The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

THE MERCANTILE NAVY. The persons connected with the shipping of the out ports seem generally to be making a movement towards the selection of competent persons as masters and mates in the merchant service. At present the ap pointment rests with the shipowner alone, and con sidering the great risk to which persons and pro perty are exposed by the employment of improper persons in an office of such responsibil!y, and the t the low rate of insurance does not allow the interests of the shipowner to be completely idest;fied with those of the merchants and others who have an interest in the safe conveyance of their goods, the proposal is to establish boards to test the qual;fication of masters and mate?, so that their appointment may cot be left solely to the inclination of an indi vidual. A deputation has come from Glisgow charged with tie mission of holding conferences with the different bodies connected with the shipping of the United Kingdom, with a view to the esta blishment of a Legislative enactment for such a test as they consider desirable. This deputation has held a conference with the shipouners of Liverpool, at which it was resolved that it would be desirable to establish hoards for the examination of masters and mates in the merchant service, such boards to be established in London, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle, Dublin, and Glasgow (or Leith), and to examine as to qualification in navigation, seamanship, stow age of cargo, and knowledge of principal ports, with a power of re-examination is the event of a ship being lost. 'The funds, it was resolved, shoull be raised by fees for examining captains, and also by a cha-ge of 3.1. per ton on registering new ships, or id. per ton annually on all 'British shipping. It is the great desire of the persons who arc bringing forward this scheme, that by the legis lative enactment appointing the proposed boards no patronage should be given to the Govern ment, nor, indeed, any right of interleritig with the boards ; but that their appointment should test with, local bodies, such as the Town Councils of the place, or, where such assoc:ations exist, the associations of underwriters or shipowners. The duty of 3d. per ton, which is proposed to be levied on a prin ciple according to which the shipowners should bear part of the" expenses, as well as the examined, is calculated on a basis according to which the mer chant ships. in 1840 are set down at 1,700, aed their tonnage at 2.50,000, supposing an increase similar to that of several preceding years. According to this calculation, the duty of 31 on the tonnage would yield 3,12.51., besides the examination foes, which would be two guineas for a capta;n, and one guinea for a coasting master or a mate, and 10s. 6d. for the mate of a coaster. The account of British shipping, according to Mr. Johnson, who is one of the Glas gow Dsputatior, gives as the number of vessels 16,000, which would require as many captains, and about 24,000 mates, altogether 40,000 officials. Allowing 10 per cent. of these to fall off annually, and o course to be renewed, the number of examinations would be 4,000. Taking in the increase, as given above, and allowing the vessels to be 1,700 in num ber, and, moreover, supposing that 700 would be supplied by ell masters and mstes, 1,000 vessels would be left, requiring 2,500 masters and mates. Now 2.000 Capt tins for foreign voyages, at two gui neas, would give 4,2001. Masters of coasters and mates of foreign voyages, in number 3,000, and at the same rate, would give 3,1501 ; 1,500 mates of coasters at 10s. 61 would give 737/.; and the whrlc, with the addition of the rate on tonnage, would amount to 11,262/. ; while the expenses of the total number of Inc tl boards are estimated to amount to no more than 10,000/. The Centre! Board of ex aminers would be fixed in London, and be appointed by the united committee of the generel shipowners and Lloyd's. This proposal being as yet in so early a stage, it is impossible to tsll what will be its chance of success, especially as that will in a great mea sure depend on a proof that serious evils arise from de fects in the present system. The calculations, at el cute would seem to show that the plan ha 3 been thoroughly considered as to its practical working by the parties who urge its adoption. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U IDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 16, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbet ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humby. • After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. \V. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farrcn ; Lockit, Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss ltainforth; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vcstris To-morrsw, Lor.den Assurance, with Patter versus Clatter, and Twice Killed. Doers to opened at ball-past Six—the performances 42.. co _r_reenr.! at Seie o'clock. Dress Boxes 7s. ; Secend Price, 33. 6d.; First and Second c'ircles, ss. ; :second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 3:.; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the BOEI.I to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets mty se had upon application. Private Boxi. to be had so'ely of Mr. And; :ors, bookseller, .67, New Bond-street. HOP INTELLIGENCE. EAST RETFORD, MARCH 11, 1841.—At this EC:- son of the year (and particularly when we t ike into consideration the short crop of hops we have expe rienced for the last two years) it is somewhat impor tant not only to have some knowledge of the amount of stock actually on band, but also to possess some in formation as to the present appearance of the young bine, in order to form an opinion of the actual state and prospect of this important, though precarious branch of our domestic agriculture. It must be ap parent to every person who has given the subject any consideration, that the stock of all ages of old hops, of useable qualities, must be extremely limited. The annual average growth of the last tour years amounts to but 147,4401. of old duty ; being abort of the teal consumption by nearly 25,000/. During the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1833, and 1836, the ex cess of growth over the consumption amounted to about 18,0001. per annum, or about 165 . 0001. in the whole ; which, taking into consideration the quantities exported, and those of such inferior qualities as were unfit for use, leaves the quantity now on hand considerably short of a year's consumption. Perhaps, however, owing to the dearness of the article, and the fact that when it is so other ingredients are substituted, there may be as many now in the hands of the growers and factors as may serve the country until Midsummer 1842. Then sup posing we should grow less than an average crop this season ; or, what is very probable, suppose it should be barely a half crop, what must be the price of hops be fore a sufficient quantity can be produced to satisfy the wants of the community ? Besides, it is a well ascertained fact, that since the year 1837, such has been the low price of the article, and the great losses suffered by the growers, that the quantity of land sunder hop cultivation has been reduced from 56,323 acres to 50,749 acres, thereby ma wing a deficiency of 5,574 acres—or one-tenth of the whole hod thus appropriated in the kingdom. With these data be fore us, it becomes a question of considerable importance what is the nature of our future prospects ? To the ;growers they are certainly cheering, inasmuch as there is some probability that such will be the price of this necessary article of our home consumption, for some time to come, so as to yield them some remuneration foe the heavy losses they have been sustaining (a ith one one or w two . trifling exceptions) since the year 1834. Last }est. as very serious .to most or ail of our be i ,_ growers in the North Clays, many of whom logi c up wards of 161. per acre, in the shape of management, tillage, 1 ibour, &c., without producing at much as a single hop, by way of set-off, to such an immense outlay of capital. To the consumer the deftness of the article will be a matter of considerable importance, especially the general brewer and the 'victualler : to the latter elites more especially so, because the trade tl:ey arc stow doing, and the unfair competition with which they have had to contend, has reduced their legi timate busines s to itsutm ost possible limits ; an, as " it is th e last feather of therwhich bre a k s the c ame l' s Lack," so the u g h p ri ce this indi s p ensa ble ar ti c l e imay and will in somein c ltan e prove of the most seri ous .consequences. T o the Wi e r s sectioniof c onsumers , con sisting of the nobility, gentry, others, the cost of this, or any other article, is but of t g t o v t e e /providing it can be obtained f or what th ey illing moment,amaney. At the present period of h r e hop ph m t a .. p 053 C a b n e d on the Lions are nearly finished being m d o u s en -roots being exposed, the fact it found to that nearly every plant of last year's setting has perished,a eral, partly through the extensive smit with which tl:ey wer afflicted, and partly from the excessive wet weather which they experienced during the latter part of "the summer and the commencement of autumn. 'The late winter, although so excessively severe, ap pears not to have been prrlziuctive of any injury is the older sets. This may principally be attributed to the great depth of 'the snow with which the ground was covered during the severity of the frost. The un'kjrground shoots are now from two to three inches in length; of a good colour, and look rather pro- ' =king (according to the judgment of many of the bop planters) ; still they are morn slender than is usually the case in the best of years. Thus far we may state I that present appearances are rather more favourable than otherwise, though such is the nature of this pro- 'verbially fickle plant, that it is impossible to say " what a day may bring forth." The quantity of hops on hawk in this district is unusually small—certainly mot more than the neighbourhood wil: consume, so that souther short growth must necessarily cause a grea'er scarcity than we have experienced since the veer 18 0 5. At present we have none of the growth of last year on sale. Fine bright ones of 1839 command from 91. 9s . to 10/. 10e. ; other ki n d s , according to colour and , qua lity, from GI. to 81. Bs. ; o ld er ones from 41. 10s. to 71. 7s. The refill price of both Bents , Cl ays , and S ussex, k I , is is, 6d. per lb.—Doneasr Gaze-life. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Y e stemay about two o'clock, while a gerelcman r:f fra natnc.• of Pritchard was riding up Itegen•-street, his horse started off near Chas house,treet, and knocked down a man vvlio was crossing the stre;t, and who i t con!equcnce r.f the severe Ire rr ceiveil, was eat - tilt' to the Middlesex Hospital. The bore, which became quite unmann;eal le, afterwards ran with g eat force age in:t a carrier's cart, and was killed on the spot. Mr. Pritchard fell with great vi Hence, and was carried to the shop of Wai•gh, chemist aad drug.. gist, is Regent.street. The horse in the cirrie,'s cart, wag knocked down, and a little boy was thrown out of t' .e C w a _ r _ t among the feet o f th e h orse w hi c h b ro k e l oo s e , b ut " finally caught test. Maddox -street, without causing any further injury. WARWICK SPRING RACES.—The beautiful weather of the present week has been exceedingly favour able to the preparation ofour fine R ace - course f or ti sport of Wednesday. 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Yhc Publication of the Evening Edition •f TILE Sax com menced at 10 n•inutea after Three. 4111,, 4 fitt e t . , ' 44 , • D sCl °`"` 44 k. • skcif". , Cite 4,§13,z, LONDON TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1841. In the House of Lords last night no other busi ness of importance was transacted than the get ing rid of the motion of the Bishop of EXETER for an address to the Crown to withhold its as sent to the ordinance for incorporating St. Sul pice. We have elsewhere adverted to this sub ject, and shall only add . here that the Right Rev. Prelate supported his motion by a long and able address, proving his consummate ability as an orator and an advocate. Like all advocates he exaggerated ar:Lazingly, particularly as to the wealth of fne Seminary, and kept out of sight the dutes to which that wealth was devoted, that it '-;as administered under the direction of Go vernment, and that the surplus above a certain sum was appropriated to the State. _ _ The Marquis of NORMANDY answered the Right. Rev. Prelate in a speech full of matter, hut at places somewhat personal, reflecting on the good faith of the Right Rev. Prelate On excellent public grounds, however, he called on their Lordships to negative the motion of the Bishop by a large majority. The Earl of RIPON and the Duke of WEL LINGTON spoke against the motion, and the Noble Duke recommended the Bishop to with draw it. To this the Bishop of EXETER as sented, relying, as he said, on the question being re-considered, because there was some doubt, ac cording to the Duke of WELLINGTON, whether the Act of Union did not over-ride the ordinance, and make it illegal. The Marquis of NORMANBY, however, assured the Right Rev. Prelate that the Ministers had taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown on the question, and that they are con vinced that the ordinance is legal. Though this explanation took away the hope of a re-consider.. ation, the Bishop did not venture to divide the House, but withdrew his motion; and so ends his present bigoted opposition to the efforts of the Ministers to secure the peace and promote the prosperity of Canada. sonalitics passed betwixt the Marquis In the course of the di i MANBY and the some per-. of NOR-. hobble, of the e ' Bishop. Thee; the Times and there was also a little i episock. of a note from a Reportere Quebec I to help the Bishop out of a his title I was further a convictionßishop of IA representing a customary document, giving s the Roman Catholic Bishop of as a pure emanation of the Papacy of the Mar e quis of NORMANBY; but all these points are so con cisely given in our report that we only mentio n them here that our readers may have the pleasure of reading them in another part of The Sun. In the Commons, Mr. Fox MAuLE assured Mr. WAKLEY, in answer to questions, that there was no intention whatever to exclude the public from the Grcen Park, or to alter the hours of admission. In a Committee on the South Australia Acts, Lord J. RUSSELL moved a resolution, guaran teeing a loan to that colony of 20,0001., and making provision for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund. According to the Noble Lord's statement the colony has been in a state of turmoil ever since it was established. There were great difficulties in construing the Act estab lishing it, Eo that the several parties did nct know their positions and duties. In con sequence of the disputes which arose Captain HINDMARSII was removed from the Govern ment, and Colonel GAWLER appointed in his stead, who found the whole colony in a most depl orable state. To set it to rights, the expenditure rose rapidly above the income, from 20,0001. to 90 ,0001., and to 120,000/. a year. That cciTespondenee then ensue(' which we, yesterday, published. The colony, the Noble Lord explaihed, wai maintained by loans, and was founded on the supposition that the supply from this source would be inexhaustible. He considered that the sale of lands at a certain price was a sound principle, and he regretted that the application of that fund to immigration should not meet with approbation. He attributed the failure to the faulty structure of the Act of Parliament. He would propose to place the colony under the control of the Trea sury, not under the control of Commissioners, and to give the Crown a direct agency in the ap pointment of its Governor. Though it was not his opinion, if the House decided that it should have have a representative Government he would as sent to it. Lord STANLEY had thought that this subject was one which ought to have been brought be fore the House, on the responsibility of the Go vernment, before it was referred to a Committee. It was the duty of Government to come to Parliament with a definite proposition. He described the self-supporting principle as a bubble which had burst. The revenue of the colony was, he said 20,0001. a year, the expenditure 100,000/. ; and the Go vernment House cost 24,0001. The Noble Lord was very severe on the whole scheme, particu larly on introducing all the luxuries of civilized life into the wilderness. He advised Lord JOHN RUSSELL to allow the Chairman to report pro gress, and postpone the measure for a week or two, till Lord JOHN could lay before them the details of the measure it was necessary to intro- duce. Lord JOHN could not acquiesce in delay, be cause the colony was perishing. Sir R. PEEL suggested that the resolutions should express that the loan should not be im mediately paid. Lord HowicK explained that bills bad al ready been given, on the faith that the Trea sury would pay them. lie suggested that Government should receive the authority to raise some money to meet the present difficulties, and take time to adjust the affairs of the colony. Mr. HUTT defended the Australian Commis sioners from Lord STANLEY'S attack. Mr. VERNON SMITH thought the affairs of the colony were not so discouraging. Sir R. PEEL pointed out a contradiction between two statements of Colonel TORRENS, which shook his confidence in what was reported of the colony. Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his surprise at the course adopted by Lord STANLEY, who in Committee had proposed a resolution that delay would aggravate the evil. Mr. GROTE was for dispatch, that the news might go out to the colony. Lord ELTOT concurred with Lord JOHN Rus- SELL in feeling surprised at Lord STANLEY'S con duct, and said that .there, was no difference in the Cofnmittee as to the necessity of immediate steps. This is another example of the Tories quarrelling among themselves. Lord STANLEY is quite enough to set a. whole camp by the ears. Ultimately the House resumed without the Committee having adopted any resolution. No thing was done but to give the explanations made by the several gentlemen. On the Report of the Ordnance Estimates, Cap tain BOLDER° drew the attention of the House to the supplies we had furnished foreign States; when Sir 11. VIVIAN assured the Hon. Gentleman that we had only furnished the SULTAN with 24,000 stand of arms, with ammunition. The Report on the East India Rum Bill was received, after an amendment had been intro duced including date-tree sugar. The Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill was read a second time after a short debate. The Drainage of Lands Bill was opposed, and the second reading was carried by 31 to 19. On the motion of Sir W. RAE, leave was given to bring in a Bill to erect a monument to Sir WALTER SCOTT, in Edinburgh. Mr. Fox MAUL supported the motion, which has the 'consent of both parties. Some other matters of course were transacted, and at Half-past Eleven o'Clock. the House Ad journed. We have to announce, which we do with very great pleasure, that the Bishop of EXETER last night withdrew his motion for an Address to the Crown not to give its assent to the ordinance for incorporating the Seminary of St. Sulpice. We are delighted at the result, because we are con vinced that had the Bishop of EXETER been successful, the consequences would have been very injurious in Canada; because bigotry was defeated, and above all, because the defeat came in this instance from the better part of the Tories, who, as we expected, refused to hurl the firebrand which Bishop PHILLPOTS had pre pared into the peaceful and reposing community of Canada. Our readers will recollect that we stated on Saturday that " the Earl of RIPON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Lord ELLENBORUGH would discountenance the attempt to represent the House of Lords as the determined enemies of all the Catholics of the empire." We were then aware that the Duke of WELLINGTON had pledged himself to support the Bishop's mo tion ; and though we were unfeignedly astonished to hear his Grace give that pledge, after the pl tin, sensible speech of Lord MELBOURNE on Friday week, we did not expect that he would have joined his rational friends in opposing the Bishop of EXETER'S motion. It appears, however, that since Friday evening the Duke has looked into the question for himself. He was then capti vated by the easy, flowery elocution of the Right Rev. Prelate, and by his positive assertions. Forgetting much of the past history of these transactions, he had suffered his judgment to be hastily ensnared by the fervour and sincerity of the holyman. But on remembering that he had been in office with Lord BATHURST in 1821, when the letters patent for incorporating St. Nicolay were issued ; and in 1834 and 1835, when Lord ABERDEEN adopted the despatch c f the Earl of RIPON, he was at once convinced that he could not in honour throw overboard, as foolish and illegal, the acts of his own col leagues, and acts to which he had himself been a party. The Noble Duke, therefore, when he consulted his own judgment, came to a correct conclusion, and, beyond our expectations, not only combated some of the arguments of the Bishop of EXETER, particularly his wild assertion of the enormous income of St. Sulpice, but de clared his firm determination to oppose the Bishop's motion. That was decisive of the question. The Right Reverend Prelate felt he had not the smallest chance on a division ; and, therefore, adroitly seizing hold of a staff held out to him by the Duke of WEL LINGTON, lie crept out of the pool into which he had foolishly plunged, and withdrew his motion for an address. We were glad to perceive, by the reference whiCh the Duke of WELLINGTON made to the E th a e rl of AB ERDEE N, that th ose two noblemen ,were acting with one common- accor d ; an d that the N o bl e E ar l wou ld h ave accompanied pressed to a division. doubt hadiihe Earl the of f m ß o l t p i o o r iv i le b ft e n en o j s u ib s l fi e fie s Noonbtlleie subject , puke' for he made a manly, sen pdeielicshow against the Bishop's motion. He the thought leintelligadideasp:tch of 1831, admitted that the een virtually before, ridiculed incorporated idea Seminary, of taking away the pro iiifieli•loeeinnshould have of b ry, .which, he said, had 3'' any statesman, and, g the question, he could preferred his own plan of t r e t, he observed, for settling nevere i t o r t u t l y i g n • which b o e r i d i inance, which one moment think oropposin, was based on principles to wit hadpreviouslylt pure given his solemn sanction. Ited out, also, principle the agalii against the the inconsistency of the Bi l s i h e o l p x) o c ' the ordinance, and then making it a matter of ' Pecuniary Protestant fli.st conte n d p i r n i g n c , consideration, leaving to the Papists a part of the sum, instead of the whole. The Noble Earl gave no quarter to the Bishop's assertion that such an ordinance was a national crime and contrary to the principles of the Constitution. On the contrary, he regarded the settlement of the question as essen tial to the prosperity of Montreal, and would on no account allow his respect for the Protes grotEmxdEToEf tant religion, which he professed to revere, to overrule his conviction of what was due to sound policy. The Bishop of EXETER, therefore was.' defeated by his own friends. He was opposed, certainly, by the Marquis of NORMANBY j but he was defeated by the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of RIPON. As he accused the Minis ters of being favourable to Popery, he must henceforth class his own party as the enemies of Protestantism and the allies of the Papacy. What the Times and what the Standard will say to this heavy blow, inflicted on them and their party by their own friends, we can not possibly conjecture. On Friday the latter denounced Lord BATH URST as having done "many foolish things," and it included in them, especially, the letters patent for incorporating St. Nicolay, in Canada. Last night, however, the Duke of WELLINGTON st2ted to the House of Peers that he was in the Cabinet when these letters patent were issued, that be knew very well then what was going on, and that he must have been cognizant of them at the time, though he had fbrgotten them on Friday week, when the Bishop of EXETER made his first speech ; so that his 6"race must also be regarded by the Standard as one of those foolish Tories who, in the good old Tory times, did a great many fbolish things. Again our Contemporary pre pared his readers for the result of last night's debate by sneering at some " of those who call themselves Conservatives, and are sillily calU Conservatives by others," whom he described ' as conservative of nothing bu,i; their own paltry titles. But now the Standard -Must class the Duke Of WELLINGTON with those who are sillily called Conservatives by others, for he took the course which the Standard de precated by its sneer, though it then hardly supposed that such a course woull be followed by the Duke of WELLINGTON. Again, the Times has been labouring zealously in the cause of the Bishop of EXETER, and, like the rest of the bigots, was thrown overboard last night by the _Duke of WELLINGTON. No longer ago than yesterday that journal drew' a fine dis tinction between incorporating trustees, being officials of the Roman Catholic Church, alias " a certainßoman Catholic Bishop and certain Cures,' and incorporating ecclesiastics themselves. We were astonished at this boldness of assertion, even in the Times, not to call it impudence ; but the Duke of WELLINGTON, after having had the benefit of this fine distinction, and after having heard the Bishop of EXETER. endeavour to establish a perhaps still finer distinction between the purposes of the two incorporations, the ole being tp educate the people by Catholic priests, and the other to teach them the Catholic reli gion —the Duke of WELLINGTON, laughing to scorn the airy distinctions both of the Bishop and the public writer, declared that he saw no difference between the two, and that he, having been a party to the letters patent, could not oppose the ordinance. So his Grace threw overboard the bigots both of the Bench and the Press, and the good resolutions of his more vigorous days having been recalled to him, which he confessed he had forgotten, he told the Bishop, and he manfully told the Peers, that he had been in error on Friday week. On former occa ,- ,ions, the Duke has given the bigots some severe back-handed blows, but never did the whole crew so reel and rock under his blows as they did last night. They expected they had caught him in their net, and were pre paring to show him about as their last great prize. Their hopes made their disappointment the more bitter, and his refusal last night to sup port an address, which was artfully described as intended to save Protestantism from the heaviest blow struck at it since the Reformation, will redound to the discredit of the bigots throughout the empire. We did not expect that the Post would an swer, though it notices, our article of last Fri day; and notices it to declare that it is wide of the mark. Our Contemporary, we are afraid, has forgotten what and 11 herea!)out the mark was. It was assnmed by our Contemporary that the amount of exports was the measure of the value of foreign trade, and, taking that test, he treated with contempt the doctrines which would promote it, and insisted on statesmen cherish ing agriculture, to the ruin of trade. We showed that our Contemporary was thoroughly ignorant of the nature of foreign trade, which, we proved, gave value to agricultural produce, to which our Contemporary placed it in opposition. We en tered into the controversy for the sake of esta blishing a principle, and pointing out that dread ful combination of ignorance and presumption which is embodied into commercial restrictions. We have not the smallest intention of flattering the Post, when we describe it as much better informed, and much more careful in its reason ing, ignorant though it be, than the herd of country gentlemen, Right Hon. Members o Parliament, Noble Lords, and Right Rev. Pre lates, who have made, and now uphold, restric tions on the production of wealth, the vast, com plicated, and beautiful phenomena of which they are totally unacquainted with. To illustrate their still greater deficiency, we pointed out the igno rance of the Post on a subject which it neverthe less aspired to regulate. That our Contemporary can afford no answer to our remarks, is for us a satisfactory proof that it is not easy to answer them. We have received Malid Papers of the 7th iast., which being Sunday, there was no Bourse. The following extract from a letter shows the little reverence that is entertained for the laws in some districts of Spain : XERES DE LA FRONTERA, MARCH I.—The following ex • traordinary fact occurred here three days back. 'I he Alcade published a Lando, in which be stated his intenth n of doing his utmost to prevent smuggling. The smugglers assemble in great numbers and fell upon the crier, whom they beat most sev: rely, tore down his proclamation, and ordered him home, if he valued his life. The Alcade called out the militia, both foot and horse • this last was insulted and a tt ac k e d s) gross l y that it nas obliged to charge the people. I n t hi s con fli ct two men were killed, one by a lance, and the other by a sabre. The foot mil,t4 sided with the smugglers. At nine the municipality met, and it was decided that the bando concerning smuggling should be published. At hzlf past ten the members of the mun i cipality, escorted by half a company of grenadiers, and by a detachment of cavalry, came •ut, but no sooner was this body in the s'rect than .ICO persons assembled at the door of the municipal hall, voci ferating that they would oppose the bald.), and that the horre militia men were assassins who had charged the pi ople, &c. The Alcade hastened to the barracks of the t aTalry, and 100 men immediately began to pursue the infantry and popu lace, who bolted in every direction, and order Ra 3 at length restored. The Paris Journals of Sunday have all reached us. The Presse has a long and, sa-far as regards England, hostile article on the differences be tween England and the United States. As the Presse is the organ of Count MOLE and the Con servative party in the ,French Chambers, this article is important as indicating their views. Though pressed for space, we make room tt,r a long extract from it : The Americans are serious in pushing matters to extremi ties, because they fully understand that sooner or later alm. st the whole of Europe will be f reed to take a part in this war, as the grand question whether the flag covered the merchan dise must be disputed. France, at all events will dispute this principle, for two reasons, first, from honour, because she has taken the initiative in p ro t est i ng aga i ns t the right of search claimed by England, and, secondly, because imperious ne cessity will oblige- France to resist the application of the principle stigmatised by Napoleon in the Berl n and Aldan decrees. It would be exorbitant despotism to shut out French commerce from the coast of America by the declsra ration of an Order in Council that 1,600 leagues were block aded. Neither our dignity nor our interests could permit such a toleration. There would be no other part left to us but ag gression, and in this we should soon include all the other maritime Powers, for our cause would be theirs. The United States know this. They are well aware that the people of Europe, especially of France, would not be free to remain simile spectators of this stupendous struggle, and this is the reason, independently of the local and inherent. causes of the Americin charactcr, that there is such daring and decision in America, which agitate public opinion in England, because she is struck with the same truth The London Stock Exchange has been more seriously affected by the news than at any periad since the July Treaty, whilst the French Funds remain stationary instead of falling twenty per cent., as they did some mouths since. For all these reasons, our firm belief, is, that England, as in the affair of the capture of the Vixen, will yield. In this dispute with Russia she had as much ground to demand repa ration as in the 111•Leod affair. The British press in vain rnenaced Russia with war. She never yielded, but England did, and the Czar cajpled Lord Durham, who in turn was prodigal of flattery for the Emperor. 11I•Lcod will be hanged, and the British Government will not wi - ge war against the United States, because England is not certain of gaining anything by a conflict. She will bide her time, .for she never forgets nor forgives an injury, and sooner or later she will be revenged, but she will be in no hurry for reprisals. She is selfish and not warlike. Ske has no love of war. She is inspired only with interested considerations. She is prodigal of blood and treasure, and will make war for a quarter of a century provided she can gain ultimately. his is the secret of her still increasing strength. Our fault is to give way to blind passion. We wish to decide everythin; by the enthusasm of the moment. It is a brilliant and chivalric fault, but it is a defect. Let us leave to the English their per fidious habits, which render their policy so often odious; but let us endeavour to borrow from them the calm and persever ing character of their combinations, since they have afforded them so many advantages over us up to this moment." Upon this extract we will not waste a word of comment. That the writer and his party do no:: love us with the fervor of passion which distin guished the friendship of Davin and JONATHAN, may, after all, be no great misfortune., But we never allow ourselves to retort the vulgar abuse of prejudiced ignorance. Of general news there is an absolute dearth in the French journals. The Report of the Com mittee on the supplementary credits for 1840 is the subject of an article in the Debats. It ap pears from the Report that the contracts made after the Treaty of July were fran 14 to 16 per cent. higher than those made previous to the signing of that document. The journal des Debats publishes a report dated the Ist inst., from M. Hesse, the Royal Commissary of Saar bruek, which states that a fire had broken out at Hannaveiler, in the Prussian territory, which would halve consumed the en tire village but for the prenipt assistance by the inhabitants of the French frontier, and particularly the Ist Regiment of Lan cers, in garrison at Sarreguimenes. The prosecution of the National before the Court of As sizes, for an attack on the King and for bringing the Govern ment into contempt, has been again adjourned until next term, in consequence of the continued illness of M. Dela roche, the publisher. The indulgence of this Court is con trasted by the papers with the severity of the Chamber of Peers, which condemned him to a month's imprisonment and the maximum of the fine. M. Delaroche's agree ment with the National was to receive one thousand francs per month (forty pounds) during any imprison ment he might have to endure. This covenant during the secret sitting of the Peers became a matter of conversation, anti it was strongly urged to sentence M. Delaroche to the maximum of the imprisonment as well as that of the fine, be cause the National would have had to pay for three years 36,000 f. to its incarcerated publisher, and the Republican print would probably be unable to stand the outlay, and a for midable enemy in the press would thus have been disposed of. It was with great daeulty that the more merciful Judges pre vented the application of the utmost p, malty of the law. The Monzteur of this morning contains in its official part a Report of the Minister of Menne to the King, proposing to determine that the roward promised to the crew of the Astrolabe and the Mee, if they reached the 75th degree of south latitude, should be given to the officers and c-ews of these two vessels, and to the heirs of those who died during the expedition. The sum total will amount to 15,000 francs. The King ap proved of the proposal. The following letter from Blidah is dated Feb. 24 : " The ditch intended to enclose the plain, is three quarters finished, and extends not merely half-way to Mimish, but to that place itself, which enlarges the circuit by twenty kilometres. The whole plain will be enelosel in a fortnight. There wil: remain to be done, the works on the mountains, where the block-houses, are already placed, and we shall be able to circu la'e freely in the finest plain in Algeria, which is ill be co vered with harvests this very year, and will no more be as it has been—a theatre of carnage and destruction."—Le Con!cti . tutionnel, March 14. The Scntinelle de Toulon says,_ A report is in circulation among persons conrected with the navy that a French squadron, composed of six frigates and one 74 gun ship, will be formed in the Indian seas, under the com mand of Hear-Admiral Laine. The Belle Polite, commanded by Ihe Prince de Joinville, will, it is supposed, form part of the squadron. A let , er from the Turkish frontiers of 26th February to the Augsburg Gazette says, that several refugees from Candia, who were in Greece, have left it with arms and proclamations, in order to favour the insurrection against the Turkish Govern ment, which is preparing in Candia. English agents are sup posed to favour in secret these projects.—Le Commerce. , REPORT OF THE IMPORT DUTIES COMM ITTEE . NVe understand that this now for-ever-cele t)rated document, or some abridgment of it, ha: seen reprinted at New York, and is circulated ii imerica very largely. We are heartily glad of this, for the knowledge of the inutility, or rather the mischievousness of what is calledprotection,h• Is much required in the United States as here. It _nay reach that country in time to warn the people by our example against the commercial suicide, by a tariff, which they are meditating. We are much pleased also to learn that the abridgment of the Report, published by a weekly Contempo rary, has been reprinted at Carlisle, and sold to a very large amount. The very useful informa tion supplied by that invaluable Report is spread ing all over the country, indeed all over the world, and is producing an effect such as never Parliamentary document of that nature produced before. At the recent Quarter Sessions for the county of Hertford a man named David Sams, about two and twenty years of age, was triad before the Marquis of Sa isbury and sentenced to be transported for life for felony. Although so young in years the career of crime of this individual has been of an almost unprecedented character, and his case will show how unavailing are the most solemn arnings t ) the mind naturally adeicted to crime. The first offence alleged against Sims was that of the robbery Ind mureer of an old pensioner named Bent'. ti, at Tewin, near Hertford. He was tried with two other young men, named Rorch and Fletcher, at the Hcrts Assizns, when, although there appeared to be v. ry little moral doubt that he had been the original coneoetor of the scheme, and bad azt:vely assisted in the perpetratign cf the hcrrible crime imputed to him, owing to a failure cf the necessary evidence as to his identity, he was acquittee', and 1 h two unhappy companions were convicted, and sub. sequently executed. Almost immediately after this aafui avirning Sams committed another robbery, and was tried and convicted, and sentenced to six months' imf I . :mulct - it. Shortly after this period of im prisonment had expired a young min named Thomas Taylor, who had also been charged with being concerned in the robbery and murder of the old real, was taken into cut idy, and upon his tii.l Sams wa; mitted as witness for the:Crown, and he then &tad ed all the circumstances of the murder, and stated that it was committed by the two men who were executed, Taylor, and himself, and that they divided the money, between ' therm after the dreadful deed had been committed. Upon .his evidence and other corroborating testimony, Taylor was convicted, and he was also executed. It would have I ean thought that such circumstances as these would have induced Sams to change his wicked courses, the more especially as some of the gentry of the m ighbourbood of Hertford interested themselves in his behalf, and obtained him employment, whereby he might have earned a , espectable subsistence; but he speedily took to his old course of life, and his employers could keep him no longer. He then left this part of the country, and it has been ascertained that be was afterwards tried and convicted upon two charges of felony. He then returned to Hertford, and in a very short time he and tyro of his companions broke into a farm-house, near Ware, and for this offence be took his trial at the Quarter Sessions as above stated, and the case being clearly brought home to him, the Jury found him and his companions Guilty. The Marquis of Salisbury, in pa!sing sentence upon Sams, observed that he never knew an instance of so hardened a criminal as he ap ;.eared to be. He had had the most dreadful warning on a former occasion, but it appeared to have bad no Mei t upon him, and be had gone on his career cf crime until jus tice had at length overtaken him. The Noble Marquis then observed, that he thought he should be neglecting ais duty to the public if he did not pass upon him thn severest sentence of the law, which wAs, that ho be trans a-rtel for the term cf his natural life. Th e conv i ct - heard the sentence with the greatest coolness, and at its conclusion he nodded to one of hi: old companions in the body of the Court, and then walked away laughing from the bar. LOCIIGILPHEAD--THE DEAD ALIVE.--. 011 ti e ,neek before last Allan M'Dougall, mason there, re c i el a letter from Captain David Morgan, of the Sir John, of Newport, thted Kingston by Dublin, the 6th February, informing him that Colin M‘Dougall, his son, was employed along with some others in lashing the long-boat in the midst of a heavy gale, when a tremen dous sea broke on board, which tore the boat from her fart-ni. gs and drowned all therein—infermation which of course plunged all his friends in Lochgilphead in the deepest grief. About one o'clock on the morn ing of Friday last, the family were alarmel with a knock at the door, and on those within inquiring who was there, the answer was given in the voice of the ton whom they mourned as drownel. On the r being opetel, the mother fainted away, believing that it was a phantom she saw, and on recovering she was not satisfied that it was her son in life till she had felt him all over. It appeared Orrat Colin and two others had beAl carried off the deck of the Sir John in the boat. They were, without sail or oar, food or water, borne away out to sea by the violence of the wind, it requiting unre mitting baling to keep the boat from swamping. In this :•3nclition they cor.tinutd for three days, when they were p'cked up by a vessel bound to Bordeaux, from whence they were transferred to England, and last Friday Colic arrived at his home with no covering but .a shirt and trousers. About six months ago, the same lad and another were the only persons saved from a vessel which was wrecked on a lee shore. THE RAILWAY FROM PARIS TO ROUEN.--- Th 3 Cuurrier de ['Sure says the Pc: is and Rouen Com pany have commenced the works. The Company have just made a contract for the construction of very part of he railro cd, frJrn Poses to Asnier where, as is known, it will tirinch off en the road of St. Germain. This line comprises the construction of two large bridges over the Seine, one to Besons, the other to Maisons. -A sccind line is also unde,.taken on similar terms for the com pletion of two of c most important and difficult works in the whole line ; the tunnel of 3,000 metres, between Rol lebeLc and Bonni2rcs, arid the excavation rt Venables (in the arroi,dissement of Leuviers). A third contract is goirg to be enteiel, ict immediately for the portion in R i..sy end MaLt.:s ; indeed all the plans are arrang,d, and e% cry prvparaticn made for commencing the roan f ore Mantes to Paris in the ye ir 1842, that is in the course c. f 15 months ; and it is c spec tel that the wilt le line will Gnisl.ed in 1843. E oP Em EN T.--The Commerce Beige announces the c!opement of a PGrtugue:c Jewish l;eutl•aman, who has for many years resided t Brussels, with one of the most wealthy !Hi - es:es of B.lgium, who had refused SM.. ral splendid offers. Tt.c fugi ices were supposed to have proceeded to London. We have this day learnt that our Government, in older to prepare fur any emergency that may sptiog cut cf the case cf M`Lcod (and if the republic execute him, me do not think thcie is a man in this Uri ei Kingdom but mill demand jamice), have directed Fix regiments to hold themselves in readiness to cmhark for Nerth Amc. rica—two of nhich are the 191 r and 84th regiments, now in Irchnc. It h rho stated in private letters from the fist circles in PaW, that Lcrd Granville, on the 27th tat., cfilehtlly anneunced to M. Guizot that the English Government would find it ni'ccsary to send t n sail of the line t , ) the same quarter. Of course a fleet of steamers mill ferra put cf such an expedition.—Hampshire Tele graph. 4, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NEW COMEDY. Sir Harcourt Courtly, of Stow-in-the-Wold, Was an Exquisite, upwards of sixty years old, And he wanted a wife, To plague out his life (A very strange want for an elderly man, Whose love is at best but a flash in the pan) So he went to a friend, and he told him his case, Who replied, '° I've a niece with a sweet, pretty face ; " She's brisk as a bee, " Has a plum in the Three " Per cents., and o'erllows so with frolic and glee, " That ste'll suit you, I'm sure, my old buck, to a T ; " So if you'll leave town " At once, and come e.own " To my seat at Oak Abbey, of sporting renolTn— " Where stretches for miles a magn:ficent park away— " I'll splice you, as sure as my name is Max Harkaway !" Sir Harcourt as - ented, and"thought it an age 'Till he reach'd his friend's seat by the six o'clock - stage ; He was figged out in st, le, Wore a natty French We, And smelt so of musk you might nose him a mile.— With a world of grimace He bowed to Miss Grace, Who no sooner caught sight of his shrivelled old face, Than she muttered, " Oh my Eyes, what a Guy !" While Max Hai kaway whispered in answer, " Oh fie ! Were he tall as a May pole, and lean as a rat, " You should wed him, you saucy young baggage, that's fiat But there's many a slip Twixt the cup and the lip, And 'twas fated Miss Grace should not wed such a rip, For while he was wooing, And billing and cooing With his sweet-heart, the Devil's own mischief was brewing And wherever there's mischief, I've heard people cry, A woman is certain—l cannot tell why-- To have one whole finger at least in thepic It chanced that at dinner Sir Harcourt, one day, Sate next to a dashing young Bel:e, Lady Gay, Who La 1 lately dropped anchor Be-ide an old banker, And of course took her husband's queer surname of Sranker She wai wondrously witty, Coquetti h and pretty, Could turn a man's head with an amorous ditty; Could leap hedge and ditch, No matter whi..h, Was a capital that, and (abounding in pluck) Could dive like an otter, and swim like a duck, And was said—but perhaps the report may be scandal— To box quite as well as the late Mr. Randall ! Now the instant Sir Harcourt got sight of this Belle, He bade to Miss Grace an eternal farewell, For he thought to his strict sense of honour 'twas due, To be off With the old love, Which now was the ce ld love, • Before lie was handsomely on with the new ; Having sonthed thus his conscience, he flirted away, Like an a , s as he was, with the arch Lady Gay, And whenever she sung, (WLieh she called, giving tongue) He was always the first to wake up from his snore, Appr , ach the piano, and cry out " Encore !" Thus he flirted, and simpered, and sighed, 'till one night By the lady's soft glances bewildered outright, He dropped on one knee, And, chuckling with glee, Said, " Alay I request, my divine Lady G., That you'll make your Sir Harcourt the proudest of men, By eloping to-morrow precisely at ten ?" " Elope !" quoth the lady, her cheeks in a glow, Elope!—well, I never !—My stars, here's a go 1— " Does your mother, you lout, " Know that you're cut, " And the very unprincipled tricks you're about? " Elope !—And with you ? a Curse me, if I do, " Were you even as rich as old Rothschild the Jew !" So saying, she fetched him a slap in the face, Rang the bell loudly, and summoned Mis Grace! The rest of the plot may be easily guess'd ; Sir Harcourt, and justly, came off second best, For he lost both his wife and his mistress, whose lauglitCr Rang shrill in his memory many weeks after, And he learned this sad fact (Which ends the Fifth Act) That a man must be either a knave or a dunce, Who attempts to make Lve to two women at once ! We understand• Lord Crewe is abut to be married to the Hon. Miss Littleton, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Hatherton, and sister of the Countess of Cavan and Viscountess Newark. Viscountess Canterbury left last wet k for Paris. The Noble Vivcount remains in this country until the close of the season. HA IiEWOOD HOUSE.—The Earl of Harewood leave, for town the week af er Easter. The Hon. W. S. Las cell 5, M P., and Lady Caro'ine Lasee'les, left early in the past week f.r too n. Lady Louisa Cavendish and family ar rived on Wednesday from Ashford Hall, Derbyshire. The Hon. George Cavendish, M.P., will join his lady next week. By the demise of the Earl of Rothes the families of the Earl and Countess of Devon, Mr. and Lady Mary Ha worth, Hon. Henry Hugh and Lady Anna Maria Courtney, Dowager Countess of Rothes, Captain and Lady Elizabeth Wathen, and the Hon. and Rev. henry Leslie, are placed in mourning. BANKRUPTCY OF SPARKS AF. D Co.—Yes terday was fixed for the final exaniination of one of the partner, which, pf«r some discussion, was postponed. It appeared that in 1814 the bank was solvent, but that in 1827 there was ad , ficiency of upwards rf 30.000/ On the 14th ef June, 1838, the day prior t) the death of Richard Sparks, the bank debts were no less than 209,247/ 9e., while the assets were or ly 42 230/. 13s. 9d., and the a - nount of stock . sold out (the property of others) was upwards of 77,000/, ToB ACCO.—'lhc amount of duty paid last year on this article amounted to nearly 2 859,000/. Of the three kingdoms, the respective proportions of duty are— Engl tntl, 1 ,973.0001 ; Ireland, 613,0001. ; Scotland, 273,000/. EXPECTED NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES. —The Royal mail st , amer Columbia, which would sail from Boston on the Ist and Halifax. on the 3tl instant, is expected to arrive every tide. No intelligence of her Apr roach had teen received at the hour at .which, to secure the transmission of our papers to the couttry by the early mail, we a e compellel to put our journal to r resq.—Liverpool Albion. We !egret to have to announce the death of Arthur Browne, Esq., of G!e.corrib, fattier of Mr. R. D. Browne, M. P. for this county. The deceased was a gentleman of the best privati. charecter, and his death will b.t much regrette , '.—Mayo Constitution. PARIS AND ROUEN RAILROAD.—The prin cip•l inh bitai t. of Havre have authoii , ed a notary of that town to neg ti,tc with Companies who may be willing to contiouc the Paris and Rouen Railroad as far as Havre. The municipality of lLvre some tine ago voted 20,000'. towards the preliminary surveys, and agreed to devote 50,000 f. towards the execution of the line. The Temps says that the Prince de Joinville is to be sent to the Chinese seas, where it is necessary that the French flag should be in a sta'e of obseivition. REPRESENTATION OF NORT IT A MPTON SHIRE.—Fur some months past it has been well known that rd Maidstone would to t again le brought forward as a candidate f the northern division of th:s county ; though the announcemeat of his Lordship's intended retirement was uncler:ood to be delayed till the Conservative party should have fixel upon his successor. That reason for de lay has now been retail:met!, am(' the public have, in con sequence, at length been inforn ed that, at the rest ge!.eral election, Lord Maidstone will not present him self again for the cuff. ages of the electors, and that Mr. Augus:us O'Brien will receive the support of the Cone•vatives, in conjunction with Mr. Mann sell. We are ftr from helieving that the two last con tests for Nor:h Northamptinshire have decided irrevoca bly the future character of the re l reset.tltives. We still remain unsatisfied that the corstitue%cy which, only eight years ag placed Lcrd Fitzwill , am at the head of the pall, and afterwards twice returrel his lamented son without even a contest, can be so comple:ely changed as to deliberately prefer Itt•presentat!ves whose political prin ciples lead the n to counte act almost every object which the Nt:ble a2;l cr the late Lord Milton sought to promote. We belicv2 that the registration since the last general election has added not inconsi terably to the strength of the Liberal party, making the present list of electors a far mert accurate represent ,ti )r. of the feelings of the district than that of August, 1837. And we trust that, come the gezeral election when it may, the seat vacated by Lord Maidstone will be filled by a successor of widely different politics, and the large Liberal body in this county once more again • , r thi fair weight in the choice o f i ts R eprc - • seLtative , .—Northamptore Mercury. On Monday afternoon, between twelve and one o'clock, as some of the Thames police were rowing in a boat up to the Penitentiary at Milbank, they discovered tie body of a young woman floating on the surface, off Lambeth Palace. The deceased was attired in a black ► . 1:1( dress and black beavc r bonntt, and had a ring on her finger. It is supposed thq it is the bo , ly of the unfortu. nate young woman who some time since, in the day time, anew herself from London-bridge. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH ABOLITION BILL. —This B 1!, brought in by Lord John Russell , and Mr. Fox Maul-, proposes to abolish the capi'al penalty in the following C.IEC3 of felony :-1. Embezzlement of notes, bills, money, bonds, Ste., by officers of the Bank of Eng land and others. 2. Certain frauds on the revenur, such as forging stamps, dice, marks on gold and siver plate, &e. 3. In the case cf persons, who have been transpoit - d from St., Helens, returning to that island or procurriog to Grert Britain or India before the expiration of th , i term of punishment. 4. Under this Act, principals i i the second f'egrie CIO cases of felony), and accessories bef re the will be liable to the same punishment as pint i,),As in the first degree under the said Act ; and ac cessories after the fact ate tube punished by imprisonment, not exceeding two years, &c, This Bill, in comparison with that of Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, is unobjectionaUe, ina2_ much as stabbing, or assaulting with it.tent to Murder, rape, ourniog shipping, &c., and other grave offences. are v ry properly not c xempted from capital punishment by ti:e Bill c f the Government. SOAP MADE OF FLINT.—The manufacture of silex soar, wh tie Excise a year was put a stop to by or tan ego in Et.gland, has sprung up and is flourishing in Ireland. The.e is an extensive manufactory a: Cork, dor the management of the pateatees. ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY.) After the consent petitions and short causes had been 4's posed of, the MASTER of the ROLLS. gave judgment in xxiati.r V. I RAMPTON Upon a point which his Lordship littd reserved for considers; tion whether the widow of the late Mr. Knight wEs entitled to dower. His Lordship was of opinion that the clabin to dower could not be susf ainej. BOURNE V. THE ORIENTAL AND PENINSULAR STEAM NAY' CATION COMPANY. filen The further arguments in this part-heard motion were •- prcceeded with, but were not concluded when the Court N 0...., THE MA.REITI.-(T8 DAB') COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were of little moment, and privately the amount of business done was trivial. Prices, however, under went little variation. The imports were to a fair extent. • TEA 111A1 KET. The prices of this article continue in a very unsettled stae, t • and to pass ales would no doubt lead to a 'depression ; th i '' t however, the principal merchants refuse to do, fcc.ing con Eden. that it yet be a very long period before the final adjustment. ~, • of the Ch4m. ques' ion t, ken place; meantime our stoc k is fast reducing, the co:lad:000n Leing larger this year than in the two preceding years to the same time, '1 he lit tst price of Cow pany's Cungou was Is. 7d. to Is 74d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of Russia Tallow were much the same, Tvith 3 moderate request for the trade. P. Y.C. was quoted at 4 65 ' for immediate delivery. HAY MARKET. There was a good demand, and full prices %Tempo'' , the suppl was large. Straw met with a f r ee ,ale hig'' rates. Cl y over, 41. 155. to 61. ; Meadow, 31. 14s. to ; Straw, 11. 14s. to I/. 18s. LLOYD'S SHAPPING-(TII/S DAY.) LosnoN, MArtott 16i —Wind this day at neon blowing' light from the southward. DEAL, MARCH 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the river and saled, the Ulysses, Lakeman, for Gibraltar; Idris, 14 r ris, Malta. Arrived from the river, fa- Sheerness, her I lia• jesty's ship Vernon ; Astalie, Barlow, Bombay. I'r.vMOUTII, M ARCH 13. —Wind S. S. E.—Arrived ih. Plaid, Ha% es, from Patros ; Port Fleetwood, Victualler , A jar ' sala. A.lved off-port, the Paroquet, for St. Michael's ; Prima Donna, Phillips, ditto . ; Hernmda, AlbertSott, 3 2. 65 ; sina for St. Petersburgh. The wreck of the Pfiric • Coburg was passed on the 9th instant, in lon. 11, by the For Fleetwood, arrived here. Si oke the Consbrook, 13elfa 3 t , Charleston, on the 23d ult., lat. 39, lon- 29. FA LMOUTH. —Arrived off the Sir James Cockburn , Pol ics ' from St. Lewis; Eclipse, Martinson, ditto; Orientsen, Burn shem, 4th ult., lat. 4., long. 23, by the Sir James Cockburn., PORTSMOUTH 21) AR CH 15.—Wind S. S. E.--Arrived tric ' Tulloch Castle, London, Jamaica. Sailed Robarts, DOVER, MARCH 15.—The Bernard, from Rotterdam to snteaa tavia, got en the Newcombe Sand yesterday, but was z isi off, with loss of two anchors and cables, and proceeded. r SWA NAGE MARCH 15.—The Don Pedro :s stranded St. Alban's Head. r Neff NEWFOKT, MA Rcu 14.—Sailed the Bravo, Brown , York ; Durham, Temp'e, ditto; Venus, Nowell, Naples . tt, • MILFORD, MARCH 14.—Arrived the Castili. n Maid , S c° Liver from St. Michael's, spoke the Trinity yacht Denia, to pool, in lat. 50, long. 9. Calcutta . . CowEs, MARCH 15.—Sailed the Henrietta Louise, S ig ' frcm Hamburgh. a t- HULL, MARCH 15.—Arrived the Rosetta, King, from Am` , me' terdarn ; Amelia, Dougall, do. ; Bernard Etise, \ esser , tcrd m ; Ann Guthrie, Jackson, Rotterdam ; Robin"" -- Hods‘sortli, da. II A R WIC IR, MA R C 15.—Arrived t ff port, the iu— es Tampike from Rotterdam mai n et SUNDER LA AND MA RCH . 114.—Arrived the Permute, ..- - t j a , from Amsterdam; St. Peter, Gravelins ; Globe, 13°4 ' Amsterdam. PFNzascr., Mancir 14.—Arrived off port, the Indust7l Lubeck, St. Übes, Lisbon. British ship, No. 76 9 °,, r r e, standing to the N. W. 14th Janusry, the Cape of Good rfilt., bearing E. 60 miles; Sybilla, Mauritius to Bristol, /A lat. 7 S., lon. 16 W. ! „A the LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.—Wind S. S. Snowden, Hanoingway, from Africa, sailed from Ricer Gliv • von, 30th December. Sailed the Intrepid, for Deni eri ts ' Champion, Charleston ; Tyro, Gibraltar. Arrived off pm. Robert Syers, from Port Cabello. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. he Leila, from Liverrooloh° New York, 22d ult., lat. 42, lon. 33 ; D av id Clarke , I es. Jan., lat. 16, lon. 6, by the Frankland, arrived at Cl or t Lera, London to Mauritius, 31st Jan., lat. 26, lon. 2 7 - ; Cringle, London to Charleston, 18th ult., lat 26, 1 1 • 1 by Snowden, Africa to Liverpool. 3d inst., lat. 44, loci- t. the Cling, arrived at Cork. Wilberforce, of LiverPo°" g er A s teal% 50, lon. 10, by the Aurora, arrived off Dover. standing to the southward, supposed the Tagus, off S, e l' l o , Islands, the Iberia, arrived at Scuthampton. M a ' c° 3 ; bound to Singapore, 10th November, in the Straits of 13aLl''&; St. George, bound to China, 151 h, in the Straits of Su: . •, 1 , Thomas Lowry, Manila to Port Jackson, 22d Nov. ; Tb ir ' ee Batavia to Amsterdam; Fritish Isle, Singapore to Gar 26, off Java Head, by the Orixa, Agar, arrived off Plynu' ut • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCtoe LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 15.—W° $ had a good demand for cotton to-day, and the market is 3 . n o . very animated state, in expectation of news from Aw e° oa The sales are 5,000 bales, 1,ft . 00 of which hare been tak en speculation ; prices remain as at Friday's quotation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 15.—T- - S ctes Market has been very languid. The sales in Railway' comprise only the following :—Eastern Counties, Deben3ir, 4/. 9s. ; Liverpool and Manchester, 188; London an mingham, New Shares, 20; Manchester and Leeds, 69. im- Five o'clock.— No telegraphic communication. mu st be pression generally seems to be th a t the Columbian Inu - ex r• outside the Rock, or ne a r. Point Lynes, waiting for cl o ve weather, the fog iii the Channel havin g been exceedinglY Je a 1 yesterday. ale MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 15. — are Lond' n and South Western, Tenths, 15s. prem. ' ' ter and Birmingham, New 32/. Shares, 19; p r em. ; Ma nc--* •c and Leeds, 70; ditto, Halves, 30 ; Manchester and B i trrr ham, 25 ; Stafford and Rugby, 3i ; Bank of Manch e. 8a 81,4. THE FUND,. u hf 0, 0 0 The recent failures cause much excitement in 3.1 ' cio 0 , 0 0 lane, and yesterday morning another failure took place ol s- the importance, a very old standing house, speculators to tea trade. left offs Consols opened this morcing, rather better than they i ; at 864- for the Account, at present may be quoted to's the Money, 874 S . The Market as yet is in an inactive state , bis speculators are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Ct i lat; steamer. Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stoc - India Stock also. 0 In the Foreign Market Sranish Active, which left off ~ 234, may be quoted 23 j 8; Deferred. 111 12 ; Passive, Ts; Brazilian, 704 711; Colombian, 224 4 ; Portuguese ' am iL lsos they left off, 304 4 ; Three per Cents., 184 4 ; 1110,6.11 f p er 271 28 ; Buenos Ayres, 2'2 24 ; Dutch Two.and - a -la Cents., 504 1; Five per Cents. 994 4. , n 1 1 1 SHARES.—Great Western, 22 2:3 prem. ; New, ' - 7,1 5 prem. ; London and Brighton, 71 7 dis. ; Bl ac kwell , 65 dis. ; Birmingham, 53 55 prem. ex. New; Southaven 8 56 per share ; Croy don, 114 124 per share ; Greenvilc il : ii6 . per share, ex. div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures - 2 ..... 41 ...... to ---- Great Western O 5 - London and Brighton 5O Lyndon and Birrninghitm 9O lt/424 ....... . .. . . I° . -- Ditto 4 Shares - London and South Western 3Bl 56 ..• .• to --- 1 Ditto Tenths Northern and Eastern - North Midland - JOINT STOCK BANKS. 200 11 A 1,1, 1 1 7 1, 5 A. ... ..... t o o s : tich Commercial of London The Hamburgh mail of the 12th inst. has arrived, by he 04 .. • we have received the Papers of the same date, bringing ~,1 , 4 2.5; change on London at 13 34, same as last arrival ; ru metal, 1041 ; Bank Actions, 1,600. ds have • Since the early par: of the morning the British become rather heavy, owing to the Government broker .hi is sold 30,000 Consuls for money for the Savings Banks , n. expected will be continued during the week. 874 3 / 4 ' Consols which were for Money 87:14 I T ; receded to a boYu for the Account, 83 to 884, at present Consols are at th e taken price for the Account, but for Money a reaction ha' r Bills , • place, and they are 874, have been 874; Exchal ne lower, 10 6 prem. ; India Bonds better, 23 19 disc. . h a ve In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active lower, 23P/three been 234 ; Portuguese also lower, 304, have been 3011;. 51 , De. per Cents. 181 ; - Colombian, 223, also lower; SP,alal done; terred, 12 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., noth in g Five ice Cents. 994 i, also lower, have been 994. „, 88 i In Shares much the same as yesterday, Great Weste t r iqic r. . London and Brighton, 424 ; South Western, 56 ; N" .2 '. land, 70. 10 1014 We have no account as vet of the arrival o f the 0, steamer from Halifax and hoston. have itorr°col Since the above has beets written, Consols to 881 Vt. M OOS' QUARTER TO T--- ' , q uer E• Consols for Money 884 ; for Account 8 8 4 i , Bills 6 to 8 prem. Columbian 22.1 4 ; Portuguese 304 4 ; Mexica n 23 3 ; Spanish 23-4. ' No news; of the Colombia steamer from Halifax' 11 the second train from Liverptc.d. si ale LIEUTENANT NI‘CORIIIICK.- 7 A COY °l ,3etv Order in Council of the sth March, 1840, granting!, r hos sion to this o ffi cer Ix wounds ' received in Can he i, a been presented to Parliment. 'lt appears that -I Go naval awl needrrneif.rof c reu - ffial these tiy c le e t :o r en , sd a ie: nreptdr, permanently rAiln havin g jt,.: :et ya h on Lake Eiie, he received several e wo und' , I " . b teteasekcaolnktdh osntebaymtbhoeatLC"BBN. Millie' manent u equal to toe lose hi m s s. day for life. .. b :n Council ' s e v er esett l ed i on Ifign s -1i9 : 11 :: STOCKHOLM, MARCH 2. His Maje Sty Iv_ appointed M. Von Lowenskiuld, hitherto Nerwegiandlo nister of State, to the post of Governor of the ki n f. r ip of Norway, in the room of the lite Count World _ li on . burg. M. Von Due h therto Secretary of Strec , 1. r fore Parliament (moved fi r 4 pointed Minister in his place. NEW P OOR-LA W.—Br the return just that the grays total number i . 1-d in Ong that of paupers r:, 'clic 840 ("1" and W. ' a.C3 during t' , ,e quarter ended Lady-da.Y, I to eltriing , r P r fr the places net let brought under the Amendment Act, &e.), amounts to 1,°01,344. -- c p ro ,o porticn of indoor and ot.tdoer paupers telieved to th e P Tuktit,n, for the same period, was 8 6- lOths pef ce(A., el _ THE LOUVRE.—The annual exhibition ofes..(c, works of modern artists at the Louvre was opened y e ._,. c , Mr. F. Maue) itiaapjaptibanerti day (Monday )- Upwards of 4,000 works of a rt hv . °L if present e d t o the jury of admission, of which nearlirt ° o ld have I een r, fused. It is said that, upon the whole, be better than that of lart year. . Cdn i n ' C r g! 'oh • • the Delo SNIUGGLING.—Last Thursday, in f contr a ' 1 Brougham has left Paris for his estate near bouthood of Newport, Monmouthshire, 120 tubs 0 band spirits were seize 3. 1 I-01 1 Y 19. PROFESEOIt OF NATURAL LIS- m,Gil- MARIscuAL COLLEGE. —We tineer,,tand that Mr : 6- 01frg ., I;vray, Cowervator of the Museumsof the oY lll O _, , o d of Sure e sils, Edinburgh, Le c turer on Botany , 'N.: ~., te the a u'hlr o f E CW`fai works on Natural Ilisto.,lvt,ncion't" be appointed by the Gove-tinv nt to fill t 4 e ChAirr, ..,„ trot. the death of Dr. Davidscr,.in Marisebal C011ea" versa). of AL)crdeev. —A berdttn Ilet Old. E VENING EDITION. THE SUN, LONDON, Tt , ESDNY, MARCH 16,1841 EVENING EDITION 14 ...........: An il sh an: tn e r, , t s , t harkat ( :'oury ti or; 4 4, 4, 4 'hi