The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

MORNING ;EDITION The parish of Dover had been in the habit of voting the stipend of the Minister in the form of Church-rates. The result was, that an individual had been cited before the Ecclesiastical Court, and was undergoing all its at tacks. Could any advantage be derived to the Esta blished Church from such a state of things ?—(Hear, hear.) A Church so wealthy, so amply endowed and sufficient for the purposes of religious instruction, ought never to have resorted to such means of support ; it was altogether indefensible. He deeply regretted that neither the proposal of Lord Althorp in 1834, nor that of Lord Monteagle in 18. had received the sanction of the House. Nothing 7., g . waa more necessary to the peace of so ciety,or to die prosperity even of the Established Church, than an administration of its funds, by which it would be enabled to maintain.with dignity and propriety all that was requisite for its cOnduct. It was stated by Lord Ale .thorp An 1834 that the amount collected by way of assess ment was about 560,000/., and that there could be no doubt that one-half of that was of a very equivo cal and needless character, and might have been avoided. The Hon. Member for the University of Oxford, on the proposal of a grant to the College of Maynooth, had stated that he would not voluntarily or willingly pay for the support of a system from which he conscientiously differed. Surely that ought to form a reason with the Hon. Member tor relieving the Dissenters from this in tolerable grievance. It had been confidently predicted in that House, that unless this question was equitably ad justed, it would continue to be the subject of strife and of conflict. He would ask the House whether those pre dictions had not been fulfilled. The Hon. Member for Kilkenny had presented a petition that night from an individual who was suffering incarceration for the nonpayment of this impost. That had been follow ed by the incarceration of another indivi dual in the town which he (Mr. Easthope) had the honour to represent. He had formerly stated to the House that that individual was an object of deep and general sympathy in the town ; and, as a proof of this, in a ward comprising 20,000 inhabitants, he had been una nimously elected a member of the corporation. The ministers of that town felt it to be one of the greatest hindrances, and one of the most aggravated difficulties with which, as ministers, they had to contend. It had been stated to bins by a gentleman whose name was well known in the history of this country, and who was nearly connected with the great man who had made that name memorable, the Rev. Mr. Erskine, that during the whole course of his Ministerial career nothing had ever afforded him more pain or more deeply afflicted him in the discharge of his ministerial functions than the ques tion of Church-rates.—(Hear, hear.) Now, was it pos sible that could arise out of such a conflict ? At the present time there were legal proceedings taken in the following places :—Braintree, Bradford, Entomb, Hack ney, Brentford, Portsea, Weymouth, Dover, Ringwood, Lancaster, Great Yarmouth, Abergavenny, and several other places. Not only were Church-rates annihilated in many large towns, but the strife of legal proceedings was at this moment in operation. Many families were kept in a state of uncertainty. their feelings worked up to desperation by the fear of imprisonment because they would not contribute to that which their consciences repudiated. He was aware that he might be told by the Honourable Member for the University of Oxford, that individuals were not entitled to consider Church-rates as a grievance upon their conscience, for that it was simply a question of pronerty. Such had - been the argument of the Hon. Il e i tt e s sy on former occasions. But how could it be a quest i on property, when it was made to depend upon the will of Cs: voters? If it were simply a question of property, the would be how much they should vote, but it was a quetsun whether they should vote any suns whatever.--(" No, no," from Sir R. Inglis.) The Hun. Baronet said No. He supposed the Hon. Baronet referred to the judgment of Chief-Justice Tindal in the 'Braintree case. "za which it was stated by way of impli cation, that the parish church must be maintained; but it was also stated in that judgment, that if the case came on in another form, it might possibly receive another edjudication. In a pamphlet addressed by the Attorney- G e aeral to the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lan cusimee, it was s!istinetly affirmed that it was not a ques tion of property; and that no rate could possibly be made except by a majority of the voters in parish vestry; and that any rate, '.eviel otherwise than in that form, could not be maintained either in the courts of common 'law or in the ecclesiastical courts. The civi- Islans and common lawyers had never supposed time the churchwardens could make a rate by their own ,:iriority, unless none but themselves attended th e vestry. The opinion of Lord Holt was cited in suppor of t h at v i ew . he would now state what_he had to propose to:the House on this su;,Ject. In the first place he proposed to abolish that which was 'he chief cause of the di , sension, namely Church-rates. Should .Ne be told that the Church would not be able to maintain its fabrics ; that the-members of the Established Church, comparatively so numerous, comparatively so wealthy, he would not say comparatively so indifferent to the cause of religion, would not subscribe like tie assenters for the maintenance of their own places of worship ? The Bill which he proposed would empower those who attended the Established Church to rate themselves in resp, , et to pews and seats for their families. He was aware that a difficulty would arise where churches had been rebuilt by funds provided from 'mortgage. Of course, in all such cases ma Act of Parliament should Zppl y until all the monies had been repaid. The Bi 1 he had to propose was simply for the abolition of Church rates, and to empower the inhabitants to ratc themselves with respect to pews in the church, which, he believed, would be feund at no distant period to be more than sufficient fur the maintenance of the fabric of the 'church. In confirmation of that he had a letter Won a member of the Church, not from a party indifferent to interests, but from a clergyman of the Established Church, the Rev. J. Lowry, vicar of Burley, near Carlisle. That gentleman stited that he was a friend to the Established Church, and he belie red that unless an alteration was made relative to Church rites, congregation would soon fall off from the church. That letter' was evidence not to be slighted, as it was not the evidence of a Dissenter, but a Member of the Established Church. He hat also a letter from Mr. Bone, the church warden of St. Antirs - w's, Plymouth, to a similar effect. He bad also a letter fr.im an';ndividual who signed himself as " A Sincere Enemy to Church-ra;es." deprecating in strong terms the present system of Church-rees. These letters showed a ease which he hoped would convince the House that not only Dissenters, but even Churehmen, were of opinion that Church• rates were an impost that ought not to he tolerated. The So ciety of Friends had submitted to those imposts for upwards of (.10 years, but they had led to discontents and strife. He would read to the House a letter he had received from a member of the Society of Friends, in which he detailed the course pursued in the collection of Church-rates from members of that body. He believed the facts he should furnish from the Society of Friends would shot* the House that there was jobbery and robbery in the collection of Church-rates, which the House would not tolerate.- The i! , .n. Member then read a letter from a member of the Society of :'riends which stated an instance where, for a Church-rate of Is "1 4 ' 4 - property worth 30s. was taken in execution It appeared to I:jin that the gloese had neglected its duty to the country in allonting the question to remain for so long a period in the unsettled state in which it at present was. In the ease to which had alluded the individual had sustained a loss of not less than 351. 14s. efts He could scarcely imagine it possible that there was any Mem ber in that House who did not teel with him that it was most desirable that some Member of the Government, or some of the gnat party opposed to the Government, should take up the question and bring it to a satisfactory conclusion,—( Hear. ) tie could however scarcely hope that, under she circumstances in width he brought the question forward, that it could be carried to any satisfactory issue at present, but he trusted that another year would not be allowed to elapse without its being I taken rip by the Government of the day, and thereby put an end to the bitterness and acrimony that unfortunately prevailed wish regard to it. The Hun. Member eoncluded by moving for have to bring in a Bill to abolish Church-rates. Mr. GOULBURN said the Hon. Member had not distinctly stated hose he intended to meet the deficiency which the aboli tion of Church-rates would create; and before the question was put, he wished to suggest to the Speaker whether the Lotion of the Ron. Member was not informal, inasmuch as he proposed if he (Mr. Goulburn) understood him correctly, to levy a tax upon pews and sittings, for the maintenance and re pair of churches, and that was such a measure as must origi nate in a Committee of the whole House. _Mr. EA ST HOPE begged to explain that he had followed t h e 1 , recedents which,had been adopted in similar Bills ; and, further, that it was not intended by his Bill to make the levying of the tax upon pews and seats compulsory , but to leave it optional with the vestries.-(Cries of " Chair, chair.") The SPEAKER said it was quite true that no bill impos ing a tax for the repair of churches could originate unless in a o ranittee of the whole House, but he thought the explanation of the Hon. Membeieremoeed the objection. Lord MO RPETH did not mean to offer any opposition to the introduction of the _Bill ; but the principle to which the , Government were not prepaY top give its acquiescence, was that of leaving it to chance ui' tion as to whether the tax should - Le imposed or not. No man Tias more alive to the im portance of the subject than himself; and no man was more anxious to see the litigations and impOsownents, the heart burning* and ill-will, which the present . .eyStem gave . lise to put an end so. He was therefore friendly to any weil-con sidered e nactment which would provide a substitute' for Church rates. The Governments of Lord Grey and Lord 31elbounist had introduced propositions with that object ; but upOn being introduced and laid befo re the House, it did not to them that they would would co that with ae.ree • acquiescence which would inspire them a 'hope of bringing them to any satisfactory termination.d He understood that his Hon. Friend proposed some met o supply the deficiency that would be . oc . casion . ed by the total abolition of Church rates ; it ramained to be seen whether eisis would be anything more than chance.—( Hear, hear.) so long as it was so, he could not give his consent to - abolish the compulsory powers that now existed. But as it was most desirable that this matter should be duly considered and properly settled, 'without taking on himself to pronounce any opinion whether the substitution proposed was adequate in sarsaount, or satisfactory in its application, without giving any dopinion eseept as to the general principles of the present mo f on, on the part of the Government he should give his sanc tion to its introduction.—( Hear, hear.) air 11. H. INGLIS said that when a similar measure to the present was brought forwatd a short time ago, it was opposed by the Government on the ground of the pressure of other busine,s, in consequence of which it could not be properly considered. This objection applied still more strongly to the - i piesent motion, and he was therefore surprised that the Go wernment should give their assent to it. The present Inca• stare was to transfer the ancient method of taxing by the po pular discretion of the country to the Vestry—a system more elasory could not be well conceived. It was on the ground that there was a. slight distinction between the present mo tion and that of the Hoe.- Member for Finsbury, that the Government were induced_ to give their consent to it. He cm.uld only account fortheir conduet on the ground that the 1 -resent - measure contained some extraordinary . panacea for the various evils complained of, or that they could not now afford to give it a negative.—(oh, ob, and `'dicer, bear.) So far as he-understood the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, it was that the extreme measures had not been exhaissted by Which the law as it stood might be vindi cated.- 11/4004 lherefere, they introduced a measure which would completely t 'verturii the fabric of the church, let them Sesame whether the ineesent law was not sufficient for mg desirable purpose. The p , \wer of the countr y to p rovide fo r the repair s a ttac he s cou ld ,sot, in his opinion, be denied; and property was fairly subjected !et such an impost. It wu i n order to Prevent the Church of England from being starved out—(Loud man t is ue of suvpo the rtptt oeeple laughter)—of the means of m eetin g the spiritual which was their best inheritanc e , ftha the , present syssem. The measure th ey /1%-'lllcalled upon to saaction was to be adopted optionally, but .theca would remove time, h t h e c 'bitch her claims now rested , h the solid grounds en to 'l oppose the motion:' For ---ur t c hese reasons he felt bound A h'. HUME said that the time of bringing forward this • meat tare was agreed to in December last, so that there could be no allegation more unfounded th an t o state t h at t h e mot i on was su !witted to the House for the conve n i ence o f th e day. In April, 1834, the Hon. Baronet opposite had himself voted r for the abolition of Church-rates.—(" No," from Sir R. H. Inglis.) That was his (Mr. Hume's) opinion, though he had not then the votes by him. The Church had no more right to enforce a rate against the will of the majority 1;s the rate payers than any man could have a right to put his hand into the pockets of another. But in any case what could be more unworthy of a Christian country than those scenes of violence and strife which the present system led to? Was it fitting, seeing that Ireland was relieved from Church-cess, seeing that in Scotland there were no Church-rates except in Edin burgh anti Montrose, that the present eonte-t should be going on in England with a Church that was so rich ? The clergy had robbed the Church, they had taken to themselves that portion of the Church revenue which should go to build sa cred edifices and the support of the poor. Since the year 1800 there had been paid the Church 5,678,00 N , inde pendent of 5,500,000/. which was received in tithe. The interest of that sum ought to do much more than build and repair sacred edifices. In England members of the Esta blishment were to the Dissenters in the proportion of five to four, in Scotland of three to four, and in Ireland of one to nine. He therefore hoped that the Hon. Baronet would not object to the present motion. Mr. GOULBURN said, if he thought it possible that the 13111 could proceed further in discussion in the present Session. he would enter into details to show the fallacy of the view, which the Hon. Member (Mr. Easthope) had advanced. 11, was sure no result could be arrived at by obtaining leave to bring in the Bill, then to have it printed for the use of the Members, and then let it die with the Session. He was not ed to offer any opposition to the introduction of the mea sure ; but in giving his assent to its introduction, he must guard against his being supposed to give the least assent to the principle of the measure. The Hon. Gentleman proposed to levy a tax on the inhabitants of the parish who might attend religious instruction at the church. In the time of Queen Elizabeth a tax was laid on every person who did not attend church ; but the Hon. Member proposed to levy a tax on all those who went to church.—( Laughter.) He had departed from none of the opinions which he had formerly expressed on this subject. He still maintained that it was the duty of the State to provide, out of the general funds of the country for the religious Instruction of the people.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. C. WOOD said he could give no opinion at present on the Bill under consideration ; but he was sure that nothing could be so desirable as a measure by which the heart-burning and dissensions which now prevailed throughout a large portion of the country would be removed ; and they ought to be grate ful to any person who introduced a measure with a view to that effect.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. PLUMPTRE said he had voted on a former occasion for the abolition of Church-rates, but he bad done so upon the understanding that a substitute was to be provided. He would nut support any measure which did not provide what he should consider an adeq"ate substitute.: Dr. LUSHINGTON said he could not but express his thorough conviction from much experience that it was impos sible that Church-rates could continue to be levied in their present form.--( Hear, hear.) Where they were enforced by the power of the law, the result was to excite and exas perate the feelings of the people. The Hon. Member for Oxford seemed to think that the Church-rates from the commence• ment were a tax upon property. In his (Dr. Lushington's) judgment, they were no such thing. The Church-rate origi nated in the circumstance that every person in the land was supposed to be a member of the then existing Church.— (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Easthope) —that that consequently they had a right—for no man could say then that he did not belong to the Establi.hment. They had a right to compel him to contribute to that worship, which he not only did not deny, but preferred ; and which it was a crime, according to the law of the country, not to prefer. The whole of the au thorities told them that it was binding upon the individual by reason of his possession of property of any sort in kind, and not by reason of his possession of real estate. The law, as laid down at. the time of the Reformation, was, in case the friends of the Church failed, three or four persons should be selected for the purpose of taxing every person resident in the parish, not according to the estate which he held, or accord ing to his stock in trade, but according to the whole means which he possessed. He alluded to this in order to repudiate the notion that it was simply a tax upon property, and to put it in its proper light, namely, that of a tax upon persons resi dent in the parish, according to the means they possessed, He perfectly agreed in the statement of Chief Justice Tindal, that the Church-rate was at this moment a lawful tax, and that there were means of enforcing it. For many years after he had commenced practice, no opposition had been made to the rate. Twenty-six years ago there was very little feeling upon this subject, but from that period, from time to time, cases upon cases had arisen, in which there had been resistance to the pay ment of these rates. The Dissenters said that Church-rates were a tax placed upon the people of England when the whole people were Catholic, and that at that period, when the Act of Toleration came into operation, and when all parties were al.owed to profess freely their religious sentiments, the law was not altered, which the Dissenters contended ought to have been the case. They said, that when they were sued for Church-rates they were proceeded against for their sours sake and the correction of their manners, according to the reli gion that existed at the time the Toleration Act came into operation. The general feeling of the Dissenters was, that the Church of England had large property, out of which their ministers were maintained; that the Dissenters had no property by which they could support their ministers, and they therefore considered it a hardship to be compelled to support the minis ters of a Church which they did not attend. There was another grievance of which the Dissenters most justly com plained, and that was that they were compelled to maintain many other things connested with the Established Church. They were compelled to maintain the organ and even the singers. Now such grievances, he considered, ought to be im mediately redressed. With respect to the measure introduced by his Hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, he shoulJ wish to reserve his final opinion on it till he had had an opportunity of seeing it. But if the principle of the measure was that those who belonged to the Church should con tribute to the maintenance of the edifice, in consequence of the advantage they derived from occupying the pews, that he considered would be a just and righteous imposition, and one that any person who flinched from ought not to consider himself a man of the Church. .lle would give his hearty con ' ient to the introduction of the measure, believing, from the statement of his Hon. Friend who introduced it, that it wa , likely to allay discontent, while, at the same time, it upheld the services of the Church. Mr. ESTCOUR.T thought the proposition of the Hon. Member to abolish Church-rates would be attended with the worst results. He should protest against the proposition of the Hon. Member for Leicester. If the measure should proceed to another stage he would take the opportunity of expressing more at length his opinion's against it. Captain PECHELL said his Hon. Colleague, having referred to a petition that had been presented on this subject from Brighton, he felt it due to his constituents to state that though, as stated by that petition the question of Church. rates had been carried in that town by a large majority, yet that the number of persons voting was much less than the number of votes, as the votes were taken under Sturges Bourne's Act. The opinions of that town on the subject were much better expressed by a petition which he himself had pre sented, adopted at a public meeting, and signed by 4,400 in habitants.—( Hear, hear. ) After a few words from Sir A. DALRYMPLE and Captain PECHELL, in mutual explanation, Mr. HINDLEY said that in the town which he had the honour to represent, the bell of the parish was at that moment silent—(Laughter)—in consequence of a dispute respecting , Church-rates. This proved that there was something defec tive in the present law, and he should therefore vote for its al teration. After a few words from Mr. EASTHOPE in reply, the motion was put and agreed to, Mr. SLANEY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the ratepayers of any parish, or division of a parish, under 7ertaincircumstances, to make a sehuol rate, of limited amount, for the education of the children of the poorer clwses.— Grant ed. Lord INGESTRIE moved for a Select Committee to in quire into the Post-office communication with the South of Ireland. Sir 1). NORREYS seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no ob jection to the appointment of the Committ e. The subject had been for some time under the consideration of the Go vernment. After some further convewsation the motion was agreed to ; the words being altered, on the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Post-office communication between Great Britain and Ireland. Sir G. GREY obtained leave to bring in a Bill for affording further facilities for the Conveyance and Endowment of Sites for Schools. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Assessed Taxes Compo sition Act for one year. Mr. FOX MAUL E obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Drainage of large Towns and Villages. The other Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. ANOTHER STEAMER SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRESIDENT SEEN AT SEA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—Mr. Court, Secretary to the Underwriters, has this morning re ceived, from his correspondents at Lisbon, a letter, stating, that the Conde de Palmo, arrived at that port from Rio, saw on the 23d of April, at 6, p.m., in lat. 31 24, long. 40 23, a large steamer, with three masts, painted a dark colour ' • the paddles were not in action, nor did any smoke issue from the chimney. t ...she did not exhibit any flags. She was under a p ro canvass and steering N.N.E. At eight o'clock on the following morning, the steamer was still in sight, with topsails and fore and aft sails set. So me persons hope, that the steamer seen by the Conde de Palni, on the 23d of April, was the President, which would then have been out thirty-six days which was seen en the 10 th April by the Lord Saumarez, from New York. Others supper that it was the same steamer stance did the steamer make whi ch we published. In neither in the particulars respecting whi act r whatever r tea er steamer or steamers they signal to the sails in sight, an vs4ich the President, in her peculiar circumstances, would scarcely have omitted, and omission of which, in both in 10th and the 23d of April, neither stances, satisfies us, that, were that were seen on the , of them was the President. Besides , if the steamer sailed so se to keep in sight of the Conde de Palmo, and , was bound for Eng land, we ought to have heard of her arr iv al at some port before publie.— po : t ornth e Liverpool now. Still, as the letter received by (1 7 to publish its con dill Court has excited much interest, we have deemed it our The best informed nau tical P resi dent . labove tents for the information of the hopesel/bi a 0 , f second a fe e t d y it o io f n th . h a s revived the men here are puzzled to decide what steamer the above could be. DR. CHALMERS'S OPINION ON THE C ORN LA ws.—ln a note to h is work on Political Econom y , "For the sake of its moral benefit, we know no he says_ achievement more earnestly desirable than that of a free corn tra de. There is net a more fertile topic of clamour and burning discon tent all over the land, and. were it but effectually set at rest, we are aware of nothing which might serve more to sweeten the breath of British society. And again, after dwelling with eloquence and ingenuity on what may proba bly be the ultimate effect of the abolition of the Corn-laws on the interest of landlords, and On the industrye la andnd prownospe rity of the country , and showing that tko loss to ther is much exaggerated, he proceeds to say--" Vet in the face of all this uncertainty, we feel no hesitation in affirming, both the expediency. and the rightness of a free trade in earn." When ct,nsidering the probable effect on revenue, he says, " We should not object to a slight ditty, such a 4 live shillings a quarter, oil imported corn, to be remitted only in years of scarcity ;" and finally, in winding up his remarks on the whole matter, he says, that the real good, the comfort and prosperity of the people, the w proper end of all legislation, is less dependent on material resoTes than on moral restraints and right principles." D RAM A T IC WORKS itir r , . T date of the 2d of May, from St. Petersburgii, alp s : ated that tli:' censor cit,lat city had seized and publicly destrova ali the edition 6.‘ a drama entitled lemtoriski ritten under the sig nature of " Iwe n ' " and further' the A dv ert isement sheets of ..hick announced the publication of another dramatic ' work 4 for this measure was, that this drama. The cause • assigne, subs^ensors certain .ffen eguently to the e x a m i na tion ' sive allusions to the R • ussian army had been in.. the work. .. _. H URRICANE.—Atiout one o'clock on Saturday a tremendous hurricane came an with heavy claps of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, the rain and hail descending in torrents, but whichlasted a very short thne.—lpswich Express. THE SUN', LONDON, IVEDNESDNY, MAY 26. !841. THE CORN-LAWS. PARISH OF ST. SEPULCHRE. On Monday night, at seven, a numerous and highly respect able meeting of the inhabitant householders of the parish of St. Sepulchre, Middlesex, was held in the Governor's Room, at the Workhouse, to take into consideration the propriety of pe titioning the House of Commons in favour of the Government measure for an alteration of the duty upon cona. Dlr. J. Tongue, churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. GOLDWORTHY, in proposing the first resolution, " That a graduated scale of duties upon corn injures the country, ope rating as a prohibition, and necessarily causinghigh prices, and a great amount of gold to be sent out of the country," said that the question before them centred upon this—whether they should have cheap bread and an extension of their manufac tures, or dear bread and the destruction of their commerce with the world.—( Hear.) He was glad to see the progress that public opinion had made upon this subject. It only remained for the people of England to respond to the call of the Minis ters, and support them in the cause.—( Applause. ) Mr. DRAPER seconded the resolution. Mr. BRADEN moved the second resolution, to the effect that the meeting approved of the measure proposed by Go vernment, as tending to promote commerce and give an im petus to trade, which has been seriously injured by the unjust operation of the existing Corn-laws. Mr. PYE seconded the motion. Mr. TANSLEY, in supporting the resolution, said that this was but the beginning of a series of meetings upon the subject ; but by a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, he was confident of final success. Mr. COATES next moved, and Mr. PUXoN seconded, date adoption of a petition to the House of Commons, founded upon the resolutions. The petition and resolutions were agreed to unanimously ; and it was further resolved that the Borough Members present it to the House of Commons; when thanks were voted, nem. con., to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. HACKNEY:" In accordance with a requisition, very respectably signed, the Churchwardens called a meeting of the inhabitants at the Parish-house, last evening, at six o'clock. Some of the most influential gentlemen in the parish took part in the proceedings. PADDINGTON. The churchwardens of this parish convened a public meet ing of the rate-payers and inhabitants of Paddington, at the Vestry-room, Paddington-green, at eleven o'clock yesterday, to support the proposition of her Majesty's Ministers for the alteration in the Corn-laws and the Sugar and Timber duties. BETHNAL GREEN. At a meeting of the members of the Bethnal-green Reading room and Mutual Instruction Society, held at their rooms, the following resolutions were, after an animated discussion of three nights' duration, unanimously agreed to. Moved by Mr. Jolts DUCE, and seconded by Mr. SAMUEL SULLY :—" That any law which gives exclusive protection ro one class, at the expense of the people, is unjust in principle, mischievous in its effects, and incompatible with the interest and prosperity of the country. " That the laws which restrict the free importation of the first necessaries of life have in their effect diminished the de mand for labour, erected obstacles to free intercourse with other nations, and are destructive to our commerce with the world ; therefore this society is of opinion that all such laws ought to be repealed, more especially the Corn-laws." lILLL. ( Abridged from thel-itiliazette of Saturday.) A special general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce having been called for Thursday, about 22 of the members as sembled in the Exchange soon after eleven o'clock in the morn ing, when J. K. WATSON, Esq. was called to the Chair. Mr. SQUIRE addressed the meeting, saying that he enter tained none but the most friendly feelings towards the agricul turists, and was quite sure the proposed measures would not injure them, but prove beneficial to all the interests in the country. Mr. Squire then moved a resolution to the effect, ."That, in the opinion of this meeting, the present scale of differential duties ought to be altered and modified for the be nefit of the revenue and the general interests of the country ; that a general revision o f the Customs' duties was necessary ; and also that the present duty on corn was highly injurious to the community at large, without bestowing any adequate b.- nefit on the agriculturist ; that a moderate fixed rate of do..r ought to be substituted, and a friendly intercourse with all LA lions kept up." Mr. THOMPSON concurred in the observations which ha ,l fallen from the last speaker. Mr. WADE thought there was one point in which the ques tion affected this town particularly—he meant the alteration in the duty on timber. He would be the last to advocate a mea sure, if it were one calculated solely for the benefit of a single locality ; but when advantage to such locality was combined with benefit to the nation at large, it then became their boun den duty to use every effort to obtain it. Liverpool had long been called the turnpike-gate to America, and just in the same way would Hull be called the turnpike-gate to the Baltic, pro vided the measures under consideration were once passed. Be- tween three and four hundred cargoes of wood came here per annum, two hundred of which were deals. Let gentlemen re flect on that. Then as to the sugar duty, it had been said that by taking that produced in Brazil they would he encouraging slavery ! This was sheer nonsense and hypocrisy. Under thy circumstances• therefore, he seconded the motion. Mr. LEVETT should vote for the petition with great pleasure. Mr. FOSTER. remarked that it had been asserted that if a free trade in corn, or a trade approaching to free, were once established, we should be dependent on other nations, and such a thought had influenced Lord Wellington n&others similarly situated; but what were the facts? Why during the contests in which he and others were engaged, we con tinually got corn from the Continent. —( Cheers. ) There was no fear, therefore, need be entertained on that head, for some part of the continent would always be cpen to us. Mr. ATKINSON cordially agreed with the sentiments ex pressed in the petition of Mr. Squire which they had heard read. It was then moved and carried, That a petition founded upon Mr. Squire's resolution be prepared, submitted to the members of the Chamber of Commerce, and then trans mitted for presentation to the Houses of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN would just remark that the measures pro posed by Lord John Russell were the wildest measures ever proposed by any man in any country. Nothing but madness could have induced him to bring them forward, knowing, as he must have done, they could not pass. Mr. Tiromesom regretted the Chairman had not given ex pression to his sentiments before the debate was closed, for one of two things must be true—either Mr. Watson was mad, or he (Mr. Thompson) was mad, because, the measures which Mr. Watson said could be approved of by none but a madman, he (Mr. Thompson) regarded as wise measures and a proof of wisdom in him that had brought them forward-4 Laughter. ) MEETING OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL. An adjourned meeting of this bo.ly was held on We3nesday, and attended by forty members. The Mayor presided. Mr. Wade brought forward his motion on the modification of the Corn-laws, and recommending a moderate fixed duty instead of the present fluctuating one. He advocated the alteration in long speech, full of calculations, making it appear th it the people of this country are compelled to pay a tax upon corn amounting to 70 per cent., and upon beef and mutton a tax of 150 per cent. The question, he contended, was not one of party politics, but one in which every class of the commu nity was deeply interested. Mi. Wade then moved—" That in the opinion of this Council, the present Corn-laws are alike injurious to the consumer, the manufacturer, the farmer, the general merchant, and, in short, all classes of the community, except the landowner, and therefore ought to be repealed. And that such a moderate fixed duty on -orn ought to be substituted for the present fluctuating one, as will not only encourage a steady importation from our own olonies and distant countries in British vessels ; protect the English farmer from those ruinous fluctuations in price to which he is atpresent subject (and stimulate him to a better mode of cultivation; but also form a source of revenue to the State, without mishit* the price of that prime necessary of life beyond what it is relatively in other neighbouring manufactur ing countries, with which the British manufacturer must either be enabled successfully to compete, or be successfully driven out of the different markets of the world." Sir WILLIAM LOWTHROP seconded the motion. After some further discussion, two or three verbal alterations in the petition were moved by Mr. SQUIRE, by way of amend ment, and agreed to. DERBYSHIRE. A high-respectable correspondent from Bakewell writes as follows:—" I am happy to inform you that the petition we have adopted has been most successful in this district. From all the larger townships we have applications for fresh sheets, those which we sent them having been filled with names. In several places every male adult resident has signed. In Bake well about 400 already, and our work not done. I believe the petitions from the district will be far more numerously signed than those for the Reform Bill. The enthusiasm at that time was very great; but there is now a steady determination which seems to combine all parties, except a few ultra-Tories and anti- Poor-law Chartists. The landed proprie: ors and farmers have,w it h very few exceptions, signed ; also some of the clergy and moderate Tories, who have not hitherto supported Ministers. The pre sent, however, is not a party question in this neighbourhood, and the national cause, in contradistinction to that of mono poly, was never so triumphant in this agricultural part of the Peak of Derbyshire." Another correspondent writes that, " In Chesterfield and the surrounding district the same steady determination to sup port the Ministerial scheme of finance is visible as is mani fested in Bakewell. In Scarsdale, the petitions in favour of the Ministers Lave already been numerously signed, and those not yet presented to Parliament are still receiving additional names in great numbers, especially in villages where the popu lation is partly composed of persons engaged in mining and ma nufacturing. CAMBRIDGE. A correspondent, who gives his name and address, sends us the following account of some disgraceful proceedings of some Tory gownsmen. In pursuance of a numerously signed (though hastily prepared) requisition to the Mayor, that respected gentleman called a meeting in the Town. hall, to take into consideration the presentation of a petition to the Lower House of Parliament, in support of the late propo. ,ition of her Majesty's Ministers respecting the abo lition of trade monopolies. Accordingly, at one o'clock, the room was tolerably filled. At a quarter past one the chair was taken by the Mayor. Mr. G. H. E. Gray proceeded to address the meeting in his usual happy style, when, by degrees, there collected at the extreme end of the hall a mob of gowns men, who all at once, evidently by a preconcerted scheme, com menced a series of disg i aceful interru p tions to the speaker , ing, yelling, and making the most discordant noises which a gownsman's lungs are capable of producing. This was partially borne for some time, when the better disposed part of the audience resolved to eject the offenders. Upon this a desperate scuffle ensued, but the Tory mob of gownsmen, who had pro vided themselves with potatoes, &c. from the stalls below (it being market day), evidently had the better of their more peaceful a,sociates. One aged gentleman was thrown down against a window frame, and his hoary head was stained with blood. The windows were broken by the To ries in wanton mischief ; chairs, tables, &c. were scattered about in confusion, and there is no saying to what lengths this fury might have proceeded, had not the _simulta neous arrival of a strong body of p olice and the proctors put a stop to the tumult, though net without some difficulty. The meeting was adjourned till Monday, when measures, we understand, will be taken for personal security, as well as the peaceable despatch of tusiness. HYTHE. Mr. Paulton, of the Anti-Corn-law league, delivered a lec ture on the Corn .laws Lere, on Tuesday evening, at the Guild hall, to a very large ass( mbly ; indeed the hall was crowded almost to suffocation.—Dover Chronicle. DOVER. ca A petition to the H ouse o f C o mmons against the Co rn-laws has been numerously s i gne d by Whigs, Tories, and Rad icals in . Petitions Dover during the precent week, and will, we understand , be sent off about Monday next to our worthy Member , M r. Rice, for p nb 3g tet n irr;, lie ls,, C orn-laws are gettin g —Peep . C hronicle. FAVERSHAAI. Petitions in favour of the existing Corn-laws, also in fevour up at renseyntthaeti,on Folkestone, of an alterati on i n th e C orn -l aws and a revision of the imp ort duties, have, du r i n g th es e last few days, been carried front 1 - Ause to house in this borough. Every interest has been made to obtain fignatures to the former, but with very ill success. This agricidtural horpugh is doing its duty to the best interest of the countiy;and We have no hesitation in saying that full three-fourtlis of the inhallitan'ts are in favour of the principles of free ira4.—Pov4 Chronic7e:` - ' gtillOPSHplE. The large proprietors o f. 4 01 4 ii ) t kn s ' co u n ty,. whose tenant? - -0• thriving, b.vp a l egpresteli a, fiefire for in iltera. ' 'vstesu of the CorD4.vs, o$•-41,. VO A meree ni -- ,oiugt-tFirig, a. .91?: --,* advantase to it are the ra,,.., tion of the present .., that the present laws discourage press the poor, withoutaffording any adequ.,- farmer. The Lord Lieutenant of the county, the Duke of Sutherland, has long intimated his dissent from the policy of these laws ; the Duke of Cleveland declares his rule twarils his tenantry and the manufacturing classes to be, " Live and let live," and moderate protection fa. the English farrsier. The Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Craven, Lord Stafford, Lord Wenlock, Sir Francis Cawley, and Mr. Wolryche Whit more, and others of similar rank and territorial rossessiuus, all advocate a similar policy.—Shrewsbury Chrontcle. NEW CASTLE-EMLYN. A great number of petitions have been sent to Parliament from this neighboiirhood, praying for a revision of the Corn laws. MANSFIELD. Petitions from this neighbourhood have been sent from the nine places following :—Kirkby, Kirkby Woodhouse. Selston Common, Annesley Woodhouse, Bagthorpe, Portland-row, Bleakhall and buildings, in the county of Nottingham ; and Tibshelf and Pinaton, in the county of Derby. Petitions are also prepared, or are in progress, from Nottingham, Skegby, and Sutton-in-Ashfield. STROUD. We have received a communication from a correspondent, from which it would appear that the Chartists were by no means a majority of the meeting, only their turbulence made them appear stronger than they really were. We are told also, that the original resolution and not the amendment was de clared to be carried. This is very likely to have been the ca , e, and our reporter may easily have been mistaken, for the contu• sion was so great that scarcely any person seemed to understand what was the real question submitted for the decision of the meeting.— Gloucester Journal. LYME REGIS. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Lyme (Dorset-hire), has taken place, to adopt a petition against the Corn-laws. The Mayor was in the chair. A week's notice of this meeting was publicly given out, and on market-day it was proclaimed by the tuwn-crier. All the influential Whigs were present, but not a Tory was to be seen, and but one solitary p.m was held up in favour of the existing Corn-laws. The proposal to petition in favour of a moderate fixed duty was most coi dially responded to, and the petition will contain a large majority of the electors of Lyme and Charmouth amongst its subscribers. DUNBAR FOR EVER!—LET OTHER PLACES GO AND DO LIKEWISE ! ! A more animating scene has been displayed in this burgh than bas occurred within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The people having learned that the Town Council had for warded to Parliament a petition in favour of the existing Corn laws, they got up placards for a meeting at the shore on the evening of Tuesday last. At mid-day the town's drummer was sent his rounds to intimate the meeting, but he was ordered off the street by one of the Magistrates. This was quite enough. Alen were seen running to unfurl the Reform banners, and the instrumental band was soon at the head cf the throng. On their arrival at the place of meeting they were hailed by a thousand voices ; but an imposing cortege came upon their heels—Sir George Warrender, Sir A. Maitland, and Captain Hay, of Belton, followed by two or three Magis trates and Committees, and a few of the neighbouring farmers. Mr. A. AlEsTori, shoemaker, was called to the chair. He concluded his address in these terms: —" 1 am a non-elector and I appeal to all of my class if it is not time to look to our selves, when we, sitting perhaps with a half-ted family, see houses opened, wherein the elect(); s are bartering away our dearest rights and interests for a poisonous and intoxicating draught, or perhaps the old cast-off coat of a nobleman ! !" Mr. C. S. SAWERS moved the first resolution; seconded by James Wilson, Esq., Belhaven. Sir G. WARRENDER then called for a hearing, saying he had a counter-motion to submit. Way was made for him, and after trying in vain to convince the people that a free trade in corn would greatly reduce their wages, he put Lis amend ment, which not one of his friends kid the courage or sense to second. The resolutions were then put and carried amidst the most deafening cheers. Ali.. JOHN RENNIE, farmer, Oxwellmaiiss, moved the second and last resolution. He said, in answer to Sir George, " There are no separate interests, all must prosper or none. We can not have too much food for our people. All corn-exporting countries are the poorest, as instance Poland and Ireland. The latter sends us plenty of corn, but the people must come over here to eat it. Give us (said Air. Rennie) a free and unfettered trade, and we fear not to compete with any eirn-growing try in the world." Everything passed off satisfactorily (except to the Tories); but the good folks of the burgh will not soon forget the scene they witnessed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 25. The House sat this morning to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Scar borough, and the Earl of Beauchamp. HILL V. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON. This case came before the Court upon appeal from the de cision of the Lord Ordinary. The only question in the case was, whether under a post-nuptial contract, a sum of 3,00 C/., vested absolutely in a lady of the name of Houston, and by such vesting passed to her representatives. The Lord Ordinary de cided that it did, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. B. Andrews and Mr. Anderson appeared as counsel for the appellant ; and the Lord-Advocate and Sir William Follett were counsel for the respondents. PRIVY COUNCIL, May 25. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, for the purpose of hearing the remainder of the arguments in the important case of Sir M. Wood and others v. Goodlake and others. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL proceeded to reply on behalf of the parties who claimed under the codicil, and had not con cluded when we went to press. The speech of the Learned Gentleman will conclude therarguments in the case, which have already occupied ten or twelve days. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 25. CROTTY V. PRICE .AND ANOTHER. Mr. PLATT moved in this case, which was tried before Mr. Justice Whiteman at the last Guildhall sittings, and in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff tar 7201., for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection, and that certain facts had come to the defendant's knowledge at a time when he could not adduce evidence to support them. It was an action of assumpsit upon three bills of exchange, dated December, 1639, and January, 1840, drawn by one Atkinson, an attorney, upon Price and Telfer, the two defendants, and accepted by them. The defendant Price suffered judgment to go by default, and the defendant Teller pleaded first that he had never accepted the bills, and then he pleaded that he and Price were partners for executing certain works for the Birmingham, Bristol, aid Thames Junction Railway Company, on which contract only they were partners. That after the execution of the works the partnership terminated, and that the bills in question were accepted by Price without the knowledge, privity, or authority of Telfer, and for the private purposes of Price alone. On the trial the deed of partnership was put in, and it contained a die tinct clause that no bills were to be accepted by either of the partners on account of both, without the consent of the other in writing, and no such consent was proved. For the plaintiff a witness was called, who proved that he had received a bill from Price for 67/. 145., accepted in the same manner as the bills in question, and which Telfer paid, and it was alleged that from that circumstance the plaintiff, Crotty, might have pre sumed that Price had authority to accept bills on account of the partnership. Now he (Mr. Platt) submitted that there was no evidence of authority whatever— Lord DENMANiiIIt is not the payment of one bill evi dence, prima facie, of authority ? Mr. PLATT said, if there had been a general partnership that might be sufficient, but in the present case the only evidence of partnership was the deed, which of itself contained a clau s e negativing the presumption of authority. But lie did not rely upon that atone—he had affidavits to show that a gross fraud had been practised upon the defendant Telfer, who, in his affidavit, deposed that on the day of the trial Price, who was then a prisoner in the Queen's Bench, sent for him, and told him that he had been advised to accept those bibs, and although they bore date in December, 1839, and January, 1640, they were not drawn, nor had they any existence, before June, 1840, long after the partnership had been dissolved. 'I he Learned Counsel was proceeding to state some further facts, when _ _ _ _ Lord DENMAN said he thought a sufficient case of fraud had been stated to entitle him to the rule. THE QUEEN . V. THE BRISTOL DOCK COMPANY. The Court gave judgment in this case which was an applica tion for a mandamus against the defendants. The writ recited that the Company was created by a local Act, the 43d George iii., chap. 140, for improving the port and harbour of Bristol by the performanceof certain works, and for making and main taining a new cut or channel from the river Avon at Redriff, and keeping it at a certain width and depth, and the sides of a certain Lclination, as near as circumstances would admit of. The 30th section of the Act required the Company to make and maintain these works, and the writ, after reciting the en actment, alleged that certain parts of the south bank and the sides thereof had become broken down and out of repair—that the inclination of the sides and the depth of the channel had been altered to the injury of the navigation. It then enjoined the de fendants to repair and maintain the said sides of the south bank. The return of the Company was that they were riot holism to maintain the said sides of the south bank, and that as near as cir cumstances admitted thereof they had maintained the channel of the full depth and breadth required by the Act. It ev3s urged in the course of the argument that the writ could not issue to the Company because it only enjoined them to do that for the omission of which they would be liable to be indicted, but that objection was not entitled to any weight because those who obtained an Act of Parliament for executing great public works were bound to fulfil all the duties entailed upon them, and although the omission might occasion a nuisance, it did not dispense with the interference of that Court. It appeared to them that the return was insufficient because the defendants merely denied their liability, although the south bank appeared to be a part of the channel which they were bound to repair. The Court, therefore, was of opinion that the peremptory mandamus must go. ROLAND V. BLAKISLEY. In this case, which was heard before Lord Denman at the last London Sittings, and in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff, damages 1411., Mr. CitownEm now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action brought by the Captain of a vessel for wages, perquisites, and work and labour done, to which the defendant pleaded, non assumpsit. a set off, and a sum of 20/. paid into Court. The Learned Counsel proceeded to detail the facts o f the case, and the various items pro ved in behalf of the plaintiff, and contended that there was not evidence to warrant the Jury in coming to such a decision. The COURT took time to censider its judgment. CARRETT V. MAULEY, AND OTHERS. The COURT gave judgment in this case, which was an action of trespass brought against the defendant Manley and six others, being the Commissioners, and Home, an officer of a certain Court of Requests, for the recovery of small debts. It appeared that Manley brought an action against Carrett for the recovery of a certain sum due to him, and although Carrett did not live within the juris diction of the Court the Commissioners heard and deter mined the case, and issued a warrant directing that Carrett should be imprisoned for 60 days unless the debt and costs were paid. It was for that imprisonment the present action was brought, and the question was whether the plaintiff in the Court below was liable to an action for merely stating his case. The Court was of opinion that he was not ; and then another question arose of whether the officer 'oy whom the warrant was executed was liable ; but the Court was of o pi n i on th a t the warrant having been issued on the auth o ri t y o f th e C o mmissioners, they alone were responsible fo r th e . i m p r isonment. The rule 'for a non suit as against 34 the Commissioners, therefore, must be 0 Tged• 114/i: PP fiTr/ May, 25 " LOX 1140710-ki • John B a k er , a li as D arre ll, John Jones, and William fl:7, were brought up i n t h e cus t o dy of the Marshal of the- Queen's Bench, and Charles Haggett in that of the Governor of New gate, in order to plead to an indictment char g e d with perjury M haling vot e d several times for the succ,ssful ca n did ate at late election for bridgemaster. He plead not guilt). ` - gr. l C.kaws.pkr"47e4 that the prisoner Haggett (who was 111419:1224 latiWt.hre4..tiraes unite hours) be let out- on 'P orsqkcoxifizaili'es. AtisTordghittleeff4d - the applieatioit end . tgaMt : Fnlftted "alf 'the'piisoperg' beat .10 thVie ligpit ‘ tw e V! GREGORY V. COOK Mr. BUSBY and Mr. HITAIFILEY for the plaintiff, stated that the plaintiff in this case was the inventor and patentee of a ladder which consisted of a series of ladders fitted above one another with guys, and which was much used by builders and painters having to operate upon very high buildings. He had also invented a safety fire-escape ladder, which was also much used. The defendant having some extensive work in hand at the West India Docks, applied to him for the use of two lad ders at 21s. each per week. No doubt they were very useful to him for he had paid the hire. The action was therefore not for the hire of the ladders, but in the course of the opera- tions by some mismanagement one of them was allowed to fall, and got broke, the damage to which amounted to 201., and for that sum the action was brought. The hiring of the ladders and the payment of the hire was proved by a servant named Chin, who had been in the employ of the plaintiff for twenty-one years. In his cross-examination, the witness said he was sent along with the ladders for the purpose of superintending them. He had been in the habit of going out with them. but on that occasion he was lent by Mr. Gregory, but was in the service of the defendants so long as they had the ladders. He had been twenty-one years in the plaintiff's service, and for that long service Mr. Gregory, on giving up business in April last, gave these ladders to witness. Re-examined—When Cook's men wanted the ladder moved, it was their duty to have applied to him. He had not seen the ladder fall, but there was not enough of wind on that morning to ha-e blown the ladder down. By the Jury--Had never known one blown down. Mr. PLATT put it to his Lordship that the witness was at the time of the accident in the emplo) of Mr. Gregory, who would not lend his ladder with , :ut at the same time lending his man. It was a case perfectly analogous to the case of a postmaster who lent out his horses to be driven by his own servant. Yet the postilion was always paid by the party in the carriage. Now if the post-boy was to throw down a horse, or break a wheel, or do any other damage, who for a moment would sue the person hiring the post-horses. There was no case to go' to the Jury. Mr. BUSUY contended that the original hiring imposed upon the defendants the duty of taking due and proper care of the ladders. His LORDSHIP refused to stop the case, but reserved leave o Mr. Platt to move the Court to enter a nonsuit. Mr. PLATT then addressed the Jury fur the defendants, and put it to them whether the defendant would have employed the witness they had seen, he knowing nothing of their business, unless he had been put upon them ; it was evident that Chin was sent to the docks to have the care and surveillance of these ladders. But was the case proved ? Who from the docks had been called to give evi dence of the manner in which the accident happened? They called only Chin—only one witness—one who had an interest in the matter, and he only conjectured how the mischief arose. Some persons in the docks must have seen such a machine fall. Why, then, not produce him? He would prove that the ladder was rotten, and therefore unsafe, and that the attention of Chin had been called to its dangerous state, and that would en title him to their verdict. The foreman to the defendantproved that when the contract for the ladders was entered into, the plain tiff said he never allowed those particular ladders to go out without his own man to attend them. Chin came and put them up and shifted them. lie was paid 30s. a-week. The men then complained of the state of the ladder, which was rot ten and not fit for use. A round of one of the ladders broke a few days after. The man who was up fell and hurt himself much. Some of the men employed gave a similar account of the affair, and the accident arose when three men were moving it with the utmost care. It all arose from the want of a lynch pin, which had been pointed out to Chin several times. The evidence was closed yesterday, but his Lordship having to attend at Chambers, the case was adjourned. This morning Mr. BUSBY replied. His LORDsHIP having summed up, the Jury, after having re tired for some time, returned into Court, with a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 121. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 25. SMITH V. DOBSON. This was an action to recover the value of a barge which was sunk below London-bridge, by the steam-boat Water-Lily, the property of the defendant. It was tried at Guildhall in the sittings after last term, before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, damages 201. Mr. Sergeant SHER this day moved for a rule to enter a verdiCt for the defendant, and for a new trial, on the ground that the special verdict was in his favour, the Jury having (after being locked up for several hours) found for the plaintiff ►n the amount stated, but added specially, that another vessel the Remona, was principally the cause of the damage. The COURT having re!erred to the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, held that there was no reason to disturb the verdict, and refused the rule. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 25. The Cann was engaged the whole of the morning in hearing cases in the new trial paper, none of which were of any parti cular interest except the parties concerned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Ann Dillon was placed at the bar, before Mr. Ham., charged with having stolen two rings, several coins, a pair of bracelets, and several other articles, the property of Mr. Josiah Gander, publican, of Drury-lane. It appeared that the prisoner had been servant to Mr. Gan der about four mocths, and about a month ago she give notice to leave, which notice expired on Monday. Mrs. Gander having missed a great quantity of articles from her drawers, went to the prisoner's box a few days ago, and there found the property she had mused, consisting of rings, bracelets, stockings, &c. She took no notice of this to the prisoner until she was about to leave, when she sent for a police man, and requested to examine the prisoner's box, which she d:d, but part of the property she had seen therelwo or three days previously was gone. On examining the premises the missing property was found concealed under a gentleman's bed, who was lodging in the house, and the prisoner admitted having placed it there. The prisoner did not deny the offence, and she was fully committed to take her trial. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 19, 1841. Notire is hereby given, that her 111.iijety will hold a Draw ing Room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 17th of June neat, at two o'clock. FOREIGN OFFICE, NIAY 24. It is hereby notified, that her Alajeaty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a despatch from her Ma jesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, dated the 21st of April last, transmitting the copy of an official note from the Sublime Porte, of the 19th of the same month, con taining a notification of its intention to establish on the 15th of the instant month of May, a blockade of the entire coast of the Island of Candia, with the exception of the ports of Canea, Retimo, Suda, and Cannia • and to maintain and en force the same according to the rules and principles observed and acknowledged in similar cases. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the City and County of the City of York. Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry— W. B. Martin, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wortley, resigned. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Norfolk Corps o! Yeomanry Cavalry—.G. B. L. Knight, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May W. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM COOK, licensed victuidlez, Deptford. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD MARCH, hatter, Cheapside, to surrender June 4, at three, and July 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall•street, official assignee; Walmisley, North-street, Westminster. JOHN ANDREWS, schoolmaster, Ongar, Essex, June 4 and July 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee; Lofty and Potter, King street, Cheapside. JAMES DOUGHTY, licensed victualler, Bristol, June 8, at two, and July 6, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Phippen and Craven, Bristol. WILLIAM BROWN, cattle-dealer, Sutton-under-Whit stone, Yorkshire, June 4 and July 6, at ten, at the Golden Lion Inn. Northallerton. Mewburn, Great Winchester street, London ; Mewburn and Hutchinson, Darlington. JOHN WALFORD, grocer, Wybunbury, Cheshire, June 22, and July 6, at one, at the White Bear Inn, Middlewich, Cheshire. Graham, Ironmonger-lade, London; Jones, Hough, near Nantwich. GEORGE DICKSON and RICHARD GLOVER, spice. merchants, June 7, and July 6, at one, at the Clarendon-room., Liverpool. Taylor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liverpool. WILLIAM PATERSON, common brewer, Chelsea, June 4, at eleven, and July 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Turner and hens man. Basing -lane. WILLIAM THOMPSON, ship-builder, Monk Wear•mouth Shore, Durham, June 4 and July 6, at twelve, at the Thomp son Arms Hotel, Sunderland. Moss, Cloak-lane, London; Wright or Brown, Sunderland. JAMES PORTER, victualler, Honiton, Devonshire, June 10, and July 6, at eleven, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Smark, Flood, and Mules, lloniton ; Rhodes, Beevur, and Lane, Chancery-lane, London. ROBERT BUCKELL, merchant, Newport, Isle of Wight, June 8, at two, and July 6, at twelve, at the Bugle Inn, flew pert, I.le of Wight. liolme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, Strand. London ; Beekingsale. Newport, Isle of Wight. HUXLEY SMALLNIAN, draper, Edgeware-road, Junel. at half-past eleven, and July 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street; ake, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. JOHN BEARDS WORTH, timber merchant, Wrexham, Denbighshire, June 1, and July 6, at twelve, at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Wrexham. Pinniger and Westmacott, Gray's Inn square, London ; Hayward, Oswestry. CUTHBERT POTTS, ANDREW POTTS, and JOHN POTTS, ship-builders, Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, June 4, and July 6, at eleven, at the Thompson's Arms Hotel, Sunderland. Moss, Cloak-lane, London ; Brown, Sunderland. AARON MILLS and WILLIAM GitIMSHAW SEED, cotton manufacturers, Manchester, June 8 and July 6, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester ; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. WILLIAM GRIMSHAW SEED, cllico manufacturer, Manchester, June 8, at ten, and July 6, at two, at the Corn missioners'-rootns, St. James's-square, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle-temple, Londoa ; Atkinson and Saunders, Norfolk-street, Manchester. JOHN JEVON, jun., innkeeper, Bilston, Staffordshire, June 11, and July 6, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Miller and Fallows, Piccadilly ; Holland, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. JOHN PRIOR, maltster, Kingston-upon-Thames, June 1, at eleven, and July 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings,official assignee; Hartley, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. HENRY DOWN, stock-broker, Clarendon-terrace, Cam berwell New-road, June 1, at two, and July 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Ander34,n, Cornhil JOHN EMMERSON, innkeeper, Croft, Yorkshire, June 4 and July 6, at eleven, at the Golden Lion Inn, Northaller ton. 'Filson, Squance, and '1 ilson, Coleman-street, London ; Allison, Darlingion. FRANCIS FISHER, clock manufacturer, Wolverhampton, June 11 and July 6, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. Alanby and Hawksford, Wolverhampton; Wright anti Girdlestone, Golden-square, London. WILLIAM HOULDSWOItTH, brewer, Egremont, Che shi:e, June 7 and July 6, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Dean, E.sex-street, Strand, London ; Peacock, Liverpool. THOMAS LEWIS, tavern-keeper, Lincoln, June 5, at ten, and July 6, at twelve, at the City Arms Hotel, Lincoln. Cooper. Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, London. lUSU.PH DAVIS, gRn-mantifaptuprt Balier:orget, Part :Min.:square, June 8, and July 6, at one, at the . Court of Bank ruptey.' • - Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; Stevens; Wilkinson, and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside. GEORGE' 13ROCKLEHURST, HENRY DIRKS, and 1014 N ,BAILLIE NELSON, engineers, Liverpool, June 5, and July 6; at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. P ayne, Liverpool ;' Adlington and Co., L . Ondon. . At the Court of WalikWilt4;l s , B -9ri0411-itreet. A, Masons corn dealer, ChigiVoll, Ema, 3 1 uue 17, at half. past eleven—B. Bennett, commission agent, Clement's-court, Milk-street, June 17, at two—J. Taylor, stone merchant, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, June 17, at half-past one—C. Young, common brewer, Osborne -street, Brick-lane, White chapel, June 15, at twelve—J. Brown, silk warehouseman, Bunhill. row, June 15, at half-past twelve—J. H. Skelton, warehouseman, Chandos-street, Covent. garden, June 15, at one --R. Woollven, butcher, High-street, Southwark, June 16, at eleven—J. Morris, coal merchant, Pimlico, June 16, at twelve —F. L. Langston, merchant, Old Bread-street, June 16, at one—W. Harrison, bookseller, Portsmouth, June 15, at twelve —A. Lee, banker, Guildford, June 14, at half-past. ten—W. Hamilton, merchant, Leadenhall-street, June 15, at half-past one—C. Hart and T. Llewellin, woollen warehousemen, New gate-street, June 15, at twelve—J. Warner, linen draper, Bed ford, June 15, at half-past twelve—C. Terry, quill merchant, Shoe-lane, June 17, at one—R. Wontner, woollen draper, Cloth-fair, June 17, at eleven—J. T. Ratcliffe, stationer, Blackman-street, Southwark, June 17, at twelve—T. Read, perfumer, Crawford-street, Portman-square, June 15, at eleven. In the Country. J. Settle and A. Bentley, flax spinners, Leeds, June 18, at one, 'at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—S. Rogers, grocer, Newport, Monmouthshire, June 14, at twelve, at the Westgate Hotel, Newport—J. Coleman, builder, Ipswich, June 17, at one, at the Suffolk Hotel, Ipswich—R. Thompson, joiner, New castle-upon-T}ne, June 18, at one, at the Bankrupt Commis sion-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—H. Wheeler, innkeeper, Witton, Cheshire, June 19, at one, at the Crown Inn, North wieh—T. Rogers, innkeeper, Salisbury, June 17, at one, at the Black Horse Inn, Salisbury—E. E. Rouse, stationer, Worces ter, June 17, at one, at the Offices of °Mani and Son, Worces ter—J. and R. Lawton, drapers, Leigh, Lancashire, June 18, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—G. Massey, plumber, Congleton, Cheshire, June 17, at eleven, at the Mac clesfield Hotel, Macclesfield. CERTIFICATES-JUNE 15. F. Sanders, licensed victualler, Hoxton Old Town—J. S. Tiret and T. R. Kitching, linen drapers, Ludgate-hill—R. Ratcliffe, coach maker, Lowestoft, Suffolk—J. Dealtrv, inn keeper, Leeds—J. Dearden, coal dealer, Liverpool—T. Vinson, tailor, Bideford, Devonshire—W. H. and J. T. Sigston, drug gists, Leeds—W. G. Taylor, cotton spinner, Little Bolton, Lancashire—T. Heikin, j un ., horse dealer, Thorley, Hertford shire—J. Soper, b ro k er , Mark .lane—T. Read, hair dresser, Crawford-street, Portman-square R. Woolven, butcher, High-street, Southwark—G. Corbett, builder, Lewisham, Kent. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ C. Willey and J. Green, tailors, Jermyn-street, St. James's —A. Mitchell and J. Goldie, carpenters, Limehouse—E. E. Brooke and J. Bishop, chemists, Bath—S. Lyon and J. Hall, woolstaplers, Penkridge, Staffordshire—W. and C. M. Paul ton, common brewers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—H. Luke and J. Clegg, printers, Burnley, Lancashire— V. Ctialmer and J. C. Catton, provision merchants, Liverpool—B. and R. C. Smith, general factors, Devonport—G. Haigh, G. Marsden, and W. Leonard, fancy woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. Mitchell and J. Tempe, colliers, Birkheads, Northumberland—W. Hilliar and F. Nowlson, linen drapers, Islington—H. Hotham and J. R. Nicholson, hosiers, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne—E. Redfern and W. Clews, grocers, Lengton, Staffordshire—H. Tyler and H. Tyler, jun., bricklayers, Long-lane, Bermondsey—W. Leech and F. Roberts, pattern card makers, Manchester—E. and H. Cotman, silk mercers, Norwich-1. V. 'Wart and S. Naylor, merchants, Sheffield— J. Butterfield, J. Butterfield, and J. Dawson, whitesmiths, Leeds—T. Routledge, sen., T. Routledge, jun., and R. Lucas, jun., terracotta and scagliola manufacture, Belvidere-road (so far as regards T. Routledge)—C. H. Olivier and S. H. Cul v erwell, boarding-house-keepers, Finsbury-square—W. Wright, jun, and T. Wright, millers, Sutton, Cambridgeshire—J. Cart wright, T. Appleton, R. R. Holt, and P. Cort, bleachers, Turton, Lancashire (so far as regards R. R. Holt)—T. and J. Humphries, carpet manufacturers, Kidderminster, Worcester shire—J. Humphries, I'. Humphries, and G. Barrett, carpet manufacturers, Kidderminster, Worcestershire—W. Notman, E. A. Judkins, and C. Blake, pianoforte manufacturers, John street, Tottenham-court-road (so far as regards E. A. Judkins) —J. Cardwell, W. Cardwell, and J. Haigh, coal merchants, Dewsbury, Yorkshire—J. Starkey and J Linnit, gold lace ma nufacturers, Old Bond-street—C. Hanmitt and J. Woodiwis, ealenderers, Manchester—J. Woods and W. L. Cope, wine merchants, Keppel-street, Russell-square—T. Hedges and S. Milsom, wadding manufacturers, Bradford, Wiltshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES BAILLIE, currier, Airdrie, May 26 and June 16, at twelve, at the Office of J. Morrison, writer, Airdrie. JAMES WILSON, general merchant, Edinburgh, 'May 26 and June 16, at one, at Swales's Tavern, Edinburgh. PETER COLQUHOUN, commission agent, Glasgow, June 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of R. Hall, Glasgow. ARTHUR STEWART, flesber, Aberdeen, May 28 and June 18, at eleven, at the Royal Exchange Coffee .house, Edin burgh. PETER BROWN and CO., commission agents, Glasgow, May 31 and June 21, at two, at the Chambers of J. Monteith, Glasgow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 25.—Wind this day at noon, fresh from the north, with passing clouds. DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Aurega and Enmore, for Port Phillip; John, Sydney ' • Manila, Calcutta ; Levant Packet, Mauritius ; Crest, Cape of Good Hope; Margaret, Rio Janeiro; Tobago, An tigua; Lady Katherine Barham, Jamaica; Elizabeth, River Gambia; Henry, Alexander, Naples:; Washington, Barcelona'; Rambler, Cadiz ; Teaser, Lisbon ; Anna, Rio Pllta. LIVERPOOL. MAY 24. —Wind S. S. E. to N. N. W.—Arrived the Maria Cleaves, Thompson,icom New Orleans; Caroline, Campbell. Mobile; Nile, Baltimore; Lady Milton, St. John's, New Brunswick Sailed the Heart of Oak, for Calcutta ; Black-Eyed Susan, Alexandrietta ; Champlain, Philadelphia; Atlantic, New Yo i k; William Tuscan, Genoa; Aureo, Trieste. The Mary, hence to Malta, got on shore inside Dulas Island, 22d, but came off yesterday, with two feet water in her hold, and will put back here. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind E. S.E.,—Sailed the Em blem, Hill, fo'- Miramichi. COWES, MAY 24.—Arrived the Bellona, Lesberel, from Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arrived the Brothers, and David Clark, from London for New South Wales. Sailed the Forth, Sydney, for New South Wales. Arrived off, the True Briton, from Madras. FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind E., freph.—Arrived the Bra ganza, for Vigo. Arrived off, the Ceylon, Hart, from Hon duras, sailed about 7th ult. Sailed, her Majesty's ship Avon, on a cruise, with supplies for the homeward bound. PETERHEAD, MAY 22.—The Ida, from Stettin, on chore at Rattray Brigs; is expected to be got off. HULL, MAY 23.—Wind E. S.E.—Sailed the Caledonia and Glasgow, both for Quebec. LOW'ETOFFE, MAY 24.—The Mary, Joblin, ran on the Barnard Sand yesterday, but got off, after throwing part of her cargo overboard ; is leaky, but will uroceed. NOTICE TO MARINERS AND OTHERS. The following is a copy of a Circular received at Lloyd's, rom the Spanish Consul, in England, relative to the obser vance o' certain regulations to be oberved in all ports of Spain, by commanders of vessels and consignees : "It having been noticed, with regret, that captains o foreign merchant vessels do not observe, with due punctuality, the established regulations and dispositious on their arrivals and clearance in Spanish Ports, and it having recently oc curred in Cadiz that one of these vessels sailed by stealth, with out having cleared at the Captainship of the Port (Capitania de Puerto), nor received the bill of health, admitting, thereby, to satisfy the Admiralty fees, the provisional regency of the Kingdom have resolved, through the financial department, as follows : " That vessels coming to a certain consignment shall remain under the responsibility of the Consignee, who shall be an swerable for all infractions of the laws, and— " That the Consuls as agents and protectors of the trade of their country, shall guarantee, not as private individuals, but as such Consuls, the punctual observance of the laws, and shall further offer the just vindication of their Government against those who may infringe them, or who may evade the Penalties by taking to flight. By order of the Regency we inform you of the above, that you may act accordiugiy,and give it due publicity. (Signed) " JOAQUIN MARIA DE FERRER." " Madrid, April 12, 1841." THE MARKETS-YESTERDA Y, COLONIAL MARKET. Little business done, but prices of most articles were sus tained. B. P. Sugar, though sold in very limited quantities, brought last Friday's prices, arid the importers showed firm ness. Coffee very dull, and to effect sales rather lower prices were accepted. Rice steady. but in very slaw request. Cassia Lignea much wanted, but business was precluded by actual scarcity. Cotton dull. and may be hat! upon easier terms. TEA MARKET. Prices are rather firmer to-day atid a moderate demand was experienced. Company's Congou sold at 2s. Sid. to 2s. Bhd. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. In prices no alteration ; the market very quiet, and to force sales lower rates must be submitted to, which the holders refuse to do. Fine Yellow Candle Tallow 475. per cwt. on the spot. WHITECHAPEL HAY AIARKET. The supply was good, the demand by no means brisk, none hut the best qualities met with ready buyers, the middling and ordinary sorts dull of sale. Clover, 41. 12s. to 5/. 17s. , Meadow Hay, 4/. 12s. ; Straw from 11. 17s. to 21. (Front the London Mercantile Journal of May 25.) SUGAR.—There was little demand to-day from either grocers or refiners for West India Muscovado Sugar, and the private sales were only about 160 hhds anetierces, without, however, any change in prices froM Friday last. A public sale of Barbadoes, consisting of 124 hhds and 4 tierces, went off steadily, one or two lots went rather above the valuations, but upon the whole prices were considered unaltered; low middling greyish yellow sold at 62s 6d, and good middling to fine bright yellow at 67s to 71s 6d per cwt. The present stock of West India Sugar is 2,262 hhds and trcs more than at this period in 1840. We have also a surplus stock of 62,749 bags Mauritius and 101,501 bags, &c. Bengal. EAST INDlA.—Several large parcels of Bengal were advertised for public sale to-day, but two only were brought to the hammer, consisting of 1,411 bags • the remainder being postponed. There was not much desire on the part of the grocers to purchase, but the whole sold at steady rates ; low middling to fine white at 63s to 69s per cwt. , MAURITIUS.—The only parcel brought to the ham mer to-day consisted of 605 bags, which sold at barely former rates ; brown went at 58s to 595, low to good middling yellow 60s 6d to 64s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—The market remains dull for all descrip tions, and prices still appear inclined to recede.. At public sale 449 hhds Porto Rico were bought in, with exception of two lots, at from 21s 6d to 23s Gd for mid dling to fine yellow, and at 19s to 20s Gd for good and fine brown, which prices are full is per cwt below the general valuations. Refined Sugars for home use have continued in active demand, and prices have again risen, standard Lumps now bring 955. In Crushed made from goods refined in bond for shipping there is not much doing at present, but a good deal has been sold for forward delivery ; present price of first quality 31s. Ilambro Loaves are held for higher prices, viz., 33s to 39s according to size. MoLAssEs.--At public sale 80 puns and 18 hhds New Barbadoes were taken in at 29s for fine. COFFEE.—The same heaviness that pervaded this mar ket last week, continued to-day, the trade being very un willing to purchase even to meet their wants. Scarcely any business was done privately, ?lardOW public sales wincli comprised only 400 bags Ceylon, and I 6 barrels 'Mocha went off very heavily ; the former nearly all taken in at 70s for good ordinary, and country damaged at 67s ; the latter shared the same fate at nos. CocoA.--The market for this article yet remains in a very dull state and prices continue their downly 4r 4 . , course ; they . .must be quoted Pam 14g 2s Pe..Giyt i cive - and, lr.rp propvrtion . 5 1g htt's (chief' lad) Idb • - .° riJiti 0 public. auction wasbought in_ the prices ranged as follows—viz., Trinidad, 'fair and MORNING DTTION. oogd far red at 46s t) 493 6d, fair grey at 42s 6d to 13s, and St. Lucia ordinary and middling red at 40s_ to 44s 6d per cwt. Foreign is yet very scarce, erd in con seciu( nce orders are with ditculty executed ; a sea do' nog( cl parcel of Guayaquil was brought to tie hammer on Friday, and disposed of at from 23s to 32s per nlitt" , which were considered to be good prices. TEA.—The market was steady to-day, and prices firm' Free trade descriptions of Congou and Twankay Wer e inquired after by the trade, the strong kinds of the Were especially, and a fair business was done—cornnl Congou at is blksh If and strong at is 84 to is Sr" and ord Twankay at is 7-.}d per lb. cash. Company's Congou in fair demand, and the cash priFe firm at is Sid per lb buyers. - PROVISIONS.—Foreign Butter has been taken off freely at rather higher prices : fine has brought 989 te i , 100 s per cwt. Of Irish Butter we have some sr"' arrivals, but the high prices asked prevent much being bought at present : Waterford cannot be shipped uit der 102 s to 104 s free on board—Liverpool taking . the princikel part of the small quantity yet corning lot ° the Irish markets ; the weather is very favourable fort the make of the article, and we may shortly exPl, better supplies and lower rates. The dulness will has prevailed in the Bacon market has diminished' rather more business is doing, and holders are firmer as to prices. The high price of butchers! meat, abunlance of all kinds of vegetables assist, this artic le very much, and will doubtless very materially inctcase the consumption ; prime and superior Waterford site' able may be quoted at 57s to 60s, landed and .hea l -Y the weights 2s to 3s less. Morton's cure brings extreme prices. The imports have been more this' Ye t f in quantity and w; ight, while the stock is on a par. wit' that of last year; this proves an increased consumpti on. Lard steady at former rates. Irish Hams go off steadily at former prices—prime Belfast and Limerick bring 683 to 72s per cwt. 011 RICE.—The demand for the inferior qualities of Betio , Rice continues extremely limited, and prices very lo w ' the good sorts are, however, inuired for, and 1,364 WO good white bold, offered at pubic sale, were sold at 135 And the to 13s Gd, being full prices. SAG:.—At public sale 100 bags Pearl was sold at 18 6d to 19s, which is rather lower, and 100 bags .Si t b" Flour at 14s for good fair. FRUlT.—There continues to be good . demand for er port, and a good business is doing, chiefly in Currants and Red Smyrna Raisins, at about the prices quoted. PEPPER.—The public sales comprised 0 70 bags Va c " and 30 bags white ; the former sold at 3d to 341-d forlovi to good Sumatra, which is *d lower ; the l a tt er sold at sid to 81d per lb. SPIRITS.—In the Rum market the greatest heaL i ‘ ness continues to prevail ; scarcely any inquiry 11 ,7 been made after West India sorts, and so limited .are the transactions that they are not worth enumerating and prices must be considered nominally the same x , last week. A little demand has existed for East .l au l 'i for export, but at rather lower prices ; the sales amoun t to 150 casks Bengal at from Is 4id to is sid per gall% for proof strength, the proportion at the former pi" said to be of indifferent quality. In Brandy or Gene‘ f no new feature has occurred—prices steady. There is a very sluggish trade in rum, but 'Nicol. unaltered to-day: proof Leewards are difficult to be under 2s per gallon. SALTPETRE.—Prices of East India Rough are 11 ,1 maintained, with a dull demand ; a part only of 2, 3 % bags Calcutta offered at public sale was disposed of Po 26s to 27s for refraction 44- to 7 per cent, which is 6 d t 2 s lower. INDIGO.-150 serons Gnatemala at public sale were Ts; posed of at from Is 7d to 7s, accor di ng to quality, 1 1' prices are about former rates, e xce pt f or th e best I° which were a shade dearer. METALS.-225 tons Spelter have been bought bac • r 28/, and 100 tons sold at 28/ lOs per ton, at which la tte price the market is flat. East India Tin dull, and ra titer lower ; 15 tons Straits sold privately at 70s per cwt.. r , OlL.—There were brought to the hammer this att c noon 83 tuns Sperm Oil, ex Massasoit, a Boston ; the whole sold at from 911 to 911 15s per tun. iii TALLow.—There was very little business doing pt Russian Tallow to-day, but the price was stead.,; about 46s 9d for Yellow Candle on the spot, alT,of 47s 6d for new to be delivered in the last three mont il ' e lq the year. At public sale 290 pipes 81 hhds 7 ba rr n j South American were offered, the whole of which M 1 buyers at from 37s Gd to 43s per cwt. COMPLETE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION 11l THE FRENCH LANGUAGE, so as to entirely obviat e :i v necessity of leaving England to learn French.—NotT",i, standing the numerous attempts to azcornplish this u e v ' er deraturn, none can be compared with the very Cie ed little progressive books of Mons. Le Page (advertiso in our paper this day), which consist of " L'Ec h° to Paris," " Gift of Conversation," the " Last Step French," and ,the "French Master for the Nursl;'r which, for judicious arrangement, stand unrivalled the easy acquirement of this accomplished langtrage ti • THE TRUSTEE.— This new novel, wili c- 40 from the pen of a successful dramatist, has qua which will command for it a place among the sta te works of fiction of the day. The character of, Scamper alone is enough to make its fortune. . 43 cleverest and most enterprisinc , of scamps will at take his place among the popular favourites of the ciu.: o He is more enterprising, and not more scrupulons,eti his Jack Sheppard; more übiquitous and mo re faitl""h's his pals than the Artful Dodger; more versat ile i n . opinions, and active in his movements, than Jim Crotei more romantic and sentimental in his cup s than P ic a Swiveller—in short, he is the most entertaining Of original vagabond on record. The entire plot, tons this clever novel, is constructed with uncommon sO li i and developed with a rare degree of interest. It Yi certainly make a hit—if, in these days of overeiceit e ' ment, anything so natural can hope to do so. n 1 , SINGULAR MARRIAGE.—On Monday, f rick Cowen, bachelor, and Sarah Ann Downes, spinster, b e .,, united in the bands of wedlock at the church of St. Dunst al !ib Stepney, by Mr. James, the curate. The parties were bieeid young and goad-looking, but both deaf and dumb. Fortuuat id; both had been instructed in the schools instituted for the erA cation of persons thus afflicted, and, by reading the service of writing their assents to the questions propounded, the ps r of .„ were made to understand the nature of the solemn O r ' - d marriage used in the Church. Cowen is a coal-whipper , I A a capital, workman.—Esser Herald, SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATu rie r —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Wat c hmakers, No. 9, hill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit f°r_ s js lection a very larg e STOCK o f Hi g hly-fi n i s h e d Londou" . .,%of NV ATCHEs, the whole of which being man ufactured ~1 to their own inspecti on , on th e i r own prem i ses , they can I ' l % it sell at least 251. per cent. below ti,e usual trade price for 3% t 0 ticle of the sam e qua lity. A printed warranty it gice s. each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. -' Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- 0 backed engine-turn e d c as e s , w arra n t e d £4 4 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jevrelled in lour holes, maintaining power, hard enamelled dial, with seconds hands, and double-backed engine- 4 turned cases, warranted.— Either of the above in silver hunting cases, 10s fid. ea t itso A large variety of second-hand Silv er W a t c hes, wh' c '7, A eli. been carefully exarained,and can be warranted at £ 2 25°. , GOLD CASES,' SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, i n engi n e-turned £ 3 i s 6 gold case=, and gold dials, warranted ....... . Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double-backed 1 .2 0 engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, warranted 1. 1 Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold rises and gold dials, , 0 warranted GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lover Watches, jewelled in four 0 holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war - 13 15 ranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in s;x holes, seconds, double-baeked gold cases anti 11 17 enamel dials, warrantee Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, doubl e -b ac k e d go ld cases and d " gold dials, warranted id hun tlli Either of the Gentlemen's W a t c h es may b e h a d in g o cases, for 3/. 3s, each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchang e- SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE IC I4I OP! with Ivory Handles, 14s. per d ozen ; Dessert Klut ei ' op' Carvers, se. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives. with a t e rot_ ii : handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. Bd. ; s hsrj per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 27g. ; n e r k - , set "' 395. ; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, 6 0 e; siz g al full ew. a Catoues, containing the price of every art 6.1 fu sb ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON , Wells- street, - 0102' street _„„jor Established 1820. BIRTHS.HS. ----7 - ' ~.isfttt o. ' On the 21st inst. in Gordon-square, . the lady of BA , — r - \Vat son, Esq., of a daughter. , , - • , sof On the 21st inst., the lady of Henry Wilson, I:'sq., 4:0 J:,,; langtoft, Suffolk, of a son. ..r i• On the 22d inst., at Clapham-ris e , . t h e w if e of W . - 11 ',,,) ehardion, of a daughter. IP *4lll u r On the 22d inst., at Putney-heath, the lady of - , ;P` Esq., of a daughter. or , On the 23d inst , th e l a d y o f F rancis B rown LloYm, , ri , M.D., of Mydd e h on - square, of a daughter, still b0rn L. :„ . „..41- , MARRIF:D. ~. 141_,V 1 On the 224 inst., at T r i n i ty Ch urc h , Sl oane-stre et, ill s 10' Charles Grenfell Nicolay, to Mary Ann, eldest daughte r B. Raven, Esq., 6f Sloane- street. . ii, I%o'lo On the' 22(t inst., at S(t. Dunstan's-in-the-Wes. t , e l, Nicol, of Queen -street, Cheapside, to Louisa Emote' daughter of !Jr. Stephen Su eet, of Chancery-lane. so f e del e lOn the 17th in s t., a t St. B re l a d es , Jer3ey, Jubi l d o f s I q., fourth son of the late Thomas W a l l o l e , E s q., a n btai; Margaret Walpole, to Harriette, only surviving iltt a iete Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Browne Smith, of the Bthu , i i, of Light Madras Cavalry. ~, WY .si : On the 19th inst., at Lakenham, in Norfolk, Mar pelf third ,on of William Dacres Adams, Esq, of 13owdon , 14 1t, shire, and of Sydenhain, Kent, to Ann a Maria; eldest a. of the late Major Edward Hodge, of the 7th Hussars. DIED. „ al OIL. On tl e 14th inst., at Oporto J o h n Wy e , Esq., dr' AP., On the 9th inst., at King's Newton, Derbysb' re ' o l o 7' Maria, widow of the late J. Capp er , F sq ., o f SouthamP. t° Bloomsbury. On the 2:lst inst., Hen' y William, third son Ref'. , Elms, Itchrigfield, Horsham, Sussex, aged 15. he , O li r .00 ff 0 0 c bn, Anthonyetthhee i 2 2a l ßu s d,r t oN i u n og s r t ht . ~ ik Efi S , a seci r t a , h ic the , wife ed o Jeremiahf; 2. It 4 116F 4 On the 22d inst., in Portland-place, Susanna o f f lro tb u e g:::: i nger'ili On the 22d at Port , rno . uth, Frederick Richard, Iv --- . - ' . j, of Ca Maio 'kid Hail, RN , aged 5. I, -10:'19 wilkiwau, age i c ti t s 7 t i. , in Cambridge-street, Hyd 0- P . 33. o ", en cift• On the 23d inst., in Arlington-street, the Hon. 04 chard Aloly+teux t Lieut enant-Caor el of the 60th. Rifles;„ ' On the 2:3d i ns t., Emeline Susan, wife of John SW F' '- , surgeon, aged 32. nes 'e 5 1e ; o On the 24th inst., at Cumberland-terrace, ' l 2-4 e ....ef, . . • -- - - .., George Poeock,.Ets L IV: Q 1 . • 13 t etai 2 t 1 Ita i r t c " o ' i l i t rt S , ti;; na r d" . . '..nill, the infant so— • ]jam ~ ~~.. - - Londog Prillt:ttl arid Pnbl' It -a itiso Yu- 14 k ► I. No "112 "Y V gitts 9 , • • .trand, at Me Sun O ffi ce, No. 110, tb• - county of Aliddlesex.—Wednosday, May 26' 1.,... -ik 4