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'Tr "THE CHINA SUN," REPUBLISHED A FEW DAYS AGO, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. ni I , : _RAILWAY SUN WILL BE PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH. 4 it , Ofik, 4 ,* . i p k f q, '145.),,- - EaAW 7 1 MAY t: , ftcri • ' 7 : 311 : 142: 4 • • " at, 4PC`77.'. • • 1!! Oho I • , 4 • kr i t, (1, TB E SUN. LOISTDON, SATURDAY , APRIL 24, F 1. LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1841. In the \ Lords last night a number of petitions were presented, but not one of them was from any lover of Sabbath-observances, to remove Lord CARDIGAN from the army; nor did any Bishop, though several were present, including the Pri mate himself, say a word on the subject. Idola try in India, Popery at Maynooth, extension of the Church, exemption of tithes, poor-rates, deeply interest the Bishops—flogging a soldier on the Sabbath, in a place just before consecrated as a house of worship, is, we are afraid, too much of a vulgar home matter for the Prelates to take it up. It might be considered, too, as Lord CARDI GAN is a peer, that it would be uncourteous even to allude to the subject in the House of Peers with out giving him notice, and. enabling him to at tend and defend himself, and we can readily co:i ceive that no meek and holy Prelate would like to engage in a contest with that great man of war. The Drainage Bill was reported pro forma. In reply to LOrdiLYNDHURST, the Niarquis of NORMANBY said Mr. VIZARD would not be al lowed to hold the two situations of Solicitor to the Home-office and Secretary of Bankrupts. Notices were given by the Marquis of Nos- MANBY of a motion for a Committee on Monday, to inquire into Sunday traffic on canals, and by the Earl of FALMOUTH of a petition which he would present on Tuesday against removing the packet station from Falmouth to Dartmouth. Mr. ALEXANDER, the new Member for An trim, took his seat in the Commons. L and after a On the motion of Mr. Fox MAULS, division, it was ordered by a majority of 40 to 39, that all further proceedings with Bills for the Re covery of Small Debts be postponed till May 10th. M Notices were given by Mr. Lucas of a m o ti on on the 6th of May for leave to bring in a Bill to attach one-fburth of a labourer's wages in Aus tralia, when the debt did not exceed 201. ; and by Mr. JNRVIS, of a Bill to amend the Turnpike Act. The House went into Committee on the Ad ministration of Justice Bill, No. I.—the Bill for increasing- the munber of Judges—and discussed the clauses at much length. Mr. J. STEWART said in the course ofthe discussion that Lord BROUG HA m had told him, just before he left England, that he thought two new Judges were necessary. The Bill went through the Committee without any important amendments, and only one division, on giving a compensation to a Mr. S CA RLETT, Who may be a Peer. Some conversation took place on the motion for going into a Committee of Supply relative to diminishing the number of convicts in the hulks, agreeably to a resolution of the House, which it was explained was difficult to carry into effect. The House went into a Committee of Supply on the Civil Contingencies, and, after one vote had been taken, resumed, to allow Colonel Sin- TIIORP to make a speech on some of the other votes. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. Lord CARDIGAN has got another slap. E ven his friends at the Horse Guards, who have so long, and we think so unwarrantably, shielded him, who listened to his backbiting and took his offences on themselves, have been obliged to tell the whole army by a general order that Sabbath flogging is not according to custom. They are still very lenient with his Lordship, and say no thing about its being contrary to military disci pline and the good government of the army. They say, indeed, that it is contrary to its praCtice, and the Commander-in-Chief expresseS his surprise that the sentence should have been carried into execution on the Sabbath. Surprise— not indignation, not even sorrow, not so much as regret—is what the Commander-in-chief feels ; but though that—from his extremely lenient mind towards Lord CARDIGAN—may hurt his Lord ship, it is not calculated to satisfy the public. There is an article of war expressly directed against unofficerlike and ungentlemanlike con duct. Under this article of war, officers have been dismissed the service for using unseemly language, or for behaving in an ungentlemanly manner. Do the authorities at the Horse Guards mean to say that the brutal conduct of Lord CARDIGAN in flogging a man. on Sunday was not wgentlemanly? Can brutality be gentlemanly? Will they affirm that tying a man up, and flog ging him, within an hour, on the very spot where an altar had been erected, and the regiment as sembled for prayers, was not most unofficerlike ? Such a thing, according to Mr. MACAULAY ' S state ment, is almost unknown, except under some pressing circumstances, such as being in the face of an enemy. The Commander-in-Chief states that it is not the practice of the army. It is therefore contrary to usage, contrary to practice, and contrary, we affirm, to discipline, and .con sequelitly most unofficerlike. We make bold to assert—and it is for the honour of the army that it should be so—that Lord CARDIGAN'S conduct was most unofficerlike, and most un gentlemanly, and a positive breach of an article of war. The poor reproof of the gentlemen of, the Horse Guards, far from being in accordance with justice, is another example of their par tiality, and their disposition to protect this ill behaved man. The reader will not fail to remark the date of the order, April 22, eleven days after the offence was committed, two days after it had been men tioned in Parliament, and nine days after it had been denounced by the press. Poor as the re buke is, it cannot be said to have been sponta neous; and it looks as if the Horse Guards would have been silent, had not the press given ex pression to public indignation. Lord CARDIGAN is, however, a Peer; and must, therefore, be presumed to have some hon ourable feelings. If he be not destitute of them, this reproof, spiritless as it is, will make him sensible that he is no longer fit to command a re giment, and he will save the public some trouble by at once sending in his resignation. The public have no other quarrel with him than that they will not submit to be outraged, and if he will not voluntarily place himself in a situation where he is not likely to outrage them, they will take mea sures to remove him into that obscurity from which, having been placed in it once, he ought I never again to have emerged. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S remark, on Thursday even ing, that there was at present "an unhappy dispo sition in every country in Europe to prodigality of expenditure," is every way worthy of public at tention. We have looked at all the Papers, aad find all the reports substantially the same. To confirm our own report, we will now quote that of another Morning Contemporary : He contemp!ated with great anxiety the inerea , ing tendency to expense in this country. On one night he was called on to vote 163,000/., and 50,000/. now, for New South Wales ; and he must say that with his view of the finances of the country— with his view of the pressure of taxation—nothing could induce him to give his assent to a vote of this nature, unless the posi tive obligation of good faith and national honour required it.— ( Hear.) It was not alone in this country that an alarming dis position was exhibited to depart from a due proportion between its expenditure and its available resources. After twenty three years of peace, he saw in every country, whether go verned by despotic authorities or by popular institutions, the a'arming prospect which the growing defalcation of revenue, as compared with expenditure, exhibited—the ultimate parali sation of industry, and the suspension of that career of pro sperity which had hitherto prevailed.—(Hear, hear.) It was certainly a new feature in the history of nations, that with professions of profound peace a Government should expend in fortifying a city so enormous a sum as 30,000,0001. The only effectual means of checking the evil to which such a state of things must give rise, was by disposing the minds of the people to alter these warlike pursuits, instead of encouraging feelings of hostility, of jealousy, and of military rivalry.— ( Loud cries of " Hear," from both sides. ) These sentiments are the result of reflection on the part of Sir R. PEEL, or rather they are in spired by, and are a mere expression of palpable facts. They are not the basis of any motion, or dictated by any theory, but the soul of the Right Hon. Baronet was full of them, and overflowed in the course of the debate. There is nothing in them either of Tory or Whig principles, they are rather in opposition to the practices of both parties. The Right Hon. Gentleman is obviously afraid that the difficulties of Government will be increased he looks forward with dread to an in adequate revenue, he fears for his metier as a statesman, and fear gives sharpness to his vision, and truth to his remarks. Our readers will be at once aware that if a Government must not spend so much money, it must limit the sphere of its operations. All of them are expensive. To say that Government must curtail its expenses, is to say that it must not interfere with Spanish quarrels, and ,Turkish quarrels ; must be more cautious how it involves the country in disputes with China, and in the feuds of Affghanistan ; it is to say also that it must diminish its army and navy; that it must not countenance quixotic expeditions to the Niger, and issue a multitude of Commissions in England; that it must not think of building more churches or devising plans of general education. All these things andall the acts of the Govern ment cost money, and the statesman, whether his name be RUSSELL or PEEL, who warns the Le gislature that it is spending too much, warns it that it is too active and must limit the sphere of its operations. On this account we regard the observations of Sir ROBERT PEEL, founded as they are in truth, as likely to be very useful. They should be a warning to the people as well as the Legislature, for every extension which they require of the operations of the Government ne cessarily carries with it an increase of expendi ture, and a consequent increase of taxation. The last part of Sir. R. PEEL'S remarks about " disposing the minds of the people to peace"' instead of encouraging feelings of hostility, are well deserving the consideration of the Tory Press, which labours in general to nourish feel ings of national hostility. The Right Hon. Baronet is, on this point, in opposition to his party, and he ought in consis tency to be prepared to advocate free trade, as the hest means oflessening national hostility. We have the satisfaction of reflecting that we have fore— stalled the Right Hon. Baronet on this point, having st rong l y recommended the other Powers of Europe, more than three months ago, to encou rwaagrelikae ti d •a i d sp e o w sit i i t o h a F e ra f n t c l e te in F o re rd n e e r h. to c w he e ck ev t e h n e went so far as to Manic the other Powers of o E f. O r a o p n e a f t o i e r a the im e r x d i l s y ten eo ce nn i e t e l t t e h d e m w d t t t o h f e them the h ties ofand d e p r i ve d i n a gar measure of commerce, other mea ns , t h an thoger e of predatory warfare, of employi ng its grow ing population. The mann er in which restFra nocfeEcontinuall y . 0 r threatens u s a conclusive and proof that the policy of Europe towards. France has been erroneous. We follow Up Su- ROBERT PEEL' S remark, therefore, by again recommending th a t France should be invited, by all practical means, by free trade everywhere, to extend its commer cial relations with the rest ofEurope. Althoug,h the citizens of London have been very backward on the subject of the import du ties, they have at length made a move. In the present state of the Chartist mind, it may be admitted that prudence justifies them in abstaining from calling a public meeting. They have, therefore, got up a peti tion, which has been signed by about three hun dred of the most respectable merchants in the City, and will be presented to the House of Commons in a few days by Mr. GROTE. It runs thus: The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants and Traders of the City of Loudon, Showeth—That your Petitioners are of opinion that the present Customs, Duties, and Prohibitions, are highly detri mental both to the general trade of the country and to the revenue.` That they have the effect of greatly enhancing the prices to the British consumer of many articles of first necessity, and of totally exclud4tg others of foreign growth ; thus giving more than a fair and reasonable protection to individuals interested in the produce of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, and laying a heavy tax on the community without benefit to the revenue. , _ _ That, by a revision of the Customs Duties, the revenue would be increased, the trade and manufactures of tl.e United Kingdom promoted, and the merchants' shipping extended. That their opinions have been strengthened by the satisfac tory evidence, statements, and facts produced before the Select Committee of your Honourable House on Import Duties, and by the Report of the said Committee thereon. And your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that your Honourable House will be pleased to make such alterations in the excessive differential duties and restrictions as shall be deemed fair and just to the consumer and to the British pro ducer, and also promote the general trade of the country and the increase of the revenue. The first name to the petitionis JoHN HORSLEY PALMER, and we presume, therefore, that it is his production. It is perfectly moderate, suit able to him, for all the metropolis knows that he is incapable of anything intemperate. The petition will, we presume, have consickrable weight with the landlords, who have seldom turned a deaf ear to the monied classes in the City, however much they have disregarded the sufferings of the people. Those who litnit the services recently rendered to this country by Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER to his brilliant exploits on the coast of Syria, take but a pitiful view of the claims which this gallant officer has established to the grati tude of his admiring countrymen. In our eyes Sir CHARLES NAPIER was a greater man in Alexandria than at Acre—greater in preventing war by his sage counsels than in winning the laurels of a conqueror. Nor do we rate the diplomatic talents of the Commodore a jot the less on account of his treaty being rejected by Lords POINSONBY and PALMERSTON, and his col league, Admiral Sir ROBERT STOPPORD. Events have manifested to the world that the gallant N APIER understocd the character of the VICEROY the policy at which he 'aimed; the relative merits of the great question at issue; and the interests of Great Britain involved in its solution, a thousand times better than our obstinate mis- representative at Constantinople, whose opinions on all occasions Lord PALMERSTON thought pro per to adopt, often at the sacrifice of his own better judgment. To be enemies in the field and continue friends in the closet bespeaks a rare greatness of mind in the conqueror and the conquered; and such are the relative positions of MEHEMET ALI and Commodore Sir CHARLES NA PIER. Even the Times of this morning does justice to the gallantry, manly simplicity, and straightforwardness of the Commodore, and the good faith of the Viceroy towards England, under the severest trials of his forbearance in a long leading article from which the following is an extract : The speech of Sir Charles Napier at Liverpool is more re markable, as most of the doings and sayings of that bold British sailor appear to be, for energy and straightforwardness than for discretion and subordination ; but as the main con cern of the public is not to shield this or that official personage, or to keep up the solemn mummery of di plomatic pretences, we are nearly as much obliged to Napier for turning the tables on Lord Ponsonby, as for turning Ibrahim out of Syria ; and his oral evidence is as opportune in England at this moment as h's broadsides were off Alexandria in November. The language which Mehemet Ali held to the Commodore is precisely the same which he has • all times held to the representatives of this country at Alexandria. He has always professed the greatest desire to enjoy the favour of England, and to attract the advantages of English commerce. In all the affairs arising out of the overland communication with India his perform ances have gone beyond his promises, and his good faith has been equal to his good sense. Is it then reasonable or politic, that because he governs one province on a bad and oppressive system, and dared to usurp his sovereign's authority in an other, we should invariably presume everything against him, and disdain to exercise that restraint over him which more amicable relations would infallibly place in our hands? Commodore NAPIER has already done more than any man in Europe to dissipate the preju dices which, exist in this country against the VICEROY. The noblest gifts of fortune do not, in old aristocratic countries, compensate for the want of birth, even in parts of the world where office only confers distinction, as in Turkey and Persia. MEHEMET ALI has been regarded as a rebel and a robber by men, one would think, possessing minds sufficiently enlightened to see in the institutions which he was seeking to esta blish—in the forms of civilisation which he was anxious to develope—in the habits of industry which he sought to inculcate—and in the com mercial pursuits to which in hirg own person he did honour, the germs at least of a great and en lightened national policy. The Times, in continuation, labours to prove from public documents, what we never before thought admitted of a doubt; namely, that in the conflict between the SULTAN and the VICEROY the former was the aggressor. We had thought that it was well known to all who have paid attention to the progress of the late catastrophe in the East, that it was Sultan MAHMOUD who sent a fleet against IVIEHEmET Am, and not MEHEMET ALI against the SULTAN. We had likewise imagined that nobody doubted that the battle of Nezib was not fought till after HAFIZ PACH et had crossed the Euphrates, and invited the Syrians to revolt. The Times, how ever, having established these facts concludes its article as follows : These facts tend certainly to corroborate Sir Charles Na pier's strong opinion, that if we had from the first deter mined to secure to Mehemet Ali peace and the safe possession of subordinate authority within certainlimits, instead of listen ing to the Sultan when he talked of destroying the rebel, the advantages of our friendship would have operated as strongly as the dread of our power to divert him from all projects of conquest and usurpation. " The danger," sass Lord Pal merston (August 1, k 39), " by which the Turkish empire is threatened, is the usurped power of 'Mehemet Ali." Would that it were so, and no more ! But to our appre hension the perpetual danger of Russian power from without, and the ineradicable disease of failing power within, are far more to be dreaded. The proof is evident, for now that the usurped power of Mehemet has been wrested trom him, and he has ceased to be a danger at all, the dangers of the Turkish empire are at least as great, the maintenance of that State as uncertain, the condition of its Government as wretched, as they were before. Consequently the chief source of anxiety lay not in that element which we have succeeded in removing, but in that, less distinct in shape but more certain in effect, which at present eludes our policy, and, if we are to believe Lord Palmerston's words, escapes our notice. The sound opinions of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and the revelations made by the Blue Book now before Parliament, constitute safe guides for the a,mc-ndment of our Levantine policy. As yet .Russia has gained little or nothing by having duped the Noble Foreign' Secretary. The bravery of NAPIER and his gallant compa nions in arms defeated all the schemes which Russia hoped to accomplish the moment she could wheedle Lord PALMERSTON into the adoption of her views. The bravery of our sailors rendered harmless the blundering of our Statesmen. Had Acre only resisted our cannon for six weeks instead of less than as many hours, how different would have been the result ? Then, indeed, would the triumph of Russia have been complete, for her whole Black Sea fleet would have been at anchor at Constantinople, while three or four English ships of the line would have anchored at Tenedos to prevent a French squadron from passing the Dardanelles to relieve, the Turkish capital! What a figure England would cut fighting against France to secure to Russia the undisturbed possession of Constantinople ! But Russia had pledged her self to deliver up Constantinople to the SULTAN upon the defeat of the VICEROY. And you be lieved her, Lord PALMERSTON? Believed that she was sincere in abandoning the policy of half a century—the instinct of her nature, rather than falsify an equivocal pledge made to the British :s ppe that Russia As soon would we believe th e pro mises of hounds no t t o h urt h ares — o f d ogs not Cabinet? to uTurkey bark at fairly w sheep—and ofapikeunoita cotosud w l allowa minnow,have within her grasp, and not strangle her. We rejoice to find that the people of Man chester are determined to allow neither Whigs nor Tories rest till free trade is established. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, and attended with most important re sults. After some strong resolutions had been agreed to, the Chamber appointed a deputation, consisting of two Tories and two Liberals to wait upon Lord MELBOURNE and Sir RoRERT PEEL, and lay before them the urg ent demands of the manufacturing body W i thout distinction of party. The names of the gentle men are—J. B. SMITH, Esq., President; H ENRY ASHWORTH, Esq., HOLLAND HOOLE, Esq., and ROBERT GARDNER, Esq. Let other towns throughout the kingdom show the same unani. mity, and ere long monopoly will be mentioned only as an old almanac. The Paris Papers of Wednesday have been re ceived, but there is little in their contents to gratify public curiosity. The Constitutionnel concludes a long article on the changes in the Turkish Cabinet with the following observa tions:— " If, as we are told, the change of Ministry in Turkey is a victory for Russia, Russia has had a personal interest in over turning Reschid Parha and Ahmet Fethi Pacha. England must feel uneasy at this, and a conflict must become more probable or more imminent. If we had remained in our state of isolation we should be perfectly indifferent to these p ssible divisions, or we might even Congratulate ourselves on them. But now that M. Guizot has bound France to again enter into alliance with other Powers, these divisions, far from being an advantage, become a source cf danger to her, for, as M. Tillers remarked, we are no longer free, we have no longer a choice of alliance. If the Dardanelles should happen to be threatened, we should be obliged to unite with England against Russia, to assist the very Power that joined Russiaagainst us. If then this change of Ministry is a proof of a grave disagreement ke tween these two Powers. it also makes manifest the weakness and want of foresight of M. Guizot's policy ; for if our adver saries profited by their momentary union to turn matters to our prejudice, DI. Guizot has rendered it impossible for France to reap any advantage from their divisions."- We do not see in what way isolated France could profit by a present disagreement between England and Russia. M. TutEas contends that both have insulted France, and in that case the choice of one or the other as an ally cannot be accounted worth much by our fire-eating Gallic Contemporary. THE Tuixisu CA BINET. —Said Pacha, vrho has been ap pointed Minister of Commerce for the second time, generally passes half the day at prayer, arid part also he divides between the study of astrology and the Koran. What remains he devotes freely to public affairs. His faith in astro'ogy is so strong, that he consults the stars on the most trifling occasion. On his installation into office he sacrificed a number of rams, which inundated the court-yard of his residence with blood. It. was Said Pacha who wished to retard the entry of the Turk ish fleet on its arrival at Constantinople, under l'retencc that a fleet should never entvr port on Friday. In .other respects he is an honest man, and extremely affable—a rate quality in a Turk of the old school. Tahir Pacha, the new Admiral, has travelled much in Eu rope, and speaks Italian well. Unfortunately his character has not been refined by intercourse wi.h civilized Status. He put his son to death for having drank wine. Sultan Mah msud, in order to correct him, invited him to dine at the Pa lace, and ordered a large eish of baklava, a kind of Turkish pastry to be set before him. Tahir Pacha ate until he was sa tisfied, and then ceased ; but the Sultan invited him to continue until he was obliged to pray to be excused. " What !" said the Sultan, frowning, " you ask to be excused when you have eaten a few spoonfuls of baklava, and you have no pity for the poor wretches to whom you apply the bastinado without mercy ! Begone, and be assured that the eye of my imperial ju s ti ce s h a ll I;e3' ever fixed upon your conduct." • Cr R.CASSIA.—The last news from Tiflis is anything but fa vourable for the Russians. They have been driven from the north of Daghestan by the celebrated chieftain Shamil Bey, and obliged to abandon f o r the pre s ent th e sou th b an k s o f t h e Terek and the Toundja. The Russian frontier has also been repeatedly laid waste by the Lesghians and neighbouring hordes, who have shown themselves on the other side of those rivers, menacing even the towns of Mosdock and Elizahetgrad. The Russians are preparing ,for vigorous hostilities on the Georgian side of the Caucasus, whilst it appears partly certain that they have done nothing good during the last ye ar on the coast of Abascia. Ihe Circassians have lately taken two of their fortresses, and were preparing to attack a third. The war in the Caucasus may be further than ever from a termt nation, unless the Russians consent to make peace. They incur immense losses, the expense is enormous, and the success nothing. WAR PREPARATIONS IN FRENCH AFRICA.—The Sema phore de Marseilles of the 17th states, that the French army at Oran had been lately reinforced by 6,000 men. A strong division is to ascend the valley of the Cheliff, and firm a junction with the main body of the army, above Medeah. Thence those united forces are to proceed to des . roy Mascara, Tazza, and Tekedempt. 'lhe expedition is to commence its march early in May, and to remain out two months. General Bugeaud has orders to strike a decisive blow, and ruin the poser of Abd-el-Kader in the west of the Regency. Such immense quantities of earth have given way at the scarp and counterscarp of the three bastinea and curtains of the entrenched camp of the bridge of Flanders, that it has become necessary to apply a system of shoring, which will cause en im mense additional expense. And this is not all. It is known that it was intended to spare the expanse of a facing to the counterscarp wall, in consequence of the earth every where giving way at the bridge of Flanders; at La Petite- Vallette, at Pantie Res, St. Gervais, and Belville, they talk of facing all the counterscarp. This one thing alone will nearly double the expense of the masonry. The masons' work at the bridge of Flanders will be begun this week.— Le Commerce. The Journal le Francais de le Oriest informs us that mea sures have been taken to prevent the insolent depredations of the English on the coast. " The Minister of Marine has undertaken to the Maritime Prefect of Cherbourg to detach instantly to the bay of Sr. Briene a guard ship, and to prevent the English fishermen from dredging for oysters within the limit of three miles, formed by the ninth article of the Convention of the 2d Aug., 1839; at the same time to superintend the French coasts, in conjunction at the armed pinnace stationed there. " The Minister of Marine announces that a plan proposed for the resuscitation of the oyster fishery has been adopted Ole may therefore hope that the oyster fishery at St. Briene may, by good management, become a source of wealth to the coun try."—Le Courrier Francais. . - The National, on the 16th instant, publish , d letters from correspondents, proposing that persons who approved of the politiftal principles of that journal, and sympathised with it for the prosecutions it had lately undergone before the Cham ber of Peers, should purchase an extra number of copies in order to afford it some indemnification for the lopes it had thereby sustained. The Procureur de Roi has judged the publication of these letters to be an offence against the laws of September, which interdict any paper from publishing hats of subscriptions to defray fines imposed on them in conse quence of political prosecutions, and an assignation has been issued to the responsible editor to that effect. The Magdeburgh Gazette mentions the arrest at Weimar Of a young German, who had two years ago returned thither . from Paris, on suspicion of having formed part of an asso ciation of young Germans, in the French capital, known to entertain anarchical designs against several German princes and States. "It was the French Government," this paper adds, " which discovered the existence of the association and its objects, and gave information thereof to the German authorities. A native of Weimar, and another German, belonging to the association, have been arrested in Paris, and given up to the German police. Many fathers of families in this country, who have sons at Paris, are in great apprehen sion for them, lest they should be compromised in the asso ciation." • BO URSE.-PARIS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy Price Fterich 5 per Cents ll3 95 ... 114 ... 113 1 0 ... 113 OS 4 per Cents 99 25 ... 99 4 , 1 ... 99 25 .., 99 40 3 per Cents 79 40 .. %5 50 ... 79 25 ... 79 30 lank of prance Lfiffitte Bank 5,0001. Stares 5157 5U ...5157 50 ...5157 5C ...5157 50 I,ooof. Stares 1060 ..,1061 ...1060 ...1061 elgian Bank 5 per Cent,..., lO l% ... 101 g ... um, ... Ivry, New Loan l l2 ... i 2 ... ioui ... 101% *arish Active l4g ... 94% ... '-'4y¢ ... Ye s Passive 514 ... 5% ... 5% ... 5 i eortuguese 3 per Cents " 2 , 1 ... 20 ... 20 . 20 -...alont.tri !Inman .... 104 ... 104 ... 101 ... 101 HALLWAY SHARES. St. “ermain Ve , sailles.R.. IS :-.77 50 ... 577 tyi ... 570 ... 370 LB. ........... irieans . . 485 ... 4 , 745 ..: 465 ... 414.) touen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 45i strasourg &to bale .... l3B 75 ... 538 73 ... 237 50 . 2 8 75 Funds were more offered; Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52; Five per Cents., 10,N ; Ardoin's. 20 1-16. The report this morning staes that a West India merchant of Cornhill received a letter from Waterford, via Bristol, on which is written outside, in pencil—" A ship has just arrived from the West Indies, having touched at Bermuda, and re ports the President being off the island." Little credit is given to this report. To the present hour the British market continues without the least animation. Consols may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yester day, M. a for the Account ; Money, tHq, Exchequer Bills, 14 16 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1721 173 L-; India Stock, 2551 6i- The Foreign Market is in the corresponding state as that of the British Markets ; at present the prices are nominal. Spanish Active as it left off, at 231 A; Passive, 5g- i; De ferred, 124 i; Portuguese, 33 3 / 4 34A- ; Three per Cents., 204; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 234. 23 ; Mexican, 3q 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-flalf per Cents., 526 I; Five per Cents, 99 . 4 100. SHARES.—Great Western, 29 30, prem., New, 14i 15 prem. ; London and Brighton, 2i 4 dis. ; Blackwall, 5i 4,4 dts. ; Birmingham, 69 70 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per share; Croydon, 13i 14 per share ; Greenwich, 8i 1 , ,, per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15} 144 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 141 2 13 di. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 76 Eastern Counties Great North of Englacd . ... 80 Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3Bl 581..... to Ditto Tenths London and Croydon (Trunk)... 1.34 l4 ...... to Up to the present time very little credit is given to the re port from Bristol respecting the President, still it causes some sensation. The letter received in the City from Bristol, stating that a vessel had arrived at Waterford from the We.t Indies, re specting the President steamer, is totally discredited, and sup posed to be a hoax played off by some person. The very nakedness of the letter caused immediately great suspicion. No name of the ship which brought the r,port, also not the same handwriting as the inward part of the letter, as well as no date when the slip left Bermuda. In the British Funds there is little doing ; the sales and pur chases during the morning have been to nearly an equal extent. Consols are a shade lower, 904, have been 904 ; Money 90i ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 premium ; Bank stock, 1734; India Stock 2554 256 ; India Bonds 3s. prem. In the Foreign Market also very litee doing. Spanish Active, 23a ; Passive, 54 ; Columbian, 23 ; Danish, 774 7:3; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents. not quite so good, 993, have been 100. In Shares the Market is inactive, prices rather loner. Birmingham and Gloucester, 76; Great North of England, 75 ; Great Western, 934 , Ditto, Fifths, 1 I ; London and Brighton 474 ; Ditto South Western, 584. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 172 India Stock 2551 3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds 3 pat 3 per Cent Cons 904 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3-; per Cent Iced 97h Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent 99A Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 14 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 l4 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l6 pm Jan. 1860 . . 12 13-16 Bank Stock for Acct... 173 Oct 1859 lndia Stock for 0rg.... Jan. 1860. FO it EIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 1104 Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditt o , New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent...... !Ditto, Metallic.. Colombian, b per cent... :Spanish, 5 per cent 231 Ditto, 1824. Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent.— 78 :French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 186, 5 per cent. ' Exchange 99f. 25c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. I Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 524 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent w a SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 76 . Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ..... .. . 9A- Great North of England Railway (90 paid) 75 Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... ...... ... 931 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) London and B:imingham Railway (90 pd) l6O Lttridon and Greenwich Railway (20 pd).. 84 Lon ton and South Western ... 5Bl Ditto Tenths .. ... 2i London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) North Midland Railway (100 paid) ... Ditto Now Shares (40 paid) . ... 40 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 61 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight - 12 4 Leghorn 3O 40 Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 Genoa Antwerp l2 6 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 12 'Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 ,Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 23 85 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 154 !Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 !Buenos Ayres 8er1in..... ... ............ 7 0 New - York, 21 days sight 461 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 2 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 354 Forei Gold, bars... 3 17 9 Bilboa ... 35 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona Seville' .. 35 Silver in Bars 0 5 0 POST-OFFICE PROFITS. It appears from Parliamentary Returns just published, that the net revenue of the first year of the Penny Postage is above 33 per cent. profit on its gross revenue. RATE AT WHICH LETTERS ARE POSTED.—The number of letters posted in the United Kingdom averages 750 per minute, according to the Par liamentary Returns just published, assuming that the Post-offices are open twelve hours each day. IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT.—(From a Correspondent.)—A letter from Bermuda was yesterday morninc , received by Mr. Green, a mer chant, No. 1, St. Michael's -all e y, Cornhill, from the brother-in-law of Captain Roberts, treating on business matters. On the outside of the letter was written, in pencil, that the President steam ship had put in there for repairs, owing to the damage she had sustained. This communication was brought by a vessel arrived at Waterford. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVRNINO. The markets and trade generally continue very dull in the City. The Funds were depresiei to-day in a slight d egr „, but not, perhaps, worth alluding to particularly. Consols fa' immediate transfer realised soi to 90,i, and for the Ac. count 90i to 90k, which is per cent. below yesterday's quotations. Exchequer Bills were steady at 14s. to les. premium, and India Bonds were firm at 35. premium ; Bank Stock was well maintained in the morning at 173 to i t , but closed at 17* India Stock was at 2551 to 256. The New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. were firm at 99 to 4. The Three per Cent.:AnnuiCes brought 89 to it. In the Foreign Securities there was very little dying, nor were the Railways so buoyant. Spanikh Bonds were dull at 23i to for the Account, being a trifle higher; the Passive were marked 51, the Portuguese Old Stock 62, the New Five per Cents. 33q, Mexican 31 4 , Belgian 103, Austrian 1104, Danish 71 to 78, and Dutch Two and-a-Half per C e nts. 52k. F r ench four per Cents. were quoted 99f. 52c. ; Ex c hange 25f. 40c• The value of the Great Western Railway Shares was about 28k, of the New 14, of the Fifths 7i to 7t c. 0 f the. London and Birmingham 70 to 71, of the South Western 1 94, and of the Croydon Trunk premium. Brighton Snares were at 2, Blackwell at si, Greenwich at 11 1, Midland Counties 101, and Bristol and Excter at 24 discount. Australasia Bank New Shares were 184. premium. The Foreign Exchanges were again rather heavy to. 4 i day. The more current rates for three months' bills were these :—Paris, 25f. 62ie. to 67i-c. ; • H ambur g b, 13 9 to 4 ; Amsterdam, 12 3 , 1; Antwerp, 12 31 ; Frankfurt, 149 k to 150; and Trieste, 10 to 10 1. 1 ( Fr'om The Sun of Last Nigh'. ) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, •APRIL 22.—The Falc.s of Cotton to-day amounted to about 3,000 bales, without ate • - ; ation in prices, to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 22 . —T he trans actions at the Stock Exchange this day Chester and Bir kenhead, '36i ; Ditto, New shares, ltii; Gl as g ow, P aisley, and Greenock, 2 64 ; Great Western, 201 . Shares, 114. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 22.—W ith few exceptions Railway Stock continues firm in prices :—Brist o l and Exeter, 36; Manchester and Leeds, 65i 65; London and South Western, Tenths, 445. 445. 6d. 455. ; Bank of Man chester, 71. Ils. ; Bank of Stockport, 4 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 16s. 3d. 101. 17s. 6d. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF A msTranA3l, AralL 20.—Toe Nationai l'i- ,!. rernaii.b.i stati,,nar), and the tr,:nsacriciAs were i“ s r gri iik soa, but a favourable attendance was maintained. The Foreign I - lAMBU RGII MAIL. Ems, APRIL Io.—Her Majesty the Empress of Russia has hired the country house of M. j-luytt, where the Emperor Nicholas once resided. It is to to: newly fur nished in the most splendid manner, and the Empress is expected as soon as the weather will permit. The Em peror it is thought will come some time later than the Empress, on a short visit. VIENNA, APRIL 10.—The army now amounts to 300,000 men (effective) without the reserves, and the second battalion of the Landwehr. The measures that have been resolved upon are still carried, on notwithstanding the well founde3 prospects of peace, and the army will shortly be fully (quipped, armed, and mounted. There is a report of a projected marriage of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, son of our Ambassador at London, to the Princess Mary of Nassau, sister to the reigning Duke. MUNICH, APRIL 12.—The last letters from Athens say that her Maje,ty the Queen of Greece will go at the beginning of June to Ems, and will, on ber way, visit this city. BERLIN, APRIL 16.—1 t is now decided that the Prince of Prussia shall be present at the marii4ge of the Grand Duke Alexander, as the representative of our Royal Family. He will set out on - the 18th, with a considerable suite, for Et. Petersburgh. HANOVER, APRIL 16.—We learn, on good authority, that the Empress of Russia is expee,ed here on a visit, on her way to Ems.. Prepartitims are making at the Royal Palace for the accommodation of her Majesty. The Royal proclamation is published to-day. convoking the General Assembly of the E,tates of the Kingdom to meet on the 2d of June this year. BRUNSWICK, APRIL 15.—We aro able to state, on good authority, that there is no foundation whatever for tie statement that the proposal of Brunsw i ck to join the German Customs Union, has been cleated at Berlin. M. Von Amherg had had the roost gracious and favourable recepti in at Berlin, and it is to be hoped that the wishes of the country yell' be speedily fulfilled. DANTZIC, APRIL 20.—The Provisional Assembly of the Province of Prussia having terminated, all the business bt font it was closed yest,rday by the Ruyal . Commissioner, the High President Schon. RUSSIAN FRONTIER, APRIL B.—The latest letters from St. Petersburgh say that affairs had taken a turn in Count Demidoff's favour. His amiable consort has gained the favour of the Emperor, and the Count himstlf has so- lemnly affirmed his attachment to the Russian Synod and the Orthodox Greek Church. It is said he has already obtained the Emperor's permission to make anotherjour ney to Paris. The earthquake of the 3d of April was felt in several parts of Norway, as we Is am front letters from the south west parts of the kingdom. Fahrsund, Christiar*sand, Arendahl, &e. CAI LSRUIIE, APRIL 12.—(From the Leipsic Allyemeine Zeitu»g.)—The rebuilding of the fortress of Hineingen, which covered the fronti.rs of France towards northern Switzerland, is spoken aas a thing derided on. M. Guizot, it is said, having obtained permission to this ef fect, in return fi r his approximation to the other great Povters. It cannot be denied that the restoration of flei nengen, contrary to the stipulations of 'hi , troaty of Paris, would flatter the national vanity of the French, and con tribute not a little to consolidate the present Government. A remonstrance on the part of Switzerland, which would be so much interested by the measure, would probably b't little regarded in the presert state of that country.— liamburgh Papers, April 20. BEt.ii I AN a U NDS—RaussaLs, APRIL 21. Actual Debt, 25y per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 51 er Cent lO Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 9l 3 per Cent. 70.74 (L'4o) llO4 Loan of City, 183:2, 4 per Cent 8 Society of Commerce, 4 Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... .......... 804 i National Society . ... • ••... Exchange on Londosi (short) —Brussels Papers, April 21. AUSTRIAN FUtillS.—Vta.n.•, APRIL 13 Fiveper Cents. Metalliques • lo' Four per Cents. 953 .4 Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1653 Zeitung, April IS HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, APRIL 20, Mmiey Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 163 z•-• Anielo-Russian Loan lO-14 ifa3 Russian 5 per Cent. tat series, Ci.rtifieate Inscription, Ist Se , ii:c Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Thirty.sev en, Series ... r% 9' Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1640) B -i l zi filli Dutch .tctual Debt, 2A, pe. Cent SUN bOS I)ttto O per Cent — Poli,h Bondi New ticket Anglu-Oanish Loan, a per Cept 75% 75% N. , iwegian Loan, 1634, 4 per Ci,n: .. - Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 16% EXC.:LIAM:HO; ON LONDON. __ ___ HAAIRURG, APRIL 20.-13 6%.--Two months, 13 414 PKTRIZBITICGII, APRIL 8. wo months, 3b% pence I,Eipstc, Amt, n;.—Two mo the, ti. 20. BERLIN, APRIL 17.—Three months, 6. 18%, SUBSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION.-A plan has been recently suggested, the object of which is to do away with transportation to a considerable extent, by compelling fe:ons to work in coal and other mines, subject to certain regulations apportioning the quantum of labour and the length of confinement in the pits to the heinousness of the crime and the conduct of the criminal. The attendance at her Majesty's Drawing-room on Thursday was wry thin, and, although the assemblage in front of St. James's Palace was very numerous, ti ere wa,. but little to deniand 3ttentiQo. 01 ' 7011 :e Ducli v ss 113.:1;fort, and Arg were very splendid. No others deserve mention. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, APRIL 21 —The Fr andismontair of the 19th of April has the following passage :—The police officers have been engaged all tke morning in pulling down inflam matory placards in different parts of the town. Some were posted on the columns of the Theatre ; some persons hal time to take copies. This placard is not inflamma tory, but sanguinary—it is directed against the adherents of M. Van Bommell. The subjects of this appeal, which is addressed to the working classes, are the mi,appiication of funds, which are interved for encouragi:ig industry, to the purpose of te-introducing the abuses of mortmaur, ef refunding councils, of spreading the pestilence of monks and jcsuits, A - copy was thrown during the night into the editor's box. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 31. Lille charge in the Ministry has caused a great sensation in this city, and is almost exclusively the object of general attention. We have only to add to what has already been stated, ti at Arif Bey, uncle of Rifaat Pacha, the new Minister fur Foreig❑ Affairs, is appointed t,.) succeed him as Musteschar to the Grand Vizier. The latest accounts from Beyrout, which come down to the 18th of this month, mention the arrival at that port on the )2th of Emir Haider, and of several officers, ErnirF, and Sheiks of the Druses and Mann. Les, brought from Alexandria on board an Egyptian corvet'e, and accom panied by Major Napier, an adopted son of the Commo dore. Thousands of the moun.ainecrs, with several of their Chiefs, came to the shore to welcome them, and ex pressed their joy by acclamations and firing their muskets. The Turkish army, which I ad been increased to 30,000 men, was divided between G,z3, Jerusalem, Ramie, St. Jean d'Acre, Saide, and Damascus. The Sera-kier J.- kcria Pacha, Gcn( ral J , ,chniug, the Hsrek Reschid and the Mirilicras (i. e. Br:galier- General) Egcita Omer and Abdi Pacha, are all at B yrout. SABBATH FLOGGING. " GENERAL ORDER. " House Guards, 2tld April, IE4I. " The attention of the General Commanding-in-Chief has been called to the punishment of a soldier of the 11 , h Hus sars, in the Riding House, at Hounslow, on Sunday, the 11th of April. It is well known that it is not the practice of this country to carry the penal sentences of the law into execution on the Lord's Day; neither is it the practice of the army, whether emptoyed abroad or at home. The G , rieral Commanding-in-Chief is, therefore, sur prised that an officer, in the sit nation of Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a regiment; should have carried such a sentence into execution on sued y. " I he General Commanding in-Chief desires that it tray be c'early understood that the :eatences of Military Courts arc not to be carried into execution on the Lord's Day, excepting in cases of evident necessity, the nature of which it cannot be requisite for him to define. "By comm:lnd of the Right Hen. the General Commanding-io-Chief, ( Signed) "JOHN MA CD ON AL D, Adjutant- General." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Frit:ea Albert honoure - I the Exhibi tion of the Society cf Painters in Water Colout-a, v•i!ti a visit yesterday afternoon. Her Maje,ty and his Royal Highness, attended by the Duc'aess of Bedford, Lady C. Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Earl cf Uxbridge, Lord Lilford, Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Pagtt, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at the Gallery of the Society, in Pall mall East, soot] after three o'clock, and were conducted through the Exicii.iAon. His Royal H , gbi.ess the Duke of Cambri Igo vi,ited the Queen yesterday. Viscount Melbourne had tin audience of !rm. Majesty, 3e:terday. The Royal dinner pa - ay at Buckingkham Palace, last evening, include 1 her Royal Highness the Duchess of Keat, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, the Duchess of Bed ford, Lady C. Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lchzen, the Earl and Countess of ErroP, Lady Da lily, Lord George Lennox, Sir George Anson, Hon. Henrietta Anson, Sir Edward Bowater, Lord Lilford, 1 - 1 , 11. C. A. Murray, Mr. Rich, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouvetie and Dr. Prue onus. The Band of the 21 Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance w the Palace during dinner. His Royal Highness the Duke cf Cambridge honoured the 'lmager Lady De Clifford with his company at dinner last evening, at her residence in Carlton-terrace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car rrir.ge drive yesterday. Deputation frorii the Council of the borough of Man ch,stor, to oppose the introductijn into the Criminal Jui iLie Bill of the claine; proposed by Mr. Wilson P,,i!, , eomi,ting of the Mayor of Manchester, Sir Thomas Putter, Alderman, Mr. Ainsworth, Boreughrt eve of Manchesw, Aldermen Brooks, Shuttleworth, Spencer, Kay, and K shaw, Messrs. Sattertbwaite, John Edward Taylor, P. F. Wiilcrt, and the Town Clerk of Manchester, had an in terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial office. His Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, bad an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street The Earl of Zetland had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Horne-office. Mr. Smi'.ti O'Brien, M.P., accompanied by a deputa tion from the Cape of Good Hope Trade Society, con sisting of Messrs. Abraham Wirradaile, Chairman ; S. B. Venning, Henry Maynard, J. R. Thomson, Wil liam Dickson, Thomas Tennant, Edward Philipps, S. Bannister, and James Sutherland, Secretary, had an in terview with Lord Sohn Russell yesterday at the Colonial otEee, in order to support a memorial presented to his Lordship on the subj?et of ernigrat on of labourers from Great Britain to the Cape of Good Hope. The Chairman of the Customs had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer or, Thursday, at his offi cial residence in Downing-street Mr. Greg, M. P., Mr. Mark Philip., M. P., Mr. Bro theiton, the %layor of Manchester, Mr. Ainsworth, Boroughreeve of Manchester, Aldermen Sir T. Potter, Brooks, Kay, Shutiewortli, Kershaw, and Spencer ; Messrs. T. Hopkins, Saiterttiwaite, J. E. Ta}lor, P. F. Willert, and the Town Clerk of Manchester, had an in terview with the Marquis of Norrnanby yesterday, at the Home-office, on the subject of the introduction int.) the Criminal Justice Bill of the clauses proposed by Mr. Wil son Patten. Viscount Melville and Mr. 1-11WCS, M.P., had it;terviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-office. TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF TROWBRIDGE, GENTLEMKN,—As a portion of your Address, which ap peared in The Sun of yesterday, is directed immediately to myself, I deem it necessary to offer you a brief explana. lion why I am not a member of your Association, and why the National Association fur Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People is formed. In the first place the plan of the National Asscciation was written during the first few months of our incarceration in Warwick Gaol, long before your Association was formed, arid would have been published had we been allow el free communication with our friends. On our liberation from prison our plan was published in the pamphlet entitled " Churtiam," and at different public ins ezings Mr. Collins arid myself avowed our intention of end( avoaring to form ae Association upon that plan as soon as our health and crcurnstancts pernitted. Diff.Tent plans and projects were promulgated at that. period, for carrying forward the cause of Cnartism, one was for establishing a morning paper, another a national press, others for exclusive dealing, others for joint-stock stores, and others bad projected and taken some steps tc wards forming the Natbnal Charter Association to which you belong. Our plan for obtaining the People's Charter by peaceful and moral means, by tae erecting of halls, the establishing of schools, the formation of libraries, and by every means seeking to raise the intellectual and moral character of our brethren ; white approved of by the press in general, as well as by the thisiking and reflecting portion of Chartists, instead of being made a legitimate subject fur discussion, was only made the subject of contempt and ridi cule by the people's organ, the .Northern Star, the editor of which designated National Education as a " Na tional Jackass," and without condescending to review or rebut the arguments we had adduced, hiritsd that our plan was altogether worthless, as The Sun, the Chronicle, and other pot Cons of the press bad spoken favourably of it. On my return from Cornwall I received a letter in viting me to join your Association, which I refused to do on the grounds of illegality, at the sane time referring them to Acts of Parliament by which they were shown that all who belonged to them were subject to transporta tion ; a risk I did nut choose to run. About the same time Mr. Collins called the attention of the Editor of the Star to the subject of the illegality of the Charter Association, and the necessity of cautioning the working-classes on the subject. The persons engaged on that Paper subse quently wrote to Mr. Place of London to ascertain the state of the law on the subject, which that gentleman readily furnished them with, but several weeks were suf fered to elapse before any notice was taken or warning given, when Mr. Place's article appeared without the least acknowledgment of the author. An alteration was subsequently made in the plan of your Association, to make it more conformable to law. How far that has been effected I shall not hazard an opinion ; suffice it to say i have not seen sufficient inducements in your objects, nor thit line of conduct pursued by those who rule its destinies to warrant me in joining them. Lielievitig that the principles of Chartism are purely deatiocratical, calculated to benefit ail classes, and not the working-classes exclusively, I csnnoi. agree with the gene ral denunciations against alt kiaus of union with the middle-classes, nor do I approve of the abuse, calumny, and despotic conduct which have recently been put forth against all those who think a union of all classes desirable. It has bt en stated by the editor of the Star, (doubtless with the v ew of exciting the prejudice of the working classes,) that the plan of our Association was concocted by Messrs. Hume, Roebuck, and O'Connell, when he knows to the contrary, that it is word for word such as ap peared in our pamphlet, which was written under circum stances of depriaaoons and sufferings in the cause of the peopls. But even if it etas the production of the greatest enemy of the people, its origin is of little moment, tile great question for consideration is, would it benefit the people politically and socially if the people themselves re steved to carry it into practice ? Our plan has been said to be put forth "as a secret move. ' In answer to which, I embrace this oppor unity of stating that srn.ilar means were taken to ascertain the opinion or all the known and active Chartists of the king. dorn respecting it, as were taken to obtain the signaturva to the Irish Address which was put forth previous to t h e meeting of the Convention. C oapaidescoht Charter er wereA Associations at n t oa i s l the Radical, W or ki ng bleu';, . your t rA s cpeL s ,im o throughout the kingdem—the addresses of which we could obtain—as als o t o the Members of the late C onven _ tion, emb rac i ng t h e or iginators f ;or eo Association. that not o n ly was the widest publicity given to it, but am pl e opportunities effort c for la)ing it te v clisr t;o,y o f 1 ,1,2C,.ru y : 7„, „ a v, ' • 7ne p lan of the iN dt , 0 , 4 ,1 Association are desirous of a UlllOll MORNING EDIT' C'S:. • embracing persons of all creeds, classes, ;rid cp 1111.61E ' are desirous of promoting the polit:cal so( i I inIT rc ment of the people ; and if the Membere or t % 01fiecit o your itseciwion approve of our objtcts, and the ircea,to hale put forth for the a tt a i nmen t a t the Peqole'i et r l we shall be glad to enrol them as gembers; as a' to 3 7 6 ,i Peel, Lord J. Russell, or the Duke o f We;litigt' choose to join us. At all event, ae chum the s tar4.llol ' 01 to put forth our views, and to form a un On upon our':T id as you have on yours, the Scotch on the:rs. I:ny tY. body of Reformers ; cud I,ti le can be said (‘f the •iev o : o tic feelings, the int,llect or moral pri nc ipl e ri th?'6.ast denounce as thieves, traitors, and li ars " w h d'irj c " — them in opinion or mode of cc ion. I remlin, your obedient servant, 183, Tottenham-court-road. W. LO Vgll7'. A DDRI SS7C6I I IIEPIitSIDEIV:e 0 ' THE UNITED STATES. (From the Anti-slavery Reporter.) , ant . The Committee of the British and Foreil reee te slavery Society have requested Mr. Sturge to p iese e. lll . 6 • the President of the United States an address, eiw, P , l e, the following is a copy : Sir,—As the head of a great confed e ra c y of $ 1 1: jointly valuing their free constitution and 0 5 ',. • organization, and tenacious of their rlghte andel% character, the Committee of the British a n d Fi h ir,C? e ,, Aetislavery Society, through their esteemed toastln; and representative, Joseph Sturge, would res t eess l i approach you in behalf of millions of their fell Ot i held in bondage in the United State s . Th ose eliri e are not only denied the political immunities enj ies;.( B the citizens of your great republic generally, p equal privileges and the impartial protection of 11 1 ° s law, but are deprived of their personal rights : irtP r „ they cease to be regarded and treated, under yoi ,?W ipe wise noble institutions , as men, except i n t h e con it l P te s of crime, when the utmost rigour of your penal is invoked and enforced against them ; and are le4l', fe to the degraded condition of " chattels porscoit ' "the hands of ti.e;r owners and possessors, to est 7 tents, construction-, and purpose:, whatsoever." a This is the language and the law of slavery ete upon this law, guarded with jealousy by their pel;''', o , institutions, the slave-holders of the South relst: claims to prorrty in men. But, Sir, there aria 4 1 4 anterior to all human laws, and superit r to all, to ins utions, which are immutable in their eiat cltirus which are the birth r i g ht o f ever v h usna o 41 .:1 of r. v -ry clime and of ecry cclour—c!ai t os twifialLY' a t has conferred, and worth man cannot el et troY 8;lef ilege, or infringe without sin. Persensi libe r s i do s among these the greatest a nd th e b es t, f or it i s thril l - 01 of all other rights, the conservative principle otsVet e f i el associetioes, :he spring of puldie virtues, and rv sOrF, ees to national stren,th and greatness. l e If The monstrous and tricked assumption of utile - e man over his fellow-men, which slavery implies, 'tee- 0 abhorrent to the moral sense of man xi n d, t o 4Y e - 1 4 mutable principles of justic to the righteous n .- 1, God, and to the benevolent principles of the It is, therefore, indignantly repudiated by the ,4 1° mental laws of all truly col ghtened and civilised co lel is t pities ; and by none more emph a ti ca lly than bY over which, Sir, it is your honour to preside. • h eet The great doctrine that " God bath created all Le , equal, and endowed teem with cer t a i n i na li ena ble lit T oig and that amongst these are life, libe:ty, and the per s he , of happiness," is affirm e d i n y our D ec l ara ti o n of pendence, and- justified in the theory of your con tutional laws. But there is a stain upon your el° " el Slavery, in its most abje c t an d revo l t i ng f or m, P° ll U your sod ; the wailings of slaves mingle with Yci.a songs of liberty, and the clank of their chains is he' in horrid discord with the chorus of your triumphs. r The records of your States are not less dist, guished by their w i se p rov i s i ons f or securing tte order and maintaining the instituti o n s o f your country , th by their ingenious devices for riveting the ,chains 03 perpetuating the degradatio n of y our co l our ed bretb r , 6l3. 0 . Their education is branded as a cr i me aga i ns t the St a : b ; their freedom is dreaded as a blasting pestilence ;1 0 bare suggestion of their ema nc ip a ti on i s proscribed treason to the cause of American independence. e , These things are uttered i n s orrow : f o r the 07 . mittee deeply deplore the flagrant inconsistency 50 P e "; ringly displayed between the lofty principles enibodi in the great charter of your liberties, and the evil prs_ c* tices which have been permitted to grow up under it, mar its beauty and impair its strength. But it is not on these grou n d s a l one , or ehieflY, that they deplore the existenc e o f s l aver y i n the Ve it "! States. Manifold as are the evils which flow from'c' dehumanizing as are its tendencies, fearful as it s i , l s action confessedly is on its supporters, the reproae , e . , its existence does not terminate in the institut me which gave it birth. The • sublime principles and b r e nign spirit of Christianity are dishonoured by it. 1' the light of Divine truth it stands revealed in all it° hideous deformity, a crime against God, a daring nr; pation of the prerogative and authority of the Alc" t, High. It is a violation of his righteous laws, au n u rage on his glorious attributes, a renunciation of t, b claims of his blessed Gospel, that they especially de plore the continuance and support it receives amel i you ; and, in the s pi r it o f Christian love and .fratern solicitude, they would counsel its immediate' and call" plete overthrow, as a s olemn . and irriperative duty, the performance of which no sordid reasons should he per• mitted to retard, and no political considerations to -pre' vet t. Slavery is a sin against God, and ought, dicer' fore, to be abolished. The utter extinction of slavery, and its sister Ai; nation, the internal-slave-t ra d e — secan d on ly in he ric o and extent in the United States to the African, tw ee some of its features even more revolting --- can argued by the philanthropists of this country only the abstract principle s o f mora l an d re l ig i ous d u ty; a n , to those principles the pe o pl e o f y our great lepubli6 Ir o f pledged on the side of freedom beyond every net s ° the world. The negro, by nature our eq ua l, ma d e lik e o ueselV in the image of his Creator, g if te d w ith t h e same in te ' e l e gence, impeilsd by the same passions, and rodeo:De w ; the same Saviour , is reduced by cup idi ty and 0111'1e".. sion below the leel of the b r ut e ; s p o il e d o f . hi s bn' , s nity, plundered of his ri g ht s , an d o f ten h urr i e d °I -a premature grave, the miserable victim of avarice Os heedless tyranny! Men h ave p resumptuous ly ti llr :h. to wrest from their fello ws th e most prec i ous o f toe d rights, to intercept, as f ar as t h ey may, t h e b oun ty 4 e l grace of the Almighty —t o c l ose t h e d oor to t h e ir InSe a i lectual progress—to shut every avenue to their In9 r and religious improvement—to stand between them is si their Maker ! It is aga i nst t hi s cr i me t h e co mmitt ee protest, as men and as Ch r i st i ans ; an d t h ey esr nest i i i i and respectfully call upon you, Sir, to use the big powers with which y ou are i nveste d to b r i ng it I° - & peaceful and speedy close. May you, in clo s i ng y our pu bli c career, an d in t,bie, latest hours o f y our ex i stence on eart h , b e conso l e d ts' s e the reflsetion that you h ave no t d esp i se d th e afflieli gn !„ of the afflicted ; but th a t, f a i t hf u l to t h e trusts of vo t e high stewardship, yon have been " ju s t, ruling iti t e m e e leer of God"—that you ha v e execu t e d j u d gmen t for oppressed, and have aided in the deliverance of P e ti t country from its greatest c r i me an d it s c hi e f reproan s " Signed on behalf of the Committee, London, March 8,1841. THOMAS CLARKSON' CHURCH-RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. , SlR—We have statute law auth or isi ng the P o°. g rate being made on a pound-rate, and the same ford, highway rate ; but there is no law compflling a P un ha rate for the repairs of th e Ch urc h . N ow, Sir, ti,- Church party have t a k en suc h crue l an d unwarra ntaul measures in enforcing the paynaent•of Church-rate s, „ think any legal m o d e by which the Church party 033/ be forced to join i n th e cry f or t h e a b o li t i on o f such ob noxious charge perfectly fair. I contend that whe n° veitry is determined on the amount of what the rate shall be in the pound (gay, for instance, 6d.) that t ll6 vestry has only determined on the expediency of tes l o 4 such a rate, that such resolution w ill no t justify the churchwardens in making the assessment on which, t"' found a rate ; that the parishioners have themselves the right to make the rate itself. I propose, then, that the vestry resolves, " That a rate be now made," upon which some party should produce a list of the inhabitant bousr holders, beginning (say with A. B.) if be be a Church. man le; him be rated at one pound--let no refereoe t be made to the aloe of property occupied ; then pro ceed to C. D., (a Dissenter) let him be rated a t one Fenny, and so o‘i throughout the list ; let it be the° signed by the majority of the inhabitants present, :and handed to the Chairman ; let all the Dissenters pay t he rate when called upon, leaving an' appeal to the Eccie' siastical Court to that Court's supporters, an d if fb. rate be quashed and another vestry called, as Ilia doctors say, "repeat the dose. W Sir, would yours,be -„ as &- e well, &c. April 21, ._.Perhaps Be4r h s it 1 OR poll upon Churchwardens' prop os iti on s, and 'l c ' acc ording to circumstances (at a f u t ure v estry if Ig h" e " firstG t o D d e l ra t T the at , teated) to all those who should vo t e f or the Chure w ardens propositions. • Some pat ties will say this is h l ; never mind, the war will we double. edged weapon the sooner over. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN- r ts Si it — This mornin g , Frida at eleven o'clock, the rg o ": remains of the l a :e Fredericky, Reynolds were removed f,OO ter , his late resid ence, Warren -street, Fitzroy-square, for i ld e st ment in a va u l t o f the Cemetery, Keosall-green; his e e , son, Frede , ick Mansell Reynolds, was the only 11.1 °l n 4. which i n my opinion showed a very indifferent fee To think such a talented man, who has wrote se venteen o ir ec , cessful C ome di es, b es .d es many p . eees I cannot g i ve Icc last lion to, should have but one mourner to fu low him to his ire d hone I Su re ly th ere are some aut h ors a li ve w h o have fin' his his writings, at.d I am sure ought to feel much ashamed at cold feeling. Your's respectfully, LEN° ES. April 22. NEW BARRISTERS.—The following gentler Abe were admitted BarriAL!rs nf the Middle Teml,lo o n tP, 17th inst. :—Ge , .irgo James Williamscn Nicholas Gu s t , tavus Bestell, Henry Andrews Simor, 'Jostph Wi llia d. 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