The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-24 00:00:00

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At ger. I f ;atopo/0, t he after 0 1 14. W . .',01 4 ton tine a° l i t 0 bong he t Alow sr si use sbe f bee o .to fas Painted rs me t best preset! , ' O l vY a ta- tbs LutY ns' e v ' 51 : 1 v eff, ) ort + s : d e ov Pre P o a ri itb I- P ure iti /1 fam e or will Deville Bauk• de" t rt iol ltrY 3 DO' these .0 ha ve: jo y bo o 1 . 0 0 assi ° t i ad a teii 1 t ve L inb 3 • .al l / r i o cli P • tb ° ne 111 Ve dr°,l lora into ks the P:e; at t 1 i , , ,11 1° (13 ded• 3 for de f°l or , lor ci t o ), 531 ete! f cood u flo: xe t. lo' AlaYf elv ;6 09 Pen ce r‘ t‘i ,ciat i Ve 1 , to j oy , to tio' 34 O blig rf • r eao '0 a do re ta t f e ,, je oie" ' le 055 ;°, Co.' EVENING ED ITION 3- The soc i a l f und to be 550 contos de reis, and each mem . Der will have in the negotiation an interest correspondent to iteuttart of this f un d f or w hi c h h e su b scr ib es i n t h e present • • tons. .. Ea c h s h are h o l der to deliver in cash, by the 21st of the 7 o , current month, 20 per cent. of the amount for which he sub alt scribal, and shall deliver successively whatever sums may be required of him, until the amount of his subscription, being meowed a previous notice of three days. „ 5 . Each sh are h o ld er may d e li ver from this forward, bes id es 09, 14 e (;).pet. cent., what he may find convenient, as far as the earittkit-for which he subscribes. 6. All the sums delivered by the members will immediately ilpon their being received, be entitled to an interest of per cent. per month, which ought to be realised in silver money. THE FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNI VERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF ETON COLLEGE. • The celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of tbe foundation of this celebrated place of public education took lace on Saturday last, at the great room at Willis's in King street, St. James's. The meeting was, as might be expected, • • most numerously attended ; we never, on any former occasion Wan Eton a nn i versary, remember to have seen the attendance of Etonians so numerous. The chair was taken at half•past •• seven o'clock by Lord Chief Justice Denman, supported on the immediate right by th e P rovos t o f E ton , an d on t h e l e f t by Dr. Hawtrey, the Head Master of the School. There were also present Lords Morpeth and Lincoln, and many other Noblemen, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Pat tem.), Mr. Justi ce C o l er id ge , th e R everen d D r. K eate, • formerly head master of the school, General Sir H. T arner, and up war d s o f 300 gent l emen. U pon t h e remova l of the „„eloth, grace having bean sa id ; L or d Denman proposed in The memory of the founder, Henry V 1.," which was drunk respectful s lence. His Lordship then proposed the health cf Vie Queen, an d i n a s h ort b ut appropr i ate speec h a d verte d to the pairona2e which the Royal Family had always bestowed so 44 Eton, and whi c h h er present Majesty, and her Royal Con rt Prince Albert, were not likely to withdraw.—(Great cheering) The health of Queen Adelaide, and the rest of the Royal Family was drunk with enthusiastic applause. To the toast " The ' Duke of Wellington and the Generals of Eton," Sir H. Turner returned thanks, but was inaudible to 143 st of the company. To the toast the " Admirals of Eton, " there hein- , no Admiral present, thanks were not returned. Lord VORPETH returned thanks for the toast " The States men of Eton," in a speech of considerable humour. His Lo rdship observed, although he was now in the sixth form '-of the Cabi ne t, i t was very probable many gentlemen present ox Cabinet, he would shortly be in the " Remove."—(Cheers and lamghter. ) He would, however, observe, that whatever 'night be his inadequacy to do justice to the toast, he would recall to the recollection of thosethat heard him, that amongst the statesmen of Etun were to be found a Fez, a Grenville, a Canning, and a Wellington. His Lordship concluded amidst lout! cheering. Eton The VICE-CHANC E LL OR , on th e t oas t o f th e " J u d ges o f " being d run k , returned thanks, and pointed out with great humour how the practice of swimming and escaping the entanglement of weeds at Eton, helped those brought up there to bec ome Clergy, good lawyers. Dr. Keate returned thanks for the and Dr. Hawtrey for the Masters of Eton. The health Of " Lord Denman" was drunk, for which his Lordship re turned thanks. The great toast of the evening, " Floreat Etena," was drunk with the most enthusiastic cheers • it was sevet al m inutes b efoi e silence could be restored, so vehement were the company in their expression of good will and grafi " de to the place of their education. In the course of the j verli ng, Lord Denma n rea d a l e t ter f rom th e M arqu i s Welles ey. regretting that he could not attend, but expressing his zeal for the prosperity of the College, and attributing his re- Putation and successful progress in life to his having received his N b ed ucation at that place, under the learned Drs. Davies and „ °L urY• This letter was received with every demonstration applause. Several other toasts were drunk in the course of the evening and it was not until n ear ly t we l ve o ' c l oc k t h a t th e festivities closed. • COURT CIRCULAR. • The Queen h a d a di nner party on F r i day at Bucking . Lunn Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, the Duchess of Su therland, Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Earl of Liverpool, Selina Viscountess Milton, Baroness Spaeth, Earl of Morley, and Lord Cla ' pence Paget. The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. • Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Countess Brownlow and Enrl Howe, arrived at the Palace, Among the company were the Marchioness of lc ormaubv, the. Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord li tirghersh, Lady Barham, and the Hon. Misses Noel, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards attended and assisted at the performance of Beethoven's. Rattle Sinfonia. Her Majesty's Private Band was also In attendance in the Grand Saloon during the evening. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady A. M. Daw sen; visited her Majesty and Prince Albert, on Saturday, and remained to lunch. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen, anti submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-martial. ,•The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the garden of Buckingham Palace on Saturday forenoon. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. The - Band of the Scots Fusiliers attended at Bucking ham' Palace on Thursday night. Her Majesty and-Prince Albert, accompanied by the • p rince and Princess of Leiningen, left Buckingham n 4l, tee at a quarter past three o'clock on Saturday after - NI, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hus sars for Claremont. Her Roy a l Hi g h ness th e P r i ncess "Yal, with her attendants, followed in another carriage Ana four. The Royal Suite occupied two carriages and four, and consisted of Lady Portman, Baroness Lehzen, Baroness Spaeth,. Lord Poltimore, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel 'Wylde, and Dr. Prcetorius. th eir Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Household and Captain Francis Seymour. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of l oa ning the Royal Circle at Claremont at dinner, on Sas :t.urday evening. _Viscount M e lb ourne arr i ved at Claremont yester d ay aft ernoon, on a visit to her Majesty. Sir R. and Lady • Gardiner had also the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at Claremont last evening. n le Queen D owager attended Divine service at the yoannel Royal, St. J ames ' s , yes t er d a y morn i ng . The jaz an h d ap lt . eiiv.2 the Robert Eden preached the Sermon, fromHTh Act vServic e erse 33. for the day. The Rev. Messrs. Povah and n Th read th e c t s hoP of Norwich and the Dean of Hereford, • ere an d lug. Her „ Deputy - Clerk of the Closet, were in wait- B arr i n , -- vtajesty's Suite consisted of the Viscountess T he g i tp, Hon. Miss Wheatley, and Earl Howe. day mo ,„ llc hess of Kent attended divine service yester- An ne -Kif r l ) ; in the Chapel in Kensington Palace. Lady High ness ' 'a Dawson was in waiting on her Royal • Tile Duke °f eessese 'a A - Cambridge, accompanied by the Prin- Georg n er, st a and Mary of Cambridge, and Prince and - nthridge, went to Kew yesterday morning, 0 . attended divine service in Kew Church. Colonel was in waiting on the Royal Duke. Their Royal 'll,..‘!lnesses returned to town in the afternoon. he Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of Kent yes s'vr,ll_ay at Clarence House, St. James's. „t-L:"-rhe Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny How l*, ' l 'd and Sir G eorge Cowper, honoured the Italian Opera • with her.presence on Saturday evening. aft lrlin e g n ueen Dowage r attended divine service yesterday oo in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowa.- 1,44,,-,zer o n Saturday- at Marlborough House. I A The D u k e and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Dtake of y Wellington with their company at dinner last evening at Apsle House. * Mrs. Stevenson, the Lady of the American Minister, • w as prevented from attending the birth-day Drawing -I;°°m ot her Majesty by a' fall from her carriage, which has confined her for the last two or three weeks to the '2"e. We are gratified to hear that Mrs. Stevenson is t ` 110 w convalescent. Thorntoh, the Chairman of the Spanish and Por * • •'. • I tese. bondholders, transacted business at the Foreign ., Oihee ian Saturday. ~,„The Earl o f E rro l, Lord Steward of her Majesty's '"- ~,,,6uselield-,-gave a State Dinner in celebration of her 'aiesty's Birthday, on Friday, at Grillon's Hotel, to • l ithe,f o ll ow i ne . party s----Viscount Acheson, Lord Gardner, Rraaz - on, Lord Hastings, Lord • Marcus Hill, "") - fiord Frederick-Fitzclarence, Hon. C. Cavendish, Right ' 34 5- 1:'(on. George Stevens Byng, Sir Charles Napier, Mr. ~.Sta•ndish; Mr. Massey Stanley, Mr. P. Stewart, Mr. R. a: 156 i; :: -Stet..art, Sir Thomas Marrable, Mr. Shiffner, Mr. Row 'l4lse'„; land ..4lsten, Mr. Bannerman,' Mr. J. Duff, Mr. Ricardo, ' 44 ,_ T. DancoMbe, and Lord Robert Grosvenor. ". Viscount Melbourne's State Dinner on Friday, in cele ,„', ta t ti i on . of the Queen's Birthday, included the following nguished guests :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex; • the Dukes of Cleveland, Somerset, Devon - -.. sh ire, Suthe r l an d, a n d B e df or d ; M arqu i ses o f A n glesey an d - Westminster ; Earls of Zetland, Clarendon, Lich isd ~ field, Rosebery, Spencer, and Fitzwilliam ; Lords Straf ti,it , ford, Hatherton, Carington, Portman, Howden, Ducie, ba ere Duncannon, and Barham, and the Hon. C. Howard. 1„ Cabin e t C ounc il was h e ld on . Saturday afternoon at it Foreign Office. It was attended by all the Ministers. T he Council sat two hours, Mr. Ainsworth and Mr. Somers had an interview with • the :Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home (/I ce• Colonel Anson had an interview with the Noble Marquis. Mr. R. Steuart had an interview with Lord John Rus sell on Saturday at the Colonial Office. ~~ 4 ._ "1. THE WEATHER.—NOON, MAY 24 ROYAL 0 A LLERY ,OP SCIENCE, ADEL A T DE—STREET. Barometer T hermometer... 68 Highest 75 ( Lowest Wind S.E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. •••=1111•3 W e believe that the Anti-Corn-law meeting at I Cendal is already producing excellent effects in the agri- C ultural districts.. The Tories are pleasel to sneer at the clergymen who felt it their duty to attend at that to , :eting, but it seems singular that it should not have str,Ack some of them; that there must assuredly be some most unrighteous and 'palpably unchristian injustice in those laws which. could bring together clergymen of so many differing. persuasions unanimously and cordially to condemn them. Will these men, of whom it is said, if they s a y it not of themselves , t h at they are more ri ghteous than, eventheir neighbour, will th ese men, even if they think the modification of the Corn-law s may bring some loss ac t 6 themselves, hesitate to offer some srifice, b i n order to restore peece, and insure prosp er i ty to the Li tknumunity ?It surely is but a very questionable religion action of the s i mplest :' 4 lli,;',Pi-v,;Whi c h sh a ll exc l u d e such simple 'charity. Be it remem be red, however, t h at we wholly ''detv. anything but prosperity can follow on adopting this line of policy which Ministers have pointed out.— Ifenda/ Mercury. 111- MISS COSTELLO'S NEW ROMANCE. E R ; 11 Or, FRANCE hi the SIXTEENTH CENTURY. BY MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines.' In 3 vols. post Bvo.. IS NO V READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING. MAY 24 . FOR THE BENEFIT OF MADAME VESTRIS. Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Ha court 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. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Atter which will be repeated, the Grand Romar.tic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris : The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, London Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to te opened at half-past Six—the performances to commnnee at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ircies. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price, 2s.i Gallery. la. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may ue had upon application. Private Boats to be had solely of Mr. Andre As, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREYTHRATRE. UNDER THE BIANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Extraordinary Novelty. Last Week before the Holidays. Last Nights of Mr J. S. Balls. An entire change of pieces, supported by the most talented Company in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, MAY 24, Will be acted the Tragedy of JANE SHORE. Gloster, Mr. Neville ; Hasting, Mr. H. Hughes ; Dumont, Mr. N. T. Hicks. After which, THE BRIDEGROOM'S HOOD. Alphonso, Mr. J. S. Balls. To conclude with THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. Florian, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Eugenia, Mrs. H. Vining. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Miss Vincent as the Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. Immense sensation created by the affecting Drama of " Simon Lee." The Legendary Romance of " Rookwood !" with a New Pit, a New Gallery, and New Splendid Decorations ! THIS EVENING, MAY 24, AND TO-MORROW. A New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, eniitled SIMON LEE; OR, THE MURDER OF FIVE.FIELDS' COPSE. Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, Miss Vincent. After which, the Romance of ROOKWOOD ; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LIME TREE. Dick Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Flash- Songs of " Hurrah for the Game of High Toby !" " Nix my Dolly, Pals, Fake away !" and " My Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with the Laughable Burletta of THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL Richard Witless, Mr. Gardner; Mabel, Mrs. Howard; Mar garet, Mzs Lea. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, h.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Whit Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY ! ! THE first grand ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicings which take place in Rome at the celebration of " Il giorno di S. Pietro," will be given on MONDAY, MAY 31st, when will be presented an exact fac-simile of the superb GIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Angelo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fireworks in the World, with the ILLUMINATION of St. PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and glorious edifice is brilliantly lighted with count less myriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'ceil cf in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by Mr. God frey, augmented by the addition of many performers of emi nence, will give the first Promenade Musicale , et Champetre, commencing at Six o'Clock. The Menagerie, including the great male Oratig Outang, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Danson's Colossal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admission One Shiiling. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW M0rning......45 minutes after 4 1 Evening 12 minutes after 5 the Publicatioa of the Evening Edition of Tint Sux com menced at 10 minutes after Three. 'V , tL e •b i. .-"t• • - • 4 L 341,,,,4:0z, 0.-1 4 •LNir; ' " U • *e. f .117 . ,0 • • • .**'•'lo Y l' , • 11,4Z1Z-- The LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 24, 1841. Some of our Tory Contemporaries, unable to deny the existence of unparalleled distress in our manufacturing districts, eagerly seize hold of a somewhat remarkable statement in Mr. FIELDEN'S unspoken, but published, speech, showing a wonderful increase in our cotton ma nufactures, and ascribe the distress to over trading and competition. Mr. FIELDEN'S re marks are themselves curious, and we therefore borrow them, with the comment on them, from the Standard : We lately, following the opinions and adopting the words of Mr. Huskisson, ascribed the periodical visita tions of inaction and distress in the manufacturing dis tricts to over trading, the result of a too rapid increase of capital. This view has a remarkable corroboration in the speech which Mr. Fielden has caused to be printed, videlicit:— _ _ _ " There were four articles of cotton manufacture, of the prices of which he had kept a record from 1815. And he would now state to the House the average sum the manufacturer had had, after paying for the cot ton required for them, for making these four articles, one of each, in the year 1815, and the reduction per cent. he had to submit to in the following years. Also the estimated consumption of cotton in the United Kingdom in each of the said years. In 1815 the manufacturer had 965. for making these four arti cles one of each, and the consumption of cotton was 80,000,000 lb. In 1820 he had 34 per cent. less than 1815—consumption of cotton 120,000,000 lb. In 1825 51 per cent. less than in 1815--consumption of cotton 166,000,000 lb. In 1830 55 per cent. less than in 1815 — consumption of cotton 247,000,000 lb. In 1835 70 . per cent. less than in 18 15 — consumption of cotton 318,000,000 lb. In 1840 75 per cent. less than in 1815 — consumption of cotton 451,000,000 lb. And now, at the present time, these articles of cotton manufacture (and they are a fair criterion whereby to judge of the state of the cotton trade), are not saleable in the Manchester market, except in limited quantities, at 78 per cent. less than the manufacturer had in 1815." The increase of exports from 80,000,0001 b. in 1815, to 451,000,0001 b. in 1840, an increase nearer six fold than five fold in 25 years, demonstrates that the diminution of profits, be it great or small, has not arisen from a nar rowing of the foreign market, or from foreign competi tion. This, we suppose, is beyond dispute. The articles, says Mr. Fielden, have been the Same; so that the quan tity of British labour taken by the foreigner has been multiplied more than five-fold, but the price given for that labour has been reduced three-fourths. Why ? In consequence of competition ?—Yes. What competition foreign competition ? No. We have answered that question already. The competion has been all at home, competition of machinery with human labour, of capital with capital. It is a pro position laid down by Adam Smith, a proposition to which we have more than once referred, by increasing supply one-fifth beyond demand, you reduce prices one half, and so in an augmented ratio ; but here we have supply in 1840 not increased one-fifth, but multiplied more than five-fold beyond the demand of 1815. What a prodigious enlargement of the markets must there have, been, then, to support even the prices of which Mr. Fielden speaks ! Why, such over-trading would account for ten times the distress that exists ; and would create it, too, were it not for the Corn-laws, and for so much as remains here and there of the old Poor-law. It must at once strike every unbiassed ob server that the facts mentioned by Mr. FIELDEN are most extraordinary proofs of overtrading causingdistress. What is , Mr. FIELDEN'S state ment ? Why, that the manufacturer has so ex tended his operations since 1815, that he now works up six times as much cotton as he worked up then, and he receives for his produce 78 per cent. less than he did then. He has ad ded six times to the quantity of useful clothing that he produced in 1815 ; he requires and receives a great deal less pay ment per cent. for his production, and the Stan dard would have the world believe that this vast increase of useful things at a cheap rate is a cause of distress in the community. The con clusion is so completely at variance with the pre mises that it is worth while to examine them in detail, and show, if we can, where the error of our Contemporary lies. The Standard says, competition at home, com petition of machinery with human labour, that this very increase of production, by degrading the price, leads to this distress. But the competition indicated is a competition between English ma nufacturers themselves, who do not constitute the market for each other's produce. Some of them might ruin others, but the phenomenon is un exampled of a great body of shrewd, calculating men going on year after year competing with one another to their own ruin. Some other explanation of this is required than the assertion that the manufacturers have ruined themselves while actively-engaged in conferring, for the sake • of money, the blessings of cheap clothing on a shivering population. The competition of machinery with labour is of a different description; but if that had injured the labourer, it must have enriched the owners of the machinery, who, however, complain as much as the labourers. It has been stated at more than one public meeting, and in Parlia ment, that the value of machinery has fallen more than cent. per cent. The fact which tells against the assumption of the Standard, " that the competition of machinery with labour has produced the distress" is, that as machinery has come into use the population has increased in the manufacturing districts faster than ever before. The working population understand the matter better than the Standard. One of them, of the name of BARROW, at the Salford meeting on Friday, said he did not wish to pull down ma chinery, but to extend it, while he watched it. He knows that the more machinery is multiplied the more hands will be required to attend it. It is neither the competition of capital with capital, nor the competition of machinery with labour, which causes the distress, but the want of com petition on the part of the producers of food. Mr. FIELDER, in his unspoken speech, added that in 1815, when the manufacturer got 965., he could with that buy 11 quarters of wheat, and now when he gets only 245. he cannot buy with that two-fifths of a quarter of wheat. But the principal article for which the ma nufactures are made to exchange is food, and it is because the manufacturer cannot now get above one-third as much wheat in ex change for his cotton as in 1815, to divide be twixt himself and his workmen, that he and they suffer distress. Why is this? Because food has not increased in the same ratio as cotton cloth ? Why has it not, at least that food which would be given in exchange for the cloth? The Poles are unclad, or clad only in skins, and have food which they are anxious to give for cloth. The fertile valleys of the Mississippi only require the hand of man to cultivate them to supply food faster than it could be consumed. Already they supply an immense quantity, which the inhabi tants would readily give for our cotton and hard wares. According to a statement we recently met with in an American Paper, the United States now produce . above 38 bushels of bread stuffs annually, including all kinds of corn and potatoes, for each inhabitant of the United States, which is probably a full third more than is supplied by England. At the same time it is part of the case of the Corn-law people that a large portion of England is yet uncultivated. Why, then, we repeat, has not food increased in the same ratio as cotton cloth ? Is there not a law to prohibit its in crease ? Is it not the express object of the Corn law to prevent the manufacturers from buying food in Poland and the United States? By this law competition on the part of the producers of food is prohibited. This narrows the supply of food, and, narrowing the market for the manufacturers' productions, it is the cause why food has not increased in the same ratio as cotton cloth—why the manufacturers cannot get enough food in exchange, and why there is over whelming distress in the manufacturing districts. The Corn-laws limit and destroy the manufac turer's market, and is it necessary, to seek out any other cause for his distress ? It may be said that the law has been in opera tion with some modifications for twenty-five years, that the manufacturer ought to be aware of its effects, and that he is to blame for manu facturing too much for the narrow market to which the Legislator arbitrarily limits him. But one of the cursed effects of the arbitary and un just limitation, is to make the markets so irre gular that the manufacturer cannot foresee or calculate effects. The great reductions which occur oc casionally in the price of grain, stimulate population, stimulate enterprise, make the manu facturer engage in new works, and then comes a dearth which destroys his market and plunges him into distress such as he now suffers. Whether the price of wheat were high or low, there can be no doubt if we could draw our supplies from the whole world that it would then be much steadier than at present. Now it is the unsteadiness in the price of food which causes the alternations of prosperity and distress in the ma nufacturing districts. The price of wheat, for example, was in 1822 down to about 435., and that low price was fol lowed by the excessive trading of 1824 and 1825. In 1835 it was down to 365., and that was fol lowed by the prosperous years of 1836 and 1837. The increase of trade which takes place after such years is a matter of necessity. The cheap ness of food, not only stimulates population, but, leaving the industrious classes with a surplus, which they expend on clothing, it also stimulates manufactures. The manufacturer extends his establishment only to meet the demand. At the same time that the home demand increases the fall of prices encourages exportation. Foreign trade extends. But the cheap years of 1822 and 1835 were followed by the dear years of 1826 and 1838; then the high price checks foreign trade, checks home consumption, and plunges the manufacturers into distress. What the Standard calls over-trading was the necessary con sequence of •great fluctuations in the price of corn : those fluctuations were caused by the -Corn-law limiting our people to the soil of Eng land for food, and therefore the Corn-law is the cause why the ~ i ngenious manufacturers and their industrious workmen, who have so multi plied the conveniences of life for their fellow men, instead of obtaining large profits and ample wages, are plunged into deep poverty and distress. It has of late years been customary, when any derangement occurs, to talk glibly of overtrading, of the fluctuations of commerce as inevitable, and to express something like blame that nature has exposed man to this inconvenience. We always hear and read such opinions with mis trust. The true business of the merchant is to equalize the variations of the seasons and prevent fluctuations. Accordingly, great as may be the fluctuations in modern trade, it is an undoubted fact that the ups and downs of society have be come less and less as trade has been extended. There are no absolute famines now in trading Eu rope as there were in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when Europe knew little or nothing of commerce. Nor does the price of food vary by one-tenth now so much as it did then. Trade is only liable to fluctuation because it is interfered with by Corn-laws, by bank monopo lies, by sugar-taxes, by discriminating timber duties, and a thousand other similar enactments which continually - derange the markets, and continually render vain the calculations of the most expert and careful merchants and manu facturers. Free trade, causing extensive trade, is the cure for fluctuations, which are not natural to commerce, and are to be traced to the Imeddling of selfish and ignorant law-makers. The remarks we made on made on Saturday, relative to the part now taken by the clergy, are confirmed by the facts, that one clergyman was the leading character at a great Pro-Corn-law meeting recently held at Dorchester, and another clergyman was the chief hand in getting up a Pro-Corn-law petition at Wolverhampton. The bulk of the priesthood are enlisted against free trade. They are standing up for monopoly and injustice. Hired by the nation to teach mo rality they have ranged themselves on the side of wrong, and inculcate by their example a shameless disregard of the precepts of religion. There i s no class of monopolists, no class of the oppressors and enemies of the people, no class of all the mighty hosts of corruption, who do not now make common cause, and join the Tories in taxing the people for the benefit of the land lords, the sugar planters, and the rotten-ship owners. What the bulk of the people complain of is monopoly, monopoly of legislation, monopoly monopoly of wealth by taxat ion, a nd of poli tical power. Lord PALMERSTON expressly stated in his eloquent speech, that the dispute between the two parties ,in Parliament was for the main tenance or the abolition of monopoly. The Queen's Government is for the abolition, and there is now an excellent opportunity for the people, who are sufferers by, and the enemies of; monopoly, to put it down. There are, however, some amongst them who fancy that if they put down the landlords' mono poly they will strengthen the monopoly of the factory lords—that they will only enable the manufacturers to lower wages, and only debar themselves the longer, a:N.I the more effectually from political power. Is that opinion borne out by experience ? Has the suppression of one monopoly strengthened another? To use Lord PALMERSTON'S examples the suppression of the monopoly which Churchmen had of political power, as against Dissenters, by the abolition of the Test Act accelerated the suppression of the monopoly which they had against the Catholics, and facilitated the lessening of the mono poly which a few persons had of the repre sentation. Since the Parliament was reformed the monopoly of corporations has been destroyed, and now the greatest of all monopolies, that of the landowner, is successfully threatened. The course of modern experience proves that one mo nopoly is not strengthened by the abolition of another, and that to abolish one is to weaken another, and hasten its destruction. All the working classes, then, all the Chartists, who are the determined enemies of monopoly of every kind, would act in complete opposition to their own principles if they were not to embrace the opportunity which is now offered them to de stroy the landlords' monopoly. We say emphatically destroy, for we are no advocates for the Bs. fixed duty ; and if the Minis ters, who have proposed that because they have no hope nor see any possibility of carrying any thing better, even if they can carry that, saw a strong, a hearty, and an almost universal demand for the destruction of the monopoly, they would assist in destroying it. We trust, therefore, that all the working men, whether Chartists or not, will, for their own credit's sake, rise up against the monopoly of the landlords, and demand its destruction. If that were to lead, as some of them now say, to the reduction of wages, whose fault would that be? If they are now able by union to destroy the monopoly of the landlords, will they not then be able by union to destroy any other monopoly by which they may be op pressed ? The priests are now united with the landlords to support the Corn-laws. Both are rivals, if not opponents and enemies of the factory lords. Deprive them of their present monopoly—destroy the Corn-laws—and the whole army of priests and landlords will side with the people in any quarrel they may have with the factory or any other lords. There is not one clergyman who will not be immediately filled with the most moving charity for the factory children. They will be the pa trons of a Ten-hours' Bill, or a Six-hours' Bill, if the people ask it. They will take the working classes under their protection, if the working classes desire it; and invoke religion against any injustice on the part of the manufacturers. We do not fear that the manufacturers will practice any—the people do; but having, as they will then have, the landlords and the priesthood on their side, they will be guaranteed against any injustice, and be much better able to protect themselves than at present. Common sense now commands the whole of the working classes, whether Chartists or not, iu order to obtain their own ends, to unite heart and soul, in the great movement towards liberty now begun, and aid, in the first instance, in destroying the monopoly of the landlords. A great deal has been said about the landed gentlemen who have deserted the Ministers, but no notice has been taken of the representatives of towns who deserted the Tories. For example, the Hon. WM. LASCELLES, a son of the Earl of HAREWOOD, and Member for Wakefield, voted with the Ministers. Mr. LASCELLES is a strong instance, and unfortunately a rare one, amongst the Tories, of rectitude prevailing over interest and party ties, because he is not only connected with the laud, but his family are connected with the West Indies. The Earl of HAREWOOD is one of the leaders of the West Indian body. How far Mr. LASCELLES was influenced by his abstract love of the principles of free trade, or how far by respect for his town constituency, we cannot say; but it is an encouraging ex ample for all the towns which take an interest in the repeal of the Corn-laws to exert their in fluence over their present representatives, and to take care, in future, to place none in Parliament but such as are determined friends to repeal. We may not, perhaps, add the name of Mr. BARING WALL to that of Mr. LASCELLES, for he has, on more than one previous occasion, op posed, by his votes, the rabid and mischievous policy of the Tories. At the same time it is highly gratifying to find that there are some men amongst the Tories honest in their inten tions, and open to conviction. The deserters from the ranks of the Whigs, such as Mr. H A NDLEY, Lord WORSLEY, Mr. HEATHCOTE, Mr. HARLAND, &c., we make light of, because their motives are obviously and avowedly of the most interested, and, for legislators, of the most unworthy and sordid character. But there being some honest men among the Tories, we are not without hope that the number may be increased. There is much more discrimination and more honesty amongst the electors, and throughout the community, than the habitual jobbers in elec tions, whether Whigs or Tories, reckon on ; and we anticipate, therefore, when an appeal shall be made to the people on principle, a very different result from that expected by Whigs and Tories. In the counties the free holders may want some bold man to lead them, and when he is found, many a Tory who fancies himself safe in his seat will be overthrown. At any rate no chance ought to be thrown away, for in the counties cheap sugar and cheap bread will be as welcome as in the towns. Never, throughout the history of Great Britain, did the working agriculturists suffer so much, and complain so much, never were they so impo verished and degraded, as during the last twenty five years, when they have been living under the landlords' corn-tax. Over and over again, the farmers have been sold up; over and over again, they have lost their capital ; over and over again, they have received eleemosynary relief in the shape of remittances of tithes and rents, which never happened before the Corn-laws were passed. Such facts warrant us in hoping that even the farmers, when they are stirred up by a general election, may be brought to vote against those who have degraded their honourable and useful occupation into that of tax-gatherers for the owners of rent. Since the above was written we have received the Moniteur of yesterday, with advices from Madrid of the 16th instant. The French Chamber of Deputi es a d o pt e d on Saturday the Commercial Treaty w ith Holland, which M. THIERS considers will give great political as well as commercial influence to France upon the Rhine. From the Spanish capital the only news of interest is the announcement of the formation of a new Cabinet, under the auspices of Senor 0 LOZA.GA, late Spa n i s h Ambas sador at the Court of France. The ar rangements wore not completed, but it was, said in the best informed . circles that Senors QUITO, CoRTINA, CHACON, FRIAS, and CANTER°, had all offered to accept office, and that their offers had met with the app ro b at i on of t h e RE GENT whose popula rit y dail y increases. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday last have been duly received. The Journal des Debats, a great ad mirer of Sir ROBERT PEEL, has a long article on the Right Hon. Baronet's spech . in the H ouse o f C ommons on the Sugar Duties, whtell it pronou nces t h e fi nest eve r delivered by him either in or out of Pa r li ament . B u t the Debate miscalcula tes the effect of that speech upon the people of England. It . has answered the expectations of no party here, and yet no speech was ever more charae teristic of the speaker. The country demanded an expo sition of the Right Hon. Baronet's piinciples, and he answered it by a piece of special pleading from whieh he excluded principles altogether. The only pledge he gave was that his first year in office would be spent in doing nothing. Sir ROBERT PEEL is a clever political actor, but he is no Statesman. His position, too, is a false one. Liberal and tolerant himself he has accepted the leadership of all that is illiberal and bigoted in the country: - But notwithstanding the Debats admiration of the Tory leader's speech, both it and the other Paris jourtpals support Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S anti-monopoly policy.' They are all for the abolition of the Corn-laws and the sugar and timber duties. The Co;nmerce has a long article on the enormously high price of butchers' meat in Paris. If the duty on the importation of beef be not speedily reduced the poor of Paris will be famished. The following petition, signed by 5,000 persons, was presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday : " Gentlemen Deputies, " Letters which convey the expression of the most cowardly and infamous treason have been attributed to Louis Philippe. " The Judges of the land have acquitted the journal by which they were published. " Ministers have replied by vague denials to the imputations cast by them upon the Chief of the State. " Public confidence demands an investigation of their au thenticity. " We accordingly invite you to call the Ministry to account for a fact which so deeply affects the honour, liberty, and inde pendence of the nation." The following paragraph from the Commerce was deemed in Paris worthy of credit : A Cabinet Council was held at Neuilly on Thursday, for the purpose, it was believed, of examining the propositions of se veral French capitalists relative to the loan. However, as M. Hamann was to have interviews with other bidders on Friday and Saturday, no resolution was adopted by the Council, which was again to meet and discuss the subject on Sunday. Tux PRINCE DE JOINVILLE.—The Quotidienne states that the contemplated cruise of the Prance de Joinville had not for its object to protect French whalers on the Banks of New foundland ;—" The campaign which the young Prince is about to undertake being less naval than matrimonial, for he contem plated the conquest of Princess Sophia, daughter of the King of Holland, now aged 17." The life of the Duke de Chartres, the second son of the Duke of Orleans, was on Friday pronounced by his physicians to be in imminent danger. FRENCH AFRICA.—The last intelligence from Algiers is dated the 14th inst. The Moniteur publishes General Bugeaud's account of the last expedition to Medeah and Miliana, the occurrences and results of which are already known to our readers. On the 15th, the Governor-General was to embark for Mostaganem, the rendezvous of the next expedition. He is to march from thence with 1-2,000 men, against Mascara, and after the occupation of that place, the army will advance on Tekedempt, whilst another column of 5,000 or 6,000 men is to proceed from Medeah, to destroy the military establishments of Abd-el-Kader. General Duvivier, who was to command the latter, having taken umbrage at some expressions of General Bugeaud, tendered his resignation. M. Thiers intended leaving Paris for Lille immediately after the Session, in order to spend some months in the family of his wife, and to be at leisure to complete his History of the Empire.' Darmes and his two co-accused, Duclos and Considere, were removed to the prison of the Luxembourg on Monday last. The trial, which was to commence this day, would, it was ex pected, occupy four days. Several Journals have announced that Viscount de Germing, Prefect of the department of Seine and Marne, was to be appointed as Postmaster-General. We are authorised to de clare that this statement is completely false.—Moniteur. The following notice has been communicated to us : " A Journal announces this morning a piece of intelligence, the consequences of which mast invite the attention of Catho lic France. According to this account the Bishop of Lvreux has baptized in the Tuileries the child of the Countess of Hautpoul, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans being sponsors. As the Church does not permit heretics to be received as spon sors, it follows that the Duchess of Orleans must have returned into the pale of the Catholic Church. A Bishop would not have permitted himself to commit such a violation of the laws of the Church." It was asserted yetterday evening in a political circle that the signature of the Protocol of London, by Baron de Baurqueney, was to take place on Tuesday last. The official copy of that document may be expected every moment to reach M. Guizot. A letter from Madrid of the 15th has the following passage —Notwithstanding the manifest intention of the Chamber to continue the 'sittings, it has been forced to suspend them for want of business to go on 'A ith, and likewise for want of a suffi cient number of members to come to a legal decision. The formation of the Ministry continues to engage general attention. It would probably be already settled if it had been possible to procure a Minister of Finance. The Chambers will probably not resume their sittings till the new ministry is formed.—Le Commerce. TETE SUN, LONDON, -MONDAY, MAY 24, 1841 BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY 22. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price french 5 per Cents ll4 R 5 ... 114 80 ... 1.4 55 ... 114 73 4 per Cents l.B 90 V 8 90 ... ('8 1:0 98 90 3 per Cents 7(l 15 79 30 ... 79 15 ... 25 9,nk or erance Lallitte Bank 1,000/.31.ar0s 1V55 ...1P55 ...1055 5,000 f. Stares 5131 ...5130 ...ma, Belgian Bank 1841.... 5 per Cents. New Loan lOl% ... 1.1% 101% ... 101% ipanish Active 244 ... 24% ... `24% ... 94% Neal °Wan lO4 20 ... IP4 20 n 4 20 ... 104 20 Roman 10 1 1.4 ... 101% ...1011 ... 101% HALLWAY SHARES. Et. Germain Versailles. ...... K. B 345 ... 3.5 ... 342 50 ... 343 75 Rouen 460 ... 460.. 460 ... 460 Orleans 488 25 486 25 486 25 Strasburg to Bale THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The Assembly met on Thursday, when Dr. Gordon was elected Moderator without opposition. On the motion of Mr. Dunlop, a Non-Intrusionist, the names of the three clergymen re turned by the Strathbogie Presbytery were struck from the roll under a protest from Mr. Edmond, Dr. Bryce, and otheri. The Strathbogie case will be taken up, it is supposed, on Tuesday ; but whether the Wrongheads have resolved to push on in their headlong 'course, or to back out by some manoeuvre, has not transpired. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. It appear; from Lisbon papers, brought bv the Tagus steamer, that the American treaty with Portugal had be . en ratified by the Government of the United States. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 22.—We have had a limited business done in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales scarcely amounting to 2,000 bales at Friday's quotations. In export or speculation nothing to report. LIVERPOOL SHARE-MARKET, MAY 22.—A rather better business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange to-day, but there is a visible decline in prices ; Grand Junctions are again lower, and now realize 201; Birmingham and Derby, 31 ls. 6d. ; Eastern Counties, 8i; Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock, 29k; Great Western new shares, 633 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53k; Midland Counties, new shares, 21 3 %. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 22.—The Share Market is not worse, but the business is very limited, and the following are the only transactions of the day :—Manchester and Leeds, 53 51i, North Midland (New), 17s. 6d., 225. 6d., 17s. 6d. ; Manchester and Salford, Banks, 10 ; South Lan cashire, 5/. 3s. 9d. ; Union Plate Glass, 97g. We have received the Hamburgh mail of the 21st in=t., with papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London 13-6*, being a quarter of a shilling higher than last post day. Gold, 4301, same ; Metalliques, 1081 ; Back Actions, 1,648. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 21.—The intelligence of the check which the English Ministers received, has caused the national funds to be heavy, and it is expected that the English funds will fall in consequence. Ardoin's are still on the fall without any great business doing. The accounts received fromi Lisbon of a three •masted steamer steering for the Azores, and supposed to be the Presi dent, has caused some excitement in the City this morning. This steamer must have been the same that was seen by the Lord Saumarez some time since. Various are the opinions formed on the above event, and nothing of a decisive nature can be said as yet in respect to her being the President. THE FUNDS. The British Funds opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of Saturday, 89i 90, both for the Account and Money ; Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock 250, 252; India Bonds, par., 2 premium. In the Foreign Market the prices are nominal, as yet. Spanish Active, 231 1 ; Deferred, 111 ; Passive, 511 ; 67i 681 ; Portuguese, 331 34 ; Three per Cents., 20i ; Colombian, 221 ; Mexican, 28i 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. ; Five per Cents., 99 5 4 100. SHADES. —Great Western, 24 28 1 4 prem. ; New, 131 141 prem. ; London and Brighton,:4 31 dis. ; Blackwell, 7 6 (Ls; Birmingham 6870 prem. ; Southampton, 56 57 per share. Croydon, 14 14 per share; Greenwich, Sb per share; Man chester and Birmingham, lbi 14i dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 7l . . Londotiandßrighton London and Birmingham Ditto * Shares Ditto New London and South Western 3B& — ... .. to Ditto Tenths li ll to 2 Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares HALF-PAST ONE. Both commercial affairs and the funds remain in the same inactive state, as for several days past, and there is not a fea- tore in the British market worth noticing to the present time. This night's debate in the House of Commons is expected to be of some interest, and for which our City politicians are anxiously waiting. Madrid arrivals of the 16th inst., received this morning, state that Gonzales having resigned, Olozaga has undertaken to form the new Ministry. Consols may be quoted the same as they opened this morn ing, 89& 90 for the Account ; Money, 8.9& 90, have been 90. Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem., Bank Stock 168 169, India Stock 252, India Bonds 2 prem. par. In the Foreign Market there are only four quotations. Spanish Active, 23g ; Portuguese. 34i; Dutch Two -and-a- Half per Cents., 52} ft; Five per Cents., 99%. The Share Market a!so inactive. Birmingham and Glou cester 71, London and Brighton 45.4 46, London and Binning. ham 23} shares, London and Birmingham Thirds 53, New 23, Manchester and Leeds 50. QUARTER TO THREE. Cosols, Money, 90, sellers ; ditto, July 16, 904 1 1 ; can 286 ; P or tuguese 34i 4; Spanish, 23.,, 24, Markets firm. ITALY.—Letters from Rome of the Bth ins!. announce that Viscount Carreira, the new Envoy of Portugal, would be admitted to present his credentials to the Pope on the 10th. The Russian Ambassador, M. de Potemkin. %CRS to be removed to Naples, and replaced in Rome by M. de Boutenieff. REPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.—We un derstand that the liberal electors of this borough are bestirrirg themselves, as they ought to do, to procure the triumphant re turn of Mr. Cobden in the room of Major Marsland. A re quisition, most numerously and respectably signed, is about to be presented to Mr. Cobden, of whose election no doubt is now entertained. The disgrace inflicted upon the town, by the re turn of a Reformer and a Tory, i s a b ou t t o b e wiped away.— Manchester Times. The General Steam Navigation Company's ves vel, the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house yesterday with the Dutch mail; also the Caledonia, IT. Cheeseman, from Hansburgh arrived off the T ow er at five o'clock A.M., thi s d ay, with the ' Hamburgh mail. GENERAL ELECTION.—A meeting of the General Committee cf Dissenters was held at Edinburgh on Friday, for the purpose of watching over the interests of that body, in case of an election for the city; and, after a short discus4on, the members, by acclamation, came to the conclu sion of supporting Mr. Hume, the Member for Kilkenny. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear Scotch Appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lauderdale, and Lord Woodhouse. BRE3INER V. KERR. Mr. TINNEY resumed his arguments in this part-heard Scotch Appeal on behalf of the respondent. The question in the case related to a cautionary bowl, and possessed no point of interest except to the parties concerned. The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when we left. - - --- ROLLS' COURT.-(filiS DAY.) • Unopposed petitions and motions of no interest occupied his Lordship the Master of the Rolls the whole morning. VICE -CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BATES V. WILLIS. In this case, which was part heard, Mr. Knight Bruce (with whom was Mr. Coleman) was heard in support of an injunction formerly granted by the Court, and which was now soimht to be dissolved. 'I rents, issues, and prOfits of certain lands had been de vised to the plaintiff during her life by her husband, deceased. It appeared that it was the testator's desire that a certain por tion of the profits arising from the lands should be vested in the hands of a banker, to pay off some ineumbrances on the property ; of this vested sum the widow had drawn a part, and on the trustees seeking to prevent her again doing so an in junction had been obtained by her to restrain them from pro hibiting the banker to honour any of her checks or drafts. Mr. JACOB contended, at considerable length, that the trus tees were entitled to have the injunction dissolved, as it was shown that the business of the farms could be carried on without the plaintiff's raising any of the vested money, and as some old debts still remained unpaid, though of smaller amount than the sum in the hands of the banker. His Howoun conceived that justice would be done to all the partlee, by dissolving the injunction as far as related to the cash balance. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) BUSINESS OF THE COURT. At the sitting of the Court this morning Lord DENMAN said they would take the special paper on one day only during the present term, namely, Tuesday, the Ist of June. The Crown papers would be taken on all the other special paper days, and on every open day the Court would take motions and new trials. ABINGDON V. LIPSCOSIBE. The CouRT gave judgment in this case which was an action of trover, of seven cows and horses which had been seized as heriots due to the lord of the manor, in respect of customary tenure. The question in the case was whether the conversion had been sufficiently proved by the evidence, and a rule for a nonsuit had been moved for on the ground that the evidence was defective on that point. It appeared that the servant of the plaintiff had marked seven cows and horses, although he was only entiled to five, and when he subsequently returned and claimed the cattle, the defendant refused to give up the seven, but stated his readiness to give up five. That appeared tothe Court to be a sufficient answer to the alleged conversion, and therefore the rule for a non- suit must be made absolute. SELWOOD V. MOUNT AND ANOTHER. The COURT also gave judgment in this case, which was an action of trespass against two Magistrates for having issued their warrant under which the goods of the plaintiff had been seized. The case rose out of an appeal against an order of Justices for the stopping up of a high-way, and the warrant was issued to enforce the payment of the costs of that appeal. The warrant of the Justices set out the conviction of the plaintiff under the 90th sec. of the sth and 6th William IV, chap. 50, but it did not set out the amount of the costs which were to be levied against the plaintiff. The Court held that the omission of the amount of the costs vfas fatal, and there fore their judgment must be for the plaintiff. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. BENJAMIN BARKER, CLERK. In this case the ATTORNEY. GENERAL appeared to show cause, on the part of the Tithe Commissioners, against a rule served upon them, but he said it might save time to hear Coun sel, who appeared on the part of the Rev. Mr. Rich. Mr. KELLY said this was a rule served upon the Tithe Com missioners, calling upon them to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue to prevent them from finding any modus relating to Shiptown Park, in Norfolk, which was rented from Eton College by the Rev. Mr. Rich. Some time ago the Commissioners came into the parish in which the property is situated, under the compulsory powers of their Act, to value the Tithe. His client set up a modes of 6s. Bd., but it ap peared that nothing had been paid for a long period. He had much difficulty in attempting to make out the modus, because the daughters of a deceased rector, named Bullock, through a fear of giving some undue advantage to either party, refused to allow any inspection of the papers of their father relating to the affairs of the parish. The a , tempt to set up the modus failed, and the Assistant Commissioner found the value of the Tithes at between 3001. and 4001. This decision was appealed from, and an issue was tried. but it also failed. The Commissioners had not made their award when, on the first of January, the Misses Bullock at last' con sented to allow an inspection of the documents, provided it were made in the presence of all the parties, or their solicitors, and they turned out to be most important ; for it was clear, that though they would not make out a modus of 6s. Bd., they clearly proved one of 6s. After some delay, the Tithe Com missioners consented to entertain the question of the 6s. modus upon condition that Eton College should agree to it. and con sent to he bound by their award ; and, further, that if the modus were set up, the Rector should be paid all his costs as between attorney and client. These were very hard terms, and might have been impracticable, but Mr. Rich agreed to them. Now the Commissioners had still to ascertain the value of the tithe, and to make their award, and he contended they were not pre cluded from entertaining the question of the 6s. modus, be cause the Assistant Commissioner had found there was not one for 6s. Bd., even although he went on, and alleged that the Rector was entitled to the tithe. These words were mere surplusage. He had no right to find so much, and the Commis sioners not having ascertained the value of the tithes, or made their award, had power, under several sections of their Act, to re hear and adjudicate upon the question. The Commissioners were bound to make an award. A mistake had been made, and if it were the intention of the Legislature, in framing the Act of Parliament, to make such a mistake irrevocable, then he would contend that, in the present instance at least, a great injustice would be committed. He contended that the Com missioners were bound to do all that was necessary, to enable them to ascertain the rights.of all parties concerned. He sub mitted, therefore, that the rule must be discharged. Mr. BY LES having been heard on the same side, Mr. Baron PARSE said that the Court considered the ques- tion as one of so much importance, that their Lordships would not wish their decision to be final ; their desire was, that it should be reviewed before a Court of Error. It was ultimately arranged that the rule should be enlarged, arid that measures should immediately be adopted for putting the cause into such a shape as to secure the hearing of it be fore a Court of Error, without delay. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WIG lITMA N. ) The Court having disposed of same motions of course, sat at Nisi Prius and tried several Common Jury cases, of no interest except to the parties concerned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals of English grain were moderate, and good of Irish Oats and Foreign Wheat. The fresh supply of Wheat was good but scanty of other Corn. The best Wheat obtained last quotations, other quotations Is per quarter lower. Barley, Beans, and Pease unv:ried, with little doing. Oats a slow sale at last week's terms. The Flour trade is dull at no variation in prices. The weather is very fine for the growing crops. PRICES 01.1 80 . Wheat,Red (old) -- White (old) —s. --s. Red 18.10) 525. 555. --- Fine s(s. 593. Superfine 60s. 635. White (1841.) sss. 588. -- Fine (Os. 645. Superfine 665. 70s. ----Foreign free 51s. N. Rye• 38s. 40s. Barley 255. 36s Grinding %/6s. 28s. ---- Malting 9 05.338 . Malt S6F. 60s. Fine New 625. 635. RD OF SFIP Beans, Small (new) s 445. (old) ..... • —s, Tick (new) 35 374 __— (old) —b. —.5. Harrow (new) 375. 395. (01d).....„ s Br , nk Oats, Feed - S. --- New 171.21 s. Poland New 22..24'. Potatoe —s .—s. ---- Now 244.265. Scotch 26 .. 28s. Irish 16s. ... ins. 225. Pease, Grey, New 'riGs. 38s. Maple New 408. 425. White 345. 3's. —... Boilers 375. 38s. Flour Town (per sack) 545. 58s. Seconds 48s. 525. Narth Country 48s 50 Bran 9 , 10s. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. English Irish - COL 22,446 Foreign ......, , 10,530 1,670 -- 2;756 .;rls SMITHFIELD. We had a good supply of cattle at market. The demand good, the best Scots fully realising our p r e sent q uotations. The middling and inferior sorts met with a good trade. Our supply of Sheep and Lambs was moderate, with a good demand for both. Our supply of Calves was fair, with a good demand. We had a plentiful supply of Pigs, the demand brisk, without alterations in prices. Beasts, 2,705 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,920 ; Pigs, 605 ; Calves, 134. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Veal, 4s. 44. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. TEA MARKET. The market for Free Trade was dull, but no variation in value took place. Company's Congou, is. Bd., to sellers. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian was limited, but prices were sup ported, and P. Y . Candle was not be purchased under 465. 6d., on the spot. The supply keeps large of South American. PROVISION MARKET. Irish Butter is extremely dull of sale, and prices are nominal. Bacon dull of sale, and prices on the decline. In Lard a fair business was done. WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. The supply very large and sales made with much difficulty. York red, 845. to 90s. ; Scotch red, 425. to 50s. ; and Kent and Suffolk, 525. to 565. per ton. HOP MARKET. The demand for all sorts of Hops was good, and rather higher rates were paid. The accounts are unfavourable from the Hop-growing districts. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 24.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., fres h, fine, clear weather. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Surprise, for the'South Seas; Euphrates, Mau ritius ; Hercules, St. John's. HASTINGS, MAY 23.—Arrived off, the Albers, Eater,. from New Orleans, for Bremen. DARTMOUTH, MAY 21.—Arrived off, the John Pirie, om Antigua; Burney, Hopkins, New. York. Sailed, the gophia, Joup, for Teneriffe ; Nisith, Labrador. PLYMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed the China, for Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, MAY 21.—Wind E., fresh gales and squally.- 22, Wind E.—Arrived the Tagus steamer, from Gibraltar, left 13th, Cadiz 14th, Usbon 17th, Oporto 18th, Sailed the Crane packet, for the West Indies; Mentor,'Con stantinople ; Two Sisters, Montreal. Vi go 19th. LzvEsti'oot, MAY 22.—Wirid E. moderate. 23, slight.— Arrived the Montague, Craile, from Buenos Ayres ; Mary, Hawkins, Demerara, sailed 18th ult ; Enchantress, Bassett, ,Nassau; Feuella, Smardon, Malaga; Mary, Wheelwright , St. Domingo; Octorara, Smith, New Orleans; Catharine, Ma son, Mobile; European, M'Clellan, Mobile; Christiania, Simpson, Charleston. Sailed the Majestic and Madonna for • Bombay ; Lord Althorp, Valparaiso; Lady Flora Hastings, Bahia ; Eliza Johnstone, Pernambuco ; Lancaster, Berbiee ; Fleurs, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Otter, Constantinople ; Isabel, Leghorn ; Peruvian, Baltimore ; Thomas Sparks, Canton; Columbia, Jamaica; Lynx, Tampico; Horatio, Honduras 'Palestine, - BoStOn; Albina, Quebec; Lotus, Quebec ; Winscalas, Montreal; Cloughtane, Naples ; Prince I Albert, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Hortensia, St. Do mingo. Arrived off , th e Areamsa, Card, from Cuba. PETERHEAD, MAY 20.—The Ida, from Stettin to Liver., pool, is stranded on Illtray Brigs, and it is expected will be come a wreck—crew saved, SlizEr,ns, MAY 21.—Arrived the Waldon, Williamson, from Valparaiso. rolmlAniar sGAleTsrto,oll.lAl" Arrived2S.— A o r if riv th e e d t h e Lady 2 ady 3 J d an , e tle St J ew t art l f Gibbs, from Bruils ; Julia, Daameman, f rom Ri o Janeiror°, EVENING EDITION. BRUTAL ATTACK. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The meeting convened by the Sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning P ar li amen t against the intention of Government with respect to the Corn laws, was held in the Castle-yard, Lincoln, on Friday last, and was attended by a very large number of landowners and occupiers, including the Earl of Winchilsca, Earl of Yar borough, Lord Worsley, M.P., Sir Montague Cholmelev, Bart, Sir John Netthorpe, Bart., G. P. Heneage, Esq., R. A. Christopher, Esq., ALP., Hon. A. - S. Melville, Sir Charles Anderson, Ban., the Dean of Windsor, the Sub- Dean of Lincoln, T. G. Corbett, Esq., Charles Chaplin. Esq., &c. &c. 'When the resolutions were put to the meeting, thousands of hands were generally held up for their adoption, and when persons unfavourable to the re solutions were invited to hold their hands up, between sixty and sixty perhaps were visible, and those honest men who dared to oppose the thousands of the landlords' slaves, viz., the farmers and labourers, there assembled, were marked out, and some disturbance took place. Several cf the gentle men on the hustings exclaimed—" Turn them out;" at this instant every Anti-torn-lawman at that meeting was grossly atacked by the farmers with stacks; knocked down, and brutally kicked when they were down. Such a das tardly attack was perhaj s never before witnessed. The in structions to turn the men out having been given from the hustings, and as the persons on those hustings Were chiefly magistrates, it is very probable gentlemen in the - commission of the peace were the cause of this disturbance, by which so much injury was done. Several of the ruffians of farmers, who used their bludgeons, were known, and, after the meeting, had meted out to them what they had meted out to others who were unarmed when attacked by such nuinbers. Ai PPALLING STATEMENT. At the Anti-Corn-law Tea Party, held in the Corn. Ex change, Manchester, on Thursday, several excellent speeches were made by Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., of Liverpool ; T. Milner Gibson, Esq. ; the Rev. Wm. M'Kerrow, the Rev. D. Hearne, and others. We regret that we cannot find room for them, but the short one, made by the Rev. Mr. Hearne, it would be a sin to omit. It tills a tale more frightful than any that has ever fallen under our observation. The Rev. Gentle man (a Catholic priest) said he was not much acquainted with the commercial bearings of the subject, and therefore he could not enter into them. He would leave to others the task of explaining why wages were low and corn high in this country, while in America wages were high and corn low. He came forward to bear his humble testimony to that awful and conti need distress which is raging in Manchester, and which threatened, unless means were taken to alleviate it, to bring about a diiruption 'of social order. In his ministerial character among the people he had witnessed the effects of a , famine now and again, but he would say that this was no temporary distress ; a famine had been raging in the district where he lived since 1838, which proved the evil could not be .a pass-Hg one, and he attributed it to nothing else hut the low rate of wages—( Hear, hear)--which scarcely sf forded to the poor labourer the means of feeding himself and offspring. The meeting could scarcely form a conception of the misery and destitution prevailing in the district, of which he was a witness on this occasion. He went lately to ad minister the consolations of religion to a poor dying woman. On arriving at her bed-side sne seemed to• be alone. He asked if she was. " Johnny," said she, and immediately a sack in the corner of the room began to move, and then another began to move, and out of these tumbled the poor woman's sons, their only bed being the inside of sacks filled with shavings.—( Hear, hear.) He had about 20,000 of his flock living within half a mile of his chapel. Scarcely a single Catholic, unless in cases of sudden death, breathed his last without sending for the priest, and of these, and he spoke from personal observation, at least one-half died from starvation.—(Hear, hear.) Talk of war ra'va e eing a country !—better by far was he who died by the sword than he that was striken by famine.—( Hear, hear.) He could bear but too strong testimony to the opinion expressed by Mr. M'Kcrrow that men in want of temporal comforts were but ill fitted to receive the consolations of religion—for he had found how difficult it was when the poor man was dying. with his starving children around him, to stop. the word of blasphemy issuing front his lips, in his parting breath. CORN-LAW S-MARGATE. • (FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT.) The following Correspondence relating to a petition in favour of the Corn-laws, from the guardians of the Isle of Thanet union, is well worthy of being made public at this most important period. If you have room in your Monday's Edition, the whole of this affair will come before the public before the petition is press nted to the House : " To TIIE - POOK-LAW . COMMISSIONERS FOX ENGLAND AND WALES. " 21, Dane-hill-row, Margate, May 13. " Gentlemen,—l am requested by a numbe- of rate-payers of St. John, Margate, to forward to you the copy of a le:ter received by Wm. Hall , Esq., guardian of the poor for Mar gate, from the Clerk of the Ise of Mallet union. . •' Isle of Thanet Union. " Notice of motion by Mr. Thomas Hooper; on Friday, the 21st May, 1841 :—That this Board send petitions to both Houses of Parliament against the proposed alterations in the Corn-laws. " ' May 10. (Signed) " WM. FREENIAN, Clerk.' " The rate-payers desire to know whether the Commis sioners advise or sanction boards or guardians, administersag„ the laws for the relief of the poor, to employ thcii clerks, itf other officers paid out of the poor's-rate, in furthering the political views of individual members; and whether the notice of motion conveyed by the Circular signed by Mr. Wm. Free man, Clerk to the union, be legitimate to the business of a guardian, as defined by the 38th clause of • the Poor-law Amendment Act. The rate-payers earnestly desire the Com missioners to apprise Mr. Thomas Ilooper, and the guardians of the Isle of 'l'hanet union, how obviously improper it is to employ the officers of the union upon any business not strictly defined and limited by the statute. " I have the honour to remain, &c. " EDWARD AIOTTLEY. " To the Poor-law Commissioners." The Poor-law Commissioners, in consequence of the above remonstrance, sent the following lettter to Air. Wm. Free man, th 4. Clerk : , " '5,211 A. " Poor-law Commission-office, Somerset House 19th May, 1841. " POLITICAL MEETINGS OF BOARDS OF GUARDIANS. " Sir,—The Poor-law Commissioners transmit herewith a copy of a letter which has been addressed to them by Mr. Edward Mottley, on behalf of certain rate-payers of the parish of St. John, Ma , gate, in the Isle of Thanet union, respecting a notice of motion given by Mr. Thos. Hooper, a guardian of that union, for Friday, the 21st inst., that the board of guardians of the Lie of Thanet union send petitions to both Houses of Legislature against the proposed alteration in the Cern-laws.' " The Commissioners desire to state, that having already in a letter to the board of guardians of the Derby union ex plained their views as to the impolicy of discussing at meetings of hoards of guardians matters which are not within the func tions of the board, deem it right to call the attention of the guardians to that communication in the official Circular of the 4th of April, 1840, herewith transmitted to the guardians. " E. CHADWICK, Secretary," RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGIT, MAY 13.—The Imperial family will set out on the 17th of this month for Moscow, where they will pass some weeks. The Princes of Hesse, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, will accompany them. Before they leave St. Petersburgh, there will be a grand review, as is usual in the spring. The physicians of the Empresi do not think it necessary for her Majesty to go to Ems this year. The intention of doing so is therefore given up.—:llemburgh Borsenhalle, May 21. ST. PEYERSBURGII, APRIL 24.—Foreign journals have an. nouneed the great scarcity of money that prevails hero, and that the Government intends to contract a loan at Am sterdam already. Last year an attempt was made to remedy the deficiency by creating bonds of the Com mercial Bank and Treasury Bonds. From this year for ward the proprietors of the gold mines in the Ural Mountains and Siberia, are to pay a much higher duty ; the building of the Isaacs Church of the Hermitage, and many other Imperial edifices, is suspended for the present. A fortnight ago the last English missionaries, Messrs. Thallybrass and Swan, of the Edinburgh Society, returned from Siberia. on their may to England. Henceforward there will be no English missionaries in all Russia, as the Russian Government has confined their operations to preaching only, and the converts are obliged to embrace the Greek religion. These two clergymen have done a great service by translating the Bible into the Mongol lan guage. , -- CITY OF WESTMINSTER .LITERARY, SCIEN TIFIC,.AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. —Last Thurs6y even ing Mr. Wilson, the distinguished vocalist. gave the first of a series of lectures on Scottish music, at this Institution, to a crowded and gratified audience. He explained, in his essay, the limited compass of the primitive Scottish scale, as in the case of the " Banks and braes o' bonnie Doon," to which might be added " Logie o' Buchan," " Auld lang sync," &c., and pointed out the peculiar Characteristics of some of our northern circulationfor melodies ; particularly the mournful effect produced by the in troduction of the flat seventh; in the old Border air of " The flowers of the forest." He traced the origin of some of our lecture secular tunes to the church.chaunts about three centuries back, and showed, by changing the time of " 0 walY Daly," its strong claim to an ancient eccle4astic existence. His was interesting and instructive ; but his exempikations by in which in simple melody he so eminently excels , his own fine voice, modulated by pure taste and exquisite feeling, carried to the hearts of his hearers the most thrilling conviction. Mr. Wilson gave several songs in his happiest manner, and concluded with the olden ditty of :" Tak yer auld cloak about ye," a lyric that bears evidence to the ancient truth that differences will occur in the best regulated families. It was sung with most graphic power, and a rapturous encore attested the effect of the perform "'nee. We are glad to see this fine and flourishing Institution directs efforts for the expansion of intellect, it_ neglects not blendinr , occasionally the dulce with the utile—that while it those pursuits that move and mend the heart. - It is " refresh ing" in this utilitarian age to enjoy a soiree musicale of our native unsoohistica , ed melodies that to pleaseroable sensations attune the chords of the heart, too often discordantly jarred by collision with the harsh realities of life. The .announcement , of Mr. Wilson's second lecture next Thursday even i ng was I hailed with manifest satisfaction by the assembled admirers of the 'joyous science. the th Colonies,. E. ECTIONS OF TIIE CITY OF LONDON .r s :mornin g ha t the object in t he d i ffe r ent Wards of the City of London, of which *i s to re questl hn Russell, the Secretary requisition was , in himself as a candidate at the next would offer e lection. It is 1 s i gned. expe cted to be most nume . rous y The following is a of the requisition : To Lord John Russell,' M.P the undersigned electors of the City of London do her e b y re quest that you will in the event of a dissolutio n of Parliament, permit yourself to be put in nomination o f London in the ensuing Parliament." _ SUICIDE AT THE CAMBRIAN• 'COFFEE.. HousE.—Yesierday morning, at half-past three,.a,man having the appearance of a footman entered the Cambrian Coffee hout,e in Great Russell-street, and having called:for a cup of coffee, be asked to be furnish e d w i t h a b e d . The waiter con ducted him up stairs, and had just reached the shop again, when he heard a heavy fall on the floor. He ran up stairs, and on entering the room found the man extended on the floor with his head nearly severed from his body. the carotid artery being completely cut through. No letters or papers Were found on the deceased to lead to a clue of his name or address. He had on a dark mixture' coat, brown waistcoat, plush small clothes, white stockings, and shoes. The buttons have a boar's head, and are the manufacture of Messrs. Trimmer and Co., Strand. VENICE, MAY 4.—The. Athenmum and the city of Venice sustained yesterday a very severe loss. Bartolo meo Gamba, author of the " Testi di Lingua," one of our mo,t leatned and el•gant writers, and sub-librarian of the Library of Which he um, taken ' with his usual energy, was suddenly ill, sank down, aad St. Mark; while he was delivering a lecture at the Athenaeum, expired on the spot, at the age of 75 years. GIRAFFES. —NI. Itiboulet arrived lenvon Sa hiGehiralat'aesve e xh ibitedeallgil btltereimakdtlrfiny theng traveller had captured six of I these beautiful creatures, but in hoisting one of them on boa -d the Great Liverpool it struggled so that The crate gave wily, turday last, wi al tl i i ti fi , v , e pastilibv,)::s:kiii.ia' 1 his enterprising i and he so injured himself that if was fottudnecessasy to destrq him.- Fortenouth Paper,