The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

MORNING Eiii#tON 11iTR. 1~l • 13, Great Marlborough-street. BURKE'S NEW PEERAGE AINTD BARONETAGE FOR 1841, WILL be READY fer DELIVERY en THURSDAY, MAY 27. *..* Orders received b) all Booksellers ilenry Coll Turn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street NEW TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, T HE HO'N. MRS. DAMER'S DIARY OF HER TOUR IN :GREECE, TURKEY, EGYPT. and the HOLY LAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • :'•:: • .•. .-'THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. •.....• Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., T• H E . _.TRUSTEE. An Historical Romance of the Days of Henry VIII. By the Author of• the Tragedy of " THE PROVOST' OF BRUGES." Henry Colburn, Publisher,' 13, Great Marlborough-street. .. . iVs MAJESTY - the EMPEROR of _1:. AusTtiLi k hiving AUTHORISED and GUA RINTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY D VIDE'NII,. which (tbongh they are NO LOTTERIES) o rer many possibilities of obtaining . - LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at lIAMBURGH and at . LUBECK, • ' ' 'Are now SELLING BONDSfor the said DISTIIIEU PIONS. Per,ons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions . malt revive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS - PaTITS and PAR ricuLARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT-DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to 11E1NE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 1.:6tX1 £l2O £BO • 5,000 400 110 70 • 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by . HEINE BROTHERS, vho remitted, during a few years 21 large Money Dividends, from 6001. and upward; unto 25, 0 60/., besides many Dividends of smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U 'DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING. MAY 25 . Will be repeated tite New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Hareourt Courtly, Bart, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark law ay, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Alter which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vcstris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Min Lee. To-morrow, Ler.don Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. :toors t , ..• le wetted at half-past Six—the performances to cJmmence at Seven o'Clock. I )ress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 29. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2..; Gallery Is. Tieltet:i and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-olßee, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets m ty or had upon application. Private Bost to be had so'ely of Mr. Andress, bookseller, A 7. New Bond-street. THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY" 2:5 + S4I. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANA6EMENT OF MR. DAYIDGE AND AIR. WILLIS TONES. Extraordinary Novelty. Last Week before the Ilolidays. Last Nights of 3lr J. S. Balls. An entire change of nieces, .supported by tbe ra It talented Company in the AletropGlis. 1 HIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be acted the Drama of THE IRON CHEST. Wilfred, Mr. J. S. Balls. After which, THE UNIFORM. To conclude with THE Long T„ni Coffin, Mr. Hicks. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. :Miss Vincent as the Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. Immense sensation created by the affecting Drama of " Simon Lee." 'the Legendary Romance of " Rookwood!" with a New Pit, a New Gallery, and New Splendid Decorations ! THIS EVENING. MAY 25. AND TO-MORROW. A New Domestic Drama , in T hre e Acts . entitled SIMON LEE; Olt, THE MURDER OF FIVE.FIELDS' COPSE. _ . Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. S aville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, M:ss Vincent. After which, the Romance of ROOKWOOD ; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LIME TREE. Dick Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Flash Songs of "'Hurrah for the Came of High Toby "Nix rcy DAly, Pall, Fake away !" and " Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with the Laughable Burletta of TILE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. Richard Witle.s, Mr. Gardner; Mabel, Mrs. Howard; Mar rale. Mrs Lee. Bases, 23.—Pit, ls.— Gallery, 6.1. Half-price at Half-past Eight. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Whit. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY !! ! THE first grand ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicings which take place jn Rome at the celebration of 11 giorno di S. Pietro," will be given on MONDAY, MAY .31st, when will be presented an exact far-simile of the superb CIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Angelo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fireworks in the World, with the ILLUMINATION or ,t PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and gloriuus edifice is brillantly lighted with count less myriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'mil of in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by 'Mr. God frey, augmented by the addition of many performers of emi vience, will give the first Promenade Musicale et Champetre, csanmencing, at Six o'Clock. 'fhe Menagerie, including the great male Oraeg Outang, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Dansou's Colossal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admission One Shilling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 4 11 ,ruing 45 ininutos altar 4 Evening minutes after 5 LONDON : = TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1841. Another very earnest debate on the Corn-laws took place last night in die House of Lords. Our indefatiga ble friend, Earl FITZWILLIA3 I , took the opportunity of repelling some of the assertions at the Leicester meet ing—such as that one-third of the soil would be swept ravay—such as that corn would be shipped from the .Continent at 265. the quarter—and such as that this was a tenant and a labourer's more than it was a landlord's question. The Noble Earl insisted that it was a land lord's question, and that the law was passed only to raise rent. Lord WlLLorcnny InaEsivf endeavoured to show that wages wero high in proportion to the price of corn. The Earl of WrNennsEA also entered at large into the subject of wages, and stated that they had risen in Rent from 9s. to 155., a statement which is contrary to what we have heard. The Noble Lord was vehement against a fixed duty, and we coincide • with him that it is undoubtedly the worst duty that ,call be levied. To another part of the Noble Earl's st -eech, as well as to some of the points of Lord RlD yan,'S and Lord ASHBURTON'S speeches we have else where adverted. -- s om e smart and bitter words uttered by LordsREDES -.DALE and IlinnwteKE, and the silence of their Lord ships when they were spiritedly rebuked by Lord RADiion L prove that their 'Lordships are made to feel in these debates. They cannot shake off their convictions and their alarms. They begin to be sensible that something .oi even more importance than their rent is at stake, and s good demonstration on the part of the people will rni::e the majority of the Peers abolitionists. TL eir Lordships adjourned after this, not very agree able, p.7eparation for their dinner. In the House of Comnwns, as soon as the hour for commencity: public business began, Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice, 1.21 at oa Thursday he would move a resolu tion that Ministers da not possess the confidence of the Mouse, and that - to hold office under such circumstances is . at variance •,vith the spirit of the Constitution. On Thursday, then, will come the tug of war, and Sir ROBERT'S notice was received with long and loud' _cheers. Toe eountr;. will Le delighted to see the question Lrought to an issue, but it will not de bate it, neither will the House of Commons, on the nar row grounds of the Tories. Such a resolution admits of the widest discussion, and the Tories, who pro voke a war of principles, may prepare themselves _for a complete and most dismal defeat. In re ply to Lord SANDOII, Lord PALMERSTON' stated that Government of 'Monte Video had applied to the British Government to bring alyiut a reconAliation bo .tweet' it and the Government of Buenos Ayres, mod institutions had been sent to our Minister at Buenos Ayres to ()tier her Majesty's good offices in bring , ing about au accommodation. He hoped the mediation would be accepted. In. reply to Mr. AfACLEAN, Lord PALMERSTON stated that the British mission to Persia was still at Erzeroum, and that England was not yet satisfied with the conduct or Persia. In reply to Mr. PoLunt., Lord J. RUSSELL announced that he should not prOceed with the Poor-law Amend anent Itill this Session. The Reuse went into a Committee of Ways and - Means without opposition. In the Committee the CHAN -CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a resolution that the Sugar Duties be granted to her MAJESTY. Sir R. Them seconded the motion, expressing a deter mination not to throw any obstacle in the way of' carry ing on the Government, or engaging in any conduct which he knew would be called factious. Mr. lirmtE expressed his astonishment at the conduct of Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Tories, and hoped it would go forth to the people of England that the Tories de-, rail them all relief. On every hustings, he said, they should be met with a demand to know why they would not lower the price of sugar, when they could with ad vantage to the revenue, 3d. per lb. Sir R. PEEL said he should be ready to defend his conduct at the hustings, by quoting a speech of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. The Hon. Baronet, with a a similar degree of good fortune as attended him on the debate of the sugar duties, in reference to the Manchester pamphlet, and, we believe, with a similar lack of sincerity and uprightness, quoted a speech of Mr. FlrmE's, in which he had pointed out that slave-labour sugar was being brought into the country, and that he preferred free-labour sugar. Mr. HOME, by referring to the circumstance' on which he had made the observations, showed that Sir ROBERT had perverted them front their just bearing. After a little sparring between Lord STANLEY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with that raciness which dis tinguishes the quarrels of friends, and a sensible speech' from Mr. WAKLEY, tO make amends for the attack he made on Ministers when they brought' forward the Budget, and after a few observations from Mr. SLANEY and Sir C. GREY, the resolutions were agreed to. So we presume ends the apprehended stoppage of the supplies. The Tories have not yet made up their minds, greedy as they are of office, to attempt to seize it by so bold a measure. The Report of the Administration of Justice Bill was postponed, after some conversation, on account of Sir E. SUGDEN'S proposition to limit the sz!ary of the Ac countant-General to the surnof 4,0001. a year. The Victoria Park Bill was reported. The Drainage of Towns Bill was thrown out, because it gave the Com missioners of Sewers a power of levying taxes, and it ought, therefore, to have originated in the House of Commons. The Copyhold Bill was reported. Several measures of little importance were forwarded, and the House ad journed at Half-past Ten o'Clock. The discussions now continually provoked on the Corn-laws are throwing floods of light on that important question. For example, the sublime inventor of the Kentish fire, who, a few nights ago, vehemently denounced the Bs. duty as a tax on the poor man's bread, last night pro nounced a spirited eulogy on the present system which at this moment levies a tax of 235. on the poor man's bread. What the Earl of Wixom.- SEA objected to, then, was the smallness of the tax ; and, while Bs. would be unjust to the poor, 235. is only a fair protection to the agricul turist. Such is the consistency of one advocate of Corn-laws. The Earl of RADNon,•one of the most spirited of their opponents, made a bold sreech, which deserves - to - be cherished in the innermost heart of every man in the empire. He told the Peers— That the whole object of the Corn-laws was to uphold rent. It was said that the object was to employ labour in the cultivation of the land. Now, if that were the case, Why was the produce of grass land protected ? (Hear, hear.) There was a tax upon the importation of horses, also upon the importation of asses.—(Laughter.) Horned cattle were prohibited, so were sheep and swine. —(Hear, hear.) Turkeys, fowls, cheese, milk, and eggs were taxed.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) There was not an article of food of any description which was not taxed. What could be the object of that but to put money into the pockets of the landlords ?—(Hear, hear.) Not only the produce of the land, but that of the seas was taxed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Now, this was said to be done for the sake of protecting the fishe ries, and of encouraging a race of fishermen. How was the fact ? What fish was the most highly taxed ? Why, salmon— the fisheries of which had nothinr , to do with educating seamen. Several Noble Lords, by means of this tax, derived as much as 4,0001. and 5,000/. a year from their salmon fisheries. But what fish did their Lordships think was exempt front taxation ? They would suppose it was some ignoble fish; but it was no such thing. It was a fish that never was seen on the table of a poor man. It was turbot.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Yes, there was another fish not taxed. Was that a poor man's fish ? No, indeed ' • it was lobster, that their Lordships might have sauce for their turbot.—(Laughter.) This was not a subject for their Lordships to laugh at. Hundreds of thousands of their countrymen were Starving around them ; whilst every animal upon the earth, every fish in the sea, and every bird of the air was taxed to prevent its coming to those famished people.—(Hear, hear.) • The Noble Lord emphatically added and re peated, " That is discreditable to your Lord ships." And the Noble Earl's words will be echoed by every man with a human heart in the kingdom. It is discreditable to their Lordships to allow turbot and lobsters to be im ported duty free for their own tables, and to keep out cattle and fish and flour, which might keep the people from starving. With such charges clearly brought home to the Peers, they can no more be respected and honoured by the nation than the Principle of Evil. We must add another illustration of what the Noble Earl put so well, relative to taxing the produce of grass land, encouraging at one and the same time the cultivation of arable land, and the laying them down in grass requiring little la bour. At the Lincoln meeting, held on Friday, Sir M. CLIOLMELEY said— He had that morning. on his way to the meeting, rode over Lincoln Heath, which within his recollection has consisted of nothing but rabbit gates, and which was now covered with copious and abundant crops. The former condition of the land was similar to that which a lady had given as a description of Norfolk, who, when asked what she had seen in that county, said the only object she observed was two rabbits fighting for a tuft of shear grass.—(Laughter.) Now, he thought it was not the true object of a supporter of liberal measures to do anything which would bring back Lincoln Heath, and many other districts, to a similar state. The people, then, have been taxed to the ex tent of fifty or sixty millions a year to bring Lincoln Heath into cultivation. Now, if it were really the object to promote the cultivation of poor soils, and so extend the cultivation of the country—which is the pretext of the landlords— why should they not give the cultivators of the poor soils exclusively a bounty proportionate to the difficulties they have to overcome? By the protecting plan they raise the price of all the pro duce of the soil, and give an equal bounty on cul tivating the wheat and beans land of the Isle of Thanet, the fat Vale of Evesham, and the heaths of Lincolnshire. A more absurd, as well as un just and. cruel plan of promoting the cultivation of poor lands never was imagined. We hear a great deal, too, about the tithes and heavy taxes in relation to the light taxes and fer tile land of the Continent, as an excuse for taxing the whole of the people's food. That argument should make the Legislature confine the bounty on cultivation to land subject-to tithes, which all land is not, and to land of which the produce would not enable the cultivators -to pay the taxes. With a want of discrimination that is only admirable fiat- the level manner in which it plunders all the consumers, the Peer s make them pay an equal bounty on the cultiva tion of tithe-fre . e land, and the poorest and the fattest land of the empire. We see, too, by Sir M. C state ment, why the' Lincolnshire gentlemenl LE l C 's are eso deeply attached to the Corn -laws. They get a large share of the fifty or sixty millions we pay for the cultivation of as Lincoln Heath. B u t are we e suc t h o land pay that sum for ever ? It would be better to buy up the interest of these gentlemen, as we bou g ht up the interest of the slave-owners. Untaxed bread would be better worth 20,000,0001. than the freedom of thenegroeS. It is quite plain, from these facts, that keen ing land in cultivation is a miserable pretext to conceal the plunder of which the landlords are ashamed. There is no proof whatever that an acre of land would go out of cultivation were the Corn-laws abolished, for the decreased ex pense of cultivation would more than counter balance the fall in price,—more than counter balance the present bounty, and, stitnulating the population and increasing the demand for food, would rather increase than- decrease cultivation. The whole of the arguments of the landlords are fudge, pretexts, and humbug, the coinage of their own brains, to gloze over their own wrong- doing. In his speech Lord ASHBURTON dilated last night at considerable length on the superior food of the English, and quoted Mr. JACOB to show that no white bread was met with in Ger many to the east of the Rhine. Our own expe rience is different from that of Mr. JACOB. We traversed a great part of Germany before Mr. ► JACOB, and found white wheaten bread, in some shape or other, in all the towns to the east of the Rhine, and in most of the respectable inns. But it is not the common food of the people. The bread - which they in general consume is made of rye flour with only the bran taken out. The cele brated Pompernickel is, we believe, made of rye flours containing the whole of the grain; both kinds are dark coloured. At the same time, the English like dark•co loured mutton, why not dark-coloured bread ? Rye bread is much liked by the Germans; and they assert that it contains more nourishment than wheaten bread. We know, from personal experience, that it is wholesome, and many of the Germans prefer it to any other bread. Lord ASHBURTON forgot Ireland, however, where the bulk of the people have no bread at all. They have not got so far as to manufacture and use bread. They live on boiled potatoes. Many of them, too, live o❑ the worst kind of potatoes, which the Germans appropriately call Vieh cartele (cattle or pig potatoes), and which they would disdain to eat. Lord Asn- BURTON forgot Scotland, too, where many of the people live on unleavened oat-cakes, and are unacquainted with the use of bread. Perhaps, too, if he had asked the, Duke of RUTLAND, his Grace would have told him that the labourers throughout the union of which his Grace is a guardian, and we believe throughout a considerable portion of the counties of Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Yorkshire, and the mid dle and north of England, live on barley bread, and, therefore, his Grace humanely pro posed that or cakes should be the food of the paupers. At least, barley cakes, not bread, for barley will not make bread, was the common food in those counties twenty five years ago. When Lord ASHBURTON re ferred to white bread as the food of the people of this country, he meant, and could only mean, the inhabitants of our towns, the seats of our commercial and manufac turing wealth; and if it ever were the food of the peasantry—as we believe it was of the yeomanry and little farmers of the south of England—it has in most cases now been superseded by pota toes, and of them the people cannot get enough. The labouring classes in England, poor shivering, unclad, unhoused, unfed, and still more the peasantry of agricul tural Ireland, would esteem themselves happy were they as well fed, as well clothed, and as well housed as the black-bread eaters of West phalia, and all the north and east of Germany. Lord ASHBURTON only proved himself extremely ingenious in finding reasons, wholly false though they were, why the people of England should submit to poverty and starvation. They will not, however, consent to he starved, to enrich Lord ASHBURTON, because the Germans eat black bread, and the French do not consume on an average more sugar than the Irish. The most wonderful part of Lord As HBURTON'S oratory was, that this great stickler for class legislation, which breaks up society into repelling classes, reproached the Ministers with causing dissensions, as if the Anti-Corn-law League were never heard of before the Budget was brought forward, and as if the landowners had not been stigmatised as plunderers from one end of the land to the other, before the Ministers proposed a fixed duty on Corn. No, Lord ASHBURTON, the horrid dissensions which certainly exist in society are the result of your class legislation; and Ministers, instead of extending and fanning those dissensions, have' taken the first step towards extinguishing them for ever, by extinguishing the scandalous injus tice that causes them. The Corn-law men have at length roused a spirit in the land which will never be laid till the. Corn-laws are wholly swept away. The willing ness to accept the fixed duty offered, which has been shown at several places, but only as an in stalment, is an evidence of the prudence with which the Anti-Corn-law men are work ing out their cause. London, already mov ing in its wards, is about to respond by its Common Hall to Manchester and Liver pool. Aberdeen echoes Southampton. Not a single town in the empire, except it be a cathe dral town, or some corn market, will fail to de nounce the Corn-laws. Even at Lincoln, where the Corn-law men seemed very successful, a strong spirit of opposition was evinced ; and when the enthusiasm shall enable the enthralled people to break the landlords' chains, the latter will find more enemies, even on their own estates, than they dream of. Poetry and prayer, with all their fervour and all their sincerity, are engaged on our side. Religion is for us, though the established priest hood be against us. Statistics and political science furnish powerful arguments at every meeting, while a sense of injury gives them poignancy and force. Justice is with us, and our opponents have only wealth, the fruit of extortion, corruption, hypocrisy, and deceit. We have no fear for the result. To doubt on which side victory will ultimately be, would be to doubt the wisdom and goodness of the ALMIGHTY. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday last have been duly received. The Journal des Debuts, a great ad- inirer of Sir ROBERT PEEL, has a long article on the Right llon. Baronet's speech in the House of Commons on the Sugar Duties, which it pronounces the finest ever delivered by him either in or out of Parliament. But the Debuts miscalculates the effect of that speech upon the people of England. It has answered the expectations of no party here, and yet no speech was ever more charac teristic of the speaker. The country demanded an expo sition of the Right Hon. Baronet's principles, and he answered it by a piece of special pleading from which he excluded principles altogether. The only pledge he gave was that his first year in office would be spent in doing nothing. Sir ROBERT PEEL is a clever political actor, but he is no Statesman. His position, too, is a false one. Liberal and tolerant himself he has accepted the leadership of all that is illiberal and bigoted in the country. But notwithstanding the Debate admiration of the Tory leader's speech, both it and the other Paris journals support Lord JOHN ItussELL's anti-monopoly policy. They are all for the abolition of the Corn-laws and the sugar and timber duties. The Commerce has a long article on the enormously high price of butchers' meat in Paris. If the duty on the importation of beef be not speedily reduced the poor of Paris will be famished. The following petition, signed by 5,000 persons, was presented to the chamber of Deputies on Friday : .4 Gentlemen Deputies, " Letters which convey the expression of the most cowardly and infamous treason have been attributed to Louis Philippe. The Judges of the land have acquitted the journal by which they were published. " Ministers have replied by vague denials to imputations cast by them upon the Chief of the State. Public confidence demands an investigation of their au thenticity. We accordingly invite you to call the Ministry to account for a fact which so deeply affects the honour, liberty, and inde pendence of the nation." The following paragraph from the Consnserce was deemed in Paris worthy of credit : A Cabinet Council was held at Neuilly on Thursday, for the purpose, it was believed, of examining the propositions of se veral French capitalists relative to the loan. However, as M. Humann was to have interviews with other bidders on Friday and Saturday, no resolution was adopted by the Council, which was again to meet and discuss the subject on Sunday. THE PRINCE ne JoiNviu.e.—The Quotidienne states that the contemplated cruise of the Prance de Joinville had not for its object to protect French whalers on the Banks of New foundland 1—" The campaign which the young Prince is about to undertake being less naval than matrimonial, for he contem plated the conquest of Priucess Sophia, daughter of the King o• Holland, now aged 17." The life of the Duke de Chartres, the second son of the Duke of Orleans, was on Friday pronounced by his physicians to be in imminent danger. FRENCH AIRICA.—The last intelligence from Algiers is dated the 14th inst. The Moniteur publishes General Bugeaud's account of the last expedition to Mcdeah and Miliaria, the occurrences and results of which are already known to our readers. On the 15th, the Governor-General was to embark fur Mostaganem, the rendezvous of the neat expedition. He is to march from thence with 1%000 men, against Mascara, and after the occupation of that place, the army will advance on Tekedempt, whilst another column of 5,000 or 6,000 men is to .proceed from Medeah, to destroy the military establishments of Abd-el.Kader. General Duvivier, wbo was to command the latter, having taken umbrage at some expressions of General Bugeaud, tendered his resignation. 111. Thiers intended leaving Paris for Lille immedia tel y after the Session„in order to spend some months in the family of his wife, and to be at leisure to complete his History of the Empire. Darmes and his two co-accused, Duclos and Considere, were removed to the prison of the Luxembourg on Monday last. The trial, which was to commence this day, would, it was ex pected, occupy four days.. Several Journals have announced that Viscount de Germizig, Prefect of the department of Seine and Marne, was to be appointed as Postmaster-General. We are authorised to de clare that this statement is completely false.---Moniteur. The following notice has been communicated to us A Journal announces this morning a piece of intelligence, the consequences of which must invite the attention of Catho lic France: According to this account the Bishop of Evreux has baptized in the Tuileries the child of the Countess of }lautpoul, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans being sponsors. As the Church does not permit heretics to be received as spon sors, it follows that the Duchess of Orleans must have returned into the pale of the Catholic Church. A Bishop would not have permitted himself to commit such a violation of the laws of the Church." It was asserted yesterday evening in a political circle eat the signature of the Protocol of London, by Baron de Bourqueney. was to take place on Tuesday last. The official copy of that document may be expected every moment to reach M. auiaot. A letter from Madrid of the 15th has the following passige : —Notwithstanding the manifest intention of the Chamber to continue the sittings, it has been forced to suspend them for want of business to go on with, and likewise for want of a suffi cient number of members to come to a legal decision. The formation of the Ministry continues to engage general attention. It would probably be already settled if it had been possible to procure a Minister of Finance. The Chambers will probably not resume their sittings till the new ministry is formed.—Le Commerce. Since "the above was' written we have received the Moniteur of Sunday, with advices from Madrid of the 16th instant. The French Chamber of Deputies adopted on Saturday the Commercial Treaty with Holland, which M. THIERS considers will give great political as well as commercial influence to France upon the Rhine. From the Spanish capital the only news of interest is the announcement of the formation of a new Cabinet, under the auspices of Senor OLOZAGA, late Spanish Ambas sador at the Court of France. The arrangements were not completed, but it was said in the best informed circles that Senors QUINT°, CORTINA, CHACON, FRIAR, and CANTERO, had all offered to accept office, and that their offers had met with the approbation of the RE GENT whose popularity daily increases. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 22. first Hig hest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price rreoch 5 per Cents ll4 15 ... 114 80 ... 1.4 55 ... 114 73 4 per Cents l.B 90 ... 98 90 ... 18 140 .. Lll 90 3 per Cents 79 13 .. , 9 30 ... 19 15 .. 19 25 lank of r'rance Leine Blllik I,ooof.St area 105 S ...1('55 ...1p! , 5 ...10 , 5 5,000 f. Shares 513! ...5130 ...5130 ...5130 tieligian Bank ~.. 180 ... 7 , 0 1841 lO2O ...1024? ...1024 ...1020 5 per Cents. New Loan 1131% ... 1.1% .. 10 , % ... 101% :Danish Active ......... .. veal olitan lO4 20 ... 104 20 ... ".3 20 ... in 4 z 0 noznan ..... ;ON ... 101.4 ... 10l ... 10114 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles. LB B Rouen (media. . . 486 25 ... 481 25 ..: 486 25 25 4tratiburg to Bale 232 50 232 50 ... 230 The friends of the Liberal party will be glad to learn that a Committee of Reformers has been constituted to attend to the coming elec tion. The Committee will sit daily at the Re form Club, Pall-mall, where all communications may be addressed to the Secretary. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The Assembly met on Thursday, when Dr. Gordon was elected Moderator without opposition. On the motion of Mr. Dunlop, a Non-Intrusionist, the names of the three clergymen re turned by the Strathbogie Presbytery were struck from the roll under a protest from Mr. Edmond, Dr. Bryce, and others. The Strathbogie case will be taken up, it is supposed, on Tuesday ; but whether the Wrongheads have resolved to push on in their headlong course, or to back out by some manoeuvre, has not transpired. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Money has been very scarce all day, and bore an in terest, for short periods, equal to about 6 and 8 per cent. Since the 15th of April last Consols have alter nated from 90a to 89g. To-day they were marked 89i to 90 for present delivery. Exchequer Bills were Bs. to 10s. premium, and India Bonds par to 2s. premium. Bank Stock touched 169, and the Reduced Three-and-a- Half per Cents, were at 971- to 97-a. The Market left off well. ' In the Foreign Market business continues as dull as ever. The accounts from Spain give no positive intelli gence yet respecting the new Ministry ; and those from Lisbon only add to the knowledge we possessed before of the extreme penury of the Royal Treasury. Active Spanish Bonds were to-day quoted 23i to a ; Portu guese New, 344 ; the Three per Cents., 20 ; Mexican, 2811 ; Buenos Ayres, 23 ; Brazilian, GSA ; and Peruvian 16. These prices exhibit a trifling depression in Spa nish, and a rally of about one half per cent. in Portu guese. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were dull at 52i1, and the Five per Cents. at 99k ; Belgian Bonds were firm at 100. The Railway Shares were in limited request only. Brighton were marked 41 to 4; Croydon, i; Manchester and Leeds, 20; Birmingham and Gloucester, 29, and Eastern Counties, 15 discount. South 'Western Shares, 17i, and Birmingham and London Quarter, 18 premium. Australasia Bank Shares were 18f premium. In consequence of the singular circumstance of a large steamer having been seen in the Atlantic by three dif ferent vessels, viz., the West India packet Petrel, and the sailing vessels Lord Saumarez and the Conde de 'Pahno, the almost expired hope of ever again hearing of the Pre sident steamer has been slightly revivel in the City. (From The Sun of Last Night.) It appears from Lisbon papers, brought by the Tagus steamer, that the American treaty with Portugal had been ratified by the Government of the United States. LIVERPOOL Corms; MARKET, MtY 22.—We have had a limited business done in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales scarcely amounting to 2,000 bales at Friday's quotations. In export or speculation nothing to report. LivEaroon SHAILLMARKET, MAY 22.—A rather better business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange to-day, but there is a visible decline in prices ; Grand Junctions are again lower, and now realize 201; Birmingham and Derby, 3/. Is. 6d. ; Eastern Counties, 8k; Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock, 29k; Great Western new shares, 631 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53i; Midland Counties, new shares, 21 3 / 4 . MANCHESTER , STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22.—The Share Market is not worse, but the business is very limited, and the following are the only transactions of the day :—Manchester and Leeds, 53 511 1 , North Midland (New), 17s. 6d., 225. 64., 17s. 64. ; Manchester and Salford, Banks, 10 ; South Lan cashire, 5/. 3s. 9d. ; Union Plate Glass, 9%. We have received the Ilamburgh mail of the 21st irpt., with papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London 13-64, being a quarter of a shilling higher than last post day. Gold, 430 i, same ; Metalliques, 1084 ; Bar. k Actions, 1,648. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 2.l.—The intelligence of the check which the English Ministers received, has caused the national funds to be heavy, and it is expected that the English funds will fall in consequence. Ardoin's are still on the fad without any great business doing. The accounts received from Lisbon of a three .masted steamer steering for thc Azores, and supposed to be !he Presi dent, has caused some excitement in the City this morning. This steamer must have been the same that was seen by the Lord Saumarez some time since. Various are the opinions formed on the above event, and nothing of a decisive nature can be said as yet in respect to her being the President. The British Funds opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of Saturday, 893 90, both for the Account and Money ; Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 169; India Stock 250, 232; India Bonds, par., 2 premium. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal, as yet. Spanish Active, 233 3 ; Deferred, 113 3 ; Passive, 53 3 ; Bra zilian, 673 683 ; Portuguese, 333 34 ; Three per Cents., 203; Colombian, 223 3 ' • Mexican, 283 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.'s23 3 ; Five per Cents., 99 1 / 100. SHAKES.—Great Western, 273 28% prem. ; New, 133 143 prem. ; London and Brighton,:4 33 dis..; Blackmail, 7 6 d.s ; Birmingham 6870 prem. ; Southampton, 56 57 per share. Croydon, 133 14 per share ; Greenwich, 83 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 151 143.t1i5. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 London and Brighton London and Birmingham ... 90 Ditto 3 Shares Ditto New London and South Western 383 — ... .. to Ditto Tenths Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Both commercial affairs and the funds remain in the same inactive state, as for several days past, and there is not a fea ture in the British market worth noticing to the present time. This night's debate in then House of Commons is expected to be of some interest, and for which our City politicians are anxiously waiting. Madrid arrivals of the 16th inst., received this morning, sate that Gonzales having resigned, Olozaga has undertaken to form the new Ministry. Consols may be quoted the same as they opened this morn ing, 893 90 for the Account ; Money, 893 90, have been 90. Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem., Bank Stock 168 169, India Stock 232, India Bonds 2 prem. par. In the Foreign Market there are only four quotations. Spanish Active, 233; Portuguese, 343; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 523 3; Five per Cents., 99%. The Share Market also inactive. Birmingham and Glou cester 71, London and Brighton 453 46, London and Birming ham 233 shares, London and Birfningham Thirds 53, New 23, Manchester and Leeds 50. Consols, Mon e y, 90, se llers ; ditto, July 16, 903 3; Mexi can 283 3 ; Portuguese 344 3; Spanish, 233 24, Markets firm. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk Stock ... 169 India Stock 252 3 per Cent Red. BB3 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 9O Ditto Old Annuities ... 33 per Cent Red 973 Ditto New Annuities... New 33 per Cent 933 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....23d 10 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 l2 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l4 pm Jan. 1860 ... 12 11-18 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct. 1859 l2 9-1 d India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. 9O Belgian, 5 per cent Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese, , 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent —• I C F on u s N ols p fo s r . Acct 343 FOREIGN Brazilian 80nd5.......... 683 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto... Chilian, b per cent...-. —' Ditto, Metallic — 'Russian, 5 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 233 Ditto, 1824. .. ..... _- Ditto, Deferred ... 115 . Danish, 3 per cent _... French, 5 per cent. —l. —c. Exchange —f. c. Mexican, 5 pe r cen t.... French , 3 per cent —f. --c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Diitch , 2 3 p er cent. ... 523 Peruvian, 1823, 6 per c t. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent 993 SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 71 Eastern Counties Railway ( 23 p aid)....... 8 Great Western Railway (6 5 Paid) ••• — a Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50.. raid ') ''' 46 London and Birminghant nail% ty (90 pd) 53 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ••:""•.. Ditto Quarter. Shares ( 5 Pai d ) ,, , 23 .. 2$ 56 London and South Western Ditto New Shares ( 2 pa id ) 2 Ditto Tenths(li paid) ...... London and Croydon Railway payai(dT) ...runk) 1 50 5 a Nanchester and Leeds (70 Ditto New Shares (30 paid) NOithern and Eastern (50 paid) HAMBURGH MAIL. ST. PETERSBURGH, MAY B.—On the day of the mar riage of the Grand Duke Alexander, the Emperor issued a special manifesto, granting full pardon, or a diminution of punishment, for 35 different kinds of crimes. We give the preamble of the Imperial manifesto, and the first five classes of crimes pardoned which arc the most im portant : " Following the impulse of our hearts, we have taken the resolution, on the day of the marriage of our beloved son and successor the Cesarewitsch Grand Duke Alex ander Nicolasewitsch, an occasion of so much joy to us, and to all our faithful subjects, to distinguish it by marks of our favour. Imm e di a t e ly after our accession to the Throne we declared our firm resolution to exercise the right to pardon given us by God for the general good, without thereby impairing the force of the laws. When we now pardon many not very serious crimes, and miti gate the penalty of others, we hope that the clemency manifested to the criminals will awaken in them the feel ing of repentance, and that by their future conduct they will justify our indulgence to their former transgressions. The. dispensations from payment of various claims hereby granted, are chiefly, in favour of those whom poverty or temporary distress have rendered incapable of discharging the same, and we do not doubt that the. indulgence will induce others to double their efforts to fulfil these obli gations. With these well meant intentions we graciously order— " I. To exempt from trial and inquiry all those who up to this day have been brought before the Courts of Justice for offences which are not connected with sacri lege, murder, robbery with violence to the person, usury, robbery, stealing the property of the Crown by persons to whom it is entrusted, coining, and forgery of the pa per currency. Those cases are not included with which private claims are connected. "IL Criminals condemned to public corporal punish ment exempt from such punishment, and are only to be subject to hard labour. " 111. Criminals condemned to corporeal punishment and banishment to Siberia as colonists are not to suffer corporeal punishment, but only to be sent as colonists to Siberia. " IV. The exemption from trial and inquiry granted in the first article, is extended to all persons serving in civil offices and in the army and navy. " V. To military persons of every class, pea sants, and others who, up to this day have re tired into foreign countries, or deserted from their habi tations and regiments, we grant our most gracious par don,:if those living in the empire return to their habita tions in half a year, and those in foreign countries within a year, and the military return to their regi ments. This pardon does not extend to those who have fled to foreign countries to escape trial or punishment for rebellion and conspiracy, and endangering the inter nal tranquillity of the State. The ordinances respecting such persons remain in full force." STOCKHOLM, MAY 14.—Count V. Wrangel, his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Hamburgh has concluded treaties of commerce between the kingdoms of Sweden, and Norway, and the free cities of Hamburgh and Bre men, founded on perfect reciprocity. They have been approved and ratified by his Majesty, and will come into operation on the Ist of July next. The important question respecting a change in the re presentation is to be decided in the next diet.--Hamburgh Papers, May 21. tsELUIAN I ?UNDS—BausilLe, MAY r.. ) 2. actual Debt, 2)4 per• Cent. Rothschild's Lean. 5 per Cent.... ...... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 93 Sper Cent. — --- ... 7054 - —(1A0) lOO% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent- Bl 34 Society of Commerce, 4 ).iper Cent ...... Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ......... Nationa I Society . Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, May 22. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vripina, MAY 15 five per Cents. Metalliques - lOB% Foe r per Cents. ••••••••«••• ....... ••••••••••••• ...... •••••••• lOU Three psi* Cents. ............ ....... . ....... •••••••••••••••• ' l9 Bank Shares ... ..... ..... ..... ..„ .... . ..... .—..... ..... ... 1C39 —Allgemeine &Using. May 19 HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, BAY 31. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ..... — 106% Bank Shares — 164 4 Anglo-Russian Loan lO-% 108% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Svies lO2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Thirty.seven. - . Series 97% 9714 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B ; 2i, K.% Dutch actual Debt, 2% lie , Cent 51% 51 Ditto 0 per Cent — Polish Bondo New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 70% 75;4 N .iwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cifa:..„ Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB 38% EXCHANGES; ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 'el.-13 9 —Two months, 19 64 PETKRSBURGH, MAY 11.—Two months, 387 i pence. STOCKHOLM, MAY 11.—SeVelity.fiTe days. 11. 47, VIRNNA, MAY 1:t-Three months. 0. 40%. Saluda. MAY 18. —Three months, 6. 194. HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. Wheat, Mardll MI to 4 30 Barley, Mecklenourgh 132 to H 6 --....... Magdeburg 2BB to Sill -- Magdeburgh... 150 to 151 .--. Anhalt, white 283 to :33i---- Holstein 132 to 1:.0 --- red ... 245 to 3:to--- Summer ll4 to 132 - Brunsuick 284 to 330 Oats, Eider --- Mecklenburg.. 258 to 333 -- Mecklenburg , 135 to 147 ---- Polish gio to 536 -- Holstein 135 to 147 -- Holstein - East rrie.land... 101 to 111 Rye, Mecklenburg -- Dantzic -- Elbing and Ku- Buck Wheat lOB to 19: nigsburg - Upland .-- lti Ira COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7 l4t; Ist suit 0 7% tld 7 7. 4 :hi and 4th 6 .tiN COE. Mocha 11 to lA% flatxvia 3% 51 Sumatra Rio 4 5;4 3laiTnham Mater.. by., 5-4 Stint.; 5 a li Do c_rijo ..... ......... ... 6% ti 7EL.. Domingo 4% to 5% La Guayra 4% lie Porto Rico 6li 74. Ilavannah 49; Ili Bahia SUGAR.— (Wit Havanna!), White 3 to 4 ' Brown 2 2% White . Brown '2 Manilla. Brow p .. 8% Msentint.) Bahia, White - e% to2N 3rown 96 2% Pernambuco, White 234 !2% Brown 2 2Y4 2i to 274 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with their respective suites, attended Divine Service in the Gallery at Clare mont, at twelve o'clock on Sunday. The service was performed by the Deputy Clerk of the Closet. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, arrived at Claremont at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty from town. Viscount Melbourne 'took his departure from Clare mont at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, for town. Late in the afternoon. the following visitors arrived at Claremont. and had the honour of joining the Royal Circle at dinner :—The Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Robert Grosvenor; the Hon. Amelia Murray, and the Hon. Harriet Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir George Couper, Colonel and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Hon. William Cowper, Mr. George Edward Anson, and Captain Francis Seymour. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and the two Misses Gardiiier, had also the honour of joining the Royal din ner party at Claremont, last evening. Major Bassle and his son Gustavus Adolphus, attended at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday evening, when the latter had the honour of going through a Mnemonic per formance in the presence of her Majesty and the Royal party. Mr. 8., jun., had the honour of exhibiting his powers of memory on Saturday, before their Royal High nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended the rehear sal in the Hanover-square Rooms yesterday morning. Her Majesty's suite included the Viscountess Barring ton, Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Hon. Charlotte Hudson, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, and Sir Andrew Barnard. The Duke of Sussex vislted the Duchess of Kent, on Sunday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing to Kensington yesterday afternoon, in an open barouche and four. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing to Kew yesterday. Her Royal Highness and the Prin cess returned to town in the afternoon. Mr. Hodges, M.P., and Colonel Anson, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday afternoon, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Mr. Brotherton, • M. 8., had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home-office. The Earl and Countess of Lindsey, and the Rev. P. W. Pegus, have arrived at Farranee's Hotel, Belgrave street. THE DISTRESSES.) POLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You have always been ready to assist the endea vours made for the relief of the distress of the exiled Poles, and you would render them, I believe, very mate rial service if you would, by inserting this letter in your columns, apprise the public of the effort which is about to be made in their behalf, and of the generous conduct o f i m a d emo i s elic Rachel in reference to them—con duct which will secure to her :as fully the esteem of the public as her unrivalled talents command their admiration. Having had the honour of being pre sented to Mademoiselle Rachel, and having ventured to request of her in the name of this Association, to play on one occasion, during her stay in England, for the benefit of the Polish Refugees, she was kind enough in the hand-, somest manner at once to grant the request. Some diffi culty, however, occurred, becausd the terms of her engagement with Mr. Laporte precluded her from performing in public till after its termination. She plays in London on the 4th of June, and is obliged to be at Marseilles on the 10th: Madlle. Rachel, on find ing there would be no possibility of rendering to the Poles the service asked for them on any day but the sth, with a generous disregard of her own convenience and comfort, immediately , determined to defer her departure till the morning of the 6th; and on the sth she will re cite some passage's from the tragedies in which she is most admired, at one of the theatres, or some of the public rooms. The public will thus have one more op portunity of witnessing the performance of this eminent tragedian, while at the same time they will contribute to the relief of the refugees.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, DUDLEY COtTTTS STUART, • May 24,1841. Vice-Piesident. THE LATE SIR EDWARD BANKS.--A very handsome and classic testimonial to the memory of Sir Edward Banks has recently been erected at Chipstead Church, Surrey. An admirable bust likeness, with all - the fine manly expr ess ion of the original, is placed upon an elegant Grecian pedestal, Waterloo and London bridges, and the last of his labours, that of Southwark, are chiselled with great breadth and freedom upon a lofty massive entablature, and the tout ensemble is in every way worthy the name it is thus the intention to perpetuate., 4 „ 11,J \ Tht CORN-LAWS. We insert the following to oblige a Correspondent, and hope the farmers will profit by it : Farmers of England, I have a laborious task before me ; you are such a ponderous solid body that I I'm quite afraid of you, and feel myself forlorn, dispirited and sink ing ; what must Ido to make some little favourable im pression—what can I do to arouse some auspicious bias ? Why, I must turn to the ladies of your families, a race who would make any drawing-room brilliant with bloom ing health and real English beauty. There would be seen the faultless complexion, blending in unrivalled unison the fair and peerless hues of the lily and the rose. There would be seen the ever cheerful countenance, and heard the natural lively laugh. There; too, would be breathed the sweet perfume of pure country air. It is almost insupportable to change the scene in a moment to the desolate, destitute, woe-worn looks of the distressed poor in all our manufacturing towns ; put I depend upon finding that the finishing charm of tender feelings and hearts has not been denied, leading the possessors, though exempt from all difficulties and distress individually, to a generous participation in the griefs and wants of their fellow creatures. You are aware, ladies, what severe distress has prevailed throughout the last winter. I do most earnestly intreat you to assist to the utmost to pre vent the recurrence of so much misery,—let us not be fed, and warmed, and clothed ourselves, and leave them again to so hard a fate. Though my poor reasoning or per suasion must be as dust in the balance with your fathers, husbands, and brothers, to prevail on them to sign peti tions for the total repeal of the odious tax on bread, yours, I doubt not, would prove irresistible if calmly, gently, but perseveringly persisted in. Leaving all es sential proceedings in such excellent keeping I shall go to the past for a short time. Less than one hundred years since there was a pretty peaceful village in a tine corn county, comprising a neat church, the great house, half a dozen farms, and the cottages of the labourers employed upon them. Wheat then varied in price from six to eight or nine shillings a bushel.; still the landlord was satisfied, the. farmers flou rishing, and the poor men contented, and not over worked. When the rents were paid a grand treat and dance were given to the numerous tenants by the land lord—Sir John dancing with the matrons, and my Lady leading off with a farmer. These farms were all hired on twenty-one years' leases, and held by different mem bers of the same family from generation to generation ; thus the homestead, with its pretty .garden and fruitful orchard, became a dear and valued inheritance, and the farmer had a heart to - improve his land, knowing his descendants would be benefited ; for no tenant, in these good times, had warning to quit un less for unpardonable neglect, or inexcusable bad conduct, at the termination of a long lease, and no man would take a short one. Now, was not this a rational, wise, happy state of things, all in their proper stations, and able to live with just comparative comfort. In that altered village there are no long leases now, no feasts at rent paying, no security present or future. The farmers treat the landlord now, being expected to send a fat goose, ducks, or chickens, as their master may require. Far mers, are you not now serfs of the soil ? do you not hold your farms generally on yearly leases ? and are you not subject to be turned out for every paltry reason, and as your land is improved to have the rent raised ? If you are not slaves in body, are you not so in mind to your haughty masters ? Can you give a free vote at an election, or do you follow the lead of your landlord, though you know his using thus his power proves him to be no real gentleman, and that if he offers bribes, and you receive them, you both deserve to be transported, if punishment was justly apportioned to the magnitude and evil of the offence? All these abuses and miseries would fall with the destruction of the detestable monopolies. If you are careless about your condition and the present state of the poor, it is a melancholy proof that your shackles have degraded and sunk you below the proper level of the free-born sons of Great Britain. As the country becomes more and more enlightened you must be aware that Governments must rule on the large and liberal principle of general public good, and not for a hateful party putting gold into the pockets of the rich whO need it not, and constantly taking pence from the poor who cannot spare it. I must remind you, farmers, that when you are ground too hard, your noble masters return you sometimes 5 or 10 per cent., a thing never heard of when gains were justly balanced ; and it is a wretched subterfuge, a pauper transaction. You ought to be able to support yourselves and your families by your land, and not to need this pitiful donation ; and I hope you will live to be heartily ashamed of it. Farmers, if you do not now make a noble struggle to throw off your yoke, you deserve to be galled with it for ever. The hateful Corn-laws never did you any good, and never will. That you may have good landlords, long leases, and no injurious monopolies, is the sincere wish of ENGLISH JOAN. CORN-LAWS AND CHARTISTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUN. Siu,—At the approaching election, it is of conse quence that the Chartists and labourers should 'under stand their own interest, and a few remarks on the sub ject from your able pen may be of great service. " The People's Charter" never will be carried, either by Whigs or Tories, and any physical-force attempt would end in military despotism, when the Chartists would be much worse off than at present. It is, therefore, their interest to assist in measures which can be carried, and which will be of immediate use to them. In all parts of the world, the masses, or millions, must be labourers, whatever may be the form of government, and all we require is, to improve their situ ation as much as circumstances will admit. It is utterly impossible for the manufacturers to raise wages higher than at present, and unless the corn-laws be repealed, they will become still lower. The only way therefore, by which the labourers can be benefited, is to lower the price of corn, sugar, and the necessaries of life, which will, in fact, be of the same advantage to them as higher wages. The Queen, God bless her, nobly supports the Ministers and the cause of the people, against the selfish, bigoted Tories ; therefore our cry should be, " The Queen and Free-trade, down with the tyrant Tories and starving monopolists!" The Tories (we remember the Peterloo massacre) af fect a regard for the poor, and abuse the New Poor-law. This is mere cant, trick, and falsehood. The Bill was supported and carried, and is still maintained, by the as sistance of the Tories, and the renegade Times is as fully aware of this as we are. There are no doubt some abuses in the new law which will be amended, but it is infinitely better than the old, which would have demoralized and pauperized the whole kingdom. Ido not know the real — motives of Ministers in their present acts ; but this I know, that the measures now proposed by them, are the most liberal and enlightened that have been submitted to the people for many genera tions, and will tend more to promote peace on earth and good-will towards men than any measures that ever were, or ever will be, proposed by the Tories. The way to command our willing obedience is to administer jus tice in mercy, therefore I again say, God bless the Queen and her present Whig. Ministers. Your most obedient servant, May 24. A FREE-TRADER. DR. LUSHINGTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It will probably obviate further discussion re garding the alleged possession by my brother, Dr. Lushington, of property in the West Indies, if I inform you that the estate of Seven Plantations, in the parish of Clarendon, in Jamaica, does not belong to him, and that he has no property whatever in the West Indies. I hold a share in the Seven Plantations estate ; and this cir cumstance. no doubt, led to the erroneous report, which I now beg leave to contradict. I have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant, Chapel-place, Duke-street, C. LU SHIN GTON. Westminster, May 24, 1841. WESLEYANS AND MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—lf the Watchman newspaper, published bia party of Wesleyan Methodists, were to be regarded by men in authority as expressing the sentiments of that in fluential body upon the subject of the Corn-laws, Lord John Russell might fear too much, and Sir Robert Peel hope too much from the result of a general election. Happily, however, it no more represents the political sentiments of the denomination than does any other newspaper. With respect to the repeal of the Corn-laws, I am happy to say that in this borough, where the Was ley-ans constitute the most numerous body of Christians, they are, so far as my knowledge extends, repeaters to a man. The treasurer of our Anti-Corn-law Association is a Wesleyan, the secretary is a Wesleyan, the president of our Operative Anti-Corn-law Association is a 'Wes leyan and so is the secretary. When we want money for this object, no class of Christians gives more freely than the Wesleyan's, and when work is to be done we have no better workmen than the Wesleyan. Being a wealthy body, as well as numerous, they constitute a considerable proportion of the electoral body, and I dare venture to read the Watchman for the next six months, though a dreadful task, if a single Wesleyan be found voting at the next election for a bread taxer. Sir - Robert had better not reckon upon the Wesleyans. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A REPEALER. Huddersfield, May 21, 1841. CITY OF WESTMINSTER LITERARY, SCIEN TIFIC AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. —Last Thursdayeven ing Air. Wilson, the distinguished vocalist, gave the, first of a series of lectures on Scottish music, at this Institution, to a crowded and gratified audience. He explained, in his essay, the limited compass of the primitive Scottish scale, as in the case of the " Banks and braes o' bonnie Doon," to which might be added " Logie o' Buchan," " Auld Lang syne," &e., and pointed out the peculiar characteristics of some of our northern melodies ; particularly the mournful effect produced by the in troduction of the flat seventh, in the old Border air of " The flowers of the forest." He traced the origin .of some of our secular tunes to the church-chaunts about three centuries back, and showed, by changing the time of " 0 waly waly," its strong claim to an ancient eccle!iastic existent*. His lecture was interesting and instructive ; but his exemplications by his own fine voice, modulated by pure taste and exquisite feeling in which in simple melody he so eminently excels, carried to the hearts of his hearers the most thrilling conviction. Mr. Wibon gave several songs in his happiest manner, apd concluded with the olden ditty cf." Tak yer auld cloak about ye," a lyric that hears evidence to the ancient truth that differences will occur in the best regulated families. h was sung with most graphic Eower, and a rapturous encore attested the effect of the perform nce. We are glad to see this fine and flourishing.lastitution blending occasionally the dulce with. the utile —thst. white it directs efforts for the expansion of intellect, it neglects not those pumas that move and mend •the heart. It is " refresh ing" in - this - utilitarian age to enjoy a soiree musicale of our native unsophisticated melodies that to pleasureable sensations attune the chords of the heart, too often discordantly jarred by collision with the harsh realities of life. The announcement of Mr. Wilson's second lecture next Thursday evening' w as hailed with manifest satisfaction by the assembled admirers of the 'joyous science." CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY. Upon the present- sessions the Liberals have gained 81. Th e Liberal majority in the city of Dublin is now over whelming, MORNING EDITION% ASSASSINATION IN IRELAND• (From the Du'lin Evening Mai'.) Extract of a letter frOm a Correspondent : an Poor Mr. Hall was shot dead yesterday—h 3 was _ excellent and worthy man. One of his principal tenaal who lives close to this, was persisting in burning s i etu rs land against his wish, and yesterday the poor fAlois- d over on his car to remonstrate against this proce e(ii i ng t ; He had just got off his car, and the servant hal not t:.sei the horse from under it, when he heard a shot fired, t ti , on looking into the field into which his master had gen:, he saw him lying dead. No person was to be seen, a nd all the workmen had moved away, although it was , t _ n A soon for dinner hour. The horrible transaction moll; about eleven o'clock. He was shot with a pistol, and, t n , miscreant must have been standing beside--13. 6 " 2 r 0 speaking to him, as his white hat and•white hair _ both burned. The ball entered immediately un der . tn s : left ear, and passed through the s pi na l marrow, so t,h.o death must have been instantaneous. The ball lodgeLt_ l l , the Velvet collar of his coat, after havi n g passed thr o4 " the neck. There can be no reason assigned for this mysterier) and 'nitrifying atrocity, but that M r . H a ll presume d ( 0 e:zereise the rights of a landlord. He was, in pnlit ies l l( l Liberal—in private life, a gentle man , b e nevolent a n universally beloved. Now, " property has its rights as well as its duties it and we fearlessly tell the Government from which t 5• fatal maxim (fatal to the I r i s h coun t r y gen tl e man).°V e rutted, that amongst those rights the most sacred is right of protection ; which right, unless the Governrae, be willing to extend, it forfeits its right to the obedi eln of the subject. the i Something must be done. The bl oo d o f the inns s calling out for retribution a ga i ns t th e m i sru lers of t l and. vh° An inquest was held on th e rema i ns o f M r . Ha'', ' i l e a was murdered on Wednesday last at a place ct" the Uskane, near Bor r i so k ane , b e f ore M r. C ar roll, o Coroner, who wa s ass i s t e d i n t h e i nqu i ry by CaPtthe Duff, the resident M ag i s t ra i e , an d M r. 13 ra cken, ' Policelnspector of the district. „,bo The first witness examined was John ConnelltL e was coachman to M r , Hall.. He deposed that he his master on that morning, at ten o'clock, from his re ea dente at Merton Hall to lJskane, which they reac u lt o about eleven. When they alighted at the gate Nir . ,;" re e desired him to alight from the car, and put up the "° l e in the stable. Mr. Hall then turned from the ac el "„a gate towards where there was some " beating " burl [" beating " means sods of grass burning for nial ltile n g Witness waited with the car for some minutes, thitki-en that some one would come and open the gate, anal the he found no one coming, he proceeded to unyok e t he horse, and While so employed, he heard a shot in e . direction in which Mr. Hall had gone. Witness Pt to ceeded : —lt was about 200 yards from where I w i th I where he was shot ; I lo o k e d i n th e di rect i on in wit'ue, heard the report, but saw no per son . I saw so me sni n- but I cannot say whether it was th e re p or t o f a g °l/ ° I pistol. I did not think the shot was fired at any o ° : e. t be waited till I had F ettled th e t races , an d t h en went ' l l direction in which I heard the r e p or t, w h ere I fond' master quite lifeless. fiel a To a Juror—There was a man pl oug hi ng in the co when we came first to th e pl ace , b ut a f ter t h e sh°t ', e re fired there was no one with th e pl oug h. There several men at work in an adjoining field who must heard the shot, yet they did no t st i r . I f ou nd ~ the ceased lying on his right side with his face toward' t e ll ditch, and quite dead. I found a wound under hi s et e t ear, and having opened hi s crava t, I f oun d. t h e hd" ase the other side of his neck. I then returned to the hf ee e and told a woman whom I met that Mr. Hall had v t be shot. I think the woman i s a servant to M r . Ke ll, " L ie tenant of the house. I th en re t u rned towards th e , 0 01 ceased, and r an a l ong th e di tc h i n h opes o f seeing sfi-ies one to assist me, but I could not. Ther e w ere tw° - 0 0 and two girls at work in an adjoining field abod t v i t e yards from where Mr. Hall was shot. I told t o gerald, one of the men, that my master was sh ° ,!pie which he replied, " Oh, murder !" They then with me to where he lay. t ba t To a Juror.—They must have he ar d the sh,% t they did not stir until I wen t f or t h em . In au t '" t he hour after Mr. Hall was shot he was brought i n 's' tea house, previous to which 15 o r 20 p ersons h a d coll ee about the place. evil The Coroner' was of opinion th a t e n oug h of ev' — r e ' had been given to warrant the Jury in returning, tl ; s4l. diet of wilful murder ; and it mig ht not b e towards the furtherance of justice to examine otliP' i a e a Captain Duff, and several gentleman present, eoh te in opinion with the Coroner. f ti le Dr. Hobbs deposed th a t h e exam i ne d t h e body ° bleb deceased, and found a wound under the left ear, ft oo he believed to have been inflicted by a bullet fire“ a pistol, which produced immediate death. Dr. Finucane gave similar testimon3;. • Verdict—Wilful murder against some person unkn cl i ve The Nenagh Guardian of this morning says k 10 have learned that the ploughman, who was at wt,eef the field, and alluded to by Connell in his evi" e ,""he has been arrested ; but it has been ascertained t 113 : p o ol t, was not with the horses when Connell came to the nor did he return for an hour afterwa r d s . The dead gentleman' bio s pockets were turned inside out, .0 ) 11 of watch and pocket-book taken away. „4 Mr. Hall was about fifty-six ye a rs of age, 9 " - f el o' married to the sister of Edward Litton, Es.q., the ber for Coleraine, and he was principal in the fir Hall and M'lntyre, merchants, in this city, SPORTING INTEGLIGENC°. TITTERSALL'S—YESTERDA.Y. O f The room was again thronged to excess, and its oa rl ,"o' space felt by every p er so n p resen t. T o ' o b v i ate the n‘elice on tuture o;cas:ons, it has been suggested that, fo of week or two previous to the Derby, a marquee of a sullie'do sze to accommodate the subscribers might be put up I 1 centre of the ride ; this, we imagine, might be done at A t he derate expense, and would be a ver y ac c eptable boon " ( V' sporting world. The betting yesterday was of a variable o w racier, but confirmed the demonstration of the previous e t ho ing, by raising Coronation and Van Amburgh le. 0 1 head of the list. Both were backed for large s"' the 5 to 1, and Coronation remained at that price 0 00 close ; Van AmburO receded at one time to 7 to 10 %0 0 again, and finished at 11 to 2. Ralph was on the acel o rtif one period, but was restored on the arrival of a Nobl, i e is who laid out 600/. or 7001. at 7 a nd 8 to 1 ; encourager bold an example others " came out," and at 7 o'clock —i 3 t , 4 111 was the extreme offering price. Marshal Sault counne ° t, se a retreat to 10 to 1, b u t o bt a i ne d p ower f u l re i n force:o ol d e finished only a poi n t b e hi n d R a lph. G a l aor an d BeV e oe t ' before, and Joachim and Ermengardis on the decline, al"; side betting was remarkable only for the re•appearan ee dive!: tentia, Cameleon, Cesarewitch, and Pakemon, upon w h lat, small sums were " thrown away." The Oaks betting ho usual, and no change except in the Mystery filly , s ' backed at an i m p rovemen t o f f our po i nts. L a t es t price DERBY. 11 to 4 agst Scott's lot—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Rush's lot—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation 11 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Van Am burgh 13 to 2 apt Lord Albemarle's Ralph tsk e° 15 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult -- 12 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor 12 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Belgrade 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joachim 30 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans tak e° 33 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's Ermengardis— -40 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Mustapha Muley 40 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Knightsbridge 40 to 1 agst Mr. BatAon's Potentia. 40 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cameleon 50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's E. o.—taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch—taken 1000 to 15 agst Capt. Williams on ' s St. C ross —take' „ 000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Paltemon—taken 1000 to 800 on Palremon agst Finchley—taken 900 to 750 on Ermengardis agst Potentia—taken OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Lord Westminste's Lampoon 6 to I agat Lord Westminster's Ghuznee_t& o 6 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia—taken 8 to 1 agst Col. Crawford's Ermen.ardi3—takeo 10 to I agst Mr. T. 0. P ow l et t' s Mystery f.--takeri pp l2 to 1 agst 11Ir. Treen's Una 20 to 1 agst Mr. Collins't.;,ut of Concotdia's digit ST. LEGER. tal‘ g° 10 to 1 agst Lord West m i ns t er ' s Van Amburg E I S GROSS MISREPRESENTA TIO NS.—"" e esr e d had, as our readers ar e we ll aware, c onsiderabl e l b: -" ve rience of the powers of misrepreientation po sse but .the Tory journals both local and metropolitan iioitowil,l:f the ' n od . 0 must avow our surprise at meeting with romance in the columns of the (London) Sia e etiog l o t Thursday, in reference to the recent public ni , t he 1t this town :—" Eleven, as we have stated, !I t o bet`' appointed for the meeting •; but at twentr l o ri on t 1 1 ° 1 1 , eleven, says the Morning Ch r o n i c l e ' (tile 6 Sir been by that time, no doubt, privately fille t) ,l, ' read Potter took the chair, and 111 r. Ri c h ar d AN' eu c ," ryl l oo,l resolutions, which were put f rom t h e c h a i r by t he r e g . Potter, and carried by acclamation.' And then , , business of the day being over, the form of open iii 'vit i . : door was gone through. And/this is a Maitchest er Corn-laW meeting." Of course, in Maneheste r i jo statements will be, laughed at ; but thosen r , only the Standard, may be inclined •to thin; , Y e ti' there there was some foundation for it s assertions., 1 2 1- t t P ? however, is, as we stated on Wltitiesday, tu, ‘ ! 1 , 1 , , parties adinitted by ticket ? '7'befOie 'the oPer" d t'., the doors, were a portio n of thOs'e who had siV, requiSition, and who were aisembl e d, accordi% i gs v toil', before the commencement of the Prodeer re sl ? order that they might have . the propOe n u il i o g J o t bons read over to theta. These, instead Of .1 "0 0 1 2 e room, as the St an d ar d alleges, mi g ht posSibl) at to about 500 person-; but there were present ,„0 , " i1 meeting, probably at least. 2,500 ; so that 2, 000 l a otit o , were admitted idler the opening of the doors ; dot there had been any intention to pack the retoln tali` ii () to introduce one set of persons to the exclusion ' , who were desirous of being present, the cour!tties would have been perfectly nugatory, and the Pa r eau mitten into the room might just as well have o % pl;( side until the doors opened ; for, when that t aci" there was sufficient room for all who were wa."„ e ye! A; was the room completely filled until nearly two s ' aie nc ,.e c- o almost , an hour after the public proceedings c lid obj' r e' so that any parties who might be opposed to t of the meeting had abundant opportunity of be. i . sent if they cbo,e.—Manchester Guardain. s i t h'Y The town of C owes never was more " g a iin ° h e re nota case of sickness revails, though it is so gen e . n r "Is %ib parts if the kin g d om ; with a population of 5,0 0 ° , 7 ja / 4 r was net one death in th e mon th o f M arc h, onlY-thre and not one in Alay.—Hants Advertiser. public M ee W I ; ANNAN—FREE TRADE.—A w og on this subject was held in Annan on Saturday % 40 0°, 01 ,r , The meeting was called by Provost Little upon t to ibe" l o signed requisition. The Town Hall was eror'dr(loeCtil it 06/ KII.SYTTI —Oil Saturday, a very re l r e meeting of the inhabitants of Kilsyth was held , th eir ' tempt to carry an alteration of the. Corn-leas, a nd p c resolved to come forward in support of Ministers, f ro ' odi e tion of the duties on sugar and timber. t his P o o: KIRKCALDY. -- The petitions IroiP siod s v ev and neighbourhood fur the total repeal of. the un it ,. is s i / laws have got .2,811 names adhibited to thorn; ut,' .. „ Ae r o fl 100 more signatures than was appended.to: the Edintnirgh Weekly Chronicle.