The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION of a friendly power at liberty, when it could be done without damage to the main public and practicable put.. poses of the blockade. " Upon my return from the northward, I was ad dressed in a private way by Mr. Delano, holding, I be lieve, Consular authority from the Government of the United States. He said he had been unwilling to trouble the naval officer on the spot, in the absence of the Com mander-in-Chief, but he certainly thought that the whole bearing of circumstances gave the matter a power ful claim to lenient treatment, and ho hoped that upon full consideration I would see it in the same light, and do what I could to recommend it to the Admiral's fa vourable disposal. " My own mind had long been made up on the pro priety of permitting the egress of these two ships, and I laid the ground of my general reasoning before the late Commander-in-Chief, who concurred with me, and au thorised me to say that he would not oppose the egress of the ships, if declaration were made that the cargoes were not native property. " These are the circumstances, Sir, under which these ships have come down the river, and kindly con slderate as you have always been of the difficulties of my public position, I am sure you will not place me, as the representative of the country in the distressing situation before the Government with which I am ne gotiating, and before the whole foreign community, of having fallaciously induced the belief that the passage out of the ships was certain. "It cannot be too frequently insisted that as yet the motive of a blockade of the port of Canton by the ship channels is completely achieved, whilst ingress is prevented, and the Government is pressed by the de privations of the shipping duties and the stagnation of employment at Canton ; further pressure in the way of blockide is a matter which your Excellency will deter mine upon or not as you may see fir, if hostilities un happily ensue between the two countries ; but to the extent and for the objects that the blockade was esta blished it bas always been steadily pursued ; and, whilst affairs remain in the present attitude, I should be the very last person to advise it should be relaxed. . " The egress, however, of these two ships (the only two in the port) has no connexion with those objects, and under all the considerations I have noticed will, I am persuaded, appear to her Majasty's Government to be no more than a suitable act of friendly respect to the flag of the United States. " I need not say tl your Excellency that I do not shrink from the responsiuility of counselling and re questing this measure. And I consider it only due to you to add, that I can offer no objection to the trans mission of this letter to the gentlemen who have ad dressed you upon the subject, if you are so good as to accede to my request—a request I make to you in my public character, and in the persuasion that the mea sure is just and suitable upon public grounds; for it has never been the practice of the British Government to exercise blockade rights with the least degree of un necessary harshness. Whilst I have no pretension or disposition to gainsay the unquestionable right of the merchants to remonstrate and complain whenever they consider themselves aggrieved, I certainly will permit myself to observe that it were to be wished a reason able latitude should be given them for the general in terests upon a view of general considerations. Above all, it is to be hoped that the highly respectable gentle. men who have signed the letter of the 26th instant will at least refrain from publishing this correspondence, whilst it may be necessary to continue the blockade. " They will always find their remedy by representa tion to England ; and the publication of the corres pondence at present can serve no other purpose than to embarrass the Government and officers of their country, not because there is the least difficulty in jus tifying what has been done, but because it is in the highest degree inconvenient to be driven into the dis cussion of public measures during their progress. It has happened to me in the execution of my duty in China, to stand between the merchants and very grave difficulties, and upon public grounds I consider myself entitled to expect that they will refrain from a course of proceeding which would be mischievous to the well understood interests of the country. " The alleged wrongs and injuries that may have been cast upon them can be duly investigated and redressed without disturbing the public interest. " I have the honour to be, &c., " C. ELLIOT, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary." The last letter is one from the merchants, dated January 1, in which they state that their opinions are unchanged, that they renew their protest against the whole proceedings, and that though they will not, as requested, publish the correspondence in China, they will lose no time in publishing it elsewhere, and reques that Sir G. J. Bremer will forward copies of a documents to the Ministers. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN, We eopy from the Morning Chronicle of yesterday, a letter aelative to recent transactions at the barracks, Hounslow, " from a correspondent," say s our C ontemporary, " implicitly to be relied on." It records the flogging of a private of the 11th Hussars, in the riding school, on Sunday last, imme diately after the conclusion of prayers and a sermon. If the story be true, there is no language of reprobation too strong to be applied to so flagrant, indecent, and unnecessary an outrage on the sacredness of the day —so unseemly an affront on the solemn ceremonies which . had just before been celebrated. Nothing but a sudden act of mutiny on the part of the of fender, or the circumstance of his regiment being in active service, or in the field, or doing duty in a garrison town, where it might be of incalculable moment to pu• nish instantaneously every flagrant breach of discipline ; could lay a ground, we apprehend, even for the expe diency of so summary a course of proceeding under the cii - cumstances stated. In one part of its publication of yesterday, the Morning Chronicle, we observe, publishes "an old sol dier's letter," under the heading " The Earl of Cardigan." In another it concludes an article on the same subject, with these words—" Lord Cardigan should have been a Pagan and not a Christian. He would have been the very man to stick a knife into the victim beside the altar." This is pronouncing a pretty strong opinion on a case, the whole of which does not seem to be before us. We cannot find in any part of the letter, or from any statement in the previous portion of the Chronicle's commentary, that Lord Cardigan issued the order for the infliction of this punishment, or was pre sent in the barracks at the time, nor do we learn under what circumstances it happened that an offence, which seems to have been committed at Brighton, should have been referred to a district Court-martial, and the punishment for it be inflicted in the quarters of the regiment in another county. These circumstances, we dare say, will be in due time sufficiently explained; but in the absence of further infor mation upon them, we think we shall best discharge our duty for the present, by calling public attention to the facts, as they are alleged by the Chronicle. Should it appear, on the other hand, that the Earl of Cardigan has really rendered himself ob noxious to the imputations cast upon him, in this case, by the Chronicle, we shall not be slow to call, with the latter, for the most decided and stern expression of displeasure with which the highest authority can visit, what we should then be justified in denouncing as a most flagrant insult on the forms of eur Church Service, and a most heartless desecration of the Sab bath. —Morning Herald. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) In Alison's work on " the Principles of Population, and their connection with Human Happiness," a curious attempt is made to derive arguments for the Corn-laws from the great population-law which the writer undertook to illustrate. Such an attempt bears evidence of sophistry on the very face of it. The inhabitants of this island have already multiplied beyond the resources for their subsistence which, it produces. As an attemat to raise the home supply to the demand, the Corn laws are a signal failure. W e have imported, we do im port, and we must import. Nature and necessity have settled that question, in spite of the monopolists. It is true that we import irregularly, so as to do the farmer the least possible good, and the manufacturer the greatest possible harm ; so as to aggravate the fluctuation of prices, instead of steadying them ; so as to prevent all regular production of a foreign supply for our markets, and create oc casional drains of specie for the payment, instead of meeting it with a regular interchange of the products of our industry ; that is to say, we import in the wo rs t manner conceivable in stead of the best. S'e do it, nevertheless. If we did not, there would be a surplus population to kill off; or to get rid of t in some way or other. Logically to apply the principl e o f po pulation to this state of things, is simply o show that the Corn•laws are a means by which wretchedness, guilt, and de struction may be brought into play for the diminution of the population down to such a number that the landowners can furnish the required supply of food, and obtain their own prices. ( From the limes.) Among the various causes which, without implying any dis satisfaction with the doctrine or ritual of the established reli gion, tend materially to diminish the attendance of its attached adherents, the damp and dil a pid a t e d con di t i on o f country churches is undoubtedly one of the most prominent and inex cusable. Few persons can have been much in the habit of frequenting divine ordinances in certain rural disti icts with out observing the extreme dis-repair into which many of the sacred fabrics have latterly fallen—a state of things, which, besides being extremely discreditable to the pa rochial authorities, is by no means consistent with na tional decency in the service of Almighty -God. In vast numbers of instances, the frail doors of the biiilding will hardly turn upon their hinges, the broken panes of glass are stuffed with straw, the walls supporting an insufficient roof are wet with perpetual tricklings, and sundry puddles are often to be found in the hollow s of the clay floors. With such wretched accommodation as this, it is almost too much to expect that, when comfortable Dissenting chapels are generally to be found in every neighbourhood, t h e zealous cliurchmanship of th e parishioners shall induce them to encounter all sorts of colds, rheumatisms, and lumba g o;, rath er t h an d arken the threshold of the unaccredited voluntary temple. On the other hand, the architectural barbarisms, with which numerous ancient churches have been disfigured, under the hands‘of modern innovators, and the u necclesiastical style in which many recent churches have been fitted up, have gone far to destroy among us that consonancy of th e spirit withthe outward form of devotion, which approves itself equally to the reason and the taste. For the purpose of arresting the further progress of these evils two institutions very powerfully sup ported (the Camden Society at Cambridge, and the Architec tural Society at Oxford), are now usefully employed, in variou s ways, in directing public attention to the subject, particularly by the circulation of pertinent tracts addressed to the office bearers and friends of the Church. ( From the Morning Post.) Our readers may perhaps remember that when a Whig-Ra dical dical gentleman named Alcock, who had been turned out of h seat for Ludlow on account of bribery, was making an absurd attempt to get i nto Parliament again for the county of Surrey, he made about a hundred and fifty-seven speeches, in as many different publi c -h ouses, on the subject of the repeal of the Corn-laws. For these speeches he was very much applauded by the Ministerial journals, and especially by the Morning Chronicle. Now, his argument was (but then it was the far mers of Surrey he talked to, and hoped to bamboozle), that the price of foreign corn would be so raised by a British demand for it, that its introduction here would not lower our price ! The value of British land, and of British produce, he said, could not be deteriorated. While enlightening the select company of all the Radical pothouses in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1841 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DA Y. ) CHRONICLE.—The funds have been firm to-day, and Consols have improved slightly. To-morrow being settling day the options were declared to-day, the result of which was that Consols were called at 90 t i by the jobbers, and from the appearance of the market'. it would rather indicate a Bear account. THE EASTERN QUESTION This being settling day in the Foreign House, the job bers were principally engaged in settling their accounts. The differences to be paid, however, were unusually small, the fluc tuations in the various securities during the account having been extremely limited. It has been reported to-day, that the liabilities of Messrs. Wakefield and Son had assumed a more serious aspect ; but, we believe there is no reason to estimate them at more than 70,0001. TIMES--More business has been transacted in the various Government stocks to-day, and, what with money being easy and purchases made by the speculators to arrange to-morrow's account, values have improved nearly * per cent., the market closing firm. The vacancy of broker to the Equitable Assurance Company, occasioned by the failure of Messrs. Wakefield and Co., has been filled to-day by the appointment of Messrs. Capel, Cuer ton, and Cundy. It is understood the applicants for this ap pointment were 21 in number. The arrangement with the holders of the " United State s Bank" debentures, part of which will become due to-morrow, will be effected in the following manner : The whole amount, which is 800,000 i., is already secured by a deposit of 82,662,000 Pennsylvanian 5 per Cent. Stock, $900,000 Michigan 6 per Cents., and 8888,000 Missis sippi 5 per Cents., amounting altogether to 84,450,000. For the portion which falls due to-morrow namely, 400,0001., an additional deposit of 8225,000 Pennsylvanian 5 per Cents. has been made, and this additional secu. rity procures the consent of the holders to postpone their claims. With respect to the half-yearly coupons attached to the deben tures, they will be paid to-morrow as usual. The remaining 400,0001. of the principal debt falls due on the 15th of April, 1842. The application of so large an amount of assets belong ing to the " United States Bank" as security for only an in considerable portion of their debts, proves how completely the whole must have passed beyond the reach of the shareholders and the more immediate claimants upon them. By the usual official return published by the Customs, the exports of the precious metals from the port of London to fo reign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday, the Bth instant, was as under:— Ounces. Silver coin to Hamburgh 208,200 Silver coin to Rotterdam Silver coin to Belgium Silver bars to Hamburgh HERALD.—The transactions in the Funds have been in. considerable, but the quotations improved and were well sup. ported. _ _ It is understood that a fiat has issued against the Messrs. Wakefield to-day, whose liabilities are carriedby report as high as 200,0001., which however appears an incredibly large sum considering the limited extent of their banking business. The profitable appointment of stockbrokers to that ponderously wealthy concern, the Equitable Assurance Company. which they had long enjoyed, has been conferred to-day upon Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Cundy, a firm of well-known respecta bility and high standing on the Stock Exchange. Two or three failures of an unimportant character were re ported to-day in the vicinity of Fenchurch-street. But one occurred in the tea trade of an old established concern to a more serious amount; not, however, said to exceed 60,0001. The tea market notwithstanding was more film to-day and prices rather better. The delay which must intervene before any arrivals can be expected from the coasts of China, and even before cargoes can be taken in and completed at Whampoa, supposing that the preliminary convention of Captain Elliot be confirmed and a treaty founded on it finally concluded, which many peop!e are inclined to doubt, has contributed to allay the panic among the holders of tea and to stop the downward ten dency of prices. POST.—The operations of the Stock markets were con fined to-day almost exclusively to the home securities, the quotations for which are again upon the rise. Money for stock-jobbing purposes is easy, loans for short periods on the deposit of English stock being obtainable at from 2 to 3 per cent. ; discounts are also procured without trouble. It was the half-monthly settling slay in the Foreign funds. No difficulty arose upon the occasion that we are aware of. The transactions in this branch of the Stock Exchange have not during the fortnight been extensive. The stoppage of a house of some standing and respectability in the tea trade was the subject of conversation on 'Change. The liabilities of the party are considerable, though they can not perhaps be called absolutely large. Amounts have been named, and not without some confidence. Nothing that can be at all depended upon on this point is, however, yet known. The late fall in the prices of the leaf upon a heavy stock, part of which is becoming due, is the cause assigned for the present suspension. Company's congous were sold to-day at Is. si-d. per lb. cash. NEUMAN. PALNIERSTON. BULOW. BRUNOW. GRAND ROWING MATCH. CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD. Yesterday was fixed for the decision of the fourth great rowing match on the Thames between the students of Cambridge and Oxford Universities. The Cam bridge men having won in the three former contests, the greatest interest was excited amongst the lovers of this manly exercise as to the issue of this struggle, in which the Cambridge men. were either to establish their superiority, or to give the Oxonians an opportunity of retrieving their lost honours. Last Wednesday was originally fixed upon as the day of the race, but the authorities of both Universities interposed, and forbad the young men to engage in a coetest upon which lame sums of money were staked in Passion Week. The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday would have induced the managers on both sides to a further post ponement, but for the near approach of the Easter Term, when the gentlemen must present themselves at their respective Colleges. Notwithstanding the rain and cold of yesterday, the bridges from Westminster to Putney were crowded even to the tops of the lamp-posts, before the time of start. rng ; and at the former bridge there was as large a col eetion of boats of every kind—skiffs, cutters, and steamers—as ever were seen there upon any similar oc casion. At six o'clock the rival boats took their places, above the middle arch of the bridge. The crews were as ender : OXFORD. CAMBRIDGE. COLOURS--TRUE BLUE. COLOURS—LIGHT BLUR. CREW. CREW. No. 1. Mr. Bethel—Bow No. 1. Mr. W. Croker—Bow 2. Richards 2. L. Denman, Hon. 3. Mountaine 3. Richio 4. Royds 4. Puddley 5. Hodson 5. P o bb a l d 6. Lees 6. Penrose 7. Meynall 7. G. Denman, Hon. 9. Cocks—Stroke 8. Vi a l s—Stroke Cock3wain—Woollaton. Cockswain—J. Croker. The average weight of each crew was list. 51b. The length of the boats was each 52 feet 7 inches— breadth 3 feet 10 inches. At twelve" minutes past six o'clock they started fairly, when Cambridge drew a-head directly, and soon got up to about six boats length, keeping the distance with apparent ease the whole way. In Chelsea Reach, the distance was considered by the best judges to be fu 200 yards. - It is understood that a docket has been struck against Messrs. Wakefield and Co. upon the petition of a creditor in Suffolk. The debts owing by this firm are estimated at the large amount of 200,000/. SUN.—AII continues suspense with respect to the President steamer. Insurances have been effected to day at 35 guineas. Some notice has been excited to the legal proceedings threatened by Senhor Zulieta against a Morning Con temporary for certain allegations against him, in his cha racter of finance agent to Spain, and as having been privy to Mendizabal's conversion, or rather, ruination scheme, a few years back. Some curious exposures, we are informed, would come out in the event of the matter being brought into a Court , of Law. The Funds closed well. Consols for money at 90 to 4 , or a rise of about a 4 per cent, on the quotations of the morning. Exchequer Bills at 11 to 13 premium ; Bank Stock at 1721 ; and the Reduced Three-and- a Half per Cents. at 97i to 98k. The Foreign Securities became more animated, and improved slightly in value after the Half -monthly Ac count was adjusted. The differences payable on Spanish Active Stock were about 1 on Portuguese, New 1/, on Mexican 2, and on Dutch 11 per Cent. The current rates to-day were 23 to 23/ for the Ac tive Spanish Bonds ; 33i to 331 for the New Portu guese ; 19i to 20 for the Three per Cents. ; 301 to for the Mexican ; 221 to -I for the Colombian ; 24 for the Buenos Ayres ; 18 to I for the Peruvian ; and 69 to 1 1 for the Brazilian. Belgian Bonds were at an advance to 103 ; French Three per Cents. at 78f. 50c., and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 51i- to 521. The Railway Shares were all saleable at former rates. Great Western brought 291 to 301 ; the New l 4,1; the Fifths 74 to 8 ; the London and Birming ham 69 ; the York and North Midland 31 ; and the South Western 181 premium ; Brighton were 3 to 31 ; Blackwell 51 ; and the Eastern Counties 131 discount; Croydon were at par. Colonial Bank Shares realised 9 premium. In thirty. two minutes from the time of starting, the Cambridge men shot through Putney Bridge amidst great cheering, and were rapidly followed by their com petitors, fully fourteen boats length behind. The event bas disappointed not only the numerous friends of Oxford, but some of the most experienced men upon the river, who have been of opinion for the last two or three days that the Cambridge men were overtrained, although the rowing of the latter in their recent exercises upon the river has been universally ad mired for their skill, precision, and strength. It was ,aid last evening in Putney, that although the stakes were but 200 guineas, the losses on the beaten side amount to some thousands, as there was every re liance on the determination of the Oxonians to regain their reputation. It is admitted on all hands that they did their best, and their failure is by some attributed to the fact that two of their men were hurt in the band be fore the rue, and rowed with pads. The two crews, with their friends, dined together at the Star and Garter, Putney, where the table, spread for 110 persons, was found insufficient, and all the apartments in the house were filled. We have been informed that, before the dinner was brought in, nego tiations were in progress for a fifth match, to come off in the next vacation, and that there is some like libood of such an early renewal of the contest being de cided upon. The crowds upon the ¶ridge and river at Putney were even greater than upon the metropolitan bridges and the river between them ; and we have heard it , asserted by many of the oldest inhabitants of Fulham and Putney, that, in the whole of their experience, there never were assembled at one time so many craft upon the water, or so many people and equipages in the avenues of their hamlets. THE PRES IDENT .—Th e f o ll ow i ng are the tonnage and di mens i ons of the steam vessel which now excites TB s o o renan m da i e e: interest, as compared with those of a man-of-vra r built about the same period : Len g th. .......................... 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JOHN KNOX.—At the anniversary meeting o f great the interest Literary wasan d e xc it e Antiquarianby tthe e presentation , Society o f time and from different quarters, of the walking stick John Knox, and the candle-stick which mwandiechagsatinoostdhbisefloifree,hainomd at the time when an attempt through which the bullet passed which was aimed at him through the window of his lodgings. The cane was a donation from Mr. Laing of London. The candlestick was a presentation from Mr. Murray of Aytoun, and both were /accompanied by memoranda, which left no hesita tion an to their being veritable memorials of this great Re former. The town of Pesth, in Hungary, had declared several non-nobles, without distinction of religion, eligible to city ot4oco; a progress for Hungary East Surrey with these philosophical opinions, the Chronicle lence from your Majesty, your august Consort, and your Go. was daily holding him up to admiration as the fittest man in vernment, of which I trust lam not un d eserv i ng, from t h e the world to sit i n P ar li amen t and legislate for the people, the constant interest which I have felt, even as a private indivi.lual, bribery at Ludlow in nowise notwithstanding. But the philo- in the prosperity of your Majesty and the Portuguese nation." sophy which th e same Ch ron i c l e p reac h es now , or did preac h Th e Q ueen ' s answer was as f o ll ows : within these two days, goes to prove that Mr. Alcock talked "It is highly agreeable to me also to receive from your like an idiot at the very time he was so cried up as the properest hands the credential by which the Provisional Regency of man alive to be sent into Parliament. That sagacious print now Spain, in the name of her Catholic Majesty, gives me another ofa. insteadrd which%,T.a h r e e s wo c , asserts that the poor know that in every shilling's worth of trod of the desire to draw closer the relations that unite, and I hope will ever unite, the two Crowns and the two nations, bread they buy they are paying sevenpence-halfpenny for food, and fourpence-halfpenny for tax. If this be true (our Con- whose happiness very much . depends on a constant and good temporary will perhaps excuse us for putting hypothetically harmony . between both their Governments." With respect to the Portuguese tariff, it ought to be viewed what it so positively asserts), the fact must be so, for neither poor nor rich can know that to be which, in fact, is not. Now with relation to the state . of things previously existing. The if the Corn-law operates as a tax of fourpence halfpenny in the former duties on British goods were nominally, no doubt, fif shilling, the repeal of the law must, according to all the rules of teen per cent. ad valorem, but, with the exception of cottons, political economy (not one jot or tittle of which the Chronicle which were valued here according to the declaration of the can be so heretical as to doubt), bring down the price by 33 importers, the Portuguese Government having, as a check, the per cent. at the least. What, then, comes of the Alcockian option of taking them by . paying ten per cent. more than that philosophy, which represents the repeal as not likely to bring valuation; all other British manufactures, &c., were valued down the price at all? And what becomes of the consistency according to a scale adopted some sixty years ago, and which ;a l 1. seto per the spc, eee p nra r trc e .te s h e nae n tdn. t , „ud. valorem under frroe t tri n h h e i an; ts e ffe ct tsaansdet eemb of those who agreed with Mr. Aleock, and now agree w; classed them at prices enormously higher than the real value the Chronicle? fha s ialnns t that some op t tma paid oedfimx7ei fixed duties instances, nu e t ki ewe p s s - , was so far a change for the better, that it mot rid of th o old absurd scale of va l uat i on, though some of the du ties substituted afford grounds for complaint and for altera tion, it is to be presumed, in any future commercial treaty between Portugal and England. NOTE ADDRESSED BY THE CONFERENCE OF LONDON TO HIS EXCELLENCY CHEKIB EFFENDI. The undersigned have had the honour of receiving the note dated the 11 th of this month, by which his Excellency Chekib Effendi has had the kindness to announce to them, that in con sequence of the proofs which Mehemet Ali Pacha had given of his submission, his Highness had graciously performed his promise, by restoring him under certain conditions to the post of Governor of Egypt with hereditary descent. The Ambas sador from the Ottoman Government communicated, at the same time, the firmans published to this effect on the 13th of February, 1841, together with the note addressed the same day by his Excellency Redshid Pacha to the representatives of the Four Courts at Constantinople, by which the Sublime Porte announced that the Egyptian question was terminated. The undersigned consider it their duty to express to the Ot toman Ambassador, in the name of their Courts, the satisfac tion this event has caused them, which, at the same time that it brought the Eastern crisis to a definitive solution, fully realised the benevolent intentions which have served as a guide to the policy of the Courts who signed the Convention of the 15th of July. In this state of affairs the Four Powers have replied in anticipation of the desire which the Porte has ex pressed to see the Consuls return to Alexandria; and the pro tocol signed at London on the sth of this month has already invited the Representatives of the Four Powers to come to an understanding with the Porte to fix the time at which the aforesaid agents should return simultaneously to Egypt. As to the details which regard the internal administration of this province, and to which the firmans published on the 13th of February refer, the undersigned have been informed by despatches dated Alexandria, the 24th of the same month, that the greater part of those articles have been already regulated. In effect Mehemet Ali has acknowledged, without any re serve, that all the treaties and all the laws of the empire should be applied to Egypt in the same manner as to any other province of this empire. He has subscribed to the orders which have been addressed to him by the Sublime Porte, to regulate in Egypt the monetary system, the levies, the service, and the uniform of th e t roops , an d the construction of ships of war. He has replaced under the orders of his Highness the Sultan the land and sea forces of Egypt, of which the Sublime Porte itself has determined the number; in a word he is at present legally placed, with respect to the Porte, in the position of a subject delegated to the government of a province forming an integral portion of the Ottoman empire ; and in conformity with the principle which the Convention of the 15th of July was determined to re-establish, it is to the authority of the Sultan alone that it now belongs to resolve the questions relative to the internal administration which re main yet to be regulated, and to take into consideration the wishes which Mehemet Ali has submitted on this subject to the decision of his Highness. Without in this respect entering into an examination which would not be within their province, the undersigned can only refer to the principles laid down in the collective note which they have had the honour to address to the Ot toman Ambassador on the 30th of January. The principles based upon the conditions of the separate act attached to the Convention of the 15th July will serve as a rule for the amicable explanations which the representatives of the Four Courts may yet be called upon to offer to the Sublime Porte. The undersigned are firmly assured that these explanations, conceived in a sincere spirit of conciliation, would he received by the Sultan in the same manner as he has ever received the advice already offered by the Allies, disinterested and sincere advice, which his Highness justly appreciated when he by an act of clemency accomplished a work of pacification which the Allies had honourably aided him in securing. The undersigned avail themselves of this opportunity, &c, London, March 13, 184 l . ESTERHAZ Y. LINES ON THE DEATH OF MOORE. We copy the following from the Boulogne Gazette as a curiosity. It appears there will be no end of claimants to this celebrated ode. The French verses below are word for word the same as those attributed to Wolfe, who certainly left his right to the honour which has been heaped upon him very doubtful : TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BOULOGNE GAZETTE. " Sir,—Having observed in a recent Newspaper that a new claimant had started his pretensions to the au thorship of the beautiful " Lines on the death of Sir John Moore" (improperly called Atta Ode), which has been generally ascribed to the late Rev. Chas. Wolfe, 1 am induced to send you for insertion in your Journal, should you find sufficient space for the purpose, the en closed copy of verses in French on a distinguished officer, who meta similar fate to General Moore, but in a more distant clime from his native land. The subject of the lines herewith sent was Colonel Beaurni.- noire, a native of Britany, who was dat the siege of Pondichery in 1749. As a similar idea pervades the two poems, one of which was published long before the other, it is reason able to suppose that the spirit was caught by the English author, and embodied only in different lan guage ; at any rate, it is rare t o find such a coincidence as to originals so approximating each other in their ideas, as the poems in question present, without either the one or other incurring the charge of plagiarism. The French verses are to be found in the " Memoires de M. Lally Tolendal" iu the appendix, but if I am not mistaken a notice of them has been lately made by a writer in one of the London Magazines. Yours obediently, SCRUTATOR Ni lc son du tambour, ni la marche funebre, Ni le feu des loldats, ne marque son depart, Mais du brave, a la hate, a travers les teaebres, Mornes, nous portances le cadavre au rampart. De minuit c'etait l'heure, et solitaire, et sombre, La lune a peine offrait un debile rayon ; La lanterne luisait peniblemeet dans l'ombre, Quand de la bayonette on creusa Ic g3zon. D'inutile cercueil, ni de drap funeraire, Nous re daignames point entourer le heros ; 11 gisait dans lea pHs du manteau militaire Comme un guerrier qui dort son heure de repoe. La priere qu'on fit fut de courte duree ; Nul ne parte de deuil, bien que le cur fut plein, Mais on fixait du ',tort la figure adoree; Mills avec amertume, on songeait au demain. Au demain ! quand ici ou sa fosse s'apprete, Ou son bumide lit on dresse avec sanglots ; L'ennemi orgueilleux marchera sur as tete, Et 11011°, see veterans, serons loin sur les Hots. Its terniront sa gloire, on pourra les entendre Nommer Pillustre wort, d'un ton amer ou fol : II les laissera dire--Eh ! qu'importe asa cendre, Que la main d'un Breton a confiee au sol. L'eeuvre durait encore, quand retentit la cloche Au som:net du bejj`roi, et le canon lointain Tire par intervalle, en annoncant l'approche, Signalait la fierte de l'ennemi hautain. Et dans sa fosse, alors, le mimes lentement, Pres du champ ou sa gloire a ete consommee ; Nuns ne mimes a Pendroit, pierre, ni monument Le laissant seul a seul avec sa renommee. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. (PROM O'OR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) Note itbstanding that the sevcre illness of General Fer guson gave very little hopes to any one that he would survive the present Session, yet the intelligence of his death came very sudden upon his constituents. The Tories had previously been active, and had made ar rangements for bringing down Mr. Walter; of the Times, to contest the seat on Tory principles. On Wednesday Mr. Walter arrived at the George the Fourth Hotel,,ac companied by Colonel Sibthorp. On the evening befare the Liberal party held a Meeting, which was attended by a great number of the meat respectable Liberals. Colonel Thompson was proposed, but be, it was deem ed, would have no chance without money, of which he has very little, against a rich candi date, :and smarting from defeat. Attention was then turned to sevaral others, but eventually some letters were read from G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq., in which his sentiments were detailed. He declared himself a Radical in every sense of the word, in favour of a Repeal of the Corn-laws, abolition of Church rates, the Ballot, and Extension of the Suffrage, anti other excellent measures. Very high credentials from the first liberal men in London were read in his favour, and it was eventually agreed to invite him down to address the electors, and a letter was despatched to him. He will be in Nottingham this day (Thursday), and will, no doubt, be the man adopted by the Liberal party. It is very much to be regretted that a great split has taken place lately among all parties on the Poor-law Question, the Wh'gs having built a new workhouse on the new principle, in spite of the efforts of the Tories and Chartists to prevent it. Tice Tories have taken ad vantage of this, and, having joined with the Chartists, got an ultra-Tory Board of Guardians returned on Tues day last, who have stopped the !building of the new house. The Tories deeming they will be joined by the Chartists, on proposing Mr Walter, who is an anti-Poor law man, are sanguine of success, but their hopes are most falla cileß, for the Chartists, in full meeting at the Democratic Chapel, on Monday night, determined not to support a Tory on any grounds. The Radical principles of Mr. ' Larpent will just suit them—they will poll ;for him to a man, and there is no doubt he will be returned by a ma jority of 500. WOOLWICH -WEDNESDAY. SHEERNESS, APRIL 13.—Active preparations are going on in the dockyard for the building of two steamers of war, the Cormorant and the Rattler, second class, which are to be got ready with all expedition, orders to that effect having been received from the Lords of the Admiralty a few days ago. The Asia, 84, Captain W. Fisher, was paid off on turday. The men who had served their full time of four years received their discharge, and the remainder paid down to six months. The Mercury is hourly expected from Portsmouth with a Lieutenant of the Indus on buard to volunteer men from the Asia to that ship. The Monarch, 84, is ordered for sea, but at present she is 180 men short of her complement, and is not expected to leave for three weeks in cosiequeace of the non-comple tion of hcrcrew. Her destiecion has not transpired. The D.ligence troop-ship sailed with stores to Wool wich on Friday. CHATHAM, APRIL 13.—0 n Saturday last the Ro chester troop-ship brought down the marines from on board the Asia. The Unicorn frigate, 42, was undocked on Saturday last; she has been overhauled, painted, and her defects made good, and got ready for immediate service. The Pique frigate was taken into dock on ;he same day she came into port under jury masts from S 3 ria, and where she was nearly wrecked. Although she has to undergo a complete repair, she will be ready for sea in the course of a few days ; her rigging is already up. Yes terday ( Monday) a dreadful accident occurred on board; a seaman of the name of Michael Leary fell from the maintop on deck ; the poor fellow was so dreadfully man gled as to render his recovery impossible. The Gloucester and the Eagle frigates, 50, are being got ready for commission. The Growler, steam-ship, 1,300 tons burden, is in . a very forward state, and wilt be launched the latter end of the ensuing month. PreparaTion3 arc being made for laying down th! Vi raga and the Bulldog, two second class steam-ships of war. The HindoAan, 74, which ii building at Plymouth, will be launched on the 3d of August. The Aid, Government lighter, sailed yesterday fur Poi timouth ansi Plymouth. The Alban troop-ship arrived on Sunday with a party of the 95th Regiment, from Teignmouth, on board, to relieve the 53d, which has been ordered for Portsmouth. The 6th Regiment has been ordered to Dover to aw:,it the arrival of the other portion of the regiment from India. The Monkey steamer arrived on Sunday from Wool wich with stores. The Ardent steamer arrived on Saturday with new en pines. To-day Mr. Francis Eddington, late second master of the Gorgon steamer, who was ordered home directly after the attack and capture of St. Jean d'Acre by the Lords of the Admiralty, passed his examination at the Trinity_ house, and is to receive his appointment on Thursday. lie is the youngest master in the service, being only 27 years Elf age. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, APRIL 15.—Windthis day at noon, fresh breeze, from N. to W., with fine weather. DEAL, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Clio, from Monte Video; Ocean, Sierra Leone ; Berystha, Longourd. Arrived from the river, the Eleanor for Sierra Leone; British Tar, for Quebec ; Albion, ditto. COWES, APRIL 14.—Arrived, Stag, Burnham, Batavia. FALMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind S. to N. N. W. fresh breeee. —Arrived the Penguin packet, from Rio Janeiro, with 33,000/. on freight ; Ariadne, Kundsen, Monte Video, sailed Jan. 18, bound to Amsterdam; Numa, Tulloch, Sierra Leone, sailed Feb. 20; Iberia (s.) Gibraltar, left 3d instant, Lisbon 6th, Oporto and Vigo 9th instant; Iberia (s.) for Southampton. Arrived off, the Julia, Vibert, from Monte Video. BRISTOL, APRIL I4.—Arrived the Freedom, Farr, from Africa; Redeliffe, Collings, Gallipoli. LIVERPOOL, A rim. 13.—Wind light.—Arrived the Satisfaction, Brunsley, from Bonny, sailed sth Jan. ; Kelsick Wood, Berbice ; Josephine, Scott, Barbadoes; Bir rnin;ham, Hamilton, Mobile, sailed from the Bar the Bth ult. ; Oriental steamer, Alexandria; Columbine, and Sphynx, Smyrna; Zante Packet, Z an t e ; Q ueen of the South, and Alfred, St. Michael's. Sailed the Britannia, Skelly, for Halifax ; Trenton, Boston ; Mary I3ibby, Quebec ; Eagle, Montreal; Dart, Aneona. Put back, Thomas, for Newfoundland. CLvnE, Arait. 12.—Sailed the Llangothland, Roger, for Sydney, New South Wal es ; S ate lli te, S t. John's, New''Bruns wick. OFF ROMNEY, APRIL I4.—The Lydia, Brunton, from Halifax, in 29 days. CORK, Aram 12.—Arrivecl off, the Eleanor, for Sydney, New South Wales; Pyth ar , A ntwerp. PETERHEAD, APRIL IL—Arrived the Lykken, Jensen, from Mandahl ; Sooner', Grimstan, Oban. 12—The Mystic, Tait. from London to Londonderry and New Brunswick, struck on a rock near the Island of Tyrree the 2d inst. and sunk—her masts are sees above water. JERSEY, APRIL 10.—Sailed the Elya, Orvis, for Newfound land ; Charles, Hurow, Gastie ; Treaser, Le Bonuller, New SUNDERLAND, APRIL 13.—Sailed the Poulions, for Ri(hebucto. The schooner Friends, of this port, laden with lime, took fire and was nearly destroyed. EAST INDIA DIRECTION.—The glasses closed at half-past ten o'clock last evening, when the election tern,inated the return of the six following gentlemen : Mr. John Lock Mr. H. St. George Tucker 2,002 Mr. John Cottf)n Mr. H. Shank 1,968 Mr. H. Mills 1,948 Mr. W. H. C. Plowden 1,13S The following me the names of the unsuccessful candi dates ROYAL ARTILLERY. At a quarter past ten o'cLck this forenoon Capt. Hope and Cwt. F. Warde's companies of the Royal Artillery, whose arrival from Jamaica in the Horatio transport ship and disembarkation at the lyal Arsenal Woolwich, on Sunday evening has been already announced, assembled on the parade in front of the barracks, and were inspected by Colonel Lacy, the Inspecting Field-officer of artillery, who reported to Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G. C. 8., and G. C. H., commanding the ganison, the soldier-like appearance and service order of these companies. Lieut.. Colonel Biamdteth, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Cruttenden, Brigade-Major Cuppage, and a number of the officers of the regiment were present, and appeared highly gratified to witness the excell en c e o f appearance of this fine body omen. Colonel Lacy has been appointed Inspecting Field officer for the season, and intends to introduce several new arrangements, which will add greatly to the effective strength of the garrison. Instead of the usual detachment being sent to Purfleet once a month, as is the case at pre sent, an equal number of old soldiers, who are still fit for light duties but unable to bear the fatigues of field-days, will be stationed at Purflect, and remain permanently for six months. The of f icers' servants will also have to appear at drills and parades once a week. These excellent arrangements are hailed with pleasure by the men, as they will now have such duties to perform as they are found capable of accomplishing in an effective manner. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DUTCH AND .GERMAN MAIL THE HAGUE, APRIL 9.—lt is said that the personal .ax, as it is called, will be levied for the year 1841, 1842, on the same footing as for 1840, 1841 ; that is, according to the existing laws ; and consequently that the project of law lately brought before the Second Chamber will not be carried into effect till the next financial year. THE HAGUE, APRIL 12.—The report given by some papers that the Crown was transferred to the present King, on the condition that the concordat of 1837 should be carried into effect, is without foundation. FRANKFORT, APRIL 6.—lt may now be pretty con fislently affirmed that her Majesty the Empress of Russia will embark at Kronstadt for Lubeck at the beginning of June, and probably accompanied by her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Alexandria. They will go to Emms, the waters of which have had so favour able an effect on her Majesty's health. BERLIN, APRIL B.—The opinion of our revered King respecting the commercial treaty with Holland, has led the Customs' Union to come to a favourable decision last week, to give notice on the Ist July of the expira tion of the Convention, so that it will expire on the Ist January 1842. Thus the German merchants are re lieved from another cause of alarm. FRANKFORT, APRIL B.—Vehement complaints are made of the Stade duties. It seems that the hope of seeing the Hanoverian flag treated, in Belgium, on a par with that of the most favoured nation, on a promise of reciprocity on the part of Hanover, is not very great, because the opinion gains ground in Brussels that the Hanoverian declarations of reciprocity are illusory, be cause no mention whatever is made of the Stade or Braunsbausen duties. HAMBURGH, APRIL 9.—We have some account from Stallung, that on Saturday, 3d April, about half-past three in the afternoon, an uncommonly smart shock of an earthquake was felt in almost all Jutland. The houses trembled, and the furniture was thrown down in some places, especially TListed and Logstov ; walls were cracked, and chimneys were thrown down. TRIESTE, APRIL 2.—'l'he letters from Alexandria of the 17th ult., and from Constantinople of the 21. t ult. received to-day, bring nothing decisive respecting the Egyptian question, and they all express a hope that in spite of the councils of the British Ambassador the Representatives of the other great Powers at Constan tinople will induce the Porte to modify the hatti sacra. The troubles in Samos and Candia appear not to have been so serious as they were represented. It is hoped that a few Turkish ships of war, which arrived at Tachesme on the 15th of March, to take troops and convey them to Samos, will suffice to restore order in that island. We have letters from Candia of the sth and the 22d. One of the first date says—" About a hundred individuals arrived from the Morca in our island, and endeavoured to excite the inhabitants against the Turkish Government ; they met with most encourage ment from some hot-headed Greeks who joined them. Three English ships of war sufficed to keep the rebels in awe, and a s the Consular auth or i t i es d id their ut esptuttoaquueientdthtoe wpietohpolue:sbmloiodndshs, bloodshed:' hope th a t a ll w ill b, A second lette r of the 22d speaks of business being re=amed in the principal markets of the island, and concludes with the following words :—" There are now eight Turkish men of-war, viz., two frigates, three corvettes, and three brigs, with 2,500 regular troops. At Andron, in the harbour of Suds, likewise an English ship of the line, a frigate, and a brig. Three more English men-of-war were expected from Marmoriaza or Malta, besides the Austrian Commodore Bandiera will soon arrive with his squadron ; so that we hope our tranquillity will not be again interrupted."—Allgemeine Zeitung, April 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—AsurrstDAst, APRIL 10 • Money. Bids. ictual Debt, 2% per Cent ........ 514 51% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Syndic,4% per cent E9% go Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 72% 73 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 166% Iffy Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. IL O % 101 1 ,. Loan 1437, 5 per cent"... ...... ...... g 97 7 , Exchange en London, One m0nth......,,, l2 mg Two months 1 1 9;36 Dutch Papers, April 13. liELGIAR. UNDS—BRussILd, APRIL LL Acturd Debt, 2% per Cent. Rot ..................... 52V, Roschild's Loan, 5 per C , llt. ....... 100% Loan of Thirty ' Millions, 4 per Ce nt. " ..... io • • leer Cent.......... 40) ................ Loan of Oty, 1832, 4 per Cent ......... ........ IC% Society of Conunerce, 4%per Cent 9B Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent. ....... National Society ........ Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, April 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—.VIENNA, APRIL 5 leper Cants. Metalliques Four per Cents Three p r Cents. Bank Miami 1136 illemeine Zeitung. April 10 HAMBURG BURSENHALLE, APRIL 10 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents Bank share. A liglo.Kussian Loan 107% 107% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cartiticate 102ie 10.:34 Inscription, Ist Se•iGs BA% linstian 5 par Cont. Hopp and Co. 3d and 4th MM . ..... Series 97 96% Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (18.10) 8 7% W;i 4 Dutch Actual Debt, 25 per Cent Lori 49A Ditto 5 per Cent — -- Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cert 75 74% N..twegian Loan, 1834, 4 per , Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 16% PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLts, APRIL 8. Bi l l s . Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 4% per cent. ..... ...104 103% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 100% 100% Xxchange on London, three months... 6 19% —Prussian State Gazette. April 9. Thirty.soven HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.-.....Pit VA TE RUN. --His Royal Highness Prince Albert basing ex pressed a wish to have a private hunt with the Royal Buckhounds before the termination of the season, orders were cor.se.quently conveyed to Lord Kinnaird to have the hounds in readiness in the Great Park at Windsor at twelve on Wednesday morning. The deer having been uncarted, and the usual law expired, the hounds were laid on, and the Prince and his attendants immedirvely hissed in close pursuit. The deer went away in excellent style, leading his pursuers over a great portion of the Park. His Royal High n e ss was a tti re d in proper hunting c..stume, and mounted on one of his favourite hunters, which carried him over several leaps, which the Prince seemed to take a ith more confidence than be has displayed on former occasions. The run did not last longer than half an hour, and the Prince and his attendants had re turned to the Castle before one o'clock. THE BACHELOR OF ARTS EXECUTIONER. — even a lon The Vigie de Morbiban relates that at a late competition for the vacant post of executioner at Bourges, the suc cessful candidate was an M.D., who had acted as assistant to the executioner at Vannes. " This person," it adds, " is a bachelor in letters, and has united with his above publicoffice the exercise of the medical profession, for which he has a diploma as an nfficier de sante, and had to relinquish his latter actice, bnt be nevered, declar- , g list of patients. The authorities wished him leg somewhat sarcasti ca lly that h rendered the • with that of . medical profession incompatible executioner." Major-General Robertson ••• 894 Major Oliphant Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Mr. William Butterworth Bayley, Chair man, and Mr. George Lyall, Deputy Chairman, for their Crest application and attention to the affairs of the East India Company during the past year. MUTINY ON BOARD THE BELLE POULE.— The Journal de Cherboury of the I 1 th inst. state - 4, that in consequence of riotous conduct on shore, the crew of the Belle Poule (the Prince de Joinvillo's frigate) had been c ,, nfined to their ship. They rushed out, how ever, in a body, and having forced the dock-yard gate, dig persed throughout the country, where they were very qu ekly arrested by the marine gendarmerie, and brought back to their former quarterv. RECENT ORDER,--A general order has been i to the troops stationed in Ireland, that in future, when escorting prisoners, the oldest and steadiest soldiers be placed in the van and rear guard, and that no commu nication whatever be permitted to take place between the prisoners under escort and the civilians ; arid that interfe rence be repelled with the point of the bayonet. It is also ordered, that on the military reaching the gaols or bride wells, the destination of the prisoners, old and steady soldiers be detached, and placed in such positions as will protect the escort from the intrusion of the mob, and that they are in n o instance to suffer an intruder within the reach of their musket and bayonet with impunity. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will leave Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, on Monday or Tuesday next, for Marlborough House. Her Majesty is expected to be Present at the Ancient Concert, on Wednesday evening , next, at the Hanover-square Rooms. EXPRESS FROM FALMOUTH. By the Iberia steamer, which arrived at Falmouth on Tues day with the Peninsula mails, we have received despatches from Lisbon and the other ports of the Peninsula. The dates of sailing of the Iberia are, from Gibraltar the 3d, Lisbon the 6th, Oporto the Bth, and Vigo the 9th inst. At 5 p. rn. on Tuesday afternoon, her Majesty's packet Penguin, Lieut. Luce, also arrived at Falmouth, from the Brazils, having sailed from Rio de Janeiro on the 2d of March. She brings sixteen days later dates than those received by the Stag fri g ate recently arrived from the same quarter. Th e Penguin has 33,0001. on freight, and the exchange at her de parture was 30d. No intelligence of impOrtan ce th at we can gather ha s b een rece i ve d b y the Penguin. Affairs in Rio Grande are still in as unsettled state. in L thet sar d , in , a t r p y a 1L course PORTUGAL. e h r i i s a rn s a te il am ye e s r t, ll . l d i a ic ) h , N s l h N o E u A . ' h i a —The was prevented arriving in due time by the following circum stance. She left Gibraltar at the usual time for ddiz, with a passenger taken up at Gibraltar who was in the last stage of consumption, and who died on the passage to Cadiz. The authorities at Cadiz refused of health f or Li s b on, with on this a ccount to g i ve a clean bill ot which th e steamer would have had to go into quarantine iu refused, on the Admk"e. And fu rt h er , I hear, they Gibraltar with the coirrpse alty ,and bringts proposi ng t o go b ac k to another clean bill of health from there—in any case to give cons equence was that the lberiat u ernei another at Cadiz. Th e back i to G i bralt ar , whence she came direct here, without touching arrived at nine o'clock last night ; and the rrrifaialt by Cadiz,orri and the Admiralty agents , closes at eleven o'clo c k this m ornin e , rs of Senhor Miranda , Minister of Marine, expired at five yester dayc morning, and the funeral ceremonies will take place to day at Jesus Church, and the corpse will be probably interred at the Prazeres burying ground. Guns are now being fired every fifteen minutes in honour of the deceased. The Special Finance Committee has been completed, and has alreadymet under the presidency of the Duke of Palmella, whose quarrel with the Queen about Count Taipa's introduction was set. tied by that gentleman's writing to say that under no circum stances would he have entered the Committee in question. We have nearly had another arsenal row. The men, being some six or seven weeks in arrear, were instigated to strike. and refused on Thursday to resume their work, to the number of six hundred or above. An older, it appears, had been previously issued for payment, but somehow or other it had not been carried into effect, perhaps owing to the serious illness of the Minister of Marine, Senhor Miranda. Counts Bomfim and Rodrigo Ilfagal haes went to the arsenal arid investigated the ease, and the men have since been paid a portion of their wages. The :Spanish minister (Senh or Aguilar) had a formal au dience of the Queen, to present his credentials on the 31st ult. Recent occurrences gave somewhat of interest to the language in which Senhor Aguilar expressed himself on the occasion " Senhora—lt is very gratifying to me to have the honour to present to your Majesty the credential letter, by which the Regency of Spain, governing- the monarchy during the mino rity of my august mistress, Queen Isabella 11., has accredited me to your Majesty as its envoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary. "In fulfilling this duty "I have an especial charge to make known to your Majesty and to your Government the senti ments which animate the Regency, of sincere and cordial friendship towards your Majesty and the noble and generous Portuguese nation, as well as the reciprocal interest which the two peninsular people have in drawing closer their rela tions, identified as they are in political principles, and equally lovers of their legal liberty and of their independence. Having now, for the second time, to reside in this Court as representative of Spain, and having merited from your Ma jesty s august grandfather (may he be in glory) all considera tion and esteem, I flatter myself that, animated as I alw am by the same sentiments, I s h a ll deserve the same benevo- ays - __- THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. The following letter from the Directors of the Company who own this vessel, addressed to Messrs. Jones and Hodgson, insurance-brokers at Liverpool, was posted in the Underwriters' Room to-dav : British and American Steam Navigation Company, 2, Billiter-coort, Billiter-square. MESSRS. JONES AND HODGSON, GENTLENtEI4,—In the Liverpool correspondence of the Times of this day's date, it is stated that the sails of the Pre sident were " neither numerous or good;" the report is hardly worth contradiction, but as it may cause uneasiness amongst the Underwriters on her, I beg to annex a list of the sails handed over by Captain Keane to Captain Roberts, when he took command of the vessel. I take this opportunity of stating that the Directors •are un der no apprehensions for the safety of the ship, being of opi. nion that her machinery has given way, and Captain Roberts has put into Halifax or Bermuda, most probably the latter port, as the rte was from the N. E. I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) MACGREGOR LAIR IN VENTORY OF SAILS ON BOARD THE PRESIDENT. Fore and aft foresail, ditto mainsail, ditto mizen sail, three storm trysails, main gaff topsail, mizen ditto ditto, two fore sails, two foretopsails, one topgallant ditto, one forestaysail, three jibs, two lower studding sails, two topmast ditto, two topgallant ditto. COMMODORE NAPIEIL—This gallant com mander arrived herein the steam-ship Oriental this morning, the vessel which brought the last India mail. She went at once into q uarant i ne; from wh ence , however, she expects a speedy re lease,.all on board being well. We are glad to find that arrangements are being made, under the auspices of the East India Assoeiation, to give the gallant Commander a public dinner on setting foot once more on his native shores. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY:—The Queen an(l pried Albert walked as usual this morning for some time the Terrace of the Castle and in the Little. Park. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took 13 : 1 accustomed airing this morning. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anne Ma t ' i Dawson, also engaged in walking exercise this nintoi l li About twelve o'clock to-day Prince Albert, atten_lf i. by Colonel B ou ve r i e , M r . G e o rge E dwar d Aesop, rs Colonel We m y ss , ro d e i n t o t h e G reat Par k to meet''' Majesty's Sat Hounds, and enjoyed a smart run. Viscount Melbourne arrived in the afternoon Visit to the Queen. The Duchess of Bedford, Hon. Miss Devereux, Isabella Wemyss, and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. A °l°o . took a carriage airing. Lord and Lady Kinnaird and Major Trevellya n have the ho n o ur o f di n i ng th i s evening with her Mail" I and the Royal party at the Castle. .D. T' iuceiter .'heir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Glo. and the Duke o f C am b r id ge, l eft town yesterday more' ing for Wimbl e d on P ar k , to pay a visit to the,Du_ . of Sus sex . Th e D u k e and Duchess of Somerset .P". ceived th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesses on their arriva l at WI. • bledon P ar k. Th e D uchess of Gloucester and t • Duke - r,f CaMbridge returned to town in the a fteraon The books c o m p os i ng t h e library of her late 110 1 1 .. Highnessthe Prin cess Augus'a, at Frograbre Lott near Windso r , an d at Claren ce H ouse , St. Jatne s t ; and also th e pl ate o f t h e late Princess, have been P u r i chased by his Maj. , sty the King of Hanover, and E lij conveyed a sh ort t i me ago to the apartments 01 • Majesty in St. James's Palace. Within the last I t , days th e b oo k s an d p l ate have been removed from James's Palace, and have been put on board a su4° packet, in order to be conveyed to Hanover. Viscount Melbourne took his departure from ; bledon P ar k, t h e res id ence of the Duke of,Someriak.s" vcr yesterday aftlrnoon, on a visit to her Majesty at sor Castle. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Counci l :1 yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the great cause " Wood a n d ot h ers v. G oodlake and o„thepr:i... Sir W. Follett. concluded his a dd ress, and Sir P,` , 1 , - , it lock c ommence d hi s address for Hitchings, one next of kin. At f our o ' c l oc k their Lordship's adjourTie The appeal w ill come on f or further hearing 00 adjourn The May. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• WEDNESDAY. Match-50, h ft. D. M. Mr. Payne's f Australia, by Langar, out of Emigrant's dam, Bst (Nat), beat CaP tai Row's Langolee 8;: 71h . Betting-sto 4as Australia. Won by half a length. Subscription Plate o. 5 0/. ; for three yrs old, 7st fo ur ' Bst 71b; five, 9st ; sit and aged, 9at 21b. T. Y. C. Mr. Bowes's Epirus, aged (Nat) Mr. Cooke's, Sequidiile, 3 yrs Mr. Boyc e ' s S crogg i ns, aged Betting -7 to 4on Epi rus , 3 to 1 agst S eq uidilla,.aD d sto I agst Scrogginr. Won by a length, easy. of The Colum n S ta k es o f 50 sous., . h ft, for the produc e mares covered i n 1837 ; colts, 8 , ,t 71b; and fillies , 83 _ _ 1 4lb ; those by untr i e d stallions, or out of untr i e d m are" allowed 31bs; if both, 51bs. R. M. 22 Subs. Duke of B e df or d' s b c O akley by Taurus (Rob i nson ) 1 2 Mr. Bstson's f Potenti a Lord Exeter's Abidos Mr. Bowes' s c h f Th e W itch of Whorley Hill.. ........... Betting -7 t o 4 on O akley (taken), and 3to 1 8011' Abydos (taken). Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft ; t 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b ; net engaged in 2,000 GuinnatNe w market,(7 or Grand Puke Michael Slakes. D. M. Subs.) Day) I Duke of Graften's b c Mosque ............ (J. 41b) 2 s Mr. Osbaldeston's the Qu of ...... (c for coltg, 89 arried 84t eenß e auty 3 Mr. Thornhill's Emotion ...................... Fulwar Craven's Benedetta ........ : ..................... 4 Betting -7 to 4on Mosque: . ... ... ........ . Benedetti', and 10 to 1 agst Queen of Beauty. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; for three yrs old Enid , Bst 61b. D. M. (4 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Jou-jou, by Taurus (allowed 31b) Mr. W. S. Stanley's ch f Minx, by Taurus (31b).....• Betting -7 to 4on Minx, who was defeated by W I lengths. Mr. Thornbill's Eringo received forfeit from Mr. Par ° Escort ; Bst 71b each. D. M. 3001., h ft. MANCHESTER —TUESDAY EVENING. The room was tolerably well attended at noon, but presented a very scanty appearance of real business. i; variety of offers we re made, but the fi e ld smen did 11° 9 appear disposed to exceed their own notions ; and tb. o parties disposed to back Tubalcain, Queen Bee, O r T h 5 T, keen, and I-am -not-aware, were doomed to retire 0 "" fi out executing commissions, or adding to their °I II ; books. The high odds of II to I are still offered en : a Chester Cup field. A fraction only rests between the ` ll.- d and second favourite. Gallipot was offered to be back e r against The Plover-11-f to 1 offered against the 14ft° 1 1 with takers of 12 to 1 ; which, we doubt not, vi,"„. have been booked on Gallipot. We should almost given the third place to Tubalcain, as an ofre.,"7„ -- ; made pretty ear l y to lay a pony he beats Queen however, at th e c l ose of the room, 100 to 7 was re f t r upon Tubalcain, whilst 13 to 1 seemed the outside oi t , against Que en B ee. One gentleman offered to baektte mare against an y s i x f or a hundred each, or take 1 56 i , s e 10 she win s . A not h er proposal was to lay 100 to 6, bet, against each of the following :—Bedford. Cruiek e C e d Tubalc a ir t , R etr i ever, and I-am-not-aware. No one Itki " the lot ;" b ut, no doubt, there were parties who vit'as willingly have a selection at the price. Bloomsbury once backed at 100 to 6; a f ter, offered. I-am-not-Oar c rii was offered to be backed against him, who, after the r °° " ,, t ,•• broke up, was l a id aga i nst at 100 to 5. As we did rig hear Cha m p agne, L ugwardine, and one or two ot b e named, their prices may be considered nominal. HE CHESTER CUP, P.P. 11 to 1 asst Ccl. Cradock's Gallipot—off 11f to I Mr. Flintoff's The Plover—take 12 to 13 to 1— Mr. Orde's Queen Bee off to tlsto 1 100 to 7 Mr. Collett's Tubalcain—off 14 to 1 Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—off 15 to 1 Mr. Goodman's Bedford—off 100 to 6 Mr. Price's Tully 100 to 6 Major Hay's Retriever 100 to 6 Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury—taken a. • ' then offered 100 to 5 Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware—t freely • 100 to 5 Col. Peel's Gibraltar—offfreely 100 to 4 Mr. St, Paul's Calypso off 00 to 4 Mr. Painter's Ernest the First—take- n as then offered 100 to 4 Sir I'. Stanhy's Cowboy—taken freely 100 to 3 _ Mr. 04boine's Little Philip—eft tot 56 100 to 2 Lord Eg:inton's The Young-un—off: • a Offers to hack Bellcna v. The Young-un; 12 to 1 1 . fifties was off ere d aga i nst Tubalcain, previous to the he` quoted being offered. THE DERBY. —The, Newmark e t b ett i ng will be the b est lard ' criterion. T he crac k was not named ;00 to 5 wa 9 against Eringo , 9 to 1 offered v. Van ArnbUrg b wanted) ; 20 to 6 was the highest offer v. Carneleoao (back e d yester d ay repeatedly at 200 to 5); 200 to 3 offered against Gammon Box, or 100 to 2 against M"":„, - ing star, Mustapha, or the Duke of Wellington ; offe rs take 2to the Knight beats Van Amburgh. Nothir.6 done on the Column or 2,000 Guineas Stakes; 2 to cffered on the field for the former. NEWMA BETTING IN .K.ET - WEDNESDAY Nrcur. 'HE EVENING. UJINEAS STAKES. 6to 1 agst Metternich -- taken 7 to 1 agst Joachim--ta' THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken 10 to 1 agst John Day's lot 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's lot—. 8 to 1 agst Coronation —taken II to 1 agst Van Amburgh 14 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 15 to 1 agst Rosalie colt . • • IS to 1 agst Prince Caradoc •20 to 1 agst Palwmon—taken 22 to 1 agst Ralph 22 to 1 agst Ering o 25 to 1 agst Galaor' 26 to 1 agst Marshal Soult 30 to 1 agst Metternich 35 to 1 agst Belgrade 40 to 1 ag.t Cameleon 40 to 1 agst Mon , rolian 45 to 1 agst Joachim 45 to I agst Mosque—taken 1000 to 10 apt Arundel—taken 100 to 1 agst- Knie-htbridge ,2000 to 10 agst Escort—taken SWEEPST AK JCS ON THURSDAY.—G to 4 ags. f' r ,ternich-- taken Creek, and even between him and Eringo not expected to run. TWO THOUSAND 7 to 2 agst Ralph 6 to 1 agst Wahab—ta. 9 to 2 asst Eringo TAXING LUXURIES.—The Louisville Adver tiser says that " the Kentucky House of Representative s have added to a new tax bill upon carriages and gold watches a proposition to tax other luxuries, such as whisky, tobacco, and hemp 1' Whisky and tobacco luxuries ! One is an unmitigated curse' and the other an intolerable nuisance ! Hemp a luxury ! Why, it is an article of in— dispensable necessity as long u the whisky and tobacco are used." FURTHER PARTICULARS OF TUESDAY'S RACES. ;#,, SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVEREIGNS RACH.—.IISSiCa all the running to the cords, where the other three C l ' ' lenged si mu lt aneous l y, and made a beautiful race bl 4 oc Remnant wi nn i ng b y a nec k , Jessica beating Ruthless second place by half a length. The winner was cltlrs TUkSDAY'S RIDDLESWORTH.—Abydos took the lescl good but not first-rwe pace, and made play to the c a , where Wahab mad e hi s pus h , an d a f ter a desperate I S% gle caught him on th e post, and made it a dead best: Drake's colt was an indifferent third. 14 the deciDla heat Wahab made strong running all the way, and °l° . easy by two l engt h s . off SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SO VEREIGNS EACH.—. Ni C k went I's with the le a d, f o ll owed b y the Duke of Bedford's colt I 's •;- Gobemouche to the ropes; the latter then died atssh aD the favourite, challenging Nick, defeated him cleverly by a length. eold- This being market day, and the weather, although and threatening, more favourable, the attendance was l i t wa s numerous than on Monday; the sport, however, moderate as t o quant i ty, and would have been as OW resting as it was short, had not Wahab and Abydos trivc,i a dead heat for the Tuesday's Riddlesworth. td Further Litt of Arrivals.—Duke of Bedford, L' o i Maidstone, L or d W . P aulett, Lady Alice Peel, OW"'a Stanley, Mr. Cottrell, and :lir. Towneley. Departures.—Mr. Coiiririgton, Mr. Campbell, and C ole Synge. THE REV. THOMAS ARCHER The annual soiree connected with the Scotch Chapel in Oxendon_street, was held at Exeter Hall last evening. Nearly four hundred persons sat down to tea and coffee, which was plentifully supplied, and of good, quality. The net proceeds of the sale of tickets are to be applied to the benefit of the funds of the Christian Instruction and Dorcas Societies, in connection with the chapel. The proceedings of the evening received a peculiar interest by advantaize being taken of the occasion to present the Rev. Mr. Archer, minister of the chapel, with a large salver, of about 100 ounces, and a handsome Bible, purchased with subscriptions raised among several persons who had at tended hit course of week-day lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, as the best means they had of evincing their approbation of his unwearied exertions in the cause of re ligion. The salver and Bible were presented to the Rev. Gentleman by William Liefchild, Esq., with a very im pressive and suitable address. The salver besrs the fol lowing incription, viz. : " Presentei to the Rev. Thomas Archer By a few Friends, Who are anxious to testify, by this slight memorial, Their appreciation of Lis able course of Lectures on The Evidences of Christianity, Lately delivered at Oxendon Chapel, And their high regard For his noble and disinterested efforts in The cause of Truth. 14th April, 1641." THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE . STREET. NOON APRIL 15, Barometer 29 87 In. Thermometer Highest ..... . 49'5 Lowest Wald N. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. DIORAMIC APPLICATION OF THE OXY-HYDROGEN LIGHT. A remarkably pleasing and altogether new applica tion of the powers of hydro-oxyge❑ light is at pre sent absorbing the attention of the visitors at the Royal Polytechnic institution, where it was first exhi. kited on Easter Monday. The exhibition consists in displaying on the large disc in the theatre of the es tablishment a series of magnified pictures, properly called" dissolving views," the effects of which are abso lutely surprising to the last degree. What we ourselves saw we will endeavour to convey to the imagination of the reader by description. The first picture represented three line-of-battle ships, one English and two foreign, preparing for engagement. On a sudden, and by imper ceptible means, the commencement of the action was in dicated by the appearance of large volumes of smoke. These, in turn, were succeeded by a representation of the conquered foreign ships in a crippled state; their yards shot away, their rigging floating about, and the standard of England flying from the remaining stumps of masts. This accomplished, the vessels faded from the vision, their receding shadows giving place to a view of Green wich Hospital from the river, with yachts and steam boats at anchor. These chances are so nicely gra duatel that the eye scarcely recognises the illusory transformation. One of the most pleasing series of views was that in which were represented the old Royal Exchange, with its subsequent destruction by fire, the appearance of the ruins, and the (to be) new build ing. These changes were brought about as if by magic, the second taking the place of the first as if it actually grew out of the canvas, for the purpose of ; displacing its successor. Altogether we saw 18 of these metamorphoses, and, judging from the enthu. siastic and even boisterous appl arse be ;towed upon each picture, we should infer that nothing has been produced for a long titne,:even at the novelty exciting Polytechnic Institution, so well calculated both to please and astonish. The effects we have alluded to are produced, not by mountebankism, but by science. Messrs. Cary, the celebrated opticians, are the inventors of this new and very charming application of the powers of a wel known chemical light ; and their modus operandi is the result of philosophical principles. Some appropriate and very well-executed airs were played by a petite band behind the disc during the progress of these dissolving views. We foresee that this invention will become the stepping -stone to an altogether new style of dioramic representation to an unlimited extent. Sbakspeare's " Seven Ages," Thomson's " Seasons," the achievements of a navy, the battles of armies ; in short, every class of event by " flood and field," may succinctly be given by this all-attractive method of pictorial story-telling. --- CHINA.--Extract from a letter dated Macao, Jan. 22: --" Regarding the terms of Captain Elliot's treaty with the Chinese, I have not temper to speak. He had the (Neese at his feet, and might have had what he wished; and what has be got? A few paltry• dollars and a barren island, where to be sure there is a fine har bour, but it is 100 miles from Canton, the seat of business, which will always have the preference. If all foreigners were excluded from Canton, it would do very well, but while Americans and others go there we must do so like. wise. There is no doubt that had Elliot taken the Bogue forts, which would not have cost a single life, and puab.•d up to Canton, the people would have forced the Commis sioner to make peace o❑ any terms. The Chinese cannot fight, and the panic occasioned among them by the she'll and Congreve rockets is beyond description ; they are greater cowards thin ever I thought them. Their numbets are of no avail, indeed a disadvantage. You will see we have not gained even liberty of trade to the northern ports, on which our hopes of increasilg the sale of Bait!sh manufactures were founded. I cannot believe that Par liament will approve Captain Elliot's conduct. The Chi nese are already chuckling, and say they have got the best of it. It makes me quite sick to think of it, and there are not half a dczen people, either on shore or afloat who are not quite furious." At the late assizes at Kingston a black man, named John Giddy, from the river Gambia, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Zoula Lander, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor and th other witnesses, in support of the prosecution, were all Africans and had a very imperfect knowledge of English, and Mr. Baron Parke had considerable difficulty in ascer taMing from them what form of oath they considered would be binding upon their conscience; and all that could he elicited from them was that they believed thet if the\ told a lie they should go "down, down, down." Tice Learned Judge, after some further inquiries, said be thought the prosecutor might be sworn, and he then, par!ly by very intehigera signs and by words, explained that he sod the prig carer formed part of the crew of a vessel called the William de la Noix, and that they came front Gambia in her, and during the voyage the prisoner was continually abusing him, and upon one occasion he attempted to "gouge" one of his eyes, and he showed the Court the in jury the prisoner had inflicted at that time. On the day of the transaction referred to in the indictment he and the prisoner were both drunk on board th e vesse l and they began to quarrel, and as the prisoner was in the act of getting up the rigging - , the prosecutor laid hold if his heel, and be immediately got down in a great rage, and seized an iron bolt, a most formidable instrument upwards of two feet long and three inches thick, and with both bands struck the prosecutor a tremendous blow on the head, and he continued beating him with the iron bolt for several seconds after he was upon the ground. Ile then ran away and hid the boP, and told the ship's cook not to let the " white man" know that he had taken it. The pri soner in his defence said that the old man (the prosecutor) had hseen "on to him " all the voy: go, and :hat he aggra vated him to do what be did. The. Jury found the pri soner Guilty, and Mr. Baron Parke, after obseniog that an offence committed by such a poor being as the prisoner, who was quite ignorant of the laws and customs of the --- cluntry, ought not to be visited will. the same socrity, as it would under ordinary circumstances, sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour fur four months. ELOPEMENT.—BRIGHTON, APRIL 14.—An Evening Conteniforary stated on Monday that a lady in one of our fashionable squares bad eloped with an officer of the 11th Hussars. This is not true, but we are smy to say the peace of a highly respectable family in one of the squares has been broken by a projected elopement, which was detected in time to prevent the flight of th e lady. The frail fair one has a family of three or four chil dren, and her beauty is questionable. Her manner?, how ever, are lively and engaging. We beliete that the children have since been removed from the care of the raoth , sr. The plot was discovered by the husband, who intercepted a 12it?r which the maid was about to convey from her mistress to her guilty paramour. EVEN IN(1 EDITION• COURT CIRCULAR. .........___EV E 911 read y , in ; C° END AR i chl B S l t . HIS IrVI TEED luny possil HEINE I 44 haw SELL] Persons desir P S and DELAY ~,, or to T bee NEX I b ee DIVID 425)000 1 ,500 2 5,c00L, alg: 3,6001.,2 otito PortlE to Manche g a ; to B radfor , The thridend he ' 7 Bank er ' mee of th " ost Et ROT t, 4 carrf.- 144,14e4easure ,T WENT 13I DEA the M T 1 of repeat kr"A"4l.Bett.olllutarveoesutrrtisl ,t. Bart 1 1411 40 1plius tii4;":; Mar ktar ''' ) „N Bun --"'4 n ettO 131 411 4 Y' tadr. a m 1;4%4 Miss G bo-0,...i.r01e e w 4,1-, to pr;;ce at Se' Iloze. • 11,e a, ; ii e 7dery I s I thta and pl zi oz-office !le had 1 31 13 x: 44t,, a H -1 0 THE t u kllll , 117r 13 1 1 1 e • - "Liouri tes. 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