst those men, and he well knew their merits. There never was an occasion on which their services were demanded for their country that they did not come forward. On one occasion, when he commanded •the Thames Fencibles, he was applied to for a body of men to bring home the Nelson prizes. He called 600 watermen around him, and out of that number 200 men volunteered and gave up 40s. a day for 255. 6d. a week—(Loud cheers)—to serve their country. The company separated, highly delighted with the Committee evening's entertainment. The subscriptions amounted 1,100/. The was read, the s a t sfa t of Ma citaifoownlliot:h— -1 pleasurewimnguehßeport that nagement• of the W a t er men and Lighte rmen ' s Alms houses Fund present their first Report to the contribu tors, as they feel they have cause for much congratulation on the successful result of their labours on behalf of this useful Institution, and they avail themselves of this opportunity of expressing their sincere thanks to their friends for the liberal support they have received. " Previously to the dinner, which took place last year, after laying the first stone of the almshouses, the Com mittee contemp!ated the erection of thirty almshouses, of which twenty-four were to be set apart for candidates to be elected by the donors and subscribers, and six for candidates to be chosen by the Court of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company in respect of their contribu tions to the fund. "..The donations and subscriptions amounted to about 7,400/. ; the appeal then made was responded to by the collection of 1,1 60 /. a t that meetin g ,• sin ce which the Committee have received further sums, making g the whole building fund now amount to 10,5001. • Encouraged thus by the public feeling so strongly expressed in their favour, the Committee have determined to complete the west wing of the beildinTs by the erection of nine houses facing the road from Sydenham, with a commodious lodge at the entrance gates, thus screenin g th e b acks of the houses from the ro ad, and giving a comp'eth finish to the appearance of the whole : to ac comp li sh this de sirable object the Court of the r Watermen' s C om P any have voted the additional sum of J5O/. from their funds ; Mr. John Dudin Brown has given 5301., and other mem bers of the Court have also liberally contr ib uted to the same object. There will thus be sh ort l y completed forty houses for the reception of the objects of this Charity, the entire expense of whi c h, including the internal fittings, laying out the ground, and keeping it in order for two years, will cost about 13 ,000/, and the Committee now require only about 2,5001. More to defray every expense attendant on the buildings. " The cost is more than the Committee originally in tended expending in building ; but the number of houses has been considerably increased, and they are of that Character, both. for elegance of design, and sub stantial workmanship, that the Coicuaattee are satie fled' the money has been well laid out. The buildings will not require one shilling to be expended on them for, many years; they are an orna ment to the• beautiful neighbourhood in which they are placed, and will be found replete with every comfort to those for whose benefit they are intended. " The sum of 2,5001. still required to complete the buildings, the Committee feel assured will be readily made up by , contributions from the friends of the Institution, and from those who have not yet subscribed to the fund ; and the 'Committee.are now turning their anxious attention to the subject of making a suitable provision for their endowment. The Corporation of London, with its usual munificence, and prudent benevolence, have voted 500/. for an endow ment fund, to be paid as soon as thirty almshouses are occupied, and the President of the Institution, Mr. Alderman Lucas, in addition to his former handsome do nation to the building fund, has contributed the sum of I 00!. for the like purpose. One member of the Court of the Company, Mr. Charles Hay, has promised a subscription of .20 guineas per annum to be appropriated in the same manner ; and the Committee entertain the sanguine hope that the liberal examples thus set will be followed by others who can afford another donation, or at least' to make an annual subscription for the endowment ; the present amount of income of the Endowment Fund is about 2001. per annum, which the Committee hope will be considerably increased, so as to enable them with the little income already possessed by most of the candidates, to assure all the inmates in the almshouses a certain provision for their subsistence, in addition to the comfortable shelter provided for their declining years. " Where all have been so active in promoting this work of charity and'benevolence it may appear invidious to call particular attention to an individual, but the Com mittee cannot allow this Report ,to be presented without publicly expressing their deep sense of gratitude for the continued and unwearied exertions of Mr. J. D. Brown on behalf of the Institution. Besides the noble pecuniary gifts made by himself and his family, as shown by the Subscription List, he has taken upon himself the expenses of erecting a clock and a wind dial in the two towers of the centre buildings, and to defray the costs of erecting two of the almshouses, in order to complete the west wing, whilst his labours in superintending the building operations, and in obtaining additional sub scriptions, have been unceasing ; they have stimulated the exertions of others, and have stamped the under taking with the certainty of success. " The Committee have already received numerous ap plications from persons seeking to participate in the benes fits of the Institution. They meet on every Tuesday morning to receive petitions and see the applicants, and will continue to do so for a few weeks longer, when the list of candidates will be made up, and balloting papers issued to all the donors and subscribers, and the ComMittee hope, by Michaelmas noxt, the election will take place, and the imildings all be filled with many grate ful hearts, acknowledging with thankfulness to Al mighty God the comforts thus secured to them in the evening of their days." THE UNHOLY LEAGUE—CORN. LAW FALLACIES. (From the Scotsman : ) . _ _ The annals of Parliament do not exhibit a combination more indecent and unprincipled than that which is now arrayed against the people of Britain ; and the coming contest appeals not only to the pockets, but to'the com mon sense and the manhood of the whole electoral body, It is unquestionably the interest of the agriculturists as much as any other class to have cheap sugar, which is consumed by all the landholders and farmers, and by at least one-half of • the pea santry ; yet we see their representatives sup porting the . West India monopoly. The West Indians, on the other hand, would find their ad vantage in getting their bread at as low a price as possible ; and. yet we find them declarinc , in favour of the Corn-laws. The problem is easily solved. Each of the parties. has a small interest iu common with the con sumers, but he has, or thinks he has, a much greater one in upholding his own monopoly. They, therefore, submit quietly , to pay an extra price for each other's produce, that their joint strength may enable them to draw what they believe to be a ten times larger sum from the pockets of the community at large. .Begging pardon of both parties, we must say that the morality of their coa lition is very like the morality of certain classes of de predators, who, though plying their trade in very distant spheres, make common cause against the police and the public. In the same way, the Canadian interest, consisting of some citizens of merchants and shipowners, would be benefited by having their sugar and their corn as cheap as possible. But having invested their funds in the business of supplying us with bad timber, they see, that if the corn and sugar mono polies were to fall, their own must follow. They, there fore, lend their aid to inflict the evils of dear corn and dear sugar upon us, that they may be able to plunder us through the article of timber. We are satisfied that each of these three classes, though perhaps partially blinded by self-interest to the bad ef fects of its'own monopoly, is well aware of the mischief done by the others, and would be glad to see them abo lished ; but for the'sake of a small gain to itself, it wil lingly concurs in imposing an enormous and ruinous burden on the country. It is an unholy league, the parties to which are committing injustice with their eyes open. The annual tax laid on the community may mo derately be estimated as follows : By the Corn-laws £12,000,000 By the Sugar Duties By the Timber Duties 1,500,000 By the duty on Coffee 600,000 E 18,100,000 Of this enormous sum one-fourth part perhaps may go into the pockets of the monopolists, and the other three fourths are pure loss. But, to the tax imposed we must add the privations endured, by the tens of thousands who are denied the use of tea, col The, and sugar, in conse quence of these barbarous laws, and the vast number of others to whom a bellyful of anything better than pota toes is a rarity. We hope the agricultural labourers will keep in mind, that those who profess to take a deep interest in their welfare, and to be the advocates of their interests, have done their best to deprive them of the use of sugar. They have not yet had the impudence to say that cheap sugar makes low wages, though they assert that cheap corn does. The one is just as true as the other. Earl Fitzwilliam has disposed of the latter fallacy in the most satisfactory manner : "Let us examine the case of the labourer in husbandry. Look at his habits and' circumstances. Consider how large a proportion of his slender income is expended in the pur chase of bread and flour—and can any of you arrive at the conclusion that he is benefited by enhancing the price of corn. So far is this from being the case, that pro bably there is hardly a class of labourers more interested in having cheap corn than those who are engaged in husbandry ; because there is none that spends so much comparatively upon the necessaries, and so little on the comforts or luxuries of life:" His Lordship states, as the results of his own re searches, that "the boasted period of agricultural prospe rity, which reached its highest pitch in 1810, was to the laGourer a season of distress." The fallacy arose from the money rate of wages being taken without com paring it with the price' of corn. This could only de ceive the most careless inquirer ; but the principle upon which his Lordship makes his calculation is as follows : " Tlae weekly consumption of wheat in a labourer's fa mily, consisting of h im sel 1, his wife, and three children, may be stated at about two thirds of a bushel. The amount of their enjoyments will consequently depend, eateris paribus , upon the excess of the weekly wages above the price of two-thirds of a bushel of wheat. Now, that excess was the greatest in 1814, vin, 7s, 11d., and the least in 1810, viz., Is. 2d. It will, however, be safer to draw our con clusions from periodsof moderate Aerate length, than •from single years. Five years are probably as fair a period as can be chosen, and the year 1810 (as the point of the highest alleged agricultural prosperity) will not improperly be taken as the centre year of one of those periods." His Lordship inserts tables of the wages given in Northamptonshire,, and the average prices of wheat for all England, and compares the wages with the price of two-thirds of a bushel. We have not room for the tables, which are long, but the abstract stands thus— Price of 2-3ds of Surplus represent- Fire years a bushel of ing labourer's ending Wages. Wheat. comforts. 1807, 10s. Od. ... ss. I Id. 1812, 1 Is. 2d. ... Bs. 4d. 1817, ..... 12s. 7d. ... 6s. 11d. 1822, ..... I Is. 2d. ... ss. 4d. 1827, ..... 10s. 4d.... ss. Od. It is plain that the labourer's command over the comforts of life, his power to purchase flesh,- tea, sugar, clothes, and fuel, is measured by, the sur plus which remain;:, after he has provided his family with bread, the staff .of life. His Lord ship's method of calculation is therefore the only fair one • and those who take the labourer's money-wages as the sole criterion of his condition, are guilty of a gross deception. Now, it appears from. this abstract, that the la bourer was worst off in what is called the period of the high est aeTicultural prosperity. In the five years ending with 1812, ' the sum representing his comforts was just half as great as in the five years ending with 1817, and less than half as great as in the five years ending 1822. His situation was therefore incomparably better when wheat was Bs. a bushel than when it was 12s. 6d.! But, -to estimate correctly the labourer's command over the comforts, conveniences, or it may be the luxuries of life, we must take into account the variations in the price of manufactured goods. The reduction in the price of every article of dress since 1810 has been prodigious. The inferior class of woollens have fallen one-half in these . thirty years. In cottons, which constitute nearly the whole of the clothing of women and children, one shil ling will now go as far as three, perhaps we might say four, in 1810 ; in silks, which enter into the dress even of the humblest class of fe males, in some proportior, two shillings will go as far as five did at the former period ; coarse shoes are one-half cheaper ; and household furniture, including iron-ware, has been reduced nearly as muc h : W e may safely say, then, that in the last ten years, when wheat averaged seven shillings a bushel, the labourer, with wages varying from 9s. to 10s., was incomparably better off than in the five years ending 1812, when wheat sold at 12s. 6d. So much for the au dacious assertion that cheap corn, is' injurious to the la bourer ! It would be unjust to charge these reckless as sertions and fallacies upon the whole agricultural body. Many of the great lhndholders of Britain rise proudly superior to the narrow, sc ifiii, preju di. ;of their brethren. We ma y name "Earl Fitz wiliam, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Radnor, in England ; the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Breadalbane, and Lord Panmure, in Scotland ; and, with a little inquiry, it would be • Firt, second, and third Address to the Landowners of E n gland on the Corn-laws. • easy to add many dozens to the list. These Noble men, who understand their own interest quite as well as Lords Ripon and Winchilsea, look at the proposed measure of Ministers without the least dismay. There are not a few farmers, too, whose eyes have been opened to the evil effects of the present Corn-law upon their. class. They know that it balk deluded them with fal se expecta tions, strippeY many of them of their whole capital, .and that it constantly exposes 'them to extreme uncertainty and ruinous fluctuations. As these opinions are based on truth, they must continue to gain ground ; and we have little doubt that, were the measure of Ministers carried, and care taken not to in troduce it too suddenly, its beneficial influence would be universally acknowledged by the farmers in a very few years. ADDRESS OF THE LONDON Wo I tKING. MEN'S ASSOCIATIO).T. TO THE 'WORKING MEN OF LONDON AND THE ADVO CATES OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER. Friends,—Associated for the attainment of Universal Suffrage, and th? acquisition of political knowledge, after a lengthened period we again address vou. Our long silence has not been occasioned by any indifference to the great principles we have heretofore advocated—the fiery persecutions of the last two years have not shaken our confidence in, nor diminished our ardour for, the speedy triumph of political truth. A very large expenditur e i n ag i tat i ng f or t h e People's Charter had involved us in considerable debt ; we deemed it prudent, therefore, to apply our means to the reduction of the claims upon us, rather than incur fresh liabilities by increased expenditure. Our members have not, however, been individually inactive ; they have rea dily lent their assistance in any measures they deemed conducive to the interests of the work ing classes, whether to raise funds for the support i of the families, to obtain an ame li orat i on of the nfo: mous treatment, or welcome to their homes the victims of Whig persecution. Feeling from bitter experience the want of places wherein public meetings of the work ing classes might be held, free from the exercise of un just authority or the excessive charges made for their occupancy, they have seen with pleasure the proposition to erect a Trades' Hall, and have to the extent of their ability seconded the praiseworthy efforts of the projectors, Relieved from the pressure of debt, we desire our As sociation to be again useful ; and we are encouraged to hope, from the success which attended our earlier efforts, that a renewal of them will not be wholly without effect. We point to the past as the ground of confidence for the future—to the meetings convened by the Association, establishing as they did the practicability of working men conducting their own meetings, unassisted by aris tocratic speakers or the attraction of titled chairmen— to the various addresses and pamphlets issued by the As sociation—to the fact of near 400 working mens' and other political associations being forthed within a sho r t period, based on our published addresses and rules, con tributing as these did to the dissemination of political truth, to the elevation and mental improvement of the working classes, The causes which led to the original establishment of this Association still exert their withering influences— the wasteful and extravagant public expenditure, the enormous civil list, the disgraceful state of the civil and criminal law, the obvious tendency of the present Legis lature and Government to establish a centralized de spotism by means of Poor-law Commissions, rural po lice, &c., the increased severity of the laws to fetter the press, and in short the whole spirit of legislation to mo nopolise power and riches for the few, and to impoverish and degrade the many--all proving the necessity for in creased exertion, until the rights of the people are achieved and secured. Belleville. that it is only fro m ' a k now l e d ge o f prin ciples and conviction of their truth and importance that sustained and energetic action can be expected, we shall endeaVour by lectures, discussions, and similar means of mutual instruction, to acquire and dessemi nate a knowledge of those subjects which more espe cially affect the condition of the working classes ; convinced of their great importance in creating public opinion, we shall, as often as we are enabled, con vene public meetings in furtherance of 'our objects. We recognise in them a powerful means of forming men's opinions, of disseminating truth, and a pacific instrument left us wherewith to combat and triumph over oppres sion, little inferior to the press itself ; and while we should resist to the utmost any power intended to fetter and destroy their influence, we cannot but regret that continuous and organized opposition should have con verted them from their legitimate purposes, to scenes of ungovernable passion resulting in aiForder and violence. We shall endeavour on subjects in which we differ from other bodies of men to meet argument by argument, trusting to the. good sense of the majority for the results; and as we believe that, looking at the various elements of suffering and poverty operating in society, a variety of opinions may be honestly entertained respecting them, we sincerely hope that all. parties may see the necessity of a more temperate expression of their opinions, so that all who mean honestly may be found side by side in the work of political regeneration. The struggle now commencing between the landed aristocracy and the great manufacturing and commercial interests, demands the most watchful attention of the working classes. We abhor monopolies of every de scription : that their destruction would eventually bene fit all classes, we admit ; that the abolitio n o f th e mono polies in food would benefit the labouring classes, we believe ; but thinking, as we do, that these several mo nopolies have their source in one master monopoly—that of legislation—we look, with unshaken confidence, to the enactment of the just and salutary principles of the People's Charter as the precursor to their destruction, and a prelude to a free, just, and beneficent system of government, manifesting itself in the improved and hap pier condition of the people. We are compelled to dis trust the sincerity of the Government, and the prime movers in the present limited free-trade agitation, and of their new-born sympathy for a suffering and starving population : the love of plaice in the former, and a dimi nution of profits in the latter, being, we conceive, the parents of their zeal. In the forthcoming elections, consequent on the rejec tion of the Ministerial measures, we sincerely trust that the Radical electors wiil exert themselves in favour of those candidates who will give the suffrage to the work ing classes ; feeling assured that a few men, who will speak out boldly, will outweigh a host of professing Li berals, whose sole object is the support of a n insincere and pledge-breaking Whig Ministry. We have no confidence in those men, who, to gain popular support, pledge themselves to the repeal of one obnoxious ' measure, while they refuse to extend to the working classes a voice in the formation of the laws by which - their freedom is restrained, and the value of their blhour diminished. The time is now auspicious for a grand movement in favour of our cause ; and we ear nestly hope that the small amount of political power pos sessed .by the friends to the Charter will not be thrown away, in a bootless effort to give preponderance to either one of the contending factions ; but will be directed so as to place a few honest, intelligent, and uncompromising advocates in the House of Commons, there to assert the rights, vindicate the character, and to expose the evils endured by the working classes. We further hope that electors and non-electors will exert themselves to expose the system of bribery that so extensively prevails, and to hold up to public scorn tho se candidates who, by the power of gold (it may be, wrung from the people by the monopolies they have created), seek to purchase, in one day, from a section of the peo ple, the power to plunder and oppress the whole for seven years; that the voice of indignant reproof will be administered to all such who, having obtained influence among the people, barter it for a bribe, to their unre lenting and implacable enemies. ___ We finally entreat the working men of London to arouse themselves. They have long tried the power of association in preserving themselves from the cupidity of employers ; let them now unite to protect them selves from the exactions of a Government, by demand ing to be admitted within the pale of the boasted Con stitution. The advantages our Association offers are, a library of reference on general and political science ; the means of obtaining information, statistical and other wise, on subjects connected with the well-being of the working-classes. There are numbers of well-disposed working men who desire the elevation of their fellow men; we ask them to come amongst us, to concentrate their energies,; so that, by numbers, intelligence, and unity of action, we may be en a bl e d to extend the in creasing amount of public opinion in favour of the People's Charter, as, concurrent with similar exertions in all other parts of the country, will cause its triumphant en oo actment, unaccompanied b y di sorder, anarchy, or bldshed. Fellow workmen, we are, with an earnest solicitude for the success of our cause, THE MEMBERS OF THE LONDON WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION. COMMITTEE. - - H. 'MITCHELL. J. JENKINSON. J. WATSON. C. BEARFIELD. J. JAFFRAY. W. CAMPBELL. J. LAWRENCE. JN. LAWRENCE. D. BINYON. E. B. MITCHELL. A. MILNER. J. NEWTON. 20, Hyde-street, Bloomsbury. R. MOORE, Sec. was A hel P d - - before RE SSEDJ w tt a ß ici Y ey .--- ow T .p h . usday an inquisition division of , • • Mr. M ch iddl ism es i e e . x k , at the George and Devonshire Arms Inn, Cotton, aged 49 years, who di ed coroner for the western Old Town, w forfemth the e body e effects sf of swallowing eo re poisun.on th e prev i ous day. ' • On the arr i va l of M r . Wakley to t he inquest- room , seven on l y out o f th e t we nty-four persons summoned were in attendance, and, after waiting some time without any probability of the number being increased, the Co roner desired Wright, the summoning officer, Co go to the door of the inn and press the first persons he saw pass. Wright ac cordingly went out into the High-street, and the first person he goti,hold of was a journeyman baker, resident in the village, who was speedily secured. The next was a stranger, who hap pened accidentally to be on the highway, who, on being brought into-the room, addressed Mr. Wakley in no very pleasant mood, and asked, " What do you want with me?" But on the Coro ner replying, "To appear before me as ajuryman , " he very, quietly submitted. Wright next desired the attendance of Captain Nichols and a gentleman named Neat, who were at the water side, but they first said they could not come, then they would not come, and, jumping into two boats, called on the watermen to " pull off," which they did. Ultithately, however, twelve persons were got together, and the inquest was proceeded with. The evidence showed that the deceased had ht along time not been of a sane mind, and the Jury returned a Terdiet—" Th t a the deceased died by taking poison, being at the time of un sound mind." EFFECTS OF THE BRITISH CORN-LAWS IN AuzareA.—Corrol; FacroaiEs.—ln Fayetteville, North Carolina, rnd its vicinity, are now in operation six cotton fac tories. The number of spindles in them are 11,198; number of looms, 160 ; number of persons employed, 417 ; quantity u A n n em a p lr e n y e d d a , n .... t B s u e p s p t l e y n o zd f l u .b n e - - of co tton required per annum, 4,221: ba'es. The llars. ar s till tsl invested failing wate rater. COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Queen held a Court and an Investiture of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Knights Grand Crosses appeared in their splendid mantles and collars of the Order, and having robed in the Garter-room, passed to the Green Drawing-room, where they were called over. The Knights Grand Crosses present were his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, acting Grand Master of the Order, General Lord Hill, the Earl of Minto, and the Earl of Clarendon, The Officers of the Order present were Sir William Woods, K.H. (Garter King of Arms), Officer of Arms attendant on the Knight Commanders of the Bath, and Albert William Woods, Esq., Deputy Registrar and Secretary. The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Throne-room, which was lined by her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, commanded by their Standard-bearer, Mr. Henry Robinson. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness • both wore the mantle and collar of the Order. The Knights Grand Crosses advanced with the Officers of the Order to the Royal presence. Then, by her Majesty's command, Vice-Admiral Sir David Milne was introduced between the Earl of. Minto and the Earl of Clarendon, the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Sir William Woods, bearing the ribband, badge, and star of a Knight Grand Cross upon a crimson velvet cushion. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex having , re ceived the ribband and badge, presented them to the So vereign, and her Majesty was graciously pleased to put the same over Sir David's right shoulder. Sir David, rising, had the honour to kiss the Queen's hand, and having received from her Majesty the Star of the Order, retired. Commodore Sir Charles Napier was then introduced by Sir William Woods, Officer of Arms attendant upon the Knight Commanders, and was conducted to the Queen, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him. Her Ma jesty . afterwards invested Sir Charles with the ensigns of a Knight Commander of the Bath. Sir Charles had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand. The Knights Grand Crosses, with the Officers of the Order, retired from the presence of the Sovereign with the usual reverences. At the Cow t the following Foreign Ministers had au diences of her Majesty. Baron Biome, the Danish Minister, to take leave. M. Montezuma, the Brazilian Minister, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign. Monsieur Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, to deliver his credentials. Their Excellencies were. respectively introduced by the Marquis of Normanby, (officiating for Viscount Pal merston), one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Major-General Sir John Harvey, K.C.8., was pre sented to the Queen by Lord John Russell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, on his re. MORNING PID/TION. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (From the Port. Fl illip Gazette of the 22d of Nov.) A letter appears in the Gazette of the h2d of October, froin Pr. Harvey, of Tort Lineoln, containing particu lars of the murder by the natives of the son of Mr. Ilaw son, who has ft station a short distance from the settle ment. We quote the particulars given : " Yesterday morning, I`was called about two o'clock, to attend Mr. Hawson's son, who had just arrived from the bush, where Mr. 11. has a sheep station, having been speared by the natives. I found hint .with two spears in the chest, both of which he said were barbed, and one of which had passed through to the back. l o f course saw that death would immediately fbllow the withdrawal of them. I therefore thought it better to request the attendance of the ~ surgeon of the ship L'Aglae, who gave the same opinion' ; we were under the painful necessity of permitting him to die a lingering but not a painful death, in preference to a hasty but violent one. I have remained with . him until now, and I am writing this in Mr. Haw2on's house, the boy (ton years old) not yet having breathed his last. He lies without pain, mortification haying taken place several hours, and he will soon reach the pericd of dissolution. The poor boy has borne this heavy affliction with the greatest fortitude, assuring us " that he is not afraid to die." He says that on Monday (sth) he was left in the station but whilst his brothers came into town, and that about ten or eleven natives surrounded his hut, and wished for something to eat. He gav e th em b rea d and rice— all that he had ; and as they endeavoured to force themselves into his hut, he went out - and fastened the door, standing on Vie outside with his gun by his side, and a sword in his hand, which he held for the purpose of fighting them. He did not make any signs of using them. One of the children gave him a spear to throw, and while in the act of throwing it, he received the two spears in the chest—he did not fall. He took up his gun and shot one of the na tives, who fell, but got up again and ran away ; they all tied, but returned and showed signs of throwing another spear, when he lifted the gun a second time, upo n which they all made off. He re mained with the two spears, seven feet long, stick ing in his breast ; he tried to cut and saw these without effect ; he also tried to walk home, but could not. He then sat upon the ground and put the ends of the spears in the fire to try to burn them off, and in this position h e was found at ten o'clock at night, upon the return of his brother Edward (having been speared eleven hours). He immediately sawed the ends of the spears off, placed him on horseback, and brought him into town, when I saw hi m . Mr. Smith (with the p o li ce force) has gone in search of the natives, one of whom can be identified as having thrown a spear at the boy, he having a piece of red flannel tied round his head." MARKETS.—FIour, per ton, 45/. ; sugar, ditto, 40/. ; hay, ditto, 104 ; tea, per chest, 121. ; maize, per bushel, 9s. ; oats, ditto, 10s. ; veal and pork, per lb., Is. ; mut ton and beef, ditt o , 9d. ; b utter, di tto, 2s. ; bread, per 41b. loaf, 2s. ISCOVERY OF A HOARD.—Last week as a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Brampton, was examining an old desk which had stood in an out-building a long time, he found a small bag, which he thought was a shot bag, with shot in it ; but on taking it up, the bottom came out, and to his great surprise out rolled five hundred spade-ace guineas. After counting them, and seeing that they were all good, lie said he was sorry he had not found them twenty years sooner, that he might have had the interest on them also during that period.—Derby Reporter. A HINT FROM THE CITY.—The Tories- who , before the.appearance 'of Lord John Russell irk the field, boasted that they would be able to carry their four can didates for the city . of London, are now desirous to effect a compromise. Their canvassers say that they have no objection to so old a representative and locally useful a Member as Alderman Wood, and that they find the feeling runs so strong in favour of Lord John Rus sell, that it' is useless to oppose him ; but they canvass the Liberal electors for their other two votes, begging for at least -a - share in• the representation. Another damper to the hopes of the monopolists is found in the fact, that although Alderman Pirie has allowed his name to be used as a candidate, he has openly declared that he will take no trouble about the matter, not even so much as to solicit the vote of a single elector. - On Saturday a labouring man dug up from a hollow close to Culmore fort a cannon-ball of iron weigh ing 121 be. It is probable that it had been fired from one of the frigates which cannonaded the fort when garrisoned by James's troops, before they broke the boom, and hall struck the wall, as it is much bruised in one part ; but it is singular that it should have lain there so "long undis covered.—Londonderry Sentinel. THE GLASGOW WELLINGTON MEMORIAL. —Yesterday a meeting of the select Sub-Committee on the Wellington Memorial was held in the Secretary's office, to meet with the Baron Marochetti, who arrived in this city two days ago. A bust of the Duke, just taken by the Baron, along with a bronze sketch or design of the proposed monumt nt, was displayed at the meeting, and afterwards by all who chose to take a peep. After a lengthened conversation the whole mat ter was referred to a meeting of the Committee, to be held on an early day. We understand that since Baron Marochetti came to this country he remained at Strathfieldsaye with the Duke of Wellington for some day s,where the utmost attention was paid him by his Grace, and every facility afforded for the execution of his important task. His Grace was kind enough to ride out on a grandson of the famous Copenhagen, which carried him at the battle of Waterloo, in company with the Baron, and to exhibit his full dress, and, in short, showed the deep interest he took in this work, of which Glasgow has so much reason to be proud. Having seen the bust, we can say decidedly—and that without having heard a single opinion on the subject— that no one but a man of high genius could have moulded it. It is greatly characteristic—it is a breathing likeness.-- Glasgow Constitutional of Wednesday. FORTIFICATIONS OF • PARIS.—We find the following in the,Debats, on the subject of the fortifica tions of Paris :—" The troops assembled for the works of the fortifications of Paris amount to 30 battalions, 22 of which are lodged in the eight hut-camps formed at Berey, Fontenay, Rosny, ltomainville, La Vil lette, St. Ouen, Buell, and Ivry. The construction of the greater part of those camps was completed under the Cabinet of March 1, and it must be confessed that the object in view, that of obtaining wholesome, commodious, and cheap quarters for the troops, has not been attained. This result is stated to be caused by the bad selection of the ground on which they are placed, and by thw improper materials employed, which do not form a sufficient defence against the weather. Ac cording to the regulation of the Minister of War each regiment is to furnish four-fifths of its effective strength for the works, reserving the other fifth for guards and other duties. The daily duration of the labour of the men is from nine to ten hours, at which those employed on ordinary labour may earn 60c., and artificers 80c. per d a y. The works a lr ea dy execu t e d have been principally car ried on by non-military workmen. At first they con sisted of Parisians, but those are now very few in number, the mass being composed of indivi duals who have come from the provinces, and even from Belgium, to seek employment. The labour is generally executed by what is called piece work —some of the men working 18 hours out of the 24 ; but the general time per day is 14 hours, including two hours for meals. Working this number of hours, the masons earn 3f. a day, and ordinary labourers from 2f to 2f. 60c. CULTIVATED LAND. Estimated quantity of land in cultivation in the colony of New South Wales, exclusive of gardens and orchards, on 31st December, 1839—Wheat, 48,401 acres ; maize, 22,026 acres ; bar ley, 3,490 acres ; oats, 6,793 ; rye, 483 ; millet, 46 ; potatoes, 1,115 ; tobakro, 424 ; sown grasses, 12,534 acres. The produce of the land, as above stated, is— Wheat, 805,140 bushels ; maize, 525,507 bushels ; bar ley, 66,033 bushels ; oats, 27,788 bushels ; rye, 7,008 bushels ; millet, 283 bushels ; potatoes, 2,601 tons, 6 cwt. ; tobacco, 125 tons 10 cwt. ; sown grasses (hay), 25,923 tons. NOTTINGIIAM.--Many who voted for Walter at the late e l ect i on, have signified the i r i n t en ti o n of coming back to their old standard • of the result, there fore, of the struggle we have no doubt. At the same time we would remind all the friends of free trade and a cheap loaf, that every man must set his shoulder to the wheel ; this is an election of no common interest ; great principles, the well• being of the nation, the comf ort of the poo r , t h e prosperity of trade, civil and religious liberty—all, all are at stake in this eventful contest. Let every man be up and doing ; the To ries are fi g hting a desperate gam e , they are emboldened by their late suc cess, and the efforts of every friend of freedom, to render he election of Sir John and Mr. Larpent doubly sure, hould never for a moment be relaxed.—Nottingham Review. j has tileofthleifefololfowthineginceal nt cul M atio . n d s e n Cil bers or the ancient aca demies, and of the present Insti tuteo of France from its foundation. He has collected t a h t e ea average fe the names of 900 sa vans or literary men, who have been named, from 1635 up to the end of 1838, in the four academies, en - la-acing an interval 'of 200 years. Out of this number 138 have been received academicians, while between the ages of 20 and 30; 240 from 30 to 40; 262 from 40 to 50; 142 from 50 to 60; 90 from 60 to 70; 26 from 70 to 80; and two from 80 to 85.-147 acade micians were born in the southern departments ; 156 in the eastern and northern ; 122 in those of the centre 231 in Paris ; and 29 in the "colonies or in foreign ; countries. Out of the 900 members, o f , Chateauneuf has been able to collect compl h e ° te m d 3 at i a . a to e their on t the united 3 l o s ut agest De cember serve for the basis of his calculations, 567' belong to th oof old academics, and 333 to the Institute ; 774 - an aver i t the 9OO l a a r s e t. dead, A t t a h n o d t. il m s6 ef were electionlii itig formed a total of 39,756 years, making o f 44 years each. In this respect there is t F o r af Sciences.n t• i se, 4 5 for Th t e l isaot differenceso f lnscriptions ,aioo y and q only some difference, according to the academies ; that is to say, this average is 46 years for the Members of the 4 t A o le the ufocl new -r hia classes of the Institute. Th e apply equally age of the 744, who are no longer living, vdlis 67 yea 6 rs e and ten months, and the average time of their performing their academic functions 26f years. Among the 156 academicians who were alive on the 31st of December last, 51 were from 60 to 70 years of age ; 17 from 70 to 80, and eight from 80 to 90. _ . _ ASSASSINATION.—The mint of Naples, says a letter from that city . of the 28th ult., being in want of a t ive appointed artist of t. suffi cient e a i n en e t ng s r k a jl er be t i o ng eu k t no c.s n, di t e h s, a n d the place M. Hiltker, a. native of Darmstadt, aged twenty-f our , who had cut at Naples the (lies of several me d a l s, Directors no native which were generally acknowledged to be master-pieces. M. Hiltker entered upon the duties of his new appointment on the 23d, but, at eight o'clock the same evening, as he Stroke raisingauillitris was returning home from the Mint, b e was assa i led in the stia.l by two a:sa sins, ce.e of wh om s t a bb ed him in the i 1 t an k edr diverted r toetdh thee r was making The wound in th e arm, which was wounded, and th e po i nt of the weapon entered a si t d te e inpt with ,a h a en stiletto , iti. Hi l t k er the right eye, immediately below the g lobe. side was slight, but those in the arm and e • • ye were severe, and apprehensions are enterta ined that he will 1 thQ sight lose of the inpred organ. The assass i ns t i ed and h ave not been ditcovered.