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MORNING EDITION 13, Great Marlborough-street. BURKE'S PEERAGE; AND BARONETAGE FOR 1841. The new edition for 1841 of this popular work will be ready for delivery in a few days. This new edition has undergone a six months' revi.ion, and will be found to contain a great quan tity of new matter of peculiar interest to the Nobility of Great Britain, particulars of which will be given in future ad vertisements. * Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW TRAVELS IN THE HOLY LAND. Just ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, lIIHE HON. MRS. DAMER'S DIARY -a- OF HER TOUR IN GREECE, TURKEY, and the HOLY LAND. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders receiveti by all Booksellers. IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON PERSIA. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Illustrations, THREE YEARS IN PERSIA, AND KOORDISTAN. By GEORGE FOWLER, Esq. " The intelligence just received from India, and the present condition of our relations, political and commercial, with Per sia, render these volnmes, which comprise the most recent ac count of this interesting country, of peculiar importance at the present moment." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., T" QUEEN'S POISONER; Or, FRANCE in the SIXTEENTH CENTURY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of "A Summer among the Bocages and the Vines.' Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CORN-LA W S. This day is published, price 25., STATEMENTS illustrative of the POLICY and PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES of the proposed REPEAL of the Existing CORN-LAWS, and the Imposi tion, in their stead, of a Moderate Fixed Duty on Foreign Corn when entered for Consumption. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U‘WER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRN. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly , Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Flumbv. Atter which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex tr.tvaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-morrow, Lor.don Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. Doors t., to opened at halt-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, :Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2'.; Gallery Is. and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private Boxes to be had soi.ely of Mr. Andre a's, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE AIANAC.EMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The most powerful attraction ever offered. Third Night of Claude Duval, supported by Mr. J. S. Balls, and the ac knowledged best Company in the Metropolis, with an en tire change of Pieces. THIS EVENING, MAY 7, Will he acted an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DUVAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, &c. Claude Duval, Alt. J. S. Balls. After which, ne Comedy of WILD OATS; OR, THE STROLLING GENTLEMAN. _ _ Rover. Mr. J. S. Balls. To conclude with the Romance of Diablerie, entitled APOLLYON, THE GREAT FIEND. Apollyon, Mr. 0. Smith, The Last Week of his Engagement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS AY. U ring 44 minutes afar 2 1 Evening 2 minutes after 3 t t ~~~ M ~ YC,~~\< ~~T'~'_~ ~;~.~ 1«. Z, j `~nw ,s y~ r LONDON: FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1841. The news from China, brought by the Over land Mail from India, is such as the now well known diplomatic and military character of Plenipotentiary ELLIOT prepared us to expect. Negotiation, like a wounded snake, was drag ging " its slow length along" at something short of a snail's pace. tip to the - ith of Febru ary the blockade of the Canton River continued, and on the 39th of January a circular, signed by the Plenipotentiary, forbad British subjects from proceeding to Canton. On the previous day the Plenipotentiaries had a long interview near the second Bar of the Canton River, to settle all differences, but though nothing was concluded, Captain ELLIOT did not consider it inconsistent with his duty to order the British troops to eva cuate Chusan—thus resigning the only hold which England had upon the fears of the Court of Pekin ! But ruinous to British interests, • as were the terms upon which Plenipo tentiary ELLIOT offered to patch up a peace with China, it does not appear that the Celestial Government will now accept them. They know too Well with whom they have to deal to entertain further fears of him. It was accordingly reported that the EMPEROR, finding. Chusan evacuated by the British, would not ra tify the treaty ceding Hong Kong to the Queen Of ENGLAND, and that, to blind foreigners to the nefariousness of this transaction, the Imperial Commissioner KESHEN would be disgraced for having listened to such a proposal. On the 10th of February, it was rumoured at Canton that KESHEN'S successor was actually on his journey from Pekin to that city, and that he was empow ered to declare the negotiations between Cap tain ELLIOT and that sagacious functionary null and void. The upshot of the whole affair may be easily predicted. We shall soon find that we have the whole business of the opium dispute to com mence over again. Why then persist in suffer ing the nation to be dishonoured in the person of the least competent man in the United Kingdom to sustain, in such a contest, the glory of our flag? Why not at once recal Plenipotentiary ELLIOT, whose continuance in such an office, after the proofs he has given of incapacity, is as dis graceful to the Government as it is injurious to the best interests of our fellow-subjects in India and China? Able and competent men are not wanting to bring the dispute with China to a speedy, and tbr England, a glorious termination. This will never be effected by negotiations in the first instance. The Chinese, like all Asiatic na tions, must first be drubbed into the mood to lis ten to reason. When well trounced they will become rational and just, in proportion to their f ears. Had Plenipotentiary ELLIOT known this, and kept it steadily in view, Commissi oner LIN would never have seized a single ounce of opium. The way to abridge negotiations with Chinese Commissioners is to erect for the Pleni potentiaries a tent of piled muskets, and for chairs of state the breeches of a couple of pieces of cannon. The new s f rom C en tral Asia is gloomy. Our Indian territory is tranquil, but in Affghanistan and the Punjaub, we are likely to have plenty to do to maintain that ascendancy which is ne cessary to enable us to counteract the intrigues of Russia in those quarters. Herat is again me naced by Persia, and it is discovered that the Shah SOOJAH 00L-MOOLK, to whom we gave a Throne, is plotting against us. This state of things requires the ut most vigilance on the part of the Indian Go- • vernment. which cannot, without hazard of still greater dangers, abandon aiiy of its pth , iLioar , in Central Asia. Ever since the death of the late Shah of PERSIA the Government of that country has manifested.a degree of contempt for Great Britain which it would not have dared to exhibit unless countenanced by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. The repeated demands of o ur Government for redress have been made in vain, so that to other matters in hand we may ha ve soou to add a war with Persia. For these events the Government at home is no way responsible. They arise out of a state of things which it was not in the powef of the Government to modify without producing still greater evils. 'rhe Cansmons Navin; gi7et op that me f tl i practice for the people...though harrassing for both 31luisterial and Opposition Jocaders.of discuniAg r4biset3 cn the pregut&tiog of Pal' THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1841 tions, we now never have any tsf these sh ort, pithy, and pointed debates which served formerly both to d elight the people and promote the public liberties. They ar e still retained in the Lords, and now that a topic is throws before them which warmly engages the affections of men ui ,wards of fifty years of age (touching their pockets), their Lordships seem likely to have some of those pithy debates night after night. Earl FITZWILLIAM, on giving notice that he - would to-day present a petition from Leeds, and on being questioned by Lord ASHBURTON, said he did not mean to discuss the subject of Corn-laws till after the expected proceedings of the House of Commons. Lord ASHBURTON thought if their Lordships waited till the Cita:To:m.oa of the EXCHEQUER'S three measures to obtain money without taxes were completed they never would have the discussion. The Noble Lord, returning to the graphic language of his younger days, when he was wont to speak in favour of honesty, described the Ministerial plan as a bubble. not hold together a day without the authority of human law. Whatever weakens its authority, therefore, endangers the very existence of so ciety. All these protections being unjust in their own nature, conferring privileges on some of the people at the expense and to the damage of others, weaken the authority of law. They make it contemptible and hateful to those whom it unjustly injures, and they tend to bring about just disobedience, confusion, and anarchy. It is a lamentable mistake to suppose that laws are to be obeyed, whatever may be their moral character. If the three Estates should be advised to pass a law to burn a million quarters of wheat, or break down the dykes on the eastern coast, and again cover the now fertile plains with water and sand, we should indignantly disobey such a law, and we should have Mr. HANDLEY and Mr. CHRISTOPHER as leaders in the rebellion. Laws, therefore, it is plain, are only to be obeyed when they are in their own nature just and unjust laws, like the various so-called protecting duties we have adverted to, provoke and justify disobedience. They give their own characteristics to the whole fabric of legislation, and expose society to the danger of being crushed and dislocated by its fall. Now one great value in our estimation of the Earl FITZWILLIAM retorted so happily on the Noble Lord that we should only mar the retort by abridging it, and we, therefore, refer to it. The debate is a good specimen of what the Commons sacrificed by not allowing debates on petitions. In answer to Lord ELLENBoaouciithe Lord CHANCELLOR. stated that rules for the proceedings in Chancery had been framed, but he could not say when they would be in a fit state to lay before Parliament. The Duke of ARGYLL brought in his Bill for the settlement of the Scotch Church disputes, but the Noble Duke was not successful in making its provisions known to the reporter. The Peers properly declined, as the Earl of ROSEdERY stated, to discus the Bill at any length till it was printed, so that we are in the dark as to its provisions. The Earl of ABERDEEN indeed objected to it that it legalised the Vcto Law, and he declared that the Scotch clergy had taken up a false position, and whether they retired with a good grace or not, retire they must. propositions of her MAJESTY'S Ministers is that they strike at this principle of protection. They make no pretence to remove it altogether, which were much too arduous and gigantic a task, but they are contrary to that nrinciple. They are the beginning of a just and good system. They, or something like them, something of their na ture and character, gradually to remove protec tions, and as they remove protections redress a grievance, and abolish a wrong, are now indis pensable to restore law, by making it just, to its proper authority over the mind of man. We do not give her MAJESTY'S Ministers credit for being actuated by the views we have ex pressed. On the contrary, we stated yesterday, and we repeat to-day, that they have been driven unwillingly and reluctantly, by the necessities of the State and the fact that the productive energies of the country are unequal to supply all the de mands made on them by the protected classes and the State, to attack the principle of protec tion. Their conduct, dictated by necessity, con firms these views, and demonstrates that it is im possible for the productive part of society to stag ger any longer under the double burden of pro tection and taxation. The Earl of ROSEBERY !aid that the modifications of the veto in the Bill were not inconsiderable. Lord DUNFERMLINE could not give it his support, and he highly approved of the present mode of appointing the priests in Scotland. The Marquis of BREADALBANE approved "of the Bill. The Earl of HADDINGTON said it gave a power to the Church and the people they ought not to possess. The Marquis of NORMANBY reserved the expression of his opir.ion. The Bill was of course read a first time. The Bill declaring the abolition of privilege in cases of felony was read a second time, and at a Quarter before Nine the House Adjourned. The Commons were amused by a petition from Sir H. LEES for the expulsion of the Jesuits.l Lord G. LENNOX gave notice of a motion on the 12th, for a Committee on the Naval and Military Report, so far as that relates to the Marines. Lord J. RUSSELL stated the precise words of the motion he will submit to-night, for which see our report. Lord Howtcx objected to the proposed mode of proceeding as involving two divisions; but after a few words from Sir R. PEEL, it appeared that the proposed plan will be adhered to. Lord JOHN RUSSELL will make a statement, and then Lord SANDON will make his motion ; if that motion be successfu's then, and only then, as we understand it, will Lord J. RUSSELL move his resolution. The Lords' amendments to the South Australian Bill were agreed to. In answer to Mr. WALTER, Lord Joux said he should pro ceed with the Poor-law Bill on the 17th, and Mr. WALTER said he would bring forward a motion to stop it. In answer to questions from Sir R. PEEL, Lord J. Rus situ. stated that the preliminary arrangements made by Cap tain ELmoT at Canton had not been ratified, and that the Government generally disapproved of them. Captain ELLIOT had been recalled. Sir HENRY POTTINGER had received his appointment, and was about to depart immediately for China. Mr. Fox MAULE stated in reply to Lord MAHort that it was true that considerable mortality prevailed amongst the convicts at Woolwich, but it also prevailed amongst the military there. Now, as the bulk of the protected classes are making common cause in favour of the principle of protection, or, properly speaking, the prin ciple of injustice and oppression and the princi ple of plunder, it behoves all the other classes who are wronged by these various protections to make common cause with the Ministers in procuring redress. All the friends to the voluntary system, all the consu mers of bread and sugar, every man who is a friend to freedom of trade, aye, and every man who is a friend to freedom of opinion, for all Mr. HUME'S motion for the production of papers relative to the destruction of the Caroline, was resisted by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on the ground that negotiations were pending, and no information was elicited by the brief debate which ensued. The motion was negatived without a division, Sir R. PEEL supporting Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S views. Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the appointment of Mr. VizARD as solicitor to the Home-office, ought to be cancelled, The motion was resisted by Mr. Ma tiLE, and the Gallant Colonel declined topress it to a division. The House only sat till a Quarter past Seven. liberties go together,—all the industrious classes, who are the main sufferers by these double bur dens, all the enemies of privilege and monopoly in every shape and form, all the friends of uni versal or extended suffrage, should aid the Ali- nisters in their assault, feeble though it be, on the principle ofprotection. By carrying them through the contest, they will secure the quiet and peace able redress of many other grievances, and place the liberties of the country on a firm and ever-widening basis. A great revolution, it cannot be concealed, has taken place in the mind of society ; and if changes in the material parts of society—in laws and institutions—be not made, corresponding to that moral revolution, of which changes the attack on protection is an excellent commencement, the law will forfeit all respect, and the glory of England will sink in bloody violence or brutal despotism. The West India Proprietors, the British North American Colonial Association, the General Ship owners' Society, and a multitude of other persons interested in various monopolies, have taken the field against the Government plan for giving re lief to the people. This was to be expected, and their celerity in hastening to the field shows at once who are the real enemies of justice and ho nesty in the community. Look at the names of those who attended the West India Meet ing on Wednesday. A Nobleman was in the chair. He is the owner of estates in the West Indies, and for many years the zealous opponent of all the efforts made by the anti-slavery party to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. Than there were Baronets, Knights, M.P.s, Bank Governors and Directors, ci-devant Colonial At torney-Generals, &c. &c. To them we must add great shipowners, American Associations, Chair man of LLOYD'S, and the bulk of the titled and moneyed aristocracy. These are the real, living, active oppressors of the working and industriou s classes; Government is merely a cunningly con trived tool with which they work, and legislation in their hands is little better than parchment, ex cept as they animate it by their will. The great and the unspeakable merit of the Budget, including the alteration of the Corn laws, is that it strikes at the principle on which rests the power of these oppressors. What do all the Dissenters and all the enlightened friends of the voluntary system of Church discipline complain of throughout the Empire ? A favoured and protected Church, a Church not springing from the Gospei but from the Legislature, main tained and protected in various privileges in spite of the rest of the people. 'What do all the consumers of bread, the merchants and manu facturers whose trade is suffering, the labourers who are reduced to starvation, complain of; but of the legislative protection given to the owners of rent ? What do the Chartists say is the cause of all the evils of society ? Why, that one class is exclusively endowed with, and protected in, the exercise of the functions of legislation and the choice of legislators. What are the differential or discriminating sugar duties, hut a protection exclusively granted to the owners of land in the West Indies? What are discriminating duties on coffee or timber —what the duties on silk or iron, and the whole series which crowd the statute book, except revenue duties, but protection accorded first to one class and then to another ? Through the whole of our fiscal, economical, and political regulations we find this one principIe—PROTECTION, operating most mischievously to great classes of the com munity, and the object of complaint and vitupe ration. The resolution to be moved by Lord SANDON .3 a trick. It is solely intended to engage the opponents of slavery in defence of monopoly. The Tories dare not take their stand on the Corn-laws, for which alone they raved and roared on Friday, particularly my Lord SANDON. They have pitched their standard on sugar, and declared that they are to fight for freedom and humanity. They cannot succeed, for their professions and their conduct are at variance, and they only render a profound :iomage to principles which they have throughout their political existence essayed to crush. Leaving their hypocrisy, however, to its own punishment, we wish to remind Lord SANDON'S constituents that were his resolution carried the trade to the Brazils would go to decay. It is now comparatively little profitable, because we will not take for our own consumption Brazilian sugar, and the spirit of Lord SANDON'S resolu tion carried out would also exclude it from use in our sugar refineries. The object of the Anti- Slavery people is not to admit slave-grown sugar into consumption at all, neither here nor in our colonies. At present the whole of the sugar refined in bond for the foreign and colonial market is slave-grown sugar. Let Lord SANDON succeed, and the next step must be to exclude slave-grown sugar from being re lined for exportation to our colonies. But sugar is refined in bond for exportation, without refe rence to the market; and to prevent refining slave-grown sugar for Antigua and Gibraltar, is to prevent it being refined for Charlestown and Malaga. How can that which is destined for Quebec, and must not be slave-grown, be dis tinguished from that to be sent to New York, which may ? The moral curse of slavery does not impart a physical character to its produce ; and to distinguish slave-grown sugar from free labour sugar, after it has gone through the hands of the refiner, will puzzle the most acute che mist. An attempt to distinguish them in that state, must, however,be made, if slave-grown sugar is not to be refined for the inhabitants of Deme rara and Jamaica, as well as fur the inhabitants of Petersburgh and Copenhagen, or the whole trade of refining in bond must be given up. In either case the refiners will be greatly embarrassed, or ruined, and it becomes them immediately to take the matter into their consideration. They ought to resist the ridiculous and absurd prin ciple announced by the Antigua petition, and em bodied in Lord SANDON'S motion. Against whom, too, are the different pri vileged classes protected? Who assails the Church, or is discontented with it ? Not the French—not the Americans—not the Russians, nor any foreigners--they care not a straw for the Church—but large masses of her MAJESTY'S subjects who do not belong to it, and cannot share its privileges. Who assails or complains The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all reached of the Corn-laws ?--the Germans? No; the in- us. The Chamber of Deputies was discussing habitants of our towns.. Who complains of the the Budget for the year 1842. The speeches exclusive franchise ? the labouring classes, who were animated, but related only to questions of are deprived of it. So on throughout; the pro- domestic interest. tection bestowed by the Government is not The Journal des Debats has a long and violent against foreigners, not against enemies, but article against the Cabinet for not having in against masses of our own countrymen, for whom yoked the September Laws in the late prosecu protection means privilege, or monopoly, con- tion of La France. The Debats has no reliance ferred on some to the injury of others. Those upon the honesty of a French jury. who demand protection mistake the functions of The following extracts from the Journals con- Government, and fancy, being led astray by a Lain all the news of any interest in these misapplied word, that the Government which Papers :_.... Barriere of exists to protect them from foreign invasion, taiThe Kin g this morning passed_i i n review ts as the em te h n ie n d ew at btahte from crimes and their effects, is bound to protect d t u he Tv l e s e t e Cha..seur 'I and marched s ' to the p court-yard of the their monopolies against the just claims of the Tuileries and to the'Place du Carrousel. I rest of the people. At a qua rter past des en Louis Philippe, accompanied by the All protection, so ex lame King of the Belgians, the Duke of Orleans, the Praic : de pld, is the oppression Jiiiiiville, t h e Duke 'of Alonliens,er, l rince AlexarAler of of those against whom the protections are main- tShVeurlitnemesbienrfit Mar,hal Soult, and a nurnero , ii h s staff, iin er we t n t e t n al zsg I in ,, tinted, and delivuerrt-edvar t d he of ee tt pa tained. They are violations of that equal justice rs ace. The the chefs de'bataillons, w hi c h all classes, and every individual, is en- niaki, T al,propriate addreses to each. tithd to from the State. If this inequality be The unifo:.ni is green with blue trowsers green epaults, and yellow facitigs. lie knapsack weighs' about ltilbs. e in r i,l i t, let it be carried out. Let the law which marchin g trim. The sword fixes to the musket, which ha i s h a !Il i f c e u v s ni - ioilisslock. however, ' the o a ffi d c . ers har t white facings.silv d er the _ an ounce of a man's sugar, or a takes away liated beard and curled mustachio give a mgy, i y look, at to the s t ehravtaltai : 1 31 ', 1, peculiarly ugly appearance pound of' his bread, also claim his life; and to universal Instinct of self-pre- men. I saw two men faint from the heat, and it struck me that they were longer owes allegiance, if not adapted for light skirmishing, but as 1 have not seen them manteuvre, 1 would not hazard a decided opinion from its power. These upon n this point. he be capable of escaping u n ri o d n el l ' a t u h a e ny the last letters from St. Petersburgh announce that the Autocrat, without combating the travellin g mania which have life does —weaken protecting laws do, them efore, in part what a law n . i . ed, which is purely in the form a t a x. directed against a man's at ail times been the predominant malady of his subjects, has By an u ct'' a i s seci f a th ri .40t April, the price of a passport to a foreign authority, and make it only a question of tem- ; law shall or ; e o e • porary expediency whether the , country, which was till that time ten silver rubles, is raised to shall not be obeyed. 1 twenty-five silver rubles. If the passport is for several persons, ' master or servants, the tax of twenty-five silver rubles is Now this is a very important matter, proper' charged on every individual, and the pass itgood for six months for the es p ec i a l consideration of the classes w h o I only. The cou seauenee i s , that a Russian who travels in fo c o. whatever age or station, has to pay,a pe!' claim and rece i ve these protections. I t i s a ! reign countries, i soaal and additoal tax of 200 Imo pe r =wan, We will common and ge nera l b e li e f t h at soc i ety could 1 frankly own, that this is a trifle in comparison with the amount of liberty obtained at that price by the temporarly emanci pated slave, and we will praise, without reserve and without restriction, the magnanimous Emperor for his resolution. Le Co nstitution, The Toulonnais of the 30th April, says :—" Several ships of the line are going to Port Vendres, to take on board the live battalions of chasseurs of foot lately formed at St. Omer's, and to be on garrison at Algiers and Oran." It is said that some ships of the line of Admiral Hugon's squadron, will shortly return to Toulon. Those others whieh have not yet quitted our harbour will join the squadron in their stead. A letter from Naples says that the young Princess of Salerno !s going to marry the hereditary Duke of Modena.—Le Com merce. BO URSE.PARDI, TUESDAY, MAY 4. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS f first Highest Lowest 1.20 n Price Price. Prick. Prie' French . 5 ntr Cents ll3 90 ... 113 90 ... 1 3 75 ... 113 Sr 4% per Cents 4 ii, Cents 99 20 ... 99 20 ... 99 20 ... 992 , 1 3 per Cents 79 15 _. 79 20 ... 79 10 ... ';9 20 Rink or r. ranee Laffitte ..riAr.k i,OOOl. Stares 1 , 55 ...INS ...1: Si ...10.3j ~ ,gtan Ilank 1841 .... 5 per Cents. New Loan lOl% ... 1. 1% ... 101% ... 101% ..;parnsh Aim,. : 4 1,., .., 24% ... t'4% ... :2 % Passive . 5 %,,... 5 % ••• f , X, 5 % Nleapolitan Roman ..... . ;O4 ... 104% ... 104 ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain CITY, THURiDAY EVENING. The general feature in the Stock market to-day hAs been an appearance of greater firmness, though as is natural to infer, tha public are not disposed to operate until they learn the result of the gran,' questions c)inieg on before the House of Commons. The West India in terests here, with their usual narrow-trinded and suicidal policy are dtiog all they can to throw obstacles in the way of the proposed alteration of duties, but we trust with out effect. It is curious indeed to watch the party in trigues of this body. Some time back they were all apathy and insensibility to the question of slavery, and were the first to advert to the advantages, as regards cheap cultiva tion and comfort to the negroes, enjoyed by rival States where the hateful system of slavery still exists. Now, however, they have become exceedingly phi. lanthrophic, and discover that an alarming feature in the modification of the sugar duties would he the enceu• ragement of slavery, which the people of England have paid twenty millions sterling to abolish. We suspect the people of England, for whom they testify such a disinte te.ested warmth, will not be disposed to thank them for their interference in the present instance, since they begin to perceive that their having already paid so large a sum for the attainment of freedom to the colonial labourers, is the very reason why they should now be . permitted. in re turn, to bare their sugar on more reasonable terms. If a statement in circulation, of the basis of a treaty with Br a. zil baying been concluded, in which some favouj able sti pulations are contained respecting the slave trade, turns out to be true, this will be another argument in favour of the import duties reform. Vergailles,lt. B 365 361 ... 365 L. 8.. ............235 2.'a 50 ... 133 1 , 37 50 Rouen 456 23 4c.6 ... 455 ... 45.5 458 75 484 75 ... IEB 75 48S 7: Mulhausen to Thann ..... 44.) ... 440 i , r.tst A tg co bale l:',6 25 ... 2.5 ... 2.35 ... 440 2: 5 sEL6IAN ' UNDS.ASRUINELD, MAT 4. Actual Debt, 2}‘,, per Cent. ., 51 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent IU iki Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. --- 3 per Cent. --.Thirty.seven---- _____ .. Tut ..--.--__-_-(14,n)1, 0% Loan of City, IS3‘2, 4 per Cent H; X, Society of Commerce, 4 , 2 per Cent lOO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent „ 7.. i National Society. Exchange on 1.011d014 (11110 a) Brussels Papers, May 4. The Volage arrived yesterday at Ports mouth, with Admiral Elliot and family, all well. We understand that Admiral Thomas is to have the command in the Pacific, vice Ross, whose time is up. THE ACTIVITY OF THE PRIESTHOOD.—TIII3 seems to be quite a thriving time with the priest hood. Exeter Hall is hallowed and glorified by their presence. The walls of the metropolis are placarded with announcements of sermons to be preached by a great Puseyite vicar in one church, and a great Simeonite rector in another church. The Votes of the House of Commons are filled with the names of parishes scarcely ever before heard of beyond the parishes themselves (though of course each has a clergyman who can write a petition), petitioning for Church extension. Alto gether this is a most reviving month fbr the priesthood, who seem, in common with the lower animals, to feel the genial influence of the season. NEWSPAPER PRESS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA TION.—The annual festival of this Institution is fixed for Saturday, the sth of June next, on which occasion the chair will be taken by the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P. The rich and select musical treat always provided at this festival, together with the recent and suc cessful innovation introducing ladies at public dinners (an experiment first made by this insti tution), renders it the most attractive of any which take place in the metropolis. The public se.rurities were not very atima•ed to-day, bet they supported their value. For immediate transfer Consols realised 891 tti 90, closing at 89. to 1, arid for the Ace Anit, 891 to 90, which were tie current quotations up to the close of business. Exchequer B Ils were at a premium of 8 to 10, and India Bonds 3. Bank Stock rallied 2* per cent, viz , from 1651 to 168. So little is doing in this security that when a sale or purchase is effected, the party coming to mat ket is compelled to " pay the piper," and submit to the rates offered him, whichever way he may b e o p era ting. India Stork was dull at the depression to 250. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 98/ tot, the Three. and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced 97* to 1, and the Three per Cents. 88} to The chief business in the Foreign Market has been in Spanish Stock. The Active Bands were quoted 231 is 24, Portuguese New Five per Cents. improved to 341 to 34f, Mexican Stack was at 291 to I, Colombian at 22* to 2.2 f, Belgian at 1001 ex-div., and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 521. The Railway Shares did not vary in price. Great Western Railway Shares were marked 291 to 291, the New 14, the Fifths 71, and the Birmingham Thirds 211 prem. Brighton were 21, North . Midland 25, the New 41, and the Great North of England 15 dis. London and Westminster Bank New Shaier were 2 prem., and NJ. tional Provincial Bauk of Eugland New e prem. (From The Sun cf Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 5.-1 he market still continues depressed ; the sales scarcely realise 2,000 bales to the trade. In speculation or export nothing has transpired. Prices for all de,criptions remain stationary. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 5.—A very limited business has been transacted in the Share market today : Eastern Counties, 9; Edinburgh and Glasgow. 37 ; Edinburgh and Leith, and Newhaven, 34 ; Glasgow, Pai,ley, and Greenock, new Shares, 2}; Grand Junction, 208; Great Western, 114. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY s.—The Share market to-day has not been very animated, but prices u: on the whole are steady :—Manchester and Birmingham, 25i 254 ; Manchester and Leeds, 54 55 ; London South Western, b7i 58 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Tenths, 41 45 • North Midland, 764 774; Ditto, New, 38 39 ; Great Western Halves, 64% 6j Banc of Manchester, 7i. EXPRESS FROM PARIS We have received, by Extraordinary Express, intelligence from Paris of Wednesday's date. The debate on the Regency commenced at Madrid on the 28th. Gomes Becerra, hitherto its most rigorous opponent, spoke in its favour This created surprise. The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday con tinued the vote of the Budget of 1842. M. Guizut declared he had nothing definitive to communi cate as to the settlement of the question pending between Egypt and the Porte. Halil IPacha was to be the new Seraskier.— Morning Paper. Her Majesty's packet Ty rian, has arrived from the West Indies, but brings no intelligence respecting the President. She sailed from Barbadoes the 16th of mar c h, St. Lucia and Martinique on the 17th, Dominica on the 18th, Guadaloupe and Antigua the 19th, St. Kitts the 20th, Tortola the 21st, St. Thomas the Ist of April, Porto Rico the 2d, and Hayti the 4th. She brings a freight of 80,000 dollars. Nire may still cling to some hope, as the above dates are not late enough to hear of her arrival in any of the above islands, as the President sailed from New York on the 1 lth of March, and must have encountered the storms on the 12th and 14th of March. We have received Jamaica papers to the Ist April. State ments of the debts and assets of the kianka of Jamaica on the 31st December, Ih4o, as also of the amount of its Notes pay able on demand, in circulation December 31, 1840. Notes in circulation Other Liabilities TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—On Wednesday the annual meet rig of the British and Foreign Society for the sup pression of Intemperance, took place in Exeter Hall, at which the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope pr,sided. From the Report it appeared that the temperance cause was making extensive pro gress, there being at present in London and the suburbs fifty societies, with 20,000 total abstaining members, 3,000 of whom were reclaimed drunkards. In the country are 90 auxiliary societies, and 40,000 members, out of which 4.000 are re claimed drunkards ; 200 are clergymen of various denomina tions, and 1,000 are ac ti ve l y engage d in propagat i ng t h e prin ciples of temperance societies. In Scotland there were 15':,000 members; and in Ireland, through the instrumentality of Fa ther Mathew, five millions and a half of persons have taken the pledge of total abstinence. The funds of the Society were in so &pressed a cnnditioa that many important stations would have to be given up and useful agents dismissed, unless more liberal efforts were made by the friends of the cause. The re ceipts were 818/. 17s. 4d., and the expendi'ure J.1;65/. os. 9d., leaving a balance of 3461. 3s. sd. against the Society. On the p!aCorm were Mr. J. S. Buckingl'am, and several clergymen. The meeting was most numerously attended, in which were a large number of sergeants and privates of the Scots Fusilier Guards. £257,465 18 1 December 31, 1840. Specie and other A55et5......... £440,976 3 8 Her Majesty's schooner Pickle arrived on Friday from,Santa Martha and Larthagena, and the circumstance of that vessel having brou . 4ht a large amount in specie, viz. 67,000 dollars, was hailed as a harbinger of good news, and led to an expec tation that peace and order were resuming. These hopes however proud, vain as the contest between the hostile parties, continued unabated. In the Calcutta papers we have accounts from New Zealand to the 22d November. It appears that the Colonists were active in exploring the country, and the Gazette from time to time publi , hes the result. Government were offering mechanics from 7s. 6d. to 9s. per diem, with provisions at cost price, and a piece of land to dwell on. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER OFF AIORTLAKE.— On the afternoon of Tuesday last, a melancholy accident occurred on the River, between Hammersmith and Kew, which proved fatal to one, and nearly so to two others of the students belonging to the Royal College of Civil Engi neers, at Putney. Tuesday was a holiday at the Institution ; and, in the course of the forenoon, three of the young gentle men, whose names were Short, Scott, and Jones, without the knowledge of Colonel Hutchinson, the resident Director, hired a small sailing boat to go to Richmond. On their return, they had to contend with a strung southerly wind. Having become tired of holding on the sh- et, they affixed the rope to the sid of the boat ; and, about four o'clock, when off Mortlake, they were met by a sudden squall; and being unable to let go the sheet, the boat instantly upset, and the whole party became immersed in the water. Two boats put off to their assistance, and succeeded in picking up Messrs. Scott and Jones, and they were conveyed ashore in a state of great exhaustion. The drags were then used, and in about eight or ten minutes the body of Mr. Sharpe was found, and conveyed to the Ship pub lic-house at Mortlake, when every means for restoring anima tion was adopted for two hours by Mr. Brown, a surgeon, but without effect, The deceased, who was much beloved by his fellow students, was a fine young man, about 17 years of age, an orphan, but highly connected. EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.—A correspondent writing us from Dorchester, Lower Mills, informs us that the effects of lightning were wonderfully and awfuly displayed in that village on Friday evening, 2d instant. The shower was very severe in that vicinity, the lightning remarkably vivid, and in several instances followed almost instantly by the report —leading every one to suppose it struck near by. This has since been ascertained to be the fact. Two oak trees, from one foot to eighteen inches in diameter, standing about six teen feet from each other, in a grove of woods owned by Gen. Moses Whitney, were struck apparently by a horizontal shaft of the lightning, and from the height of fifteen feet to the roots, were .iterally torn into basket-stuff; the tops of the trees were thrown upon the ground entirely uninjured. From the base of the trees it spread in four different directions, two id which were from east to west, through two ledges of rocks, one of which is about three rods in thickness ; a small rent is visible where it entered the ledge, and a very large one whet e it passed out—large fragments of rock having been broken off and thrown to a distance. From the ledge it passed on seven or eight rods, tearing up the ground, and forming a furrow varying froth six to twelve inches in depth ; where trees ob structed its path it went two or three feet into the earth, arid came out again on the other side.—Mercantile Journal. THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN WHITE. CHAPEL.—On Wednesday it was very generally reported that Mr. Berlin, the unfortunate man whose house in Church lane, Whitechapel, had been totally destroyed by fire on the morning before, had breathed his last at the London Hospital from the effects of the injuries he received, but on making in quiries at that institution last evening it was feund.that he was still alive, but with taint hopes of his surviving much longer. On an examination of his person on being carried to the hos pital it was found that both his legs were broken close to the ankles, that his left wrist was sprained, one or two of his ribs on the left side fractured, and his back and spine seriously in jured. He is perfectly sensible, and states that at eleven o'clock he put out the gas in the shop, and retired to rest in a small parlour behind, when everything appeared perfectly safe. On being awoke, and seeing the shop in flames, he rushed up etairs to where his sister and housekeeper slept, and taking the former in his arms, jumped out of the window with her. Rachati. Shore, the young woman who lived as housekeeper to Mr. Berlin, and who was to ha ve b een m arr ied t o hi m i n a month, has been a good deal injured. Mr. Berlin, who is a Jew, had not been residing i n t h e h ouse more than our or five months, and he states that the 4001. for which he has been insured in the Sun Office will not cover his loss, though his stock appeared to those in the neighbourhood to be exceed ingly light. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT GREENOCK. — Monday, about twelve o'clock noon, as Mr. Ludovick Giant, manager of the new cotton mill, was in the wheel-hOuse, show ing a party of gentlemen from Glasgow the magnificent water wheel employed in propell ng the machinery of the mill, a small bit stone felt at their feet. Mr. Giant picked up the stone, but the Glasgow gentlemen being alarmed ran to the west side of the wheel, and in a moment afterwards the east side of the wheel-house gave war, and fell with a tremendous crash, and Mr. Grant, and another man, a mason, named An thony M'Leod, were buried in the ruins. As it was known that a number of other individuals were also lying under the ruins, measures were instantly taken to rescue the unfortunate suf ferers. In the course of two hours, J. Pollock, mason, and James Boyle, labourer, and a junior clerk of the name of M'Leod, were taken out alive ; but it was about two o'clock ere the bodies of Mr. Grant and Mr. M'Leod were dug out. The cause of the accident is understood to have arisen from the immense pressure of fire-proof brick arched vaults for cot ton stores, which rested against the Wan o the wheel-house. A vast deal of rubbish amt soil had teen deposited on the roof of the arches for affording them protection from the v - feather, and the weight had, theri•fore b ?com e tar greater than the wall could suppo r t. Th e accident will be the nit ans oi' throw - ing out a great number of people who are and were about to be employed in the mill.— Glasg )W Chronicle. INGENIOUS DISCOVERY._ qtr exhibition of a new patent has lately been made at the Adelaide Gallery and other scientific institutions, for the purpose of uniting lead without solder ; this b e i ng d one w i t h a portion of its own metal, and the novelty o f t h e process h as attracted m.uch at tention. The principal agent i 3 a j et o f flame, quite manage able, similar to a blowpipe, and of the most simple construc tion. To vitriol makers, manu f a cturing-chemists , and all works where solder will no t b ear t h e tes t o f the materiajl manu factured, the inventi on i s of great mome nt. This dis cover}', likewise, not only sav es th e comparat i ve ly heavy exp ease of solder, but enables th e manufacturer to h av e his leaden vessels and chambers of one entire piece of lead, whatever may be their size. The British Fund!, which left off yesterday rather heavy opened this morning with an improvement at 89k 90 for the Account ; Money, 69a since which they are hot quire so good, and may be quoted ti 9.4 ; Money, 89i 4 ; Exchequer Bills ti 10 pre.ii ; India Stock 250 251 ; Indiatlonds 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 165 i 167 i. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has improved, left off 23i 4; at present 23g ; Deferred 14 ; Passive 54 ; Portuguese. same as it ciosvd, 34i ; Three per Cents. 20i ; Brazilian, 688 69i ; Chi;iati 60 62 ; Colombian, 2214 34 ; Mexican, 284 29* ; Dutch Two- and.a- Half per Cents., b2h ; Five per Cents. 99i. GLASGOW COLLEGE —The installation .of the Marquis of Rreadalbane, as Lord Rector, took place ox Satur day occasion. last. His Lordship delivered an animated addren „..on the SH . A RES.—Greai: Western 28 29 prem. ; New 14; 4 prem. ; London and 13: ighton 24 dis. ; Blaekwall 65% dis. ; Birmingham 70 72 prem. ; Southampton 571 1 588 per share ; Croydon I;s4 14i- per share ; Greenwi c h ti p er s h are Manchester . and Birmingham 15 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES This DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Pi.id. Per Share. Great North of England ... ..... 90 Great Western Ditto New North Midland .. - JOINT STOCK BANNS. lonian State National Provincial of England... 35 Ditto New PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 4. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 96a ( Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Reduced ...... ... -= 1 Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... _. Ditto New, 1t330 ...... 97i Ditto 4 per cent — Si per Cent. Debs. s9g I Royal Canal Stock We have received Demerara papers to the 23d March, Bar badoes papers to the 25th Mal ch, and Trinidad to the 17th March. None of them contain any intelligence worth extracting. We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yesterday's date. HAGUE, MAY 3.—By a Royal decree, of the 29th April, it is decided that a Chamber of Commerce shalt be established at Bar le Duc, to be composed of nipe members. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MAY 3.—Little bwiness has been done in the National Funds, still tl e prices remain firm. A rdoin's being more in demand have got up * per cent ; Two and-a.Half per Cents., 51 13-I6ths ; Five per Cents, 991 ; Ardoin's, 22 3-16ths. Although the news from China is not of a favourable nature, as nothing of a decisive nature has taken taken place in regard to the negociations, still the British funds continue firm, and have imptoved to 90 for the Account ; Monev, 89,i 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 810 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168; India Stock, 250 ; India Bonds, 3 prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has been the favourite speculation this morning, and has improved to 24i ; Deferred, 12 ; Portuguese, 34i; Colombian, 22% ; Mexican, 2.9 i *; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 524. In Shares little or no bwiness doing, only four quotations. Great North of England, 75 ; Great Western, 934; Ditto, New Shares, 64; North Midland, 75. Consols, Account, 89& 90; Mexican, 29 4 ; Portuguese, 346 ; Spanish, 24 h. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank !dock l6B India Stock 250 3 per Cent Red. BB4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 894 Ditto Old Annuities ... 3l per Cent Red.. New 3i per Cent 9Bl Ex. Bills, 1,000/....9.id 10 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 lO pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small lo pm Jan. 1860 ... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acet...167 Oct 1859 l2 9-16 India Stock for Op—. Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOO4 Ditto, New Ditto 34i Brazilian Bonds. Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Ditto, Ng et allic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 24 Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ... 121 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c, Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 54 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent -- SHARES. Great North of England Railway (90 paid) 75 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) lli London and Brighton (50 paid). London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western Ditto Tenths 24 North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) Paris and Rouen ( 8 paid) .., ... 7 South Eastern and Dover - (33 paid)... York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) Ditto New Shares (10 paid) SAD MISHAP.—From a gentleman, who re sides in St. James's-street, London, have the following note under date May 1 :—" An alartni ' fire occurred last niuht close to my abode, which not 314 did a great deal of mischief, but threatened still more scrieui consequences. It was occasioned by a jade of a lady's li ai i iplacing a lighted candle too near a gauze window curtain, the casement itself being at the time open. In a very brief space the flames spread rapidly, and on finding the place too hot for her, she very coolly collected her mistress's diamonds, and decamped without saying a syllable on the subject. The alarm was first given from without, and anxiously as the firemen worked to save the property and the adjoining buildings, very little of the furniture was rescued. Among the sufferers are the Rev. Mr. Candlish and his two non-intrusion coadjutors, who have come to town, it is said, for the purpose of tutoring the Duke of Argyll. After depositing their credentials at the house, they were out dining with Mr. Fox Maule, and on re turning home found the whole artillery of the cause they ad vocate, manuscripts and sermons, bag and baggage, reduced to dust and ashes." —Dumfries Courier. At Sartano, in Calabria, a labourer, named Albauito, died lately at the patriarchal age of 116 year's. He always led an active life in the midst, of country occupations, had keen married Ave times, and had children by each marriage. , HARBOUR AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE One of the defects of the Cape of Good I:cape, has been the want of a secure haven even for Fmall vessels. Table Bay and Simon's Bay are each good at a particular season, hut at another part of the year unsafe, and even impracticable. The new settlement of Graham's Town and Bathurst are equally unfortunate, the rivers on the eastern coast of the colony being in general closed by formidable bars, which will not allow vessels to enter them. By the most re cent arrivals, however, from that settlement, we have received Graham's Town Jour nals of the 11th of February, and private letters of a later date, which mention the success of an enterprising individual, Mr. Cock, in making the Kowie navigable for vessels of a considerable draught of water, and in converting that river into a secure haven. His success will be of great advantage to Graham's Town, and all the settlements on the eastern coast, and it seems to be duly appreciated by the Journal of that settlement. It says : " We are happy to learn that the Kowie is now open, and that the question of the practicability of the undertaking, may, in the opinion of judicious individuals, be considered as settled. Early on Sunday morning the river opened for itself a way to the sea through the ne.:. channel on the western side, and the depth of the channel has gradually increased from 5 to 10 feet at low water. We understand. that the sand is gradually clearing away every tide, and is conveyed by the current to the eastern bank of the river, thus filling up the old channel. Along the ledge of rocks which form the western boundary, there is deep water, which continues quite out to sea. At present vessels drawing 6 feet water may enter, and when the steam-tug, which has been ordered, arrives, we doubt not but that vessels of a larger burthen will be found in the Cowie." It adds, in a postscript, entitled "Latest News from the Bowie," The success of this most important undertaking is now certain, and its effects on the Eastern Frontier in the fa cilities it opens to trade and the access which it gives the farmers to suitable markets, may be better imagined than described. So far the enterprise has succeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipations of the projector; and we believe it is not too much for us to say that now the district of Albany is in a fair way of obta;ning a port far superior to any other in the colony. Vessels of con,iderable burden will easily enter when assisted by a steam-tug, and will find themselves in a river land-locked on every side, and as safe as in the London Docks, while the process of loading and unloading can be car ried on from the shore without the intervention of boats or lighters. We are informed that the result of straightening the course of the river has been such an increase of water power to act upon the sand and sot f, as to supersede the necessity of flood-gates. Since the cet tainty of the success of this most patriotic undertaking has been evident, property in the neighbourhood has acquired a new value in the eyes of its proprietors. In some cases, 500 per cent. advance has been offered, and refused for land near the river. We trust that no delay will take place in obtain ing from the Home Government the privilege of a free port. We believe that between Algoa Bay and the Cape, three or four ports could be opened ; and more than this, we believe they will be opened as soon as British industry and en terprise are transplanted there. Mr. Cock's labours will riot merely benefit this district and frontier—the' example will be felt in other districts, and the reproach of want of harbours will, in a few years, be removed from the colony." Private letters from the Cape, of a later date, assure us that the success of the plan was un doubted; and the enterprising individual who has engaged in the work, has ordered a steam tug and other vessels to be built in London for him, and expects to acquire both wealth and celebrity, by making a harbour in the eastern part of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert promenaded this morning in the Little Welk and Slopes for some time. After lunch, her M.je,ty and his Royal Higbress, accompanied by the Prince of Lcioingen, drove out into the Perk, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal HoiLehold. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing to-day in a carriag e. Viscount Melbourne lt this morning The Rev. Dr. Hodgson. the Provost of Eton, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. sss s The Court will leave to-morrow (this day) for town. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign.office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two hours. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town a short time previous,to the meeting of the Council, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Deputation from the India and China Association, consisting of Mesrs. Lar; ent, Crawford, M. P.. Hastie, M. P., and Gregson, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downi g-street. relative to the Sugar Duties. Colonel O'Reilly and Mr. Lynch, M.P., bad au inter. view with Lord Juhn Russell yesterday, at the Colonial ofii, e. The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday a the Foreign-office. The agent for Jamaica, and Mr. Dean, Chair.nan of the Customs, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Riehiluor yesterday in Downing-street. Mr. Atron, M. P., had an interview with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday. Mr. Thomas Green, M.P., had an interview with the Msrquis of /%I,rmanby yesterday at the Home-, ace. Despatches from the Governor of Ce)lon, and also torn We,t and South Australia, were receired yesterday at the Colonial-office. SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu--On passLg through Oxfurd-street just now, I Aim el it man parading with a placard, calling a meet ing at Exeter Hall, on the 14'h, for the purpose of peti tioning fora reduction of the duty on free labour sugar. am quite sure that it must be the production of the Anti- Abolitionists, or gentlemen who wish to introduce a remsr worse than West Nolan slavery to our beloved Isle. Having befriended the negro when the tide ran strong against him, I shall hardly now be supposed bis enemy. Indeed, Sir, lam not. I glory in his conduct, Since olstaining his rights he has completely falsified the predic tions of the Tory prophets ; and, Sir, from recent com munications from a Jamaica friend, I am assured that even-handed he can contest the BrAith market with the foreigner, much more with the protection of 50 per cent Let me appeal through your columns to every liberal man in the metropolis, to every lover of his country, to attend and watch the proceedings. It is quite clear that the Ex chequer cannot atford a reduction, and to myself it appears equally char that while the present object is the em barrassment of the Minislers, it as something else, namely, the continuance of the pr.-sent ratm , poly; and, as a result, high prices. If the pour etunot , iffird to pay they must g.,without. Y,:ur's respectfully, AN ENEMY TO OPPRESSION. May 6, 1811. BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH. In compliance with the requisition, of which the fohow•ing is a copy, 1 hereby announce my intention to hold a public meeting of the inhabitants of this town, at the Guildhall, on Friday, the 7th of May inst., at twelve o'clock. J. COLLIER COOKWORTHY, Mayor. Guildhall, Plymouth, May 3, 1841. " To the Right Worshipful the Mayor. " We, the undersigned, being of opinion that the present Restrictions and Prohibitions in the Commercial Code of this Empire are in a serious degree prejudicial to the operations and extension of its Trade, do request that you will be pleased to convene an early meeting of the inhabitants of this Borough, to consider the propriety of petitioning the Legislature for a re vi• ion of the Import Duties. " Plymouth, April N. 1841." (Here follow the signatures.) MR. GROOM'S TULIP SHOW. The private exhibition of this beautiful collection of tulips took place on Wednesday, in the gardens at Walworth. We have for bears had the pleasure of witnessing the annual show, acid on no occasion have we seen the plants in such a healthy state, or the flowers exhibiting such endless tints of shade a id brit bailey of colour. The great favourite this season is our old friend Nourri Effendi, who took the lead of every species some two or three years ago, and seems determined to keep his ground. The Pomp Funebre sod the King of the Nether lands, of the same colours, are also good, but greatly it:fei ior. Louis-Seize, white and purple, is extremely beautiful, and is classed as the second best in the collection, and after these come the Duchess of Sutherland, Prince of the Netherlands, and Marcellus. Owing to the warm and genial weather the plants are approaching rapidly to maturity, and will be in per fection in the course of ;this week. We would therefore ad vise all who have a fancy for this beautiful branch of floricul ture to take an opportunity of seeing them while in the best cond , tion, especially as a season so tavourab!e t , ,r the growth of the plant acid the beauty of the colours rarely occurs. THE WEATHEIL-NOON, MAY 6. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer ...61 I Highest 62 I Lowest ... 5O Wind S. S. W. —Freezing Point 32 Deg, SHAMEFUL OCCURRENCE AT A FUNERAL. —A man of the name of Tam Dowie, belonging to Khross, having died, all of his relatives were prohibited, by the last will and testament of this eccentric, from coming near his dead body, seeing they had not looked near him while living, and certain acquaintances of the deceased were appointed to do the particular honours of the Loral. Accordingly, none of the relatives appeared until the fuieral company had comnienc,d their progress to the churchyard, when a .sister's son of the de ceased came forwad and demitided the " head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignisy. He refused. From words it came to blows—a regular fight ensued hetween the Iwo, and in the contest the relative of the decease kicked the coffin with his feet with such force that a space was opened, displacing to the horrified feelings of the bystanders the body in Its grave-eldthes. The body was carried to the grave by the Kinross officials, leaving the arutal wretches to fight it out. Such a scene could hardly be expected to occur among savages-- , -horlible, curly, among Christians in the nineteenth cent ury. Stirling Observer. The cuckoo was heard, we believe, for the first time this season in our ne;ghbourhood. on aturday evening last, in the woods of Craigie. wh , re he generally first proclaims his arrival. A number of swallotiss, the harbingers of mower, were seen flitting about early lth.t week.—Ayr Observer. NEWSVENDER'S BENEVOLENT AND PROVI DENT INSTITUTION.—The second annual meeti.'g if the sub scribers and friends to the above Institution, will take place Wednesday, May 19 ; James Harmer, Esq., President, in the Chair. BOROUGH OF MARYLFBONE.—Lord Teirm mouth will not again tires: nt hirn,eif to tie borough, and the eallant Sir Charles Napier is Token of Nith the gre,,tcst cn thusia,sna auantig all (gasses in the district as his successor. MORNING EDITION. LITERATUFE GRATTAN'S LIFE AND 714E5 1 . -- - Voz. 111. album, London, 1841. This volume commences with birattan's mar: I riage with Miss Fitzgerald, in the year 178, and closes with his return for the Citys'of Dublin at the general election in 1700. It is=rrottso gene rally entertaining as its predecessors, being taken up, in a gr ea t mealsure, with details respecting the business proceedings of the - Irish Parliament , many of which--with the exception -of the de' bates on the Regency questionhave now little public interest, and are valuable Onlytthfurnish' ing materials for some futurehiStorian of Ireland' N otwithstanding, however, the' frequent heavi' ness, and, we fear we must add, prolixity of the details, the,volume is worth an attentite perusal, if only for the insight it gives us intcuathe public and private character of Grattan, whotiappeare to have been as irreproachable in theftite caps' city as lie confessedly was in tt other:, There are • also several graphic sketches 0 1 eminent men who figured during tliq periods which relieve the tediousness of - 114,4°1unit% and reconcile the reader .to the' ,task of wading through it . Here is a portrai,ttof Cur' ran, which is drawn with great accuracy and in a very spirited manner :—" Mr. Curran wits a very extraordinary man. From nothing he be came everything. Without family, friends, or fortune, he r a i se d hi mse lf t o one o f t h e ' fitst cial offices in the State, and, despite his love 0' liberty and attachment to Ireland, he sacCeeded . He was a man of surprising natural talent. DI this respect there was no one in Ireland equal to j him, and certainly none in E ng l an d. Ifis min" was a perfect prism, and cast the colours of the rainbow on whatever passed through it. He was never at a loss—he was never puzzled,- His V 0" cabulary was rich to overflowing, and never failed him, whether in description or in argu meat. his understanding was not correct, and he was sometimes deficient in statement. He loved imagination better than close reasoning' In private life, Curran's conversation was sin" gularly entertaining, full of vivacity and humour , and sometimes instructive, tinged, however, in , g degree, with aff e ctati on . Hi s powers o f ridie9let were astonishing. It was not possible to res',4 the drollery of his •descriptions. He had n' f read very profoundly; h e wante d t h e h a bit application, and was too easily satisfied With superficial knowledge. In the House of Coin' mons he did not succeed so well as at the bar. He was an ardent lover of liberty'; possessed • great public spirit; and felt a strong indignatio n against all abuses. He was, howeirer,,.too fond of applause, and possessed too much vanity, so that the ends of justice and the interests of hi' client did not always seem his favourite object`' He possessed great courage, personal as well n A 9 political, and did what few m en would do, what no other man did—he defended the-Unite d Irishmen. When the Whigs came into powe r, in 1806, Curran was not well used. The, paid him with reluctant honesty, an d a treated him with marked neg l ec t, a" he felt it deeply. Justice here compel s one to say, that in his subsequent conduct Cur; ran committed a great mistake. He allowed Ponsonby to pay 8001. a year for him, the salarl of the clerk of his Court. Thus he became s pensioner of the party, and placed himself c,011 1 " pletely in the wrong, as any man would do wh o would suffer another to pay a penny for 40* Sheridan, Curran, and Fox are striking instance s how necessary it is f or em i nent public men to be good private characters. Curran was not snit ciently select as to his company, nor was he fond of the best society; neither was he a very- happy man. In private he was unfort una t e , an d full ° sores. His griefs too were fre n zi es . H e had moments of rapture, but few of r e p ose — no ne 01 content. Towards the close of his career he ge l/ restless and dissatisfied. His brilliant imagination saw everything through a distorted medium." MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. Voz. Y' Longman, London, 1841. The present volume contains the conclusion 0 " Lalla Rookh ;" " P o li t i cal and Satirica' , Poems ;" the well-known " Fudge Family 10 Paris ;" " Rhymes on the Road ;" and , c Table s for the Holy Allianc e ." I t is embellished Wit h two engravings, both of which are from s u bjectg furnished by " Lalla Rookh." The prefatol matter is more scanty than usual. We clo t : I ° l from it one or t wo o f th e aut h or ' s rem i n i sce nces referring to the period —o n w hi c h h e li nger s wi E b, evident fondness—when h e was res idi ng the late Earl of Moira at Donington Park :-- The Count D'Artois, or Monsieur, I had met in the o re s 1802-3, at Doningtcn P ar k, th e seat o f t h e Earl of"lll°oresin under whose princely roof I used often and long , „ 0 f in those days , to find a moat hospitable home. A small par'J ;fi l distinguished French emigrants were already staying on a v "„" l e in the haute when Monsieur and his suite arrived ; and aain",' those were the present King of France and his two broth er. "' the Due ne Montpensier, and the Comte de Beaujolais. #by NkSome doubt aiid uneasiness had, I remember, been f e i l i i e ry the two latter brothe rs , as t o th e recept i on they were ' g a to encounter from the ne w gues t ; an d as , i n those • tittle' cropped and unpowdered head was regarded generillY as y symbol of Jacobitiism, the Comte Beaujoais. whO, I.ke !H an n other young men, wore his h a i r i n thi s f as hi on, t h oug ht it, the present occasion, most prudent, in order to avoid all ri „, of offence, not only to put p ow d er i n hi s h a i r, b ut a l so to vide himself with an artificial queue. This measure of caution, however, led to a slight incident after Milner, lai c , though not very royal or dignified, was at le as t cre dit a ble In the social good humour of th future Charles X. O r' the 1 21 e, parture of the ladies from the dining-room, we had harcul seated ourselves in the old-fashioned style, round the when Monsieur, who h a d h appene d to place hims e a next to Beaujolais, cau g ht a g li mpse of the aseitition g —which, having been rather carelessly put on, hada g° deal straggled out of its place. With a sort of scream ofjti lar pleasure, as ifd e li g h ted at the discovery, Monsieur ois #,„ the stray append age , an d , b r i nging it round into full view, to"" the great amusement of the whole company, popped it in poor grinning Beaujolais' mouth. On one of the evenings of this short visit of Monsieur, I fe member Curran arriving unexpectedly, on his way to Loncle;! and, havin g come too late for d i nner, he joined our partt i o the evening. As the foreign portion of the company was! quite quite new to hi m , I was able t.t be useful, by i n f orm i n g hin ) ,,j the name s, ran k , an d other part i cu l ars of the party he foul, assembled, f rom M ons i eur hi mse l f down to the old Due % Large a n d th e B aron d e R o ll e. When I had gone thro l the whole list, " Ah, poor fellows!" he exclaimed, with a 1 0- ture of fun an d pa th os i n hi s l oo k , tru l y Irish, Poor fam e * all dismounted cavalry !" On the last evening of Monsieur's stay, I was made to sing for him, among other songs, " Farewell, Bessy !" one of in a f j earliest attempts at musical composition. As soon as I finished, he paid me the compliment of reading a loud words as written under the music ; arid most royal havoc di be make, a s t o t hi s d ay I remem b er , o f whatever little senfe r metre they could boast. TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. p4R, 1. Cadell, London, 1841. Another of those cheap and elegant reprin ts of Walter Scott's Works, for which we are in debted to the taste and enterprise of Mr. Cadet; For the comp a rati ve ly insignificant sum of fo ur shillings we have here the first part of th e Tales of a Grandfather, comprising the History of Scotland from the earlie s t recor d e d period down to the accession of J ames th e Fi rs t to to e throne of England. The Number is got up ' ll a style of singular beauty, and cannot fail to ob' win an extensive circulation. HALL'S IRELAND, Palm VII. How and Parsons, London, 1841. We are glad to learn that this intelligent a n entertainins , work is rapidly increasing in poptl larity. It is, beyond all comparison, the mos; amusing and comprehensive account of Imlay", we have yet met with, and preserves a g ener', tone of calmness and impartiality that will Inalb,v t it acceptable to all classes of readers. The P 0;, before us contains two highly-finished ings, one representing the Quay at Waterfort" and the other Lismore Castle, awirttiolble piles embosomed in woods, and rising abruptly }lots the river's bank. The literary con' tains useful statistic information, p i q uant sketches of Irish peasant character, hit off ill Mrs. Hall's most felicitous style. Referring cur", sorily in a note to the questi on o f the Repea l or the Union, this lady relates the folloWing anee' d , ,te, which shows how detrimental to the best interests of Ireland is the agitation of this jai practicable question:— We are compelled to admit that while this " Repeal Agit''' . tation" continues, capitalists generally will be reluctant to Iry troduce manufactures into Ire,and, notwithstanding the po s.. pect held out for their own advantage, as well as fur the be. nefit of the country. On this subject, one fact is worth thousand arguments. A few months ago, we voyaged fro° Dublin to Liverpr of in company with one of the most exten sive of the Manchester manufacturers—a gentleman of 4%," . mense wealth, who holds nsarly the highest position allol% the wealthy cotton-spinners of that town, and is a ‘‘ Liberal in politics. He informed us, that his main object in visili/ Jrt land was, t o a scer t a i n w h a t p ros p ec t ex i s t e d t h ere, t h at m'g' induce certain individuals to remove their mills from the neigh bourhood of Manchester to come partsnf Ireland— in order toil' troduce among the people of that country a new mode of employ" meat. The result of hi inquiries Nay, he said, in all respec ts satisfactory • and he should, undoubtedly, have recomme nded th e _ parties, who had faith in hi. judgment, to establish co tto n works there, suth a view, e , peciatly, to the export trade lc;l i t i America—but for the repeal agitation, which so unsett led men's minds, as to create strong doubts whether such under' takings were justifiable; or, at a ll events, conv i nce d him, tba to po,tpone thrir introduction l or a t i me was t h e sure st way o f rendering them permanent. H e cou ld not , th ere fore, vise the experiment, until the repeal agitation ' was Allan doned." state that the prevailing ngst the co nvicts at Woolwich. `-'," epidemic, called bronchites, still ra g ° Monday last : nquests were h e ld 0 . 1 f our , and an in t roit.) , in' . the death o f t wo more took place at. the Duke of S us sex yo terdah mating nineteen inquests withi] a fottnight. Dr. nossey, in his evidence, explained thlt in bronchites.inflaot: mation of th e l ungs mote than of the throat generally oceurret! A juror sa id t h er e cou ld b e no doubt that the contim ,ment diet, and clothing, of the convicts brought on the coin'plaint, and cause d it s fatality in so many cases. This, lui,":; ever verdict 6 , That the _deceased died from a diaeaqi *4" appeared to be without a rem e dy. The Jury r eturne, bronchities." . .