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CONVF,RSION OF PORTUGUESE STOCK; Committee Room, Old Swan, April 6, 1841. ‘ l Pc Com m i ttee of the Stock Exchange having invited the tlairtaan of the Committee of Portuguese Bondholders to an tery ew this day, on the subject of the Conversion of the oonds under the unprincipled Decree of the Portuguese Go- I t : lll,l3 ent, dated 2d November last, a Deputation from the lat thtev6ited them at their Committee Room, and in consequence of hoi(riePresentation made.as to the fatal con. equenees to the Bond % erg Which would ensue, should the Stock Exchange sanction ~!rnenacecl conversion ; and it haring also been urged upon their itetkrition the unanimous feeling displayed in opposition to the th eree at the two late public meetings k so numerously attended), i 4 e C, 431mittee of the Stock Exchange transmitted the follow g totte r to the Chairman : R* Committee Room, April 6, 1841. t h ar :r-I am directed by the Committee of the Stock Ex tys,,igveedt_o inform you, that at the Meeting held this day, it was Nl ' That the further consideration of the Memorials on the kil ec t of marking the prices in New Portuguese Bonds, be lotlrnecl till Monday, the 4th May next." I have the honour to be ' Sir, your obedient servant, Richardhard JAMES VAN SOMMER, Secretary. Thornton, Esq.. Chairman of the Th Committee of Portuguese Bondholders. to e "3romi thei r ttee Bonds again urge the Bondholders on no account ei,...&Lvert . A s t,_, Y? WORK BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ. may, in 2 vols. Stmt., with Portraits of Petrarch, Laura, THE Ste LIFE OF PET R A R . O H. Atjl i i y or T a t f l2 l i te S Pas i r P es ß ol L ltp Esq. 4r 3' Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlb,wough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. J 4, EDITED BY MRS. TROLLOPE. '` r eady, in 2 vols. Bvo. with Illustrations by Hervieu, WESTERN S UMME R 1 FRANCE; Including the Provinces from THE LOIRE TO THE DORDOGNE. A utt _ Edited by FRANCIS TROLLOPE, Il tt „"w„? of " Domestic Manners of the Americans," &c. Of w a‘-elburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-,treet. 1 .7 olaY be had, inBvo., with 14 Illuoratrations '\:_!_ lo LLopE's SUMMER IN BRITANY." uNbr„HE the A TRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. 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' .cry Is. 1 4 C 4 t l and plat es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan ktv,loa-olliee, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets We had upon application. Box t . s to be had so'cly of Mr. Andre a;, bookseller, \,2w Bond-street. th, TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'air Play" will favour us with his name and address, we may publish his letter. • • • WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 1O MORROW 7 minutes after 3 1 Evening... 22 minutes after 3 L e P4 blicatioa if the Evening Edition of TUE SaN COM.. lammed at 10 minutes after Three. ttifitai 4 01 ' aitc. - 6 - i - 4t i c, LONDON : WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7, 18411 4the House of Lords yesterday the Royal P o e t it was given to the' East India Rum, the ulatio n Act Amendment, and several other t4 4 B ' A few petitions were presented; some titd, t4 connected with late trials in Ireland were of tt ' te l . l . The Earl of CLARENDON gave no t ice OV ) „ 111 on the law of Principal and Factor, the after B ill and their Lordships adjourned to j,; -(1 inst. Pf4t_be Commons, a considerable quantity of l'tti t r business was transacted, and a number of 4 el4 ,were presented. 11 11 1 s t; 'ltymE moved for a number of papers to Po lth .4 te the case of the Rajah of SATTARAH, but f ter y° l led presenting the RAJAH'S petition till the holidays, because the English version was not completed. 12 1 1 e SPEAKE R announced the receipt of a let th from Sir It. STOPPORD, acknowledging the at iks of the House of Commons. % th e motion of Viscount PALMERSTON, and et a brief conversation, the House was ordered , I liourn a t it s r ising to the 20th inst. li"e followi ng n o tices were given for after the 4 1 , 41 , 4 3's :—Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, an address on N,'Oth inst. to carry into effect the Second Re of the Railway Commissioners (Ireland); e GaOTE, a motion on the 22d relative to the th,:; South Wales Land Fund.; Mr. HAWES, on t 5 111 ; 48 t, the second reading of the Medical Re it), ; Mr. EWART, on the 20th, to open Pp til egen-park MUNTZ, a Committee e Crim t's inal Justice Bill—a clause to declare a jd the Birmingham Charter. kAA s r ePly to Mr. P. HOWARD, Viscount PAL-. like l ois said that the Portuguese Commission hitletteferred the question of what should be con tithed binding contracts to the arbitrator, and It 1 e decid e d th a t qu estion the Commissioners 1 4 t i i t to be of no use to invite claimants to send I' 4 claims. r eply to Mr. GOULBURN, Viscount PAL ktit:l°N stated that the whole of the papers re ttlyßatt o Syria would be laid on the table in a 4s. to 4 EWART moved an Address tb the Crown Nl.l)l3oint a Minister of Education, who should th q - j Year lay before Parliament a statement of e e° ition and prospects of the education of t ~ov re °Ple. The Hon. Member pressed his mo krlp Y a number of statements relative to the t tO b , ki Cages which other departments derived Shaving a responsible Minister—to what was 14 1 this head in other countries, in which, as 04, 1 1.4 nce and Prussia, periodical reports were Ro v e Public, and relative to the state of educe,- this and other countries. The Hon. Gen- N rl all hoped that our country would imitate ee and Prussia ; and he was convinced that, k4i l l e 'rnoting education, they would promote le' and religion. I kt• tt ,; a'BRIEN seconded the motion, and en the necessity of a Minister of Education i i - e ril a e re q . uotations to show how ignorant the ) 1 1 0 1 1 1‘ 9 r • GREY opposed the motion. He agreed ige 4 -I *. EWART as to its importance, and as to is e tectiv e condition of education in England, I l tai e ge foresaw great diffiulty in carrying the k r %hlto effect. : 1 4 • f'vvAnT consented to withdraw his motion, :4 4 4 ,7 1 he would, at the proper time, move ` ls te c C: ti tion to the paltry grant of 30,0001. now '° l ' educational purposes. ttillrivtt moved for a Committee to inquire ' ll llr e present state of National Monuments E` sti ninster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and s , il' tm places, to consider of the best means - Protection, and to facilitate the admis tk Pa. • W the public to them. The Hon. Member h tt at , t ti , e a on the public advantage of opening 1 4s t i l aments to inspection, but postponed no t„kr,ll4. the Committee till after Easter. `"111, - "cizirrivoN supported the motion, con t'`th • . - 1)1 Q • at it would improve the taste of the th i f all the Cathedrals were thrown open 4 k, t ite et 4B OUCHERE, not objecting to the motion, Nt,red t e i d any lengthened discussion. He con lt every facility ought to be given to . Pie t have access to the public monu n g Il aot, th etl ot, gm INGLIS exclaimed against opening ' '4 e ha s to th e p u bli c , over w hich he said the 4 d h o , x ,Y r e 43 power. The Hon. Baronet pro to "kt. I Tl . ds them as the property of the prlest tt:untini e inquired whether the Cartoons were PI wh i tt l e Posed to a similar danger to that 4 11 -431 5tl iv e f k they had recently escaped. 0 1 ur lr ° RDETu replied that the Chief Com tbantlllatoli Woods and Forests had been to ne e or Court ; and there was, he believed, no e t r• li ti : a eh an ac c id e nt again occurring. ' it, at the request of Viscount PAL- Ott(1114' :.vitllcirCW his motion relative to the I , f , t till D t4 , ToN state' after the recess. Viscount PAL CI that while the negotiations were b)4 B a strong f ee ling on the subject pre vailed both in England and America, a debate might be attended with injurious consequences. Tile Spicct Committee on Joint-Stock Banks was no., inated, as was the Committee on Ex- pirin,g• Laws. • A Bill to continue the Arms' (Ireland) Acts was brought in and read a first time. Tile South Australian Bill was passed. The resolutions on the Colonial Tariff were reported, and a Bill brought in. Some other matters of routine were carried through, and at Half-past Seven the House adjourned to the 20th instant. A pamphlet has recently been published at Manchester by the Rev. R. PARKINSON, 8.D., Canon of Manchester, on the present condition of the labouring poor, which contains some re marks that deserve much r:onsideration. For example, he ascribes many of the misunderstand ings which now exist between masters and work men, givers and receivers, to their " ignorance of each other." He says— IGNORANCE OF EACH OTHER. This is the text. Most men will at once allow it to be in a great measure true, and to be one great impediment in the way of relieving want and distress; but tew men who have not given their minds distinctly to the consideration of the subject, are fully aware of how profound is this ignorance in this great town. The rich, as a class, know nothing cf each other; the poor, as a class, know nothing of each other ; and no wonder then, that the rich should be at least as ignorant of the poor, and the poor of the rich, as they are respec tively of the class to which they belong. I have said that the rich are profoundly ignorant of each other ; and no one who has not had an opportunity of mixing pretty ge nerally in society can be fully aware of the degree in which this ignorance prevails. Man are bound down to this place almost exclusively by the tie of business: but business leads to seclusion from general matters, to ignorance of those pursuing another branch of trade—to rivalry or opposition with regard to those engaged in our ovm. Then there are the differences of religion, which split men into sects ; and the differences of politics, which divide them into parties. From these, and similar causes, it arises that, taken as a community, there is probably no town in the world where men know so little of each other, or where it is so difficult to arrive at any accurate knowledge of what is the prevalent feel.ng on any question, as it is in Manchester. Men constantly breathe one atmosphere with those of similar tastes and opinions with themselves; they hear repeated the echo of their own voices till they fancy them to be those of the public at large ; and they are filled with surprise when some great crisis, ether commercial or political, arrives, to find how profoundly ignorant they bad all along been of that which seemed to them to be as clear as daylight. . . Each has his theory in trade, in politics, in religion ; and each, drawing a general conclusion as to his ability from his undeniable success in his own particular department, probably feels, if he would confess so much, that, give him his own way, and he could reform and govern the world I _ . . I have mentioned the ignorance of the poor, with re gard to each other. It may seem to some that this is an immaterial question, when the subject under discussion is the best mode of discovering and relieving the distresses of the poor. But whosoever draws this conclusion betrays an utter ignorance of human nature, and the actual con. dition and conduct of the poorer classes. The poor give more to each other than the rich give to the poor. lem confirmed in this assertion by the testimony of one of our oldest, most learned, and most observant physicians, whose humanity is as conspicuous as his learning and talent, and who has °flea publicly declared that the experience of nearly fifty years has convinced him that the aggregate sum given in each year by the poor to each other exceeds that c.intributed by the rich in the same period. Nor is this surprising. The poor man naturally flees, in the first instance, for assistanee to those nearest to him, beat known to him, and the most likely, from feelings of sympathy, to relieve his at the moment small, but pressing necessity. Of course, those nearest and best known to him are naturally persons in a somewhat similar condi:ion of life with himself, and a fellow-feeling, together with a painful forebodirg that such a state of destitution may soon become their own, causes such appeals to be at once listened to, according to the means, and often even beyond the means of the givers. Hence a knowledge of each other, atnong the poor, is absolutely necessary to pre vent them from being constantly imposed upon by others very little poorer, and much less honest, than themselves. I believe that imposture thrives especially amongst the poor. They are much less able to detect it, and less suspicious of its existence, than the rich. Hence it is that ignorance of each other is the cause, not only that they often bestow a portion of their own scanty pittance upon those who are totally unworthy of it, but that they cherish in their own bosoms a nest of idle or vicious outcasts, who prey upon their very vitals, and find krefuge among them, through their mistaken humanity, from the salutary control of public opinion—nay, often from the bands of public justice. Most other towns have been young before they became old,—were villages before they became cities; had a time of infancy, with all the parts and limbs in little of that manhood to which they bate at last arrived: and their growing and expanding was but the setting of those bones and the strengthening of those sinews which existed in all their symmetry, though not in all their strength and com pactness, in the earlier stages of the advancing common. wealth. But no such account can be given of the rise and progress of the vast community among which we live. We have not grown, but accumulated ; we are not strati fied, we are but a conglomerate. We are but, as it were, the debits %bleb the vast whirlpool of human affairs has deposited here in one of its eddies, associated but not united, contiguous but not connected. Hence, therefore, irregularities and anomalies, which in other circumstances would be intolerable,.are with us naturally to be expected, and are the direct consequence of our peculiar condition. That is rather a long but an instructive quota tion. Undoubtedly, what is true of Manchester, is true of every other great town in the empire. It is emphatically true of London, where a man has his business established in one place and his home surrounded only by domestic servants in another. It is emphatically true of those who live at the West-end, and those who live at the East-end. It is true of Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament, particularly Mem bers of the Upper House, who live in the midst of clerks, servants, and parasites. They can know nothing of the feelings, wants, and wishes of the bulk of the people. Above all, it is emphatically true of the Bishops and other dignitaries of the Church, who begin their public life with a particular theory of human nature, which they swear to abide by, and into accordance with which they struggle, through their whole existence, to drill the community. Every fact which contradicts their theory, they try to suppress or pervert. Their whole minds are artificial, which are prevented from ever be coming otherwise, by associating only with their fellow-dignitaries, or with those who, by a species of worship, nourish that one-sided arrogance for which they are distinguished. When igno rance of one another prevails in the same town amongst masters and amongst workmen, it is pre sumable that ,a similar kind of ignorance per vades all classes, and is, as the Rev. Mr. PAR KINSON says, the great cause of mistrust, aliena tion, and hostility. We know that it is eminently the case in the different nations, and with men of different religions, and hence the incessant and mutual hostility between the English Protestants and Irish Catholics. It may be remarked, that the lower classes in general, though now and then they imitate the example of the upper classes, and try their hands at a charter, or demand some sumptuary laws, are sensible of their unacquaintedness with the pursuits and avocations of the upper classes, and do not propose to interfere with their amuse ments or their occupations, or to make laws for them. They do not believe, apparently, that society would be made happier and better by moulding the upper classes after their own form and fashion. But the upper classes are by no means so forbearing towards their humbler bre thren. Not merely those amongst them - who have seats in Parliament, but the great bulk of. the classes above the day labourers, artisans, and mechanics, continually suppose that they alone are qualified to direct the pursuits and avoca tions of the humbler classes, and they continually seek to interfere by means of laws with their amusements and occupations. They must not go to fairs, they must keep away from balls and concerts, they must not walk forth on the Sab bath, they must not congregate in public-houses after certain hours, they must not, under certain circumstances, hold public meetings, and they must in short walk in the world, not as they like, but as their more opulent brethren command them If there be, however, such gross ignorance of one another as Mr. PARKINSON describes, may we not conj2cture that when it gets embodied into laws, and enforced by the public will, it is one of the many causes of the helplessness, destitu tion, and pauperism to which the humbler classes are continually a prey ? They never can see or know, in consequence of such a continual inter ference, which always steps betwixt them and their fate, the natural causes on which their well-being depends, and they consequently cannot know effectually how to take care of them selves. Take, for example, the present exertions, dic tated hype most beneficent spirit, which are making lb improve the health of the working classes. A few gentlemen, composing a Com mission, walk, perhaps for the first time in their lives, into the alleys and closes in which the poor dwell. The squalor is to, them in describably offensive. Handsful of snuff, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA.Y, APRIL 7. 18411 or powerful aromatic perfumes, scarcely save them from fainting. They force their way to' a sick bed, and find painful disease made more painful by an utter want of cleanli ness, by a total exclusion of the balmy air, and by a system of treatment altogether improper. They see heaps of putrifying matter lying about, gutters stopped, and the soil clammy with foul water, nr want of a means of draining the place. All the e are great evils, but they are only a very small part either of society or of the lives and conditions of the individuals in vestigated. Never before, perhapsi were they or their like, seen by the Commis sioners, with whom they have no communion of feeling; they may even want a common lan guage to communicate, for the same words do not reps esent to different minds the same things, but on this very temporarY, very slight, and very imperfect knowledge, a law, or perhaps a whole system of laws, shall be founded, which are intended, if not to last through all time, at least to operate over future generations. This practical conclusion seems to us not war ranted by the facts. Men would hardly act in their own personal concerns on such very imper fect knowledge, but they have no hesitation, at least the upper classes have no hesitation, when the lower classes are concerned, to rush upon them at once with an enactment, and fasten it upon them as their rule of life. We are thankful]. to Mr. PARKINSON, therefore, for endeavouring to attract attention to the ignorance of each other as the great source of much of the misery of society, and we have only somewhat varied and extended the application of the principle he has brought prominently forward. The debate on Mr. LABOUCUERE'S resolutions, the evening before last, will be more interesting to the public than the resolutions themselves. They are a step in the right path, but the speeches of the Members went further than the resolutions, in the same direction. Mr. GOULBURN, the very model of narrow, bigoted, restrictive Toryism, had no doubt that the mea sure would be advantageous, as applied to the colonies, but the House .was bound to consider its ultimate consequences on the whole of the empire. He cannot help, therefore, being at times a Benthamite, or an advocate for the greatest good of the greatest number. Of Mr. LABOUCHERE'S sentiments it is unnecessary to say more than that he is the author of the improvements, and defended them on the principles of free trade. Mr. COLQUHOUN, a Tory like Mr. GOULBURN, and the unrelenting foe of his Catholic fellow-country men, thought the resolutions did not go far enough, so that he cannot help being for freedom of trade, though he is opposed to freedom of conscience. Mr. HUME'S sentiments are too well known to require any comment, but he performed a most valuable service by repelling the foolish accusa tions of Lord ASHBURTON, and showing that the Import Duties Committee deserved none of the censure which that apostate Lord had heaped on it. Mr. HERRIES, another Tory, avowed that he had always agreed with Mr. HUSKISSON in his commercial reforms, and declared that all the colleagues of that Right Hon. Gentleman shared his convictions. Mr. HERRIES maintained, how ever, that Mr. HUSKISSON was not an advocate for free trade, but for regulated protection, a doctrine which Lord J. RUSSELL disposed of by pointing out the folly of attempting by any legislation to equalize protection amongst all classes of pro ducers; now giving an advantage to one, anon to another, and finally trying to find for all other classes a compensation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL declared that it was a vicious system which sought the advantage of a particular class instead of seeking the benefit of the whole. The Noble Lord spoke out boldly ; and so manfully took the part of Mr. J. D. HUME, the late Secretary to the Board of Trade, on account of the evidence given before the Im port Duties Committee, which he was not obliged to do, that we are inclined to suppose that the Noble Lord sees the improbability of much longer conducting the affairs of the country on the present restrictive and suicidal system. He is inclined, we believe, whenever he can, and he will soon be able if the commercial community backs him, to give effect to the principles of free trade. We can, in fact, state on good authority, that such is Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S inclination, and such is, we believe, the wish of the most enlightened members of the Cabinet; and if they be not able to act on their inclination, it will be owing to the supineness of the mercantile and manufacturing community. A very little exer tion on their part now would induce the willing Ministry to take a very decisive step, and if it be not taken, the fault will be more in the peo ple than in the Ministers. We have reserved the expression of our satis faction at what took place with regard to the Import Duties to the last. It was cleverly shown by Mr. HUME and Mr. VILLIERS, and the state ments were acquiesced in by Mr. HERRIES and other men of business, that the Import Duties Committee was fairly constituted, and the evi dence fairly brought forward. Lord ASHBURTON said it was one-sided—what did he mean ? The chief evidence was given by Mr. M'GREGOR, Mr. J. D. HUME, and Mr. PORTER, all of whom are or have been servants of the Government, and they spoke of the system of the Govern ment. Whom would Lord ASHBURTON have had called to contradict them? What under scrub of the Board of Trade or the Treasury, who hasbeen chained to a desk for fifty years, did Lord ASHBURTON wish to have examined? Would he volunteer his own evidence ? Would he depute his new ally Mr.GouLuunN, or some man with a name like THORNEYCROFT, who figures in the ma nufacturing districts as a disciple of Lord ASH BURTON, and an opponent of Mr. BARING, to be examined before the Committee ? His Lordship would be cautious, we suspect, how he subjected any of his friends to a cross-examination, and how he exposed himself to be obliged publicly to reconcile the contradictory statements of Mr. BARING and Lord ASHBURTON. The truth is that Lord ASHBURTON, and all that school of politicians, are quite alarmed at the facts which the Import Duties Committee brought to light, and at the manner in which they were substantiated. They cannot set aside these fats, they cannot refute them, and these facts convict Lord ASHBURTON of supporting in his mature life pestiferous errors which in his earlier days he fearlessly denounced. Under the weight of that painful conviction, which he cannot shake off, the Noble Lord cries aloud with vexation and anger, that the Committee was one-sided and unfair. On Monday night the fallacy of these new excuses of a money grubber turned into a lord was made per fectly clear, and an additional benefit was con ferred on the public by Mr. HUME and Mr. VIL LIERS, when they demonstrated that the Noble Lord had denounced the Committee from igno rance arid anger. The debate was a proper con clusion of the business before Easter, and is more worthy of public approbation than all the pre vious proceedings since the commencement of the Session. The Ottoman fleet came safely to anchor at the Golden Horn, to the no small delight of the demure citizens of Constantinople, on the 16th ult. Some days previously a Council of Foreign Ministers was held at the palace of Lord PON SONBY, at Therapia, when it was unanimously agreed that the modifications which MEHEMET ALI required to be made in the firman were reasonable, and that it should be represented t o the Porte, that if rejected, the SULTAN would obtain no further support from the Four Powers. Such a representation would materially assist in bringing the Eastern Question to a final settle ment, and we therefore trust that it has been made. fear that in the end the town will become aheap of ruins. After the earthquake of October 30, which destroyed nearly all the houses on the island, Zante experienced successive shocks, more or less strong, during forty days, making the number amount to no fewer than 259, and during the remainder of 1840, vibration of the earth, more or less perceptib'e, nearly every day. All the violent shocks were attended with dull rumbling sounds and subterranean explosions. Sometimes these noises were heard without being succeeded by any vibration, and sometimes the shocks were silent. Since 1514 Zante has experienced twenty-one earthquakes. That in 1 l 4 divi ted the hill on which the fortress stood, and buried part of the ancient town in the ruins. In 1767 the shocks were repeated for three months, during which an epidemic disease prevailed. In 1791 the great shock lasted several minutes, caused immense damage, and was followed by minor shocks for six weeks. In 1820 the earthquake, which once more desolated the island, was preceded by a single flash of lightning. That of 1837 lasted with great intensity for 20 seconds ; and that of 1840 was the most disastrous of all. In fine, the ui.fortunate island of Zante has suffered during the sixteenth century two earthquakes ; duringthe 17th three; dur ing the eighteenth, ten ; and during the first portion of the nineteenth century, six." The whole of the Paris ournals of Monday have reached us. A bulletin posted at the Bri tish Embassy stated that Lord GRANvILLE had passed a tranquil night, and felt himself much refreshed on Monday morning. It is confidently stated by several Parisian correspondents of German Journals, that France has signed a treaty, in conjunction with the Four Powers, for closing the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus against ships of war of all na tions, but opening them to all merchant vessels whatsoever. The 15th ult. is given as the date of this treaty, which puts an end to the isolation of France. We further find it rumoured that Lord PAL MERSTON communicated to the French Plenipo tentiary in London, a copy of fresh instructions, which his Lordship had sent Lord PONSONBY, which were exceedingly favourable to MEHEMET ALI. The Noble Foreign Secretary accompa nied these instructions with the significant inti mation, that if Lord PONSONBY found them likely to place him in an unpleasant position with the Sublime Porte, his Lordship was at liberty to return to England for a few months, for the be nefit of his health. We cannot of our own knowledge confirm these statements, but they are nevertheless exceedingly probable. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Monday with the joint motion of MM. PAGES and MAGutx, for diminishing the number of public functionaries in that Assembly. The whole number of Deputies does not much exceed 400, and of this number 179 are functionaries, more or less dependent upon the bounty of the Crown. The debate was proceeding when the mails left for London. The Papal Nuncio in Switzerland has addressed a second note to the Federal Government, justi fying- his interference in any matter affecting.the rights of the Roman Catholic Church. Letters from Rome announce the recal of the Nuncio, who is to be replaced by Cardinal ANDREA. The Presse says that, independently of the troops of the line, 30,000 labourers are to be em ployed in carrying on the fortifications. The di rectors of the works have ordered 3,000 new wheelbarrows for the excavators. We find by the Journal de Toulouse of the 2d instant, that the domiciliary visits continued at Carcassone on the 30th ult., acid that a quantity of papers, brochures, and arms were seized on that day by the police. The Journal des Debats publishes a telegraphic despatch, announcing the departure on the 29th ult of the expedition des tined to revictual Me:lealt and Aliliana. The Duke d'Aumale was at Blidah. 'I he Toulonnaise contains the following news in its number of March 31, which has reached Paris to day : There is not a sinele stone left at the Camp of Foudouc, which has been just abandoned. This is another four millions thrown away. It is said to be in contemplation to evacuate the maison carree, the model farm, and lUehelma. These unaccountable measures excite general dissatisfaction ; people are quite at a less what to conjecture, and nobody has yet di vined the plan of the new Governcr- General. Meantime we begin to feel the bad effects of the system of General Bugeaud; they are not such as were expected. The Arabs continue their p'undering incursions, and, with unheard of audacity, commit murders in the country almost at the gates of Algiers.— La Gazette de France. The Moniteur of the sth of April has no official part. The Minister announces that her Majesty the Queen of Naples was happily delivered of a Princess on the 28th of March. SWITZERLAND. (From the private correspondence of the Constitutionnel ) BERNE, APRIL 2.—The last four articles of the project of the Committee have been adopted by an absolute majority of votes, composed of the twelve States which voted yesterday, in favour of the Ist article. There being twenty-three Cantons the absolute (the smallest possible) majority is twelve.—The 2d article invites Argovia to make its decree harmonise with article twelve of the Federal Compact. Article three fixes the middle of May as the latest time by which Argovia is to com municate its resolutions to the Vorort (the presiding Canton.) Article four determines that the Diet reserves to itself the measures to be ultimately taken, in case Argovia should not conform to the invitation made to it. Article five invites it to suspend all measures for execating the decree, which suppresses the convents. It seems certain that M. Guiznt has offered the mediation of France to terminate the differences existing between Great Britain and the United States. This eagerness to relieve the English Cabinet, our determined enemy, from the embarrass ments in which it is involved cannot pass unnoticed. M. Guizot owes an account to the Chamber of conduct which in a country where opinions were more energetic, would be consi dered as an act of treason, and we hope that the Opposition will take advantage of the debate en the Supplementary Credit to question the Minister on the subject. We cannot, how ever, believe that M. Guizst, not content with offering his ser vices as mediator, has threatened the United States (as a journal affirms that he has) with an armed intervention. France invading the United States in favour of England ! It is an idea too ridiculous to be entertained, even by the men who abandoned Egypt to the mercy of the Powers.—Le Courrier Francais. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain this week have been moderate. There was little Wheat for sale, and prices were unaltered from Monday. Barley, Beans, and Peas as last re ported. Oats met few buyers, and the rates were unvaried. Flour as last reported. There will be no market held here on Friday. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of Meat was fair, trade for most descriptions was good:;"and prices as last quoted. Beef 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Pork 43. to ss. 2d. per stone of bibs. Game and Poultry were in good supply, and prices as follow :-Hares 25.; Rabbits Is. 3d. to lc 9d. fur tame, and 6d. to Ild. for wild; Goslings 7s. to 12s. ; Duckling,s6s. to 10s. ; large Surrey Fowls 4s. to 10s. ; Wild Ducks 6d. to Is. 6d. ; Widgeons 4d. to is. ; Sussex Chickens 3s. 6d. to ss. ; barndoor ditto ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls 3s. to 6s. ; Turkeys ss. to es ; Snipes 6d. to Is. ; Woodcocks 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Plovers 3d. ; Teal 3d. to Is. ; Guinea Fowls 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Pea Fowls 7s. to 10s. Live stork for shipping --Ducks 245. to 275. ; Hens 245. ; Geese 545. ; Turkeys 48s. to 545. ; Guinea Fowls 335. per dozen. Pigeons for shooting 10s. to 12s. per dozen. Eggs 4s. 6d. to 6s. per 120 ; Plover ditto 6d. per dozen. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was good for Russian Tallow, and prices were firm. P. Y. Candle on the spot, 7s 3d, and for delivery in the last three months. Sales were made at 48s to 48s 3d per cwt. WOOL MARKET. Prices of both English and Foreign were Srm, but the busi ness done was limited. It is expected a better demand will exist shortly. COLONIAL MARKET. In the value of Produce little variation took place, but the Market was dull. The Home Trade continue to be almost the exclusive operators. Coffee more in demand, and prices firmer. 703. paid for good ordinary Ceylon. TEA MARKET. There was but little business done, buyers, for the most part, waiting the arrival of news from China, but prices were firm, and Company's Congou produced Is. 74d. per lb. cash. SPIRIVAIARKET. In Brandy the transactions were on a more extended scale at former prices. Rum difficult of :ale, 2s. 3d. was the value of Proof Leewards. FRUIT MARKET. Prices had further given way for both Currants and Raisins ; the Home Trade buy with caution, but for export several par cels of Fruit have been taken. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-4TH/S DAY.) PRESIDENT STEAMER. A letter from Liverpool says, " that the report of the London Papprs of yesterday of a large steamer having been seen steering for Fayal, or one of the Western Islands, by a vessel that arrived here on Sunday, is without any foundation. 5, 30 p. m. —There is no account whatever of the President steamer, or any other steamer supposed to be her, since she was last seen by the Orpheus, very early on the morning of the 12th ult. I mention this to obviate the many absurd ru mours afloat." LoNnori, APRIL 7.—Wind this day at noon, S. S.E. cloudy. DEAL, APRIL 6.—Wind N. E.,— Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Rajah, for Hobart Town ; Briton, Evans, Mau ritius; Shannon, Bermuda; British Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Pusey Hall, Ware, Quebec ; James Harris, ditto ; Camden, ditto ; Elizabeth, ditto ; Kingston, ditto ; Cid, Agri unago, St. Ander, Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. —Wind E.N.E—Sailed the Strath eden, Wolfe, for Port Phillip; Hendrik Jann, Wapp, Bata via ; Margaretha, Johanna, ditto ; Anna Robertson, Hamil ton, Madras ; Symmetry, Mackwood, Ceylon ; Mary Ann, Madeira : Tulloch Castle. ditto ; Wellington, Chadwick, New York ; Bride of Abydos, Weakner, Smyrna; Mr. Thompson, Palermo; Robert Henry Allen, Storey, Gibraltar; Bristol, Quebec; Everthorpe, ditto. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 6.--Arrived the Leeds (steamer), from Gibraltar. FALMOUTH APRIL 5. —Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.— Sailed the Tagus (steamer), for Vigo, &c. Put back the Elizabeth, Jackson, for Barbadoes. CowEs.—Sailed the Abberton, for Sydney ; Chas. Quint, Havannah ; Ferrolano, St. Jago de Cuba. POOLE, APRIL 6.—Arrived the Magdalena, Bohn, from Al tona. Sailed the Anglicomia, for Quebec. TEIGNMOUTIT ' APRIL 6.—Sailed, the Friendship, Toke, for Newfoundland ; Active, Nickols, ditto. GUERNSEY, APRIL 3.—Sailed, the William, for Port Adelaide. An American balk, 49 feet long, one square, and marked T I, was picked up off the bell of Portland, by the Virginia, arrived here. MILFORD, APRIL s.—Arrived the Eldon, from Quebec. WORKINGTON, APRIL s. — Sailed Bowes, Johnston, Quebec. DUBLIN, APRIL 4.—Arrived, the Elizabeth, of Lancaster, King, from Honduras, with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails, &c. KINGSTOWN, APRIL s. —Arrived, the Sillartin, from St. John's, New Brunswick. GLOUCESTER, Aram s.—Sailed the Hope, Scott, from Quebec ; Briton, ditto. LIVERPOOL, Arm, 6.—Wind S., light. Arrived—Lati mer, Hill, Charente. Sailed—Ercole, Genoa; Lereya, Lisbon; Aurora, Mundez, Oporto; Autumnus, White, Syasey ; Per severance, Corkhill, do. ; Science, St. Vincent ; Hope, M'Gowan, Savannah ; Mary, Kingsland ; Weare, New York ; Jane Augusta, do. ; Agnes Ecourz, M'Lean, Halifax ; Mi nerva, Crawford, Sydney ; C. B. John, Quebec; Jane, do ; Mir, Zupper, Trieste ; Mazeppa, Jordan, Malta. The Vic toria, hence to Barbadoes, anchored off Crookhaven, April 3, for a supply of water, having had her water-casks stove, and lost stern boat. HULL, APRIL 6.—Wind N.E. Sailed—Trinidal, Sierra Leone ; Venerable, Quebec; Cove, do. ; William and Ann, Bahia. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 6.—We have had an unsually dull Market to-day, the sales not comprising more than 1,000 bales, which have been taken wholly by the trade on speculation or for export. Nothing whatever doing. LIVERPOOL SHARE...MARKET, APRIL 6.—The Market at the Stock Exchange has not been so animated as yesterday, but a good business has been done. The following are the trans actions :—Chester and Birkenhead, New, 17 ; Eastern Counties, debentures, 71. 16s. 9d. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34; Grand Junction, half-shares, 105; Chester and Crewe, 54; Lancaster and Preston, New, 24%; London and Birmingham, New, 24i. No news of the President. The excitement has continued beyond anything we ever knew relative to shipping. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 6.—There is an improvement in Railway Stock : —Lancaster and Preston, 331-; Great Western, Fifths, 11A; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 28 3 / 4 ; London and South Western, 56i ; Ditto, Tenths;' 21. as. ; Grand Junction, 209 210 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 2434. The French Papers state that Commodore Napier left Alex andria on the let of March, to proceed to Marmorizza, from whence it is stated he will go to Candia and Malta. According to the Augsburg Gazette it is stated that before Napier left Egypt he when to Cairo, where he had a gland con ference with Ibraham Pacha. EARTHQUAKES AT ZANTE. Extract of a letter from Zante :—" On the 26th of February, after three days and nights of incessant rain, attended by a violent gale of wind, a most alarming shock of earthquake was felt about seven in the evening. It was not so disastrous as that of the 30th of October, but the duration was much longer, the vibration being continued from thirty to thirty-five seconds, while the former lasted only eight or nine. The consternation was general and extreme. Ihe streets were in an instant filled with the terrified people, eager to fly but not knowing where to seek safety. In their houses they dreaded being buried in ruins, in the streets they were drenched with rain. The churches were all filled, it being the hour of the evening prayers to the Virgin, offered up every Friday during Lent; and the cries and confusion were terrible. Only a few houses fell either in the town or the surrounding country ; others ware more or less shaken, and, as the shocks recur daily, we have reason to BO URSE.....PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 5. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 ~e r rents 113 .. 113 5 ... 112 SO 112 go 4% per Cents...— . . 101 DO 101 90 ... 10: 90 ... 10t 90 4 per Cents 99 _ 99 _ 99 gg _ _ . _ -- -. -- 3 per Ceuta 7B 70 __„ 78 70 _. 78 55 2. 78 55 Ranh 0: r ranee La!rate Bank 1,0001.5 h 1057 50 ...1060 —1057 so —lO6O 5,')001. Shares 5150 ...51',0 —.5150 ...5150 .telgian Bank 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101 1 4 ... ICI Li New Loan MI% ... 1 , 1% ... 101 ... 101' ipanisb Active 24 14 ... 24% ... 24% ... 24 1 ,E Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents .21!4 ... ioN t ... 101 .‘ ... 20% Neapolitan lO3 40 ... 103 75 ... 233 40 ... 'O3 75 Roman ..... 103% ...103 1 ,a ... 1031 ... RCd% RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versailles,R. B 382 50 ... 382 50 ... 3.81 25 ... 381 2'3 L. 8.030 ... 200 ... 275 ... 275 'touen 455 ... 45i 455 ... 455 ... , iedn, Montpellier to Cette 235 ... 240 ... 1 1 35 ... 240 Mulhausen to Thann 420 ... 420 ... 420 ... 42J DUTCH FUNDS.—AbisTeaDAM, APRIL 5. Money. 1311/a. actual Debt, 256 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. ........... Amer t Syndic, 4 t,', per cent E91,4 83% Ditto, ditto, 354 per cent 72 12% Commercial Company, 4;;, per cent MIA 1`154 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... Loan 1f37, 5 per cent. ( 11‘ 97% Exchange on London, One month l2 04 Two months ..« ll 95 .Dutch Papers, April 6. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beaux, APRIL 2. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4% a per cent. ll4 103%4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100% Exchange on Landon, three months 6 It % —Prussian Stale Gazette. April 3 AUSTLUAN FUNDS.— VIIVINA, MARCH 27 five per Cents. Metalliquea . Fear per Cents. OB% Three per Cents. ......«.«.«..... 71% Bank Shares .... ... ...... ........ .... ... .. ............... IE3S —Allgemeine Zeitung. April 1. NEW AND SUCCESSFUL OPERATION FOR Aistruitisst.—An operation in a very serious and almost hope less case of aneurism was lately successfully performed by Mr. Skey, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the presence of Sir Benjamin Brodie and other eminent surgeons, the result of which has been much talked of in medical circles. The gentle man who was the subject of the operation is' the Rev. D. Pretyman, Rector of Middleton, in Oxfordshire ; and the aneurism to be removed (which may be popularly described as the formation of a dangerous sac upon the blood vessel) was situated on the sub-clavian artery, a fearful locality. Ordinarily, an operation of this nature occupies from thirty minutes to an hour, the result being in the majority of cases fatal, in consequence of great loss of blood and total prostration of animal vigour. In the pre sent instance the operation was performed in ten minutes, and. the loss of blood was only two ounces, circumstances which are due to an entirely novel method of .performing it. Mr. Skey conducted the operation by first making an incision in the neck downwards, above the clavicle, the muscular fibre being afterwards, gradually divided (slit) by a silver knife, until the seat of the disease was reached, and the aneurism removed. This mode of performing the operation is to be looked upon as a great step in surgery, the ordinary method of making the incision in the lower part of the neck, and di viding the carotid veins and artery, exposing the patient to the serious evils previously mentioned. So unexpected was the recovery of the Rev. Mr. Pretyman that on his arrival at the rect e o n r e ythe ho b l e id ll a s y m:ere set ringing, and the parishioners made DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning, at a quarter before nine o'clock, the manufactory of Mr. Turner, No. 46, Myddleton-street, floor-cloth and table-cover manu facturer, caught fire. The men in the employment of Mr. Turner had left a quarter of an hour before the conflagration broke cut, end there was then no appearance of fire. When the flames were discovered they were issuing from the drying room, in which was a flue, and the cala m it y i s ascr ib e d to that being overheated. Information was promptly sent to the station-house of the G division in Rosamon-street, when a policeman was sent off in a cab to the different fire-engine sta tions, and in about a quarter of an hour five or six engines were at the spot, with Mr. Braidwood, their superintendent ; but by the time they had reached there the extensive manu fatto, y was in a blaze, and nearly the whole of the property consumed. By the great exertion of the firemen the flames were prevented from extending to the adjoining houses. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CiTy.— Among the many improvements making, besides the Royal Exchange, is the extension of the Blackwall Railway from the Minories to Fenchurch-street, where will shortly be the principal en trance. The property pulled down to effect this o bject is very considerable, as many large shops in the Minories, and exten sive mercantile premises will be purchased and pulled down ; hundreds of men are employed day and night building the -foundation, over which will pass the iron viaducts up to Fen church -street, crossing Where Gould -square once stood, Coopers-row, CrutchedFriars,passing the East In d ia warehouses. At the top of the Minories and Aldgate the houses ate im mediately to be pulled down for the City improvements leading to Bishopsgate and the north-western parts of the metropolis, THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning for the Account tt the leaving off price of yesterday, b 9% to ; for Money not quite so good, b9a to %. The market at present has rather a flat appearance. Exchequer 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock, 169 171 ex div. All the British Funds are open this morning for transfer, and in a few days the dividends will be in course of payment. The report which prevailed yesterday afternoon of accounts having been received via St. Petersburgh of favourable intelligence from China, is not confirmed this morning. The Overland Express from India is anxiously looked for, and may be expected hourly. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has receded from the leaving off price, 23a to 236 ; Deferred, 12} a ; Passive, 5a ; Portuguese rather lower, left off, 33i 34, at present, .33k ; Three per Cents. 19i 20 ; Colombian closed at 22i 23, at present 22/ 4 ; Mexican, 30i 31 ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51i a ; Five per Cents., 97 98*. _ _ SHetEs.—Great Western 27i 28i prem. ; New 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 4i dis. ; Blackwell, 5 3 / 4 * dis. ; Birmingham 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 56 57 per share ; Croydon 13i per share ; Greenwich 8} per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 15i 14i, discount ; South Eastern and Dover 15 14i discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties - Great Western Ditto New .... _.._ . Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3Bl 56 ... .. to Ditto Tenths ... ........ .. ll 24 to Manchester awl Leeds - to North Midland Ditto New York and North Midland COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTERDAY)„ Amsterdam CF. 12 7 1 Gibralt'ar . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam U. 12 7 Antwerp l2 6i Hamburgh M.B. 13 12i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles 13ourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Berlin-- .. 7 0 'Leghorn Genoa 'Milan Venice ... 47 Naples Palermo, per oz 119 Lisbon Oporto s2k Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia Buenos Ayres ..... New York, 21 days' sight 46i Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 3 Trieste, ditto lO 5 Madrid 'Philadelphia - 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OZ. Portugal Gold Coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 0 HALF-PAST ONE: The Stock Exchange was thrown into the greatest confusion in the course of the morning, owing to one of its oldest brokers and his son having absconded ; he was also broker to' the Equitable Life Office. In consequence of the above event the General Committee of the House have been settling and the managers of the House are now assem bled, and it is expected that a Meeting will take place of the Committee of the Fund of the decayed members of the Equi table Life Office to the present time ; it is not known to what amount he is gone for. The broker who has absconded bor rowed yesterday 10001. in the House. The above circumstance has tended to damp the Market, which is rather flat at present. Consols for the Account, 591; Money, 89k; Exchequer Bills, 11 9 prem. rather lower ; India Bonds, 2 prem. to 1 dis. _ _ Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona Seville ...35 In the Foreign Market, little doing, Spanish Active, 23 a shade lower; Deferred, 12%; Portuguese, 33, also lower, have been 331 ; Three per Cents. 29/ ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half rer Cents., 51% • Five per Cents., 98k. In Shares, little doing: —Eastern Counties, 9; Great Western 93; Ditto, New, 63i; Ditto, Fifths, 11 ; London and Brighton, 46 ; London and South Western, 56; Ditto, Tenths, 2%. The Batavia Dutch steamer has arrived, by which we have received the papers of the 6th instant, bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the sth. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51 5-16; Five per Cents., 99 ; Ardoin's, 204 9-16ths. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols for Accout, 891 1 ; ditto 25th May, am i• Mexican, 30/ ; Portuguese, 32 , 1- 33i ; Spanish, 231 231. Colonel and Lady Catharine Buckley have left London for Longford Castle, the seat of Viscount and Vis countess Folkston. We are glad to hear the Gallant Colonel, though still lame, is able to walk without his crutches. The Earl of Radnor has left Grosvenor -street, for Longford Castle. The marriage of Mr. G. P. Bushe, with Miss Smyth, daughter cf Lady Elizabeth Smyth, will be solemnised in the course of neat week. Mr. Bushe is the only son of the late Gervase Parker Bushe, Esq., and is nephew to the Dow ager Countess of Listowell. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAICE AND HITCHINGS. The Court opened at a few minutes past ten. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resumed his argument on behalf of the appellant. The Learned Counsel proceeded to read and comment upon portions of the judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner. That Learned Judge had laid down the doctrine that the °instructions were superseded by the will. He (the At torney-General) contended that the instructions were to be considered as a will until they had been revoked. There could not be the least doubt that it was the intention of the testator to leave his property to the four individuals named in paper A. It was contended that it was revoked by B. So far as B was inconsistent with A, that doctrine would hold good, but no further. By A a joint tenancy was created, by B a tenancy in common ; so far the latter was a revocation of the former. He submitted, however, that the Learned Judge was entirely mistaken in the character which he had given to A. Although it was headed instructions, its character must be determined by its contents. There were numerous cases to show that a will remains unreveked until another will was executed. The Learned Counsel was pro ceeding to refer to several cases in support of this view, when be was interrupted by an intimation from the Bench that they were satisfied upon the doctrine. It was said that B had no operation ; that it was a nullity on account of the uncertainty as to who should take the beneficial interest. If B were a nullity then A stood unrevoked. The doctrine for which he contended had been actedupon, not only in the Courts of Com mon Law and Equity, but also in the Ecclesiastical Courts. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to refer to the case of Eagshawe and Phillimoi e, p. 48, in which, there being five scripts propounded, Sir ohn Nicholl pronounced for three of them, as containing together a will. In this case the Learned Judge ought to have pronounced for B and A, as containing together the will of the deceased. The Learned Counsel then referred to the case of Forsyth and Jones, 3d Phillimore, 485, which had been cited against his clients; contending that it was clearly distinguishable from the present case. In that case Sir John Nicholl said he considered the instructions in some de- . gree ambiguous. Here there could be no doubt as to the in tention of the testator. The Learned Counsel then referred to several other cases on the same point, from which he con tended that probate should have been granted of B, and of so much of A as related to the executions, in order to constitute a perfect will. The Learned Gentleman then cited the cases of Molyneux and Molyneux Smith v. Blilburn, Scholes v. De Fleur, Hodges and Horsfall, and several ohers, in order to show that a will, signed according to the Statute of Frauds, and recognising another paper, although the latter was net signed, still the Courts would adopt it as part of the first, it being imported into it by the recognition. That was the case in the cause before their Lordships. There was the testamentary paper appointing the executors; but who were to he the devisees ? that was clearly pointed out by another paper referred to in the instrument signed by the hand of the testator. They were to be the executors who were appointed by that paper. In the very voluminous papers ex hibited in the cause no other will had been propounded. The Learned Judge in the Court below, had in his judgment cited no cases in support of the law he laid down. He had quoted no authorities whatever in support of his position. But their Lordships were not bound by anything done by him. They would exercise an independent jurisdiction. They would look at the law of the case as laid down in the books—at the deci sions come to by those who had adorned the bench, and in doing to be had no doubt they would come to the conclusion that the Learned Judge of the Prerogative Court had erroneously refused probate to his clients. Now Sir Herbert Jenner had not referred to one single authority, or rule, or practice, in support of the decision which he had pronounced. Although his clients had not proved all that they had alleged, yet he contended that they had proved enough to entitle them to probate. The suit went to a hearing exactly as if none of the allegations had been made, which were now complained of. But what were their Lord ships to do in the present case? If they came to a similar decision, it would be tantamount to saying that Mr. Wood had died intestate. It appeared to him that their Lordships could not avoid coming to the same decision as Sir H. Jenner with regard to the codicil dated July, 1835, and if that were so he apprehended that the codicil could not be set up in any other shape by the parties taking interest under it. There was no instance of such a proceeding in the records of the Ecclesias , tical Court, and he did not think that such a course could be sustained on any principle of ecclesiastical or common law. He should now proceed to consider the various charges that had been brought against the executors, and he thought he could show, either that they were wholly unfounded or that they did not bear at all upon the question their Lordships had to decide, and could not influence their judgment. One of the charges was, that there was an attempt on the part of the executors to evade the payment of the duty, and with regard to that and many other of these charges of misconduct, he would observe that they invariably arose from the admissions of the executors themselves, and it should be recollected that these admissions could not be taken without the accompanying explanations, to .which he should again refer. The next charge was one of a very foul nature, and almost amounted to a charge of murder. It was' alleged that Mr. Wood, the testator, wi-s extremely ill—that they would not call in a medical man to see him, and that consequently he died. Now he need not remind their Lordships that it had been given in evidence that Alderman Wood arrived nn the Tuesday—that he earnestly entreated to be allowed to call in a medical man, and that he subsequently went for Mr. Corder, one of the most eminent medical men in Gloucester, who attended him to his death. The next charge referred to the destruction of a document which had been executed by the testator in I'B3l, and that charge was founded upon the statements of the executors them selves. It had been done at the suggestion of Philpots, who said that, as it was of no use it might be put in the fire. The evidence of the executor Osborne as to the document was, that it contained no demise or bequest of any property to any party. Another document of the same nature was destroyed a few days subsequently, and they solemnly denied that any other papers or documents had been destroyed or made away with. 1 hat was the history of the transac tion, and it amounted to nothing, because if there had been any fraud intended Mr. Philpots never would have .dis clesed the transaction ' • and it was only from his statement that the other party had any knowledge of it. Lord LYNDHURST inquired how that act was charged ? The ATTORNET-GENERAL said it was charged in a general way, without assigning any particular object which the par ties had in view. He then read over the evidence given in the Court below as to the assembling of the executors on the morning of the day on which Mr. Wood died, and contended that it was inconsistent in all its facts. He would ask their Lordships whether, if the executors had been about the business which was charged against them, would they have allowed the servants free access to the room in which they were ? A fac-simile of the document was made, which seemed to have greatly offended Sir H. Jenner. Now he (the Attorney-General) remembered being in a case of forgery at the Central Criminal Court, where Mr. Baron Parke dire;:ted fac-similes of the alleged forged docu ment to be furnished to both sides. He was sorry it had been made without the special leave of the Judge, but surely there is as no occasion for so much ire. Lord LYNDHURST—He probably disliked the exhibition of the fac-similie, as creating a prejudice in the minds of the witnesses, which would operate on them when they saw the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, it was not exhibited to the witnesses. Now, he would ask their Lordships, on con sidering the whole of the case, what ground there was for even a suspicion that theye had been a former will. He would then come to the question of the codicil. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he must interpose here. His client was with the Attorney-General as appellant against one portion of the judgment of the Court below ; but, with respect to the codicil, he was an appellant on his own account. He claimed the right therefore to open his own case. Having saved to himself the right to open his own case, and to have a reply upon that part of the case, he would be happy to hear ail that his Learned Friend had to say with respect to the eodicll. (The case was proceeding when we went to Press. ) SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE In t he course of yesterday information was received in the City c f the loss of the following vessels, which we regret to state w cs attended with loss of life : On Saturday last the coast througl tout the kingdom was visited with a severe hurricane, which uccasioned considerable damage amongst the shipping, indepei idently of the loss of the undermentioned vessels. The Britain aia schooner, from St. Ives, Captain Hayes, was lost on Saturday, on the rocks under Trevethick cliff, near Padstow, Cornwall. At the time she was wrecked she was endeavouring to get into the harbour under full sail, when the force of the gale drove her on the above-named rocks. The coast guard and inhabitants of Padstow, observing the dangerous position of the vessel, and being convinced that she must become a complete wreck, at the same finding that it was totally impossible to put off in their boats without running the hazard of a fate similar to that of Lieut. Smith and his crew a short time since, on the same coast, from the immense surge, resorted to the apparatus of Captain Manby, firing rockets to the Britannia. So perfect was the aim that the first rocket which was fired reached the deck, when a haw ser was attached to the rocket line, and hauled ashore ; the dis tance from the beach to the vessel was upwards of a quarter of a mile. A communication being thus made, a cradle was fixed to the line, by which means the whole of the crew, con sisting of seven persons, were safely landed. Shortly after the preservation of the crew, the bottom of the vessel broke up, when the cargo, consisting of coals, was washed out, and subsequently the vessel became a total wreck. On the 18th of last month the ship Globe,_ belonging to Bath, on her voyage from that place to New York, was lost off the Bahamas. She had on board 1.260 bales of cotton, and was insured to the amount of 600/. ; her value is, however, considerably above that sum. The whole of the crew and passenger' were saved. On the 27th of last month, the vessel called the Heureuse Julienne, belonging to Vannes, for Rouen, was totally lost on the coast of Loch, near Quimper. Three of the crew were lost. On Thursday, the Ist. inst., during the ga le the smack Wellington, of Skerries, Grimsley, master, in making for the harbour of Drogheda struck upon the bar and became a total wreck. The crew consisted of seven persons, all of whom got into the boat, but in the attempt to reach the shore the boat, from the heavy surf, got swamped, when five of the poor fellows met a watery grave. The ill-fated smack was bound for Dublin, and had a freight of potatoes on board. On the night of the 18th of last March the brig Rinaldo, Captain Parsons, from Gloucester to New York, was lost off the Bahama Islands, but the crew were saved. The vessel is insured for 1,500/. On the 22d of March the schooner Mary Ann Belton, Faulkner master, was lost at St. Michael's as was also the Mary Ann, Captain Carter, off the same place a few days afterwards. Both of the vessels were laden with oranges and lemons. The crews were happily saved. In the course of last week accounts were received of the loss of four other vessels in the Atlantic during the prevalence of the hurri cane. They were all outward-bound from London to New York. Amongst them were the brig Leo, Captain Haley, laden with a general cargo; and the brig Samaritan, for New York ; and Havannah, from Greenock. The crews of both these vessels were saved. The loss sustained by the shipping interest during the last month on the English coast is estimated at several hundred thousand pounds. MR. ADAMS'S ORRERY.—Mr. Adams has commenced his popular lectures on Astronomy, a nd will tinue them during the present week and Easter week, at the Adelphi Theatre. These lectures were, we believe, originally delivered at the Italian Opera-house, and attracted a good deal of attention from those who are desirous to become ac quainted with astronomical science by the easiest means, and who have not time to make a long study of it. The lectures are, as usual, illustrated with very good apparatus, and with a transparent orrery, by means of which information is im_ parted in an easy and agreeable manner, and an impression is made upon the memory, through the eyes, which it will be almost impossible to forget. To those who have some know ledge from reading of the science, this orrery and apparatus will supply what mere reading can with difficulty convey, and to young persons of both sexes who have not the advantages of a scientific education, and to whom mathematical learning is unknown, they will be found exceedingly useful. The doc trine of the tides, of the eclipses, and of the orbit of the stars and heavenly bodies, are clearly explained by the lecturer, and there is this good feature attending the explanations, that whilst they are s ufficiently clear to suit all capacities, they are not made pantomimic by the introduction of unnecessary scenery an d grotesque representations. They are very fit to instruct young persons who are at home for the Easter vacation. The daughter of the Count and Countess Fla tbank, who had been ill for several weeks, died on Friday, in Paris. • • EVEN* G EDIT— os.: BANKRUPTCY COUP r ; (THIS DA Y. ) k 'ett4LL- - , IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL STEWART WAhlT e lftr This day was appointed for auditing the accounts uncrg:a44 fiat in this Court, of the estate of Michael Stewart Wallace, One of the parties tried at the late Central Criminal Court, and sentenced to transportation for the loss of the ship Dryad. Mr. Johnson, the official assignee, was engaged the whole morning in preparing the accounts, and a draft of the available assets, for the approval of the Commissioner, previous to the appointment of a day for the first dividend. Up to our going to press the case had not been sufficiently advanced to form any idea as to when the first dividend would take place. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (B( fore the RECORDER.) STABBING. — Ann Connell, aged 24, was convicted of stab bing James Collins, a milkman, on the 31st of 1 1 / a rch, and sen tenced to 15 years' transportation.' The prisoner, who, it appeared, was a woman of the town of violent character, attempted to extort money from the prosecu tor, and, on his refusing to comply with her demands, she seized a knife, stabbed him in the cheek, and struck him vio lently with the leg of a table, which she tore off for the pur pose. When the prisoner was taken into custody, the knife and leg of the table were wet with the blood of the prosecutor. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON. ) FORGERY.—John Evans, a respectable-looking young man, was indicted for forging and uttering as true, on the 28th of February last, a Bank of England note for Si. with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Sir F. Por.Lo'ck, who appeared for the Bank of England, stated the case to the Jury, and called the following wit- nesses : Mr. Henry Hedges stated that he resided at No. 5, Wells row, Islington, and was a boot-maker. On the evening of the 20th of February witness was in his shop. A person very much resembling the prisoner came into the shop, and asked for a pair of Wellington boots. He bargained for a pair at 30s. ' for the payment of which he tendered a five-p oun d no t e . Witness wrote on the note the direction the prisoner gave him, " Davis, 22, Holloway-place ;" and added his own initials, "J. H." Witness went out to get the note changed, arid in consequence of what was said to him by the party whom he a.ked to change the note, he took it back to the shop and told the priioner to could not change it. Witness asked him if he had a sovereign, to which the prisoner replied that he had only lbs., which he gave to witness, and the remainder was to he paid when the boots were sent home. Had not seen the prisoner f-om that time to the present, although he had called at his house. When the boots were sent to the place the prisoner had . directed they were all gone to bed. Returned the note to the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. PHlLLlPS—Suspected that the note was a forge, y when he returned it to the prisoner, but did not tell him so. Re-examined by Mr. Apemen's—Went out to get the note changed, because he thought it was not a geod one. It was not his intention to get change of the note, but merely to ascertain whether it was a good one. Mrs. Helen Hedges—Would not swear that the prisoner at the bar was the person that came to her husband's shop on Sa turday the 20th of February, but be was very much "like the man. He called the following day and said that her husband had not sent the boots he bought the previous night, to which witness replied that they had been sent to Bruns.. wick-row ; the prisoner said that was not the right place. He gave witness ss. and took away the boots himself. Charles Sutton Dixon was a boot and shoemaker, residing at No. 4, Lowndes-place, Holloway-road. On the 20th of February the prisoner came to his shop, and wanted to pur chase a pair of boots ; it was about half-past eleven o'clock. The prisoner asked for a pair of Wellington boots, to which witness replied he did not keep any but Clarence. Prisoner chose a pair of them, for .which he tendered this piece of pa per. Upon witness asking for his address, he wrote upon it, " J. Monteith, 7, Brunswick-road." Witness gave him change out of the note, 41. 9s. 6d. The prisoner took away the money and the boots, but returned shortly afterwards for his um brella. Witr.ess did not look closely to the note, as he had two other persons in the shop. Went on Tuesday to the direction given by the prisoner, but could discover no person of the name of Monteith. Saw the prisoner in custody, and recog nised him as theperson who came to his shop on Saturday night. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—The note was nothing like a Bank of England note. Re-examined by Sir F. POLLOCK—Did riot try to part with. the note at all. Finch, a police constable, F 90.—His station was at Nun head. On the evening of the 20th of March went to the house of Mr. Trott at Nunhead. He saw the prisoner there, and took him into custody, for attempting to pass off a forged 54 note to Mr. Trott. Searched the prisoner, and found two other Si. notes upon him. Ihe notes shown to witness were not the notes, but the two notes now shown to him are the two notes. Fonnd the notes between his thigh and his trowsers. Joshua Freeman—Was Inspector of Notes in the Bank of England. The pipers produced were grosS imitations of the Bank of England note. They were forgeries in every respect. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Psalms addressed the Jury fur the prisoner. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up. The Jury, after ashort consultation, lotted the prisoner Guilty. There were other indictments against the prisoner, but Sir F. POLLOCK intimated that it was not the intention of the Zink of England to proceed with them. Mr. Justice PATTESON sentenced the prisoner to transpor tation for life. Rare.— George , Millard, aged 22, a labourer, was indicted for a rape upon a married woman, named Mary Major, at Ealing, on the 22d of March last; and Edward Russell, alias Fisher, was indicted as an accessory before the fact. It appeared that the prosecutrix on the night in question was at a Iker-shop in the neighbourhood of Ealing; the two prisoners were also there ; the prosecutrix left shortly after eleven o'clock, and when about half-way home the prisoner Millard came behind her, clasped her round the waist, threw her down, and committed the offence for which he stood charged. The other prisoner was present, assisted Millard to effect his object, and then attempted to commit the same crime himself, but was prevented by the struggles of the prosecutrix. The offence was clearly proved, but the facts are totally unfit for publication. Mr. A»OLPHUS, by order of the Learned Judge, conducted, the prosecution and Mr. C. PHILLIPS defended the prisoner, Mr. Justice. PATTESON summed up, and the Jury acquitted both prisoners. NEW COURT. (Before the COM3ION SERGEANT.) - Thomas Thomas, aged dealer, ed 34, described as a was in dicted for stealing four 51. Bank of England notes from the person of Thomas Stow. The prosecutor on the Bth March last bad occasion to go to the Corn Exchange in Mark-lane, to transact some business, and was in the act of descending the t tees, w hen he felt some thing at his pocket, and on putting in his hand, discovered that his money was gone. He turned round and perceived a per son making off, but it was not the prisoner at the bar—he was standing on the other side of the street. As the person who was running away passed the prisoner, the prosecutor thought he saw some communication take place between them, and instead of pursuing the person who was running, he seized hold of the prisoner, and a scuffle ensued, which brought sere-. rat persons to the spot. One of the parties who witnessed the transaction saw the prisoner, when he was seized by the prose _ tutor, throw a parcel away behind him, which, on being ex . a. mined, proved to contain the notes in question. Several witnesses were called, who crave the prison er a good character up to the time of his apprehension. The COMMON SERGEANT, in passing sentence, said that it was a case that ought not to be leniently dealt with. The public must be protected against such petsons as the pri soner, who infested the public places of the metropolis for the sole purpose of robbery. The Prisoner was sentenced to ten year's transportation. SYRIA. From the Votes and Proceedings qf the House of Commons, April. 6,, Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had received from Admiral Sir Robert Stopford the following letter, in re turn to the thanks of this House, communicated to him by Mr. Speaker, in obedience to their commands of the sth day of February last : " Her Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte, Malta Harbour, March 11, 1841. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of i• o o l u u r t l o e n t s t e ofr of the fH B o t Cu h so u em l o t m i f m oe o o d , o rm transmitting nr lge t s h t he Napier, unanimousfd House to myself, r the he ; officers, seamen , a nd marines underundermy command, as well as to officers and seamen of the Allied Forces, for the late opera tions on the Coast of Syria, terminating in the successful and decisive attack on the batteries and fortress of Acre on the 3d day of November, 1840. Having had the good fortune, during a long naval career, of being placed in situations and circumstances under which I frequently had the distinguished honour of receiving the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, it is particularly gratifying to roe now, at the close of my career, to be again thus honoured. " I beg leave to assure you, Sir, that I am d eep l y sens ibl e o f the flattering terms in w h ic h you have been pleased to convey to me the thanks of the House of Commons, of which I shall ever retain the most grateful remembrance. " I have transmitted to Rear Admiral Baron de Bandeira, and to Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, the resolutions of the House of Commons, which I shall also communicate to Major-General Sir Charles Felix Smith, who is now in Eng-, land. " 1 have the ho nour t o b e , Sir, " " P. S. Having jus ‘ t ‘ Smith at Gibraltar, I shall send the thanks „ Yourß O most learntß E s "ROBERT theT obedient STO arrivalp hu O m o fRb of e f , t h A ec F. servant, f 110 u se Commons to the Major-General to Gibraltar. COURT CIRCULAR, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Ala Majesty: of Sheffield, visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday B s s e O s t 1 N 'te the i e e , Duchess of o t f o x i' r e i n n t c e a n A d l b y e: : afternoon at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was received oafnidlerPrinces Albert y3n'ee he audience Queen ba l t v h a e y, Marqu is Groom in nf Waitinglle ad for t;, Colonel e i l n Waiting; wena s, Sir Waiting; and y Colonel Equerry in a c hi ol i og : n.lecoss tuhpee rD:anec,hdeDsHsr.l). te r Viscount ocam Melbourne bridg. Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace last evenin George n ir 0 1: . of G K nw en er t , the Anneh viiisai(tie an n t yes T te h r e dad o . yal Hon. Miss Cavendish, , e tic, ess of Sutherland, Lay Elizabeth Lawson r - cetorius. Maria Davison, Viscount Melbourne, His Royal Highness Prince Albert in ßa c:u . d . :i t h o e c t k - m ll a o r y , George J. Doo's copy of the 't inspected yesterday Mr. in the National reggio,mitteto her Majesty. Gallery. The picture was also sub- The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Cambridge had a dinner party last evening at Cambridg e H ouse. The Lord Ma ' . yor, Mr. CFawfurd, and Captain Gordon had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday to hear the appeal case relative to the will of the late Mr. James Woad, of Gloucester. The Lords present were Lord Ltndhurst, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, and Sir Joseph Littledale. The Attorney-General for the appellants, Sir 'Matthew Wood, Bart., and others, was heard during the whole of the sitting. We understand that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has been appointed Grand Ranger of Windsor Park. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., accompanied by Lady reel and family, left town yesterday for Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, for the holidays. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House this morning for Strathfieldsaye, Hants, where his Grate will receive a select party during the holidays. His Grace returns to town on Monday next. - - A morning paper has the following :—We men. tioned - in our paper of Thursday last the approaching marriage of a Noble Duke and a young lady of great personal attractions. We alluded to the Duke of Dorset anti Miss Montague. "I