The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

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APRIL 12, " 1 be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. 3,ZSir Harcourt Courtly, Bart. Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark i.r, Mr. B ar tl ey ; 11r. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. 11 " ne ws ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, p e tee Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. A t ,. Mrs. Humbv. 're sthich will be preduced, a Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 4 . 11 1 11 n. cipal Characters by Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Harley, Mr. t itt a Land, Mr. Gilbert and Miss Ballin, Miss Fairbrother, ' T 'lnd Miss Marshal!, Miss Rainforth, Miss Grant, Miss U a•od M a d ame V estr i s . v. 0 „:""rs to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to ipenre at Se - zen o'Clock. Tess Box es 7 s . ; S econ d Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ; Second Price, as. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price Ti Gallery Is. 4the Box-o ffi cpe, from Ten till Four, e where Season Tickets be had upon application. 67 N rivate 80xe.,6 to be had solely of Mr, Andiews, bookseller, ew Bond -street. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. ••• b 5 *minutes after I I Evening 13 minutes after 2. ; • nu, M . , . 3:IG ..e.V • r ~• 4 ~ ' ,§nn. LONDON: TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1841. f o e Revenue Tables for the quarter will 'be < l d in another place. We regret to say that viS' Present on the whole a considerable fallin g qu aff The deficiency on the Customs for the te r , `l', as compared to the correspondinr; guar atir;jflast year, is 54,1151. ; of the Excise, 44 , 5261 .; tv*,,;_q the Post-office, 27,0001.; making in all, 41 the Mi sce ll aneous an d C rown L an d s reve 4a~es,a total falling off on these articles of 33,141/. on the quarter. In the Stamps there is an increase of 19,2161., a nd in Taxes of 42,9871., and, deducting these .011 1 the decrease, the deficiency on the quarter ; 70,574/. / a.e decrease in the year as compared to last e ' ,l ' is 309,2801., which, cusidering the increase 110, eh was last year ' , Jade in the Duties and z t s les, and considering the great increase which til as taken place in our expenditure, is by no i e ans a pleasi ng c i rcumstance . Th e f a lli ng o ff tthe Customs and Excise denotes, we are afraid, 11. 7 the prosp er ity o f t h e country h as reac h e d it se tile ) unless som e change of system can give it evr life, that falling off points out one reason why reduction of the postage duties has not fully it4swered the most sanguine expectations. Since W as carried into effect, the trade of the country ling not ad va n ce d ; th ere h as b een com p ara ti ve ly i rt t le stir or e n t e rp r i se i n th e l an d, an d th a t 4 . ease of correspondence has not taken place t L eh Would have accrue d h a d th e p ros p er ity of hee nontty gone forward with its former velocity Th e e - Ipenditure last year exceeded the reve e lye know also that it will be considerably ve e l'::ess this yet's; and it is the duty of the Go ttlihArnent and tiae Parliament to meet this diffi -tY at once, rnd provide for the equalization of F. revenue 'And the expenditure. of 4il the House of Lords last night the Marquis ai o :faEADALBANE, as the organ of the Non-iiitru ttinsts, presented 112 petitions for the abolition 4 a ypatronage, the prayer of which the Noble titi l trquis supported. He described Non-intrusion the fundamental principle of the Scotch t i ; ; ltl reh, and quoted authorities to show that in ` ti tual matters she was all powerful. of Th e , Earl of CHARLEVILLE moved for a copy 4, 1 , ti1 e criminal calendar of King's County for the assizes, 1841, and affirmed that crime had Jleh increased of late years in that county. He i kt omitted that the Executive had exerted itself l,assist the Magistrat es , b u t he complained of aProper persons finding their way on Juries, t icularly in the case of COGLAN and DOHERTY, 1 1 14 ° Were tried for attempting to murder Mr. h - nuLpH. t.,"• he Marquis of NORMANDY resisted the motion, ~t )! ,l l. se it was prejudging the matter. He denied there had been, as stated, the master of a ': ',t s lb and Lodge on the Jury, in the case referred Ile assured their Lordships that crimes of a 14 . 1 1 5 nS nature had diminished, and that the tran of the country was increased. I , l !ity Earl of GLENGALL complained of the diffi . th "Y of procuring witnesses, and recommended 4t at th e C rown S o li c i tor s h ou ld b e sen t t o th e •t o si ze Circuit a short time before the Assizes, JPrevent improper persons being placed on the ttri es. lj i le Earl of CHARLEVILLE replied, vindicated a,`".., s elf from a charge of being a firebrand, and ( ndrew hi s mot i on . Th e i r L or d s hi ps th en ad ed. j n tl oti the Commons, Sir W. MOLESWORTH gave i tito c e of a motion for a Committee to inquire L o w ages, after the holidays. .k ot I 'd J. RUSSELL, in reply to Lord TElGN .V.jaulli) stated that the Crown had appointed tro r . ,ehwardens in Marylebone, and intended to si 4sti ' ., ll e a Bill for the regulatio n of the eccle „ tki t at affairs of the parish. Means should be he s a id, to i n d emn if y th e Ch urc h war d ens. :"?' " _ le Silk Factories' Bill was put off till April 1 , lva the Administration of Justice Bill, No. nil April Nptil t the mo - ti u o . n for the House to go into a Corn ee Pro forma on the Poor-law Amendment r. Nvo rki , .% A X LEY ma d e severa l o b serv ations on Ilette;° in dietaries, which he described as much th 4ll n the metropolis and its neighbourhood iti the country. The further proceedings the Bill were postponed till May 3. Committee on the trade of the British • r's, -Air. I IBOUCHERE moved his reduced ri . . i :,_ . „ w.tia .rjr " —",t, Ult .I,t/U0 strangles, 7s. _• 1, • on 1,000 oak staves, &c. The Right Hon. Gen tleman having before explained his object at great length, did little more than move the new resolutions. Mr. GOULBURN had no doubt the proposed scale would be beneficial to the Colonies, but it must be looked at in relation to the whole trading community. As far as that would :.ifect them, the House had not sufficient in c -ormation to pro ceed with the measure. He particularly objected to legislating on the subject while Canada was without a House 0 . 1 ; Assembly. Mr. LABOU',IRERE briefly defended his reso lutions. Mr. COLQUHOUN approved of them, but thought that they did not go far enough. Mr. HUME was gratified by them, and by the speeches of Hon. and Right Hon. Members; but he wished all the duties to be reduced and regu lated on the single principle of collecting the revenue. He defended the Import Duties Com mittee from the observations of Lord Asn- BURTON. Mr. HERRIES was for delay till the Canada Parliament had assembled. Lord J. RUSSELL eulogised the liberal policy of Mr. HUSKISSON and Mr. PITT, and spoke strongly against that vicious system which seeks the advantage of the few at the expense of the many. Mr. VILLIERS expressed his satisfaction at the resolutions, and justified the proceedings of the Import Duties Committee. On this subject a brief contention took place between Mr. BINGHAM BARING, who was more unmannerly than discreet, and Mr. VILLIERS, which ended in much calling to order and mu tual explanation. A good deal of conversation took place on the Import Duties Committee, and on what had been said elsewhere. Though the CHAIRMAN stated that it was irrelevant, the subject interested the Members more than the Colonial Duties, and they followed the bent of their inclinations. The resolutions were agreed to. Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that they were to come into operation on the Ist of January, 1842. The Criminal Justice in Boroughs Bill, re lating to Manchester, Bolton, and Birmingham, was put into Committee after some opposition and a division, but was not passed through the Committee. At One o'Clock the House adjourned. According to the Oxford Chronicle, the Pusey ite controversy rages furiously in that city. That journal contains several letters on the subject, and it enumerates no fewer than four pamphlets, which have appeared since its last publication. Such clever, oily, and slippery priests as the Pusey ites, who are the very perfection of priestcraft, and whose great object it is to effect an alteration in the Church without going through the horrors of an ejectment, they having no inclination whatever for poverty or martyrdom, are not long to be silenced by a Bishop's frown, however obsequiously they may bow and bend before him. If the " Tracts for the Times" are to be discontinued, to avoid scandal, the opinions of the Tractarians will be sent forth by some other means, and as long as the public will attend to the controversy, there will be no want of mate rials to keep it alive. In fact, a regular schism is growing up in the Church, and neither side will want advocates. Dr. HOOK, the Vicar of Leeds, a great Puseyite, has written a letter to the Bishop of RIPON, in which he points out that the Low-Church party have been the agsailants in the case of the Pu seyites, and k e advocates the formation of a High-Chur-,1 party of priests, to resist the Low- Church, party of priests. The Morning Post takes up the cudgels for Dr. HOOK and his party, and while it extols the High-Church priests as possessed of the virtues of angels, it accuses the Low-Church priests as animated by envy, bit terness, hatred, and malignity. The Standard is ranged with the Low-Church priests. " They have sent forth," says the Post, " the ar rows of bitter words; lying and slander ing they have sent forth plenteously." There is no reason why the High-Church priests should bear contumely with patience. They are all extremely righteous and holy-, and such men never yet lay down peaceably to be trodden on. Duty, not to themselves, but to the great cause they defend, forbids it. In the presence of a Whig Bishop, as they hope ere long to exercise episco pal authority, they may appear meek and hum ble but why should great writers, profound theo logians, and eloquent preachers like them, each of whom feels and knows that he is far wiser and better than the Bishop he submits to, allow his great light to be hidden under an Episcopalian bushel ? They are said to have taken away the congregations from the Low-Church priests, and to have destroyed all the profits of au thorship by which many Low-Church priests were enriched before the commencement of Puseyism. Many of them feel and know that it is only necessary for the Tories to be in office, with that promising young man Mr. GLADSTONE as Under Secretary of State, to have mitres showered on them, if they will accept them, as fast as they become vacant. Standing so prodi giously high, at least in their own estimation and the estimation of their fhllowers, it is not at all likely that the High-Church priests will suc cumb and acknowledge the superiority of their Low-Church assailants. They are supported, too, it appears, by some high functionaries. It was some time ago stated that the Puseyites were in possession of docu ments which would prevent the Bishops from at tacking them. The Oxford Chronicle states : While the press is thus active, and increasing interest ex cited through the country, nothing is yet done authoratively— no official movement has yet been made to counteract the acknowledged evil, or to assert the Protestantism of the Church and University. The very extent of the mischief seems to prevent the application of a remedy ; and we have reason to believe that " Most Reverend," and " Right Reve rend," and " Very Reverend" persons are labouring privately to " hush up" and smother the matter; we have before stated facts which led us to express the opinion that this would be the course taken ; the Archbishop of Canterbury's Chaplain having originated the Tracts, and his present Chaplain and Librarian being their defenders, the inference is o b v ious : beside this, we are bold to say that the Archbishop, having been misled by members of the Tractite party several years since, became instrumental to their purposes, and the means of nursing them into strength and audacity : it is now very well known that this party, then working in secret, wickedly as sailed Dr. Hampden because he was not of them ; that by their machinations many were induced inadvertently to join in the unfounded, and. in part, mere wanton clamour against that eminent Divine, and, that when this great injustice and injury was done to Dr. Hampden, and his moral influence sought to be lessened by calumny, the Archbishop, acted upon by the secret junta, even denied him the poor justice (.f a hearing andexamination. We are far from intending to say that the Archbishop wittingly entered into the schemes of the Trac tites : the position held here by Dr. Pusey, Mr. Newman, and others, of itself gave both power and opportunity to carry out any design with advantage, and to this is to he traced their in fluence upon members of the Episcopal Bench, and the ramifi cations by which their opinions have been promulged through the press and from the pulpit. What, then, if the Spiritual Head of the Church should be a Puseyite ? It seems very natural that he and the rest of the Prelates having a strong conviction--growing from the delight which the large revenues of the Church affbrd diem—that the Church is essential to the welfare of mankind, and witnessing its declining in fluence, should readily lend an ear to any set of priests who propounded a means of re-establish ing it in public favour, while its revenues and its power should be increased. It is very likely, therefore, that the Most Reverend Pre late, and several other Prelates, have secretly cherished and favoured the High- Church priests, and have encouraged them in their exertions to gain for the Church of Eng land all the power that ever was possessed over the hearts, minds, and consciences of men, by the Church of Rome. They will not bear, if such have been the case, now to be slighted and now to be disparaged. They accuse, therefore, the Low-Church priests of being guilty of all mariner of theological vices, and they will continue to at tack them with all the vigour and rancour for which theological controversialists have always been famous. The public seem to us to be more deeply inte rested in the inferences from this controversy than in the controversy itself. One of them is, that as there are Low-Church and High-Church priests and parties, there must be a Low-Church truth and a High-Church truth, a High-Church creed and a Low-Church creed, otherwise there would be no dispute between the parsons. In ad- are also Low-Uliurchism and Itigii-ctiuransul, TIIS_StJN, LOND9N, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1841 as distinct sects of Christians. When the isms are I so numerous, and such large rewards are thrown into the lap of the most fay;Aired ism, we cannot be surprised that the; pric . ts or tad , ishtulit nestly wi 1 to Secure the their own ism by enforcing it on all men as a duty to em brace it, wittiOnt examination. Hence their bit ter and slanderous attacks, according to the rd . st, on each other, and hence their fibiTe resentment against all who question their fight to dictate the creed of mankind. Hence, too, their jealousy of power, and their determination, as in the case of Church-rates, to keep hold of everything they can grasp. share in the administration of the Government. We regret that tsPAßttitdShotild have tome to Mich re tiltitidiit dditbi lAA&a dovern likiit Could be 'formed without him having a chance of permanency.. At the same time the Cortes cannot be expeeted tt3 Vlabe the whole potv'ef dF tile State in the hands of one person without serious misgivings as to the use he may makc ofit. ESPARTERO is at present at the head of the army, the chief command of which it is thought dangerous to entrust • with a sole Re gent. Spain has a right to guarantee that her Constitution shall not be subverted, and ndgood citizen can refuse them without exposing his patriotism to the most sinister suspicions. No good and loyal citizen will aspire, to an office which makes it a merit in him not to overthrow the institutions of his country. If such an office exist, his first duty will be to so modify it that even a bad man may hold it without having the nation at his mercy. When the painful conviction of so many errors in religion is forced on the mind, it cannot avoid remembering that in those branches of know ledge in which inquiry is perfectly free, such as geometry and natural history, there is no high truth and no low truth as opposed to each other—no Romish truth and no Presbyterian truth, but only one truth, which was the same in Greece, two thousand years ago, in the time of EUCLID and ARCHIMEDES, as in London at this day; and is the same now in Lon don, when propounded by Mr. FARADAY, as in Stockholm, when explained by BERZELIUS, and at New York, when it appears in the pages of Silliman's Journal. Mankind require to be satisfied how it is that there is only one truth in science, which men discover by successive ob servations, while there are so many contradic tory truths in religion, which has been revealed in order that all doubt and error and con troversy might be at an end. The gentlemen at Oxford and elsewhere, who now wish, it is said, to hush up this controversy, will find the beginning of their strife is as the letting out of the waters. As was announced in the telegraphic despatch from Madrid, published in The Sun of Saturday, the Cortes were duly constituted on the :28th, under the Presidency of Senor ARGUELLES. There were several failures on the Bourse. The Five per Cents. were down to 26 for cash. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have reached us. The Court and the war faction have triumphed. On Thursday af ternoon the Fortifications' Bill, as adopted by the Deputies, passed the Chamber of Peers. There is no longer a doubt about the embastiling of Paris. Whatever may become of the rest of France, Paris is at last in a fair way of being safe from invasion. There was a time when France only thought of meeting her enemies on the Rhine ; but now the great object of her solici tude is how best to encounter them on the banks of the Seine. Formerly France would have re sented as the deepest insult the supposition of the violation of her remotest extremity; now she only considers how her mighty heart can be shielded from the swords of her enemies. This, at least, is the inference to be drawn from the arguments of the Court organs in favour of the measure. But the real object of the walls is to render the King absolute. They will constitute the tomb of the Revolution of July. When the foundations are dug, the King may triumphantly point at them, with the exclamation, "Behold the grave of what Liberty achieved during the Three Glorious Days !" We insert a useful and important letter on public meetings, and entirely agree with the writer that we cannot forego our right to hold public meetings without endangering the public liberties. Perhaps, however, these words have no longer any charms for an Englishman's ear, and he seems not unwilling to barter liberty for ease. As a matter of calculation, that appears to us a mistake; for no persons are less at ease, and less secure, than those whose lives and for tunes are held at the mercy of others. Our Correspondent suggests a method by which public meetings may be safely held, but they would derive a great additional safety, were the middle classes to feel any interest in holding them. They are numerous enough, and influen t tial enough, to secure the peace of any meeting they may desire to call, if they will only attend ; but the truth is, that the middle classes no longer take much interest in political matters, and de vote their energies to pursuits which they regard as more agreeable. They see that on every public occasion there are too many orators, that too much is said and too little dune, and they will not waste their time to grace the triumph of a few practised speakers. We are afraid that till the whole machinery of public meetings is altered, till they are more local and more confined, each one to some small section of the community, giving a fair chance of distinction to each rival orator, there is but little chance of their being again a commensurate organ for expressing pub lic opinion. PUBLIC MEETINGS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " We must stand by our right to hold public meetings." Stn,,—l most cordially concur with you in the remarks you made upon the subject of public meetings a few days ago. We are advised by some fainthearted Whig journals to discontinue, public meetings until certain men, calling them selves Chartists, shall have learnt to respect the rights of their fellow-countrymen! Now, Sir, I , always prefer standing by my own rights to leav ing them in the keeping of Chartists, Whigs, or any other party. The question is, whether pub lic meetings, upon important subjects, can be held legally, peaceably, and with effect ? I say yes. The machinery exists in every municipal borough, calculated, and expressly designed for, the decorous holding of public meetings ; and I say, moreover, that it is the fault of the Mayor, who is also in all cases a County Magistrate, if such meetings are not protected in the exercise of their English rights of petitioning and making known their grievances. A meeting, called at the request of a body of requisitionists, by the Mayor or other constituted authority of a borough or town, is presided over as a matter of usage and right by the person, in his ggicial capacity,who calls the meeting. But the inhabitants may, if they please, call a town's meeting without the intervention of the chief officer, and in such case they may elect their own Chairman. In the late cases at Manchester and Leeds, however, the Mayors were behind the hour appointed by themselves for the meetings, and some people took advantage of their absence to nominate other chairmen, and they had, under such circumstances, a right to do so. The Mayor or other authority who has called a town's meeting should take his seat as Chairman before the clock strikes the hour for which he called it. He is then responsible for the peaceable and or derly conduct of the meeting. The entire police force is in his hands, and the military power also, and what are these for, except to protect us in the peaceable enjoyment of our rights? The object for which the meeting was called having been explained, no other question can be entertained. Let us suppose that the meeting were called " to consider the propriety of peti tioning Parliament for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws," and that a person moved a resolution in favour of the Charter,—it is out of order to put such a motion, and as the Mayor is bound to preserve order, he cannot put it. He should inform the indivi dual mildly, but firmly, that the motion is irre levant. If he refuse to yield to the Chairman he must be removed by the civil power, along with all who back him. There is no tyranny in this ; it is merely a defensive act, to secure to the meeting an opportunity of expressing an opinion upon the question which brought them together. They may decide upon that question in any way they please. The Chairman must put both the affirmative and negative, and the majority, whether yeas or nays, decides the fate of the meeting. Can any thing be fairer than this? The day after, or the same flay if they like, the Chartists may also hold their meeting, to . consider the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment for the Charter, and they have a right to the same protection against the disorderly inter ference of Anti-Corn-law men, that the latter have against theirs. In my opinion the Mayor ought to convene public meetings whenever called upon to do so by a numerous body of re quisitionists of reputable character, no matter of what class, provided only that the object in view be legal. Bu this rests with him. With our Municipal organization—those good old Saxon institutions of local self-government — to shield us from the Ukase of a certain "Irish gen tleman," now in York Gaol, against holding any more public meetings, why should we follow the advice of Whig Journalists, and abandon that right of assembling to petition and complain which forms one of our distinguishing charac teristics as compared with the countries of the Continent ? It would doubtless give great de light to the Duke of Buckingham and his party, if those who advocate the repeal of the bread tax would give up their right to hold public meet ings. And by the way, Sir, let me ask, in conclusion, whether we are quite sure that the attempt to put down Anti-Corn-law meet ings has not originated with the bread-taxers themselves ? The late disclosures before the Walsall Election Committee have proved that the Chartist leaders are hired by the Tories to kick up rows at the Anti-Corn-law meetings. One of them, the hero of the Northern Star, and for years the terror of peaceable meetings in Manchester, is proved by the evidence of one of the witnesses, to have hired himself out to the Gladstone party at Walsall. There are other leaders of the Chartists whose means of honest livelihood are not very appa rent. The people must be warned and guarded against such leaders, and there is no better way of doing so than at public meetings; there fore, I repeat, we must stand by our right to meet and petition. I am, Sir, your's faithfully, AN ANGLO-SAXON. It is lamentable to find that only one French journal has been true to the principles of the Revolution upon this important question. This journal is the Commerce. The Quotidienne and the Presse have likewise opposed the fortifica tions, but not on the same high grounds. The following extract from the Commerce is an evi dence of the earnestness of the writer's convic tions : " Whilst the works are in progress we will unceasingly call for their suspension, and if the evil genius of France decree that they should be completed, we will demand their destruc tion. Penetrated as we are with the deepest and most pain ful conviction, alarmed at the perils which so much madness is likely to entail on the country, persuaded that the project of M. Thiers is dangerous both for our national independence and for our domestic liberties, we will resist its execution with all our might, and by every legal means; and if, contrary to our expectations, reason and evidence succumb, were we to remain alone against all, we should still anxiously exclaim from the bottom of our souls, in pointing out to the nation the rising walls of so many ba•ttons, and of the fourteen bastiles " France, those walls are pregnant with revolutions or arbitrary power." The Chamber of Deputies rejected on Friday the Copyright Bill by a majority of 158 votes against 108. Perhaps some doubts may be entertained of the propriety of our Correspondent's suggestion, that the presiding Mayor, being a Magistrate, should cause those who decline to obey his de cision as to conducting the business of the meet ing, to be removed by the civil power. It would deprive public meetings of much value, if such a practice were to be frequently adopted. All public meetings like the House of Commons should be responsible for their own police ; and as the majority of that House can overset all rules laid down for their guidance, so in public meetings a majority should be, and necessarily must be, supreme for the time being. We will not enter further into the subject, but we hope that our Correspondent's letter will induce those who cherish the public liberties to take up the sub ject, and not allow public meetings, which are one of their best safeguards, to be put down, either by a lawless mob or an arbitrary Magistrate. The French fleet for 1841 is to be composed of 225 vessels :-20 vessels of the line, of which 4 are three-deckers ; 22 frigates ; 43 corvettes and brigs; 105 vessels of inferior rank; and 35 steamers, of which there are 2 of the strength of 450-horses, 1 of 320, 5 of 220, 22 of from 150 to 260, 5 of 120; besides 2 vessels and 6 frigates. These armaments require an effective of 46,418 sailors. A letter from Carcassonne of the 29th of March says, " In consequence of the events at Marseilles, domiciliary visits were made yesterday at Carcassonne and in the environs. Some arms and a pretty considerable quantity of cartridges were seized. " The police were informed on the 26th that a rising was prepared ; and on the 27th, in the evening, M. de Villeneuve, Commissary of Police, whose aciivity is incessant, succeeded in making himself acquainted with the whole plot, which, thanks to him, is defeated." M. Faramond, late Consul of France at Campeachy, has ar rived at Havre, in his way to Paris ; he will shortly go to take possession of his post of (Amulet Sydney, New South Wales. —Le Constitutionnel. Orders have been given to all the .collectors of taxes to make them yield as much as possible. M. Humann has hit upon a means to make the stamp duty yield at least six millions more than at present. He wishes to introduce into France the English legislation on bills of ex change. According to this system an unstamped bill of ex change is of no value in a Court of Justice. Unstamped hills of exchange have no value but in the honour of the debtor, who pays if he will. Enormous fines are imposed on all not a ries, slec., who in any document drawn up by them even make mention of a bond or bill of exchange which is not stamped. The project of law which M. Humann is preparing will be presented to the Chamber in a few days. No exertion, it is said, will be spared to get it converted into a law during the Session.—Le Siecle. In our City Article will be found an extract of a letter from Canada, which exaggerates, we are persuaded, both the inimical disposition, and the power of the American mob. We see in an Evening Contemporary, letters and remarks of a similar description, and we notice them here to caution our readers not to trust implicitly to the descriptions given in American papers, or in Canadian letters. As far as we see, every possible precaution has been taken by the American Go vernment, in despatching General SCOTT with a force to the frontier, to ensure the due observance and the due execution of the law, which is all that we can ask or expect. Those who are in the neighbourhood of the events, hear and circu late and magnify a multitude of rumours, which become very mischievous when circulated and believed in England. News from the United States to the evening of the 19t11 ult., brought by the packet-ship North America, will be found in another part of The Sun. It was rumoured at Liverpool on Sun day afternoon that the steamer President was seen by the captain of a merchant vessel from St. Michael's, bearing upon Fayal, probably to obtain a supply of coals. The intelligence to which we direct the attention of our readers is of more commercial than political interest. Mr. M'LEOD was still in prison at Lockport. His trial was fixed for the 28th ult., but the belief was that it would be postponed for another term, ostensibly to afford time for the appearance of witnesses from England, but in reality to admit f further negotiations between the Federal and the British Governments. At the Court of Aldermen on Saturday, some of the venerable Members attempted to turn into ridicule a respectable petitioner who justly com plained of a serious grievance. Mr. Ews, of the Chapter Coffee-house, stated that he and his family were subjected to great annoyance from the rattling of omnibuses along Paternoster-row during church hours, and, unless some relief were granted, his property would be greatly in jured. The Aldermen, if we are to believe the Observer, laughed at the petitioner, and told him they could not interfere, as St. Paul's Church-yard was closed at the instance of the Bishop of LONDON during the hours of divine service. Now, every one who enters St. Paul's on Sunday or Saturday knows what sort of divine service is performed there, and if the Bishop of LONDON thinks fit to order all vehicles to pass down Paternoster-row on Sunday he may, with equal propriety, declare that the order shall hold good for every day in the week, and destroy not only the property of Mr. ELLIS, but of every householder in the street. Every day brings forth some new encroachment on the liberty of the people, under one hypocritical pretence or another, and if the sensible portion of the com munity do not bestir themselves, and resist the yoke which the priests in both parts of the island are preparing for them, the once indepen dent and free-spirited people of this country will soon be subject to the most insuffer able of all tyranny—the tyranny of the Priesthood. Is the Chapter of St. Paul's so poor, or the revenue of the pious Bishop so small, that means cannot be found to abate the noise without tormenting the sick and dying in narrow streets not made or intended for such thoroughfare? What is the mummery daily performed in our cathedrals but a miserable imitation of Popish rites, kept up as an excuse for taking these mag nificent buildings from the Catholics ? They are totally unsuitable for Protestant worship, and until Puseyism becomes the religion of the land, we must protest against the mock ceremonies performed in them being allowed to interfere with private property, or the health and comfort of the inhabitants. April 5, 1841. P.S. We want one man of spirit amonst our 250 and odd Mayors to take the bull by the horns, and set an example to the rest. There seems to be a very. undue notion as to the right of a minority in a meeting to put down by brute clamour the majority, and prevent their being heard. Sir Joshua Walmsley, the popular Mayor of Liverpool, did good service by his firmness in defending our public rights on one occasion, and he has been more popular ever since. In no town are meetings more orderly now than in Liverpool. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Two or three causes were in operation to-day to affect the value of the English Stocks; none 'of them, however, of a nature, as we are inclined to believe, to produce eny permanent depression in prices. We may mention, as one cause, the uncertainty which still prevails with respect to Mr. M'Leod, though various circumstances are in favour of the amicable adjustment of this much vexed question. Next comes the generally received opinion of a deficiency being exhibited in the Revenue Accounts for the quarter ended to day ; and, lastly, the Hebrew party were realising their profits prior to the arrangement of their accounts on a safe basis, until the Passover is at an end. For immediate transfer Consols realised 89i to 89a, closing at 894; and for the account the first bar gains of the day were at an advance to 801, though subsequently a re-action occurred to 89i the last price. being 891- buyers. Exchequer Bills were 9s. to 11s premium, India Bonds par to 2s. premium,4the NeW Three-and a-Half per Cents 987 to 98k, Bank Stock for the opening 172 to 173, and India Stock 252. Foreign Stccks all had a downward tendency, and the same was the case with English Shares. Spanish Active Bonds were depressed owing to the uncertain state of po li!ical affairs at Madrid, and declined from 23- to 23i to . ' 1 Portuguese New Five per Cents, rece , :ed from 34 to 33H, in the absence cf any later intelligence from Lisbon. The Three per Cents. were done at 20 to M xican Bonds were flat at 31•1- to 30i, Colombian at 23 to 22 - 4-, Chilian at 61, and Brazilian at 69-, 7 1 . Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were steady at 51g. Great Western Railway Shares realised 27 to 23/, the New 13/ to ' 13 1 tie London and Birmingham 6 6 to 64 k , 4 ihe Thirds 24, and the South Western 171 tq 16i pie minty,. The Bi g hton were 3 1 to 41 discount. the Croy don discount, the Manchester and Birmingham 15 dis t count, the Birmingham and Derby 31 discount, and the Letters and Papers from Madrid, of the 2Sth ult., have reached us. ESPARTERO'S Secretary- General, LINAGE, addressed a letter to the Eco del Comercio, published in that Journal of the above date, in which he states that ESPARTERO will not accent the Ttea-encv unless appointed sole • - the Cor.es 'ill retire into private life, and take no further MORNING- EDITION TILE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1841. No. I.—An Ab3tract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 1340, arid sth of April, 1841, shewing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR Year ended April 5. 1 Quarter ended April 5. ~...--------1 ended --.--------------"-----. ended ~...:.......--------.m...,--...m.-....-----------., July 5, 1 Oct 10, 1 Jan. 5, April 5, Aprils, r July 5, (kt. 10, Jan. 5, I APril 5,‘ Aprils, Increase. Decrease. lncrease. Decrease. 1839 1839 1 1840 1810 1840 184 i 1840 1841 1841 1841 increase. ------, -- -- -- ..------. ---. t ustoms.-Consolidated Duties 3,825,871 4,484,752 ' 3, 1 3C5,719 ' 3,449,3::9 3,985,938 4,562,048 3,644,292 3,557,82 i - Sugar Duty applicable to Consolidated I - - - - Fund - - 340,135 - 1,151,13:36 - - - - - - - - - Sugar Duty applicable to Supplies 1,293,254 1 973,586 '73 1 ,159 - 1,100,829 '736,614 990,682 - - - - - - ---;------ -..- ---- Total Customs 4,871,333 5,778,0(6 1 4,774,305 4,5 . 72,643 1 20,001,267 5,137934 5,662,77 4,980,906 4,518,50 4 19,700,225 301,042 Excise... 2,570,311 4,113,139 ' 3.427,'71 1,429,996 12,04 , 1,737 2,711,951 3,916,249 4,016,366 1,883,470 12,530,036 489,299 44,526 Stamps lBB 6,592,396 1,729,651 1,751,417 1,5116,646 1,677,404 6,755,118 162,722 19,216 - 1,64,7,423 1,6:.9;721. 1,587,081 1,63 4 , Taxes 1,639,372 .311,28) 1,581, 6 94 179,038 3,714,412 1,647,808 3:32,807 1,786,771 • n°,045 3, 414, ,9 18000 431 0 75,019 42,1;87 27,000 - Post Office 369,000 407,001 351,000 li'o,ooo 1,247,009 10..,000 123,000 vB,OOB 93,000 ... . 833,000 Crown Lands 40,000 40,000 40,9' 0 40,1`00 160,(;00 42,500 43,060 4",000 32,500 169,000 7,500 Miscellaneous 14,611 17,654 18,800 3',180 6,4,245 4,117 24,382 12,437 49,11.6 £0,062 1,81 7 11 ,946 .- ---- --.• - -.-. ---......... Total Ordinary Revenue 11,152,050 12,361,826 11,768,136 8,537,045 43,814,057 111,373,961 11,855,732 11,1.31, IA 8,477,053 4'',638,672 928,857 1,134,042 74,149 11,3,141 Imprest and other Moneys M3 - 301,025 41,426 41,992 31,913 416,956 297,960 82,999 32,546 32 151 445,576 29 , 620 Re.payments of Advances 202,462 234,045 176,81;0 110,7:6 'n4,153 195,993 172,499 123,948 98,91'6 591,438 . ... 132,715 11,760 ------ -- - - - Total Income ,'" - 9, 9 9 9 11,656,137 12,642,t,97 12,0 ( ~018 6,6'9,714 i 44 3 , 5 166 11 867 836 12,111,530 112,057,620 I 8,609,200 44,675,886 1 957,477 1,266,757 74,367 144,90. --- The Amount applied to the Consoli. 1 . Deduct In. Deduct dated Fund 6,602,824 9,391,564 I 8,772,340 7,483,639 32,252,767 6,898,530 8,682,179 8,037,023 7,390,901 31,908,633 crease 0 5 7 ,417 Increase. 1 74,37 Ditto, as Advances, and to pay off Ex. 1 chequer Bills, issued as Advances ... 172,4120 23 1 ,161 98,6122 279,850 781,703 111,050 70,008 30,008 1282,050 493,100 Ditto, as part of the Ways and Means of the Year 4,380,913 3,016,972 j 3,135,186 916,625 11,9-0,''96 4,958,256 3,359,051 3,120,597 936,219 12,274,153 Decrease on , Decrea. s e °R , 70,514 ---- ---- - 209,28') the t 2 um ter Total ----, 11,655,137 1 12,642,•z97 1 12,007.018 8,679,714 44,985,166 1 , . i _1,66T4i 7, 12,111,230 12,087,6: - .0 1 8,609,200 1 44,673,6 M No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, 1840, and the sth April, 1841. a Quarters ended April 5. I . , Quarters e INCOME. 1840 1811 CHARGE. I _---..--- !' 184• ---- ustems.—Consolidated Duties 3,49 1 ,,321 3,527, 4 26 Permanent Debt. '---- Sugar applicable to the Terminable Annuities :3,.41,1Z8 Consolidated Fund 340,135 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 1;39 2 22,960 ---.---..- Sinking Fund Total Customs 3,833,464 3,527,526 The Civil List 96,101 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund Excise Stamps 1,65.=,188 1,677,404 T a xes Post Office Crown Lands 44.,1S 0 32,600 Miscellaneous 37,150 49,126 8,196,771 Imprest and other Monies ' 31,913 82,151 Repayment of Advance. The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1840, 7,966,771 7,138,0:36 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April a I`4l The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Ap ril 5, 1811, in p art of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli- To Cash brought to this Account dated Fund for Supply Se rvices 916,249 0 to be applied to pay off Deficiency The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quar ter ended A i ril 5, 1841 Bills 230,CC0 2:0,000 The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended 8,196,771 7, , 5,0.6 Ap.il 5, 1811 •—• _— _ _ Midland Counties 153 discount. Car.ada Land Com pany's Shares rose to 13 discount. The following is an extract of a letter dated Fort George, near Niagara, and which came to hand by the North America packet We have had a variety of rumours here regarding our friend M'Leod being removed to Albany, but it is now certain that no such removal will take place, and that when the trial takes place it will be at Lockport. The State of New York now positively refuges to gite him up, and the Attorney-General may p'ead, but it will be in vain. It is currently reported that the trial will be again postponed ; but will the British Government submit to such treatment ? I believe the President would gladly release him, but mob law is the order of the day now, and it is impossible to say what may occur. The Americans swear that they have got additional evidence of his guilt, and that nothing short of his conviction will follow. We are all very anxious to know what course the home Government will take, as the State of New York has refused to give him up, and will continue to do so, in spite of any course the President may adopt." An observation appears necessary after giving publica tion to the above statement. In the first place, the writer is evidently somewhat under the influence of that warmth which his proximity to the scene of action may be sup posed to engender, and consequently does not see every thing in an impartial light. If we understand the matter rightly, there is r.o objection on the part of the British Government to a postponement of the trial, supposing the prisoner is tried at all, as there would then be meTe chance of a calm investigation, and evidence could, in the C.,eau time, be procured from England. The Government here have every reliance in the discretion of Mr. Fox, and, we may add, in the good feeling of Daniel Webster. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The North America packet ship has arrived at Liverpool after a quick passage of 15 days. The intelligence by the above arrival continues to be of a pacific nature. Exchange at New York on the 19th ult., 7 to 7i ; United States Bank Shares, 16. The time for the April Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the United States' Bank, is draw ing near, and thousands on both sides the Atlantic are looking forward with intense anxiety to the results. We have received Buenos Ayres papers to January 24. The latest intelligence from the interior comes down to the sth instant. It is stated in letters from Cordova that Lavalle and La Madrid were endeavouring to fall back upon the provinces of the north, but that they were exposed to the greatest diffi culties in the attempt, besides being daily abandoned by their followers. The confederate army was in their pursuit, and had strong flying divisions considerably in advance, which harassed -them to such a degree as to lead to a belief that the remaining force would be entirely dissolved. These papers contain two despatches ; the first, dated San Cala, January 9, from General Anjea Pacheco, informing the Government that notwithstanding the exce=s.ive nume rical inferiority of his force, he yesterday attacked the enemy in their camp at San Cala, who, after a strong resistance, were put to flight. The second despatch is from Gen. Aldea, raspecting a previous victory obtained. The Exchange upon England during the week was 2id. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of Saturday's date. _ . . MY BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Aran, 2.—The National Funds were in demand at the closing prices of yesterday, nevertheless little business was doing. Ardoin's Spanish rather improved nd remained at 20 5-16. The British Market, which left off on Saturday buoyant, and opened this morning at the leaving off prices 89i f 9U for the Account, have since receded to 894 s ; Money, 894. This flatness of the market is not attributed to the intelligence re ceived from the United States, but owing to parties realising their profits which they obtained during the preceding week. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active not so good ai it left off, at 23,4 4, at present 23* ; Deferred, 121 i; Pas sive, 54 i; Portuguese also receded from the leaving off price of 34 to 334 34 ; Mexican heavy, closed at 31i 32, at pre sent 301 ; Brazilian, 681 691 ex div. ; Colombian not quite so good, 2.3*; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rather better, 511 ; Five per Cents. 97; -I. ex div. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 36 .. ... to Great Western Quarters ended A: Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 34 56 ... .. to London and Croydon (Trunk) Manchester akd Leeds 13i l3*- to -- 70 - llanchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties - LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 3.—We have bad a dull Cotton Market to-day, and the sales amount to 2,000 bales only, all to the trade ; in prices no alteration. LIVERPOOL SHARE A .MARKET, APRIL 3.—To-day's trans actions are asfollow :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34; Eastern Counties, debentures, 7a ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 231; Grand Junction, 207 ; Half-shares, 1021; Chester and Crewe 51i; Ditto 20/. Shares, 11*; Lancaster and Preston New Shares, 24# ; Liverpool and Manchester Half-shares, 91i ; London and Birmingham New Shares, 22*. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, :APRIL 3.—The price of all the finished Railways continues to improve; very little Stock on the market..—London and Birmingham, 155 ; Do. New 321. Shares, 24 ; Eastern Counties, 8i ; London and SnuthWestern, 56 ; Midland Counties, 83; Manchester and Leeds, 67i ; Manchester and Birmingham. 241; Bank of Manchester, 7# ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 165. 6d ; Manchester Assurance, 9i. Accounts from Washington, of the 16th March, state an opinion gathers strength that one of the chief objects of the Session will be to provide for the public defence, and to that end to make a public debt of some twenty millions. The British Funds continue heavy, owing to two or three of the influential brokers having sold, during the course of the morning, a considerable amount of Stock, which has had an im pression on the market. To-morrow being the Hebrew holy days, it is supposed the above party are really wishing to leave evenhanded. Consols at present 891, have been 90a ; Money, 89#, have been 89i ; Exchequer Hills, 9 11 prem. ; India Bonds par 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, for the opening, 172 173. in the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 231 ; Deferred , 12i ; Passive, 5# ; Portuguese, 331 ; Three per Cents., 20 ; Mexican, 304; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51# 4 ; Five per Cents., 97/, have been 98. In Shares rather more doing. Market firm. Bristol and Exeter, 36 ; Great Western 93; ditto Fifths 111 ; London and Brighton, 46; ditto, South Western, 56; Manchester and Leeds, 68; Midland Counties, 84i. Some inquiries have been made after the Commercial Bank Shares. They are nominal, i f disc. to par. Consols, Account, 891, Money, 90* ; Mexican, 30# E; Por tuguese, 33# ; Spanish, 23* #. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — India Stock 3 per Cent Red — Ditto Bonds 2 p ar 3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... - 3i per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities... New 31. per Cent ssi Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2id 11 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ ll pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 ll Bank Stock for 0pg....173 Oct 1859 ll India Stock for 0pg....252 Jan. 1860. l2 Consols for Acct B9l FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 3,5.10 1,351,551' 'Portuguese, 5 per cent. N Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.... 69; Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent 112; Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent — Ditto, 1824. ... ... 22; Ditto, Deferred. o 3* Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. --c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —e. Mexican, 5 per cent. ... 318 French, 3 per cent —4. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2; per cent. ... 5 1 ii Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. SHARES., 5 per cent......... 98 Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) ••• 96 Ditto Thirds (10 paid) ...................... 36; Bristol and Exeter ( 60 paid) .. ........ ... Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ...... —; Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) .... • ...... 2.11 Great Western Railway (65 paid) ......... :i s Ditto New Shares (50 paid) lll Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 464 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) : 154; Ditto Quarter Shares ( Ditto Thirds (3 2 paid)s paid) 23 :. ....... 52; Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 23i ... London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) _ 41 paid)(4o paid) . . `25 . . ..• .... 68 London Ditto aSncdriLu(t3h P V a iT2tern ... ........... ... 55; London and C ro y don Railway (Trunk) ...... 13; M an chester and Leeds (70 111liandlanchdesteCoruanntdieBs i ßai rmi l n w g a h y am (loo paid) ........ 841, li°gp Fs to learn M pin ß e .DU N le Dt M.P.—lt gives us the gre atest that our estimable and liberal Member, the Hon. Mr. Dundas, is so far recovered that he i s n ow able to walk out daily at his residence at Oran , nea r l;a Catiera, with the assistance of crutches ; and that his frac tured limb is improving so favourably that it is his intention to resume his Parliamentary duties after the Easter remiss.— Yorkhireman, 97,017 33'7,592 282,050 5,6V,217 2,28,879 7,858,056 6,210,30 1,292 - ,610 4,917,733 ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. The Messiah was performed at this theatre last evening, "for that night only,":as stated in the hand-bills, "and by special permission of the Lord Chamberlain." Why this oratorio should be limited to one night we cannot con ceive. The play-going, and also the church-going peo— ple, might be much benefited during Lent by listening to. the noble music of Handel, and to the beautiful selections from the sacred poets, who have described the coming, the crucifixion, and the resurrection of our Saviour in such glowing and sublime language. No sermon from the pulpit, though p; eached by the pious Bishop of London, or the me2k Bishop of Exeter, could produce any effect at all to be compared to that which is felt in a theatre when the words of liaiah and Job, cr the sublime effusions of the Evangalist who dwelt in the isle of Patmos, are accom panied by the divine music of the Prince of sacred composers. At the commencement of the third part of the Messiah, last night, the audience evinced by breathless silence the powerful impression made by Madame Carador i Allen, when reciting the following words from Job, " I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth ; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep." This eas the most effective part of the performance. Mr. Phillips performed his part well, but he wants the energy and enthusiasm of Braham. The band was numerous, and, under the able guidance of Sir George Smart, executed: the music with good effect. The house was well attended. BU ORS E.-- PA RIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 3. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price Pre.ich 5 tier Cents 112 95 ... 113 ... 112 90 112 95 ner.Cents ..... „ 9ci 90 ... 98 1,0 ... 98 90 .. 98 se 3 per Cents 78 35 - 78 54 -• 78 35 78 50 it wit. of r'rance L dlitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 5,0001. Shares 5165 ...5157 50 ...5155 ...5157 50 i'elgian Bank 3 per Cent 5............ 70 80 '7l ... 70 80 71 New L0an,,...,,,, 1034 ... 1 , 3% 103 k 103% Spanish Active 244 ... 244 ... 244 ... 2 , 4 Passive S qE ... 5% ... Neapolitan lO3 ... 103 25 ... 1 '73 ... 103 25 Roman 103% ...1034 ...103% ...101% RAILWAY SHARES. Et Germatn Versailles,ll B L 8.... ............ 280 ... 291 25 ... 2811 ... 281 25 Ttouen 445 450 ... 445 460 U. leans Strasburg 8a1e..„, 238 75 ... 238 75 ... 237 50 .. 238 15 BELGIAN 1 UNDS—Baussims, APRIL 3. . Actual Debt, 2% per C en t. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOO Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent . Thirty.seven. ------L.._(lAO) 99% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent SI% Society of Commerce, 4 y.", per Cent 97% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ........... ...... si 7752 National Society Exchange on London (short) —lirussels P a p ers , Ap r il 3. AUSTRIAN rise per Cants. Metalliques Fora per Cents ... FUNDS.VIEnrIa, MARCH 25 98% Three per Cents. Rank Shares ... '630 .-AlWmeine Zeitusg, Mareh 31. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, APRIL 2, Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1625 1620 A nglo-Itussian Loan 10754 107 q Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se:ics lOl% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 97 9f1% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, .254 pe Cent 49 4936 Ditto 5 per Cent - Polish Bondi New ticket Anglo- Danish Loan, 3 per Cert ...- 74 N,rwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Ciint. — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 1654 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL .-13 654.—Tw0 months, 13 4% PETRRSBURGH, MARCH ! , .3. -Two months, 38% pence. STOCKHOLM, Martell o6.—Seventy-five days, 11. 43. The late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Dundas, K. C.B. , who died on Monday last, at his residence, Reading, at an advanced age, had been in the navy sixty-three years. The deceased Admiral had seen much service, and was one of the heroes of Trafalgar, at which glorious victory he com manded the Naiad, when he repeated Lord Nelson's signals. Previously, when in the command of La Prompte, he destroyed a Spanish vessel of war of superior force. His commission bears date, Lieutenant, 15th July, 1793 ; Commander, 2d September, 1795 ; Captain, 9th July, 1796 ; Rear-Admi r al, 27th May, 1825; and Vice-Admiral, 10th January, 1837. For his eminent services he was nominated in September, 1831, a K. C. 8., and was one of those naval officers who have an ho norary reward from the Patriotic Fund. FEAST OF THE PASSOVER.—Yesterday com mencesd the grand feast of the Passover among the Jews : dur ing the whole of the past week, the Jews all over the world have been busily employed in removing from their houses every ves tige of leavened bread; and on the day previous to this feast commencing, the master of the house, with a wax light in big hand, enters and examines every room, to see that it is perfectly free from leavened bread. The feast lasts eight days, during the whole of which time they neither eat or drink any thing containing yeast. As eight days' holidays would fall particu larly heavy on the poorer classes, it is only the two first and the two last days that are kept strict ; they being allowed to follow their various callings during the intermediate four. Formerly the Jews (and a few still keep up the ceremony) would, on the two first nights, kill a lamb and roast it whole, and all the household, even to the servants of the same faith, assemble to gether and the master of the house explains how they were in bondage in Egypt, and how the Lord delivered them by the slaying of the first-born of the Egyptians. This now almost obsolete custom of slaying a lamb, and sprinkling the blood on the door-posts, has at different periods formed the basis on which the enemies of the Jews have founded their charge of imputing to them human sacrifices. Though the Old Testa ment expressly informs us that the Jews were commanded to do so by God, that it should be as a sign to the angel of death to pass-over those houses ; and in commemoration thereof the Jews to this day keep the feast of the Passover. ILLNESS OF EARL GRANVILLE.—We re gret to state that intelligence was received at the Foreign Office, on Saturday, of the serious illness of Earl Gran vine, the British Ambassador at the French Court. Lord Leveson, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, left town shortly afterwards for Paris, to visit his , noble parent. At a full meeting of the Town Council of Man t;ter. h , 13 611 Wo.izte ,, d=l, a tesolution that b')th Huwes f ki10:21 , 1 de petitioned for t!ie tutal and irame. dt,.Q nin:4l 01 we cum 4 iid Provision Lane was passed nanimottsly. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Pt ince Albert, attended by the Hon. Miss Pitt, non. Miss Devereux, Marquis of needled, Colonel Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon, at Marlbo rough House. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes- terday, The Royal Dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Elizabeth Levesoa Gower, Lady „Anne Maria Dawson, Vi count and Viscoun-. tess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount Jocelyn, Baron Stockman and Dr. Preetorius. The Bald of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at tended during dinner. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Maria Da,7son, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex yesterday at Lis residence in Kensington Palace. Prince George of Cambridge visited the Queen Dow ager at Marlborough-house yesterday. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most Honour:lWe Privy Council had a meeting yesterday after— noon at the Council-cffice. The Lords present were, the Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President), Lord Mont eagle, and Sir George Grey. Mr. Brother:on sad the Mayor of Manchester, Sir Thomas Potter, and a Deputation, had an interview ,vith Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. Lient -Colonel Miller had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. General Sir Gerge Anson had an interview with the Marquis of Norrnanby yesterday at the Hume-office. Mr. F. Dundas had an interview wi.h Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. Despatcles from the Governor of British Guiana were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE MEDINA IMPRO VEMENT BILL. This Bill is likely to he opposed in all its stages by some of the most influential gentlemen in Newport, by the inhabitants of Costes, by the College of Winchester, and by Mr. G. H. Ward, and others. When the Com pany proposed the Bill last Session, they had a map and plan published of what they intended to attempt, part of which was to take the river frontage from the whole of the hours in Cowes harbour, but they were so deter minedly opposed they gave up the undertaking. This Session they petitioned Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill to levy tolls, &c., on all vessels, ships, boats, pas sengers, merchandize, &c., entering and leaving the river, and applied to the Corporation of Newport for powers to erect wharfs, &c., in Cowes harbour. This ap plication was met by a petition against leave to bring in the Bill, the Standirg Orders not having been complied with. This was fatal; and the promoters of the Bill agreed to take out the parts of the Bill the Commission ers for improving the town of Cowes objected to, if the petition were withdrawn, which was done, but not to the satisfaction of the inhabitants generally, some new clauses having by mistake slipped in ; and measures are again taking to oppose them. Mr. Ward's interest and that of the College is nearly the same. The Corporation of Newport have, as conservators of the river Medina, agreed to convey to the Company the whole of the soil and bed of the river "to the ordinary high-water marks of spring tides." This would not only take away the whole river frontage from Mr. Ward's and the College lands, but a ccusiderable portion of the land ; also one field belong ing to the College, which a few years since measured nearly thirty acres, does not now measure twenty. They aro empowered to depcsit the soil, clay, &c., taken up in deepening the river on the " marshes and banks adjoining it," and, by clause 156, " to demise all and any of the lands which they may reclaim by enclosure," by which Mr. Ward will be deprived of acres of land which his faller bought, and which he might recover from the river at a trifling expense. The people of Cowes, conceiving the Company next year may try to serve them in the same way they :re serving Mr. Ward this, purpose to snake common cause with him, and a public meeting is to be called for the purpose immediately. Dr. Hook, the Vicar of Leeds, and the High- Church clergyman of that town, has refused to co-operate with the ministers of other religious denominations in the re ligious instruction of the poor in the Leeds workhouse; re fusing, as they say, to' recognise any ministers out of the Church." CHURCH HISTORY CHAIR.—The Rev. Mr. Brewster has become a candidate for the vacant chair of Chinch History, in the University of Glasgow. In the early part of the week the signatures of the Members of Council were applied for, and all, or nearly all, obtained, to a testimo nial bearing that Mr. Brewster, being a gentleman of eminent ability, and of liberal and e nlightened to sen Tents, .was deemed by the subscribers a fitting person fill he chair for which he was a candidata. Other applications have been made, we believe, to secure the influence of Mr. Hattie, but we under stand that letters from London were received in town on Wednesday intimating Chair,that there .t was no prospect of Mr. Brewster obtaining the as i was already settled, or about to be so, that Dr. Reid, of Belfast, would receive the HANoVER, MARCH 2 O u as r e C r. onfe B deration near Celle, under y proba bilityarma- of war was so much diminished it is supposed these m ap po int m ent . e sot A — co ntinue Swc:ittsg: a t P s h a e p much activity ' are only preparatory to the autumnal review of the 10th corps the c ommand of his Majesty. HONESTY AND GENEROSIT Y . MILAN, MARCH 26 —The following event, which is sufficiently confirmed, lately happened near the town of Wilma!, in Livonia :—A clerk of the h ouse of Rothschild, drove, on the Ist of February, through that St. town on his way to Petersburgh. About thr •to or four miles beyond the town a violent jolting of the sledge in passing a bridge threw out the passenger's baggage without his perceiving it. A pea sant named Heidorf • passing soon after, saw a broken chest, some large books, and a canvas bag, besides 12 tubes, as he supposed. As al this was far too heavy to carry he. got another peasant and a woman, who were travelling on a sledge, to. assist him, and to take them to the town and deliver the whole to the Magistrate. They were, however, soon overtaken by the clerk, whe, in his joy, fell on bis knees in the road and lifted his hands to Heaven. Having received all his property, including the bag, which was full of ducats, be generously rewarded the honest peasant with three silver rubles (about 9i. 6d. English.) The value of the whole would not be less than 175,000 to 100,000 silver 'utiles. The gold bars weighed, each, between 40 and 501bs. ( According to our laws, the finder was entitled to one-third of the property found.) Whilst his Royal Highness Prince Albert was boat to visit going in thethe vessels intended for the Niger expedition the lad steering ran the boat foul of some craft, and the rowers were thrown into the bottom, the Prince being tilted a top of them. The officer in the boat apolcg . vd for the accident, upon which his Royal Highness said, " Never mind, never mind—if the worst bad happened and the boat been upset, I could have swam ashore,"