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

MORNING EDITION PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.--The Budget of Friday evening may be characterised as the most importa n t fi nanc i a l measure ever submitted to a British Parliament. Coupled with Lord John Russell's announcement on the subject of the Corn-laws, it amounts, in fact, to a complete and comprehensive reform of our whole commercial andfinancial system upon the enlightened principles which, in the ti me o f H us k isson , first obtained a par tial and timid introduction into our legislation. The principle of prohibition being once departed from in the three great ar ticles of " corn, sugar, and timber," the various minor re forms required to rescue our tariff from the reproach so justly cast upon it by foreign nations, ofexclusiveness and illiberality, are sure to follow. In the well-known liberality of Mr. La bouchere's views, we see a sufficient guarantee that the oppor tunity afforded by the Annual Customs Bill will not be neg lected of making an important advance towards effect ing a revision of many of the minor duties, which im pede our commerce and prejudice our relations with other countries, without materially adding to the revenue. On tie whole, then, it is right that the people of England should know that the cause of free trade is now in their own hands ; that it now depends on themselves whether they are to be freed from the burdens which the protection of class-interests, ten times more oppressive than the legitimate necessities of the re venue, have imposed upon them. The question is simply this: circumstances render it imperatively necessary to raise an ad ditional sum of 2,000,000/. annually ; this sum may be raised without entailing a single farthing of additional burden upon the country, but, on the contrary, by affording at the same time a very important relief to the great mass of the commu• nity, and a very great impulse to industry and commerce, by extending the market for British manufacture, and encourag ing a mutually beneficial interchange of commodities with foreign countries. If not raised in this way, there is no alternative but to reimpose the house tax, the candle tax, the coal tax, or some of the taxes, productive in proportion to the generality and oppressiveness of their operation, from which the country has of late years been relieved, so much to the satisfaction and benefit of all classes ; or failing this, to resort to a general income or property tax. That the choice lies between these alternatives is manifest to Every one. The Times tells us that it would be "an insult to common sense to suppose that the Ministerial proposition relative to corn, sugar, and timber, can be carried." Why so ? The "insult to common sense " consists in supposing that the Tories will ever agree to anything so beneficial to the nation ; and they will not, as a matter of course, adopt the alternative of dear bread, dear sugar, and dear tim ber, with a house tax, light tax, fuel tax, or a property tax, rather than that of cheap bread, cheap sugar, and cheap timber, without any additional taxes at all. Cer tainly it would be an " insult to common sense" to suppose that Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Herries, and Sir Robert Peel, who in 1831 saddled the people of England with " dear wood," and an additional taxation of 600,000/. a year, which might have been dispensed with if Lord Spencer's plan had beeen adopted —who have on all occasions stood forward as the advocate of the landlords' monopoly—who have received every concession to the principles of commercial liberality, even when, as in the case of the East India Rum duties, they were made in faveur of our own colonies, with distrust and murmurings— should all at once turn round and warmly espouse and advo cate measures and principles to which they have always been opposed. But that Ministers have shown any want of " common sense" in bringing forward these measures is by no means equally apparent, unless it can be established that a Government are bound to adopt the course most contrary to the principles and professions of their whole lives, and most detrimental to the interests of the country, for no earthly object except that of cutting their own throats and playing the game of their political opponents. If Herries had announced his intention of adopting the scale of timber duties which he opposed in 1831 ; if Goulburn had come for ward with a proposition for allowing the introduction of fo reign sugar ; if 'reel had startled the House by moving for a Committee to re-consider the duties on Corn ; there would indeed have been good ground for the imputation of sacrificing character and consistency to a political manoeuvre. But as applied to the present Government the imputation is ridiculous. When were Lord John Russell, Mr. Labouchere, or Mr. Baring other than advocates of free trade principles? Who ever doubted that, if circumstances should force upon a Government in which these gentlemen occupied'a prominent position, the alternative, a reform of the tariff would be preferred to the imposition of new taxes ? With a Liberal Government, the only question could be, to what extent they would have the resolution to act ueon their own recorded senti ments. So much for the wretched stuff about the Government having been driven, in a fit of despera tion at . their recent defeat, to throw out a revolution ary firebrand. In the first place, so far from being a revolutionary firebrand, it is emphatically a practical measure, brought forward to accomplish sober and prac tical ends —to make good a large deficiency of the re venue, without imposing fresh burdens on the nation—to steady and equalize the importation of foreign corn, and make it subservient to purposes of revenue—to afford the labouring and middle classes of the country the benefit of lower and less fluctuating prices in some of the principal articles of consump tion—.to save the important market of the Brazils for British manufactures, and ward off the prospect of adverse commer cial* legislation in the United States and the German League. It is a measure brought forward in accordance with the ex pressed wishes of the manufacturing and commercial interests of the country—a measure upon the policy of which merchants and manufacturers of all shades of political opinion are united, as witness the petition from the City of London, signed by 258 leading firms, with the Conservative name of " Horsley Palmer" at their head. In the next place, so far from being a sud den inspiration on the part of Government, it is in ac cordance with principles resolutely struggled for for years and years by its principal Member. But, once for all, we will have done with all party recrimination about the measure. Here it stands, and the only question for the country now is, whether they like it better than the inevitable alternative. For ourselves,. and for th e a d vocates o f free trade principles throughout the country, there cannot be a doubt what course to pursue. The principles for which we have always con tended being fully recognised, we will not stop to cavil at de tails. Upon the all-important question of the Corn-law, we will be content to take it for granted from thee complexion of the Ministerial measure, and from the language of the Chan - 'tailor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trade, that the " moderate fixed duty" announced by Lord John Russell will be one calculated to satisfy the just expecte- Urine of the country, and to command its support. TIMES.—" Blow," Ministerial journals, "and crack your cheeks !" Agitate, agitate, agitate ! Invoke the evil spirits of revolution and discord—get up a great crisis, if you can. Dreadful' as may be the pother you keep over our heads, it will not do—we tell you again, it will nut do. All that you can accomplish is to prove—what no one ever doubted—the wickedness of the game which your masters have resolved upon playing. As surely as " the burnt child dreads the fire," the working classes of England, smarting under the oppression of the new Poor-law, will stand aloof from any agitation, the ob ject of which is to keep the authors of that law in office. In the present instance that object is not disguised. It was not till after they had been twice disgracefully beaten in the House of Commons—it was not till their reten tion of place without recourse to some sudden and extraordinary expedient had become a matter of evident im possibility, —that Ministers thought of announcing any project for the alteration of the Corn-laws. Who can fail to see that the peculiar features in the present state of affairs, which have forced the Whig Cabinet to adopt what Lord Melbourne de signated as the principles of a madman, are their own impend ing expulsion from power, and the unconquerable hostility of the people to their favourite measure—the New Poor-law? The mischief and the peril, which, at this time of all others, Lord John Russell fears, are the effects which may be felt in Downing-street and at Somerset-house from the late divisions on Lord Morpeth's Bill and from Mr. Walter's election for Nottingham. To prevent misconception, we think it necessary to say, that we do not mean to argue the question of the Corn-laws at all upon this occasion. We adhere to all the opinions which we have formerly expressed upon that sub ject ; but we are very sure that no advantage can come, or is intended to come, to the country from the proposition of Lord Juhn Rustiell. Good cannot ensue from an attempt to stimulate into ferocious conflict the mutual rivalries of the agricultural and manufacturing interests ; nor is it in the at mosphere of strong political excitement that important com mercial changes can be rationally discussed or deliberately ad jueted. We protest, also against the fraudulent delusion by which it is attempted to practise upon the credulity of the working man, and to persuade him that the benefit which may arise from the admission of foreign corn will be suffered to find its way into his pocket. If this were so, we should hear very little of the Corn-law grievance from its most active opponents, the hierophants of the political economy school, and the over-grown cotton lords. The current complaint, that the Corn-laws raise the price of labour so high as to disable our manufacturers from competing with those of the Continent, would have no meaning if it were not certain that the rate of wages would fall in the same ratio with the price of bread. The labouring class, who know what and who these anti-Corn -law agitators are, will be able to judge, from their conduct on the Factory question, and upon the Poor-law question, whether they are likely, in . their anxio us efforts upon this or any other subect, to their own. j have any interests in view ex ce pt HERALD.—That Ministers contemplate a speedy, though it may not be an immediate dissolution of Parliament, is a matter upon which searcely any pe f rson seems to have a doubt. in the country, .But, looking to their destitution o their raggedness of character, and the general contempth which is entertained for the poverty of theirg talents —the t e shuffling and tricky styleof their policy, and their shameless tenacity of office long after they have lost the of a Government, people cannot help asking what are these fraudulent and bank rupt Ministers to gain by a dissolution? In the first place, a +dissolution will put a premature end to the embarrassing and .disastrous Session of 1841—a Session which has tested their endurance of defeat and dishonour in the most remarkable man ner, and which, if prolonged to the ordinary term, was likely to be to them a source of still more disgraee and humiliation. T hey will thus obtain delay and temporary respite from further punishment, and that is something to men who trust much in lucky events and the chapter of accidents. A Royal demise— an accession—a marriage, and a christening have all helped, at various times, what their evening o rgan calls the " fortu nato Administration." And if they can only prolong their ()facial existence for six months longer, who knows what may u p? In the ne xt place, they get rid o f Lord Stanley's turn Mill for t h e urification of the I r i s h Parliamentary Registra tion. :Leviathan They ') save, thereby, for the present, several joi n t s o f t h e and borou sghmongFr' which voluminous hinder appendage' Lord 1I hprop, who is their main took under his . e °Tee , lately longer stand s bet s • especial protection in vain. His miserable Bill no "seen it and the extended forceps of dishonouring curtailment. In the third place, 'Ministers throw the country into general excitement andwh agitation. And as agitation has saved 4se Whigs so often, Conservatives, howeve may them again? lf the White Poor' it not save to the iniquitous + had acted the part in reference h - a law which me always advised them to pursue, they would which the IShvivg Paxti-an" hremoved the strongest argument Corn-laws. e quit e : ave for calling for the repeal of the two laws cannot long agreest;ncitsivith the Standard, that these stroyed or the other. Let t heg t e :: t o her--either one must be de- They can now defeat the new Poor-lawsnsvatives choose between. cf the masses of Englishmen to , th and bind the gratitude :a•sist the Whigs to inflict it oe tr: for ever ; or, they can years, and thus seal the doom of the T,,,uji.ritry for another five themselve s of a mighty moral power in th n siows and deprive empire. e government of the POS r. —The Ministerials affect to be all ' ex citement about the repeal of the Corn-laws.in a blaze of rest, is mere trickery. We scarcely know whetherhis, like the , ing, puffing efectation is most ridiculous or this pant -However, it deceives no one,and mo st impudent can deceive most drivelli ng f ools. The hireling jobbers w non fain pe r _ but th e ou d suade the p u bl ic i nto a second Reform Bill f ever, but it • ' t do. The t r i c k i s not only palpable, but stale. B \con u what can the Ministerial do towards Corn-lawt fter all, partyrepeal ? They can do nothing. They know they can do nothing, It is because they know that cannot accomplish they the repeal of the Corn- law 3, t hat they venture to announce ththe attempt- If there were the slightest probability of eir success, they never would have dared to announce such an attempt. Nothing .would overwhelm them with e ce rtainty that ruin„ which the of the accomplishment of y announce their • • `accomplish as an imp intention of trying to _their oe-e n t provement. They are as convinced as en s are, of the e . of repealing the ('protection national folly—the madness t;f; e ,a7ay ken" British landon British agriculture—of taking DAHH9DIV of sum] oc cu piers and British labourers • - but y in the 13riti h • , they/ venture -to propose that nation with corn ; repeal becaus:,, they eess e tt ms ,flbs e s • es, N 4 ••_ think it may be made to produce some popular excitement in their favour, and they know it will not be carried. What can be more disgustinc , than such trickery and such stratagem ? Is it not enough ' to cause every gentleman who has hitherto supported them to go into opposition, or at all events, to refrain from any longer giving his support to the Melbourne and Russell Administration. We are happy to have it in our power to state that several gentlemen who have hitherto supported Government, have since Saturday in timated no little disgust, and a determination not to support the resolutions of which the stupid Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice. We therefore feel the utmost confidence that Ministers will be beaten upon the Budget question. Pro bably they have reckoned up ni this, and then expect ; to go to the country under the favourable circumstances of an Anti- Corn-law excitement. But the public will not be thus de ceived. The public will look upon them as a set of beaten tricksters, who have shown themselves to be destitute of sin cerity, and are therefore totally unworthy of trust. GLOBE.—The Lords have supplied the Tory- Chartist league with a new watchword. " Walter, No Bashaws, no Universal Suffrage," will now be joined with " Winchelsea, and No Bread Tax !" " If," said that noble Anti-Corn-law champion, " a tax was to be laid on that article which was the main subsistence of the labouring classes of the country, in God's name let them all rise as one man, in that House— (Laughter)—and out of that House, and let the higher classes do their duty by the lower classes. Let a tax be laid on anything else ; but, in God's name, let them not suffer a tax to be laid upon the poor man's food !" If, say we, the Anti-Corn-law League do not elect Lord Winchilsea an honorary member of their association for total repeal of the Cortelaws, they will show little policy, or gratitude for his powerful support. This is the way to East-Retfordise the Corn-laws. No medium musr be tolerated. Everything or nothing ; defies for prohibition, or none at all! There are many who would take Lord Winchelsea at his word. We are not of the number. We are not prepared to go the whole hog with the Noble Earl ; and to aid him in agitating the country with the alluring accents of " No bread tax." Lord Ripon had expressed the same sentiments in reply to Lord Melbourne. "It was taking up," he said, " quite a new ground to tax corn for revenue —(Hear, hear)—and this would be doing that to which he would venture to say no country in the world ever submitted, and which he would also venture to say-would be, without exception, the most unpopular and most un justifiable, and most cruel act that was ever imposed on a reluctant Parliament." Lord Melbourne said he was not prepared to answer the question, how far the proposed change would be founded on the principle of "protection," or how far it was to be considered as a measure of taxa tion. It appears to us that the question need have hardly been asked, and that, if it had been worth while to forestall the discussion by answering it, the Noble Viscount might have done so with no less facility than he answered the cavils at the part lie had taken on former occasions. The state of the revenue compels Government to take a new survey of the field of taxa tion, in order to decide whether new taxes must be imposed, or whether a better adjustment of existing burthens would meet the emergency. it is therefore true that the wants of the revenue are the occasion which suggests the adoption of new measures of financial and commercial economy. It does not follow that those measures are adopted merely as financial expedients. They are the measures which the Ministerial leaders in the House of Com mons, their most distinguished friends, and their most energetic supporters, have always advocated on their own moils, independent of financial exigencies. But, when it so happens that financial exigencies force some new ate isures on adoption, surely it is an idle objection to those now proposed, that they will serve a twofold purpose,—supply the State's wants, as well as the people's. Indeed, this is a new and irresistible argument in their favour. They are not mere measures of finance ; but—view them merely as such—you must either adopt some such measures, or vote new taxes. It is the irritating sense of this alternative that Cictates these taunts. STANDARD.—Within the last three months there have been four contested elections, Canter bury, Walsall, Nottingham, and St. ANan's. At three of the four the Anti-Corn-law candidate has been signally defeated, and at the fourth, St. Alban's, the Corn question we believe was not raised—for the seat was bought by the foulest corruption, and the purchaser did not think it ne cessary, perhaps in an agricultural village, and St Alban's is no more, prudent, to raise it. At Walsall, however, the question was tried with every possible advantage to those who would contend that the people are anxious for a change. The borough is an exclu sively manufacturing borough ; the Anti-corn-law League openly nominated their candidate ; amply sup plied with money by the mill-owners and the money owners, they employed the grossest and most lavish bribery, and mustering all their rabble from six or seven counties they availed themselves of violence and intimi dation to an extent which threw the place of election into a condition little, if at all, removed from downright anarchy. Notwithstanding this, and the aid of the Government given without conscientious scruple or prudent reserve, the candidate of the Anti-Corn-law League was shamefully beaten by, a gentlemen who took his stand upon the existing law, and who has the distinguished honour to be the son of the most powerful of all the defenders of the j agricul ore of the country, though himself a mercha'st, holding a high, if not indeed the highest, place among the princely merchants of the world. The election at Walsall alone would demonstrate that Lord Melbourne's views upon the Corn-laws cannot have been effected by any pressure from without, of which the change of these laws is the object. But Walsall, Canterbury, and Nottingham, taken together reader the demon stration irresistible. Where else then are we to look for the " circumstances," necessities, and crisis, if not in the state of the revenue, or in the state of public feeling ? In the state of our foreign rela tions ? Why, the whole of the scheme is based upon an hypothesis of continued European peace. The first cannon-shot fired in Europe would dissipate all its provisions. But is continued European peace more probable than it was ? or are the present circum stances of Europe inch as to recommend that England should throw herself into a condition of absolute de pendence upon the Continent even for daily bread ? No ; " the circumstances, the necessities, and the " crisis," are " the circumstances, the necessities, and " the crisis," of a defeated, a despised, and a detested Ministry, and of their odious Poor-law. It is their miserable exigency which suggests to convulse the country from end to end—it is to save the Poor-law Ministers, and the Pcor-law Commissioners, and the hateful law itself, that the people are invited to agitate ; but the people will not answer the call. COURIER.--According to the Premier, the re peal or alteration of the Corn. laws is rendered necessary by certain wide and extensive financial measures" in con templation, the nature of which may be guessed rather than gathered from the budget display in the one House and last evening's exhibition in the other. And thus is that rendered opportune and advisable now,which twelve months since only was pregnant with dangers so terrific, according to the Noble Lord's own showing. Toe jus tification attempted is not the most intelligible, nor th e " time " and " circumstances " which have led to the change of (policy and opinion the most accurately de fined. His Lordship briefly observes that " these cir cumstances had arisen, that time, in his opinion, had now come, when it was found necessary, in order to meet the exigencies of the country. to adopt wide and extensive financial measures—measures which affected every other interest in the country—when, he owned, it appeared impossible to him to leave that, the master grievance (so we understood) untouched." If it be true that large alterations or reductions in the general tariff are to be effected, and that at the close of all, with Corn-laws repealed, a Property and Income Tax is to be levied upon the capital and industry of the country, the fiscal and financial dealing will surely make extensive havoc among all interests and alt classes. With Corn-laws repealei to begin with, a property tax on the heels of it will be like burning the candle at both ends. Yet such is the fate with which the nation is threatened, and such the consummation of ten years of so called reform, re trenchment, and non-intervention. We have no fear that the working classes will be imposed upon to any mischievous extent by the stale cries and pretences of the Anti-Corn-law League against the Coro-laws. As suming that low-priced bread was the result of Corn-law repeal, at least in the first instan ce , none know b e tt er t h an t h e workmen that low priced bread must lead to lower wages, and that wages would decline, or be forced down, at a much more accelerated rate than bread stuffs. Tine immediate consequence of the withdrawal of protection from agri culture must be to throw one half the land at least out of tillage, and with the land, the labourers dependent on the land, some four or five hundred thousand in number. Let the manufacturing operatives and mechanics ask themselves how is this mass of redundant labour to be absorbed ?where is this vast aggregation of unem ployed hands to be distributed?—how are the hunger ing myriads to be fed ? If thrown upon the cotton ma nufacture, they beat down wages, as the more skilled workmen can only thus be supplanted by the unskille 1 in the race of competition. The master manufacturer may rejoice over wages ever declining and profits pro• tionally rising, but s o will not the patriot and philosopher M 5- FEROCITY OF A CA T.- 11 the night of Friday last a female named Phillips. residing at No. 67, Kincr street, Golden-square, who had for some time had a favourite cat in her possession, retired to rest at her usual time, but had not been long in bed before she heard her favourite quarrel ling with the cat of a neighbour. She rose, and throw inn a basin of water over them, succeeded in separating them, and taking her cat up into her room. She then again went to bed, and could not have been above five minutes asleep before she was suddenly awoke by an acute sense of pain, when she found that the cat had made an attack on her, and bitten a Pioce out of her cheek, besides having dreadfully lacerated her face with its claws, and was then fixed on her left arm, a piece out of which it had also bitten. The screams of the woman brought prompt assistance, by whwii the ferocious ani mal was killed, but Mrs. Phillips still continues suffering from the injuries she has received, and the effects of the alarm the attack occasioned. THE SCHOOLINAsTER WA NTED.—A man no e y r i e f e IbTornhoyeu,; charge toe againsta the a n s s t a t t th i h o i sen wifemo n a n Thursday awsaaoas e ntentered, dr o y n , s an “u o s d p 4 i i c l i us On p w o i f ci ife f : l o w to the above,. Tyne Mrcury.. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS ; PROM THE MQRYING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE—We have advocated the necessity of go verning the eirculati.on by the Foreign Exchanges, and pointed out past error by which a drain of bullion was attempted to be pointed out 0 ja i ; th e stopped by an expansion of paper money. We have also prohibitory duties exacted by our fiscal laws on the, importation of foreign products, more especially on corn and timber, had compelled the inlyibitants of the Conti nent to become manufacturers in self-defence. The result is, that our export trade of manufactured goods has seriously dimi- P_lshed, and the Directors of the Bank of England have been kept in a constant fever of apprehension at the prospect of the weekly report on Exchange days. One of their chief duties has been to study atmospheric phenomena, in a vain effort to gather foreknowledge of the seasons, and to be able to form early conjectures as to the character of each approaching sea son. This state of things has been attended with frequent panics in the Money Market, and commercial vicissitudes pro duced from a consequent change in prices. But the policy of the Government, as now told fairly to the country, will speedily relieve the Bank of England from this cause of alarm. The month of June will no longer be a month of fear with the Bank Directors, for the balance of trade from the vast impulse given to our exports will keep the exchanges in our favour, and the bullion will flow back to the Bank coffers. England will open an account on a wide scale. She will deal with all the earth, and will buy and sell freely with all nations. It is in vain for the Tories to say that other countries will not reciprocate with us when we open our ports to their pro duce. Take the case of Prussia so far back as 1825. The Prussian Government, through Baron Maltzahn, proposed to conclude a treaty of reciprocity with this country for eighteen years, on condition that the British Government would allow the importation of Prussian corn, subject to such duties only as should not exclude the possibility of carrying on that trade with a reasonable profit, and that greater facilities should be allowed for the importation of Prussian timber into British ports. That offer of reciprocity was met by a direct and positive refusal from the British Go vernment; yet the Prussian Government, in 1836 and 1839, still expressed their willingness to negotiate for the same pur pose. This point is placed beyond cavil or conjecture. The papers laid on the table of Parliament prove the fact that Prussia has repeatedly offered to negotiate on the principle of taking our manufactures on a moderate ad valorem duty, pro vided we would receive her corn and timber on reasonable terms, and that this offer was negatived by Great Britain— yet Prussia still expresses her readiness to negotiate for the same object, anti now the free trade policy adopted by the Government says we will meet you in the same spirit. The lowering of our tariff will open the whole Prussian commercial union, with a population of twenty-six millions, as a market for our manufactures. Dr. Bowring remarks, " The tendency of our commercial legislation since 1825 has no doubt been towards free trade, and in the extension of our relations with the world we find the justification and the reward of our policy ; but I venture to suggest that the time has now arrived in which the state of intercourse with foreign nations demands a general revision and lowering of our tariff, and that such re vision would be much facilitated by the existing friendly dis position on the part of several of the European Governments." The importation of timber to the United Kingdom from the different German States exhibits a yearly decline of duty from 1829 to 1838, notwithsanding the growth of our popu lation, The average for the years 1829 to 1833 is 430,455/. duty, and from 1834 to 1838 427,455/. The funds have been flat to-day, and Consols fir the Ac- I count have given way i per cent. on the closing quotations of Saturday. HERALD.—The gloomy exposition of the financial con ' cerns of the country conveyed in the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is operating its natural effects upon the funds, the rates of which are on the decline. Commer cial operations appear to be as much unhinged by the loose propositions of changes in duties on sugar and timber, with the probability of other changes also, as st oc k s. Busi ness has been e xt reme l y d u ll and unsatisfactory both in Mark-lane and Mincing-lane. It may be safely asserted that there never was a period when mercantile men were so much at fault how to shape their course as now, not from the common casualties and fluctuations occurring from some un sual disturbance in trade arising out of causes which at inter vals effect revolutions to a certain degree in commercial affairs, but from the announcement of extensive alterations in tilt fiscal system to be shortly enacted, with others of a sweeping character still well understood to be in pros eect No r..t. condu c t hi s man therefore knows how to t a k e hi s measures . to be in cont emp l at i on. business, since the ordi nar y stan d ar d by w4iich co mmerce i s shaped is entirely deranged by the fisc:.; i alterations already proclaimed and others we ll understo'At POST iSl.—Money was particularly scarce to-day. Loans upon the deposit of Englis`,l stock could not be procured at less than 5 per cent. intere,-A, and the tran=actions were conducted altogether with the view, as they were generally intepreted, to a change in the Administration, and an early dissolution of Parliament, on which points numerous reports are in circu lation. In the American papers brought by the Acadia steam-ship from Boston and Halifax. are two long letters by Mr. N. Bid dle, on the affairs of the United States Bank. Sir, Riddle en deavours to extricate himself from the charges brought against him by the Committee who have been lately sitting in judg ment upon his conduct, as former President of the institution, in . common with that of others. His defence is considered more ingenious than conclusive. The object is to prove that the mis fortunes of the Bank have their origin in a period posterior to that in which he was the principal manager. The corrupt practices so fatal to its credit have, however, certainly been going on from the year 1835, and Mr. Biddle withdrew, we think; only in 1838 or 1839. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL; APRIL 28, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her Ma jesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, APRIL 29. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Worcester to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death Dr. Robert James Carr, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has been also pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Henry Pepys, now Bishop of Sodor and Man, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Worcester. WHITEHALL, MAY 1, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Sir George Arthur, Knight, late Lieutenant-Governor of the province of Upper Canada, Colonel in our Army, and Major• General in our Army in Canada, and to the heirs-male of his body lawfully begotten. ST. JAMES'S PAL ICE, Aran. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour oi Knighthood upon Edward Samuel Walker, Esq. Mayor 01 Chester. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Robert B, Clarke to be Chief Justice of the Tsland of Barbadoes. DOWNING-STIRIL 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Edward Sharpe, Esq., to be Attorney-General of the Island of Bar badoes. Commissions by the Lord -Lieutenant of Herefordshire. The Right Honourable Sir Harford Jones Brydges, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; George Clive, Esq., to be ditto. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Royal North Lincolnshire Militia—J. B. Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, May 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry—H. Whitmore, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lord Newport, promoted; Serjeant-Major G. Rollings to be Adjutant, vice Turner, deceased. WHITEHALL, MAY 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Gadsby, of Derby, in the county of Derby, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the' High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6th and 7th Wil liam [V., chap. 65: Calvinistic Baptist Chapel, Baydon, Wiltshire. Independent Chapel, Lower M eedon, Northamptonshire. Felsted Chapel, Felsted, Essex. Adwyrclawdd Chapel, Adwyrclawdd, Denbighshire. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM DAY and THOMAS DAY, oil and Italian warehousemen, Gracechureh-street, London. JOHN ANDREWS, scho , iimaster, Marden Ash, near Ongar, Essex. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. MAN WA RING CHITTY, auctioneer, Farnham, Surrey. BANKRUPTS. JAMES TOPLEY, grocer, Greenwich, to surrender May 13 and June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy; Cannan, official assignee, Finsbury-square ; Rivington, Fenchurch buildings. WILLIAM 'M'CLEAVE, linen-draper, London-road, Sur rey, May 18, at twelve, and June 15, at eleven, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. G ra h am, Basinghallstreet, official assignee ; Catlin, Ely-place, Holborn. CHRISTOPHER DANNIT, jun., hop-merchant, Talbot Inn-yard, Southwark, May 7, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Barker aril Rose, Mark-lane. RICHARD GRIFFITHS, mercer, Newport, Salop, May 18, and June 15, at ten, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury. Pownall and Cross, Staple Inn, London ; Walm=ley, Wem. JOHN HARTLET I', grocer, Shepton Mallet, Somerset shire, May 17, at eleven, and June 15, at two, at the Swan Hotel, Wells. Hammond, Furnival's Inn, Holborn; Nalder, Croscombe, Somerset shire.' JAMES LIVSEY, cotton spinner, Bury, Lancashire, May 20, at one, and June 15, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton. Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; White- head, Bury. FRANCIS SPINK, miller, Bridlington, Yorkshire, May 18, and June 15, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn Scarborough. Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Bedford-row, Gray's Inn, Lon don; Harland, Bridlington. ALEXANDER WETZLAR and JULIUS WETZLAR, lace-manufacturer s , Nottingham, May 26, and June 15, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Hurst, Nottingham; Taylor and Collisson, Great James-street, Bed ford-row, London. MATTHEW WILKS VARDY, bookseller, Newbury, Berkshire, May 18, and June 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Weir, Cooper s-hall, Basinghall-street. JOHN BERKELEY DAVIS, ironmonger, Tottenham court-road, May 18, at one, and June 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basingholl-street, official as signee ; Barton, Cheltenham-place, Lambeth. JOSIAH BARKER, cotton spinner, Preston, Lancashire, May 26, and June 15, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Cuvelje, Skilbeck, and Hall, Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; Lode and Harrisec, Preston. JOHN CHESHIRE, linen-draper, Upper-street, Isling ton, May 18, at twelve, and June 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager. official assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn hill; Lloyd, Cheapside. JOHN BANGLEY PRICHARD and JAMES ROBINS CROFT, oil merchants, Liverpool, May 18, and June 15, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gre gory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool. CHARLES WHITE TAYLOR, draper, Epping, May 17, at two, and Juno 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turouand,official assignee, Copthall-buildings ; Read and Shaw, Friday.street, Cheapsi de. - DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. and S. B. Parker, colour manufacturers, Deptford, May 25, at half-past ten—J. Hollis, budler, New Windsor, May 25, at two—G. Lewis, licensed victualler, Mile-end-road, May 27, at hal•-past one—J. Innes, common brewer, Old Brompton, May 26, at one—W. J. Duckham, hosier, Little Love-lane. Wood -street, Cheapside, May 26, at twelve—W. and J. C. Ilowles, upholders, Store-street, Bedford-square, May 26, at eleven. In the Country. W. Hulke, B. Hulke, and J. E. Dixson, bankers, Kent, May 31, at seven, at the Royal Hotel, Deal—J. Dickings, jun., grocer, Bourn, Lincolnshire, May 28, at eleven, at Stand well's Hotel. Stamford—W. M. Roberts, innkeeper, Pem broke, May 26, at eleven, at the Dragon Inn, Pembroke—R. Clay, merchant, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, May 26, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Huddersfield—W. Lait,victualler, New port, Gloucestershire, May 31, at one, at the Old Bell Inn, Durslev— G. Blamy, baker, King,bridge, Devonshire, June 1, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth —A. Lambley, hotel keeper, Birmingham, May 26, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—T. R. and C. J. Atkinson, woollen cloth mer chants, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, May 26, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield—J. H. Carter and C. Lawrence, machine makers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, May 26, at five, at the White Swan Inn, Huddersfield—E. Jones, ironmonger, Wrexham, Denbighshire, June 1, at eleven, at the Wynnstay Arms Inn, Wrexham—R. D'Oyly, scrivener, Moreton, Glou cestershire, June 2, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham— W. W. Crowder, woolstapler, Birmingham, May 21, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham —J. H. Carter and C. Lau rence, machine makers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, May 26, at five, at the White Swan Inn, Huddersfield—B. Allport, coffee merchant, Liverpool, May 26, at one, at the Clarendon •rooms, Liverpool—G. Tennant, maltster, Wigan, Lancashire, June 2, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors—C. Graham, marine store dealer, Liverpool, May 26, at one, at the t-:larert don-rooms, Liverpool—W. Stone and J. Gibson, tailors, Bris tol, May 28, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES—M AY 25. E. Edwards, iron founder, Anglesey—E. Griffith, skinner, Tremadoc, Carnarvonshire—S. Coe, maltster. Shimpling, Suf folk—W. Stoker, corn dealer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —J. Gis borne, sheep salesman, Brinderri, Monmouthshire—N. Turney, baker, Millbank-street, Westminster—T. Coleman, victualler, St. Alban's. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • H. Higgins and S. Beechey, school-keepers, Gravesend— W. H. Clarke and H. Frankham, distillers, Southwark—J. Marchant and T. Heming, woollen drapers, Maidstone, Kent— M. Bates and T. Dickinson, fancy cloth manufacturers, Dalton, Yorkshire—S. Boycott and H. Bidwell, surgeons, Wellington, Shropshire -_M. T. Kaye, E. M. Barnett, and J. Barnett, Kingsland—G. W. Longridge and J. Thompson, ironmongers, Sunderland—W. Tarbuck and J. Campbell, starch makers, Li verpool—W. Davis and R. Thornton, dyers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—l. and H. Alexander, horse dealers, ChisWell street, Finsbury-square—F. H. Gell and J. E. Fullagar, at torneys, Lewes, Sus,ex —J. and R. Vain, drapers, Devonport —N. Fenn, S. Canning, J. Kemm, and F. Fenn, wholesale grocers, Botolph-lane (so far as regards S. Canning )—T. Barker, W. Barker, and G. Carr, tea dealers, Leeds—C. and J. Dobson, pawnbrokers, Southampton—J. Ogden, A. Ogden, and S. Ogden, cotton spinners, Lees, Lancashire (so far as re gards S. Ogden—R. Austin and R. Austin, jun., wine mer chants, Leicester—ll and C. Shield, wine merchants, New castle-upon-Tyne—C. Dowell and W. Gabb, coal merchants, Berkeley, Gloucestershire—F. C. and W. Price, plumbers, Ombersley, Worcestershire—E. Smith, J. Smith, and J. Win terbottom, brick makers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—J. Seabrook and G. Fagg, wine merchants, Rood-lane, Tower street--A. and S. Croke, millers, Rolvenden, Kent--R. Daw son and S. Hodgson, grocers,Preston, Lancashire—W. Spooner, C. Painter, and E. Till, silver platers, Birmingharo. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. WILLIAM MITCHELL, meal dealer, Dewar's Mill, near St. Andrew's, May 3 and 24, at twelve, at Adamson's Inn, St. Andrew's. TIMES. connected with uet still press hea v il y on Th the uestions Consol-market, arid on the the day ß 's dg business there is a decline of a quarter per cent. It will be satisfactory for the public to know that the Com missioners of Sewers considered the projection of the Sun- Fire-office at their meeting last Tuesday, arid directed their solicitor to take the ground on which the projection stands under the statute well-known as Michael Angelo's Taylor's Act, while at the same time the Royal Exchange Com mittee directed their solicitor to proceed by injunction, a question having risen whether even an indictment for nui sance might not have been framed. Several interviews, however, took place between the Governor of the Bank, Mr. Cockerell, the Bank surveyor (who is architect of the Sun, and all parties concerned in the affair, and the result of that negotiation is, that the Governor proposes to cut an angle to the extent of 10 feet off the projection, and the works stopped on Friday. Now, the effect of this concession would merely be, that a turncated figure would be presented to the eye of the public, instead of a sharp angle, and nothing what ever is conceded which would restore the line of demarcation originally proposed, and on the preservation of which all beauty and symmetry depends. It is perfectly absurd to suppose that the City will be satisfied with so miserable a concession as this, or indeed with anything less than the restoration of the line. The Bank committed a gross error in allowing the improve ment to go out of their hands, and they are now bound to see that every reparation is made. In advocating an alteration of 'Change hours, for which many correspondents assign excellent reasons, the relief to the clerks is not to be treated as of less consequence thati that of their employers. To bring that part of commercial business to a close an hour earlier would be, as a correspondent justly and feelingly remarks, a kind of emancipation to a numerous and hard-toiling part of the community, many of whom are seldom favoured with "a clear view of the sun or the face of nature throughout the year." The interval from three to four o'clock is the idlest part of the day, and if appropriated to the Exchange business, would leave time for the writing of letters and all other business that arises out of it without hurry or confusion. Formerly merchants dined before going to 'Change, which gave some sort of propriety to the lateness of the hour ; to continue it, now that the practice in that respect has so universally changed, appears perfectly unreasonable and absurd. A correspondent, adverting to the effort of the Scotch bankers to protect their own interests from encroachments by any act of the Committee of the House of Commons, points out as ore of the consequences of their small note circulation, the advan tage given to the Scotch manufacturers over those of Eng land, an evil which has generally been kept out of view in all former discussions on the subject. The effect is, as he re marks, " that production and overtrading are stimulated in Scotland to a fearful extent, and the English markets are deluged with their commodities, to the injury of their English competitors, who are necessarily denied, under the hard money system, those facilities by their bankers, which are readily afforded by the Scotch bankers issuing notes." Certainly, among the mischiefs inflicted, through the subserviency of a weak Ministry, to what is termed "Par liamentary influence," there are few to be compared with that submitted to in sanctioning one kind of paper circulation for Scotland, differing from that prescribed for England, and man festly prejudical to the commercial interests of the latter, the more important section of the United Kingdom. It is to be hoped that the Committee, whatever else they may do, will at least remove this stigma, for bad measures become doubly bad when they are also tainted with partiality. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Thursday night, the 29th ult. a very serious acci dent happened to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and daughter, of Fiorell's Farm, Great Coggeshall. Mr. J. was returning from Highfields, the residence of R. White, Esq., driving a pony in a four-wheeled chaise, and had not proceeded more than 100 yards when the pony, from some unknown cause, became un managable ; on arriving at the turning into the high road from Coggeshal! to Braintree, such was the velocity of the animal that despite of the stenuous exertions of Mr. Jackson to re strain its course it ran against and the shafts penetrated through the wall of a cottage nearly opposite the turning. The in mates whe had retired to rest were greatly alarmed at the shock, but made all possible haste to render assistance. The party were by the violence of the concussion thrown from the chaise, and we regret to add. Mrs. J. was taken up in a state of insensibility, her jaw bone being broken in two places, and one rib fractured, besides being otherwise bodily bruised. Mr. J. and daughter were stunned and lacerated in the face, but they happily sustained no other material injury. An omnibus was speedily procured to convey the party to their home, and an express was despatched to Mr. Strowger, surgeon, at Cogges hall, who very promptly attended, and under his skilful treat ment we are happy to say the whole are, it is hoped, gradually recovering. —Essex Herald. THE HURRICANE OF SUNDAY.—On Sunday about four o'clock, the wind blew a perfect hurricane at Black heath, Charlton, &e., and very considerable damage has been done to the ornamental trees, shrubberies, outhouses, &c., in Sir T. Maryon Wilson's Park, the Countess of Buckingham shire's, and other gentleman's seats. So severe was the gale that nine of the mast splendid elm trees in the park, and not exceeded for size and beauty in the county of Kent, were blown up in the space of two minutes, and were in that short period laid by thei; heads in the same direc tion, tearin g up the ground to the depth of at least five feet. The gale rose to an immense height very suddenly, and appears to have done no mischief, except in the line which it took from W. S.W., but in that particular line, THE EYES. —Optical improve rnet _':‘,s tO enable for a certain distance it was irresi .tible. A person named persons at an advanced age to read 'v.:lth ease and discri- Tuffnell had a narro w escape, a large tree having been blown minate objects with perfect down upon him in the Woolwich Common-road, leading to the B. Solomons, Optics 3....stinctness. —Messrs. S. and Dover-road, the upper branches brushing him as it fell. At 39, Albemarle ~ —.is and Aurists to . the Royal Family, the Countess of B uckinglum.hire's a piece of cement coping, . .6 v . street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, weighing 301b5., was carried fifteen yards from the top of the and ‘ t ...tug William -street, Bank of England, have snc coachhouse, the outhouses, &c., being destroyed. At Henry ce , e: l :- - c1 ill 'effectin g a most scientific improvement in Spec- Lon glands, Esq-, a remark a bly fi ne cedar, t w o elms, and other feel &Q Lenses, of the gre a t es t transparent refractive power vsluable trees, were torn up . by the roots. No damage -...n 8 1 for imperfect vision; the extraordinary advantage derived done in the river, nor hare we heard of any life bei.l.; sacri- I from this invention is, that they are adapted to the greatest ficed during this terrific but, fortunately, shorty continued nicety by experienced persons, of more than 30 years' ex 1 hurricane. THE MEET ING tensive practic e , so that vision becomes preserved and OF 2 1 : 1E POETS.—The i strengthened, New at " Orleans G aze tt e states and persons are enabled to employ th e i r tiv in a city we kto r n leng of time, er day ordle every body—if th e y can find out th e name, " a ll poetical nown ge- 1 at sight themoat y minuteth occupation, eith with ease and s comfort light, ; nius was hauled up before a poetical Magistrate for kissing a these Spectacle Lenses are constructed on a principle girl and kicking up a dust, and the following characteristic that persons can see with them of a much less magnifying dialogue ensued :—Magistrate—ls your name John Jay ? power, nor will they require the change inso frequently to Prisoner—Yes, your Honour, so the people say Magistrate g - reate; magnifying powers as those now common use; —Was it you that kissed the girl and - raised . the alarm. those objects being accomplished, is a matter of much Prisoner—Yes, your honour, but I thought it no harm. Magistrate—You rascal! did you come here to make rhymes? deeper importance to the public than may be imagined ; Prisoner—No, your honou r , b u t it will hap en sometimes. i n consequence of whi c h t h ousan d s o f individ ua l s h ave b een Magistrate—Be off, y ou scamp ! Get out !) of my sight. moat seriously injured ; persons can be suited at a dis- Prisoner—.Thanktee, your hono ur , then I'll bid you good night. ' tance ; those who havo never used Spectacles, by stating ENGLISH AND FRENCH' FisHEßlEs.—The the number of inches they can see moderate sizBd pint from Autiliare Breton states that some English fishing-boats hay- ' the eye, and those wh o are ma ki ng use o f S pectacles by ing again app eare d on the oyster grounds near St. Brie tx, the sending them, and making the same statement. The Badine war-cutter gav e di em chase and fired on them, by Messrs. Solomons' Voice Conductors for deaf persons are which one of the English fishermen Was killed. N o f ur th er . not the least perceptible, and give immediate re:icf,--No particulars are given in this paper, I connection with persona of the same name. JAMES DUNCAN, corn dealer, Rosshire, May 4 and 25, at one, at Mackintosh's Inn, Fortrose. PETER SINCLAIR, bookseller, Edinburgh, May 5 and June 4, at twelve, at the Writing Chambers of R. Deuchar, Edinburgh. WILLIAM RISSETT, manufacturer, Glasgow, May 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Chambers of J. Gibson, Glasgow. THOMAS ARCHIBALD, manufacturer, Alloa, May 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Tontine Hotel, Alloa. ARCHIBALD DUNCAN, writer, Edinburgh, May 10 and 31. at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. ALEXANDER BROWN, grain dealer, Clarkston, Airdrie) May 10 and 31, at one, at the Airdrie Inn, Airdrie. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1841 PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR• ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 4. Number Dividen Price of per CANALS. Per Shares. Annum. Paid. 'Share 1,766 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldharn,..Average97l.lBs.sh.. 110 1,482 41. Ashby.de.lesZouch Average 1131.8 h. 72 1, 60 ... .... Basingstoke 1001 . sh. 5 1,065 51. Brecknock and Abergavennr 150/. sh. 93 8,00.1 lel6tla. 101. Birmingham,l-16th share ...XV. & 711. 200 4,100 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l l e.ll. sh.loo psi 95 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton.loo/. sta. all pi -, 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh. 101 300 321. Coventry Croydon. Averege3ll.26.lod. sh. - 2,060 51. Os Dudley 1001. sh. 94 600 131, Derby lool.sh . 120 949 , 0 4, per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 23 3,5751 4' Ellesmereand Chester Avenge 133;.111. 81 231 621 Erewasn lool.lh. 750 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde....Averaye 4401.168. ski. 620 .1,04.0 81. Grand junction 1001.1 in 124 45)491 255, Grand Union lool.sh. 26 1,500 ... ..... Grand Surrey lOO /. s h, 15 1,000/ 41. per cent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. .7„096 Grand Western 800 131.121, 98. 01smarganshire, Aver. cost 1721.133.4 d. 220 749 lit. Grantham% 3,238 21.05. kluddei.si•sld Average 5 /1. 65.6 d. sh. 27 100 Kensingtoa lOOTh. allpd 10 23.329 11.10 s. Kennet 2nd Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. eh 24% 11,6991 1/. 7s, Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d , 27% 2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 750 545: 111. Leicester 140/. st: 1 11; 1,897 51.05, Leicester & Nor t hampton Aver 1 431.10s '73 .400 101. Monmouthshire 1001.81: 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray - 1001. sh. VG COO 25!. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 550 '3,000 21. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. oh. all pd 343 24,7 171. Neath 1001.81,. 325 ',400 51. Peak Forest Aver..ge about 78/.sh. 73% 21,418 Bs. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165.8d.5h. 9% 5,669 61. per cent. rtochdale Average 85/.sh. to 500 81. Shropshire 1951. sh. 137 SOO 101.0 s. Somerset Coal 1501.5h. 180 3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 11 1 4 700 361. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh • 600 500 151, Shrewsbury 300 9 3taurbridge ..,„,...... 145/.sh. 396 3,647 V. Os. Stratford.on.Avon Aver.... 791. 9s. tscl. sh. 35 533 lni Swansea lool.sh. 265 3,762 2/. Bs. Severn and Wyc and Railway Av. 351. sh. 45 2,600i5h, 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share lOOl. sh. 590 8,149 1,0005 h./ ~,I . Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh. 240 1,00015h.5 `" 980 13. Warwick and Istaptee* 1001. sh. 1641 7,000 41 4 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 5,000 32e. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 106 Bd. sh. 29 800 6, Wyllev and Essington 1251. sh. 74 .26 W;stieacri . ...e... ..............« :953. oh. 30 905 Is, %Vey and Arun llOl. sal. 22% DOCKS. 1,6" I 9 . c. Commerc al 1001.3h. 63% 651 sh. e • Fast and West India Stock 98 3.238,3101/. 60s. p.c t. London Stock 70 Ditto 'Bonds 2,209 3/. Os. sd. Bristol Average 14"/. Os. sh. 75 68,324/. 5/.percent, Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 94 500,090 li per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier .. 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10 B Rl4/GES. • .600 los. Hammersmitt , 501. A, 21 1,231 Southwark, Old ...... ...Av. 631.2 s Bd. sh. 2% 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New. of 7/ per cent., 501. sh. 13 5,000 .... ... • Waterloo 100/. sh. 3% 5,000 225. Occ. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 60/. pal 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 18 90,0001. 51. per cent, Ditto Bonds 5,848 26s Vauxhall ...Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 10,00 „ E6Le:iciesns.t.l Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh.ll/. pd 14 10,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Msrine lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 5 4,000 il. per oh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. M. pd 1414 1,20010 h. 5/. Birmingham I' ire 5O/. sh. 55/. pd 107% 20,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5% 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical & Mettler' Life, 100/.5h.2110s pd 4% 4,000 2/ Os County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 10 20,000 85. Eagle 501. sh. 51. pd 5 „„,„ 5 per cent. Economic Lift; 16001. sh. 250/. pd 406 ' and 30/ b5.,5 2,271 22s.per cent. European Li . "0/. oh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 201. sh. 21. pd 13% r 000,000/. 6/.per ct Globe Stock lIS 20,000 31. Guardian 33,000 s. 64. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. Rd. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,459 5/. per cent. Indemnity Maine lOO/. ch. 8/. pd Z 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 02 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd f 6 10,000 10, Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 30% 5,000 les. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12!. 10s. pd 18% 3,900 10. London, Ship 0 5/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 1834 1,600,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 500,0004 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladi um Lit, .... sh. 2/. pd 2/ 6s 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire 0 01. sh. 2/. pd 18s Rd 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 11.0/. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2,5041 It. Provident Lire 100!. sh. 10/. pd 20 U,4(C 7s. Rock Life 89,220/ 51. percent. Royal Exchange Stock 190 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Com. of I reland2s/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 59 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 101. pd 13% (0,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101. pd 19% 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20!. pd 23 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock ..... -.50/. sh. 10/. pd 12 1 / 4 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 30 '25,000 Liverpool lOO/ sh. 10/. pd lr% 50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver. i 50/.sh. 15/ pd 10% pool District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of I relandlooi. sh. 25/. IA 42 %IVO° 6 ler cent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh 17f/. pd 153 111,000 5 per cent National Prow: icial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 34% 10,000 Ditto New JOE. sh. 10/ pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 51. rid 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 161. pd 22 5,000 British 401. sh. 16!. pd 18 1 / 4 s.fi „, r 5./.ndpercent..l Ditto Provincial 2Ol. s h. 191 . pd 25 I Bs. 6s 928 51 lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 1,250 .21 Os Bristol .0 , sh. 36 2,250 :3/ 10$ Brighton 2O!. sh. 13% 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 9 2,471 4f percent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pc! 9 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 62.p.pd 102% 1,000 10!. City or London.. ....... .....100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 6!. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.05. Equitable 5O/. pd 20 10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. fO l / 4 800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd IN% 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 30/. sh. all rk. 49 9,000 4/. per cent. Phcenix 5O/. sh. 39/. pd 34 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 801. pd CO 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/. sh. 191. pd 16 9,000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30 .240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50 400 51. per cent, Wakefield 2,6e0 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd 11% 700 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2O/. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS 4,800 31s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 21 4,434 71. East London 100/. sh. 161 5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 61 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 463¢ 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. KO 1,500 2/10s New River London Bridge Water Ann,. 60 6,486 21 lOs Manchester and Salford 100/.Bh. 553 1.000 1 per cent. South London . 100/. sh. 1043 8,294 43/. West Middlesex Average 63/.'l2s. ild. sh. 9:"? 1,360 II 14r York Building 1,0. Lessee Prop. 1001, sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 ... Birmingham and Derby ...- ....... 1011 pd 64 1 / 4 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester HO/. pd 75 15,000 ......... B r i s t o l an d E xeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 37 34 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western 100/.sh. 62, 1. 32 1 / 4 3,002 Clarence 100/. sh. 100/ pd 31 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/. pd 00,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 23'. pd 9 10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. 90/. pd 76 10,9:8 14 per cent. Grand Junction 100!. sh. all pd 21; 25,00 ii Great Western 1001. sh. 65/, pd 943 E 25,000 ... ...... Ditto New 50/. sh. 50/. pd 61 1 / 4 3,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5Ol. sh. 401." pd 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100!. pd 1453 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 45g 2,100 4/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65% 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(Lsh. 100/.pd 185 7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares .5/. pd 45 36,1)00 London and Brighton SO/. sh. 501 pd 4714 94,000 London and Blackwall 251. sh. 25/. pd 19 1 / 4 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -.201. s's. '2Ol. pd 8 9 4 25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/.sh. 90/. pd 162 _.._ 25,001 Ditto Quarter Shares -.25/. sh. 51. int 24 31,250 Dit o New Shares 324 sh. 3U. pd 531 4 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 321,175. 3d. 56 , 33,000 London and Croydon} Av. 13/. 15s. Pd. 141 ' , Ditto New Scrip.... 11g 13.000 3 pjr . * cent. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 70/. pd 57 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5 01. 25/. pd 2- 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 401. 2i Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2% 10,000 • .....•. .... .. Midland Counties 'OW. sh. 10'4. pd DO . . 15,000 North Midland Ditto New 4Ol. pd 3) 5,128 Northern and Eastern....lool. sh WI. pd 31 ',6ou Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 30/. pd :i6 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/.sh. 275 0,000 Thames Haven 5Ol. sh W. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 73 MINES. 8,000 Albion C0pper.......... . 51.5 0. q/. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alton ..................... 15/ . . sh 12/, II Epd 10 10, 00 0 „....... Anglo Mexican,iss. 51. pm.lool. sh. al 4 d 1% Ditto Subscription 25!. Pti I 2,000 10/, Bolanos l5O/. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. lOs Brazillanlmp. iss. Si. pm 351. sh. 20/. pd 6 6,000 Macaubas ti: (,ocaes United 25/ 5h.25/. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 14/. pd 24 101,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/.sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 ... ...... British Iron lOO/. sh. 601 pd ,000 British Copper 51. sh. la/. pd 1% Crz Branca 6s!. pd 6A, Candonga....... 751. pd 5 10,000 11 Copiapo 8,520 ~. Columbian, iss. 5/. pm 551. sh. 55/. pd 0% 2,850 31. English 20,000 General Mining Association2o/ sh.lB/ pd I% 6,155 Mexican Company ....,,1001. eh. 57i/. pd 6 3,000 Polberon Co nso l s lOl. M. 8/. pd 4 ,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 24 Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd 160 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 40/, sh. all pd '2 DWI. Scrip 3% Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 4 West Cork 5O!. sh 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket . ..75gs. sh. 16 1,500 London University lOOl. eh. all pd 7 70U King' College lOOl. 1034 MISCELL A mtous. 10. ,oi: 158. A ustrallth Arleuititral.loo/. - sh. 28/. pd 41 6,)00 1. percent. British American Land Company 3: ;}/.pd 10,0(,0 61. per coat. Canada Company 1001. sh. 32j/. pd 31 110,000 51. per cent, Upper Cana ,;.a Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent lO O% H. 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. sh. 14/. pd 241 4 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stork ,000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9 ,000 Caottchouc Company I2p. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compaisy...sol. pd 12 2,;54 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 107 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107 4,000 .. ... ... , Thames Tunnel 5O/, sh. all pd 10 ;0,000 6s. Van Die.ner,'s Land.... 100/. oh. 171/. pd 6 20,000 4IST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MAY 1, 1841. BANKS. _ _ 1,000,000/. Of. p. Ct. Bank of scotland ...831.6e. Bd. sh, all pd 159 2,000,0001. 8 p. ct. licyal orSeotland 1004 sh. all pd 154 500.000/. 8 p. et. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd w 500,0001. tit p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 169 500,000,. 3n. ct. National lOO4 eh. 101. pd 14►,( Sob 7/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/, sh. 501. pd 85 1,000.0001. 6p. Ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 72 % INSURANCE COMPANIES.O 251.0005 h, 6} p. ct. Scottish Un►on 201. sh. 1/. pd 241.0 d. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercule' , lOOl. sh. 101. pd 13N 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101. sh, all pd lt! 50,000 Bp. ct. North British "!00/. sh. 10/. pd 17 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 20 5,000 6p. cf. Edinburgh 14:0 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1444 100,000 3} p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 .... Edin..And Gras. (in. Canalso/.sh. all pd 14% Ditto Allocati!d! 961. sh. all pd 56 5,46( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint St , ck Water 251. sh. all pd 35 2,01104 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iror. Founderv......sol.sh 48/. rd 42 10,000 :3 per C.U.c Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 3% 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 44 4,450 10 per cent. ('lasgow Gas 75 ,, 7i per cent. I..eith Coal (las .. , 201..h. all Pd 1 : 8 1,154 .... ..... Edinburgh :‘lllll/ .:,. th Rarmay 50/. sh 29 A CHEAP MARRIAGE.—On Monday morning last, a pair of anxious lovers presented themselves before Hymen's altar in Beverley Minster, and were soon made "one flesh." The happy event having been duly regi , tered, the bridal pair were about to retire, when they were informed they had certain fees to pay. This was a momentary damper to their felicity; but after emptying their pockets they mustered threepence, which the bridegroom cheerfully tended to the ordinary, declaring it was all the wealth he had in the world, and if he would not take it, he would be like to unmarry him again. The ordinary would not comply with the latter request, but generously returned the threepence as a marriage portion. Tyne Mercury, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MA Y 4. _ . The Court wa , occupied to-day with the special papers, and flicposed of several cases, none of which were of any public in terest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, M,4r 4. ROBERTS V. SCOTT. . . This was an action for 400/. upon two promissory notes of which the defendant was the maker, and a bill of exchange of which he was the acceptor. On the day before that on which the cause was set down for trial the defendant served the plaintiff with a writ for a Special Jury, and the trial was postponed. Air. Sergeant CIiANNELL for the plaintiff, now obtained a rule nisi to discharge the Special Jury writ, on the ground that there was nothing in the facts to take the cast out of the ordi nary class. and that the defendant's objects were only delay awl expense. MORNING EDIVON. 'to 4s 4d per gallon. Lcewards are still dull of sale' but not lower in pric e ; th e sa les ar e a b ou t 150 puns prO°' to 7 over at 2s 24 to 23 4t, and 1 1 to 15 ova* 2 C 2s 5d to 2s 7d per g.illon. East India Rum continues in demand, and prices are fir m ly sustaiLed ; sales made in proof strength at la 64 and some parties are not, now inclined to sell under Is 7d p er ga ll on . A p ar cel() ' 100 hhds, 27 over proof, has been sold at about Is 10d !f la lid per gallon. There is not much business doing I° tau Brand) market, hut the advanced prices are firmly mai..taine.l. Geneva steady. Ou,s.—Common Fish Oils have met Kith a steed! sale since our last, and full prices have been obtained , indeed, Southern Whale Oil, which is the moat inquired after, has brought a further slight advance, fine Pla tf having been sold at 271 to 27/ lOs per tun. Sperm Oil maintains the previous value, and a fair demand !I experienced for the article. There has been a reaction I °, :ha demand for Linse e d Oil, w hi c h h as l e d to a d vanc e° prices ; some large sale 3 were made at 29s to 293 3d, and the article can now with difficulty be obtained et 293 6d on the spot. Rape Oil is steady in price, be with very little &mans.% Refined is offered a t 45 s 6d per cwt. Olive Oil still very firm, although not ° I brisk request. Palm supports the advance of last week , and still in request, chiefly for export ; further sale e made privately at about 35a 6d per cwt. Cocos Nt!t Oil maintains previous rates, but there is not much bus!' ness doing : a large parcel of Ceylon was offered ! I public sale, and chiefly bought in at 34s to 3&s p er cwt, 10 casks and tanks. TALLOW.—Tho demand for St. Petersburg 'WV Candle Talow has continued slack, and the transec tions have again been confined to the wants of th e , trade ; the holders how e v er , w h o are a l most confine,' to a few wealthy speculators, still hold up the prices, and fine P. Y. Candle has been quoted through the week a t about 47s 9d to 48s per cwt; the market now appears to be drooping, and there ar e se ll ers f or d e li very i n all th e next month at 47s 6d per ewt, with few takers. South American, Odessa, &c., arc still taken by the trade a t re• latively easy prices. This afternoon the market remained steady at 47s 9d t ° 48s on the spa, and at 48s 3d to 48s 6d for delivery in th e last three months. A parcel of South American Talls o was offered at public sale, consisting of 30 pps 418 won% which chiefly found buyers at from 41s 6d to 45s 9d Pe r cwt, according to quality. MARKETS. A IN. la Barley, /Viz.cklenbargh 133 to -- Magdeburgh, 105 to .l l -- Holstein l3; to ;: -- Summer ll4 0 1 02 Oats, Eider -- Mecklenburg ---- Holstein ir to . 11 - 1 "- Est Friesland._ 102 19 ,41 Pease, Mecklenburg IBeans 125 to Buck Wheat ltiS to Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares . 162 to lON. Marrnham Mae. nts b 5 56 Such. s~ Do 6 ngo .... F. Eh .. A Domingo Lit Guayra 4% L i Porto Rico 6 Davannah 9% - 11 :11 8% Discount.) 1 Bahia, Whit 0.......... .......... t ° 2 9 . Brown ' 4B 04 Pernambuco, White ...2% 0, Brown ...2* " , n, 2% to 2% 510.000 -- V. MAAWOOD. This was an action for damages laid at 20,0001. to try a right to property in Cornish mines, claimed by inheritance from Sit. John De la Zouche, who died in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The particulars have appeared more than once in Common Pleas' Reports of The Sun. The case was tried here last year before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict was taken for the defendant, subject to a new trial on points re served. The Solicitor-General since obtained a rule nisi for a new trial, the argument on which will come on next term. Mr. HILL having obtained this term a rule to show cause why the plaintiff should not furnish copies of a certain docu ment, necessary to enable the defendant to oppose the rule for a new trial. The Sommoß-GENERAL now showed cause against the rule, contending that as the document called for was acces sible to the defendant as well as to the other side, inasmuch as it had been produced at the inquest on the death of Sir John de la Zouche, and it was to be found in the record of that in quisition. Mr. HILL replied, and after a warm discussion the rule was discharged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MAY 4. The Court was occupied during the morning with hearing unopposed town-bail cases, none of which was marked with the slightest features of public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Win. Pierce was placed before Mr. Hall, charged with hav ing robbed Mrs. Hayward of 2001. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns, and Elizabeth Donnell was charged with hav ing received part of the notes, knowing them to have been stolen. Mrs. Hayward deposed that the male prisoner was her nephew, and was in the habit of visiting her. A few weeks ago he came to see her in consequence of her being ill. Soon after he left she had occasion to go to her box where she kept her money, and found that the whole of it was gone, con sisting of 2001. in Bank of England notes and sovereigns. The money was kept in a bog. As soon as she discovered her loss she gave information of it to the police. The woman employed as nurse to Mrs. Hayward corrobo rated her evid,mce. Ellen Ma meath deposed that she was acquainted with a young man of the name of Galbray, who formerly lived with the female prisoner. About a fortnight ago, the mother of Gal bray came to her and requested her to accompany her to the female prisoner's lodgings, as she wished to ascertain whether her son was married to the prisoner. The witness accompanied her to the house where the female prisoner lived, and there saw both the prisoners together. The male prisoner produced a great quantity of bank-notes, and wished her to sew them up in a bag. Galbray was called, and corroborated the testimony, adding that he was in company with the male prisoner the same even ing, and he went into a public-house to changea 201. note, but could not do so, but obtained a part of the change, and left the note at the public-house. David Jones deposed that the female prisoner lodged in his house. On last Tuesday week she came to him, and asked him to take care of two 201. notes for her, and handed him a 10/. note and one 5/. note. She said she had received some money from Portsmouth, and that she was going to receive some more. She said she • was going to be married, and when she returned he could give her the money. The witness looked at the notes, and said, " These are rot 101. notes. One is a 5/. note, and the other 10/." As she did not seem to know what the notes were, he should like to have some one by to see her give him the notes. She said he need not fear any thing, as a young man that she knew had received 2001., and she was going to be married to him. She wished the wit ness to pay away the notes a , soon as he could in the way of business. The male prisoner came in, and the witness showed him the notes, and asked him what they were. He said they were a 10/. note and a 51. note. The witness then wrote the name of the female prisoner on the back of both the notes. The brother of the witness had since changed the notes. Joseph Thompson, a police constable, stated that from in formation he received he proceeded to Liverpool, and there as certained that the two prisoners were living together as man and wife in the name of Hawkins. He went to the house where they resided and saw the female prisoner. He said he had come from the Birmingham Railway with a money parcel. She said she expected one. The witness said he must have a re ceipt for the money by her husband. She said he would be in soon. He came in soon afterwards, and the witness told him he apprehended him in the name of Pierce. He said he did not know anything of the name, that his name was Hawkins. The witness took both prisoners into custody and brought them to London. They were remanded till Saturday next in order to obtain Further evidence. THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. COLONIAL MARKET. There was very little business done, and prices were un steady. British Plantation Sugar was scarcely inquired for either by the grocers or refiners, and so little was done that prices were nominally the same as on Friday last. Coffee dull of sale, and the bulk of the parcels brought to public sale were bought in, though offered on lower terms. Cocoa ne glected. Rice a dull sale, and at the public sales prices fur ther declined 6d. per cwt. Good White Bengal 13s. per cwt. TEA MARKET. Few sales were made but prices were firm, and the parcels of Common Congou offered at Is. bid. per lb. Company's Congou was sold at ls. 54d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were firmly sustained but the market was dull, as the trade were disposed to purchase for actual want only. P. Y. C. 48s. on tho spot. WHITECH &PEI. HAY MARKET. We had a good supply of Meadow Hay, the demand pretty good, fine qualities were much in request, and fully realized our last quotations ; the middling and ordinary sorts heavy of sale. Of Clover the supply was moderate, the best sorts met a quick sale at 61. per load. Of Straw the supply plentiful, the demand brisk, and an advance of full 2s. per load was realized. Clover 41. to 61., Meadow Hay 3/. 12s. to 41. 18s. ( From the London Mercantile Journal of May 4.) SUGAR.—The proposition of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to reduce the duty on Foreign Sugar 36s per cwt and five cent, and leaving the duty on West India, Brazil, and Mauritius at 24s per cwt, has completely paralyzed the market generally. No private business was done in any description, either foreign or colonial, there not being sufficient confidence in the measure to induce capitalists to touch Foreign ; while the importers of Colonial Sugar are not disposed to press sales, and consequently the whole of the parcel advertised for public auction this day was withdrawn; they consisted of Barbadoes, Mauritius, Manilla, Siam, and Java. From the feeling which now exists in the market upon this important subject, it appears that it is the intention of the trade to suspend transactions until after Friday, on which night the matter again comes before Parliament; at the same time, however, there is a strong impression that the present Ministry have not sufficient strength to carry the measure. Prices of all descriptions are therefore quite nominal. Several cargoes of Brazil and Havannah Sugar are of fering afloat, for which the importers are asking more money, but a present no one has the courage to make a purchase, and not an offer can be obtained. Since writing the above, we hear that two or three boards of West India Sugar have been sold at rather lower prices than last week. One board good bright grocery Demerara sold at 61s per cwt. REFINED.—The market is dull to-day for Refined goods, and pie ‘s are difficult to quote. For Bundcd Crushed Sugar 31s asked, but few buyers. MOLASSES.—The transactions in this article are still very limited, and prices are again rather easier; sales made in good Demerara at 26s to 26s 6d per cwt ; a parcel, consist ing of 40 puns Cuba Molasses, was brought to the ham mer on Friday, and withdrawn, there being no bid. Tse.—The Tea market continues steady, and the lower descriptions in firm request, while the finer sorts are but little inquired after. At public sale were offered 7,906 packages, when black Tea met a good competition, the better kinds of Congou especially, and very full prices were generally obtained : green Teas, however, did not go off so readily, but maintained their previous value. Of the above quantity, about three-fourths were actually sold. Company's Congou quiet at is sid to Is sid per lb cash. COFFEE,—The market remained quiet to-day, the buyers holding back until something more decisive is known about the duties, while the merchants are not generally disposed to eel!, and at the public sales there was much heaviness; they comprised 809 bags Ceylon, 402 bales Mocha, 500 nags Company's Java, and 4,981 of other bags sorts imported via the Cape of Good Hope. Ceylon only partly sold at 76s to 76s 6d for fine ordinary, being Is to 2s under the former value ; ordinary and good ordinary taken in at 70s to 725, being a shade lower; Mocha 81d at 96s to 116 a 6d for fair quality, being 3s to 4s cheaper; Java taken in at 60s to 625 . for good yellow, and Padang at 40a for fair quality ; the remainder from the Cape was all bought in, good and fine ordinary Rio at 41s to 45s per cwt. COCOA.—For West India descriptions the demand continues very dull, buyers anticipating still lower prices ; the merchants, however, are not generally dis posed to meet their views, and nearly the whole of 582 bags 'Trinidad offered by public sale was bought in; the few lots sold were is to 2s lower; fair red was knocked down at 47s 6d to 48s 6d, fair greyish red at 44s to 46r 6d, and mid to good grey at 42s 6d to 44s per cwt. Foreign continues in request, and a small parcel of Caraccas imported from Santa Martha, and of very fine quality, offered by auction, realized 55s per cwt. PEPPER.—The public sales to-day consisted of 219 bags black and 55 bags white; the former sold at 3A-d to 3,-td for fair Sumatra, and the latter at 6d to 7,id. RICE.—At public sale were offered 1,490 bags Bengal 7,030 bags Java and 749 bags Madras, which went off with better spirit and at 3d advance for Bengal; good middling to good white went at 123 to 14s; Java and Madras were nearly all taken in at the full value, v:z. at l(L for low white; a few lots low yellow fetched 83 per cwt. PROVISION!. Nothing done in old Irish Butter, and prices are now quite nominal Of Foreign we have had very large supplies, which have depressed prices very much ; sales making on the quay to-day in the finest qualities at 94s to 98s per cwt, with still a downward tendency. Lard rather more inquired after, and 70s to 71$ obtained for prime Waterford bladdered. A fair business doing in Bacon landed at full prices, say 569 to 59s for Waterford, and at 54s to 56s for Limerick, but on board scarcely any sales made. FRUIT continues as last week ; partial business only doing for home consumption or exportation. , SPIRITS —There have been a few inquiries after the fineq marks of Jamaica Rum, but in consequence of these sorts being scarce, the trade are compelled to pay full prices ; as much as 7s has been paid in a few instances for superior quality ; the lower kinds are however neglected, and could only be sold at reduced prices ; strong Demerara has been more in request, and about ioo p s have changed hands at easier prices; 30 to 35 0 over to 41 2d, and 36 to 38 over at 48 34 ii HAMBUR Wheat, Manta 100 to 427 - Magdeburg.... 300 to 320 - Anhalt, white 304 to 330 - red ~. 300 to 327 -- Brunswick 294 to 3?; -- Mecklenburg 2ss to 027 --- Polish -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic - Elbing and Ko nigsburg l9O to 215 -- Upland - Iliga con] Carolina and Tennessee 7 lajto 9% fleorgia, Ist suit 7% 7 2d 7 7 3d and 4th 4,i 7 COPT Mocha 13 to 135 i Batavia 5% 51i Sumatra — Rio Bahia 4% 5 SUGAR.—(Wit' Havannah, White 3 to 4% Brown 24 2% Rio, White 2A, 4 Brown Manilla. Brow' UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON' On Saturday the Annual Meeting of the Council and Prn fessors took place for the distribution of prize s t o st u dents v"'" had distinguished themselves in the Faculty of Medicine during the past year. The Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, presided. Amongst the other gentlemen of consideration Pr e : sent, were Mr. Warburton, ALP. ; Mr. Booth, Mi. Stra'" d ALP. ; Mr. Goldsmid, Mr. Hutton, M.P. ; Mr. Mills, aa Mr. Liston, of the hospital of the College. Professor Sharpey, the Dean of the Faculty, read the Reel of the last Session. The number of students who had. attend the medical classes during the session j us t en d e d was 3`2 6, ° whom 112 began their studies at the College this year. The con' duct of the young gentlemen has been honourable to the 4,selvesi and gratifying to their professors. Last year, for the £ rst honours here awarded at the medical examinations of the Unife r ' sity of London. The report concluded as follows :—" The COS cil think that they will best consult the wants of the pupils , a .% make the best provision for the continued efficiency and reputat o . of our school, by adding to the staff of the hospital a pr°f es f sor whose sole duty it will be to train students to habits o .s i exact abservation and careful discrimination in the prod'' 'treatment of disease ; and who w ill b e a bl e t o d evo t e his une divided attention to this most important subject, which is " very scope and end of all medical science." The Right Honourable Chairman then delivered the prise in the following order : CLASS OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (PROFESSOR' sHARPEy). Gold Medal and First Certificate.—Mr. John Burford Ca r ' lill, of Hull. First Silver Medals and Second Certificates.—Mr. Jo a D. Heaton, of Leeds; Mr. John E. Stocks, of Hull (equal') CLASS OF OBSTETRIC MEDICINE. tt, of Gold Medal and First Certificate.—Mr. John Wagge Exeter. S. First Silver Medal and Second Certifi ca t e .—M r . Fre ts Haden, of London. wal- Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate.—Mr. ton, of London. CLASS OF CHEMISTRY (PROFESSOR GRAHAM). oc t, Gold Medal and First Certificate.—Mr. Alfred B. Ga rr of Ipswich. Henry First Silver Medal and Second Certificate.—Mr. Allen, of Macclesfield. Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate.—Mr. T. Edwards, of Caerphilly. First Silver Medal (Prize Essay).—Henry Allen. Second Silver Medal (Prize Essay )..__John Thompson. CLASS OF ANATOMY (Professor QUAIN). Gold Medal and First Certificate.—Mr. Arthur Hadeferl' of Lutterworth. First Silver Medal and Second Certificate.—Mr. S. S. Stec!' man, of London. Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate.—Mn Ede irti Ballard, of London. • Silver Medal and First Certificate (Junior Class). —Mr. f 4. Hearne, of Taunton. CLASS OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY (Professor GRANT)' f Gold Medal and Fi rs t C er tifi cate .—M r. J o h n H u dson. ° Huddersfield. CLASS OF MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS (Professor TaomsoN). Gold Medal an d Fi rs t C er t i fi ca t e .—M r . H. F earns ide. of London. First Silver Medal and Second Certificate.—Mr. B. A. ling, of Chester. S. Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate.—Mr. yr Blackwell, of London. CLASS OF MEDICINE (PROFESSOR WILLIAMS). Gold Medal and First Certificate.—Mr. J. D. H ea ton. j , First Silver Medal and Second Certificate.—Mr. C. Hare, of Leeds. Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate. Mr. I,v. • .1, Adey, of Bath. CLASS OF SURGERY (PROFESSOR COOPER). Gold Medal and First Certificate. —Mr. J. B. CarlilL First Silver Medal and Second Certificate.—Mr. Hillman, of London. Second Silver Medal and Third Certificate.—Mr. Dalton, of Demerara. of Fellowe's Clinical Gold Medal.—Mr. John Gorriingef Brighton. PENALTY.—On Thursday, at the Old SegSkT: room, William Green, beerseller, of Heaton, was charged L '„; the county police with having company in his house on St day last, during the hours of Divine service. He pleaded go' , " and, in extenuation, said a party from this town had taken r e t fuge in his house from the rain ; and that he had a gr e : wife and a small family."—(Laughter.) Fined 20s. and cos t • —Bolton Free Press. ITY SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAV hi 0 11, and SONS, Manufacturi n g Sil ve rsmith s , N o . 14, Corn London, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following SILVER TEA an d COFFEE SERVICES. Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the tes a t % coffee-pots with a flower ornament on the lids. The King ns Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and scrolls. The Sn i r of either is new and elegant : COTTAGE PATTERN. I [NG'S PATTERN. 9. Strong Silver Tea- p0t..... 12 0 Strong S liver Teapot._ „..12 e Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto Sugar Basim 7 0 Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto C ream E wor s') Ditto Coffee-pot. 15 0 Ditto Coffee-pot.. 15 Complete £3B 6 Complete £ 4O A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Serviott io ls be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every ‘",_ le te of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate -chest. Panar b y of prices, illustrated with sketches of the various articles, g o,;. and forwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom._...tt. Savory and Sons, 14, Cornbill, London, opposite th e B a ulk °' England. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVES , with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen • Dessert Knaves, 11s. Carvers, .51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white b one handles, Bs. Bd. p er d ozen , Dessert, 6s. &I. ; Carvers, 3 s' per pair; Globe- s h a p e T ea - urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; newihaP es i 395. ; Papier M ac h e T ea -t rays, gothic shape, 60s ; the set of full moo. Catalogues, containing the price of every article n &rub ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIFF ON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIR THS. On the 17th of April, at Rome, the lady of Sir George Baker, Bart., of a son and heir. On the Ist inst., in Bernard-street, Russell-square, the 10 1 1 of Arthur Charles Bulley, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., Airs. George Taylor, of the Minoried, °f $ daughter. MA RR lEI.I. On the 29th ult., at Chester-le-Street, Raleigh Henryli Esq., second and youngest son of Sir Walt er Y ea , Bart., e Pyrland Hall, Somerset, to Ellen, second daughter of Joh n Cookson, Esq., of Whitehill, Durham. On the 29th ult., at Northiam, Sussex, Francis John Fie ld ', Esq., of Chester-place, Reg en t' s - par k , to Anna, daug hter °' Edward Barron, Esq., of the former place. On the 23d ult., at St. Mark's Church, Brighton, Guillehei Balleras, E,q., of Crutledfriars. London, to Rosaria Buch, only daughter of the late Mr. Buch, of Cadiz, Spain. On the 28th ult., at St. James's Church, Clerkenwell, Joseph Phelps, to Mary, eldest daughter of Air. John Budsori, of Pentenville. On the 28th ult., at the parish Chapel of St. Mary-in -tl ' Castle, Hastings, the Rev. W. H. Vernon, Rector, of Can, r3 alton, Surrey, t o S usanna, third daughter of the l ate John Loft, Esq., of Stainton Hall, Lincolnshire. DIED • On t 30th ult. at at Mint head, Somersetshire, Euphelu is Elisabeth, daughter of Mr. J. C. Searle, aged 5. Ott the I s t inst. , at T w i c k en ham Mead ows , th e Venerab le Archdeacon Cambridge, Prebendary of Ely, aged 86. o f On th e 30th ult., at Tottenham, George, the eldest so n Anthony H arr i s , aged 16. On the 29th ult., at Leamington, Captain Francis Hunt, la te of the Atlas East Indianian, aged 45. On the 25th ult., at Torville, Torquay, Elizabeth CollY er ' daughter of P. Lovell Phillips, Esq., M.D., aged 3. On the 27th ult., at Richmond. place, Brighton, Carolii * the infant daughter of Mr. 'R. C. Haman. 0 London Printed and Published by MURDO youNiv , ip No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office No. 112, Strand!the cuunty of Middlesex..-Wednesda y, May k 1841.