The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

ARN IN G EDITION - . . . . Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo.,Nrith numerous illustrations by Leech, &c., CIOLIN . 'CLIN,K. By CHARLES HOOTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ♦ ~,* To he had'at all the Libraries. 5 1S MAJESTY the ErvlltflOit of AUSTRIA . having ' AUTHORISED and GIJA NTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY D!VMENDS. (thimei they are'NO LOTTERIES) over :many of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS. at HAAIBURGH and at LUBECK, Arc now SELLING BOND S tor the'said DISTRIBU TI ON S. Per , nns desiroc!. to purchase for the Next - Distributions may re.cive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PAR i'IC U LARS, upon addressing, WITH. OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG!?, or to HElN►:' BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, amountin.g.to.£l37,s92, The Dividend s ; being X 25,000 1:_:09 £2OO 5,00) 600 150 '2,000 500 120 1,500 300 110 1,000 250 , 100 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted, during a short time, '25,000/., 18,000/., 0,0001., 5,0001., 3,600/., &e. Sze , to Londc,n ; 3,6001.. 800/., and 700/., to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin : 3.600/. to 11-verley ; 3,600/. to Halifax . (Yorkshire); 1.200/. to Portleeven ; 000/. and GOO/. to Liverpool; 90W. to Nevr eastle-utron-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull; 001/ 600!. to Manchester; 6001. to !nth-ford ; 600/. to Cork ; at.d 6001. to Itrad'ord ; they shall teel glad to remit many Dividi•iith, of the sail Distr.bntion3 to England, Ireland, and Scot lard. The Dividends falling unto the Secmi:ies can be cashed at every 1l :niter's connected with Germany in every met cantile plane cf the world. Posrscittnr.-9th March, 1841.—IIEINE BRO - fIiERS hare the pleasure to state that they remitted to-.lay, 9th March, 1841, TV-FIVE I 'I'IIOUSAND POUNDS to 1., ra don and vicinity, resulting from the .I.)itritution cf Ist ins-. lIMATRE ROYAL, COVEYE U DEP. the 31. 4 . NAG f'IMEIVT of :MADAME '1 Ills EVENING. APRIL 15 . Will be repf. , afrd the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled L()\ DoN_ ASSURANCE. Sir Htveourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max IL: I'k away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles CcurCy, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spank ,, r, Mt. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Nlr. C. Alither;s; .t.l'erk 'Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace liarkaway, Madame Vkstris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Niibett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. numb,. After %Aiikh mill be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex- • tt avv•anza entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris : The 13cast, :dr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Drefsalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar ry;olda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Hoses, Miss Lee. !'o-morrow. Lention Assurznoe, with Beaqty aed the Beast. e cvnicti hail -iia,t StX—the verknlUMlCe, le e,ommenea at :even o'Cioek. tac,.4 ; Sect;nd Pric ; Second Price, 'ls. 6d. ; Pit, . ; Gal'ary T 60-5 '411.1 Vine.; 3z. Gcl, First ?nci ; Second Priee for the 'noses to be taken of Mr. Grogan fmel Tell till Fein, ‘rhere 'Season 111,:t-offi. :‘e ha.! Privlt,. Flort to he had solely o' :Ir. Aare bookseller, N , 'TV Tlon,!-Ftref,t. ()y,ll. SURVEY 'lIlEATilit. UNDZ.B, THE MANMAIAIENT OF DAVIDGE AND ma. wiLus JONES Thrre New Pieces, supi or!ed by Mr. O. Sraith, Mr. J. S. Falls, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. J. T. Haines, in addition to the favourite'. scenery and apFointrnent*. THIS F.Y1,141 1 :1G: APRIL 15, Wlll be floe(' a New Legendary Drama, entitled TOM MOORE OF FLEET-STREET ; 011, THE STARLING OF THE OLD SA L0171"E HOUSE. Tem Mo,re, Mr. J. S. Palls ; aril^elFn Stirn, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, a Spectacle of Dialarie, called APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND; OR, THE LOVE TOKEN. Apol:yon, Mr. 0. smith. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE UNIFOP,M; 011 , TWO MEN AND ONE COAT, Characters by 'Messrs. J. S. 13all; J. T. Haines, Neville, Iltadilngham, kicAlop, Hughes, Mrs. W. Daly, &c. Entirely New Scenery and Dresses for ail Three Pieces. " THE CHINA SUN," REPUBLISHED ON SATURDAY LAST, IS NOW ON SALE, With al i the LATEST NEWS. THE RAILWAY SUN MILL BE PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH. 111(“i w3TEr.. AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS _.'tl 1 1' ol , i1:4 LI Iniliutos after 8 I zuitiutes after 8 • ---xf , LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1841. The Times cbsarved yesterday : A Chartered Bank in the United 'Statm appears to be only a collusi; e designation for a nest of sviindlei.s. ,Vhat Sir Peter Lpurie has recently laid bare, in reference to the imposture.; tf the West Middlesex pickpockets, would br pat'onitcd and dritnried in America by the viedtbier citizens of the republ c. Joseph Adey, another everlasting bare nf So. Poser's, sitculd emigrate immediately to New v.i.(re, as tar as rk. ,, ards the proper game of his vkia not only find ru&titudes perishing for lack of "anis' , thing to their advantage," but discover various reputst.lc tellow.tzaders who, if they be not over-jealous cf superior adevts, %lilt at least welcome him as a conge ni;: associate. In the ILlted States, bankiog and bur glary seem to he eLtinguisl;cl from cech ether only by c n.strurnents employed by their respective professors,— charte7s sad ertra bars, as far as concerns the spoil they are wort el for, scorn to be synon)mous tools. We dispute not the justice of these severe re mat ks, and yet if our memory betray us not, some transactions by Chartered Banks in Eng land within the last ten years would match any of the proceedings of the American Banks. We will cuotl two of the worst statements contained in the Tikes, anti,,-rininding our readers of the compara:.ively recent banking transactions at Idary_7 l e.ster, Wolverhampton, and other places, as ;yell es of the fraudulent con duct of many privlLe Leellzerze, lea:, - cethem to decide whether the Lave any reason to exult over the li . celnieue, di orderly, and unstable character et' den,oefatieiri•stitittions OE the Bark <f Vicksburg, tie report says, that it was ergi.ciz,d - tiv'the payment of $lOO,OOO in the notes of the Canal andlialAdrg Company of New Orleans : also $llO to tiher, and $lO in gold. The notes were obtained trout New Oileaus a.y a few individuals, and used by them it, Payment e,f the first instalment of stock subscribed for by them, a 11.1- 2 e pcition•of which was in the names of otarA pertons,. As too,, as the first B oa rd o f Di rectors was or pan..zed, the notes of the tell stockholders, who arc mostly di ectoi-s, were substittued for the notes of the Company abeve . referred to. These bank -notes were depoti..ed in the Commercial and Railroad Banit of Vicksburg, and were inc:ur!ed among its' resources', and, in tact, reported as spce'e to the Corrmiwioner s in December, 1837. Thns a new &ink was crcet•ed, and an old one enabled to make a s h ow o f ten th:es as much speciLt as she recur possessed ! This Bank has - also v:olatcd her cl.arter by issuinr , notes to more tnail Cl , Juble tte amount of the caps: al actually pai , l ir. The Come itoners say , ..-." The Conamereill end Railroad fink cf Vicksburg is now told by the parent Bank to t CLrc of hers' lf, in provicie g tae means cf Sustaining her erz-dit. the ti t TOM M BIGBEE RAILROAD COPANY7--The repor t rates, that ia January, 1838, the circu.latiln v‘ou, oo of . d bis Bark w,.,s le .rly es g.-cat as the caiyital p?aol the Dir.:erurs, Ming pres:ed for money, resorted pmer t'o a t r ie ', ll following method to increase the capitaofßank. Five of the Direr-VI; had their rotes 0 (;)i. 0 5 0 " th.: un!ed'for $15,096 each at thirty days, netting 617 et: Cr Urcetorr, a day or two aftrratards, had their four note; disc,unred Er similar amounts; thus increasing the capital f the Bank $135.000, and forming a basis for more itsues , , whichc-c made. The President cf the Bank also too . ; $90,000 of its notes and put them in circulation without lion r being enured at aril upon tl - c books of the Wink, end evert without the knowledge of the Cashier. These uotis were used by the President to lessen his own liabi lilies, cud loaned to the Directors jor the same purpose ! The last anti worst part of the quotation may find an appropriate likeness within a short period, even in the City of London, in the great na tional bank, which has for more than a century enjoyed a monopoly of the power of getting - hold of other nient3 property, which the Ame rican Banks struggle in vain to attain. Not only can Preeidants and Directors here discount their own hills, but they know beforehand when measures are to be adopted to curtail or enlaieee the currency ; and, being, merchants and dealers, • they buy and .sell accordingly. In truth the only apparent reason for our not being equallyshocked at our own practices as at .those of the Americans, is their Kimiliarity. What can be more monstrous than a private body, composed of merchants, having the privilege to control th e currency of the empire at their pleasure? Th ey borrow, ad libitum, from the public without paying any interest, and they lend the same money to the Government, the agent of the 7s-L7-,Public, and charge a high rate of interest. _ Such s t atements as t h ose con t a i n ed in the k-1.1 • vnes, reflect our own deformities in the prac - of others, We learn at once, by seeing '/ ~r contortion s , t h e agonies of' being plucked; we have so l ong submitted to the process, . at they have grown customary, if not pleasant; " 4 " ' 4"4‘--- and Mlle persOns even assert that we could no I S longer exist were the plucking to be discon tinued. The statements of the Times, and the facts that continually fall under our own observation, are calculated, however, to awaken a spirit of inquiry which will not . be satisfied by a surface investigation. " Charters and crow bars," says our Contemporary, in a just spirit of generalization, " as far as concerns the spoil they are worked for, seem to be synonymous tools." The remark seems to be true nearly of all times and all places; and is as applicable to College charters and charters of many learned corporations as to charters for banks. Vie may say that the Legislature is virtually a chartered body, though it hare no written parch ment as the foundation of its privileges; but it uses them to the same end as the American bunks use their charters, and as burglars use £9O their crowbars. We are willing, however, to 80 _ find an excuse for them in those new moral re lations to which -..ve adverted on Tuesday, and of wi - 4 ich legislators are as unobservant and igno rant as other men. _ The command " Thou shalt not steal" is clear and expressive, but it gives us no information as to what belongs to ourselves and what belongs to others. It may be suppose;] that we are endowed .with nit intuitive perception of this ; but that its to the ground, when we perceive that, in the present state of society, what be longs to a man, such as his wages and his profits, is really determined and settled by no other 6cri terion than the huckstering of the market. O contrary indeed is this supposition from the fact, that no inconsiderable number of 'philosophers have asserted that property is altogether the creature of positive legislation, and that the law maker settles and determines what belongs to one man and what to another. The Legislature acts in general on this maxim, and, believing that it creates the right of property, it assumes the power of appropriating, an immense part of the national wealth according to its pleasure. It is plain, .then, that the command " Thou shalt not steal" has left us in ignorance of what belongs to each; and the conduct of bankers in ope, as well as tile conduct of supposition i Anierica and Eur hiOier and more trusted classes, makes us con clude, that at present no knowledge is so neces sary as the knowledge of what justly belongs to every individual. Nothing, we are sure, but ignorance can cause those who call themselves the conservators of the public morals, who make laws to punish crimes, and who strenuously en force on the public observance the maxim we have quoted, to continually violate it. Time n moral relations which continually come into ex. istence are not known to them, and their ignor ranee causes much of the wrong they do. At tli same time, as most ofthe disorders which pre vail in society are connected with property, an( . _ with violations of property, no knowledge is nov so necessary as the knowledge of what truly be. longs to each and every individual. It is clear?; . _ commanded that one man is not to steal fron another; but what belongs to each is not as (l arty set forth; and hence it is that chartered banks, endowed priests, and colleges of law makers, continually violate this great and clear commar.d Such is a sample, we think, of that more than surface investigation to which the conduct of those who are really the respectable classes of society both in Europe and America gives rise. We are forbidden by our limits to pursue the subject now, and must content ourselves with one additional remark. Since the division of labour has become, so extensive that the huxtering of the market determines and settles what shall be- long to by far the greater number of persons in society, why, let us ask, should it not, undisturbed by legislation, determine what is to belong to all ? Why should not the wages of the parson, and the rent of the landlord, un influenced by a positive law, be e::elusively deter mined by the huckstering of the market as well as the wages of the handloom weaver ? We, at least, cannot recognise either the propriety or the justice of passing laws to bestow a certain quantum of property on these classes, while the same laws sternly tell the labouring classes to trust to the huckstering of the market for settling the amount of their wages. One princi ple or the other should be followed throughout, and as long as the State endows the priests and. keeps up rent by zi tax, the labourers will be justified in demanding that a law should secure for them ample wages. The Times yesterday had some excellent re marks on the mode in which legislators experi ment on the human race. We beg to quote a specimen : Experimental philosopbcrs are proverbial fir their in difference to the ordinary feelings of humanity. Most persons have heard of the French physician, who inoculated his Turkish patients with the plague to ascertain whether that disease might so be commu nicated ; and it would 'be easy to mention other cases, in wbich individuals have indulged a similar curiosity at the expense of their fellow-men, and, for so doing, have been visited with very general censure. But at length, in the present enlightened age, prejudice of every hind is fast disappearing ; and while science marches on with a more fearless and unhesitating step, the foible humanity is almost brow-beaten out of the field. Experimental philosophy, as it formerly advanced in its researches from rabbits to men, has now advanced from men to na• . ions ; and, no Longo contented with studying the fib - res and art( ries of animal bodies, has extended its researches to the finer mechanism and more subtle organization of those vat moral interests which constitute political so ciety. Laws of the most comprehensive nature, involving the happiness of millions, are passed by Parliament avoweolly as experiments ; philosophers are selected, from the nes•l)-urfatcd deprrtarcnt of science, to conduct the interesting process, with a carte blanche to v.sry the in strurrerits, the mode, and the mechanism of invest;ga tion, as often and as widely as they think proper; and instead of etti, horses, or dogs, the poor people of GI est Bii . a n are made the suljects cf their operations. After an exclusive application of these princi ples to the Pcor-law, the Times turns round and applie4 them to the landed gentlemen. It says— To take a c3ifferent : the gentlemen to whom we ap peal cannot be ignorant that there is a large school of poli ticians (a:id, we suspect, the Poor law Commissioners and their entire sect among the number), who consider the pre sent system of Corn-laws to be at least as capital and mis chievous an. abuse as the old system of poor-laws ever wa'. The arguments which they advance for their doc trine are infinitely stronger than any which could be brought forward against the old Poor-lax. At least, they say, let the experiment be tried, let it he seen whe ther the interests of all may not be sufficiently protected by a modification cf the present law. An entire repoal, they agree, would be most desirable, aed most beneficial in the main, Even if all the landowners were to be sacri ficed in the transition; but if tie Legislature is not pre pared fir this, let us have (they repeat) the experiment on a smaller scale, and we will see how it works. Nov, how do the landed gentry, who are oj so very ready se potohr., to make painful experiments in the person an steer this? They refute flitly. Way ? Beca us e ex periment might be painful or dangerous, either di-ect l i s yo ions consequences, to theanelv s. In: this case they fe2 plainly enouo the cruelty,the • they consider it) o f i,.f1, c . t 7 ' _lrjusttee, the robl cry (as hollow pretence of those ‘l or la i g oth sunermg upon the members of one tliss for the tenefit' e e m th t r o ou c g o h im t n h i e t themselves to priuciplesund w e i e r uld st— ind th tl e c y e t s h e they exclaim against the s m ult. r . s i t t ia m i l infatuation o a t f i experiments, o n of legislating an d eityerimentaity upon the experiment, to those who as that otal-A interrsts of the nation. The trunitric.tl proportion ra of these gentlemen who ini.4lit suffer by a Corn_l aw do suffer by the present Pco.-law of taizs to thous a nds ; and a poor man has e g n u t i , is great a capacity cf suffetiag as any Baronet or-loekeas Oh 1 that we could either see ourselves as others see us, lock i upon others with as much tenderness as we d'scover for ourselves! There is only cane small error, we think, i n the last passage. The Times represents the landl or d s as resisting the painful experiment of abolishing the Corn-laws, when the fact is, that the Corn laws are the painful experiment by which the landlords are testing the patience of the people, and their capacity of suffering - . The landlords, instead of being the victims of an experiment, are the experimental philosophers. The starv ing labourers are the " li%;ely fowls" mentioned by our Contemporary, wandering about with the molten lead of hunger poured into their stomachs . by the experimenting landlords. They arc the " unhappy dogs" whose 'brains are partially removed by the process of vivisection, in order that the landlords may learn how men are in dying, and how they ru - tgg el' s to pre serve as long as possible a pained and wretched exis . tence. For the many striking illustrations of suffering inflicted on the people by the experi menting landlords the publicwill the Times, and perhaps will come to the conclu sion that if these experimentalists were made to suffer some of the torture they inflict the result might be beneficial to humanity: Whatever the landlords may think, we be- i i lieve they' - will be - Mistakenf ' they expect I THE V,UN, LONDON., THURSDA V. APRIL 15, ISII. that the bulk of the people will allow them selves to be experimented on by legisla• tion in the manner described. by the Times. That our Contemporary's principle and. re marks cannot be circumscribed by the Poor law, and apply to a great variety of other enact ments, is rather his business than ours. We have frequently asserted that the experiments which the landlords have made on the people were not submitted to as if they Were fowls and dogs. In truth, their indignation and their discontent are only surpassed by their patience and their suffering. The landlords, pro bably, will disregard what we say, and, there fore, we will take a passage or two from the Re port of the Hand-loom Weavers' Commission. At page 64, they quote the complaint of JAMES CnomAcx, " that the Corn-laws force the weaver• to eat his bread dearer than he cu ;ht to cat it. It takes more," he says, "of his earn ings to buy food, and leaves so little remaining, that he can purchase little else." They also quote the saying of CHARLES FLETCHER, " that the weaver is Fteuliai'ly affected by these laws, because the smaller a man's in- come the greater the proportion he must spend in bread." At page GE, we find this passage : " Distrei , ," says Robert Contrill, an aged weaver, "makes a man hopelels; he beeore4 desperato and preys upon sccity, careless even of whet hula honest a6vac t ges are in his nay, and then comes the last wretched.. , :.s." Such a man is not likely to be a gaud husband, or a good lather, or a good neighbour, or even a good subject. Can we woi.der while brooding r in forced in activity Over his miifortunes, he listens t, tie ag;tators, who tell i . im that LI ey are all owing to bad legislation. When we comicler how much evil he really suffeis from the Corn-laws, can we wonder that he exaggerates their it.fluenee, or that, finding all dteration in ,hem steadily tefused by the Legislature, he cherishes wild visions of organic change. And what are these visions ? " Thvi ion of waste lands, alterations ot - the standard, universal suf frage." " The state ot mind which they indicate," say the Commissioners, " deserves serious atten- TEE GOVERNMENT OF THIS COUNTRY RE- tion. SIDES IN A MINORITY, AND A NARROW MINORITY THE OWNERS OF THE LAND, A SMALL PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY, CONSTITUTE ALMOST EXCLU SIVELY ONE It o usr OF PARLIAMENT, AND FOAM A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER. SUCH A GO VERNMENT CAN BE SA FE ONLY WHILE IT IS POPULAR, AND POPULAR ONLY WHILE IT IS BE LIEVED TO BE, IMPARTIAL. The first prudential duty is to avoid even the appearance of selfish legislation." Those are the words of the Commis sioners, and they signify that the very existence of the Government is endangered .by the cruel experiments of the legislating landlords on the food of the people. W ill they be warned in time by those who have been authorised to inquire into the condition and the feelings.of the people ? Madrid Journals of the sth inst. have reached us. The only subject which occupied the public mind was the Regency question. The advocates of the single Regency were increasing in num bers and influence. The Five per Cents. were at 25 for cash, and 271 at 60 days. The only Papers published in Paris on Mon day were the Constitutionnel, the Courrier Francais, and the supplement to the Commerce —Easter Monday being observed in Roman Catholic countries as a holiday of the first class. The Chamber of Deputies, however, met on Monday, and proceeded to discuss the Bill for Supplementary credits .for the year 1841. The speakers, up to post hour, were the Duke de VALMY, N. GUIZOT, 111. Gouix, the ex-Minister of Finance, • and M. H UMANN, the present Minister of that department. The only impor tant fact elicited in the debate is contained in the following extract from the speech of M. GUIZOT, Minister for Foreign Affairs : A negotiation is commenced, for the purpose of terminating the difficult situation in which Europe and France aLe placed by the Treaty of the 15th of July. If the aim proposed be realised, it will produce two effects :—lst, to give France the place which becomes her, without associating her in the acts in which she has not concurred; 2d, to consolidate the gene ral peace, without injuring in any manner either the policy, honour, or interests of France. The K ing's Government is following up this nego'iation with all the care and solicitude in its power, and assumes all its responsibility. But the more importance that Government attaches to its success, the more essential it is not to say one word which may endanger its success. These Journals contain no other news of any interest. The correspondent of a Morning Con temporary compensates for the absence of intelli gence in the papers by the following important announcement : The dissolution of the• Chamber was decided on in the last meeting of the. Council, and a' new political combination of the highest importance was settled. It was decided that in the event of the death of M. Pasquier (it appears that he is very ill, and given over by his physicians), M. Mole would be named Chancellor of France and President of the Chamber of Peers. The reconciliation of MM, Mole and Guizot was effected by the intercession of the King, who is the author of the combination ; its result would be to rally the Conservative party and irrevocably to keep out M. Thiers. A seat would be reserved for M. de Lamartin in the' Cabinet. If M. Pasquier should not die, the King and the Cabinet will do for him what was done for M. de Semonville in favour of the Duke de Cazes. M. Pasquier would be named Hono rary Grand Chancellor. The importance of this combination is immense. The Francois I. packet, which has arrived at Havre, brings no news more recent than which we have received from Lon don. The courier of the United States gives the following piece of intelligence, which is not mentioned by the English Journals. If we may believe a letter received at New York, the grand project of cutting through the isthmas of Panana, and of opening a communication, by means of a navigable canal, between the Pacific and the Atlantic, is at length with a pros pect of being carried into execution ; this great work may very well be executed by the French and Grenadine Company, which has been formed under the direction of M. Alphonse Morel, a French engineer. The agents of the Company write that the last obstacle that remained to be overcome-namely, securing the necessary funds, has been surmounted, and the works will be immediately commenced with vigour. A letter from Toulon of the 7th says that the Chiniere steamer, which left our port yesterday morning for Algiers with the mats and numerous passengers, was obliged by the bad weather it encountered at sea to return to port. This morning it was preparing to put to sea again, when it was run foul of by the Hercule, of 100 guns, which was lilicwte putting to sea. The collision was violent. The Chiniere • had its main-mast and mizen-mast Eruken, and suffered other da mage. As it cannot put to sea the mails and passengers will be sent by another steamer. The Ilercule is going to join the squadron off the Hieres islands. The Didon frigate and the Fhare steamer went to join the squadron yesterday. The Creole corvette, Capt. Despointes, has sailed to-day for Beyrout, where it will remain.-Le Commerce, Supplement. BOURSE.--PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 12. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prier. Prig,' rench 5 rer Cents ll3 60 ... 113 85 113 69 IN 83 4% per Cents ..... le3 :.. 1(3 ... 1133 ... 1(3 4 per Cents 99 40 ... 99 4') 99 40 .. 941 4 ) 3 per Cents '7B .85 - 75 ... 75 Ranh of cranes 1.-.tfitte Bank `,'oof. scares 5160 -516 ..SUO ...5160 I,ooof. Sh 1062 50 ...1052 50 ...1062 51 ...1062 50 Belgian Rank 5 per Cent. 3 i.er Cents 7l 71 ... 71 ... 71 New Loan Jul ... L I ... 10:11 ltly s Spanish Active r4 24% ;2 .4 Passive 5% ... 5% t% t% Portuguese 3 per Cents ••• - ••• %eapulitaii Roman IC4 ... 104% ... 1(4 ...101% P AIL WA 1. SHARES. t Cermatr: Verrailles,R. 250 ... 2')(1 ( - weans . nontpellier to Cette - ••• ••• ••• - ..ourg to hale 5lO ... 260 ... 2a) .. 260 ... 455 ... 4Y2 50 ... 4.2 59 AU.STRIAN APRIL 3 I treper Crate. Metalliques tone! per Cents ... VS% Three p..r Cents.7l% I.lArk Zharcs IE32 -41/gemetne i,esittrig, April ... 702 50 ... 70: 50 35'7 50 ... 360 .., 240 2 , 42 50 ... *0 ... 48u Poor Sir Robert Peel, forsaken by all the ar dent Tories, who prefer Lord Stanley to him, is now snubbed every day, by the only powerful organ of his party, for experimenting on the poor. The Times may hate Lord John Russell, but it treats Sir Robert Peel with sovereign con tempt. Deserted or opposed by all that is popu lar in the Press, and shoved aside by his fol lowers to make way for Lord Stanley, he is one of the destitute without a political refuge. MORTALITY AMONGST INFANTS.—On Tues day an inquest was held at the Robinson Crusoe, Earl street, 1 , 143 , 11-E"Ve, before Mr. Wakley, M. P., on the b ,dy of a female infant, aged 13 weeks, that died on Fri day night last. The Coroner obscrted that the number of suddel deer hi vaiicli occurred amongst fine healthy ch:ldreis under the ;;ge of eighteen menths was enormouF, and had I , ttcrly very much increased. He could not st att account for it. Immediately on an infant being tuund dead la bed it was invariably rumoured lint it had been overlaid ;" but no such thing, not one in a hundred met its death that way ; death was the result of some intone' complaint. EXPLOSION OF GAS ATee vTieiiwE op e rationso HfdOrUSE OF THE house of the Rev. H ighal i i n a i v n e g a r i o e , ff e N t en the t te l y e, w — •it S h "n th N t :t i l l e t. E. in Roscommon-stre,t, water which has lodged beneath ' stagnant it. For some Saturday last, a very days previous to ca Fi rr v i a ed li on M il been carried gas was perce i re i b . the inmates of the Rev. Gentl eman ' s mansion. On Saturday morning an individual, who super_ intruded the new sewe r or drain, was, with his ao examining the direction of the old sewer. T hey bad 4 , candle with tl-em, and had just opened a passage from o ne cf the vaults into the sewer, when the pent up gas which had accumulated in the p l ace exploded. Both individuals were slightly injured. The explosion blew up several laige flags ii, a small front yard where a pump had recently stood over a well of stagnant a ater, and broke three or four panes of glass in the scullery wintiow.—Liverp oo l Courier. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. All continues suspense with respect to the President steamer. Insurances have be. n effected to-day at 35 guineas. Some notice has been excited to the le4al proceedings threatened by Senhor Zulieta against a Morning Con temporary for certain allegations against him, in his cha racter of finance agent to •Spain, and as having been privy to Mendizabal's conversion, or rather, ruination scheme, a few years back. Some curious exposures, we are informed, would come out in the event of the matter being brought into a Court of Law. The Funds closed well. Console for money at 90 to I, or a rise of about a 4 per cent, on the quotations of the morning. Exchequer Bills at 11 to 13 premium ; Bank Stock at 1721 ; and the Reduced Three-and- a Half per Cents. at 971 to 981. The Foreign Securities became more eniniaied, and improved slightly in value after the Half-monthly Ac count was adjusted. The differences payable an Spanish Active Stock were about a on Portuguese, New 14 , on Mexican 2, and on Dutch 11 per Cent. The current rates to-day were 23 to 231 for the Ac tive Spanish Bonds; 331 to 33i for the New Portu auese ; 198 to 20 for the Three per Cents. ; 304 to for the Mexican ; 224 to 1 for the Colombian ; 24 ;or tLe Buenos Ayres ; 18 to 8 for tho Peruvian ; and 69 to for the Brozilian. Belgian Bonds were lit an advance to 103 ; French Three per Ceot=. at 78f. 50e., and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 511 to 32-i. The Railway Shares were dl saleable at .orwer rates. Great Western brought 29! to 301 ; the Nw 14i-; the Fifths 74 to 8 ; the Ljudon and Birming ham 69 ; the York and North M;dland 31 ; and the South Western 181 premium ; Brighton were 3 to 31; Blackwell 51 ; and the Eastern Counties 131 discount; Croydon were at par. Colonial Btolt, Shares realised 9 premium. (From The Sun of Lan Night.) LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. —THE PRESIDENT. —We have nothing to communicate. Tho opinion of one party and another cannot be reduced to any tangible shape, and of which we can form no judgment; all ii uncertain. The Caledonia is expected this or the next tile. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. APRIL 13.—The sal..s of Cotton this day amount to 3,000 bales ;' 500 of which have been taken by exporters, on speculation. There is notliqg to notice ; prices cf all descriptions are fully maintained. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 13. —But little huai. news lies been done in the Share Market tc-day. Tr e transactions are Cheacr and Birkenhead, new sin:reF, ID; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 26; GI wid Junction, 211 ; York and North Midland, 81. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 13.—The Market continues firm, and but little stock offering for F ale.—Manches ter and Leeds, 66i ; Bristol and Exeter, 36 ; Lancaster and Preston, New, 25-, 1 6 Undon and Birmingham, New 32/. Shares, 24a;-,Midland. Counties, Quarter, 22i ; Manchesttr and Birmingham, 2.14 ; Lancaster Canals, 2S. The British Market openei this mcrniag rather firm, r. Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 for the Account, may be quoted at present N i t-, tame for Money; and f;r the 25tu May next Account, 901 ; Exch^quer 11 13 prem. ; Bank Stock 171, 173 ; India 4e - ick, 254, 236 ; India Bonds, par, 2 prem. as This is settling-day in the Foreign Market. 'a4e c 1 i f business doing is pa3ing and receiving their various 13,.. ltnces to tae present time. The prices remain nominal. The Account is not an extensive one; consequently there is every appearance it will go af well. Spanish Active, 23k; Def. r. ed, 12i ; Passive, 5 1 ; Portuguese, 331 ; Tt , ree•per•Cents., 19 ; Brasilia), 69 70; Colom bian, 22i 23 ; Mexican, 30 11, Dutch Two-and-a-11 .a per Cent, 511 52; Five per Cents., 981 ;1. Shares :—Great Western, 28 30 prem. ; Crewe, 141- prem. ; London and Brighton, 31 21 dis ; Blackwall, 4 die. ; Birmingham, 67 69 prem; Southampton, 57 .55 per share ; Croydon, - 13 i per share ; Greenwich, 8k per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15k 14k dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAir AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London andßrighton London and Blackwall Manchester and Leeds North Midland Ditto New fork and North Midland... The British Funds continue firm, and money bei plentiful, investments are daily making by the public, which causes a vlight improvement in the market. Tomorrow being settling day in the British Market the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in snaking up their accounts. Cousoli we fur the 15th instant, to-morrow, 90 k ; Money, same; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ; ILek Stock, 1721; India Stock, 254; India Bonds, 2 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23k ; Portu guese Five per Cent.— nothing done ; Three per Cents. 193-; Columbian, 221 3; Mexican, 301. s ; Dutch Two aue-a- Half per Cents., 52 ; Five per Cents, 983 The Share Market has been very buoyant to-day.--. Great Western advanced from. 92 to 954 ; Firlis, from 11-3 to 111. London and Brighton, from 45f to 47 ; Blackwall Shares, 191; Manchester and Leads, 66; York and North Midland, 80 ; Now, 39. No intelligence to the present time of the Preside t steamer. The second train from Liverpool has arrived, and brings no account of the President. Consols, Money, 90i -k ; May Account, 90- ; Mt.'s ican, 31 to 311 ; Portuguese, 331 4 ; Spanish, 231 No news of the President. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 172 3 per Cent Red. B9i 3 per Cent Cons 904- 33- per Cent Red 93A New 33 per Cent 99i New 5 per Cent Long Annuitiestoexpire Jan. 1860 . . 12i Oct 1859 12 3, Jan. 1860. India Stock Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 13 pm Ditto BOW ll pm Ditto Small l4 pm Bank Stock for Opg — India Stock for:Opg 254 ^, onsols for Acct 9O _ . FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto 331 Brazilian 80nd5.... 691 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 24 :Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23i Ditto, 1824. .. ..... 221 Ditto, Deferred .. 121 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30g French, 3 per cent 7Bl. 50c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 52i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 181 Ditto, 5 per cent 9Bl SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (621 paid) 321 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... :.. ..... 91 Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) 8 Great Western liailway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64/ Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 Fail) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 159 London and South Western ... ........... Ditto Tenths .. ... 2i London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) . York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 81 of the 22d speaks of business being resumed in the principal markets of the island, and concludes with the following words :—" There are now eight Turkish men of-war, viz., two frigates, three corvettes, and three brigs, with 2,500 regular troops. At Andron, in a e harbour of Suda, likewise an English ship of the line, a frigate, and a brig. Three more English mcn-of- war were expected from Marmorizza or Malta, besides the Austrian Commodore Bandiera will soon arri‘e with his squadron ; so that we hope our tranquillity will no be again interrupted."—Allg,emeine Zeitung, April 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—ASISTELDAM, APRIL 10 done trli'e. tctual D4bt, per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amor t Symtic,4% per cent r-J' 90 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 72%3 Commercial Cmaipany, 4% per cent , h7 Ditto (1135 and 1637) 5 per cent. ...... ICOX : 011 4 Loan 1537, 5 ocr ccnt. Exchange en London, One mouth l2 07% Two months Dutch Papers, April 13. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bcaux, APRIL S. St. Schn Id. Sch., 4 , , per cent 11;4 Prussian English Loan, 1630, 4 pet ccnt 100%, kactiangc oft Lendon, three months lt .9% —Prussian Stoic Gazelle. April 9 Money lOL% TIIE FLOGGING PLER : OR, HOW TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH, " The Earl of Cardigan cannot allow the public to for get him f.ir an instant. On Sunday last, the 11th Hussars were marched into the Riding-school for div no Prayers were read, and a sermon was preached. On the conclusion of divine service the Trumpet-major vvas or dered to make things rea ly for corporal punishment ; and in this Riding-school, and on a Sunday, where, not an hour before, the whol.t regimeot was eageged in prayer, private R'-g^r; was tied up sod fkgpd, reeiliag sae hundred laahe ."—Morning Chronicle of yest,trday. Hi; Lordship goes to the Hou:e of Praycr, Tu offer, no doubt, his dcv3tions there ; Ha hears the Preacher lay sclemn stress On acts of mercy and gentlei:ess ; He hears I i n enforce the doctrines high Of pure, unlea‘c.led humanity ; H ow man should bear with his fellow-man, And hit faliogs t as Burns says, "elit!y seen ;" Abjure fal,e pride and n:a'ignant With all that tends to embitter life; The Saviour's command of Love of ey, And ate keep hely the Sabbath day ! Hii Lordship hears these truths divine, And to show that he ti irks them wondrous fine, He hurries from church with flying feet, Bris the trump to sound, and the drum t,) beat, And—just as his troop are towardi him jogg;ng— Orders a man to strip for a flogging ! Oh virtuous decd, in a Peer who's come Ili;si3g-hot from a Christian dome! How strongly the tortured wruteh's cry Attests his genuine riAy How Fr.)ves that the Chief of Mercy's clan Is Cat-o'-nine-tails Cardigan! 'Tis deemed a sin in the lowly- poor, To bake on the Sabbath day, he sure ; But to torture a wan, till his glazing eye Stiffens with mortal agony, Is ecerned—alas, for the mournful fact l-- In the lordly rich a religious act STANZAS WRITTEN UPON HEARING OF THE INTENTION TO ERECT A MONUMENT TO BURNS' S HIGHLAND MARY. By Mrs. CIIAitLES TINSLEY. Raise on that hallowed spot No proud, vain stone; Leave the young dead with her pure renown, alone, alone ! Alone with the crowning love Of one true heart ; The love to earth like a glory sent, Not to depart. Alone with the glowing youth Time may not wrung; With her heart's own touching record, kept In deathless song. With the murmur of the stream 1% he• a last they met, With the glancing of the star that shone On his regret. O shrined for aye in these, With him, thine own, Still be thou with true glory left Alone, alone ! Back, man cf pride ! thou tread'st On sacred eirth— Where is the honour thou canst bring, What is its worth ? Let no intrusive hand Break on the spell, Own'd by true, changeless hearts so long, And lov'd so well. Raise on that hallow'd spot No proud, vain stone— Leave the young dead with her pure renown, Alone, alone! Rotheram. LINES ON THE DEATH OF AIOOII,E. We copy the folowing from the Boulogne Gazette as a curiosity. It appears tLere will be no end of claimants to this celebrated ode. The French verses below arc word for word the same as those attributed to Wolfe, who cc:tsinly left his right to the honour which has been heaped upon him very doubtful : TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BOULOGNE GAZETTE." Sir,—Having observed in a recent Newspaper that a new claimant had started his pretensions to the au thorship of tl.e beautiful " Lines on the death of Sir John Moore" (improperly called au Ode), which has been generally ascribed to the late Rev. Chas. Wolfe, 1 am induced to send you for insertion in your Journal, should you find sufficient space for the purpose, the en closed copy of verses in French on a distinguished officer, who met a similar fate to General Moore, but in a more distant clime from his native land. The subject of the lines herewith sent was Colonel Beauma noire, a native of Britany, who was at the siege of Pondichery in 1749. As a sitnilir idea pzrrades the two poems, one of which was published long before the other, it is reason able to suppose that the spirit was caught by the English author, and embodied only in different lan guage ; at any rate, it is rare to find such a coincidence as to originals so approximating each other in their ideas, as the poems in question present, without either the one or other incurring the charge of plagiarism. The French verses are to be found in the " Memoires de M. Lally Tolendal" in the appendix, but if 1 am not mistaken a notice of them has been lately made by a writer in one of the London Magazines. Yours obediently, SCRUTATOR. Ni le son du tambour, ni la march funebre, Ni le leu dot soldats, no marqua son depart, Alois du brace, a la hate, a travers lea tenebrea, Murnes, nous portanres le cadavre au rempart. De minuit c'ttait l'heure, et solitaire, et sombre, La lune a peioe offrait un debile rayon ; lanterne luisait peniblement dans l'ombre, Quand de la bayonet e on creuza le gazon. D'inutile cercuci!, ni de drap funcraire, Nous re daignames point entourer le heros ; 11 gisait dans lea pHs du manteau militaire Comore un guerrior qui dort son hcurc de repos. - La priere qu'on fit fut de courte duree ; Nul ne parla de deuil, bien que le cceur fut Mais on fixait du niort la figure adoree; Mais avec amerturnc, on songeait au demain. Au demain I quand ici ou sa fosse s'aporete, Ou sun humide lit on dresse avec sanglots ; L'enncmi orgueilleux marchera sur sa tete, Et nouP, ses vete:ans, serons loin sur les Hots. Its terniront sa gloire, on pourra les entendre Nommer wort, d'un ton artier ou fol : I► les laissera dire— Eh ! qu'importe asa cendre, Que la main d'un Breton a confiee au sol. L'ceuvre durait encore, quand retentit la cloche Au sommet du befiroi, et ►e canon lointain 'lire par intervene, en annoncant l'approche, Signalait la fierre do l'cnnemi hautain. Et dans sa fosse, alors, le mimes lentement, Pres du champ cu sa glorie a ete consommes; Nous ne mimes a l'endroit, pierre, ni monument Lc laissant scut a seul avec sa renommee. At the last meeting of the Croydon Bench of Magistrates, a pauper belonging to the Croydon Union, named James Adams, was charged with the followirg of. fence, under the New Poor-law. It appeared, from the statement of the relieving officer, that the defendant had been chargeable to the union, with his family; and, upon his representing that he could not get work, a letter was given to him for a person named Hutchins, who is an over looker upon the Brighton Railway, and who has an a-- rangement with the union authorities to employ the able bodied paupers when he is able to do so, r: questing him to employ him. The defendant returned„ and said that he had made the appflcati ,n to Mr. Hutchins, and that these a ere no more hands required ; and from this statement he was again taken into the house. It svas - afrerwards ascer taineu that his story was &the, and that he bad never made any application to the person to whom the letter was addressed. Mr. Andrews, the clerk to the Board of Guar,lians, said the fact vas, Adams did not like railroad work, and he hid, therefore, attempted to deceive the Board, who considered that it was a case they ought not to pass over. The Magistrates at first expressed their doubt whether the case came within the Act as miscanduct in a pauper, but they ultin.ately convicted the defendant, and ordered him to be imprisoned for seven days. TRIESTE, APRIL 2.—The accounts, so many letters spesking of the breaking out of the plague at Malt.., arc to be lo o k e d u p on as reports b ut lit t l e entitled to credit. At Athens (from which city we have accounts to the 27th of Mach) eight bankruptcies (some of . them considerable) h ave t a k en p l ace . Accordirg to accounts brought by the steamer which arrived yesterday at Dal matia, a sanguinary conflict has taken place between the Montenegrins and th e A us t r i an troops on the fr, oitier, in which an Austrian Captain was mortally wounded. ANTRIM ELECTION.—The Dublin Mad of Monday eve Ling publishes the formal resign on aI M. IVI•Donnell. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY:—The Queen and Prince Albert walked as usual this morning- for some time on the Terrace of the Castle and in the Little Park. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took her accustomed airing this morning. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, also engaged in walking exercise this morning. About tw e l ve o ' c l oc k to -d ay P r i nce Alb ert , atten d e d by Colonel Bouveric, Mr. George Edward Anson, and Colonel Wemyss, rode into the Great Park to meet her Majesty's Stag Hounds, and enjayed a smart run. Viscount Melbourne arrived in the afternoon on a visit to the Queen. The Duchess of Bedford, HOP. Mizs Devereux, Lady Isabella Wernyss, and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson took a carriage airing. Lord and Lady Kinnaird and Major Trevellyan w: 11 have the honour of dining this evening with her Majesty and she Royal party at the Cast Li. Treir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge, left town yesterday morn ing for Wimbledon Park, to pay a visit to the Duke of Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset re ceived their Royal Hiehnesses on their arrival at Wim bledon Park. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge returned to town id the afternoon. The books emdpoking the library of her late Royal Highness Cie Princess Augusa, at Frogmore Lodge near Windsor, and et Clarence House, St. James's, and also the plate of the late Princess, have been pur chased by his M,j , :sty the King of Hanover, and were conveyed a short time ago to the apartments of his Majesty in St. James ' s Palace. Within the last few days the books and Watc have been removed from St. James's Pelace, and have been put on board a steam packet, in order to be conveyed to Hanover. Viscount Melbourne took his departure from Wim bledon Park, the residence of the Duke of Somerset, yeterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at Wind sor Castle. Judicia Committee of tie Privy Council sot yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the great wll cause " Wood and others v. Goodlake and others." Sir W. Follitt concluded his address, and Sir F. P9l - er:mmeoced his aldress for Hitchings, one of the next of kin. At four o'ellek their Lordships adjourned. The appeal will come on for further hearing on the 17th -Atty. GRAND HOWiNci MATCII. CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD. Yesterday was fixed for the decision of the fourth great rowing match on the Thames bet %yea the students of Ca abridge and Oxford Universities. The Cam bridge men Laving wen in the three former contests, the greatest interest was excited amongst the lovers of this manly exercise as to the issue of this struggle, in which the Cambridge men were either to establish their superiority, or to give the Oxonians an opportunity of retrieving their lost honours. Last Wednesday was originally fixed upon as the day of the race, but the authorities of both Universities interposed, and forbad the young men to engage in a contest upon which large sums of money were staked in Passion Week. Tne uutavourable state of the weather yesterday would have induced the managers on both sides to a further post ponement, but for the near approach of the Easter Toren, when the gentlemen must present themselves at their respective Colleges. Notwithstanding the rain and cold of yesterday, the bridges front Westminster to Putney were crowded even to the tops of the lamp-posts, Lefore the time of start ing ; and at the former bridge there was as large a col lection of boats of every kind—skin, cutters, and steamers—as ever were seen there upon any similar oc casion. At six o'clock the rival boats took their plAces, above the middle arch of the bridge. The crews were as under : OXFORD. CAMBRIDGE. COLOURS—TRUE BLUE. COLOURS—LIGHT BLUE. CREW. CREW. No. 1. Mr. Bethel—Bow No. 1. Mr. W. Croker—Bow 2. Richards 2. L. Denman, Hon. 3. Mour.taire 3. Richie 4. Royds 4. Puddley 5. Hodson 5. Pubbald 6. Lees 6. Penrose 7. Aleynall 7. G. Denman, Hon. 8. Cocks—Stroke 8. Vials—Stroke Cockswain—Wooßaton. Cockswain—J. Croker. The average weight of each crew was list. 51b. The length of the boats was each 52 feet 7 inches— breadth 3 feet 10 inches. At twelve minutes past six o'clock they started fairly, when Cambridge drew a-head directly, and soon got up to about six boats length, keeping the distance with apparent ease the whole way. In Chelsea Reach, the distance was considered by the best judges to be lull 200 3ards. In thirty. two minut...'s from the time of starting, the Cambridge men shot through Putney Bridge amidst great cheering, and were rapidly followed by their com petitors, fully fourteen boats length behind. The event has disappointed not only the numerous friends of Oxford, but some of the most experienced men upen the river, who have been of opinion for the last two or three days that the Cambridge men were overtrained, although the rowing of the latter in their recent exercises upon the riser has been universally ad mired for their skill, precision, and strength. It was said last evening in Putney, that although the stakes were but 200 guineas, the losses on the beaten side amount to some thousands, as there was every re liance on the determination of the Oxonians to regain their reputation. It is admitted on ad hands that they did their best, and their failure is by some attributed to the fact that two of their men were hurt in the band be fore the race, and rowed with pads. The two crews, with their friends, dined together at the Star and Garter, Putney, where the table, spread for 110 persons, wa4 found insufficient, and all the apartments in the house were filled. We have been informed that, before the dinner was brought in, nego tiations were in progress for a fifth match, to come off in the next vacation, and that there is same like. lihood of such an early renewal of the contest being de cided upon. The crowds upon the bridge and river at Putney were even greater than upon the metropolitan bridges and the river between them ; and we have heard it asserted by many of the oldest inhabitants of Fulham and Putney, that, in the whole of their experience, there never were assembled at one time so many craft upon the water, or so many people and equipages in the avenues of their hamlets. THE PRESIDENT.—The following are the t mnage and dimethions of the steam-vesse► which now excites so much interest, as compared with those of a man-,f-war built about the same period : Tonnage Length 268 feet Breadth (within paddle-boxes) 42 feet MAN-OF-WAR—(I2O GUNS.) Tonnage Length Breadth Captain William Higginson Duff, to - whose ex pl it in half murdering a single and unarmed policemar, with the aid of three fashionable companions as dastardly as himself, we alluded to in our last, is no longer in the army. He appears to be one of those featherbed soldiers who enter the army solely for the purpose of wearing a red coat, and being dubbed " captain." He served a short time in the 23d Fusiliers and 10th Hussars, and had, probably, good reasons for retiring altogether from the army, by the sale of his lieutenant's commission, in 1839. Lord George Loftus is in pretty much the same category. lie entered the Grenadier Guards in September, 1834 and gaited the service by the sale of his commission (net without a substantial motive, we dare say), in De cember, 1839. We may fairly congratulatethe army on the fact that these sprigs of fashion can no longer dis greca it.— United Service Gazette. MARRIAGE IN Low LlFE.—Married on Mon day last, John Osmotherley, aged 73, to Isabella Gardner, 65 ; both of whom have been for several years inmates of the Alms-houses at Stockton. John had had two wives previously, the last of whom was buried a few weeks since, but Isabella had only had one husband. The wedding was celebrated with great spirit—rum was in profusion, and when Juhn was rendered incapable of toddling about, the veteran pedagogue (for Jahn bad been both a mariner and a schoolmaster) would call upon his new made spouse to come and give him another kiss, a request with which Bella often complied, to the no small amusement of the wedding guests.-7'yne Mercury. OLD LONDON.--One of the most ancient pic torial representations of London which exists, is found in a n anuseript preserved in the British Museum, and repre sents the capt►vity of the Duke of Orleans in the Tower. The manuscript itself, which consists of the poems of the royal captive, was probably copied in the time of Henry Vf. ; but the illumination purports to represent the Lon don of an earlier date, with its bridge, its lofty-spired cathedral, its numerous churches, its gabled houses. Un der these wale we may imagine the poet and his patron to have glided, amidst crowded wherries and attendant barges, and the merry sound of song and clarion, and the shouts of the people. Often had the " imaginative" king so passed between his palace of Westminster and his Tower of London. But the state was to end in misery, and de gradation, and a solitary and mysterious death. The Prologue" of Gower, in the true spirit of the romantic times, tells us of the tow❑ which was _founded by the Trogan Brute. Here was the fable which the middle age minptrels rejoiced in, and which history has borrowed from poetry without any compromise of her propriety. The origin of nations must be fabulous ; and if vie would penetrate into the dark past, we must be satisfied with the torch-light which fablo presents to us.—Charles Anigla's London. The King of Hanover has given directions for the dismantling of his apartments in St. Jamey's Palace ; waggon loads of valuable articles arc daily sent off. TAFF-VALE RAILWAY.—This undertaking has been brought very near to completion. The entire main line from Cardiff to Merthyr will be opened on 21st inst. By a letter from Monmouth, we are informed murdered ofth&,, of a brutal murder which was committed afew days s i nce at a village near Ross, in Here f ordshir e. The man is a travelling - packmau, and the perpetrator s horrible deed a-e two colliers , . who havi ng b eat avail- victim - on the head till I , fc wa s extract, fi:-,t rz , 1)1);d Lire. i;tlcl cLe t. threw him into the Wye. Tut: inquest on the body to was be held on Tuesday. DUTCH AND GERMAN MAIL. THE HAGUE, Aran. 9.—lt is said that the personal tax, as it is called, will be levied for the year 1841, 1842, on the same footing as for 1840, 1841 ; that is, according to the existing laws ; and consequently that the project of law lately brought before • the Second Chamber will not be carried into effect till the next financial year. THE HAGUE, APRIL 1 2.—The report given by some papers that the Crown was transferred to the present King, on the condition that the concordat of 1837 should be carried Into effect, is without foundation. FRANKFORT. APRIL 6.—lt may now be pretty con fidently affirmed that her Majesty the Empress of Russia will embark at Kronstadt for Lubeck at the beginning of June, and probably accompanied by her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandria. They will go to Emms, the waters of which have had so fc'our able an effect on her Majcsty's health. BERLIN, APRIL B.—The opinion ofour• revered King respecting the commercial treaty with Holland, has led the Customs' Union to come to a favourable decision list week, to give notice on the Ist July of the expira tion of the Convention, so that it will expire on the Ist Janeary 1842. Thus the German merchants are to tiered from another cause of' alarm. FRANKFORT, APRIL S.—Vehement complaints are made of the t3tade duties. It seems that the hope of seeing the Hanoverian flag treated, in Belgiun , ?, on a par with that of the most fasoured nation, on a promise of reciprocity on the part of Hanover, is not very great, because the opinion gains ground in Brussels that the Hanoverian declarations of reciprocity are illusory, be cause no mention whatever is wade of the Stade or Braunshausen duties. HAMBURG'', APRIL 9.—We have some account from Stallung, th a t on Saturday, 31 April, about half-past three in the afternoon, an uncommonly smart shock of an earthquake was felt in almost all Jutland. The houses trembled, and the furniture was thrown down in some places, especially Thisted and Logitov ; walls were cracked, and chimneys were thrown doWn. TaiEsTE, APRIL 2.—The letters from Alexandria of the 17th ult., and from C o nstantinople of the 21st ult. received to-day, bring nothing decisk e respecting the E4yptian question, and they a I express a hope that in spite of the councils of the British Ambassador tie Representatives of the other great Powers at Coast in tinople will induce the Porte to modify the h att i.. seherif. The troubles in Sautes and Candia appear not to have been so serious as they were represented. It is hoped that a few Turkish ships of was, which arrived at Tsehesme on the 15th of March, to take troops and convey them to Samos, will suffice to restore order in that island. We have letters from Candia of the sth and the 22d. One of the first date says—" About a hundred individuals arrived from the Morea in our island, and endeavoured to excite the inhabitants against the Turkish Government ; they met with most encourage.. client from some hot-headed Greeks who joined them. Three English ships of war sufficed to keep the rebels in awe, and as the Consular authorities did their at. most to quiet the FeopUs minds, we hope that all will be put an end to without bloodshcd." A second letter MORNING SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—Tur . Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added, for three rlo 7st ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9.4; six and aged, 9 st 211 Y allowed 31b. T.Y. C. The winner to be sold for 15 4 ) 1 “ (4 Subs.) Mr. Edwards's Remnant, 4 yrs (E. Efiwa.4s)l Sir. Rogers's Jessica, 3 yrs.. ....................... ...... Duke of Portland's Ruthless, 4 yrs ................ . Marquis of Beresford's ch f Audrey, 3 yrs ................... •,;;, Betting—Even on Remnant; 7to 2 a , rst Ruthless (t/' and 4to I agst Jessica. Won by a neck: Wi n ner elaim e e Riddleworth's Stakes of 200 sovs. each, .h It, for the 'o duce of mares covered in 1837 ; colts, Bst 71b ; and qbs Bst 61b. D. 31., with mares, &c., all 3lbs%, both 1 (10 subs.) 0 Mr. Wreford's Wahab, by Sultan... ...... " (J• Day') • o o Lord Exeter's Abydos b 'ultan 0 3 Duke of Portland's c, by Muntlig, outof Thebes d 5 Belting.-11 to 4on Wahab, 4to I agst Abydo 4, 11 1 / 1 1 0 1 agst Thebes. After the dead heat, 6 to son Wales w`:.in easily by two lengths. f 3fi reg Sweep - takes of 50 sovs each, for Foals of 1838,0tt 40. that nevCr bred a winner; colts Bst 71b, and fillies 0" D. M (lei: Subs.) ) I Duke of Bedford's cbi Taurus, out of Oak Apple ( Robins °••• 2 Duke of Grafton's ch c. Nick ..... ... ...c.••• Mr. Thornhill's b c Eo'ian . . .. ........•••• .... Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Gobernou . c . h . e... ................... 5 to 2 on Oak-apple. Won by a :engt.h . A match is made fir Thursday between ,Lord Li g i n g of The Corsair, Bst 71b, and the Duke of Bedfordi. Din the Peaks, Bst. 'l'. Y. C. 200 h tt. • FURTHER PARTICULAR 3 OF TUESDAY'S RAO* 010 SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVEREIGNS EACII."-Jes SICI ,, all the running to the cords, where the other lenged simu!tanepusly, and made a beautiful ra ofor Remnant winning by a neck, Jessica beating Ite°Li t te. second place by half a length. The winner was w dog' TURSDAY'S RIDDLESWORTII.—Ab;dO3 took tae good but not first-nve pace, and ms de play to Ih t e es trot where Wal:ab made big push, and after. a dele" t: t he gle caught him on the post. and made it a read he2e,014 Drake's colt was an indifferent third. in the 'J neat Wahab made strong running all the' " 7 ' 113 d 0 0 " tasy by two lengths. .a eat ° SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVEREIGNS EACH.-- 'l . ': :10 ° I ith the lead, loft:wed by the Duke of Bedt.,r'sirg-t Gobemouche to the ropes; the latter then die . arlf the favourite, challenging Nick, defeated him 71 ' cic a length. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. • ta TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES' 7 to 2 agst Ralph 8 to 1 agst j ot 11 to 2 agst Eringo—ta. 1000 t o 12 agst M t 6 to 1 agst Wallah taken THE DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 11 to 1 agst Van Amburgh 15 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken 16 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle—taken 18 to. 1 ttgst Prince Caradoc—taken 20 to 1 agst Ralph 22 to 1 agst Falremon—taken 22 •to 1 agst Eringo 25 to 1 agst Galaor 25 to 1 agst Marshal Soult 33 to 1 agst Metternich—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Wahab 40 to 1 agst Joachim 40 to 1 agst Sir Hans 50 to 1 agst The Duke of Wellington—take n 2000 to 35 agst Mosque—taken 1000 to 15 agst The iNob 1000 to 15 apt Young Quo Minus--taken 1000 to 10 agst Escort 1000 to 10 agst Ensign—taken . co il 20 to 1 agst Mr. Lord's lot—taken „all This being market day, and the weather, Bit" — as inf a ; and threatening, more favourable, the attendiroce ie . ',, numerous than on Monday; the sport, Wif e :o r iti t .'' moderate as to quantity, and would have bceu,"„jos C ° "‘ 'esting as it was short, had not Wahab and . 6 "1 i ttived a dead heat for the Tuesday's Rieldleswau c i e bor, Further List of Arrivals.—Duke of Bedfl t Car ° Maidstone, Lord W. P:kulett, Lady Alice Pe"" Stanley, Mr. Cottrell, and Mr. Towneley. bell"a C°ll Departures.—Mr. Codringzon, Mr. Camp Synge. P' • I# WED. Match-50, h ft, D. M.NESDAY Mr. Poine's f Augties h e as CAP Langar, ou: of Emigrant's dam, Bst . (.list) , Row's Langolee 3;: ii), dend ), Batting-5:o 4)a Australia. Won by half a , id r PO Subscription Plate cf 5 0!. ; fur three yrs 014 ,, . 4 1r - C. i Bat 71b; five, 9st ; sit and aged, 9st 21b. '' ' '" l 4 ll o " Mr. Bowes's Epirus, aged ........................... s('' $ Mr. Cooke's Sequidilla, 3 yrs ............................... Mr. Boyce's Scroggins, aged ....................... 41'ils.;a01 Betting-7 to 4on Epirus, 3to 1 agst Sege l ''' . f sto 1 agst Scroggins. Won by a length, easy' does° The Column Stakes of 50 SOVF., fr ft, for the pr?,.,,, 5 3 t mares covered in 1837 ; colts, 8,: , 7 1b ; and 61 ; 1 ;00 41b ; those by untried stallions, or cut of u ntried allowed 31Os ; if both, slbs. R. M. Duke cf Bedford's b c Oakley . by Tauru's (Re l) ' °- ' Mr. Batsou's f Potentia ..... ....‘ 1 ....................... .... k Lord Exeter's Abydos .... ................. M. Bowes's ch f The Witch of Whorley Hi 11...... .... 04 0 0 Bettinrr-7 to 4 on Oakley (taken), and 3 to , I 61 * Abydos (taken). b Won by a length. 80 1111$ Sweepsakes of 50 soya. - each, b. ft for CO lic, N e nr and fillies, Bst 21b ; note: d' 2 000 Guinea.c4, ti 22. Subt:•.oo) ! gag in , D Ai, maraer, or Grand ' Duke Michael Si.akee• ) I Subs.) (J 134 1 1. , 1 ir r.. O T s h b o a r l n d h e i s ti t7 Duke of Glafton's b c Mosque .................. • „ a 8 40) I ... , ...... ....• 4 FulAar Craven's Bencdetta ................... „Jetta, S 9 Betting -7 to 4on Mosque ..... 4t° I en . 10 to I agst Queen old filligh of B o rs' Svteepstakes of b so Ca •• for three yrs - Duke of Bedford's Jou S -t bs .. ) b Taurus Bst 61b. D.M. ( -Zs each ; ll ' s E the aio t Q io u n e Queen ............ ......... carri.,-., ... ......... : ,ti Mr. W. S. Stanley's eh j f u Min y x by '1 WO (31b).? Betting -7 to 4on Minx,' 4 d f ated I)/ Mks was e e lengths. p 100 Mr. Thornhill's Eringo received forfeit from' Mr' a' & Escort; Bst 7lb each. D. M. 3001., h ft. (allowed. 2lb/y Of' L e STOURBRIDGE HURDLE RACES—T[II' S ,F r hot t Sweepstakes of three sovs. each, and ten adde d, &c., not thorough bred. Heats, twice round sx' over six leaps. Mr. Gregory's Deception. Air. G. Parrish's Lucretia ............................... 4 Mr. Hill's Staffordshire Lass .......................... . ••• 4P Mr. Davis's Cry Baby ...................................... • Mr. W. Hazledine's Black Jack ............. S .........O. ••;ro'r(o,,, ' bew° A third heat was run between Lucretia arid -- A a its Lass, which was won by the latter, Deception's "* disputed. Match for 501., h ft, 12 sov s . eac h. 2 mile.' Mr' SC' ledine's Black Jack, beat Mr. Jones's Winterfold. IVIANCHESTERTPESDAY EVEN INGS :aIit bul t, The room was tolerably we ll a ttended a t t presented a very sc an ty a pp earance o f red bus i ' i d i d variety of offers were ma d e , b ut t h e fieldsment" ' appear disposed t o excee d th e i r own notions • ers'' parties disposed t o b ac k Tubalain, Queen . 413 1:e °it , t ro keen, and I-am-not-aware, were doomed to t h e irr ° Le to d out executing commissions, or adding books. The high odds of 11 to 1 are still offe r * l t he P r lt Chester Cup field. A fraction only rests betvic ell bac hc r to t i j lo_ e y ; and second favourite. Gallipot was offered against The Plover-11i to 1 offered agaitist tie ou u 0 with takers of 12 to 1 ; which, we doubt f: opt s have bean booked on Gallipot. We should s" -- 0 1 ffe n t - e 8 ; given the third place to Tubakain, as g fr u c ;e° 'fade pretty early to lay a pony Le beats w, 11 ,0 tv - if e r however, at the . close of the room, 100 to 7 - , t ide,_ ° ,bc upon Tubalcain, whilst 13 to 1 teemed the (7 ' - baci‘,.; - ,0 against Queen Dec. One gentleman offered tp ..ke lbv 4 - r mare against any six for a hundred each, or t c, 6, ° v eil , 10 she wins. Another proposal was to iv 1 0 4 ~ruisi ‘ „e k - c 4 bet, against each of the following —BecifOrt.• pe , ": 1 0 Tubalcain, Retriever, and : 1 -am-not-aware. ' c 'h ° 11°- $ " the lot;" but, no doubt,• --(1 there vrcre parefory c willigly bae selctio at the price. 01°111 : s o r once backed r at a 100 e to 6; n after, offered. 1-8 , 11/- , - the r "t was offered to be backed against him, who, a' te ; if/ci broke up, was lai d aainst at 100 tb. 149-43 odi'M f hear Champagne, Lu g gvrardine, and min 01.-$ll4l named, their prices may be considered noising' THE CHESTER cur, p.r. 11 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's ff 12 to 1 11 to 1 Mr. Flintoff's The Plover--tao l s to 1 13 t) 1 Mr. °He's Queen Bee--.. Off to t 100 to 7 Mr. Collett's Tubalcain...-o ff 14 to 1 Lord Aliltown's Cruiskeen --° ' 15 to 1 Mr. Goodman's Bedfold--o ff 100 to 6 Mr. Price's Tully itld 100 to 6 Major Hay's Retriever ttell 100 to 6 Mr. Rid s d a l e 's Bloornsbury - "' then off .red frecil 100 to 5 Col. P ee l's Lam-not-aware --t 100 to 5 Col. Peel's Gibraltar—off freelY a 100 to 4 Mr. St. Paul's Calypso--otr taken 100 to 4 Mr. Painter's Ernest the First.'" then afered ken. - 50 100 to 4 Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy- --a g tot 100 to 3 Mr. Osborne's Little Pbilip- -° , O ft io 100 to 2 Lord Egliaton's The young -un i l to ' c s Offers to hack Beltnns V. The Young" ";to "; the '- fifties was offered against Tubalcain, previo us bea t quoted being offered. it he tbe i• id Tint Dase.i.—The Nesmarket batting vgi“ viOS pf) critertor. Tile crack wi.s not named; 100 wi lc o (" 0 against Eringo , 9 to 1 dieted v. Van Atoulalonele°,, wanted); 20 to 6 was the highest offer v2OO to_Vdy (backed yesterday repeatedly at 200 to 5 ); 11 3°. t o offered against Gammon 1.3 - !x, or 100 to 2 agates Oder! g ing Star, Mustapha, or the Duke of Wellingt.° °; Noth lP l take 2to I the Knight beats Van Arnburgb. 2to done on the Column or 2,000 Guineas Stake" offered on the field fur the former. the p O kwe n , Tuesday h r e3pe c t e a 13' . orld, o'clock, a window. She is TinnglarbreietdweewnosmeavnennaVl smroirof. melancholy slag'Av Anne's-stteet Westmi ste and is to ll ~I. ott o .h s r e ew husband keeps a chandler's s hoe , $ do il l 16, St. ' to of , ii r, g,,E v., herself, as is as , erred, out anda P' . 1 , tir about 3a .. years of age, i' 10l the pregnancy. The husband's accouot bad 000 ' t 'eholy ktrair is, that he and his wife havirg , tb e front words on Tuesday evening, she ran up , stairs in t r o fol' .t room and bolted the door on the insid e ' I,li a il.° lowed her up and tried to obtain admission, but - I bef' threatened that if he h racd the door she would tbre w ea r; o se i llout of the window. He kicked at the door and L c lol it gave way, and at that moment he beard the ti, 0' raised, and something heavy fall to the ground. 11 0 tbe mediately ran down stairs an (: found her lying ° ho pe. ground. From the woman's condition, little or Ile are entertained of her recovery. ti ',lv ). BRUNSWICK, MARCH 27.-1 can s'.eil ity from good authority the following intelligence, wh' e o tir Our aeg o o much importance to the north c f Germany. Dons for the prolongation of the customs union ..., 0 1 Hanover and Oldenburg, have been decidedly br010i,P.,9100, when they seemed to be near to a favourable co ncw o or and the rerewal of them ia out cf the question O ar !, to , •cede" rn:ldc dcalancs which couid 1101 possibiy ue '- tr y, without knovriogly sacriticiog the interest of the coll.'? , Th don ee G• 13, block; prod •u .r 0 44etter "G l'utent eater i Yet I Chief . I St " 4C7 1 3 • • 41L E shi t b "e tore els Aline, t the po ef th e state of " T Presur n Port w i of then thez( rtheir eg otoneur. " Th Know a were fo venal p £ YOU will commu r le more °I per. OP erect : Itt they Ad gme , i rritable tom, Wel .L'ives as ht parti 'Mast tl mess of litt er, th wed l , pr Z !lo one 'qlous in to " It i s t : Your vosse te lY call 11 : r eby do th-o i h ave rregt j ell ma , Our N)utati o fat PUrp 4 44 " e et totl til;• til t , Isiv t ) Ort ta i Par :1. 1 4 Whi %Nit( f Zve 4117 tat th tt the w cie