The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-03 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION of the harsh and ungenial asperities of political rancour and sectarian exclusiveness. SMALLWOOOD'S MAGAZINE. Few of the cheap monthly periodicals are better deserving- of public favour than this, which is conducted with evident care and judgment, and usually contains one or more articles of 'superior excellence. Among these, we may single out the " Dentist of Frankfort," for it is a tale penned in a terse, vigorous style, and abounds in ingeni ously conceived incidents, which are well put to gether, and excite curiosity without violating probability. " Philosophy in its Relation with Christian Intellectualism" is an essay which, though it displays powers of thought far above mediocrity, is, we fear, but indifferently suited to the pages of alight amusing Miscellany. " Blind Man's Buff" is a story of the Carnival of Madrid in 1=.34, penned in the lively, tripping measure of Lord By-ron's Don Juan. The subjoined stanzas upon conscience may, perhaps, be accep table to our readers : Our conscience is at times a ticklish guest, And curbs and quells the boldest heart of man ; Unnerves the arm, and daunts the bravest breast That. e'er pertain'd to gallant veteran : I therefore do advise you to divest Yourself of such retainer, if you can ; Particularly when you are encroaching Without a license—some would call it poaching. The giant shrinks at its command ; it makes The dwarf a giant, by:a deadly wrong; The warrior trembles when his conscience quakes ; The coward's heart grows, by injustice, strong ; And so all evil doers—for your sakes— Take my advice, and do not keep it long : The way to put the miscreant to the rout Time out of memory is to wear it THE SPORTSMAN. This Magazine, as usual, contains two spirited plates, the best of which is "A Halt in the Highlands "—a picturesque landscape sketch, with a wild mountain back-ground, whose lofty summits mingle with the sky on the verge of the horizon. The figure of the sportsman, who is seated on a fragment of rock, refreshing himself with a glass of whiskey after the fatigues of the day, exhibits much ease and grace of attitude. The literary contents, which, of course, are ex clusively of a sporting character, are happily adapted to the class of readers to whose tastes they appeal. Among the various contributions the one which we have perused with the most pleasure is " Wanderings by the Lakes and Rivers of Ireland," in which there is a racy de scription of Loch Neagh, " the largest lake in the British Islands, being twenty miles long, twelve broad, and covering an extent of ninety eight thousand two hundred and fifty statute acres." ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. Those who are fond of stirring, warlike inci dents will be greatly entertained with Mr. Mas son's details of the " Fall of Khelat and the Cap ture of Lieutenant Loveday," which are given at length in the current Number of this Miscellany. For ourselves, however, we confess to have been more pleased with an article under the quaint title of " Something anent my duels and their causes," for the spirit that suggested it is a manly and honourable one, and the chief cir cumstances are related with unaffected sensibility. The "Indian News," at the end of the Number is as circumstantial as could be desired. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE QUEEN'S POISONER; Or, FRANCE in the SIXTEENTH CENTURY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COS rELLo, Author of " A Summer among the Bocages and the Vines." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now ready, the Third Voluma of THE LIFE AIND TIMES OF T HE RIGHT HON. H 6RATTAN By HIS SON, HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., M.P. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, MAY 3 Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASS u RANCE. Sir Hareeurt 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. Attar which 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 ,'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, ls. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may De had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andre xs, bookseller, 67. New Bond-street. BRITISH MAGAZINE. A copious Monthly Register of religious and ecclesiastical information, and containing, inter alia, some useful correspondence on the subject of Dissenters' baptisms. "THE CHINA SUN," WHICH WAS REPUBLISHED LATELY, IS NOW ON SALE, With all the LATEST NEWS. rnE RAILWAY SUN WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A FEW DAYS. FARMERS' MAGAZINE. As its title imparts, this Magazine is designed chiefly for the use of agriculturists, though the dissertation " On the Rises of Botany and Che mistry in Agriculture," will please the generality of readers, from the vigour and simplicity of its style, and the clearness and consciseness with which its views are laid down. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS -AY. '4l 49 minutes after 0 I Evening 9 minutes after 1. SYRIAN NEWS. A letter from the frontiers of Syria, of the date of the 14th of March, gives the following apercu of the present state of that country, in a sense unfavourable to the Turkish domination :-- You are aware, I believe, that the traitor Yussuf Bey, after the retreat of the Egyptians, went over to Aleppo with about 200 miserable and ragged Hosseiris, and there exercised the fcnctions of Governor. Upon the arrival of Achmet Z.karia Pacha, however, he was deposed from this post, and he has since lived as a private indi vidual. A troop of about 1,600 Arnauts, who bad come from Natolia to Aleppo, were at the same time the terror of the quarter of the Christians in that toter. They committed the grea'est excesses, first demanding spirits, then music, and afterwards forcing the Christians to bring them their own wives. The same troops mare Led afterwards for Tripoli, and there declared to the Gover nor that they expected the best houses in the town to be placed at their disposal ; care being previously taken that the men should be all turned out, and only the ha rems left in them. This moderate proposal was laid be fore the inhabitants by the Governor who, in reply, took up arms, barricadoed the gates, and called to the Arnauts from the walls to come and take their wices if they could. You arc probably already aware of the reasons of Izzet Pacha's recal ; he was in league with Ibrahim, in whose hands in wanted to place the Osman troops, in order afterwards to fall upon the mountaineers of Lebanon. As yet the Osman authorities have done nothing whatever to wards the organization of the Administration of Syria. The Government money chests are completely empty ; and re quisitions on the part of the authorities are never obeyed. in fact, but little attention is paid in any case to the Turkish authorities. In addition to this a scarcity pre vails in the land, which, without the conveyance of sup plies from Egypt, would long since have become bitter fa mine. A regiment of cavalry, under the orders of Sha ker Bey, lately came over from Harrah to the coast, and there laid waste several villages, for the purpose of ob taining corn and fodder for their horses ; and in conse quence, the inhabitants of the mountains from Latakiah to Tripoli were irritated to the greatest degree against the Turks. The apparent tranquillity which still prevails in many parts of Syria will, as is evident to all who are well acquainted with the country, be of very short duration; and in case of fresh disturbances, the Turkish domination in Syria would be lost for ever. In the Hossoiri moun tains the Sheiks are fighting among themselves. A few days ago one of the n fell upon another and killed him : the party of the latter upon that took up arms, took forcit•,ic possession of the village cf the enemy, burnt it to the ground, and destroyed all the fruit trees. " Both Er.g ish and Russians are labouring hard in 'the endeavour to extend and strengthen their influence as much as possible in Syria. The English have as yet the upper hand, and are supported in ail their plans with antraordinary and unparalleled zeal by the Austrians. Russia is the declared protector of the Greek Church, and fir mans daily appear giving some advantage or other to this or that Greek Rajah. Of Prussian influence nothing what ever is heard. The inflt.ence of France is totally annihilated. The Jesuit Father Rillo, the most active emissary of the Eoglish in the Lebanon country, has just received an or rider, act in brilliants from Constantinople. The English artillery troops that were at Jaffa have returned back again to Bey rout. Acre has been vacated by the English garrison, but it is not to be supposed that they will soon quit Beyroot. " It appears by letters from Damascus that the two Al asanese who murdered a Christian of the name of SM. maul, at the instigation, it was said, of the Jews, have again been set at liberty. The Tuffendsbi Bashi ( Com missioner of Police) said, in anscver to the representa tions of one of the relatives of the man, that Sednani was not worth anybody's troubling themselves about when li v i ng , and much less when dead. The relation upon that applied to the Russian Consul at Beyrout ; and this efficer has demanded that the murderers should be imme diately taken up again ; adding, that he should come over to Damascus himself to investigate the matter, and enforce jUgiCe." We read yesterday in the Times these words Wbat the Premier in 1840 designated as a measure which none but a madman would think of, the nominal leader of the ficuse of Commons proposes in 1841." This is said on the subject of the Corn-laws. Now we chal %age our C on t e mporary for its proof of the t rut h o f i ts assertion Well k now irig that it was false, we did, nce or _ aimless, look back to the Parliamentary report of the last two or three sessions. When speaking on the subject of the Core-laws, we find Lord M el bourne expressly " re serving to himself his own opinions as to any modification in the existing laws which might hereafter be deemed proper or expedient" A ga i n , we find his Lord. ship saying that this Corn. law question ought to be looked at as a question of revenue and finance. His Lordship was disinclined to change for the mere sake of change; but he over and over declares that he is net bigoted to the present system. To show the unfairness more clearly (a mild word) with which the Tories misre present the declarations of Viscount Melbourne, we give at m it 1-ngth the passage upon which the i ns anity" false bend is founded. His L or d s h ip . 7 As s uming the pos sibility of our being in a situat i on le which we might legis late %%stn a tabula rasa—a blank sheet of paper before us, I will suppose that we had no interests to protect, and that we were told that this was to be a great m anufacturing coun try, great in wealt . :7, in pro,perity, and in population • and I should even then very much doubt whethe r it would be countries wise to establish laws which roust m a k e a manu facturing populationdependent upon f ore i gn '''.g oue for a supply of corn. But when I consider the situation in wilier) ee staed—w len I consider the various and con , plicated inte:ests which we have to protect—when I e o „_ eider the peculiar nature of our fluancial position, and find my Noble Friend proposing to throw the whole agrieul tural interest WITHOUT PROTECTION, I declare before God that I think it the wiliest and maddest scheme that ev er entered into the imagination of man to conceive." Thin was spokei in the session before last. Now the case is this—Lord Melbourne declared himself opposed to the abo litim ° " -al( Pnteting duties whatsoever; Lord J Russell is abost to a opohe Protecting duties; then what brazen, liars are fiecto Tories !_ Observer. , , ZOOLOV L GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK. „ moon the elephant was brought from his e•-,,-..,_;5.41,bu,,irt attired in scarlet cloth, with gold lace, over -esiltieleTispla an elegant cas.le, with eight seats, occupied ,ladies air entle,men, who -ere carried up and down the We heard of nothing yesterday and Saturday but the Budget. It has already taken deep root in the mind of the nation. It has excited the anger of the Tories beyond anticipation, and has caused as much satisfaction to the Liberals. The existence of the former is bound up with cor ruptionists and monopolists, and a blow aimed at them goes to the heart of the faction. They will, however, struggle hard, and if the V.berals mean to gain a victory, they must at once exert themselves, and neglect no preparation which may tend to secure success. Our readers will have noticed that Mr. Alder man THOMPSON, on Friday evening, stated that a petition had been got up from all the merchants of the City of London engaged in the colonial trade against Mr. LABOUCHERE'S plan to reduce the duties in the colonies, and allow them to import various articles direct from other countries than England. Already we hear the same class of men (who are becoming as great a nuisance as the owners of rent, from not being satisfied with the fair and honest pro fits of trade), connected with the East and West Indies, are beginning to make an outcry against the reduction of the duty on foreign sugar, pre dicting ruin to the colonies, and combining to resist the proposed change. We may be sure, too, from what Mr. AARON CHAPMAN said in the House of Commons on Friday, that all the owners of rotten ships who employ them to bring timber from Canada, care less whether they sink or not on the voyage, will resist the smallest reduction in the enormous tax they are now permitted to levy on the people. There will be endless assertions again, as there were in 1831, about the ruin of the saw-millers in Canada, while those who have so much compas sion, from some fellow-feeling on account of a small reduction of profit, have no regard what ever for the famishing millions at their own doors. Of course the landlords also ; who are fully sensi ble that if once their tax be assailed by the Government it must be totally abolished, will join with the sugar dealers of the East and West Indies, with the owners of rotten timber-ships, and with all the jobbers in saw mills in Canada and New Brunswick, who cut up the pines of the United States, and are paid for their humanity and their patriotism by a tax on the people of England; all these classes directly interested, will form one vast combina tion of monopolists and jobbers to resist the Go vernment scheme. They will be joined, too, very probably by many of those gentlemen who are known to have an extraordinary affection for a black skin. Already they have inflicted, most unjustifiably, great privations on the industrious classes at home, to carry their crotchets into effect, without the smallest success. They admit, after spending more money, and wasting more lives than we care to calculate, that the slave trade is now carried on more extensively and cruelly than ever. This class of well-meaning enthusiasts, being anxious to keep slave-grown sugar out of the market, will join the mass of jobbers, and will resist the Ministe rial scheme to give a little relief to the suffering people of England. They resisted Mr. EWART'S motion last year to reduce the sugar duties on this ground, and persevered in plundering by law the people of England to enrich the West India planters. If by continuing the discriminating- duties on sugar, the condition of the bulk of the black po pulation of our colonies was improved, there would be some reason to approve of their con duct. But the excessive stimulus given to sugar cultivation in our colonies by the duties is more a curse than a benefit to the emancipated slaves. Not a single sixpence goes into their posses sion as increased wages, but the whole tax is absorbed by planters, estate-owners, mer chants, a n d shipowners. Nevertheless, it is to be apprehended that the anti-slavery party will oppose this year, as they did last year, the reduction of the discriminating duties on sugar; and with them Bank Charter jobbers and other monopolists will make corn mon cause, fkom a sense of common danger. All these, joined wick the. merely political Tories, whose hope s W i ll same side, make them -zealous on the will form, e have no doubt, one of Ak, • rif\x• 0 a ui 4144 E: 1 - 9Va * 161 ..,.. *oo k . .t . "T' A A Tf,it. l 7 ' •- .1 .••• • _ " c§aten LONDON: MONDAY, MAY 3, 1841. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAUEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The most powerful attraction ever offered. First Night of Claude Duval, supported by Mr. J. S. Balls, and the ac knowledged best Company ix the Metropolis, with an en tire change of Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, Will be acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DUVAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma• chinery, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. After which, the Comedy of WILD OATS; OR, THE STROLLING GENTLEMAN. Rover. Mr. J. S. Balls. To conclude with the Romance of Diablerie, entitled APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND. Apollyon, Mr. 0. Smith, The Last Week of his Engagement. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ROME ! NOVEL AND EXTR %ORDINARY EXHI BITION. THIS EVENING, MAY 3, will be opened, for the first time, a new COLOSSAL and PICTORIAL MODEL, of AN CIENT and MODERN ROME! exemplifying on a scale of enormous magnitude never before attempted, the former glories and present aspect of the once-proud" Mistress of the World ;" and comprising among its most striking features the ancient Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo ; the Vatican and Pontifical Palace ; the Toridinona Theati e ; Ospitale di Spirito, and the vast and marvellous Basilica of St. Peter's. This magnificent re presentation has been entirely constructed from the designs, and under the superintendence of Mr. Danson, assisted by numerous eminent artists. The delineati.n is so accurate, and the proportions so stupendous, as to offer a perfect realisa tion of those wonders of architecture which still render the " eternal city" the most interesting spot on the face of the globe. It will be exhibited Daily from Ten till Dusk, together with the splendid ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, which inc:udes several recently-acquired rarities, and specimens of unequalled size and beauty. Admission, One Shilling.—Feeding hour, Five o'Clock. THE SUN, _LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 3, IR4I. the most formidable combinations that ever a Ministry had to encounter. It is incumbent, therefore, on all who are the enemies of monopoly in every shape—on all who pant for freedom of trade and freedom of indus try—on all who are opposed, from principle, to legislative dishonesty, the most dishonest kind of dishonesty, and most certainly pregnant with great calamities, if not with dire and impending ruin—it is the bounden and the imperative duty of every honest man— of every religious man, of every humane man— of every man who wishes for' the preservation of social order, and hopes for the quiet and peace able improvement of the species, at once to rally round the Ministers and support them in their efforts, however feeble, but well-timed, to abate-- not, we regret to say, destroy—three of the heaviest and most unjust burdens and mono polies which now weigh on the industry and prosperity of the nation. We know, from undoubted authority, that the Ministers have long been sensible of the neces sity of dealing with all these subjects. Last year Mr. LA BOUCHERE and Lord Jon N RUSSELL expressed such an opinion. Fur ther distress and further decay have forced the same conclusion on the unwilling Lord MELBOURNE. Unable to resist the autho rity of facts, he has for some time, we believe, been convinced of the necessity of the alterations now proposed, and been determined to make them. Other matters, in the opinion of the Cabinet, but not in ours, of more importance, compelled the postponement of these great mea sures, till at length, the Bill for settling the franchise in Ireland being happily got rid of, and the Budget coining on—which was fixed fur Friday last, be it well remembered, before the holidays—the Ministers have opened to the country the plan which they have devised for gradually relieving the industry of the peopl from the accursed fangs of monopoly and injus tice. It was pointedly stated by Lord HOWICK, in his admirable speech, and assented to by Mr. LA BOUCHERE, that these were not insulated mea sures, but parts of a great scheme for effecting a full and complete revision of our tariff. How far it shall be carried, after such an announcement, will depend on the people, and on the energy they display in supporting the Ministers. We are far from saying that these measures are enough. We would have a greater approxima tion to the principle —as far as timber and sugar are concerned—that taxes are only to be levied for the sake of a revenue, and not to give a six pence more or less to any class or condition of her MAJESTY'S subjects. They are all entitled to equal justice ; and it far surpasses human ability to devise a system of protection, once begun, equal and just to all. As far as food of all kinds is concerned, we still demand the total abolition of all taxes, for all such taxes, by impeding the growth of popu lation, strike at the root of national greatness and social improvement. Both depend on the increase of the people. A sta_ionary, or a retrograding population, is always mise rable and criminal. It is suicidal in :any Legislature to tax the food of the - people. It will now depend, however, on the people themselves how much they are t o get. The Ministers, opposed as they Pre by powerful in terests, will not go beyond the line of prudence ; and the people must be united, bold, and ener getic, taking what they can get, and supporting most cheerfully the Ministers, but not stopping short of justic e in their demand, to enable the Ministers to do anything for them. Success now depends on the people ; and, if they be true to themselves, they may now achieve a great com mercial and fiscal reform, the proper comple ment to parliamentary reform. And la us at once tell all the fundholders, all those who live on taxes, all placeholders and perisioners, all who depend on the Government for subsistence, that it is only by promoting com mercial reform, and setting industry free, that they can hope to be paid their dividends and their salaries much longer. The pro ductive powers of industry are limited. All these classes, and all the land and tithe owners, with all of every description who live without being engaged in productive labour, can only receive the surplus of the industrious classes. That the former have anything the latter must be subsisted. But our present system goes the length of destroying, by its over rapacity, the industrious classes, and so de stroys the only means by which all the others are sustained. The public is not, we believe, fully aware of the defalcation of the revenue. Every yearsince 1837, the National Debt has been annually aug menting. Every year since then, the expenditure has been increasing, and every year the revenue has been more and more deficient in proportion to the expenditure. It is useless to tell us, as the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did, that there have been of late some extraordinary charges which will not again occur, for every year will bring its own burden. While that increase of expen diture and deficiency of revenue have been go ing on, Ireland has been tranquil and troops have been removed from it. The working classes of England, too, though greatly aggrieved and greatly discontented, have submitted to starvation with even too much patience. Who will answer in the next succeeding years for the tranquillity of the two parts of the empire if the present system be persevered in, or if its evil be aggravated by the acces_ sion to otfico of the Tories ? Let not the public deceive themselves by supposing that there will be no other sources of extraordinary expen diture, in the next half-dozen years, than the Canada outbreak and the Chinese expedition. There can be no rational hope, while the bulk of the nation demands a continual extension of the operations of Government, that there can be any sensible diminution of the national expenditure. Well,what then was the deficiency of the revenue last year? 1,841,097/.said Mr. BARING. But there was included in it the sum of 1,200,0001. levied on imported corn, which whole sum will fall away with the first good harvest. The estimated ex penditure for 1841 exceeds the revenue by 2,400,0001. The produce of the new taxes last year was, as Mr. VILLIERS proved, only 530,0001. instead of more than three times that amount. Further taxation will produce a similar or a worse result. Thus the present system of taxa tion cannot be carried further; it is now, on the average, upwards of 2,000,0001. a year less than the expenditure, and there is no hope of the expenditure diminishing. It is as clear as that that two and three do not make six that the system cannot be continued; and if the great multitudes, dependant on the taxes, if all those who live at ease on the productive classes, desire and hope to continue in the enjoyment of their incomes, they must help the Government to abate or destroy the protecting duties, which, like every other kind of robbery—for they are nothing better than a Legislative robbery—de stroy infinitely more than they give to the pro tected classes. A crisis is now reached in our financial system, and the public have the choice offered them of continuing to levy taxes on sugar, on timber, on corn, and other commodities, for the avowed purpose of putting money into the pockets of sugar planters, timber cutters, rotten-ship owner and landowners, who perform no services what ever for the money, or of abating those taxes, and taking nothing from the people but fur the payment of services or debts. The industrious classes cannot any longer support themselves, while they work as it were in fetters, and support the many idle people whom they have now to subsist. If they decay, however, all will decay, and it is fbr the interest of all that, .they . should receive justice, and be at liberty to exer6 themselves. The protective system has renched' . its culminating- point, and it will depend on the , 0 0d sense and exertions of the people, uniting with the Ministers now to abate and ultimately to destroy that system, whether it shall sink quietly into annihilation or perish amidst blood shed and ruin. Madrid Papers of the 22d ult. have reached us. In the Chamber of Deputies on that clay Senors ALONZO, BRAVO, GILSANZ, LoPEz, and BURRIEL were elected Ministers of the Mixed Commission to arrange with the Senators the mode of discussing the Regency question. It was expected that the Senate would elect its members on the 23d. Letters from Lagrono announce that four bat talions of the division commanded by General ZOBALA passed through that town on the 9th, as did the cavalry regiment del Principe, proceed ing by forced marches into Catalonia, whither the remainder of the division was to follow imme diately. No business was done on the Bourse on the 22d. There is no news of political interest in the French Journals of Thursday. Count de GAS-. PA RIM brought the subject of the high price of butcher's meat in Paris before the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday, and called upon the Go vernment to lower the duty on foreign cattle. This was opposed by the Minister of Commerce, although he admitted that the home supply was not equal to the demand. The number of oxen annually fattened in France is 313,000, the number killed 483,000. Thus more than one fourth the oxen slaughtered in France are not in a condition to serve for nutritious food. Ger many would supply France with an abundance of excellent beef, but is pie vented by an absurd tax of eighty francs a head upon all cattle imported into France. To secure a ruinous monopoly to the French cattle-growers, the Government reduces the poor of France to the necessity of absolutely feeding upon soup made from horse-flesh! And yet, in the course of a previous debate upon this question, the Chamber of Deputies applauded the declaration of General BUGEAUD, that he would rather see France invaded by an army of Prussians than by some hundreds of German bullocks. But great as is the want of beef in France, the country must still be content with the bad article sup plied by the monopolists at a famine price. The celebration of the KING'S birth-day on the Ist, and the baptism of the Count de PARIS on the 2d inst., were officially announced in the Chambers on Wednesday. All the military posts were doubled in Paris on Wednesday night, and every precaution taken to prevent an emeute. But up to the af ternoon of Thursday the City was perfectly tranquil. Tli - e news of the defeat of the English Cabi net upon the Irish Registration Bill was con veyed to Paris by telegraph, and appeared in the Messager of Wednesday night. Lord GRANvir,LE's health is, we are happy to state, gradually improving. He is r however sufficiently convalescent to le chamber. .ot ,ve lii April, after givin an account of the condemnation of r to t t • , A)en Aissa wen y 3 g ars har:, labour, and of the behe.:ddlig of eight Arabs by order of A letter f 7 „ ni Ai General Niguer, for h':,;ino- asmssinated two French soldiers, g - iets of the 10th of April 18, a Mai about highly veneratzd S .;, u , n a d l a executed neat the Babazou Gate. He had been brought before the tribunal at Algiers for having had a suspicious connection with the natives, and likewise for adds — e .A 6 On n bs having openly preazhed against the French in the Mosques. He was sentenced to undergo capital punishment, he ap pealed, but the last mail from France having brought word that his appeal was rejected, it was necessary to proceed to the exe cution. These capital punishments are unhappily the only means of awing the natives, who consider any other punishment as insignificant. The rain has set in again. fhis may delay the departure of the expedition. The plain is at present perfectly tranquil, and the convoy an rived at Illitlah without being molested. Perhaps Ben Salem has received orders to go with his forces and join the army of Abd-el-Kader in the neighbourhood of Alitianah.—Moniteur. "I he Ministry causes a report to be circulated in the Cham bers and in the journals, that it is preparing to order proceed ings to be instituted at London, to ascertain the author of the letters published in La France. The official journal, how ever, is silent on the subject, and the public are still reduced to conjecture and uncertainty respecting the projects of the Cabinet. —Le Commerce. BO URSE.--PARis, THURSDAY, APRIL 29. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric.. Price r - rei.ch 5 per Cents ll3 40 ... 113 40 ... 113 30 ... 113 35 4 per Cents 99 40 ... 99 20 ... 99 20 .. 49 2.1 3 per Cents 7B 90 .78W1.. 78 9t) 18 9) Rank of I , rance* 2182 50 ..3182 50 ~3182 50 ...slB2 51 Laßitte Bank 5,0 . 00 f. Shares 5157 5U ...5137.5q ...5157 5e ...5157 5) ge:gian Bank 1841.. Belgian 5 per Cents. New Loan :01% ... 11% 10.% 1b1;¢ ipAnish Active Passive 5% -. 5 % veapollt.u. Roman ttAILVYAV SHARES. 1.-;ermain Vecsailles,kt. B 165 305 ... 26) 365 LB 236 25 . 226 25 ...:35 .. 35 Rouen Orleans • • , . 483 73 490. 488 73 ... 49.) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening ) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Aram 30.—The demand continues exceedingly limited, and the market very flat and unsettled in price. The middle and inferior qualities of Ame rican and Surat have again declined Is. Bd. per lb., and even for better sorts it is difficult to obtain our extreme quotations of last week. All long staple is very heavy of sale. Speculators have taken 800 bales of American and 450 Surat, and exports, 550 American, and 450 Surat ; '2,850 bales American, 100 Bahia, and 50 Surat, forwarded into the country this week unsold. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 30.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange to-day have been to a fair extent, but in prices no alteration :—Birkenhead, New Shares, 18%; Eastern Counties, bi ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 37i ; Glas gow, Paisley, and Greenock, 24 ; Grand Junctien, 209 i ; Great Western, 95i , London and South Western, 554. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 30.—This mar ket has not altered in any material degree :—Manchester ant Leeds, 63 per Share; Ditto, Halves, 26i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25 4 ; Lancaster and P res t on , 321 ; Di tto, N ew, 25; London and South Western, 59; Ditto, Tenths, 445. 6d. Manchester Lfe and Fire Assurance, 94. Hobart Town Papers to the 26th December and the New Zealand Journal to the Ist November have been received, but they are destitute of news. The Budget has slightly depresssed the British Market. Consols at one pet iod were done at 90k, since which they have receded to 90k, with little doing. This is a holiday at the Bank. The Stock Exchange would Ms) have been closed had it not been for the Budget. Exchequer Bibs, 12 14; Bank Stock, 168 170. In the Foreign Market, nothing doing as yet, and the prices are mostly nominal. Spanish Active, 23* ; Deferred, ; Passive, 5a ; Portuguese, ; Three per Cents., 20* 1/2 ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 221/2 23 ; Mexican, 2 ; Dutch Twe-and-a-Half per Cents., b 2 t 1; Five per Cents., 993 SIIAKES.—Great Western, 30i 31 prem. ; New, 151 -I prem.; London and Brighton, dis. ; Blaekwall, 54 A dis.; Birmingham, 71 73 prem. ; Southampton, 581/2 59, per share ; Croydon, 14i 3/4 per share ; Greenwich, 8* per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Pdid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ... .. 75 Great North of England ... ..... 80 Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London andBrighton London and South Western 384 .. .. to Ditto Tenths i* 2 /1 to Lundell and Croydon (T run k)... 134 i4a to The Budget is the only topic of conversation to the present time, and it has not had such effect on the British Funds as was anticipated. The variation in the price of Consols has been 90i. We hear of only one bargain done at the above price, since which they may be quoted 94 for the Account; Money, 90i 89/; Exchequer Bills, 14 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, no thing done ; India Stock, ditto ; India Bonds, 4 2 prem. In the Foreign Market there are only four quotations, Spa. nish Active 23k; Mexican 293 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.. nothing done ; Five per Cents., 994 .i. In Shares scarcely anything doing, Birmingham and Gloucester, 75, Great North of England, 76 ; Great West ern, New, 65i ; Fifth., 12A ; London and Brighton, 4sb ; London and Croydon Trunk, 141. The Stock Exchange continues open. Consols, Account, 90e ; Mexican, 29i i ; Portuguese, 331 to 34i ; Spanish, 24 i No business doing. • CLOSING PRICES. - BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock •• India Stock 254 3 per Cent Red.......... 881 ! Ditto Bonds 2 pas 3 per Cent C0n5......... 90k Ditto Old Annuities 3-1 per Cent Red........ 97:a Ditto New Annuities — New 31 per Cent......... 98i Et. Bills, 1,000/....2id 12 pm New 5 per Cent.......... Ditty 500/ l2 pm Long Annuities to expire `,..iitto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860 - Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 — India Stock for °pg.._ Jan. 1660. FOiIEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 r e er cent._ Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5, per cent...... Ditto, New Ditto — Brazi'.,an 80nd5.......... 69% Prussian, 5 per cent. B - Jenos Ayres. 6 per cent Russian, 15 per cent — Chilian, 0 per cent...._ Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent__ 'Spanish, 5 per cent 234 Ditto, 1624 Danish, 3 per cent....... 'French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 18;45, 5 per cent_ Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent..,, French, 3 percent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. _ Dutch, 21 per cent. ... Petthian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent l3irmingham and D S e H rb A y ß tra S nw . ay (100 pd) ... 68 Btrtningnam_and Glouuester Hail% av (109) 751 Cheltenhatn and treat Western-(6-4 paid) 32i - Great North of England Railway 490 paid) 76 Great Western Railway (65 paid) .... - Ditto New Shares-00 pad Ditto Fifth - (4-paid) .. • - London-and kritifiton (50 paid ).;..f. Inn ion and South Western: .. oBi • Ditto Lcndon and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l4i FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 29.—The average price of Wheat last week was 18f. 21c., and that of Rye JOE 29c. per hectolitre. LIEGE, APRIL 29.—This morning a deplorable ac• cident took place in the coal mine of Ougree. nine o'clock there was an explosion of gas. The workmen were all at work, and the cause of the ex plosion is not known, the work having been examined in the morning before the men went down, when every thing appeared to be sale. Messengers were imme diately sent i n a ll di rec ti ons to otain assistance. From inquiry made on the spot we hear that twenty workmen are missing. BRUSSELS, APRIL 30.—1 t is generally b e li eve d th a t wither the King of Holland nor the Princes of his family, can set their feet on Belgian territory without violating the Constitution. This is a mistake ; the King of Holland may come and pass the summer at his seat at Terrouen, take out a game license, or go a fishing without hindrance. The folowing is the law • IN THE NAME OF THE BELGIAN PEOPLE. " The nation's Congress declare that the members of the family of Orange Nassau are excluded from all power in Belgium." They are merely excluded from all power; they can not be senators or gamekeepers, but there is nothing to hinder them from coming to Belgium. They aie not in ' the same situation as the family of Napoleon with re spect to France. We should not be at all surprised to ice them come to visit our exhibition, which is at hand, and take many tickets in the lottery of works of art. PETERSBURGII, Aram 19.—The marriage of the Grand Duke Alexander is to take place on the 28th of April, the day before his birthday. FRANKFORT, APRIL 25.—it is reported here to-day that the Princess Mary of Darmstadt, the bide of the Grand Duke Alexander, has been attacked with the smallpox, and that her face is so disfigured that she is hardly to be recognised. (Die Amsterdam papers of the 30th April state there is no foundation for the re port.) THE HAGUE, APRIL 29.—Hi3 Majesty set out this morning on a vi.it to Durdrechtand, North Brabant. THE HAGUE, APRIL 30.—We have already re ceived I ere the news that his Majesty the King arrived yesterday afternoon at Tilling, and was re ceived with the greatest enthusiasm by our inhabieants, who went out to meet him, TURKISH FRONTIERS, APRIL 15.—Accounts from Constantinople state that Tahir Paella, the new Capi tan Pacha, who held that office under Sultan Mahmoud, and was deprived of it on account of his too great severity, has just given a remarkable proof of his harshness by causing the chef baker of the arsenal to receive the bastinado. Two Frenchmen in the service of the Porte are said to have already resigned on that account. Reschid Pacha was much indisposed for some day, after his dismissal, which many persons have been dis posed to lay to the charge of the Government. Though nothing is more natural than that the mortification lie had received should affvet his health ; however he had since visited the Grand Vizier and his sucee4sor, %Nat Paella, by both of whom he was received with much honour. The opinion that he will soon obtain a tot eiF,n mission gains ground. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 20.—0 n the 15th the N was free Irom ice down to sea. Oa the 1 7 ° the morning, a salut e o f art ill ery aim - at ten in . of the navigation cf the river.unced the ope n i ng placed.—Journal o f Si , dnd Issac's-bridge was r e - OUTc, Petersburgh, April 20. rt.lNDs.—AmbiLiztiAm, APRIL 30. ills. Dcznt, per cent Ditto, ditto 5 per tvr.t. Amor t Svndle., 4% per cent 9u 901 i Du ) ditto, 354 per cent 7l :4% Conunercial Company, per cent 16 , 14 166 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1437, 5 per cent. 9Oa 98 Exchange on London, One month l2 0254 Two months Dutch Papers, May 1. BELUIAN F U NUJ—Bitusem." APRIL 30. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cart ........ 100% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 92 3 per Cent. 40) lOO% Loan of City, 1832,4 per Cent Bl% Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. National Society . Exchange on London (shot t) ....Brussels Papers, April 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vts.ir*, Aram 2: rive per Cents. Metalliques • 16 7 14 Foot per Cents. Three par Cents. Rank Shares Zeituag, April 27 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, APRIL 27. Bills. Money. St. Schuh!. Sch., 4!,,, per cent lO4 103 5 5 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 101 100% Exchange on London, three months 6 1974 —Prussian Slate Gazelle. April 21. Thirty.seven THE TIMBER DUTIES. There seems to be some doubt as to the pro position made by the Chancellor of the Exche quer relative to the Timber Duties. Some of the Journals have stated that he meant to reduce the duties on Baltic timber ss. the load; others have said 135.; but all agree, we believe, in saying that he meant to follow Loral Althorp's scheme. Now Lord Althorp proposed to reduce the duties on Baltic timber 15s. the load, but he spread the reduction over three years. The re solution on which he was defeated went to reduce the duty on Baltic timber from 555. to 495. on January 1, 1832; to 435. on January 1,1833 ; and to 40s. on the Ist of January, 1834, making a total reduction of 15s. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as we understand his proposition, is to reduce the duty 155., but to make that reduc tion at one period. RAILWAY TO SCOTLAND. The following. is an extract from the Fourth Report of the Commissioners, now printed by order of the House of Commons, on the best line of communication between London, Edin burgh, and Glasgow. The preference is given to the Western line from Lancaster, Carlisle by Lockerby, Beattock, Lanark, and Hamilton to Glasgow, with a branch from Thaukerton or Symington to Edinburgh, as being the general route which would fulfil the greater number of requisites in the Railway communication under consideration. Having now enumerated all the Lines submitted to us which have reference to the communication between England and Scot. land, as well av those which bear on the question of the commu. Mcation to the North of Ireland, we have to state that they have been subjected to a careful and minute examination. We have not only inspected the country through which the several Lines would pass, but we have deliberately considered the various ele ments of superiority possessed by each. fhe chief of these ele. men:s are the distances and gradients; the probable cost of con. struction and working ; the numerical and commercial importance cf the population to be accommodated ; the relative traffic and other statistical properties ; and it is on a consideration of these that we have arrived at the conclusion which it is now our duty to report. We are led to believe, from all the information we have been en:.bled to collect, that the amount of traffic which in the present state of the commercial and other relations of England and Scot. land may be expected between Edinburgh an d Glasgow and the South is not such as would be likely to afford an adequate return for the outlay of capital required for the construction of two dis. ttnct Lines of Railway, the one from Darlington to Edinburgh, and the other from Lancaster to Glasgow. Were this otherwise, we should subdivide the question into two branches, and consider in the first instance which of the several Lines would be the most suitable for a communication by Lancaster to Glasgow, as well as to the West of &otland, and to the North of Ireland, and which would be the best route by Newcastle to Edinburgh. Under such circumstances, we should have air arded the prefer. once to the East Coast Line, whether deviated or not, between the two last named places, and have then weighed the merits of the various routes to Glasgow; but seeing the extent of capital that would be required for the construction of two distinct trunk Lines, the one to Edinburgh and the other to Glasgow, we feel under the necessity of recommending, at present, the construction of one Line only ; and, after a careful review of all the circumstances of this important question, we give the preference to the Line from Carlisle by Lockerby, Beattock, Lanark, and Hamilton to Glasgow, with a branch from Thankerton or Symington to Edinburgh, as being the general route which would fulfil the greater number of requisites in the Railway communication under consideration. We give this opinion, however, under the supposition that ante cedently to the construction of this Line, the Railway shall have been formed between Lancaster and Carlisle, or that both Lines shall be undertaken nearly simultaneously: but should this not be the case, and parties should be found to construct the Line from Darlington to Edinburgh, then the western route ought to be abandoned for the presuit, and in that event we should award the preference to the East Coast Line over the Hexham Line. THE I3RANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAy.- The Bran ling Junction Railway Company are now prosecut ing very extensive works near the Mill Dam at South Shields, in order to admit of their railway terminating near to the Mar ket-place, in that town. The terminus is at present in West Holborn, opposite the Penny Pie Stairs, and nearly half a mile from the principal seat of business in that town. It is proposed to extend the line, and form a depot and terminus on the site now occupied as a depot for ballast opposite the extensive crown glass works of Messrs. Cookson and Company ; and for this purpose they applied to the Town Council of N e w cas tl e, at t h e meet ing on Wednesday week, for leave to erect a quay and shipping docks at that place ; the application was received and will shortly be determined. The ballast hill is in course of being removed to the sea shore, and an extensive tunnel has been formed from the river, underneath the works of Messrs. Cookson and Co. and the public road adjoining, so as to convey the biillast away without interfering with the pro posed erections. This will be a great accommodation to the public, and will materially enhance the value of the Brandling Junction Railway to the inhabitants of South shields, and tend to increase the great prosperity of this flourishing under taking.—Doncaster Gazette. _ . . 4.) In our last we stated that Zephaniah Williams and four convicts had run away Iran Port Arthur, It appears that Wi.liams. who is an IN rseer of the coal mir es found in the bush a boat, and the convicts wha had concealed it knew that, un!e•s they fun ced him away with them, they would be isea ye cd so t► ey took him away with them, and at the first house he came to after leaving the remainder of the men, he gave himself up, and is now in g.iol at Richmond. We are glad to twar the conduct of Wil i.ms, since lis arr.yrl here, has been extremely exemplary. We ht,ye and tort some of the Canadians bave et-duped from Green - Poiids, under rdtber ordinary ctrciimttince=.— Hobart Mon Advertiser, Nov. 24, 1641. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY. —Ye; erday afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince and Piincesv of Leiningrn, and the Royal Suite, arrived at the Castle frem town, es corted by a party of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, The Royal Standard was hoisted upon the It ,und Tower at five o'clock, the time the Royal paily entr red Windsor. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Illustrious Visi'rra, and toe whole Suite, at. tended Divine Service in the Chapel Royal, St. Ge , irge's, the gentlemen wearing the Windsor uniform. The Rev, Mr. C. Knyvott, chaunted the first part of the Service, arid the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moore, and the Rev. Mr. Proby, read the Communion Service. The latter gentle. man preached an eloquent sermon from the Ist verse of the 14th chapter of Sr. John—" Let not your heart be troubled, ye believed us; God believes also in me." The musical part of the Service was as follows :—" Te Deum and Jubilate, Kent's, in C. ; the Sanctus and Kyrie Eleison, Dr. Elvey ; the Creed, King's, in C. ; the an. them, " Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake," (Ferrara). Dr. G. J. Elvey presided at the organ. This afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Prin cess of Leiniugen, and attended by the Countesses of Mount-Edgcumbe and Erroll, took at, airing in a pony phaeton and four; in another phaeton were the Earl of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, Lady C. Cocks, and the lion. Miss Cavendish. The Earl of Liston - el, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir F. Stovin, attended on horseback. Prince Albert preceded the Queen on horseback, at tended by Colonel Wylde, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Captain honcis Seymour. The Princess Royal was taken an wring, and returned before the storm commenced. The fine Band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Grand Music Room in the Castle last evening, and in the course of the night played the following pieces :-1. " des Grecs " ( Broudell) ; 2. " Tremolo," Walur (Labitziky); 3. " Pas de Trois " (Rossini); 4. " Qua drille des Druids" (Despreau); 5. " Polonaise" (Wad dell) ; 6. " Albina Gallop " (Kleise). A new organ, built by Gray, of London, and just put up in Eton College Chapel, was this afternoon used fur the first time in Divine Service, and a very splendid instrument it proves to be. We have not time to go into its different meri's and beauties, but must content ourselves with saying that Mr. Gray has paced another grand instrument in a cathedral church. Mr. Mitchell preiied. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, left town at ten minutes past three o'clock on Saturday 3_0 ., ternoon in an open carriage -and-four, escorted by a parts of Hussars for Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was in another carriage , airtl.four, with her attendants, and the Royal Suite occupied three of the R carriag, , s ; in the first we, e Col. Wemyss, Equerry in Wait ing, and Col. Wy lde, liquery; in Wa ting on Prince Al. bert ; in the second carnag e was the Countess of Mount , . Edgecurnbe, I .4dy: in Waiting ' • Lady C. Cock, and the Hon. M;L s C avendis h , Ma i ds of Honour in Waiting ; and the 2arl of Listowel, Lord in Wai ng ; and in the last cha. riot and four were Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Wait ing, and Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert, Fivr MAjesty and the Prince, on leaving Buckingham P.lace, were conducted to their carriage by the Lard Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse ) the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, and the Vice- Cha niberlain. Her M-j,sty, before leaving town, gave audience to Vis count Meloourtit. In the foretio;,,n her majesty and Prince Albert walked in the ~ 0 arden of Buckingham Palace. Wylde has relieved Colonel Bouverie in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on hii Royal Highness Prince Alt ert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anr,e Maria Dawson, lett her resalence, Clarence House, St. James's, at hatf.past three o'clo2k on Satuntay afternoon, on a visit to her M. jesty at Windsor Castle. The Duke uf Cambridge, attended by Lieutenant-Colo eel Jones, left town on Saturday far his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness honoured Viscount Sidmouth with his company at dinner in the evening, at his Lordship's residence in Richmond-park. The Hon. C. A. Murray, left Buckingham Palace on Saturday for All Souls, Oxford. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Pal-vigil-office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two hours and a half. A Deputation from a great number of Railway Com panies waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing-street, to procure an alteration in the mode of levying the Railway Passenger Tax. The Deputation was supported by the following Members of Parliament, Mr. Loch, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Bell, Mr. Robert Steuart, Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Mr, Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Broadley, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Oswald, Lord James Stuart, Sir Henry Parnell, Sir William Rae, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Houston, Mr. George Wiltrabam, Mr. Den niston, and Mr. Lockhart. A Deputation, consisting of William Allen, Joseph Neatoy, Josiah Forster, George Stacey, Samuel Fox, John Hodgkin, jun , and Thomas Norton, jun., had al in terview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at the Colo nial-office. The Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Belfast, Mr. Dun. combe, M.P., and Mr. James, M.P., had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home-office. A Deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the defalcation of Mr. Abbott, the Official Assignee, consisting of Messrs. Josiah Wilkinson, Adam Murray, Clement Georg , J. George, Edward Pain, Pacr Bruce Turner, Samuel Tuder, Jain Wheel on (late Sheriff,) and Grundry, had an interview with the Rght Hun. Gerit'einan, on Saturday, in Downing-street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Cualms, had an interview on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, in Pail-mall, from Stowe, Bucks ; Lord and Lady Bateman and family, in Portman-square, from their seat in We:es ; Mr. T. and Lady Charlotte Egerton, in W ilton-crescent, from Kent ; Lord Berwick, from his seat in Wales ; Lord Colville, in Portland place, from Cheltenham ; the Earl and Countess of Listowel, in Belgrave-square, from the Continent ; Sir Thomas D. Acland, Bart., in Jermyn-street, from Kilverton, Devon. ; the Earl and Countess of Antrim, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Abyngdon, at Wytham Abbey, Oxon ; Lord and La y Fev.rsham, in Arlington -street from their seat in Yorkshire; the Marquis of Salisbury, in Arlington-street, from Hatfield House, Herts ; Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, and Misses Stanley, in Grosvenor-square; the Earl and Countess of Galloway, in Grosvenor square, from their seat in Scotland; Lord and Lady Braybrooke, in Bur lington-street, from Audley End, their seat in Essex ; the Earl and Countess of Powis and Ladies Hubert, in Berkeley square .fr.on Yowls Castle, near Welshpool ; Lord and Lady Hevtesbury, and Hon. Miss A'Court, in Queen Anne street, from Heytesbury House, Wilts; the Dowager Countess of Connie!, end Ladies Scott, in Eaton-square; Lady Duff Gordon and Misses trordon, in Hertford-street, May-Lir, from Leamington Spa ; the Earl awl Countess of fidlsborough, in Grosvenor-street, from Easthsmpstead Park, Berks ; the Earl of Ha idington, in Berkeley-square, from Leamington, War wickshire; Lord Beaumont, at Mivart's Hotel, from his seat in Yo kshire; Major John Wildman and Lord Grey of Cu oby, at ditto, from Greville Hall, the seat of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington ; Mr. Edmund APDonnill, at ditto, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Abingdon; Lady Louisa h*rr, at ditto, from ditto; Mr. C. Newdigate, at ditto, from his seat in Warwickshire; Sir Wiliam and Lady Foul s and Miss Fouls, in Brook-street, from their seat in Yorkshire; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, in Arlington street, from Newmarket; B aron an d Baroness Dimsdale and family. in Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, from their. sear, Camtield-place, Hens, Admiral sir Jos.as Rowley, in Duke-str, et, St. James's, from his seat in Ireland Sir Thos.• and Lady Whichcote, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from a tour on the continent ; M. Burgess, at ditto, from a visit to the Earl of Powlett ; 111 r. E. B. Farnham, at ditto, from Quorn Hall, Leicestershi, e ; Mr. Napier, at ditto, from his seat in Ireland ; Miss Campbell, at ditto ; the Marquis of Douro, in Belgrave-street, from Leamington Spa; the Earl of Devon, in Bryanston-square, from his seat in Ireland ; Vis count Somerston. from Sommerly, Ringwood, Hants ; Lord Lowther, in Carlton-house terrace, from the Continent ; Lord arid Lady Seymour, in New-street, Spring-gardens, from Maiden Biadley, Wilts ; Lord Macdonald, from his seat in Scotland ; Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison and family, in Great Stanhope-street, from Brighton; Sir William Heath cote, hart., M.P., in St. James's-place, from his seat, in Hants ; the Earl of Chichester, in G osvenor-place, from. Stanmer Park, his seat in Sussex ; Lord and Lady o eurte nay, is Bryanston-square, from Neweast;e, Ireland ; Lord Clifford, from Ugbrook Park, near Chudleigh ; Lord Wharn cliffe, in Curzon-street, from Wortley Hall, Cheshire ; the Dowager Countess of Strathmore and Mr. Hutt, in Conduit street, from Gibside, near Gateshead ; Lord Crewe, at Mi vart's Hotel, from Crewe Hall, Cheshire ; Sir B. Cape], in Charles-otreet, Berkeley-square, from Kent; Mrs. Charles Lush ington,. at her house in Mansfield-street, from her house at Hastings; Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Shilierton,.Devon; Captain and Mr. Vivian, at ditto, from Tonbridge Wells; Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, at ditto, from Southsea, Hants ; Count Nugent, at ditto, from Inland; The Earl of Liverpool, at .Five House, from a visit to Colonel and Lady Katherine Harcourt, at St. Clair, Isle of WL ht ; Lord Sandys, in Curzon-street, from Worthing ; the Earl and Countess of Galloway, in Grosvenor square, from their seat, in Scotland ; the Marquis of Down shire, in "Hanover-square, from his seat in Ireland ; Lord and Lads Feversham, in Arlington-street, from Duncombe Park, Yorkshire; Lord Seaham, at Holderness House, from Paris; the Countes: of Bridgewater, in Gross error-square, from Ash ridge Castle ; Lord and Lady Poltimore, in Grosvenor-square, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Bateman, and Hon. Miss Bate man, in Portman-square, from their seat in Wales; Viscount and Lady Louisa Lascelles, in Hanover-square, from Hare wood House, Yorkshire ; Lord and Lady Lyttelton, in Eaton. square, from Bagley Park, Worcestershire ; Lord Wal singham, in Bond-so eet, from his seat, in Norfolk , the Earl of llchester, Lord Stavordale, and Lrdy Caroline Strangways, in Burlington-street, from Melbury House, Dorset; Sir Wal ter and Lady James. at Mr. Cuthbert Ellison's, in Whitehall gardens from South Park, near Tunbridge-wells; Lord and Lady Colchester, in Great Cumberland-place, from a tour of the 'lsle of Wight ; the Marquis of Bristol, in St James's square, from Brighton; Mr. Norman M'Donald, from Dublin Castle ; Sir tlichard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, in Portland place, from Leamington Spa; Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Per kins and firmly, in Queen Ann-street, from tl.eir seat, Chip stead-place, Kent. KENIBLE'S BLUNDER, 015, THE HORSE A 141). THE LADY.—A ludicrous circumstance occur, ed one m orn' ing during Kemble's management at Covent Garden. A gentleman was shown into the green-room, whose objec t was to treat about an engagement for his daughter; but as about this hour a horse dealer had been appointed t° 'all the manager, whose head ran very much upon his stud, mistook one for the other, and began by asking t b f, father of Melpomene, " How old is s h e ?" .. S ixteen last Slay, sir." " On, ste's aged, th e , , and won't do for fbe r hard work ; pray is she quiet ?" " Perfectly, I never knew; a gentler creature." " Has s h e b een l ong i n tow n r " I only brought her up with me a week ago f rom East Grinstead." " Has she bee n p roi.erly hand led?" -" ivi r. Tnelwall has given her some lessons." " Has she bee n ever between the pillars?" " Sir, I don't understan d you." " Well, welt, no matter ; if your terms are mode" rale, I dare say we 5h,.11 not Oiff.r." " Sir, that I Way` entirely to yourself; she is below, shall I bring her up t c : . you ?" " Bring her up ? o h, no (sillily grimly), give b e " to my groom; he'll put her into a stall till I come down t° look at her." " Imo a stall, Sir ?" " Yec, Sir, into; 1 1 1 stall to he sure ; a n d a; y ou say she is quite gentle, an I presume, peVectly sound, I am determined to tty her ---- . ~..._, self. My triend M ot t o :, is writing a me:o-d rama , i n whirl' MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF GENERAL SIR am to perform; and lam deter . i e n_in b e a rl e , k sh l vld ,, l j e clostheher b a b e a k r; ga u in, n r it o my mak d e m u y h eu r tr s ee ba ur h r Rt7F ANE S. DONKIN, SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF THE ORD- - k i '' S ir ! Sir, do you on to affron t a Grinstead." NANCE, AND MEMERR FOR SANDWICH.— fills toorniit this me 3 ) ,, " a l :iet‘ieten thousand pardons. but non 't you o' ll l gallant officer and talented gentleman, who for soiree time from the Cumbe7land-mews No, I catne from Ea - , nas been in a desponding state, and was under the care of ,• With a mare?" "No,' with my da ugh. te t r: 0 a medical gentleman and two , keepers, contrived, in their ~ Go , by Skyscraper out. of Andromache?" " No, she 1; the te mporary absence, to hang him,eli to the bed-posts of his fiett•boin of y m y o wn and my ever-I;mented wife, Mary ' i 0 , 1 ,0 . v , a -%.... partri cut, at N.. 5,. Portland-street, Sutitbanipt in; his girl's loins." - " Bless my soul, Sir, I have be e n betrayed unfortunate and dell Grate act was not discovered - until life i 2. great-mistake ; but I are glad we halpentd . to ba : 1 7, 7 be ga; extinct.—An i , rine , t was to be held this afternoon.— (somnudy taking a pinch of :inuff)—stieli meetings s 0 (' Hampshir e . Telegr (TA' of. Saturday. -- -- - . private."_ DEPARTURES. Dli s lrskine, from the Waterloo Hotel, Termyn-street, for York ; Sir Wild .m Pus-ell, for the Continent; the Dowager Countess of' Clarendon, from Clarendon House, for Leaming ton Spa; Count and Countess D'Appnny, fir Brighton; Lord A. Seymour, for Scotland ; Mr. and Lady Frances Ley, from Richmond-terrace, for Tunbridge Wells; Alr. and Mrs. Lee Warner and fimily, friim their seat, 'Jibes ton (:ourt, Hereford shire, for Wal,mgham Abbey, Norfolk ; John Yenning, Esq., and family, front Dimond's Hotel, Onnond-str&l, for Brigh ton ; 11 ilam Haggtrt, Esq., and family, from ditto for Ham burgh; Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam, and .tirs. and Alt-s Coventry, from Portland-place, for the Bridge House, Afaidotrhead. MORNING EDITIoN. THE BUNTINGITE WESLE VANS T►he true characer of the Bunting iie Wesleyans- -- the disciples of the 11 7 atehman school—is admirably illus rated in their conduct on the Maynooth grant, a communication respecting which appears in our liar borough news. When the co-operation of these gentry is asked, for the promotion of any great measure of religious liberty they retwe their aid—" It is political !!" When mea more consc entious than themselves are required, under the penalty of fine and imprisonment, to contribute to a system they deem unscriptura►, these men, though themselves profes,ing to differ from the same system , will do nothing to remove the grievance„ Again theY say—" It is political." We can see nothing but gross hypocrisy-, in these Pr e ' tences. If these mea really believe thenueiven empted, by their religion from the great work of PO . meting liberty, with all its attendant blesSinis—p-if the/ can bring their minds to think that the great:and glg . rious principles of the New Testament, are, limited to private matters, and arc not to be applied to public they can feel justified in leaving the oppeessede the burdened, the plundered —to be crushed beneath the galling yoke—let them retire to the obscurity for which only they are fitted—and in which, we regret to say, they will not be alone. But when we see OOP alter this ado about refraining from politics, lendia their active aid to measures equally political, we kite° not how sufficiently to express our disgust at their coo' duct. When a strong attempt was male to darasge the Ministry—and not only the Ministry, but the:advocate s of Liberal principles generally, by opposing A nd rev' dcring obnoxious the Government plan of educatioat these Watchmanite Wesle3als were in the veil thickest of the frt.y, and we had occasion t, ) e xposer more than once, the unfairness of their proceedings. So, now the bigots in Parliament are opposing the Maynooth grant, for political purposes, these gentry et . again actively at work—not out of love to the voluntati inciple, but because the endowment is given to anothe r sect than their own. If it be asked, " Why, then, t l° they support. the Establishment ?".—we reply, " fie' cause they hope one day to share i n i ts spells. 14 there no Popery within its walls at w hi c h th ey migh', take alarm ? There is—but we have furnished a ker to their conduct, Ebenezer Elliott justly c a lled their L'initZieneo—;. " The hundred Popes of Engiand 3 s jestaty j " and they had better reform themselves before the% meddle with Maynooth,—Leicester Mersioy. HOW TO GOVERN THE MASSES' (Prom the Noncoqbernist.) A short way and a vigorous one, of dealing evi c t famished millions, is that in fashion at St. Stephen°' Drive them from every common hi the kingdom by f , a °4 closure Acts—hav e they not th e roa d s ? W orry with ganic-lattl--are the sports of g e ntl e m e n tO °- abandoned ? Wring from them half their scanty wage s by ta*es tipnti their articles of food and clothing-4W ! them about on all sites by rest r i c ti ons , th a t they 1 081 carry their 1 ibour and their skill to the lowest market s —prevent them from buying bread at any but dearest. When, by such means, they are deprived all power to stave off want, break up their homes ! shut them up in workh ouses — se p ara t e h us b an d au; wife, children and parents—set over them l e w.breu' domineering masters—pay chaplains to preach Christi° patience to them—and, if nature rebels, off with the!, to blackholes, aed starve th em i n t o su b m i ss i on . This the approved method of governing " the masses If there be justice in Heaven, as assuredly there ir: although heattless rulers may forget it ; if there be God above us, whose prerogative it is to right the or pressed, and judge thoie who " grind the face of il° poor," these things cannot last. The abettors of tbi° fearful tyranny—Whig, Tory, or Radical—aristoers ti mercantile, or trading —may hope in vain to e sc ape tribution. The storm is brewing. Thickening lure clouds skirt the horizon. C ommerce d ec li nes . TO° cannot regain its wonted elasticity. Sources of ru' perity are, one after another, drying up to a pp e ar other lands. All things betoken the slow, but c ertai o approach of a universal smash. But this New Poor-law— have not all partic 6 spoken well of it ?Do not all agree—all, who ha/ not sinister designs to answer—that it works wel l Yes! all but " the masses"—considerably above Or half of the nation. Were the lion the painter, 1 : strangely different pict u r e wou ld b e d rawn . Wh il i then ! Are the poor "to eat up," in the language Lord Brougham, " their Lordships' estates?" Litt need, we think, to ask that question, would the' Lordships forbear to prey upon the estates of the pot. Must not idleness be discouraged, must not r eal pro; verty be discriminated by a searching test ? Win else is proposed—what other object is answered by tu i all-applauded Bill? We answer with another qug. r t Is it not a ri g ht prin c ipl e t h a t a ll men s h ou ld prom' honestly for their own ? W a ll i n , now . some doz e :, men, and coop them up within a paddo c k, a f e w yar d square. Tell them to get their living by their labour'', preach to them th a t our mother e a rth i s b oun tiful, a , the same moment that you take from them their be st tools. Bid them give you half rheir produce, and do e e not the principle, which is intrinsically good, Wulf ? totally inapplicable ? a practical tyrannizing falsehoo d , It makes all the difference, whether contentment r urged as a duty before or after dinner. There is another mode of governing " masses," ag r so much in vogue 'tis true, but one which the sonuf c our Legislators adopt, the better for all parties. The soul of it is, that men nave rights, as well as p ro pel Landowners and lundholdera little dream of this. 11 : 1 heavy burdens, their own despotic tendencies cre ate p ; they have mainly cast upon the back of poverty. 11 swell their own enormou s i ncomes , l a b o u r i s f or bidd e if to sell its fruits at this market, hunger to satisfy its l at that. Give back the poor their rights, rights rud e ' t , snatched from th em at t h e p o i n t of th e b a y on et, osi, upon them oily their equitable proportion of tixetiou; give their ind us t r u " a f a ir s t a g e a n d n o favour ;" suir e them to buy and sell as they list without State•itit e f meddling, and when this is done, praise the new Poor-lu"' it you will, as a marvellous statesman-like measur e ' The poor will object to it no longer. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. a SIR—If I mistake not, your columns have a dvec•lt e l •the exclusion of the B:shops f r o m the H ouse o f Ler" Perhaps not so frequently as if there had appeared se tt chance of that change being effected ; for, it is 010,1 discouraging when th ere i s no p ros p ec t o f an y a ttest being paid to that whi c h one upholds and recommenr"; I am somewhat surprised, Sir, that none of a u , lawyers have ever noit ttel out a simple, and a perfect i9 l legal course, whereby, as the Bishops die cif, th ei c succe , sors might be prevented ent-ring the klou s i of Lords ; and so, by degrees, would the number 1 ( 1 1 parliamentary B.stiops ceerease, until no more W 0t1 " be ie t. • The Bishops sit in Parliament, not in virtue of th r ` i bishoprics, but of their baronies. Those baronies l i r, vest the Bishops with their temporalities ; and it i ; quite optional with the Crown either to grant the temporalities or to withhold them. Let the experinte n i be tried on the appointment of the now vacant see 0 „ Worcester, and the question would be brought to issue at once. When the new Bishop shall make the accustomed application for the t :mporalities held by 131 ' predecessor, and for the accumulation since his de cease, let the new Bishop be told that the tempora l ] ties, &c., have been handed over to the Consolidat e d Fund, for the augmentation of the public revenue, od that the like is intended to be done hereafter as th e other bishoprics fall vacant. The election of a Bish ° Pf is wholly a matter of grace and favour on th e part ° I the Crown, for there is no obliption upon the part ° the Sovereign to issue a conge defire to the Chapter, The adored Protestant Queen Bess used to increr'S" her revenue by keeping bishoprics vacant several yer' ri ; and what Elizabeth did could not be condemned by o e l true Church of Englandists of the present day. It is scarcely possible to conceive any ac t which would be half so popular as that which I have eecoov mended. It would immortalize the name of the S t " - vereign who should first try it, as well as strength en ' beyond the power of caleulatioe, the Administrati oo who should recommend and uphold it. That our youog and excellent Queen nay he the Sovereign who shall reap the full quantum of applause which ail be inse' parable Irons the course above recommended, is th e ardent wish of one of her most loyal subjects, Who 13° the honour to subscribe himself, Mr. Editor, Your very obedient servant, London, April 30, 1841. BRITANNICVS.