The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-20 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION B OROUGH OF MARYLEBONE ELECTION. A PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS of this BOROUGH win be held at the Yorkshire Stingo Tavern, New road, THIS DAY, THURSDAY, the 20th inst., at Two o'Cloek precisely, when COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER will address the Electors as a Candidate for the Representation of this Borough on the Reform interest at the next Election. RAIKES CURRIE, Esq., M.P. in the Chair. May 20,1841. Now ready at all the Libraries, MR. PLUMER WARD'S NEW NOVEL, " DE CLIFFORD ; or, the CONSTANT MAN." OPINIONS OF THE ?HESS. " A sterling work—a work not to be perused and dismissed in a breath,.but to be read and studied again and again."—Lite rary Gazette. " A most delightful, important, and enduring work. We nchesitation in pronouncing Mr. Ward to be the best of ivin p English writers."—Naval and Military Gazette. " A work that, after having been perused, may be referred oagain and again, each time with additional pleasure and re p owed satisfaction.' "—Courier. " The best and most interesting work which has recently issued from the press." —Messenger. " A first-rate production—full of all the vigour of Mr. Ward's earlier writings, rich in all hisraciness o/humour, and in every passage displaying his knowledge of hum ih nature, and his in sight into- character."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. jam MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) °Ter many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are no*SELL IN G BONDS for the said DISTRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may revive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 150 90 50 800 100 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, ' who remitted, during a few years, 21 large Money Dividends, from 600/. and upwards onto 25,0001., besides many Dividends 4' smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Ii'HEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U DER the MANAGEMENT EVEN of MAY 2 MADAME VESTRIS. THIS G. 0, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. COOPER. Will h..' performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mi. W. Farren ; S,r Oliver Surface, Mr. Bartley ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Harley ; Joseph Sur face, Mr. Cooper ; Charles Surface, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Crabtree, Mr. Meadows; Moses, Mr. Keeley ; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Candour, Mrs. Nisbett; Maria, Miss Cooper. Atter which will be repeated, the Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Aladarne Vestris: The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison;' John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. To-merrew, The School for Scandal, with Beauty and the Beast. doors to• le opened at half-put Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2'.; Gallery is. Tickets 'and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Bo=-ofEce, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ee had upon application. Private Boat,. to be had so7ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Tiiumphant Career of " Claude Du 'Val, the Ladies' High wayman," no drama since the production of " Jack Shep- Pard lias made so decided a hit. Revival of ' Rafael the Libertine, awl first appearance of Mr. J. S. Balls in the cha racter of Rafael., THIS. EVENING, MAY 20, Will be acted a Grand Romantic Drama, entitled LOVE, HATRED, AND REVENGE; OR, THE CON QUEST OF TARANTIE. Characters. by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Haines, Hislop, Buckingham, Mrs. H. Hughes, &c. After which, an Historical and Domestic Drama, entitled CLAUDE DU VAL, THE LADIES' HIGHWAYMAN. With entirely new local and beautiful Scenery, extensive Ma chinery, real horses and carriages, &c. Claude Duval, Mr. J. S. Balls. Supported by the most povrerfal Company in London. To conclude with RAFAEL THE LIBERTINE. Rafael, Mr. J. S. Balls ; Pedro, Mr. W. Smith ; Maria, is IV Vining; Inisella, Miss Martin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Mitts Vincent as the Heroine of Domestic Drama, and the New Legendary Romance of " Rockwood!" with a New Pit, a New Gallery, and New Splendid Decorations ! THIS EVENING, MAY 20. AND TO-MORROW, A New Domestic Drama, Three Acts, entitled SIMON LEE; OR, THE MURDER OF FIVE-FIELDS' COPSE. Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Grace Hatherleigh, 31iss Vincent. After which, the Romance of ROOKWOOD ; OR, THE LEGEND OF THE OLD LIME TREE. Dick Turpin by Miss Vincent, with the Flash Songs of " Hurrah for the Game of High Toby !" " Nix my Dolly, Pals, Fake away !" and " My Bonny Black Bess." To conclude with a New Drama, called THE BOOK OF FATE. Krantz Tidlitz, Mr. Gardner; Gabello, Mr. Howard; Rosa, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 22.—Pit, Is.— Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. ROME ! NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY EXHI BITION AT THE ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN DAILY—The New PICTORIAL MODEL, of AN CIENT and MODERN ROME! exemplifying on a scale of enormous magnitude never before attempted, the former glories and present aspect of the once-proud" Mistress of the World;" and comprising amongst its most striking features the ancient Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo, the Vatican and Pontifical Pa lace, the Toridinona Theati e, the Ospitale di S. Spirito, and the vast and marvellous Basilica of St. Peter's: This magnificent re presentation has been entirely* constructed from the designs, and under the superintendence of Air. Damon, assisted by nu merous eminent artists. The delineation is so strictly accurate, and the proportions so stupendous, as to offer a perfect realisa tion of those wonders of architecture which still render the " eternal city" the racist interesting spot on the face of the globe. h will be exhibited Daily from Ten till Dusk, together with the splendid ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTION, which ineudes several recently-acquired rarities, and specimens of unequalled size and beauty. Admission, One Shilling.—Feeding hour, Five o'Clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 1f0rning„....47 minutes at - tar 0. I Evening , 1 minutes after I LONDON: THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1841. It will scarely escape the notice of the readers of the debates, that Sir R. PEEL on Tuesday evening, deprecated the introduction of details of the misery of our people, "to influence the reason , and judgment of the Commons by har rowing up their feelings." The Right Hon. Baronet alluded especially to the misery brougl i t under the notice of the House by Mr. VILLIz Rs , and Mr. THOMAS DuNcomun, of which this is a specimen : The Hon. Member also read gatements from Oldham, Nottingham, Leice ster, and other p la ces , of the existence' ofaimilar distress at those places, one of which stated that a cow having died and been buried, the owner a day and a half afterwards was besought by a number of women to allow them to have the carcass for their fami yielding to thei r i m p ortun i ty , lies ; and that upon his they disinterred the carcass, and divided it among them, and afterwards declared that it was the only meat they hid tasted for many years. Sir R. PEEL takes precisely the same view as • the Tory Journals; they do not like to hear of the sufferings caused by the execrable policy of the Tories; they will not allow the lower classes to influence the choice of the Representatives; they deny and oppose every extension of the suffrage,, and they would fain prevent the advo cates of the people from mentioning their misery in Parliament. The Tories know that they can only succeed by stifling the public voice, and, therefore, in th e P ress and in Parliament they are prone to deride the useful facts which are stated by such men as Mr. T. Of/NCO:UBE gild , Xr. VILLIERS. We know from past tires that Sir ROBERT PEEL has no objection whatever to influence the reason and judgment of the House of Commons by harrowing-up their feelings,when th at su i ts h i s , own purpose. in the memorable debates on the Coercion Bill he did not disdain to harrow up the feelings of the House of Commons, and evoke a coercive and malignant spirit against Ireland by nareating, in a most dramatic manner, the details .of &murder which had been committed som e years before. Even on Tuesday night he quoted the evidence of Mr. ELLIOT, the Member f or Roxburgh; on the great misery of the people o f India, to - intin enee T ti 1! C ommons in. fivour f ee li ngs of the House.. _of conthmjig the bounty on the prodtiction of . sugar the Eat Indies. In the same speech, whiCh the Right Ho- nourable Baronet obi ected to the_ statements of Mr. VILLIERS and. Mr. DUNCOMBE, in order to enlist the feelings of the House in favour of the suffering Hindoos, to provide for whom he continues to tax the English women who dig up a rotten carcase to sustain life, he quoted the following remarks : I recollect in the debate respecting the Hill Coolies, the speech of the Hon. Member for Roxburgh, who had personal experience of the condition of the labouring classes, and I refresh the Bon. Gentleman's memory, for the purpose of calming his alarm as to the extreme danger of diverting the resources of India. The Hon. Gentleman said he was appointed to inquire into the condition of the agricultural labourers of Bengal. He found that they were paid about ls. 6d. per week, or 2id. per day, that they " subsist on rice, and when rice fails they starve." He says, " I have seen the people by hundreds and thousands hurry towards the point at which relief was distributed by the Governor of Bengal." And then he gives a picture of Itrror which exceeds anything that the most romantic Imagination ever pic tured. I know of nothing more striking than that state ment.—(Hear.) It is not therefore that the Right Honourable Baronet has any repugnance to details which harrow up the feelings ; he only objects to them when they apply to the people of England, whom he persists in oppressing in behoof of the negroes. Those details convict him of injustice ; they brand him as an ignorant law-maker; and therefore he would, if he could, shut them out from the consideration of Parlia ment. He was eloquent about balancing the ad vantages of different courses of policy, but so mistaken, or so one-sided, that he excluded from his view the sufferings of the people of England, and thought only of the probable or possible de struction of the capital of a few planters. Yet this man aims at being the Prime Minister, and at governing the millions here, for whom he shows so much disregard, while he is so tender of the African. Such conduct may be statesmanship—but will it recommend itself to the people of England ? We hope that in the con test which is now begun they will always re member that the Tory leader quoted the suffer ings of the Hindoos as a reason why the people of England should be plundered; but he ob jected to other Members quoting the sufferings of the people of England as a reason why they should he relieved. The ingratitude of the Tories is prodigious. Out of deference to them and their system, and in opposition to the Liberals, the Ministers have postponed, to the eleventh hour, a reform of our commercial code, including the Corn-laws. Now that they have, as we have before said, re luctantly and unwillingly proposed it, because the revenue was falling off, the Tories vehe mently abuse them for not having done it before. " They resisted Mr. VILLIERS' motion," says one, "when corn was nearly 80s. per quarter, and now when it is down to 605., and the dearth is over, they propose to alter the Corn-laws." " They opposed Mr. EWART'S plan to lower the sugar duties," says another, "when sugar was at 605., and now when it is down to 375., and the supply plentiful, they recommend a change in the sugar duties." So the ungrateful Tories abuse the Whigs, for deferring to their wishes and their policy as long as possible. Let the Ministers take a lesson from that, and in future do what is right, and what their own friends wish them, not what will please the ungrateful Tories. But if the Ministers had done what the Tories now reproach them for not having done, loud would have been the denunciations of the Tories. to have taken advantage of a momentary high price of corn to denounce the Corn-law, and ally themselves with the repealers, would have been stigmatized as a great crime. "Wait," it would have been said, " till calmer times—till the passions are abated ; do not make a law on the momentary hunger of the people. Next year the crops may be abundant, both corn and sugar will be cheap, and if it is necessary to alter the law, do it then, when reason, rather than famine, shall dictate your enactment—do it when corn and sugar are cheap." Reproaches like these, but tenfold more bitter, would have been hurled against the Ministers. At present the objectors, wise men as they are, forget that the consequences of successive short crops of corn and sugar have first revealed to Ministers, un willing to believe, the injury Corn-laws and Sugar Duties are inflicting on the country, and the un -;rateful Tories really reprove them for not having acted last year on a knowledge which was not then in existence. The Tories are sagacious phi losophers after the event, and wonderful poli ticians when they have to talk or write; but nevertheless they are always, and in this case as in others, like the bandy-legged drummer, in the rear of society. The modest request of the landlords, as ex pressed in a petitl.on agreed to at Colchester on Saturday last, and signed " WESTERN," in behalf of the meeting, is, that Parliament should de termine to put down agitation on the subject of the Corn-laws, and the agriculturists will then undertake, " by an additional application of skill and capital, to raise a sufficient supply on an average of seasons for the wants of our in_ creasing population." In the meantime, how ever, till the skill of the agriculturist —a plant of very slow growth—and till his capital, increases, which the landlords take care shall also come to pass very slowly, if at all, the population may hunger and starve. They have for the last three years been, year after year, slowly starved down to the supply produced by the skill and capital of the agriculturists, and Lord WESTERN and his co-mates modestly request that they shoulri continue patiently to submit to this p 1 . ,. jcess . that if the skill and capital of the Princ::.ple of agricultu ristspopu- cannot overtake the lation, population may be ept from go i ng a-head of the skill and capital of the 'agri culturists. In order, too, that pop u l a ti on may not run too fast, L or d WESTERN .1.40ru. and his friends, howeve ~ stu pid and wasteful th e y may ; be, modes, hint to the Parliament th at i t ` 1 y should put down further agitation, and compel the, people —at the point of the bayonet, forsooth, or the gallant yeoman's sword--to submit pa tiently to starvation. One iniquity necessarily grows from a no th er , and it is as natural that Lord theWESTERN people o übn h s i sfri t i i e nds sllo ul dd -w e l s a i r t o compelas it to the co r nis that a highway robber should be driven to murder the victim he has plundered to destroy all the evidence of his theft. The reader will be slow to believe that this modest demand has been made, but here are the words of the advertise ment of a Colchester meetin g on Saturday, as given in the Essex Herald: That your petititioners are confident Honourable Hous e w ill d etermine to ut d that ifur your own fther agitation by th e same unequivocal denPionst has resulted fro m f ormer debates upon n which subject, the agricult ur i sts o f this kingdom will nuortant tional application o f s kill an d capita], be enabl'ed y o addi a sufficient supply on ast average of seasons f traise ar e wants of our increasing popalation. We never had a doubt that the agiicult urists can raise sufficient, on an average of seasons, if s, the law be rigidly maintained, to supply Lie wants of our increasing population, but at what rate will it increase ? People must have food, and if they submit to a law which limits the supply, however wretched may be the skill, and deficient may be the capital of the agri culturist, to what he can produce, they can not increase beyond that. But the mode in which the law limiting the supply of foocL operates, is to starve down the people to the supply, not to braise the supply of food to the level of the natural increase of popu lation. Unappalled by the terrible calamities which pervade society, unawed and unaffected by the shocking scenes of destitution which are met with.in every part of the empire, law-makers like Lord WESTERN exult at having made the "skill and capital of the agriculturist supply the .Population whom they have starved down nearly to the level of what our soil can supply. To obtain a clear view of the immense mischief which their sordid legislation causes, we must always remember that the tendency of popula- , , A sllitteh;r...- , • 47 • • :it ,. - • " tt THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1841. tion is to increase—that this increase is the healthy spring of social prosperity, and that the law which starves it down to a quantity of food, short by a single quarter of wheat or ton of sugar of what it might otherwise obtain, is the source of all that vice, crime, and misery which result from checking the increase of population. We beg to direct public attention to the great and influential meeting held at Manchester on Tuesday. The resolutions were nearly unani mously carried. The second denounced the Corn-laws as suicidal, and the third, while it ex pressed satisfaction at hearing of the measures proposed by Ministers, said " that the changes contemplated, so far as they are known to the public, although not so extensive as to fulfil the wishes of this community, tend in a right direc tion." That sentiment will be found to per vade the manufacturing districts. The Minis ters' measures go on in a right direction, but they do not go far enough. On Tuesday evening Sir E. KNATCHBULL stated that as long as this question was agitated, business would be partially suspended ; but it will be agitated till Justice be done, full and ample justice. By no other means than doing justice can the agitation be extinguished. Will it not therefore be pru dent, wise, and politic in the Ministers to join with the suffering manufacturing population in procuring the total repeal, conjoined with a much larger reduction in the sugar and timber duties, and so for ever prevent the revival of the agita tion ? It will cost as much trouble to realise their plan of the fixed duty, as to effect the total repeal, and the former will cause quite as much disturbance to property and vested interests as the latter, besides keeping the possessors of them continually uneasy. It has been said by authority, that the Corn-laws are a great national injury, and never, as long as there is suffering and poverty in the land, will the nation quietly submit to them. It will be wise in the Ministers, therefore, to propose the total repeal. The picture of distress, suffering, and want of employment, drawn by Mr.KEasnaw, is terrific; and it was emphatically said more than once, that the wealthy people of London, have no conception of the misery which prevails in the manufactur ing districts. When they learn its extent they will, and must be, ashamed of their apathy, not to say their hostility, to their poorer brethren. Perhaps, too, they may be alarmed at the una nimity which prevailed, and at finding the working classes of the manufacturing districts, are eagerly embracing the opportunity which is now offered them of obtaining redress. Perhaps, also, they may begin to think it time to look about them, when the gentlemen in the ma nufacturing districts propose to follow Mr. O'CONNELL'S example—repeal the union be tween them and the agricultural districts, and establish a Parliament of manufacturers in opposition to a Parliament of landlords. These are some of the wild thoughts which the monstrous injustice of the bread-taxers is engen dering, and they will probably be frightened, like Satan at the offspring of Sin, at the horrible progeny they have begotten. Now if the Corn-laws must be abolished—and the Debuts affirms they must—their abolition will come with a better grace from the Whigs than the Tories. The Whigs were the only Parliamentary opponents of the Corn Bill of 1813, and some members of the present Cabinet were known to the country to be always unfa vourable to a tax upon food, The Tories were the au thors of the Corn-laws ; they struggled tooth and nail to uphold them for a quarter of a century, and were they now to come into power nothing short of the appearance of a civil war, which would shake England to its centre, would compel them to relinquish their grasp upon the throats of the half-starved millions. We have only room for a short extract fromt;•c. Constitutionnel upon this question : The Corn-laws, in fact, it may be asserted, furnish the third part of the opulent patrimonies of the English aristocracy. It was not sufficient for the 600 patrician families, who govern England, to possess nearly the whole of the soil on which 20,000,000 of souls exist. They desired to add to the profits of this vast territorial monopoly an artificial increase, resultihg from the avaricious combinations which they were able to get formed into law. It is well known that in France the Govern ment of the restoration, wishing to imitate the English Go vernment, at least on its worst side, also arranged the laws on corn so as to suit the interest of the landed proprietors. One of the first acts of the Revolution of July was to reform these enactments, and establish a system in favour of the con. sumer. The reduction of the corn duties is calculated, above all, to produce a moral effect, and hence it was na tural that the modification of these laws, which are in fact the base of the social existence of Great Britain, 'hould be the consequence of political reform. Parliamentary Reform was the means, but economical reform the object. The Tories have precipitated, by their opposition to all political measures, a so cial measure, of which they would wish to adjourn the execu tion indefinitely. The Whig Cabinet have made, it cannot be denied, a party weapon of that which ought to be a resolution dictated by a spirit of justice. We must not, however, reduce to too small proportions this decisive act of the Ministry. The situation of the Cabinet furnished the occasion, but not the cause. The cause of.such a determination is more important arid more elevated. It is to be found, not in the necessities of the Cabinet, but of the country," The sufferings of France from the Beef monopoly is exhibited in a subjoined extract from the Gazette de France, from which it appears that indifferent beef is ten pence per pound in Paris, and that the poor are driven to the necessity of feeding upon horseflesh ! France could have an abundance of cheap and excellent beef but the importation of cattle is prevented by the monopolists' beef tax ! The great number of workmen and soldiers collected round the capital. by the fortifications, have caused a very alarming rise in the price of provisions. The Journal La Presse says— " Some of the officers of the Octroi seized, a few days ago, an enormous quantity of horse-flesh ; inquiries made by the police in most of the petty eating-houses in the capital, have led to discoveries of an equal afflicting nature. It is known also that it is not uncommon to see unhappy fathers of families go by night to the laystalls of Montfancon, to pick up the unwhole some provisions, the putrified fish which the police have caused to be thrown in that place, and to feed on that unwholesome re • fuse. Such. facts, we do not hesitate to say, are a disgrace to the country in which they pass, and the most terrible condemna tion of the Legislature which governs it. The price of meat at Paris has reached the enormous sum of a franc the pound, and yet the trade is in greater distress than it ever was before. This exorbitant price threatens to increase in consequence of the accumulation of a hundred thousand workmen and soldiers, in consequence of the works on the fortifications. At this rate butcher's meat cannot be obtained by the work man and mechanic, it i s a l uxury reserved exclusively for the rich, and for criminals condemned to imprisonment. The consumption per head, which in 1789 was 68 kilogrammes, is now only 47 kilogrammes, notwithstanding the immense in crease of private fortunes." Thus the fortifications are not yet erected, and the inhabitants of the capital are reduced to eat horsesflesh. What a prospect does this hold out to us ! Ga zette de France. The Manchester meeting will give the tone to other meetings in the same district, and through.. out that hive of industry the voice of the people will be raised for the total abolition of the bread tax. It was felt there, and expressed by more than one speaker, that the people can achieve this great victory if they will; and they were told if they do not succeed it will be their own fault. Their future fate and happiness are placed in their own hands, and it will depend on them selves whether they shall continue or not to be the slaves of the landowners. It seems certain that M. Guizot has taken some steps to mo pify the Ministry, and that they have failed. He wished to get Messrs. Dufaure, Suzet, and Passey to enter the Ministry, in order positively to secure to himself the support of that fraction of the left centre which is represented by those three names, and the support of which is indispensable to the majo rity ; he has been refused. This refusal gives a fatal blow to the already precarious existence of the Guizot-Soult Ministry. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 17. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. French 5F er ants ll5 ... 115 5 ... 114 80 ... 114 8i 4 per Cents ..... 22 30 ... 31) 142 30 99 31 3 per 72 6J 79 60 ... 79 35 ." 79 4'l -4,,n1c of Vranee' ...3245 UMW: Bank I,oool.Bl , ares, 10*0 ...ICBO 1(80. • ... 51 157 %Mut. shares 6157 50 ...5157 Se ...sis7 se ... 5157 50 nel g i an Bank . 795 "pas ti,"foish Active ..... t'4% ... 24% 24%; - ',4% Pa55ive............. Portuguese 3 per Cents 2O ... 20 ... 20 .20 Neapolnan lll4 25 ... 11'4 30 ... '3 15 ... /14 15 Roman 10214 ... 102$i lON ... R AIL WAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles.lL.B 232 50 ... 222 50 ... 231 25 32 50 R. Rouen 460 ... 4tio ... 460 . 460 Mulhausen to Thann ..... .. 4411 ... 443 ... 440 441 Uriotus... . • .... 487 50 487;0 487 50 487 50 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viviga, May 8 fiveper Cents. Metalliques • lOB FOnr per Cents. •••••.•••••• ....... •••••••• Three per Cents. . .......... ........ Rank shares ......«.«.«....... •••1••••••••••• ............. 1(40 Zeilung. May 3, Both Houses of Parliament adjourned over last night. The Commons meet to-day, the Lords do not meet till Monday. The persons who have advocated the abolition of slavery, and the suppression of the slave trade, on high moral principles, will discover, from an attentive perusal of Sir R. PEEL'S speech, that he throws those principles alto gether overboard, and throughout advocates only worldly expediency. They will remark, too, that his notions of worldly expediency are borrowed from the com pany he keeps, and that his pretended regard for the negro means regard for the profits of the West Indian Planters. He would not alter the sugar duties, lest he might injure the capital of the ci-devant slave-owners, and he insisted on depriving the negroes by cunning means, well understood and practised by the landowners here, of their freedom, and of making them sugar cultivators. He mocked at Mr. C. BULLER'S picture of negro happiness, and thought only of protecting wealthy planters. The Quakers, and other philanthropists, must now see in what manner they have been beguiled 11 the Tories into supporting, at the expense of humanity and justice, the owners of sugar estates. —. • BEAUVALE, the Brit,: ',..ne Bth inst. state th a t L or d . Minister at that C our t, i n t en d s to retire altoget Letters from I. V .L i e Vienna n.frn;no Minister at that Court, intends to retire ftltoget from public lif e . Advices - P irom Trieste affirm that the Greek Govern ment . .ts actively engaged in preventing Greek subjects florn aiding the insurgent Candiotes. Great numbers were arrested on board steamers ready to sail for Condit/. On the 10th instant ESPARTERO took the oaths in the Hall of the Cortes, as sole Regent of Spain during the minority of Queen ISABELLA. When the ceremony was gone through, he addressed the following speech to the Cortes : " Senators and. beputies—The life of every citizen b e l ongs t o the country—that to her I co n ti nue t o d evote m i ne i s t h e w i s h of the natiA' and thi , will I do, in f u lfil men t o f a sacre d duty. v s. will defend the Constituti on an d th e l aws , th e inde ',,endence, and the throne of our y oung or ph an Queen. I have ever been seen on the field of battle as a simple soldier, defend ing liberty. Elevated this day to the highest rank in the realm, I shall be the first to obey her law—the first to make her re • spected. To this end I invoke the ce-operation of the repre sentatives of the nation—the aid of a Government at once strong, independent, and worthy of her—l will strive to contri bute to the happiness of the country, and to raise her to the rank to which she of right belongs." A Public Meeting of the Electors of Marylebone is an nounced for this day, on which occasion Sir CHARLES NAPIER—the hero of Acre—will address them as a can didate for the representation of the borough, in the event of a dissolution. That the gallant Commodore will be enthusiastically received by the meeting, is cer tain—that he will succeed in the object he propo il s : e i s ar t;_ himself, is, we firmly believe, equally so. Th e lebone electors mus t b e f u ll y a li ve to the im- ort'anejf having such a m an f or t h e i r represent:: He is no trimming politi c i an — no di screet V . . of accidents— no bi gotte d p a -.. .aiter on the c h a pt er rtzan—but a R e f ormer i n the strictest an d mos t cor- In a word, h e i s a m • Aprenensfve sense of the term. to serve his coy An of action and deci s i on , as prompt - ..,ftry by m s vote in the Senat e , as h e h as i alrea dy st h e• ved it by his sword in the field. Such a man one of all others most wanted in the present crisis. the exigencies of the time require that we should have, not lukewarm, but strenuous, Reformers in Parliament. Sir CHARLES NAPIER is one of this class—that a con stant, sleepless watch should be kept over the interests of the people. Sir CHARLES NAPIER is the very man to exercise this incessant vigilance. As he has already assured us, in his public speeches, he is sprung from the people, and is exclusively for the people. He has no interests incompatible with theirs— no feelings but such as are kindred with their own. He makes common cause with them, and is ready to sink or swim with them. We say nothing of those glorious naval achievements which have rendered his name im mortal, for we feel assured that the Reformers of Marylebone are fully sensible of the honour of been represented by a man who, in the short space of a few hours, obtained a decisive victory, in a spot where NAPOLEON—the Great Captain of the age—sustained, after weeks of .labour, as decisive a defeat ! That the Tories may oppose the Gallant Commodore by every means in their power is not improbable ; but forewarned is forearmed, and . we feel satisfied that they will miserably fail. As regards the Reformers, we trust that no one will be rash enough to enter the lists against Sir CHARLES NAPIER ; for by so doing, they will only be inflicting damage on the cause they profess to serve, without in the slightest degree furthering their own views. THE GREAT MONOPOLY DEBATE.—The (Morning) Sun was the only Paper that saved the First Trains to the North, &c., with the Close, and a very full Report of the grand Debate and Division this morning. All the other Papers missed. The Sun will, by the time this is read in London, be also read i n a ll th e great Towns of the North, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Bir mingham; and intermediate places, as well as Bath, Bristol, Southampton, and other places to the West. A large• proportion of the people of England will by this means be in possession of the sliding hold-fast mo nopoly speech of Sir Robert Peel, and the truly statesman-like eloquence of Lord Palmerston vindicating the great . and just principles of free trade for the com mon benefit of the people at large, and not for the selfish class-interest of the few in particular.—Evening Sun. USES OF ADVERSITY.—When Sir Robert Peel was in office, his speeches were distinguished for an absence of wit. He left, during Mr. Canning's lifetime, the busi ness of joking to his more mercurial colleague, and never came out in that line without provoking some caustic re mark ,on his heaviness. He was considered a plain spoken man of business, and nothing more. Since he has been in opposition he has had time to cultiVate his talents, and he has now become 41:1;, elaborate sayer of smart things. He appears to study wit, and to rehearse the jokes in his closet which he brings before the House with all the charm s of novelty, if not raciness. He was great on Tuesday night in this new character, and if he goes on improving he may, by and bye, rival even the illus trious Sibby. The Right Hon. Baronet has a noble ambition of making himself the Jackpudding of the To ries, and as he cannot lead them—they are too stubborn for that--he is resolved to make them laugh. He sue ceeded ; but his jokes require the Commons for an audi ence, and, like the man himself, fall cold and heavy on the sense out of the House. y ma d and' great en N E . eGrr that LEGISLATION.--The o nation Times e nus i y s - t e a s t eorfd classes,a therefore it infers that there must be class legislation. The inference, we opine, is the contrary. Legislation is not for class es , burfor society. To make a law first for one claSs, which at the same time affects the whole people, and then for another class, and so on all through the classes, is to establish and maintain conflicting interests by legis lation. To harmonize all the people is the professed ob ject of laws; to separate them into repelling classes is the consequence of class legislation. We see no defence for it. We have only space to direct the attention of our readers to a letter addressed to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, which will be found in another part of The Sun, pro posing a substitute for our present indirect and inefficient system of taxation. Every proposal of this nature which has common sense for its basis, is deserving of the most serious consideration. Mr. JOHNSON'S plan is not to be rejected because it appears simple ; for, strange as it may appear, simple and obvious truths are the very last which men in a social state ever think of embracing. Whatever is intricate or inexplicable the bulk of man kind are always ready to regard as profound ; and thou sands of the supporters of a system of indirect taxation are so, because they have never been able to comprehend it. The object of a system of indirect taxation is always to plunder the people without their knowing it. By means of it a Government always picks the people's pockets i n th e dark. Now a property-tax, in some shape or other, if imposed on equitable principles, would be juster, simpler, and produce an immensely larger revenue to the country. Some such measure as Mr, JonNsoN proposes will soon become inevitable. An alteration in the mode of taxation must take place ; in proportion to the all c omprehensibility-vaf the advantages of the proposed change, shall be our confidence in its soundnesS:and, dur ability. DISINTERESTED ADVOCATE OF THE SUGAR TAX.— We see by the Manchester paper that a Mr. Greg, who spoke at the Manchester meeting, described himself as the owner of an estate in the West Indies, and as likely to lose by. the abolition of the discriminating tax on sugar. Is this. gentleman the author of the pamphlet which Sir Robert Peel q uoted •so triumphantly in the House of C ommons on Tuesday evening ? ...7,7LECTURE ..t't THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—Last night Mr. Mason, who is well known as a wood-engraver gave the first of a series of lectures, at the above Institu tion, on the United States of America, where he 'has re sided for several years. His audience was numerous and respectabl e , an d i nclude d a cons iderable number of the fair sex. .It i s extremely gra tifying to see them sharing'this kind of instruction with their huSbands and brothers. Mr. Mas on ' s lecture,. which was , instruc t i v e , was ' ex tremelyA • Well the promises to be at. tractive. .• T• V. France, although The Corn-law agitation in England has extended to , .. .. • .., Writer as yet it .is confined to the Journals. s In at s h. of every shade of political opinion in France : ;l HE Pil :-------- rkiori, TOT : T.liiiQU i g il I.°. ' 181 . T n apprised of the intention - of that same with the bread tax abolitionists. It is true lattAxn.—Her Ma: of them question the parity ofthe motives b - her Irish subjects to je - pe tition to her, praying tier to purity .) t __ present a which the Debuts Mini sters are actuated. The Journal des afittour Ireland by a virit . this summer. I. understand that her' alld the Constitue and for instance , who have - . !:LlielitY-Ilas exprmsed. her lively satisfaction at this proof of never forgiven Lord . PALI.° ' sti,has been ' MERSTON - a nd the ' tga li, __ _ ,_,,u it 3 W known sibin g the Treaty of July, insinuate that the British ' 1 . ave E4Tand this year:—Loridon.Correspondint of the Dab. . 1 171 *man Cnbinet, in conceding a measure which could not longer be withheld from the country, was influenced only by a love of place. As journalists, it is not with the motives but with the acts of public men that we have to deal. If the acts of a Government be patriotic, we feel no in clination to analyse the secret and propelling springs of such acts. The following is an extract from an article in the Debats MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS ; CITY, WEDNESD2Y EVENING. • The report that Lord John Russell .would perhaps re sort to ft dissolution, had the effect of creating a great demand for money, but before the .day terminated more ease was felt in this respect. The irirto cause affected also the value of the public, securities, which, however, were higher this afternoon than during the morning. Consols for imm e di ate tr an sfer brought 90 to 894, and for the Account 90 to 89?- 4 . Exchequer Bills were Is. to 6s. premium, being a fluctu a ti on i n di cat i ve o f the pressure that existed •, and - India Bonds were at - 3s. discount to par. Bank Stock took rather a wide range also, being quoted 1674 to 1684. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 98k to a ; and the Reduced Three per Cents. at 88k to 88i. The foreign securities continued flat. Spanish Active Bonds were 234 to 234 for M o n e y, an d 234 to 24 f or Ac count. Portuguese ew Five per Cents. were 33i ; Mexican Bonds were not higher than 281 to 4 ; Peruvian brought only 16k to 4 ; Colombian were at 224 ; and Chilian at 61,f • Dutch Two-and-a-Half per C en t s . were dull at 624 ; and the FiVe per Cents. at 994 to 4. The Railway Shares all ranged rather lower, being affected by the prevalent scarcity of money. The importance 'of the fisheries carried on by our North AMerican • colonies; is too well known to all who are at all conversant with the matter, to require elucidation; and we are glad to find that the subject has been taken up in earnest by the Legislature of Nova Scotia. We trust that this is but the prelude to more active measures on the part of the Home Government; and in order to give some idea of the necessity tbereof, we subjoin a small portion of the very interesting Report of the Committee :appointed by the Nova Scotia Legis lature, to inquire into the condition and prospects of the fisheries:— We are of that body who think that the Corn-laws have run their time. In our days, when people look on liberty as a se rious matter, every privilege or protection, whatever may be the term, which affects food, and which seizes on the population by the entrails, cannot be maintained; and it is for this reason that we are impatient to see our own Administration yield to its own liberal notions on the question of foreign cattle. But it is not less true, thst when a Ministry like the English Cabi net, through a selfish feeling of personal safety, flings an irri tating question into the midst of the constitution, at the risk of giving it a shock, it misemploys the duties of Goverment ; and if Lord Melbourne and his colleagues had no better means of entering on the question of the Corn-laws than this, they ought not to have undertaken to resolve it, as such a duty clearly did not belong to them. Their hour had struck, and they ought to have yielded their places to others. " Your Committee further report that the export of fish from Nova Scotia, by the official returns made under the order of this House, in the year ending the sth of January last, amounts to 327,026 quintals of dry fish ; 71,676 barrels, and 1,137 tierces and 3,643 kits of pickled fish ; 27,755 boxes of smoked fish ; 2,533 bar rels, 4,661 casks of oil ; and 1,735 seal skins, and two casks of seal skins, the value of which exceeds 500,000/., and the taking of which employed upwards of 60,000 tons of shipping. " The Committee have procured a statistical table, showing the extent of the fishing interests in Massa chusetts, the State principally engaged in this branch of commerce, whence it appears that for the year ending Ist April, 1837 (since which no authentic report appears to have been made); the catch was 510,554 quintals of cod fish, valued at 1,569,517 dollars, and 234,059 barrels of mackerel, valued at 1,639,042 dollars, employing 1,290 vessels, and 11,146- hands ; and this business is in creasing yearly, being cherished by the Government, as tending to advance the commerce of the Republic, and so furnish seamen for its defence, while the British fisheries receive no pecuniary encouragement, but little protection, and are left entirely to individual enterprise ; subject to fluctuation, and deprived by the local Legislature of ob taining provisions: and supplies duty free, a boon in tended by the Imperial Government." (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 'M 18.—The Cotton Market to-day has returned to its previous languid state. The sales to the trade, which is, in fact, the' exclusive business, comprise 1,500 bales only, at previous rates. Several vessels laden with Cotton have arrived from Mobile and New Orleans. LIVERPOOL SHARZ.MARKIIT, MAT .18.—The business at the Stock Exchange this day has been extremely limited. The transactions comprise the following only :—Glasgow,Paisley, and Greenock, - 29 i ; Great Western, Half Shares, 74; Ditto, Fifth Shares, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 18.—The mar ket continues very flat. Birmingham' and Gloucester, 1 1*; London and South Western, 57 57k ; Manchester, Bolton. and Bury, 53 54 ; North Union, 83 84; Manchester and Bir mingham, 241 25*; Manchester and Salford yanks, 9j 10k ; Bank of Manchester, 7 7k ; Manchester and Salford Water Works, 53k 54 ; Manchester Assurance, 9k 9*. The di' ne division which took place in the House of Commons last night on the sugar question has not had the least effect on the British Funds. The only difference is, that Consols, which left off at 90 buyers for the Account, opened at 90 sellers, and may be quoted at present at ' 89k 90, both for time and Money ; Exchequer Bills 1 . 3 prem. ; 'Bank Stock 167/ 1681 ; India Stock 2501 2511; India Bonds 1 dis. 1 prem. • In the Foreign Market, nothing doing, prices nominal. Spanish Activ, , , 231 k ; Deferred, 111 ; PaSsive, 5i k Portuguese, 331 34 ; Th ree per C ents., 201 ; Brazilian, 671 681; Colombian, 221 1 ; Mexican, 261 4 ; Dutch Two-and.. 'a -Half per Cents. 521 ; Five per Cents., 99 1 / 100. SHA eas.—Great Western, 28 291 prem. ; New,l4l prem. ; London and Brighton, 431 dis. ; Blackwell, 7 6 dis. ; • Birmingham 68 70 prem. ; Southampton, 56157 k per share; Croydon, 131 4 per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ; Man chester 'and Birmingham, 151 141 dis. PRICES OF SHRES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWA Ts. Paid.' Per Share. Eastern Counties Great Western ' 934 to London and B r i g ht o n 'so ' '46 k ;,, to 45 #ll London and South Western 3Bl 56/ .... i. to London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 l3/ to North Midlind South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . ~ 20 Provincial of Ireland 25 .. 43 The rate of discount in the House had a rise and fall in the course of the morning, which is a singular event in the early part of the morning 7 per cent. was given on Government Securities, soon after the rate fell'to 4 per cent., and afterwards wis done at 8 per cent. The only difference from the morning prices of Consols are from 90 for the Account to 894 a ; Money, 894, have been at9o ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prem. ; Bank Steck 1674 1683; India Bonds, 3 dis., par. .. In the Foreign Market nothing done. Spanish Active 234 ; Portuguese, 334; Chilian, 613; Mexican, 28g; Dutch Five per Cents, 993 a. The S hare Market also continues inactive. Easter Counties Debentures, 84 ; Great Western, 933 ; London and Brighton. 464 453 4 ; South Western, 563; North Midland, 73; South Eastern and Dover, 15. Consols, Account, 894 90; Exchequer Bills; 3 5 prem. ; Mexican, 283 3 ; Portuguese, 333 34 ; Spanish, 234 24. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6Bf India Stock 3 per Cent Red 3 per Cent Cons 9oi Ditto Old / Annuities ... - 3i per Cent Red 9711 Ditto New Annuities... -- New 4 per Cent 98.1 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 6pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 4 pin Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7pm Jan. 1860 l2l Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. l3 Consols for Acct " 90 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lDitto, New Ditto 331 Brazilian 80nd5.... .... . . !Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 'Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent...... 61k Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... i Spanish, 5 per cent 23/ Ditto, 1824. 22k Ditto, Deferred ... Danish, 3 per cent - -'French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18;6, 5 per cent Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... -- French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 524 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 991 SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) Ditto New Shares (2k paid) ......... ..... 31 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Elk Great Western Railway (65 paid) 921 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ll* London and Brighton (50 paid)... 461 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) lei London and South Western London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3k! Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... .... 53 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ... . . ... 88 Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto New Shares (40 paid).. 35 South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... 15 CORN MONOPOLY, &c. We copy the following paragraph, so very applicable to the present state of parties in this country, from Mr. Buckingham's new work on America :-- CORN LAWS, SLC.—" It is impossible to read these accounts of the immense resources for the production of food, which the United States of- America contain, and which a journey 'across' the' State of New York alone is sufficient to verify, without lamenting the first imposition of any prohibitory laws against the freest intercourse between this country and Great Britain, in the interchange of their respective productions. The first effect Of our refusing to receive American grain free of all duty, has been to in duce the Americans to prohibit our manufactures by a high tariff, and to set up manufactories for themselves ; and the next effect has been to keep up the price of food at so high a rate in England, as to put it out of the power of millions of our population to obtain sufficient for their full and proper nutriment. We thus do each other mutual injury, without the slightest countervailing good. If we would . permit a free trade in grain, the Americans would take from us more than double the amount of manufactures that they now consume, paying 'us in wheat and flour, and would never think of becoming our rivals as manufacturers. But because we will not take their products in payment, therefore they not only will not buy of us, but they set up as our rivals or od ponents ; and, from their abundant food, they will in a short time produce goods sufficiently cheap to meet us in foreign markets, while every year will increase our difficulties and lessen theirs, till they pass us in the race, and leave us unable to overtake them. " The most melancholy feature of this question, how ever, is this—that by our free admission of cotton and other southern .products of America, we really uphold the system of slavery, under which these articles are produced; while by refusing the same free admission to the grain of the north, we force them to become manu facturers, and thus in a double sense take the bread out of the mouths of our own citizens. " It is, indeed, high time that this evil were corrected. There is, perhaps, yet time to amend it now, but if left for a few years longer, it will be too late ; and those in fluential and powerful classes in England, who now vainly imagine that they are protecting their own incomes from land, by this fatal policy, will be among the first to la ment that they did not take warning, before the labour ing classes of the country were reduced to a state of want, of which the wealthiest among the landholders will then feel the burden." PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN THE POST OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS AT LEEDS.—The following alte ration in the arr i va l an d d e p a rture of the mails at the Leeds Post-office will commence bn the Ist of June mixt : The two moil coaches now running between Manchester, Leeds, and York, will be discontinued, and the railway used instead. The first despatch to Manchester, Liver pool, Ireland, Scotland, &c., will be at 10 a.m. • and the second, with th e L on d on letters, at 6 45 p.m. ° The first arrival-from Manchester, will be with the London mail in the morning, at 6 .34 a.m. ; the second at 230 p.m.— Leeds Mercury.. A meeting was held at Chichester, on Saturday last, on. which - occasion-Lard Wester& Ktteadocisand took the chair, wh en h e em phatically expresse4 his . decided Ind untsalifted opposition to the Milusteriehrojes. LITERATURE ` DICTIONA,RY OPADAVEg'iIre: nay& Moron, Lon •O. This is a book of general reference, relating to all ages and nations, comprehending the most re markable occurrences, ancient and modern, such as discoveries in . arts and science, battles and re volutions, together with copious details relating to the _British empire. It contains upwards'of fifteen articles alphabetically arranged, the authorities for which are quoted, and the date of events given as correctly as can be ascertained. It is not only a-usetul book of reference, but furnishes a great variety of interesting informa tion, and will be found very convenient tbrkilling an hour or two on a wet day. There is scarcely any subject of which it doeS not give some no tice, such as lists of all the Sovereigns of the European States, the history of their institu tions and govermnentom account of the prin cipal theatres, hospitals, churches, bridges, &c. It is indeed a work of immense labour and re search, teeming with interesting matter. The. Dictionary of Dates is a history of the world, em bracing in a condensed form all that has agitated or delighted society from the remotest period to the present time. To the general reader—the man of leisure or business—to persons connected with art, science, or the -public press, it must prove an indispensable companion, an every-day book of reference. In its varied pages they will find in a moment t h at information ich it might otherwise cost them hours or perhaps days to obtain. Mr. Haydn merits our best wishes for the success of his Dictionary, which is printed in a beautiful and handsome style, and forms al together the most comprehensive book of the kind that has fallen under Our. .observation. We give the following extracts as specimens : HOHENLINDEN, BATTLE OF, between the Austrian and French arm i es ; ' t h e l atter commanded by General Moreau. The I m p er i a li s t' s w e re ' defeated with great loss, their killed and wounded amounting to 10;000 men, and their loss in prisoners to 10,000 more. ils.loember 3, 1800. FORGERY.--The forging of, or giving in evidence forged deeds, &c., made punishable by fine, by standing in the pillory, having both ears cut off, the nostrils slit up and seared, the forfeiture of land, and perpetual im prisonment, 5 Elizabeth, 1562. Forgery was first punished by death in 1634. Since the establishment of paper credit, a multitude of statutes have been enacted. Forging letters of attorney for the transfer of 'stock was made a capital felony in 1772. Mr. Ward, M.P., a man of prodigious wealth, was expelled the House of Commons for forgery, May 16, 1726 ; and was consigned to the pillOry, March 17, the following year. The value of forged notes which were presented at the Bank during ten years, from Jan. 1, 1801, was nominally 101,661/. — Bank Returns. In one year (1817) the Bank prosecuted 142 persons for forgery or the uttering of forged notes.— Parliamentary Returns. Statutes reducing into one Act all such forgeries as shall henceforth be punished with death, 1 William IV. 1830. The punishment of forgery with death ceased by statute 2 and 3 William IV., August, 1832, except in cases of forging or altering wills or powers of attorney to transfer stock ; but these cases also are no longer punishable by death, having been re duced to transportable offences, by Act 1 Victoria, July 1837. FORGERY, REDIARKABLE EXECUTIONS FOR.—The un fortunate Daniel and Robert Perreau, brothers and wine. merchants, were hanged at Tyburn, January 17, 1776. The Rev. Dr. Dodd was found guilty of forging a bond, in the name of Lord Chesterfield, for 4,2001.: the greatest interest was made, and the highest influence was exerted to save him, but when the case came before the Council, the Minister of the day said to George 111., "If your Majesty pardon Dr. Dodd, y ou w ill h ave mur d ere d the Perreaus ; ' and he was hanged - accordingly, June 27, 1777. John Hatfield, a heartless inipostor, who had in veigled ".Mary of Buttermere," the celebrated beauty, into a marriage with him, was hanged for forgery, at Carlisle, September 3, 1803. Mr. Henry Fauntleroy, a London banker, was hanged, November 30, 1824. Jo seph Hunton, a quaker merchant, suffered death, De cember 8, 1828. The last criminal hanged for forgery at the Old Bailey, was Thomas Maynard, Deember 31, 1829. EPICURE'S ALMANACK. How and Parsons. London. 1341. Almost all classes of people, says Doctor John son, are fond of reading about eating and drink ing. This is an observation founded upon experience. Who forgets the numerous im promptu meals described by Homer with such unction m .his Iliad, and more especially in his Odyssey; Milton's recherche ac count of the feast spread before our 'Saviour by . the Devil in the wilderness; Cervantes's description of Carnacho's wedding-party, at which Sancho made such prodigious havoc among the flesh-pots; Captain Rolando's jollification in the robber's cavern, which Le Sage has dwelt on with such gusto;. Amelia's snug little supper, with the bottle of white-wine, brought expressly to cheer the spirits of her desponding husband, which forms one of the most delicious, episodical tit-bits in Fieldi ng ' s novels; Walter cott's tempting details of the breakfast given by Louis . the .Eleventh to Quentin Durward, and the dinner of game and poultry set.before Dominic Sampson by the witch, Meg Merrilies ; and, above all, Boswell's admi rable account of the party at Dilly's, the book seller, when Wilkes—anxious to get into the good graces of Doctor Johnson—kept incessantly plying him with the daintiest bits at table, till at. last the' sturdy moralist—high Tory as he was—was compelled to confess, with a growl, that, after . all, " Jack was, an excellent iellow ?" These are incidents which we all re member, because they come home to the sym pathies of us all. We are all to a certain ex tent epicures, the savage equally with the civil ised man ; and no greater pride did Cambaceres —the prince ofmodern gastronomists—take in the arrangement of his cuisine, than does the Red In dian in his buffalo's hump, and the Laplander in his rein-deer tongue, and fish fried in blubber. The late Doctor Kitchener was well aware of the general prevalence of epicurean tastes among us, and appealed to them with much adroitness in his famous " Receipt-book," which in the course Of one year went through, heaven knows how many editiOns! The work deserved its po pularity ; but not more so, we think, than the little volume before us, which is devoted to the same tempting theme, and treats it with a tact andskill that convinces us that the author, Mr. Benson Hill, is a gastronomist of superior capa bilities. He does not give us his receipts from mere hearsay; he is not a servile copyist .of Ude or Rundall, or Meg Dodds; but gives us the results of his own practical experience, having himself made trial of the efficacy of every individual receipt with which he favours us. That he is original in many of his notions is greatly ,to his credit ; and should win him the respect—not to say, the reverence—of the Court of Aldermen, where originality in gas tronomic matters is greatly needed. How novel, for instance, are his ideas on the subject of " Calf's Head ;" and how vivid his impressions on. the. mode of dressing 'a turtle, which, he tells us, should first be hung up, with its head downwards, and then be promptly and scientifically " decollated !" On the mo mentous question of " Stewed Ox-tails" he .is ingenious, if not profound; and we feel that we cannot too highly laud the acumen and saga city that has thrown quite ;a new light on the subject of a " Brown Fricassee of Rabbits." In his thoughts on " Pease Pudding," however, Mr. Hill is, we conceive, somewhat too,daringly original, and would be apt to entail a serious flatulence on any epicure who would adopt his views of the case ; but not so with his Receipt for a " Giblet Pie," which has the rare merit of novelty in its minor details, while, in its main points, it keeps . within the limits of a becoming orthodoxy. Having told us how to dress a dinner for every day in the year, we wish Mr. Hill had told us also how to get it without detriment to our exchequer, which is the only valuable piece of intelligence wanting to render his book perfect. The only individual who could have furnished us with useful practi cal hints on this delicate point, was the illustri ous Dando—but he, alas! has been long, since gathered to the great and good of past ages.: . , • . P ROPOSED B REAKWATER AT BRIGHTOtip: ‘ captain Tayler, the inventor of the -National in FWtll ----- - -- .. Breakwatep, and Captain Charretie, one. of the Pine Mr. Aclaml's successful labours Bucking-, of the.OpMpany, were iu Brighton on Saliircip o 'f Of hamshire have aroused the dormant spirit of its in h a were Met at the White Horse Hotel by ses i er g ` e Nii" bitants, who are now just awaking to a proper sense of merchants and others, to whom. Captain Tiylerotiot; what is their right, and what is their proper interest. bited a model and gave a very satisfactory exP la o f O .; This " pattern county" can no longer be; said to be of the effect of the Breakwater and the strengthena 11'0- " Conservative of the Corn-law from end to end." This . ,mOorings to which it would be attached. An ° "„ 0 01.; the Duke of BuckinghaM feels, and that' energeti c tie- made. on behalf of the National Breakwater Co n 'tf e et ' fender of " the agricidtpral interest" • (Meariing - the land 14 down at their own expense one section, 60 the itt; lord's interest) is now, through his - Crate's agents, length, off the Pier, as a proof of the efficacy ° l en siof 4 moving Heaven and earth to counteract' he influence, a vention, and that two others of the' saine .d . "' r es , Mr. Acland's lectures. We are sorry - to observe that ihe shOuld be laid down for 10001. The gentleniel ! o ffer; Manchester people show a disposition to recall their ta- expreSsed their thanks to Captain Tayler for tn i s e l' i l, lented lecturer, and that he foregoes an . en- and we understand endeavours will be made ,t(-1, nu he 1 1,e' gagement for Brill, ,on Thursday next, to attend required' sum. One section will at all eve n ' s a of 'r io t that " metropolis of the Anti-Bread Tax. agita- down, and from that some opinion caii be fog' n ess 0 , tion." The heat of the battle is just commencing in utility of the invention generally, and of i../ the Cod Buckinghamshire. Every parishiS disturbed ; a revolu- Brighton. An application will be• made tg o h e 0 9 ; 4 , tion is actually going on in Stoke Poges ; Mr, Hood's missioners this evening for their consent - t l has al ico jokes are becoming realities ; numerous enquiries and being ,proceeded with •, a similar applicati° u p r igft invitations are daily crowding in upon us . for Mr. Ac, been made to the Ch a i n . Pier CompanY• land ; and it would be the worst possible policy now : to Guardian. eon withdraw him from the affray he has himself aroused. GEQLOGY.—III removin the superstrata, wit° g A ve], ro t)) The Duke must be contested with, not merely, manfully sisting of an upper thick deposit of .sandy 14 1- we st f ( I, and resolutely, but perseveringly. • Every inch of ground must be disputed, and every move of the Duke's checked the railway. tunnel, near Falkirk, the section not _e v • t, cao the clay, shale, coal, &c. in the quarry a Tittle s, , re oio by a counter-move. By these means Buckinghamshire is to be Weill and . when 'Buckinghamshire is won, W.:. t..- , action. Above tha rock the strata in one part a o f ove, l o , othercounties will onicklv s urrender.---:.4ylesbury Ar eics , about 25 feet.deep, exhibits marks of- powerfnii.e t bro, r e into nearly the form of a circle, for the spa r e s ra L . i te j LEWES.--.A NTi .c o RN..LAw PETITION.---Tile . feeti.4oo4 the centre of which, there al'} e s a lia li al signatures received to this petition from - ..ewes exceed don,' until the combustible inate;:ials hot Sip ,, as 1,150, and surpass in numbers a 4 petit} 13 :le a i n n a b t e iii rs g , from thi s b oroug h for many years . The petitioners - ;hltv. havet.al,sitheenconsiderable. The appearVc_ e t he i1 4 g 149 cOlificlence in either of the borough , ' dwir force ; to-the , _vest the . c otivaisiUn _ ~ 0 , 0 l oce i 4,)bseryawhen , a bout .sevet.i:.,yards up have requested Captain Pecbell to un,dertake its preset', i where .thei:wOrilion - are . now - png..? it hl di/ r : r Ow tati9U t —.Brighton Guctrqicat. , , . . . , ~.. .... L.. 1 Tv - f e,/t/y chronicle.'. - ... . MORNING EDITION. VICTORIA THEATRE. • , Ustialillstoti has within • .these few days produce d ' id a fel thditid4le manner, a new domestic drama, en i titled Simon Lee, Of fi Matti& Ili the-Fire Fiehis Copse The story, which is well told, is fotifidod epon the , folT s n ' t ing incident ; ;—§iPlc)D. bee, an individual of Itidernue". fortune, not content w i t h his lot life in having a haPP . ,?, }wine and an endearing ; wife, and bleaseCt with two sv, e 7 ileedinsOlYi its IS thp ease wth many;esuj, bark 'in trade, and,, by adveNti tiftliiie% he be" ii ev e; bankrupt. Reduced to the verge of deq?.tr, a solitary meal. to comfort his unfortunate Im— • ;4 1 ; becomes a poacher, and, being surprised in his pr(V r-. avoentioni tnorders nno of th e game -keerrSt , 13 „/ which means he beentnes afPloni The twang of•8 01 ; t as Simon Lee, and Miss Vincent tie, Greter his wife, reflects the • highest credit • upon; th e i l d exertions. . Indeed, we looked around and scarcely observe a dry eye in the house, ml alike affected. Miss Vincent has justly obtain great celebrity for her acting in domestic eir 3l ' ll : l ' and we think she adds much to her fame by her Olio" able personation of the character of Grace liatherlY• w t.pot;iic. be scenery is of a very superior order, and the close thick of the poacher's glen, representing the entire lengt.h "„ . the stage, a distance of 120 feet, and the pursuit. Simon Lee, by the gamekeep ers , h a d a ver y s urpris i "; : effect. Dale played the old m i ser w ith hi s u s ual c a ,' and Gardiner kept the ho use i n a cons t ant roar of laug h , ter. The aftersece was the successful drama of A x f wood, in which Miss Vin cen t sus t a i ne d t h e c h a racter Dick Turpin,.. and sang several sons, not forget ta 'i v o Nix my dolly pals, f a k e awa y." The house I.' crowded in every part. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the garden of Buckingham Palace yesterday forenoon, ; itf Viscount Melbourn e had an au di ence o f h e r Mar es yesterday. The Princess of Leiningen, attended by Ba Nness Spaeth, visited the British Museum yesterday. hcii The Prince o f. L e i n i ngen, attended b y Captain Frg- Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday a fternoon; ct The Royal Di nner party at. Buckingham Palacef evening includ e d h er R oya l Highness the Duchess ° . 5 Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princ e a nd Prin ce of Leiningen, L a d y Anne Maria Dawson, 13arotlesl Spaeth, Earl of S urre y, Vi scount M e lb ourne, an d 14 °r and Lady Robert Grosvenor. The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Gi nrelj were in attendance at the Palace during the eveniq' t he By command of her Majesty, Mr. Hayter bad .r , honour of conveying his picture of her M a j e sty's 1 ' 1 ; 1 3 . riage to Buckingha m P a l ace , w h ere h e was m ost g ciously honoured by her Majesty, and his Royal K 3 a o f ness Prince Albert, expressing their high approbatio his progress:. Sol) 111° The Queen Dowager, attended by the Hon. t o 'Wheatley, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday? Clarence House, St. James's. ger The Duchess of Gloucest e r v i s ited the Q u een Pnw s yesterday, at Marlborough House. Iry The . Queen Dowager, attend e d by th e C oun tess Br i t'. t low, Hon. Sophia Wheatl e y, H on . Ch ar l o tt e 1 1 ni e y, Earl Howe, Earl Denbigh, an d th e H on . W. As," male honoured the Italian Oper a w ith h er presence , on 'l t ' day evening. rdsY The Duke of Cambridge ret u r ne d t o t own yes i t , s e -;t. afternoon from the Royal Milit ar y C o ll ege a t Sana'": l (l The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave a dinner last evening at Cambridge-house to the N oble co l rectors of the Concerts o f A ncien t M us i c . 'The 11 ' ). ' t he Duke, accompanied by hi s gues t s , a f terwar d s went t n performance of the Concert at the Hanover-square-ro?el, A Cabinet Council was h e ld a t h a lf-p as t o ne oc!? o f yesterday afternoon, at the residence of the Mat's til : ti ii Lansdowne in Berkeley-square, the Noble - 4131. ' being indisposed with an attack of gout. All the Members of the Cabinet were present. / I s The Council broke uk; soon after three o'clock: t i l e . count Melbourne went from Lan s dow ne -house, 'afte r , at Council, to Buckingham P a la ce t o h ave an audien ce the Queen. ste' His Excellency the. American Minister, and Mr'' , r e• venson, and Mr. Rush, Secretary of Legation, Wer e , ft l ro vented from attending her Majesty's Ball at Bucking of Palace, on the 14th inst., in consequence of ell e n having been set apart, in • the United States, ,V s r b e ir lemniziug, by religious observance, the death 9' late. Chief Magistrate. were Despatches from the Governor of West Australia received yesterday at the Colonial-office. „ , The Judicial Committee of the Privy C o uncil 8 "&" o tiO terday. The Attorney 7 General occupied the 0 0' during the whole of the sitting on the appeal, Sir gal tbe Wood and others v. Goodlake and another, fr' Prerogative Court. FASHIONABLE INTE LLIGENCI;. ARRIVALS. tr° Earl Talbot, in Hertford- s t ree t, M a y -f a ir, from .I,,ng e ll '„e, Hall, his seat in Staffordshi r e; M r . an d Lady Anne from their seat in Ireland; the Earl of Rosslyn, G i°sle 6el 4 ' place, from Wiltshire; the Earl and Countess of Chester,,r3, at Chesterfield House, from Worthing; the Hon. Mrs. 1 - 0 ‘ yen, in Hill-street, from her residence in Hanej; the %; Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from Arundel Castle; Sust r e o3 , Lady James and Miss Stuart, in Whitehall-place, from ` af e , bridge Wells ;_ The Earl and Countess of Sefton ! , in lielgr o ji square, from Hampstead Lodge, the seat of the Ve wa g!, r cur' Craven, near Newbury ; Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P. i" F its' zon-street, from Wilts • Lord and Lady Frederick lf elarence, at Putney death, from Etat House , their 'c o '', near Wooler, Northumberland ; Sir Watkin N ST 2 lli' 0 Wynn, Bart., from Chester ; the , Earl b ee t'arld,„tt of Camperdown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, in ee" from Bath ; Lord and Lady Delamere, in Upper Brook - c str ie f from Vale Royal, their seat in Cheshire; the H on ' Herbert, in Grafton.street, from Wilton House, near the bury; Lady S o phi a Wy n dh am an d Mi ss Wyndham , frontoo, family seat in Norfolk ; the Earl of St a mford and Warrinr'ite in Hill street, from Dunham Massey, Cheshire ; viio.'unf' dover, M.P., in Conduit -street, from Charlton, the Earl o f o f folk's seat, near Malmesbury , Wilts; Viscount and 'Vise° b 0 befr Combermere, in Berkely-square, .from Combermere ,:treet, Cheshire; Viscount and Viscountess, Jocelyn, in n" e i r- „ c lise from Barham Court near Maidstone the Marquis a l ' ! o rtl , ' ter and Lady Cecilia Paulett, in Cavendish-square, from ' 0 . 0 0 ing; the Marquis of Northampton, in Carlton-gard ens 'd Castle Ashby, near Northampton ; Mrs. Newdigate 0 3 0' M. Newdigate, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-strtet, from Cott' field-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow, at ditto, from it t hbP nent ; Sir C. Mar s h a ll, a t ditto, f rom P a ris ; Miss H opes' at ditto, from Derbyshire ; Viscount and Viscountess , dale, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork -street, from t he ' 0 , 1) Montreal Park, K en t ; Si r B a ld w i n an d L a dy reightofro ditto, from Shropshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Segrave, fr°„, °' Brighton ; the Hon. A'Court Holmes, 31. p., at co""' fr , " she Isle of Wight ; the Hon: Mr. Curzon, at ditto,. Derbyshire; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Innes, at ditio.: j • tour; Mrs. Longueville Clarke and family, at ditto. fr f ° r d cutta; Sir Richard Bourke, at ditto, from Ireland; Lady Adare, at ditto, from the family seat in Glamork l iollg', Mr. and Mrs. La n e, and Mr. and Mrs. Murray, et ''o i rto" . Thompson's Hovel, Cavendish-square, from Paris; Inglefield, R.N., and Mrs. Inglefield, at ditto, from Ch for' ham ; Mr. and Mrs. Beavan. at ditto, from Briitol • I', l c) . ' a ilel , stow, and Mr. Barstow, jun., at ditt o ; Mr. and 'ail' at ditto; Mrs. Brownlow Poulter, in Nlontagu.squar e • DEPARTURES. (*o' er The Duke of Beaufort, from Beaufort House, for 'l O , tershire ; Lady Teignmouth, from Portland-place; fo r t coo: bridge Welts ; Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, fre l b o ver; naught-place, for Warwickshire ; Sir J. Burgoyne, O r , , e , Mr. C. W. Codringtcn, ALP., from St. J a mes's - eijot'd Bristol ; .he Earl de Grey, from St. James's-square , t 0 shire • Lady Churchill, fur Tonbridge Wells; tile L' u 'ic i lle . e o Fingal' and family, from Upper . Brook - street, ' fa r Castle, county Meath; the Countess Dowager Cali r , t o b , Berners-street, for her residence near Southamptc ll ,; e pdt-, 0 , Mrs. Trafford , from Marshall Thompsen's Hotel, L' a i i itt o, ' 0 square, for the Continent ; J. Moss, Esq., frosts " to j;t l Brighton ; Dr. Aitken, from ditto; ord Cratiley, ft for Surrey. CHANGES. bto ll 'WI. 5 0 Lady Susan Hotham, at Tonbridge Wells , from j po u no t Lord and Lady Ventry, at Dublin, from , Burnhag i ,,, f fr ,f Kerry ; Lord and Lady Stafford, at Leamington h , Cortessey Park, their seat near Norwich; Lady Ba ° o llB — from Ireland ; Lord Carew, at Catleb°r near Wexfor d, from Woodstown, county Waterford. - - - _ HALF-PAY, &c. sev e On the motion of Mr. Huine, an account of the retir"o amounts paid in the year 1840, for half-pay 8 0 %,01 ,11 . 1 3 allowances, civil and military,•distinguisiung th e lO r under separate heads and departments, ot f e d before the House of Commons. The total ft: 10 646 ,74 i. ; the military, naval, and civil departments,•"b-' . 845 L to 9 0 , 1,4 44 i 5 0. to t , / Of this 2,512,6791. is paid to the army, Navy, 156 1 435/. to the Ordnance, and civil department. The principle items 1 5 1r 3 e 2, a 6 f 1 1. 7- s p . ;: i s' : Army pay of general officers, 95,761/.. ;' retired on re? half-pay, and military allowances, 563,1971. ; sioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham, 1,315,604 L ; ‘„',._90% pensions, 142,418/. ; pensions for wounds, Navy-Flag-officers, Captains,. ko. ,755,8001 ; CT'," sioners, &c.; in the Civil and - the Victualling' "Ziteel l j ments; 1.51;5751.; • pensions .to wid0w5, : 177,456/. ; wich Hospital out-pensioners.'.22l,lo2/.. ; superaint o er and half-pay officers of the.. Ordnance, 59,324/. ; L tif i sions,' widows, and children of officer's, 23,56 21 . 9, IS toms; 199,2381. Excise, 123,897/. Treasury, 1 ' Police Magistrates and Constables, 11,391/. : 4 411,,;:,7'.4' ~~ •r~. ~IR ^ ~S i,~rn ' 1 1 s~ j ~d2~ _ a. •, ' , l7 4 ga, nii'4 'et( 4:34 .Is‘‘l.4i / :a:=r= ~~ ~ Ali 4 ' s eAt 'ALp„;'' ,U ': 4 I c,r-i