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Plivate BoxtA to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. Zbit Aun. LONDON: SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1841. Nth Houses were engaged last night with very interesting dis cussions, the Lords on the Corn-laws, the Commons on the Sugar duties. Every night the former is likely to occupy their Lordships' attention, as they are intensely interested in it. We shall not, for want of space, further notice the debate, than to say tEat it was spirited, and that we were glad to hear the Marquis of LANsnowNE give there, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave in the . other House, a flat and unqualified contradiction to the statement, that the Cabinet had taken up the question of the Corn-laws and the Sugar-duties on the spur of the moment, and after they were defeated on the Irish question. The de bate in the 'Lords arose on presenting a petition, and led to no other result than the debate itself. In the Commons Lord J. RussELL announced the duties that he proposes to levy on corn : Bs. on wheat, ss. on rye, 4s. 6d. on barley, and 3s. 4d. on oats. The announcement immediately excited the ire of the Earl of DARLINGTON. and Mr. HANDLEY declared in the course of the evening that they were lower than the most sanguine opponents of the Corn-laws would expect, and would be worse than no protection at all. On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Ways and Means being read, Lord JOHN RUSSELL made a masterly speech on the policy of the Governmentom the state of the finances, on what was due to the people of England, and on the proposition which the Ministers have submitted to Parliament. The Noble Lord spoke for nearly two hours, and though terser and more pointed speeches have frequently been heard, a speech more replete with good sense and right feeling towards the' people of England, and replete with more compre hensive views, was perhaps never heard within the walls of Par liament. Nor tvas it destitute of caustic remarks applied to the Tories, who now trade in philanthropy, and wish to seize the Government by pretended or sudden affection for the slave population, 1 acing themselves a hole to creep back to taxation and trade when their present purpose is answered. It gratified us to hear views which we have laid before our readers, both of the conduct of Ministers in proposing these measures, and of the bearings of those measures, con firmed and corroborated by the observations of Lord Jost RUSSELL. His remarks on England being unable to supply the Brazilians with cottons if we would not take the produce of slave labour from them, were excellent, as were many of his il lustrations. But the crowning excellence of his speech was the vigour with which he enforced oa the House the duty of attending above all things to the people of England. Of the condition of Bolton, for example, as contrasted with the blacks of Jamaica, he drew a most mournful picture, which made us wish that the negroes would send fo:th from Jamaica to' emancipate the starving slaves here. Lord J. RUSSELL con cluded his speech by an eloquent vindication of the principles of free trade, and an admonition to the House not to lose the opportunity of acting on them. He left the House to adopt the plan ; the Ministers had done their duty by presenting it. LordSaNDON followed, and after a heavy speech full of sta tistics, to show that there would be plenty of sugar without al lowing foreign sugar to be imported, he concluded by moving the resolution which we have already published. Mr. Hocc seconded the motion in a neat speech, in which lie was all far the East Indies, and making common cause with the West Indies in assaulting the pockets and the health of the people of England. Mr. Haw ES made a speech full of good details, but it did not tell with any force on the House. Mr. HANDLEY explained that he meant to vote against the Ministers, and plainly avowed that he unitedwith the West In dians and the East Indians in wringing taxes from the people of England. 111r.JasiEs assigned a few reasons why he meant disinterest edly to support Ministers, as he has an estate in Jamaica. The Crash speech of the night, however, after Lord JOHN'S ' a speech very much to the purpose, more to the purpose than any other speech, from the familiarity of the speaker with the subject, was the last of the debate. It appeared to make a ;great impression on the House, and we regret to say it was againht our cause. Dr. Lusniticrox spoke with energy, and carried conviction because he spoke with sincerity. He op :posed the Ministerial measure, as tending to encourage the slave-trade, to make slavery in Cuba and other places more hateful, to increase human misery, as unjust to our colonies, and he said there is no necessity fur it. He dwelt at considerable 3ength on the supply of sugar for this year, which he had esti misted at 205,000 tons ; he was eloquent on the misery of the :slave trade and of slavery ; where slaves only are emplo3ed, and are used up and then cast out to die like hack horses. He ex patiated on the propriety of continuing the proteetb.rt on sugar for the sake of the emancipated regroes, and he justified all Isis statements by qt:otations from loiters, authorities, and books. He could boast of his own undeviating consistency, and de clared though others had changed he had not changed one iota of his opinion. It was impossible to hear him and not Seel that he must be answered, or the Ministers will :suffer in character. We trust they will find some man of treater calibrethan Mr. EwAaT, who rose to speak, but moved ekie adjournment of the debate—some practised orator, as well skilled in the arts of his trade as Dr. LUSHINGTON himself, to refute his speech. Dr. LEAMINGTON is obviously fanatical for philanthropy. Such a man cannot be answered by the cold calculations of a 31olitical economist, who weighs, balances, and refines doubts, and yet dogmatizes, but who never is and can never be pas sionately in love with a theorem. Dr. LUSHINGTON must be answered by some man fanatical for justice. He must be reminded there that he is not sent to the House of Commons to legislate for the blacks of Cuba, or to extinguish sin in the world_a far greater than he has been unable to accomplish that—but to promote the happiness of the people of England. lie is to 3egislate for them, 'am for the Alricans, the Brazilians, or the Spaniards. He 'must look at the real misery at home, not gloat over the factitiou s and imaginni misery of the slave-ship or the sugar plantation. To the people of England he owes the du.4 of justice; to the suffering Africans he must be content to give his compassion. But when he taxes the people of England to the fraction of a. farthing on tile supposition that he is thereby conferring a benefit on the negroes, he commits a positive injustice, and is as criminal to the houseless and starving poor of Bolton as the Brazili.an planter is to his slaves. Dr. 1. - CSHINGTON has no faith in his own principles. He profep,es to be an advocate of free trade, and he has no confi dev ce in it. Hence he fancies that the man who bhp slaves Can grow sugar cheaper than he who finds labourers un bought. How much the wages of a labourer in Jamaica surpass thecost of buying and maintaining a slave in Cuba was not told, nor was the division of labour, which can be extended only +Along free men adverted to, neither was the ingenuity which ilaves cannot possess taken into consideration. When these plaiints are carefully examined, we have no doubt that slave la ' 'hour will be found dearer even now than free labour, and that .Jamaica, if left to itself, would soon undersell Cuba. But Cuba has not to maintain a large wealthy proprietary in Spain ; there • are few or no mortgages there hungering for interest on money .borrowed on the supposition that sugar was never to be sold a r less than 46*. per c wt . ; and if Cu b a h a d t h ese plagues, with great protecting duty, the sugar grown there would be. ,dearer than the sugar grown in Jamaica. If Dr. -im.4l • ... LUSIMGroN had looked on tome of the gentlemen around hitra, he need nEft of ibe efficacy of iltO labotti, slid Weil iltise to his own creed. If Dr: LtieiikNE3ijv be opp ose d b y some man w h o i s f ana ti ca l for justice, wh o h as a strong • conviction of the duty of a legit lator to the people of England, he may be answered and refuted, but he will not be answered by any pert, insincere, mere man of expediency. The Ministers must put up a good matt to answer Dr. UstiINGIToN. The Debate was adjourned. We rejoice to see the address of the Anti- Corn‘litiV. Lettgtie. They remain true to their principle, and still demand the TOTAL AND DI MEDIATE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. Their declaration has relieved us from a difficulty. We adhere to the same principle; we were not quite sure how the League might act, and we have been comparatively silent, lest we might be a cause of embarrassment to our friends. We can agitate with a clear conscience for the total and immediate repeal; to agi tate for a fixed duty, however small, would be to sanction an abominable bread-tax. By the declaration of the Ministers that the landlords' tax, and the public taxation, and the na tional prosperity, are hopelessly incompati ble, a blow has been given to the worst monopoly that ever cursed a nation, un der which all the monopolists of the em pire reel like drunken men. It depends on the people to send that blow home, and extin guish the bread-tax for ever. Let us all work, then, in conjunction with the League, for a total and immediate repeal. To agitate for that will com pel Ministers to act boldly. All the possible evils of agitation will be as much caused by agitation for a fixed duty as by agitation for the total abo lition of the law. He is not a good surgeon who risks a patient's life by a large amputation, and yet fails to cut away every atom of the dis ease.' The good of the country, the ne cessity of avoiding a future agitation, requires the people now to exert themselvei, let who will be Ministers, and insist on the total repeal of the scoundrel bread-tax. Up, then, men of Eng_ land, and wipe awa3 this badge of sla very. It is a hateful poll-tax. Show yourselves worthy of your sires. Exhibit their energy combined with your own modera tion and wisdom. Till the Legislature—tell the owners of rent—tell all the brood of monopolists who have so long sucked your blood, under the name of PROTECTION, that you will be their slaves no longer. The Earl of ABERDEEN last session tried in vain to settle the long-agitated question of Non intrusion, yet, another Scotch Peer, the Duke of ARGYLL, infinitely inferior in every respect to the Noble Earl, has had the courage this session to introduce a Bill which he hopes will produce harmony among the discordant members of the Scotch Church. When the Bill is printed, we may possibly have something to say respecting it, though if the object of it is to legalise the veto, as we are to infer from what occurred on Thursday evening, it would be only a waste of words. The CHALMERS' party say they will be satisfied with nothing less, and the House of Lords will never concede even the one-half. Is the Duke of ARGYLL so infatuated with his crotchet, and so blind to his own weakness, as to imagine that he can induce Bishops and Peers to give up their splendid and lucrative Church patronage to gratify the whims of such visionaries as CHAL MERS, CANDLISH, and Company ? Public opinion has prevailed, and " CHARLES ELLIOT, Esquire, a Captain in the ltoyal Navy, Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British sub jects in China, and holding full powers under the Great Seal of Great Britain and Ireland to exe cute the office of her MAJESTY'S Commissioner, Procurator, and Plenipotentiary in China," as the late functionary delighted to write his names, styles, and titles, is now plain Captain CHARLES ELLIOT. The incompetency of the late Chinese Plenipotentiary was more than a match for the Court and Parliamentary influence of the EL-. LIOTS, and the Government has been forced to recal him. Sorry are we that such a step was not taken when the circumstances attendant upon the delivery of the opium to Commissioner LIN were first made known in England. The history of that bungled transaction ought to have satisfied the Government that Captain ELLIOT was totally disqualified to discharge with dig nity and advantage to the country the duties of his high office. Had his removal then taken place, the country would have been spared the expense of an expedition to China, which has served no purpose but to render us ridiculous in the eyes of the Celestials, and to caken our moral influence in every part of Central Asia. But, knowing that the policy of our Government in China will not be ultimately affected by the past misconduct of British agents, we calculate the national loss at little mole than the time which must be wasted in the conducting of fresh negotia ations, the broader characters of which, we pre sume, will be first traced by the sword. For other . , losses we must, and will have suitable indemnities—indemnities which shall serve as a warning not only to the Chinese, but to such na tions on our Indian frontier as may have heard of the exploits of the late Plenipotentiary. We are therefore thankful to the Government for even now recalling Captain ELLIOT, and replac ing him by an officer so creditably known in In dia as Sir HENRY POTTINGER. With all John Chinaman's craft and chicanery, he will yet find a match in plain, honest John Bull. The French Papers of Friday have been received by Extraordinary ExpreSs. .1 They bring the important news that the SULTAN, at the request of the Four Powers, has conceded to MEHEMET ALI the succession in the direct line to the hereditary Government of Egypt, and the nomination of all officers to commands in the Egyptian army and navy. We trust the next arrivals from the Mediterranean will confirm this intelligence. The interest of Turkey and Egypt imperatively call fbr a speedy settlement of all disputes between the SULTAN and the VICEROY. Both countries stand in need of re pose to replenish their exhausted resources. The continuance of peace is absolutely essential to the regeneration of the Ottoman Empire. For this purpose the protecting Powers ought to exert all their influence in calling into operation the immense resources of Turkey. The situation of Constantinople as a mart of commerce is one of the finest in the world, and were the Turks only prevailed upon to devote themselves more to trade, their country might again become one of the most flourishing in the world. Manufactures are the true handmaids of the arts, and where ever they flourish barbarism must disappear. That under the operation of bad and restrictive laws they tend to deteriorate the human race we admit, because what evil is there which bad laws may not effect through the instrumentality of any institution ? But when left to themselves their results are good, not evil—beneficial alike to the operative and to society. From Madrid the Papers are of the 29th ult., but their contents are uninteresting. The Quotidienne, a Royalist Journal, checks the exuberant glee with which the Doctrinaire Journals hailed the prospect of a Tory Govern ment in England. The foreign policy of Eng land, this Paper contends, is the same whether administt-red by Whig or Tory. We quote an extract from the Quotidienne:— The policy of Great Britain is invariable, and belongs not more to one party than another. lint, to go no further back than !MO, we may say that it results from the position in which the Revolution placed this country. When the elder branch was overturned, England at once comprehended the necessities and difficulties of the new system. This system, without sup port in Europe, could not help falling under the protection of Great Britain, and this point being understood, the Cabinet of London proceeded without disguise to extend its influence at our 'expense. It gained ground in Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and allowed us to go on quietly. Since then a change has taken pl ire. England, which possesses eminent statesmen, perceived that there was to be found in the system directed by MM. Thiers or Guizot, as • much bad faith as weakness. In her eyes, the Ministry in France was only capable of unsettling affairs, without ever bringing about a result of any importance. Not only did it evince duplicity at London, but perfidy at St. Petersbiirgh, Vienna, and Berlin. From that moment Eng land entered into a new etimbination, and commenced against the system of our Cabinet a series of attacks more or less opm. uizot boasted that he would attach Loll raltentou to prance, and all have seen how hula his boasting has been realiied. M. Gtiitot has taken part in the conclusion of the Treaty of July 15, which is the finishing stroke of English policy. England may be forced by the grave questions of her domestic policy to change her Ministers ; an Administration may be formed under the Duke of Wellington, but domestic dissensions have never in England changed the course of her foreign policy. Whigs and Tories—all are English. Taken in a restricted sense, this is an equivocal compliment. Our statesmen are not more Eng lish that the Members of the Paris Chambers are French, if by such a designation is meant an attachment to their native country, a pride in its glory, and a fondness for its recollections. But the true Englishman, and the true French man is the man who, in either country, squares his policy by its interests, and not by his own or his party's narrow prejudices. Much of our fo reign policy is not English, because it is restric tive, and founded on the delusion of supporting one interest at the expense of another. Were our statesmen what the Quotidienne represents them, we would not now hear of duties to protect corn-growers, distillers, timber-growers, and rum producers. The rumour of an abolition of our Corn-laws has created a great stir in France. M. LAN... JUNOIS, in the Chamber of Deputies on Wed nesday, said that nothing but the abolition of the Corn-laws was wanted to enable us to grasp the commerce of the world. This is an exagge ration, although we well know that the abolition of the Corn-laws would increase our trade to an extent wholly inconceivable, and, of course, thereby enrich directly or indirectly every in terest in the kindom. On the subject of the much-talked-of loan, we find the following remdFks in the Commerce:— We learn from a source on which we can place every reli• ante that M. Humann has come to the &termination of issuing his loan soon attcr the close of the session. The Minister pro. poses to ask for 150 to 200 millions, and for the balance of what he may require he will i-sue Exchequer Bills, for which he is duly authorised by legislative enactment. The loan will be made at 36 per cent., the payment to be made by 20th parts, monthly, with a six months' dividend, which is calculated in such a way that the contractors will receive a bonus of twelve months' interest. Government will engage not to carry into effect the conversion of the Fire per Cents. until after the ex piration of ten years. These are the details which we have gathered on the subject, tied we do not think they will be contradicted. The Court will, in this way, attain the two objects it has most at heart ; by the embastillement of Paris it renders a loan necessary, and by issuing a loan it prevents the conversion of the Five per Cents. TRE EASTERN QuESTION.—The Gazette of Upper Ger many states :—" We leans from a credible source that the Porte has accepted unconditionally the decisions of the Confer ence, and as the last instructions sent to Lord Ponsonby leave him without the power of raising any fu , ther obstacles, we may consider all the difficulties attending these affairs as finally re moved." SMYRNA, APRIL 19.—The Austrian Rear-Admiral Ban deira anchored in our roads on the 16'h, returning from Mar morice, which he left on the 13. h. The French brig Alci blade and the English corvette Daphne, the only ships of war at Smyrna, fired the customary salute, which he returned. The Daphne and the Clemenze arrived here yesterday. Admiral Bandiera's flag-ship is the frigate Venere. The accounts from Candia, received by way of Chios, say that the troubles in that .sland continue—that the insurrection was kept up by the Candias, who had taken refuge in Greece, or by some Greek subjects who had come to Candle. It was said, however, that the Pone was going to send fresh rein forcements to restore order.— Gazette de Smyrne. We should think the works of the fortifications would cause the police to be more vigilant in the environs of Paris. This is not the caie, since the Bois de Boulogne is not safe at this moment, and we are informed that several laiies were robbed there a few days age.—Le Commerce. BOUItSh.—PARIII, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. f first Ripest Lowest Cast Price Price. Price Price i' , en,tl !, ;a : e its 4 Dec Cents 99 20 ... 99 20 ... 94 20 .. 99 20 3 per Cents 79 20 .. 79 3U ... 79 20 ... 19 30 Rink of etance Lattitte Batik 1.0091. Si ores lies° ...ICBS . ...It 80 _lasi s,i)(lof.Sß.ares 5157 50 ...51,7 50 ...5157 5C ...5157 50 36.1gian Bank .. 785 ... 7 4 5 ... 785 ... '785 1841 5 per Cents. 3 per Cents 7l 20 ... 71 .20 ... 71 21 ... 71 '2O New Loan 10 1 1,( ... 1 1% ... 10114 ... 101% ;I , 4liish Active r 4 34 ... '24% ... 14% ... *2 % Passive 5% ... : ... :,% ... 5% N:2ap9l i t A t I Roman 1041x& ...104 ... 104 ... 101 RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versaillcs4t. 13 :4ls_ 56) ... 36.5 L.B 238 75 .. 249 ... t3B 75 ..:38 75 Orleans . 487 48? 75 487 IA) 488 75 Bourdeaui to La Testo 4(O ... 400 ... 400 404 .nra,oulg w tiaic V36 25 ... 1 , 35 25 ... 236 25 . Z. 6 25 DEATH OF THOS. BARNES, ESQ., PRINCIPAL EDITOR OF THE " TIMES'? We announce with extreme regret the death of the above eminent Gentleman, which took place at his house in Soho-square, in the 56th year of his age. Mr. Barnes had been for some time labouring under a disease of the bladder, and he sank under an operation performed yes terday morning, between seven and eight, in the presence of Messrs. Liston and Lawrence. The public will recollect the great services rendered to the cause of Reform by the Times, previous to and during the passing of that Bill. Many a stirring article emanated from the pen of Mr. Barnes in his fervent advocacy of that national measure ; and although the Times has since receded from the cause of the people, we believe Mr. Barnes still continued true to his liberal principles. '.4 , . , e . (Aro*f . • . ;°' - uv. e . t , ~.....,-...,;. ',- , ,,, t ,,-. , „." ).„ . : , :5 ,.,c,.. -,_, ~.0 ~.--.,- , , 1 - ok - , , , _sr .4. - • - .:-.. c . m. • ,-,-, ~:- • N, PEI E suN, ~ LONDON, SATURD A Y, MAY B,' 1841. HAMBURGH MAIL. The negotiations respecting the Sound Duty continue, and the following points are said to be already agreed on:— I. Provisionally to reduce the duty on A Twist, from 36 to 20 stivers per 1001bs. B Cocoa tram 24 to 6 stivers per 1001bs. C Coffee from 20 to 8 stivers per 1001bs. D Blue Campeachy Wood from 30 to 15 stivers per 1001bs. The du ties on Cotton and Pepper will also be reduced, but to what extent is not known. 11. This reduction will be reckoned from the opening of the navigation this year, and what has been paid since that time is to be repaid. Il I. The definite revisal of the tariff ( f duties shall be made by Commissioners of all the Powers interested, who shall meet at Elsinore. IV. These Commissioners will be instructed to fix the Table of the goods, the nature of the ships, papers, the rate of torn mi.sion, and all other regulations, and also the period for which the Convention shall remain in force. _ V. Four per cent. on the value of the merchandise is taken as the general basis of the new tariff. WisisiiADEN, APRIL 27.—1 t was to be expected, from the slow progress in the work of removing the stone dam, the sand would accumulate more and more in the ports ot BiLerich, and that the depth of water hecomvs less. since no steam-boat can touch there, which is, in fact, now the case.— Prussian State Gazette. HANOVER, APRIL 30.—1 t is said that the Duke of Bruns wick was so ill during the whole of the King's visit, that it was not possible to speak on matters of business. It is said, how ever, that on a direct application of our Government respect ing the Customs Union, it was answered, on the part of Brunswick, that the negotiations at Berlin for the accession of iirunswick to the German Customs Union were too far advanced. There is, therefore, no doubt that Brunwick will se parate from our League. It is, however, affirmed in many quarters that the loss to our treasury will be extremely small, and that an increase of our taxes, which is talked of, will not be on that account, but in consequence of the intended aug mentation of the military establishment. BRURSWICK, APRIL 25.—The visit of his Majesty the King of Hawiver on the Duke's birth-day, was quite unexpected, at least by the public in general. He arrived in the afternoon, and returned to Hanover on the following (lay. The shortness of the visit entitle us to conclude that there could be no im portant discussions, tending to interrupt the negotiations with Prussia fur our accession to the Customs Union, and so we may hope, with undiminished confidence, that the negotiations, which are to begin on the 3d ot next month, will lead to the long-wished-for accession to the Pru.iian League. DUII ca UNDs.—Amerec.o.am, May 4. Moor,' . I Lts. Actual Debt, '24 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amen t Svndic, 44 per cent 9 ill Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent 7 4'4 .C 7 4% Commercial Company, 4.. 2 pier cent lfi., Sy I tits Ditto (16:15 and 1637) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97 %! 9734 Exchange on London, One month l3 0214 Two months . 11 9:Y 2 Dutch Papers, May 5. lAN 1. ti:4l)s—natissEte, MAY 5. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C6nt 102 12 Loan of 'rhirty Millions, 4 per Cent......, 1 ,2)4 3 per Cent.......... Thirty.seven— -40) llO% Loan ot City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society ot Comm , :rce, 4;., per Cent lOO Bank ot Belgium, 5 per Cent 7B National Society. Exchange on London (shot t) —Brussels Papers, May 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vientea, APRIL 27, f live per Cents. Metalliques Foot per Cents. 95)34 Three tit:r Cents. Bank shares ltss •-Aligentrine Zeitung, May 2 HAMBU fill I.IOR.`:,EN HALLE, MAY I. Bills. Mosl e y Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan lOl4 109 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se: v.'s l(2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Set ies Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch ~ctual Debt, ay e pe. Cent 51% 51!4 Ditto 5 per Cent Bond. New i icket Anglo-Owlish Loan, 3 per Cep. 75 14 75 N.•iwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... SpanlSh,s Newtier • Cents. 1614 EXCHANGE); Ore LONDON, PP.TERsBURGII, APRIL 21. —Two months, 3S' pence STof.RnoLst, APRIL e,'.—Serouty.tive days, 12 0. CURISTIANIA, APRIL 11.—Three months, 3 to). PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, May 1. Bills. Money. St. Schuld, Sch. , 4!, per cent. Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 101 N, 101 lixchange on London, three months ti Itl —Prussian State Gazelle. M ay 1. SUGAR.—From a return moved for on Wednes day night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears, amongst other things, that the quantities of sugar -imp! , into : the United Kingdom in the year 1840 were as fo!lo., I. viz. ; British plantation sugar, 2,202,833 cwts. ; Maurn.t.s, 545,009 cwts. ; East India, 482,836 cwts. ; Foreign 805,167 cwts. Total, 4,035,8 45 cwts.; and that the total quantity retained for actual consumption in the United Kingdom in 1840 vas 3,594,834 cwts. The net revenue aris:ng from the duties on sugar in the tame year amounted to 4,449,070/. Colonel Wilson, of the 3d Bombay Cavalry, died of his vrauncls pn the 6th cf Merch, is tbp Action - at Kujjuok. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The value of Consols this afternoon was 69/ to 90 for pre sent transfer, and 90 to 1% for account. Exchequer Bills were Bs. to 10s. premium, and Indian Bonds 3s. premium ; Bank, Stock realised 167 1 /,- to 169, and India Stock 251, both being higher. The Now '''lhree-and-a•Half per Cents. were at 98% to 4. and the Reduced Three per Cents. 884 to The Spanish Bonds support their value firmly, in expectation of Espartero's appointment to the sole Regency. 'I he Actives were at 24% to 1 4 to-day, and the Passives at 5/ to a. Portu guese New Five per Cents. were at 343 to and the Three p, r Cents. at 20%. Mexican Stock was not higher than 29 for money, and Belgian was worth only 1001(t . to 1004. The Share Market was rather dull, but prices generally did not decline to any extent. The Great Western were at 29 1 4, to 284 ; the London and Birmingham at 70 ; the Thirds at 22; and the South Western at 19* premium. Brighton Shares were 2% discount, and Croydon 14 premium. The rates for Bills of Exchange on the continental cities were supported this afternoon, being on Paris 25f. 60c. to 65c. ; on Hamburgh, 13 9% to 4 ; on Amsterdam 12 3 ; on Trieste, 10 to 10 1 ; and on n•ankfort, 149/ to 150. ( From The Sun of Last Night. )1 LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, MtY 6.—The sales of to day amount to 2,500 bales, none of which have been taken by speculators. In prices no alteration. At the close of the Market 700 bales were taken by exporters. LIVERPOOL SHAKE MARKET, MAY 6.--The business at the Stock Exchange today has been exceedingly fiat : Grand Junction, which have been been quoted at 208 to 210, now realize 207 ; Glasgow, Pal ley, and Greenock, 29i ; Midland Counties, t 9; Paris and Rouen, Gi ; York and North idland, 22k. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.—There is little demand for Shares to-day, and the Market has a downward tendency :—Manchester and Leeds, 51i ;Ditto, New, 21 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25i 25i; London and South Western, 58 58 1 ; Lancaster and Preston, 33 33} ; Ditto, New, 23% 241 ; North Midland, 7 77 ; Hull and Selby, 44i 45 : Lancaster Canals, 27%. A Brazil mail has arrived by her Majesty's packet Alert. She left Bahia on the 19th of February, and Rio, March 10. It was stated on the re-assembling of the Chambers that the Ministry would retire from office. The Emperor's corona tion was expected to be put off from the original date fixed on the 15th of May to that of the anniversary of his assump tion of the reins of Government. The above packet brings a freight of 3,0001. A revolution has broken out in Peru in the beginning of January. By the above packet, we have received the Rio Janeiro Price Current of the 13th of March : Money Market. —There was a considerable amount of bu siness done during the month. The current rate for the first class of bills having been 9 per cent., and after the 15th the money became scarce, was with difficulty obtained at this rate, and in some instances at an advance of 1 per cent. paid on the 8, the Bank rate was raised to 9 per cent. The Treasnry discounts during the month amounted to 450 contos, part on Treasury bills and part on Custom House bills, at 7h per cent. and brokerage. The continued scarcity of capital has its origin as we have repeatedly stated, in a disapproval of the Treasury operations, and a distrust of the future. We admit that the mieertion position of our finances is acting severely and unfavourably upon our money market, and as it is palpably evident, that no loan will be contracted until definite instructions, which we presume has been sent home, be received by Mr. Montezuma, permanent relief can not yet awhile be expected. After the experience of the past year, we entertain the hope that his Excellency has given full and sufficient authority to Mr. Montezuma, and we take, for granted that a loan of 8,000 contos be contracted for in Eng land at 68. Exchange.—The first rates upon London were 30 to 30h; on the sth bills were negotiated at 29%, and on the 9th at 29k, and continued heavy to the 10th, under the impression that Government would have to remit from the 10th to the 16th ; 30 was the current price from the 17th to the 19th. The business done was at 30h to 394, after which the market became flat, and dosed at 30* on the 27th ult. Stock.--The amount of business was rery limited, and the extreme price was 74 to 74k. Specie.--An active demand for export, and for the supply to the American squadron, led to an improvement in prices. Paper Burnt on the 10th ult.—The sum of 369,415 dollars were burnt, making the whole amount thus consumed 4,704,529 dollars. . . . . , Receipts at the Customs and Consulado in February, 1841, compared with the same month of 1839 and 1840.—Customs, 1839, 487,229 dollars 409 ; 1840, 555,042 dollars 004 ; 1841, 618,050 dollars 064. Consulado, 1839, 134,876 dollars 544 ; 1840, 197,317 dollars 609 ; 1841, 152,329 dollars 232. We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yesterday's date. _ _ BOURSE or Ams.rztanast, MAY 4.—Our National Funds have improved to-day ; the extn.ordinary favour which our Bill of Chance enjoys has caused this: reaction. The rise at Antwerp has caused some purchases in Ardoin's Spanish, with an active business. Two-and-a_Half per Cents., 51/ ; Five per Cents, 99i ; Ardoin's, 22 7-16ths. Accounts from Monte Video state that considerable prepara tions were making in that City, and other portions of the Ori ental State, to meet invasion, and that the alarm thereof had depreciated landed and household property in Monte Video to the extent of 10 per cent., besides causing hundreds of f ami- Les to make preparations for leaving the country. Admiral William Brown has been appointed to command the flotilla of the republic. The motion of Lord Sandon, in the House of Commons, this evening, causes a general excitement in the City, and it is generally expected that Ministers will be in the minority; if so, they have but one resource left, to dissolve Parliament. In the interim the British Funds continue steady at the leaving off price of yesterday, 891 90 for the Account; Money, 893 /, with scarce a bargain doing ; as yet both the speculators and mercantile interest are anxiously waiting the result of this evening's debate in the House of Commons. Exchequer Bills 8 10 pre ,u ; Bank Stock, 167 169 ; India Stock 250 252 ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade higher, left off 243; at present 243 ; Deferred 123 3 ; Portuguese, 343 343 ; 'three per Cents., 203 203 ' • Brazilian, 683 693 ; Colombian, 22 3 4 23 ; Mexican, 293 ; Dutch Twn. and-a-Half per Cenrs;, 523 4 ; Five per Cents. 993. StiA s.—Great Western 28 29 prem. ; New 143 prem. ; London and Brighton 23 q dis. ; Blackwall 63 53 des. ; Birmingham 70 72 prem. ; Southampton 573 583 per share ; Croydon 133 143 per share ; Greenwich 83 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 15 , 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton London and Birmingham......... 90 Ditto New 2 ...... 243 .to London and Greenwich ( New)... 20 ...... 1733 ... to London and South Western 38&...... 573..... to Mancheitier and Leeds An express has been received from Paris stating that. the Porte has agreed to modify the hatti scheriff, conceding to Me hemet Ali the succession in a direct line, and the nomination of all commands in the fleet and army. There is a general stagnation in the British market up . to the present time, consequently we have not a feature to notice, and in all probability it will continue in that state until after the debate of this evening is finished. Consols continue heavy at 90 for the Account ; Money, 893 9 0 ; Reduced 883 ; Exchequer 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1673 169 ; India Stock, 251 ; India Bonds, 3 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish ' Active 2433 ; Passive, 53 ; Colombian nothing done ' • Portuguese Three per Cents. , 20 3; ' Mexican 293 3.; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 3; Fire per Cents., 993 tl 3. In the Share Market very little doing. Great Western,:943; London and Brighton, 473 ; Ditto Birmingham, 160 ; South Western, 573 ; Manchester and Leeds, 54. Consols, Account, 903; Mexican, 293 ; Portuguese, 343 3 ; Spanish, 243 3. Very little doing. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 169 India 5tee15............ ..251 3 per Cent Red ... 883 Ditto Bonds 3 pal 3 per Cent Cons 893 Ditto Old Annuities ... 33 per Cent Red.. New 33 per Cent 983 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 10 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ lO pin Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small l9 pm Jan. 1860. 123 Bank Stock for Acct 169 Oct 1859 123 India Stock for Opg. ... Jan. 1860. Console for Acct 9O FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per ceni - --- Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent l6oi 'Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds. Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent :Russian, 5 per cent C'hilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic • Colombian, 6 per cent... 224 'Spanish, 5 per cent 244 Ditto, 1824. Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent — French , 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 29 French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, per cent. ... 52i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent 993 SHARES. Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... 934 London and Brighton (50 paid)... 47i London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 160 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) • Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ......... London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto New Shares (20 paid) London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .... 54 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar 46 Ditto, at sight ......... 12 3 Leghorn Rotterdam .........`'2 U. 12 64 Genoa Antwerp .................. 12 6 Milan ... . .... , 25 8 1 0 0 II Oporto 31 Hamburgh • M. B. 13 124 Venice 47 Altona ................. . 13 13 ,Naples ..... 39 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Palermo, per oz 1184 Ditto, 3 m0nth5......... 25 75 ;Lisbon 52 0- 'Rio Janeiro 27 11 8 1 0 a u r r s d e i e ll a e u s x ................... .. .. Frankfort on Blaine.•• 150 i 'Bahia Pctersburgh, 3 Us ... • 37 ;Buenos Ayres Berlin ..... ... ............ 7 0 INew York, 21days sight 464 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 0 Philadelphia 46 Trieste;ditto ........ ... 10 3 PRICES Or• BULLION, PER oz . 354 Portugal Gold Coin £3 Madrid ............ Cadiz ..................... 3.51 Bilboa ................. 35 Barcelona .............. . :35 ticrille ............ 35 . tug:— ioi, , 1 7 5 Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 OA A A H ASTING S BOAT BY THE FRENCH FER —lt is much t o b e regrette d t h at a b a d ---,,- -- --- feeling exists on the p art of the Fr ench fishermen , and an ap parent determination not to comply with the fair provisions of the convention which was entered into to prevent any hostile ' feelings. For some time they have infringed on the agreement and come within bounds to fish, and in addition to this, a day or two since, a French lugger attempted to run down one of the Hastings boa's, and sent such a shower of stones, used for ballast, at the crew of the smaller boat, that they were obliged to take shelter below. So repeated have been the aggressions, and so resolute were the French boats in their trespass, that the Rapid, which has been snt to protect the fishery, was actually obliged to fire into one of the boats before she would sheer off. 'fhe shot struck the bulwarks. Lieut. Inmana the commander, who is used to this service, has detained som- French boats for several days, the Crews of which yersistea in the trespass, and he has felt it necessary to comptl everd French boat to bring to for the purpose of receiving my structions and warning, that if they encroach, they will.be seized. This aspect of affairs is by no means pleasing to the poor . fishermen, who have just now an opportunity of making a little harvest. PRINCE ALBERT. --A report has been going through all the newspapers that Prince Albert is in a very ile cate state of health, and is con sumptive—that he is , going abroad for his health, and that perhaps. the Queen would ac company him. We believe this, like many other foolish re ports, originated with the silly corespondent of a morning paper. We aro halpy to have it in our power to give it a flat contradiction. he Prince was ,never in better health, nor has Vebeen even indisposed; and he has no intention whatever, tier wish, to go abroad en account of his health, cr .. .... for any other retool . . . GERMAN NEWS. - AUGSBURG, MAY I.—A long-wished for acceleration of the despatch of the mails, in various direction's; began to-day, in consequence of which the Akemeine Zeitung will arrive at Vienna 24 hours sooner than it has hitherto done, and like wise the Italian States. We shall receive the Vienna mail 20 hours earlier than hitherto, and thus be able to give the the news from Vienna and Constantinople to our readers in the West of Europe so much the sooner. Together with these highly laudable arrangements of the Bavarian and Austrian Governments, to the rapid communicatien ben een Augsburg ar,d Munich by the iron railway has a very favourable effect. ~TURKISH FRONTIERS, AEU, 20.—Baron Lieven, the Rus sian Plenipotentiary, left Belgrade on the 12th, to return by way of Semlin and St. Petersburgh. While in Servia he had frequent conferences both with Prince Michael and the Pacha of Belgrade. The Pacha is most esteemed in Belgrade and all Servia for his probity and moderation ; he does all in his power to maintain tranquillity and peace in the country. The Russian Consul, too, has changed his conduct since Baron Leven was here, and is on much better terms with the young Prince. On the 10th of April a private proclamation was issued, an nouncing that the lea:ler in the late troubles at Wuesitsch Simitseh and Garraschan remain exiled from the country for an indefinite time, but that A. Petromenitsc is at liberty to re turn to his estates in Servia, - but he, too, has been so deeply implicated in the plots of the party again,t the country and the Prince's family, that we cannot believe that he will snake use of this proposition. The conduct of Lieven, his agreeable man ner, his conciliatory language, his sincere endeavours to strengthen the authority of the Prince, &c., have made a very gr.od impression on the party above-mentioned. Ex-coun sell,ws are dis , atisfied and almost furious, and manifest this feeling, especially towards the Russian Consul, who seems to have held out too great hopes to them. The Servian Senate is still partly opposed to the Ministers, but it is not unanimous in itself. It is said that in some dis tricts of Servia the inhabitants have refused to pay the taxes, and that in one place disturbances ensued, which are, however, put an end to by the armed force. IPSWICH DOCK BILL. REASONS FOR POSTPONING THE CONSIDERA TION OF THE REPORT ON THIS BILL UNTIL FRIDAY THE 14th INSTANT. This is a Bill to authorise certain Commissioners, appointed by virtue of an Act passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty, for improving the port of Ipswich, and con structing a Wet Dock there, to raise the sum of 20,0001., in ad dition to the sum of 70,000/. authorised tobe raised by that Act. Both the above sums are to be raised and secured by dock dues to be collected from shipping using the port of Ipswich, which . dues are regulated by a schedule to the Act ; but, ac cording to that schedule, all British vessels not belonging to Ipswich are to pay half as much more, and all foreign vessel. double the amount paid by Ipswich vessels. With regard to foreign vessels, however, the Lords of the Treasury have the power of reducing the rates. The preference thus given to Ipswich vessels over other Bri tish vessels is so completely at variance with sound policy and every principle of justice, that it could only have been suffered to pass from the attention of Parliament not having been called to it. In other ports, Ipswich vessels are charged no higher duties than those belonging to those ports, and consequently, by the Act now referred to, Ipswich vessels have an undue ad vantage over all others. 'I he injustice of this being generally acknowledged, and hardly disputable, it was intended to crave of the Committee to whomthe Bill was referred, to introduce a clause, repealing so much of the Act Ist Victoria, as made a distinction in the amount of duty between Ipswich and other British vessels; and it being found that the Standing Orders of the House of Commons prevented a clause of this nature from being intro duced, application was made to the Committee to adjourn until the proper notices had been given, but the application was re jected, and the Committee reported the Bill without alteration. If the principle is conceded, that it is unjust to raise money for the construction of the Ipswich Dock, by laying a heavier impost upon British vessels belonging to other ports than upon those of the town of Ispwich, which will be most materially benefitted by the dock ; it follows of course, that Parliament ought not' to pass an Act authorising further money to be raised by the same objectionable means ; and as the promoters of the Bill have refused their concurrence in the plan sug. gested for enabling the parties aggrieved by the impost to come fairly before the Committee with a clause for remedying the injustice, no other course remains than for the House to post pone the consideration of the Report, that the Bill may be re committed when the necessary form has been gone through for enabling the question to be brought before the Committee. Should it be contended, that however improperly these dock dues may have been regulated, thoy cannot now be altered without injustice to those persons who have advanced money upon the security of them ; the answer is obvious and satisfac tory—the whole money has been raised, and for payment of the interest of it, and for the rest of the annual outlay, authorised by the Act, the Commissioners do not levy more than a moiety of the dues specified in the schedule. Let then the dues be equalized, and if the present assessment should not be sufficient, let the Commissioners avail themselves of the ascending seals to which they are entitled, thus bearing equally upon all parties. It is, therefore, humbly hoped that the House will not permit the Bill to pass in its present state. MEDINA IMPROVEMENT BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. 28. Old Bond-street, May 6, 1841. Sir,—May I solicit the favour of your giving publicity to certain clauses in the Medina Improvement bill, which, if passed into a law, will, by Parliament sanctioning rights as serted by the corporation of Newport, but believed not to exist, afford a most dangerous precedent for the advancement of similar claims on the part of other corporate bodies who happen to be conservators of rivers or harbours. The preamble of the Bill states, " That the river. Medina is navigable at certain tithes of high water only, for vessels and boats ; but it is in parts extremely shallow, and at low water is useless as a means of communication to the town of New port," which is five miles distant from the noble harbour of Cowes at its mouth. In consideration that a Joint-Stock Company shall expend about 13,000 1 . in digging or dredging a channel to Newport fer the use of small vessels (not likely to be executed for suet a sum), and maintaining the same by continually dredging as it tills up—the back water being wholly inade quate for the purpose—the Corporation, for the trifling sum of 1501. to 2001. per annum, assert, and sell for 99 years, their right in 6.:id to the bed of the river, and authorise the Company (it sanctioner by Parliament) to embank any part of the river from high to lon water-mark, and to sell any lands which may be so reclaimed t; enclosure, to any person or persons, for all or any part of their teiirn and estate therein. And farther, as conservators of the navigatin:l, they include and transfer to the said Joint-stock Company their power to take certain tolls, dues, and petty customs upon goods acrd merchandise brought into the said korough. The attention of the General Shipowners' Society should be drawn to the proposed transfer of tolls. The determined opposition given by the inhabitants of East and West Cowes to this job of their Newport neighbours has occasioned the favour of a temporary respite, and the lands which may be enclosed in front of the wharfs, promenades, and buildings of those towns are not included in the Bill. Let but Parliament sanction the Corporation right of taking the river frontages of five miles of otherwise most valtoble pro perty on each side of the river, and next Sessien, withc,:it an other Act, the Corporation will be enabled to let or sell the frontages of Cowes Harbour. Now, if the Corporation do possess the enormous powers asserted, they only could have been granted for the pubic good and benefit of navigation, having reference, not to their ditch of a river, but to the important harbour of Cowes, over which and across the Solent Sea to the sands, called the Brambles, their jurisdiction extend;; yet this property they propose to demise for the benefit of the town of Newport only, fur no improvements of Cowes harbour are contemplated by the Bill. Should the Act be obtained, which this exposure will render unlikely, having upwards of half a mile of frontage of valuable building ground to the river and harbour port recently purchased, and the remainder belonging to my wife, the loss 1 should suffer would be immense ! and as a claim to public sympathy, and opposition of Members of Parliament, let us imagine the consternation of the owners of river-side property in London, were the City, without compensation, to enclose and sell all the lands in front of their wharfs, ware houses, and mansions, and give the power sought in the Me dina Bill of erecting buildings thereon. A pleasant pros pect truly ! 1 remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, GEORGE EYRE BROOKS. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the Ist May, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average 1838-9-40. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lBO 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Bert and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 7O 60 Diseases of the Kidwys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints , Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay 59 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 15 25 Causes not specified 5 8 Deaths from all causes 907 Average Weekly DeathS .. 926 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths,lB3B-9-40. Western Districts ... 141 ...... 139 North Districts Central Districts 194 ..... 190 East Districts l7B ...... 211 South Districts ... ...... Total 907 926 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary.le.. bow ; Camberwell ; Gree nwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and W oolwich. The po p ulation as enu merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 183$, 18 39 , 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in tho three years by 156. TEnYERATURE IN TILE WEEKS ENDING April 24. Alsiy 1. 59' 72) 40 44 48 59 6, 1841. Highest Lo — west Daily Mean ......... General Register-office, Ms INQUEST ON THE BODY OF GENERAL SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN, M.P., AND K.C.B.—SOUTH MAY s.—On Monday, an inquest was held on the body of the above venerable and gallant General, who ter minated his existence by hanging himself in his own apartment here ( Southampton) on Sa!urday evening last. The evidence went to show that Sir Rufaxe had for a considerable time been labouring under serious bo:iily infirmities, accompanied by great depression of spirits and occasii.nal aberrations of mind, an d that lately he had been subjected to strict personal super.. intendence. His friends, however, not anticipating any sui. cidal attempt, did not place the gallant officer under that .restraint which would have precluded him from taking his own life, and hence the melancholy and distressing result. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." CoRN-LAWS.—Requisitions are in course of signature for public meetings to petition against the Corn la'.c and support Ministers, in the borough of Southwark, SL j are es'sClerkenwell, Southampton, Lvme Regis, and vast num bers of other towns throughout the kingdom. The proceed ings of Friday have excited a general commotion. Admiral Thomas has been appointed to succeed Admiral. Rosa u Ccmmander•in-Chief in the Pacific. CORN LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - SIR —Your noble exertion in the cause of reform, and the wide circulation of sour Journal in this county, miescs me to request au insertion of this letter in your next Paper. The duty on corn having now been made a " Cabinet Question," it behoves every well-wisher of his c,sutitry to exert himself for the repeal of these abominable laws. With the exception of one Noble individual the landlords in this country are for the most part a set of infa mous Tories who oppose to the full extent of their power everything which has for its object the good of the country. I have no doubt, therefore, that the re peal of the Corn-laws will be strenuously opposed by the aristocracy and landlords of this county, more especially to those who, bavi, , g small incomes, aro fearful lest their rentals should decrease; for example, the Earl of Warwick, who, it is expected, will use every means in his poser to procure petitions from his tenantry against the Repeal. I beg to say a few words to the farmers of this county. Yeomen of Warwickshire—Come forward and express your opinions on this great question—a;point a day to dis cuss the question. The repeal of the Corn.ltsys is not a poli Teal question ; it is one which affects the interest of all classes, and one of vital importance , to you. The present high state of provisions cannot exist lbng. The depression of trade, which every day in creases, will cause the mechanics to emigrate to coun tries where they can obtain a better remuneration for their labour. English manufactures will then be shut out from the Continent, and then farewell to the glory of Old England. Yeomen of Warwickshire, be assured unless you now step nobly forward and assist in the repeal of the Corn-laws, }our fate is inevitably sealed. Come forward then and sbew yourselves inde pendant Englishmen ! Fear not the persons of your landlords ! Send petitions for the repeal to Parliament, and oblige the nominee of the Earl of Warwick to present them. Remember the words of Mr. Huskisson—.“ It is my unal terable conviction that we cannot uphold the Corn-laws, now in existence, together with the present taxation, and at the same time increase national prosperity, and preserve public contentment." I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, Warwick, May 6, 1841. H. H. F. The Sheffield Operative Anti-Corn-law Association has just issued the following spirited addre s s : NEVER DESPAIR, BUT FIRMLY PERSEVERE ! he benefit of so doing was never more strongly exemplified than in the proud position in which the advocates for the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws stand at the present moment. How many have derided their labours, and prophesied that no benefit would ever arise from them. Inhabitants of Sheffield ! the Anti-Corn-law Committee sin cerely congratulate you that the present Corn and Provision Laws can no longer be borne. The increasing evils they arc produc ing,—the declining state of our manufactures, commerce, and revenue, has at length awakened her Majebty's Government to their impolicy and injustice. If they follow out their present plan, a death-blow will be given to class-legislation and aristo cratic plunder, which takes from the inf,u,trious classes one. third of their earnings, to gratify pride, luxury, and intolerance. Operatives of Sheffield ! do your duty ! You were the first of your class who stepped forward in this just and holy cause. You roused the attention of the artisans of the United Kingdom. Make one more splendid effort. and the victory will be yours. If the present moment be neglected years of penitence and regret cannot recal it. Your oppres sors will stir earth and hell to pi event you from obtaining your rights. The advocates of class legislation say you must not eat slave grown sugar, but must pay double the price for that grown by the West India planters, to whom you have given twenty mil lions sterling for compensation, for which 800.0001. a year has to be provided for in taxes from the fruits of your industry ; while you have consumed 80,000,0001b5. less of sugar, in 1840, than you did in 1838; yet these planters purchased from Eng land slave-grown refined sugar far a less price than they sell theirs at in its unrefined state. The landowners say you must not give your knives, cotton, or woollens, in exchange for food with other nations who have it to give you in exchange; but you must keep them, and starve in the streets, while foreigners, who can eat their bread and beef at one-half the price, are beating you out of every market in the world ; and the landowners say this, lest you should in jure the agriculturists (who, they urge, are your best custom ers), and deprive the agricultural labourer of his employment. But this fallacy has often been exposed. At the close of the war, which was created by Tory influence, to crush the rising spirit of liberty in the people, thirty mil lions sterling, yearly, was added to your burdens; whilst their rents had risen 100 per cent., in a depreciated currency. In order to maintain their rents they pas ed the corn and pro vision laws. Had the agricultural labour employment before the passing of those laws? Undoubtedly; and he received • more food for his labour than he does at the present moment. Let not this silly stalking-horse alarm you. The repeal of these laws will give you more labour and better wages. What is most astonishing of all, in this contest for cheap bread, is, the holy alliance of ultra-Chartism and ultra-To ryism. The Tories care not whom they 1.4 e as tools, provid ing they accomplish their purpose. The d :Wine of the ultra- Chartists is to prevent every rational reform, and drive the people to despair and madness, " by creating the greatest evil, the greater good may come." The address thus concludes—Rational Chartists ! who are labouring to annihilate corruption and tyranny, by extending information and giving the franchise to every rational being, and vho support the opinions so ably set forth in the late ad dress of the London Association, by Messrs. Lovett, Collins, &c.—are you ready to support the 'Tories, and play the same game that some who call themselves Chartists have done at Walsall and. Nottingham? We know who are not: witness the spirited letter of the Chartists of Mansfield. Can you forget Castlereagh and Sidmouth, or their worthy colleagues, Ca-ties and Oliver? Can you forget the victims they brought to the block, for the treason which they them selves were the authors and abettors ? Have not the Tories always resisted every attempt to improve the happiness or extend the rights of the people? Judge for yourselves, by past experience. Will you place in power those who passed the Corn-laws, at the bayonet's point, and would support them with the sabre? Can you forget Peterloo? Give them a ma jority in the House of Commons, for the next seven years, and, like the snake in the fable, they will turn round and sting those who have supported them, and restored them to political power. We ask you not to support us for party purposes. We are as anxious for the extension of the liberties of the people, and just and equal laws, as you are. We have got the wedge end into class-legislation, and we ask you to assist us to drive it forward. It is '• measures not men," that we want, without reference to party, whether Whig, Tory, Radical, or Chartist. By order of the Operative Anti Corn-law Committee. J. WARDLE, Secretary. Men of Sheffield ! hasten and sign the petition, which will lie open at the usual places until Saturday next, when it will finally close. ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. To our Fellow-Countrymen,—Little more than two years ago the Anti-Corn-law League was founded, for the purpose of awakening the public mind to the injustice of a monopoly which t 1 ) ;es, for the benefit of the wealthy few, the food of an entire peop l e . Nearly a quarter of a century has elapsed from the passing oi he Corn-law of 1815, dining which another gene ration had grouln up, habituated, and therefore apathetic to the evils under which they were suffering from that law. The League essayed to teach a . nation the causes of its sufferings. The task was herculean ; tn.eir means were insignificant to so mighty an end; but the cause in which they embarked was just, and they did not despair of ultimate success. But the progress of truth in the public mind has been more rapid than they had ventured to anticipate. Witness the response of the public press, and the co-operation of the enlightened and bene volent, in every part of the kingdom. We hail the recent declaration of her Majesty's Govern ment as a crisis in the fate of this great national question. The present is one of those tides in the affairs of men, " which taken at the turn leads on to fortune." . The duty of the people on this emergency is plain and it is also urgent. The country is alive to the question of the bread-tax—the Ministerial and Opposition parties in the House of Commons are equally aware that something must be done—this our annual motion for the House to deliberate maturely on the subject has been taken out of the hands of our trusted champion by the Ministers of the Crown. A month —one short mouth is given us to work in. During that month our labours must know no intermission. The result Of .the deliberations of the House of Commons de pends upon the pressure that can be brought to bea: upon them from without. To be indolent and apathetic at such moments is the conduct of the wicked generation idly asking for a sign, when it is blazing before them. Let every man who would not bind upon his soul a load of unavailing regret heavier than human strength can bear, be labouring incessantly now that the hour has come. Ministers have announced their intention to seek to re-ad just the balance between a decreasing revenue and an increas ing expenditure, by approximating our tariff, as far as they can, to one constructed on the principle of taxing for revenue aone, not for protection. They have at the same time an nounced their intention of grappling with the inevitable ques tion of the bread tax. BUT THEY HAVE KEPT THE Two QUESTIONS SEPARATE. With the tariff they go to work at once. But with regard to the bread tax they announce that a month hence they will invite the Legislature to deliberate what is to be done. They say to the country as plain as words can speak, " Tell us what you want and what amount of sup port we can look for." It is true that Lord John Russell said that he was in favour of a low fixed duty ; but it is also true that Mr. Labouchere declared against the principle of protective duties altogether; and a tax upon imported grain is a protective duty. The true view to take of the Ministerial step of Friday evening is, that they are feeling their way to learn what they can and what they ought to do. Therefore, we do say that they are the true friends of their country, who, between this time and the Ist of June, will exert themselves most strenuously to show Ministers and the House of Commons what is the real wish of the people on the great question of the bread tax. Honesty now, and always is, the best policy. There must be no reserve ; every man must tell frankly what he wants, the whole of what he wants. The man who, thinking or professing to think that the law which imposed the bread tax ought at once to be swept from the statute-book, is as false to Government as to the cause, if he persuades those who wish for total and immediate repeal, to ask for less. He bids them deceive Government; he bids them tell Govern ment that fewer are prepared to back them in a total repeal than really are; he bids them tell .Government that a measure will give satisfaction which he knows will not. Asking for all we want cannot weaken our cause in Parliament. The House of Commons will not reject what Ministers propose, because they know that a heavier demand comes behind. But ours " is not the cause of party or of faction, or of an 7 individual, but the common interest of every man in Britain. Our business is to get up petitions, and persuade others to get_ up petitions, and to heap them on the table of the House 0! Commons before the end of the month, for TOTAL AND IM MEDIATE REPEAL OE THE BREAD TAX. The operative mus t be up and doing for the abolition of the bread tax, which bpre vents hint earning food fur his family. '1 he c api i . t c a b lis k t v m p u s s t bim e up and doing for a repeal of the bread tax, v 4 d of t t a b x e , in constant fear of bankruptcy, and surroundedei hungry and uplandirritaed men. The thereclegy, t is b te y rsa crowdsosf altar, must be because it is a practical blasphemy, a wan b man y h_is Maker. fruits of earth freely best-wed upon One month is ours, anti that month m nodr-esteucbtironea must be spent in heap ingtill it break do the table of the House of Commons , teg both Ministers wn beneath the weight with petitions, and the opposition that the repeal of the Corn-laws can no l onger be postponed, and that that repeal must be total. Signed on behalf of the Council of the National Anti-Corn law League, GEORGE WILSON, Chairman. Manchester, May 4, 1841. DEATHS IN, THE SURREY CANAL. It was ment i on ed at an inquest held the other day at Peckh am , b e f ore Co',rone that as many as 4,04 8 b od i es,had been ,Grand Surrey Canal ss ithi n a period of and that Taylor, wh o k eeps the boat. t t s w a i k r e n e . 1 , 7 + : 1 ; 3 1 x t e t r ' t/ f dears, t h e house 41n the Perlham branch, had taken nut no Jess a rum bet than 300. MORNING EDITION. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS. The children of the National Schools of Lonrlors assembled in the Egyptian Hall of the Alansion-house on Thursday, for the purpose of undergoing the ann u a l exam i nat i on b e f ore t h e Lord Mayor, several Clergymen, and other friends of the In • stitutien. The friends of the National Schools afterwards dined at the London Tavern. Alderman and Sheriff Gibbs in the Chair. The Chairman was supported by his brother Sheriff (Mr. Farncomb), the Bishop of London, Mr. Pownall, Sir C. S. Hunter, Doctor Russell, the Rev. G. Croly, &c. &c. After the usual loyal toasts were drunk, The CHAIRMAN proposed—" Success to the National Schools." For the thirty years which had passed away since their establishment they had rendered indescribable benefits to the community, and he trusted that it would be soon in the power of the Committee, through the benevolent contri butions of the public, to establish a fourth school in the Eastern part of the Metropolis.—(Hear, hear, and cheers. He felt convinced that the friends of national education would respond to the call, and vigorously promote the views of those who were constantly labouring in the patriotic cause. It was. he declared, particularly gratifying to hear the opinion s o warmly expressed by the flight Rev. Prelate the Bishop of London, as to the superiority of the progress of the last year over any former examination of the children. His Lordship had sated that the test of advancement which he had that day witnessed exceeded not only his expectations but any evidence of past experience—that in fact of all the examinations at which he had been present, that which he had just witnessed" was the best, and bore the strongest marks of efficiency.— (Cheers.) The Committee and the Chairman were deeply in debted to - the Rev. Dr. Russell for so ably superintending the examination, which had called forth such valuable praise. The toast was drunk with the highest applause. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the Bishop of London, whose exertions in the cause of national education, and in the spread of religious knowledge by the erection of churches wherever religious ignorance prevailed, would hand dir.sn his name to posterity with an effect compared with which labours for the promotion of other objects would be insigni ficant.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of LONDON said that what their Honourable Chairman bad attributed to him as a merit was nothinc , more than the mere performance of a duty which it would be'culpa ble in him not to perform to the best of his capacity. fir assured the Company that all the powers of his mind should be directed to the advancement of the spiritual good of the com munity.—( Cheers.) He thought the present a proper occa sion on which to stat e th a t an inquiry was proceeding under the King of Holland w hi c h addit:.? nally proved the high claims of that sovereign to the love and adrnj ration of his subj ects and of surrounding nation s . His Majesty ,;;:td appointed a Com mission to investigate the causes of the fa, al effects of what was called general education in England, and h.: (the Bishopof London) had sent over to the King the whole of the publi cations on the subject.—( Cheers. ) t he CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Clergy." The Rev. GEORGE CROLY icturned thanks, and urgrti 1 6 : necessity of making every effort for the diffusion of nationkal education. He assured the company that 100,000 childlest we( e in the habit of viandering through the streets wholly des titute of the means of acquiring education. One-fourth or that number would, in his (pinion, supply an adequate ,argu ment for the vigorous efforts of the friends of humanity. Several other speeches were made in favour of the national schoo;s, arid it was sugge:ted by some of the Committee that great advantage might arise from appealing to the parochial clergy to solicit contributions to forward the noble objects of the friends of the rising generation. SEWERS COURT. The Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster and part of Middlesex met yesterday, at their offices, Greek-street, Soho. The minutes of the last special meeting having been read, The SECRETARY drew the attention of the Board to several Bills now before Parliament affecting the Commissioners of Sewers throughout the country. Certain correspondence between the solicitors of this Board and of Chelsea Hospital were also read, the upshot of which was that the Commissioners of the Hospital would enter into no compromise, but would proceed with their action against the Commissioners of Sewers for illegal distress, the course .pursued by the latter having been pronounced by the Solicitor Gener►l as wrong, both in form and substance. Several person - ;, who were summoned for non-attendance on Juries, appeared, and on their excuses were exempted from the fine. Mr. Charles Tylee pleaded his age (62 years) in excuse. Mr. C. BANE (Commissioner)—Why, I am ten years older than you, and I don't think myself disqualified from acting as a juror. Tyle - e—Ah ! but I do.—(A laugh.) The COURT, having admonished Mr. Tylee to attend to the summons in future, remitted the penalty on this occasion. The wife of Mr. Samuel Winward appeared to a summons to explain the cause of her husband's non-attendance on a jury. She said he was out of town at the time at which the ury was to sit. Being required to swear to that fact, she declined, giving as her reason, that her husband being servant to Lord Cardigan, was so often in town and out of town, that she could nut swear positively as to where he was' at a particular time. The COURT considered her contumacious, and fined the hus band 51. by a majority of 7 to 4. Mr. BILANSCOMBE (Commissioner) remonstrated with the Board on the severity of the decision, and bo. e testimony to the truth of Mrs. Winward's statement, that her husband's stay in London was at all times irregular and uncertain. The CnAtastAN thought there was no reason why she should not swear to her evidence as any other witness, and the majority of the Board concurred with him that the fine should be enforced. The principal business of the day was to consider the expe diency of issuing warrants of distress for rates Upon churches and vestry-rooms. After a short conversation the question was put, whether the warrants should be signed, and no hands , eing held up in the affirmative, the negative was taken as carried. The Court sat until four o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council, at one o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Se rene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, arrived in town at half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a car riage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal with her at tendants, and the Royal suite, followed in four of the Royal carriages. The suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting; Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendi-h, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting; Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom to Prince Albert ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to hi s Royal Highness. The Queen and Prince Albert were rec,ived at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Comptroller of the Household, and Colonel Wemyss and Lord Alfred Paget, Equerries to her Majesty. Immediately on her Majesty's arrival at the Palace the Royal Standard was hoisted on the marble arch. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken., their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princes of Leiningen, Earl of Erroll, Viscount Melbourne, Baroness Spaeth, Sir George Cooper, Countess of Mount Etlgecumbe, Lady Anne Alarm Dawson, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Byron, Sir Frederick Stovin, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Wylde, Captain Francis Seymour, and Dr. Prcetorius. The Band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards were in attendance at the Palace during dinner. _ _ Her Majesty the Queen DoWager, attended by her Suite, left Sudbury Hall yesterday morning, and came to town by a special train on the London and Birmingham Railway. Her Majesty's Suite consisted of the Countess of Sheffield, Lady , in Waiting; Hon. Charlotte Hudson, Maid of Honour inWait ing ; Earl Howe, Earl of Sheffield, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir David Davies, and the Rev. J. R. Wood. Her Majesty arrived at her residence, Marlborough Muse, Pall mall, from the Euston-square terminus at ten minutes past seven o'clock last evening. Her Majesty, we are happy to state is quite well. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady, Anne Maria Dawson, arrived at her residence, Clarence Howse, St. James's, shortly before two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. 'f he Duke of Cambridge, attended by Alajor Stephens and Lieut.-Colonel Jones, arrived in town yesterday afternoon from his residence at Kew. In the evening his Royal Highness honoured the " Nulli Secundum" Club with his company at dinner, at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr. Handley and Mr. Grattan had an interview with Vis count Melbourne yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Lord P , Ttinan and Mr. T. Dimeombe had interviews yester day with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Home-office. 2 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . — The /Ivan monio Segreto, and Mademoiselle Stephan's benefit drew. last night, to this house, a most crowded attendance. The great work of Cirriaresa was admirably well performed. We do not recollect any former necas;on when all the parts in it were so finely sustained—with Persiani, Grisi, and Viardot, in the Sisters and Fidalma; Lablache, Tamburini, and Ru bini, is old Geronimo, the Count, and Paulino. All too ap peared to exert themselves to do justice to this masterpie:e of Italian operas. The new ballet was repeated, and went off and with much impro v ed effect. Stephan was very much moat deservedly applauded. NOVEL PORTRAIT PA INT ING.- - "A t twent y years of age, Mademoiselle Guinard bed her portrait painted by an eminent artist, and by the aid cf this i p t te e tu h r e e r she was enabled, if I may so express myself. complexion; that is to say, she made herselfh i c e a ° `yipsa ) C o accurately . acquainted with all the different tints of l b. tbee. posed in the blooming days of her Yo_ t a r d tt in c to ir- a morning reproduced enious st c a o n l a o r u t r i s st d w ul o y u p ld re p p l a a r c e e d, h s i h m e se se l fatheedfobreersahlifauaetabseeir taonilde there,tte, as If passed for twenty.—Theo iwtsithptehrfeeeptorftararitsbimesilied.e be ß r. y she tb e hi r cr r ng ratagem, Guinard, at fifty, frequent idol::o:Bl;:rTtuhC,..vrest of the terminusi of the .gag:CyoB::fraleasTB7s -hratidhtidfr,tolmloenDPl‘slnfthdelilia:g dore Hook's Frenc h uR rcs throw U her infant eh Dundee, in ' drowned ; or did strangle or c ch u a it P rg C e E o d i u t w r T t i n t o i n i nlCTuhirder,i is s la h s e t e , t v' o l f ek N e va d t l e y r:;° dthiee l a foot of Trades% ane, ill' a .'a nit ' fi 'as en throw it into the water, where it The panel pleaded not guilty. After a 1 1, 1' L l Ord Medwyn summed • Dun dee suffo cate consequence and the saa Arbroath oc.fha was found dead. lengthened after retiring about half an hour, returned a verdict, finding, by slop majority., the panel guilty as libelled, ulan moug ly recommen . g din her to m • el-ivy. Lord Mackenzie, after a d bu t t he un ju an ry i.: fee li ng and impressive address to the prisoner, proposed that s h e should suffer the punishment of death; after which, Lord Itledwyn sentenced her to be executed at the common place of e xecution at Dundee, upon Wednesday, the 2.6 th May. g l t i i a r n e s , a C t h t a h r e g e C d o ' u A r if t a o i r f i T o u f ri h n i , s hMaasjCedseotyiu.ivietlhoet ed H Kt 11 ing g p c o , o, l uf y n t tt e h es V 0 - BRUSSELS, M AY 5 . o B la e r l ; Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairs, his credentials in that capacity. . . POOR•LAW COMMISSION.—We find from a return lately moved fur by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart.. M. P., that the total sums paid for law expenses by order of the Poor-law Commissioners from 1835 to 1840, inclusive, amounted to upwards of 5,0001. SLAVE VESSELS.—The total number of slave vessels which have been captured under the late treaty with Spain, and in pursuance of the Act :1 and 3 Victoria, from 1837 to 1840 inclusive, appears, by a return lately moved for by Captain Pechell, 81. P., to have been 79. A fatal accident recently took place on the railway between Paisley and Glasgow. One of the guards, named Barclay, contrary to instructions given to hi m , was amusing iettti capers up on t h e roof of one of the carriages,to the engi ne , w hi c h was mov i ng with th himself hs backi great rapidity, when his head came so violently in contact with a bridge as to cause instantaneous death. 44 BREATHE NOT HIS NAME."—A chip of ar i s tocracy, living in the Broadway, hada very lung and diffi• colt name, and ors a stranger trying to pronounce it t'othor da, hi s tongue got entan g l e d i n his teeth, and he could not get it L oa/ caged until some one advised him to spell the word backsraids—Yarshe Pcper.