The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

HIM:WINO of protection, or, properly speaking, the prin eiPle pf injustice and oppression and the princi- Pie of plunder, it behoves all the other classes who are wronged by these various protections to make common cause with the Ministers in procuring redress. All the friends to the voluntary syst.‘m, all the consu mers of bread and sugar, every man who is a friend to freedom of trade, aye, and every man who is a friend to freedom of opinion, for all liberties go together,—all the industrious classes, vrlip,are the main sufferers by these double bur dens, all the enemies of privilege and monopoly itcoverpshape and form, all the friends of uni versal or extended suffrage, should aid the Mi nisters in their assault, feeble though it be, on the Principle of protection. By carrying them through the, contest, they will secure the quiet and peace able redress of many other grievances, and place the liberties of the country on a firm aid ever-widening basis. A great revolution, it cannot be concealed, has tiken place in the mind of society; ann if changes in the material Park of society—in laws and institutions—be not 'wide, corresponding to that moral revolution, of which changes the attack on protection is an excellent commencement, the law will forfeit all respect, and the glory of England will sink in bloody violence or brutal despotism. The Earl of ABERDEEN last session tried in vain to settle the long-agitated question of Non intrusion, yet, another Scotch Peer, the Doke of ARGYLL, infinitely inferior in every respect to the Noble Earl, has had the courage this session to introduce a Bill which he hopes will produce Iftrillony among the discordant members of the Scotch Church. When the Bill is printed, we may possibly have something to say respecting it, though if the object of it is to legalise the veto, as we are to infer from what occurred last even ing-, it would be only a waste of words. The CHALMERS' party say they will be satisfied with nothing less, and the House of Lords will never concede even the one-half. Is the Duke of ARGYLL so infatuated with his crotchet, and so blind to his own weakness, as to imagine that he can induce Bishops and Peers to give up their splendid and lucrative Church patronage to gratify the whims of such visionaries as CHAL xxas, CANDLISH, and Company ? Public opinion has prevailed, and " CHARLES ELLIOT, Esquire, a Captain in the Royal Navy, Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British sub jects in China, and holding full powers under the Great .!Aal of Great Britain and Ireland to exe cute the (dice of her MAJESTY'S Commissioner, Procurator, and Plenipotentiary in China," as the late functionary delighted to write his names, styles, and titles, is now plain Captain CHARLES ELLIOT. The incompetency of the late Chinese Plenipotentiary was more than a match for the Court and Parliamentary influence of the EL LIOTS, and the Government has been forced to recal hiu t. Sorry are we that such a step was not taken when the circumstances attendant upon the delivery of the opium to Commissioner UN were first made known in England. The history of that bungled transaction ought to have satisfied the Government that Captain ELLIOT Was totally di;fpalified to discharge with dig nity and advantage to the country the duties of Lis high office. Ha:i his removal then taken place, the country would have been spared the expense of an expedition to China, which has served no purpose but. to render us ridiculous in the eyes of the Celestials, and to weaken our moral influence in every part of Central Asia. But, knowing that the policy of our Government in China will not be ultimately affected by the past misconduct of British agents, we calculate the national loss at little more than the time which must be wasted in the conducting of fresh negotia ations, the broader characters of which, we pre awe; will be first traced by the sword. For other losses we must, and will have suitable Indemnities—indemnities which shall serve as a 'warning not only to the Chinese, but to such na tions on our Indian frontier as may have heard of the exploits of the late Plenipotentiary. We are therefore thankful to the Government fir even now recalling Captain ELLIOT, and replac ing bin' by an officer so creditably known in In dia as Sir HENRY POTTINGER. With all John Chinaman's craft and chicanery, he will yet find a match in plain, honest John Bull. Thus French Papers of Friday (yesterday) have been received hy Extmordinary Express. They bring the important news that the SULTAN, at the request of the Four Powers, has conceded to :MEHEMET Ai the succession in the direct line Ito the hereditary Government of -Egypt, and the nomination of all officers to commands in the Egyptian army and navy. We trust the next arrivals from the Mediterranean will confirm this intelligence. The interest of Turkey and Egypt imperatively call for a speedy settlement of all disputes between the SULTAN and the VICEROY.. Both countries stand in need of re pose to replenish their exhausted resources. The continuance of peace is absolutely essential to the regeneration of the Ottoman Empire. For this purpose the protecting Powers ought to exert all their influence in calling into operation the immense resources of Turkey. The situation of Constantinople as a mart of commerce is one of the finest in the world, and were the Turks only prevailed upon to devote themaelves more to trade, their country might again become one of the most flourishing in the world. Manufactures b;. are the true handmaids of the arts, and where .l(. ever they flourish barbarism must disappear. .That under the operation of bad and restrictive laws they tend to deteriorate the human race we admit, because what evil is there which bad laws may not effect through the instrumentality 16 of any institution'? But when left, to themselves 3:!. their results are good, not evil—beneficial alike ti to the operative and to society. rr c From Madrid the Papers are of the '29th ult., but their contents are uninteresting. Quotidieetne, a Royalist Journal, checks irsotbeiexuberant glee with which the Doctrinaire Jnurauls hailed the prospect of it Tory Govern- Meta iu Englund. The foreign policy of Eng land, this Paper contends, is the same whether niadministered by W hig or Tory. We quote an thextract from the ,The,pulicrot Great Britain is itwar t 'able, and belongs not ~ more to one party than another. But, to go no further back than 1830, we may say that it results from the position in which the Revolution placed this country. When the elder branch was overturned, England at once comprehended the necessities 4 . 4 and difficulties of the new system. 'I his system, without sup port in Europe, could not help falling under the protection of Great Britain, and this point being understood, the Cabinet of saki' London proceeded without disguise to extend its influence at sail our expense. It gained ground in Belgium, Portugal, Spain, , allowed us to go on quietly. Since then a change has •i. neon pla t e. .England, which possesses eminent statesmen, perceived that there was to be found in the system directed by , Thiets or Guizot, as much but faith as weakness. In her eyes, the Ministry in France was only capable of unsettling attain,, without ever bringing about a result of any importance. . Not only did it evince duplicity at London but perfidy at St. al Petersliurgh, Vienna, and Berlin. From , that moment Eng lc land entered into a nvw cs.mbination, and commenced against the 3Ystem of our Cabinet a series of attacks more or less open. (inizot boasted that he would attach Lord Palmerston to France, and all have wen how little his boasting has been _ a , : realised. M. Guizot has taken part in the conclusion of the Treaty of July 15, which is the finishing stroke of English England may be forced by the grave questions of her , domestic Policy to change her Ministers ; an Administration may he formed under the Duke of Wellington, but domestic dissensions have !aver in England changed the course of her foreign policy. Wings and Tories—all are English. Taken in a restricted sense, this is an equivocal compliment. Our statesmen are not more Eng lish that the Members of the Paris Chambers ~are French, if by such a designation is meant an attachment to their native country, a pride in its glory, and a fondness for its recollections. But the true Englishman, and the true French- man is the n►ttr► who, in either country, squares • his policy by its interests, and not by his own or his party's narrow prejudices. Much of our i'o -► • reign policy is not English, because it is restric -rc►:. ; tire, and founded on the delusion of supporting one interest at the expense of another. Were pc t 'Lour statesmen what the Quotidienne represents them, we would not now hear of ditties to protect corn-growers, distillers , timber-growers, and • - run► producers. The rumour of an abolition of our Corn-laws has created a great stir in France. — M. L - JuNois, in the Chamber of Deputies on Wed- , uesday, said that nothing but the abolition of the Corn-laws was wanted to enable us to grasp the commerce of the world. This is an exagge ration, although we well know that the abolition of the Corn-laws would increase our trade to an extent wholly inconceivable, and, of course, thereby enrich directly or indirectly every in terest in the kindom. On the subject of the much-talked-of loan, we find the following remarks in the Commerce: — We learn from a source on which we can place every reli ance that M. Humann has come to the determination of issuing his loan soon after the close of the session. The Minister pro• poses to ask for 150 to 200 millions, and for the balance of what he may require he will issue Exchequer Bills, for which he is duly authorised by legislative enactment. The loan will be made at 3i per cent., the payment to be made by 20th parts, monthly, with a six months' dividend, which is calculated in such a way that the contractors will receive a bonus of twelve months' interest. Government will engage not to carry into effect the conversion of the Five per Cents. until after the ex piration of ten years. These are the details which we have gathered on the subject, and we do not think they will be contradicted. T he Court will, in this wav, attain the two objects it has most at heart ; by the embastillement of Paris it renders a loan necessary, and by issuing a loan it prevents the conversion of the Five per Cents. Tax Ramat{ QtTEsTiosr.—The Gazette of Upper Ger many states:—" We learn from a credible source that the Porte has accepted unconditionally the decisions of the Confer ence, and as the last instructions sent to Lord Ponsonby leave him without the power of raising any further obstacles, we may consider all the difficulties attending these affairs as finally re moved." SMYRNA, APRIL 19.—The Austrian Rear-Admiral Pan deira anchored in our roads on the 16:11, returning from MAr morice, which he left on the 13`11. The French brig Alci blade and the English corvette Daphne, the only ships of war at Smyrna, fired the customary salute , which he returned. The Daphne and the Clemenze arrived here yesterday. Admiral Banrliera's flag-ship is the frigate Venere. The accounts from Candia, received by way of Chios, say that the troubles in that ssland continue—that the insurrection was kept up by the Candias, who had taken refuge in Greece, or by sonic Greek subjects who had come to Candia. It was said, however, that the Porte was going to send fresh rein forcements to restore order.— Gazette de Smyrne. We should think the works of the fortifications would cause the police to be more vigilant in the environs of Paris. This is not the case, since the Bois de Boulogne is not safe at this moment, and we are informed that several laiies were robbed there a few days age.— Le Commerce. BO URSE.....PARIII, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric.. Price en h 5 ter i e its 113185 ... 114 ... 1 380 ... 113 95 4 per Lents gi 20 ... 99 20 ... 99 20 .. 99 VII 9 per Cents 79 20 ..., 79 30 ... 79 20 ... 79 30 Rank or prance ... 3185 ~.3185 —.3181 ._3lBO Lattitte Bank 1.0001. Shares 10e0 ...1085 ...1180 ...1085 5,0001. shares 5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 SC ...5157 50 ':eigian Bank ... . 785 .. 7-5 ... 785 ... 785 1841 5 per Cents. 3 per Cents 7l 20 ... 11 20 ... 11 20 ... 71 20 New Loan lOl4 ... 1. 1% ... 1014 ... 1111% ipanish Active 24 7i ... 24% ... 24 1 4 ... 2.% Passive 5,, ... 5% ... 5% .. 5% leapolitan lO3 75 ... 103 75 ... 1 13 65 ... 1(03 05 ;lonian IC44 ... 1044 ... 104 ... 101 RAILWAY SHARES. St Germain Versa'lles.R. B ::65 ... 36) ... 3115 ... 3►is L.B. 2lB 75 .. 240 ... 238 75 .. :38 75 gleans Bourdeaux to La Teste 4'o ... 400 ... 400 ... 400 i.r..suurg to 8a1e... The Volage arrived yesterday at Ports mouth, with Admiral Elliot and family, all well. We understand that Admiral Thomas is to have the command in the Pacific, vice Ross, whose time is up. THE ACTIVITY OF THE PRIESTHOOD.—This seems to be quite a thriving time with the priest hood. Exeter Hall is hallowed and glorified by their presence. The walls of the metropolis are placarded with announcements of sermons to be preached by a great Puseyite vicar in one church, and a great Shneonite rector in another church. The Votes of the House of Commons are filled with the names of parishes scarcely ever before heard of beyond the parishes themselves (though of course each has a clergyman who can write a petition), petitioning for Church extension. Alto gether tins is a most reviving month for the priesthood, who seem, in common with the lower animals, to feel the genial influence of; the season. NEWSPAPER PRESS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA TION.—The annual festival of this Institution is fixed for Saturday, the sth of June next, on which occasion the chair will be taken by the ►fight lion. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P. The rich and select musical treat always provided at this festival, together with the recent and suc cessful innovation introducing. ladies at public dinners (an experiment first made by this insti tution), renders it the most attractive of any which take place in the metropolis. DEATH OF THOS. BARNES, ESQ., PRINCIPAL EDITOR OF THE' , TIMES. We announce with extreme regret the death of the above eminent G entleman, which took plat,; at his house in Soho-square, in the 56th year of his age. Mr. Barnes had been for some time labouring under a disease of the bladder, and he sank under an operation performed this morning, between seven and eight o'clock, in the presence of Messrs. Liston and Lawrence. The public will recollect the great services rendered to the cause of Reform by the Times previous to and during the passing of that Bill. Many a stirring article emanated from the pen of Mr. Barnes in his fervent advocacy of that national measure ; and although the Times has since receded from the cause of the people, we believe Mr. Barnes still continued true to his liberal principles. MEDINA IMPROVEMENT BILL. TO BE READ A SECOND TIME THIS DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. 28, Old Bond-street, May 6, 1841. Sir,—May I solicit 'the favour of your giving publicity to certain clauses in the Medina Improvement bill, which, if passed into a law, w;11, by Parliament sanctioning rights as serted by the corporation of Newport, but believed not to exist, afford a most dangerous precedent for the advancement of similar claims on the part of other corporate bodies who happen to be conservators of rivers or harbours. 'I he preamble of the Bill states, " That the river Medina is navigable at certain times of high water only, for vessels and boats ; but it is in parts extremely shallow, and at low water is useless as a means of communication to the town of New port," which is five miles distant from the noble harbour of Cowes at its mouth. In consideration that a Joint-Stock Company shall expend about 13,0001. in digging or dredging a channel to Newport for the use of small vessels (not likely to be executed for such a sum), and maintaining the same by continually dredging as it fills up—the back water being wholly inade quate for the purpose—the Corporation, for the trifling sum of 1501. to 200/. per annum, assert, and sell for 99 years, their right in and to the bed of the river, and authorise the Company (if sanctioned by Parliament) to embank any part of the river from high to low water-mark, and to sell any lands which may be so reclaimed by enclosure, to any person or persons, for all sir any part of their term and estate therein. And farther, as conservators of the navigation, they include and transfer to the said Joir.t-stock Company their power to take certain tolls, dues, and petty customs upon goods and merchandise brought into the said korough. The attention of the General Shipowners' Society should be drawn to the proposed transfer of tolls. The determined opposition given by the inhabitants of East and West Cowes to this job of their Newport neighbours has occasioned the favour of a temporary respite, and the lands which may be enclosed in front of the wharfs, promenades, and buildings of those towns are not included in the Bill. Let but Parliament sanction the Corporation right of taking the fly, r frontages of five miles of otherwise most valuable pro perty on each side of the river, and next Session, without an other Act, the Corporation will be enabled to let or sell the fronteges of Cowes Harbour. Now, if the Corporation do possess the enormous powers asserted, they only could have been granted fur the pubic g ood and benefit of navigation, having reference, not to their duel, of a river, but to the important harbour of Cowes, over whirl, and across the Solent Sea to the sands, called the Brambles, the.r jurisdiction extend: ; vet. this property they propose to denvse for the benefit of the town of Newport only, for no improvements of Cowes h. rbuur are contemplated by the Bill. Aould the Act be obtained, which this exposure will render unlikely, having upwards of half a mile of frontage of valuable building ground to the river and harbour port recently purchased, arid the remainder belonging to my wife, the loss I should suffer would be immense ! and as a claim to public sympathy, and opposition of Members of Parliament, let us imagine the consternation of the owners of river-side property in London, were the City, without compensation, to encloxe and sell all the lands in front of their wharfs, ware houses, and mansions, and give the power sought in the Me dina Bill of erecting buildings thereon: A pleasant pros pect truly I I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, GEORGE EYRE BROOKS. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF GENERAL SIR RUFANE SHAW?: DONKIN, M.P., AND K.C.I3.—SOUTII ANIPTON, MAY s.—On Monday, an inquest was held on the body of the above venerable and gallant. General, who ter minated his existence by hanging himself in his own apartment here ( Southampton) on Saturday evening last. The evidence went to show that Sir Rufahe had for a considerable time been labouring under serious boilly infirmities, accompanied by great depression of spirits and occasional aberrations of mind, atid that lately he had been subjected to strict per onal super. intendence. His friends, however, not anticipating any sui cidal attempt, did not place the gallant officer under that restraint which would have precluded him from taking his own life, and hence the melancholy and distressing result. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." DEATHS IN THE SURREY CANAI..—It was mentioned at an inquest held the other day at Peckham, before Nlr. Carter, Conner, that as many as 4,048 bodies had been taken out of the IGrand Surrey Canal within a 'period of twenty-six years, and that Taylor, who keeps the boat house on the Peckham branch, had taken out no less a num ber than 300. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Matri monio Seyreto, and Mademoiselle Stephan's benefit drew, last night, to this house, a most crowded attendance. The great work of Cimarosa was admirably well performed. We do not recollect any former occasion when all the parts in it were so finely sustained—with Persiani, Grisi, and Viardot, in the Sisters and Fidalma ' Lablache, Tamburini, and Ru bini, is old Geronimo , the Count, and Paulino. All too ap peared to exert themselves to do justice to this masterpiece of Italian operas. The new ballet was repeated, and went off with much improved effect. Stephan was very much and most deservedly aulauded. CURIOUS FACT.—A flounder about six inches in length, bought at the Cross on Saturday last, on being cut up, was found to contain no less than eleven of the herring fry in its stomach. Five of these had not been affected by the op era tion of the dissolving juices, and were taken out fresh and entire. The largest was nearly two inches in length.— Dumfries Courier. THE S.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There have been malt fresh arrivals of Grain this week. The little I,usiness none in Wheat was at Monday's prices. Barley very dull. Beaus and Pease as last reported. The Oat trade slack at former quotations. Flour very heavy in kale at last terms. TRb SON. LONDON'. F AD A.Y. MAY 1, 041 CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) DIJ BIEL V. WU/BISON, The arguments in this appeal, which was partly argued on Wednesday, were resumed this morning. The appeal was from a decree of the M as t er o f th e R o ll s , which confirmed the validity of an agreement fur a marriage contract, entered into under the following circumstances :—ln 1826, the plaintiff, the Baron Du Biel, married a daughter of Mr. John Poulett Thomson, the father of Mr. Andrew Poulett 7 homson, and the present Lord Sydenham. It appeared that some time pre vious to the marriage, the Baron had waited on Mr. Thomson to obtain his consent, and arrange the marriage settlements. The settlement was fixed at 500!. a-year, and Mr. Thomson referred the Baron to his two suns, to whom he said he had gken fullau thority to settle the amount of his daughter's fortune. Ne gotiations consequently took place between the plaintiff and the two sons, and it was ultimately arranged, by au agreement in writing, that the sum of 10,0001. should be paid to the Baron at his marriage, and that he should receive a further sum of 10,000/. on the death of Mr. Thomson. The year after the marriage the Baroness died, leaving one child, and in the year 1837 Mr. Thomson, her father, tiled, without making any further provision fur this child A suit was subsequently instituted by the Baron, to compel the executors to fulfil the contract entered into by the sons of Mr. Thomson for the payment -of 10,0001. after his decease. 'The Master of the Rolls h. Id that there bad been such a re. cognition of the agreement by Mr. Thomson as would satisfy the Statute of Frauds, and therefore decreed for the plaintiff. On the part of the appellants it was argued by Mr. Richards that Mr. Thomson had nut given his sons any power to bind him to the extent of securing payment of this sum after his de cease, but admitting the authority and its recognition there arose the important question of the nature of the obligation, which the executors maintained was merely voluntary, and could be recalled at will. Mr. A wnE ICTON addressed the Court this morning at length on the same side. Mr. %Vic RAM replied at great length. The Loan CulaicEt.t.oft took time to consider his judg ment. —His Lordship rose at a quarter before two o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) SYDNEY V. RANGER. In this case, which was part heard, Mr. JACOBS was heard for the plaintiff against the petition of the defendant. The prayer of the petition was to have a certain estate, of which Sir Robert Sydney was the purchaser, put up to re-sale, in order that he might be discharged from the purchase in case the estate brought a higher price than he gave for it, and that if the rc-sale produced less, that he should be retained as the purchaser. It appeared the estate was originally sold in the year 1833 for 600/. to a Mr. Blackwell ; it was afterwards con sidered that 6001. was a rather low amount for the estate to bring, and for the benefit of all parties it was agreed to open the biddings. Sir Robert Sydney undertook, as Solicitor to conduct the sale, and the estate was purchased for 6701., in the name of a Mr. King, the real purchaser, however,being Syd ney. The application of the petitioner was, as stated above, on the ground that Sir Robert Sydney, as being solicitor to the sale, was a disqualified person to purchase the property. Mr. JACOBS contended that as the petitioner Ranger had admitted that at the time of the sale, he had strong sus picons of Sydney being the real purchaser, and that yet, while having those suspicions and taken no means to ascertain the truth, he confrmed the sale in the year 1838, after it had been kept open four years, during which period it was free to any higher bidder to come forward, the petitioner had therefore no right to make the application. which he (Mr. Jacobs) opposed. Sir Robert Sydney was not a voluntary purchaser, in con sequence of his having undertaken to open the bidilings in character of solicitor, he was in fact, a compulsorl pur chaser, as no one else offered. The Learned Counsel therefore submitted, that tinder those circumstances, and as in the re-sale there was a clear gain to the estate, the Court ought to refuse the application with costs. His HONOUR postponed giving his decision. SM IT HFIELD. - - We had but a moderate supply of Cattle, the demand brisk, at a sl , ght advance in vices. Of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, and Pork the supply was good, with a brisk trade. Beasts, 635 ; Sheep and Lambs, b 32; Pigs, 417 ; Calves, 225. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 55. ed. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, 65. to 7s. COLONIAL - MARKET. There was little business', done by private treaty, and the public sales were of little moment ; but prices underwent little variation. The arrivals were of little moment. TEA IVIARKET. There was a good demand for Free Trade Tea, and prices advanced Id. per lb. In Company's Congou, a good deal of business was dune, at Is. id. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The market for P. V. Ca-dle was dull, but prices were sup ported, Loth on the spot and for delivery. The deliveries have been small this week. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 7.—Wind this day at noon light breeze from S. S. E., fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY G.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Middleton, from Buenos Ayres ; Charles, Tobago ; Rambler, Cadiz ; Emerald, ditto ; Iberia, ditto; Florence, Madeira ; Marathon, Mediter ranean ;• Ana Victoria, Teneriffe ; Conservative, Malaga; Elizabeth, Sarragona ; Don, Westward, a steamer, apparently a fruit vessel, No. 1,120, MM. C. S. ; Arrived from the Inver Trio, for Calcutta; Winchester, ditto; Heroine, Rio Janeiro; Boadicea, ditto; Isabella, Demerara; Susan King, Tobago; Mary, Montreal ; Clio, Cape De Verds; Challenge, Lyra ; Margaretta, Gibraltar; Medora, Mauritius, Eddystone, for Quebec. STAN nATE CREF.}:, MAY 6.—Arrived the Marquis of Bute, from Smyrna; Corinthian,Vante. Orr MARGATE, MAY ti.—Montrose, Peters, from Cal cutta. 'I he Mary Ann, Redfern, from Liverpool, got on shore on Alargate Sand this rimming, but was assisted off and in here leaky. LIVERPOOL, AIAY 6 —Wind W.—Arrived the Sererior, Johnson, from Bombay, sailed from the Cape 6th March ; Isaac Merton, 'Furry, New Orleans ; Abeona, ditto ; Chaos, ditto; Superb, Charleston; Trinity yacht, St. Michael's; Active, Alexandria; ,Swiftsure, Smyrna ; Betsy, ditto; Keel mar, ditto; Rock Scorpion, l‘lalaga ; C. met, Bilbao. Sa,hd the Grindlay, for Rio Janeiro; Rival, Nassau • Hero, Africa; Aurora, Sierra Leone. Arrived off port the Bridport and Reindeer, from Sm)rna. Su NDERLA xn.—Sailed the Standrop, Walker, for Quebec. _ _ . - YA RMOUTiI, MAY 6.—The Anchor, of Goale, ran on the Scroby Sand this morning, but was got off without assistance. HARWICH, May 6.—Arrived the Sprightly, from Hartle• pool, with loss of fore and main-topmast. The Olivia, from Liverpool to Bake, got on the Goodwin Sand, but was assisted off very leaky, and in making for the harbour to-day, grounded on the main, but is expected uff on the flood after throwing over part of the cargo (salt). DUBLIN, IlLav 4.—The Eliza, Haywood, from Liverpool to Monte Video, having struck on a bank off Wexford yesterday, has been towed in here, making eleven inches water per hour: MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIARKILT, MAY 6.—The sales of to day amount to 2,500 bales, none of which have been taken by speculators. In prices no alteration. At the close of the Market 700 bales were taken by exporters. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 6.—The business at the Stock Exchange to 41,1 has been exceedingly flat:— Grand Junction, which have been been quoted at 208 to 210, now realize 207 ; Glasgow, Palley, and Greenock, 291 1 ; Midland Counties, b 9; l'aris and Rouen, 61; York and North Midland, 22i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.—There is little demand for Shares to-day, and the Market has a downward tendency :—Manchester and Leeds, 511; Ditto, New, 21 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25i ; London and South Western, 58 58% ; Lancaster and Preston, 33 33i ; Ditto, New, 23% 24 1 ; North Midland, 76 77 ; Hull and Selby, 44 45 : Lancaster Canals, 2734. A Brazil mail has arrived by her Majesty's packet Alert. She left Bahia on the 19th of February, and Rio, March 10. It was stated on the re-assembling of the Chambers that the Ministry would retire from office. The Emperor's corona tion was expected to be put off from the original date fixed on the 15th of May to that of the anniversary of his assump tion of the reins of Government. The above packet brings a freight of 3,0001. A revolution has broken out in Peru in the beginning of January. By the above packet, we have received the Rio Janeiro Price Current of the 13th of March : Money Market. —There was a considerable amount of bu siness done during the month. The current rate for the first class of bi.ls having been 9 per cent., and after the 15th the money became scarce, was with difficulty obtained at this rate, and in some instances at an advtnce of I per cent. paid on the 8, the Bank rate was raked to 9 per cent. The Treasnry discounts during the month amounted to 450 contos, part on Treasury bills anti part on Custom House bills, at 71 1 per cent. and brokerage. The continued scarcity of capital has its origin as we have repeatedly stated, in a disapproval of the Treasury operations, and a distrust of the future. We admit that the uncertion position of our finances is acting severely and unfavourably upon our money market, and as it is palpably evident, that no loan will be contracted until definite instructions, which we presume has been sent home, be received by Mr. Montezuma, permanent relief can not yet awhile be expected. After the experience of the past year, we entertain the hope that. his Excellency has given full and sufficient authority to Mr. Montezuma, and we take for granted that a loan of 8,000 contos be contracted for in Eng , land at 68. Exchange.—The first rates upon London were 30 to 30h; on the sth bills wetc negotiated at 2914, and on the 9th at 29h, and continued heavy to the 10th, under the impres,ion that Governmeut would have to remit from the 10th to the 16th ; 30 was the current price from the 17th to the 19th. The business done was at 30i to 394, after which the market became flat, and 1 ,s-t 1 at 30} on the 27th ult. Stock.—The amount of business was very limited, and the extreme price was 74 to 741. Specie.—An active demand for export, and for the supply to the American squadron, led to an improvement in prices. Paper Burnt on the 10th ult.—The sum of 369,415 dollars were burnt, making the whole amount thus consumed 4,704,529 dollars. Receipts at the Customs and Consulado in February, 1841, compared with the tame month of 1839 and 1840.—Customs, 1839, 487,229 do lars 409 ; 1840, 555,042 dollars 004 ; 1841, 618,050 dollars 064. Consulado, 1839, 134,876 dollars 544 ; 18-10, 197,317 dollars 609; 1841, 152,329 dollars 232. We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yesterday's date. Bout.sE or AMSTERDAM, MAY 4.—Our National Funds have improved to-day ; the extr.ordinary lavour which our Bill of Chance enjoys has caused this: reaction. The rise at Antwer i t has caused some purchases in Ardoin's Spanish, with at: active business. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511; Five p r Cents, 991; Ardoin's, 22 7-16ths. Accoants from Monte Video state that considerable prepara tions v ere making in that City, and other portions of the Ori ental State, to meet invasion, and that the alarm thereof had depreciated landed and household property in Monte Video to the extent of 10 per cent., besides causing hundreds of fami lies to make preparations for leaving the country. Admiral William Brown has been appointed to command the flotilla of the republic. THE FUNDS. The motion of Lord Sandon, in the House of Commons, this evening, causes a general excitement in the City, and it is generally expected . tl at Alinisters will be in the minority; if so, they have but one resource left, to dissolve Parliament. In the interim the British Funds continue steady at the leaving off price of yesterday, 89% 90 for the Account ; Money, 893 4, with scarce a bargain doing ; as yet both the speculators and mercantile interest are anxiously waiting the result of this evening's debate in the House of Commons. Exchequer Bills 8 10 pre.n ; Bank Stock, 167 169 ; India Stock 250 252 ; India Bonds 2 4 prem. Itr the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade higher, left off 24%; at present 24i; Deferred 193 #; Portuguese, 34} 34%; Three per Cents., 20% 20%; Brazilian, 68% 69%; Colombian, 22 3 ,4 23 ; Mexican, 29%; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 52% ; Five per Cents. 99%. s liA ' ,vs.—Great Western 28 29 prem. ; New 14% prem.; London and Brighton 2% dis. ; Blackwell 6i 54 ; Birmingham 70 72 prem. ; t.outhampton 57% 58% per share ; Croydon 13 14% per share ; Greenwich 8% per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 15 )4 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton London and Birmingham .. 90 Ditto New London and Greenwich ( New )... 20 London and South NVestern 38% .. to Alanehest•er and Leeds lIALF-PA ST ONE. An exiircss has been received from Paris stating that the Porte hae agreed to modify the hatti scheriff, ennee,ting to Me hemet Ali 'he sueee,sion in a direct line, and the tmminatitm of ail commands in the fleet and army. There is a general stagnation in the British market up to the present tim... consequently we have not a feature tss ncrice, and an all probability it will continue in that state until after the debate of th:s evening is finished. Con-ols continue heavy at 90 for the Account ; Money, S9l 90 ; Reduced 84 ; Exchequer Bills.lB 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 i 169 ; India Stock, 251 ; India Bonds, 3 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24ii ; Passive, 51 ; Colombian nothing dOne ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 2.03; Mexican, 291 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Ball per Cents. 523 ; Five ver Cents., 993 In the Share Market very little doing. Great Western;.943; Lon , :on and Brighton, 475; Ditto Birmingham, 160 ; South Western, 573 ; Manchester and Leeds, 54. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Account, 903; Mexican, 293 ; Portuguese, 343 ; Spanish, 246 3. Very little doing. PRINCE ALBERT.—A report has been going through all the new papers that Prince Albert is in a very de cate state of health, and is consumptive—that he is going abroad for his health, and that perhaps the Queen would ac company him. We believe this, like many other foolish re ports, originated with the silly corespondent of a morning paper. We ate happy to have it in our power to give it a that contradiction. l'he Prince was never in better health, nor has he been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever, nor wish, to go abroad on account of his health, or fur any other reas , n. BRUSSELS, MAY s.—Count Hippolyte Vo hire, Charge 4 l'Affaiis of his Majesty the King of the Bel gians at the Court of Turin, has delivered to Count Solar, ,Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, bis credentials in that capacity. ATTACK ON A HASTINGS BOAT BY THE FRENCH FISHER xt ex.—lt is much to be regretted that a bad feeling exists on the part of the French fishermen, and an ap- I parent determination not to comply with the fair provisions of I was s th e n e t y e h r cad,. have iito infringedtopr o e n ve t n h t e any hostile rn hi s n 'o‘mi b li o : u ht n im d y' s to fish, and in addition to this, a day iraeln:ectliivn: come e e n wF t i io : ". or two since, a French lugger attempted to run down one of the ilastings boats, and sent such a shower of stones, used for ballast, at the crew of the smaller boat, that they were obliged to take shelter below. So repeated have been the aggressions, and so resolute wire the French boats in their trespass, that Ithe Rapid, which has been sent to protect the fishery, was actually obliged to file into one of the boats before she would sheer off. 'lhe shot struck the bulwarks. I.ieut. Inman, the commander, who is used to this service, has detained some French boats for several days, the crews of which persisted in the trespass, and he has felt it necessary to comp,' every French boat to bring to for the purpose of receiving in structions and warning, that if they encroach, they will be seized. This aspect of affairs is by no means pleasing to the Poor fishermen, who have j ust n o w a n opportunity of making a little harvest. BAIL COURT.7.(T.His__DAy.) Mr. Justice COLERIDGE presided in this Court during the early part of the morning. His Lordship left the Court about I I o'clock, and Air. Justice Wightman took his seat on the Bench. The motions heard were of a purely technical nature. EXCHEQuEtt,(THIS DAY.) THE MARQUIS OF A NGLESEA V. LORI) HATHEETON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL appeared to show cause against a rule to change the venue in this ca , e from the county of Middlesex to the county of Stafford. It was an action of trover for coal, limestone, &c. The seine was originally laid in Middlesex ; it was then changed from that county to Stafford, on the usual affidavit, and brought back again upon the usual undertaking. The cause .vaa therefore now fairly in Middlesex, and their Lordships would require a very clear case to be made out before they would change the venue from the county in which it had lawfully been laid. The defendant had made an affidavit, in which he stated that he was going to call sixteen witnesses, most of whom were very old and very unequal to a journey to London—that it would be neces sary for him to call the steward of the manor with the court rolls, and that he resided in the nieghbourhood of Stafford, that he was informed it would be necessary for the Jury to view the lands, and that there were peculiar cus toms in the manors of which a Middlesex Jury would be ig norant., and that he was informed the extra expenses of a trial in London would be upwards of 300!. 'I hat was the whole, and he thought no ease had been made out. His Lordship seemed to have forgot that there was a railroad all the way upon which the witnesses would suffer no inconvenience—they were able it appeared to reach Stafford, and if so they could as easily come on to London; that was noanswer also to theease of the steward. With respect to the view, the only question to be tried was the right of a customary tenant to take minerals—what possible necessity then could there be for tlub Jury to see the land ? But their Lordships must remember that there were many manors in Staffordshire, and the special Jurors in that county might not be the most impartial in such a case. it was said a Middlesex jury would be ignorant upon the subject; now surely that was most de sirable—they would hear the evidence, and hear the remarks of the Jitdge,andcome to a better conclusion than any persons who were interested in the question at issue. /is to the question of expense, he need say . nothing—their Lordships were well aware that the expenses m the country would be greater than in London. Nlr. Sergeant TAt.Fouxn safd the noble defendant teemed Us think sweet) witnesses a great Lumber, which was a good proof that he had never been engaged in such a cause before ; but be would only say one word as to the expenses. They would be obliged to take down a person from the former to translate records, the takinx down of whom would cost more than all the sixteen witnesses. His Lordship nas not aware that one antiquary would cost more than his sixteen an tiquities. Mr. WriatELv, on the same side, said, his Lordship, when alluding to the expenses, seemed to have forgot that he hail re tained the services of his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General. —( A laugh.) There was every reason in favour of Middlesex. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had no doubt his Noble client would have been content with the services of the gentlemen on the circuit had not the Noble plaintiff engaged extra eminent assistance. He contended that a view would be necessary be cause much would depend upon the nature and state of old workings on the land. There would be no necessity for any contingency, for there would be no difficulty in admitting trans lations. The COURT—Have you any objection to try the cause be fore a Worcester Jury ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Nene whatever. The ArronN ET-GEN ERA t.—We only want a fair trial, which we apprehend we could not have in St ,fforthhire. Mr. Baron I'ARK —Then let the venue be changed to Wor cester. MAIILBOR()UGH•STREET. (THIS DAY.) Nichols and Geo. Norton, two very respectably dressed young men, of genteel manners and address, with two lads about fourteen years of age, dressed up as chimney sweeps, who gave their names John Connolly and Dante/ Carter, were p!a-eil at the bar before Mr. Lose, the pre siding Magistrate, charged with attempting to pick pockets under the following circumstances : William Flosford, the chief officer belonging to the 11Iendi city society, stated that about four o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the two first-named prisoners, whom he knew to be common pickpockets, and as having been several times con victed as reputed thieves, proceeding along Regent-street, fol lowed closely up by the other prisoners, in the garb of sweeps, and whom he also knew to belong to the swell mob of pick pockets. On arriving at W'aterloo-place the latter two commenced dancing, standing on their heads, ar.d tumtling, which speedily attracted a great crowd of persons around them. Nichols and Norton then attempted to pick several individuals' pockets. They then proceeded to the corner of Saekville-street. They then proceeded to other streets, and repeated their attempts, %Oren, after a desperate resistance, they were taken into custody. A police-constable, No. 43, 11 division, stated that he knew the whole of the prisoners to be reputed thieves. Mr. Los° committed the prisoners for three months each to hard labour in Tothill-fields New Bridewell. QUARANTINE AT ELSINORE. The following bay been received at Lloyd's:— London. May 4, 1841. Sr.—!: beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for managing the pfl'airs at Lloyd's, that the Danish Chancery of Copenh gen has issued the Billowing notice respecting the quarantine of vessels arriving at Elsie° e. and bound for the ports of the Baltic, in so far as the yellow fever is concerned:- Ist. vearcis arriving fiiim places infected with, or susprcted r f, yellow ft•ver, w nether laden with enumerated articles or nor, and on board of which suspicious cases of disease or death have occurrei, either on the passage or on arresl, will hereafter be ordered to the Quarantine stations, there to discharge, and their cargoes to undergo the process of expurgation. 21. Vessels arriving with enumerated articles from places out of Europe, where the yellow fever has appeared, aro subj ct to as o bservatory quarantine of 14 da)s, pro vided no suspicious case of disease has manifested itself on board. 3d. Vessels with non-enumerated goods, whether such articles be embaled in packages, susceptible of infection or cot, but otherwise arriving under circumstances similar to those mentioned its 2d, arc subject to four days observatory quanractine. 4th. Vessels arriving from unsuspected places in Europe with enumerate 1 articles on board shipped in such places, ere tbe yeIIo w ANCIS C actually prevai are exempt from quaraltin" , although such articles be the produce of places wh R F. feverMACGREGOR.Is. RAILerAY's FOR IRELAND.—The Railway eToinmstersucgtiin of railwaysvoesthefii following as the heads of a pl a n for Th e a Irela n d, t o b e p ropose d t o th e House of Comm ons b y Lord Nlor p e t h : -1 . A bod y of r e ceiving an inte rest of four per cent. thereon from c w a a p y i . talists, providing funds IT th e i nten d e d li nes o f rail the net revenue, and dividing any surplus beyond that with the counties through which the line shall pass. 2 A gua rantee for that itrerest from the counties pervaded and bcnefitted, they taking ia return half the surplus profits. 3. A Government Commission to execute and manage the railways. 4. A Hoard of Control, consisting of men of rank, station, and influe nce in the res p ective countie s , to settle the principal operati ons, to co ntrol outlay and charges, and t i p.otect all parties. This, or something tantamount to it, is the plan to be submitted by Lord :11orpeth to tl.e House of Commons. The body of capitalists who have agreed to advance the sum requis . te to carry out the plan is composed of Mr. Alderman Thompson, Mt. Goldsmid, and Mr. Abel Smith, the banker. THE C O UNTESS OF JERSEY'S GRAND BALL.-- Last night the abo ve lad y g ave a s p lend id ball , a t the famil y :11 season, the company ex ceeding 350 in num ber. Since the Ist of J anuar y , 1841, there have been trnioannstioontheinbellacu inrkeelendsquare, in ce l e b rat i on o f t h e introduc e of her Ladyship' s secon d d aug ht er , the without exception, the most Latly brilliantC,l reuniontina lrilli o e f rs ihe It present was, no less than 51 railway Patients received into the County Hos pital. Of these, '27 have been discharged cured, four have died, and one was dismissed.—Briphton Paper. HARBOUR AT THE CAI*OF GOOD HOPE One of the defects of the Cape of Good Hope, has b'en the want of a secure haven even for small vessels. Table Bay and Simon's Bay are each good at a particular season, but at another part of the year unsafe, and even impracticable. The new settlement of Graham's Town and Bathurst are equally-unfortunate, the rivers on . the eastern coast of the colony being in general closed by formidable bars, which will not allow vessels to enter them. By the most re cent arrivals, however, from that settlement, we have received Graham's Town Jour nals of the 11 th of February, and private letters of a later date, which mention the success of an enterprising individual, Mr. Cock, in making the Kowie navigable for vessels of a considerable draught of water, and in converting that river into a secure haven. His success will be of great advantage to Graham's Town, and all the settlements, on the eastern coast, and it seems to be duly appreciated by the Journal of that settlement. It says : " We are happy to learn that the Kowie is now open, and that the question of the practicability of the undertaking, may, in the opinion of judicious individuals, be considered as settled. Early on Sunday morning the river opened for itself a way to the sea through the new channel on the western side, and the depth of the channel has gradually increased from b to 10 feet at low water. We understand that the sand is gradually clearing away every tide, and is conveyed by the current to the eastern bank of the river, thus filling up the old channel. Along the ledge of rocks which form the western boundary, there is deep water, which continues quite out to sea. At present vessels drawing 6 feet water may enter, and when the steam-tug, which has been ordered, arrives, we doubt not but that vessels of a larger burthen will be found in the Cowie." It adds, in a postscript, entitled "Latest News from the Kowie," " Ihe success of this most important undertaking is now certain, and its effects on the Eastern Frontier in the fa cilities it opens to trade and the access which it gives the farmers to suitable markets, may be better imagined than described. So far the enterprise has succeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipations of the projector; and we believe it is not too much for us to say that now the district of Albany is in a fair way of obtaining a port far superior to any other in the colony. Vessels of considerable burden will easily enter when assisted by a steam-tug, and will find themselves in a river land-locked on every side, and as safe as in Me London Docks, while the process ,!/* loading and unloading can be car ried on from the shore without the intervention of boats or lighters. We are informed that the result of straightening the course of the river has been such an increase of water power to act upon the sand and butt', as to supersede the necessity of flood-gates. Since the certainty of the success of this most patriotic undertaking has been evident, property in the neighbourhood has acquired a new value in the eyes of its proprietors. In some cases, 500 per cent. advance has been offered, and refused for land near the river. We trust that no delay will take place in obtain ing from the Home Government the privilege of a free port. We believe that between Algoa Bay and the Cape, three or four ports could be opened ; and more than this, we believe they will be opened as soon as British industry and en terprise are transplanted there. Mr. Cock's labours will not merely benefit this district and frontier—the example will be felt_ in other districts, and the reproach of want of harbours will, in a few years, be removed from the colony." Private letters from the Cape, of a later date, assure us that the success of the plan was un doubted; and the enterprising individual who has engaged in the work, has ordered a steam tug and other vessels to be built in London for him, and expects to acquire both wealth and 'celebrity, by making a harbour in the eastern part of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —Tbe Queen and Prince Albert promenaded this morning in the Little Walk and Slopes for some time. After lunch, her Majesty and his Royal Highness. accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, drove out into the Park, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Household. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing to-day in a carriage. Viscount Melbourne left this morning The Rev. Dr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The Court willleave to-morrow (this day) for town. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign•ofce. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two bourn. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town a short time previous . to . lhc meeting► of the Council, from • visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Deputation from the India and China Association, consisting of Messrs. Lail eat, Crawford, M. P., thistle, M. P., and Gregson, bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, relative to the Sugar Duties. Colonel O'Rellly and Mr. Lynch, M.P.. had an inter. view with Lord Juhn Russell yesterday, at the Colonial. office. The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The agent for Jamaica, and Mr. Dean, Chair Ilan of the Customs, had interviews with tLe Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-Ntreet. Mr. Alston, M. P.,. had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. Mr. Thomas Green, M.l'., had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-offee. Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon, and also from Wept and Snuth Australis, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. SUGAR.—From a return moved for on Wednes day night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears, amongst other things, that the quantities of sugar imported into the United King dom in the year 1840 were a, follows, viz. :—British plantation sugar, 2,202,833 cwts. ; Mauritius, 545,009 cwts.; East India, 482,836 cwts. ; Foreign 805,167 cwts. Total, 4,035,845 cwts.; and that the total quantity retained for actual consumption in the United Kingdom in 1840 was 3,594,834 cwts. The net revenue arising from the duties on sugar in the same year amounted to 4,449,070/. SHOCKING ACCIDENT THROUGH SONINAM BULISNI.—A female servant, in the employ of Mr. Betts, who keeps a boarding-school in the village of 11ollingbourne, Kent, in going into the back yard early on Monday morning, dis covered a lad named Wildish, one of the boarders, ling un dressed, senseless, and bleeding from wounds on the lace and head. She gave the alarm, aml it was found that this lad, who had on the previous evening gone to bed early and in good health, had got up in his sleep and opened the window of his bed-room and walked through it. lie fell a distance of forty feet, and it is miraculous that he was not killed on the spot. There are but slight hopes of his recovery. POOR• LAW COMMISSION.—We find from a return lately moved for by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart.. M. l'., that the total sums paid for law expenses by order of the Poor-law Commissioners from 1635 to 1840, inclusive, amounted to upwards of 5,000/. SLAVE VESSELS.—The total number of slave vessels which have been captured under the late treaty with Spain, and in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, from 1837 to 1840 inclusive, appears, by a return lately moved for by Captain Pechell, M.P., to have been 79. MARCIIMONT PEERAGE.—The claim of Sir Francis D. Home, Bart., to this Peerage, the final hearing of which was postponed till after Easter. is now to come immedi ately to issue. It is worthy of remark that this case was or.- ginally drafted by Lord Brougham at the time when his talents and fame first began to dawn upon the world. and now, in its complete state, forms, beyond all question, the finest specimen of research and propinquity ever produced at the bar of the House of Lords. — Caledonian Mercury. ROBBERY IN AN Ontmuus.—Two well dressed men, who gave their names John Williams and John Wakeling, the former about thirty, and the latter apparently about eight or ten years older, were brought to Marylebone police office yesterday, charged with having stolen a purse, .containing nearly thirty shillings in gold and silver, from Aliss Hester Stanley, a young lady, residing at No. 28, Berkeley street, West. Miss Stanley stated, that on the same after noon, about three o'clock, she got into a Paddington omnibus in Berkeley-place, Edgware-road, intending to be set down in High Holborn ; the prisoners entered the vehicle at the Regent's-en-ells, and otter proceeding a very short distance, they both alighted ; a gentleman, who directly came up to the omnibus door, inquired if any of the passengers had been robbed, and on her examining her bag, the discovered that her purse and money were gone ; the prisoner Williams, who had a great coat banging upon his arm, had been sitting close to her, and the other man, Wakeling, on the opposite seat exactly in front of her ; prior to their making their egress, she had taken sixpence from her purse to pay her fare, and then returned the purse to the bag. Joseph Leat hart, 19, Park-piece, said he observed the prisoners no tic;ng the various omnibuses as they passed, and at length saw them get into one at the place named by Miss Stanley, He imagined from their manner that they were thieves, and having hinted his suspicions to police constable George, 114 11, they took their seats upon the top of the vehicle, when wit ness crawled over the root, and spoke to the conductor. They (the prisoners) got out at the end of Wells-street, and on witness ascertaining the lady's loss he ran forward and seized hold of Williams, who made a most violent' resistance. and in the scuffle which ensued, he dropped from his hand a purse into the road. A gentleman then came up, and with his assistance he (Williams) . was conveyed to the sta tion-house. He said that he was a respectable person, and that he (witness) would find himself mistaken. The purse and its contents were hero produced, and identified by Miss Stanley as her property. P o lice-constable George said that the prisoners were talking together at least five minutes before they entered the omnibus ; he collared and captured Wakeling, who exclaimed, " 1 have taken nothing from any one myself." Williams said he should decline making any statement at pre sent. They were remanded till Tuesday. CORN-LAWS.—Requisttions are in course of -. signature for public meetings to petition aga i nst t h e C orn laws and support Ministers, in the borough of Southwark, St. James's Clerkenwell, Southampton, Lyme Regis, and vast num bers of other timus throughout the kingdom. The proceed ings of Friday have excited a general commotion. STORM IN GALWAY BAY.—The following aw f u l account has been received from Galway, extracted from a letter written by a person on the spot :—“last Satur day w as a woful slay in thisibay, from Galway to Connemara. Between Costello Bay and Thiddaw, not less than twenty boats were wrecked. Forty boats escaped into Thiddaw harbour, and eleven boats were lot between the town and the Salmon leap at Costello, below the Lodge. The loss of life is not yet known, hut it is very great. It blew a hurricane, and it was beto see so many men floating on the sea w h o cou ld not be relieved. There was not so much damage done in this bav in the memory of man. A FEW QUERIES,....." What is the latin for Quakeress ?—Quassatri.r. Who were the first people w ho said nay ?—The .Naintl.t. Who first sold bacon —The Hama dryades? Whore did the dentists originally come from Tuscany? Which is the most celestial part of the British empire ?—The Isle of Sky. In what greet work do we find the best account of eels?--The Iliad.— Fraseeo Magazine, CHINA NEWS. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION IN CANTON RIVER. GENERAL ORDERS. Fort William, Secret Department, Feb. 24. The Right Hon. the Governor-Genus,' of India, hav ing received an official communication of the destruction on the 7th of January of Chuenpec and Ty-coek•tow, in an attack made upon those fortifications by the sea and land forces under the personal command of his Excellency Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, C.B. and K.C. H., Naval Commander-in-Chief on the coast of China, is pleased to order the publication of the following official account of the action. By order of the Right lion. the Governor-Gencral of T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. " At eight o'clock this morning the Royal Marines of the squadron, the detachments of the 26th and 49th Regi ments, and the 37th Madras Native Infantry and Bengal Volunteers, were landed, accompanied by the detachment of R net Artillery, with one twenty-four-pound !Aylmer and two six-pound field guns, together with a division of seamen belonging to the Wellesley. Blenheim, and Mel ville, in a'l about 1,400 men ; the bind forces under the command of Major Pratt, of the 26th Cameronians, copy of whose report will explain the details of military opera tions, which were admirably executed. " The Queen and Nemesia steamers were placed in po sition for throwing shells into the upper fort by Commander Belcher, of the Sulphur, and soon made an impression. A division of ships, consisting of the Calliope, Hyacinth, and Lure, under Capt. Herbert, attacked the lower fort off the sea face, and in less than an hour silenced the guns, although a number of troops remained within the walls. By ten o'clock the troops had advanced and carried the en trenchments with their field batteries. Major Pratt himself and two or threb marines were io posses-ion of the upper tort, and the British colours hoisted. The lower fort was speedily surrounded, and stormed by the entrance, as well as the wall, by a party of Royal Marines, and the union jack displayed on the ramparts. "The management of Ty-cock-tow was entrusted to Capt. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Samarang, accompanied by tt.e Druid, Modeste, and Columbine, and in one hour it was silenced; but the Chinese remained in it until it was stormed by the boats, in which operations Lieut. Bowers, senior of the Semarang, was severely wounded. The guns in all the forts have been destroyed, the magazines blown up, and the barracks and houses burnt. Eleven large war junks were anchored in the shoal water to the ea. tward of the position ; the Nemesis, under Commander Belcher, ac companied by Lieut. Killett, of the Starling, attacked them in admirable style, assisted by the boats of the Calliope, under Lieut. Watson, senior of that chip ; they were all set on fire and blown up ; one with all her crew on beard, a rocket having gone into her magazine. This ended the ope rations of the day. " His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief ex prep es his high admiration of the gallantry and zeal which animated every officer and man in the force, re turns his thanks to Captains Sir Le Fleming Senhouse of the Blenheim, and the lion. It. Dundas, of the Mel ville, and Captain Maitland of the Wellesley. Captains Herbert and Scott carried their divisions into action with their accustomed gallantry, and they were ably seconded by Captains Smith and Blake. and Commanders Warreu Byres, and Clarke, under their immediate orders. The Commanders Pritchard, Paget, and Fletcher, of the Blenheim, Melville, and Wellesley, the commanders of the steam vessels, and every officer and man employed, deserved the highest praise for their zealous exertions on every point. Major Pratt, of the 26th, conducted the operations on shore in the most able and gallant manner. He speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of every officer and man employed. " This service has been performed with trifling loss on the part of her Majesty's forces, although it is but justice to the Chinese to say that they defended themselves, espe cially in the batteries, with the greatest credit and devo tion. They have suffered severely ; their loss, including that on board the war junks, cannot be estimated at less than from Svc to six hundred, out of a force calculated at two thousand men. The slaughter in the lower fort, when carried by storm, was considerable." TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR J. J. GORDON BREMER, C R., K.O IL, COMMODORE OF THE FIRST CLASS, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, &C. &C. &C. Her Majesty's Ship Wellesley, Chuenpee, January 8, 1841. Sir—l have the honour to report to you that the troops under my command, consisting of a detachment of Royal Artillery, having one 24-pounder howitzer and two 6- pounder field guns, aided by a party of seamen from het Majesty's ships Wellesley, Blenheim, and Melville, de tachments of the 26th and 49th regiments, a battalion of Royal Marines, the 37th Madras Naive Infantry, and a detachment of Bengal Volunteers, in all 1,400 men, landed yesterday at nine o'clock, two miles below Chuenpee Point, for the purpose of capturing the several forts and bateeries on Chuenpee, The troops landed w ithout opposition, and having formed them, I bent forward an advance of two companies of Royal Marines under Capt. Ellis; the guns acre then moved on, supported by the detachment of the 26th and 49th regi ments,_folloe (l in column by the M ar i ne b a tt a li on , t h e 37th Native Infantry, and the Bengal Volunteers. After advancing a mite and a half, on reaching the ridge of a bill, we came in sight of the upper fort, and of a very strong entrenchment, having a deep ditch outside, and a breast work round it, which was prolonged upwards, connecting with it the upper fort ; it was also flanked by field battelies, having deep trenches in rear of the guns fur the purpose of shelter; the wholi was strongly lined with Chinese soldiers, who, immediately on seeing us. cheered, waved their flag. in defiance, and opened a fire from their batteries ; our guns were promptly placed on the crest of the ridge and commenced firing this was duly returned by the Chinese for about twenty minutes, and indeed in this, as well as our other encounters with them, it is but justice to say they behaved with courage; during this time the advance crossed the shoul ler of the hill to the right, driving before them the Chinese, who had lined it in considerable numbers, then descending into the valley, took poasesidon of a field battery placed there. I had previously ordered two companies of the 37th Native Infantry, under Captains Bedingfii Id and Wardroptr, to scour cound a 11 7 11 to t h e right of the advance, where they encountered the Chinese in some force, and drove them away with much loss. Captain Duff, commanding the corps, speaks highly of the conduct of these companies, which he had supported by another under Lieutenant Hadfield. Seeing that the fire from our guns was causing the Chinese to fly from the entrenchment and t eat.ere., 1 moved the column down the slope, causing the two leading companies of Marines, under Captain Whitcomb, to clear the wooded hill in front; I took a sub-division of them, got into the entrenchment, and proceeded up, inside the breastwork, to the upper fort, in which there was still a number of men; these were speedily dislodged by the two Marines who first reached it—the fort was entered, and the British ensign hoisted by a Royal Marine. The lower foil, which had 16 guns facing the sea, and wits surrounded by a high wall, and a small battery be tskeen, was from this completely exposed ; but the fire of these, as well aat of the upper fort, had been slimmed by the ships attaching on the sea lice. They were still in considerable numbers in the lower part of the fort, and had locked the gate; a fire was therefore kept up from the bill, and the advance coming round the lower side of the gate fereed it by musketry. On reacting they met with considerable resistance, which was speedily subdued; some men then entering an embrasure on the flank, the fort was taken and our flag hoisted, The whole of the forts and batteries being now in our possession, we proceeded to render the guns unserviceable and dismantle the fort, setting their encampments on fire, and on re-embarking, the magazine in the lower fort was blown up. I ten happy to say that the loss on our side has been small, and would have been less but fur the explosion of an expense magazine in the fort after the capture. The Chinese, however, suffered severely; between 300 and 400 were killed and wounded, including amongst the killed " the Heptai," an officer with rank equivalent to our Brigadier-General : about 100 prisoners were taken, who were released at the close of the day. I have great pleasure in stating to your Excellency the admirable manner in which the whole force behaved, and I beg to recommend to your notice Major Johnson, 26th Regiment, commanding detachments of the 26th and 49th Regiments. I must particularly mention Captain Elli s , commanding the Marine battalion, an old and previously distinguished officer, who conducted the advance during the whole day with the greatest gall letry and judgment, and be speaks in the highest terms of the men kilning the advance. Captain Knowles, R. A., who placed his guns admirably, and dismantled the f alter their capture; Captain Duff, commanding the 37th N. 1., and Captain Button, commending the detachment of Bengal Volun teers. From Li utenant Stransham, Adjutant of the Royal Marines, who acted es Brigade Major, 1 received most valuable assistance during the day, and gladly availed myself of the services of your military Secretary, Lieutenant Stewart Mackenzie, 90th Regiment, who vo luntereed to act on my staff, and took charge of a party of skirmishers of the advance the better part of the day. Lieut. Wilson, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, com• manded the seamen ; and the guns we re d ragg ed f orwar d in good sty l e, an d th disembarkation and re-embarkation of the troops was ably managed by Lieut. Symonds, of her Majesty's ship Wellesley. I enclose the list of guns captured and destroyed, and also the return of the casualties —I have, &e.. (Signed) J. L. PRATT, nijor, 26th Cameroniare, Commanding the Force. LIST OP CASUALTHIs IN THE PoRCE iEMPLOYED AT TIIE ASSAULT r:ND CAPTURE OP THE PORTS AND BATTERIES ON CHUENPEE, ON THE 7TH JANUARY, 1841. Wounded. Second LieutenantlWhite, keydl Marines, slightly. Auistant-Surgecn M'Pherson, Bth Madras Light Ca valry, burnt by explosion. Mr. Arthur V) her, mate, R.N. ( H.M.S. Blenheim), severely. Royal Artillery-1 gunner and driver, slightly. Royal Marines-2 sergeant', 7 privates, severely ; privates ali t htly. 18th Rosa! 11411—'2 piivater, ditto. 37th .11adras Nati% c Infantry-2 havildars, i nakr ie ' 10 privates, sevel sly. 3 officers, 2 sergeant, 11 privates. 1 gunner and driver; 2 havilders, I naique, 10 privates—. Total. 3 0 . , ( Signed) A. 11. STRANSIIAM, ACIg. 1 Calliope—one seaman, severely. Ligane major. Semarang— Lent. Bowers, severely; l boy, first claw, severely. Hvacintli-2 seamen severely, 3 slig htl y —Total 8. Of tile force employed on shore, 30-38 grand total wounded. (Copy.) 11cr Majesty's Ship Blenheim, off the Bocca Ti g ris, Jan. 8, 1841. 11ETURN OF ORDNANCEMuUNTRD IN THR FORT AND E N . TRIINCHISIENTS AT CIIVENVEK WHEN STORMED AND CAP. NOW ON THE 7TH JAN. 1841. In the upper for t, guns, iron, 9 . ; lover fort, guns, i ron, 19 ; in the entrenchments, guns, iron, I b ; guns, iron, not mo unted, 23—Total, 66. The suns in forts were nearly of the same calibre EvEN'ING i‘; the British 18 and 12-pountlerg. Those in the cn • trenchments 6-plunders. The guns were all rendered uniervicezNe, and the car rages destroyed. (Signed) J. IClvotvuts, Cama;ii, Commanding Royal Artillery. On Ty-cock.tow There guns were of the same calibre as those on Chucn pee, also rendered unserviceabl e . In the junks about 82, from 12 to 4 pounders. RECAPITULATION. . On Cbuenpee and its dependencies 66 On Ty-cock-tow 25 In the junks B2 Grand total TO COMMODORE SIR J. J. 0. BERNIE, e. IL , C H., CNC' MR/UM-IN-CHIEF, &C., &C., C. obedience to your instruction of yesterday, I proceeded with the ships placed under eiders off Ty-cock tow. The fort commenced its fire upon us at about 20 minutes past ten o'clock, which I did not reply to until I teak up my anchorage 10 minutes aftmr abreast of it, about 200 yards' distance, which was as near as the depth of waver would permit of oar approach. Tne Modeste, Druid, and Columbine, anchored in sucession, and in a few minutes, so destructive and well-directed was the fire of the ships, that that of the enemy was silenced, with the exception of an occasional gun or two. At 11-20 A.M., observing that we had effected a practizal breach in the southern end of the fart, I directed the boats to be manned S and armed, to proceed to storm it. Lieut. Bowers (first of this ship) immediately landed, support, ] by the boats of the Modcste : those of the Druid and Columbine, under the command of Lieut. Goldsmith (first of that ship) proceeded to the north end. An attempt at resistance was made by the enemy at the * breach against Lieut. Bowers and his party, but was in stantly overcome by the gallant and determined rush on wards of our men, which so appalled the garrison that they instantly made a hasty retreat over the hill wall, leaving us masters of the fort. The guns, amounting to twenty-five longs, of different calibre, were then spiked, the trunnions knocked off, a shot wrapped round with wet canvass driven hard home in etch, and they a ere then thrown into the sea, their carriages burnt as well as the whole of the buildingt, and mag,rnes blown up, previous to which latter operation all the wounded of the enemy were carried away clear of the fort. Their loss, judging from the number of killed lying in eacry direction must have been most severe. My best thanks arc due to CaptAin Smith and Commar ders Eres and Clarke, for the efficient and able supp,,rt. they hive afforded ale. It is impossible to say too much in favour of aq those under my command, their conduct merits my, warmest approbation. Of Li7ut. I3owers (first of this ship) I cannot sprak too highly. In the attack of the hreach he received a severe sabre wound across the knee, which I fear will deprive me for soma time cf his ices. I beg leave to recommend him most Etrortgly to your ftvourablo consideration, as well as Mr. Luard, mato. who behaved molt gallantly in the breach ; thi zealous conduct of this promising young officer has repeatedly drawn for th my commendations. Our damages are very trifling, being merely tom° of the standing rigging cut aw ay and a shot tbrougi► our bull, the fire of the enemy passir,g all over 11: 1 . Enclosers I beg leave to return a list of wounded 04 board the Samarang. I have, &c., (Signed) JAMES SCOTT, Captain. Her Majest3's ship Samarang, Canton River, Jan. 8, 841. (True copies.) . , T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, 21tar 6. COURT OF CHANCEItY. In answertnaquestion from Lord EI , LENBOROUG N. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, tint in pursuance of the Act for improving the proceedings Its tke Courts of Chancery, certain rules had been framed by himself, v,ith the assistance of the other JuOvs, but they acre not yet in a fit state to lay before the House, as required by the Act, nor could he state with certainty when they would b.:. SCOTCH ENTAILS On the motion of the Earl of ItOSEBEI: I', the En tailed Estates (Scotland) Amendment Bi!I was read a second time. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The Duke of ARGYLL brought in a Bill for the hitter regulation of Church Patronage in Scotland. The Noble Lord read the details of the Bill at length, but in so low a tone that no port of them could be heard in the gallery. The Noble Duke would not press the second reading of the Bill until after the General Assembly had had time tro consider its details. The Earl of ABERDEEN could almost undertake to state what the opinion of that House would le upon the Dill of the Noble Duke. He could not hut he surprised at such a Bill proceeding from the Noble Duke. The only fault that had ever been found with his Bill upon the lame subject was, that he had made too great concuss lion to the dominant party in the Church. But the Bill of the Noble Duke was neither more nor leas than one to le galize the Veto Law, and that in a manner more odbus than the original Law of the Church. He objected to the recognition in any Act of Parliament of " Moderating a Call." The existence of the ° Call" on the part of the people was not recognized in any Act of Parliament that had pasted heretofore, and be objected stroirgly to its being so now. By the Bill it was made compul sory on the Presbytery to rej'ct the presentee if they could not by any means reduce the dissents to less than a majority, there was the unmitigated veto. MO second clause limited the voters to the 'nabs beads of families in communion with the Church; he knew one case lately wherein there were only eight or nice heads of families—surely that was too limited a constituency in a populous parish of 2,000 inhabitants. According to the Bill, so far from being popular election he did not know but what the voters might ho a body packed for the pur poses of election, for the clause gave the Church power to make rules and laws as to who should be considered male heads of families who should have votes. Mani• persons in Scotland objected to any minister taking the oath of allegiance as such—The majority of male heads in a parish might be of that opinion, and a presentee might be rejected because he had taken the oath of allegiance to her Mi,jesty, He did not mean to speak offensively, but anything more preposterous he had seldom seen offered to the House. Tho Noble Duke said there was no desire for the abolition of patronage. Now that he thought was enough to make the House cautious; f,r the only prayer of all the petitions presented from Scotland was for the speedy aid entire abolition of patronage. The Noble Duke had given him the names of two gentlemen who did not desire that measure—one was the proximate Moderator, and the other the Professor that was to have been (Mr. Candlish). These were the two gentlemen who it was said did not desire the aboli j in of patronage ; yet a petition had beenpresentecrthat Session attributing all the present evils of the Church and its diffi culties to patronage, and desiring'—earnestly desiring—its speedy and entire abolition, and it was signed by both of these gentlemen. Now what was to be done with such men ? A great anti-patronage covenant, was entered into and from the Central Committee in Edinburgh all these anti.patronage petitions had emanated. There were in structions issued for the general getting up of these peti tions, and specimens of petitions were given, as it was stated that it was desirable the form of the petitions should vary, tut that all should pray for ill., abolition of patrou age. Petitions got up in that way and carried about from house to house could not be considered a spontaneous ema nation from the people. He thought that those who were conscientiously opposed to patronage would not be content with tbe , power of electing their ministers without having the power of dismissing them also. This was not an ngita- tion'on the part of the people, it was purely a clerical agi tation. They hoped that by declaring agitiost patronage they might conciliate the Dissenters; and, as a member of the Church of Scotland, it was with indignation that he hal read some of the appeals to the Dissenters. The Church of Scotland never had deserved the reproaches cast upon her by her apostr.to sons, in these base attempts to conciliate the support of the Dissenters to the anti-pa tronage party. These gentlemen by their conduct had deserved to meet with the same treatment which the Most Reverend Father Eacubao and other., his coadjutors, had met with at the hands of P a s ca l. This measure would be a moat mischievous provision, no it related to the Chur ch itself, and w ou ld no t conc ili ate th ose wh o so ught fo r i ti d abolition of patronage, but would mealy be "'leaerc e i:h! he an instalment. It was no t t o b e b orne th a t they r n s byt i a permitted to a tt em p t to coerce an d f r i g ht en l'i!r these anti -patr onage pet i t i ons. lie trusted their, d clog s would not listen t o t h ese preposterous c l a ims. llt with a good grace or not, th e y must retire d e ecr t be field. The Earl of ROSE BE R Y had ohj to the woe etire had taken up a wrong p os i tion , an d, whether they last sure brought forward by the Noble Ea . ' , iii). e ar. because the object. he believed it totally inefficient to semen; h d no two Preshy.. he had in view, and, had it been adopted. no considered a d c° ,fi u e a ki tion ‘ s proposed. to the veto by the measures of the a : l just te e s cause l do hose ate agreed exception. as l t ' e h e w let Noble Duke acre by n o been represented. Iti o means so inconsiderable xs considered it extremely this nature before it impossibleand were not that the case, it N E was anxious t t h o toh a u ragrteiristetsitiu h l : : p a o r n o l d i I 'i to keep : up the agita tion ; the majority of the people. (vgiuit,l.!tiitosnpwrtaivsisions. exclusively l Noble denied that s twi h oo a i ti ll e ood r r l idh i ta n ih,),, t et i: lb e lsi i i ri i ;l i i i :ie i : g bi r ii e n c i `,:fili,ooleit,Saviciro:tnltiritan:tir:ttlii;eleeYsurnubioijit`wlos'eurfloidtriuisi:e:ib. He did not th h e could D r u g t s e i s n n w s h e co i l c u h e nt pce Rairviesheits, his sup C.) port. n ni There tod, might m ake proper elections, but he believed that abuses would g radually creep into the system, and that wand': sous agitation would ensue. The present arrangewent for the appointment of ministers appeared to him both wise and equitable, and he did not wish to see it altered. The Marquis of BR EADALBANE said that the p'.ln ' ciples of the Scottish Church were essentially repres,onts tive, and the present agitation was not confined, as seemed to be supposed by some, to the clergy, but equally ex tended to the people. He approved to a great ext-nt of the Bill, as it made at all events n large concession to public feeling. It did not certainly go so far cs many of the most attached and most pure-minded ministers of the Scottish Church might desire, but he believed that so anxious were they for a settlement of the question that the Bill, if revised and modified, would teceive their approval and support. It had been, urged that their claims worn unheard of and contrary to l aw but on the contrary, they were perfectly con sistent with the practice and constitution of the Church. He entreated the House to lay aside all prejudices, and to. consider the question on Prestmerian grounds. Ho ea. treated them to weigh well the deep interest to be tra stthepeop n l r e ole o d upon f Scotland took in this question, for h e assure d t h em limy would winth i n l a w :ti urfle O s f i a rist l then A i: D erel igiousThe principles el'ON concurred with his . Noble Friend that this should be considered as a Scotch. I