The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION AMERICA. TWO DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. We have received New York pacers to the 18th ult., inclu sive by the fast-sailing ship Fairfield, Captain Wilson. We regret to state that she brings no intelligence of the long missing steam-ship the President. The following extracts em brace the principal news by this arrival : M'Leod still remains in prison, and there appears not to have been any further steps taken in his case up to the time of the departure of the Fairfield. She brings us no intelligence of the steam- President. President. DESTRUC lON BY FIRE OF THE RESIDENCE OF THE.LATE PRESIDENT HARRISON, AT NORTH BEND. A letter from Wheeling, dated April 14, received in Balti more yesterday. announces that the residence of the late Presi dent, at 'North Bend, has been totally destroyed by tire, which took place on Sunday night. the 11th of April. TEXAS. The steam-ship Neriinea;ised at New Orleans on the 10th ult., last from Galveston, bringing papers to the Ist of April, from which we extract the following:— " Major Howard arrived at Galveston, from San Antonio, on the :Oh ult and reported that the Mexicans were making preparations for another campaign, for the invasion of Texas. Eight thousand troops, with a train of twenty piecesof artil ery, were at Mier at d Carmarp,,o, making preparations for a cons paign, under the pretext of chastising the Indians, who bad hen committing de;,radltitans on the Mexican frontier. He bad the informa:iun from Dr. Brook, who had been in the Fe deral army, and it had been confirmed by a Mexican deserter, named Francisco Granado. Canales is attached to the expedi tion, or:th 62,00 troops under his command. The most intel ligent citizens of San An:onio were fully sati•fied that the ex pedition is intended to or erate against Texas. WAR IN FLORIDA. FLORIDA. APRIL 4. —An express has this morning arrived at. Pi atka, from Fort King, stating that tlie Indians hare exhi bited a hostile atrial. le this day within one mile of Fort King. A party of seven warriors, suddenly emerging from the hammock, attacked a small party of soldiere, who had been .out hunting, fi.ed upon them, and killed private Thomp,on This occurrence took place at noon. A detachment of the command at Fort King immediately left in pursuit. Another item to ad.t to the ?leasing prospe. tof el ,, sing the war. These Indians are supposed to be of the same party which left Fort Clinch ye.terday about the time the exiTtis rider started f om that station for Fist King. It is now the full of the moon, and you may expect shortly to insert in your columns an article headed " Bloody Massacre." NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. SAT U RDA R O'CLOCK, P. 31. —No . hing worthy 'of record in the financial or mercantiie world occurred yester day beyond which was published in the evening papers, and (.f which the pub'ic are of course already fully advised. At the Broken' Board a large amount of United States Bank Stock changed hands at prices lower than before during the week 16a, 16-1, 17k, and 18 on time. Del. and Hudson, 93 to 93k. 'Considerable sales of Indiana and Dinois Stock sere made at previously r+ ported prices. Money is plenty, and to be had at reasonat,le rates, on good securities. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 16.—The sales of Stocks today were light, and, with the exception of a slight decline in United States Batik, there was but little variation in prices. JAMAICA. (Corres:ondenc , a of the Sunday Morning News.) We have nr•w a new case of confusion, excitement, and specu lation. A few days since two large Br'tish steam-frigate s, fully armed and equipped, arrived a,•d anchored m P•trt Royal hnrhonr. Yesterday two more of these formidable visitors made their appearance, and the four are now anchored in close proximity off the port. The dest , nation of this fleet is not known.—indeed it is kept a profound secret, I think, from even the island authorities. Prom teeent demonstrations and movements, however, it is most probable that. an attempt is stir): ly to he mails to wrest the island of Cuba from the Go vernment of Nithat w.ll Jonathan think of such a moTement. NEWS FROM THE EAST. MODIFICATION OF THE HATTI-SCHERIFF OF JULY 13 BY THE SULTAN. The overdue mails from Constantinople rea"hed Vienna on the sth instant. The dates from the Turkish capital are of the 20th of April. The Austrian official organ, the Austrian Observer, annlinces that the sultan had modified the hatti scheriff of February 13 The Porte had listened to the repre a ate ions of the Powers who signed the July Treaty, and had granted Mehemet Ali the hereditary government in the direct hoe, a diminution of the tribute, and a right to appoint his e.sm naval and military officers up to the rank of Colonel. This affair," adds the 'Vienna Observer, " has thus been ter minated to the satisfaction of all parties." hr , Augsburg Gazette of the 9th confirms fully the above. The German rapers announce that the Capitan Pacha, Tahir Paella, was about to sail with the Turkish fleet to Candia, t. , ut down the rebellion in that island, which, up to the 25th of April, had assumed a formidable attitude. the accounts from the Turkish provinces generally are very unsatisfactory. NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND. Letters from Argau of the 9th intimate that the Council of that Canton wi:l not yield to the decision of the Diet, and the diplomatic notes of Austria and Rome, respecting the revoca lion of the decree of January 13, suppressing the convents. ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. The anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy was cele brated yesterday in St. Paul's Cathedral. m presence of the Lord Mayo-, the Archbishop of Canterbury, &c., &c. His Royal Highness Prince Albert also honoured the festival with his presence, attended by several of his equerries, &c. After the celebration of Divine service, a sermon was preached in re f. rence to the festival by the Venerable W. H. Hale, M.A., Archdeacon of Middlesex, and the whole ceremony concluded with Handel's Coronation Anthem Zadock the Priest." His Roma P. 'Lacy Ailvvi L yr.' drczac - 4 m full vrniform, arid appeared remarkably well." THE DINNER AT MERCHANT TAILORS ' -HALL. The anniver . ary dinner of the celebration of this festival was held usual as at Merchant Tailor's-hall. The Lord Mayor presided ; on his right hand was his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and on his left the Archbishop of Canterbury. There were also present the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Chester, Bangor, Wor cester, &c., the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Doweshire, Lord Melbourne, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Justice Patteson, Sir R. Inglis, M.P., Mr. G. Byng, M.P., Sze. After the usual loyal toasts, his Lordship gave, " His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Royal Steward of the year —the Princess Royal, and the rest of the Royal Family," and the following additional verse to the national anthem was sung by Mr. Hobbs and chorus : " Hear, Lord, a nation's prayer, Guard thou the Royal pair ; God save the Queen. Scatter thv blessings round, Let Albert's days abound, And every voice resound God save the Queen." The PRINCE on rising to return thanks was recei-ed with loud and prolonged plaudits, and on their subsiding spoke as follows: " I thank vou sincerely, gentlemen, for this mark of your esteem.—(Cbeers.) It gives me great pleasure to follow the example set me by so many members of the Royal Family of England, of assisting at the stewardship of this ancient and useful. Institution.—(Loud cheers.) I am the more gratified because I see around me the Archbishops, Bishops, and Clergy of the Church of England--(Marked cheering)—and the Lord Mayor of the great City of London. I hope that the objects of the bounty of this Institution may derive fresh sup port and assistance from this meeting, which it gives me pleasure to attend, and that they will know and feel that they have our sympathies and our respect.—( Cheers. ) I beg to propose ' The health of the Lord Mayor.' " His Royal Highness spoke deliberately, and in very good and pure English, only slightly tinged with foreign accent. On re suming his seat he was again loudly eheered. Among the other toasts of the evening were—" The Mer chant Tailor's Company, and thanks for the use of their hall," and " The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy." To the latter toast the Archbishop of Canterbury announced that the united subscriptions of the festival amounted to two thousand pounds, including a donation from Prince Albert of one hundred guineas. His Royal Highness and suite, accompanied by the guests at the first cross table, left the room, amid the cheers of the corn piu y. at a quarter to ten o'clock, and the meeting immediately broke up. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, 31a Y 13. --Wind E. N. E. , fresh.—Arrived the Creole, Rayson, from Buenos Ayres, for Rotterdam ; Richards, of Liverpool, westward. Arrived from the River and sailed the Clephanta, Ross, for China; Forth, Baxter, Port Philip; D c ; ; a , Sproat, ditto ; Lavinia, Mara, Valencia. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the Sarah Bell, Bell, from Hull for Sydney, New South Wales ; Boadicea (transport), Coleman, London, Rio Janeiro ; Ann, Murray, Youghal. Off port, the Alexander Ramsay, Mauritius, sailed Feb. 11 ; Cape packet, Lamb, Cape of Good Hope. SOUTHAMPTON, May 13.—Arrived the Soiereign, Finney, from Cork • 13rennus, Gander., COVIKS, 'MAY i3.—Arrived the Josephine, from Wirtem. berg, Bahia- MAY 12.—Arrived off, the Maria, Druwes, DARTMOUTH, Ril Grande for Hamburg, sane ; Schroeder, with foremast cut away in a hurri- L er nes, Rio Janeiro for Antwerp. PLYMOU chr m „,„ 13,—Wina N.E.—Arrived her Majesty's TH, ship Implacable, from ; 31alta • Prince Rupert, Atkinson, Lon don for New Zeal Earl Roden, steamer, Cork for Lon ded a. Sailed her Majesty's steamer Wilberforce , for the River io Niger ; her Majesty steamer Albert, River Niger ; Lady Fitzherbert, Quebec ; Alicantina, Martin, Hamburg ; Louise, Hamburg. Arrived off port, the Samarang, Robertson, London for Madras. N.N.E., fresh breezes. FALMOILITH, MAY 12.—Wind N. to Wingrave, Hughes, Sailed the Diara, Ayre, for J amaica; Monti cal; Eliza Ann, Sandecorabe, Newfoundland; Richard, Chambers, Sierra Leone ; Robin*, \l' ells, Cha ente. PEHZANCE MAY 12.—Arrived the Mary and Lo utsFen nell, fr om A ncona . S a il e d th e ?'eru, for Miran:dein. %awed., MAY 13. Sailed the Harmony, Elder, Quebec ; Wm. Canynses, Walter, Africa. Gtoucesrra, MAY 13.—The Eliza and Ann, Pascoe, of Falmouth, was hove down at Hunt's Yard, on the 11th inst., filled and sunk. SWANSEA, MAY 12.—Arrived the Harfrye, Valparaiso. Curiae, May 11.—A rr i ve d th e C amp b e ll , f ro m Demerara. DUBLIN, MAY 12.—Arrived the Oello, Bocha, M eme l ; 141inerva, do. Sailed the St. Martins, New York. KINGSTOWN, MAY 1 2.—Arrived the Argu. Pa ke Restock; Aeroe, Hwy-in, Denmark. STA I,IGATE CREEK, MAY 1 3.—Arrived the Heiress, Ran dell, from Mogadore ; British Queen, Evans, Naples. SHOREHA 31, MAY 13.—Arrived off, the Aphrodite, Dan. nery, from Lettesand. Hutt, MAY 13.—Wind, N.—Arrived the Elan, Harrison, from Rotterdam ; Reliance, Harper, Palermo. LIVERPOOL, MAY 13 —Wind N.—Arrived the Hugh Smallrnan, from Trinidad ; Clifford Jones, Ilatlifax ; Skelton Castle, Robb, Marseilles. Sailed the Lord Althorpe, While side, for Valparaiso; Phillips, Remina, ditto; Antilla, Bur (Grande; ; il i D a at a a, nett, Rio Janeiro; An d erson, Morr is on, it 1 Montreal Beeschta, Havannah ; Jona , Bontelle, Boston ; J es si e , Harvey. Newfoundland ; Roallans, ditto ; Paris, II King, Batavia; eons' Coring, Hayden, Odessa; Charing, Pag e , N ap l es; Littledale, Genoa ; Daniel .Jones, Messina; F anny T 1 as Alexandria; Mincerto, Tregarthen, Ancona; Atalanta, Clarkr.Gibraltar. Arrived off port the Helen, Stuart, fr om Manilla; Governor, M o bil e; S c otia, ditto; H armony, ditto; • I r airfierds New York. The Alphr, bJund to Newport, is on shore on the North Bank. Diruit* MAY •-• ktrived off, the Norwegia, Riego, from Christiansand. • FlawrlNGs4 MA Y la—Arrived off the Caroline Walkman, • Ness.Terk for Bremen... vort:tliftGokalbikaati.e... vid eo fo r riding 144. T ‘"' 4ll3i ' r th"Yr , F o ster , from Leghorn. rtitieks from Monte eo Antwerp. The Sovereign (te am i por ridings! anchor yesterday, westo f G el - Vence to Marta, wu alleihead, with masts cut away, and in a dangerous situation , •Th se v ictipry (steamer) wsiat.to bar assistance this morning, sad will t o ; her rou nd iteCard site hive held on. , THE POWER of ELOCUTION imparted on the Basis of Correct Enunciation, in its application to the diverse species of Oratory and Rea din g , agreeably to good taste. Terms in reply to inquiries (post paid), addre , sed to On whyn's Library, Catherine-street, Strand. SUBLIMITY and PATHOS of the SCRIPTURES, as advertised gratuitous, to audiences assembling, Eleven o'Clock, Sunday Forenoon, at Mr. Henderson's Great Room, 72, New man-street, Oxford-street. WM. F. G. WALDRON. • GREAT CATHOLIC MEETING. ASUPPLEMENT will be given with THE TABLET of SATURDAY NEXT, which will contain a FULL REPORT of the ANNUAL MEETING of the CATHOLIC INSTITUTE. THE TABLET is a WEEKLY GENERAL NEWS PAPER, of Liberal Politics, and contains, in addition to all the News of the Week, articles on the Fine Arts, Music, Li terature, &c. &c. Price 6d. Orders received by all Newsmen and Booksellers. Office, 3, Brydges-street, Strand. - • THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT GARDEN. U 4DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING. MAY 14 Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Atter which 'will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Le :don Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to to opened at halt-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. press Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second 'ireles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2,.; Gallery Is. Tici.ets and places for the Bozes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ne had upon application. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Wonderful success! Haine's " Claude Du Val, the Ladies' Highwayman," decided to be a greater bit than Jack Shep pard ;" thousands have already witnessed the startling situa tions, intense interest, and extraordinary effects. t he cur tain tells nightly amid the cheers cf crowded audiences. • THIS EVENING. MAY 14, Will be acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DU VAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, real horses and carriages, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. Supported by the most powerful Company in London. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE BRIDLGROOM'S HOAX; OR, A WEDDING NIGHT DILEMMA. Characters by Mr. J. S. Balls, Johnson, Neville, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. Hicks, and Miss Martin. To conclude with FREDERIrK THE GREAT ; OR, THE KING AND THE DESERTER. Frederick, Mr. Neville ; The Deserter, Mr. N. T. Hicks With Combats, Conflagrations, &c. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "R.O.D" is quite furious. Mr. Irving's reply, from all we heard of it, only sunk him and his like deeper into infamy. We omitted to take an extensive notice of it, because it was delivered very late, and, from all that we have heard and seen of it, we lost a great deal for our cause by not having had time and space to record and comment on that piece of matchless impudence. Mr. Marshall's letter shall appear as soon as we can find room for it. HIGH WATER AT LONDON fiRIDGE TO-MORROW rning......36 minute, afkr Evening.-- 9 minutes after 9 = lhe Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sux com menced at 30 miantes after Three. . 4 * au •4 4 v• NIP111;7 0 ' 40 1/ H., •-" (it" M 0 27 ..,„° • O P . . 0 , • - gitc nu. LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1841. The Earl of WARWICK, last night, in the House of Lords, took an exception to a petition presented by Earl FITZWILLIAM against the Corn-laws, because the great majority of those who signed it were females, who could not write their own names. Earl FITZWILLIAM, thus challenged to defend the right of petitioning, truly and justly said the people were not to be deprived of the right of expressing their opinions because they were not as well educated as Peers. At the same time he rebuked their Lordships for the tem per in which they received thepetitions of the Ftv k ile, and plainly told them that the want of education in the people was caused by the neglect of the Peers. Honour to Earl FITZWILLIAM—we need not despair of success while there is one man, and he has an excellent coadjutor in the Earl of RADNOR, who boldly tells their Lordships truth like Earl FITZWILLIAM. He is, how ever, their best friend and the truest patriot. The Earl pf HARDWICKE, a ship captain, a friend pro bably to impressment and the use of the cat-o'-nine-tails, said truly, though he meant it sneeringly, that Earl FITZ WILLIAM had made a speech which would make the people believe the Noble Earl was their friend. The ship captain, however, said, as a matter of reproach to the Noble Earl, that he only wanted to substitute a fixed duty for a sliding scale. If Lord HARDWICRE be a total and immediate repealer, let him say so, and gain the golden opinions, the possession of which he envies in Earl FITZWILLIAM. The Earl of RADNOR obtained a return of the names of all persons who have received compensation for slaves, which, when it shall be published, will be a most useful index to some gentlemen's opinions and characters. We cannot conclude without expressing our delight at seeing their Lordships fretting and fuming night after night under the goads of the people's petitions. Peti tion again, as long as a Peer can be found who will lay the petitions before them ; and when they close their doors against petitions, they will cut the last link of re spect by which the people are bound to them. Their Lordships did no business of the least importance. In the Commons a great number of petitions were presented, chiefly on the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. MuNTz moved an Address to her MAJESTY, to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the Earl of CAR DIGAN, in the command of the 11th Hussars. The Hon. Member said that he undertook the task in consequence of numerous solicitations. He supported his motion by a reference to those well known facts which have made the name of CARDIGAN notorious through the land. Mr. MacekTLAv opposed the motion, principally on the ground that the House ought to interfere as little as possible with the exercise of the Royal prerogative in military matters, particularly as to rewarding or punish ing. He referred also to the circumstance of officer s buying their commissions, which Mr. MACAULAY seemed to think justified them in using the power they bought as they liked. But Lord HILL and the Duke of WEL LINGTON were of opinion that, to flog a man on the Sabbath, in a place devoted, a short time before, to re ligious worship—substituting the halberts for the altar —was not an offence to subject a man to a court-martial. If they had said a Colonel, we should have assented to their doctrine. He is of the rank of privileged wrong doers ; but any person of a meaner rank, who had so violated public decen , ,y would have been brought to a court-martial and cashiered, as was Captain REYNOLDS, for an offence infinitely less. Mr. lLtcauLAY was quite sure that no improper motives could be imputed to him for resisting the motion, for Lord CARDIGAN was a po litical opponent, and he did not know him by sight. Lord G. LENNOX vindicated the Earl of CARDIGAN from a charge of having given an officer the lie, but at the same time admitted that something of the kind had occurred in the dining-room, where the offence of the " black bottle" was perpetrated, which the Horse Guards thought a serious affair in Captain REYNOLDS. Another instance of grievous partiality in the Horse Guards. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY supported the motion. Sir H. VIVIAN was authorised by the Earl of CAR DIGAN to express his deep regret for having flogg e d a man on the Sabbath, which Sir HUSSEY said deserved unqualified censure. He disapproved, however, of the motion. Lord HowtcK, after Colonel VERNER, Mr. EWART, and Mr. WARBURTON had each said a few words, ex pressed his concurrence with Mr. MAca.rmaY. Colonel SALWEY said the conduct of the Earl of CAR DIGAN had created not only dissatisfaction but dis gust in the army. On a division the motion was l os t by 58 to 135. We presume, therefore, that no other effort will now be made to remove th7e Earl of CARDIGAN from his command. From his own sensibility we antici pate nothing—a man who could brave the odium which he has braved must be insensible to shame. There is no making him feel, as the old saying goes, without breaking his back. The adjourned debate was then resumed, Mr. GLAD STONE bespeaking a hearing when Lord Howicx should be in the House, to vindicate a certain maker of sugar in Demerara at the expense of the lives of many slaves. Mr. BROTHERTON vigorously but briefly supported the Ministers, described the distress of the manufacturing districts as dreadful, and denounced both the sugar duties and the Corn-laws, the last of which, he said, he hoped would be torn from the Statute-book. Captain HAMILTON opposed the Ministers, but recom mended, if they wished to benefit the - poor, to remove the Corn -tax altogether. • Mr. ALSTON opposed the Ministers 'on-the Corn-laws, but on the s ugar ditties them. would-support 3 , Mr. HaItLAND opposed the motion, as injurious to the West India interests. Mr. Hum assured the How that the measures. of THE SUE, LONDON, FRIDNY, MAY 14, 1841 Ministers had given great satisfaction to the mercantile world. 12 anticipation that the motion would be lost, he recommended an equalization of the legacy duty. Mr. G. PALMER alluded to the imputed divisions on the Tory side to deny them ; but if they do not now exist, it is quite clear that they will soon arise. Sir R. PEEL will never be able to divide th e spoil equally amongst the plunderers he takes of& :e to support, and the protected gentlemen will be as ready to devour one another under his Gov eminent as they are now. Protection is nothin: G more than one man plundering another, or trying to plunder a third, instead of the two labouring to increa' ie their store, whereby all would gain and all would be enriched. Mr. CLAY showed that West Indian sugar coi tld compete with slave-grown sugar. Mr. A.. CHAPMAN believed the CHANCELLOR of the ExcEEQI (ER's measure would destroy shipsy'colonies, and corn coerce—the cuckoo cry that has accompanied every prc position for taking off a tax. _ Sir E. L. BULWER made a short hustings speech, vot ing for 3 Einisters, but objecting to so low a duty as Bs. on wheat.. Mr. IP ;ME made a long speech, full, as usual, of statis tical fact s. The Hon. Member demonstrated that the present d incriminating duties on sugar took 3d. from the consumer on every pound of sugar, to put it into the planter's pocket. He showed that the consumption of sugar, in relation to the number of people, had material; r fallen off ; and whereas it had been 281bs. a head, it was la• ;t year only 141bs. He demonstrated therefrom that the ; revenue, with the proposed reduction of duty, would g: tin more than the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. had calculated, and that had the measure been adopted :;ome years ago, the increased consumption of sugar w ould have supplied more than all the defi ciency cif the revenue. The Hon. Member spoke out boldly. He denounced the Corn-laws as a curse, and he laid tt) their door the poverty, misery, and starva tion of the people. He boldly accused the Parliament and thib landlords of causing these great and immea atrable evils, and when he was interrupted by something like yells and groans, he boldly told the interrupters that their consciences smote them, and testified to the truth of his accusation He stigmatized the Sugar-tax and the Corn-tax as plunder, and plunder more enormous than was ever before rapaciously seized. A great good has been obtained by such words having been spoken in Parliament, and in the face of the oppres sors. :air R. PEEL'S sophistry will not be able to apply any balm to the wounds which Mr. Humes words, echoing the public voice, inflicted on the bread taxers. The barb of truth has entered their souls, and it is now the duty of the people to drive it home, and fix it there, till they give up their prey. We never have despaired of the cause of truth, of justice ; we despair of it now less than ever ; and if the people be only true to themselves, they will again make England the abode of free, contented, happy, and prosperous millions. Through deep national distress and rankling discontent, through a failing revenue, and the loss of their authority—for who honours the decisions of the selfish monopolists—through a great multitude of facts, the voice of GOD is now speaking to these men, and commanding them to be just. With such help, success is neither uncertain not distant. Mr. HUME concluded the debate for the evening, which was again adjourned to this day. One of the stock phrases of the Chartists and the Tories, and of all the antagonists of Corn law abolition, is, that the advocates of the aboli tion wish to break down the condition of the English labourer to that of the Continental la bourer; that they want to introduce the produce of cheap labour from abroad, in order to beat down wages here to the Continental level. That is a standing argument, continually repeated in the Tory Journals, urged in letters signed " Working Men," and strenuously dwelt on at public meetings. We have before stated in The Sun, that wages on the Continent, generally, are not lower, and the condition of the labourer not worse, than in England, but just now it seems advisable to repeat and enforce the statment. The working classes of England have long been gulled, by fine names, to bear in patience perhaps unexampled misery, if not unexampled oppres sion. They have been continually told of our glorious Constitution, but they have been ex cluded from all its advantages. They have been called free, and no people in Europe are worse enslaved. They have been sent on crusades against oppression abroad, that they might be more effectually tyrannised over at home. A maudlin sympathy has been expressed for the blacks by men who impressed their white bre thren without remorse or compunction. The horrors of the middle passage were fully equalled by the horrors of the press tender; but the men who overflowed with compassion for foreigners encouraged the Government to steal our seamen. They raised a great outcry about wild Africans being forced into a civilized country, and they tore the sailors of Newcastle, Shields, and Yar mouth from their wives and their homes, and sent them to perish amid pestilence and battle. While all this was done and doing, the English were flattered by being told that they were the freest people on the globe, and they considered it the height of human grandeur to be flayed alive in the army and navy, provided the flayed man did not eat frogs and wear wooden shoes. We might go through an immense catalogue of grievous oppressions, such as an unpaid and irresponsible magistracy administering the laws in cases in which they were personally, or, from class feelings, always parties; such as the Game laws, by which those magistrates can imprison a man in a loathsome dungeon for months or years, for knocking a wild bird on the head ; such as the limitations laid by the gentry on the amusement and enjoyment of the poor, so that their six days' continual slavery in the week was unrelieved by one day's freedom and case ; such as the dominion claimed over their hearts, minds, and feelings, by an arrogant, ambitious priesthood; such as a complete monopoly of le gislation by one narrow class of men, who have continually prostituted the grave name of law to the vilest purposes, and passed enactments only to fill their own pockets. We might go on through an immense catalogue of great grievances inflicted on our people, who have all the time been cheated into submission by the continued assurances of the priesthood and the aristocracy, that they were a -great, a moral, and a free people; but we have said enough to remind our readers of the manner in which they have been, by their pretended be nefactors and friends, continually deluded and betrayed. Such having been the general nature of the conduct of the ruling classes towards the working classes, they will probably begin to suspect that the notion which has been so sedu lously inculcated by the Tories of late, that the condition of the working classes in England is superior to that of all other European nations, and that those who demand the repeal of the Corn laws want to degrade the English labourers, is only one of those tricks by which they have heretofore been beguiled out of their liberties, and flattered into misery and patient submission to slavery. I s it a fact that the condition of labour ers on the Continent is much worse than the condition of labourers here? Do they work harder and fare worse than the Eng- lish ? We have lived some time on the Continent we have traversed a large portion of it on foot— and our itlipression is, that the bulk of the French working classes, out of Paris, are surpassingly ignorant and skilless; they labour much less than our people, and do not live worse ; that the bulk of the Germans, amongst whom, common day la bourers (Tagelohner) are comparatively few, are a great deal better off for food, and clothing, and warmth than our people ; that even the serfs of Hungary are more plentifully fed than our la bourers ; that in Holland the people are altoge ther in a superior condition ; and that nowhere in Europe, except in the States of the Church, or in some of the Italian States , are the bulk of the people so wretchedly desti tute as the agricultural labourers of Kent and Wiltshire, and the manufacturing labourers of Manchester, Bolton, and Carlisle. We say no thing of the Irish, who have the advantage of Corn-laws---who will be ruined, say the Orange journals, if the Corn-laws be repealed, and who are undoubtedly the worst fed and worst lodged people of civilized Europe. The assertion that_ the labourers of England are comparatively well I off, is a Tory assertion, made for the. purpose of deluding the labourers into hearing with patience the heavy burdens laid on them by the landlords. England is overrun with labourers from ' Ireland, because the condition of the la bourers here, bad as it is, is superior to that of the Irish labourers. But no la bourers from any part of the Continent flock over to England in the same way. The only im portations of that kind we have, are a few broom girls from the Upper Rhine, a few organ-boys from Savoy, and a few sugar-bakers and tailors from various parts of Germany. At the same time clerks, merchants, and manu facturers come here in great numbers from France and Germany. The condition of our trading capitalists is superior to that of the Germans, and consequently many middle class Germans come hither. The labouring classes do not come. On the contrary, our labouring classes go abroad. There is a continual exportation of workmen and artizans from England to various parts of the Continent. Why do they go? Because they are better paid abroad than at home. If they are better paid abroad, how can any person say that wages abroad are worse than at home? But we have some facts on this subject, to which we beg the attention of the working classes, who still believe that we, who demand the abolition of the Corn_ laws, wish to degrade the condition of our la. bourers. First, as to the number of artizans who go abroad, not to the United States or to America, but to Belgium and France: Mr. WITHERS, who was examined by the Committee on Machinery, and resides at Liege, in Belgium, said : " I have had as many as 300 English families from dif ferent parts of this country in Belgmm.—Are there many English artizans in France ? A great many in different parts.—Are they going still from this country ? They keep going every day.—You say the best workmen are going out of the country—have you any facts to illus trate that point ? Yes ; I stated them yesterday. I have fetched out of England some hundreds myself. It has been invariably my practice." Now, what tempts these men to leave Eng land who are amongst tha best paid of our work men ? Higher wages abroad than at home, is the answer. Living is not cheaper. Mr. WITHERS said that all the English families told him they Could - live cheaper in England than in Belgium Let us quOte some proofs as to wages : Mr. M‘GREGon declared in his examination before the Import Duties Committee that— " The real wages of labour in this country are much less than in Saxony." Before the same Committee Mr. HENRY HIL TON stated that—. " I think we pay as low wages for plain cloth in Man chester as they do in France." The evidence given before the Machinery Com mittee now sitting, is to the following effect : " I gave," says Mr. Withers, " to Englishmen 12 francs 50 cents., for doing that which the - Belgians did for 8 francs and 7 francs, and the 12 francs 50 cents. man was the cheaper. He produced more work and a better quality." " A great deal has been said about hand-labour, but, as I said yesterday, we must not calculate because the Frenchman receives three francs for a day's labour, and we pay in England four shillings that the French labour is cheaper than ours. I think on the contrary, that an Eng lishman does a great deal more in proportion for 4s. than a Frenchman for three francs, I have known Englishmen, week after week, and month after month, to get 31., 4/., and 5L per week, working at the same prices as French men, who did not get more than 18 or 20 francs, that is to say the Frenchman got 20 francs a week, working on the same material, and at the s a me prices as the Englishman who got 31. and 41. per week. " I got more by the man to whom I paid 51. a week, than to the man to whom I paid only eighteen or twenty francs." A Mr. MARSDEN who was examined before the same Committee said,— " If I were to take an English and a French work man, and pay them at the same rate, the English work man would earn double the wages which the Frenchman did. I gave the English workmen I took over with me 425. a week, to induce them to go. I could have got French mechanics for about 20fr: a week, but I prefer the English workman at 425. a week to the French mechanic at 20s.—Are their wages greater than they get in England ? Yes, what I gave 425. for in France I should have given 28s. or 30s. for in Man ?hester. The temptation for English workmen to go is great, to live cheaper, and get more wages." Now these quotations prove distinctly that the rate of wages is higher both in France and Bel gium than in Eng-Wad ; that the English are much more skilful and better workmen than the others, and more industrious; by which means their labour, even were it paid at a higher rate than that of the others, is really cheaper to their employers ; that the foreigners idle more and play more than our people, and hence, though the rate of their wages is higher, they do not earn so much. Now, when the harder work of the Englishman is considered, his steadier habits, and his greater skill, together with the rate of wages, it is obvious that he is not so well paid as the foreigner, and that his condition would be improved, not deteriorated, by being made like that of the foreigner. This is true of the skilled and best-paid artizans of the empire ; and it is ten-fold true of the wretched lumper fed Irish. The stock assertion, therefore, of the Tories and the Chartist antagonists of the aboli tion of the Corn-laws, is a false assertion. It is contrary to the fact, and is a mere invention to cheat the public. At the same time, those who advocate the repeal of the Corn-laws, seek to procure for the English labourer the advantages of the Continental labourer, and preserve his own. We, at least, desire that more food and more wages shall be given as the price of his work. We know ourselves to be perfectly disinterested in this matter; we flatter no prejudice, we aim at no leadership, we solicit no subscriptions. We only ask the labourers, whether Chartists or not, to examine the matter for themselves, and we believe they will conclude that, if they had a Parliament of their own to-morrow it could not by any possibility, by any one act, confer a greater benefit on them than to abolish the Bread-tax. Our artizans are the hardest worked, worst paid, worst treated, and at the same time some of the most intelligent and patient men ( f the world. Let them know themselves, and act up to their true worth. They have now an opportunity of obtaining redress, and one long and strong pull altogether will abolish the Corn-laws, demonstrate their superiority to the Parliament, and prepare the way for many other legislative improvements. Hurrah then, one and all, for the abolition ! The arrival by express of the Moniteur of Wednesday, in time tor the publication of the news brought by it ir. the. Afternoon Edition of Thursday's Sun, enabled us to anticipate the in telligence contained in the Paris Papers received this morning. The election of ESPARTERO as sole Regent of Spain—the arrival in Paris of Queen CHRIST INA —th e d e feat of the Bulgarian insurgents—and the mcssacre of Captain Mut: LER and his littl e b an d by the Arabs near Al giers, are the principal recurrences noted in the Journals of Wed nes d ay , an d these have already been recorded in our columns. In addition to the disastrous news from French Aftica, pub lished in The Sun of yesterday, we find the fol lowing in the Journals before us :--- ALGIERS, MAY I.—The farm of Baron Vialard has been completely ravaged by four hundred Arab horsemen, who had burnt the materials proceeding from the demolition of the house. Consternation is stamped on every face. This evening the gendarmes have scoured the environs of the Sahel to put the settlers on their guard, and to provide them with muskets and cartridges. Some of the horse militia have been sent off with orders to the neighbouring camp. At the moment I am writing this, arms are being gi ve n t o all the felons, eve n th ose i n i ron s. This will raise about 1,000 men, who are t o b e sent towar d s the model fa! m , Bukdim , and Delz Ibrahim. Orderles are seen in every direction , and g reat bustle pre vails at the st a ff an d A ra b ian o ffices. The company , of grena diers of the 3d WWI ( n o f t h e m ilitia which does duty to-night, has bran reviewed by Colonel i‘larengo, and their muskets have been attentively examined. MAY 2.—Orderlies have been coming in and going out all Light ; artillerymen have been sent to the two gates of the town, and cartridges have been distributed to the posts that were not sufficiently provided. The fe lons went off last night. The telegraph is in cons t an t motion, and e v e r y now and then the report of c annon i s di,tiric:tly heard. An army surg eon w h o h as sco ured the whole lin e, from the model farm to th e M a i son- C arree , Al A v_3. —Ye3terday, at 8 P' in. that large bands have been perceived in the plain, and that the firing of musketry washas just arrived. He states incessant in several places, particularly in the direction of the Fort de l'Eau. The report of cannon . c A , r ,r a is b t s an nr ia, st i h n sv ci e was also heard occasionally in the direction of Coleah. Several deserters have brought in word that a. regular batta lion had crossed the Chiffa, in order to effect a diversion. was.er 'ded• The sound of the tiring of cannon was plainly :and ha;e! the Place de Gouvernment hea d in the direction of the -Arratch. It appears that the as the ford - was guarded, and provided will artillery. It is said that we have lost a few men in that direction. , v o d u o r u e b d o to e s : s c , r o fa rs il t e h d r liver at the ford Of We expect to be continually dishubed by Den-Salem until the return of the expedition, of which we have received no news; but everybody is on his guard. This evening gendarmes brought in eight prisoners, who were made to quicken their pace by a few occasional strokes with the back of the swords of their guardians. MAY 4.—The Arabs for the last few days having been scouring the environs of Algiet s, and almost the whole garri son of a block-house, situated near Delz Ibrahim, has been slaughtered, osing to its having been drawn into a snare by some Arabs. Fifty men out of the 60 forming the garrison went out in pursuit, and 45 perished. The other five, being rather behind, succeeded in getting back. We are constantly on the qui vice—our steamers for the last few days have been ready to go and defend any part of the coast that might be attacked. Yesterday one went to the environs of the Matson. Carree, and fired several shots. That post the night before had kept up a constant discharge of musketry for several hours, but I know not the result. Rossante was attacked at the same time, and on the following morning 27 Arabs were found dead beneath the wale. " The African militia is in constant motion." The Chamber of Peers met on Tuesday to deliberate upon the trial of DARMES and his ac complices. The result of its deliberation was a decree, of which the following is the substance : That there were sufficient grounds for charging Darmes as a principal in an attempt upon the life of the King on October 15, end Duclos and Con.itiere as accomplices in that attempt ; that there were no grounds for charging the oth"r prisoners ; ordered Borel to be discharged, and the rest to be left at the disposal of the Procureur.Gmeral, to be proceeded agar st in another Court; o ders that Darmes, Duclos, and Considere shall be arraigned before the Court of Peers, and shall be con fined in such prison as the President of the Court shall ap point, and that the trial shall commence on such day as the President shall aproint. 'lhe decree is signed by the Presi dent and 145 Peers. The day for commencing the trial is not yet fixed, but it xvi:l probably begin before the end of the month. The news from Madrid is not of so late a date as the accounts received yesterday. GREAT ANTI-SLAVERY MEET ING.—(THIS DAY.) The Annual Meeting of the British and Foreign AntieS:a very Society took place to-day at Exeter Hall. Long before the commencement of the meeting boys were stationed at the doors of the building, who were busily engaged in distri buting the speech of Dr. Lushington in the House of Corn• mons on Friday, and other tracts. At eleven o'clock Mr. WILLIAM ALLEN took the Chair, and having shortly addressed the Meeting - , and stated that it had not been called for any particular pur pose, or for any particular occasion, he called upon Mr. Scobell to read the Report. Pi eviou ly however, to doing so, Mr. Scobell read letters from Air. Clarkson, Air. Buxton, and Dr. Lushington, regretting their inability to attend the meeting. The latter Right Hon. Gentleman stated in his letter that he was prevented from attending in consequence of his duties at the Privy Council, at the same time observing that if he could possibly be present during the latter part of the day he would do so. '1 he Report was then read, from which it appeared that the exertions of the Society in various quarters of the world had been attended with success. From the financial statement it appeared that the receipts of the Society amounted to 4,6731. 3s. Id., and its expenditure to 4,6261. 3s. Id. SAMUEL GURNEY, Esq., in moving the adoption, printing, and circulation of the Report, congratulated the Society on the prosperity of its exertions, but regretted that its efforts had been unavailing with those who employed slaves in mines. He was sorry that those who were possessed of such property should consent to be guilty of murder of the blackest dye. He was sure that the markets of this country were the great main ta.ners of slavery in the United States, for while they Were open to the supply of cotton it was almost impossible the labours of the Society could be effective in the United Starr s. The value of cotton imported into this country from the United States amounted to fourteen millions. The Rev. JOHN CARLISLE seconded the resolution, which was mined unanimously. The Rev. J. Buiteerr moved the next resolution, which was to the following effect That whilst this meeting deeply deplores the extensive prevalence and unutterable horror of slavery and the slave trade, as sanctioned, upheld, and counte nanced by professedly Christian and other powers, they espe cially regard their existence in British India, and call upon the people, the Legislature, and t he Government, by their influence and autnority, to accomplish the immediate abolition of these enormous evils, and declare henceforth every portion of the British empire shall be the asylum and the home of the free." The Rev. Gentleman then called upon the meeting to use their best exertions for the suppression of slavery throughout the world. Much had been already done by the generous sacrifices of the British public, but there still- remained much more to accomplish. The Crowned Heads of Europe should be called upon, not only to suppress slavery in their own do minion', but to lend their aid towat di its extinction in the slave islands. The only effectual means fur success in that quarter would be to annihilate the slave markets, for there weulit be no produce where there was no consumption. But we could not make the proud hoist. that even in the dominions of Great Britain the traces of slavery had altogether disap peared. Even in our East Indian possessions slaves were bought and sold with the land at the pre - sent day, under the name of servants. He eated not, however, for the name ; the thing itself ex - isted, and the exertions of British humanity should be di rected towards its removal. In 1833, the Government of Earl Grey had attempted to introduce a Bill upon that subject ; but that Bid had been lost in the Legislature, and in its stead a Commission had been appointed to inquire into the matter. The Cemmiseion had made no report, and the evil remained unredressed to the present day. lie wished that the attention of Parliament were again directed to the subject. It might, however, be said, that by interfering in such a matteewe might shake the stability of our Indian empire. Yet even though , hat were to be the case, he should still tell them to remem let r the old Roman adage, " Let justice be done, though it were to bring down the Heavens." But he had often seen justice done, and yet the heavens had never yet fallen.—( Hear.) The meeting presented itself that day in its opal aspect, and if any one said that the poor at home were neglected he would answer not by the Anti-Slavery Society, who while they sought the freedom of the Blacks sought also the im provement of the Whites.—(Cheers.) With regard to India he trusted the day was not far distant when she would stand out in the glorious sunshine of freedom, an honour to her last conquerors.—( Hear. ) He would beseech them to watch every gentleman narrowly, to stimulate every man in office until every official had done his duty, and until slavery in the European countries should be thrown back into the re collections of history.—( Cheers. ) Mr. E. BUXTON, in seconding the resolution, said he had come to the meeting at the desire of his father, to express to :he Society his feelings that they were deserving of the thanks of all the friends of humanity for the course they had taken respecting slave-grown sugar.—(Disapprobation.) He would slot enter into a political discussion, but he would say that if the price of sugar was diminished by the introduction of slave grown sugar, it would greatly increase the evils of slavery.— ( Tremendous hissing and groaning, with loud cries of " Oh oh !" and groans; these were succeeded by a faint attempt at a cheer, which was immediately drowned by his,ings and groan ings. ) No person in the room could more highly regard her Majesty's present Ministers than himself—(Uheers)—and he firmly believed no Minister who had ever occupied the Colonial office had ever been actuated by more enlightened principles, or had been more determined to carry out those principles than Lord John Russell.—(lmmense cheering, mingled with cries of " Why do you oppose him then?" The cheering con tinued several minutes, amidst the waiving of hats and hand kerchiefs from all parts of the hall. Several persons in the body of the hall stood on the benches and raised a cry of " Russell for ever," which was cordially responded to.) He would not speak of politics—(A voice from the body of the hall "Oh ! No, not at all, but do talk common sense." This sally was well received and excited much laughter)—but he could not forget which party it was that had abolished slavery.—( Loud cheers.) With regard to India it. was dis graceful that when we had paid twenty millions for the abolition of slavery, it should still exist among millions of our fellow • subjects in India. He rejoiced to say that the subject had been taken up by his respected and revered friend, Dr. Lush ington.—( Groans, hisses, and loud cries of " Oh ! Oh !" min gled with faint cheers, which continued for some time, and in the midst of which the speaker oat deem.) Before question was put, a person in the garb of a re spectable working-man, rose in the body of the Hall, and attempted to address the meeting ;' this created some confusion, which was aided by the Chairman desiring him to come on the platform, which he did, and after the Chairman had put the question, he insisted on his right to address the meeting; he, however, at the desire of the Chairman, ulti mately gave way to Mr. Ashworth, who had previously been in the possession of the meeting, on the understanding that at the conclusion of Mr. Ashworth's speech he should be heard. Mr. Am-molten' feared lest the influence of the Society 'hould be placed in jeopardy by a false political movement at the present juncture. He had just, come from Lancashire, not, however, with any intention of being present at that meeting, and throughout the country, on all sides, he heard nothing but expressions of dislike at the inopportune movement of that day.—(Cheers.) It was 'one pregnant with consequences which might peril the safety of the industrious classes of the country.—(Cheers.) While they sought for the freedom of the blacks they should not overlook the sufferings of their brethren at home.—(lmmense applause.) Such a body as that Society must necessarily exercise great poli tical influence, and they should beware how they used it to jeopardize the safety of the people at home.—(lmmense cheering. (Let the Society beware lest it should work into the hands of those who had always oprosed the Anti-Slavery cause.—(Ceeera.) For 25 years they had petitioned a Tory Government, and what had they done.—( Continued cheering. ) The CHAIRMAN interrupted the speaker for the purpose of again explaining that the meeting had been convened for no political object whatever. He hoped that they would allow the regular business to proceed, and that if they wished to hear any one address them, they could do so. A voice from the body of the Hall—" We wish to show our detestation to our old opponents, the miscreant Tories.- -(lmmense cheering.) Mr. ASHWORTH then continued his speech. He said the present was not merely a question of cheap sugar. The Bra zils were the best customers of our manufacturers, and if their sugar was refused, the market of Brazil would be closed against us, as our ships now were forced to go half round the world to dispose of the Brazil sugar, instead of bringing it home to ex change it for our manufactures. _Let them take care, lest while they sought to advance the liberty of the blacks, they did not throw down the industrial population at home. In many of tee manufacturing districts the people had now only employ ment four days a week, and if the market of Brazil was shut against us, those four days must be reduced to two.— ( Cheers.) It was obvious that the Tories were bidding for what support that meeting could give them.—(Loud cheers.) He would not desert Ministers, who had done so much for them at a period like the present.—(Cheers.) If there was consistency in advocating out of doors the political party who I were now bidding for their support ; how could they fancy their venerable President arm in arm with Dr. Fusey, canvass ing the electors of Newark ?—( Laughter. ) The CHAIRMAN thought they were travelling out of their way, and had better go on with the regular business. `e They all had their opinions—his was strongly in favor of free trade and a liberal Government — Mr. ASHWORTH here intimated, 'that he should conclude with an amendment, but upon its being intimated to him that it would have the effect of dissolving the meeting he declined adopting that Course, upon the understanding that when the regular business of the meeting was coneluded he sti ould have an opportunity of bringing it forward as a substan tive resolution, in order to see whether the meeting would a topt it.—(Here an indiviaual, named Martin, of Birmingham, attempted to address the meeting, and the greatest con fusion prevailed. For some time his attempts wet e vain, but, th,ough the interference of the Chairman and Mr. Scobell, order was restored and the individual aqdressed the meeting. In consequence, however. of his wandering from the question, he was called to order, and met with cries of " Off, off," amid which he retired to the back of the platform.) One of the members of the late National Convention here attempted to thrust himself to the front of the platform, but was prevented by those around him, and by an inspector of po lice, from doing so. The appearance of the policeman caused the greatest noise and confusion, and there appeared every in clination on the part of the Chartists, in the body of the hall, to make a simultaneous rush towards the platform. The police men retiring, order was in some measure restored, and after a few words from the Rev. Mr. Burnett, recommending order, the resolution was put, and declared by the Chairman to be carried unanimously. Captain SAuerAuez moved, and Dr. VAt'GItAN seconded, the fallowing resolution, which was carried unanimously ;....- " That this meeting, in view of the manifest progress of the Anti-Slivery cause in various parts of the world, consider the gsate`ul and reverend asknowledgments are due to the Most High for the measure of success with which He had favoured it, and they take encouragement to prosecute with renewed zeal and diligence its noble and Christian objects." Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to move several resolutions, and was received with great cheering. He could not help rejoicing, the under existing circumstance, so much unanimity and good temper remained among them. As lie was coining to the meet ing, one of his good-natured friends had asked him why he was going to the Anti-Slavery meeting, at the seine time observing that there were parties who differed among them, and that there would be a split. To th she (Mr. O'Connell) answereel that with respect to the anxiety to spreed liberty over the whole globe there was no difference of opinion. If he differed from his Learned and valued Friend Dr. Lushington, he was still entitled to stand upon the same platform with him.— ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) It was said that the business of the Anti-Slavery Society was at an end ; that could. not. be, for there were , yet six millions of slaves in the country. —(Cheers.) This business could not conclude so long as one slave remained in the world.—(Cheers.) With respect to the question now before the House, he would vote for the in troduction of Foreign Sugar into this country, pi ovieed no higher tax was placed upon it than upon that which was the produce of the colonies of this country, and provided, also,_ it was the production of free labour.—( Great cheering.) But he had been told that he shouldinjure the West Indiaproprietors by that. Indeed ! Had they not already had 20,000,0001. of the money of this country in their pockets, and the.r estates and property improved by it? (The Meeting was proceeding when we went to press.) SUICIDE OF LORD JAMES BERESFORD.-A letter from Ha , tings, dated the 12th of May, advising the ar rival of the Tigris there from India, states that Lord James Beresford, of the 10th Hussars, committed suicide on the 27th of April, ou board that vessel, being oahis passage to England. EVENING EDITION. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGII, APRIL 24.—Atta Ries Ibrahim the Ambassador from Khiva, has already arrived at Oren burgh, where he waits for the departure of the carava 21, the mission of the Russian Lieutcnanant, Aiton, who was taken prisoner in the campaign against Khiva, is terminated. , It is believed that he suffered himself to be mystified be - the Englishman. Shakspeare, who had travelled from India. by way of Boehara to Khiva, and thence hither. Shaksp earn speaks only Persian, Aiton only Tartar, the Ambasss dor, besides those two languages, speaks also Arabian. A free t rade was spoken of between Cabul and Khivaand through that with the other Turan Khanates. The Marquis of Clanricarde ►nade him a present of a handsome blunderbuss. The war ar;aicst the Circassians is to be carried on this year with great vigor,. and the expedition to be on a very extensive scale. It will be directed chiefly against the Abschasins, the Tschetschenzes, and the Lesghinens. among whom the notorious fanatic Schamil has again appeared; they are to be atta eked on several sides at the same time ; the Ist of May is fixe, i for the opening of the campaign. Experienced Generals dis approve of the erection of forts on the Circasian coast of the 131 a ck Sea, for they are nothing more than brick-houses, surrounded with a rampart of earth ; as the garrison is obliged to live under ground, a great part of it is ill, three-fourths of the men suffer with opthatamia These forts cannot be ;defended, as wizen hr.sttle fleet appears in the l3laek Sea, as the Circassiana direct their arms chiefly against the officers (last year above a hun dred were killed), the private soldiers are now in the unibro, resembling that of the officers. By an order of the day, just issued, every officer must make at least one campaign, that from May to October, against the Circassians.- —Hamburg& Papers, May 11. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—The electors of this. borough had generally come to a resolution to support: Sir Charles Napier at the next election. The Gallant , Officer has signified his intention of acceding to their wishes, and we have little doubt will be returned trium phantly. He is one of those men who succeed in. almost. every thing they undertake. As a proof how fortune him, • delights to honour he captured at the firs.; onset Don Miguels' fleet, with fearful odds against hint ; with the same rapidity and success, he seized all the strong fortresses on the Syrian coast, and concluded his glorious career in that quarter by insisting, and successfully too. on honourable conditions for the brave old Eg:lptittn. CORN-LAWS AND IRELAND.—The Orange papers of Ireland are all extremely violent in their opposition to. the Ministerial measure for modifying the Correllaws.. They declare that it will be the ruin of Ireland. How the lumper-fed Irish can be more ruined than they are, not to be wholly annihilated, surpasses our imagination to conceive. We wonder only that they are not am hilated, ruined, root and branch, by the prese at law. Lord Stanley demonstrated on WednesclEty evening, on the authority of a commercial letter, the it the proposed tax of the Ministers of eight shilling per quarter on foreign. w heat would be no pr rteci- . Lion whatever to the Irish agriculturists, because ;' - heir wheat is so very inferior to foreign wheat. "It T v. ould be," said the Noble Lord, " so far as Ireland is conee,e3ed,. completely a free trade." Very curious this, that our scale of duties must rise in proportion to the badness of the produce. Very curious is it, too, that this eirct..ni- •••• stance is only now found out. For if it holds vod against the Ministerial plan it mist hold eq tts By ' good against the present scale, and the Irish in ust be entitled to a protecting duty at least Bs. higl ier per quarter than the Englis agriculturist. They . :.:are very badly treated, are the Irish landlords, by not having such an additional protection allowed them. They are clearly as well entitled to, a duty of 305., as the Eng, - ,- lish landlords are to a duty of 22 5. , and hey ought t demand justice for Ireland, or else they ought to with- r , hold the supplies. Lord Stanley has long been a g reat'. friend of Ireland, and he showed his regard for it onl , Wednesday by demonstrating that justice will not be done to it unless the protecting duty be raised at least Bs. higher for Ireland than England. FREE-LABOUR AND SLAVE-LABOUR.—The Tories-in the House of Commons, particularly Jr.T Gladstone and Lord Stanley, have taken great pains to show that the • production of sugar is exclusively adapted to slave labour, while the production of coffee and ,cotton is pro per for free men. Women and . children can be em ployed, said Mr. Gladstone, in the latter ; aird, while the cultivation of sugar had been given up by ti to Haytiens since they had gained their liberty, they ha d extended the cultivation of cotton and coffee. How extremely benevolent and kind, then, it is in these gel itlemen to. stimulate the cultivation of sugar, which is 10 exclu sively fitted for slaves in our West India islam. Is by the large bounty they insist on giving on that produ etion, in • the , shape of a discriminating duty ! Plain • common sense, of which the Tories almost claim a mono poly, would at once conclude that the be t way to encourage slavery, was to give a large b ninty on that production which is peculiar to sla very, and that no greater injury can be done the popul Lion of our colonies than thus to make them produce • vb o • is the proper produce only of slaves. The hi ut Tories, in the name of humanity, insist on giv inf,' 1 ' bounty on slave-labour, and the Anti-Slavery St cietY join with the Tories. Our high sugar duties stir Ante • slave-labour and stimulate the slave trade. They I wise - the price of sugar in the market, by the whole am( 'nu t of the discriminating tax, and stimulate that cupid .ty, which is stronger than the navy of Great Britain. r -ilr Tories actually tax the suffering people of E n g land in n, p ie s : name of humanity to keep up slavery and the slave tr They are throughout co,r, l tstent humbugs. r , . TIIE FLUCTUATIONS IN TILE PRICE OF SUGAR " those in the price of corn, and arise from the same caw icy Ole limi.atioo of the tit4d of supply. We are confined tO the empire for corn, and the consequence is that witl Lig three years the price has risen from 36;1. to 88s. fer quarter. Who can regulate his business succ msfullv, when he his t) buy and sell by varying measures.. whi'cl-1 IS iu fact what the Corn-laws actually cause ? - .We a rc e."--d -fnel to our own colonies for our supply of sug ar, an the fluctuations in the price of it are nearly 'as' great %5 in the price of corn. In January, 1840, the price . 375. 11d. ; in September of the same year it w as 58 rise of 67 per cent. in eight months ; at preset a it has again fallen to 365., and probably will fall , as time crop s come to hand, if they answer expectations; and the con dition of the people continue to be as depres s a cl, of aS present, to 28s. The fact is at present that the price this almost necessary of life has varied nearly 7o per, cent. in another eight months. Grocers and ilea lers 0 , all kinds, as well as consumers, must suffer mu c." 11 bY these continual and great fluctuations. The only re medy . ' for which is to admit foreign sugars at a low aid y, 3 ' 14 to allow the price to settle down to the cost of pl'odn e ' tion. The Tories refuse to assent to so rational a pro" position. ROYAL MARINES.—By an order in (xi-- sin Cit dated the Bth inst., an addition of 1,500 is to he made 0 the Marine corps, with a corresponding number of officers. Cita:les Kean appears for the first time this Ae son at the Haymarket Theatre on Monday next. as Ma. O ct " ' " in which character he made so great an impression last ys's r ' Miss Ellen T ree also makes her first appearance on the PO evening. THE FIRE OF DRONTHIEM.—The Slee t-- State Gazette announces that the value of the three Sius-4,e-red . and fourteen houses, anal thirty-nine warehouses, burnt at donethtie thiem, is estimated at 566,800 species dollars, exclusive of n t loss of furniture and merchandize, the amount of which yet be estimated. The King sent a messenger on the silo, the High Bailiff at Dronthiern, with directions to assist sufferers from his Majesty's private properts. 11 1 It is very generally reported that his fte Highness the Elector of Hesse contracted a few days ago am° " ganatic mariage with the Countess of Reichenbach Lessonitz. BRUSSELS, MAY 12.—We have hitherto beery unable to give an extract of the proceedings of the foist; general meeting of the Rhenish Iron Railway Company, - , o f at Cologne on the 4th of May. It is, however, an even t d, great importance, to which we called the attention of our re a o ers, who will see that the time is at hand when, thanks to 3, iron railwa3s,Be . eium will possess the transit trade tlaroTo Germany. At the end of the meeting Mr. Hanseemann , ag name of the Directors, said—" Though it is delicate to 5.Pe t with certainty of the future, I can, however, assure the _re e at ing, that all necessary measures have been taken, all" : t he orders have been given to the engineers.on the sections t na : the rails may be entirely laid down by the Ist of August s' rrno s latest and that in consequence the opening of the lit le ors Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle has been fixed by the DLT'-' t for the Ist of September next at farthest. • We regret to announce a rumour which' 11 , a. tis reached us, that the extensive cotton-mills of R. J. Peel.- B Sc at Burton-on-Trent, are likely to be closed after the ',Aht of another week. By this stoppage no less than ~.`'s se hundred hands will be thrown out of employinent ll ,u ' o by grieve to contemplate the certain consequent distress. Reporter. I' bra - .ed The Earl of i 'Leieester's birth-day was ce e, ot ni, on Thursday last at Holkham Hall, and at Derehamt ham, &n., his estates in Norfolk. There were grand dor. nti u also at .ongford Castle, Derbyshire, where the .Earl.o Pb Countess are staying. The venerable Earl completes:lll4 - 0 1 year, on that day. ACCIDENT TO MR. CLARKSON IN HYDE PAILK.—On Wednesday evening an accident, which had ilk 11 been attended with serious consequences ; occurred to 1 0 : ' Clarkson, the barrister, while returning from town to Ws're l 'i dente, No. 12, Leonard-place, Kensington. It appears - 113 , 4 .' while proceeding on horseback along the green-ride leading" the Kensingtoti-gate of Hyde-park, his horse, which was v dd fresh, leecame unmanageable and ran away with the Lear' ie. Gentleman, who, finding himself unable to controul the a 32P. mal, to avoid coming in contact with the trees, unhorsed hi !.'n self, and, falling with considet ab'e torte on the grass, &sleet his right shoulder. He, hoe ever, managed to walk to the s' at: gery of Messrs. Merriman, in Kensington-square, where it s fa reduced by Mr. Itorham, and Mr. Clarkson ; he then ceed learn ed home, a n d w e are h a ppy to lea, is doint , well. EE YEARS IN PERSIA.—The in - wol fl3 part which Persia has recently been playing in the great. i s t r e sf Eastern politics, and which she will continue to elaY 7s :,.. some time to come, must excite strong interest towards Fowler' s wor k, intitlerl " Three Years in P ers i a ;" deserit'iZ as it does in their minutest details, the domestic manners, t i e , moral and political condition, and the personal character Of actual living inhabitants of that singular country, forts . it Slab on his Throw . , to the peasant in his mud -i l u s i ee Novel. Alr. Fpoeur-sleiar:shalveenggthi,eennedhirme,aidednecgree, degree of extf 4 1 journsyings in knowledge on these maters scsrcely possessed by o f prae's -a f our countrymen—certainly by none who have recently cli c to make the public partakers le their knowledge. His ad is ventures in Koot &sten, his Tartar gallop across the desert, impri-onment in the fortress of Malix lihira, his receptions the Shah, Abbas Aleerza, and, above all, the curious discleso,,e he makes re:Teethes Russian diplomacy in connectione Z". Persil, will cause his book to he read with the greatest int:_ s) , A AIACK'S.—The first ball of the second point any others,oo seripton took pia, e on `Veda. sday night, and in P ° ,_ in uutnbe rs, there being upwards of 400 penes - rages of rant a i; e d. sent, eels very well attended. Weippert's band was a te 'I he Couutess of :lessee was the only Lady Patroness tendance. The next ball is fixed for the 26th ins . tant- TIIE SPITALFIELDS BALL. —lt IS r:11.110"ai that th e d ress to b e won on the above occasion by h t hat Highness the Duchess of Kent, is of so costly a f o f it, it has emp l oye d sever al o p e ratives in the manufactu ta re_ r the night ant day, fot the last month.. The arramteruen f d i t it forthcoming ball are of the most splendid description.e, e f e , o st expected that the assemblage of r a n k a nd fashion WM, considerable. The Quee n e ill a pp ear in state. , ._ ss f t he RAPID PA SSAGE.--The schoonet/L'axod at, this port from Lisbon on the s Sl t instant: aftrexi,", 151.6 i, of I.kissoli Casessin Wtsiseisoe si sta' to 5- days: —./3ristal tlqu _at( - nishing ..saissasgsi of 4 BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, lit at Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price ere. ch per Ccnt , ..... ll4 81) ... 'l5 10 ... 1.4 80 115 10 43 per Cents ..... 10. , 75 ... 10• i 15 ... 103 75 75 4 per tents 99 30 ... 99 30 ... 99 SO 99 31) 3 per t ants 79 55 -965 - X9:5 . R.nE 0, riance Lalitto llai,k L.i4lUl. S ares 190 le9o f',9001. J 1 arcs 5157 50 _5157 5' ...5157 50 ...5157 50 !clgian Bank . 80 ;,2) 35 ... 803 l 5 ... 25 1841... 5 per Cents. New Loan.... .„ 1( 1% ... 1 1% 10,% 1 , 1% ;pans.h Active ....... Pariive 5l ••• t4i ••• 5 7i 54 ; Portuguese 3 I.er Cents 20% ... 29% 20!,6 ~. 204 -ap.10.4n lO4 ld ... Ic4 41 "J 4 10 .04 10 Ronan .............. ..Inz ... 102% ... 102% z*.t. Cie -main ... 720 ... 120 I•AII:WAIt . gHARE ....- 720 ‘2l Versadics. H. 11 238 75 .. 240 ... 233 75 .. 2 0 36) 362 385 490 ... 400...40...490 487 50 ... 4 6 8 ... 487 50 ... 483 75 loucn ?ricati, Strasburg to Bale 137 50 ... k 37 00 ... 235 DUTCH FUNDS.—Ams - rEtnam, MAT 12 Moor,. . i 4. tctua! 11. ht, 2% per Cent 3itto, ditto 5 per cent. A mwlt N, naic, -INi per cent 9ili 914 Ditto, ditto, 3}4 per cent 744 75 Commercial Company, 4 . 2 Per cent Pi i 18314 Ditto (1K35 and 9137) 5 per cent. .... ..... Loan Fi''.37, 5 per cont. 9i4 974 Exchange on London, One month l2 P 5 Two months Dutch Papers, May 12. 13 ELti lA f 4 e UNDb—.I3IIIIIII3ZLII, MAY 12. actual Debt, 24 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant 109% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 3 per Cent. .77 2,5 Thirty-seven __--(I 4') 10074 Loan of City, 1t,32, 4 per Cent , 8136 Society of Commerce, IS4per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, S per Cent 7836 National B,3eiety. Exchange on Loinlow (short) —Brussels Papers, May 12. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MAY 11, Bills. M...er Austtian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares AnFlo.llussian Loan Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cartiticate Inscription, Ist Seics lO2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope. and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... 9-34 9714 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 87.„ s7-S Dutch .nctual Debt, zg, pe. Cent Il. IA 51 Ditto 5 per Cent _ Polish Bondi New ticket Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cm,. N •twegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... — Spanish, New 5 per Cents EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 11.-13 7%.—Two months, 13 5%. VIENNA. MAY -I.—Three months, 9. 43. BREMEN, MAY 7 —Two months. 6 14. BERLIN, MAY B.—Three months, 6. 194. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vmna, MAY 3. live per Coats. Metalliques - ... lOB Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1652 ..Allstemeine Zeitung. May 8. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAY 10. Bills. Money St. Schuld. Sch., 41,, per cent. 104% 103% Prussian English Loan, 18.30,4 per cent II 2 1013 b Exchange on London, three months 6 i 9% —Prussian State Gazette, May 11 • THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 14. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET Barometer Thermometer... 63 I Highest 66 I Lowest Wind B. —Freezing Point 32 Deg, THE MARK•o:TS._(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Engllsh Grain were moderate, and of Irish Oats good. The fine weather kept the buyers back, and the trade for every article was very dull, but no alteration in the value of any article since Monday last. Flour dull, and rather lower. SMITHFIELD. Our supply of Cattle was mo,ierate, the demand no: brisk, but our quotations were fully realised for the best sorts, whilst the middling and ordinary qualities met with a good sale. Of Sheep and Lambs our supply was large, the demand not very brisk. A small reduction took pace. Of Pigs our supply was good, the demand brisk, and sold readily at our quotations. Beasts, 704; Sheep and Lambs, 10,260; Pigs, 383 ; Calves, 256. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss._Bd. ;"Pork, 4s. to ss._ ; Lamb, 6s. to 6i. Bd. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand has improved for produce for the home trade, but shippers still oierate wi'h caution. Prices firm for most articles. TEA MARKET. There was a fair business done in Free Trade, and full rates were paid at the public sales. Company's Congou sold more freely at Is. 10d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, but the market was dull, both for parcels on the spot and for delivery. Of South American the supply waslarge. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MtY 13.—We gave had rather a better business doing in the Cotton Market to-day, and the speculators have, the first time for several days past, made some trifling purchases. The sales consist of 2,500 bales, 200 of which have been taken on speculation. Livsat oot SHARE MARKET, MAT 13.—The information supplied to us to-day by Mr. Coglan, the eminent share broker at Liverpool, is to the effect that few transactions have taken place at the Stock Exchange. Grand Junction are still qu , ted at 204 • Glasgow; Paisley, and Greenock, 29i ; Grand Junc tion, Chester and Crewe, 50; London and South-Western, 56i. In Bank Stock little is doing : one transaction to-cay is reported in Commercial Bank of Liverpool at 14. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 13.—We have but little doing in Shares.—Manchester and Leeds Half-shares, 22k; Hull and Selby, 44i to 44; Manchester and Birmit.g ham, 25 to 25k; London and South Western, 57 to 57} ; Bank of Manchester, 71. 2i. ; South Lancashire Bank, 5} to 5 3-16 ; Rochdale Canals, es to 87. We have received the Hamburgh Mail of the 11th May, also the papers of the same date, bringing the exchange upon Lon don at 13 si, an improvement of half a schilling GoVI, 4304, 1 mark and lower ; Metal 1071; Bank Action, 1,658. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 11.—The Bourse was but little animated for the national funds, and the transactions were limited, with no variations in the prices. Ardoin's were lower, in consequence of some sales for money. News from Curacoa, of the 17th of February, by a brig of war, arrived in our roads, bring accounts that great fear was entertained that the revolt at. New Grenada, would ex tend itself to Venezuela. Orders have been sent to reinforce the troops at Maracaibo. A great number of strangers are es tablished there, and Paez has for his friend the Llaneros, the vigorous inhabitants of the vallies, who are ready to march at the first signal. THE FUNDS. The only arrival of any consequence this morning is the Fairfield (not a regular packet) from New York, bringing in telligence from-the United States of the 18th ult., by which we learn that the late President Harrison's residence was burned to the ground on Saturday night, the IRh ult. United States Bank Shares, 17i. Foreign exchanges fell off materially, and the Market closed heavily at 7/ for sterling. For further particulars we refer our readers to another part of the p , per. The British Funds are firm at present, lett off 894 for the Account, and opened with an improvement. 89/ 90 ; for Money 894 ; Exchequer Bills 3 5 premium ; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 250 252 ; Indian Bonds, 1 dis. 1 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has not made much improvement on Espartero being appointed Regent ; ct pre sent it is the same ai it left off, 24i ; Deferred, 114 12 ; Pas s. ve, 51 ; Portuguese 34i ; Three per Cents., 20 1 / 2 ; Brazi lian, 67/ 68/ ; Colombian, 22/ 4 ; Mexican, 28i 4 ; Dutch Tw e-and- a-Half per Cents.,s2li ; Five per Cents. 99/ 100. SHA RES.—Great Western, 27/ 28i prem. ; New, 13i 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 3 21 dis. ; Blackwall 7 6% ; Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton 56/ 57/ per share ; Croydon 131 14 per share ; Greenwich 8/ per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 15/ 14/ dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. - _ RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto New Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London andßrighton London and South Western 3B/ . .to Ditto Tenths .. . Midland Counties . North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . .. 20 _ _ to Union of London lO 10 HALF-PAST ONE. In the City things remain in an inactive state, both as re gards the funds and commercial affairs to the present time. We do not hear of a feature worth communicating. Consols have been during the morning alternately buyers ani sellers, at 89% for the Account ; Money, 89,1 4, h ive been 89 3 ; Exchequer Bills 4 5 3 prem. ; Dank Stock 167 168 rather lower ; India Stock, 9 60! I 251 1 A, ; India Bonds, par, '2 dis couutl prem. In the Foreign Market scarce any thing doing. Spanish Active 243 3 ; Deferred, 114 ; Portuguese, 34 ; Three per Cents. 203; Dutch Two-and-a -Half-per Cents. 5833 ;,. The Share Market, corresponds with the above. Great Western, 93 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 694 ex New ; Great Western, New, 64 ; b ifths. l 1 ; London and Brighton, 46 ; Midland Counties, 88 ; North Midland, 753. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Account, 89; ; Mexican, 281 1 ; Portuguese, 343 ; Spanish, 243 3. Market flat, on account of the scarcity of . tr oaiy„ The General ,Steo.to Nayigation Company's vessel the Giraffe, R. Strattich, trum Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house, at 7 a.m., this day, with the Ditch mail, after a favourable passage of twenty-four hours. DlTu sociati, COCA more it ;T1 siLcnielfsti every ~ M ajesty I ) " e 't 4 nY Adi of. her tz bard eat Nvh, sh by their Zoe Th e omitted IP°ite As boor moss "Sity, w • ;to jUsti t ur the wa Made 1 Etd, by A cc delphi . lath c 'five st and lc 43 30 and r Thibut, then as pot ! Iwo h the ve to di!, side. • Cre w , • tenant • ue fa. ear ry i Side Harri 131 %ki n to do 4, I it; t t eeted lark 'bl ew e }lan, ally s Water hold stilted %at . tars, to k e IhYbr W ere Six ct , mil st Pron e Itti ou to hi, ser e , t eeive °oat. 'W an , i Seer Tl am Nary tle.e Pass- Th are *a n t e Pttt, e~ll.engl Uld 4' ,i,