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VEN f N D fri()N. H E E R A, T Of SUNDAY, APRIL 11, will contain, in addition to the Sporting Events of the week, A NTICIP ATIONS • Of the Newmarket Craven Meeting, By YATES. To be had of all Newsmen. Office, 20, Catharine-street, Strand. TO LICT►NSUD VICTUALLERS VISITING THE METROPOLIS. CHARLES.HIBBLE, Agent of the United Towns of Licensed Victuallers, begs to inform his numerous Provincial Friends, that his house, the SHERIDAN KNOWLES TAVERN, in that central spot, BRYDGES STRE ET, COVENT- GA R DEN, opposite the Box-entrance of Drury-lane Theatre, is now ready for their reception, replete with every comfort, and redolent of excellent Wines, Spirits, &c., on terms well calculated to meet the times ; his object being to make it in every respect his country Friends' Commercial Home. N.B. Persons coming to London, on either pleasure or business, will here be able to obtain every information they may require. The principal Provincial Papers taken in. " '1 he Parliamentary Notes," " Times," and " Era " filed. CATHOLIC CHURCH, ST. MARY'S, MOORFIELDS. On GOOD . FRIDAY, the MORNING LECTURE, ex planatory of the Veneration which Catholics pay to the Cross, will be given by the Rev. R. lIORRABIN, M.A. ; and the Very Rev. Dr. KIRWAN will preach a SERMON on the Passion in the Evening. Service will commence in the Morning at Ten, in the Even ing at Six, and the Sermon at seven o'clock. Y_ IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA havinf AUTHORISED and GUA RA, TEED scveral DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (tbough they,are NO LOTTERIES) oTer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, lIEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLI N G.BONDS for the said DISTIUBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PAR ricuLAßs, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HF,INE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £137,592, Tne Dividendi being £25,000 £BOO £2OO £9O 5,000 600 150 80 2,000 500 - 120 70 1,500 300 110 C 4 1,000 250 100 62 F.S. IIEINE BROTHERS have remitted this day, (9th Mardi, Mil ), TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS to London and its vicinity, from the Distribution of the Ist of March. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U JDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. ON EASTER MONDAY. APRIL 12, Vill 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. Illthews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkavay, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Speaker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. Atter which will be produced, a Grand Romar.tic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris : The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Boxe!, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second irotog. ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price 2,. ; Gallery ls. 7clos an,l places for the Boxes to lee taken of Mr. Grogan at !lox-office, from Tea till Fear, where Season Tickets m , iy op tad upon application. Private &us to be had aely of Mr. Andress, bookseller, C 7. Now Bond-street. t• THE CHINA. SUN" will be REPUBLISHED ON SATURDAY NEXT, with all the LATEST NEWS. 15), -- A 4 A 4 ' V rj • ga , `Lt: • itirc , , s , 2 `tkt 76114, CIA Amt. LONDON: THURSDAY, APRIL S. 1841. TERMINATION OF THE WAR WITH CHINA. The Paris Evening papers of Tuesday re ceive.-1 by express, bring the highly important news of the settlement of our long protracted dispute China. The following telegraphic despatches e..7e from the columns of the Mes sager, the evening official organ of the French overnment I** TELEGRAPHIC. DESPATCHES :- 44 MARSEILLES, APRIL 4. ALEXANIIRIA, MARCH 25. " THE CONSUL OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " Accounts from Bombay announce, that, after some hostilities, a preliminary arrangoment was concluded at Macao, on the 20th of Janu:l3T,be tween Captain Elliot and the Chinese Ple." 1 1 30- tentiaries, and that the commercial relations were re-established." " THE CONSUL OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " MARSEILLES, APRIL 4. " MALTA, MARCH 30. " The affairs of China are on the point of being concluded. An arrangement hastaken place, by which the Emperor " L Cedes the island of Hong Kong to Great Britain. " 2. Grants an indemnity of 6,000,000 dollars, payable in six years._ " 3. Establishes the official relations between the two Governments on the footing of a per fect equality. " The circular of Captain Elliot announcing these results is dated the 20th ofJar.uary. It has been brought hither by the Oriental." We are in hourly expectation of receiving the de. , patch es and papers, brought by the Oriental, with the details of the arrangement of our affairs -with China, Before their arrival it would be pr:miture to express any decided opinion respecting our gain or loss by our recent transactions with the Government of the " Central Flowery Land." Neither can we determine with out these details what is meant by " some hostili ties;" but as the arrangement was fixed to take place at Canton, we conclude that the Canton ;River was the theatre of any collision which has taken place between the English and Chinese since the occupation of the Island of Chusan. The island of Hong Kong, of which a description is subjoined, is but a poor affair. That Captain ELLIOT accepted this island, and about a million and a quarter sterling, payable six years after date, in exchange for the fine island of Chusan, and in liquidation of our heavy claims up on t h e Chinese Government, would not surprise us, inas much as no blunder he could commit would ex cite our wonder ; but we should be indeed asto nished were such an arrangement to meet with The approbation of Lord PALMERSTON and the rest of her MAJESTY'S Ministers. But it may possibly turn out that these dol lars have been inserted in the despatch for pounds sterlinz, and that instead of six mil lions o' we are to receive as many mil lions of sovereigns. Such a sum, with the island Whampoa, and an acknowledged equality with The Chinese, might remunerate us for the heavy losses of blood and treasure which we have sus tained through the duplicity of the Chinese Go vernment. But of the details we at present know too little to express any decided opinion. Twelve hours may serve to dissipate our doubts on the subject. HONG KONG. This island is ono of the group of islands at the mouth of the Canton River. It is of granitic formation, and the land rises to some consider able height in the centre of the island. There are several good watering-place s on the southern shores, and potatoes and vegetables are cultivated by the inhabitants to a great ex tent. The anchorage is the best between the Lamina island and Hong Kong, as there is from ten to twelve fathoms of water. There is also good anchorage in the Ty-tam Bay for small Vessels, but the entrance is not good, and there e some dangerous rocks in the course. The entrance into the Northern Channel is through theLy-ee-mun Channel into Hong Kong Bay, and although several of our merchantmen have - wintered here, the approach through the Lamina Channel is very uncertain, as the depth is con tinually changing from the great deposit of mud., Ships from -Macao pass through the Lan tao Channel during the Northern Ifotisoon but the navigation of these straits is exceedingly difficult and dangerous. Tyfongs, or gales of wind, pre vail along the coast at the equinox, and are very destructive to the native and foreign ship ping. This island is badly chosen as a position; it is surrounded by small clusters of islands, and our ships of war will be unable to act amidst these island groups. Small steamers will alone be serviceable, but these must be of very small draught. The cession of this island by the Chinese Government is according to their usual cautious policy, as they will be enabled by their river junks to block up the entrances, and cut off communication from the outer waters. The island is ten miles long, and about five miles broad. The Chinese have two forts on the coast opposite Hong Kong Bay; and the small harbour of Cow-too is much fre quented by the coasting junks. An excellent Chart of the Canton River, with the Entrances and Islands (including Hong Kong), is published by Mr. WYLD, of Charing cross, Geographer to the QUEEN. Nations, likeindividuals, we apprehend, can not successfully attend to more than one thing at one time. Whenever a nation, consequently, has ally great object to accomplish, he is not a wise man—he may be a vain man, a self-conceited man, a crotchety man—who essays to attract its attention to many things at the same time. Still less is he a wise man who admits the importance of some one paramount object, and yet is per petually frittering away and diverting atten tion from that to some crotchet o r conceit of his own. Without meaning to be particularly per sonal in the application of these remarks, we must say that the Liberal or Radical Members seem to us to act in direct defiance of this princi ple, and try all they can to dissipate and divert attention from that which 'is most essential. It is not for us to assert that one grievance is more pressing than another, that the abo lition of Church-rates should have the pre ference to the abolition of the Corn-laws, that the revision of the tariff should pre cede both, or that the extension of the suffrage should come first of all; but we do say that the great mission of the Liberal or Radical Members is to remove or abolish grievances, and that they ought to make all their personal crotchets, plans, and considerations, subservient to that great public end. Their business is to study the wants and wishes of the people, and, disregarding their own views, to endeavour to give effect to public opinion. However flat tering it may be to Messrs. HAWES, EWART, GROTE, &c., to suppose that they are sent into Parliament, each man to embody his 'own pet crotchet into a law, we beg to assure them that such is not the case, and as popular representa tives they are bound to do the work of the popu lar party,' not their own. If it be otherwise, what better off are the people than when they had a boroughmongering Parliament, and when Gentlemen, because they bought their seats, avowed that their time, their talents, and their votes were at their own irresponsible disposal ? The only difference will be, that under the old system the man representing his pro perty had a common interest with other men of property, and was not likely to injure them ? while under the new system, if the representa tive disregards the popular voice, he will chase after his own visions, which may be of serious mischief to every body but himself. On these principles, we ask Mr. EWART where are the great number of petitions requiring the appointment of a Minister of Public Instruction, with which he would have diverted public atten tion if he could from all other things, the night before last? Did the public demand it, or was it Mr. EwAues own peculiar nostrum? We ask Mr. HAWES, too, when has the public voice cried so loud for his Medical Reform that it must, whether or not, be thrust on the public notice ? When such things are mooted in Parliament, the public are obliged to attend to them, otherwise we should be soon overwhelmed with noxious restrictions. But though the medical profession may be far from theoretically perfect, it answers all time purposes of society tolerably well, and those who most complain of it are men who, from some circumstances or other, have little or no practice. We must ask Mr. GROTE also, where are the many petitions calling for a diffe rent appropriation of the New South Wales Land Fund, that he should make that the object of a repeated motion in Parliament ? Some little 1 clique of jobbers in the City, anxious to profit by what is now called the bounty on emigra tion, may be deeply interested in that lane fund, but for the public here, for whose especial bene ' fit the Parliament legislates, it is of the smallest ' conceivable importance. We make these general remarks because we ' frequently see the Parliament and the Ministers reproached with not redressing the grievances of the people, which is unjust as long as their at tention is continually occupied by new schemes, projects, ansl Contrivances brought before them by the popular' representatives. LUTHER did not accomplish his great reform by discursive dissertations on all the sCjences ; Mr. O'CON NELL did not effect Catholic Emancipation by entertaining his countrymen with discourses on improving the Liffey, or providing for the poor; and in like manner the public grievances never will be redressed, be they Church-rates, Corn laws limited suffrage, or any other thing, as long as our representatives imagine they may indulge their legislative fancies with schemes for pro moting edical Reform, for establishing a Mi nister of Public Instruction, or for giving addi tional wealth to land jobbers in New South Wales. As for Mr. EWART'S motion, it appears to us noting better than a sorry imitation of the cus toms of other countries, a part only of which Mr. EWART se,'S and comprehends. In England the greater part of the education of the people is conducted by privNe hands, as a private specu lation. Few or none of our endowed and public schools, and none of our pr vate schools, are un der the control of the State. Schoolmasters are not licensed, nor appointed by any council or board; they engage in this work as a- matter of trade. With us education has hitherto forn;: d no part of the duty of the State. It has left the people to teach themselves. As the State cannot possibly know what sort of education will be useful to individuals, or suitable to their cir cumstances, the State acts only in accordance with the principles of freedom and common sense when it contents itself with protecting and enforcing the right of individuals, and leaves them to learn what is useful. This may be, in Mr. EWART'S opinion, and the opinion of some other gentlemen, a bad system, but we cannot adopt their conclusion. Looking at the great results, seeing the cm po sition Britai n h as attainedin Europe, om a s ndng eeingthe talents and victories of her naval and military offi cers, and the intrepidity of her people, seeing the skill of her workmen, the superiority of her literature, the clearness of her practical philoso phy, and her equality nearly to other nations in most of the fine arts; looking at the results of this system in the great renown of the nation, we cannot agree with those who decry it. In France and Prussia the whole of the educa tion of the people is under the direction or con trol of the State. No schoolmaster must teach without a license. No gentleman or lady take boarders, without the sanction of the public au thorities. Every high school in France is con nected with the University of Paris; or, in Prus sia, depends immediately on the Council of State, or City Authorities, which are under the General Government; as Parochial Schools are regulated by Parochial Authorities, which depend on the Provincial Governments. Their system may be better than ours; but, looking at the enterprise, mental independence, and success of the different nations, we do not think it is. But be that as it may, a Minister of Public Instruction may be very suitable to the general educational institu tions of France and Prussia, which are all de pendent on the State, and very unsuitable to our educational institutions, which are of the nature of private speculation. The returns of the Minister in France and Prussia would comprise every scholar in the kingdom, but the returns of such a Minister in England could not include the pupils of private schools. Those who keep such establishments would refu se to make returns, infringement they liberty. would resent the d eman d as As compared w i t h the an number of scholars in France and Prussia, such returns might show a lamentable deficiency of instruction, and lead I statisticians into grievous errors. Unless our whole system is to be made conformable to that of Prussia and France—and it would be disgrace ful, after heading them so far, to return into their wake; after, in fact, surpassing them, to become their pupils—a Minister of Public In truction is wholly uncalled for. He would cause expense, and create confusion. Mr. EWART'S scheme, for the sake of which he di verts public attention from more important mat ters, would saddle the country with an additional public officer who would be to a large part of the community a nuisance. A despot might by his power inflict such an in stitution on a free people ; it is unseemly for a popular representative to attempt it. Apart from the fact that the great mission of Liberal Mem bers is to procure the redress of those grievances of which the people complain, not plan new laws, and new restrictions, Mr. EwART de serves the public disapprobation for propounding a scheme essentially coolish. The account which appears in another part of The Sun of a meeting of the electors of Lancas ter, is for us a happy augury of the final and speedy success of the cause which we have much at heart, The electors of Lancaster have come to a resolution to promote the return to Parliament of none but Members pledged to the immediate abolition of the. Corn and Provision laws. In that neighbourhood, as in other places, the farmers are beginning to perceive that they are not benefited by a law which impoverishes their best customers. At the Lancaster meeting— a glorious meeting, as it is properly called by our Correspondent--the greatest enthusiasm prevail= ed, particularly when it was addressed by Mr.HEy - WORTH, the President of the Total Abstinence Society, who has taken up the cause of the abolition of the Corn-laws as a great moral and religious question. Such men's motives are above all suspicion, and such are the men we like to have for auxiliaries. Their convictions are fervent, and they penetrate the minds of others. The art of producing conviction seems little studied, but the main secret consists in being first convinced oneself. Mr. HEYWORTH, the Rev. Mr. HAWSES, Mr. PRENTICE, Mr. COBDEN, and Mr. BROOKE, are all thoroughly con vinced themselves, and they make a powerful impression wikerever and whenever they speak. The enthusiasts in the cause are daily increasing, and we shall, ere long, have as many preachers against the Corn-laws, should they not be re, pealed, as there are ministers of religion. We rejoice very much at the progress of free trade principles which our friends now recog nise, and our opponents cannot deny. We see with much satisfaction, too, that the Anti-Corn- law men are all rallying around the great prin ciple of total repeal, which we have long steadily, advocated, even in opposition to some of our most valued and most honoured supporters. When, the principles of free trade may be embodied into law, when precisely the Legislature may give a technical form and its technical sanction to the growing public opinion in favour of the abolition of the Provision and Corn-laws, we cannot tell ; but we are convinced that the principles of free trade have now been effectually sown in the pith lic mind, and they will in due time bear their proper fruit. Whether it be this session or the next. the Legislature must yield to reason and justice, and the sooner it yields the better for its credit, and the safer for its authority. The Madrid papers received are of the BOth ult. The Minister of Justice, Senor BEEERA, was reported to have resigned rather than coun tenance the appointment of a single Regent. The Chambers had not met for two days. No thing was doing. The Five per Cents. 251 for cash, and 263. for 60 days. The French Evening Papers of Tuesday bring the result of the debate in the Chamber of De puties upon MM. PAGES and MAuGurres Mo tion, fur excluding public functionaries from that assemblage of sage legislators. For the debate itself, in which the orators on both sides infused as much personality and as little sober reasoning as possible, we cannot make room in our columns. 'Personalities, however stinging, lose much of their raciness when transplanted to countries in which the N ituperators and the vitu perated are equally unknown. Moreover, it is no unusual thing for legislators, both in France and elsewhere. to be offensively - personal without being witty; to indulge in sarcasms without point; and to apply epithets without any thina like a clear impression of their appropriateness. If we take this as a general rule the debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, on Monday and Tuesday, forms no exception to it. The only really clever speech made against the mo tion was delivered by Colonel LIADIERES, one of the KING'S aides-de-camp. This 'gentleman entered the arena of politics—as a genuine Irish man, before the days of Father MATTHEW, would have entered the pugnacious precincts of Donny brook Fair—determined to have a shindy with the first person he met with, whether friend or enemy. M. LI ADIERES laid about him lustily, attacking indiscriminately those who sup ported and those who opposed the Fortifications Bill, with several other matters equally foreign to the question before the Chamber. He was happiest in his attack upon the lawyers, whom he tomahawked without mercy. On a division, at which 373 votes were given, the motion. was only lost by a majority of 203 against 170, being a relative majority of 33, and an absolute majo rity ofonly 16 votes. With so trifling h majority upon such a question, it may be doubted whether the Ministers can get on without having recourse to a dissolution. The news from China had no marked effect upon the funds. The Three per Cents. were done at 78f. (30c. The Duke of Nemours, on his departuje for Africa the day before yesterday, was accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Boyer, his orderly officer M. Borel de Bretizel, an?. by Count Berthrer and M. de Larne, orderly officer of the King. A letter from Constantinople, of the 17th of March, says that the Porte has laid before the Ambassadors of the Four Powers. the answer which it is to make to the demands of Me hemet Ali. The conferences are held at Lord Ponsonby's. It seems that these demands will be acceded to.—Le Con •fitutionnel. ~- have the following letter from Toulon, of Ist April : ~"' .i.tdron had been ordered to sea yesterday the ships " if the st i . • ' non in a few days much damaged. We have would return t... "-miff . gales from the north-west, and the had in the night sti •n-day; accordingly the squadron re weather is still very bad . The following is the list of the mains at anchor in the road. 'hi s inorning, but will not ships which were to have sailed L. leave the port till the wind has abated:— The Ocean, Vice-Admiral Hugon ; the Sou Admiral Casy ; the Suffron, the Scipion, the Infer. Santi Petre, all of the line. The Medea and Venus frigates. -Nraine, Rear ;hlo, and It was by a telegraphic despatch that the squadron received the order to put to sea. We hear that the Montebello, Neptune, Hercule, and Ville de Mar s eille, o f the li ne , was to wait in the roads for further orders. The Veloce steamer, is, we hear, to be attached to Admiral Hugon's squadron. The Caimeleon s• earner is engaged in conveying the sol diers of the 56th regiment of the line from Port Vendres to Roras, where the Trident and Marengo are at anchor. We learn this moment a piece of news of importance. We are to have in future two mails som Africa every week instead of one. Of course, there will be the same number from Toulon to Africa.—Le Commerce. 114. E SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1841. priests, who will acquire by the new regulation all they care for—a great number of ad.d.tional appointments, and the ChUrch will acs Lire a great addition to its yearly income. As the re venue is declining, may we respectfully ask whether this may not be in part owing to the multiplication of what Mr. Hume called " black coats " throughout the land, who obviously pro duce nothing, while they must be maintained by the labour of others? It is clear that the more such men are multiplied, the greater are the de mands on roductive industry, and the less there is for the State. The wonderful skill and indus try of our artisans. have hitherto sustained an im mense number of non-productive labourers ; but it is obvious that there must be a limit, beyond which industry cannot feed a number of idlers. It seems, by the late returns, that this limit is for the present nearly reached. THE MARRETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done by private treaty, and the public sales went off quietly, but pikes were maintained for most articles. The imports are on the increase. TEA MARKET. The market was in a very dull state, and prices gave way for all kinds of Tea. There were sellers of Company's ,Congou at Is. sd. per lb. mall. FALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian 'fallow was steady, and prices were very firmly maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot being 475. 6d. per cwt. WHITECHAPEL. _ _ The supply of Hay, Clover, and Straw, was moderate ; the demand middling and prices without alteration. Clover, 4/. 12s. to 61. ; Meadow Hay, 31. 10s. to 4/. lbs. ; Straw, 375. to 40s. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) Lownom, APRIL B.—\%ind this day at noon W. ; ligl.t breeze and cloud. DEAL, APRIL 7.—Wind S.E. moderate. Arrived from the River and sailed—Ranger, for Hobart-Town; John Wood hall, Williams, Calcutta ; Briton, Evans, Mauritius ; James Cruickshank, Mason, St. Vincent; British Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Isabella, Quebec ' • Jane Mari a , Osborne, Corfu ; Royal Tar, Gibraltar • and Lucretia, St. Martha. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind E.N.E. Sailed—Planter, Watson, for Quebec ; Horatio, Woolwich. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—Sailed—Orestes, Porter, for Quebec ; Cybele, Heckler, do. COWES, Aran, 7.—Arrived—Louise, Sams, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed—lsabella, Blyth, for Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind variable.—Arrived ti.a City of Adelaide, for Port Adelaide, leaky in top sides ; Mary, Bell, for Quebec, leaky ; I oslin Castle, Sadler, for ditto. Sailed the Thomas Rowell, Henderson, for Gibraltar. Put back the Regina, Prowse for New Zealand. The Livorno, from Poole to Liverpool, which put in here leaky, must discharge. FALMOUTH, APRIL 6. —Wind variable.—Sailed the Jenne Caroline, for St. Thomas. PENZANCE, APRIL 6.—Sailed the Triton, for Quebec. PADSTOW, APRIL 6.—Arrived the Voluna, from Quebec. The Britannia, from Llemelly to Hayle, which was en shore at Treverthick, has gone to pieces. LivitarooL, Aram 7.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Georgian, Marshall, from Matayas ; North Star, Benedict, New Or leans ; Victoria steamer, Havre ; Lady Cornwall, Antwerp. Sailed the Sweet Home, Longmeir ; Vitula, Fielding, for Monte Video; Sidney, Ellis, Jamaica; Agnes, Lamont, Nas sau; Llama, Clayton, La Guayra • Calisto, Alaugo Powis, r, Hon duras; Earl New Orleans ; Neva, Bunting, New York ; Issey, Jackson, Halifax ; Josephine, Smith, Miramichi ; Intrepid, Leaper, Richebucto ; Robert A. Parke, Hedderman ; Lanark, Simpson ' • Charles, Pearson, Quebec ; Penr.th, Rus sell ; Sapphine, Hall ; Souter Johnny, Little, Montreal ; Cambrian, Roper ; Trial, Bell, Newfoundland ; Vesta;Christie, Odessa; Rattlesnake, Rainer, Alexandria. Arrived off, the Badshaw, from Charleston. MONEY and COMMERCAAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 7.—The sales of Cotton to-day amount to 2,500 bales, of which exporters have taken 900; in prices there is no alteration. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, APRIL 7.—An extensive busi ness has been done in the Share Market to-day. The trans actions coßlnise the following:—Chester and Birkenhead New shares, 17%; Eastern Counties, 9; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 344; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 244; Grand Junction, 211 ; ditto Chester and Crewe, ; Great Western New Shares, 64; ditto 20/. Shares, lli; Liverpool and Manchester Quarter Shares, 46%; London and Birmingham New, 156; Manchester and Bolton and Bury, 54k; Midland Count.es, 88; New Shares, 22 1 4. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 7.—Lonion and Birmingham, 156 ; Lancaster and Preston, 33%; Manchester and Leeds, 66%; Ditto Halves, 28 1 ,4 ; London and South Western Tenths, 43; Great Western Fifths, lli ; Chester and Birkenhead New, 17#; Stafford and Rugby, 38s. 9d. ; South Lancashire Banki, 5/. 6s. 3d. ; Union Plate Glass, 10 1 . Thirty Minutes past Six.—No news of the President. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's dale. • BOURSE or AMSTERDAM, APRIL s.—Our National Funds are getting up to-day, assisted by the higher prices from Lon don and Paris. A ,great many purchases were made to cover the preceding sales. Ardoin's continued firm, and remained at 20j. Accounts from Frankfort, Ist April, state, that the whole sale business at.the Easter Fair commenced on the above day, in which there was great activity in the articles most current, although the numbers ofpurchasers were not as yet considerable. The important intelligence received by the telegraph from Paris from Marseilles, of the *late of April the 4th, and from Mac to of the 20th January, stating that preliminary arrange ments had been concluded with the Chinese on the 20th Jan. on the following terms, that the Chines:: cede the i,land of Hong-Kong to Great Britain, also granting an inde:unity of 6,000,000 dollars, payable in six years, has given great adti,- faction to the public, but it has not had that effect on the British funds genera lly ex p ec t e d, ow i n g to its being antici pated. The speculators and the public are anxiously waiting for the papers and letters by the Overland Express, to Ivan further particulars. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning a t 90 for the Account, and at present may be quoted 891 90 ; Money 881 ; Exchequer Bills better, 9 12 prem. ; Bank Stock, 169 171 ; India Bonds, 2 disc. 2 prem. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active left off, 2•2& 231, at present 23/ 1 ; Deferred, 121 %; Passive, 51 ; Portu guese closed at 323 331; at present, 33/ ; Three per Cents., 19 3 % 20 ; Brazilian, 69 70 ; Colombian, 221 23 ; Mexican, 303 31 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cents., 51% B ; f ive per Cents., 981. Shares—Great Western, 27 28 prem.; New, 131 prem. ; London and Brighton, 4134 dis. ; .131ackwall, 511 dis. ; Bir mingham, 65 67 prem. ; Southampton, 56 57 per sh ire ; Croydon, 131 1 per share; Greenwich, 8.-} per share; Man chester and Birmingham, 161 141 did. ; South Eastern, and Dover, 151 15 di . Consols may be quoted at present 90 to 1, for Money 90. The China intelligence has had an effect on the Tea Market, Congou Tea very flat at Is. bd. to Is. 51d. ; yesterday it was at Is. 7id., with a firm market. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London and Brighton ..... 50 London and Birmingham......... 90 Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares South Eastern and D0ver......... 33 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DIJBLII, APRIL 6. 3 per Cent. Consols rhree and Half Stock 97 i Grand Canal St oc k — Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 Si per Cent. Debs. 9O Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST E: The Chinese news has had but little effect on the British the article s acce d e d to b y t h e E mperor, Market to the present hour—about per cent. Some doubts for the arr i va l o f t h e official wprheive,thilcarie,ssepseemtiunagh anxiety docu ments, which may be expected in the course of the evening. To the present time it is ascertained that Messrs. WaketieA's deficienc} amounti to 66,0001. The President steamer has been insured this mornirg at 35 per cent. Money has been rather tight in the course of the mornincr. The Dutch mail has arrived of the 7th inst., bringing the prices from Amsterdam of the 6th. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51 5-16 : Five per Cents. 99h; Ardoin's, 20 11-16. Congo's, which were in the morning 90h, for:the account, at present are 90, with very little doing ; Reduced 884 ex divi dend; Three-ancl-a-Ha . f per Cents. Reduced 97a ex di vidend; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 91; Exchequer Bills 11 9 II prem.: India Bonds 2 prem. 2 par. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active 23 ; Portuguese 331 ; Three per Cents. 19i ; Colombian 2•24 • Mexican 30k; Brazilian 69i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 51i ; Five per Cents. 94. In the Share Market scarce a bargain doing. London and Brighton 45& ; London and Birmingham, 157 ; Manchester and Leeds, New Shares, 29 ; South Eastern and Dover 17%. Q UARTER TO THREE. Consols for AcCount,9o; ditto 25th Slay, 90i %; Mexican, - Portuguese, 331 ; Spanish, 24 i• 30i 31 ; _ iraammmasm• 7irited es :,HON.o morning most fa, al muse 'AanWaSe°ciNdert, n o'clock of the Abo A ut C li C a r i p_ p E l N st T te TO E y which had nearly been attended with t,.... quenees, occurred to the Hon. G. Dawson, tv...." lerl Y Guards. Mr. Dawson. it appears, was riding a very horse at the above hour in the Park, and when first noijf'ed was observed to be going at a very furious rate towards Buck. ingham Palace, from the carriage drive int St. James's Park. He, however, succeeded in turning the animal up ,the road leading to Hy de Park by Constitution-hill, when by some acci dent one of the horse's feet appeared to give way, when he fell with the unfortunate gentleman under. Several re-sons instantly rushed to his assistance, who got Mr. Dawson from under the horse. He was nearly insensible, and appeared to be labouring under great agony. It was found that one of Air. Dawson's legs was broken, besides several severe injuries. Mr. Dawson was then conveyed to Westminster H. spital, where every assistance which the case demanded was rendered. In the course of the day it was stated that the Hon. Gentle man was conveyed to his own residence. INLAND WAREHOUSING.—Just as the House of Commons was about to adjourn yesterday morning, Mr. La houchere brought in a bill " for the Warehousing of Foreign Goods at Island Towns." It wal read the fir t time, and ordered to be read the second time on Monday, April 26. The Earl of Shaftesbury on TueAlav, acting as Spi aker of the House of Lords, presented a petition from Lady Henley, v idow of the Right Hon. Robert Henley, Lord Hen. ley, on behalf of her son Anthony Lord Henley, claiming for him his right to vote at the elections of representative Peers f..r Ireland. Read, and referred to the Committee of Pri vileges. The Lord President (Lansdowne), after die Easter recess, will submit two important propositions to the House of Lords-1. To appoint a Select Committee on the subject of interest payable on promissory notes and bills of ex change. 2. To present a bill for amending the law of prin. cipal and factor. An Italian, named Alarchi, well known amono , Fainters as a model, hazing recently broken a blood vessel, was anxious to find his way home to Italy, but being without means, a small subscription was entered into by those artists to wh om he had sat. Among others he had been employed as a model by Prince Albert, and as soon as the accident and the wish to return to Italy became known to her Majesty, she ordered 151. to be sent as her ccntribution towards this charitable fund. A good old country dame of Maubeuge, in the Nord, who has entered her one hundredth year, having a few drys ago lost her daughter, who was not much more than eighty, exclaimed, while her eyes were filled with tears, " Al as I alway s sa id I s h ou ld n e ver rear that poor child ra BOURSE.-PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 6 first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cants ll3 ... 113 35 ... 113 ... 112 10 4 per Cents 99 10 ... 99 10 ... 99 10 .. 99 10 3 per Cents Rank ot erance mu 59 ...3172 50 ...2170 ...3170 Laffitte Rank 5,0(101 Stares 5150 ...bk.() ...5150 ...5150 Aseigtan /Sank b per Cents wig ... ioi% ... lot% ... 101% New Loan .. 114% ... 1 14v ... 101% ... 101}v Spanish Active ..... ...... ..... . 24% ... 94% ... 24% ... 2 4 % Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... f''% Portuguese 3 per Cents 2C ... 40 ... 20 ... 20 RNeapolitan 1(13 80 ... 103 95 ... n 3 80 ... ' O 3 95 owan. ....................... St (:errRAILWAY SHARES. ain Versailles.ll. 11 L. ll ' 75 ... 275 ... 275 ... 275 Orleans . StrNsnurg to hale 'lnnen . 4:O ... 452 50 ... 450 ... 4%2 5U fiulnausen to Thane .............. ... 420 CHAPLAINSTrWORKHOLTSE SCHOOLS —A ti ‘ Chaplains . . to Cor respondent inquires Whether l e u c l r v ei ß li f s l rn l,_ar N e yile to_ g e C e l ih i l c o r the h b e r L y e o ed, o f priests '? 'We ;ea/1y workhouse schools, ufonrdtheHreioatnihi cannot s are e C t l o m b r Church h 0. profess important question, but we pre n tl a ie n r t t answer this it will mainly depend on which i sm the ue guar dians profess, who have the appointinenK If. it should happen that . a priest . of one ism should be followed at any tune, or in any workhouse, by a priest of the other ism, the angelic or the m a :, lignant will have an immense deal of trouble to root out of the minds of the youngsters the perni cious maxims of the contrary ism, which his pre decessor has implanted. That may be of some consequence to the public, but not of any to the PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE AND HITCHINGS. Mr. PEMBERTON resumed his arguments to-day, following the Attorney-General on behalf of the appellants, When the Court rose yesterday he was proceeding to cite some of the 1 cases with respect to the course usually pursued where refer ence was made by one paper to another. In the ease of Wood v. Wood the testator gave instructions for his will ; he died before the will was made, and after his death it ap peared that a trifling addition had been made to the instructions ; those instructions were propounded as a will, re ference was made to the addition, and it was declared that the two papers formed the will of the testator, and probate was granted. The class of cases cited by the Attorney-General had the strongest bearing upon this point ; in those cases re ference was made to the Statute of Frauds, and what degree of reference was necessary to papers signed to make them con stitute a will. In the cases of Sanderson and Jackson, Shortland and Cheek, and Johnson and Dodson, the reference necessary was laid down. In Hodges and Horsfall, where there was a re ference to an agreement, it was held sufficient to refer to it " as per that agreement." Now, in what cases had it been held that the reference was insufficient, and there ,re inadmisaible ? • Why, in these cases, first where there was no instrument at all; secondly, where the instruments differed ia some particulars; and, thirdly, where there was more than one instrument which endorsed the reference doubtful. In Boydell v. Drummond, which was the case with respect to the subscriptions to the Illbstrations to Shakspeare, there w, re two prospectuses which differed, and there the reference was held to be bad. In Smart v. Pragen, which was the case of a will, the papers did not answer the description referred to in the will, and there the reference was also held to be bad.. In Dillon v. Harris, in " Bligh's Reports," the same prin ciple was acted upon. There the son of the tes tator had formed a connection with a female, which the testator was desirous of breaking off, and he made him sign a declaration in writing that he would break it off. The testator then made his will, in which he made provision for his son on condition that he strictly adhered to the solemn engagement he had entered into, and which engagement the testatorsaid had been placed by him in the hands of his trustees and executors : the engagement was violated, and the question was whether that engagement had been properly referred to by the will ; and it was held that it was not, because it had never been placed in the hands of his trustees and executors ; and in King v. Bailey, in Milne and Keene, a similar decision had been come to. He (Al r. Pemberton) was not aware of any other authorities turning upon a different principle ; he had not found any case where a plain reference had been made to an existing agree ment, where the instrument produced answered the descrip tion, and where no other instrument was produced that the evi dence had not been received. For a collection of all the cases on these points, he would refer their Lordships to Mr. Wig ram's book on Extrinsic Evidence, where all the cases on the subject would be found. Now, applying the principle laid down in those cases to the case at present be fore their Lordships, their Lordships must see whether B did refer to any paper at all, and if so, did the paper A answer that description ? and idly, had there been any other paper pro duced that answered that descript ion, Now, first, did Bract . to any paper at all? In the first clause in the will, the positive clause, Mr. Wood said, " I declare my wish to he, that my executors should have all my property that I have not disposed of. I wish all my estates, real and per sonal, to go to them and their heirs," Was it possible, there fore, to deny that there was a reference to a previous vaster? There was a reference to persons of a certain description, of a description that could not be created except by writing ; he giving to those persons filling that character ' the whole of his personal estate, and also the whole of his real estate. But supposing it was said that this referred to executors intended to be appointed, what were the next words ? Why, " I give them all my estates, real and personal." Now, could such a gift as that take effect to persons to be named afterwards? Lord I.lsNntinasT—How would it be if it was executed in the presence of three witnesses ? Mr. PEMBERTON-It might then perhaps amount to a gift ; but when a gift was made, vas it not probable that the parties in whose favour that gift was to operate, had already been se lected. Unless the parties had been selected, who was to be benefited by it? and if the testator had not appointed his ex , ecutors, Tor what earthly purpose could he make the gifts. In the present case the testator had determined that there should be executors ; he had determined that these should be more than two, and what he said wag that he gave 'all ' his property, real and personal, among his executors. The will could . answer -no purpose whatever if it was to have reference to parties that had not been named. Nothing was more common than a gift to executors in their character of executors; but he (Mr. Pem berton) had nevermet with a case in which a testator had made a devise to executors, and then stated who those executors were in another instrument. He would beg of their Lordships to look to the other parts of the evidence, and wl.en they did so, he would leave it to them to say whether there was not a distinct reference to the executors ? When one document referred to the other in this manner, what other instrument were they to produce ? For what purpose could reference be made to the instructions in this will, except for the purpose of giving effect in some manner to those in structions ? Did any man ever commence his will by saying " This will is begun in accordance with my instructions ?" Why then did the testator refer to these instructions? Because the will with reference to these instructions was a perfectly good w.ll in every particular, because it supplied the only thing wanted in the will, and that which was wanting, anti the ab sence of which made it inoperative But then how was the will itself imperfect? Not because it did not contain a dispo sition of the testator's real estate, but because the testator had not expressed his whole intention. It showed an expression of intention, but an imperfect expression, and consequently by the rules of the Ecclesiastical Courts they must inquire whether there was any instrument by which the imperfection of the will might be supplied. lie (Mr. Pemberton) showed the paper by which this defect was cured. Such a paper should be entitled " Instructions." It should contain the appointment of executors it should be called Instructions, be cause the will referred to " Instructions." It should contain the appointment of executors, because that was wanting to complete the will. Now, what did they find la paper A ? It agree", in each and every particular, with the instrument to which reference was made. It was entitled " Instructions," and it contained the appointment of Execu tors. And, further, it contained a prospective reference to B. It contained an allusion to the disposit6n of . his real estate by a subsequent instrument. Nor was there anything inconsistent in this? It was said there was this inconsistency, that there was a gift of the personal estate by A, and also by B. Was there anything inconsis . tent or improbable that the testator, when completing the in strument in a most formal manner, should repeat the disposi tion of his personal property? But it was not a repetition except in this sense, that it gave authenticity to the same persons. If, then, these papers were in all res pects consistent, did not the evidence before their Lordships prove that these gentlemen must have been his executors? All the evidence as to the appointment of executors was equally evidence as to the bestowal of the bounty. Whenever testator declared that he appointed executors, it was in evidence that he intended his executors should take the bounty, the declaration of the one being always accompanied by a declaration of the other. 'The At torney-General had gone so fully through the evidence that he (Mr. Pemberton) would not trouble their Lord-hips at any length by commenting upon it. But he would men tion that with respect to that of Mary Wilkins, which had not been referred to, she deposed to an important conversa tion with respect to the executors and the bounty, and that on the very night the conversation took place she mentioned it to a person name.l Jones. The accuracy of her statement was brought to the test by cross-examination, but no other attempt was made to dispute it. There were no less than eight witnesses, each of whom confirmed the evi dence as to the appointment of executors and the disposal of the bounty. Mr. Sutton deposed that testator told him that he had made provision for the payment of his debts. The Lea n:d Judge said this did not prove anything with respect to the bounty, but it proved the appoiwment of executors, fo it could only be by their appointmens he could make ir, vision for payment of his debts. Mr. Stephens, who had an important interest in the settlement of his affairs, also de posed that testator said to him, " Tell your father that I have made my will, and left my property to four individuals ; they are my executors, and will pay you and your father and every body else. Two of them are Alderman Wood and Jeoub." Now how did this affect the argument? They wanted to know whether testator had appointed four execu tors, and whether these were the persons. He told another person that he had made This provision, be tween the Ist and the 4th December. Was this witness to be discredited? He had given the strongest proof of the accuracy of hi ;statement, for he had instructions to withitraw his father's deposit of 2,000/., in testator's bank, if testator's expl motion was not satisfactory, but he considered it to be so, and left the money. The Learned Judge said this declaration stood alone, and was the only one mace to any witness in which reference was made to four persons as sharing his property, and that when he referred to Alderman Wood and Jacob, he thought 1 testator could hardly have referred to his will made in Decem ber, 1834, but to some other document which he might have issued in the intermediate time, The Learned Judge said, moreover, that be thought it was only a declaration of the appointment of executors, and did not go beyond that.. He - (Mr. Pemberton) did not wish anything further. He 1 did not wish to get evidence of testator's intention respecting the family. The proof of that intention was unimpeached, and the question then was, whether the testator recognized the appointment of executors who ilmtdd wind up his affairs ? '1 he evidence on this point was confirmed by the evidence of Stanley and Webb. His repeated declarations to this effect were the subject of general conversation in the city of Glou-• cester, which appeared to have been greatly occupied with his affairs. It never appeared that he had named to any person that he had appointed any other executors. Not one witness proved that testator ever hinted at any others. Why then were these witnesses to be disbelieved, since they were all of them persons as much eutitled to belief as any in the highest station? He (Me. Pemberton). did net care whether II res fern ed to A or not; what he wanted to know was, whether testa. tor by any paper appointed executors. since the evidence was beyond all doubt in favour of these parties, and proved that they were entitled to probate of the will. With respect to the evidence o f !gm Goodlake, the Learned Judge disregarded he r d ee l a . rations, because he could net believe she was opposed to the will, but this he (Mr. Pemberton) thought was the very reagent for believing them. The Learned Judge fell into an inaccuracy that pervaded his whole argument. He thought they propounded pap hr A ns ip*uutigus, and as if Mr. Wood had signed it ili illitructions, but they did nq such thing, On the contrary, they were prepared tq show that it was not his in structions, but prepared In Ponsevence of his instructions, It was entitled "Instructions," but they had never propounded it, considered it, or imagined it as instructions In a legal sense, If they had, the Learned Judge would have been correct. The case was ?weeding when we went to press. CRIMINAL COURT. .(THIS DAY.) OLD COUPT. • (Berore Mr. Baron GoarrzY.) POST.-OFFICE ROBBERY.— William Hammond, aged 17, and Richard Hammond, aged 15, were indicted. the former for stewing a post letter containing a bank note value bi , and two sovereigns, of Charles Na,h, and the latter with having feloniously received the note, knowing it to have been stolen, Mr. Shepherd (with whom was Mr. Adolphus) having stated the case for the prosecution, called the following witnesses Chad s Nash was in London on the 27th of February last, and on that day inclosed a W. note and two sovereigns in a letter to a friend at Devonport. The note was nnrobered 99,691 L. B. He gave the letter to Mr. Davis to post it. Mr. Isaac Davies, a solicitor, had received the letter from the last witness, and took it tc the Post-office receiving-house in Jermy n . s t ree t, b e t we en the hours of eleven and two, on 27th February, He gave it to the prisoner, William Ham mond, to whom he paid 2d, for the postage of the letter. Mr. J. Lamb is a clerk in the Post-office. A letter put into the receiving-house in Jermyn-street ought to have been received at the office in St. Martin's-le-Grand at half-past two o'clock. Witness counted over the letters on that day, but did not find any letter addressed to Devonport. Henry Finch is a licensed victualler, living in Middle-row, Holborn. He changed the M. note in question fur a lad named Webb, in the employ of Mr. Llo3d, of Staple Inn, soli citor. He wrote Mr. Lloyd's name on the note when he re ceived it. After a number of other witnesses had been examined, Mr, CutaxsoN, for the defence, contended that the evi- dence against Richard Hammond was so - weak as to entitle him to an acquittal. It did not appear from any evidence that he knew the note in question was stolen by his brother at the time he gave it him ; and as to his subsequent conduct, they ought not to judge of the conduct of a youth of 15 as they would tat of a grown up person. With regard to the prisoner William, he had never denied the crime, and had yesterday pleaded guilty. The master of Sir James Shaw's school, in which Richard Hammond had been educated, and Mr. Pass, a watchmaker‘in whose service he had been from the time of leaving school to the time of his being taken into custody, both gave him an excellent character as an honest trustworthy boy. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, and the Jury, without hesi tation, acquitted the prisoner. Mr. Baron GU RNEY having told the boy that this showed him the value of a good character, which having always hitherto maintained, he hoped he would maintain through life, ordered him to be given up to his master, Mr. Pass, who immediately received him, andtook him away with him. The prisoner William, having been called up for sentence was, after a most impressive address from Mr. Baron Gurney', sen tenced to be imprisoned for 12 months and kept to hard labour, one week. of each month to be passed in so lit ary con fi nement. CHAR° or Ctrun Mti RDER.—Emm a H ar li ng, age d 23, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to suffocate Grace Harling, a female infant child, with intent to kill and murder her. The prisoner lived as cook in the service of Miss Lemoine, who keeps a boarding-school in Canonbury-square, Islington. On the 11th February last, her mistress saw her sitting by the fire, and complaining of great illnes 3. Mr.• Semple, a surgeon, was in the house at the time; he accused the prisoner of having been pregnant, which, however, she denied. On going to the privy, a child was found immersed in the soil, and partially covered with ashes and mould which bad been thrown upon it. It was got out, and means havin g been used for its recovery, it revived and li ve d f or some time afterwards. It subsequently died, but not in consequence of this transaetion. The prisoner admitted that the child was hers, but denied that she had attempted to suffocate it. She said that the child had dropped from her into the place where it was found. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury for the defence. Mr. Baron GURNEY summed up, when the Jury, after de liberating a short time, found the prisoner Guilty, but recom mended her to mercy. The COURT deferred passing sentence, and the prisoner was removed from the bar. NEW COVET. (Before the RECORDER.) The Court was occupied the whole of this morning in try ing trivial cases of uttering bive coin, of which there were a great number. The whole of the prisoners, with but one ex ception, were found guilty, and severally sentenced to terms of imprisonment, from six to twelve months each. They were ordinary cases possessing no public interest. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM -OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. APRIL 7, wind S.S. E., light.—The Isabella, Blyth, having repaired the damage she received in coming in contact with a French ship, took on board the mails, and sailed at three P.M. this day: 12 of her crew were taken out on Monday, they having refused to proceed in her, in consequence of her being worked by steam; in Court Jack did not complain'of the pro visions, nor the treatment, but he did not like steamers ; did not know the Isabela was a steamer when he signed articles, or he'd never have cros s ed th e p aper; did not. like the smoke, nor the funnel, but more particularly the paddles ; could not sleep for them ; if they were not always going he thought they were; they were always in his head, sleeping and waking, and besides he would not carry cinders about for nobody. - The Court—Then you must be committed for 30 days. Did not care for that, anything was better than a steamer ; and to prison the whole went. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRP...—The first day's work at the treadmill convinced eight out of the twelve they were wrong, and one of them exclaimed "My eyes, mess mates, this wil never do ; we are out of luck, and we had better cut, and join the ship; 1 understands a little about a wheel afloat, but bread and water, and working this thing won't do for me ; I don't like this going on and not getting a head." ,Some were for trying it another day, but the dread of the ship's sailing without them induced eight to solicit to be put on board again which was done, and they were not a little pleased at the change, and will not again in a' hurry let their idle prejudices introduce them to the treadmill. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The Secretary has sold Mr. Edward Heneage'i'cutter yacht Sparrowhawk, of 84 tons, to Thos. Halifax, Esq. ; and Lord H. Cholmondeley's cutter yacht, Zephyr, of 56 tons, to A. E. Bowen, Esq., of Dublin. . _ _ _ _ The next General Meeting of the Members of tho Royal Yacht Squadron will be held at the Thatched House Tavern, on Saturday the Bth of May. This season is to all appearance the finest the farmers in the Isle of Wight have had for many years. There is more grass in their meadows than there was in May last year, and the seed grass is 'till forwarder. They have had excelleut weather to get in their oats, beans, and peas, and they have come up quicker and more regular than common. A conti nuance of the present fine dry weather will bring on the wheat, and forward barley sowing, which will become general next week. The Lambs are particularly fine and forward; 150 were for warded by rail on Saturday, and 300 this day for London. DIED.—On April 7th, at Mill Hill House, West Cowes, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Edward Osborn, aged nine years. THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT. Liverpool, Wednesday Morning, Ten o'clock. We are still without any news of this steam ship. The wea ther is thick, and the 'telegraph cannot pass through to Holy.. head. The following is a list of the passengers who embarked on board the President at New York :—P. C. Pfeffel, cf New York ; A. R. Warburg, New York ; Lieut. F. Lenox and Mr. Courtney, Brits army ; Tyrone Power and servant, England; C. A. D. Meisegares, Philadelphia; S. Mails, New York ; C. L. Cadet, Buenos Ayres; T. Palmer, Balti more ; Dr. M. Turner, Cuba ; T. Blanchor, Cubs ; John Fraser, New York ; A. Van Lohe, jun., Amsterdam ; A. S. Byrne, London ; Thorndyke, New York ;W. W. Mar tin, England ; E. B. Howell and friend, New York ; A. Li• vingston, New York ; Rev. G. G. Cooktran, Washington (city); D. Deuehar, Scotland ; IL Norris and child ; E. Berry ; J. C. Robert., New. York ; J. L eo W o lf , w i fe, and child ; Master Mohring—T o t a l 27, and two children. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 6. EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL FOR, FORGERY. A case came on in the Commission Court this day before Judges Perrin and Crampton, which has created considerable interest among the tanking and mercantile classes in this city. The facts of the case are tr:efiy these :—Mr. John Cluff, of the firm of William and John Cluff, extensive mer chants in the Manchester trade, William Cluff having also an establi-hment in Manchester, was charged with having fe loniou,ly uttered a Bill of Exchange, drawn at three months, for 2721. 165., bearing date the 3d of February, 1841, and purprting to be the draught of Andrew Thompson. bill was sent in with some others to the Bank of Ireland on the 11th of February, and discounted. It was, however, sub sequently discovered to be a forgery. At the trial this morning, Andrew Thompson, the fictitious acceptor of he bill,, proved the signature as endorsed not to be in his handwriting, and further swore that he had not au thoraed any person to sign it. _ _ Mr. O'CONNELL, wh"o appeared for the accused, found a flaw in the indictment, which, after setting out the forged acceptance, has these words,—" which said acceptance is as follows" (the bill was then described and signed)---" Andrew Thompson," whereas, on the bill it was "Andy. Thompson." Counsel for the prosecution submitted that it was a case which might be amended by the Court, under a late Act. On reference to the Act, the SOLICITOR. -GENERAL said he was bound to acknowledge it only applied to civil, and net to criminal cases. Mr. Justice PERRIN . directed the issue to be sent up to the Jury, who at once acquitted the prisoner, and he was diseharg d from custody. . The Corninission adjourned to the 14th of June. The Court was demiely crowded. DUILIN SOCIETY.—The following official letter has been addressed to the Commissioners by Mr. Norman Macdonald, Under-Secretary : " Dublin Castle, March 29, 1841. " My Lords and Gentlemen,—From your known zeal for the advancement of science and the diffusion of useful know ledge, the Lord Lieutenant is desirous of obtaining your advice, in what form and under x hat regulations the Parliamentiry grant of 5,3001., hitherto voted to the Dublin Society, might be most effectually devoted to the above object for the benefit of the Irish nation, as, in consequence of the refusal of the Dublin Society to make, at the instance of Government, cer tain changes in its constitution and management, which were strongly recommended by Parliamentary Committees, his Ex cellency has felt it his duty to intimate to that Society his in tention of declining to propose to Parliament a continuance of their grant. " Ihe chief points to which his Excellency wi•hes. to direct your attention are, whether it would be desirable to form an entirely new institution, either separate from or in connexion with any or with all these societies now established in Dublin for the promotion of science and the useful arts, or to assist them severally in their present forms. if It will be also for you to consider and advise upon the par ticular organization by which scientific institutions would seem best fitted, in your opinion, to attain these objects, and which ought, therefore, to be required by Parliament as the condition upon which they should receive support from the State. " His Excellency will direct that you shall be furnished with the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, in 1836, upon the management of the Dublin Society, as well as that on the Irish Estimates, in It#39, and the evidence taken before them, which will afford you much valuable information on the points above referred to.—l have, &c. " N. H. MACDONALD." To his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Rosse, the Viscount. Adare, Sir John Burgoyne, Sir William Hamil ton, Captain Larcom, Professor Lloyd, Professor M'Cul lagh." One of our Contemporaries, in remarking upon the appoint ment of this Commission last week, entirely mistook its ob ject, inasmuch as he imagined that the duty assigned to the Commissioners was to " settle the differences between the Go vernment and the Society." The preceding letter shows that nothing of the kind is contemplated. The " differences" arose out of the refusal of the Society to make changes recom mended by the Parliamentary Committees, and those " differ ences" have been terminated by the withdrawal of the grant. --Atblin Evening Post. ELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—At a late hour on Tuesday evening an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, P. a and a Jury of gentl..men resident in Burton-crescent, at the residence of W. Rolls Esq., No. 19, Mabeldon-place, New-road, on view of the body of Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. Dorville, aged 66, late of the Grenadier Guards, who com mitted self-destruction under the truly melancholy circumstan ces below detailed:—Jane Gray stated that she was a servant in the family of Mr. Rolls, and knew the deceased, who was a relation of her master, and who was staying with his family upon It v 1.44. th' had Mioyed good health and spirits until the last few days, when he became very dejected and melancholy. Indeed he had become so much so that Mr. Rolls deemed it advisable that she and a fellow servant named Goodie, should sit up with deceased in his bed-room alternate nights. On Monday night last it was witness's turn to sit up with him, and she did sc!. Pegeased slept very well dwing the night. 4400 dye o'clock on that (Tuesday) n orning, she was sitting close at the foot of his bed, when the deceased suddenly sprang up and jumped out of it, exclaiming " murder, murder I' several times, apparently in great fright. Before witness could recover herself from her momentary alarm, the deceased rushed towards the window, which is v ou low, and throwing up the shash bent forwards and precipi tated himself into the area henelth t carrying with him a rnignienette be; stationed on the sill of the window. She immediately raised an alarm, and accompanied Mr. Rolls, having informed him of the circumstance,wound .ern4atotheb in the back area, where they found deceased lying in his night-clothes, appa rently quite lifeless, and bleeding fro m a head. The Jury. aft,r a short consultation, returned a ver dict " That the dcceosed died from mortal injuries caused by a fall from a second floor window." The deceased was an old Peninsular officer, and served at Waterloo, in which battle it is stated he hid no less than three horses s hot from under him. EVENING- FM SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• BANBURY STEEPLE CHASES.—Tuasmor. to Sweepstakes of 10 so vs. each, h. ft. ; with .50 athled b lc o i Town; the secon d t o save hi s s t a k es ; l2st. each. - miles. (6 subs.) . ddan" i n I Mr. Brown's Ch a ll enger (I;r.. Co I Mr. Root's Protestant .......................................... .. i Capt. Burt's Grayling ................... .... ................. i Mr. Cromwelling's Vivian ..... ...p." 1 Mr. Powell's Perfection The Second Race, 3 sins. each, 20 added, I Ist ' bt 0 ' was won by Mr. Raner's Pilot, beating four or five,' and the Third Race by Mr. Pag e ' s Would-if-she-conh4 CHELMSFORD STEEPLE CHASES.--Tv 0011 :A . A Sweep lakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added; Una) I Mr. Davy's Gaylad Capt. Price's Selim 0 .... i Mr. Lamp'ugh's Aggravator Mr. Tilbury's f. Goblin • . . , •""........ 1 Mr Barker's Sir William .......•»••'•".• Lottery aqd three others also starter. - . fa A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, %ith a parse Wei. Hunters. • , l Mr. Bishop's The General (oWri eri 9 Mr. Rose's Quilp .......... ... . Mr. Feake's Common H a ll ....... .... . ... . .......... i Mr. Barker's Harkaway ... .................. ••• .................... ...... . ........... Match, 50/. ea c h. I st ' 11 . r. Williams's Physician .................( M s .. W. mar° IN . 1 Ir. Ba'.dwin's The Doctor COURT CIRCULAR. r WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her M a j es ty an d - g i p' Albert, and the Princess Royal, attended by the suite, arrived at the C as tb at a quarter past five ° , G Lift this afternoon, escorted by a party of the Guards, under the command of Lieutenant Sir "" - ‘ 1 Kent. Is l ' The Duchess of K-nt, at.endcd by Lad,' ... n a l Dawson, arrived from town early in the afterde— the Castle. ids/ Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was , P 4 e , 1 16 ° to the window o f h er carr i age muc h to the grati":l° of the assembl e d mu ltit u d e . Th e b e ll s rang - merry peal on her Majesty's arrival. The Queen and Prince Albert left town at a 4 u oil past three o'clock yesterday afternoon in a c arriar bi s four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, esekr te ; `,. party of Hussars, for Windsor Castle. Amcall;rtifiti four followed, containing Colonel Wemyss, Eq u pThi° 6 Waiting, and Colonel BJuverie, Equerry fd,,:i n ti ce° Albert. The carriage of her Royal Highness tbe g ',l r bate' Royal followed, preceded by an outrider. Mibi Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Pitt and ne t !' lil t' Devereux, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and ' Pe rr is(' quis of Headfort, 'Lord in Waiting, occupied a ce ' c lik l and four ; and the Hon. C. A. Murray, Household, and Vice Admiral Sir Robert CI: Groom in Waiting, were in a chariot an d f o ur. f Her Majesty and his Royal Highness vie r re ,,,,o ducted to their carr i age by the Lord Chamber,'','j l t° Mistress of the R o b es , no d t h e G room o f t he Prince Albert. - Ist 9 The Royal Standard was l owere d f rom the, Ihe „, Arch on her M a je s ty qu i tt i ng Buckingham Pa°t4-1, Her Majesty an d P r i nce Alb ert wa lk e d ia den of Buckingham Palace'yesterday forenoon., Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, ottended:ilot° Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting , Hon. CP,.. e is: l Hudson, Maid of Honour in waiting, Earl of S_ A P e th° Sir Andrew Barnard, C:erk arshal, 3 '4 l ' Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain, left m a rlho' - r of House at twenty minutes past. ten o'clock Y.,,, e ' te t iof morning. for the s t a ti on o f t h e L on d on an d P l ,' it' ham Railway, n ear E us t on - square, an d l e f t tn a ll tended by h er su it e , b y a spec i a l t r a i n, f o r , Hall. • tide° Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. at tP lr by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, left her residel gestrie-hous e , y es t er d ay, at ha l f-past twe l ve o' o4 a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. 0 1 Their Royal Hi g h nesses t h e D u k e o f Canthri e t ref Prince-G eorge h onoure d M r. S a l ter w i t h A s ' s ' , t ur 6 terday, at his studio in Pall Mall, to inspect the, P;.jio l of the W a t er l oo B anquet, of w hi ch ther ROY nepcs were pleased to express their approbati°,% o o o Viscount M e lb ourne l e f t tows, yesterday 133 ' for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. The Marquis of Norman by left town )ester a lo the sear of toe Earl of Hardwicke, WiroPe' e Cambridgeshi re . Lord Alolphus Fitzelarence left town yestJraa, Portsmouth. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEs' RIV I F The Earl CaJogan, in Pie ß cad A illy LS. from Hants; ""%tree" Lady Bridport and th e H on . Misses ' Hood in Wimpolelopel; from Cri c ket Lod ge , mar Chard, Somerset; Lord I , 3 iii ' v or‘: in Jermyn-street, from 13riffhton ; Mrs. Manning , at 11:,; Hotel, Brook-st r e e t, from Devonshire', the I) " age Garvagh, in Portman-square, front a viiit to Mrs. 15f°00., in Sussex ; th e E ar l of March., in Portland -pl ate ' I , r• visit to the Duke of Rutlr ,d at Belvoir Cast! ;_004! Sudeley, in Dorer-street. Truro " his seat in Gloucestsruio., Sir Hus , ey and Lady 'Vivian in Pall-mall, from Elbert ~ Lord Sonde in S. James's-square, from • p o rt_ f rov, Norfolk ; the Earl and . Countess of Cardiga n ! r r a nd Misses_ Dundas, in Somerset-. square, from Sussex ; Lerd and Lady Ca,tle, net Edinburgh ; the Marquis of Saii' horY' Smith, at Be fi- o , r ,m t Hatfield House , F./ —erts • Ai sCuilin6of nesuloe t House , from a visit to the r. and Pueu e r Boa at Badminton ; Viscount Li- Duke M.P., on Carlton m terrace, from the Continen i wt si e r r bhalesCoote , 13 , 3 1" E in Connaught-place, from his seat in Ireland 'and Place fr°ul L ie A r rlingicie -stre ; borne, from Italy; the Duchess of Sutherland fateine,, Stafford House, from Lillesham Salop; Lord Calths°4 pr' GrosTenor-sqUare, from his seat ' near Birmingbanl; : j and Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann Anson, in St: %,tle t ; square, from a visit to he Duke of Rutland at Belvoir e t- fro Mr. and Lady Eleatfor Balfour, in Grosvenor-?quarp.'oo Whittingham House, Dunbar ; the Earl of• „ o f& tour; the Earl and Countess of Verularn, in Grosvenov:l4o from a visit to Earl and Countess Amherst, at l(n°',. Kent. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady F rances E ger t on , f ro m Belgrave-squal for e Worsley Hall, Lincolnshire ; Lord Skelmersdale , Hosi g : Miss .Wilbrah am , f rom Portland-place f or Lathan' goo' Lancashire ; M r . W. Wyndham, 1 11. P., his seat in_yrsl: the Marquis a n d Marchioness of Thumond, from tr;!to,, square, for Taplow HMSO ; Sir G. Talbot, Bart. ,m e . vart's Hotel, Brook -street, for Warwickshire; the o ure o . o i and Mrs. Peel, front ditto, for Wiiresby Hail, near Stsoof Major Wildman, from ditto, on a visit to the Earl °f S id $ pd and Warrington, at Enville Hall, Cheshire; Sir ittci o l; Lady Bulkeley Phillips, from Portland-place, for Lee': op' , Mr. and Mrs. Williams, from Portland-place, fer, th ' for Cl ot House, Berkshire ; Mr. Edward Stanley, 3 1 .5 • ' fl ocs i v der Abbey, C um b er l an d ; t h e D owag er t' u o ai fr Sandwich, for P ar i s; C oun t an d C oun t ess ZichY: 14 .; . t ir , Marquis o f H er tf or d' s , D orc h ester H ouse , for 1 °1.; ; 1 0.4 Countess of Westmorland, f rom ti on d-,t re et, on a t ?: ati l t ; R. Price, M.P., for Herefordshire ; Viscount and "10 0 , Sydney, from Cleveland-square, for From:tall L° d g e i:„,e 9 o :l Lord and Lady Stanley and f am ily, f rom St. Jane's Est' o , for Knowsley Park, near Prescott, on a visit to the co le' Derby; Lady Mulcaster, f rom Hamilton.place, forPO' o ham; the Earl of Devon, from Bryanston-square , Sir R. Gordon, Bart., f r om B on d- stree t, f or Warwi" CHANGES. c O" I.lo' The Dowager Lady Castle ma i ne , a t Bromley, at g . the family seat in th e c oun ty Athl one ; E ar l Con l P, w , ri j of _ l v, coin, from Castle Ashby, Northampto ns hi r e ; the lington, in Shropshire, from Leamington Spa; '„try' Dunkin, on a tour of inspectinn in Wales, from C t ° t r e i o se r f av il J. Walsh, Bart., M.P., and Lady Jane W a lsh, at Radnorshire, from Warfield Park, near Bracknell ; a / O b i. lady Courteney, at Newcastle, c oun ty Li mer ick, fr° ° ,,,,, st Viscount Ebrington, at Dublin Castle ; Lord 111°s seat in Surrey, from Brighton. PAP S BRUSSELS, and GERM AN Pl' o s e BRUSSELS, APRIL 4.—The only thing that w e tr ae,li l tY respecting the Ministeri a l cr i s i s i s t h at it is not ittri'llir serted by a Journal ce l e b rate d i n E urope for its fl o , ) 1 ?, 1 01 nated intellige n ce, th a t th e or di nance appointing e!, tees will appear to - mor . ow i n the Moniteur. Nott ill Io done before th e e nd o f t h e S ess i on o f t h e Senate, wLet rnoned r the 6th of Apr 1. t e ct 'We foresaw that the King's ordinance would ° o rb," precipitation in a state of things of so serious ft ° l e sor.fil which require mature reflectirn. However desirsh. i t s cessary a speedy solution may be, it is better t° ::ert ss af t , days till people's minds have become calm, than te i !' - to JeP li rs on a course, from which it might perhaps be diffler chst l ,; t oo An address to the King for a dissolution of , i l L i c e f 61 1 e . ' was voted unanimously by the Municipal Conn" Jilt the 2d, in the evening. SO ° rd" BRUSSELS, APRIL s.—Baron H onn enty the , c est e nister Plenipotentiary at P ar i s , arr i ve d a t Bring ° to Wer morning, on his way to Germ an y. re- ti o t be The Moniteur Belge does not contain anythingoioa th the Ministerial crisis, not even as muc h as an el l . subject. is bu Rome, Mancti 18.—The Russian Prince Gan„,"'i,ce ing a splendid palace here in th e style of the Gan„"' Cansellaria, not far from the College i Clernet l ; io Pilte vrobable that the Prince means to fix his residen c i ,: u iy. ~ost The accounts from Syria are very nada°, 'll l°- 6r l fresh murder (connected with that of Fath er thef r of' s is confirmed by letter from Aleppo, so tha t )her man which the English and French agents e' the,. o i er the Sultan as a, declaration of the innocenee,, ° 4 of °,. of Da.: ascus, respect to the clearly proved Innrr o se ' e a t rJ I Thomas, appears to be considered by them as 3 L; c t i a tiv' o or e perpetration of new atrocities against the Ch"; ne ed 1 0 , events, the Christians in the East will pr a o ff he or b f fe t r h o e% go t; powerful protection than the Porte can Aleppo already they suffer severely under the ri „t. of ff Ibrahim Pacha, and we hear the bitterest comp 1 ,0 ar of property. On the whole, the representations WD: t r oe ceive of the situation of the Christians and of ths ercised towards them are truly afflicting. It DUTCH FUND3.—AmsTeav ,ol , Ar a n 12'; bi ietual Debt, .234 per Cent 51 ...... 9l f2i 4 ditto, ditto 5 per cen t . Amon Syndic,44 per cent 7.2% Ditto, ditto, 3y4 per cent Ccminercial Company, 4 per c.nt. Ditto (MIS and 1837)5 per cent / 1-y:A Loan 5 per cent. ................. —..••••••• 1/ Exchange an Londex, (me mouth 9 , Two months ........ Dutch Papers, April 7. t e c r ik U ,t U p e N r t: s c n—t . ... .... . .. .. ....... ........... i..... itiottischi'dlek. Immo !) pc:s o.ot. ................. • Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 pi,r Cent.... ...... ----- riper Cent. ......... 7.5 Thirty Yuen ...... jco;l4 4 , 9 ... . ....... ..... Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ... . . p 7 National seciety . S l ire t 'a y l ot City, Cor! Commerce, C p e e ' r l Ci . -; ......... .......... ...... Exchange on London (Altai) ................. . —Brussels Papers, April 6. pe Alluvia C per COILS. Alctelliquce Fear per Cents. ..... ..... w //ly F NDS.—yiense, 29 10 4 it 4 hr,:e par Cents. ..... 1;.0.1k 4 3prl/ 3 . . PRUSSIAN FUN DS.-I.M.,RLIN, —F 11 3 E Biel'. jp:3 AUSTRIAN U cent. EXCIMAC OP landon, throe months ...0 .., p ' 7 ..ratan Sate Gazette. April 4 4 l 30, 4 ; 11 4 l°° ) 414 E V l_i: ~ p:Letexiir ljtnarceuts. vans are r letw e ,, Ca Ali returned' in Cairo. I kl:kA, MA No ac N hey had I t tn ak in g it lit t !°r an ni arid re] 14 i iive to tr oop , , ‘'i'ld-bo !tAlitt.c.it 19 ". 1 3th t ilt ''t( l assis 1.,11.411(1 banl eltkt Austri , E 1 was ex , I,w l ll shfi r i tz, d _ -nit ltY last , orv e S ti I tk,' uncle" ge, that 'Lli gtc it , , was 10Ni