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• AIRS. 1%IABERLY'i - NEW govEL. Now. 1e .cly at all the Librarjs, in 3 vols. post 8ro., with Per. trait of the Authoress, E LOVE A NOVEL. MATCH. By DIRS. MABERLY. Authoress of •' Emily." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. 8vo., J 0 AN O F A R C, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. By T. J. SERLE, Esq. ‘' We have road this talc with as much avidity as some years ago we read Dr. Southey's poem on the same excellent subject. Like that highly-wrought work of genins, it abounds in im passioned scenes ; local descriptions characterized by infinite truth of detail; and incidents which, startling and romantic as they are, al wear the impress of probability. Nothing can be peer, or better in historical keeping, than Mr. Serie's full length portrait of the enthusiastic high minded Alaid of Or leans."—Sun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in 3 vols. post 8vo., r HE QUEEN'S POISONER; Or, FRANCE in the SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Tv ltlISS LOUISA STUART COS fELLO,: Author of " A SuminPr amongst the Bocages and the Vines.' Richard Bentley, New Burlington-greet. 4 - FIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of L AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA- R ANTF.ED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (tbnugh they are NO LOTTERIES) o 'er many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDS fO; the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Perk ni desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may re•!eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PAR !ICU L ARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII, or to HEINZ? BROTHERS, at LUBECK. 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TheLoup CHANCELLOR, last night, reported to the Lords Admiral . STOPFORD'S acknowledgment of their Lordships' thanks. Another short discussion took place on the Corn laws, on the Earl of ROSERERRY moving for some re turns to show the Earl of WINCIIILSEA and RIPON that the bread -tax, whicicis not a bread-tax, doesitt rcjility abstract a large sum from the pockets of the people, Earl FirzwiLmax gave the landlords a proper cha racter, and showed that the present Corn-laws caused enormous fluctuations. Lord BEAUMONT deprecated such incidental discus sions, and Lord ASHBURTON insisted that the present Corn-laws were intended to keep the price of wheat about 56s. per quarter, which has been the case, he said, except in two instances ; but those two instances he did not say occurred within four years of each other ; and in the one case the price was down to 36s., and in the other up to 88s. What delightful steadiness in price! The short conversation was instructive, particularly the remark of the Earl of WicicLow, that the United Kingdom produced sufficient for the supply of the population, after the landlords have starved the p )pulation down to the supply. Their Lord ships were entertained wids conversation on this subject till Severi o'clock, and then adjourned. The House of Commons did nothing except receive petitions and resume the adjourned debate. Mr. Ew.tirr began and dwelt chiefly on the great commercial advan tage which would ensue from revising our tariff, of which the sugar duties were a part. It would make our country the entrepot for sugar, and place Great Bri tain iu her proper position at the head of the commercial Aations of the world. He had as strong an abhorrence ;lavery as his Right Hon. Friend Dr. LUSHINGTON, but like him he could not forget what was due to our own pE ple out of compassion to the blacks. Mr. IfEATHcoTE took up the corn part of the question, and declared that the whole agricultural interest would resist the proposed..alteration. of the Corn-laws. He ievyr9zaw. 4 . - them more.determined. Mr. GROTE looked at the measure as a psrt of a wbo'.e, and considered them as a wiSeAnefins of benefiting- the people and extending she resourm; of thState. Mr. Cot r:I:tors wished to confine the discussion to sugar and avoid free-trade ; at the same time he advo cated protection to the West Indies, which is only free trade, and was for kei ping slave-grown sugar out of the 1114 arket. Mr. GREG gave his hearty support to the Ministers, aid as Lord JOHN RUSSELL had carried Parliamentary Reform after much opposition, so he hoped he would carry this commercial refin-m. Though the people had suf .1q.e41 much from the scarcity of sugar, he did not think 'the Sugar-laws so had as the Corn-laws. Mr. WALTER wanted something done for our people, but he did not think that the reduction of the sugar duties war; that. something. He was for altering the PoOr-law, and the Nottingham election ought to con since Members that the law must he altered. Lord F. EGERTON would not deal with the financial part or the question, and (lid indulge at great length on t h e a bove yin of the question, which, being an int ang ibl e subject, is one of the happiest themes for declamation that itas been thrown bcfore.the pftru Lamont for many years. It will supply matter for a debate till Christmas. Noble Lord was prettily poetical at the end, and pro nounced a benettiction on the ship which is to pierce, as Mr. aSTONE has it, the tt cincture" of malaria which guards the coast of Africa, and to carry Sir FOIVELL 131.TXTOWS, plait of civilizing that vast continent into efea t. Mr. LABOUCITF.RE made an elaborate and statesman like speech, full of fact and grave arguments, worthy of lite high place he occupies at the head of the Board of Trade. Unfortunately the Bight Hon. Gentleman wants impressiveness in his manner, and a far less able speech, delivered with somewhat more vehemence, would have had more effect on th? House, and much less effect on The c oun t ry . H e a d v erted to the trade q uesti o n, the r . inanClal question, an l tie slave question, and did justice to them all. Mr. GLADSTONE was the last speaker of the evening, and he was extremely eloquent about the quantity of - ,tigar which the West Indies can produce ; about the injury the Ministerial propositions would do to the West India interest ; about the little benefit they would confer ou the revenue ; and about the encouragement .they would give to slavery. Like other gen tlemen who have spoken on the same side, Mr. GLADsToNE insisted very strentously on the great and abundant sitpply 'of sugar which our own possessions 'over! , e tliis year to furnish us. Last year, he thought, TAO the price, was very high, there might have been some re: sou ti,r the alteration in the sugar duties, but this year, wherr• prices are moderate and the sup ply icerialo, • there was no pretext for it. There 'ia'ore at least 9.07,000 tons of sugar coming for was more than ever had been consumed. In such an argument there seems to us more effrontery than capdour. alleged on all. hands, that were it not r the West India monopoly, the consumption of sugar would be doubled in this country. But the West India monopoly having been very strict, scarcely a grain more .sugar has come into use than our colonies could supply. Every grain they have supplied has been consumed. Last ear the price was at one time so high, that foreign sugar was actually introduced into home consumption at the enormous duty of 66s. The consumption, therefore, has been limited by the West India monopoly, and now Mr. GLADSTONE and his friends, meaznring the national power to consume sugar by that quantity which the West Indies has hitherto grown, tell the public that the West Indies are coming for ward with an ample supply, because they are to send in 5,000 tons more than ever the West Indians al lowed us to consume before. They put food beyond the reach of a hungry man, and then vow, because he eats not, that he has no appetite. On the whole the defender of well-poisoning made a clever speech in favour of protection and against the slave trade, humanity and interest coinciding charmingly ; and, as it was propounded with a somewhat solemn tone, it was supposed by the House to be very earnest and impressive. On the Hon. Gentleman concluding, the debate was again adjourned. The House Adjourned at a Quarter before One. A pamphlet has been published by Messrs. LONGMAN, on the Corn-laws, which, from its title, style, and appropriateness, is to be taken, we presume, as an official statement of the rea sons for proposing a fixed tax on corn, instead of totally abolishing the nefarious impost. Amongst those reasons, it is said that the land is heavier taxed than the capital of the maantfacturer or the merchant. At least, the writer presumes that it is, and on that presumption justifies the fixed duty as a protection to the owners of rent. We will not enter into the question whether rent be heavier taxed than other property, though we are inclined to believe the statement fallacious ; but if it be, what is the proper remedy—what does justice require? That other property be taxed equally to rent. Let the proportions be accurately ascertained, and we should make no objection to such an equalization. But does the writer propose to tax manufacturing and mercan tile capital ? No, he proposes to tax the poor man's loaf. What a monstrous proposition ! What a complete non sequitur ! An injustice is done by taxing rent higher than interest and profit, and to remedy the injustice the writer proposes to tax a third party, who receives neither rent, profit, nor interest. Such a writer will be laughed out of court, and if the Parlia ment adopt the proposition, it will only add to the contempt—if to increase is be possible—with which that assembly is now regarded. The supposition, too, that land is heavier taxed than mercantile and manufacturing capital, and that, therefore, the poor man's loaf is to be taxed by a tax on a foreign corn, as a protection to the landowner, laads to another proposition almost as monstrous as the one adverted to, namely, that the agriculturist is entitled to a drawback when corn is exported, in order to enable him to sell corn cheaply abroad. Foreign corn being taxed to swell the rent of the landlords, the cost of the production of corn is enhanced to the farmer, and the public is to be doubly taxed to enable him to sell it. We understand what a drawback means when a tax is imposed on an imported commodity, and taken back when that same commodity is exported; but it seems to us an abuse of terms to call a sum given on home-grown corn, when exported, equal to the sum paid on foreign corn, when imported, a drawback. It is not a drawback—it is a bounty. It is an extension of the protective system It is another device to plunder the people for the benefit of the landowners. The reader must be well aware why it is pro posed. The effect of a fixed duty being to raise our prices, in ordinary and average years, high above. "those of the surrounding countries, we s hall never be able to export, and shall gene rally import. In very plentiful years, there fore, as the people would be fed in average years, the price of corn would fall below what would remunerate the farmer, while he ha s to pay the landlord's tax. To guard against this effect, not of nature, not of any laws of society, but of that very tax, and nothing else, which this writer recommends, the bounty is to be given. Is there never to be an end to such preposterous legislation—such smiting labour, which pays all taxes, on one cheek, and then smiting it on the other ,to make both sides suffr equally—such abortive attempts to remedy one injustice by the infliction of another ? This is a childish and silly, if it be not a wicked, device, which will find favour with no party. If nothing better is to he the re sult of the Ministerial propositions than such a cumbrous and vexatious scheme, the sooner they are given up the better; and the sooner the Tories in office are compelled—for they do know, at least, how to submit—to do justice to the people, the better. I The Bill of the Duke of ARGYLL to regulate the exercise of Church Patronage in Scotland is now before the public, and justifies our worst sus picions. It is the Veto Act clothed in the garb of an Act of Parliament, and though ostensibly brought forward for the spiritual relief of the peo ple, and the peace and prosperity of the Presby terian Church, its sole object is the supremacy of the clergy; it contains seeds of endless strife and animosities, and, if carried into effect, would sub ject the Church-going people of Scotland to a system of injustice and tyranny, compared with which all the evils of the most unrestricted pa tronage are but as "a drop of a bucket." In order that our readers may judge for themselves, we will briefly analyze this healing measure. The ground work of the Bill,fevery one will perceive, is the mode of appointing the constituency who are en, titled to_ vote for the election of a minister ; but the qualifications for this important trust the Bill not only does not define, but does not make the slightest allusion to. The franchise is to be fixed by the. Church, alias the Non-intrusionist clergy. " And be it further enacted, that the individuals comprising in each congregation the body of male communicants hereinbefore mentioned as entitled to dissent from the call, shall be ascertained, and the mode of stating their dissent before the Presbytery shall be fixed and regulated in suck a manner as the church may direct." Now we will venture to say that in the whole history of the grasping at tempts of the Church at power, and they are neither few nor small, there is not one that ap pro.i.ehes this in audacity and selfishness. Under the sanctified name of religion an ecclesiastical revol;ttion is to be created in Scotland for the os tensiblepurposeagiving the people the choice of their ministers and destroying patronage, but, in reality, to transfer the patronage from the Crown and prjneipal heriturawho maintain the Esta- ' blishment to the dominant clergy. They claim the unrestricted right of fixing the franchise, and shortening or lengthening the roll of electors at pleasure. They will strike one off because he is an Intrusionist ; a second, because he does not make family worship thrice a-day ; a third, be cause he dances; and a fourth, because he goes to a play. There is no limit set to their power, and were the House of Lords to sanction such a measure as this they would establish in one corner of her Majesty's dominions, and among the most faithful, moral, and peaceable of her subjects, a system of despotism that would be reckoned too severe for the most abandoned con victs and the most lawless banditti. Of this we are certain, that under such a re g i me neither the Prime Minister nor the Home Secretary would have a vote, one-half of the House of Lords would be disfranchised, CHALMERS Or CANDLISH would address them in the words of the arch-hypocrite CROMWELL, "Get you gone; give place to honester men. The LORD deliver me from the Earl of ABER DEEN." To one he would say, "Thou art a whoremaster ;" to another, " Thou art an adul terer;" to a third, " Thou art a drunkard and a glutton ;" and "Thou art an extortioner" to a fourth. In the parish of I)aviot, in the north, con sisting of 1,80 0 inhabitant 9, there are at present only ten righteous men; and were their Lord ships' House purged, as this parish has b een purged, we know not if one Peer would be left, excepting always the Duke of ARGYLL and the Marquis of BREADALBANE. Independent, how ever, of this radical and insurmountable objec tion, the Bill has great defects. In case the patron should present a person not agreeable to the inhabitants, he and the presentee may appeal froM the Presbytery to a higher Church Judi catory—from Presbytery to Synod, and from Synod to General 'AsSembly ; and after all this troublesome and expensive litigation, the patron is allowed six months to present another, not in eluding in these six months the interval between lodging the presentation and the final de liverance by the Church Judicatory. Thu - S a parish may be vacant for 18 months, exposed to all the evils of agitation and party spirit, nay it may be vacant for three years, for the Bill declares only that the patron's right to present shall cease, if it is not exercised within six months. Can rational men sanction such an absurdity as this ? The General Assembly no doubt will, for it is the work of their hands ; but the people of Scotland, thank God, are not yet left to the tender mercies of such a tribunal. While on this subject we may notice a strange article which has appeared in an Evening Con temporary, the Globe, the organ of the INon-irA [ trusion party in London, and in order that our remarks may be' ,understood, we give it at length :— The Times of this morning has an art;_cle on the case of the Strathbogie ministers, who are about to be de posed by the General Assetraily for disobeying their ecclesiastical superiors, and violating their ordination vows. Let it not be dreamt that these gentlemen are to be punished merely for obeying the civil courts, and disobeying the ecclesiastical courts of Scotland. Be sides their contumacy, they have been guilty of i nflict ing great practical evils on the Church and pc( !plc of 'Scotland. They have injured the people in turning out a:// the parishioners of Marnoch from the edifice in which t heir fathers worshipped for centuries, by intrudiity into lis pulpit the moral nuisance of an obnoxious nan. They have injured the Church, whose vows they I ave taken by dis-establishing the parish of Mt - c-noch, inn throwing the minister of the parishioners on t he vo lamtary principle for his support. Of the column of the Times' article, a single short :paragraph alone deserves any notice :— " Heretofore it has been the practice in most Scotch Presbyteries, to elect clerical representative to t:ie As ! ;embly according to the principles of rotation ; bu t , its a I woof of the dead partisanship of the dominant fl tction • n the Church, they have this year violently set aside the rotation system, and packed that venerable r.hotise with their own obsequious tools ! It is due to the I Pres bytery of Glasgow to say, that., as far as they ar v con ,:erned, this pitiful piece of pettifogging has been : man ildly and successfully resisted. In the Edinburgh ,Pres bytery, however, Messrs. Candlish and Cunnin gham, ltave been thrust into the Assembly out of their ± Droner t urn, and both of these modest persons voted fir ttieir own intrusion—in defiance of the prescriptive rig Sit of some of their reverend brethen ! The ensuing Asse mbly, therefore, is a packed one, to all intents and purpos ies; Now, this is all untrue. It never has been the :prac eve in the Scotch Presbyteries to send representati• u es to tae Assembly entirely by rotation. Heretofore, as .now, t ee practice has been to send them partly by rotatio t I and partly by election. Both parties in the Church feu 1 the necessity of sending their ablest men invariably in the Assembly, and this they do by election. But it' de cidedly have the moderate Presbyteries adopted and used the election principle in sending representativ :.s to the Assembly, that several moderate Presbyteries have never allowed their Evangelical members to go to the Assembly at all ; for instance, there are two Evangeli cals in the Presbytery of Elgin who have never been returned ; and will the Times tell us when the Presbytery ox Langholme returned by rotation Mr. Clark of ki - alf- Morton ? But the Presbytery of Ellon every year set. ds Mr. Robertson—every. Assembly sees Paul of Tull. 7- nessle, Forbes of Boharm, Gibbon of Lonmay, and tL e Cooks (uncle and nephew) of Laurencekirk, present am I. ready to fight the battles of moderatism, and owing their seats to election and not to rotation. Of the nine repre sentatives of the Evangelical Presbytery- of Edinburgh in the Assembly about to be held, six have been chosen by rotation and only three by election—Candlish Cun ningham, and Chalmers. Unlik e se ve ral moderate Presbyteries, the Evangelical Presbyteries have never used the election principle to the exclusion of moderates who would come in by rotation. So much for the en suing Assembly being a packed one ! We will not adopt the words of the Globe and sty " this is all untrue," but certainly there never was such a perversion of facts, such a display of ignorance on an important question, and such a wanton attempt to transfer the blame from the guilty to the innocent, contained in the same number of lines. We are not the advocates of the journal which the Globe attacks. At first, it took up the part of the Non-intrusionists, and then went over to the other side, and we are ready to make allowance for the change, on the ground that it had been misinformed as to the state of the Scotch Church ; but this can be iiva excuse for the course pursued by the evening paper. The lywd. entipAqy, which the Globe gives in italics, is A pure invention, and the description of the practice inmost Scotch Presbyteries, " to elect representatives to the General Assembly, according to the principle of rotation," is strictly correct. Till ,the Non-intrusionists obtained power, it was rarely or ever departed. from. We remember no instance in which it was set aside, but we know many in which it was adhered to, often to the disadvantage of both the Moderate and the Evangelical party. In th e Edinburgh Presbytery, which guided most m e the others, Dr. INGLIS, a Moderate, and Sir I HARRY MONCRIEFF, an Evangelical, the leaders of their respective parties, were often excluded when important questions were to be decided, because they renounced the principle of election. The intrusion commenced with the Non-intru sionists when they obtained po , .ver. Had the same system been adopted by the Moderates no Evangelical Moderator would have been elected for the last hundred years, and not one Presby tery out of ten would have returned an Evan gelical. So much for the election system of the Moderates. The other statements of the Globe respecting minor points are of the same descrip tion. Will the Times tell us, exclaims the Non intrusionist, " When the Presbytery of Lang 7z ! holm returned in rotation Mr. CLARK, of Half- Morton ?" We answer, he has been ordained only two years, and as there are seven members of - Presbytery, his turn may not . yet come for three years. The COOKS (uncle and nephew) of Laurencekirk," says the Globe, are present and ready every year to fight the battles of mo deration, and owe their seats to election. There is only one Cool: of Laurencekirk ; the other, Dr. COOK, who succeeded to the place of Prin elpal HILL in the Assembly, is returned, we believe, by the University of St. Andrew's, and has no connection whatever with a Presbytery. Mr. ROBERTSON is returned for Ellon, because all, or nearly all, the members are Moderate:, and he merely takes the place of the member in rotation, who declines to serve. But it is need less to argue this question with the writer in the Globe. He is as ignorant of the state of the Scotch Church as he is uncharitable in taking for granted that the Strathbogie ministers are to be deposed ; and all honest straightforward Presby terians must rejoice thsit th,firebrands have got such a miserable advocate. We are only sur prised that a respectable paper should admit ab surdities which expose it to ridicule in every part of Scotland. By the arrival of her MAJEsTy's ship Dec of Portsmouth, at half-past six o'clock yesterday evening, from Antigua, we have received news from that island to the 5th of April inclusive. The Dee did not touch at Bermuda. and brings no account of the President. On the 3d a dread ful fire broke out in the city of St. John's, th e capital of Antigua, which reduced the greater part of the town to ashes. Of the immense pro perty destroyed no part is said to be insured, so that a whole community is thus reduced to abso lute destitution. The Dee spoke to no vessel on her passage homeward. _ With the Paris Papers of Sunday we have Chamber of Peers, re ceived the Report of the Commission of the respecting DARMES, the regi cide. Th e p r i nte d R e p or t occupies seventy-six page ,, —verbosity here being synonimous with loyalty. The only important fact established by this document is, that a secret society does exist hi France, the members of which have sworn to extirpate Royalty. The date of the origin of this society is not given, but from an examina tion of details and circumstances, we have no doubt that it is the spawn of that monster, the Holy Alliance. When Kings openly combined to crush their people, desperate men con spired for the destruction of Kings. DARMES is proved to have accomplices,, of whom two, DucLos and CONSIDERE, will probably be brought to trial with him. Sixty others arrested have been set at liberty. The Report was to be read in the Chamber of Peers yesterday. The conspirators are all work ing men. DARMES is a man of bad character in every relation of life. He was a bad son and a bad husband ; and whoever is both, is capable (-) any villainy. The Bishop of PAMPELUNA, banished frinn Spain by the Regency, arrived at Bayonn; on the 6th instant. This ecclesiastic chooses rather to obey the POPE ttan the civil authorities of his native Country. The Gazette du Mida of the 5th states that it was decided at the Cabinet Coe.ncil held by the King on the 27th ult., to reduce from twenty tarins to eight the duties on sul c hur. Hie Majesty, hcrsever, taking into consic'eration the immense quantity of th at article recently exported froni — Sieily, and wishing to avert all commercial disasters, had ordered that the new taelf should only come into operation on the fii st of January next. We fin'A the following article in the Gazette du Dauphine : Wr learn from an official quarter that the seizures of the Gaz , ,tte du Dauphine are on account of the conspiracy of Grenoble. We are said to have accused his Royal Highness eat, Duke of Orleans of having been the accomplice of Didier in 1815. This article, which is repeated this morning in several of the Paris Journals, makes us hope that the truth will be at 1; ngth known respecting this important affair. We must wait for the public proceedings. The Tribuneaux will doubtless e-11 for the testimony of those men who are acquainted with the fact. The well known character of the person who acted the prin cipal part in putting down this attempt, is a pledge that he will not keep back the truth, which every body now seems de sirous of knowing.— Gazette de France. Madrid Papers to the 3d inst. have reached us, but without any political news of interest. On the 2d was celebrated the anniversary festi val of the rising of the Spaniards against the French in 1808. The concourse of people was immense, and the rites consecrated by religion to patriotiSm solemn and imposing. There was no meeting of the Cortes on that day :-- The following ceremonial has been ordered by the Senate when the oath is taken by the Regent or Regents elected by the Cortes:— " 1st. When the Cortes are assembled in the place desig nated by Government, the President shall order one the Se cretaries to read aloud the list of thenornination of the Regent, or of the Regents.-2dly. Eight Senators and Eight Deputies shall then proceed to meet the Regent or the Regents.-3dly. On the entry of the Regent or the Regents, the Senators, and the Deputies shall rise, the President alone to remain seated. 4thly. The Regent or the Regents shall then take their places, standing, to the right of the President; who, also stand ing and holding open the book of the Holy Gospel, shall proceed to read aloud tit% form of the oath, which is as follows You swear, by God and by his holy Gospel, to observe, and to cuts. to be observed, the constitution of the Spanish monarchy and the laws of the realm; being determined thereunto solely by a con siderat: on of the public welfare and interest, and to be faithful to the august Queen of Spain, Donna Isabeila the Second.' The Regent er the Regents having placed their hand upon the Gospel, shall reply aloud, I swear it.' The President then shall say, " So God reward you as you render him an ac count.' 5thly. The Regent or the Regents shall then proceed to occupy the seats placed before the steps of the Throne. The Senators and the Deputies then to reseat themselves, and the President to pronounce these words The Cortes have regis tered the oath which the Regent ( or th e R egents) have just taken of fidelity to the Constitution, to the Spanish Monarchy, and to the laws of the realm, as also to the Queen.' 6th1y. Tile Regent or the Regents then to retire with the ceremony and the procession of introduction. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAv.) LONDON, MAY 11.—Wind this day at noon blows fresh from the Southwards. DEAL, MAY 10.--Wind W. S.W.,—Arrived the William Jardine, from China ; Wellington, Madras ; Urgent, Marshall, Calcutta. Arrived from the River, the Maria, for Port Phil lip; Spherior', St. Vincent; President, New York. STArruGATE CREEK, MAY 10.—Arrived the Honesta, from Constantinople ; Joanna, Badcock, do. ; Pera, Smyrna ; Mary Ann, Ancona. DovER, Mar 9. —Arrived off, the Nancy, from St Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind S. S. W. —Arrived the Greyhound, Parker, from I.ondon, with loss of jib-boom. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10. —Wind S. S. W. —Arrivetlthe Louse, Bay, from Rio Janeiro, detained by her Majesty's ship Grecian, on suspicion of having slave-stores on board. FALMOUTH, MAY 9. —Wind S. W. to S., showery, with breezes.—Arrived the Rambler. from Odessa ; Briton's Pride, Alexandria ; Royal Tar, Southton ; Mangles, Carr, Manilla. DARTMOUTH, MAY 9.—Arrived the Dart, Wills, from Teneriffe. Sailed the Charles Quint, for Havannah. COWES, MAY 10.—Arrived, Saltwedel, from Pernambuco, PENZANCE, May 9.—The Camilla, from Liverpool to Amsterdam, put back with loss of main -boom, and sailed again to-day. BRISTOL, MAY 10.—Sailed the Sarah, for Newfoundland. CORK, MAY 8.—Arrived the Royal Exchange, Leed, from Havannah. Sailed the Cambridge, for Monte Video ; Eng land, Halifax; Orbit, Quebec. Enter- s - ,!uebec • Asnterprise, an. LI WE aroo L , MAY 10.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the John O'Gaunt, from China; Livingstone, Calcutta; London, Benn. do. ; S3ren, Mondell, Monte Video ; Triumph ; Lancashire Witch, Cummings, Buenos Ayres, sawed 22d Feb. ; Mountainer, Williams, Rio de la Hache ; Lucy, Murphy, New Orleans; Clansman, Dewar, do. ; Warman, Laguina ' - New York packet Savannah ; W as hi ng t on, B enson, New York; Princess Royal, Burns, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mae.a, Falcon, Madeira ; Tennant, Sicily ; Premier, Malta. Arrived off, the Alpha, from Buenos Ayres; Mary Cat oline, St. John's, New Brunswick. The Brooklyn, bound to New York, has put back with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c. and leaky, hav ing been in contact with an inward bound brig of about 300 tons last night, off Point Lynas ; the latter is supposed to have sank with all on board. Hum., MAY 10.—Arrived the Albatross, and Wave, from St. Michael's. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Hibernia, from Sunderland to Miramichi, 22d ult., lat. 42. long. 29 ; Powen, of Sun derland, for Quebec, 3d, lat. 51. l ong . 12., by th e E ar l Kelly, arrived at ork. Lord Sandon„ Kinsale to St. John's,.New Brunswick, 23d ult., lat. 44. - long. 33„ by the Jean Hastie, arrived at Cork. Braganza steamer. 1st, off Lisbon Bar ; Oriental steamer, 5th, Cape Finis terre, S. W., 40 miles, by the Leeds steamer, arrived at Falmouth. Schryd, Smyrna to Amsterdam, 27th ult., ofl Cape de Gatt, by the Shepherdess, arrived at Gibraltaz Norden, Bahia to Stockholm (two men dead and two sick), 18th ult., lat. 41. long. 33, by the Lord Goderich steamer, London to Quebec, 21st, lat. 42., long. 32 ; Thomas Ritchie, Bridgwater, 22d, lat 42., long. 30., by :he Wyvern, arrived at Jersey. Isabella, Sydney to Ceylon, 14th Jan. lat. 12. S. long. 85. B., by the Gleaner, arrived at Cowes. Ramboor, of Sunderland, 26th ult.. Mt. 49. long. 12. ; Phoenix, of Scarborough, 21st, lat.45. long. 23., by the Comet, Rabe, arri ve d at Plymouth. THE WEATHER.--NooN, MAY 11. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DEL A IDE-STREET. Barometer 30.1 In. Thermometer... 71 1 Highest......... 71 f L owes t 49 Wind S.S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We regret to learn, by the following communication from Liverpool, that a collision took place off that place on Sunday, between two vessels, and one of them went down with all on board :-- The Brooklyn, Richardson, which sailed yesterday from this port for New York, when off Port Lynns last night, about ten clock, came in collision with a vessel, name and destination unknown, but thought to be a brig. The Brooklyn sunk the unknown vessel in midships, the latter went down with all hands. Captain Richardson reports that he hod a light wpm deck, that had the master of the unknown vessel ported his helm the collision would have been avoided. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Mir 10. The sales of Cotton to-day are about 2,000 bales at steady prices. The market continues depressed. LIVERPOOL SHARE NEARKET, MAY 10.—The following comprise the transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day :— Glasgow, Pal-ley, and Greenock, 29i ; Grand Junction. 204 ; Chester and Crew, 50; London and Birmingham, 160; Lon don and South Western, 5/. Shares, 2/. ; Manchester and Leeds, 52i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 10.--7he Share Market continues in a depressed state. Manchester and Bir mingham, 254 ; London and South Western, 58 ; Ditto, Tenths, 44s. ; Alliance Bank, 17 ; Ba n k o f M anc h es t er , 7/. Is. 3d. ; South Lancashire Bank, 5/. 6s. 3d.. ; Marine As surance, We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to March 14. On Tuesday last his Excellency the Governor arrived in Cape Town, on his return fron the frontier. From Graaff-Reenet a Correspondent writes :—" A great deal of rain has laden here lately ; in fact, every season ap pears to be better than the last; all the necessaries of life ale cheap and abundant. The &flowing are the prices of the princird articles :—Meal from 9 rds to 13s. 6d. to 12 rds 18s. per muid ; Wheat from 6 rds 9s. to 8 rds 12s. ; Barley 3 rds 4s. 6d. to 4 rds 6s. ; India Corn 3 rds to 5 rds ditto ; Butchers' Meat 114d. per lb. ; Wool from 6d. to 9d. ; Goat Skins Is. 6d. to 2s cast - I."— Graham's Journal. LIST OF CAPE Tows PRICES.—Beef, good, 3d. per lb. ; Mutton 2 1 / 2 d. ; Pork 6d. to 7d. ; Tea 4s, to 4s. 6d. ; SurRt 4 1 / 2 d. to 5d. ; Coffee 9d. ; Rice 1 1 Ad. to 'did. ; Flour 2 3 / 4 d. ; Potatoes 2. 3 / 4 d. ; Candles 8d. to 9d. ; Soap 5d. ; Salt Id. ; Butter Is. I lid. to Is. 3d. Consols, which left off yesteiday at 893 4 r the A2count, opened this morning with rather a firmer appearance, and way be quoted 894 Account, Mono; 893 4. Eit:lieculr Bills. 57 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 169; India Stock, 250 t52 ; India Bonds, 1 diQ. 1 Prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 234 24 ; Deferre0, 12} ; Pass've, 53 8 ; Portuguese, 33.1 34* ; 'three per Cents., 244 ; Brazilian, 681 691 ; Colombian, 221 23 4:Mexi can, 28 3 4 29 ; Dutch Two and.a-Half per Cents., 52 6 ; Five per Cents. 99* SIIA Icrs.—Great Western, 27 28 prem. ; New, 131 14 prem. ; London and Brighton 31 1 4 die. ; Blackwall dts. ; Birmingham 69 71 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per share ; Croydon 134 14* per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ; Alanehester and Birmingham 15 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 72 to — Great Western 65 ...... — to — Ditto Fif►hs 4 11 to — London andBrighton 50 4648 ... to 47 Manchester and Leeds ... 70 .......56 to -- JOINT STOCK BANKS. 35 1 to — Colonial 25 MINES. Brazilian Imperial (at 51. pm. )... 20 .. '' t if to 5 HA' 1-AS7' ONE. ,....___ Since the early part of the morning there has been more pur chaset1 60,000 consols, which gave a tone to the market. buiine•s doing in th e B rit i sh F un d s t h an for several days l ast. One of the first-rate b ro k ers so ld s , me Exchequer bills. and 7 I'be public w ere a l so se l l i ng money stoc k p r i o r t o a di sso l u ti on of Parliament, which is generally reported will take place in about ten dal s. Money is in demand ; from 4 to .5 per cent. is asked in the house. Consols continue steady , t 89% % for the Account; Money, 69%a ; Exchequer Bills, 5 4 b prem. ; Bank Stock 1671 168 ; India B on d s, 1 di s , 1 pre m. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23 , 1 / ; Portuguese, 33k; Mexican, 2841; Dutch Two-and-a- lialf-per-Cents.,524 ; Five per Cents., 99g 4. I n t h e a b o ve Market there is scarce anything doing. The Share Illa r k e t i s quite He. Birmingham and Glouces ter, 72; Great W estern F i fths London and Brighton, 46% g 47 ; Manch ester and Leeds, 11; 56. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Account, 8974 90; hlexican, 283 1 ; Portu guese, 34* ; Spanish, 231 24k. Markets generally firm. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM FRIGATE GREAT LIVERPOO L.- This fine steamer arrived at the Mother ( )ff Ryde, I s l e o f Wight) last night, tte jOth inst., at eleven o'clmk. Her mails and despatches were landed at Southampton, morning and brought up by a - Special train this QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover • mages against the defendant, fur having slanderously iatpute4 to him. that he had been guilty of a felony. The facts of the case were briefly as follows :—The def. ndant, To.nkins. in 1835, let a shed to the plaintiff, who was a carpenter, at a rent of 81. per annum, and the terms of the agreement were, that Eyres should put the shed in thorough repair. In the course of the'rep.dr, the plaintiff removed a quantity Of lead; which' he sold—the removal took place in open day, and with the knowledge of the defendant's wife, who lent Ayres a truck for the purpose. After a lapse of two or three years therpariies had some disagreement, and the defendant charged plaintiff with having stolen the lead from his premises. 'I he charge was made in the public street, and afterwards at a tav rn in the neighbourhood, which both parties wore in the habit of frequenting. The defendant p eaded a justification. Mr. Platt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis for the defendant. Several witnesses were examined, who proved the facts of the case as stated by the Learned Counsel. It was also shown that an ill-feeling existed between the plaintiff - and defendan*. Lord DENMAN, in. summing up the case to the Jury, said, it could not be denied that the slanderous words had been used by the plar,tiff on sever41 occasions, and perhaps there might have beeh some doubt that the defendant meant to impute a felony, the whole transaction being known in the neighbour • hood, but he had chosen to put a ju•tifica!icn on the record, alleging that the plaintiff had committed a felony, and that he should prove it. Now it was clear that there was not the bast pretence for imputing a felony to the plaintiff, and it would be for the Jury to say, under all the circumstcnces, what damages the plaintiff was entitled to. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) TRIAL AT BAR. TADDOCK V. FORRESTER. This case, which occupied the whole of yesterday, was re sumed this morning. The plaintiff having waived the ques tion of right, admitting that as copyholdor he had no claim to the royal ies, and could not bar the lord of the Manor en ti ring on the land and sinking shafts, the only question that remained was that of compensation. After hearing plaintiff's Counsel in reply, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found for the defendants on the remaining issues. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURI: James Armstrong, labourer, 18, was indicted for having feloniously stolen one watch, two seals, two keys, and some money, the property of Mr. William Neale, of Windsor. It appeared that the prisoner had been employed by the prosecutor as a labourer, and, on the day in question, the pro secutor had gone to church, and, on his return, found that his room door had been broken open, and the articles named in the indictment gone. A pawnbroker proved that the pri soner had attempted to pledge a watch, but from questions he put to the prisoner, he thought it his duty to detain the watch, which had - since been ascertained to bating to the prosecutor. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve morn hs' imprisonment and hard labour. Henry Weston, 25, was indicted for feloniously stealing several silver spoons and forks, one fish slice, and a coat, value 51., the property of Mr. James Mitchell, his master. The prisoner was a servant to Mr. Mitchell, and had taken advantage of his absence, and committed the robbery of which ho stood charged. After having pledged the at tides, he wrote a letter to Mr. Mitchell, asking his forgiveness, as he hid been led astray by bad company. The Jury at once found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to twelve months imprisonment, with hard labour. Jane White, 36, was indicted for feloniously stea'ing a large quantity of woollen cloth, the property of Mr. William Henry Woodliall, her master. The prisoner had been in the service of the prcsecutor for upwards of fifteen months, and had frequently been left in charge of the premises. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder in pass ing sentence said, that cases of this description were of so fre quent occurrence that he felt it his duty to tr ake an example of th? prisoner, and should therefore sentence her to transporta tion, for seven years. THE MARK ETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The prices of most descriptions of produce were firm. biit there was no particular spirit in the biddings at the public sale, and a large proportion of the goods put up was bought in. Rum and Sugar for home use, was rather firmer, and, in some caws, a slight advance was obtained. Coffee dull, and the terms lower. Pepper brought full prices. Cassia Ligkea advanced Is. to 2rt. pe, cwt. Rice steady, but the transactions were very dull, and confined to middling Bengal at about 12s. per cwt. Cotton very quiet, and a shade lower. TEA MARKET. There was little demand for free trade, but prices were firm Company's Congou was offered Is. Mid. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was dull for all kinds, and prices were barely supported, sellers of P. Y. Candle at 47s. 6d. on the spot, and and 48s. 3d. for last three months. WHI l'ECHkPEL HAY MARKET. Our supply was but moderate, the trade brisk, the finest qualities realizing our highest quotations, and in sonic in stances rather more was obtained; the middling and ordinary sorts met with a good demand. Clover 4/. to 51. 18s. Meadow flay 3/. 10s. to 4/. 18s. Straw 1/. 15s. to 11. 18s. VACCINATION.—A Bill has been introduced into the Commons to amend an " Act to extend the practice of Vaccination." No express provision having been made in that Act to defray the expenses of carrying the same into exe cution, the Bill authorises the Guardians to defray these out of the poor-rate, and at the same time declares that the vaccina tion or the surgical or medical assistance incident to vaccination of any person resident in any union or parish, shall not be con sidered parochial relief. MORE " CHURCH-RATE " VICTIMS ! On Wednesday last citations from the Court of " Charles James, by Divine permission, Lord Bishop of London," were served upon seven inhabitants of Hackney, at the suit of the Church wardens, for the recovery of " divers sums of money " levied on the said inhabitants for the support of the Established Church! STRANGE OCCURRENCE.---On Sunday last, . , during the afternoon service, as the preacher in one of the Es tablished Churches was about to offer up prayers for the con gregation, the precentor . gave out the following notice:— " A young man, entering into business, earnestly solicits the prayers of this congregation,"—Dundee Advertiser. • . 1 he large steamer which was seen on die 10th of April in lat. 13 north, Ion. 23 west, steering north-west, is supposed to have been the Earl of Hardwicke, arrived in the Downs from Calcutta, which vessel is fitted up as a steamer, but usually uses canvas. She would have been in this track. NEWBURY.—The effects of the Great Western Railway are severely felt in this town and neighbourhood, par ticularly Sreenhamland. The spacious premises cf the esti Hotel are closed, and business is completely at a standstill; the other inns must also feel the loss of the coaches. Previous to the opening of the railway nearly 30 coaches ran through Speenhamland in the spice of 24 hours ; the number is now reduced to six I The large and populous village of Thatcham, situated about three miles from this town, is nearly deserted ; eight coaches used formerly to change horses and coachmen there, consequently there were 16 regular coachmen and three or four odd ones residing at that place, besides horsekerrees, &c. Only two coaches now change there, and not only the coaches are gone, but the road waggons are also taken off, and numbers are thrown out of employ in consequence of several failures in the small trade, and the little tradesmen are fast re ducing to the level of tine pauper classes. Great changes like those effected railways almost always involve partiacincon venience, loss, and suffering, until society places itself in har mony with its new relation,. DEATH OF PROFESSOR. THOMSON.--It iS with regret we announce the death of John Thomson, Esq., Professor of Music in our Univeraity,'which took place at his house in • Howe-street, yesterday afternoon. Since the last College concert, Professor Thomson had been in rather a weak state of health, brought on in a great measnre by his exertions on that occasion ; but it was not until the last three or four weeks that his disease (dropsy( assumed a fatal tendency. Mr. Thomson was the first Professor appointed under the liberal endowment of the late General Reid, and the appointment. gave universal satisfaction to the musical public, and conferred credit on the patrons of the Chair. —Edinburgh Courant of Saturday. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM THE MAYOn OF A GREAT MANUFACTURING TOWF.:--11AY 9, 1841.—I feel it a duty to inform you that Lord John Russell's speech on Friday night has produced a greater effect than any speech delivered from the Ministerial bench for years past. We think it will produce upon the masses a powerful effect. ft is the first time that a Minister of the Crown has insisted upon the attention of Parliament being directed to our starving population at home, instead of acquiesing in the fashionable philanthropy of the day ; however Dr. Lushingtcn and other kind, but weak men, may be deceived, the people are not to be deceived—they feel that the philanthropy and benevolence which have been exercised in favour of the sl ive have been at the expense of the masses, and paid for out of the general taxation of the country—it has been a sore grievance with the poorer classes for many years, and I Lave h: and them express themselves strongly many times about it. sound abolitionists we all are here, but we all feel that the only effective check to slavery will be by the civilization of the African states, Iv making it the interest of the native govern ments to retain labour at home instead of vending labourers. I am heartily pleated that the first man who has dared pub licly to advocate claims of the worse than slaves (so far as corn • fort and subsistence is concerned) amongst our own popula ti-n, is a British Minister, Lord John Russell. I have seen to-day members of the Society of Friends here, and I am glad to find that they are not iofluenced by the reasoning that has rdsled Dr. Lushington Tose.y that we lament his course is to give you but a faint idea of our feelings. We grieve that at a crisis like thi , , such a man should peril the well being of his country, and allow himself to be made the tool of the enemies of that emancipation which he has so consistently advocated. Benevolence to be useful should be practical. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The celebrated Mademoiselle Rachel, the Melpomene of the modern French stage, appeared for the first time before an English audience in the character of Hermione in the Andromaque of Racine; having been engaged by M. Laporte, with a French compa y, to give a series of subscription performances during the present month. It is only about four years ago, we think, that this young lady made her first appearance at the Theatre Francais, when, by the force of her genius, she effected a revolution in ti:e state of the stage by reving the old classical drama, which, for a long time, had given way to the romantic and melodramatic said erect, and dt vigorous, f r r o a , g ,s i , le as f well m ll as and graceful delicate aspect; in her htahrose move. butof she is Much productions ofthe modern school. Her appear ance j n L ondon excited much expectation, and it has not b een di aappeinted. tall, was eree ments. Her figure is fine, and her attitudes Grecian statuary. Her countenance, at first, is far from re markable. Her fiatures are regular, but small and not strongly marked, and her eyes have not the power which some of our great tragic actresses have exhibited. Her features, however, speak, and her eyes lighten, while the impassioned language on Racine flows from her lips. Tier decIamqtion, in deed, is vett) , fine; exquisitely legarit itnci refined. musical, in its modulations, and endless in its variety, lIer voice, however, .hough sweet and melodious, seems deficient lo power, and in pa sages of very violent passion, became somewhat harsh and overstrained. The character of Hermione is said to be one of her greatest efforts; and her representation of it justified the remark which has been made, that she is most successful jn expressing the feelings of anger, hatreclie, Moliere's delightful and sc,Titn— c,4nveying bitter sarcasm mid wig:ming invective, comedy, Les P r e c i euse Ridi cu l es , was exceedingly we ll played by way of aft err i ece. T he h ouse was f u ll ; an d M a d e • inoiselle Rachel's reception was such as must have afforded Iter much gratification. GIAND BALL 4 1 UUSSIAN EMBASSY. —Last night BaronesiBrunow the lady of his Excellency the Russian Minister, ga ve a splendid ball at Ashburnham House to upwards of 400 of the leading nobility and gentry in town. The fete was on a scale of unusual splendour, V . 14 in4y to ejn siden d one of the most delightN entertainments of the season. His Royal Hignneas the 'Duke of Cambridge, attended by 11ajor Stephens, arrived at half-past eleven, and was received in the vestitule by his Excellency. His Royal Highness re tired at ten minutes to one. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duche ;s of Kent, visited her i - ,1;ijesty and Prince Albert, yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Vi:-count Melbourne hal an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the garden of Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon. his Royal' Highness Prince Albert, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, attended by Colonel Wilde,_ and .Captain Francis Seymour, rode out on horsebaCkyesterday. • Her -Royal Highness the Princess Royal, was taken an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday at Marlborough House. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Viscount lUel bourne, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Baroness Spaeth, Mr. George Edward and the lion. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace during dinner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, on Sunday. Lord Lyttleton and the Commander of the Forces had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Brabazon and Colonel Westenra had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home °Mee. PARKS AND ENCLOSURES. EAST LONDON. TO THE . EDITOR OF THE SUN. As one who long in populous city pent," &c. &c. SIR,—Your Correspondent, a Resident of the Tower Hamlets," has confirmed me in some opinions partly formed some time ago, and with a reference to the most confined suburbs of Lon don and those least favoured by circumstances, which I beg permission, in the first instance, to submit through your widely disseminated paper. To prove to you that I think this the very last subject which ought to partake of a political com plexion, I will candidly avow that on the subjects which you are at present discussing I differ from you toto ccelo. Your Correspondent specifies se veral tracts of land, each of which comes far short of what, I believe, were the proposed dimen sions of " the Parks"-200 armes. It has also been stated, I am sure correctly, that there would be great difficulty in finding a single tract which would not be from two to three miles dis tant from several parts of the whole, formed by Bethnal-green, Shoreditch, Spitallields, White chapel, with part of Stepney, not to mention the " long shore" line. This brings me• to my point. Why one Park or enclosure only—why net three, or more? Division here would be so far from frittering away the good, that it would Multiply it tenfbld. _ _ Ina case where things cannot be done on a gigantic scale, us in a " Park" of 2,000 acres and upwards, it is surprising how much can be done by " laying out" with a limited space. " Example is better than precept." I will refer your readers to a place not very distant or un known—Brighton, to the " Royal Gardens" be yond the New Church, and to the " Park." In the former the limits are entirely lost sight of, from the beautiful diqwsition of the ground. The latter has a wild and spacious appearance, and certainly would conveniently hold 30,000 or 40,000 persons ; yet, if I recollect right, though double the size of the former, it only includes sixteen acres. Like the besieged cook, in the " Fortunes of Nigel," a person of taste can do a great deal with small means. " Capability Brown" would not have wished for more than 25 acres. Trees— those of quickest growth —may be . planted,—an artificial precipice may be formed--or a sunken level, to be filled with water; and with the earth excavated, a " mound " may be formed 40 or 50 feet high, and upwards, from whence not only a view, but, what is here of intense importance, " a snuff of fresh air" may be obtained. In fact, large erections of this class, even without a " Park," would be of the utmost value. The primary expense of all this would be con siderable ; but, like Zeuxis' paintings, it would last, with moderate care. Of the tenacity of earth-works, where no care has been used, many an ancient auger, Valium, and castrunz, affords incontestible proof. The object is not to form a " public establish ment," with a " staff," butto do the greatest goOd for the multitude, with whatever means can be procured. Even if the expense ofkeeping up'se veral proved more, it ought not to deter. I should be glad to live to see this idea spread ; that other suburbs of London, as well as towns in the country, where it was needed, should each have its "little Park," where a grandfather could sit on a bench on a summer's eve, and tell his grandson of " the things that are gone"— places loved in youth, and loved for memories in age, when the spirit is but half of this world, and ]ongs to rejoin the friends of its youth. Don't call either of these by such a conceited term as has been used at Derby—arboretum, (" arbour eat'em !" I believe the honest rustics term it): to one who has not had the advantage or accident of a clasFical education, this conveys as clear an idea as abracadabra would, or Xeno phon's flaWetc - oc in the original Greek. Call it by the old English word, a Parh, which is quite sufficient to convey the idea of meadow, wood, water, hill, or valley. I am; Sir, yours respectfully,• P. May 7, 1511. LITERATURE. MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. VoL. V11. Longman, London, 1841. The present volume contains the conclusion of " Lalla Rookh ;" " Political and Satirical Poems;" the well-known " Fudge 'amily in Paris ;" " Rhymes on the Road ;" and " Tables for the Holy Alliance." It is embellished with fn t u c i v ar o nt ti e es n rh g e g sa by ab scantyo t i h i a o f R than srueallf,h.roem_wi:)rseeufbciajuteooeit.tyes. n iyn tor i e from it one or two of the author's reminiscences referring to the period—on which he lingers with , evident fondness—when he was residing with the late Earl of Moira at Donington Park :— The Count D'Artois, or Monsieur, I had m e t i n t he year 1802-3, at Doningtcn Park, the seat of the Earl of Moira, under whose princely roof I used often and king, in in those days, to find a most hospitable home. A small party of distinguished French emigrants were already staying on a visit in the house when Monsieur and his suite arrived ; and among those were the present King of France and his two brothev, the Due de Montpensier, and the Comte de Beaujolais. Some doubt and uneasiness had, I remember, been felt by the two latter brothers, as to the reception they were likely to encounter from the new guest ; and as, in those times, a cropped and unpowdered head was regarded generally as a symbol of Jacobinism, the Comte Beaujolais. who, 1.ke many other young men, wore his hair in this fashion, thought it, on the present occasion, most prudent, in order to avoid all risk of (Alice, not only to put powder in his hair, but also to pro vide himself with an artificial queue. This measure of pre caution, however, led to a slight incident after dinner, which, though not very royal or dignified, was at least creditable to, the sot ial good humour of the future Charles X. On the de parture of the ladies from the dining-room, we had hardly sa:Ited ourselves in the old-fashioned style, round the fire, when Monsieur, who had happened to place himself next to Beaujolais, caught a glimpse of the aseititiou tail —which, having been rather carelessly ut on, had a good deal straggled out of it , . place. With a sort of scream of jocu lar pleasure, as ifdelighted at the discovery, Monsieur seized the stray appendage, and, bringing it round into full view, to the great amusement of the whole company,, popped it into.• - poor grinning Beaujolais' mouth. On one of the evenings of this short visit of Monsieur, I re member Curran arriving unexpectedly, on his way to London ; and, having come too late for dinner, he joined our party in the evening. As the foreign portion of the company was then quite new to him, I was able ti be useful, by informing him of the names, rank, and other particulars of the party he found assembled, from Monsieur himself down to the old Duc de Lorge and the Baron de Rolle. When I had gone through the whole list, " Ah, poor fellows!" he exclaimed, with a mix ture of fun and pathos in his look, truly Irish, " Poor fellows all dismounted cavalry !" On the last evening of Monsieur's stay, 1 was made to sing for him, among other songs, " Farewell, Bessy !" one of my earliest attempts at musical composition. As soon as I had finished, he paid me the compliment of reading aloud the words vs written under the music; and most royal havoc did be make, as to this day I remember, of whatever little sense or metre they could boast, AltBONIC ACID GAS.—This gas, which is present in almost every production of nature—animal, vege table, and miueral—has some very remarkable properties ; be sides which, it is the only ingredient in the majority of what is sold as soda water. Originally in gaseous form, it is by ex treme pressure reduced to that of a fluid, and if in that state allowed to escape from the containing vessel by a stop-cock into a small circular box, becomes a snow-white powdered solid, intensely cold; so cold, in fact, is it, that with a few drops of spirits of wine added, it will instaneously freeze and solidify mercury. These facts were exemplified in a very sa tisfactory and polled manner, by experiment, at a lecture de livered on Frid ty evening at the Royal Institution, on the ma nufact-ore a soda water. . _ DEATH OF SIR FREDERICK JOHNSTONX.-- Thi3 Inc'ancholy event was on Monday the general subject of conversation. The circumstanc e s, as currently stated and generally believed in the best-informed circles, were as follow : —Sir Frederick, in company with Mr. P.orthwick. was re turning to EgLItton Castle, at which both had been visitors for some dAYN Wain a dinner party at a gentleman's seat a few diitaut. Sir Fre4rick rode forward, and was found by Mr. BortimiCk lying on the ground atiO bleeding profusely. The latter took him up on his hprae and conveyed him to Eglinton Castle, where the nuk,rtunate Baronet expired soon after his sus rival. At alannhad previously been given at the Castle by Sir Frederic; 's hOrse gallopping up to the stables witttunt a rid, r , hii 6ees broken, and the saddle lunch damaged. Lady Louisa Johnstone is staying with the. Dowager Countess Craven at Hamstead Lodge, near Newbury. We are informed that the melancholy iutell'genee was conveyed to her Ladyship yesterdsx wornmg, The late Sir George Frederick John. ai;que was son of the sixth Baronet, by the youngest daugh ter of Chas. Gordon, Esq., of Cluny. Born, Mt? '; succeeded 1811 ; represented Weymouth in the l'a7liament of 1832. Sir Frederick was married only . a fm months ago to the Ladi 4 Lc:4'1km Frederica, danreht;, - ; or the late, and sister of the Rrez .. sent Earl Craven, Hir Ladyship's accouchement is (01Neted to 0,1;e - 4)lace in August, THE EXPRESS STEAIVI-PAC 4 (From the Kendal Met y.) ply The Express st Aam-packet ig no w f a irly at wor k, ing betwixt the new town of Fleetwood and Bard se " Hence, the Bardsea people are locking forward , ing to see many fresh faces in their neat, pleasant, healthy littl e village—the Ulverston people are In olc :1 forWard to visits from their relatives and friends ; in the steam conveyance is an accommodation to the 01 1 - 0 of business or the party of pleasure—to the invalid s seek to have their health restored by the bracing se ll; breeze or the mountain air, for which the localities a L lYi' d , Ulverston are so admirably fitted, while the scenery l i e d meets the eye of the traveller to the Lakes is diversified • e s and beautiful. To those who are in 'populous eitIth-, pent, accustomed only to th e glare of pavements an d . dull-red brick of long-conti nue d streets—those there l, sweet repose to the mind which the works of ...Zat" re , e ' • alone afford, and in the district to which we allude vidence has been most bountiful in displaying , his 113 0 11 c ir work. But while we feel thankful for the a ccorna„4 tion of a packet from Fleetwo o d, we mus t not fer?r;,,, that our old friend, the Windermere, the briny sea betwixt Ulverston and Liverpoo l; the ought, and we do remember, that great has been accommodation she has given to Ulverston, and times without any adequate remuneration ; but we c. ' 0 , 16 hearty success to both—and with such convenience need fear to land upon the shores of Morecambe If you land at Bardsea, you are about three mil's Ulverston. If you wish to ride, you have conveyalli,,, from Mr. Smith's, the Braddyl's Arms, and Mr. PO M O the Sun Inn, with good horses and careful driven,, nh accommodation at each place fit for any noble of th e ' 3 0. We have just had a peep into Mr. Parker's estabW e the Sun Inn, which has undergone not only a th° 1 11, repair, but has also been newly and elegantly furalsbod, and tastefully painted and papered throughout ;.tiai l cefl the sitting and other rooms are fit for England , s Qa .0 and her Royal Consort. .Then if you wish to have a P o , either in your own carriage or a conveyance from tbe2,st, think of the splendid scarlet liveries of Mr. Pallters r s te is ge boys, and with his . excellent cattle, how soon at landed at Newby Bridge (if that be your route). • Newby Bridge you d on 't w i s h to rema i n for any leelmed of time, you can t a k e a snac k o f M rs. Whi te ' s favi a ;01 potted char and Westmorland hams—and thea % 0 forward your po s t bOy s , c l ean an d neat, d res sed livery matching Mr.Parker's. But w h o wou ld not sP ic o a night with Mr. White, when they remember that i e vir to the Swan Inn, at Newby Bridge, is the Lake of t ip (let - Mere—not only the larg es t, b ut one o f t h e prettie5,0 the lake district—on th e g l assy waters of which Pe„.e."e sail and feast your eyes with the beauties of wild, rugged, and fantastic—with which her hatir', e i clothed, and which has bee n th e th eme o f many a 'A' song. the re But we must not forget t o rem i n d t h e traTellen .• are other roads which may be travelled to much the pedestrian should take a survey of Conishead V li anot the family residence of T. E.G. - Braddyll, Esq, forget to have a peep at the neat sweet little 1-10 111 ;.1 4 behind. Bardsea, too, is fi ve m il es f rom t h e llv` i ,)t Furness Abbey, and here, i n th e va l e o f niglit 5 ', 0 1! . might the botanist lu x u r i a t e i n w h at h as beel'ipi called a botanical paradise. The geologist, too, i 11 did Furness, might find th a t geo l ogy might there be s t 'i r o$ to profit. The traveller should not miss sing _ s ore works about Lind a l M oor , nor t h e slate 411'11.r'fli Kirkby Ireleth, from whence he might proceed to ton copper ore works, at which places he would fin': r pleasure and profit from his visit. B u t i t i s not I'd point out the route of the traveller—though iY e „ 81 wish, in concl us i on . . " Success to the St eam Packets' PE OF BREAD. r 1) . t a ill The highest r r6e of , Ireo I the M,Loplis is 9V. -° 1 Loaf. Gotd Brew 'Lay be had at 7%d. PRICES OF SEEDS. PCT CO/L. I Per Quarter. .,,s • ) 1 Aew Engl;sh Ito:Clover—as f 4s St. Fein —.i s Old i Rt., Die o —s —3 — s' Ry e G ass... ....# ;e ,1 1 , ....s .„,) New Foreign Didu —s 56s SW Pacey Grass • R'''‘. Olt Di to Di' to —s —s —slinseed, for le. divg ,..—'' 0 , 0 new White Clover 40s 5rs 63s Dit o, for sowing —4 , 40,g Old Dia., Ditto —s 42s 46a , Ditto, for crushing ....—"' e.s 5 ov Tre oil — s th's 41s11.an --5 0 0,1 , a Old I itio a I!l s 36s Canary ...-- ,4 .- I Jr folium... s 4S 70sj Per Bi , Ale'. )5. , d V° dr E. glish Carraw4 ......—st LOs 5, s,White Must:rd.... :.'s -- nd . plq Foreign Ditto —, 44s 50s Brown Ditt o 14 5 0“ il'i Coriander -s —s —s,Tares 6s Cd ° PifiCE JF OIL. 0 Rape Oil, brown, per ton X4' , . , Ditto, refined 46 ° Linseed Oil f i V 1 Lins ed Oil Cake at to, Mill (per ilion‘ le I° ' Ha r e ake , per ton d /5 E . . . ! . ..) . F . . . T . . £ A 2 L L i 0 0 Yellow Russia ..... 2 d 6 Ditto Rough...„........ ...... , pi 1 White ., 0 C Graves ... ........ Soap Ditto Fown Tan i :w it I . ' . (1 0 0 Good Drews ... ......... " PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Nbs. • :,, 94 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Illelteri.„)....... ........ ( V i ' M S C O lti A n P g ' S & tu e ff . •L ie .,., r .... ) . 2 ... lb. ...., 1 I , 1 COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 51. 1. Co.h Bell, Robson & o Hartley 1 8 84 6 d66(1: lvWallsa Walls l EEEnnndidl l itt I li i a l i d i: a. : , :w . i . a. .... t : I.,. • .. ....... i . : 1 : 4 1 Cart ' s Hartley Marley Hill 15• 6 W. E. Bradityle s futtoit •• IP: Ord's Redh ugh .....• ,,f, Polito') Windsor . 16 0 Walls End Hetton ....... . • pi Smith's Puntop 14 6 W a l ls End Lamina. • "' .... 4 I . Towil:ey .. ....... 1, 6. W. E. North Hetton Lt West Hartley .......... Is 6 W a ll s E n d Caradoc ....... •-' . , Walla E:,c1 kewic_eaLd C 11 9 . Wal a End 'lees ........" '.. A 7 BiaNr1 : 1 : 1 1:t set I lki ri le e n , I t i rg r ' ''.. 171 3 :0 31 toi: -- Nlcultlenburg ... pi t o , MARKETS. i;tu o .,, 1 161 13 4 i 0 1 -- Magdeb , tal°' 0...2 to 0' - HolstrIn •• ''''''' VI t ° 10 1 ---- S ow Lo er........• s „, t o J o Oats„ Enter ... .. ......... p i r" 01 incase, Meeklenbta - '" ...a.5 ' D IP B eans ...... ........ 16 , - , 1 0 Buck Whe, , ,,,,. ............. w, t o i ii RaPeseee., Hanover **. r.3 1 t ' & Malt ........................ 161 .o Tares, ........ - ............. ' :obi CON. S ., 14 I Mrarnham . ........... ••• , !,„,, 0 Mili!).-4:3 .: b% Sur,' to ,... S Do v_nso ..... .... ! ,0 FEE. , i/ to 4 %; Domingo .... ...... ... ....... ;7, Ty La GuaNra ,,,.. 0 - 1 0 Porto Itieo..............••••• . : 4 ); - Ilavatinah...._,,...••• a ,h 8% thaeonnt.) c. 0 14 1. I ' i Bahia, White...... 0..4%14 Brown.... •••••" ...it* 0 Pernambuco, Waite • , 2 „. B rosin ••• "" GR. wheat. barns 268 to '36 Magdeburg 2,8 to 33,l AniiaIt, white 288 to : red 25 to 3:!:1' Iirunsnicit 294 to 327 i‘lecklenburg 258 to 3 9 .3 - Polish 3 0 to '.1(16 - Holstein 24'1 to SO Rye, Mecklenburg I98 to 219 1 Dantzic to 2401 -- Ming and Ku nigsburg 190 to 21:3 Cp!uud Is to '210 1 ---1141 190 to 210i con Carolina and Tennessee 7 , ,ito PU, , cleorgia. ltt suit 7 !4i 7.)ti 2d .... 7 3d and 4th .7i,.., „ a . GA cot %Naha 11 to 13},i Batavia Sumatra — Rio 4 S‘ c , Bahia 4 SUGAR.— (Wit Havanna!), White 3 to 44 Brown 2)1 2% Rio, 'White lye 4 Brown 2 IN Manilla, Isiow BEN , x fo. - TLEY'S M ISCELLANY FOR •Ll' fur Never wa s a bouk better named than thi s periodi c , a ibito no book in th e Same number of pages ha§ ever e."'1:iiitr, such a mise:ellaneous coll ec ti on . • It like an old ' 1, 1 4 . sit shop, w hi c h conta i ns articles to suit all custo l f i l 5 q; Ghost stories for the leve . :s of the terrible -Merry. 1 , t land in the olden time, fur the wine and walnut - e% 0: old customs and old storin--7-Marine memeranars the, seamen , ;" and German'ditibkrie for the adrj i , re o Avi'd and Wonderful. In short, " from grave from lively to severe." The pages of the " are ever changing. We are glad, in the presere' 1 1 `' ber, to meet our old and facetious friend I n goltOP f: has ind u l ge d us with the first canto of the sc:con ( V 0 0 1 country legends, entitled " The Lay of the Old 1 ' 1 `' clothed in Grey ;" and it proves her last lay, ; ,pee pt 011,r, is laid out at the end of it. Long may you wiite thy amusement, Ingoldsby ! Altogether, Bent) i5 month very amusing. —Era. • [ADVERTISEMENT.] 0 11 HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILL S I frif be foa n d an i n f al lib le cure for bad lel - .s, inv e terate 11 . and dangerous woutids. These jtritly renown ed ,14e : tines, if used together, are a certai n remedy for 14!), rbe, however long standing or despe.rate it may be. are used with complete suxess ty many of the 01 0 ' 0; next medical men of the agr.i. Her Majesty's Se r Surgeon Sir B. C. Brodie ; •Herbert Mayo, Esq., Surgeon t o Middlesex T .,losp4a1 ;and other gref' t titioners, long since •Jraployed the Ointment in th e Pyre'. hospital t o which 4 ,:ney are attached. • Sold at Jiv • prietor's Estal)110unent, 244, Strand, seven di) 01 1 s p i o0 temple-bar, an d b y all respectable. chemists ifira the Kingdom. In pots and box.-es at is. „ il , lls., and 33s. each. TOLD 'WATCHES, £8. 8s: each finish; d horizontal Gold Watehe:, lesselled in.four enamel dial, band to mark the secr,,nds & c ., Ei g ht Giogfr each. These elegant little Watches will be found ex-400 time-keepers, and a pr i nte d warrar.ty is given with, fixe.,(1- ort which they will a l ways receive my attention requireo• T. cox SAVORY, - • coy Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Ssiversmith, 47, Co r istrai (- N. B. D s — o .S. G e i o f n r m - h a G n r d ac N e v e a l t l e n h re e l s i- p s u tr r e c c h t a ) s , e L d ondon• e , STEEL FIRE-IRONS, w i t h Bronzed ` 1.1 ; , 6, ps 1 15s. per Set, Bronzed Fend ers . 9 s . A variety tbd terns and prices, from the above to 30s., at which ;ow " t r e fenders are particularly handsome, with splendid scrull4Lel'or richly intermixed with steel, 0.ie ends are steel, and t" porters for the fire-irons bv.nized. Polished steel tire' " from 4s. per set. 0 Catalogue s gra ti s , conta i ning the prices of every a • 4 "le e Furnishing Ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells -street Or 0 f d W et. , Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the ,.?d inst., in Beaumont -street, Portland -sire 00. lady of Barre W. G o ldi e, Esq., Bengal Engineers,,, of On the 7th inst., at Cadogan-place, the lady of Be ire. Esq., of a so n . ,., A RV On the 8th in s t, a t H y d e-par k -gar d ens, the ',ady of • ander Wood, Esq., of a son. the On the 6th i ns t., at C am d en-roa d Villas, carndert-t°vi,., wife of W. H. Dowse, Esq., of a son. of th c On the 6th i ns t., a t Great Itussal-s'zree,t, the wi fe. Rev, Robert M orr : s , o f a son. ° On the e t fi E th sq., inst.,of a at Bohan nrLodge, TS.w,t Barnet, the G. K — MARRIF:ID 1, ts (jl i • On the 6th inst., at Crayford, Kele' lrr. Charles 11 0 - e ,. v Barns Cray, Cray ford. 0 ,1, er 4 to Charlotte Agnes, daughter of Jo . ,. 1 ' On tb:‘, 4th inst., at Cha:ltor , King's, Edward OrWeitio Esti, of Portlar..1-dace, Alanclrester, to Harriet. Grace , s hire' daughter of 1 .:. Ibbetson, Esq.., o f East_c ou ,,Gloucol er vI l i On the 5th inst.., at Sc. 11",a,-, , ,, y Battersea, the ile y i lt er Henry Taylors 13'41 Itlay Soule, of St. John's-Iiiti, to Amelia, eldest ( 13 " ..----. the late Henry Tritton, E,,q._,...-- DIED. u itis l t su . rt , sv a ,e t 113 :1 rj s r I: , .. 11 t V.11 her d a O O A 1 1: 1 ;l i t i a t l i hi e e ae s . 8 t 2 y Li s On the 3d inst., in Wilton -crescent, Gilbert Rend' infant son of James Thomas Horne, Esq. • ' i.la v( General of or Province,t A h l e bioii. aee a l :d ad : v . g the On the 4th inst., at Kensington, Airs. Anne Stevens,." of the late Rev. W. Steven., D. D., aged 91. • r ,e, Ao real Canada, Joseh Bouchetlfeior;we On t4k. 2(1 inst., at the Vicarage, Chir,vick, Judith Wi(e of the R ev. T. F. Bowerbank. E 0 1' ' On the lst inst., in Woburn-place, Reginald Merivale , of the Regis* , ar's-otlice in the Court of Chancery. E5q . On Ow 94 inst., at Sutton, Notts, Edward Thiwins, e , j i0- Qie the .2d inst., at West-street, H ert f or d , M r . Samu 1 (. 1 ulva, late timber merchant, aged 68. m..............,--...V__ .‘._!,!.-_.&,......._.,,,r...?!r_...”.".....,....„........1.. ______ - ‘ ,ripito ,, i London 4. Printed and Published by MURDO • Y'-'" 4 1, 1- • No. 11.), Strand, at The Sun Of a, No. 112, Still' the county of Al iddlesex.--Tuestlay, - May 11, 1b41' EVENING EDIT ION THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1541. EVEN! NIG /MITI 01%T_L.