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N., TENTIO „NtiD LITERATURE. MT, Al bert 'nee - _ ace o , lope , fdtee r i • o ut, Ott 10p. nd the take n be a i 1115 .„1 d (ore' 'i n the )11. k bet , Cl ot o bffl too , ) 01 O P T Pa"' s oa , M. the Queea , at t he 14 oro lith e bcf a t the 0 -da9 $. 1,01 as t he do. A the wee , so 3 Ta iting ',„ 0 °t''' , R . oto le, t he the ist tit the boa- her e t° n O° a ftertg )° ,:b e ir PSe Hig peis ald Due"' and downlo4 Noble 10 f or B ionu• of gi" ot Gaulle .1 I hie add d rei r , 7 6 , i ' V °° Si( b " ' hipO sLordi ;80 . ag e ' tag 4 e -s4 `'‘ Duc h" ne Lady?::: of Cour l T;itoo odge; "'; iv its ady , 2 " 1 ; tbe ton °l? g l i t co; nn pr i g the sm ooth ; lice Lady t ton - c resee o, S a ton , af , u stoke Farro, 3art., a Park, near Wilton-a!: I mes Cot; field 'Ns' sr field in GIO° to r 'ref" ) r ettco,s,, rick 1;01" o n, t o )`$ tb ° r ar st ! hO Pf and u s er ood 8., Sir i „6 J ' e lle' nni skl % l lis e a t 14a t _, puiirr e i,; Joi eri on ; Drigh t io r. ito 11° -Jlops ' .01, 41 ct Set, ad drer, or t id°, o. ysid b th lig leg eked' cheli 04 • tVENIKG EDITION IFFORD ; OR THE CONSTANT MAN.-4 Vozs. Colburn, London, 1841. ttMr. W ar d i s one of those few novelists in lose fictio ns we a l ways fi n d somet hi ng b e tt er It To mere am usement . H e i mproves our under nding, as well as delights our imagination, by his healthy, unexaggexated. views of real life, the Zelated t one of his philosophy, and the truth Q force of the moral reflections—which seem 111 to be the resnlk of a long and attentive study Of fro human nature, and not gathered second-hand ' books—which he scatters throughout his rratives. It i s no s li g ht praise to say of Mr. Bard, that he is the most rational novelist of the 'Y. Ile gives no undue prominence to mere ziment, keeps uniformly within the limits of Probabl e; and has ever an eye t o i ncu l ca ti ng l i t ) er viceable moral lesSon. In his present tale, 'ls object —to quote his own words in the R i l ref ace--has been to show " the impres i44lB made by men and manners on a w er Y young and unsophisticated mind, just hrting into life, beginning even from his boyish e rsi and this, the total inexperience of the w o) and the very varied knowledge of those a I may call his tutors, gave me, I thought, g ° °d opportunity to accomplish." This object our author has satisfactorily fulfilled in his re f the per sona l ex p er i e nces of his hero, De c l "rd -- a character conceived in a lofty spirit, 14 t1 d exhibi&i ng , i n t h e progress o f it s develop :Pt) a perfect acquaintance with the springs of, 84 ,7 4 motion to, action. The incidents of the t ' o ur7 are somewhat meagre, and—in opposition i s the author's opinion—we must confess that it ‘ t ° o much encumberedwith prolixity, and 1 ) " sages that lead to nothing." . De Cliford, the P ri ncipal male personage, forms in early life an at comen t to Bertha Haitings, which he cherishes, Ven the chances are a thousand to one against success, but is ultimately rewarded for his °, l lstancy by the hand and heart of the girl t i lo,se favour he had so long coveted. This is the a ln outline of the story, and threadbare t i l l i Nh it is; but there are several subordinate i, ar acters, who serve to vary and heighten its ) v i t 7Q B t, by the skill and chastened vigour Kl.iwhich they are delineated. The style is abo l ,`, l c l throughout, but has enough animation an en it to redeem it from insipidity. We quote it f T e rtaining passage, which, if it have a fault, te r , s .„" l at it is too elaborately worked up. Ma superat opus : ut tri whi ch eren without this, there is something . in a brook a.iway c epss bold of the min . d, quietly indeed, and attraction impepibly, but with an increasing and lasting w h a ction wh , ch scenes more tumultuous do not possess. atever Your humour, a brook administers to it. It It ° Ns itself to every sense ; it soothes, it exhilarates ; it , i t °4 ', it la ug h s ; it sighs, it sings ; it is silent , it babbles ; 't 'oiter s , it rushes ; it is darksorre, it is brilliant; it still, it leaps forward; it is all melancholy, all gay. t er " main, it has a freshness which nothing else can con '"o art ia-,ita . e, or luxury reach : it gives coolness to effectslg, and sweetness to the taste. But its moral h o ire still more pleasing. It dispels gloom and lan -4 ; promotes benivolence and gratitude; sympathizes att th e io in spirit, and will not suffer the proud to t1 ., 11 . 1 3 their orn. It has vivacity for the youn trait , lifitv for the old it )romotes a love for elegant , . t and a taste fur elegant poetry ; above all, it is p o r 4 4 ' 10 Wed and peaceful, that it will suffer no guilty Loi!urneltuous thought to pollute its vicinage, but diffuses , Ine s , , innocence, and cheerful virtue over everytLing li r o lin ,d. lie who possesses such a brook may almost at th e world. What a fortune was this retreat to contemplative man—particularly a contemplative ti t , r • But its effect upon me, after a very short f ac e with it, was anything but what I intended— ‘l,, In the leisure it afforded to fortify me in my resolu to forget 13e,tha. For two days the early morning l k l t l a Ys found me there, and I could scarce leave it in the t eveninv; ; for every murmur of the water—every tr ,'er on its margin —and, above all, the sweet freshness ert h I ts a bank s , spo k e , l ou k c d, an d br ei thed of nothing but ". Il t , PULPIT RECOLLECTIONS. the Rev. Sir W. DUNBAR, Bart. Smith, Elder, and Co., London, 1841. The spirit that breathes throughout this col -4011 of sermons cannot be too warmly ap rrov i tto ed, for it is one of unfeigned piety, simple unassuming in its character, and inculcating jrace on e arth and good-will towards men." r t , t h e chaste eloquence of his style the author t r "llds us at times of Dr. Blair ; and in his ser a entitled " Piety manifesting its Blessings in t o Age " we catch something of the impassioned ," of Chalmers, but without any of that profuse 1 ) - P l ay of trope and metaphor in wh i ch th e I)°„t,nr is so prone to indulge. Sir William 4loar makes no attempt at abstruse, metaphy reasoning. He does not bewilder his readers \k i t i Points of controversial or scholastic divinity, tklnforces the great leading truths of Chris -I'o' in simple and perspicuous language. His Bt:ine appeals to the heart as well as the under "ding ; and, utterly devoid, as it is, of anything of e bigotry or sectarianism, is calculated to be 4 , great service in these days of religious ,epticistn. _ _ EVA VON TROTH-2 Vats. • Thomas, London, 1840. The period to which the principal tale in these 4 41 -Imes refers, is that of the Reformation, when German States were distracted by civil and C . lious broils, and the disputes between the D 4t tiolics, and those who held the doctrines of ki „ t ,her, were raging with the greatest fierceness. "Ke Henry of Brunswick, who was one of the t °St determined enemies of the Reformed faith, figures conspicuously in the story, and his bold, te cqxlpromising character is vigorously con- Ired, and consistently maintained. The tale well translated by Miss Addison from the 4 el'rna n o f Bl umen h agen . Of the m inor stories i s t he volumes, the utmost we can say of them that they are neither above nor below com -04-place. ASIATIC JOURNAL. e most interesting article in the present h,1111)er of this periodical, is one headed " Ram s in Ceylon," in which occur several lively i e Phic descriptions. The " Asiatic Intelli tice" is, as usual, very full and circumstantial. AR dCTICAL RULES for the MANAGEMENT °.,, f a LOCOMOTIVE EiV GINE, in the STA ),VON,on the ROAD,'and in cases o f ACCIDENT. ""I 'i CHARLES BUTTON GREGORY, Civil Engineer. John r eale 1,11 the present stage of railway travelling three le adi ng considerations ought to engage the at tti"tkon of the civil engineer. The first, of im %en, se importance, is to seriously deliberate upon th e n arrangements as may be calculated to give the greastest amount of security to the lives of t o 'se Passengers, and to endeavour to improve 4 12 arrangements as 'much as possible. f or e , o , l lght not only to consider the means of af flng protection to the lives of the passengers t u ele event of an accident, but also the means of t O bviating the unfortunate delays that have t o en been experienced in such cases. The third refe rs p is of a more general nature, and h e rs principally to the more mechanical and th . t ely scientific advancement of his profession, )y : Possibility of making improvements on the 1 4 " Y as well as in the mechanism of the engines, A t i ° , l 'e particularly as regards speed, consumption s rv m. i vvear. Mr. Gregory's book is devoted exclu , 4 tr ,ely to the two first and most momentous 0b ,744,8) and his rules and directions, which bear t i"nence of great judgment, are clearly and con- I Zly written, and they are given in the best Mible form for the use of the working engine -141• At page 41 the author observes: — 6 "the most essential personal qualifications of an en pf:rnan are sobriety and steadiness, activity, presence th I nd, and unceasing watchfulness ; and whenever these r k ,tonabined with an accurate knowledge of the construe- Il i ' of a locomotive engine, and the principles of its ma. .t i liernent, they tend in no small degree towards rendering % s ways %hat they properly are, the safest as well as the 1 t agreeable mode of travelling." t o ~ e,hope that the work may become a hand tl44c.) and be well digested by every engine % `ter on the various railways. Though small in 4 11 ensions, the matter is exceedingly compre krilsive and valuable, and it does great credit to Gregory's talents and assiduity. t k „ ll E GREAT MATCH BETWEEN THE [NI 44•11ties OF CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD.—The great eight -1114 cutter-match between the students at the above 41,1.1'er:hies will take place, as ire have before stated, this 114 4111 g, the start being fixed for six precisely. Both crews :.been in daily and bard training, and a first-rate con e, I t is expected will be the result. The odds have in ft,-jed to 6 to 4 in favour of Cambridge, and are taken by the opposite party, who have been selected, we 'yaformed, under the eye of Coombes, the celebrated k` e tnian. Th e b oa t s in which each I a-ty row corres - W: t d so near l y in colour and appearance, th at on the NZ! . at any distance it would be difficult to know them and for the information of the thousands who in all l 4 1) . 1i „ ty will attend to witness this soul-stirring exhibi hi t - t i w e beg to say that the light blue or almost white oar %mei will denote the Cambridge boat, dark blue the Ox e'l4,it fWe have already given the crews. Pat , nam qui erat LATE DUCIIESS-DOWAGER OF MARL vlit;ll,7". --The remains of the late Duchess Dowager of a4r a rough were on Monday last, deposited in the family . be e : in the chapel st Blenheim Palace, to which they had Th ; F oved from her Grace's residence in London. Afuneral was strictly private. ELECTION.—The Dublin Mail of )4.irlY evening publishes the formal resignation of Mr. t;t 10 th - o PENIENT.—Hobart Town papers to the • te r o °,„f November announce that Miss O'Connell, daugh the t , Ma jo r - General Sir Charles O'Connell, commanding h., . r Pt at New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 64 4 : °Ped with her gallant fathei's Aid.de-carop, Lieut, ' t uts 6 1st Light Infantry. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. FURTHER. PARTICU LARS OF MONDAY'S RACES, &C. THE CRAVEN STAKES.—Flambeau cut out the work at a good pane, followed closely by Mountain Sylph, Epirus waiting about two lengths behind till they reached the Ab. M. bottom, where he ran by Flambeau and the mare, and won easy by two lengths ; the mare beat Flambeau for second place very cleverly. The other four were beaten off some distance from home. HANDICAP. —The Tragedy colt made play at his best speed to the new ground, where he resigned to Young Quo Minus, who made the rest of the running, and won in a canter by two lengths, Rodosto beating the Sir Hercules filly for second place very easily ; Tragedy and Janus made a sorry finish. 100 SOVEREIGN STAKES.—Escort had a slight lead all the way, and after a fine race up to the cords with Benedetta and Decision, won with difficulty by a head. The match between Menalippe and Perseus was contested with great spirit, and won in the last stride, but the other was a hollow thing, and fully sustained the betting. Van Amburgh, Metternich, Cameleon, Belgrade (the last two at 40 to 1 each, and the Duke of Wellington, were backed freely, and the odds about Scott's lot were taken to about three or four hundred pounds. The Rosalie colt was also in favour, but except in the case of Metternich, the odds were not affected by the result of the day's racing. The unpromising state of the weather immediately before the time of departure for the heath, had a visible effect on the atteneance, which tell considerably short of the average. Two or three falls of rain, hail, and snow, however, cleared the atmosphere, and before the sport was brought to a close there was a very fair sprinkling of fashionable company. We noticed the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Cleve land, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Portland ; Marquises of Wor cester and Normanby ; Earls Jersey, Chesterfield, Albemarle, Stradbroke; Countesses of Albemarle, Chesterfield; Lords Go dolphin, C. Manners, Villiers, and 3. Fitzroy, George Ben tinck ; Sirs H. Mildmay and S. Graham; Honourables, Gene ral Grosvenor, Colonel (and Mrs.) Anson, G. (and Lady Agnes) Byng, A. Villiers, Captain Roos, T. Rous, and G. Fitzroy ; Colonels Hornby and Peel ; Messrs. Newton, Sloane, Stanley, Batson, Portman, J. White, Forester, Gard nor, Crommelin, Payne, Waddington, Newton, jun., Orby, Neville, Thornhill, jun., Fulwar Craven, Hawker, Campbell, Codrington, Theobald, Wreford, Gully, &c. Mr. Wilson, we were sorry to hear, was confined to his apartment by an attack of influenza. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 2 agst Ralph 8 to I agst Joachim—ft. 11 to 2 agst Eringo—ta. I 100 to 12 agst Metternich -6 to 1 agst Wahab taken THE DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Coronation—taken 11 to 1 agst Van Amburgh • 15 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken 16 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle—taken 18 to 1 agst Prince Caradoc —taken 20 to 1 agst Ralph 22 to 1 agst Palannon—taken 22 to 1 agst Eringo 25 to 1 agst Galaor 33 to L agst Metternich—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Marshal Soult 40 to 1 agst Wahab 40 to 1 agst Joachim 40 to 1 agst Sir Hans 50 to 1 agst The Duke of Wellington--taken 2000 to 35 agst Mosque—taken 1000 to 15 agst The Nob 1000 to 15 agst Young Quo Minus—taken 1000 to 10 agst Escort 1000 to 10 agst Ensign—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's lot—taken The Column Stakes (to-morrow). —All that are expected to run are Potentia, the Oak-Apple colt, and the Witch of Whorley Hill. Entry for the T.Y.C. Plate:—Epirus, Scroggins, Sequi dilla, and Decision. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 35 added, for three yrs old, ist ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares allowed 31b. T. Y. C. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. (4 Subs.) Mr. Edwards's Remnant, 4 yrs (E. Edwards) 1 Mr. Rogers's Jessica, 3 yrs 2 Duke of Portland's Ruthless, 4 yrs Marquis of Beresford's ch f Audrey, 3 yrs 4 Betting—Even on Remnant; 7 to 2 agst Ruthless (taken) ; and 4to 1 agst Jessica. Won by a neck. Winner claimed. Riddleworth's Stakes of 200 sous. each, h ft, for the pro duce of mares covered in 1837 ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 61b. D. 111., with mares, &c., all 3lbs., both 51bs. (10 subs.) Mr. Wreford's Wahab, by Sultan... ..(J. Day) 1 0 1 Lord Exeter's Abydos b Sultan Duke of Portland's c, by Mundig, out of Thebes Belting.-11 to 4 on Wahab, 4 to 1 agst Abydos, and 5 to 1 agst Thebes. After the dead heat, 6 to son Wahab, who won easily by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for Foals of 1838, out of Mares that never bred a winner; colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. D. M. (Ten Subs. ) Duke of Bedford's cby Taurus, out of Oak Apple ( Robinson) 1 Duke of Grafton's ch c. Nick ..... Mr. Thornhill's b c Eolian . . 3 Lord G. Bentiuck's ch c Gobemouche 5 to 2 on Oak-apple. Won by a length. A match is made f.)r Thursday between Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, Bst 71b, and the Duke of Bedford's The King of the Peaks, Bst. T. Y. C. 200 h ft. STOURBRIDGE HURDLE RACES—TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of three sovs. each, and ten added, for horses, &c., not thorough bred. Heats, tr i rice round and a die., over six leaps. Mr. Gregory's Deception.... Mr. G. Parrish's Lucretia ... Mr. Hill's Staffordshire Lass Mr. Mr. (Bradley) 1 1 3 2 2 Davis's Cry Baby... W. Hazledine's Black Jack ... 5 4 4 dr. A third heat was run between Lucretia and Staffordshire Lass, which was won by the latter, Des eption's claim being disputed. Match for 501., h ft, 12 sovs. each. 2 miles. Mr. W. Haz ledine's Black Jack, beat Mr. Jones's Winterfold. GREECE. ATHENS, MARCH 21. The sole topio now discussed here is the expected ar rival of Mavrocordato from London. The liberal party flatter themselves that he will succeed in establishing a national government, because he has hitherto been kept in exile from his repugnance to become such a nonen tity as all the other Greek ministers are under Otho and his Bay Aro-Russo Camarilla Alas! for their hopes, th. 3 Ca marilla lost no time in making known through the Courier Grec, that no change of system would follow Mavrocordato's appointment,end that the same system which had rendered the Greeks so happy (I) would be persevered in by the King. To support this system, they have induced M. Tricupi, the former minister at London, to accept the office again, and he starts to-morrow, or next day, in the Greek corvette the Amelia. He comes to England to sup port the absolutism of King Otbo, with its accompani ments of torture, poisoning, and slave-trade, and to make excuses for the aon-fulfilment of the engage ments of the King to the Greeks. Apropos of tor tures, and poisonings, and slave-trade—why does not some member of the two houses get up and ask Lord Palmer ston how such things are permitted ? In the Foreign office official documents exist to prove even more than has been ever published on these matters ; and let the incre dulous in England apply t i any of the'numerous travellers who have visited this capital fur full confirmation of all that has been written on these horrid barbarities. It is a, disgrace to Europe, and to the Three Powers in particu lar, to permit such a system to exist—in Athens, too l The King and the Camarilla pursue their Russian game, and are intriguing against the election of any Liberals to the posts of mayors of communes, so as to neutralise May rocordato's efforts to obtain good government. Mavrocor dat) is a man of business, and a patriot ; if he be honest, ho will net lack supporters. The King will oppose him in every attempt to get an independent Ministry, and indeed Otho is preparing a revolution which no man can foresee or guide. Mavrocordato's is a difficult task, when the Court, the Bavarians, the Russians, and the French are intriguing now against him ; but I do not think lie will ever fall so low as his brother-in-law, Tricupi, has done. He is noble by birth and character ; Tricupi was always a groveller. Nothing but a National Assembly can save Greece. We have news from Candia to the 16th inst. The Creto-Hellenes had been joined by the Sfactiotes as well as by a good many others ; as yet no hostilities had taken place. The chiefs of the new-comers seem disposed to be quiet, provided they be allowed to get up their petition to the three Powers, and have, in fact, proposed that a village near Suda be assigned to them, where they may be guaran teed their safety, and allowed to correspond with their countrymer.. The Revenge and Howe were there, and the affair would soon be settled if the Powers interfere. Some families were leaving. I had forgotten to notice that the delay in my last letter reaching you, arose from the failure of the City of Dublin branch packet, from Corfu to Malta. Whilst the British Government pay 63,000/. per annum to the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the conveyance of mails to the Mediterranean, the Company have the assurance to put such a tub as the City of Dublin on the station, which is always twenty-four hours behind time. Why are not the complaints of Sir John Louis and Sir Edmund Lyons at- tended to at home ? Is it that some favoured individuals are interested in this Company ? DOVER, APRIL 13.-FETE AT ST. ONIER.- This fete, which the Duke of Orleans gives at St. Omer tc-mo.row, if we may judge from the magnitude of the de partures for it that have taken place from Dover alone this day, will be pretty well attended. A number of indivi duals started via Boulogne by the morning packet. At half-past one o'clock p.m., about 20 of the officers of the garrison sailed for the same place; and the French Post office packet, which reached here at four o'clock, imme diately returned with the residue of the guests, including the civic authorities of Dover, in all amounting to up wards of BO persons. In the morning there is to be a grand review of the troops, amounting, we understand, to 50,000 in number, encamped at Omer, and the even ing is to conclude with a grand fete and ball. The French Government packets transported our citizens across the channel gratis on the occasion. _ _ . TAFF-VALE RAILWAY.—This undertaking has been brought very near to completion. The entire main line from Cardiff to Merthyr will be opened on 21st inst. _ . SPONTINI, THE OINIPOSER.—The Leipsic Gazelle, in a letter from Berlin of the 3d instant, gives the following:—" For some time past the pub is having been displeased with Spontini, the composer and director of the Opera, he had not presented himself, before them, but a new opera having to be performed, he resolved on leading the orchestra. He was informed, however, that if he (lid so he would be roughly treated. Last week, whilst walkirg in the Garden of Plants, the King, who was not aware of the displeasure against Spontini, met and conversed in a friendly way with him, which led him to suppose that his offence to the public had been forgot ten, and he resolved upon appearing in the orchestra, although advised to the contrary, and told by the police that it would not interfere to protect him. Yesterday evening he took his seat in the orchestra amid murmurs and trines, and cries of Leave the place.' Spontini remained firm until the anger of the audience became so great that the police., fearing serious consequeoces, sent the stage-manager into the orchestra to invite the director to withdraw. He had, however, taken alarm, and before the stage-manager had arrived he bad disappeared." Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo. ' 21s. bound, THE PERSONAL lIISTORY OF GEORGE IV. By the Rev. GEORGE CROLY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. Mr. PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, CLIFFORD; or, THE CONSTANT MAN. By ROBET PLUMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," tic. Henry Colburn, Publisher,l3, Great Marlborough-street. I) THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U YDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, APRIL 14, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbr. After whish will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant ; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, London Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors to to opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets any ne had upon application. Private Boat to be had solely of Mr. Andre ws, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAC.EMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Three New Pieces, supported by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. J. S. Balls, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. J. T. Haines, in addition to the old favourites. Splendid scenery and appointments. THIS EVENING, APRIL 14, . . . Will be acted a New Legendary Drama, entitled TOM MOORE OF FLEET-STREET ; OR, THE STARLING OF THE OLD SALOUPE HOUSE. Tom Moore, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Wilhelm Stirn, Mr. 0. Smith. After which, a Spectacle of Diablerie, called APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND ; OR, THE LOVE TOKEN. Apollyon, Mr. 0. Smith. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE UNIFORM; OR, TWO MEN AND ONE COAT. Characters by Messrs. J. S. Balls, J. T. Haines, Neville, Buckingham, Heslop, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. W. Daly, &c. Entirely New Scenery and Dresses for all Three Pieces. " THE CHINA SUN," REPUBLISHED ON SATURDAY LAST, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. THE RAILWAY SUN WILL BE PUBLISHED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW ll , rning 13 minutes after 8 I Evening 54 minutes after 8 The Publication of the Evening Edition of TNE SIN com menced at 20 minutes after Three. LONDON: 'WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1841. A meeting took place on Monday, at Liver pool, to consider of the propriety of petitioning for the Repeal of the Corn-laws, which was at tended by all classes, who acted with unanimity. An abridged report of the proceedings, which we publish, will give our readers an idea of the sen timents which prevail amongst the inhabitants of the great town of Liverpool, and of the bold terms in which some of the first merchants of the empire now denounce the iniquitous Corn-laws. As the language which we have so long applied to these laws is now echoed in every part of the empire, we may be proud of our exertions, and look forward with the utmost confidence to suc cess. The moral sympathies of the bulk of the people—the sacred principles of right, withoutob serving which societies cannot hold together, are now fairly enlisted in favour of the repeal of the Corn-laws, and against them no earthly power can stand. Referring our readers to the report for the sentiments and language of the most re spectable merchants, we must notice only one sentiment of Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY. In the last Session of Parliament Sir R. PEEL admitted that our country owed much of its greatness to commerce and manufactures. No man can for an instant compare France of Ger many with England, without being instantly convinced that trade is the principal source of any superiority we may possess. To damage or destroy our trade is, therefore, to strike a deadly blow at the relative greatness of England. Now the sentiment of Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY, to which we implore attention, was little more than an iteration of these statements ; but because it seems to be lost sight of by the public, and disregarded by those who are bound to attend to the national welfare, it requires to be continually repeated. " WE SHOULD NEVER," said Sir JOSHUA, "LOSE SIGHT OF THIS FACT, THAT IT WAS TO COMMERCE AND MANUFAC- TURES WE OWED OUR PRESENT POSITION IN THE SCALE OF NATIONS, and that IF WE CEASED TO BE AN EXPORTING COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURES WE SHOULD SINK AS RAPIDLY AS WE HAD RISEN. " That opinion was an article of the national creed as warmly cherished all through the last century as any part of the national reli gion, and it seems only to have been forgotten or disregarded when the vast preponderance of power which commerce and manufactures had obtained for us was supposed to be secure beyond the reach of accident or disaster. But though that faith of our ancestors has been nearly for gotten for about twenty-five years, we hope that it is not yet wholly extinguished, for unless it be revived in the hearts of this generation in all its original strength, that prosperity, which di6re garding it has nearly annihilated, will be lost for ever. In the Report of the Handloom Weavers' Com missioners there is a passage bearing on this subject, which we strongly recommend to the attentive perusal of the Legislature and the public at large. It is long, but every word of it ought to be weighed by those who by their le gislation are making England cease to be an exporting country, and ruining her manufac tures past all hope of redemption. The Comrnifisioners say: — It is a well known law of manufacturing industry, that cecteris paribus with every increase of the quantity pro duced, the relative cost of production is diminished, and, what is the same thing, that with every diminution of pro duction the relative cost of production is increased. The instant, therefore, that any given class of manufacturers begin to feel that their competitors are welsh ipping them, the instant th-g find that commodities similar to their own meet them in the market at a lower price, that instant they ought to know they are engaged in a contest which, Y . its elements continue the same, must terminate ruinously. If they can change those elements, if they can adop - t the processes of their rivals, or procure for themselves similar lncal advantages, they may, perhaps, regain their ground. But if they are unable or unwilling to use these means, their relative inferiority must become more striking every year. The less they produce the greater will be the rela tive cost of the produce, while the more their rivals pro duce the less w ill be their relative cost of the production. First c3mes a fall of profits next a reduction of wages, then irregular employment even at reduced wages, until the capitalist is ruined or forced to change his business, or the seat of his manufacture, and the workmen must follow his example or be supported by charity. We find by experience," says Mr. Gardner, a very intelligent manufacturer, examined by the Committee of the House of Commons on Hand-loom Weavers, in 1835, " that if we lose a market one year we lose it altogether. It is not well to trifle with trade; by trying experiments for only one year, we might shut ourselves out. Once in possession of the market they would keep it." These considerations give a painful interest to the con tests now in progress, or beginning or impending, be tween many of our important manufactures and foreign producers. Great natural advantages enjoyed by the United States of America, difficulty and insecurity in the management of our manufacturing capital, occasione4 • • • ......,, ",- ti .,,,, ~% 1,.. ,.. '-' ~,; _ cvo„,,,! t 7 . mo-t.,A , 1.,)„„0,.;:,. 4t-, i -*AV , c: - • ' '' ztict.... '''' - . ~,~ ~~s .4 THE sUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. 1841. by the perverseness and violence of our combined ar tpans, anti-commercial jealousy and folly on the part of many of our neighbours, and a still more ant'-com mercial, still more jealous, and still more absurd legis lation of our own, arc among the obstacles which op pose the British manufacturer for foreign sale. Our capital, our machinery, the excellence of our means of internal and external communication, cur mineral wealth, and above ell the superiority of our artisans in skill and in diligence, a superiority so great as often to render British labour at British wages cheaper than that of the lowly paid continental workman, are the advan tages which once give to us in almost every manufacture a decided supremacy. Our advantage in mineral wealth continues. No other country has been able to avail itself of deposits of iron and coal so abundant and in such convenient juxtaposition; and we believe that as respects diligence and skill, with the exception of the operations requiring taste, our work men retain over those of the continent of Europe their general superiority. The general result of the evidence collected by the Assistant-Commissioners, by Dr. Bow ring, and by the Committee on Manufactures and Trade of 1833, is that though the continental hours of labour arc longer than ours, yet the daily amount of work done by a British workman is much greater. Tbis remark. however, does not apply to America. There is, indeed, some evidence that American labour is more effective than our crvn, and none that it is inferior. But twenty-five years of peace liave made a vast addi tion to the capital of our most formidable rivals, the in habitants of the north-eastern plots of Europe, and of the United States of America. The means of internal com munication in America are in many respects super!or to our own, We hay: nothing to compare with their inland navigation, or with their four thousand miles of railroad. Central Europe has made slower advances, but Belgium is already covered by a network of railroads ; many arc completed, and still more are in progress in Germany, and the mere improvement in the ordinary roads, which from being ,among th e worst are now among th e b est i n 'th e world, is a change almost as great as that from a good English road to a railroad. In machinery the advance both in America and in Europe is still more remarkable. In 1824 the Americans were considered as thirty years behind us. In 1833 their: cotton machinery was in gene ral quite equal to ours, and itt the coarser articles supe rior, so much so that all our recent improvements bad come from thence. Such was their progress in nine years. Again, in 1824, France appears to have been the only rival that we feared in machinery. She then supplied Germany and Switzerland, and in a great measure Bel gium. In 1833 the machinery in many parts of Germany is described as equally efficient, though not so durable as our own. In 1839, our Assistant-Commissioner, Mr. Symons, found the trade of machine-making flourishing both in Switzerland and in Austria, vol. i., p. 113-19, and Belgium had already not only become independent of France, but a formidable rival to Great Britain. These statements do give a painful interest to the present contest which our manufacturers are waging against the manufacturers of other countries, with their hands and feet in legislative shackles. Our manufacturers begin to feel that their competitors are outstripping them, and that they are engaged in a contest which, if its elements continue the same, must terminate ruinously. This feeling—this thorough conviction of what awaits them, and what awaits the country, more than any existing decay, now excites our manufacturers to demand from the Legislature that the elements of this contest shall not continue the same. Indeed they will not continue the same, for there is no possibility of withholding from other nations the advantages of knowledge and skill which we possess. They are fast acquiring, and even surpass ing our knowledge in machinery, so that the elements of the contest will become, in an ac celerating ratio, more and more in their favour, and bring about the ruin of our national great ness the more swiftly and the more certainly, unless the Legislature relieve our commerce and manufactures from the great disadvantages which its suicidal policy has heaped on them. There is one effect of our present commercial restrictions, which is too immediately flattering to our political pride to excite any present un easiness, but which seems to us so pregnant with important consequences that we cannot avoid calling attention to it. Our colonies are the themes of much nationalgratulation, and nobody rejoices more than we at our possession of those noble homes for future generations of our coun trymen. At the same time we cannot approve of a system which feeds and nourishes them at the expense of cultivating friendly relations with the neighbouring States of Europe and with the vast republic of North America. .With them, and particularly with our newest and most distant colonies in the southern ocean, trade is free, while trade with the United States and with the neighbouring countries of Europe is not free. The consequence is that capital and labour, not finding profitable employment in trading with Europe and the United States, flow much faster into those distant colonies than they would did our Legislature lay no restrictions on our trade with foreign countries. For example, were trade with the United States per fectly free—could we freely import here the produce of the boundless plains of the Mississipi, there can be no doubt a copious stream of emigration would be directed from England thither, and that our manufacturers would there find a large and rapidly increasing supply of food, and a market' for their produce. In like manner, were trade with all Europe free, we should find large markets for our goods in Norway, Sweden, and Germany, and should take from those countries additional quantities of timber and food. The result of that policy would be to form with all these coun tries such strong and such friendly com mercial ties, that they would defy the cunning or the ambition of politicians to involve them in war. They would be as closely united as England and Ireland, or even more closely, for there would be no sense of political oppression on the one hand, and no political ar rogance on the other, to keep them hostile and separate. It does not please our rulers, how ever, to adopt so rational a system, and the con sequence, is, that we have comparatively little trade; and few friendly relations, with those neighbouring countries. As a compensation, however, as some per sons suppose, for wanting them, our colonies in the southern hemisphere are growing rapidly into power. Companies of merchants and gentlemen who would gladly trade, if they could make a reasonable profit on their capital, with Norway or the United States, become great purchasers of land at the antipodes, and ship off, under a great variety of temptations, while the Government banishes to the same regions a considerable num ber, annually, of our people. Our colonies there are consequently rising rapidly into importance, and land is becoming of great price. W e read of it selling, in New South Wales, for more than 5001. per acre,.when put up to auction, to form a projected town. Whatever may be the ulti mate results of such a system, it has a tendency to extend and continue. All those who are concerned in purchasing land there, or shipping emigrants to go thither, become deeply interested in the con tinuance of the present system. A change in it, which would enhance profit at home, or which would make it more profitable to invest capital in a trade with the United States than to invest it in land and in transporting labour to the anti podes, would be partially disadvantageous to the colonizers and land jobbers, and they, therefore, will be opposed to such changes. Thus the artificial system at present acted on directs the superfluous hands and wealth of England to cultivate the continents and islands of the southern hemisphere, instead of extend ing, on the system of nature, our commercial a n d friendly relations with the neighbouring and surrounding countries. At first view we own that this appears benefi cial. The colonies belong to us, they form part of the empire, they are submissive to the same Goverien the t, they are politically ours , w hich recommends s r ystem to our affections before we inquire as to its benefits. But the United States did stand in exactly the same rela tion, and now they are a separate and a powerful people, having a Government of their own. These distant colonies, as they grow in wealth and power, will follow the same course. It has been so with all colonies. Children are intended by Nature to separate from parents, and to become independent parents themselves. Na tions are only collections or parents and children. But when those distant colonists separate from England, the political tie will be severed, though the commercial may continue. The only perma- vent connection, therefore, to which the people of the mother country can look forward with these distant colonies, is a commercial connec tion, from which, we think, it plainly follows that we are now, by our restrictive system , sacri ficing a present valuable, and home or neigh bouring trade, for a trade perhaps not quite so yaluable, at a. very distant day, with the other side of the globe. Comparing the two systems, therefore, of encouraging trade with our neighbours by a system of freedom, and of encouraging colonization by a system of restric tion on trade with foreign countries, so far as the wealth of England is concerned, the system of free trade appears to us of pre-eminent advan tage. We admit that the restrictive system appears to be more for the advantage of the Colonies, and of those who go thither to reside. They get more labour and cheaper commodities than they otherwise would get. But they drain England, comparatively speaking, of both po pulation and wealth, which she would re tain did the absence of restrictions allow the people to get food in any quantity while they lived in England, and add to their riches by manufacturing at home for foreign nations. The one system would increase her compact strength, while it would establish friendly relations with other civilized people; the other spreads her power over an immense surface, and ensures its breaking into fragments. Speaking politically, those colonies do not at present add to our strength—they do not in crease our navy or our national resources—they have been, in fact, hitherto a drain, and are likely to be for some time a drain, on the mother country. New South Wales has been en riched and cultivated, in fact, by taxes levied in England. In case of war with any of the neighbouring Powers they could render England no assistance. They are at too great a distance On the contrary, the national strength would be . dissipated in providing for their defence, and. a large part of the seamen whom we should require for our ships of war, would necessarily be engaged in distant voyages to the Southern Ocean. The system which nourishes these colonies, therefore, at the ex pense of free trade with foreign nations, prevents the extension of our friendly relations with them, and decreases our ability, when they are hostilely inclined, to resist them. We beg our readers not to suppose that we are inimical to colonies, or wish to check our people in spreading themselves over the whole globe. On the contrary, no person feels more delight than we feel at the prospect of our native lan guage being at some period the language of the great majority of the population of Ame rica and of the southern hemisphere. At the same time we have a predominating affection for our native island, and would preserve, if possi ble, its power and greatness to the end of time. We object, then, not to the most extensive sys tem ofcolonization, voluntarily undertaken, which is not fostered by undue restrictions on other branches of human enterprise, forcing capital and industry into that particular direction. We object to restrictions on our trade with foreign countries, and say that one of their effects not hitherto sufficiently noticed, and not likely to be, particularly by those who are enraptured with our colonies, be cause self-love will warp the judgment, is to force prematurely a system of colonization, which now weakens, and will ultimately inflict a very serious injury and degradation on, the mother-country. Madrid Journals of the sth inst. have reached. us. The only subject which occupied the public mind was the Regency question. The advocates of the single Regency were increasing in num bers and influence. The Five per Cents. were at 253 for cash, and 271 at 60 days. The only Papers published in Paris on Mon day were the Constitutionnel, the Courrier Francais, and the supplement to the Commerce —Easter Monday being observed in Roman Catholic countries as a holiday of the first class. The Chamber of Deputies, however, met on Monday, and proceeded to discuss the Bill for Supplementary Credits for the year 1841. The speakers, up to post hour, were the Duke de VALMY, M. GUIZOT, M. GouIN, the ex-Minister of Finance, and M. HUMANN, the present Minister of that department. The only impor tant fact elicited in the debate is contained in the following extract from the speech of M. GUIZOT, Minister for Foreign Affairs : A negotiation is commenced, for the purpose of terminating the difficult situation in which Europe and France at e placed by the Treaty of the 15th of July. If the aim proposed be realised, it will produce two effects :-Ist, to give France the place which becomes her, without associating her in the acts an which she has not concurred; 2d, to consolidate the gene ral peace, without injuring in any manner either the policy, honour, or interests of France. The King's Government 13 following up this negotiation with all the care and solicitude in its power, arid assumes all its responsibility. But the more importance that Government attaches to its succesq the more essential it is not to say one word which may endanger its success. These Journals contain no other news of any interest. The correspondent of a Morning Con temporary compensates for the absence of intelli gence in the papers by the following important announcement : The dissolution of the Chamber was decided on in the last meeting of the Council, and a new political combination of the h;ghest importance was settled. It was decided that in the event of the death of M. Pasquier (it appears that he is very ill, and given over by his physicians), M. Mole would be named Chancellor of France and President of the Chamber of Peers. The reconciliation of MM, Mole and Guizot was effected by the intercession of the King, who is the author of the combination ; its result would be to rally the Conservative party and irrevocably to keep out M. Thiers. A seat would be reserved for M. de Lamartin in the Cabinet. If M. Pasquier should not die, the King and the Cabinet will do for him what was done for M. de Semonville in favour of the Duke de Cazes. M. Pasquier would be named Hono rary Grand Chancellor. The importance of this combination is immense. The Francois I. packet, which has arrived at Havre, brings no news more recent than which we have received from Lon don. The courier of the United States gives the following piece of intelligence, which is not mentioned by the English Journals. If we may believe a letter received at New York, the grand project of cutting through the isthmas of Panana, and of opening a communication, by means of a navigable canal, between the Pacific and the Atlantic, is at length with a pros pect of being carried into execution ; this great work may very well be executed by the French and Grenadine Company, which has been formed under the direction of M. Alphonso Morel, a French engineer. The agents of the Company write that the last obstacle that remained to be overcome—namely, securing the necessary funds, has been surmounted, and the works will be immediately commenced with vigour. A letter from Toulon of the 7th says that the Chiniere steamer, which left our port yesterday morning for Algiers with the ma:ls and numerous passengers, was obliged by the bad weather it encountered at sea to return to port. This morning it was preparing to put to sea again, when it was run foul of by the Hercule, of 100 guns, which was likewise putting to sea. The collision was violent. The Chiniere had its main-mast and mizen-mast broken, and suffered other da mage. As it cannot put to sea the mails and passengers will be sent by another steamer. The Hercule is going to join the squadron off the Hieres islands. The Didon frigate and the Phare steamer went to join the squadron yesterday. The Creole corvette, Capt. Despointes, has sailed to-day for Beyrout, where it will remain.—Le Commerce, Supplement. BOURSE.—.PARIS, MONDAY, APRIL 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price french 5 per Cents ll3 60 113 85 113 60 ... 113 85 436 per Cents ..... It 3 IC3 ... 103 ... 103 4 per Cents 99 40 ... 99 40 ... 99 40 ... 99 40 3 per Cents 7B 83 _. 75 ... 78 75 ... 73 Sank of trance. Lalhtte Bank 5,0e111. wares 5160 ...516i ...5160 I,ooof. Sh 1062 50 ...1032 50 ...10f2 50 ...1062 50 !4clgian Bank 5 per Cent!. lO l l4 101 1 ,E 101 1 4 ... 191 3 per Cents 7l ... 71 71 ... 71 New Loan IUI ... 105% ... 1018 Spanish Active ... 24Th 2.04 Passive 5% ••• ••• S j —• Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan lO3 80 ... 1(3 89 ... 83 , 03 80 Roman IC4 104% ... 104 ... 101 Ni RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versatlles,R. B 357 50 ... 350 50 ... 360 L.B 250 ... 250 ... 240 ... 242 50 Orleans . Montpellier to Cette 3 , tiSiltllg to Bale 250 ... 260 ... 250 ... 260 45 R ouen 455 ... 455 ... 452 50 ... 250 A USTRI A N FUNDS..—VIR.INA, Amur. 3 rive per Ccats.Metalliquei kOl4l per Colts. 98% Three ty:r Cents. Bank Shares 1032 ril --All t emesne Zeslung. AP STREET ROBBERY.— Y esterday an elderly gen tleman was regulating his watch in Trafalgar-square, accord ing to the clock of the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. While he was holding it in his hand and winding it up, an elderly woman accosted him, and put to him a series of idle questions. She thus engaged his attention, when a fellow ran across the street, who, pushing aside the gentleman and the woman, snatched the gold re peater from the former and ran assay with it. The woman, who was an accomplice with the robber, also made off. The gentleman v% as completely astonished by the unexpected interference of those unwelcome friends. So soon as he recosered himself he cried out " Stop thief." A constable of the A divi•ion came up at the time and went in pursuit of the thief, and succeeded in capturing him and the woman. The watch was found, and the parties were lodged in the s tation-house, when two gentlemen camp forward and, deposed to having wit nessed the robbery. RAILWAY FROM ENGLAND TO SCOTLAND. —The decision of the Commissioners on this subject does not in the slightest degree alter our opinion of the expe diency of a railway from Newcastle to Edinburgh by the coast line, and we hope and believe that the project will still be persisted in. The interest of the North Midland, York and Midland, and Great North of England Railway Companies, is so deeply involved in the measure, that we have no doubt it would receive their cordial and hearty support.—Tyne Pilot. THE FLOGGING PEER : OR, HOW TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH. " The Earl of Cardigan cannot allow the public to for get him for au instant. On Sunday last, the 11th Hussars were marched into the Riding-school for div ne service. Players were read, and a sermon was preached. On the conclusion of divine service the Trumpet-majcr was or dered to make things ready for corporal punishment ; and in this:Riding-school, and on a Sunday, where, not an hour before, the whole regiment was engaged in prayer, private Rogers was tied up and flogged, receiving ene hundred lashe.."—Morning Chronicle of this Day. His Lordship goes to the House of Prayer, To offer, no doubt, his devotions there ; He hears the Preacher lay solemn stress On acts of mercy and gentleneis ; He hears him enforce the doctrines high Of pure, unleavened humanity ; How man should bear with bis fellow-man, And his failings, as Burns says, "gently scan ;" Abjure false pride and malignant strife, With all that tends to embitter life; The Saviour's command of Love obey, And aye keep ho]y the Sabbath day ! His Lordship hears these truths divine, And to show that he thinks them wondrous fine, He hurries from church with flying feet, Bids the trump to sound, and the drum to beat, And—just as his troops are towards him jogging_ Orders a man to stripfor a flogging 1 Oh virtuous deed, in a Peer who's come Hissing-hot from a Christian dome 1 How strongly the tortured wretch's cry Attests his genuine piety How proves that the Chief of Mercy's clan Is Ca'-o'-nine•talls Cardigan ! 'Tis deemed a sin in the lowly poor, To bake on the Sabbath day, to sure ; But to torture a man, till his glazing eye Stiffens with mortal agony, Is deemed--alas, for the mournful fact l In the lordly rich a religious act 1 THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies were oderate of all grain. Wheat was firm, at Monday's prices, with little doing. Barley and Beans very dull in sale. Oats met very few buyers, but prices were un altered. Flour slow of sale. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a small supply of Game and Poultry. The demand small, and prices about the same as last quoted. Sussex Chickens 3s. Gd. to ss. ; barndoor ditto 2s. Gd. to 3s. ; Turkeys, cocks, ss. to Bs. ; Hens ditto 4s. to 6s. ; Fowls, 3s. to 4s. ; Hares 2s. ; Rabbits 6d. to Is. 9d. ; Teal 3d. to 9d. ; Woodcocks ss. 6d. to 3s. Gd. ; Plovers 3d. to Is. ; Wild Ducks 6d. to ls. 6d. ; Widgeons 4d. to I s.; Pen Fowl 7s. to 10s. ; Goslings 7s. to 10s. ; Ducklings 6s. to 9s. ; Large Surrey Fowls 4s. to 10s. ; Pigeons Gd. to Is. ; Snipes 6d. to ls. each ; Larks, Is. per dozen ; Eggs, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per 120. The supply of meat was limited, the demand for Beef was slack, and prices rather lower. Lamb sold well, and rather high ; Mut ton, Veal, and Pork, dull of sale, but in prices no alteration ; Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, ss. 4d. to 6s. Bd. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. tick to 4s. Bd. per stone of 81b. COLONIAL MARKET. Prices were sustained, but the market was quiet, and the amount of business done was limited. There was no public sale, but several were announced. ITEA MARKET. The demand for Free Trade was extremely limit,3d, but Company's Congou sold to a fair extent at Is. sd. for cash. Several ships with Tea are nearatband._ TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian was limited to-day, but prices were sustained. 475. 6d. was the value of P. Y. C. on the spot ; for delivery in last three months 48s. 3d. was asked. INDIGO MARKET. The demand at the quarterly sale was good, and the prices paid rather above those of January. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 14.—Wind this day at noon, light S. Westerly breeze, and cloudy. DEAL, APRIL 13.—Arrived from the river and sailed, Har riet, Donkin, Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, Aran. 13.—Wind W.—Sailed—Excel, Read, for Dublin SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 13.—Arrived—Hendrika, from Fleusburg; Phoenix, Christiana ; Hebe, Ellis, Cork. PLY:MCUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind variable.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Acorn, from Mozambique, sailed from Ascension 28th Feb. ; Belle Alliance packet, London for China. The Mary Ann, of Weymouth, was fallen in with, abandoned, 4th inst., lon. 18, and brought in here by H.M.S. Acorn. FALMOUTH, APRIL 12 —Wind N. W. to E. fresh breeze.— Arrived the Elizabeth, Odnett, late Whitfield, for Quebec. Sailed the Royal Tar, for Vigo; Oriental, (steamer, ) Liver pool. Arrived off, the Hazard, Churchward, from Hamburgh for Newfoundland. _ . . . LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Bloringe, Banks, from Calcutta; Salacia, Mauritius; Champion, Lima; Sarah Mills, Buenos Ayres; Sophia Payne, Alexan dria; Higeinson, Hogg, Barbadoes, sailed the 13th ultimo. Sailed the Kestrel. Farren, for Lima ; Magellan, Bouch, ditto ; Howard, Mills, Savannah; Westchester, New York ; Im porter, Miramichi ; William Hinch, Pictou ; Tay, Brown, Restigouche ; Hope, Sheridan, Nevrfoundland. BRISTOL, APRIL 13.—The Sarah, Mills, from Cardiff to Viana, has put back to King-road, leaky. DUBLIN, APRIL 11.—Sailed Creole, for Gibraltar; Elliott, for Quebec. Coax, APRIL 11.—Sailed Try Again, Heaeock ; St. Patrick ; Gratitude, St. John's New Brunswick ; West moreland, do. OFF DUNGENESS, APRIL 12.—Formosa, Remertson, from Batavia, for Rotterdam. SHIELDS, APRIL 10.—Sailed Chanticleer, Wilson, for Mau ritius; Herbert, Herbert, Oporto . YARMOUTH ROADS.—Arived the Alexandria, Howes, from Messina, for St. Petersburgh. DOVER—Arrived off, Confident, St. Thomas, for Hamburg h MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13.—THE PRESIDENT.—We have nothing to communicate. The opinion of one party and another cannot be reduced to any tangible shape, and of which we can form no judgment; all is uncertain. The Caledonia is expected this or the next tide. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 13.—The sales of Cotton this day amount to 3,000 bales ; 500 of which have been taken by exporters, on speculation. There is nothing to notice ; prices of all descriptions are fully maintained. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 13. —But little busi. ness has been done in the share Market to-day. The transactions are Chcstcr and Birkenhead, new shares, 19; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 26 ; Grand Junction, 211 ; York and North Midland, 81. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 13.—The Market continues firm, and but little stock offering for sale.—Manches ter and Leeds, 66i ; Bristol and Exeter, 36 ; Lancaster and Preston, New, 25,-t- ; London and Birmingham, New 321. Shares, 24/I;4Midland Counties, Quarter, 2 2 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24i ; Lancaster Canals, 28. THE FUNDS. The British Market opened this morning rather firmer. Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 for the Account, may be quoted at present 90k, tame for Money ; and for the 25th May next Account, 901 2-; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ; Bank Stock 171, 173 ; India Stock, 254, 256 ; India Bonds, par, 2 prem. This is settling-day in the Foreign Market. The chief business doing is paying and receiving their various ba lances to the present time. The prices remain nominal. The Account is not an extensive one; consequently there is every appearance it will go off well. Spanish Active, 23k; Deferred, 12,1 i ; Passive, 511 ; Portuguese, 331 % ; Three-per-Cents., 19?-, 208 ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colom bian, 22k 23 ; Mexican, 30 i i , , Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51 4 52 ; Five per Cents., 984 f. Shares :—Great Western, 28 30 prem. ; Crewe, 141 prem. ; London and Brighton, 31 21 dis ; Blackwell. 5 I die. ; Birmingham, 67 69 prom; Southampton, 57 b 8 per share ; Croydon, 13% per share ; Greenwich, 81 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15% 14% dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths • London and Brighton London and Blackwall Manchester and Leeds North Midland Ditto New York and North Midland COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY) . Amsterdam ......0 F . 12 7 Gibraltar J 48 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12 7% Genoa . 25 85 Antwerp l2 6% Milan 13 60 13 Palermo, 40% nn es 3l M.B.Hamburgh Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux '2s 85 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 150% Bahia I'etersburgh, 3Us ... 37 ' Buenos Ayres 8er1in...... Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto . 10 5 rarcEs OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid Cadiz 351 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9 Ililboa 35 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona Seville ... 35 Si'ver in Bars 00 0 HALF--PAST ONE. The British Funds continue firm, and money being plentiful, investments are daily making by the public, which causes a slight improvement in the market. To-morrow being settling day in the British Market the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in making up their accounts. Consols are for the 15th instant, to-morrow, 90 k ; Money, same ; Excheque r Bills, 11 13 prem. ; Ban k Stock, 172 k ; India Stock, 254 ; India Bond s, 2 p rem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 238 ; Portu guese Five per Cents., nothing done ; Three p tc er C Two- ents. 19i ; Columbian, 291 k ; Mexican , 301. i i- ; Duh and-a- Half per Cents., 52 ; Five per Cents, 98;i i. The Share Market has been very buoyant to-:la) . ._ Great Western advanced from 92 to 951 ; Fifths, from from 454 t o 47 lli to 11i ; London and 13righton, and Le.;ls, 66 t, Blackwall Shares, 19}; Manchester, York and North Midland, 80 ; New, 39. No intelligence to the present time of the President steamer. HALF-PAST TWO: The second train from Liverpool has a rr i ve d, an d b r i ngs LIAR TER TO THREE. no a ccount of the PresideQntu. Consols, Money, 901 ; May Account, 90a ; Mex ican, 31 to 311; Portuguese, 33k ; Sp an i s h, pi No news of the President, EVENING EDITION. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) WOOD AND OTIIERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHER?. The arguiientsin this important case were resumed to day. Upon their Lordships taking their scats, Lord Lyndhurst intimated to the gentlemen of the Bar, that it Was the intention of their Lordships, after to-day, to pro ceed with the further heating of the case on the first five days preceding Trinity Terre. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL having intimated that such au arrangement would be most satisfactory to the Bar, Sir W. FOLLETT resumed his arguments on behalf of those parties who claimed under the codicil. Supposing their Lordships were satisfied upon the evidence that had been adduced that the codicil was in the handwriting of the deceased, there was no other circumstance is the case that would prevent them from giving probate. There was no fact in the case to create suspicion with respect to the handwriting. Nay, ho would ga further, and assert that there was no fact to show that the codicil w as not the act of the testator. The fact of some of the testamentary papers being burned, and some of them torn, proved, in his (Sir W. Follett's) opinion, the genuineness of the codicil. But then it was said that the letter that had been written by the testator was direct evidence to prove that the codicil was not genuine. He submitted that it was the strongest evidence in its favour. There certainly was no direct recognition of the codicil of the testator, but there was enough to show that the tea tator had left a bequest to the Corporation of Gloucester, and that he had made those inquiries which would natur ally lead him to make the gifts he had done to the children of Mr. Wood, of Chelsea. He submitted that it way clear that the papers A and B were not the act of the testator, that the real instruments he had executed were destroyed, and that there had been foul play somewhere. But then it was said that the instruments which were dis covered to be torn and burned had been done so by the tes'aeor, he submitted that such a supposition was against all the probabilities of the case ; His Learned Friend Mr. Pemberton had argued that the two papers A and B formed a substantive will for the asp°. sition of both real and personal estate. He submitted that there was nothing, in those papers which amounted to a disposition ; all that they did was to give instriftions for his will, and it was clear from them that some further document was intended. The paper A had been consi dered throughout. as instructions only for a will, and it was clear from the evidence of Mr. Chadborn himself that such was the case. That being the fact, the question then was, whether paper B was incorporated with A. He thought it was clear that such was not the case, inasmuch as paper B made no reference to any other paper at all. In c .n -clocion, the Learned Counsel submitted that nothing had been adduced to invalidate the codicil, and he trusted, therefore, that their Lordships would consider it a valid document. and entitled to probate. Sir F. PoLLocx had the honour to address their Lordships on behalf of one of the next of kin (Ecit% and Hitching) of the testator, and who might probably turn out to be the next of kin. He could not, however, before proceeding with the case, artid adverting with deep regret to what had fagen from his Learned Friend with reference to what had taken place the first time the Court assembled to hear this case. No person could entertain a higheropinion than be did of theability and character of the Learned Judge, to whom, on that occasion, he ( Sir F. Pollock) felt it his duty to object to as a judge on this appeal. That objection was his own. He had no instructions on the subjcct from his clients. It was his own objection, not as far as his own personal feelings were concerned, but in consequence of what he con ceived to be his duty to his client. His Learned Friend had stated that it was not to be considered as a legal objection to a Judge that he had been counsel iu the case. That was an unnecessary observation to make. There could be no doubt, for instance, that if the plague or some other calamity had dispersed the Judges at Monmouth, and he (Sir F. Pollock) had had the honour to have been made one of the Judges of the land there, there would have been no legal objec tion to his going down on the Commission. There was no legal objection to the most intimate friend of a party sitting in judgment on the case of his friend, nay, a Judge might sit on the cause of his own father, and as his eldest son adjudicate to him an immense estate; but he (Sir F. Pollock), simply considering what course he ought to take as a member of the bar, with the con currence of his Learned Friend (the Silliciter-General), and other learned gentlemen—with the ptafoundest respect for the institutions of the country, and without claiming a right to lay down a rule as to who should or should not sit upon the bench ofjustice,did on behalf of his profession claim, whenever a member of the bar felt that be could not with consistency and propriety and efficiency do justice to the cause of his client, he should have the privilege of retir ing from a tribunal so constituted as to present obstacles to what he considered to be the efficient discharge of bis duty. Dismissing this subject, as he hoped for ever, it was desirable their Lordships should know who his (Sir F. Pollock's) client was. If the executors succeeded in establishing their case, they would share the whole of this immense property between them, but his client came forward to establish his fair claim to one half of it. Representing, therefore, an individual who had so large a stake in this decision, he felt himself almost bound, with the assistance of bis Learned Friend, . . to state hie ewn case. He would state to their Lord ships the course he was about to pursue. Here was a will propounded by the executors, and hero were two persons claiming as next of kin. There were also persons propounding a codicil. These latter persons had apparently an interest in the will. On this point of the ease, therefore, he might be considered as a by stander, but Le soon found the executors opposed the codicil, not on account of the large sums bequeathed by it, but because they felt assured if the codicil was ettsia lished the will must f4P. That was the real secret of, the extraordinary contest that was going on in that Court. He had observed that his Learned Friend Mr. Pember ton had, with great discretion, shrunk from argument against the codicil, because be very judiciously refhcted that such an argument might weigh against the validity of paper A. Now he (Sir F. Pollock) should contend, that this codicil, whether entitled to probate or not, was to be considered, as it was considered by his client, to be the handwriting of the testator. His client protested against being bound by any act of Mrs. Goodlake. He (Sir Frederick Pollock) was sorry to say that he believed paper A to be a forgery altogether. His Learned Friend, Mr. Pemberton, had argued that, although the executors had done wrong, they had been sufficiently punished for it ; and that their Lordships should not suffer indignation at their crimes to prevent the course of justice. Against this argument he (Sir F. Pollock) protested, and, with the greatest respect to his Learned Friends, the Solicitor. General and Sir William Pollett, be regretted that they had thought it necessary to advert to the violent death of Mr. Chadboin, of which their Lordships could have no judicial knowledge. It had struck him that before he was instructed in this case, if the Prerogative Court had one greater peculiarity than another, it was an apathy almost amounting to an insensi bility to proceedings, which, if proved in a Court of Com mon Law, would have set the whole Court in a flame. The rule of the Prerogative Court was omnia rite prce sumuntur, but he was sure those of their Lordships who were acquainted with the Courts of Common Law would agree with him that under the circum stances of this case a Jury would find any thing rather than a verdict which would give the executors a particle or a farthing of the real cr personal property. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to argue against ' the validity of the papers A and B, either together or se— parately, and cited several cases. The case was proceeding when we went to press. BOW STREET.-(THIS DAY.) James Latcley was broughTup, charged with attempting to hang himself in Whitehall Gardens. It appeared that as a gentleman- was passing through Whitehall last night, he perceived a man suspended from a tree, and at once proceeded to the spot, and suc ceeded in extricating him from bis perilous situation. He gave information to a police constable, and had the man , who was insensible, conveyed to the station-house. On being asked what he wished the Magistrate to do with him, the prisoner did not seem to comprehend the question, and the officer was directed t' convey him to the parish workhouse, there to be taken rare of. REPRESENTATION OF IPSWICH.—We last week announced the intended retirement of Sir Thomas Cochrane from the representation of this borough, upon the dissolution of the prevent Parliament, since then the " why and the wherefore "of the divorce of this political union has been bruited abroad. Of the cause o f this die- grcement, " many tongued rumour " has circulated somo most extraordinary tales. The , real state of the case is now fully ascertained. A letter has been addressed by the Hon. and Gallant Knight, to numerous persons, who, it appears, have claims for certain electioneering debts, and who have been most wo full y left in the lurch. This letter fully exculpates the Hon. and :Gallant Knight, and shewa an open and straightforward dealing, and at the same time a zeal for his party, which command respect and justify his high character as a ge ntleman.—ipswich Express. it was feared that it could not Letters from Patras of the 24th ult. state th at the proposed establishment of a National Bank for it was said, sent a deputy to Amster?. Greece occupied much attention; and although it had consequence the scarcity of rb t T o eelic p ece e ai v r ke s ri u di ne a gd d ß e obl t adt h i, e iSnnctin capitalists there to take shares in the pr o_ ar jcct, but his mission was unsuccessful. The Minister of the Interior had issued an order, g rantingprohilaitinginth passports the pl place c e to w a h n e y r c o f theythe C w a e n r d e i o ft osto Greece, remain f r any part of the kingdom, besides requiring them o at f issuing of the order. These ' • ti sid d e t nt the time of the restrictions were com plained of by the Candiots as retarding their • transac tions. M. Mavrocordato had been appointed to the Pre. sidency of the Council of IV int i• • s.ers a n d M. Tricoupi was n amed to take his place Prince, in London. Maximilian was still at Athens, PASSENGER S BY THE ORIENTAL. —The fol lovking passerwhic h • d passengers came by the Oriental, arrived from Alexand • tia at Falmouth, on Sunday night :—Sir Charles Napier, Commodore, R. N. ; Col. Wallace, II E. I C.' with Lieut. Falkfcld, Dr. Baddeley, Lieut. Ponsonby, and Capt. Forster ; Lieut. Simmons, 2d Queen's Regiment, wit h Lieut. Hodswerthy, Lieut. Dickenson, and Capt. Heriing ; Capt. Houston, 4th Light Dragoons ; Dr. Rankin, Rifle Brigad_c ; Capt. Nassie, iN itli Capt. Brad le y , Lieut. Green, and Lieut. Johnson ; Mr. Boost, Barrack-master; Rev. Mr. Tar rant and ; Lady Sarah and Mr. Campbell ; Messrs Dairas, Holmes, Sturno.if, Cowan, Curaetjor, Oliver, Ross, and Cleland; Mr. and Mrs. Penningtoh ; Rev. Mr. 11th ; Mrs. Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Parry ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Faiiih ; Mrs. Mulligen, Mrs. Sterling, Mrs Farmer, Mrs. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Gent, Mrs. Cun t ningbain, and Miss Weeks. An extenfive failure of a firm in the corn, hay, seeds, and malting trade, having occurred at Colchester during the past week, it had an evident effect upon the Corn-market on Saturday last. Report sap that the liabilities exceed 20,0001. X NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 0 A N .0 F A R C, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By T. J. SERLE, Esq. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, &c C ~ COLIN L I N K. By CHARLES HOOTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries.