The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION the Corn-laws, because they considered it a delusion to tell them that that repeal would relieve their sufierings. And at a late meeting at Liverpool of the working classes, the chairman said—That the next speaker, Robert Jones, though a man well able to express his views on this great question, was unable to read, and he, the chairman, would therefore move the resolution for him— " That these laws, which wring from the wants of the poor, in order to support a monopoly to the wealthy, are • cruel, unchristian, mid unjust ; alike opposed to the word of God and the happiness of man." Robert Jones, in moving the adoption of this reso lution, said that, " like some hundreds, if not thousands, of those present, all the property that he had in the world he had with him—all the estate that God and his father had left him on the earth, and that English land-- lords would allow him, he held up to them (holding up his hands). These were all his property ; and he found that in consequence of the Corn-laws, and other wicked laws, he was robb e d o f so muc h o f the produce of his es tate that he and his children had to rise many a time from the table with half-filled bellies.—(Hear, hear.) This was not the cause of party or faction. It was the cause of th.whole human family—it was the cause of justice and truth—of, God, and of humanity ! A tax upon bread !—Et tax upon life itself—a tax on the very existence of the working man—a tax on eternal justice, and on the providence of God !—(Hear, hear.) God sent untaxed rain to water the earth ; God brought untaxed corn out of the earth ; God had spread a boun tiful table for the whole family of man on the face of the earth—but man put his avaricious hand on the bread, and snatched it from the hungry lips of the people of England." The question on the minds of all those who were friends of humanity and justice was what under such circum stances was to be done. It was well known to the working, and to every other class of society, that there was abundance of wealth and property in the country ; and the poorer classes were of opinion that they ought to be relieved out_of the superfluities of the rich by the imposition of a property tax.- It might be asked what motives induced him to bring forward his motion at the present period, vAten he knew it could not lead to any practiced result ; but he could as sure t h e H ouse t h at he felt himself compelled to call attention to the extreme e asee y an d suffering of the working classes. He con cluded by putting his motion in the hands of the Chair. Mr. WILLIAN'S had not intended to take any part in the debate, but b e was unfortunately too well acquainted with the misery veld starvingcondition of the industrious classes of this country to allow him to hesitate to second the motion. He was well aware, condemned as the House was to Cea.43 its existence at an early period, that no practical resultcould be arrived at, but still he thought ' it right that public attention ahould be fixed upon the sub jeete The cause of the distress of the millions of the pro ductive classes of` this country was to be found in the ex cessive taxation imposed on them. More than half the wages of' the werking men were taken from them in taxes paid to the State, and they were taxed to nearly an equal amount by the landed aristocracy in the shape of Corn-laws and other taxes imposed on the necessaries of life. He believed th a t if an en d was not put to that state of things it would be impossible for them much I I°l4o to somFete with foreign countries. Manufhcturois were progressing in the United States, in Switzerland,.' and in Germany, where the price of provisions scarcelv eeceeded one-half what they cost labourers of thi s country. He must say, h owever , t h at w h en he saw th a propositions put forth by her Majesty's Government ea relieve the people of the country from one of the most oppressive . taxes to whi c h th e y were su bj ect—immely,the Corn-laws—when he saw the manner in which the measure was rejected, it led him to believe that there was no feeling in the House to aflbrd relief to the working ahetses. His Hon. Friend came from a district that was suffering in common with every other portion of the ceuntry, and that suffering he (Mr. Williams) believed ked been increasing during the last two years, and at the present moment there was no hope or expectation, aat that suffering would cease. He was sorry to say that Reuse by decisions, had produced a deep impres- Lien on the working-classes of the country, that they tentitl hope for no relief from legislation. The conse quence was that discontent and disaffection prevaileti smoag the workinet-classes. He was sorry to believe! that that discontent would goon andinerease to a frightfur c::teilt. They could not expect to see men unsurpasseli.l cny nation in the world in skillet industry, yet unable to euepart their families in a state of contentment. Unless eomething was done to improve their condition, le locked forward with great apprehension to the safety or property, and every thing else in the country. They had e heard great many causes assigned fbr the unfor tunatc state of things that existed in France,. .(luring the Revolution. Most hi s t or i ans ass i gne d . ► it to the pressure of taxation, which the peoplee;' evere unable to bear, and which taxation was imposed by ''l: e aristocracy, who were themselves free from taxation lc was the same in this country. With the exception cif: a very _.nail amount, the whole 52,000,0001. now levied • -on the people was levied on the middle and industrious classes of this country, because it was levied on articl rieczssary - - for their consumption. It was true the high n -4.e!ssse:.: paid taxes on those articles, but they paid mu , less in degree, in many instances less by 100 per cent-, inasmuch as the taxes were laid on the value and not on the quality of the article. The aristocracy, who had the power of making laws, had managed to free themselves from the burdens which they imposed on the community large. The tax paid by the people through the Corn law: alone ,ixceeded in amount all the taxes paid by the Ine o ne-I interest put together. He would not, however, trer i oess htrther on the attention of the House, as he was ;.ell aware that no practical effect could follow from the n. otion which he undertook to second. HINDLEY said that it was because he had felt ths. the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Bir * • itf ,•hain could not be attended with any practical effect th a t AC had given notice of the motion which he had placed ~.irron the papers of the House. But at the same time, tha,igh the motion could not lead to any immediate result, he n.as convinced that in the country at least it would be attended with important consequences. The - Ri g ht Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) had on a for- mar occasion brought forward a motion which would lead to a speedy dihsolution. lie saw two parties striving for power. Ile was anxious before the struggle came on to assert on behalf o! the working people the principle that taxation ought to be laid ea in such a way as should be satisfactory, fair, and just to t!'ze industrious classes of the community. The present mornstut more particularly called for an investigation into the cletunistances of that clam. They had heard the statement of his Honour title Friend the Member for Birmingham. He would not now allude to the subject further than to L o u ie. as a proof of the great distress existing at Manchester and elsewhere, that the property to which his Hon. Friend the Member for Salford had tte other evening alluded, as having cost 120,000 L, had since he had aiven notice of this motion been sold for 26,000/., being one-filth of what it cost.—(Hear, hear.) It would IA useless attempting to excite the sympathy of the House, if the House had not in its power the means of relieving these distresses ; ?tut it was in the power of the House to relieve them ; nay, the House had itself been a main cause of them, by the prac,`ical injustice it had com mitted in continuing the present system of taxation, 'which pressed unequally and unjustly' on the middle and lower orders of society. Now, could tihe Government of a country be considered in a state tef safety when it was known that the taxation of the conettry was re gulated, not according to the principles of justice, but ac cording as certain class interest preponderated more or I ess in that house? The Hand-loom Weavers Commission had seated in their Report that the Government of this country ems in the hands of a small minority of landowners, who reasessed the whole of one House and the greater part of the other, and that the Government of a in inorl ty could only be safe while it was popular, and could only b e p opu l ar w hil e i t avo id e d t h e appearance of selfish legislation. They must all remem ber that in 1833 Mr. Cobbett had called the attention of the House to the inequality of the stamp duties. The Chancellor of the :Exchequer of that day had promised that the abuse should le rectified. Had that been done ? What was the present state of those duties ? On con veyances of the value of 10/. the stamp duty was 10 per cent., on those of 50/. value, 3 pee' cent., and on those of 2,000/. value 1 per cent. On mortgeages of 101. value the duty was 10 per cent., and on those of 2,0001. the duty was only 6s. per cent. Whence the groo inequality in the duty of conveyances and mortgages of 2,000/ : ? Why, because landed proprietors seldo m wanted to dispose of , their estates, but often wanted to raise mortgages on them. Again the stamp duty on bills of 101. was to per cent., on bills of 100/. 4s. per cent., and on those eel 10,0001. ettd. per cent. On receipts the duty on 10L, ss. per cent., on 201., ls. per cent., ant, on 10,0001. lid. per cent. Now as the three-fourths of the stamp duties were collected on bills below 1001., could anything more clearly show the monstrous injustice which wa committed on the middle and lower classes of society?• Let them recollect that of five millions able-bodied men, four millions were unrepresented in that House, and it was, therefore, doubly the duty of the House to pro tect their interests. But if they took advantage of the power to exteect more than the fair share of the taxation from the persons who were unrepresented, it was adding in justice to.i nsu lt. If h e were t o as k any Member of the House if the shilling of the poor man ought not to go as far as th e s hilli ng of the rich one, he . should at once re ceive for an answer, undoubtedly it should. But what was the fact. He had applied to a grocer to furnish him with a list of the articles furnished by him to a poor person and to a rich one, and the result of it was, that while out of a weekly expenditure of Is. 73d. a poor washerwoman paid 81d. duty, having only :Sid. value of goods, the rich man, upon a weekly expenditure of 16s. 2d., paid only 3s. Bi-Ed. So that while the poor person only got eltd. value for his shilling, the rich man not teid. value for his shilling.—(Hear, hear.) Was that a state of things that could be continued with safety to the State ? If they did not do justice to the industrious poor it would be in vain for them to expect happiness or peace in the community. Of all the injus tices inflicted on the labouring classes that involved in the present Corn-laws was, he thought, the greatest. He expected that the discussion on the Corn-laws would lave taken place. He thought that after the debate on the Right lion. Baronet's (Sir R. Peel's) motion it would be in the power of Government to bring forward the discussion, but on mature consideration he saw from the difficulties in which the Government were placed —he saw from what the Right Hon. Baronet had said, that ao new business ought to be entered upon by the. Goeeen:nent—that after the vote which had been come to they ought to finish the business of the session as 50015 as possible, and to appeal to the country as to the measares they proposed. He regretted that the discus sion had not taken place, and it was for this reason that he regretted it, that it ivould b e i n hi s op i n i on b etter for all c l ass e s in' tereted in the question that the discussion sEhsoet4 placeptaokssele in the Mouse rather than out of doors. resorted t o to raise a means , n Placards, pamphlets, &c., w e r e . Theo n uter y against any attempt t o alter the C orn -l aws ?n. Member here read an extract from a pamphlet bearin g out his statement, and then .went on to say that a greater fallacy was never at tempted to be palmed on any society than that of the assertion that the poor were not interested in the aboli tion of the Corn-laws. No greater advantage could be conferred on the poorer classes than effecting such a change in the system as would ensure a steadiness of price. At present the landlord might defraud a tenant who was about to take a farm and did not understand the system of averages, and by exhibiting to him the list of averages returned to Parliament. It was not the farmer, but the speculator who pocketed the averages returned to Government. The Hon. Gentlemen oppo site o 14 , ..t to admit that it was for the interest the farmer in making out his lease to have some arrangement made to insure a steadiness of price. It appeared to him (Mr. Hindley) that it stood to reason the more the means of production were ex tended, the more likely were they to have a steadiness of profit. If the county of Buckingham alone were to supply the market, you would not have steadiness of price, nor would the farmer of Buckinghamshire derive much advantage. The same observation applied to the plan of confining the supply of the market to England alone. He would now trouble the House with some facts. In the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, the price of corn per quarter was 41. 14s. 9d., 4/. 4s. ld., and 3/. 13s. In the years 1821, 1822, and 1823, the price was 2!..165. 2d., 2/. 4s. 7d., and 2/. 13s. sd. per quar ter. Then trade was good, and the labourer was content and happy. In the years 1829 and 1830 corn per quarter was 31.65. 3d., and 3/. 4s. 3d. Then trade was in a deplorable state. In the years 1833, 1834, and 1835, the price of corn varied from 21, 12s. 11d. to 1/. 19s. 4d., and in the years 1833, 1839, and 1840, corn was sold, per quarter, at 31. 4s. 7d., 3/. 10s. Bd., and 3/. 6s. 4d. In those latter years trade was in a most wretched and deplorable state compared with that of the preceding years. That as merely the progress of cause and effect. If therlook away from a man the money he would spend in clothing, manufacturers must meet with but a slow demand. But the evil to the la bourer in the manufacturing districts did not end there. It was not merely that he was unable to provide him self with clothes, but in manufacturing districts inge nuity was put upon the rack. Every proprietor was intent upon reducing his expense by doing away with all superfluous hands. He joined wheels together, and he took every possible means of lessening the number of of hands, and thus a large number of persons were thrown out of employment and obliged to look to the precarious snbsistence of charity. Individuals had fre quently applied to him in a most distressed state in those manufacturing districts, stating that their employers were obliged to couple wheels together, and thus put them out of employment, and that they were often twen ty-four and forty-eight hours without tasting bread. Now, if corn were brought into the country from abroad, it would enable them to overcome all difficulties by increasing the supply. The census of 1831 proved that there was little diminution in the num ber of persons employed in agriculture. His (Mr. Hindley's) opinion was that do what they might they would not have a diminution in that class of labourers. The great injustice done the labottring classes was first making them poor and then punishing them for being so. He (Mr. IL) was for doing away with the Poor-laws and amending the Corn-laws. Both sides of the House seemed determined to adhere to both laws ; but those who upheld both laws were like persons who tied a man's hands behind him, and then whipped him because he could not earn his subsistence. Up wards of forty millions sterling had been spent on rail ways. Had those millions come from the landed interests? Let those gentlemen who sat on railway Committees answer the question. Had they not found that those millions came from the commercial interests, and that the only part the landed gentry took in those schemes was to squeeze as much money as possible out of the pockets of the persons engaged in railway speculations, for the land sold for the line of roads ? He thought the landed gentlemen were making but a poor return to the manufacturers when they then refused to let them exchange their manufactures for corn. He (Mr. IL) thought the country had a right to know from the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth whether he intended to better trade, to continue the Poor-law, and abide by the present system of Corn-laws ? —whether he would have a sliding scale or a fixed duty ? It was but right that the Right lion. Gentleman opposite, the Member for Pembroke (Sir J. Graham), who was acquainted, no doubt, with the intentions of the Right lion. Baronet, should tell the House what they intended to do. If that Right Hon. Gentleman's party were to come into the enjoyment of power, and bring forward measures in conformity with the views which .he (Mr. IL) had put forward that night—however lie might direr from them on their general policy—he should give them his decided support. Party spirit had been said to be of great benefit to this coun try, but he confessed that he did not enter into that sentiment. He was afraid that in maintaining they were Whigs, Radicals, and Tories, they sometimes forgot that they were iinglishmen.—(Loud cheers.) lie wished the love of country prevailed over the love of party, and to see the great object of the House to promote the happiness and well-being of the great body of the people. He said they could not do injustice to to the working classes without producing injury to them selves. The surplus population of the agri cu lt ura l di s t r i c t s , which had been grea t in the manufacturing districts, on the distress of trade and ruin of manufactures would return to their own birth-place, and become a charge upon the land, and then neither by immigration, emi gration, or by the New Poor-law, would they bring back England to her former state of prosperity.—(Hear.) Sir F. BURDETT said, with respect to the motion of the Hon. Member for Birmingham, lie could have no possible objection to it, except it could be supposed not to express views which its promoters had in view. Every gentleman partook in the sympathy that was manifested for the manufacturing distress that prevailed ; all they wanted was some one to point out to them a remedy for the evils complained of. At the same time he had rea son to complain of members of that House coming down and making the sort of speeches they did, conveying in vectives or insinuations against the upper classes, and representing them as bloodsuckers of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the proper course for these gentle men to have adopted would have been to have moved for a committee to inquire whether the distress they com plained of was capable of immediate or any relief. The Hon. Gentleman had brought this question into a very narrow compass—he stated all this distress and the evils accompanying it resulted from taxation. He could not believe that taxation could have any such effect, but if it had it was a matter that ought to be inquired into. But these matters ought not at all to have been mixed up with this great question of the Corn-laws, which seemed to him to be made the pith of the question. It was called a great monopoly, but there was no country less burdened with such monopolies than England, and it happened that during the last three years under the operation of the existing Corn-laws a great deal more was imported than previous to the passing of the Corn-law of 1815, when the trade was free. It was a great delusion on the people at large, to make them believe that all the distress existing was to be attributed to the monopoly of the landowners. They should look at the causes that produced that distress, such as the stagnation of trade, and the markets from which our manufacturers were shut out for want of protection by the Government of this country. We had lost all our trade with Poland— (Ministerial cheers)—with Central India since the affair of the Vixen, and we had also lost our trade with Hol land. for want of due _protection from the Govern ment. He did not believe that the manufacturers of the country were so ignorant of their own interests as not to know that it depended upon the agricultural in terest as its parent, without which it could have no exist ence. If they destroyed the landed interest, the conse quence would be that they would have a poor and meagre manufacturing interest. The strength of government was founded on that of the agricultural interest, and it was this that had made England the first country in the world.—(" Oh, oh !" from the Ministerial benches.) lle said it was the wealth and stability of the agricultural interest that had mad eEngland the first count! yin the world 'The great trade of the country was that which was car- tied on between the town and country, and the foreign trade was slight in comparison with it. He did not consider this as a question of a Corn-law at all. It was a ques tion of administration of the country. Ministers were driven to their last shift, but the people of England comprehended it, and would not be deluded by so mani fest a bubble. It was absurd to speak of a bread-tax, because the tax was not paid by the consumer.—(lroni cal cheering.) Foreigners who brought corn into this country paid a tax on it, because it could not be other- %vise aarratted ; but it was he who paid the tax, and not the consumer.—(lroni ca l c h eers .) H e th oug ht that if there was free trade of any kind, it should be all free trade—(Cheers and laughter) _and he should be happy to see it, because he was one of those who was conviuned in his own mind of the advantages that would be derived from free trade.(Cheers and laughter.) But this was matter , of consideration, and not to be handled rashly, since they ::94.1 gone on so long in a course of protection. He thought it was most absurd in a mann facturiug country like this to lay taxes upon raw mate rials—(Cheers)—and that if there was any part of the industry of the country that should be protected from burdens it was this portion of it.—(Hear, hear.) To revert to the Corn-laws he denied that there was any protection to the landed interest at all.—(Cheers and laughter.) If he thought so his opinion ought to be in deference to that of a large portion of his consti tuents, and he should vote against them. When he was member for Westminster, his constituents were ap prehensive of a shop tax, but he pacified them by show ing them that the tax would not fall on Cho n, but on their customers, 7 -(Loud cheers and laughter.) He thought this subject ought not to be made - a political Matter of, but be considered in a peffeetly calm and un impassioned way, and he most sincerely thought the Ministry had incurred a very great responsibility !) .. Y their co nduct on the subject. Mr. LABOUCHERE said lie confessed that when the Hon. Baronet rose to address the House, he felt more than ordinary curiosity to know what were his senti- men ts, because it was now many years ago since h e had heard the Honourable Baronet expresss any opinions on matters of trade, and because he remembered the valuable assistance which the Hon. Baronet had given, when the representative of West minster to those who opposed the present Corn-laws—(Cheers?)—and also the support which he had given to the measures of Mr. Huskisson, in the most unqualified manner, stating, at the same time, that his own opinions were decidedly in favour of free trade, and that lie was prepared to go any length in support of those opinions. —(Cheers.) But he (Mr. Labouchere) confessed; that after listening to the Hon. Baronet with the attention he deserved, he was at a loss to understand what were the opinions that he entertained on these subjects.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet said, that on these matters he must bow to the opinions of his constituents in Wilt shire ; but, at the same time, he appeared as if it were impossible for him to forget that he was once the representative of Westminster, and therefore he gave one half of his speech in support of the doctrines of free trade, and one half in support of those of monopoly. (Cheers.) It was not unusual in that House to argue during one half of a speech in support of one side of a question ..and the ether THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1841. • h tlf in support of the other side ; but it was a curious anomoly that the lion. Baronet did not divide his speech into equal parts, but gave one sentence in favour of pro ' tection, and the next for unqualified free trade.—(Cheers and laughter.) He was not inclined on the present oc casion to go into so vast a question as the Corn-laws, but he must say that whatever opinions he had heard on the subject, he never before heard any one say that it was a question of small consequence. Now that was so extraordinary a doctrine that he knew not how to deal with it. He had always thought that that branch of trade connected with the prime necessary of life was the one of the highest importance, and that unless it were established on a wise basis all the in terests of the country would be injuriously affected. The Ministry had not brought forward measures rash, reckless, and dangerous, as was imputed to them, but had long and deeply considered the course which they had taken. These alterations had not now been contemplated for the first time ; and for his part, it had been his intention in the Customs' Bill of the year to have proposed many other important alterations. He believed that they had now no other choice than that of reducing their prohi bitory duty or witness the ruin of many of the most important branches of our manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) He could state, as President of the Board of Trade, that his:rooms had been for many months crowded with de putations from the manufacturing classes, comprising men of all parties and opinions, urging upon him the necessity of at length adopting some measures for re lieving the pressure upon the commerce of the country. With regard to the motion then before the House, he approved of its principles ; but as he did not consider it could lead to any practical result he would advise his Hon. Friend to content himself with the discussion which had taken place, and not press it to a division. He was aware of the many important considerations con nected with the measures which the Government had brought forward, and he did not regret the course they had taken. For his own part, he could not submit to the humiliation of occupying the position of a British Minister while .he left so many dangers unprovided for as now threatened the national prosperity. He did not know what might be the effect of those measures upon the state of parties ; and, comparatively speaking, he did not care. Not, however, that he was indifferent to the fate of the great party with which he was connected, but he felt that the Government, by bringing forward these questions, had contributed greatly to their triumphs. —(Hear, hear.) The subject was now fairly before the public, and he had never known the people of England engage in a just cause which they did not carry to a triumphant issue. —(Cheers.) Upon that head he had the fullest confidence, whatever party might be in power. Mr. BAINES regarded the present question, although it was not likely to be attended with any practical re sult in the House, as one which would have a practical effect in the country. The present discussion would be serviceable, in his opinion, inasmuch as it would enlighten the public mind upon the feelings of parties and of indi viduals. He could speak from experience of the lament able effect of the present system of taxation, in alienating the minds of the labouring classes from our present in stitutions. A Committee had lately been appointed in Leeds, to inquire into the present state of distress in the town, and it was found that there were' in all 10,000 in dividuals in Leeds out of employment, or depending on those who were in that situation. A meeting was after. wards held, at • which the chairman of the committee of unemployed workmen, made a statement which was well worthy , of consideration. He said that _ inless the children of the labouring classes could be supplied with bread, they would be under the necessity of seeking it somewhere, no matter by what means, and that opinion he shared with his fellow-work- A remonstrance having been made to him against no evils to which such a doctrin,a would lead, he stated chat the opinion he had expressed was that of nine out of every ten operatives ; and he did not wish to con ceal it. men. Mr. Baines was proceeding with his address when Sir S. Canning moved that the House be counted. It having then been found that there were but twenty-four Members present, the House adjourned. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. FURTHER EXTRACTS FRO3I THE AMERICAN PAPERS.. THE CASE OF MIL APLEOD. (From the New York Morning Herald.) APLeoci still remains in prison, awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court, which will be given next term. This decision will either order his liberation under the laws of nations, or his trial according to the laws of this State. The whole difficulty grows out of the different views taken by the General and the State Governments. The annexed correspondence between the Governor of New York and the President of the United States, which has never yet been published, indicate this position. The Governor sets himself up against the laws of nations, and refuses to make the delivery. The Governor to the President of the United States : STATE OF NEW YORK. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ALBANY, MAY 4, 1841. Sin—l have just learned from the public prints that the District Attorney of the United States for the Northern District of New York, is in attendance upon the Supreme Court of this State, in behalf of Alexander• M'Leod, who is indicted for murder committed in the "de struction" of the boat "Caroline," and which indictment is pending in the courts of this State. As the Attornoy- Gemsral of this State, and the District Attorney of Nia gara county, have charge of this prosecution in behalf of the people of the State of New York, the unseemly as pect is presented of a conflict between the Federal Go vernment and that of this State, which I respectfully sub mit to you is not calculated to inspire confidence among the common constituents of both in the harmonious rela tions and views of the two Governments, nor to chal lenge that respect from Great Britain to which our in stitutions are entitled, and which it is so essential to pre serve, particularly in the present state of the controversy with her. I am sure I need do no more than call your attention to the subject, to insure such a disposition of it as will manifest the regard which there can be no doubt of your entertaining for the rights and character of this State, in the conduct of a prosecution for an offence against her sovereignty.—Very respectfully, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. The President of the United States. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE GOVERNOR. WASHINGTON, MAY 7TH, 1841. SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 4th inst., in which you are pleased to say, that "you have just learned from the pub lic prints that the District Attorney of the United States for the Northern District of New Vaubois is in attendance on the Supreme Court of this State (New York), in be half of Alexander M'Leod, who is indicted for murder committed in the destruction of the boat Caroline, and which indictment is pending in the Supreme Court of this'State." and that " as the Attorney-General of this State, and the District Attorney of Niagara county, have charge of the prosecution in behalf of the people of the State of New York, the unseemly aspect is presented of a conflict between the Federal Government and that of this State, which I respectfully submit to you is not calculated to inspire confidence among the common con stituents of both in the harmonious relations and views of the two Governments, nor to challenge that respect from Great Britain to which our institutions are entitled, and which it is so essential to preserve, particularly in the present state of the controversy with her." In reply, I have the honour to say, that the District At torney of the United States for the Northern District of New York, has received no orders from this Government to appear as counsel in defence of M'Leod—nor can I be lieve that in the absence of such orders, hejias undertaken to assume that task in his official character. So far as I am informed, Mr. Spencer acts entirely in his private capacity as a practising attorney of the State of New York, in consequence of a retainer which dates back from a period antecedent to his having had official station conferred upon him. lam sure that in this you will see nothing unseemly, or calculated either to encourage a belief of the want of harmony in the relations or views of the two Governments, or in any way to diminish the respect of any foreign Government for our institutions. This Government has done no more in reference to the trial to be had before the Supreme Court of New York, than to furnish the counsel for the accused, upon their requisition, with such documentary evidence as was to be found in the State Department, and which was believed by them to be necessary to be used in the defence. In giving your Excellency the foregoing explanation, I am not to be understood as denying to this Govern ment, in order to the fulfilment of its international duties and obligations, the right to resort to all consti tutional and legitimate means within its power. The confidence which I feel in the learning and justice of the Supreme Court of New York, and in the tribunals insti tuted by her for dispensinn, full and perfect ju s ti ce , would cause me to avoid the commission of any act which would bear a doubtful construction. I pray your Excellency to accept assurances of my high consideration and respect. JOHN TYLER. His Excellency Wm. 11. Seward. LETTER FROM ALEXANDER APLEOD. (To the Editor of the Scottish Journal.) DEAR SIR,—My attention has been often called to several false allegations relative to me that have become part of the history of the M‘Leod case ; one that I had boasted at Lockport that I was at the burning of the Caroline, and was the actual murderer of Durfee, and that the indictment has been found and ulterior proceedings predicated on said boast. The absurdity of the allegation was so apparent, I thought it unworthy of notice. Even a Lockport jury would not indict a man upon any such assertion. I never said I was at the destruction of the boat, or anything of the sort ; nor dues any witness against me say that he ever said that I said such a thing, till after they heard I was arrested. _ . f WEIS indicted at Lockport a few days after the burn ing. of the boat alon g w ith severa l o th ers , and lam the only person that was directly sworn to on that occasion, as having been recognised at the boat, which can be seen by reference to the evidence taken before the Grand Jury in Jan. 1838, in the Secretary of State's office at Washington, I was arrested on the 24th clay of September last. Kept two days and nights a prisoner, as a felon on that indictment. I applied to a Judge on a writ of Habeas Cor pus, and after an examination held in Lockport, on the 26th September, I was discharged, as there was a mistake in the indictment, the Christian name being Angus, in place of AlexanderAPLeod. I then said to 11,1r.Woods,theprose 44orney, before the judge and a number of people, " Sir, I be1124,p iris indictment was intended for me, and although I am 4iseharged in consequence of the misnomer, yet as I have iniss 4 lt ;, gs pf importance to me in this and the adjoining county to settle, I 4113 arixious to refiite the charge of murder and arsen; That has been brought agvist me . by the p a t r i o ts, o f w hi c h I am i n no w ay guilty--acid yptl or they will bring an indict- ment to maturity against me at your Court next month, and write to me the day of trial, I will attend with my witnesses and clearly prove that I had no participation in the destruction of the Caroline." The Circuit Court at Lockport passed over, and having received no notice, I thought I might fairly return to settle my business without fear of further mo lestation. I was two days and nights publicly in Buffalo. I remained one night at the Eagle Tavern at the Falls, and came, on the 12th of November, to Lewiston—was just about to cross to Canada when I was arrested by a constable with a crowd at his heels. I then found Major-General Handy of the patriot army and all his staff, and a large muster of patriots, were as sembled against me. The investigation continued until the 18th, when I was committed. There was no lack of evidence against me, and they could have had as much more to order as they required. I proved ax alibi certainly, but that was no use. Seeing the halide I had got into, I was determined to use every means to get free. I was brought up again on the 12th December, before a Judge, by writ of habeas corpus, and the examinations continued until the 21st December. I again proved an alibi, but it would not do. However, the Judge, with the consen t o f th e patr i ots, consented to admit me to bail, myself in $3,000 and two sureties in $5*,000. After great trouble I found bail, which was perfected; but the patriots had altered their minds. They surrounded me with fixed bayonets; placed a • 12-pounder in front of my cell—threat ened my bail with death—took the Judge out of his bed at midnight in a bitter cold night, and marched him in slow time to their Assembly at the point of the bayonet ; they had a band of music at the gaol door, playing the rogue's march, yankee doodle, &c. The patriot meeting declared their session permanent till my bail gave me up, which was done by one of them only, the other refusing to succumb to the threat of this self constituted body. This assembly, which at one time amounted to 2,000 men, broke up . after having spent eighteen hours in speechifying, firing of cannon, small arms, &c. On the 6th of February the Grand Jury found a true bill, and as one of them told me upon strong prima fa;.:ie evidence. This Jury appeared decent looking men— they investigated the case three days, examined about twenty witnesses, out of some hundreds, that had been subpoenaed for the people. It is long since I incurred the dislike of the patriots, and severely have they punished me—far more than the public are aware of. On the 13th Dec. 1837, the Executive Committee and Provisional Government of the State of Upper Canada were organized in Buffalo: On that clay a printed handbill was published, offering , a reward for my apprehension, and dispersed along the frontier—notwithstanding I went to Buffalo on the 24th Dec.-1837; was mobbed that night— next morning P. A. Barker, Esq., Mayor and Collector, called on me with a number of magistrates and others. Con versing on the war then raging on the frontier, I re monstrated on the impropriety of the people of Buf falo organizing armed bodies of men, making can non balls, fitting out steam-boats, and other acts of war, against Canada, and pointed out to him that the Caroline was then loading with arms and munitions of war for the belligerents on Navy Island ; and as certain as she did carry to them such articles, an attempt would be made by the Canadians to destroy her wherever she might be found. Mr. Barker said he would not grant a port clearance to any vessel to leave Buffalo harbour until arms, &c.,.were discharged. The Caroline had, therefore, to put her arms on shore again, to be sent to Schlosser by land. There, by the oath of her owner on my trial, she took on board a can non, a number of armed men, muskets, and bayonets, &c., &c., and conveyed them to the patriots on Navy Island. During the time I was in conversation with the Mayoi and Magistrates of Buffalo, about 10 o'clock on Christmas morning, 1837, a person of the name of Bull, a patriot, came into the room with a bag of feathers in his hand, and requested my presence outside to get tarred and feathered. I soon after went outside, and found about 1,000 people collected in front of the inn, with a tar-barrel rea dy. I hinted to the Mayor the necessity I thought there might be of keeping a few of the arms in Buffalo instead of sending them all to Navy Island, as they had entered so fiercely into the war against Canada, they might naturally expect an unpleasant yisit some night, from men who were goaded on to madness by warlike preparations to destroy them and their families, in defiance of solemn treaties of law and justice, Buffalo Harbour, with its thirty steam-boats and fifty schooners, was then, as now, within ten minutes sail of the Canada shore. The hint was kindly taken at the time, and a city guard of sonic 100 men organizqd that day to guard their property from patriots and others. It was my duty and my interest t o p reven t an i nvas i on of Canada I was then Under-Sheriff of the Niagara District, which fronts for 80 miles on the State of New York. 1 had $BO,OOO worth of property in my charge seized on executions for which I and my securities were liable. • I There are many other matters which called forth patriotic virulence against me which I may yet make public. I am yours, &c., ALEXANDER APLEOD. On the sailing of the Caledonia steamer from Boston on the Ist inst., the President, Mr. Tyler, was on the point of delivering an extra message to the two Houses of Congress, the particulars of which may be expected by the next arrival. United States Bank Stock was 204- at New York. It had been at 24 at Philadelphia, but the price had gone back to 204 21. The Directors and Committee have commenced suits, criminal and civil, against Messrs. Biddle, Cowperthwaite, and others on various grounds. It was expected that the tariff would be so far altered that 20 per cent. duty would be for the future levied on linen, tea, coffee, silk manufactures, and French wines, articles hitherto exempt. Orders to some extent, founded upon this expectation, had been given. The exchange on London was more in favour of this country, viz., 81- per cent. at New Y or k an d 12+ t o a t Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Stock was at 81. The Au gust dividend would be duly paid. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) REVOLUTION IN PERU AND BOLIVIA. By way of Panama, we have advices from Peru to the 18th February. An outline of the news is contained in the annexed letter from our correspondent : CALLAO, FEBRUARY, 18, 1841.—Since my last of the sth ultimo, the anticipated political convulsion in Peru and Bolivia haS taken place. Colonel Vivanco has been proclaimed Supreme Chief in the departments of Cusco, Arequipa, Puno, and Mo quegua ; and notwithstanding General San Roman, who was placed in command of the former by Vivanco, has declared against him with about 1,000 men, yet he ap pears to be rapidly gaining ground, as the whole com munity is decidedly against the government of Gramm, who has degraded the country to s uc h an extent as to place it in the class of a Chilian colony, sustained by Chilian influence and subject to Chilian control. On the 21st ultimo, a general rising took place in Bo livia, headed by Generals Lara and Irigoyen, who have proclaimed Generals Lara and Irigoyen, who have pro claimed General Santa Cruz Supreme Protector. This officer was expected at Guayaquil about the 15th or 20th ult., where he was to hold himself in readiness to em bark for Peru with a small force on the first favourable opportunity ; and as such opportunity is now offered, we are momentarily expecting him in Perd. On his ar rival, the downfal of the degraded government is inevit able. In fact, nothing prevents its immediate overthrow but the want of some officer of rank and influence under whom all parties would unite. THE TRUSTICE.—By the author of the tragedy of "The Provost of Bruges."—This clever novel promises to be quite the rage. It meets with universal commendation from all classes of critics. The following is from the Naval and Military Gazette:—" The Trustee belongs to the natu ral class of writing—its characters being drawn, if not from the life, at least so exactly to it that they produce all the effect of individual portraits. It is full to overflowing of that perpe tual stream of action and incident without which now-a-days, neither novel nor drama can hope to maintain any hold on public favour. And its incidents are so combined and con cocted into a consecutive and coherent plot, that the interest excited by them never flags. Finally, we have one character in this novel, which, even if the work contained nothing else, would afford a fund of entertainment, and convey a very high impression of the author's powers, both in the conception and the delineation of humorous life. We have had, beside Boz, nothing equal to Scampering Jack for many a year. In short this extremely clever and interesting novel cannot fail to be unusually popular now, and to rank among the standard pro ductions of its class hereafter." I THE EYES.—Optical improvements to enable persons at an advanced age to read with ease and discriminate ob. jects with perfect distinctness.—Messrs. S. and B. Soloraoxs, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William.strect, City; their long extensive practice has ena. bled them to invent Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction, of the greatest transparent refractive power, which have gained universal approbation. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged imper. feet sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youth. ful, natural, and original state. The valuable advantages derived from this invention is, that these lenses are constructed on a princi ple that persons can see with them of a much less magnifying power than those now in common use; nor will they require the frequent changes that other spectacles generally do ; they are also adapted to imperfect vision to the greatest nicety; they arc found to preserve and strengthen the most weak and defective sight. Their invisible operative Voice Conductor for deaf persons is ROC the least percepti ble, nor more uncomfortable than having apiece of weol in its place; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deaf. ness. Those valuable inventions have also gained the patronage of the Royal Family and the unqualified approbation of above 400 of the principal members of the medical profession.—No connexion with persons of the same name. LADY BLESSINGTON'S "IDLER IN FRANCE." —The career of a woman of fashion is, for the first time, ade quately presented to us in there attractive volumes, whereat Lady Blessington has, in that lively and graceful style so fami liar to the reader by her charming " Idler in Italy,' exhibited under what brilliant auspices she entered the most exalted circles in Paris, th e head quarters of fashion. But, although her journal affords a most allatin , picture of fashionable life, it is delightfully varied with descriptions of other Parisian scenes that can scarcely be considered less attractive. In one place the Countess is represented as moving in the courtly circles of the most courtly society in the world—in another bargaining for antique bijouterie in the curiosity shops of the Quart Voltaire—here trying on the most fasJinating of bonnets, produced by the unrivalled Herbault—there criticising the performance of Mars in Henry lll.—enjoying a diner de restaurant at the Kocher de Caucale— introducing to the reader all the celebrated characters then in the French capital —ob:erving a review in the Champ de Mars, or the company in the Bois de Boteognc—i nspect i ng t h e ga ll er y of the Louvre, the desirable quarter of P aris, or playing the h ero i ne d ur i ng the "glorious three day s ," w hi ch occurred d ur i ng h er s t a y-- or the Jardin des Plant es—rambling in search o f a h ouse i n or in a hundred other various tasks, all productive of equal en tertainment to her readers. A more delightful book it is scarcely possible to imagine. THE JEWS' DECLARATION BILL.—Lord Broughim voted in the minority on the Jews' Civil Disabilities Relief Bill.'' — 5. -Prtishi y a name was accidentally omitted in the Publisbc4 • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON AND MOULSEY HURST RACES. _ . The following programme of this meeting which commences this day includes the entries made on Monday afternoon. Wan NESDAY.—The Gold Cup (in specie) by subscribers of 5 soy. each, with 4() added by the Proprietors of the course, for all ages ; 3 yrs, 7st 71b; 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 5 yrs, Oct 31b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 71b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Scott's Windsor, 3 yrs ; Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Bed ford, 5 yrs ; Hon. J. Sandilands' Moleskin, 2 yrs ; and Mr. Booth's Isabella, 6 yrs. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes (handicap) of 20 soy. each, 10 ft; and sft only if declared ,SLc., with 50 added by the Proprietors of the course ; the second to save his stake. The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs, sst 71b ; Bedford, 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; Fitzroy, 4 yrs, 9st ; Perseus, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Molineux, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Welfare, 4 yrs, Bst 21b; Cantle, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ; Chymist, 6 yrs, Bst llb ; Valincourt, 5 yrs, 7st 10lb ; Mungo Parke, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Nicholas, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; • Hellespont, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b; Carlos, 4 yrs, Est 61b. The Strawberry Hill Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 30 added, for horses that never won a plate or stake of the value of 501. ; 3 yrs-old, 7st 51b ; 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; 5 yrs and upwards, Bst 121 b. Heats, one mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold for 1001. Mr. Jenkins's Kate Kearney, 6 yrs ; Mr. J. Harman's ch g Wonder, aged ; Mr. Coleman's ch h ; Carlos, 4 yrs ; Mr. Goodwin's St. Preux, 4 yrs; Mr. Wisdom's b m Maid of Sussex (late Grimalkin), 5 yrs; Mr. S. Seott's Abel, 5 yrs; and Mr. G. Clifton's ch c Playfellow, 3 yrs. THURSDAY.—The Hurst Cup of 50/. in specie, by Proprie tors of the Course, free for all ages-3 yrs, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st llb ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b ; mares and geldings all 3lbs. The winner to be seld for 2001. Heats, once round rnd a dis. Hon. .1. Sandilands's br g Easingwold, 5 yrs ; Mr. T. Har man's ch g Wonder, aged; Mr. Balchin'3 b m Slang, aged; Mr. Booth's Isabella, 6 yrs ; Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs ; Mr. Goodmen's Bedford, 5 yrs ; Mr. Coleman's Chymist, 6 yrs ; Captain Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs; Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, 3 yrs; Mr. Shelley's b g Munchausen, 6 yrs; and Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 yrs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas, free for all ages ; three yrs 7st 51b ; four yrs, 9st llb ; five yrs, 9st 111 b • six yrs and aged, lOst 21b. The winner t o be sold ' for 5001. &c. Heats twice round and a dis. Mr. Coleman's Carps, 4 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, 4 yrs • Mr. 'l'. Harman's ch g, Wonder, aged ; Arr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs; Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, 3 yrs; Mr. Balchin's Slang, aged; Mr. Stirling's The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. Scott's Windsor, 3 yrs; Mr. Coleman's Chymist, 6 yrs • Mr. Shackell's Cantle, 4 y r s ; 111/r. Sherrard's br c, by the Colonel; Hon. J. Sandilands Mo:eskin, 4 yrs; Captain Gardnor's Ben Brace, 3 yrs. 'I he Albert Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Weights as for the Strawberry Hill Stakes. The winner to be sold for 1201. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Mr. Dockeray's Lyster, 5 yrs : Mr. Wright's Camille, 5 yrs ; Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, aged ; Captain Gardnor's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs. FRIDAY.—The Innkeeper's Plate of 401., added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs. each. Weights as for the Albert Stakes. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for 801. Mr. Kingsley's Tenebrosa, 5 yrs ; Lord Chesterfield's La Gitana, 3 yrs ; Mr. Coleman's Carlos, 4 yrs ; Captaig Gard nor's Dismal JemQiy, 4 yrs; Mr. G. Clifton's Playtellow, 3 yrs ; Mr. Goodwin's St. I'reux, 4 yrs ; Mr. Balchin's Clematis, 4 yrs ; Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, 4 yrs ; Mr. Wright's Ca mille, 5 yrs ; 11ir. B icon's Ascanius, aged. A Free Cup, given by the Proprietor of the New Toy Hotel, Hampton Court; three yrs, Gst 71b ; four yrs, Bst 51b ; five yrs, 9st; six yrs and aged, 9st 51b. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Winners, once this year, 51bs ; twice, Sibs; and thrice, • 101bs extra. Mile heats. _ _ Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, aged ; Mr. Harman's Wonder, avd ; Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, 3 yrs ; Mr, Jenkins's Kate Kearney, 6 yrs ; Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs ; Mr. Balchn's Clematis, 4 yrs ; Sir. Coleman's Chemist, 6 yrs ; Mr. Cole man's Carlos, 4 yrs ; Hon. J. Sandilands' Easingwold, 5 yrs ; Hun. J. Sandiland's Moleskin, 4 yrs ; Mr. S, Scott's Wind sor, 3 yrs ; Mr. Wright's Folly, 4 vrs ; Captain Gardner's Ben Brace, 3 yrs ; and Sir G. Clifton l s Playfellow, 3 yrs. The Military Hurdle Race Sweepstakes did not fill. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GOODWOOD, 1841. Handicap for the Goodwood Stakes of 25 sov. each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday next ; the winner of the Gloucestershire or Somersetshire Stakes, or of the Liverpool July Cup, 51bs extra ; of any two of those Stakes 71bs extra. Cup Course. St. Francis, 6 yrs, 10st 61b ; Hyllus, 5 yrs, lOst 21b; Beg gasman, 6 vrs, lOst 21b ; Charles the Twelfth, 5 yrs, 10st 21b ; Epirus, aged, lOst ; Blosmsbury, 5 yrs, lOst ; Caravan, aged, 9st 10Ib ; Clarion, 5 yrs, 9st 61b ; Sleight-of-Hand, 5 yrs, 9st 61b ; Little Woniter, 4 srs, 9st 61b ; Maroon, 4 yrs, 9st bib ; Arctic, aged, 9st 21b; Retriever, 5 yrs, 9st; Bulwark. 5 yrs, 9st ; The Lord Mayor, 5 yrs, 9st ; Isaac, aged, Ost ; Roscius, 5 yrs, 9,t ; Warden, 4 yrs, 9st ; Calypso, 4 yrs, 9st ; ui skeen, aged, 8.4 131 b; Tuhalcain, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b; The Poten tate, aged, Bst 131 b; Tamburini, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; The Currier, 5 yrs, Bst 10lb ; Fitzroy, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Bellona, 6 yrs, est 10lb ; Pocahontas, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb ; Zohrab, aged, Bst 101 b ; Melody colt, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Bedford, 5 yrs, Bst 8:1) ; Welfare, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; The Corsair, 5 yrs, B s t 61b ; J enny Jones, yrs, Bst 61b ! Ruby, aged, Bst 61b; George, 6 yrs, Bst 51b ; Chit Chat, aged, Bst slb ; Ararat, 5 yrs, Bst 51b ; Stickler, aged, Bst 51b; Modesty, aged, est 51b; Orelia, 6 yr.., est 3lb ; Interlude, 4 yrs, Set 31b ; Dr. Caius, 4 yrs, Bst `lib ; Mayboy, 4 yrs, Bst 21b; Broadwath, 4 yrs, Bst lib; Black Bess, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb ; Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst ; Confusionee, 5 yrs, Bst ; Vulcan, 4 yrs, Bst ; Lady Liverpool, 4 yrs, Bst ; Colchi cum, 5 yrs, Bst ; 10, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Belissime, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ; The Skater, aged, ist 131 b • ' Ratsbone, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Black Beck, 4 yrs, '7st 131 b; Naworth, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b; Caetaby, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ; Master Joshua, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b : Vapour, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ; The Jovial Bachelor, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b; Zoroaster, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ; Recorder, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ; Bos phorus, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b; Tearaway, 3 yrs, 7st 10lb ; Monte zuma, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Fickle colt, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; The Duke of Wellington, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Cecilia c, 4 yes, 75t 1011); Mona, 4 yrs, 7st 91b ; Valain c ourt, 5 y rs . 7 st 91b ; E . 0 ., 3 yrs, 7st 811; Chasseur, 4 yrs, 7st Sib; The Knight of the Whistle, 3 yrs, 7st Sib ; Arrian, 5 yrs, 7st elb ; Munro Parke, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ; Adrian, aged, 7st 71b ; Chymist, 6 yrs, 7st 71b; Pathfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 71b; I-am-not-aware, 6 yrs, 7st 71b; Auburn, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Molineux, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; The Un known, aged, 7st 61b ; Belgrade, 3 vrs, 7st 61b; Bracelet, 6 yrs, 7st fib ; Revoke, 5 3 rs, 7st 61b ; Cantle, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; The Young 's'Sk4 yrs, 7st 51b ; The Ruler, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ; Brother to PrizetlowN, 5 yrs, 7st 41b ; Science, 5 yrs, 7st 41b ; Una, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; Muleteer, 4 yrs, 7st 41b • Spangle, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; Champagne, 4 yrs, 7st 21b; Little Philip, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Isabella, 6 yrs, 7st 21b ; Monops, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Mobarek, 3 vrs, 7st lib ; Mulciber, 4 yrs, 7st; Quick silver, aged, 7st; D;rkness, 4 yrs, 7st; Perseus, 4 yrs, 7st ; ' Mustapha, 3 yrs, 7st ; Stork, 5 yrs, 6st 131 b • Specimen, 5 yrs, est 121 b ; The Maid, 4 y rs , E s t 1 Ilb ; ixit, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb ; All Fours, L yrs, Est 11 lb ; Aspatria, 3 yrs, esti I lib ; Oakbranch, 4 yrs, 6A 101 b ; Half Caste, 4 yrs, 6st Sib ; Ma-; rius, 3 yrs, est 71b ; Wirrestrew, 5 yrs, 6st 71b ; Hambleton ' 3 yrs, est 71h ; Portrait, 3 y rs , e s t 71b ; M as t er Tommy, la 4 yrs, Est 7st ; Wanton, 4 yrs, 6st 71b ; Henri Quatre, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Cambyses, 4 yrs, Est 41b ; Carlotta, 4 lrs, 6st 41b ; Concertina, 3 yrs, 6st3lb ; B us k fill y , 4 yrs, 6 st3 lb ; Zelmyra, 4 yrs, Est 21b ; Sister to Broadwath, 3 yrs, Est 21b ; Pluto, 5 yrs Est 21b; Pelerine, 3 yrs, 6 s t 21b ; H u ll B an k , 3 yrs, Est 111) ; f by Sir Hercules out of Concordia's dam, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ; Carlos, 5 yrs, sst 101 b ; c by Muley Moloch's dam by Actaeon, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ; Beelzebub, 4 yrs, bet 10lb ; Lady Georgina, (h b) 4 yrs, sst 71b ; Monsieur le Sage, 3 yrs, sst 71b ; Jessica, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; Huon, 3 yrs, sst 51b ; Whis perer, 3 yrs, sst 41b; Bugle, 3 yrs, sst 41b; Benedetta, 3 yrs, st ; Brother to Phosphorus, 3 yrs, sst ; La Git ma, 3 yrs, sst; Miss Nowell, 3 yrs, a feather ; Sultana filly, 3 yrs, a feather; Confederate, 4, yrs, and Domino, 5 yrs, paid. PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, AND CORNWALL, 1841. Handicap for the Saltram Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared by Tuesday next ; the winner of the De vonshire Stakes at Exeter this year or of any stake amount ing to 1501. after the publication of this handicap, 5 lbs extra. Wardan, 4 yrs, lOst 71b ; Melody c, 4 yrs, lOst 51b ; Con federate, 4 yrs, lOst Ilb ; Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b; Mona, 4 yrs, 9st 6lb ; Cracksman (h b), 5 yrs, 9st ; Master Tommy (h b), 4 yrs, Bst I Ilb ; Specimen, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Mobarek, 3 yrs, Bst 1 Olb ; Pelerine, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Stork, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Pergamus, 5 vrs, Bst 71b ; Pluto, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Stickler, aged (h b) Bst 131 b ; Passport, 6 yrs, Bst llb ; Au burn, 5 yrs, Bst. Ilb ; Adrian, aged, Bst. ; bl g, by Logic. out of Martha, b yrs, Bst ; Hambleton, 3 yrs, Bst ; Variety, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Sultana filly, 3 yrs, 7st I Ilb ; The Jewess, 4 yrs, Est 71b ; Abracadabra, 4 yrs, Est 21b ; Cerito, 4 yrs, sst 101 b. WORCESTER, 1841. Acceptances for the Worcestershire Stakes :—Modesty, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ; Retriever, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ; Fat Jack, aged, Bst ; Ernest the First, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ; Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, 7st 1111) ; Dunstan, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Hautboy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ; Melodrame, 6 yrs, 7st 61b; Marialva, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Muleiber, 4 yrs, 7st ; Busk filly, 4 yrs, Est 61b ; and bl c by Camel, dam by Peter Lely, 4 yrs, 6st. DANGEROUS STATE OF BATTERSEA BRIDGE.-At a Court of Conservancy held before the Lord Mayor and other City Authorities, at the Town-hall, South wark, on Saturday, after swearing in the Jury for the Conser vancy of the Surrey side of the Thames, the Recorder, after alluding to the antiquity of his office, and its duty in the pre vention of obstructions in [the Thames, bitterly complained of the loss of life, which had in many cases attended steam com munication. But few weeks had elapsed since a serious acci dent had occurred at Battersea-bridge, which was proved, upon an inquiry being instituted before a Coroner's Jury, to have Making the actual difference only originated from the manner in which Battersea-bridge was While the bullion has diminished 198,0001., the circul a ti on U built, the obstructions from the starlings, and the lownes s of th e less by 1,599,00 0 1. ; b ut the decrease in the securities exceeds the arches at high water, preventing a vessel of any size goi ng contraction in the circulation by 127,0001. The Bank is, through any but the centre arch. At Blacktriar's-bridge, al s o, therefor e , i n no respect stronger than in May, 1839, for wh!re , a very considerable nuisance existed, arising from a number of there is a diff erence i n h er favour of some' of the relative barges being moore d so c l ose ly t o the arches as to prevent a free items, it is counteracted by , others ; and the decrease in ' th e passage up and down the river. The Jury subsequently p ro - asset s an d secur i t i es shows that the institution ha s not the same ceeded ceeded up the river in the city barge, to personally view th ese resour ces at comman d to operate on the value of money, o nuisances, so as to enable them to make a presentation at the fight. against an un f avoura bl e state of the foreign exchanges. next Court day on the subject. From th e remar k s o f t h e Re- The rate of interest at both periods was the same, but in June, 1839, the rat e was ra i se d to hi per cent , and on th e I st o f corder, it is expected that Battersea-bridge will be p u ll e d down, and a new one erected in its place. August o f th a t Sear, to 6 per cent. From t t o o WATERLOO DAY.---A grand rev i ew w ill ta k e May, 1839, th e b u lli on h ad diminished from i 9 place in Hyde Park on Friday next, in comm emora ti on o f t h e 5,119,000/., a d ra i n of 4,243,0001., so that we , find the battle of Waterloo. The 11th, or Prince Albert's Hussars, are Bank coffers do not contain much over half the amount that coming up from Hounslow, to assist at the sp ec t ac l e ; an d i t i s they held m on th s a f ter the deficiency of the crop of 1838 was expected to be the most splendid review which has been wit- known, and that the institution stands only in about the same nessed for some years past. ratio to real soun d ness as i t did in May, 1839, when the alaam ingly low s t a t e o f i ts b ullion compelled the Directors to adopt Sunday next, the 20th instant, i s t h e anniver- extraordinary . and stringent measures of safety. versary of the accession of our beloved Queen Victoria, and The principal favourable point of difference we can discern and the following day the anniversary of the proclamation. at present is in the immediate absence of any drain of gold to About eight o clock, last night, a riot of a dis- pay for the people's food, But how long that may last is pro graceful kind took place in the Gallowgate_e city. A , which, for blematical. The exchanges, to be sure, hav e improved :but a time seriously endangered the p eace o f th the change for the better c an no t b e attr ib ute d to anything like a really healthy or invigorated action in our export trade. some soldier having been guilty of disorderly conduct, a police improvemenit there may have been of late, but there are also man took him into custody ; but no sooner was he in 1 1, 83 5.9 9 9,00 an T we et h s a e vo B r a ea n s k notes now in circulation than in May, charge, than a number of his companions, and some reason to think bai that Exchange operations jlabourers, came to the rescue, while the policeman was have been going on by S drawn on the Continent oined by a brother officer, and a substitute. Blows were against heavy shipments of silver, The following are the official returns of the exports of the severely struck by the soldiers ' and labourers, and while the policeman was down, he received a severe wound be- precious metals, from the port of Lond on , f or t h e wee k en di n low the -eye from a kick, an d th e su b st i tute was i n j ure d the 10th i ns t. 1— g to the effusion of Isis blood. Th a t w hi c h ma kes the mat- Silver Coin to Rotte r d am Ounces.B3,ooo ter worse is, that the soldiers were headed by a Sergeant, to Hamburgh... Silver l _ Bars t t : l i i i :t 4 tigsrd K a e m ng 21,500 and they eventually succeeded in deforcing the officers 44,431 and liberating the prisoner. All, or the greater part of . Money therefore_ take leave to say that the derangement of the the men who acted the principal part in this affray, of money e xp erienced and the consequent embarrassment and want belong, .1,-e believe, to the • , 9th Regiment, now in the irelayxaeanerieneed since the year 1838, and continued with Infantry Barracks, and we learn that they were subse- little old up f to the present time, was produced by the ex sequently confined in the guard-house, from which they traction of am the Bank to pay for food for the people , will likely be taken this morning to the Police-court,— and that if gold similar drain were now to ensue, the Bank has not Glasgow Herald, the mean s to sustain itself against' the e p n re' u ss e u're. Its own re- It is only necessary to grow old to become afore tOurces are crippled most severely, and the aid which the indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not coin- Directors received from the Bank of France in 1839 can, misted myself.— Goethe. not be looks for in future. Besides all which, the trade of the country is falling off. Bankruptcies of the Reinforcements for India will commence leaving most ro alarming character have taken place of late in Wican, Chatham duling the present month. Tbe total nurnbei• of will be and Glasgow 1 a large additional number of hands troops to be embarked for the three Prelidoncics will average ,e, mown PA of employmc n t in eonsequence. More mills about sop. Detachments io abont' the same • extent also pro- i will 4 closed, and many additio na l f am il ie s made de s ti tute ?OW 0140 tn . China t in addition,,_ 41n4cd Scrvice Gaze((, cill ivie;ple4s, It has been proved, too, by the failure of the EVENING EDITION an E t i o x n e a i, l e e t r ha ee t n t t i ag ie m e p ea l a n c s e e d f o e n ei t l s h u e m a p s t i re , i s i e a d . 1 1 a , x p r in s , foi: C ts us ? r to i people are e xh aus t e d, w hil e th e rev( nue i s 2,8(41,010/. fore,the ninateiorgnainlgextipieendyirtouprerieteWre active measures of assistance to carry out the ph:ns of Soar ee ' u l t , reform and relief proposed in the budget. We can s the other practical source by which trade may be revived, and e Bank relieved from the certainty of being obliged 1 s" ut shop at the first unfavourable harvest. e of ar ti e w s ß ur a e r l , y k o w f ar E r e a g n i t e ed 4 t t i y ie , ; e Fa i which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1 0 1". P e . he e e- TlMES.—'rhe premium on gold at Paris is 1 9 per for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 37, " change at Paris on London at short being 25. 371 , that gold is 0.02 per cent. dearer in London than in Pari s.oper By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is n . ne e mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 175.19 ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. ito it exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being' 13. than i a follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London Hamburgh. and, t per cent., and the ar e of hangs between Ere The course of exchange at,,New York on Lond4oinantiitisiealen°6ld, America being 109 23-40 per cent. it follows tied „eoted change is 1.58 per cent. against England. But the (1° the exchange at New York being for hills at 60 days' sigh t+ must be deducted from the above difference. , eo ke It appears by the file of New York papers that the e! . to of Pennsylvania have been in a most undecided staff , . r,,f whether they should accept the provisions of the Bill." The only institutions that have issued the soileean'i authorized by the Act are s aid t o b e th e Ha e riAsurg 13e3,1' tbo the Exchange Bank of Getty s b urg . Th e Mechani Faarners' and Mech a ni c s ', and the " United States" 11301), would, it was expected, accept the provis:ons. The hie, of Pennsylvania had resolved to accede, while the Philedke P io the Commercial, the North American, the Southwark, es the Western, had decidedly rejected it. In New pectation of the results of the " Relief Bill" is that I _, to cause such ar, increase of circulation in Pennsylvania bring about an irretrievable depreciation of the cumuli 0 creation of State stock, which is the basis of the Ml:ether given rise to a discussion of the well-known question, _ „ roe such issues are bills of credit, and as such contrary to the visions of the Constitution. The mass of Southern vi ola seems to be considered insolvent, their funds heiPg in 10 hands of persons who, have used them in speculation...a.. York tn i e , Maryland there has been much sensation on account of a ' toy bery of a bank in Frederick County to the extent ? , t . 186,000 dollars, all made away with by "false entries. ea . The opinions in the State of New York respecting a_",„„ tional bank are divided. In the State House of Repres;; lives the majority is opposed to it ; in the Chamber of Co merce a vote has been taken, when 24 appeared again st ' id to 36 in favour of it, while the mass of the people are sa Tho regard the notion of such an institution with dislike. 0 general banking law is regarded as a complete failure , 1111 of 79 banks w hi c h starte d under it, and issued notes scar' . to the Controller's Report, only 53 appear to remain i s credit, and the b us i ness an d profit of these is said to be lee e pt ceedingly small. Alt oget h er the people of New York tici. to be in a mos t unsett l e d state, and to be feverishly an the pating the a c ti on o f Congress. Some lock forward to National Bank as a sanatory measure, others to the bandri! law, a third party to the distribution of public lairds, as State to increase State cr e dit, an d t h us i mprove the va l u e of 0 fie stocks and the assets of the Banks. From calculations in:e, of late it se e ms, h owever, b ut too probable that all 11 e _4l o founded on the di str ib ut i on are likely to be disappointed , if the measure is carried. The accounts from Texas furnish statements or th e re l .. - nue of that young re p u bli c f or t h e l ast four sears, an d ace:ries ing to these the i mport d ut i es were i n 1837, $119,211, b 96 3, 1838, $235,005 ; in 1840 they had decreased to $ 151 1,,• The land dues had p rogress i ve l y i ncreased to $118,33 1, we ;icei was the amount f o r 18W. Th e licenses hat i n crease. „ brought to the r evenue $16 5,465, and the d i rec t las es ' $326,370. The imports reached the highest point in V a g) being calculated th a t y ear to produce $1,662,287. lu 'ice there was a cons id era bl e f a lli ng off, the imports The year not being valued at more than $083,883. " 3 7, value of exports from the 30th of September, an to the 30th of December, 1839, was X 575,753; rr from the Ist of January, to the 30th of Septembe 1840, $2lB, 134. To these accounts may be appended otbf et . which state th a t th e di spos i t i on of the new loan was a mat te r of great d e b ate . It appears that Congress, at its last ses"id resolved, that should it meet with success none of it a sllote be touched except $15,0, 0 f or foreign missions, m? t for each of the Judges. This was to abolish the elision) the hid been established of appropriating the funds in the Trer sury without sp ec i a l aut h or i ty. Strong opposition ism , against the appropri a ti on o f any of the funds to the paY"„,ael!e of the bonds and Treasury notes, on the ground that to are mostly 1:eld by specu l ators, a great number of whore reached Texas , linultanentisly with the news of the cen t " - - and spread theffiselves over the country buying them up. ~„j POST.—There was b ut a poor attendance et dealers, ..eet very little doing a t th e S toc k Exchange, notwithstanclirag "'- it was settling day in the Foreign Market. A contract ha , , we understand, been concluded with di p Green, the ship owner, f or tonnage for the conve y s:ne e of I,r troops whic!c Government are about to send direct to Oil Three vessels ha ve b een ta k en up for this service, at a sh a y ' s to the p b.e u_ su b s l ic IT er o eses f 7a l ta s r9 , l o seh O tte o of / ei . j7e iu.eeaCbg a ne p d u d b Tt l i hh c er e securities ie,_harnedeae. rilw Cents.an firm,s ifp er t lA o imnB B ni S tUue ; lNl . ti Consols were marked 89 to 89* e p x.-div. ;:n s a a r e - t ; any ion h tmy e v q,ebuawerrhgißac extent,l Bills in or, were of mßm Bank beingan agkg magnitude, t i n u Stock sdoe a .t littlesa The h r d e e t e d o a u pl reduced s ci d n . e the value .s vde premium.a na ! o sy, f that saris- Money, and 169 for the Account. The settlement in the Foreign Market seemed to be again st tl.e Bulls, who, however, if they never have more serious'_ losses to make good than at present, will neither make nor lose fertunes. The Active Spanish Bonds were at 2oi 3 for 10 r1 ; ,,,,, ' diate delivery, and at 22i to for the Account. - The Pas s- ps , Bonds were at 5 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. wer e 33A; Mexican, at 27i ; Brazilian, at 68 to 67.1 being a j .,'" Cher decline ; Dutch Two-and-a 11 I .)1 • 4 - a f per Lents. 5- e Russian at 113* to 1. The market for the Railway shares was inanimate t°4411. but the previou • NewGreesa shares h N a V r e e s s t e n e , r e 35) anti s Ld c o o Nn u , l oor t 5 s quotations wer.e supported. Prighton were to 54 ; Blackwell, 9 ; Cleo)don,l- ; and Che/ten'earn s°- n. t h a Birmingham Birmingham, Thirds,anan was s i f loe;luc premium6tse ee3ocslatteule.jir d d I W ,rov t i e n r c n iia Te ß n a th nk s, ( I f l lreland Shares were 174 preinium. f bele The following are the official returns of the ex p o rts o lion for the week ending Thursday last : Silver c0i.71 to Rotterdam oran.g. 72:000 ~ ill 83,000 ounces cc Hamburgh 21,500 ~ Bars to Rotterd H a 4 44 431 ~ The Foreign Exchanges were firm this afternoon, rst i "i.i some instances higher. Bills on Paris were taken at ‘,. - ;5 d d to 621 ;on liamburgh, at 13 10/ to on Amsterdain'd 12 4i to ; on Antwerp, 12 3i to ; on Frankfort, 150 ; on Trieste, 958 to 52. At Hamburgh last Friday the fly change on London was 13 s*. The commercial classes in the City seem in better spirits to day ; the letters from America bringing over a few order s f°' goods, an d accounts of more cheering prospects fcr the futur e. We hope they may In realised. a g LARGE FAILURE IN WIGAN.— 'fl There bee:i a stoppage here of the Sovereign Mills, carried on si n ': the failure of Mr. Thomas Darwell by :Messrs. John fieni and Co. A m ee ti ng o f creditors is called, and p r oposals be made to res ume wor k . Their liabilities are reckonea ur' cards of 100,0001. N umbers of poor people are thus t,r": out of employ men t, and some banks will, it is feared, be Jar' , sufferers. CASTLE -HILL, DEVON._The Earl o f ire tescue continue s i n rat h er better health, although the ve jer° able Earl is far from recovered from his recent attack. a i The Ma rqu i s o f Westminster, with his 0 913 . liberality, h as or d ered Eaton Hall, his princelysest in cbeshlpr,e:, to be thro wn open for public inspection throughout the, stnef„.. SILVER TEA SERVICES.—A. B. SAV° lb O and SONS, M anufacturing Silversmiths, No. 'l4, C °111 , 7- t i b; London, opp os it e t h e B ank of England, submit tl, e prices o' oe following SILVER TEA and COFFEE SEP, V ICES. 0011 Cottage P a tt ern i s p l ain, standing on shen f ee t, the tea. d , coffee-pots with a fl ower ornament on th,. lids. The King Pattern is richly embossed with flowers tuo , :i scrolls. Th e of either is new and elegant COTTAGE PATTERN. I XlN6's PATTERN" Strong Silver p0t.....12 IStrong Silver Teap0t....... I°o Ditto Sugar B as i n 616 Ditto Sugar HaSin 6 1 Ditto Milk Ewe r , 4 10 Ditto CrearnEwe% 1 y Ditto Coffee-pr.at. 15 0 Ditto Coifee.pot• • ..£4O Complete ......... £3B 6 Complete • W i t A variety of ►lipwards of fifty Tea and Coffer Services t be seen in th e Show-rooms, where m ay b e se l ecte d eve ry al i e b) of Silver re•quisite for the sid e b oar d or plate -chest. PainP of pricey, illustrated with sketches of the various articles. S T ► O, and f'Orwarded postage free to any part of the kingdom—A" o f B' pg' Ss.vory and S ons, 1 4, Cornhill, London, opposite the England. • 1 SAT S UPERIOR LONDON TABLE KM with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen • Dessert KnweA, ID;; Carvers, ss. 6d. per pa i r ; Table Knives, with *bite b ° handles, Bs. ed.. per e u z en , D essert, 6s. Bd. ; Carve" 55, ' g, per pai r ; Globe-shape T ea - urns, 4 quarts 275. ne w sbaP t e o f 395. ; Papi er M ac ki e T ea-trays, gothic shape, liOs ; th e se full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every " ar ti c l e in furo isll ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-strelat, Oxford-stree t ' Established 18.20. B I RTRS. On the 13th inst., at P u ll C ourt, Worcestershire, Mrs. Dowdeswell, of a sou. On the 15th inst., at H o ll oway, the wife of T. R. KeWP' Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., in Q ueen-square, Mrs. Charles Rivi ° nD too , of a daughter. On the 13th inst., a t Ki nson, Dorset, the lady of II W. 11. •Jones, EN., of a sod. On the l3th inst., the Hon. Mrs. Boyle, of a son. On the 12th inst., the wife of A. Allan, Dentist, of m„,1.0- street, of a daughter. ARRED. f On the 19 t h of May, at M Malta l , Mr. G. C. Oates,• - sins, to Julia, youngest daughter of Alphonso Ma:they, v Asststb.nt Commissary -General. Iris' On the 12 t h i nst., at St. Mark's, T. Mu ark's, Kennington, *l i ter Esq., of Camb erwe ll , Surrey, to Agnes Robina, elder dog" of It Robertson, Esq., of Kelso upon Tweed. ft. On the 14th i nst., at St.. George' s , 13loorwbury. " I r '..t Stedall, of Nelson-street Greenwich, to Louisa, )(woo daughter of Mr. Valentine Sentance, of Clare-street. Lon bur On the 15th i ns t., at Trinity Church, Marylebone , 2tr . to Foulkes, E sq ., o f the Lodge, in the I s l an d of .faloaf - a ' co o Louisa L oc k e, e ld est d aughter of the Venerable t'.,e Archue Glenie. On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hapt,ver-square , J t e 0 9 f Duncan Mullen s , L sq ., o f Pi ccadilly, to Louisa Maria, re l ic the late W. Turner, Esq., of Calcutta, DIE On the 28th of April last, T hi l y,E J a hn Wainwright, Esq., of Silver Keights, Lower Canada. 4 „f LW' On the Sth inst., at Sutton Goldfield, Elizabeth, relic' '.i i .k.- IV:Loy late R. Vaughton, Esq., 'late of Ashfurlong On the I`2,th inst.,House, shire, aged 87. Re On the 11th ir.st., in Barton-lace near Exeter, the to ol- A. F. Nlerivalz,, eldest (laughter of Aiill, Herts, aged 53. Mar/ 0/1 t Mo. ojoht assistan t n h'e Nathaniel imaster siuinfre c - ,f E l l s u :. , bY : SI:e° Chat ter h h qoul3etiinesdt 21. ay, Durham-place, Lambeth, Gray, am' 7 6. ' f „ „jet( On the 13th inst. at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Mary 11`1, the only daughter of the late Rev. J. Cuerey, preacher e Thon l29 ' On the 13th rust., at Apothecaries' Hall, I{lr. J. othe n'anY years principal accountant to the Society 0 1. ' 4 ' ea: ies, aged 61. d 30. On the 14th i nst., at Br i ghton, Mr. T. Baird, ag,..e ..... „„_ _ of London ; Printed and Published by ItIURDO Y ° ` i g i ,d, t Strand, at The Sun Office, No. /1-2. ,„. the county of Middlesex.—Wednes - day, June IS'" SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—We point with pride and exultation to the proceedings at the L on d on T avern, o f w hi c h an amp l e report will be found in our columns of this day. Who that witnessed these proceedings can for one moment hesitate to be lieve that monopoly has received its death blow ? The joyous enthusiasm with which the entry of Lord John Russell into the City was hailed by all ranks and classes of its inhabitants, the ardour with which they thronged to the meeting to take part in the business of the day, afforded a noble justification of the confidence reposed in the people by Ministers. The hearts of the monopolists must have sunk within them at the unequivo cal manifestation of opinion which the proceedings of yesterday exhibited. But will the triumph of yesterday be confined to London ? No. The blow struck at monopoly in the heart of the empire will be felt in the remotest corners of it. It is im possible to over-estimate the importance of the proceedings of yesterday. The discussion expected in the House of Commons last night from Mr. Scholefield's motion,, that the " extreme suffering of the industrious classes from want of employment, low wages, and high price of provisions, renders it the imperative duty of Parliament to devise means for the alleviation of the great misery which now pervades all the manufactu r i ng districts of the country ;" and the amendment of Mr. Hindley, " And that it is the opinion of this House that the present system of taxation and the Corn-laws, are peculiarly unjust to the middle and lower classes of the community," was cut short by the counting out of the House at eight o'clock. It may not be amiss that the country should know something of the motives which led to this step. Our readers must not sup pose, from there having been only twenty-four Mem bers present swhen the House was counted out, that there was any want of Members in town. The fact is, that the Tories deliberately left the House in a body after hearing the speeches of Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Labouchere, and feeling the imbecility of the one and the force of th e other. Both Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham listened to the speeches of Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Hindley, and also to the speech of Sir Francis Burdett ; but when they found that he invited discussion, having asked Members opposite to state their views on the subject, and that he gave up the whole agyi • cultural ease by denying that the landowners wanted protec tion, or that they had any, they immediately left the House ; and Sir Robert Peel, at the head of a whole row of county Members, gave the sign for co un ti ng ou t, w hi c h Si r Stratford Canning obeyed. A more shameless admis sion that the Opposition dared not discuss the matter it is impossible to conceive. It seemed as if they wished to give additional confirmation to the truth of what was advanced by Lord John Russell at the City yesterday forenoon, namely, that the Opposition shrunk from all discussion on the subject. No rational person can now doubt that the object of the want of confidence motion was to prevent all discussion on the Corn laws. They ate afraid, in fact, to meet their opponents, con scious of the badness of their cause. A mere skulking course than that pursued by the Tories was never exhibited to an in• dignant nation. What a party to have the assurance to lay claim to the Government of this country, without having the manliness to meet their political opponents en the very ques tion at issue between them! Matters are come to a strange pass, indeed, if conduct like this find s f avour i n t h e eyes o f the people of England. POST.—We stated yesterday that the matter upon which Lord John Russell appears to rely in his written Address to the electors of London, is nothing worth. As this 'question in volves the higher question of the policy of the Government, upon which an appeal is to be made to the country at large, the discussion of it is worth more attention than if it related merely to the beaten Minister's pretensions to the representa tion of London. The Ministerial Journals assert, with their accustomed effrontery, that the effect of the Government po licy would be to replenish the Exchequer, while it would greatly relieve the people, and promote profitable industry to an astonishing degree. Lord John Russell, with rather more modesty, contents himself with saying that her Majesty's Mi nisters wished to lighten that kind of taxation which, while it yields nothing to the Exchequer, presses heavily upon the people. Now this is a very reasonable wish ; but the thing which her Majesty's Ministers have done bears no obvious relation to any such wish, or plan, or policy. In the first place it is to be proved that there is any such " kind of taxation" as that to which the Noble Lord refers. We know that plenty of violent, and by no means very profound, persons, will be ready to exclaim, that all " protecting duties" constitute that " kind of taxation." But exclamation and as sertion are very different things from argument. If Lord John Russell can prove that protecting duties coestitute a burden upon the people like taxation, he will prove a very important thing ; but he has no right to take it for granted without prov ing it. This is the point of which we complain. If this " kind of taxation," as he calls it, be no taxation at all, then his address, however plausible in words, is mere nonsense, be cause it rests upon an ignorant delusion. Now there are men in England quite as wise and as well-informed as Lord J. Russell, and rather more unbiassed by strong self-interest upon this question, who hold that the imposts to which the beaten Minister alludes are not in themselves taxes, but, on the con trary, enable the country to bear taxes which otherwise it could not bear. HERALD.—We must take leave to express in limine, our strongest protest against the step which Lord John Russell has adopted in offering himself to represent the City of London. His Lordship is still a Minister of the Crown ; occupying, probably, among all its Ministers, the second rank in the per• sonal confidence of the Sovereign, and in virtue of his leading their party in the House of Commons, filling, perhaps, the first station in that Administration in point of political import ance, and of public consideration. In this three-fold capacity of a principal Minister of the Crown,--of a confidential servant and adviser of the Crown,—and of the organ of communication, as it were, between the Crown and the people in virtue of his position in the House, of Commons,—can Lord John Russell hope to discharge the duties of a representative of the City of London ? Can he at once discharge his Ministerial duties to the Crown, and his representative duties to his consti tuency ? Can he, even with all the advantages of the " ab solute wisdom " attaching to the " council of three " with which he hopes to be associated, by the coincident return of Mr. Crawfurd, Sir M. Wood, and Mr. Pattison with him can he equally acquit himself of his duties as a Se cretary for the Colonies and a Member for the great empo rium of their produce—as a Minister sworn to uphold, main taro, and vindicate the privileges of the Monarch, and as the delegate of a constituency at all times to the last degree jea lous of and opposed to every distinct assertion of them ? Is there nothing indelicate in the leader of the Government in the Commons, and in that position almost as much as a Chan cellor of the Exchequer controlling the issues of the public purse, being Member for London, which is, of necessity, con stantly appealing to the Legislature for advances from the national funds to enable her to carry out public works and improvements of a character more or less doubt ful or disinterested, accordieg to circumstances,—now anticipating its coal duty for the completion of a magnificent street, or mortgaging its " orphan dues" to aid the erection of a stupendous bridge ; but not omitting, occasionally, to make sales of corporation lands or rents under circumstances not absolutely free from the suspicion of jobbing, and to par ties not always capable of showing what " reasonable consi deration" they have paid for their bargains ? Is it very con stitutional for one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State, sup posing him to be elected for the City, to represent indirectly but often—and especially by his votes on local and private Bills —very palpably and partially, the district interests (—and if not absolutely to " represent," we may say "to in fluence"—) of the ancient borough of Southwark, and the modern, or Russellised, or metropolitan " Boroughnets" of Finsbury and Lambeth ; of Marylebone and the Tora. Hamlets ? ADVERTISER.—London gave yesterday a most glorious note of preparation at the truly great meeting held for the pur pose of securing the election of Lord John Russell, and the other Liberal candidates for its representation. The demon stration was in every respect worthy of the occasion. Never did the wealth, rank, influence, and talent of the metropolis exhibit themselves in more imposing and effective combination ; and supported as this combination was by the numbers who thronged every approach to the London Tavern, the place of meeting, and, urged only by the enthusiasm which pervaded all parties—from the wealthiest merchant on the platform to the poorest operative, who watched the proceedings with an anxiety, commensurate with his stake in the result, there can be no doubt that London will do its duty, and secure the triumph of those principles of unrestricted com merce, without which the fall of Britain's prosperity and great ness will be as certain and as rapid as has been their rise. Five thousand signatures having been attached to the requisition soliciting Lord John Russell to become a candidate for the representation of'the greatest commercial city in the world, the meeting of yesterday was naturally expected to exhibit features of more than ordinary interest. But the result alto gether surpassed anticipation, and may, so far, be regarded as a death-blow to the hopes of the monopolists. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CHRONICLE.—To illustrate the truth of our doctrine that the country is not at present in a satiation of sufficient financial strength to enable it to grapple with another drain of gold, similar to that which followed the bad harvest of 1838, we refer to the state of the currency and bullion in the Bank, in May, 1839, when the first operations were made by the Bank to stop the export of bullion, and at 25th of May, 1841, when the last Gazette averages were published: ay 2, 1839. 25, . Notes in Circulation —. M 18,21 8 May 4,000 16,618,0001841. Difference 1,599,000 Deposits 7,814,000 7,242,000 572,000 Total Liabilities 26,028,000 23,857,000 2,171,000 Securities 23,548,000 21,817,000 1,726,000 Bullion ... 5,119,000 4,921,000 198,000 Total Assets 28,662,000 26,738,000 1,924,000 Now, taking the gross results of these comparisons : There is a decrease in the liabilities of £2,171,000 But also a decrease in the Assets of 1,924,000 _4..