The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-12 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERPAY. TIMES.—It amuses us much to find ourselves accused of a " profligate and unblushing abandonment of principle," be cause we will not help the Ministerial prints to get up a "great crisis" for the purpose of keeping their masters in office. It is stated, and with perfect truth, that in numerous articles, of recent as well as of remoter date, we have remonstrated with Ministers for not carryince out with more consistency and rigour " the a bl e p o li cy o f Mr. Huskisson ;" that we have said, " the good sense of the House of Commons and the coun try" would support a Government which acted in the spirit of that poliey ; that we have appealed to experience as furnishing " repeated proofs that the grand interests of our commerce would not be converted by the principal Members of the Opposition into weapons of offence ;" that we have re commended an "extension of the bases of taxation by en larging and relieving the class of consumers ," and a more ex act and equitable adjustment of protective duties, as the most advantageous methods of providing for the exigencies of the public service; and that we have urged the reduction of the duties upon colonial produce. Undoubtedly, we have ad vanced all these positions, and, much as it may disappoint the crisis-mongers to hear us say so, we wholly deny that we have ever retracted or abandoned any of them; we see no reason for abandoning them, and we shall not abandon them till further enlightened upon the subject. Where, then, is our incon sistency ? Does approbation of Mr. Huskinson's principles of necessity convict us to be the supporters of every mea sure which Mr. F. T. Baring may profess to found upon them ? Does an equitable adjustment of protective duties, does the repeal of onerous and unprofitable restrictions, in volve the sweeping immolation of every protected interest, without regard to the collateral considerations of philanthropy, policy, or justice ? Does a demand for a reduction of the duties upon colonial produce imply partiality for a tariff which ac tually raises some of those duties, while it lowers those upon foreign produce of the same description ? Does a convic tion that " the grand interests of our commerce will never be converted by the Opposition into weapons of offence" preclude us from feeling and expressing indignation when we see them so abused by a profligate and desperate Ministry ? Does a recommendation of measures which the good sense of the House of Commons and the country would support, pledge us to measures intended to " stir society to its foundation," and array contending classes against each other with deadly feelings of animosity and bitterness ? We laugh the foolish fallacy to scorn. The genuine principles of Mr. Huskisson, which we have ever ad vocated as just, comprehensive, and liberal, are held as much by the Conservative Statesmen who repudiate the Baring Bud get, as by the Whigs who fabricated that rash and revolution ary measure. Mr. Huskisson was no Whig, but a Tory ; Sir Robert Peel was his colleague in office ; and, as Mr. Herries informed the country in the recent debate upon colonial duties, " Sir Robert Peel and every other colleague of Mr. Huskisson gave their cordial concurrence in all those measures which Mr. Huskisson, in concert with them, proposed." He added (and the accuracy of the statement was admitted by Lord John Rus sell himself), that it was the principle of Mr. Huskisson "to relieve our commerce from all those shackles that could pos sibly be dispensed with, but to preserve those duties, which were requisite for protection." "If that," continued Mr. Herries, " were the case, the only object on both sides of the House must be to discover the point at which protection ought to be maintained the object of all parties was to reduce protection to the lowest point. If the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) 'proceeded upon that princi ple, and he trusted he would, he might be assured of re ceiving as hearty support from that (the Opposition) side of the House as from the other, as nothing could be more in conformity with those who trod in the steps of Mr. Huskisson." This was our warrant for say ing that the interests of commerce would never be converted by the Opposition into weapons of offence, and we have no doubt the Opposition will ev er rema i n faithful to these views. It is the Ministry which has deserted them, by throwing over board the principle of effectual protection altogether. But the leading grounds on which we have felt it our duty to pro test against the Ministerial budget are, like that budget itself, political, and not commercial. For the first time in the history of this country, a Government without a majority in either House of Parliament, without a party in the nation, on the day after a critical defeat, when constitutional precedents pointed out resignation as the only possible course, came down to Parlia ment with a measure of finance, involving momentous changes, compromising vast interests, and calculated to excite a most vio lent conflict of opinion. This they did, with a deficiency in the revenue of 2,500,0001. to be provided for, and with their eyes open to the certainty that such a proposition could never be carried, without a revolutionary agitation. In any other days, Statesmen who dared to adopt so desperate a course, would, even in the judgment of those who assented to their financial views, have been deemed worthy of impeachment. A Minister who does not possess the confidence of the House of Commons has no right to meddle with the revenue questions till he has exchanged the Treasury for the Opposition benches. ADVERTISER.—The West India interest, which defied Pitt at the height of his power, and defeated his attempt to abolish the slave trade, now threaten to obstruct the greatest scheme of Reform that has ever been offered to the people, by means of an unnatural allianse with the friends of neg,ro emancipation. The plea which they have found potent enough to reconcile these extremes, and to augment their party, which could not muster a dozen votes on what they considered the vital question, of the equalization of the rum duties, by the formidable addition of the abolitionists, has been the en couragement of slavery, which the Chancellor of the Exche quer's measure is alleged to involve. It would provoke a sar donic smile to hear of these professions, were it not for the melancholy reflection, that whenever the mantle of philanthropy is ostentatiously thrown over any proceeding, we are sure to find an interested motive lurking beneath. The common sense of the country will be upon its guard against the exaggerated humanity of those who, in order that a few monopolists may tax the people five millions annually, under the pretext of benefiting thenegro, would, like Old Foulon, condemn the people " to eat grass." These are the parties whom the Tories now count upon for de feating the Ministry —men whom the Times the other day held up to the contempt of the country as " self-perfumed cox combs.' who overlooked the privations of our own people, to fix their affections upon " negro cherubs." In the first place, let us analyse this West India interest, which assumes to itself an identity with the fate and fortune of our colonial population, and imposes upon the nation its opinions as representing those of the negroes. The very first act of emancipation proved the great regard which this handful of monopolists really felt for the resident inhabitants of the West Indies. By the powerful and central interests of this body, who could have acted with such force upon the Government of the day, they managed that the whole of the twenty mil lions went into their own pockets as mortgagees, while the entire risk and loss of the experiment were shifted upon the shoulders of the resident proprietors and inhabitants of the colonies. According to the strict letter of the law these rights claimed a priority, but in equity they should have borne a pro portion of the risk ; and the compensation should have been di vided between the planter and mortgagee in the proportion of their separate interests in the estate, valuing it at its full amount. What claim they can now have to levy a tax of five millions upon the consumers of their produce, it i s as difficult to perceive as would be a parallel on by the pro prietors of the islands and coasts of Scotland for compensation for their kelp. The high prices which have followed eman cipation have more than compensated all the mortgagees, so that few of those capitalists have any investments in the West Indies, or any ties except those of the estates. That portion which consists of bona fide proprietors are in the situation of our English non-resident landlords living upon the rents paid by monopolist prices. But the vast body of peasantry protest to a man against the system. They cannot be brought to count the welfare of the West Indies by the number of hogsheads of sugar exported, nor to conceive that their salva tion depends upon working a stated number of cane-holes per clay. They find other means of subsistence which make them . happier, and the humane and enlightened sentiments expressed by Lord John Russell, in his despatch to Governor Light, of Demerara, that an advance in civilization and Christianity was an object of far higher import to her Majesty's government than any quantity of produce raised by a system of forced la bour, fmd a deep and grateful echo in their breasts. Dr. Lushing,ton may depend upon it that what ever relaxes the forced cultivation of sugar in our colonies will serve as an additional spur to the moral improvement of the population. The body calling themselves the West India interest are not an unanimous body. Different islands have different interests. There is a party in the West Indies, composed of the whole black population, and a portion of the white, who will rejoice at a system of perfect free trade. At a meeting of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad last February. the Hon. William Burnley, in the chair, the most unbounded reliance on their own resources, through the superiority of free labour was expressed; calls were made upon the Government to proceed with carrying out the principle of free trade, and a firm and ardent conviction was entertained of their ultimately surpassing not only all the slave colonies and the Brazils, but even India herself, in the cheap production of sugar. A comparison was drawn of the probable resourcea of the valley of the Ganges, upon which the East Indians rely for supplying the whole world, if necessary, and those of the island of Trinidad :—" In the province of Benares, the most favourable to the growth of sugar in the valley of the Ganges, tha cultivator takes off only a plant cane, and never attempts to ratoon ; and then an interval of three or four years elapses, be fore the same :and can again be planted in canes. No sugar crop can at any time be produced but by an artificial system of irrigation, where the fertilizing element is not supplied without labour from a public reservoir, into which some mighty stream has poured its fluid treasure, but from wells in each field whence it is drawn by oxen, and not unfrequently by manual labour. It is impossible, gentlemen, for India, under these circumstances, to compete with us whose fields are regularly fertilised by the showers of heaven, and produce annually crop • a fter crop without replanting, so that although forty years have elapsed since the capture of the colony, we have still to find. . otit in some districts when their productive powers will be ex }twisted. Against this competition they can never stand, even if labour were really cheap in India ; for you may set it down as an axiom. (excepting only the compl ex and artificial st a t e of the population in Great Britain), that wherever labour is low in price, it is bad and ultimately dear." CHRONICLE--Were the West Indio within petitioning distance of the House of Commons during the pending dis cussions on the Sugar Duties, there can be little doubt on which side of the question the emancipated negroes would appeal to the Legislature. Their interests are obviously and distinctly opposed to the views advocated by Dr. Lushington and the iOn this instance falsely called) Anti-Slavery Committee. The petition lately presented from Antigua (having been got IV in anticipation) by the Learned Doctor, was not a negroes' petition. He appeared, on his own account we hope for the first time and the last, in the character of the planters' ad v'neate instead of that of the negroes' friend. A sugar 140 nopoly i s not l ess i n j ur ious in its tendency towards , freed negroes than , towards the English labourer. The Planters who aim at an artificial sugar monopoly, and whom the abolitionists of this country are invited to support in that claim, are the mselves importers of slave sugar. The sugar comes here from Brazil or Cuba, is refined in bond, and then goes out , the cheap purchase and relished enjoyment of these new clients of Dr. Lu s hi ngton and the Anti- Slavery Committee. They Gant on this consistent traffic while selling us their own coarser Troduct at a p r i ce enhanced by the pr O tective duty. This the system means of the which some parties hope to uphold by Perverted moral power of the antis Slavery people of this country. Let the boni4 Aboli tiontists look well at what is ;loin in their names. Can submi to be juggled into the toils of this sordid hypo andcrisy? The planters are paid ; what have freed their slave t s, they consume slave sngar; the 2 , kbolitionists o do with them but to hold them to their b If imported sugar be cheaper for the whites in tahreVes. t Indies, it is cheaper for the blacks also. And the negros, generally speak ing, would rather buy it th an cultivate it.y hate the cane-field; they live well without its horrible toil. It was Worse to them than the worst evils of our factory ystera- Their women and children lab oure d t h ere, under the lashs- No and useful the women, no longer degraded and p o ll uted, are hap py in their home duties and enjoyments; an d t h e chi dren are at School. The work of mental and moral improvement is ro.. gressin,g. Their habitations nre no l onger wretched hovels, hot decent houses. The effects of a better quality of food produce its natural result on their appearance. And in cloth-, stilt, they are beeoming fastidious and comparatively costly. They eau afford it. The general condition of the nezro popu.. lation is such as may well be an object of astonishment and envy to the working classes of this country. In the name of humanity, let the professed Abolitionists pause before they lend themselves to the interruption of this blessed progressfor the W el k of the sugar - monopolists . - The speculation of the V izalt ers , and of their friends here, is that by' injur ing tip ioouri ng dam it home, and Win the. en. tire community, so as to sustain a high price for West Indian sugar, the cultivation of the cane may be very pro fitable to the proprietary, and enable them to pay the enormous wagos which alone can bribe the negroes to that species of oc cupation. What will be the consequences to the negroes ? They will be drawn off from wholesomer and preferable modes of life, more friendly to their advancement in civilization. The articles which they import will rise in price, so as to diminish their command over them. Protection always taxes doubly, and the barter of taxation impoverishes the con sumers on both sides. They must pay more for manufactured clothing because we pay more for protected sugar ; nor will the cupidity of the negro, on which his demoralising employers reckon to tempt him back to the cane-field, stop there when once it has been sufficiently excited for that pur pose. It will extend to the women and children under his control. The fact has not escaped the negro's false friends, that the sugar of Cuba is only raised by male negro labour. Such will not long be the case in our islands if this left handed friendship for negroes be successful. The heart ' cheering progress which is making will be arrested. And suppose, after all, the artificially-high wages should not prevail as a sufficient temptation—or that the success be only partial ; while yet the planters have an as sured monopoly of the British market what can or must happen then ? The white population will struggle des perately to retain the advantages of its false position. If it cannot do so by fair means, it will by foul. In the pleni tnde of its legislative influence, it will not, indeed, dare to re-enact the institution of slavery, but it will be under such inducements as ruling classes do not commonly resist to nul lify practically all that is substantial in emancipation, and in duce a system which may answer the purposes of slavery to the monopolist cultivator. The system which does that can not fail of entailing some of the worst curses of slavery upon the nominally free negro. Again we ask the real friends of the negro to pause before monopoly cajoles them into an unrighteous interference with the prospects of those who 'are so largely indebted to their Christian zeal for all these blessings and prospects. Let them nut deface the work of their own hands. The injury to the labouring classes here, the discouragement to the great tem- Sir R. Peel and Mr. Hume from Lord John Russell, that our sapient Government d:d not mean to ratify a treaty with the Chinese, founded on the preliminaries entered into with Com missioner Elliot, upon whose proceedings they thought fit, but a few months ago, to lavish such extravagant commendations. Speculators have proverbially short memories, and every day's experience serves to prove that they are regulated in their dealings less by the recollections of the past, than by the anti ticipations of the future. The trade have been acting in regard to tea upon a wiser principle than the mere speculators. It appears that they have pretty gene rally kept out of the market the last few days. They remem ber the derangements in business, the falling off in the con sumption of the article, and the injurious effects of insolvencies, bad debts, and losses arising to them from the high prices and fluctuations of the past year. A few of the minor importers have been tolerably industrious in their efforts to promote the ferment, by ostensibly withdrawing their parcels from the market ; but the more considerable houses have made known their opinion of the advanced rates by advertising large public sales for the present and ensuing week, and they no doubt reckon upon the same good fortune that awaited them last spring in getting out of stock at high figures on the eve of fresh arrivals. Inquiries are made for the reasons of the rene "fed advance and excitement, but none of a very legiti mate nature are to be obtained, The lightness of stocks in dealers' hands, the refusal of importers to sell, and the insuffi ciency of the supply calculated upon, are among the more pre valent notions on which the buyers appear to found their trans actions. As to the scantiness of stocks, it is to be observed, however, that there is *now twelve months' consumption on hand in the United Kingdom, namely, 40,000,000 pounds. There are, as we have said, declarations for large sales by im porters, and the affairs of China are, at all events, partially settled. A truce has been agreed upon, and cannot be dis turbed by any act of our Government before August or Sep tember next, since Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger, the newly appointed Envoy, did not, as it turns out, leave England by the last mail ; so that the assertion made with re spect to the shortness of supply must he viewed with more than ordinary distrust. One ship has already come in ; three or four others are near at hand, and, although Captain Elliot has been a bad diplomatist, he has hitherto con sidered the securing of the season's tea a paramount object with reference as well to revenue as to the interests of com merce. Last year he was outlawed in China, and the English community with him ; yet he put up with it all, and contrived to send home the tea. This season he is elevated into a great Plenipotentiary, backed by the presence and services of a fleet, he is entertained by the Chinese Commissioner as a guest, and has fought the authorities into a truce or treaty. Surely, then, there is less reason to apprehend a deficiency of tea shipments this year than there was last, when it is to be remembered, they proved quite ample. perance movement so widely extending, and the pernicious effect on manufacturing employment : these are all certain ; but the injury to the freed negroes is certain also. And for what (except by the sordid and designing) will both in juries have been inflicted? From a just, but undis cerning abhorence of slavery in Brazil, where its termination will be rendered much more probable by the amicable relations with this country, arising out of a comparatively unrestricted commercial intercourse. We put the question on the narrowest ground, as relating only to negroes and negro slavery. It is, really, part of a great commercial renovation, in which, when effected, slaves and freemen, blacks and whites, our own countrymen and foreigners, will find ample occasion fnr re joicing, as a most important benefit for humanity itself• GLOBE.—The Provincial Journals which have reached LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 11. IN RE HASTINGS BARONY. Their Lordships sat in a Committee of Privileges to day, for the purpose of proceeding with the further con sideration of the claims to this Barony. The arguments in this case having concluded. The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he would give judgment on Thursday. us during the last week, and especially those of Saturday and yesterday, are full of most convincing proofs of the joy with which the movement of Ministers, in order to effect an extension of trade with foreign countries, by a relaxation of the laws by which it has been restricted, has been nailed by the great mass of the people. The usual modes of expressing satisfaction with a measure before the Legislature, and a determination to afford its authors all the aid which it can derive from public meetings and petitions in its favour, have been taken. In the course of the present week we shall see, not merely the table, but the floor, of the House of Commons covered with petitions for the adoption',of theplan to relieve our declining commerce and to supply our suffering manufacturing population with the means of obtaining bread by their labour which the Government has announced, and which the parties in terested in monopolies have combined to defeat. The powerful interests identified with the monopolies with which the proposed change in our commercial sys tem will interfere are, of course, uniting their energies to destroy this last hope of the miserable masses, compelled to purchase the essential articles of human food at a price which forbids their obtaining them in quantities sufficient for their support ; while that very system of prohibitory duties excludes the products of their labour from foreign markets, and thus leaves them but half employed ; or compelled to tax their powers of labour to an extent beyond the limits of endurance for wages below what will procure a sufficiency of food. This has of late been, to a fearfully increasing extent, the condition of tens of thousands of our suffering country men. Their hope is in that Being whose " tender mer cies are over all his works," but whose benevolent pur poses are accomplished by human agency. In the hour of their extremity amelioration and ultimate remedy are placed before us in the comprehensive scheme of the Government. The scheme attacks the monopolies in which the commercial distresses of the country had their origin. The parties interested in these monopolies trust in their wealth and influence to counteract the pur pose of the Ministers. The Tories, whose political sys tem is opposed to change, and who hope to obtain office by the aid of a few members who have supported the general policy of the Government, but will vote against their plan of finance, either because they are personally interested in the maintenance of monopoly, or are under the influence of a philanthropy which mistakes its aims, are elate with joy at the prospect of obtaining the ob ject of their hopes. They will succeed, if prompt and determined demonstrations of popular support be not afforded from every part of the kingdom. STANDARD.—Mr. Grote's reasoning proceeded alto gether upon the necessity of free trade to the interests of the consumers, throwing on one side all moral and patriotic considerations. It may be permitted to us, who have been from the first opposed to the doctrines of the school of Mr. Huskisson, who, however, never went so far as the present Ministers (with his pro Corn-law speeches), to remind our elder readers that we many years ago demonstrated the fallacy of the free trade doctrines, by showing that, carried to their , full extent, they must lead to the trade in blood—must completely extinguish every quality which goes to con stitute a patriot or a Christian. We were laughed at for the extravagance of such a deduction, and told that the moral principle and the spirit of innate patriotism would always present insuperable barriers—and so they will, we trust, as regards the British nation. But it is plain that Whig-Radical Ministers and philosophical Radicals— the persons who laughed at our folly—reject such restraints now ; and now it is our turn to smile. It is not, however, on moral grounds only that free trade ought to be an objeet of suspicion to prudent men. Free trade gives the reins to a spirit of gambling which, like all gambling, ruins millions in the sw.xession of its fluctuations, and rarely fails to ruin a nation which indulges in it in the end. We hear a great deal of the impolicy of the Corn-laws, causing an excess of cultivation, and in some years a re dundant supply ; but no one thinks it necessary to speak of the impolicy of encouraging over-manufac turers. Yet the mischief of over-manufacturing is the greater, as for once that the demand for grain has failed, the demand for manufactures has failed a dozen times ; while the multitudes thrown out of employ by what is called a stagnation of trade, is tenfold greater than the number thrown out of employ by a too abundant harvest. Now, if such evil is unavoidable even under the present system, what bounds can we fix to the constantly recurring calamities that must be anticipated from an absolutely free trade ? CARTER C. SIR W. H. PALMER. The arguments in this appeal were resumed, Mr. Tierney was addressing their Lordships for the respon dent when their Lordships rose. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 11. ZYRES V. TOYLKINS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover da. Tnages against the defendant, for having slanderously imputed to him that he had been guilty of a felony. The facts of the case were briefly as follows :—The defendant, Tomkins, in 183/5, let a shed to the plaintiff, who was a carpenter, at a rent of Si. per annum, and the terms of the agreement were, that Eyres should put the shed in thorough repair. In the course of the repairs the plaintiff removed a quantity of lead, which he sold—the removal took place in open day, and with th e knowledge of the d e f en d an t' s wife, who lent Ayres a truck for the purpose. After a lapse of two or three years the parties had some disagreement, and the defendant charged plaintiff with having stolen the lead from his premises. The charge was made in the public street, and afterwards at a tav rn in the neighbourhood, which both parties wore in the habit of frequenting. The defendant p'eaded a justification. Mr. Platt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis for the defendant. Several witnesses were examined. who proved the facts of the case as stated by the Learned Counsel. It was also shown that an ill-feeling existed between the plaintiff and defendant. Lord DENMAN, in summing up the case to the Jury, said, it could not be denied that the slanderous words had been used by the plaintiff on several occasions, and perhaps there might have beeh some doubt that the defendant meant to impute a felony, the whole transaction being known in the neighbour. hood, but he had chosen to put a ju•tification on the record, alleging that the plaintiff had committed a felony, and that he should prove it. Now it was clear that there was not the least pretence for imputing a f e l on y t o th e p l a i nt iff , an d i t would be or the Jury to say, under all the circumstances, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s. THE QUEEN V' HOLT AND OTHERS. This was an indictment preferred against the defend ant by a Polish gentlemen named Wall. The substance of the charge was that the defendant Holt, who was said to be an attorney's clerk, had conspired with another per son to obtain money from the prosecutor under false pretences ; he having represented that a writ had been sued out against the prosecutor, and that he had de manded and obtained a sum of money from him, to prevent his being arrested. After a lengthened investigation of several hours, the Jury acquitted the defendants. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 11. TRIAL AT BAR. rannocx v. FORRESTER. This case, which occupied the whole of yesterday, was re sumed this morning. The plaintiff having waived the ques atm of right, aomitting that as copyholder he has no mann to the royalties, and could not bar the Lord of the Manor en tering on the land and sinking shafts, the only question that remained was that of compensation. After hearing plaintiff's Counsel in reply, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found for the defendants on the remaining issues. CENTRAL CRIMENAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Armstrong, labourer, 18, was indicted for having feloniously stolen one watch, two seals, two keys, and some money, the property of Mr. William Neale, of Windsor. It appeared that the prisoner had been employed by the prosecutor as a labourer, and, on the day in question, the pro secutor had gone to church, and, on his return, found that his room door had been broken open, and the articles named in the indictment gone. A pawnbroker proved that the pri soner had attempted to pledge a watch, but from questions he put to the prisoner, he thought it his duty to detain the watch, which had since been ascertained to belong to the prosecutor. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. Henry Weston, 25, was indicted for feloniously stealing several silver spoons and forks, one fish slice, and a coat, value 51., the property of Mr. James Mitchell, his master. The prisoner was a servant to Mr. Mitchell, and had taken advantage of his absence, and committed the robbery of which ho stood charged. After having pledged the articles, he wrote 1 a letter to Mr. Mitchell, asking his forgiveness, as he had been led astray by bad company. The Jury at once found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to twelve months imprisonment, with hard labour. Jane White, 36, was indicted for stealing a quantity of kerseymere, and several articles of plate, the property of her master, William Henry Woodall. The prosecutor, it appeared, is a woollen-draper, car rying on business in Bishopsgate Without, and the pri soner had been in his service for fifteen months at the time the robbery was discovered. On the 21st of April the prisoner went out, and in consequence of her not re turning suspicion was excited, and the prosecutor had her box opened, and the first thing he saw was a piece of kerseymere, containing 17 yards ; and on a further search he found a number of duplicates referring to other cloth, and also to different articles of plate. Several pawnbrokers were examined, who produced a quantity of property that had been pawned at different times by the prisoner ; and it appeared evident that during the time she had been in the prosecutor's service she had been carrying on a systematic plan of robbery. The prisoner who said nothing in her defence, was found guilty. The RECORDER asked her whether she had anything to urge in mitigation of her offence ? She made no answer. The Learned JUDGE said that the prisoner had been convicted of plundering her master of a quantity of valuable property, and there was not a single circum stance of mitigation in the case. She was well provided for and had no wants to supply, and she had repaid the kindness of her master by robbing him the whole time she had been in his service. The Court was bound under these circumstances to make an example, and the sentence therefore was that she be transported for seven years. The whole of the property was ordered to be given up to the prosecutor. Charles Hawkins, aged 30, a dr a y man , was i nd i cted for stealing a wa t c h and other articles, the property of Thomas Davis. Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner. The prosecutor deposed that he was a beer-shop keeper, and carried on business at Camberwell. The prisoner was in the habit of coming to his house with beer. On the 9th of April, he went to the house of a relative, and when he returned at night hishwife, upon his going to bed, gave him some gin and brier, and he soon afterwards fellasleep, andwhe n h e awo k e about two FROM THE MORNING PA PERS OF YESTERDAY. o'clock, he found that his wife was gone, and upon In anticipation of an early dissolution of Parliament, some sales were made to-day, and a slight declin e took place . in the searching the house he missed a gold and silver watch, English funds.a quantity of gold and silver money, and other property, There is little doing in the Corn Market. The price of to his wif e to the value of 801. He had been married Danttic wheat as present may be quoted from 345. to ga s , an d about five months at this time. the freight and other charges of delivery in bond about 6s. Cross-examined—He had got a Therefore, exclusive of the factor's commission and other ex- property back. Had reason to believe that his wife was penses of sale to the consumer, it would cost, with a proposed most to blame in the transaction, but he had, neverthe duty of Bs., full 50s. per quarter ;and if we make allowances for l ess,her back, and she was now living with hi m. all items, it cannot be stated at le ss th an 53 5 . f or prime Dante taken le Edward Ball deposed that on Good Friday the pri g ; but when the fixed duty of Bs. comes into operation, we must expect a rise in price in the Baltic ports before soner told him he should want his horse and cart to re vueitwould be till move his sister's boxes, but that the certainty of a steady demand from this country shall have accommodated the supply to it ; so that in every probability • •o'clock at night, as his sister could not get away before. the result of the Ministerial measur e pill b e t o g i ve a Market Wi tness drove with him to Camberwell, and he waited price of about 545. Hamburgh wheat is at pres en t quo t e d for him at a public-house until half-past one o'clock in 345. to 38s. at that port ; freight and charges 4s. Baltic the morning, when the prisoner beckoned to him and red, 335. to 365. ; freight and charges 6s. told him to stop opposite the prosecutor's house, and L e The recal of Captain Elliott, and the possibility of the re- then brought out some boxes and other thing.,, tie , newal of hostilities with the Chinese, has give n great anima- them in the cart, and told him to be as quiet en - -,1 put tion to the Tea Market, in which a rise of 33 per cen t. was Witness then drew off to the corner of '' .., he could. realised to day on the prices of Is. 6d., which was the average shortly afterwards theprisoner - Ltie street, and before the non-confirmation of the treaty with Keshen b ecame p prosecutor came u and s p g o ..rid the wife of the At one period to-day the price touched 2s , but some known. A drove them to the C' into the cart, and he of the knowing ones having slipped away at that . figure, pri ces church-street, and --... o f in Grace start - ,rner a court ce way again to Is. 10id. This, however, is a considerable • g ave •which was the quotation on the arrival of the Placedm ' • the luggage was taken out and start on ls. 6d., prisoner a- " -. public-house, and he left the last overland mail. The T The English funds did not close so well by i per pr i i . -sor. -ost the woman there and went away. pos • er told h' im that he from this evening as on Saturday, yet there was apparently " tier " d b ee u n t t. very little stock tlntown u p on th e mar k et. The f„ e , g ,. ,an that he would pay him in the morning. with certain exceptions, become a " dead 'tit. Cross-examined —He had never been paid for this job. scurities have, The landlord of the 8• b hip public-house, Talbot-court, by their re' ter." The public have suffered so severely their' ti r ... in such investments, and the Governm'snts issuing p oved that the •-. his house a nd aske' confidence , ....: prisoner came to he could them, that they are no loniser to be tempter.: into the market. A V, -oe accommodated with a bed that --- --, 'I . The home stocks are assisted by this more cautious policy, for ; vva c oming from the - - „ight, as hi --- where there is money to lay out, the latter are, almost as 1, ito 5 ._ _. country. wnd would not be up matter of course, resorted to, espcially during a perky , - town until late. ylritnP— for him, and about ---.., sat up . stagnation in share property, such as is found to exi ' of two o'clock . lie and with a fe male, , present moment. " they • , ...6 at the b" - -..uie to the house agnt several boxes with them. The prisoner The operations of the TealWarket 284RIP' and.they and the female occupied the same bed-room, what reckless appearance. Prices ha ....sd to-4y tt some- breakfasted together in th e and the goods_ were vanced no less than 6d. per lb. (--. oket arl %sliming," y a w n ) s i ne . - .e, tgum the whole, ad. afterwards taken away by a porter to the steam-pa, s 4TM ' is equal to 30 per cent. wharf The prisoner 'd the bill that was incurred. pal . _:-...vt0 pureniala ire .11nd%! by .._ COURIER.—The Ministerial trumpet has now been sounded through the length and breadth of the land for one good week with as much of soul-stirring effect as a penny whistle. The people will not march through Co ventry to such a puny rappel, and under the Ministerial banner. And yet the Chronicle does manage to achieve and record its one or two glories. As, for instance, to-day it commemorates an heroic epistle from Messrs. G. L. Jackson and Son, ship-owners, of the appropri ately classic region of Water-lane, in which those worthy persons take leave to dissent from the course of the great body of the shipping interest, which has so energetically thrown itself into the breach against the destructive assault on all interests by the Government. Messrs. Jackson, in consequence, request their names to be erased from the books of the Shipowners' Society, which, for anything we know, may p'eril the existence or lead to the dissolution of that powerful body, as it may be taken for granted, although we may chance to be ignorant of the fact, that the great names of Jackson, like those of Baring, are a sort of convertible terms for comprehending all that mighty mercantile marine, whose flag proudly waves on every sea and on every coast, " from Indus to the Pole." To this renowned letter from Water-lane moreover is ap pended a post-scriptum, in which, like that of a fair lady,, lies all the sting or marrow of the missive. Further, moreover, to grace the show and swell the progress of triumphant free-trade revolution throughout the coun try, the Chronicle has hit upon the happy expedient of dividing the reported proceedings of such meetings, public or hole and corner, as may be held, into two separate portions, of which the first is given one day and the latter part another. By this economical pro vision a small stock of agitation may always be kept in hand to be doled out, but not wasted, in succession. Accordingly, to-day we have the lengthy second part of a Liverpool gathering, the first of remittance having been duly honoured yesterday, in which, oddly enough, the only man or s p ea k er who figures at the meeting, who is the whole m ee ti ng, and nothing but the meetin is g (save one), a person of the euphonious name of Corden, believed to be an Alderman of that name, not even a Li verpool but a M anc h ester man. This, again, is a thrifty way of getting u p a makeshift o f popular demonstrations. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS: THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, IS4I. Peter Kendall, a police constable, proved that he went to Margate in pursuit of the prisoner, and found him in a lodging-house there, in company with a female who was in bed. He secured the prisoner, and on searching the room he found a gold and a silver watch, and three sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, and some silver. The prisoner said that none of the articles belonged to him, with the exception of the guard chain that was upon one of the watches. In another part of the house he found some boxes containing a quantity of wearing apparel and other articles, which were afterwards identified by the prosecutor, and among them was a canvas cash bag. The prosecutor was recalled, and in answer to a ques tion from Mr. Clarkson, he said that he was inclined to have compassion on the prisoner, so far as his wife was concerned. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury at some length for the prisoner, and said that however immoral and dis graceful the conduct of the prisoner might have been, yet he felt satisfied after the evidence that had been adduced the jury would be of opinion that he had no intention to rob the prosecutor of his property, and that he was not aware that the articles contained in the bundles belonged to him. They had heard what the husband himself said upon the subject, and he was now placed in the unplea sant position of being compelled in justice to the prisoner to call his wife to state the circumstances under which the property had been removed. The Learned Counsel then called— Mary Ann Davis, who deposed that she was the wife of the prosecutor, and she now appeared to give evidence with his knowledge and consent. She had been married about four months when she went away with the pri soner, whom she had known for seven weeks only. She became acquainted with him in consequence of his bring ing ben to her husband's house. She left her husband's house on Good Friday, and before she did so she had packed up different articles of property, but this was done without the knowledge of the pr►soner. Mr. CLARKSON—NOW, Mrs. Davis, I regret to be com pelled to ask you such a question, but I must do so— who was the instigator of the leaving your husband ? Witness—l was. Mr. CLARKSON—Did you first propose that step to the prisoner ? Witness—l did. Mr. CLARKSON — Was the prisoner at all aware that the property you packed up in the bundles belonged to your husband ? Witness--He did not know but that they belonged to me. By the COURT—The watches were packed up in the bundles. There was no money in the bag, but some of it was in my pocket and the rest in a tea-caddy. The RECORDER—How did the prisoner's guard-chain get on one of the watches ? Witness—l put it on myself. The RECORDER—Who paid the expenses of the jour ney ? Witness—The prisoner paid them. The RECORDER—Did he not pay with your husband's money ? Witness—No, he must have had money of his own. The RECORDER—What do you mean by that—do you know that he had any money ? Witness—He must have had some money. The RECORDER—WiII you take upon yourself to swear positively that he had money ? Witness—l will. The RECORDER—There was none of your husband's money spent ? Witness—There was not. I took away 71. ss. Bd, and only two shillings of it were spent. The RECORDER—Are you aware that it has been re presented that you took a great deal more money than the amount you mention ? Witness—lf any one says so, they say what is not true. The RECORDER—Then you take upon yourself to swear that the prisoner paid all the expenses with his own money ? Witness—l do. The witness gave all these answers with the most per fect effrontery, and did not appear at all abashed at her disgraceful situation. The husband was recalled, and he said that he could not tell exactly how much money was taken, but he was certain that 151. at least was stolen from him. The RECORDER, in summing up, animadverted in, se vere terms upon the conduct of the prosecutor's wife, and said that the question for the Jury was, whether the pri soner merely intended to deprive the prosecutor of the person of his wife, or whether he was aware that it was his property that was being conveyed away, and that he assisted in the plunder and afterwards converted a por tion of it to his own use. The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The RECORDER ordered the property that had been found to be delivered to the prosecutor, and at the same time observed that he had been most cruelly treated. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The Court was occupied the whole of the day trying trifling cases of felony, no one of which possessed the slightest feature of public interest. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 11.— Wind this day at noon blows fresh from the Southwards. Dcai„ MAY 10.----Wind W. S.W.,—Arrived the William Jardine, from China ; Wellington, Madras ; Urgent, Marshall, Calcutta. Arrived from the River. the Maria, for Port Phil lip; Spherioil, St. Vincent ; President, New York. STANDGATE CREEK, MAY W.—Arrived the Honesta, from Constantinople ; Joanna, Badcock, do. ; Pera, Smyrna ; Mary Ann, Ancona. • DOVER, MAY 9 . --Arrived off, the Nanny, from St. Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10. —Wind S. S. W. Arrived the Parker, L on d on _ „,;,1, or jtia-buton. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wi n d S. S.W.—A rr i ve d t h e L ou i se, Bay, f rom Ri o Janeiro, detained by her Majesty's ship Grecian, on suspicion of having slaw-stores on board. FALMOUTH, MAY 9. —Wind S. W. to S., showery, with breezes.—Arrived the Rambler, from Odessa; Briton's Pride, Alexandria ; Royal Tar, Southton Mangles, Carr, Manilla. DARTMOUT H , MAY 9.—Arrived the Dart, Wills, from Teneriffe. Sailed the Charles Quint, for Havannah. COWES, MAY 10.—Arrived, Saltwedel, from Fernambrco. PENZANCE, MAY 9.—The Camilla, from Liverpool to Amsterdam, put back with loss of main -boom, and sailed again to-day. BRISTOL, MAY 10.—Sailed the Sarah, for Newfoundland. CORK, MAY B.—Arrived the Royal Exchange, Leed, from Havannah. Sailed the Cambridge, for Monte Video ; Eng land, Halifax; Orbit, Quebec; Enterprise, do. LIVERPOOL, MAY Io.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the John O'Gaunt, from China ; Livingstone, Calcutta ; London, Benn, do. ' • S)ren, Mondell, M onte Vid eo ; Triumph, do.; Lancashire Witch, Cummings, Buenos Ayres, sailed 22d Feb. ; Mountainer, Williams, Rio de la Hache ; Lucy, Murphy, New Orleans; Clansman, Dewar, do. ; Warman, Laguina • New York packet Savannah; Washington, Benson, New ' York Princess Royal, Burns, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Maria Falcon, Madeira; Tennant, Siciiy ; Premier, Malta. Arrived off, the Alpha. from Bue:os Ayres; Mary Caroline, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Brooklyn, bound to New York, has put back with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c. and leaky, hav ing been in contact with an inward bound brig of about 300 tons last night, off Point Lynas ; the latter is supposed to have sank with all on hoard. HULL, MAY 10.—Arrived the Albatross, and Wave, from St. Michael's. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Hibernia, from Sunderland to Miramichi, 22d ult., lat. 42. long. 29 ; Powen, of Sun derland, for Quebec, 3d, lat. 51. long. 12., by the Earl Kelly, arrived at Cork. Lord Sandon„ Kinsale to St. John's, New Brunswick, 23d ult., lat. 44. long. 33., by the Jean Hastie, arrived at Cork. Braganza steamer, Ist, off Lisbon Bar ; Oriental steamer, sth, Cape Finis terre, S. W., 40 miles, by the Leeds steamer, arrived at Falmouth. Schryd, Smyrna to Amsterdam, 27th ult., off Cape de Gatt, by the Shepherdess, arrived at Gibraltaa. Norden, Bahia to Stockholm (two men dead and two sick), 18th ult., lat. 41. long. 33, by the Lord Goderich steamer, London to Quebec, 21st, lat. 42, long% 32 ; Thomas Ritchie, Bridgwater, 22d, lat iorig. 30., by the Wyvern, arrived at Jersey, Lobelia, Sydney to Ceylon, 14th Jan. lat. 12. S. lung. C 55. E., by the Gleaner, arrived at Cowes. Ramboor., of Sunderland, 26th ult.. lat. 49. long. 12. ; Phcenix., of Scarborough, 21st, 1at.45, long. 23., by. the Comet. 'Rabe, arrived at Plymouth. -- THE WEATHER.—NooN, MAY 11. ROYAL GA LLTLRY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. BP.roineter Therinomet'er.., 71 I Highest 7l I Lowest ... 49 wind S.S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. THE CROPS IN SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK.-- The spring sowing of corn, pulse, and seeds, may be con sidered as finished, with the exception of barley, upon lands where the superabundance of turnips remained so late, as to retard the necessary culture for barley sowing. The Lent corn s eed season has been successful, generally speaking. The present May be regarded as one of the earliest and best of seasons. The late rains have proved beneficial to vegetation. Potato planting proceeds with diligence, All the crops upon the ground present a luxutiard, and promising appearance. The pastures, natural and artificial, are so forward, that stock, both beast and sheep, have been seine time abroad. Hay and straw are in great plenty. The wheats are not, however, in some places, in a very forward state, and will require a favourable and genial season to bring them to perfec tion. The great quantity of keep will encourage both the feeding and breeding of live stock, the price of which ' is yet very high. Store pigs and mulch cows are dear, and find a ready sale. The fall of lambs has been satis factory. Good horses only are saleable, but scarce, and bring high prices. The price of fat meat does not equal in proportion the cost of store cattle, which is yet on the advance ; and in some markets the quantity of sheep and lambs has not equalled the demand.—lpswich Express. CHRISTIANA, APRIL 80.—The mail from D onthiem has brought us to -day the afflicting news that the third and b est b uilt part of the c i ty was burnt down on the 24th of Ap r il, i n the afternoon, till midnight, during a violent storm. 314 houses were destroyed, and 4,000 persons are without shelter. The fire, which broke out in 1 carpenter, i s sa id to have been cp. by f sed the negligence (3 a servant-maid. The sun' ' ' is 600,000 sper.t• .., tor which the building" :.e insured ‘.ie noose of a - goods in .• _ ..e dollarl C 60,000/. sterling a. Some of th e .:, P p '' . 'lle '; , arehouses were insured, partly departure in London, "Y Hamburgh and Berl 4t ta of the assul . on Mond ay noon, it was f eare d th a t th e d anger was not over. Another Correspondent says, that 6,0001. sterling, are insured in the Alliance Company, London, and a large sum in Bergen. The storm was from the west; the CuAom.house, and the warehouses belonging to it, are saved; the Bank was not in danger. was the product of la Mr. Power had no less a sum than 30,000 dollars in s p ec i e on board the President w h en she 1 .-.. ft America. This large sum r''' which he had from time to ti me p urchased in Texaf., irem earnings hardly accu mulated in that country, a;:ci which, on the occasion of his last 1 t,i4t to the States, ha had A,' ' ' an s _ w ith the laudable intention of consolidating his pee..-• - " i. -• -..ATION UPON G ENERATION.—There G at this time res idi ng at Stock, a boy, named Hills , the who has five grandfathers GEkup, ..- ...,, ar y nil in the English funds. son of an indust r i ous labourer, • married a young whose father woman row, who had a father living , a s also alive. They had named Waldon, the father of the boy, who living. This extraor di n ary fact is thus explained.—Far a daughter wh o marr ied Hills Farrow, jun., and d Waldbii,. Hills, jun., Farrow, son., • . ages amount to 332. We Thus Hills, sen.,, .• • • had mak e a t f h at e h fi er ve. an d Their grandfather united wa s f_ay .. oittedwith 11, sirai.- lir supply of grandmothers . - 4 . do not know whether the b>y was Pil ot! '- - :cx~s~., ~.-:iii PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. LONiJON, TUESDAY, MAY 11. Number Di viderd Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1 ,786 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldham...Average97/.lBs.sh. 110 1,482 41. Ashby.de.le-Zouch Average 1151.5 h, '72 1, 60 Basingstoke 1001.0. 5 1,01,5 /SF. Brecknock and Abcrgavenny 1501.58. 4 , 3 F,00,1 1.16 th. 101. Birmingham, 1-Ifith share ....41. & 711. 200 1,000 ...... .. Ditto & Liverpool J unct. 1 9 '11. sh. 100 pd 25 600 31. Bridgewater and Taiinton.lool.Bl, all pl - 400 51. Chelmer and 'Backwater ION. sh . 101 SOO 32!. Coventryi 1001. sh. 600 Croydon. Average 31/.26.10d. sh. - 2,060 51. Oa Dudley 1001. sh. 94 600 131. Derby lool.sh. 120 20,0'0 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d,pd 33 3,5751 4 1 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133.:.5k. 81 2:31 621 Erewasn ' 001. sh. 750 1,297 301. Forth an d Cl y d o....AverageVV 16s, b. 6fo 11,000 81. Grand ~ unction 1001.sn 121 2,8494 255. Grand Union lool.sh 26 1,500 Grand 5urrey.........,.., ......1001.sh. 15 1,000/ 4/. percent . Ditto (optional) Loan, 100/. ',i96 Grand Western 800 131.125. 9d. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 749 12s. Oran th tv, 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfivild Average.", 11. (is. 6d. sh. 27 100 Kensington lOO sh. allpd 10 25.329 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/.lBs. 10€1. sh 24% 11,6991 I/. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. 6s. 8d 2; 2,897 f 301. Leeds and Liverpool I OW. sh '750 544 11!. Leicester 1401. It: 151 1,897 5/, Os. Leicester & Northampton Aver 831.10 s 73 2,409 101. Monmouthshire lool.sl, 200 250 101. Melton Mowbray 1001.5h. 2R. 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lool.Bh. 555 3,000 21. 10s, Macclesfield lool.oh. all pd. 34% 247 171. Neath 1001.51,. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest. Avei..ge about 781. sh. 73%, 21,418 fb. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.84. sh. 9J, 2 5,6119 6/. Rochdale Average 851.5 h. SO 500 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 137 800 101. Os, Somerset Coal l5O/.5h. ISO 3,800/. 4e percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 11 4 700 36!, Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 600 500 151, Shrewsbury 3tlo 9 i 3taursridge ............, 145/.sh. 396 3,Q1; 21 Os. Stratford-on. Avoii Aver.... 791. 9s. (Oct. oh. 35 533 1211 Swansea lool.sh, 265 -4762 2i. 10s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 35/. sh. 45 ,601.ish. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share lOO/. sh. 5 0 6,149 Thames and Medway Av. 191. Is. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005 h./ 161 Warwick and B;rmisigham lool.sh 240 I,ooo#sh. _ 9eo - 13. 7.000 11 i.noo 32g. 800 .26 905 Warwick and Nam e ,' 1001.3 h. I6U Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 55 Wilts and Berko Average 671. lOs Bd. sh. 29 Willey and Essington 1251. sh 74 W:eoeacn '";.,/. 3h. :50 Wey and AMU llOl. en. 22N, DOCKS. - -----. 2 ' 5 " 8t I3n C. Commerc al lOOl. sh. 63) a 1,065i5h._ r' - - 5 per rent. East and West India Stock 99 3,e:38,311)V. VI p.er. London ..... ....Stock 70 Ditto Bonds 2,200 31.6.:. sd. Bristol Average 14"1.90. sh. 75 18,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 1,152,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 964, 500,000 4i percent. Ditto Bonds .... lOl% 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford I'ier .01. sh. '2Ol. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 11. Hammersmitl sol.sh. 21 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 34, 1.700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent., 501.5 h. 16 ..,000 - Waterloo 1001. sh. 331 5,000 `22s. Od. DittO, otd Annuities of 81 00/. pil 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4O/. pd 1831 40,000/ 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 26s Vauxhall .........Average 701. 108.3 d. sh 26 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s ' Albion 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 72 51,000 r I n e ,; c l e ss nt 'l Alliance British &Foreignloo/.sh. 1 1/. pd 13• - ,0,000 a per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 51. pit 5 21,000 11. per sh. Atlas I,2oo}sh. Si. Birmingham 1' ire.. 5O/. sh. S5l. pd 107% 00,000 11. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 504 oh. Si. pd 54 5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical I.lle, ICOtsh. 2110 s pd .li 4,000 310 s County lOO/. sh. 10/. pd If 20,000 4s. Eagle f 5 per centa / and 30/ hs.S Economic Lit-,. 10001. eh. 250/. pd 406 2,271 22s.per cent. European Li,.' .0/. sh. all pd 22 51,,000 2s. Ditto, New '4ll. ah. 21. pd 133 -.0000101. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 11S 20,000 51. Guardian 39,000 4s. (P.. Hope 5Ol. oh. 5!. pd 531 2,400 M. 12, Pd. Impend! Fire 5Oll/. sh. 501. pd 13.1 7,500 ils. Imperial I.lle lOOl. sh. 101. pd 10 !3 ; 42 5/. per cent. Indemnity li/trine lOO/. oh. 81. pd 29 2,020 31 Ills Kent Fire M. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 60 10,000 las. Law Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 303{ 5,000 IN. London, Fir-, 251. sh. 12/. Ills. pd IS% 3,900 10s. London, Ship .5/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 1831 1 , 1 00,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 5 !von/. 10,000 r , /. per cent. Palladium Lite 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 216: 50,001 1 5/. per cent. Protector 1;f 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 18s 01 10,0110 4 per cent. Protestant laissenters ....BA/. sh. 51. pd *.. 2,500 11. Provident Lite 100!. oh. 10/. pd 20 200,1(0 30. fd. Rock Life -9,220/ 5/ per coat. Royal Exchange Stork 190 6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 51; 1.',000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. oh. Si. pd 7U JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 . ...... .. A gric. and Com. of I reland2s/. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 01 per cent. Australa,ta 401. sh. 401. pd 583 10,000 10 uer cent. Bank of Bit mingham 50/. sh. 10/. pd 157, 1,0,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 10/. lid 11%, 31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 23 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12 .1,008 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 50 05,000 1) per cent. Li verpcol lOW sh. 1211. pd 134 50,000 7i percent Manchester and Liver ] pool District avz. ~„S O , . 151 pd 101 :.0,000 7 per cent. Manchester looi. sh. 10/.pd 20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lrelandlool. sh. 25/. psi 43 10,410 fi per rcut National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. 17j/. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Prov..icial Eng.loo/. sh. 35/. pd 344, 10,008 'O,OOO Gloucestershire 501. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 las Ud Bath .0/. sh. 16/. pd 22 5,000 British 40/. sh. 16!. pd 184 5• l ~,,,, f 5/.percent./ and Be. 6s. j Ditto Provincial 2Ol. s h. 191 . pd 25 928 51 10e Birmingham 50/. sh. 96 4,250 21 0, Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 2,250 31 108 Brighton 2O/. sh. 13 3 , 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2O/. sh. IS/ pd 9 2,471 4i per cent. Brighton General 2Ol. sh. all pd 9 1,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....7 1 51. 6211 pd 100% 1,0e5., tor. ois, ‘,. 1.-ma.,,,.. ....... . .500 . sh. al ( pd 195 1,000 Cl. Ditt o , N ew - 1001. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,1 , 00 3/.03. Equitable 5O/. pd 20 - 0,000 3/. per cent. Imp er i a l 501.3 h. (04 800 51. per cent. Isle of l'hatiet 25/. sh. 201. pd Itiy, 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent 90/. sh. all r, 49 9,000 41. per cont. Ph oen i x 5O/. slt. 39/. pd 34 ,000 4/. per cent. Ratclill lOO/. sh. 804 pd CO ,000 South MAropolitan ..... jet/. sh. 19/, pd 16 9,0110 51. per cent. United General 10/. sh. 471. pd 30 240 51. per cent, W a r w i c k WI. ;M. 50 4110 51. per cent Wakefield 25/. ob. 22 2,0t0 32, Westminster Chartered 6,000 120 Ditto New WATER WailKS 1,800 3;1. lirrmingh:an 251. sh. 25!. pd 21 1 ,4.3 71. East London 100/. sh. 161 5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/ Ills. 4d. oh. 61 2,000 '2l. Kent 100/. sh. 4631 372 101. Liverpool Bootle .20/. sh. 326 1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann... 60 6,456 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 5531 1,000 5 per cont. South London lOO/ sh. 1043 ¢ 4,294 4jl. West Middlesex Average 63/..125. 9d. sh. 92 1,360 11 14s York Building Lo. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 1 ,300 Binning ham and Doti' ...... lOO/ pd 684 9,580 ......... Birmingham and GlouCester 1101, pd 72 15,1100 Bristol and Exeter IOU!. sh. 6.1 pd 371 4 7,500 ...... ... Cheltenham &G. Western 1004 sh. 62 NI 30% 3,004 Clarence lOO/. sh. 1001 pd 30 8,1)00 Dublin and Drogheda 100/, o h. 5!. p 2 41,00 e Eastern Counties '2s!. sh. 231.: pd 9 10,0(10 ...... ... Great North of England 1011/. sh. DM pd 7.'i 10,918 14 percent. Grand Junction lOOl. sir. all pd 219 2.4000 Great Western 1001. sh. MI. pd 914,, 25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. :o'. pd 61 3,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 504 sh. 40!. pd 47 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool lel/. oh. 1001. pd 149 8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. A. 50/. pd 4b 2,100 4/. percept. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool& Manchester DX /.sh. 100/.pd 185 7,968 Viper cent. Ditto Half Shares 5ll. pd 90 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares .5/. pd 45 J 6,000 ......... London and Brighton 50/. sh. 501 pd 471) 04,000 London anti Blackwall 25/. sh. 25/. pd 19 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich -.20/. sit. 20/. pd 8% 25,000 8 per cent. London Si Birmingham 100/. sh. 001. pd 159 25,009 Ditto Quarter Shares -.25/. sh. 5/ pd 23% 31,250 Dit o New Shares 314 sh, 311. pd lON 36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av.:301, 174.9 d, 1.7 33,000 London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 15s. lid. 111$ ... ...... Ditto New Scrip.... 114 (3,000 3 per cent. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. 70/. pd 55 1 3,000 ... Ditto Half Shares 5Ol 25/. pd 21 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh. 40/. 2 . ',!,6 ... 10,000 • Midland Counties • 00/ oh 100/ pd 89 15,000 North Midland Ditto New 40/. pd 0)3 5,128 Northern and Eastern....loo/. sh 504 p 3 28 2,60 U Preston and Wyre 5O!. sh. 30/. pd 36 28,000 ••• South Eastern and Dover ... 33/. pd 16 1,000 101. per Cent. Stockton anti Darlington .........1011. eh. 275 0,000 ...... ... Thames Haven .. .501. sh 51. pd 8,000 .4.440 York and North Midland 50 . eh. 501. pd 73 NINEB. 8 , 000 . .. , Albion Copper Ms '). :IL pd 18 4,000 1/751. ..... Alten l5/. sh 121. Its pd 10 iOOOO ..., Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. at ' d 1% Ditto Subscription ...... .... .. ...25/. pu 134 2,000 10/. Boianos ......1 1 . 50/. sh all pd 35 10,000 11. Me nrazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pm 351. sh. 201. pd 5 6 ,0 00 ... ...... Macaubas & tocaes United 25/.5h.251. pd 6 !1,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2Ol. sh. 14/. pd 2% IC,OOO Bolivar Copper Company, 20/.sh. 20/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO/. sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British Iron lOOl. s h . 601 . p d ,0110 Bri' ish Copper 5/. sh. 411. pd 1% Cl.l Branca 6l!. pd 6h Candonga ..., ;0,000 11 Copiapo 0,500 ~, Columbian, lis. Si. pm, ~ 551. oh. 59/. pd 0a .) 850 3/. English -, H,,14/. Cs, pd 2 20,000 General MiningA ssoclation2o/. sh.lo/. pd 134 0,155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh, 5711 pa' 0 , 000 Polberou Consols .. 10!. oh. Si. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2% Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160 00,000 ......... United Mexican, Ise. 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd 234 Daft. Scrip a% Ditto New Scrip. Si. pd 4 West Cork 5Ol, sh 501. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University lOO/. sh. a ll pd 7 700 King' College lOOl. 1954 MISCELLANEOUS, 10,01 15s. Australian Agrieultural.lloo/. - sh. 26/. pa 40 6,X0 1. per cent. British Arnefitan Land Company 3-ii. pa 10.000 61. per cesst. Canada Caritptifly. .. s,lOO/, sh, 321/. pd gl 10,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana,la Loan • 90;4 City Bondi, 4 par cent • - ~ Milli 20,000 11.65. GetiefalStoani Natinatien 151.;h. 14/. pd 24 101. per cent. Hudson's Ray Stock ,agaihtl.p r oll. 254 1 000 I/. London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. Tat. lth. 19 .00c ..... .... Camucheue Company 1211. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company-50/ pd 12 4, /54 5/. per cant Reversionary int. 50c...1001. sh. 1001. pd 107 2,6.33 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100/. pd 107 4,000 ! 0 .000 6s. Van Dte.ner.'s Land.... 1110/, all. nig. p d Is LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES DIAY 8. 1841, ~ BANKS. -• . 1,* "',,„ .. 0,!. 61. p. ct. Bank ot Scotland ...831.65. Bd. sh. all pd )59 2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Rcyal of Scotland 1 00/.sh. all pd 154 Wl,OOOl. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. ill pd 22r; 500,000/. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. I. 00/. pa 169 500,0005. 6n. ct. National IOCI. sh. 10/. pd 14 1 ,4 500,0001. 7/. p. et. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 85 1,n00,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 7'2 INSURANCE COMPANIES. ::50.0005h. 6.4 p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 14 pd 24s Od. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13 i„, 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/.sh. all pd 10 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 17 1,000 Bp. et. Caledonian Fire..... lOO4 sh. 101. pd 2i) 5,000 6p. ct, Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 10/ 10/. pet lili ipo,opo 11 p. tt. West of Scotland pil MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd 14% Ditto Allocated! 00/. sh. all pd 56 5,40( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2s/. sh. all pd 341 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founocry 501 sh 4/41 ”g 1 '42 10,000 3 per Coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20t.sh. 16/. pd 3% 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coa l Gas ...... ,251. sh. all pd 4'l 4.500 rg 4,450 10 per cent. ( 7 , lasgow Gas ...... 251. sh• all Pd 5 5 7i per cent,. '..eith Coal (las 2O- .h. all Pd 1,154 Edinburgh and D. lkeith ilai!ivay 50/. sh 23 AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday, the 7th inst., an inquest was held at Melford, by Harry Wayman, Esq., Coroner for the Liberty of Bury St. Ed mund's, on the body of Thomas Howard, a labourer, employed in the gardens of Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., of Melford Hall, who, on Thursday, while working in the gardens, suddenly fell down and expired ; he is supposed to hare died from the effects of a cold brought on by working in a .ditch. .The Jury returned a verdict "Died bv the visitation of God."—ipswich Express; . . THE EXPRESS STEAM-PACKET. (From the Kendal Mercury.) The Express steam-packet is now fairly at work, ply ing betwixt the new town of Fleetwood and Bardsea Hence, the Bardsea people are looking forward, hop ing to see many- fresh faces in their neat, pleasant, and healthy little village—the Ulverston people are looking forward to visits from their relatives and friends ; indeed, the steam conveyance is an accommodation to the man of business or the party of pleasure —to the invalids who seek to have their health restored by the bracing sea breeze or the mountain air, for which the localities about Ulverston are so admirably fitted, while the scenery which meets the eye of the traveller to the Lakes is diversified and beautiful. To those who are in populous cities pent, accustomed only to the glare of pavements and the dull-red brick of long-continued streets—those there is a sweet repose to the mind which the works of Nature can alone afford, and in the district to which we allude Pro vidence has been most bountiful in displaying his handy work. But while we feel thankful for the accommoda tion of a packet from Fleetwood, we must not forget that our old friend, the Windermere, is again ploughing the briny sea betwixt Ulverston and Liverpool ; we ought, and we do remember, that great has been the accommodation she has given to Ulverston, and that at times without any adequate remuneration ; but we wish hearty success to both—and with such convenience none need fear to land upon the shores of Morecambe Bay. If you land at Bardsea, you are about three miles from Ulverston. If you wish to ride, you have conveyances from Mr. Smith's, the Braddyl's Arms, and Mr. Parker's, the Sun Inn, with good horses and careful drivers, and accommodation at each place fit for any noble of the land. We have just had a peep into Mr. Parker's establishment, the Sun Inn, which has undergone not only a thorough repair, but has also been newly and elegantly furnished, and tastefully painted and papered throughout ; and both the sitting and other rooms are fit for England's Queen and her Royal Consort. Then if you wish to have a drive, either in your own carriage or a conveyance from the inn, think of the splendid scarlet liveries of Mr. Parker's post boys, and with his excellent cattle, how soon you are landed at Newby Bridge (if that be your route). If at Newby Bridge you don't wish to remain for any length of time, you can take a snack of Mrs. White's far-famed potted char and Westmorland hams—and then again forward your post boys, clean and neat, dressed in a livery matching Mr. Parker's. But who would not spend a night with Mr. White, when they remember that close to the Swan Inn, at Newby Bridge, is the Lake of Win dermere—not only the largest, but one of the prettiest in the lake district—on the glassy waters of which you may sail and feast your eyes with the beauties of nature— wild, rugged, and fantastic—with which her banks are clothed, and which has been the theme of many a poet's song. _ _ _ But we must not forget to remind the traveller. there are other roads which may be travelled to much profit ; the pedestrian should take a survey of ConiShead Priory, the family residence of T. R. G. Braddyll, Esq., and not forget to have a peep at the neat sweet little Hermitage behind. I3ardsea, too, is five miles from the Ruins of Furness Abbey, and here, in the vale of nightshade, might the botanist luxuriate in what has been truly called a botanical paradise. The geologist, too, in Low Furness, might find that geology might there be studied to profit. The traveller should not miss sing the iron ore works about Lindal Moor, nor the slate quarries at Kirkby Ireleth, from whence he might proceed to Conis ton copper ore works, at which places he would find both pleasure and profit from his visit. But it is not for us point out the route of the traveller—though we again wish, in conclusion. " Success to the Steam Packets." THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY COLONIAL MARKET. The prices of most de•rcript;ons of produce were firm, but there was no particular spit it in the biddings at the public sale, and a large proportion of the goods put up was bought in. Rum and Sugar for home use, was rather firmer, arid, in some ca-es, a slight advance was obtained. Coffee dull, and the terms lower. Pepper brought full prices. Cassia Ligsfea advanced Is. to 2s. pet cwt. Rice steady, but the transactions were very dull, and confined to middling Bengal at about 12s. per cwt. Cotton very quiet, and a shade lower. TEA MARKET. There was little demand for free trade, but prices were firm. Company's Congou was offered Is. Mid. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was dull for all kinds, and prices were barely supported, sellers of P. Y. Candle at 475. 6d. on the spot, and and 48s. 3d. for last three months. WHIFECH,IPEL HAY MARKET. Our supply was but moderate, the trade brisk, the finest qualities realizing our highest quotations, and in some in stances rather more was obtained ; the middling and ordinary sorts met with a good demand. Clover 4/. to 5/. 18s. Meadow Hay 31. 101. to 4/. 18s. Straw 1/. 15s. to It. IBs. HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. Wheat, Maus 288 to 336 Barley, Mecklenburgh 133 to 162 Magdeburg 288 to 336 Magdeburgh... 150 to 159 Anlialt, white 288 to :336 Holstein 132 tp 1;0 --- red 2 4 5 to 333 --- Summer ll4 to 132 Brunswick 294 to 327 Oats, Eider Mecklenburg.. 258 to 333 -- Mecklenburg ---- Polish 31.0 to 3143 -- Holstein 132 to 141 Holstein - East I.'riesland... 102 to 1l 1 Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic - Elbing and Ko_ Buck Wheat 163 to 19: nigsburg -- Upland --- Itiga COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee Nto 9% Marrnham Georgia, Ist soil 7 73/ s Maer.is 5 14 5% 2d 7 75.• Swats 3d and 4th 6 6% no c rlzo 8 COP FEE.. Mocha 11 to 13% Domingo Batavia sl Ls Gliayra 4% 7j 2 umatra Porto Rico Q., N Rio 4 5% Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit! tfavannah, Whitt.-- 3 to -t%' 8r0wn....-: :2% 2% o lc), White : 2%. 4 crown Manilla. Browi Havannah 11 83 3 Discount.) Barna, White . : ....... t 02% Brown Pernambuco, White „.2k, 2% Brown ...2% 2 2k, to 2X (From, the London Mercantile Journal of May 11.) SUGAR.—There were buyers of West India Mui covades both for refining and the scale, and about4oo hhds and tierces changed hands privately at the extreme rates of Friday, A public sale of 150 hhds Barba.does went off with spirit, and brought 65s 6d to 71 6d for middling to fine bright yellow. MAURITIUS.-1,086 bags were put up to public sale, the whole of which found buyers with a spirited compe tition, and the prices realized were full 2s per cwt higher than those obtained at the last auctions, or about is above the previous private transactions ; fine yellow at 68s to 68s 6d, good ditto at 65s 6d to 675, middling to good middling ditto at 61s to 63s 6d, and ordinary brown at 46s to 46s Gd per cwt. A parcel of about 7,500 bags of this description was sold by private contract, at prices nearly assimilating those of the above sale. EAST INnia.—Two parcels of Bengal were advertised for auction to-day, consisting of 3,063 bags ; one parcel consisting of 742 bags, were however withdrawn, and the remainder bold without spirit, but at about 6d ad vance on the last auctions, or upon the same terms as the previous transactions by private contract ; good and fine white 66s to 68s 6d, and middling and good middling ditto at 03s to Ms 6d per cwt. REFINED.—Prices were firmer to-day for refined goods, and a fair demand existed ; for standard lumps 90s 6d was paid ; the supply is small. Bastards and Pieces have attracted more attention, and stiffer rates have been given. Treacle dull of sale. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for 30s 9d to 31s, but there are few buyers. COFFEE.—The market was very flat to-day, and priceS still unsettled. The public sales offered 3,063 bags Havannali and 1,543 bay 30 casks Java, all im ported via the Cape of Good Hope ; the former was about half disposed of at is to 2s per cwt. lower prices ; good ordinary yellow at 48s to 50s good ordinary pale being bought in at 46s to 47s ; the latter was a very good parcel, and principally found buyers at steady prices, viz., superior green at 67s 74s 6d, fine ordinary. coloury at 635, good ordinary coloury at 63s to 66s 6d, anti good ordinary mixed pale at 60s to 61s 6d ; a pile. of good ordinary bold yellow, bulked, was bought in at 60s per cwt. TEA.—Yesterday there was considerable excitement in this market, and a large business was done both by speculators and the trade, but chiefly by the former ; Company's Congou, which opened at is 10d cash, soon rose to 2s to 2s Old per lb, but almost immediately after receded to is 10,i- i d ; during the afternoon how ever the price rallied to is Ilia, and finally closed at Is lld per lb, sellers. The sales in free trade descrip tions were chiefly in the black and lower kinds of green, and ls 10d to ls 101 d cash was obtained for low Con gou and Twankay. To-day tile market was quiet, and prices drooping, the ardour of speedators having abated. Company's Con gou opened at ls 101(1, but declined during day to is 10d to is 104 d per lb. On 'Change there were few buyers at this price, hd . s arrived at Liver- The John e'Gaunt from China, pool ; sailed, Macao 23 d January, and :St. Helena 24th March, with about 84000 packages of Tea on board. Pnovisioals.,--The prices , of Irish ;Butter are now perfectly nominal, scarcely. a sale having been made. The reduced prices of foreign Ritter as quoted I.ast week Wised a brisk demand for the , article, and price rallied ; final:hitch is now, taken off freely at 96s .to 102 s per cwt: Lard. steady at previous rates. There is little business doing in Bacon, and prices are rather lower, tiatiaitlisfalicting the continued high rate still paying for Pigs hi Veiling- sales made. in sizeable Wa terford landed at 56s to Dag, and inprime Limerick at 54s to 56s • no transactions free oa board, the trade not being inclined to buy at the prices asked '; say 57s to 58s for prime, and 51s to 54s for heavy. • RICE.—Two parcels of East India were offered by public auctionto - day, comprising 3,907 bags Bengal and 500 bags Madras ; the former chiefly sold, but at 3d to 6d under previous prices, viz. middling and good mid dling white at lls 6d to 12s 6d per cwt : the Madras was bought in at 105 6d for good yellow pearly. PEPPER.-100 bags black and 22 bags white, were offered at public sale, and disposed of at 3i-d for good fair Sumatra, being barely the value. CASSIA LIGNEA continues in demand; but 102 cases offered at public sale, were all bought in at 4s above the recent auction, viz. middling at 95s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market continues firm and the de mand steady ; a parcel consisting Of 1,140 bags Bengal, was disposed of, by public auction at 27s to 27s 6d for 4 to 34 lbs refraction. INDIGO.-36 serons Spanish were put up by the ham mer, and sold at 2s 8d to 5s 7d, being rather cheaper for ordinary, but the full value for the better lots: COCIIINEAL. -126 bags were brought to the hammer, and chiefly sold at and after the sale at steady prices ordinary blacks at 5s to 5s sd, and ordinary to middling silvers at 3s 8d to 4s 6d per lb. Woo L.— The public sales of Colonial and other Wools, which occupied the whole of last week, went off with much spirit, and showed a better result than was generally anticipated from the very dull state of trade in the manufacturing districts. Nearly the whole was sold, anti prices much the same as at the last auctions. The quality put up was 4,ooo,;bales Colonial, and 1,600 Foreign. fet4e4 15 to la 8d.,-in MORNING EDITION. grease 8d to 10 ; Van Dienan's Land 10d to is 4d, and fine fleece Is Sd to is 10d, is gratis., 7d to 9 ; East India Jia to lid ; Buenos Ayres 34d to 11 ; German Lambs iid to is lid ; Russian 54ct to is 7 d; and Italian 62d to i per lb. TALLOW.—The market remains dull, and to effect sale easier prices are accepted. The quotation of ss• P. Y. C. on the spot, on 'Change, was 475. cd, per cwt. OlL.—Linseed Oil continues in limited request only, and prices are again a shade easier ; on the spot 29s to 29s 3d accepted. BRUTAL FIGHT, AND DEATH OF °Ng Or THE COMBATANTS.—On Saturday night last, aboit its o'clock, a lot of fellows met together at the White Ilene bee' shop, at Chelsea New Town, near Leighton Buzzard, an d ' after drinking for a considerable period, they went into tba fields and got up a fight between John Butcher, a shoemakers and James Webster, a bricklayer, of Leighton Buzzard. Tie disgracful scene was carried on till two o'clock on Sunda,' morning, when Butcher hit his antagonist a fatal blow which caused his death. The whole neighbourhood was in the greatest excitement, and on Tuesday a Coroner's Jury wer e sworn. The first witness, John Webster, cousin of the deceased, went to the beer-shop in question. There were se' veral men there and a woman. Between ten and eleven o'clock they left the house and had a row in the road, and afterward' in a close, where two fellows, George Fryer and James Paviotts fought. After the fight, deceased came up and stood talk ing with witness, when Butcher came up and said he would fight any in the close a few rounds, just to keep his hands in. Deceased said he would fight him ; and asked his brother, William Webster, to see him righted. They then fought for nearly three quarters of an hour. In the last round Butcher strucic deceased several times about the head, and he fell from one of the blows. Witne.s and William Webster picked bias up, but he could not stand ; he fell backwards and his hand° dropped. He was then carried away upon a gate insensible . There was another fight going on.—William Robinson, ° f Linslade, came to the fight. They went down on fighting , and when deceased was down on his hack, Butcher set his font on his stomach on purpose. After this fight was over witnese went to see the third that was going on. The Jury returned a verdict of ‘' Manslaughter against John Butcher, as princi pal, and against Jos eph Hodges and William Webster for aid ing, abetting, and assisting." The prisoners were im , n e distely conveyed to Bedford gaol. —Hereford Reformer. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER F'tOM THE MAYOR OF A GREAT MANUFACTURING TOWN.—MAY 1841.—1 feel it a duty to inform you that Lord John Russell's speech on Friday night has produced a greater effect than any speech delivered from the Ministerial bench for years Pas t ' We think it will produce up..n the masses a powerful effect. It is the first time that a Minister of the Crown has insisted upon the attention of Parliament being directed to our starving population at home, instead of acquiesing in the fashionabl e philanthropy of the day ; however Dr. Lushingtcn and other kind, but weak men, may be deceived, the people are, not to be deceived—they feel that the philanthropy ay° benevolence which have been exercised in favour of the slice, have been at the expense of the masses, and paid for out 0 1 the general taxation of the country--it has been a sere grievance with the poorer classes for many years, and I hall heard them express themselves strongly many times about it' Sound abolitionists we all are here, but we all feel that the only effective check to slavery will be by the civilization of the African states, by making it the interest of the native govern' ments to retain labour at home instead of vending l a bourers. I am heartily pleased that the first man who has dared pub' liely to advocate claims of the worse than slaves (so far as con' fort and subsistence is concerned) amongst our own poptda" lion, is a British Minister, Lord John Russell. I have see°, to-day members of the Society of Friends here, a n d l a m gla d to find that they are not influenced by the reasoning that he' misled Dr. Lushington. To say that we lament his course le to give you but a faint idea of our feelings. We grieve that at a crisis like this, such a man should peril the well being of h is country, and allow himself to be made the tool of the enenit e ' of that emancipation which he has so consistently advocated . Benevolence to be useful should be practical. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The celebrated Mademoiselle Rachel, the Melpomene of the modern French stage, appeared for the first time before an English audience in the character of Hermione in the Andromaque of Racine'' haVing been engaged by M. Laporte, with a French companli to give a series of subscription performances during the p reset). month. It is only about four years ago, we think, that tl!is young lady made her first appearance at the Theatre France ° ' when, by the force of her genius, she effected a revolution in tbe, state of the stage by reviving the old classical drama, which , f '. ° a long time, had given way to the romantic and melodrains ,l° productions ofthe modern school. Her appearance in London excited much expectation, and it has not been disappoint Much was said about her fragile form and delicate aspect ; k ° she is tall, erect, and vigorous, as well as graceful in her mo ve , ments. Her figure is fine, and her attitudes those °` Grecian statuary. Her countenance, at first, is far from re; markable. Her features are regular, but small and 0 ° strongly marked, and her eyes have not the power which son ' of of our great tragic actresses have exhibited. Her feature; however, speak, and her eyes lighten, while the impassioned language of Racine flows from her lips. Her declamation , deed, is very fine ; exquisitely elegant and refined, musical 1 ° its modulations, and endless in its variety. Her voice, however' though sweet and melodious, seems deficient in power, and to passages of very violent passion. became somewhat harsh an overstrained. The character of Hermione is said to be one ° t her greatest efforts; and her representation of it justified t i r remark which has been made, that she is most successful 1° expressing the feelings of anger, hatred, and scsrn-- in cony eyilt bitter sarcasm and withering invective. Moliere's deligh ll ll little comedy, Les Precieuse Ridicules, was exceedingly:l, played by way of afterpiece. The house was full ; and M ? e , moiselle Rachel's reception was such as must have afforded much gratification. DEATH OF SIR FREDERICK JOHNSTON... s This melancholy event was on Monday the general subjeeano! conversation. The circumstances, as currently state generally believed In the best-informed circles, were as tollov —Sir Frederick, in company with Mr. Borthwick. was re : turning to Eglntton Castle, at which both had been visitors for some days, from a dinner party at a gentleman's seat a fe!,,, miles distant. Sir Frederick rode forw,,rd, and was found e Mr. Borthwick lying on the ground and bleeding profusely. I ' d latter took him up on his horse and con ve y e d hi m to Eglint' Castle, where the unfortunate Baronet expired soon after his ;r i - r rival. An alarm had previously been given at the Castleh i)der r Frederick's horse gallopping up to the stables without a r his knees , broken, and the saddle much damaged. La d y 2 Louisa Johnstone is staying with the Dowager Countess Cr that at Hamstead Lodge, near Newbury. We are informed thbi., the melancholy intelligence was conveyed to her Lad Yl o r „ yesterday morning. The late Sir George Frederick .1 0 ",_ . stone was son of the sixth Baronet, by the youngest elaugen, ter of Chas. Gordon, Esq., of Cluny. Born, 1810 ; succeed er 1811; represented Weymouth in the Parliament of 1832. Si Frederick was married only a few months ago to the Le'? Louisa Frederica, daughter of the late, and sister of the P re sent Earl Craven. Her Ladyship's accouchement is expec t ed to take place in August. INVITATION TO THE QUEEN TO VISIT igt . t LA Nn.—A preparatory meeting was held yesterday Gresham's Hotel, in order to make arrangements for a gel' it ral meeting of the citizens to petition her Majesty to :1 0 Dublin this summer. The form of a petition was agree , " oo , and was signed amongst others by the Archbishop of fin.. l ffs : the Eishop of Kildare, the Provost, and the City High sberi SUPERIOR LONDON-MADE WATCHE' —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, Ni. 9, C ° , bill, London (opposite the Bank of England), submit for l e lection a very large STOCK of Highly-finished Lendozi-n o i r WATCHES, the whole of which being manufactured o °l their own inspection, on their own premi ses , th e y c an afford ° sell at least 251. per cent. below the usual trade price for all a t r b title of the same quality. A panted warranty is given Ra ab each Watch. PRICES MOUNTED IN SILVER CASES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double- £4 4 o backed engine-t urne d cases , warran t e d Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in four holes, maintaining power, hard enamelled dial, with seconds hands, and double-backed engine turned cases, warranted ... Either of the above in silver hunt;ng cases, 10s. 6d. extra: A large variety of second-hand Silver Watches, which 101 1. been carefully exam ined, and can be warranted at £2 2s. ea ° GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned gold case:?, and gold dials, warranted Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, wish double-backed engine-turned gold eases and gold dials, warranted 12 l i , Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes with double-backed gold cases and gold dials, warranted .. GOLD CASES, SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four holes, seconds, and double-backed gold cases, war- 0 ranted 13 13 Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in • six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and enamel dials, warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, capped, jewelled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold cases and i ; gold dials, warranted Either of the Gentlemen's Watches may be had in gold hun ting cases, for 31. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand Watches purchased in exchang:c;:_. rE SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNo S, with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Knive., vs. Carvers, 5,. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with w h i te bo n handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. 8(l. ; Carvers, 31e per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new sh a p es ! 395, ; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60s ; the set o 1 full mot , . Catalngues, containing the price of 'every article n furnish" ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPP ON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. =~~~ BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., in Beaumont-street, Portland-street the lady of Barre W. Goldie, Esq., Bengal Engineers, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Cadogan-place, the lady of S. Beachcro" Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst, at Hyde-park-gardens, the ladfof C. Ale x ' ander Wood, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., at Camden-road Villas, Camden -town, t i° w?le of W. H. Dowse, Esq., of a son. 00 the 6th inst., at Great Russell-street, the wife of th e Rev. i lobert Morris, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Boinin Lodge, East Barnet, the lady of G. Knott, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the I;th icst., at St. Pancras Church, the Rev. Geogr . Lawless, M.A., Preacher of Cashel Cathedral, to Susan Ella' eldest daughter of William Carr, Esq., Camden Cottage* near Camden-town. On the 6th Crayford, Kent, Mr. Charles Robertsoni to Charlotte Agnes, dat,:ghter of John Henry Taylor, Esq. , ° arlton Ki ng ' s , Ed war d °Mer i t Barnes Cray, Crayford. On the 4th inst., at CL'.' Esq.. of Portland-.place,-Man chester, to Harriet Grace, elu e " , daughter of R. Ibbetson, Esq., of East-court,Gloucestersh ire i On the sth inst., at St. Mary :5, Battersea, the Rev. Isr gi , e ., May Soule, of St. John's-hill, t o . Amelia, eldest daughter , 9 ' • the late Henry Tritton, Esq. DIED. her o A n f l a h ie e s B ty th a u s lt n . r , v a e t 3 s o l r o rG tr e e n a e l, rai Ca n n f ad th a n , J p o r ses uchette, Province, B ee o , E s gi an d Colon. ; of Militia. ~ On the 2d in s t., M rs. C ur ti es , o f Albion-place, Reedit/P oo inf O an n t the 3 0f d j i a n n s i t e . ; in Wilton-crescent, Gilbert Hertri' imi4r , On the 4th inst., at Kensingtoo, Mrs. Anne Stavens, 11 , of the late Rev. W. Steven, P.D., aged 91. A moi 4. On the 2d i ns t., a t th e Vicarage, Chiswick, Judith 7 wife of the Rev. T. F. Bowerbank. • a l e On the Ist inst., in Woburn-place, Reginald Mery t Es4'. of the Registrar's-office in the Court of Chancery. ~_,,, On the 2d inst., at Sutton , Notts , Edward Unwins, .P7'As.. On the 2d inst., at West-street, Hertford, Mr. Samuel " drews, late t mber merchant, aged 68. -of London ; Printed and Published by fiIUBDO yorvy. No. 112, Strand, at. 1714 Sun Office, No. lig, __tra',. vIA • the Want)! or Mitifl2, .le, l • ~. .1. 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