The Sun. — London, England, 1828-04-11 00:00:00

tRUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS. (Front the eczzetta di Napoli, March el.) " On the 14th instant, a new orifice, about 15 feet in circumference, was opened in the crater of Mount Vesuvius, on the eastern side, from which issued an immense quantity of smoke in the form of a globe; this burst with a tremendous explosion, and scattered around a quantity of boiling liquid. After some days these explosions ceased, but the new aperture continued to discharge a great deal of smoke, and occasionally some flames. On the 17th and 18th these phenomena were renewed with in creased force, the detonations became more fr equent , and a slight flow of lava was perceptible. It was observed that, on the 20th, the new opening was in creased to 60 feet, that the matter ejected piled round it in a pyramidical form to the height of 50 feet; that stones wen occasionally thrown up into the air, and that, the explosions were continued at intervals of trzn minutes: in the opinion of the in habitants near Vesuvius an eruption is at hand. " MARCH 22. " Since yesterday two other openings have been made in the crater, and they are of larger dimensions tha►► the first; from them ►ssue quant►ties of smoke :and flame. After a variety of explosions, a tremen dous shock forced the three apertures into one, and a column of smoke and ashes rose from it, and pre sented to the city of Naples the appearance of a pine -tree of gigantic dimensions. The rays of the sun reflecting against it presented one of the most ext►aordinary spectacles ever seen. Stones were thrown up in great numbers, and one among the of immense dimensions, which was thrown over the side of the crater, rolled down the mountain. " The violence of the eruption began to diminish at three o'clock, and the wind having changed, caused the volcanic column to incline towards Otta• jano, and it began gradually to diminish in sine.— At five o'clock the summit of Vesuvius displayed only a small cloud of smoke. The mad to Portici ii crowded with carriages and with pedestrians. " E!GIIT O'CLOCK. " As the column of smole diminishes, the neises And explosions in the interior of the mountain in crease, and symptoms of cnt•thytake th •caten another violent eruption. ShP;c - k4 have been Llt in Calabria, in the districts of - Reggio and Palmi. No damage of importance Itas lien done." THE SINKING FUND. FURTI3 6R EXTRACTS E 11.031 LORD GRENVILLL'3 PAMPFILET.-.--COMPOEND INTEREST. Dr. Price was fully sensible how little pro gress. n could be made in the reduction of our na onal incumbrances by the simple application of any'surplus which our revenue could afford.— It is far from probable," he says, " that any money which the nation can spare, if applied so ae to bear only simple interest, can be capable of reducing its debts within due bounds, or of doing us, in our present circumstances (1781), any essential service." He strongly urged, there 'ere, the necessity of strengthening that feeble machinery, by what have since so frequently been termed the magical powers of compound in terest. And magical indeed they appeared in his representation of them. ".It has been said (I quote his own words) that when money is wanted for defraying public expenses,_ it makes no dif ference whether it is obtained by diverting the Sinking Fund, or by a new loan. There cannot be a worse fallacy. Money in a Sink ing Fund, if never alienated, is improved, I have shewn at compound interest ;. hut, when procured by a loan, bears only simple interest. A nation, therefore, whenever it applies the in come of such a fund to current expences rather than the redemption of its debts, chooses to lose the benefit of compound interest, in order to avoid paying simple interest ; and the loss in this case is equal to the difference between the increase of money at compound and' simple in terest." The following calculation will shevv what this difference is :—" One penny put out at our Saviour's birth to five per cent. compound interest, would, in the present year, 1781, hive increased to a greater sum than would be con tained in two hundred millions of earths, all solid gold. But if put out to simple interest, it would, in the same tune,. have amounted to no more than seven shillings and sixpence ! All Governments that alienate funds destined for reimbursements, choose to improve money in the last, rather than the first of these ways." What an astonishing disparity would this be, if we could see in it, as he did, the result of two different modes of employing, or, as he terms it, of improving the same amount of wealth. But, alas, the vision is too truly deno minated magical ! It is as unreal as it is splendid. While it yet dazzles our senses, and confounds our imagination, one drop from the pure fountain of science- has already dissolved the charm. We look again, and, instead of the enchanted pslaces, glittering with mountains and earths ci gold, we see only the ordinary gifts of nature, and the products of patient and perse vering industry. By these alone, as all reason and all experience teach us, can wealth be either created or multiplied ; uery other agency, pre tending to any ,such effect, is mere illusion ; transferrin g , perhaps, but never increasing riches. The redemption of debt at its market-price van be accelerated only by applying to it addi tional means of purchase; and, it is accordingly asserted that compound interest has actually fur nished such additions to our present Sinking Fund, rendering it thereby, instead of a feeble and insufficient, a most effectual and powerful' instrument of our public credit, prosperity, an d wealth. This pretension I have already ventured generally to deny. These additions have been supplied, not by compound interest, but by sur plus taxation. This matter, however, must here, be more particularly examined. In what, then, really consists the application compound intere st to the institution of a sinking fund ? Dives ted of technical la nguage and visionary calcelations, the answer is simply this. Such application consists in adding to the income of the Sinking Fund the annuities which that fund successively redeems. Those, an nuities, or more properly speaking, the portions of revenue from which they were defrayed, are, as we have already seen, so many fresh surpluses, which the Sinking Fund annually places at the disposal of the community. And in the different modes of applying these surpluses consists, in this case, the whole difference between simple and compound inter es t. A system o f s i mp l e inte rest leaves them applicable to the repeal of tax ation, or to the exigency of any other service ; b y c ompound interest they are appropriated to the increase of the Sinkin g Fund. T HE MUSICAL FUND. —A grand INE.scel laneous Concert, for the benefit of the Musical Fund, esta blished for the relief of decayed musician", th e i r widows and orphans, was yesterday' performed at. the King's Theatre. The institution, wh ose excellent o bject , are thus annually promoted, was established in the year 1 78 G, an d among its patrons are his 111.t.YEsrr and all his Royal Bro thers. The performers have, at the annual concerts, invariably given their assistance gratuitously, and th e i r exertions, added to those of the many distinguished indi_ viduals by whom it is patronized, have, from year to year, enabled the institution to administer comfort and assistance to a -,-ast number of those children of harmony who are also children of affliction. Since its commencement it has distributed nearly 14,000/, to its numerous claimants, MADEMOISELLE SONTAG-THE MALT- TIFUL OPERA SINGER. • LAt the present moment, when public curiosity is so highly excited, respecting this celebrated singer, who is to make her debut at the King's Theatre next Tuesday, we feel much pleasure in presenting to our readers the following article, extracted from Dr. Granville's forth coming work, entitled Petersburgh at the close of 1827,' which has been obligingly communicated by a friend of the author.] On the very day after our arrival, (October, 1827,) we found all Berlin in an uproar, and people running in all directions to procure a ticket, an ad mission, or a corner in a box for the Opera, for the purpose of hearing Mademoiselle Sontag. En treaties, bribes, extravagant prices for a place, were all in turn resorted to, as the only means of gratify ing a wish which seemed to animate at one and the same time, the whole town. I soon found that the inhabitants were positively wild about this much talked-of Mademoiselle, and I insensibly caught the general enthusiasm. What was mere curiosity on my part, to hear this celebrated songstress, of whom so many and singular romantic reports had circulated in England, was soon changed into an irresistible desire to be present at her performance in the even iag. In this s however, I should have been disap pointed, bet for the kindness of the English Charge d'Affaires, who, very fortunately, sent me in the after 000n a ticket for his box, just as I had received the despairing news from our landlord and valet de place, that it was found impossible to procure an admission for that evening, either for love or money. At a very early hour, the house was crammed full. The King, two Princesses, and I do not know how many Princes Royal, the Duke of Cumberland, and a long string of grandees, all glittering with stars and crosses, attended the representation. With the ex ception of his Majesty, who sat in a side box on the' stage, they all occupied a magnificent box in the centre of the house, brilliantly illuminated, hung with a rich drapery, and highly ornamented with mirrors and gilding. The company assembled on the occasion, formed a striking coup d'a'il for Berlin. The boxes boasted of all that is choisi in society : among the ladies there was a fair sprinkling of beauty ; but the sweet countenance of Lady B—, who graced the box in which I had the honour of sitting, and who had just returned from a trip to Moscow, by way'of spending the summer holidays, was easily distinguished from amongst the fairest Berlinoises, and 'from the first of her entering the house, attracted universal attention. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, on perceiving her Ladyship from the Royal Box, came round to pay her a visit, during the lead-footed minutes which hung heavy, and slowly elapsed, before the long wished opera began. At last the Orchestra, consisting of about double the number of performers that compose the orches tra of the King's Theatre in London, struck up the magnificent overture to Winter's new Opera, enti tled " The Interrupted Sacrifice," (Das Unter brochen Opferfest,) which was divinely executed. No one can form an idea of the difference between the performance of this, or any other piece of music, by a German orchestra, arid the orchestra of any other nation, who has not heard both. One of the highest gratifications which a successful romposer can enjoy-, must be that of having his productions executed in such a style, and in so admirable a man ner. When the uproar which the much applauded overture excited had ceased, all eyes and eye-glasses were, at once, directed towards the stage, watching with impatience for the appearance of the idol of the night. At last, Mirrha entered, and every hand was instantly in motion. The star—the comet — the attraction—the Henriette Sontag, Koniglich Kammersangesin, of whom poets, sonnet-writers, newspaper-coin pliers, prose-composers, and travellers, have made so much of, stood before us. Her beauty dazzled me—her singing pleased and disappointed me. She is slender, rather petite and mignonne. Her countenance, like that of .Canovit's nymph, is full of sweetness and heavenly radiancy, which be longs more to the beau ideal than to mortal reality. I would say, that her foot is the prettiest thing ima ginable, if her hands were not prettier still. She is faultless as to teeth, which the sweetest smile imaginable, for ever hovering round her mouth, sets off at every warble in all their glory. Her chevelure, between auburn and blonde, is magnificent; and to conclude with the most essential part, the quality of her voice is beyond measure pleasing, and she pos sesses great and remarkable facility; yet, with all these attributes she is not a first-rate opera singer— lacks judgment—is indiscriminate in the introduction of ornaments—knows no method, and 'belongs to no school. Of all these negative qualifications, the first only it will not he in her power to alter. Na ture has refused to her the two principal requisites towards forming a first-rate opera performer--ex pression both of countenance and in the tone of her voice, and a commanding person. Mademoiselle Sontag can never attempt the grandiose style;. she cannot depict strong passions, and is as much the reverse of Pasta and Pizaroni, as any singer can well be. She is, in fact, a pretty thing, a pretty,singer, a pretty bijoux, and nothing more. Madame Cata lani was quite correct, when she said that ." Elle est la premire dans son genre—mais son genre West pas le premier." It is impossible not to agree with this description. My own disappointment at her perform ance, however, was not very considerable after all ; for I could have listened to her warbling; and looked at her beautiful person for ever. But my expecta tions had been raised too high ; I expected a cants. trice di prim° cartello, and I found only an agreeable songstress. Mademoiselle Sontag's voice .is a soprano of a pleasing, clear, and sonorous timbre. She can reach the high E without screaming. The flexibility of her organ has seduced her into that peculiar style of singing, which made Madame Catalani the wonder of musical Europe for a few years ; but which dis ables the performer from ever being a scientific singer. It is this quality of the voice, united to the personal gifts so profusely lavished by nature on this favourite daughter of her's, that brought Mademoi selle Sontag forward as a miracle on the German stage, and made her at once, without any prelimi nary step, a precocious prima donna, at the age of seventeen ! But the first station at the Opera can not be held on such easy terms. There must be science, and we must have acting and correct deela- 1 oration. We require a just and impassioned con ception of the character to be represented, a clas sical acquaintance with the drapery of the subject, to constitute a real prima donna. Now, none of the ornamental singers, whose astonishing facility for flourishes, roulades, and cromatic notes, lifted them up precociously to the scat of pre-eminence for a time, have eve r p ossesse d any of those important qualifica tions. The necessary time for acquiring them has been spent in receiving premature applause to the one dazzling gift of nature, a flexible voice, rendered more seductive by personal beauty. Such applause has spoiled all these Infant .Lyras ; and, in their adult years, they have found themselves deserted. Who could have patiently listened to a Catalani, any night within the last twelve years ? On the other hand, look . at Menlo, Banti, Camporesi, P as ta, Pizaroni, toiling through the difficulties of t h e profession, moulding their taste to the best models, forcing their early way through hisses or chilling silence , and at l ast compelling the capricious public to bestow admiration an d applause, where they displayed but indifference. They became ab.. solute on the stage, and retain their post, with in creasing credit, to the end of a long and brilliant career. The part of Afirriza is suited to Mlle. Sontag, except in the two last scenes, where she is required to represent great feeling and acute distress of mind. In both these she fails. Her unalterable sweet face is the same under the influence of pleasing as afflict ing passions ; and the extent of the expression of her large beautiful eyes consists in lowering them with the bashfulness of one of Carlo Dolce's lovely Ma donnas, or in raising them toward heaven with the swimming tenderness of an expiring Cleopatra. These two movements are introduced into every character, and every step of the representation, suc- seeding each other at time with unceasing rapidity.' If ever Mademoiselle Sontag visits London, the fre quenters of the King's Theatre will not be long in remarking this singular limitation of power in a lady who, I doubt not, will nevertheless be received with enthusiasm. Such loveliness as her's is sure of reigning supreme in that house, the emporium of gallantry and fashion. On the following evening the same enthusiasm and ardor prevailed at the representation of the " Barbiere" of Rossini. This master is now, gouM as much in Germany as he is in Italy or France. The part of Rosina seems to have been written expressly for Mademoiselle Sontag. She is unequalled in that character, and leaves even Fodor behind her. Her bewitching grace, and the charm of her fine voice, in " una voce poco fa," heightened no doubt by the faultless beauty of her person, drew down such thunders of applause as had never been before heard within the walls of the Berlin Theatre. The Ger mans are perfectly enraptured with their charming countrywoman,—the more so as her private character is spotless, and her conduct perfectly lady-like. Ex posed by being placed on the stage not so much to temptations, (which real virtue can withst an d in any station of life) but to calumny and illiberal re flections, Miuktnoiselle Sontag, being without any female relatives of consequence, has selected, it is said, from amongst her acquaintances, a lady of the strictest morality, the widow of a superior officer, to whom she allows a very liberal pecuniary consider ation, to he constantly with her on all occasions, and in every place. She is, moreover, guided by the counsels and shielded by the patronage of an emi nent foreign diplomatist, resident in Berlin, whose age and high character are a sufficient guarantee of that lady's unimpeachable conduct. For the twelve representations for which she was engaged at Berlin she received 600 louis d'ors, and the receipts of the last 'night, expense free. The administration of the national theatre made her an offer of 4,000 ducats (2,000/. sterling) for a season, which she rejected, probably owing to a previous engagement with the Parisian manager. In the French capital, Mademoiselle Sontag is also a very great favourite; but the French admira tion for her talent does not, like that of the Ger man, border or. extravagance. She has performed at the Theatre des Italiens, in some of the first master-pieces of Rossini, In " Tancredi," un questionably sue of the most magnificent produc tions of that composer, she does not appear to ad vantage. The part of Amenaide is too full of senti ment and elevation of character to be at all repre sented with effect by an actress and a singer of the calibre of Mademoiselle Sontag. She seems aware of this, and consequently omits one or two pieces which require much and sweet expression. The Antenaide of Mademoiselle Sontag is a coquette, looking almost too innocent for such a character, but still a coquette, elegant, graceful, agile, smiling, be witching, but not the Antenaide of Rossini. In Otella".again she has attempted the character of Desdentona, and has failed, even in the opinion of her fondest admires. Her pretty figure will not yield to the impressions of tragic emotion ; her destiny is to shine and be unrivalled in the Opera I3uffa. If she appears on the London boards, and consults her own credit and fame, she will select for her debut " La Donna del Lago," " La Cene rentola," or " II Barbiere di Siviglia." SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stirling, April 5, 162E3. SlR—ln your Paper of the 3d instant. you quote from the Dublin Morning Register, a complaint implying that the Excise regulations are more favour able to Distillers in this country than in Ireland, and stating the quantities of Spirits Distilled in each Kingdom from April 1827, to January 1828. And that this shows an enormous increase in Scotch Dis tillation, in all of which that paper is wrong. One and the same Act 4 Geo. 4 cap. 91. regulates the Distilleries of both Ireland and Scotland, and in place of the quantities of Spirits stated u s Distilled in each Kingdom, being those from April 18-27 to January 1828, they are those from sth Jan. 1827, to sth Jan. 1828, and in place of being an enormous in crease in Scotch Distillation, there is a decrease in it for last year of no less than 1,303,397 gallons, the quantity for former year being 8,517,216 gallons, which last year was only 7,243,819 gallons. As the Dublin Morning Register talks about enormous itiereaso, I would take the liberty to ask that very respectable Journal if it can explain how they use in Ireland an increased quantity of Malt than is charged with duty ? A Parliamentary Paper of this session states only 1,806,795 bushels of Malt charged with duty in Ireland for year ending sth Jan. last, and it used by Brewers, Victuallers, and in the Distilleries to be 2,222,592 bushels, being 415,797 bushels, or nearly 52,000 quarters more than charged with duty, which at 21s. Bd. per quarter would amount to above 55,0001. I am, Sir, Your most ot;edient servant, A CALEDONIAN. COVENT-GARDEN.-AN OT HER SELECT VESTRY BILL. TO THE EDITOR. MR. Eurroßy—The opponents of the Select Vestry system, look to your widely-circulated Journal for informa tion calculated to pramote the object for which they are so arduously struggling. The visiting the infant poor at Nor wood by the Select of our parish, and the excellent story of the rose-water, will not be easily forgotten ; but I think the enclosed, which was among the papers found by the Auditors, quite as bad, and not so intelligible. The wine merchant mentioned is a collector of taxes, and a principal promoter of the late attempts to get a Bill through Parlia ment to perpetuate the Select Vestry here—and, the public will see, with reason—or he would have been ungrateful indeed. If you think, with us, it may serve the public cause to insert the enclosure, it is at your service. Your's, obediently, W. halm Ns. W. H. WALKER. MATTHEW YOUNGER. (COPY.) Paid chaise-hire, turnpikes, refreshments, and other ex ponces, on visiting the children at Norwood, at Nur3e Aubin's X. a. d. 1825. May 30. July 14. Coach-hire Sept. 20. 1826. Feb. 28. Mr. ' 4 4 , Wine-Merchant. £42 0 1 1823. Oct. 19. Dinners and wine 3 A 0 Three quart. of mock turtle 012 0 Two doz. fine old Port 8 0 £9 0 0 Bought of Mr. Mo. May P. S Doz. Port, ut 525. 2 Doz. pale Sherry, at 52s 5 4 0 2 Doz. Bueellas, at 44s 4 8 0 l 2 Bottles ditto, at 4s. £32 16 0 By 9 doz. bottles Jiornisig Paper. £3l 0 0 We are concerned to hear that Mr. S. WHIT ERS.AD, 51. P., lies dangerolisly ill at his country seat, from an injury in the spine, the consequence of a fall from his horse while hunting. MUNDEN has been confined to his bed for nearly six months. The " Poor Gentleman " endeavours in vain, to find " A Cure for the Heart-Ache," for the gout will "Mar-all " his comforts, and prevent his Bleep ing, be he ever so " Dozy." A report has prevailed for several days in this town, that WHITE, the principal evidence in the horrible case of the DYONS, had arrived here for the purpose of pro ceeding to Canada, in one of the vessels now preparing for the Voyage in this port. Numbers of persons have in con sequence assembled daily, since the report has been propa gated, in expectation of obtaining a sight of a man Who has become an object of curiosity, not of the most enviable character.-110 Packet. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 182 s. The frequent arrival of Couriers from the Continent—and as frequent departure of 118s sengers for the several Courts of Europe, seem to indicate that matters of great importance are at present under the consideration of Govern ment. On soma occasions as many as three or four Expresses, public and private, cross the Channel in a night. The Duke of PORTLAND landed on Wed nesday at Dover, and arrived yesterday in London. The Duchess remains at Pisa for the benefit of her health. The Honourable RICHARD BOOTLE WIL BRAHAM arrived last night at the Foreign Office, with despatches from Sir BROOK TAYLOR, our Ambassador at Berlin. Dutch Papers to the 10th have arrived. The Prince of ORANGE left Berlin, after a stay of two days, for St. Petersburgh on the 2d inst. A letter from Rio de Janeiro via the United States, mentions that an expedition was fitting out to bombard Buenos Ayres, and that several vessels for that purpose were ready to sail. No thing, however, can be more contradictory than the accounts concerning the war.. Some depict it as a trifle only thought of when a few owners of captured vessels bewail their loss. Brazil has had 21 vessels of war, mounting 115 guns, taken from her ; 18 lost by wreck, carrying 250 guns ; and 300 merchantmen cap tured, which have enriched many individuals of Buenos Ayres. The EmPEnoxt's prospects re main as unsettled as ever. The weight of the war has fallen on strangers: the mass of the people have at present scarcely suffered from it. Some curiosity has been excited this morning in the city by a communication from BordeaUx, making inquiry for 3000 tons of transport ship ping, to convey troops and guns from Cadiz to the Havannah, and offering 3/. ss. per register ton ; this quantity of shipping would, in ordinary cases, - convey 2000 men, but on a voyage of this description, where not so much attention is paid as to English troops, a much larger force Might he carried, probably a third more. Is this for Spanish troops—and if so, is not the long re ported expedition to the South American States on the eve of being attempted ? By the Florida, arrived at Liverpool, we have received files of American Papers to the 16th ult., but they contain no news of any political importance. NEW YoaK•-COTTON.-Sales from the Bth to the 13th instant, inahnive, amount to about 2,000 bales, consisting of Uplands and Alabamas at 9 to 10 cts., and Orleans at 10 to 11, for export, with some parcels, fine Uplands and Alabamas at 10A- to 11 cts., and Orleans 11A to 12A cts. for home use: Up to Thursday evening sellers were gaining a trifling advantage. The arrival on Friday morning of the packet slip James Cropper, put' us in possession of letters from Liverpool, dated Fe bruary 16, which state that the Cotton market was PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. SPIRITS. An Account of the Number of Gallons of Spirits that have paid the Duties of Excise in England, Scotland, and Ire land, in each of the two years ending sth January 1527 and 1828 ; in continuation of the Account pre pared on 4th May 1826. Per Gallon Engli,h made Spirits at 7s. Od. Spirit, imported from Scotland 7 0 Ditto 4 d Spirits imported from Ireland Ditto 1 ,' Total paid Duty in England...... Spirits for Home Consumption 2 10 Spirits exported to England Ditto Total paid Duty in Scotland Spirits for Home Consumption 2 0 Ditto ^ 10 Spirits exportvd to England 7 0 Ditto 2 10 Total paid Duty in Ireland Years en, Gallons. 3,209,011 262,665 2,1198,756 193,733 511,660 7,175,888 3,993,75 S 101,530 3,114,247 7,207,565 15,2'22 6,822,186 126,784 543,510 1,525 9,259,391 249,056 418,750 7,507,7(12 18,958,7'25 J. EWBANK, Gen.-Accountant. Excise Office, London, March 17, IS2B. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock '1:134i ex div. 3 per Cent. Rod. 62% 3 ex div. 3 per Cent. Cons 931 i % 3 , 4 per Cent , /0!, ex div. Ditto Red. tiOW", ex div. I ricx . Cent. Nevi '160% 1 100% I Ditto, 1h213 IOW.; ex div. :lank 1,. Ann. 181 13-16 ex div. India Stock 246 Ditto Bondi DAY AT ON IC O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ... Old Annuities 5274 New Ditto Ex. Dille, £l,OOO 2d .61 62 pm. Ditto 5OO 2.1. 01 62 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial - pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Ac. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Ponds, 5 per cent. Eiraziliani Bonds — fiumos Ayres Bond, BonrlB, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds oo Ditto, IRA, Danish 3 per cent. Greek Bonits Ditto, '.8*.?.5 Giratirnala Nioxican Bonds . Do. 1 Fc2.5 124 PRICES OF SHAKES THIII DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. roc Sharp. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 4.:90 22!..4 Brazilian Musing Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 75 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) ;if; 12% 13 Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 5% Protector Fire Insurance Co 2 .£1 3 6 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. - DUBLIN, APRIL S. Rank Stock 9 16 1 ,ci St. Patrick Irvin% (per sh.) Consols, :3 percent. — 1 Royal 1r5 ,, 1a Ditto — Gov. Stuck, :it; par cent.... 911 i I National Ditto — Ntto, New 9IN j Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent. 1007 y Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 34 per cent.... 9:'-e Provincial Ditto !loyal Canal Stock .... ...... 4014 Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal 5t0ck.......... Imperial Mine Citv I)ch. 4 per cent .. 8:53. , Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. I e. ct. I Commercial Buildings — Due. I Arrived. Arrived. Due. O Americ, 1 0 Hamburgh 0 A Brazil O Buenos Ayres I Dublin I Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 l France O Gottenburgh 0 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey & Jersey. 0 ? Waterford 0 rum( WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning..:lo minutes after 0. I Evening... 37 minutes after 0. TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS. ALBION HOTEL, HAYMARKET, SHEFFIELD. WTRAVIS respectfully informs his nu • merous Friends, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public in general, that he has lately entered 'wan that paciouv Inn, THE ALBION HOTEL, situate in the Haymarket, Sheffield, so many years known as " Healey's llotel," where he trusts he shall meet with that encourage ment which, by an unre witting attention to business, it will he his constant study to deserve. The Premises have recently been most elegantly fitted up, and nothing conducive to the comfort of those who may honour hire with their Patronage will be found wanting. Wings and Spirits at a moderate charge..—Good Beds and Str.bling. • i :, /,•,,.. , - --- : 41 ,4), (~.. , 't• -- e a ~., , ,‘1:i32.4.: - . 7.7.., 7 9) e",.--4-44.--T THIS DAY AT ONE •'CLOCK. Ne.politan, 1K24 Peruvian Bon& Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent .... Ditto, New Russian, New Spanish, 1821 1f32.1 French Rentis, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —t. --c. -- 3 per cent —e, Exchange —f —e.. led Jan. 5. L.......__, 1 1828. Gallons. 3,161,6'20 093 2,433 011 166 422;0) 6,313,01)1 4,752,199 109,4 N 2,474,925 7,3:36,535 not active, and that prices had receded id. to Id. per lb. Uplands are quoted at sd. to 7d. st. per lb. prin cipal sales of new crop at 6to 61. Havre accounts to 3d February have been received by the packet ship France, and via Liverpool per James CI upper, to the 9th of Fe bruary, no material change in that market. We have heard of no transactions in the staple since the above in telligence came to hand. The market may, therefore, be considered rather unsettled. We repeat our former quota tions, viz., Uplands, SA,- a HA ; New Orleans, 10 a 12-. l j ; Tennessee, 9 a 9-k; Alabama, 8 ; 1 a 11: 1 ,. An earthquake was felt at Odell -town, L. C. on the night of the 21th ultimo. The night was perfectly clear, and a heavy rumbling noise, together with a simultaneous trembling of the earth was distinctly heard and felt. We are informed by the Baltimore Patriot, that two shocks of an earthquake were distinctly felt in the vicinity of that city, on ,Sunday night last. The tremulous motion of the earth seemed to come from the westward and pass towards the east, and occasioned a very considerable shaking of doors and other substances easily agitated ; the surrounding atmosphere at the time was hazy. The earthquake mentioned last evening as having been felt at Baltimore on Sunday night, was also felt at Wash ington. It was sufficiently violent to make the furniture rattle and glasses jingle. We have received the Charleston Papers of Monday the 3d instant. The markets fur the previous week had been, generally, without alteration. In Cotton very little was done, and prices were nominal at S'?;- a 101. Savannah advices are to the let. Prime Cottons still commanded 10-1 a Iq, and a sale of a very superior lot of 85 bales was made at I PRICE OF STOCKS, Friday, March 11. Orii , red. Asked. United States Sixe,', 1815 lOl 1014 Ditto, MIA 10•41,i Ditto, 1615 lO5 Ditto, ditto, Four and a half, 1831 181 10 0 1,4 101% Canal Sixes 1637 lO3 113 Corporation Sixes United States Bank QUARTER TO THREE. The following is just posted at LLOYD'S : The Chonqua, arrived at Havre, on the Bth April, from Bengal, sailed the 25th December. Just at her departure, the Master was informed that during a violent gale of wind, 5 out of 7 large English vessels foundered off the Malabar coast, and that the fate of the other two wa unknown. The Waterloo was one of the ships that foundered. Having directed the attention or our readers to an Article respecting the East India Com pany's Charter, which we inserted from the Times two days ago, we now proceed to point out some of the fallacies which it contains, or rather the gross misconceptions on which the whole of its reasoning is founded. The writer commences his attack in the fol lowing extraordinary style ofargument—" If such a spectacle as that of the Company and its lease hold empire were now, for the first time, pre sented to us, we apprehend that there are few among the reflecting classes of our countrymen who would believe that they saw aright." The system of our Empire in the East 'is then abused, not because it works ill, or is founded on injustice—not because it impoverishes our native country, or has deteriorated the condi tion of those who have come under its sway,_ but because, fOrsooth, the splendour of the edi fice would excite incredulity in those who had not watched it during its construction,—because a belief in the tact that a handful of Europeans govern eighty millions of Asiatics, requires some familiarity with the pages of ORATE, some ac quaintance with the brilliant career of a Cm vE, some knowledge of the successive steps by which, under the Vice-Regal dominion of a WELLES LEY or a CORNWALLIS, conquest has carried deliverance and happiness in its train, and the confidence and allegiance of mighty kingdoms, have been 'transferred from faithless and hereditary tyrants, to the truth and honour of those who have subdued them by force of arms. Our cotemporary goes on to speak of a " free country delegating their powers to a Trading Corporation," but seems completely to forget that Britain never would have had one inch of territory in those distant regions, to " delegate power" over, unless for the enterprise of this T ra di ng Corporation ;" though he does not reach the highest pitch of absurdity till he favours us with a list of grievances, which all Englishmea are liable to " without exception, save those in au thority, civil or military," insinuating that these are but a small portion, instead of being the bulk of the European population. In. this list are the following cruel enactments : " An Englishman is prohibited from being concerned, directly or indirectly, in the great inland trade in salt, betel-nut, tobacco, and rice, on pain of forfeiting the goods he is thus said to be illegally dealing in, and treble the value thereof.' "An Englishman may not manufacture opium nor salt, two of the staple products of India. With respect to the latter, he is not allowed to e! , ,al in it directly, even within the limits of the jurisdiction of the King's courts. " An Englishman,' to use the words of the author of the apwal, may not settle, colonize, invest his fate or his fortune in the soil of India.' " An Englishman residing in India has not the slightest share in, or the remotest influence upon, the Government to the maintenance of which he so mainly contributes with his money, labour, and enterprise." These grievances arc limited to fourteen, but we arc astonished that no others have suggested themselves to a mind of such ingenuity. Why does not the writer include the tacit pro hibition to build forts, coin money, and levy taxes ; for nothing short of this could sa tisfy his high notions of liberty ? Or has he ever considered how long we should retain India without such restrictions ? But perhaps he proposes resigning it to anarchy and con fusion, or handing it over to the Rus sian Autocrat, or the Schah of PERSIA. In short, the absurdity of the whole is s o palpable, that instead of tracing it far ther, we have to apologise to our readers for the space we have already occupied in exposing what is self-evident. We are, however, by no means clear as to the course which England should adopt when the renewal of the Charter comes under discus sion. The principles of free trade, and the ge neral objections to monopolies, on the one Land, array themselves against a system, work ing admirably, and dispensing present hap piness to millions of the human race, with the prospect of their moral renovation, by the gradual introduction of the Christian Reli gion. Tea is dearer, no doubt, than if the China trade were open, but then, the immense patronage of India is frittered away,,so as not to endanger the Constitution. One - individual of respecta bility has been removed for publishing doctrines not suited to the meridian of Calcutta=—but on the other hand, thou,sands who would starve, at home, find wealth and independence in Alic Company's service. Theory is for the extinctioa of the Charter, whilst in its behalf' arises the homely doctrine of " Let well alone." In shod he is a daring person, who, with due feelitig of responsibility, readily meddles with a rriachiue so vast, so wonderful, and so complicated, as out Empire in the East. SUDBURY ELECTION. We stated yesterday that Mr. MACLEOD 1t been returned for Sudbury. At the close of the poll, the numbers were, for Macleod A. Smith We are informed, that during the Ch a iring , the successful Candidate was assailed with plentiful supply of porridge and potatoes, by the opposite party, who took that method of shelving their partiality for the Scottish nation. We would draw the attention of our readers to the extraordinary verdict delivered in the ease of CATIIARINE WELcu, this day, at the 01 4 Bailey. This woman has been tried for infanticide and to say the least of it the evidence adducd left a doubt as to her guilt. She said her child i buried at Mary-le-hone burying ground a . fe weeks since, and no evidence was brought to show that this account was false. The p ool woman was in no situation to prove the afErmr tive, for she was in custody, and had n ot, as she pathetically said, a friend i n the wide world to assist her. The verdict itself implied a doubt, for it was " Guilty' but we recommend her to mercy, f or the evidence was only circumstantial." W I question the legality of such a verdict, for the law says, that where there is a doubt the pry soner shall have the benefit of that doubt' Here the Jury have not only doubted, bu t have expressed that doubt, at least virtuallY" Surely then the conviction cannot be legal : 13 all events, inquiry should be made as to th e truth of what she alleged in her defence 'befor e the sentence of the law is executed, or there mO rest great responsibility, and perhaps culpability somewhere. There is a report of the arrival of some of ou r troops from Lisbon at Portsmouth. THE FUNDS-(TMIS DAY,. CITY, TWEL►E e'CLoca• The settlement of the account, which took place yeste l " day, occasioned less bustle than this occurrence has oar sioued for some time, and was unattended with any mil' chief. This morning the market has been rather initsw mate ; a portion of the account, it seems, was carried 0° till to-day, and a trifling improvement May be stated, arie ing from money stock being somewhat scarce. Consol' opened at 83i-, and the only variation is their being 93i i' at which latter quotation the Commissioners were served' Three per Cents. reduced are 831 ; per Cents. ditto, 90'; ; and new 4 per Cents., 100/101. The premiu° on India Bonds has declined from 96 98 to 94 96, b ut Exchequer Bills maintain their former price, 61 62. The Foreign Funds are generally a shade better W 614 since the opening of the house for business; Austrian al e 901,1 t ; Rtis4an, 871 ; Danish, 59, and Portugue le l ' e 601 1. The South American Stocks remain with business ; Brazilian have been done at 571 58, and art 58,s ; Mexican, 6 per Cents., 32i ; Colombian, 26i• In Shares a decline has taken place; in Brazilian Miner from 53 to 19 50 pm., which is the only novelty. • TWO O'CLOCK. The Como! Market is better, and the price 84 > ; ratl•:cr and pro►nineot purchases have led to this, as well a 5 the report of news of a favourable nature from Lisbon• THREE O' CL 49 CIC- Consols, 84 k. FOUR O'CLOCK.-CLOSING PRICE& Consols 81k Do. for Ac. 8.4 Braffilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. Columbian, 182,1, Danish Greek, 1825 16i Mexican, 1826 32i Peruvian 23i Ruesian Spanish, 1821 11 Baron BULOW, the Prussian Minister, trao s " acted business with the Earl of DUDLEY yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches were received yesterday at th e Foreign Office, Downing-street, from Viscount GsA''' VILLE, our Ambassador at Paris. # ,(l Lord STUART DE ROTHESAY transaci business yesterday at the Treasury. Mr. Secretary PEEL left his residence, ill ' Privy-gardens, yesterday morning, accompanied by btu; PEEL, for the seat of th e D u k e o f WELLI N GTO N at Stilt / fieldsaye, Hants, on a visit to his Grace. The C l iAxcO A ' Loa of the E XCHEQUER an d Mrs. Goomsuitx also l e ' town yesterday, on a visit to the Noble Duke. Lord HILL has left town for his seat Shropshire. His Lordship will, it is expected, come t° town next week, to hold a levee en Wednesday. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Colon g, WILLIA3I BLENNERHASSET FAIRMAW was brought or this day on his petition to be discharged, and opposed ° behalf of Colonel BERKELEY, to whom be was indebt i e for the sum of 1451., the amount of a verdict for a lib published on Colonel BERKELEY in the Palladium nee paper, of which the insolvent was the sole proprieta' The Court overruled the opposition. Monday next is the day appointed for pa . ymell i of the second dividend under the bankruptcy of Medi * WENTWORTH and Co.—Leeds Intelligencer. MR. GREEN'S ASCENT.—On Monday, M GEO. GREEN, the celebrated teronant, ascended from town with a magnificent and splendid balloon, on a nel an , l improved construction. From the circumstance ° this being his fiftieth terial excursion, Mr. G. very app , " priately entitled it his " Grand Jubilee Ascent." Th e tollowing is Mr. GREEN ' S own account :—" On first es; tending, our course was due west, in which we continue ° about three quarters of an hour, passing near Pleasingto ° Priory, and directly over I loughton Tower; we then encoar tered a current from the N.E. by F. leaving Brindle about mile on our lett, and floated over the villages of Bamberbridg e and Clayton - g reen. When over the last-named village, l mouth g of e ffected a partial descent, a n d me t w ith th e s ame current ° a i r with which we left t h e ear th. W e were th e n 1 .35 , to approaching t. Lontghteonß;ibblitlett, I j from udg th ed e i c t o i n lnp tig r u u i 4 t) e , n o f: f to w p h l ic : i low , the Journey, and, leaving Pentwortham about tiv°' and Preston fi ve m il es to our r i g h t, e ff ecte d a l an di ng i° the first fi e ld i n the par i sh o f Langton, about five mile s from Pre s t on, an d fourteen f rom Bl ac kb urn, a f ter rema in' ing in th e atmosp h ere one h our an d th i rteen m i nutes. F ro "' the great di s t ance we were th en at f rom any post i ng to ol° we procur e d a cart, and conv e y e d th e b a ll oon t o th e Iwo° ar h ° e of Jas. Cox. of Thornton Barn, in the pa ish of Longsto' when, after partaking of the hospitality of the w orthy host, we repaired to Preston, which place we reached " t about half-past nine in the evening, where we procured " chaise, and arrived at Blackburn about eleven.o'cle /4 " The inflation commenced under the immediate super' intendence et Mr. WRIGLEY, by whose judicious arrange' ments it was completed in an hoar and a half. The mere cury in the barometer, on leaving the earth, stood 29 1-10th, and at the greatest elevation, subsided td 22 4-10ths, thereby indicating an altitude of .one miles° a quarter. The thermometer on the earth, out of tb e shade, stood at 51, but during the voyage fluctuated to 61 ' at the same time the barometer indicated a rise of abol'' 4,000 feet. —Blackburn Mail. 01 vv , Mi co me Th e "f( „, h ra ad , b w : ee to wn 4 : 8 4 t the y PUrsi jant e lertioo, spite or r tid e d 4 , al P e rtii rati OnB of MA/kr....