The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-03 00:00:00

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Farren ; Max Hark- ArY, M r . Hartley; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; il4#.LAdolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. 11.7 1 ,7w5; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, liCautte Vestris; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. t lrs. Humbr. After which the New Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE EMBASSY. C A e Nevers, Mr. Moore ; Viscount Rene e Bohan, i And d erson ; Baroness du Pont, Miss Ellen Tree d i Madame 1 7rissac, Madame Vcstris. to le evened at half-past Six—the performances t(. f . E . are at Se7en o'Clock. 13 9xe. .; Second Price, 3s. 61; First and Sec?n , ' tle 7e. s. 03. ; Second Price, :is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price Ti Gallery i s . tt -e ant places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan (11.„ Sox-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Ticket , P I .'e had upan application. ie r ' y lte Boa t , to be had so'elv of Mr. And: ears, bookseller, Te X Bond-street. / 49t ikt ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. L N ight of the Season, Last Night cf " Poor Jack," and ist Night of Nfr. T. T P Cooke, who will perform Two har actors. his not having bribed any body when he con tested Carlisle. Sir R. PEEL saw no reason whatever to Mame the Committee, who could not act otherwise, and he would not vote for the production of the minutes. • Mr. WAKLEY moved to have the minutes of the proceedings of the Walsall Election Com mittee also laid before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL, believing that the production of the minutes was not intended to cast any re proach on the Committee, would not oppose the motion. In the end the proceedings of all the three Committees were ordered to be laid before the House. The Report on the County Courts' Bill was postponed till Monday. The House then again went into Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, and were occu pied with that during the remainder of the even ing. The Committee reached as far as the 30th clause, and the House resumed. Mr. LABOUCHERE obtained the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the laws affecting joint stock partnership. The House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock. We were yesterday expressing our surprise, to a London tradesmen, that shopkeepers did not take an active part in procuring t repeal of the Corn-law ; and we attributed their negli gence to indifference or apathy. " They are not indifferent," was the reply ; " they are well aware of the evils of the Corn-law, but they are afraid of losing their customers. They do not know, by engaging in the repeal of the Corn-laws, that they may not affront some of those who deal with them, and rather than run that risk they stay at home and acquiesce in what they think wrong." We believe that is a tolerably correct and la mentable description of London tradesmen. We instantly thought of Mr. CURTIS'S balance sheet, and we concluded that the men who are generally afraid of losing a customer must be, However fair their outside, approximating to his uneasy and insolvent condition. Our acquaintance, in these few words, described a sad state of mental degradation and slavery ! A. tradesman dare not bestir himself on a great political question, lest he offend a customer. Has the landlords' and priests' tyranny percolated through all classes, and must no man act on his Jwn opinions unless he have first obtained their ;auction ? The Chartists are above this mean less. If their opinions be erroneouq, they have .he courage to express them. With all their tur bulence and errors, they are honest and manly. ['hey leave their bread-winnmg occupations, fear ,ess of consequences, to give effect to their views. ['hey are noblemen, in our estimation, corn dared to the timid, apprehensive beings who .vill not exert themselves to put down what they acknowledge to be a grievous wrong. The Corn-law involves, as several clergymen and Dissenting ministers have proved, the prin iples of religion. For oppressors to tax the bread of the poor, is denounced by Scripture. fo lay a burden on one class for the benefit of mother, strikes at the root of allegiance, by making the law an instrument of oppression. It deals unequally with the people, throwing the heaviest burdens on the weakest shoulders. ['hough the law is the operating power, which is supposed by some persons to create right and wrong, it, in fact, commits a grievous theft. It steals from the poor. The law is accordingly denounced as a robbery. The continuance or abolition of the law concerns, then, the principles of morality as well as religion. The inhabitants Jf the metropolis cannot answer to their GOD, their country, and their offspring, for allowing the Corn-law to continue. We doubt whether they are fully alive to its effects on their own welfare. They are afraid the gentry would have less to spend if the law were abolished. This is an idle fear. What the gentry spend is not the_ gold which changes hands a score of times in t few days—nor bank-notes which, made at pleasure, are only worth anything as the representative of value—but the produce of land and capital. Now there would not be a grain of wheat less grown, or an ox the less fattened, because the Corn-law was repealed, while there would be a great increase in the production of other wealth. The gentry then, if we include under this term all the owners of capital, would have more to spend, because more would be pro- luced. But if it were not so, the gentry are in a man ner bound to maintain a certain state. In many lases their expenditure is determined by their rank, almost as much as by their income, and they would struggle to keep up the show and splen lour to which they have been accustomed. Aoreover, the expense of living would approxi mate in England to the expense of living on the Continent, and the shabby-genteels, who are now lriven abroad, would return home for the sake of 2coitomy. That less would be spent, therefore, even by the lauded gentry, because the Corn a.sv was repealed, seems an idle fear. Sooner than part with their splendour, the gentry would nortgage their estates, and though they might lezgar their descendants, they are not likely, by Frugality, to impoverish their tradesmen. But if there oe nothing to be feared from the :epeal of the Corn-law in the the agricultural , is there nothing to be hoped from it throughout the manufacturing districts? New works would every .vhere be undertaken, new hands would be em ployed, and new enterprises begun. There would be a great and an increasing demand for engineers, architects, millwrights, founders, spin ners, turners, cutlers, and all the thousand THIS EVENING, APRIL 3, TID E Will he acted a Nautical Drama entftled RED ROVER ; OR, THE MUTINY OF THE DOLPHIN. 1 04 Fid (his original character) by Mr. T. P. Cooke. lifer Which, the Nautical Drama, in Four Parts, called It:"OR JACK; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. ""jell Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. To conclude with 1 110 1 /; KINC; OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER. Mr. Henry Hug hes; Gil Perez (the Barber), Mr. W. Smith. G o ,, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. '` t in Extra Night, with Novel and Extraordinary attrac -4 su , td b all the First-rate Talent i n London. or e y v it THE BENEFIT OF MR. R. LAWRENCE, _ _ . TREASURER. ON MONDAY, APRIL 5, Will be acted, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA BURLESQUED. kr Mr. Paul Bedford; Lucy, Mr. H. Hall ; • Pftchern, Mr. Wright ; Mackheath, Miss Coveney. _ . . Ai r ier which, THE MARRIED RAKE. Ilitec r ' Flighty, Mr. T. Parry. -11 nderful Performances of Signor Felix Carlo, and the ..._ German Tub 11 - unner. To conclude with PAUL CLIFFORD. • Paul Cliford, Air. Collins. G. Stansbury will preside in the Orchestra. N OTICE. ,c; 1,, THE CHINA SUN" 4gain Out of Print, but will be REPRINTED Shortly, with the NEXT NEWS from CHIN A. ,• R AILWAY S UN • l IPW NEARLY COMPLETED. We shall anoculice in a few days when it wil) aPPear. In the meantime we shall be happ3 to hear from the Secretaries of all Railwa) Companies the Latest Alterations in their TIME-TABLE 3, and any other News of Pub lic Interest re3ative to their concerns. Alsc the PROSPECTIVE TIME when any of tilt LINES will be further OPENED, and their Probable COMPLETION. Office, 26th March, 1841. ~---- 1 1 ;: hR 1(111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS `AY. .. 0 minutes after U 1 Evening minutes for 0. LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1841. it,. .„... -.di artizans who are engaged in manufactures. lak s - veers did little more last evening than Their increasing number would extend the de tioro the Drainage, Buildings Regulation, and !nand for shipwrights, seamen, captains of ships, N tt ugh Improvement Bills through a Corn- book-keepers, clerks, &c. &c. Not only would beteee The Reports on these Bills, however, there be a great demand for the production of s Pot off till the 3d instant. or b , traders and professional men of the metropolis, 44 41 . returns were ordered connected with the but there would be a vast many openings in bu 11),,,Ittstlatiou of the Poor-laws in Ireland, and , siness which their children might fill, and they * 4 t heir Lordships adjourned till Monday. gl, l a would be able, much better than now, to provide ai ly the Commons the Polloc and Govan for their sons, and to bestow their daughters in I t w ay Bill was recommitted after a division. marriage. evider• II LACESTONE moved that the minutes of At present, notwithstanding the prodigious Ni tt ' l ee before the St. Alban's Election Corn- advantages we possess in our noble untenanted tli qt e e should he laid on the table, in order that colonies, every family is hampered, every class li e t ° use might know the ground of the decision. is uneasy and constrained. From the humblest IN 'Ought it was necessary to put down a sys- labourer to the highest profession, all ranks feel 81 1 ,4 1 brib ery, an d w h en h e saw t h e ev i dence he i y ,„;,,c„i n;re,,„it 1,, r ,,,,,-;.1. c„li-.1,1 3 , fnr +1,,,:.. 4 4 know what further steps to take. children. If that difficulty were not, as we be t4' v i : T. DUNCOM o BE agreed that it was neces- lievevholly done away by the abolition of the it i t t hat the House should watch the proceed- C orn -l aw , i t w ou ld un d ou b te dl y b e muc h lessen its of Election Committees. It was of great ed. Englishmen, for their skill,would be in greater 1, Dlrt rth a nee, to that those Committees should demand than at present in all quarters of the li st rve the c fidence of the country, which was 4 world ; and it is impossible to conceive or de- IIN I/ telly - if Mel statements made by the public , scribe the vast accession which would accrue to Isr v l were to be ) * passed by. Some o£ those o b -. the. national happiness and the national morality, '11 ) : t1 ° 11 8 reflecting severely on 'the St. by lessening . the - . diffienity. -of _providing for %, ti's Committee, the Honourable Mem- offspring. Ofthat great improvement the corn. l'ep o Tloted at great length, as well as the paratively well-educated and skilful inhabitants , le e t t t Of what occurred before the Canterbury of the metropolis would have a full share. kte or „°u Committee. He stated that there was Their interest, therefore, as well as their duty, ',.ol:l, — (irlg to that evidence prima facie proof of a commands them to exert themselves to procure •le' 7r° tuise. It was transferring a scene of the the repeal of the Corn-law. 44 11,7i c4j s Off: era to the House of Commons, and It is said that tradesmen should not engage in / tlitt; a perfect farce of an Election Corn- politics ; but why then give them a vote, and 11 ,rtl i :' lie moved, therefore, that the minutes make them responsible for its exercise, and for \;0 14 ,.. - Proceedings of the Canterbury Election the conduct of their representatives? Such an V l ttee be also laid before the House. excuse is idle, for the preservation of our freedom i k; ok„, • S ANPonn, the Chairman of the St. Alban's d epen d s on t h e watchfulness and exert i ons o f g ito 4 - ' it tee, seconded the motion, and entered t h e peop l e . G overnment i s natura ll y an en rth,,l explanation and defence of the conduct crouc hi ng power, an d can on l y b e k ept i n chec k l 'tt e ic; C ommittee. He said that the Committee by the popular will. Our Government has tile :ed with astonishment the intimation that Pr o never, till the present Ministers came into office, eeedings were brought to a close. It r • 111 concetl , ql anything till it was compelled. To al ILDAt-Av , a Member of the Committee, fief, , say, then, that tradesmen are not to attend to k r. (-tided its proceedings. politics, is to say that the liberties of the people t °l ll . e tlvß, as Chairman of the Canterbury 1 tt litt ire at once to be surrended as a prize to the ~,,the ee, explained that the non-prosecution Whigs and the Tories. That it is irksome to ' th e l l etition in that case was entirely the work to C o leave their homes, or neglect their business, and eht • tinsel who said they had agreed not Co, atj , perform the duty of the Legislature, we can rea 'ins, " great eApense on their clients without lily believe, but such is the condition of hu , A t . , V 6, t 0 an h ti..., 1. tt _ y conctut ion. , manity. The wisest and best rulers are not to tis unnittee deprecate % Lk ' 4 C o ICI . T, another .Afember of the St. Al- b e trusted, unless they be made continually to it tot), feel their responsibility to the people by the ac , Itad -e Corninittee, and defe_ disparaging allu nded the course tie • Pur s NI d ued. It was after the Co. Live interference of the latter. The people must C o e a . either have no rulers, they must become slaves, era. that -tunittee had Its a , °ase in favour of the petitioi:- - or they must watchfully exert themselves to keep to .t decid ed C0 48. 1 .C1 R ot," they would proceed ne, fur:kler. l i e their rulers in check and sometimes expressly Ar st tati o :',..cx stated that a great defect in . ' dictate their conduct. ,h oti essi oria i et the Committee was the want of a Those who preach the emasculating doctrine Fire N ui , a dviser, and till they had one the t iot tradesmen have no business with politics, c aqs /1. 7. sanction bribery and corruption. '' w e knew not why, talked about inrg-set that it is by the power of the people laws are made and sustained. They neither make, I nor execute themselves. The law is only the expression of the public will enforced by the public arm. For the existence of the laws, whether they be good or evil, the people are responsible ; and as long as the citizens of London, or any other place, are passive under the continuance of the Corn-law, they are as much guilty of starving their poorer fellow creatures as the Members of either House of Parliament. In the case of an unjust law, it is strictly true of all the inhabitants of the empire—" he who allows oppression, shares the crime." The Corn-law is as much carried into execution by the hatters and shoe makers of the Strand, as by the Dukes of BUCK INGHAM and RICHMOND, and they are as much to blame, unless they exert themselves to pro cure its repeal, as those Noblemen. Mr. NEWMAN has addressed a letter to the Bishop of OXFORD which appears in another part of The Sun. It is worthy of the creed he teaches. He carries out his own principles of blind obedience to his superiors in the Church, and crouches before a Bishop with extreme ser vility. He can have no genuine convictions, or he could not so resign them at a Bishop's orders. But he does not even wait for an order; "an ex pression of his Lordship's wish would be suffi cient to make him at once obey." "A Bishop's lightest word, ex cathedra, is heavy. His judg ment on a book cannot be light." Mr. NEw- MAN, therefore, who has impugned the Articles of the Church, the Liturgy, and the Homilies, falls submissive at the feet of a living Bishop. He seems to have made all this uproar in the Church for fun. He does not care about abso lution and confession ; he does not think the Church of Rome the 'only one which is entrusted with the keys; he has asserted these doctrines out of vanity, or froth a love of mischief, not from conviction. The letter may, however, be a piece of hypocrisy, as the Standard, which is no doubt a excellent judge, from intimate acquaint ance, of the character of our priests, insinuates in the following passage:— Mr. Newman has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Oxford, promisin g that the " Tracts for * the Times" shall be discon tinued. So far so well ; and if the letter had not been praised we should stop here ; but, as we feel that Mr. Newman and his followers have obtained undue reputation for talent and learning by the help of flatterers, and under shelter of the charity, or neglect, of those who judge impartially, we must say that we think the letter a most contemptible production. We know to what we expose ourselves by avowing this opi• Dion ; but we must speak the truth when we think the truth useful or necessary. The letter is ungram m ,tical in structure, creeping and affected in style, and in tone it is characterised with that mixture of fawning and low sneering, which is the very reverse of manliness. Mr. New man's purpose pretty plainly is, while he affects the utmost reverence and submission, to charge upon his diocesan a gross inconsistency in first encouraging the Tracts, and then con demning them—a charge which we ha ve every reason to be lieve to be unfounded. Mr. Newman says nothing of the Bishop of Oxford's and the Vice-Chancellor's admonition some time ago. No, he is much too meek to be candid. The Puseyites will be much lowered in public estimation by so readily yielding their convic tions to authority. One thing, at least, is quite certain, that servile priests, who submit With all the docility of well-trained Jesuits to the orders of their superiors, are totally unfit to be the in structors of a free people. The preliminary meeting of the Deputies of the Anti-Corn-law League to prepare for holding a Great General Meeting in London is to take place on the 13th instant. We have of late heard so little on this subject, that we were almost afraid the League had given it up, and we are gratified with the re-assn: ante this piece of in telligence has afforded us. We will in the mean time do what we can to prepare the Londoners to give them a hearty and even an enthusiastic reception. The cause of abolishing the Bread-tax ought to unite in its favour all but the landlords and their vassals. To prepare for this meeting, let the Corn-law repealers of the metropolis at once .extend their local Anti-Corn-law Associations; let them get u p nu merous petitions for the repeal of the Bread-tax, and appoint from each local Associa tion a deputy to attend the great meeting, and so swell its numbers that it shall be hailed as the representation of millions of the people. Letters from Constantinople, of the 11th of March, have just reached us. On the Oth the SULTAN conferred the Order of Nishau a magnificent decoration in brilliants—together with a present in cash to the amount of ten thou sand pounds sterling, upon RESCHID PACHA, his Prime Minister, for his successful termination of the Eastern question. Immediately after this manifestation of the Imperial favour, TAHIR PACHA, the mortal enemy of the Premier, pro posed, in full Divan, that hencethrth the Mem bers should reverently kiss the hem of RESCHID'S garment! It was generally supposed that these extraordinary favours portended the fall of RESCIIID PACHA, who is too great a favourite with the Franks, for his reforming spirit, to please the orthodox Mussulmans. The victims of Ori ental despotism, like the victims of the Pagan di vinities, are always ornamented before being led to the altar of sacrifice. On the 7th ult. a grand Council was held at the Porte relative to MEHEMET Am's refusal of the finnan. The modifications claimed by the VICEROY were supported by the majority of the diplomatic body. One correspondent states that the answer of the Porte would be sent off di rectly by a steamer to Cairo; but another z.s serts that the Porte would refer all points of dis pute to the arbitration of the Four Powers, whose decision it would accept as final. On ti.e same day four vessels of war, with 800 troops, sailed to quell the rebellion in Samos, while six vessels, carrying 2,000 men, sailed fin. Candia, where disturbances still continued. A strong north wind prevented the entrance of the Turkish fleet into the Bosphorus. The Albanians were re called from Syria. Madrid journals, of the 24th ult., have reached us. The Cortes were engaged with the verifica tion of their powers and the Regency question. The Five per Cents. were done at 26 for cash. The Paris journals of Wednesday have reached us. The proposed amendment of the Peers' Committee upon the first article of the Fortifica tions Bill was lost upon a division, there being only 91 votes for, and 148 against it. There is, therefore, no longer a doubt that the Bill as passed by the Deputies will be adopted. ne itionzteur of w eanesday contains the fol lowing official correction of the report of the Na tional, relative to the attack of the police upon the Reform banqueters : " The National gives an incorrect account of the measures taken by the authorities on the occasion of a projected banquet intended to be given on Alonday, by some Reformists and Com munists. We now give a true statement of the facts. Con trary to the injunctions of the authorities against these tumul tuous meetings in the form of banquets some Radi_al Re formists fixed on this for Monday, and distributed a great number of subscription-tickets, the place at which the dinner was to be given.being kept as secret as possible, the stewards alone knowing where it was to take place. At about two o'clock on Monday the guests were assembled at dif ferent points, where shortly afterwards the stewards went and led them off, without telling them ;where they were going. About half-past two nearly 250 pe4ons were collected at the Pere la Galette, the house of a tiaiteur at Montrouge, and they immediately elected a President. He returned thanks in a speech, containing expressions in favour of the work ing classes and reform, and uttering opinions of the strongest Radicalism. Two oilier similar ikeches were de livered, and political toasts were drank.. Upon thi s th e Mayor and Commissary of Mlles.- of Montrouge interfered, and ordered the party to disOrse, as their meeting was un authorised. After several observalions, they were allowed a quarter of an hour to settle (heir bills, and then they left the room. Instead. however, of- separating peaceably, th ey marched in a body towards Vaugirard, singing the Marsel laise' and the `Chant du Depart.' Atter violently insulting the Commissary of Police they attempted a riotous entry into P ar is. Then it was that the municipal guard interposed, stopped their passage, and dispersed them, after arresting several of those who had violently insulted and maltreated the Commissary. Public tranquillity nevertheless was not all disturbed, but, on the contrary, the inhabitants loudly ap plauded the measures taken by the authorities to maintain order. othing can be clearer than that the whole mischief was the consequence of the uncalled for, impertinent, and insultiqg interference of the police. Had the Reformers been left to themselves ,they would have toasted and talked themselves into a vapouring patriotism, and walked quietly home to their beds. But if 9 50 pel•sons cannot now meet, and dine, and talk Radial politics without having their heads broken and their persons imprisoned by the po lice, what will be the state of public liberty when Paris is Bastilled ? The Constitutionnel says that the creation of thirty new Peers is now more talked of than ever; it is said +hat there will be only fifteen deputies included in this new creation, the re- .ttb Ah* 7,1 E t+ Fain ir Dty J 4,, Vitt THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3. 1841 mainder will be general officers both of the army and navy, and magistrates. A letter from Marseilles of the 27th March says—" The King's Attorney and examining Judges of our tribunal are very ac: ively engaged in preparing the proceedings in the Criminal Court on accoun , of the late attempt, the principal details of which we have given. More arrests are spoken of. We learn with plea , ure that M. Borely, Attorney-General in the Royal tribunal of Aix, as soon as he heard of this affair, hastened to Marseilles. We find the following passage in a letter from Alexandria of the Bth March:— " The Government continue to sell cotton ; the quantity disposed of up to this time is 50,000 cwt. Large quantities of corn of the last harvest are brought to market. There is still a great deal in the warehouses, which will be incr.msed by the new harvest, which promises to be as abundant as the preceding. " The Government is taking measures to render trade en tirely free.' A journal says :—" The expense of the fete to be given on the Ist of May in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, on the oc casion of the baptism of the Count de Paris, is estimated at no less than a million. Above 1,000 musicians are engaged for the orchestras. The illuminations will be brilliant, and every precaution is taken against fire." It seems to us that the fear of fire should alone suffice to re pel the idea of giving a fete in this precious depot, where there are so many paintings, the destruction of which would be a subject of eternal and useless regret. They already suffer enough from the annual exhibitions, without exposing them to unnecessary danger.—Le Commerce. BO UR SE.--.PARIZ, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. iirst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 psr Cents III 95 112 10 ... 111 95 .. 112 50 4% per Cents ...... 91/ 99 ... ES/ ... 99 3 per Cents ....... 77 50 —77 50 77 45 ... 77 55 Rink of trance L•iffitte Balk 5,000 f. Shares 51.',0 ...5150 ...5150 ...5150 delgian sank 5 per Cents lo4fi 10234 ... 102 ... 192 New Loan 10.2% ... 1. 2!r4 102 1 ,4 ... 102% ipanish Active 94th ... 244 ... 2. 1 x, Neapolitan lO2 73 102 75 ... !02 75 ... 102 75 Roman RAILWAY SHARES.' Veisailles.R. B 375 ... 375 ... 370 ... 372 50 L.B. 277 50 ... 277 50 ... 27 50 ~. 07 50 Orleans . . , ~.. 4BO 482 :,0 ... 480 482 50 ;:ulhausen to Thann gonipellier to Cette 2lO 210 ... 210 ... 210 i:rasourg to Bale 230 25 ... 236 25 ... 236 25 .. 236 25 MR. WILLIAM TOOKE.—A Correspondent sug gests that we omitted to notice one conspicuous feature of this gentleman's recent letter, namely, that he bids for the support of the Tories, by of fering to do their dirty work, and he shows his fitness for the task by beginning to lampoon his late political friends. Our Correspondent sug gests, however, that the Tories will have nothing to do with him. They will be afraid, whenever it suits his purpose, that he would lampoon them, as they abound in that sort of persons whom the holier-than-thou men think it their first and highest duty to hold up to public odium— expecting that they may, behind these wicked men as a screen, quietly practise their own vices. H.AMBIJItGII MAIL. (From the Polish Frontiers, March 13.) The news first spread by the English Journals that one of the newly erected forts had been captured by the Circassians needs onfirmation, but if true, is of no im portance. for the mountaiaeers may indeed gain some advantages over their enemies in the winter time, when the Russian troops are confined to the fortresses, but they arc not able to retain them. Toe Circassian war may continue for many years, but its end may easily be foreseen, since the Russians, whenever they ad vance, secure the ground they have gained by erecting forts. Tnis system is leading slowly but certainly to the object. A more important piece of news is that the plague has appeared in some places in Circassia. If it should spread, it must delay the operations of the RusFiar s. HANOVER, MARCH 24.—Unexpected difficulties have been raised by Brunswick with respect to the pro longation of the Custom-house union between Hanover, Brunswick, Oldenburgb, and Shomburg Leppe, which expired on the 31,t of Decen►iber this year. Bruns wick threatens to withdraw from the union, unless Ha nover will engage not to continue the causeway com menced some years ago from Ueizen to the Prussian fron tiers in the direction of Magdeburg, by which the city of Brunswick would be deprived cf a great part of the transit trade which it now bas.—Hamburgh Papers, March 30. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, BIARCH 30. Bills. MAney Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1620 1611 - - Anglo-Russian Loan 9 107% 107 Itussicn 5 per Cent. Ist series, C.rtiticate 10:e% 101 Inscription, Ist Se:i - s lO4 10034 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 8d and 4th Se: ics PCY, ... Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pc. Cent .31% 4% Ditto 5 per Cent _ P 011,41 Bond: New I icket A ngl ii.tianish Loan, 3 per Cep. 'l4 73% N. , i wegian Loan, 1634, 4 per GAIL.. — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. IC% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 30.-13.61.—Tw0 months, 13 4. PCTEKSBURGH, MARCH 'ca....1w0 months, 38 3 4 pence. STOCKHOLM, MARCH es.—Seventy-five days, 11. 45. LEIPSIC, MARCH '.6.—Two mo ths, 6. 1914. tiELtil AN I. U NDS.,Eaussai.‘, Mason 31. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C,nt : 9 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 3 per Cent. — -Thirty-seven- ---- .. 69% ---- (1.49) 1i934 Lean of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 1:0 Society of Commerce, 4N,per Cent 96 Brink of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ........ National Society. _ Exchange on LondoH (short) —Brussels Papers, March 31. A USTRIA N FUNDS.—Viantra, MARCH 23. five per o:rats. Metalliques Foer per Cems 99 'lyre Far Cents, Panic Shares IC2O —.lligenaine &hung. March 2i MONEY and COMMERCiAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. We have had a rising market for stocks again to-day, while the foreign exchanges have keen steady and even buo)ant. They were this efttraoon quoted as follows : Paris 25f. 67ic. to 70c. ; Hamburgh 13 91 tog- ; Amster dam 12 31 to 4; Antwerp 12 3to ; Frankfort 150; and .Ttie,te 10 2. From Hamburgh our advices of Tuesday bring us intel ligence of an advance in the rate for bills on London at three !months' date to 13 4k, while the price of gold had got up also 'o 428/. The value of Consols for transfer rose to-day from Eiga kto 89ik, and for time from 89} to 89 90. Ex. claque, Bills were worth Ba. to 11s. premium, and East India Bonds were at 2a. di:count to 2,!. premium. Bank Stock fur theol,eei„gon the 13th instant, advanced from 171 t 9 172 k, and Eatt India Stock from 249 to 250. The New Ti,rer-and-a-Half p. r Cents. weie at 98k to All the Foreign Securities brought improved quota tions. Spanish Active Bonds realaed 23i to 23} ; and the Deferred 12k to A. Portuguese New Five per Cents. rose from 33:f to 34 and 341; and the Three per Cents, were at 204 to 20}; Mexican Bonds were worth 31i for Money ; Colombian 23 to 23k, and Peruvian 17i to 13 ; Danish Bonds were marked 77f ex-dividend ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents, 511, and the Five per Cents 97/ to f es-dividend. In the Share Market a very considerable amount of business was entered into, taking the aggregate, and higher prices were obtained in every instance for the dif ferent Railway Shares. The Great Western Railway Shares were at 28 to 27} ; the New 13 to 13f ; the Fifths 7 to I ; the London and Birmingham 65i to GO, the Quarter 18 to a ; and the South Western 16i premium. The Brighton were 4 to 3i, the Blackwallsl, the South Eastern 15, the North Midland 23, the Manchester and Leeds 11, the Manchester and Birmingham 14k, the Bir mingham and Derby 30, and the Eastern Counties 14 discount. Commercial Bank of London shares improved to 8 discount. (From 7'he Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL I.—The sales of Cot ton to-day are 2,060 bags to the trade. There is no alteration reported in prices. Exporters and speculators are inactive. Livzitroot. SHARE MARKET.—Prices of the transactions reported at the Stock Exchange :—Chester and Birkenhead New Share 3, 16i ; Eastern Counties Debentures, 77A ; Grand Junction. 205: Great w.x.-..t.rn Half SharPa, 102; Ditto 90/.. Shares, 10A ; in Bank Stock nothing doing. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL I.—There is no material alteration in the state of this market. Manches ter and Leeds, 67k; Do. Halves, 29; London and Birming ham, 154; Leicester and Swannington, 544 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34* ; Liverpool and Manchester, 189 • Manchester Assurance, 9* ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 18s. 9d. A letter from Liverpool, received this morning, reports that a Dublin steam-boat passed the President steamer from New York, at half-past eight p.m., off the Light. mweerrceeto the fall at Ant- Rio Janeiro papers to the 29th January have been received. Exchange on London 30i; Stocks, 74i to (From the Journal of Antwerp.) BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 30.—The national funds were firm to-day, with a favourable tendency ;at the opening the prices were better, but towards the close they remained at the former prices of yesterday,. at which they remained firm. got up to 166/, equally firm, with closed Actions dat e ForeignS. ocret of FundsCOlll Ntsterp7ancertttihoneyorf remained S2poa9n-rsth6, to /. vethaalively appearance thi s mor n i n g, in consequence Brtish of F aun redpsa des patches from Mr. Fox, by the Britannia steame r from Halifax, i ( t t which are stated to be of an amicable tendency towards the settlement of the differences between this Government and the United States, in respect to Mr. M`Leod. Consols, which left off yesterday at 89i a for the Account, opened at 89* 4 for the Account, and at present may be quoted at 894 ; Money 89i a ; Exchequer Bills improved, 8 10 pre mium ; India Bonds 3 discount, 2 p rem . In the Foreign Market Spaniai Active rather better, left off 234 a, at present 23 * -"a ; Deferr e d, 124 a; Passive, ha i ; Portuguest-• a.so better, closed at 33:4 34 1 4 , now 34i ; Brazilian, 64 694 ex dtv• ; Colombian rather better, left off 234, at present 24; Chilian, 59 61 ex. div. • Mexican also improved, left off 314, at present 31i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 516 d ; Five per Cents, 974 4 ex div. SHARES.—Great Western k 6 27 prem. ; New 12i 13i Trem. ; London and Brighton 4i 4 dis. ; blackwall 6 hi dis. ; Birmir.gbam 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 55 56 per share ; Croydon 13i per sh re ; Greenwich 74 84 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham 15i 14i discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London and Brighton ............... 50 ...... 4514 i to London and South Western ...... 38 1...... 55; i to Ditto Tenths ... ................ li ...... 26 to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13 4•..... 13} to —. North Midland ... ................. 10U ...... 77 to By the arrivals received from Montreal we learn that the Bank of Montreal and the Commercial Bank of Kingston, will lose but a very trifling a mount by the f a il ure o f t h e i r New York agents, Messrs. Christmas, Livingston and Primi.. An engagement has been made with the banks by these gentlemen, by Which nearly twenty shillings in the pound on claims is se cured. The elections were proceeding highly favourably to the Government in Canada, and it is calculated they will have about 25 majority. The Rio Janeiro papers, received this morning, have ac counts from Monte Video, of the 12th of January, confirming the defeat of Lavaile, who, having lost 6,000 of his horses in the desert, was attacked by General Cribe, and totally de feated. The British funds continue buoyant, with an appearance of a further improvement. There was a good deal of general bu siness doing in the course of the morning. We have received the Hamburgh mail of the 30th March, bringing the Exchanges on London, higher, 13 14%; Gold has come 34 marks higher, 4284. Consols may be quoted at present 894 for the Account ; Money, 89:1; Exchequer Bills also higher, 9 10 8 11; India Bonds 1 prem., 2 dis. ; Bank for the opening, 1721; India for the opening, 250. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 23i ; Deferred, 12i; Portuguese has improved during the morning about 1 per cent. reached 34k, since which it is not so good, aid may he quoted 34 ; Three per Cents., 20%, has been 20i ; Colom bian, 23r; Mexican also improved 31i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. not quite so good, 514, have been 51i ; Five per Cents. also lower, 9748 ex div., have been 9743. Very little doing in the Share Market. London and Brigh ton, 45i 4 ; South West ern , 5534 ; North Midl an d 77k. Consols, Money, Account, 89i 90 ; Colombian, 234 ; Mexican, 31% 4 ; Deferred, 104 ; Portuguese, 34 1 1 ; Spa nish, 23i 4. Markets good, with every appearance of a further improve ment. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — India Stock 3 per Cent Red — 'Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B 9B Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per` ent Red — Ditto New Annuiti es ... New 3per Cent 9 B ll Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2-id 11 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 ll pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small lO pm Jan. 1860 ... Bank Stock for 0pg....172i Oct 1859 llndia Stock for 0pg....250 Jan. LB6O. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese , 5 per c en t. Belgian, 5 per cent — IDitto, New Ditto 34 Brazilian 80nd5.......... 'Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent IRussian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... 23 Spanish, 5 per cent 234 Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ~. 12i Danish, 3 per cent 77i French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18A5, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 31i French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 51i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent 97a SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)... 70 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... ..... 9 Ditto Debentures ( 4 paid) .... . ..... .... 7 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 63 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 154 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) ... 23 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 24 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto Scrip. (3 paid) 4,1 London and South Western ... ........... Ditto Tenths London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid).......... 68* Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... 24 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ..... Ditto Quarter Shares (10 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) ...... Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ... 37i South Eastorn and Dover (33 paid)... 18 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 61 Gibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 7 (Genoa Antwerp l2 6 !Milan I Hamburgh M.B. 13 121 Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 !Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Lisbon Marseilles ... ..... ... . 25 85 ' Oporto 521 Bourdeaux 25 85 'Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia l'etersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Perlin..... Vienna, effec. fl. 331 lO 3 Philadelphia 46 Trieste, ditto Madrid . . Cadiz 13ilboa ... 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert visited the National Gallery yesterday afternoon. The Royal Suite con sisted of the Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Marqu:s of Headfort, Sir Robert Otway, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, visited the Queen- yes terday, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited Prince Albert. yesterday. Her Majesty had a Dinner Party last evening at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of ber Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Cotten ham, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Surrey, Eirl of Dunmore, Lord Foley, Lord De Lisle, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Baron Stock mar, Countess of Charlemont, Lady Anne Maria Daw son, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, Colonel Couper, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir Robert Otway, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Dr. Preetorius. The baud of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards were in attendance at the Palace during the dinner. Her Majesty honourci Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A., with a third sitting yesterday for a portrait at Bucking ham Pahce. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox, S.r George Anson, and Colonel Bouverie, attended a meeting of the Royal Society in Somerset-house on Thursday evening. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge arrived in town at seven o'clock on Thursday evening from Dublin. His Royal Highness paid visits yester day to her Majesty the Queen Dowager et Marlbo rough House, and to the Duchess of Kent at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cam bridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yester day. The Duke of Cambridge had an interview with Vis count Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Sergeant Stock, and Mr. John O'Connell had an interview yesterday at the Home-office. A Deputation from the Anti-Slavery Society, con sisting of Messrs. Samuel Gurney, Josiah Forster, Geo. Bennett, John Beaumont, Edmund Gurney, John O'Connell, M.P., E. N. Buxton, and Henry Sterry, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne, yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. Greg and the Mayor of Manchester bad an in terview, yesterday, with the Marquis of Normanby at the Horne-office. Messrs. Hamilton and Monteith had an interview with Lord John Russell 3 esterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, and West Australia, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. B. Wilbraham had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanby yesterday at the Home•cifice. Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an interview with Lord J. Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. LITERATURE. SCHMIDT'S SYNOPTICAL GERMAN GRAMMAR. This is a single sheet, in which the essentials of a German Grammar are compressed and ar ranged on a novel plan. It gives a bird's-eye view of the whole, and will be extremely useful to seamen. It is dedicated to Dr. Hawtrey, the Head Master of Eton College, and has, therefore, we presume, the approval of that distinguished scholar. THE FREEMASON'S Q UARTERLY RE. YIEW.—No. XXIX. THE FREEMASON'S MAGAZINZ—N o . The truth of the sacred announcement, so jar ring upon the ear of the perpetrator of dark deeds in dark places, " There is nothing secret which shall not be made known—nothing hid which shall not be revealed," is true in our day with respect to what our fathers regarded as the most impenetrable mysteries. Masonry, which, from the days of King Solomon till the days of George 111. (no way in head akin to Solomon, by the bye) had no tongue whereby to address the uninitiated, has now two and such tell-tales ! How many spouses of the masonic fraternity throughout the dark ages, would have been saved from dying with curiosity to obtain one glimpse of the mysteries of the craft, had the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review," or its more unpretending companion in the revelation of mystery, then made a periodical appearance And yet a lifting of the cover of the veil does not tend greatly to edify us. The brothers in masonry, and dearer to each other in songs and toasts than brothers in the flesh—these periodicals let us into the secret that masons are still men—that they are not exempt from human infirmities—that they do quarrel and abuse one another sometimes, like mortals less interested in fixing the exact locality of the rock from which Moses drew water to quench the thirst of the perishing Israelites ! They do inform us that even within this sacred camp disquietude is exhibited, and rebellion not unknown. This ought to teach the word, and those who govern it, an useful lesson. No institution which abridges human thought— which restricts the communication of knowledge capable ofmaking men better than they are, can satisfy the mind of any truly good man. Now, according to the testimony of the contributors to these periodicals, the great object of the Masonic Institution is to inculcate truths, many of which do make men wiser and better both as mem bers of society as being responsible to God for their actions. ‘• If one society of hu man origin," says one writer, " more than another tends to soften men's manners, and, as it were, harmonize the mind, that so ciety is masonry. I have now been a member of it more than twenty years; and having, during that period, followed it up with the utmost zeal, I ought to have some experience on the subject. From what I have seen and known of it, then, I would fearlessly assert that in it exist all the germs of honour, truth, and virtue, By it we are taught the noblest attributes of the human mind; its precepts inculcate the purest morality; and its tendency generally is to make honest, just, and good." An Institution whose ten dency is to effect such a pure moral revolution should not have two tongues, but a thou sand. Its voice should be for ever heard in our streets. And yet, strange as it may ap pear, both these periodicals publish resolu tions of the Grand Lodge, with the Duke of Sussex at its head, repudiating all such disclo sures as are here made. But the attempt to im pose silence comes too late. Such writers as Dr. Crucifix, and Mr. Lee Stevens, and the Rev. Dr. Oliver, are not to be deterred from perform ing what they regard to be a sacred duty, by the I superstitious fears of those masonic owls who delight in darkness. For ourselves, we belong, not to the craft, nevertheless we take an inte rest in its proceedings. The . Freemason's Quar terly Review, in particular, is conducted with spirit, and d eserves the support of the masonic body. FINE ARTS. CORONATION PORTRAIT OF THE - Q UEEN. Sir William Newton's portrait of her Majesty, with a private view of which we were favoured yesterday, is one of the most striking likenesses we have yet seen, and though sufficiently courtly in its character, is by no means too lavish of its flattery. This highly finished picture is painted on ivory —a circumstance which will take every one by surprise who witnesses its dimensions. Her Majesty is represented sitting in her chair of state, and the moment selected by the artist is when she is receiving the heart-felt homage of the Duke of Sussex, who is kneeling before her, and looking up in her face, with an earnest expression, in which respect for the Queen is blended with affection for the niece. Her. Majesty, whose head is gently bent forward, regards her august relative with evident feelings of interest and kindliness, as though aware that his act of homage was dic tated by the heart, and was not a mere matter of cold Court ceremony. The Duke's profile is brought out with consummate skill, nor can any thing be more truly graceful and easy than his attitude. But it is on the Queen's countenance and figure that the artist has lavished all his powers, and the result is such as must satisfy his most sanguine expectations. In the back-ground of the picture appear the Marquis of Conyngham, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Wellington, and several others who, at the period selected, were in immediate attendance on the Queen's per son. Lord Melbourne's countenance may be recognized at a glance. It is the correctest and most spirited portrait of his Lordship ever painted, and we are astonished, on beholdinc , it, to find how much vigorous expression has been given to ivory painting, which we have always considered as a very inanimate affair. The Duke of Wellington is a less fortunate resemblance. Ten years at least have been subtracted from his age. As regards the general richness of the colouring of this fine picture, we may say with perfect justice that, with all the advantages given them by space and other auxiliaries, not one of the numerous painters of the Coronation have approached within many degreeS of Sir William ew ton. COMMERCIAL TREATIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Permit me to draw your attention to some obser vations made by Lord Melbourne, when discussing the Corr-laws on Lora Fitzwilliam's motion, during the last Seasion. In opposition to the expectation of the Repealers, that the continental nations would modify their tariffs on our doing the same on their produce, his Lordship seemed to triumph in the exclamation, " Where is-your assurance of this ?" and proceeded to deny that such was to be expected. Shortly it is to be hoped that a similar discussion will take place, and the Premier will probably again assure the country that it is not only problematical but unlikely that the members of the Prussian League, or even Russia, will consent to such an arrangement as shall enable this coun try to find in them markets for its produce. Now on whom ought the solution of this doubt, if it be one, to rest? Unquestionably the Government should have ascertained ere this whether the doubts of Lord Mel bourne or the expectation of \lr. Villiers be correct. What culpab!e negligence is indicated by our Government being yet ignorant of %cleat effective negotiation on this impor tant subket would produce I True, Dr. Bowring was semi-officially deputed to obtain the truth upou this question ; and although his Report was a complete affirmative, yet we find the head of the Mi nistry, whose agent he ostensibly was, expressly contradict ing what had in reality been aseetvined. ft is to be presumed that his Lordship supposes Dr. Bowring's prepossessions have completely perverted his judgment. _ _ Thus, &so, Lord Ashburton, the other day, speaks of APGrcgor, J. D. flume, Porter, and l3ewring, as theoretic men, and attempts with this ob..icrvation, at once Of lie could), to invalidate their evidence. Now, have Lords Melbourne and Ashburton no preju dices ? Have the pro-Core-law men no interests where upon to build theories? Are the sportsmen of Bucking hamshire and of Suffolk and the declaimers at agricul tural dinners as inherently versed in fiscal policy as some of them arc presumed to be in legislatorial skill ? In truth the country must be easily led if sound and ex perienced offic;al characters arc thus to be stigmatized as " blind leaders of the blind." " Who is so blind as those who will not see ?" was a sage observation of one of olden time. And certainly the wilful ignorance of Lord Melbourne as to the inten tions of our continental neighbours indicates indisposition to ell interests but those of his own prejudices. Moreover this subject is more prominently before the county on account of the recent decided expression of the House of Commons upon the free exportation of ma chinery. Such a step would he regarded as a most decided ad vance on the part of England in free trade, and many abo litioni,ta would grant an unrestricted trade in our me chanical skill and ingenuity, without any equivalent. On this point we are not about now to enter, but that the subject affords a most de,irable opportunity fur opening negotiations with other nations, cannot be denied. That man who stands at the head of affairs in this kingdom, and neglects the interests of our commerce, though nominally a Reformer, sill prove but a poor guar dian of our interests. Theoretic reform may suit tenure of office ; practical reform only will benefit the nation. If our trade be discouraged our revenues will be diminished, our treasury will be exhausted, new debts be entailed upon our already overburdened country, and England will fur nish an evidence of the impossibility of maintaining its supremacy without manufactures and trade. Let the names of Whig and Tory be lost in the promulgation of the principles of free trade. Let the Reformers of 1830 be linked with their opponents of that era, to procure the abolition of our antiquated fiscal regulations ; and if Lord Melbourne continue to oppose them, England can find another and a better man to be its Premier. I am, respectfully, City, March 29, 1841. MERCURIUS. The Hon. Mrs. Gage has been seriously indis posed at her father's, Sir Charles Knightly, in Northamp tonshire. The Duke of Rutland will leave Belvoir Castle the end of this week for the year, it being now the close of the hunting season. Viscount Duncannon is recovered from the in fluenza, and teas overlooking his works in the Parks on Thursday. CANADIAN COMMERCE.—The number of vessels cleared from the poi t 3 of Montreal and Quebec to Great Britain, during the year 1840, was I,o79—tonnage 399,449, giving employment to 15,227 men. The prin cipal articles tf export were pct and pearl ash, 24,107 brls. ; flour, 298,761 bils. ; wheat, 141,931 roinots, and lumber in great quantities. NEGLECT IN A STATION-HOUSE.—A length ened inquiry took place on Thursday evening at St. Bar tholomew's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, concerning the death of James lnskip, aged fifty, a cab-driver, of No. 4, Baker's -court, Holborn, some particulars of which ap peared in The Sun on Wednesday. It appeared by the evidence that on Wednesday morning last, about half-past one, the deceased, whilst (hiving his cab from Newgate street towards the Post-office, fell from his seat into the road. He arose without assistance, but as the police con stable, William Bowyer, 291, thought him to be intoxi cated, he was taken to the station-house, where be was placed in the cell allotted to drunken persons. He was found shortly after lying on his back, retching violently, and as he had not spoken since his admission, but appeared perfectly insensible, when the_ c _ inspector arrived he was taken to the above hosp i tal. He was dead upon his arrival. Several of the p olicemen were examined at much length, their statement agreeing that the deceased appeared to be drunk, or he wou s d ur eo instantly received medical assistance. The house- g n but wbe said that the deceased had died from apop.exy,h t ther it occurred immediately before or after the a . he could not say. Ho did not think that , be . a been in. toxicated, as he did not detect any me!. cf liquor. Th e deceased's friends said that be was of remarkably temp e _ rate habits, and was observed t o be quite sober up to a late hour tl.c previous night. The Jury, after some delibera_ tim, returned a p r verdict tnh opiniona t th e d thateee deceased d c i a e u d tio o n f ;:a had not Apo plexy," and ex in this instance been observed. They also suggeste d t h at some alteration shou ld be made in the cells for the recep tion of drunken characters. It is a curious circumstance connected with the attempted m urder of Alt:. Mackreill by Misters, whose execution was fixed for teis day, that the name of the in tended victim was Ludlow, tl.at of the counsel for the prosecution Ludlow, and the scene of the dreadful oc currence Her 'Majesty's Stag hounds will meet on Mon day, at Btaeossfielcl. MORNIN G EDITIO PUSEYISM. The Bishops have become alarmed at the ex citement caused in the public mind by the great progress of the new Popery sect, and have re solved to hush up business for the present. The attempt to bring back the English people to the bosom of old Mother Church is -preniatnre, but from the tardy notice of the Popish tracts,. in the mildness with which the Bishops treat them, it is evident that they only bide their time. The following is the .letter of the Rev. Mr. Newman to the Bishop of Oxford on - the subject, an nouncing his determination to discontinue the Tracts : " ISly dear Lord—lt may seem strange that, on receipt of a message from your Lordship, I should proceed at once, instead of silently obeying it, to put on paper some se marks of my own on the subject of it; yet, as you kindly ermit me to take such a course, Kith the expectation that 1 may thereby succ ee d i n exp l a i n i ng to yourself and others my own feelings and interhions in the occurrence which has given rise to your Lordship's interference, I trust to your Lordship's indulgence to pardon me any dis cursiteness in my style of writing, or appearance of fami liarity, or prominent introduction of myself, which may be incidental to the attempt. " Vour Lordship's message is as follows :—That your Lordship considers that the tract No. 90, in the series called the Tracts for the Times, is objectionable, and may tend to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the Church,' and that it is your Lordship's advice that the Tracts for the Times should be discontinued.' " Your Lordship has, I trust, long known quite enough of my feelings towards any such expression of your Lord ship's wishes to be sure I should at once obey it, though it wee ever so painful to me, or contrary to the course I should have taken if left to myself; and I do most readily and che,rfully obey you in this instance; and at the same time express my great sorrow that any writing of mine should be judged objectionable by your Lordship, and of a disturbing tendency, and my hope that in. what I write in future I shall be more successful in approving myself to your Lordship. " I have reminded your Lordship of my willingness on a former occasion to submit myself to any wishes of your Lordship, had you thought it advisable at.the time to sig nifs them. la your Lordship's charge in 1838 an allusion was made t 3 the Tracts for the Times. Some oppo nents of the tracts said that your Lordship treated them with undue indulgence. I will not imply that your Lord ship can act otherwise than indulgently to any one, but cer tainly I did feel at the time, that in the midst of the kind ness you showed to me personally, you were exercising an anxious vigilance over my publication, which reminded me of my responsibility to sour Lordship. I wrote to the Archdeacon on the subject, submitting the tracts en tirely to your Lordship's disposal. What I thought about your charge will appear from the words I then used to him. I said, A tishop's tightest word ex cathedra is heavy. His judgment on a book cannot be light. It is a rare occur. rence.' And I offered to withdraw any of the tracts over which I had control, if I were informed which were these to which your Lordship had objections. I afterwards wrote to your Lordship to this effect : that I trusted I might say sincerely, that I should feel a more lively plea sure in knowing that I vas submitting myself to your Lordship's expressed judgment in a matter of that kind than I could have even in the widest circulation of the volanies in question.' Your Lordship did not think it necessary to proceed to such a measure, but I felt, and al ways hate felt, that, if ever you determined on it, I was bound to obey. " Accordingly on the late occasion,directly I beard that you bad expressed an unfavourable opinion of tract 90, I 'gain place) myself at your disposal, and now realily sufantit to the course on which your Lordship has finally decided in consequence of it. I stn guile sute in so cluing lain not only tultilting a duty I owe to your Lordship, but consulting for the well-being of the Church, and benefit ing ntyself. And now, in proceeding to make some explanations in addition, which yonr Lordship desires of me, I hope I shall not t ay a word which w ill seem like introducing discus sion before your Lordship. It would ill became me to be stating private views of my own, and de fending them, on an occasion I:ke ;his. If I allude to wh.:t has been maintained in the it wig not be at all by way of maintaining it in these pages, but in illustration of the impressions sod the drift with whiah tl.ey have bees written. I need scarcely say they I.re thought by many to betray a batting towards Romaa Catholic error, acid a deficient appreciation of our own truth ; and your Lordship wishes me to show that these applehensions hate no foundation in fact. This I propose to do, and twat by exti acts from what I have befote now written on the subject, which, while they can be open to no suspicion cf having been provided to se. ve an occasion, wit!, by being now cited, be inaie a aecand time my own." 4 ',„* The pamphlet alluded to in the last paragraph of this pi eface contains about 50 pages. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—lt should Lever be forgotten in the consideration of that system of mongrel Popery, called Puseyism, born and crad!e at Oxford (the supposed nursery Lf true Protes tantism;, that its leading feature is, pretension to unlimited ecclesiastical authority. . . In this point of view especially, tLe Oxford Popery can not be too Emily exposed, or too strongly condemned, by every friend of dill and religious liberty of ul atever sect he may 13;. Tlipt very c'evcr and keen observer cf human nature, Voltaire, in his description cf the English clergy nearly a century ago, made the following observations on them, which api e,r to me to apply with peculiar force to the Pu re:, he members of that body, at the present tier, and which I cornet forbear from dieting to the notice of your readers, if you will 'nave the kindness to insert them in your co lumns. These are his words : " Le clergy Anglican a retenu beaucoup de ceremonies Cathoiiqus, c t surtout colic de recevoir les dimes avec uneattcntron ties scrupuleuse. Its oat aussi la pieuse ambition d'etre lei rucitres : car queue vie-sire de village ne voudrait pas esre Pepe ? ". Do plus :Is rumen:era autant qu'ils pe uvent d ans ! curs (medics un saint zee contre les noneonforn.istes. " Oa y promet d'etre de l'Eg'ise, comme vile est e.g_ blie par la 1,1. y a guere d'eveque, de doyen, Ward:li p e'.re, qui ne I.enEe etie do droit divin : c'est done un grand sujet de mortification pour cux d'etre d'avouer qu' its tiennent tout d'une inii6rable let fai.e par des profanes laiques." TRANSLATION,--" The English clergy has retained many Catholic ceremonies, and especially that of receivin g the tithes with a very scrupulous attention. They have also the pious ambition of being the masters; for what village vicar would net wish to be Pope? " Moreover, they foment as much as they can in their flocke, a buly seal against the non-conformist. " They profess to one their existence to the Church as it is established by the law. There is scarcely a bishop, Bean, or archdeacon, who does not think that he exists by Divino right; it is then a great subject of mortification for thorn to be obliged to confess that they derive all power from a miEe:atde law made by profane laymen." The above picture, though brief, is so life-like., that it will be recognised rt once as a true sketch of the 'Messrs. Pusey and Co., and will almost prove the philosopher of Ferney to have been endowed with the prophetic spirit, as well as with that deep philosophy which enabled him to see through systems, and to appreciate their effect upon the human clura:ter, whether in the clerical, or any other forte. Ills remarks, too, are applicable to that under -current of clerical influence always in action, and which has, most probably, received a fresh impulse from Pusey ism, and will still be continued, although the open avowal an d a d vocecy of these principles may , for atime be suppre sse d . Adrririrg year own exertions in the exposure of the aforesaid system, I b o g to subscribe myself, Sir, ONE OF THE PROFANE LAITY." March 31. ...- clergy re golfl'istiitleionAtisciiindotahoeocooruyrosef of OXFORD, e , l a ' o rt lo u n a g s D t A h l e • Oxford, earnestly requesting the Archdeacon to call a meeting of the clergy, to afford them an opportunity of expressing their unqualified disapprobation of the Tract 90. Mr. Newman's letter t o t h e Bi s h o p o f Oxford hasjust appeared, in defence of the Tract. It is written in a tone of intimacy, and claims his Lordship's sanction to the publication of the preceding Tracts No fug the: proceedings are contemplated on the part of the University. LEaDs, I\lAl:cti 31.—A very strange scene occurred her last night. The annual meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was held, the I3ishop of Ripon in the chair. Dr. Hook, in moving the first resolution, opened a perfect battery of wrath on the hto Pastoral Aid meeting. He talked of the neces sity o f i c ing resolute; " he had nailed hi s co _ • and blow high, bl ow lours to the mast ,low, come wind, come storm, he would stand by t h e High Church (i. e. Tractarian) party, and defend it s cause." He was proceeding in thi s strain, whew the Bi s hop rose and called him to or d er. A m urmur of app lause g reeted his Lordship's . inter ferenceho said, that as the ; w y were met in harmony and concord in support of a cause in which all were b e hoped that no reference would ag reed, be made to Controverted topics. The Doctor was confounded ; he turne d pale, and shook with agitation ; then suddenly said, " Thus over ruled, I shall content myself by reading' the resolution I h a ve the honour to m "'' , " and eat d o wn No further hostile allusi ons were made . The meet ing passed off quietly ; and the Bishop had.the honour of having d C successfully arrest an attempt, unh a ppily now of too co mmon occurrence, to turn a religious meeting into an arena of controversy.—Correspondent of an Evening Paper. THE ISTHMUS OF DARlEN.—Recent intel ligence from Panama represents that the Franco-Gre. naelin Company are at length on the point of break irg ground on the work of the canal a:cross the Isthmus, under the auspices cf the agent of the Company, M oo ,, Alpheus° Morel, to whcse enthusiasm, energy and perse verance. amid a series of difficulties and dangers, thi s great undertaking* will ovre its accomplishment. The principal d.fficulty, ti-at of a union of capital, the agent says in a letter of the 9th of December last., has b een cover. come.capitalp er aso been t h a t p a r n o provided, and m ari a n l e l c i s o m ready rn u to ic . a n across c c o the Isthmus, soh important to the interests i c a mm Thatc o f commerce, w ill probably soo e hed.—New York Sun. LEAMING TON. —The C ountess o f D at li ngton, Lady Augus ta Paulet, ° t i the Hen. MN. L. Fox, Lady Na. pier, the Right Hor. Sir Robert Gordon, Lord 'Maidstone, & c ., have been bete the last few days, from the Duke of Rutland's. Mrs. Lane Fox left tc-day for Sir Charles and the Hon. Lady Knightley's, Fawsley Park, near Nor thampton, ---~- f~.; ~. I