The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—Lord Stanley and Sir Robert Peel may rest assured that the people of Ireland feel their power, and will not suffer themselves to be delivered over unconditionally to those who have already so amply proved how little they de served to be entrusted with such a power. We trust the feel ing manner in which Lord John Russell dwelt on the anxiety of a party in this country to atone for the former injustice of the Governments of England to the natives of Ireland, will not be thrown away on them. Every statesman of sound and ho nest principles, every man who has at heart the character of the nation, the welfare of the people, and the power and sta bility of this great empire, must, above all things wish to put an end to the irritation which now prevails in the sister island. Wretched is the policy which, for the sake of a momen tary tenure of power, would hazard the peace of the em pire. An overgrown schoolboy, like Lord Stanley, who, with little or no wisdom, possesses cleverness in debate and a command of animated expression, is a dangerous guide in times like the present. 'f he Irish have been treated with great injustice , they are quick enough, too, to see that it is intended by a great party in this country to treat them unfairly; and we all know that when once the passions are kindled, judgment is apt to be clouded. We intreat Sir Robert Peel, and those of the Tories who cannot approve of the recklessness of Lord Stanley, to beware how they suffer themselves to be drawn into an approval of his counsels. There is yet time for the olive branch. 'Air. O'Connell bore testimony last night that " the ad ministrative impartiality of the Government of Ireland is doing all that it can for the people of Ireland, keeping the partisan out of Dower, and endeavouring to prevent partial bigots from wreak mg their vengeance under the form of law—doing all that it can to protect the people from that fell spirit which has been the ruin, the misery, and the oppression of that country, show ing to the people a disposition to do them good, contrasting so powerfully with the party that so long abused authority there." This told en the House, because it was true to the letter. The Tories may drive the people to despair ; but the issue, whatever it may be, will be a fearful one to both countries. We shudder to think of the consequences, even assuming them the most favourable which can be conceived for Britain. May we then hope, that after this display of rashness, the Tories will cool down into something like moderation, and allow a measure to be carried by which the people of Ireland shall be suffered to obtain that influence in the Legislature to which they are en. titled. HERALD.—The last act of that tragi-comic farce, the Government plan for the registration of voters in Ireland, has closed. he curtain dropped last night on a new defeat of her Majesty's " adhesives, and at the conclusion of the farce, which was unequivocally damned, the stage manager, Lord John Russell, addressed his audience, and informed them that her Majesty's servants were as little as ever desirous of closing their performances—that they had so little inclina tion to be rubbed off, they meant, on the contrary, still to rub on. His lordship talked of all the great and good things he had always meant to achieve on behalf of Ireland, and which Ireland had a right to expect as consequent on the Roman Ca tholic Emancipation Bill. But this was all in vain. In a House of 589 Members a majority of eleven enforced the de mand against him and his colleagues for the withdrawal of the piece, end the "adhesives " accordingly were compelled to throw it up. In one night the Whig-Radical-Poor-law Government have had the humiliating penalty to endure of seeing Mr. Walter returned for Nottingham, and taking his scat on the opposite benches ; and of being soundly beaten out of their uncompromising franchise clause, and into the most absurd and hopeless of false positions to which a Govern- merit can be forced that have staked the reputation of their political sagacity and the strength of their party on a single cast. They have stood the " hazard of the die," and they have lost. Will they pay the stake they played for ? No ! they have identified themselves with the theory and practical working of the new Poor-law ;—have promoted its administrators—have dis couraged its opponents—have proclaimed themselves bound to and by even the harshest of its enactments. They have now the felicity of seeing the people return into the ranks of their legislative opponents that very individuai who has been more than any other of their own antagonists, most instrumental perhaps in arraying against their favourite scheme of pauper coercion the most practised talent and energy that could be en listed in various parts of the kingdom, and among various or ders of the people, in hostility to that measure. In favour of it they have heretofore boldly appealed to the ratepayers—to the people themselves. What do the Nottingham men—the rate-payers of a town em nently Whiggish—who return at this moment the Right Honourable Pre-ident of the Board of Con trol ? What do they reply ? They reply, " We return a champion, pledged to the teeth against your new Poor-law, and on the single ground that he is so pledged." POST.—A BANDON:VENT OF LORD MORPETH'S BILL.— The division took place last night in Committee on the second clause of this dishonest and unlucky measure—its vital clause, which would have created a Parliamentary franchise for the counties of Ireland, founded on a leasehold occupation rated at 84 per annum, without beneficial interest. Immediately after this signal and disgraceful defeat Lord John Russell made a long, querulous and fretful speech, which he concluded, not by announcing the intention of Ministers to tender their resigna tion to her Majesty, in consequence of the House of Commons having withdrawn from them its confidence, but by moving that the Chairman do leave the chair, thus consigning to a disho nourable tomb a Bill which merited its fate, not more on ac count of its inherent vices, than of the vile and de'picable mo tive which had originally called it into existence, the desire to obstruct and defeat a really beneficial and statesmanlike effort of legislation. Notwithstanding this ignominious overthrow, and the position of abject weakness in which it necessarily leaves the Ministers who have sustained it, the general opinion last night was that these Ministers will still cleave to place, an opinion for which we cannot conjecture any other foundation than their well-known regard to the advantages of office, un less it be that, in the course of the discussion which preceded the division, Mr. Hume told them it would be nonsense to re sign, and Mr. O'Connell gave them the consoling assurance that " the rejection of the measure would do the Ministers good in Ireland !" AD VERTISCR.—Lord Morpeth's Bill is defeated and withdrawn, and with great regret do we announce the fact. Ministers do not, and will not, if we are rightly informed, re sign or dissolve Parliament ; because if they did, hundreds of thousands would be lost by parties interested in private Bills, and who, in another Session, or in a new Parliament, would have to undergo a similar expense. The political Session is therefore, at an end—the practical, we hope, about to commence. TIMES.—WeII. There could be no mistake last night. If Monday's division was not conclusive against the principle of Lord Morpeth's bill, Thursday's, we think, must satisfy even the most obtuse understanding. It is, in fact, admitted to be fatal ; and the flagitious imposture, by which Ministers have attempted .to save the perjuries and personations of the Irish register from the inroads of Conservative reform, is now finally and for ever abandoned. Again the question forces it self upon us, will a Government, defeated upon the most criti cal questions, and in crowded houses, by majorities of 11 and 21, still attempt to retain office ? Again we answer that if their past history can furnish any clue totheir future conduct, nothing but a direct address to the Crown for their removal will ever effect a divorce between them and their salaries. Ever since they took their stand upon Court favour in 1839, and determined that the confidence of the Ladies of the Bedchamber was an adequate sub stitute fora commanding influence in the ry.egislature, they have been prosecuting a " great political experiment," in which they have met with considerable success. Their example has esta blished the possibility of a Ministry continuing in office, with out character, without a majority in either House of Parlia ment, without the sympathy or support of any considerable party in the country. A Ministry too much despised by all, to be cordially hated by their adversaries, or respected by their friends. A Ministry without power to carry their own measures, or resist those of their opponents — men of straw, pelted and buffetted from every quarter, and taking their buffets with as much patience and resignation as the Venetian Jew discovered under the salivary compliments of his Christian customers. Such has been the character of Lord Melbourne's Government, and such it will remain to the end. For a Government which has never possessed the con fidence of the House of Commons to resign, because it is in a minority now, would be truly ridiculous—a real bona fide re signation, under any circumstances, would be the grossest in consistency which the present. Ministers could commit. To aban don principles upon the maintenance of which they have staked their honour, to dispense with measures which they have vaunted as absolutely indispensable, is with them a fami liar thing; but to relinquish office, or dispense with salary, is a course of which the idea has never crossed their minds. It would be idle to expect that such an every-day trifle as a defeat by a majority of eleven, in a House of 589, upon a mere point of principle, can dislodge what has been justly and emphatically called the " shuttlecock Administration." This i 3 now the posture of the Conservative Opposition : Supported by an overwhelming majority in the House of Lords, and by a varying yet sufficient majority in the House of Commons, they cannot decline the duties inseparably an nexed to their position. Whether they assume the seals of office or not, it has become theyr duty at all events to take the lead in legislation. It will not he sufficient to have defeated Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill ; they must vigorously press forward, and carry their own. And upon the Poor-law Continuance Bill, as we hinted on Wednesday, they must be prepared, if they would give any satisfaction to the country, to take a far bolder and more decided course than might have been required of them under different circumstances. With out their fiat it is impossible for that measure ever to become law ;—will they date to pronounce that fiat now, after what has taken place at Nottingham ? GLOBE _Lori Howick has intervened in somey;hat the manner of the Beefeater in the Critic in the dyenoue. ment of an intricate situation of parties. The IklA:e Lord presented himself betwixt them with an admonition to each on the propriety of composing their differences as regards Ireland. In the Queen's name I charge you all to drop Your swords and daggers ! The swords and daggers may be considered as dropped for the present. There CAR neither b e Stanley nor Morpeth legislation neither thrust ing nor parrying. If Mini tees,son the one ha n d, h ave a b andoned their position of cefence, so have Op pos i t i on tacitly and vir tually that of attack. It is as good as acknowledged by and even by Lord S tan l ey, that it may Sir R o be r t Peel' be necessary t o consider the fr anc hi se, i n re f orming the registrati o n. They are, in effect, cons t ra i ne d to the quasi-recogn:t:an 0f that principle, tho ug h th ey w i ll not ,i co nsent to t h e Ministerial mode of carryi ng i t i nto execu tion ; and in this dissent are joined by h a small number of Liberals, and aided by the apat y and absence of t o f Government to that others. The eon/re-pro/6- therefore, been fruit of Lord Stanley has been thrown away, The nor has the discussion not The principlethe frany_. t its exer that a new constitution itiu o o f , chise must accompany a new cise we regard as having been established in the de_ the bates on the rival rn , Th e views of .. two measures. - des of opinion pasties which divide Parliament and the shades which form minor divisiona in parties, have been pre',ty strongly. illustra.ted in t , e course of the same , di;cussions. The Tory leader professes to find igrcurids for congratulation in the ciintrast between Liberal divisi.ns and Tory : ! rei unan,ty Theic grounds ant more specious than solid. Apparent divisions, and the i absence of apt:went divisions in parties, afford no conlu sive evidence of their sound or unsound internal condition. Divisions may result from vigorous thought and sincere feel ing ; unanimity may indicate the sappresion cr ausence of both. It is evident at once theta matter so problernatiel, pr - vious to experiment, as a me asure f or the reconstr uctimof. national franchise, must g,ve rise to divisi,ins of 0p,,,, , a'id such divisions show themselves without restraint, where no ov erpower i ng general feeling imp, is action. That there are no such divisions on the Tory side —it it is true, which we don't believe, although Sir Robert Peel says it —proves nothing to the credit of the Tory party, It may only prove that those of them who have rational views on the subject do not care to distinguish themselves from those who have none, or none reasonable. STANDARD. —Lord Mer;:eth's Irish Voters Bill was last night defeated in committee by a majm ity of 300 to 289—a majority of eleven in a House (including tellers, Chairman and Speaker) of 595 Members; leaving of the whole number but 63 absentees, paired or other- wise absent: This is a clearly fin( quivocal declaration of the sense of the House of Commons - Upon the great minis terial measure of the session. It ii, we beiitve, this day six years, to the day, SiaCe Sir R, Peel reai;,-utd g9fiGe.io con- sequence of a far less plainly spoken hint from the House of Commons ; but we expect as little that ministers will imitate the conduct of Sir Robert Peel in this part of his conduct as we can expect then t) i nitrite him in the rest of his honoitr , he carter. They will not, to borrow the words of their friend Mr Home, phy any such foolish game. They will rather adopt Mr. O'Con Hell's suggestion, and present their di:graces by th • Imperial Parliament as a new title to the affections and support of the Irish Repealers. The particular question upon which the House divided was, the adoption of th 2 second clause of the Bill; the clause which would fix the franchise upon the occupation of an 8/. rated tenement with any fragment of a fourteen years' tenure, and withaut any re ference to a beneficial interest. This Ministers described as the principle of their Bill ; and, being beaten upon this, they abandoned the measure ; but, as Lord Stanley predicted for them, the measure was the only thing they would resign. The debate was the most animated of the Session. COMM R.—The finishing touch was last night given to the Merpeth moonshine sketch for Irish legislation by its withdrawal from further exhibition. Lord John Russell, with as much coolness as if he had never insisted that the wretched daub was the perfection of art, concluded his "last dying speech and codession " on that special badge and abortion of O'Connell slavery, by moving " that the Chairman do leave the chair," without re porting progress, or asking leave to sit again. It is now, therefore, not worth the while to waste more words upon a scheme of which, from its birth to its exit, it may truly be said that its concoction was a compound of fraud and folly, that its presentation to Parliament was an unparalleled combination of Mi nisterial meanness and effrontery, and that its procras tinations, vacillations, and transformations day by day since, are among the most memorable Protean specimens even of Ministerial shiftiness, trickery, and dishonesty. In the midst of disgraces so unexampled and so multiplied —disgraces which would have swamped a dozen other Ministries—nobody thinks of inquiring when did Minis ters resign, or when will the O'Connell Government give up. We notice the simple fact, leaving the comment to the rightmindedness of every honest and honourable man. Even the well-bred dog does not wait to be kicked out. We have an opinion, however, that although Lord John will not permit the last days of Whiggery to be registered under the Irish Act, yet, if we may be allowed the vile pun, Mr. Baring with his Budget may compel him to budge from his quarters before the greedy hangers on of office shall have succeeded in effecting an entry upon another quarter, and so establishing a claim to the usual complimentary quarterage dues. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—No document has created a mere intense interest in the City for a long time past than the Report of the United States Bank Committee, contained in the journals received yesterday : it is also a fruitful topic of remark among the jour nals. Commercial men can only satisfy themselves by an exa mination of the document itself, in which they will want no guide , but for the public at large it may be useful to state, as well what are the prominent disclosures of that Report, :is the points upon which further disclosures are called for by the moneyed interest of America. All the worst anticipations made in this journal more than three years ago, of the real state of this monstrous engine of fraud and corruption, are more than realized. We may commence by stating, that this report acknow ledges a loss of $20,000,000 out of a capital of $35,000,000, but the assets which represent the difference between those sums are evidently of a description which renders its realiza tion doubtful. hence, however, the question arises, in what manner that immense sum has been lost, for the defalcations charged upon various officers amounts to $1,500,000 only, leaving the remainder unaccounted for. The notorious bribes to Members of the Pennsylvan a Legislature, and to con ductors of newspapers, are, among other singular items, kept wholly in the back-ground. Among the sect'• ities held by the Bank are above $10,000,000 in shares and stock, taken by Bid dle and others without the knowledge or authority of the board. But among the more curious features of the report are the results of the famous cotton speculations so impudently denied at the time by Biddle and his agents in this country. These transactions are now officially stated to amount to $8,900,000; at first there was a large profit upon them, which was divided by the officers, but when the account turned the other way, they sought to throw the whole loss upon the institution, or were released from liability upon de livering up some worthless securities, such as Texas bonds, Vicksburg stock, &c., which were taken at par. Of the debt due to the Bank a general idea may be formed when it is stated that but a small portion consisted of regular mercantile transactions. Under this head the report sets forth that 4e in dividuals and firms owed upwards of $20,000 each ; 15 up wards of $50,000 each ; and nine upwards of $lOO,OOO each; also that four persons collectively were indebted to the Bank $560,000. From March, 1835, the power had - in a great measure passed from the Directors into the hands of the officers, who kept no books, very few vouchers, and much of the large discount business they transacted did not appear at all. Of Jaudon's London mission, the details which have transpired are also exceedingly curious. He re ceived in America $7,000 per annum as cashier, and when he was appointed the bank allowed him $5,000 for loss upon the sale of his furniture. The sums for foreign agents' expenses up to 1841 were 178,000, and the whole sum for foreign agency and loan expenses up to the same date was $336,000. The labourer, however, was worthy of his hire, for through his in genuity and plausible representations, he contrived to borrow 1 more money in Europe than the Bank at that time possessed of active debt in America. It is needless, perhaps, for the uninitiated in these matters to pursue the subject further. The impression in the City as to ' the affairs of the t3ank arising from this report, which yet evi dently does not make the worst of it, is of the most unfavourable and people here are utterly at a loss to imagine how the value of the shares should have risen, as they are stated to have done in New York and Philadelphia, after thelpublication of such a report. A private letter, referring to the meeting at which the above report was delivered, states, that one of the proprietors ' who attended it brought forward the following very pungent resolution : " That the management of this Bank whilst under the di. rection of Nicholas Biddle has been conducted in the most pro fligate, reckless, and heinous manner ; that the stockholders have been plundered largely of their property ; and that the president, cashiers, and directors, merit the just execration and indignation of the stockholders and community at large." This was received with a degree of approbation which would have probably ensured its reception by the meeting, but the mover was induced, by come representations which were made to him of its libellous tendency, to withdraw it. In the same file of New York payers, the principles of Mr. T 3 ler, the new President of the United States, are considered with much interest, especially on the three important points of the " strict construction of the Constitution," the banking sys tem,the tariff, and internal improvements. On the first of these, a speech of Air. Tyler in Senate in the> ear 1831 is quoted, in which he expresses himself in most unmeasured terms against the viola tion of the Constitution. He even said that to pass over its violation in silence would be infidelity to the constituents of the Members of the Legislature. Speak ing of the state of Virginia with approbation, he said that the constant effort of Virginia has been directed to the pre servation of the Consitution, no matter with what solemnity it may have been violated, not even if the violation has been sanctioned toy the two Houses of Congress, and the President of the United States, and confirmed by judicial decision. As to the second point, a speech of Mr. 7 yier is cited, made wl.en the House of Representatives was in committee in bebru ary, 1819, on the affairs of the Bank of the United States. Here he stated that the creation of the corporation was in itself unconstitutional, and besides expressing this conviction, protested against the banking system in America, as unsupported by any principle of political economy. On the tariff question in 1832, in a speech in opposition to Sir Clay's resolution, he said that it was not merely a South Carolina question, but a southern question generally, and that all apprehension that to grant relief would produce a tendency to disunion, was tena cious. In May, 18t0, in Senate, he spoke on the constitu tional power of Congress to make roads and canals, and said that he had originally decided against that power, and that the experience of six years had satisfied him that the exercise of such a power would hazard all that is considered secret% in the institutions of the country. Extracts from these speeches are made in some of the demo cratic journals, to give an impression tha the policy of Mr. Ty ler will, at least in a great measuv% he an adoption of their views. That partiality is shov;n in making the selections, and also in the interpretat,o n , there can be little doubt; but at the same ti-,se ' as Mr. Tyler's opinion s o f the in v i o l a bility of the Constitution under all e' acum _ stances, and also of the unconstitutionality of the, United States Bank " '.;narter, are so strongly and unequivocally ex pressed, it would not seem too much to anticipate that the advocates of a national bank will have but little support from the I,`....esent Government— that is to say, if consistency with oF:nions expressed some years ago is to he assumed. It may be as well to observe, that the secti on o f th e U n i ted States constitution by which Mr. Tyler succeeds General Harrison is the fifth of the second article, which provides that "in case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President." As the veto of Governor Porter to the Pennsylvania Bank Bill was generally expected, it has of course occasioned but little surprise at New York. It seems now to be supposed that even if it had become law, the banks would have rejected it, on account of the impossibility of existing under its provisions. An expectation is mentioned that another Bill will be pre pared, so f rame d as t o su i t all parties, an d even to secure so large a majority in the Legislature as to render the veto in operative. The State appeared to be so involved with the banks that an authority for a suspension for some period was expected as a matter of cottkse, but it did not seem so clear what might be the opinieus of the people of Pennsylvania on the subject. CH :RONICLE.—Bv the British Queen steamer we have re ceived new s from the United States to the 12th instant, the details of which are given at considerable length in our co lumns this morning. The accession of Mr. Tyler to the Pre sidential chair will lead to no alteration in the general policy or constituent materials of the American Cabinet. Mr T)ler was elected Vice-President on the same ticket and by the same votes as his predecessor, and will now serve out his fill term of office as President elect, agreeably to the provisions of the Federal Constitution. He is considered to be well qualified for the office, having been a Member of the Senate at Wash ington for many years, previously Governor of Virginia, and possessing great practical knowledge of public affairs. The new Vice-President, Mr. Southard, of New Jersey, was Secretary to the Navy under the Presidency of Mr. Adams, and has also been for several years a distinguished member of the Senate of the United States. The private letters express great satisfaction with these changes, and sta'e that the measures of the President Tyler wi 1 be in perfect accordance with the views of General Harrison, among which thy mention proposals for a national bank, a distribution of the public lands, and the adoption of other measures tending to place the credit of the States upon an improved and sa' isfactocy basis. We have received the Report of the committee of inve tie• ' a , ion, appoi n t e d at t h e meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of the United States on the 4th last, laid before the adj ourne d meet i ng held in 1311 the an ' kin , -house of that concern in Ph i l a d e l p hi a on Mon djaaln,,ltrYhe sth instant. It occupies, with the appendices, 79' pages , printed in the pamphlet shape. The result of the investigation may' be briefly given as follows:—'l'h. corn mitteeverified, first of all in detail, the statements of the assets and liabilities as made up to December 21, 1840, and omitting with propriety from that statement the amount s th ere credited on account o f "b onus for charter'' and " balance of Ulihed States stock unsold." They proceeded next to make a valu st i on of the assets, for which purpose they minutely re-e xamined t h e items of act i ve an d suspent e d d e b t, stocks, real e s t ate bonds, and mortgages,foreign bills of ex c h ange, and by State a mounts due ate tanks. The estimates are given in detail, which bring Riven o n t h e struck 21st of December, 1840, omitting as afor esa id, . ou that from the assets of the bank, as loss, und er the "arious specified herds off . . f . 0 .; .. prob;b . ....... 1,742 The Commi ttee hav e 46 17,751,946 72 $32,528,600 00 Te which may be added the sum of 400,000 or 500,000 dollars for that part of the circulation, amounting on the 21st of De cember, 1840, to $9,336,000 90, "as probably lost or de stroyed." The Bank of the United States has thus still re maining from the wreck a trading capital, to be applied for banking purposes, equal to about 3,000,0001. sterling, which is greater than the Bank of France, and next in amount to that of the Bank of England. This puts an end to all doubts regarding the absolute solvency of the institution, and must re lieve the apprehensions of the shareholders in that respect. Whether the actual surplus be two-and a-half or three millions, no doubt can now exist that, after meeting all liabilities, the Bank of the United States possesses available capital that wilt enable it to carry on the business of banking en a scale of great magnitude and importance. The actual worth of the assets h now ascertained within at least half a million of their available value • and now, when the w h o l e t rut h h as b een brought to light, and the most rigid investigation completed, the result proves that the Bank has a surplus capital remaining, which must be worth more than two millions sterling at the very lowest computation. The loss by past mismanagement is immense and irrecoverable, but the committee re - commend that the corporate existence should be continued under a different name, and its nominal charter reduced to 14,000,000 of dollars, valuing each share at 40 dollars, equal to 81. sterling. The principal items of" probable loss" are upon the suspended bills, estimated at 5,044,211 dollars, 7 cents., on the active 1,206,929 dollars, 39 cents., on various denominations of Stare stocks, $7,069,409 06, and on sums and balances due by offices and agencies and State banks, $3,366,664 16. In forming their opinion and calcula tions, the Committee appear to have acted with energy, im partiality, and prudence. They observe " that the attempts to make an estimate of probable losses was found to be attended with considerable difficulty and embarrassment. To adopt the hresent depressed mark e t va l ue o f th e severa l s t oc k s an d l oans eld by the Bankf would not be a fair criterion of their actual worth, which (rather than their present availability), was that at which the Committee endeavoured to arrive. Still they have been necessarily guided, in a great measure, by the price current of the day." The history of the course of policy which has produced this situation of affairs of the Bank of the United States is narrated in striking colours by the t ommittee. The origin of all was the refusal of Congress to renew its charter as a national insti tution. While it existed as such it was powerful, prosperous. and useful. When it ceased to be so, it became inefficient and unwieldy, too extensive for its legitimate sphere of banking ope rations, and by being so was induced to depart from its 'warier business to find employment for surplus means and capital. It thus became a huge speculative machine—a dealer in cotton, in state stocks and loans, and ultimately embarrassed by a large and cumbrous dead weight of unsaleable securities. The appointment of a Committee of Exchange, composed of three Directors, with power to make loans on the security of the stock of the bank or other approved security, drove the institution into the Euro, can markets at borrowers. In March, 183:s, the loans on other than per sonal security was $4,797,936, while in March, 1836, these loans had increa ed to 820,446,367. The Bank has [mar due more money in Europe than it has on loan on its lists of Active debt in America. It appears also that while the loans upon stock securities rapidly increased, the bills dis counted on personal security seriously diminished. The executive officers of the Bank engaged in large operation, and speculative transactions in stocks a d cotton with funds belonging to the Bank ; so th it the active means of the in stitution were monopolized in these undertakings; while it was disabled from accommodating men engaged in busi ness really productive and useful to the community. The mode in which the Committee of Exchange trans acted their business shows that there really existed no check whatever upon the officers, and that the funds of this bank were almost entirely at their disposal. The whole of the principal officers became heavily indebted to the bank by means of loans improperly obtained, and the carious settlements fur these irregular loans, made chiefly by the medium o. various railroad company shares, canal shares, and other stocks, are severely animadverted on in the Report; we must add, not without sufficient reason ; for of the whole amount of stocks and loans which the bank has received since its re-charter, in cluding those since disposed of, it appears that more than 31,000,000 dollars have been taken in settlement of debts and ad vances. The famous cotton speculations of Mr. Nicholas Biddle, entered in the books under the specious head of " advances on merchandize," are graphically detailed. The first of these was in July, 15137, when the amount of shipments was 2,182,998 dollars ; the second, in the autumn of 1837, after M. Jaudon was appointed resident agent in London ; the third transaction seems to have been in 1839 ; and the whole transactions are estimated at 8,969,450 dol lars. The result of the last shipment was a loss of 962,524 dollars 13 cents. The result as to the profit and loss of the first transaction does not clearly appear. By the second series of shipments, there appears to have been a pro fit of 800,000 dollars ; and, by the final settlement of these speculati , ns, it seems that Mr. Biddle and Messrs. Cow perthwaite, the parties chiefly engaged, were indebt ed to the Bank in the sum of 631,390 dollars. Mr. Biddle settled his half by delivery of Texian bonds, which the Committee of the Board of Directors say were reluctantly ac cepted, "aware that the Texian Securities were much below Wr in the market." The Messrs. Cowp er th a a it e an d M r. ilder conveyed lands chiefly, and various railroad shares, for their proportion. When the report of the Com m itt ee on ad vances was brought u p, a resohn ion was passed, expressing their condemnation of these things, and " that the large advances made by the officers of the Bank in the periods of 1837, 1838, and 1839, bring totally unauthorised and unknown to the Board of Directors, merit and recede their just censure and condemnation." Th. perusal of the report conveys the strongest impression that the Directors have been guilty of great remissness in the discharge of their important duties, while many of them were receiving extensive loans and accommodation on their private account. It also shows that they devolved the whole manage ment and disposal of the property of the shareholders on the Committee of Exchange, who, along with the chief officers of the establishment, invested the flinch in ruinous speculations totally at variance with banking principles, and that they also became heavily indebted to the Bank for perso al advances, which they repaid by the delivery of various denominations of State stocks and securities, without the consent, knowledge, or official approbation of the stated meetings of the Board of Directors. The Committee of Exchange even kept no minutes of their proceedings. They acted verbally, and loaned off the property of the shareholders, in concert will the exe cutive officers, just as pleased their fancy. Nothing could be more loose or unsatisfactory. We hope, however, that eco nomy and regularity for the future will be substituted for the past extravagance, gross mismanagement, and neglect. Seve ral changes nave already taken place in tne direction, which promise well. The salaries of the principal officers, too, have been reduced, and Colonel Drayton, the successor of Sir. Dunlop, as President, is a gent:eman, we hear, of high stand ing, greatly and deservedly esteemed, who will no doubt insist on the observance of rigid economy, retrenchm nt, reform, and regularity in all the departmsuts. The last price of the shares at New York was 21 to 22. The Exchange on Eng. land 7 to %. HERALD.—The market:has been all day in adull and declin. ing state, without the prominence of any special cause for the effect, which may be set down, therefore, to the generally un favourable aspect, first of trading affairs, and next of public affairs, which financially can hardly be worse, and in the more strictly political sense are evidently in the greatest confusion, arising from the miserable struggles of the party in power to prolong a disgraceful Ministerial existence at the expense of all decency and consistency, and at the sacrifice of all honourable feeling and pretension to character and dignity. The settlement of the half-monthly account in the Foreign Market to tk place to-day. The differences for adjustment were of trivial magnitude, as the weight of business during the account now ended was of small considerati n. Prices gene rally were on the decline to-day, and left off as follow at th e legal hour, but sub sequen tl y i n b arga i ns afterwards not regu larly recognizable went lower still. A singular document appears in the Philadelphia r e ".pers lately received in the shape of an address signed he • g 0 of the prin cipal citizens of that city to the people f .:; the State of Penn sylvania at large, urging them in v . - dry press upon the Legislature 13: 3 , earnest language to im. strong representotions the ne cessity of resorting to the , ( . 1 : irect taxation of all classes in order to raise the necessar; funds for paying the interest of the State .4. public faith inviolate abroad and at home, debt, and preser and also for - providing the means to carry on the public works And irr rovements. This i s a man l y an d mora l proceeding, j t, Lul as such honourable to the parties by whom originated, who in such case, as being of the wealthier classes, must be amongst those most largely assessed in case the recommendation were carried into effect. This, however, may be doubtful, as, how ever Legisla.ures elected by the people may have freely exer cised taxing powers, it would be something extremely novel to find the people taxing themselves direct, that is, praying their unwilling representatives to tax them. This would be chang ing positions and functions in an extraordinary manner. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. MEMORANDUM EXPLANATORY OF THE CARRIAGE -WAY 07 THE BRIDGE BING CLOSED. When the bridge was built about a century since, but befotre it was opened, the fifth pier from the Middlesex side (since known as the sunken pier) sank considerably. This obliged two of the arches to be taken down, and the opening of the bridge was in consequence delayed for a year. To lighten the weight over this pier, the solid filling-in was taken out, and a discharging arch was formed to carry the roadway. This arch springs from the haunch of the arch of the bridge on each side of the pier, so that a large hollow or vault is formed in the pier. As the piers were built in caissons, the removal of the sunken pier would at that time have been a work of immense labour, and the examination of the defect was impossible, so that the bridge was opened with it. The pre•ent repair of the bridge being done by coffer-dams has enabled us to get to the bottom of the sunken pier, to dis cover the defect and to apply an effectual security, but pre vious to doing this the sunken pier had gone down several inches more, and the arch on one side of it was so crippled by this and by the weight of the upper or discharging arch already described resting unequally upon it, that the arch t,f the bridge required to be repaired, and the discharging arch re moved, which could only be done by getting down to it from the road way. To the question which has been put to me, Why not have waited until after the end of the session before you clo'ed the bridge ?" the reply is, that it would have dela% ed the work, in terfered with the contract, and incurred the liability to a heavy additional claim for the coffer-dam. With the contractor's (Mr. Cubitt's) exertions, I think the bridge will be opened in about four weeks. Great George -street, April 29. Leaving the actual assets at 55 1,7 7 9 , 795 46 i FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. From which deduct the liabilities Leaves the sum of The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of To represent the capital of $35,000,000 00 Knighthood upon Thomas Noel Harris, Esq., late Lieut , nant- Less amount of Bank United States stock on C“lo,e1 in the Army, Knight of the Royal Order of illiLtary hand and of St. Anne of Russia, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, and one of the Grooms of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Chamber. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Wightman, Esq., one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 23. The Queen was this day pleated to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Isaac Morley, Esq., Mayor of Doncaster. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General Sir John Harvey, K.C.8., to be Governor and Commander-in. Chief of the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 29. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 30. 'to be Assistant-Surgeon—Assistant -Surgeon E. W. Stone, M.D., from 48th Foot, April 30. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lord A. Hay to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice West, pro moted, April 30. Ist Regiment of Foot—Capt. R. Stewart, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice T. Nickoll, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieut. H. R. Marindin to be Cap ain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Ensign W. Mitchel son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marindin ; S. Van sittart, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Alitchelson, April 30. 3d Foot—Ensign C. A. Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gall, appointed to 14th Light Dragoons; Gen tleman Cadet A. H. H. Mercer, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, April 30. 13th Foot—Ensign F. V. Straubenzee to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Holder, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons ; F. W. Stehelin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Strau benzee, April 30. 10th Foot—W. L. Pennefather, Gent. to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Farquharson, who resigns; April 30. 22d Foot—Ensign J. Brennan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Smith, appointed to the I4th Light Dragoons; H. Bowden, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Brennan, April 30. 26th Foot—Ensign A. Miller to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Daniell, deceased, November 28, 1840 ; Ensign R. C. Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Miller, whose promotion, February 8, has been cancelled, February 8; Ensign H. De Quincey, from the 9.2 d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jones, April 30. 28th Foot—A. Browne, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Aplin; promoted, April 30. 37th Foot—Brevet Major H. 0. Wood to be Major, with out purchase, vice Manners, who retires upon full pay ; Li ute nant T. E. Le Blanc to be Captain, vice Wood; Ensign %V. G. M. Clibborn to be Lieutenant, vice Le Blanc ; B. Ed wards, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Clibborn, April 30. 67th Foot—Ensign W. R. Adair to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice W hittingham. promoted in the 80th Foot ; J. Sivewright, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Adair, April.3o. 80th Foot—Lieut. F. Wnittingham, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, by p..rchase, vice Steuart, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, April 30. 81st Foot—Ensign J. Gildea to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons ; J. Hearn, Gent. tote Ensign. r by purchase, vice Gildea, April 30. 85th Foot—Sergeant W. Nell to be Quartermaster, vice G. Edwards, who retires upon half-pay, April 25th. 924 Foot—J. IsLipier, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice De Quintet•, appointed to the 26th Foot, April 30. 96th Foot—Ensign R. Roney to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Chambre, appointed to the 14th Light Dra goons ; H. A. Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Roney, April 30. BREVET.—To be Majors in the Army—Captain W. Wa'n man, of the 14th Light Dragoons, July 22, 1830 ; Capt. J. Caulr.eltl, of the 14th Light Dragoons; Capt. H. Stewart, of the lit Fuot, Jan. 10, 1837. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Dorset Regirnei.t of Volunte,r Yeomanry Cavalry—J. L. Buckland, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice N. J. Trowbridge, de ceased, April 13 ; W. 11 , ghmo e, Gent. to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice J. L. Buckland, promoted, April 13. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 2d of February to the 27th of April, 1841, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 W. IV., ca p. 98. , LIABILITIES, ASSETS. Circulation £16,587,000 Securities ........£22,082,900 Deposits 7,225.000 Bullion X 23,812,000 I Downing-street, April 29, 1841. £26,720,000 DECL ARA TIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY WILKINS and JOHN WILKINS, wool nur. chants, London. HENRY WILSON FE RN YHOUG H,bookseller, Reading. BANK RUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOSEPH HOBBINS, iron master, Wednesbury, Stafford shire. JOHN WYKE and JAMES DAVIES, iron founders, Newton, Cheshire. BANKRUPTS. CHRISTOPHER DUNNIT, jun., hop merchant, Talbot Inn -yard, Southwark, to surrender, May 7 and June 11, at e)even, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Barker and Rose, Mark-lane. JOHN RUMSEY, money scrivener, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, May 13, at twelve, and June 11, at eleven, at the Lourt of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee; Cox ' l'inner's-hall, Old B roa d- street , L on d on. HERBERT WALL, wine -merchant, Mark-lane, May 11, at one, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Bodmin, Queen street, Cheapside. MARY MORE, florist, King's-road, Chelsea, May 11, at one, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee; Faw cett, Jewin-street Cripplegate. BENJAMIN BATES, grocer, Robin Hoed-lane, Blackwell, May 11, at two, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee ; Simpson and Cobb, Austin-friars. THOM AS LEFT W ICH, victualler, Warrington, Lancashire May 13 and June 11, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver.. pool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol born London ; Bayley, Warrington. WILLI ‘M DIXON, brass-tounder, Walsall, Staffordshire, May 14 and June 11, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wolver hampton. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Smith, Walsall. WILLIAM LORAINE, banker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 18, at twelve, and June 11, at one, at the Bankrupt Com mission -room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Langhorne, Newcastle upon•Tyne ; Meggison, Pringle, and Alanisty, King's-road, Bedford-row, London. PRINCE WILLIAM SMITH, tanner, Bristol, May 11, at two, and June 11, at twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London; Bevans, B r i sto l. CHARLES FRANCIS SKURAY, ironmonger, Swirl don, Wiltshire, May 18 and June 14, at twelve, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol. Frampton, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; Miller, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire. JOHN EDGE CA RR, factor, Kingsnorton, Worcestershire, May 12 and June 11, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Bac), Bir mingham. Church, Bedford-row, London ; James, Birmingham. JOSHUA SAUNDERS, miller, Cambridge, May 7 and June 11, at ten, at the Hoop Inn, Cambridge. Raverscroft, Guildford-street, Russell-square, London ; Cooper, Cambridge. THOMAS ROE, miller, Whitley, Coventry, May 10 and June 11, at one, at the Castle lan, Coventry. Weeks, Cook's court, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Dewrs and Sons, Coventry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba.singhall-street. A. Colvin, W. Ainsie, B. D. Colvin, 'l' Anderson, and D. Ainslie, merchants, Calcutta, May 21, at half-past eleven— M. Butler, licensed victualler, St: Pancras-road, May 21, at one-It. Wilson, hosier, A hiefiliaribliry, May 21, at one. In the Country. W. G. \Ville, tanner, Hos., Hereiordshire, May 24, at ten, at the Beaufort Arms Inn, Monmouth—R, Fowles, J. Fowles, and J. Fowles, builders, Rochdale, Lancashire, May 22, at two, at the tornmissioners'•rooms, Alanehoster—J. Colbrrn, tailor, Manchester, May 25, at ten, at the Commissioners'-- rooms, Manchester Lightfoot atid J. Jaques, maltsters„sk ri,,,g. Yorkshire, May 21, at twelve, at the Three .Tuns Inn, Thirsk—J. 13. Oliver, tallow chandler, Ipswich, May 24, at twelve, at the Coach and Horses Inn, Ipswich—ll. H, Byron, corn merchant, Lincoln, May 26, at twelve, at the City Arms Hotel, Lincoht—J. Davis, innkeeper, Shiffuall, Shropshire, May 26, at twelve, at the Shiie-hall, Shrewsbury—T. ielto!1, Jun., grocer, lledruth, Cornwa.l 2 MaS , 25, at eleven, at Sel- Jey's Hotel, Falinoutlitl. Llqd, surgeon, Machynll..th, Montgomeryshire, May 21, at eleven, at the ‘Vynnstay Arms Hotel, Machyrilleth—L. Green, grocer, Craubrook, Kent, May 14. at one, at the Bull Inn, Cranbrook—L. Biggs, wire drawer, Birmingham, May 21, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—.l, I.), Lazarus, jeweller, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 21, at two, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull----J. Eastwood an d I. W oo dh ea d , manu f acturers , M e lih am , York shire, May 26, a t t wo , at t h e G eorge H o t e l, Hudder s field—R. H. and J. R uncorn, p l um b ers, M anc h es t er , May 24, at te n , a t the Cmmissiners'-rooms, Manchester—J. B. Carruthers, bookselle t3ristol, May 25, at two, at the Commercial - rooms, B r.1:rol-1. Cockcroft, sen. and A. Fletcher, jun., stuff iner t chant s , Cheetham, Manchester, June 8, at three, at the Coin rnissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—MAY 21. R. Wilson, colliery owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Pres cott, grocer, Hultne, Manchester—J. ' 1 nompson , victualler, Lynn, Norfolk—R. and J. Bzggeln, sugar 7.-eners, Livrpcol . --J. Philpot, R. Marriott, and B. Burnell, coal mix-chants,. Cr. igglestone, Yorkshire. H. Jatob, builder, Atnersharn, Duckirglanullio..J. Studley, bra.: , .; founclf3r, Birmingham— .. MEMBER RETURNEDTO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARMA MENT. TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM.- John Walter, of Bear Wood, in the county of Berks, Esq., in the roum of Sir Ronald Crawfurd Ferguson, deceased. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieut. T. Naylor to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Gardnor, who retires ; Lieut. C. H. Drummond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Naylor; W. H. Holmes, Gent., to be Cornet and sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Drummond, dated April 30. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards —sergeant-Major G. Bush man ( Riding-master) to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Buller, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, April 30. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons —Paymaster-Sergeant J. Heydon to be Regimental Quartermaster, vice Williamson, deceased, April 30. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major W. Havelock, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,with out purchase ; Capt. E. Harvey to be Major, without purchase, April 30. To be Captains—Capt. W. Wainman, from half-pay of the Regiment; Capt. J. Caulfield, from half-pay of the 6th Dra goon Guards ; Capt. C. Steuart, from the 60th Foot, by pur chase, vice Wainman, who retires; Capt. G. G Shaw, from the 4th Light Dragoons; Capt. A. E. Bromwich, frost 4th Light Dragoons, vice Harvey ; Lieut. J. H. Tonge, by pur chase, vice Caulfield, who retires, April 30. To be Li , utenants.—Lieut. J. Blakeway, from hal-pay of the Cape Corps; Lieut. Browne, f rom half-pN• of the 52d. Foot ; Lieut. J. Chambre, from the 96th foot; Lieu tenant C. Peterson, from half-pay 11th Light Dra goons ; Lieutenant F. Holder, from the 13th Foot ; Lieut. the Hon. G. A. F. C. Graves, from the 31st Foot ; Lieut. A. Scudamore, from the 4th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. R. H. Gall, from the 3d Foot, by purchase, vice Blakeway, who retires ; Lieut. J. F. Fitz Gerald, from the 4th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant J. A. Todd, from 4th Light Dragoons; Lieut. R. B. Prettejohn, from 4th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. H. F. Hodson, from 4th Light Dragoons; Lieut. C. W. "rhorrp son, from the 61st Foot, by purchase, vice Browne, wh o re tires : Lieut. T. W. Smith, from the 22d Foot ; Cornet W. W. Allen, by purchase, vice Tonge, April 30. To be Cornets, without purchase—Cornet J. T. Brooks, from half-pay of the Regiment • Cornet W. E. Buller, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, April 30, To be Cornets, by purchase--R. P. Apthorp, Gent., vice Allen, April 3U; J. Cosier, Gent. vice Brooks, who retires, May 1. J. and G. F. Squires, plumbers, Poplar—H. Foot, tailor, Horrabridge, Devonshire—J. Philpot, victualler, St. Swithin's lane—W. E. Davies, coal master, Wightwick, Wolverhampton —L. West, wine • merchant, Freemaa's-court, Cornhill—D. Storm, builder, Cardiff, Glamotganshire—H. Knowles, drug gist, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Surtees and S. Southern, contractors, Walker. Northum and—J. Whittow and J. Evans, woollen drapers, Tottenham court-road—J. Tomlinson, sen., and J. Tomlinson, jun., joiners, Nottingham—P. Smith and T. Williams. ribbon ma nufacturers, Bedworth, Warwickshire—J. Child and T. Noble, farmers, Jud Field. Yorkshire—G. Lindsay, R. Young, and J. Lindsay, jun., shipping ironmongers, Limehouse—J. Sandi lands and A. Nicoll, tailors, Conduit-street--J. Woodcock, J. Woodcock, and D. Woodcock, coal masters, Pensnett, Staf fordshire—C. and C. P. Pouting, linen drapers, Malmesbury, Wiltshire—P. Hutchinson and J. Blumley, wheelwrights, Bury, Lancashire—J. Blakley and J. Adams, joiners, Almond bury, Yorkshire—B. Agar, W. Walker, and J. Chadwick, tamers, York—F. Sneade, M. Davis, and J. Fowler, timber merchants, Great Bolton, Lancashire—G. C. Canton and W. Thomas, timber merchants, Haverfordwest— R. and J. Bat tersby, commission agents, Liverpool—D. and J. Button, pawnbrokers, John-street, Edgeware-road—M. Richards and S. Smith, coal dealers, Birmingham—S. Ludlam, A. Ludlam, and J. B. Ludlam, hosiers, Oxford-street (so far as regards S. Ludlam)--W. Flanagan and W. J. Nutting, seedsmen, Alan sion-house-street. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending April 27, 1:• 4 4l, is 375. 7d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Cus toms paid or payable thereon on ethe importation thereof into Great Britain. LAW INTELLIOENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 30. MEU X AND OTHE S P. SMITH AND OTHERS. This was an application to the Court, on behalf of the plain tiffs, to have an order, made in this case by the Master of the Rolls in March last, discharged. The plaintiffs had obtained from the Master of the Rolls an order to strike out of a cause pending the names of Messrs. Segur, Evans, and Co., as defendants in that cause. They afterwards found that in obtaining that order they had com mitted a mistake, and in consequence applied to the Vice-Chan cAlor to have the Master's order set a,ide, and the Vice-Chan cellor directed the plaintiffs to bring their motion to his Lord ship's Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed the plaintiffs to he al lowed to amend their bill, on payment of the costs of the motion. some cases of appeal were the i brought before the Court which possessed no feature of general interest whatever, and occupied the Caurt to the time of its rising, at shortly after One o'Clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CUURT, APRIL 30. His Honour the Vice Chancellor was engaged a'l the morn ing hearing unopposed petitions and short causes. 1 1 COURT OF .L..X.uni2,yyr..R, APRIL 30. YELL V. KNIGHT. This was an action against the landlord of an inn in the neighbourhood of Worcester, for refusing the plaint ti accommodation, and turning him out of doors at an un seasonable hour of the niglit. be trial was had at, the last assizes when the Jury found a verdict for the defendant. A rule fur a new trial was obtained by Mr. Hill, cause against which was to-day shown by Mr. Whitehur:.t. It appeared that toe plaintiff, an attorney, while tram ling, arrived at the dvfendart's inn at a late hour at night and desired a bed. One was prepared for him, hut he said it was damp, and refuted to lay in it. He was shown another, but he said it also was d imp, and desired to have a light, and he would sleep upon chairs in an up-stairs room. This the landlord refused, but cffered to sit up with the plaiwiff in the kitchen. This the plaintiff refused, and words having ensued, the landlord turned him out of the house, in consequence of which the plaintiff had to walk to Worcester, a distance of six miles, after midnight. The case having teen argued at great length by Mr. Whrtehurst IT the r efendatit, and Mr. Hill and Mr. Humfrey fir the plairt ff, The COURT dr eided that the verdict was right. No landlord was bound to do more than provide proper ac commodation for any guest. He was nut obliged to put up with the caprici of any ono who chose to enter his house. —Rule discharged. SHERIFFS' COURT, APRIL 30. BUCKLEY AND SON V. TROWTON. This was an action to recover the sum of 98/. 15s. 9d., due from the defendant, upon three bills of exchange, for goods supplied. The action was undefended, and a verdict passed for the plaintiffs, fur the full amount. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 30. The Learned Commissioners Messrs. Reynolds and Bowen were occupied during the morning with hearing bail cases and unopposed applications, none of which possessed the slightest features of public interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-S7REET. Werner Cathray, a very fashionably-dressed young man, waa put forward, charged by a young man, of the name of Reynolds, with having violently assaulted him as he was passing along the Strand on Thursday evening. It appeared that the complainant and two other young men were going along the Strand, and were about to turn in to Norfolk -street, when they encountered the prisoner, who pushed against them, and a slight scuffle ensued between the prisoner and complainant, during which the prisoner struck the complainant a violent blow on the head with a stick, by which a sevcre wound was inflicted, and the complainant was con veyed, bleeding profusely, to a surgeon, where he had the wound dressed. The prisoner, in his defence, said, that the complainant and his friends pushed violently against him, and in the heat of the moment he struck the complainant. The Magistrate said he would give thy prisoner an opportu nity of remunerating the complainant for the injury he had received, and he would then consider, in the course of the day, whether he should inflict any further punishment on the prisoner. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEW3IARKET FIRS!' SPfIING MEETING. (FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THURSDAY'S RACES.) Queen's Plate.—Fitzroy made a I the running, Bob Peel lying seeond, Flamb eau t hi r d , E p i rus fourth, and Camby'es last; at the B. M. post the last two went up and ran with Flambeau and Bob Peel to the hill, where they declined. Bob Ptel %rot to the top of the hill, where he thopr astern, and left the race to Flambeau and Fitzroy ; fur several sties it was doubtful, but the favourite wrested the lead irotn his opponent at a few yards from the chair, and won by a length. One lhousand Guinea Stakes.—Syria cut out the work for the first quarter of a mile, and was then pa•ised by the two fa vourites, the Queen of Heaut% being third ; the running was now made by Potentia, who won with the ,reatest ease imaginable, by two lengths ; a good race for second ended in favour of Florence, by a neck ; the o hers were beaten off. The mitch was too hollow a thing to require detail. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. NEWMARKET STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Mona colt 7 to 2 sgst Young Quo Minus 9 to 2 agst \Vahab—taken 5 to 1 ag,t Lord Exeter's lot 8 to 1 agst Revel Revel has been scratched since the betting closed. THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Ralph ----- 9 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken 9 to 1 'gst Coronation—taken 10 to I agst Van Amburgh—taken 13 to I agst Marshal Soult 14 to 1 ag , t Prince Caradoc 25 to I agst Sir Hans 33 to 1 apt Poterria 35 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 40 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington 40 to 1 agst Joachim 50 to 1 agst Musts ha 1000 to 15 agst Knightsbridge 1000 to 10 asst Eringo 1000 to 10 agst Ensign—taken 1000 to 10 agst Negus Portsoken 6to 4 was laid on the field against Ralph, Rosalie colt, Coronation, ai.d. Marshal Soult, and 1,000 to 12 against Po tentia winning both Derby and Oaks. Departures.—The Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lord George Bentinek, Hon. J. Villiers, and Sir C. Cockerell. Lord W. Russell was omitted in our list of arrivals. JAMES WALKER. HER MAJESTY'S TH EA TRE.--Oteno was played on Thursday to about the thinnest and coldest house that we have seen at this period of the season. Otello had been announced for Tuesday, and Grisi (if we mistake not) was to have been Desdemona, whereas it was Madame Viardot who was in possession of the part last night. '1 he latter, as our readers may remember, made her debut in it at her Majesty's Theatre, and rn , ght reasonably wish to resume a characier in which her vocal powers were first revealed to the English musical world. Pauline Garcia's execution was all that could be expected from a young cantatrice, whose physical strength has, unfortunately, not kept pace with her vocal and dramatic improvements. Of Rubini's Otello:and Tamburini's lago it is almost needless to say anything, after the praise we have so frequently had occasion to bestow upon them. Her Majesty, who honoured the Opera with her presence, arrived towards the close of the first act of Otello, hav ing , mistake not, been preceded b y h er Royal flighness the Duches e sof Kent and the Princess of Leiningen. From the numbers who left the theatre befor e th e Di a b le Am s I oureu made hi s appearance, we conclude that he must have played to fewer admirers tlar.-,1 ever. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PAR. —On Thursday afternoon the elephant vral brought flnni his habitation, riclilr attired in scarlet cloth, with g'lace, over which was placed an elegant castle, with eight s",ats, occupied by ladies and gentlemen, who were carrit..4 up Taal and down the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, IP4I FRIDAY. Match.-100 sous. h ft R.M.Duke of Grafton's Nick, 3 yrs, 7 st 61b (Chapple), beat Lord Exeter's Stamboul, 4 yrs, Bst 71b. Betting.-5 to 4on Nick. Stamboul made play to the Ab. M. Bottom, where Nick challenged, and, after a neck and neck race, half-way up the cords, won by half a length. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for 3 yrs.old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. D.M. (21 Subs. ) Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minus 2 Lord Exeter's Abydos Mr. Wreford's Wahab Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch Colonel White's Lampos Mr. Wigram's Nebros Betting.—Two to 1 agst Young Quo Minus, 3 to 1 agst John o'Gaunt, 4 to 1 agst Wahab, 5 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot, and any odds against the others. Young Quo Minus took the lead, followed by Abydos, John o'Gaunt lying off; after the first quarter of a mile the pace became very good, so good, indeed, that before they reached the cords Lampos and Nebros had closed their account.; Wahab and Ccsarewith fell into dif ficulties immediately after, and the race was left to three. Young Quo Minus and Abydos continued in their origi , al positions half way up the cords, when Abydos gave way and John O'Gaunt making a rush, headed the favourite a few strides from the chair and won by a length, Young Quo !Mums beating Abydos by a length and a half ; the others were beaten off. Mr. Goodman's Remnant, Bst 7lb (Rogers), beat Mr. Litch weld's Maid of Ipswich, 7st 131 b; 50 soy. last mile and half of T. M. M. Betting-6 to 4on Remnant, who won a waiting race cleverly by half a length. Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Lord Southampton's f by Oppidan, out of Cream, Bst 41b 100, h ft ; D. 111. EGLINTON PARK RACES-WEDNESDAY, The Weeterhali Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added. Two miles and a half. Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 4 yrs Mr. Ramsay's The Doctor, aged Mr. Fairies Zolo al), aged The Tw yrs old titakes of 20 sovs. each. Half a mile Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera (N0b1,.) 1 Lord Eglinton's c by Velocipede, out of Queen Bath heba 2 Three others were not placid. The Philorth Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only, if, &c. Mile and half Hon. Mr. Sandiland's Nubian, aged ...( Capt. Richardson) I Mr. Fairlie's Zob. ab. aed Lord Waterford's Hackfall, 6 yrs Lord Eglinton's Zoroaster, 5 yrs 4 Match. —Mr. Hope Johnstone's The Returned beat Mr. Lambs Pilot. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 50 added. One mile. Mr. Ramsay's Lanercest, 6 yrs .. ......( Capt. Richardson) 1 Lord Saltoun nd Assagia, 3 yrs The Atalanta Challenge Whip, added to a Handicap of 5 soya. each. Quarter of a mile. Lady Eglinton's Zoroaster,s yrs (Capt. Richardson) Mrs. Fairlie's Orion, aged Mrs. Fairlie's Crinoline, 4 yrs the 13lythwood Handicap of 10 sous. each, and 50 added l'wo miles. Mr. Ramsay's Neptune. 4 yrs (Noble) I Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 4 yrs COPENHAGEN, APRIL 23.—The health of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince is daily improving. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, APRIL 30.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze from the Eastward; fine weather. DEAL, APRIL 29.—Wiud N. E., moderate.—Arrived, Her culaneum, from Hull, and saded for Bombay. Arrived from the River and sailed, Will Watch, for New Zealand ; Whitby, do. ; Orbit, Quebec ; D'Arveye, Jamaica ; Fides, Constan tinople. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed, Jane Ann, Walker, for Miramichi. COWES, APRIL 29.—Arrived, Snappop, Fausten, from Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm. Sailed, Stakesby, for Jamaica. DARTMOUTH. —Sailed, Adolp van Nassau, for Patavia ; Wa ter-lily, Terceira; Ivea, New York. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Wind variable—Arrived, her Majesty's ships, Wilberforce and Albert, for the Niger expedition. Sailed, Royalist, for Demerara. FALMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Wind variable and light breeze.— Arrived, Lyra packet from West Indies, sailed from Marti- ' nique 9th ult., Guadaloupe 10, Antigua and Montserrat, 11, Nevis and St. Kitts, 12, Tortola, 13, St. Thomas's, 24, Porto Rico, 25, and Cape Hayti, 29, with 300/. on freight ; Fame, Port au Prince, sailed 13th ult. POOLE, APRIL 29.—Sailed, Flora, for Newfoundland; Mountaineer, do. ; Olive Branch, do. SHOREHAM, APRIL 29.—Arrived off. Minerva, Charleston. SCILLY, APRIL 22.—Arrived, Iris, Fox, from Dartmouth, for Neath, with loss of boom. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Ocean, Daly, from New Orleans; Vrow Zreutze, Groningen. Sailed the Frances, Svdeley, C. 8., for Australia; Bahia, Windsor, Pernambuco; Express, Maranham ; Hebe, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Calcutta, Bombay ; Philomela, Mount Video ; May, Jamaica ; Colonist, Tortola; Avon, Honduras ; Bir mingham, New York ; Orpheu4, New York ; Samuel Robert son, New Bedford ; Neried, Alexandria. HULL, APRIL 29.—Wind E., freih.—Sailed the Whinn, Kerridge, Malaga. BRISTOL, ARRIL 29.—Sailed Knetxles, Jamaica. DUBLIN, APRIL 28.—Sailed the Sir Walter Scott, for Newfoundland. CORK, APRIL 28.—Arrived the Elizabeth and King of Tyre from Liverpool, for Newfoundland; Thetis, Moodie, Porto Rico, with loss of main-top-mast, bound to the Clyde. BEER AVEN, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Kangaroo, Cork for St. John's, New Brunswick, after being in lon. 11. THE MARhETS.-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. There were a few arrivals of English Grain, a fair quantity of Irish Oats, and Foreign Wheat. The weather being vonsi &red very favourable to the crops, there was very little busi ness transacted in any kind of Grain, and prices remained as last reported. Flour trade very dul. COLONIAL MARKET. The produce markets were in a dull state to-day, and the limited business done privately was at barely former rites. The public sales went off quietly.. The imports were light. SMITHFIELD. The supply of Cattle was but moderate, the demand dull, and wi hoot alteration. Of Mutton our supply was plentiful ; the demand by no means good. Of Veal, Lamb, and Pork, our sup r ly was large, and the demand but middling. Beats, 461 ; Sheep and Lambs, 5,680; Pigs, 456 ; Calves, 203. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 6d. ; Lamb, 6s. to 6s. Bd. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand prevailed to-day for P. Y. Candle on the spot, and prices were fair at 475. 6d. to 475. 9d. per cwt. TEA MARKET. The biddings were languid at the public sales today, but full prices were paid for Black Tea. Green sorts were mostly taken in at former prices. E OF BREAD. I'ne h ghcs ri e ••Ir e i the 81 t.upEA is Nd fur the 41b Leaf. G.tcl Bresu may be had at 730. Pill. El OF SEEDS Per Quarter; Per Cwt. Sew E•-gl:sh Re, C10ver...56s 90s St. Fcin s 4Os 50, Old . it. Dii o —s 3 s Rye G ass —s '225 40s New Foreign Di.to —s 56s SOs Pacey Grass —s —s —. 01 Di io bi‘to —s —s —s Lii,seed, for Fe. di, g ~..—s stls s:k i , ew White Clover 3)s cl.s 6 sDit o, foi sowing .......—s 60 ttis Old Dia . Ditto —s 42s 46s1Ditto, for crushiog ....--s 46s 4& (.‘v 'l're oil ... —s 3 , 1 4 sIII m ....s 4 s 48: Old i itio Jr' folium s 4n 106 Per Bushel. E glish Carraway —s 50s 5 s White Must.rd.... 2150 d to 15s 0. Foreign i)itto Coriander —s I4s IrsiTares Ptt.CE JF OIL ... Rape Oil, brown, per ton £45 0 Dit.o, refined Linseed Oil ‘,?.9 0 Lins ed Oil Cake at th AIM (per 10n0) l3 00 Hale ake. per to. , P111,,E OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per il2lb. Town Tallow £2 10 &Melting Stuff' £1 15 0 Yellow Russia White ... n 0 C Graves Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RA %V FAT, per stone of :sibs Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ss. 9%d • COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 79. s. d.i s. d. Dean's Primrose l6 0' Walls End Witham Idolyweil Ma n l3 o! W. E. Braddyll'sHettoti ... 21 9 Old lanfield Moor lo 0' Walls End Giange l9 0 Smith's Pontop l4 6 Walls End Haswell ... 22 0 'Pantield Moor. Tanfied Moor Butes l7 9 Walls End Pemberton lO 0 Townley ... . Walls E d Bewic.e and C, . 19 f Walls End Cararaoc 22 0 Walls End Clennell Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch Walls End Perkins l7 6 (From the London New Price Current of April 30.) SUGAR.—The great increase in the comparative stocks of Bengal and Mauritius Sugar, causes buyers of West India Muscovadoes to be eautious in their operations, and although the merchants this week have been desirous to realize, still the Canand has been extremely limited for both grocery and refining purposes, and the private purchases for the three market days have amounted to only 480 hhds and trcs, the prices accepted have been so uneven that it is difficult to quote them accurately, they, how ever have declined is 6d a 2s as compared with the quotations of last Friday; dry brown St. Vincent's have been sold at 58s tid; good mid grey from the same Island 63s ; fine mid yel low 675, with an allowance on the lowest of several inferior casks mixed with the parcel ; the particulars of some of the Sugars sold have not been allowed to transpire ; at public sale on Tuesday 148 hhds New Barbastoes went off quietly Is under the rates of last sale, but the whole found buyers, viz., fine yellow at. 70s to 735, good 68s to 69s 6d, middling and good middling titis 6d to 67s 6d, low middling 64s to 65s per cwt. To-day the market was in a very dull state, and the limited business done was at lower rates, making the reduction for the week 2s to 2s 6d per cwt; the total sales amount to only 680 hhds and tierces. REFlNED.—Refined Goods this week at a reduction on former rates of is to is 6d per cwt. Standard Lfimps at 90s, and rather inferior at 89s. For Treacle prices have further given way Is I .er cwt, common at 27s to 28s. Patent 29s to 3Us, Golden Syrup 31s to 335. Bastards at reduced rates, common 44s to 475, middling 48s to 51s, good and fine dry 52s to 575, good and fine Pieces at 70s to 80s, other sorts at 60s to 68s per cwt. For bonded Crushed Sugar prices have further given way 6d to 9d per cwt, first quality at 30s to 30s 3d. Loaves 10Ibs at 365, and 141bs 355. I reacle at I4s to 14s 3d. In Pieces of fine quality some purchases have been made for Canada at 245, but common kinds are dull of sale at 20s to 21s. bastards at 15i to 20s per cwt. In Dutch Cru-hed Sugar the price is nominal. MA URITIUS —This afternoon the uemand was dull, and 2,311 bags at public sale went off quietly, the whole however found buyers, but prices further gave way Is to is 6d per cwt. good to fine yellow sold at 62s to 645, low and middling 58s to his. ord to fine brown 46s to 56s per cwt. MoLAsscs.—West lnoia at a reduction on farmer rates of Is per cwt ; Demerara at 26s to 26s 6d per cwt. CocoA.—The home trade have purchased with caution of B. P., and prices continue on the decline. This a ternoon 197 bags 'I rinidad at public sale sold at 42s 6d to 47s 6d for ordinary good red, being rather cheaper. EAST INDIA.-1 hiA afternoon 1,546 bags white bengal were offered at public sale, at which the biddings were languid, and prices further declined 2s per cwt; the white, however, sold, very fine white at 66s to 67, good 64s 6d to 65s 6d, tuitiddrig 61s 6d to 625, low middling bus to 60s 6d, low dingy 59s to 59s 6d, washed and damps of mid and good quality tits to 655. This afternoon the market was inactive, and privately few purcha-es were made in any kind; at public sale 309 boxes, 195 brls Havannah, an indifferent pawl, were offered, at which prices gave way is for white, and 2s for yellow sons, good to tine white went at 29s 6d to 3ls 6d, middling soft to good mid dling 24s to 27s tid, washed 22s 6d to 24s 6d, good soft yellow 20s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been less demand for clean descrip tions of British Plantation Coffee this week, and by private treaty only a limited business has been transacted, nevertheless holders displayed firmness, and the rates previously established were fully supported. This afternoon the home trade purchased sparingly of Coffee, and the transactions were principally 'confined to the public sales, which consisted of 1,560 bags East India, at the 9d duty, 214 casks 20 barrels and 42 bags British Plantation, at which the biddings were languid, and a part only of the East India was sold is to 2s under former rates; good Padang went at 39s ; Sumatra ord to good ord 34s to 40s ; Manilla, good and fine ord pale 56s 6d to 60s. West India brought full rates, but a part only found buyers, mid and good mid Berbice went at 95s to 106 s 6d, good and fine fine ord 653 to 94s per cwt. TEA.—To-day there was a good demand for Free Trade Congou, and prices were firm ; sales of common for cash were made at Is bid to is 6d, but in Twankay few purchases were made. The public sales of 5,068 packages attracted a lair at tendance of the trade ; for green sorts the demand was dull, and the principal part of such was taken and withdrawn at the former value, but black Tea met with a fair sale at full rates, and if a larger quantity o! Congou had been offered, it would have found buyers. Cunguu, but mid lit but went at Is bid to Is 60, but mid H M kd ra full Is. 7d, but mid blksh If old and out of condition Is. 7d to is 71-d, mid coa and new 2s (id to 2s. l d ; Twankay, but mid coa 11860 to Is6d, fine strong Is lOid to Is lid; Hyson, but mid and mid fr but ra strong 2s 7d to 3s; Pouchung, mid fr iit sctd Is Eqd to Is 6,1, better quality is 6id to is 9d. In the speculative n arket there was more activity, and in Company's Congou several purchases were made at Is oid to is 50, cash, and closed at the latter rate. SricEs—This afternoon the public sales consisted of 3,666 bags black and 110 bags white Pepper; the former only partly sold at rather lower rates good ; Penang but dusty went at 34d. Sumatra ordinary 36d, good clean Penang taken in at aid to 30; white mostly bought CiNigAsto N.—The quarterly sales drew forth but a small attendance of the trade, the bithlings were languid, and not above half of the quantity offered was actually disposed of—. Ist sort sold about the same as last sale-2nd sort ditto, about 3d lower-3rd sorts about 2d lower—Pieces and Broken about 4d lower. Bengal prices have given way 6d per ewt ; the few parcels disposed of privately have been at Ils 6d for mid dling white. At auction middling white at Ils 6d to 12s, low middling dusty lis per cwt. Java has sustained former rates. Carolina for home consumption at 34s to 36s per cwt. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Fine Jamaica Rum is wanted by the home trade, but of such the supi.ly is rcanty, and buy e. s have been compelled to pay the high rate of 7s per gallon for small parcels, but for common kinds the demand has been very dull, but holders are not disposed to sub mit to any further reduction, and prices remain the same as last Friday. Leewards have been in fair demand, and 200 puncheons have been sold at former rates, namely, proof to 7 over at 2s 2(1 to 2s 4d, 11 to 15 over 2s 5d to 2s id, Of Demerara 120 puns were sold, 32 to 34 per cent over proof at 4s to 4s Id, and 35 to 33 over 4s 2,1 to 4s 4d, being however rather lower. East India has been it, fair demand, and sales of proof Calcutta have been made at is 6d to Is 6 1 / e cl; a parcel of 108 hhds 27 per cent. overproof has been sold at Is Ild to Is. 11 1 ,4 d. 'I he arrivals of Rum have been 590 puns and hhds since this day week. Brandy has been in good request at the following rates, viz. Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836 at 5s 6d in hhds, and in puns 5s 4d, ditto 1837 hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d, ditto 1838 hhds 5s 2d, puns ss, ditto 1839 hhds ss, puns 4s 10d, ditto 1840 hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s Bd. Geneva has sold slowly at 2s to 2s Id for export. A good demand has existed for British Corn Spirits, and the price is firm at 93 1 Id cash. TA LLow.—Holders of Russian Tallow have displayed firm ness this week, and the trade bought with more freedom ; an the spot F. Y. C. has realised 47s tid to 47s 9d. For delivery in the last three months 48. 3d, and some parties require 48s 6d per cwt. South American .49a 9d to 465; 95 casks Peters- MORN ING 141MITIoN. burgh have been offered and sold at 46s for second sort Yrllo Candle, and a 45s to 45s 3d for first sort Siberia sosp. This afterno in there was a fir demand for Peter‘t.urch low Candl e on th e spo t, an d p r i ces were fi rm at 4 7 1 9d; -but for delivery little b t,ines, was d Tie; -ids i,i i, the valuefor Lb° last three months. OlLS.—Common de3crCptions of Fish Oils presented a 6rra aspect this week. Cod at 26155 to 26110 s; Southern, ordl: nary 241 to 241 10s, middling to fine pale 241 lb§ to 27/ 1 0 s 0 Seal, brown 251 to 25/ 10s, yellow 261 to 281, and pile NW . to 311 per tun. Sperm at 921 to 941 for first quality ; Artleriet of fine qu a lit y , b u t o f ra th er i n di fferent colour, fetched 9II Z 921 per tun. For Li nse ed Oil pr i ces h ave i mproved to 29$ ?" on the spot, for delivery in the next fon.; or five months 30s OP 30s 3d per cwt. Rape, 45s rid is the value of p a l e , an d 441 tid brown. P a l m : 3 5 / to 35155 per tun ; at auction 54 cad , ' went at 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. The high rates current for Olive Oil, Gallipoli being held for 721, and Spanish for 6 61 to 671, operates against business. Cocoa Nut, good at 385. COUNTRY MARKETS. W heat. Barley , Oats. Beans. Peofe , P —.---- er Quarter.: s. to s. •S. in s. s. to s. Bath .......„ 60 72 30 40 25 35 '44 50 Blandford -- bb 63 31 32 23 26 46 dridport ...--. 6 8 Chard —.—. 54 60 jEB 32 V: 21 Gloucester 56 68 25 :32 21 32 Exe'er Guildford Newbury -- 5l 72 j 26 34 I 111 :n Reading ~. 50 78 26 36 :0 30 Salisbury .... 52 62 t-Y7 34 20 28 81m - borne '6O 62 28 31 ' '24 28 Snepton Mallet 54 64 28 36 51 06 Uxbridge —. ! —j 37 43 23 28 Wirminster —I 45 631 29 39 25 27 Winchester 45 66 f 1 eovil ,48 56 1 23 34 `..'4 24 42 30 LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Stitli,lk, 601 h York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Su Rid k lO, to 31.. 4 -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire --- Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, Por. —d. to—d Eng. 121. to 130. per stone 4helling 3O:. to 31s. per woad DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quai ter. s. d. s. 4 ,, /int W heat 3l oto 32 6 Oats 2O 0 to 28 v .econd 24 0 33 0 Beans (per sack),., 18 0 05 2 0 Third &Arley 27 0 34 0 Bread (p e r ea l ion ) . I 1 -- 0 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pet lb. d. tt d. Wheat darley. . Oats 3 0 3 9 Veal Beans . ......6 ' Cease 5 0 8 0 Lamb lO / 2 Hay 4l. 19s. to 51. Os. Od. per ton. CANTEIII3I/111 MARKET. Wheat, white............. (14s. to 695...... 01d........... —s. to —9 -- red t (Is. to 665. —,. 01d............. —s. to —s, Barley, Malting —. 245, to 335...... Grinding .. —s. to —s. Oats ... - 245. to 306...... 01d..—.......... --s. to --s. Beans .......—.....—........ 31s to 3±5...... 01d........-- —s. to s. Pease ..............—..... 425. to —s. —. Grey........ 38s. to —s. CHELMSFORD M.,.RKET. Wheat, White (is to 71 Oats Red Barley 32 35 White ........ Chevalier ..... Grinding 27 31 Mazagan ..... ... s. to i , 40 V° ... ... 48 41 40 50 40 4 4 35 •4 46 LO 35 V , 40 45 40 50 40 44 38 tO 4 - 6 4e 38 43 39 4$ ...... I 4 0 5 0 ziti -- 40 45 ... eI, .. O. 'l3 to 0 ° 39 43 40 43 33 4.3, GEhMAN OPERA. We were enchanted on Thursday by a performance of Mozare° Zauberflote, exquisite in almost all its parts. This opera it has been of late the fashion to underrate, not only in this coup: try, but by a certain set in Germany ; for even in that late: of melody and correct musical taste, the modern Italian school of music has its disciples, and these, we are told, consider Mo• zart passe, and no longer to be admired, with the Exceptions perhaps, of Don Juan and one or two others of his compesi tions. These critics condemn the Zauberfiote more particu larly ; but the experience of last night, the exquisite perforta anee of the opera, and the enthusiastic reception it met with, from a well-filled house, should go far to prove, first, that the detractors from Mozart's merits are in the wrong ; and secondlY , that their numbers are not great in London. We never wit nessed a more continuous, judicious, and enthusiastic applause bestowed on any performance than Staudigl, Haitzinger, Mel linger, and Frunlitig, Heinefetter, and Schumann, earned last night. Indeed we may say truly, that with the exception of one part we never heard the opera better peifermed even inGermany• Had 111 r. Schumann numbered among his company one lady of adequate voice and talent to do justice to the character of Astrafiammante, to the music written by Mozart for this pert , which requires a very hieh soprano of great—compass, JO; night's performance would have been faultless. We cool , ' not but regret that both the great and beautiful bravuras be longing to this part we: e, for want of an adequate performer , necessarily omitted. The leaving out the music was a great loss, and the insignificance of the Queen of Night understood only by those who find an allegory in the confused story of Sa rastro, Tamino, and Pamina, to represent the evil principle st war with the good, deprived the plot, if plot there be, of even the little coherence that might otherwise be found in it. Where all was so exquisite, it is difficult to find_ any one piece more worthy of notice than the rest ; but to us the air of Sarastro, " U ! Isis and Osiris," with the chorus belong' ing to it, the terzett between Sarastro, Tamino and Pandas , " Soll ich dich Theurer nicht mehrschen !" appeared the gag°. of greatest price. The overture, the duet well known England as the " Manly Heart," and the charming scene be' tween Yemen() and his Papagena, in which Madame Schumann excelled, were encored. We must not emit to state as a fact highly honourable to the singers, and worthy o ,f, imitation, that th e y a dh ere d most strictly to the music se' down for them by their great composer. W e heard no not e which was not incontestably Mozart's, and if we observed tha t Madame Heinefetter added two little embellishments on the word Creatur in her first duet with Papageno, we are willing t° believe that these were omitted by the singers we bad heard before. At the fall of ti.e curtain the audience called for the principal singers, and Staudigl Haitzinger and Heinefetter ar peared to receive a final cheer of thanks, which mus.t haYj highly gratified them, for it seemed a unanimous expresseon of delight. THE LATE MURDER AT LIVERPOOLe" . On Wednesday morning an inquisition was taken at the Ses; sions 7 house, on VI illiam Jenner, jun. The testimony addui e" was similar to that heard before the magistrates. This fot t pistols were p ro d uced; three of them had been found in l midden by the officers. 1 hese were found to be loaded el , ' in one barrel with powder and ball. One barrel in each w. 15 empty, and exploded caps were on the nipples. The prison''' . appeared yesterday even more distressed than on '1 uesdaP• While his son was giving his testimony the prisoner wept ai" most incessantly. When the boy had concluded, the prisoner made a request through his attorney, Mr. Wardle, that his sof might be allowed to sit beside him. This was acceded to, and the boy wept over and took his seat beside his father, vih° received him with open arms, and with every demonstration of intense affection. He entered into a whispered conversation with his son, sat with his arm round his neck, and appeared greatly comforted by his proximity. Ihe Jury returned a verdxt of wiliul murder. The prisoner was removed, and tho boy George Jetiner was consigned to the care of his uncle' St.on after the termination of the investigation, the Coroner entered, accompanied by Mr. James Aikin, a member of the town council and of the dock committee. The Coroner state ? that Mr. Aiki n was desirous of taking the boy (Mr. Jermer son) to his house, where he should be taken great care of, and where i very kindness should be shown to him. This offer the uncle respectfully declined. The sympathy eucited on behalf of this unhappy family is unbounded. SILVER PLATE.—Now published and will b• sent post free, if P.pplied for by a paid letter, a Pamphlet of T. COX SAVORY'S Prices of Silver Spoons and Forks, Tea and Coffee Services, Presentation Plate, Silver edged Plated Ware, the new Plated on White Metal Sp o ons and Forks, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gold and Silver Watches , Clocks, Jewellery, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Chains. The Pamphlet is furnished with Drawings of the Pattern!• The ground floor, first, second, and third doors are fitted W. for the exhibition of an extensive 5,./ck. T. COX SA% ORY, Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechura- street), London. REGISTER STOVES, 3 It. wide, 245. ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, Is. 3d. per foot. Register st Bd. per inch ; elliptic stoves, 4d. per inch ; register stoves. with bright fronts, bright and black bars, bronzed ornaments , Ioos. ; brass poles for window curtains, lit inch iiaraeter , Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. $4. ; a 2 loch pole, 3 f ee t 6 inches long, with ends, rings, and brackets, complete, for 19s• Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every arf... l .e in ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells street, Oxforii-street . _ BIRTHS. On the sth ult., at Stockholm, the wife of Charles Norder ling, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th ult., at Duncan-terrace, Mrs. John May, of & daughter. On the 26th ult., at Sanderstead, near Croydon, the wife of the Rev. J. S. Hodson, AI. A., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., in Upper .Norton -street, Portland-place, the lady of R. C. Edwards, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter, still-born. MARRIED. On the 20th ult., at Alordiford, Herefordshire, the Rev. J. Murton, Rector of Oldbury, in the county of Salop, to Julia Hannah, third daughter of the Rev. C. J. Bird, Rector ofIllor• diford and Din?dor. On the 27th ult., at St. Lawrence's Church, Reading William, eldest son of Mr. Cowslade, Reading, to Anne, second daughter of Mr. Hilder, Windsor. Oiz the 27th ult., at Fyfield, Berks, the Rev. W. C. Eclgell• M. A., of St. John's College, Oxford, to Elizabeth, :row L ess' daughter of Adam Biandy, Esq., of King.ton House. On the 27th ult., at Edmonton Church, Mr. J. Truro per, of Dorney Lodge, Bucks, to Elizabeth, second daughter of IL Adam, Esq. On the 27th ult., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Henry J o hn Michael, eklest son of Michael hleyers, Esq., of Calcutta, to Angelina Walsh, youngest daughter of henjamin Esq., of Kennington. DIED. On the 25th ult., in Montague-place, Montague-square, aged 25, Florence Rose, daughter of the late Anthony MM.I - Hawkins, M.D., of the Gaer, in the County o: Monmouth. . Hants. On the 28th ult., at Park Cottage, Purbrook Catherine, the beloved wife of Captain Harrison, R.N. On the 22d ult., M. Ilfracombe, Devonshire, Mrs. H. . Nicholson, widow of Major Impey, formerly of the Life Guards. On the 25th ult., at Ryde, Isle of 'Wight, the Hon. Anna bella Evina, wife of Robert Gun Cuninghame. Esq., o f m ount Kennedy, Wicklow, eldest daughter of the late Viscount Glent worth. and granddaughter of the Elul of Limerick. On the 25th ult., Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the late W. B. Luttly, Esq., of Wandsworth. Onthe2atll nit., James, son of Captain • Weynton, of th Trinity House.On the 26th ult., at Great Prescott-street, Goodman's fields, Joseph Whalley, Esq., aged 69. On the 26th ult., at Hyde, G. E. Waifo r d, E sq ., o f th e Royal Navy, third son of R. Walford, Esq., an d nep h ew o f th e late Rear-Admiral Sir Edward [terry, B art., K C.B. On the 26th ult., at Prittlewell Priory, John S,trattan, Esq. On the 26th ult., at Ilminster, Isaac Sparks, Esq., of Crew kerne, aged 76. On the 26th ult., John, eldest chile. of the Rev. J. Brereton, Vicar of Pudd:ngton, Bedfordshire, aged 2 years 11 months. On the 26th ult., at Hermes-hill, Peatonville, W. M. El liott, Esq., aged 77. . . On the 26th ult., at Brighton, Richard Butler M'Kenna, Esq., of 61 , meester-place, Poi tman-square, aged 47. On the 2;th ult., at Parsl oes, C at h er ine, the eld es t daugh ter of the Rev. T. L. Fanshawe, aged 18. On the 27th ult., in Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Mrs. William Gedge, aged 76. On the 28th ult., IStr. Richard Knight Summers, of Gains ford -street, Horslydown, age d 36. On the 28th ult., in Harley-street, Lady Hunter . , widow of the late Sir John Hunter, formerly British Consul-General 41 Spain. . _ ..•. London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOtiNG." , Of No. 112, Strand, at 7'he Sun Nice ' _Dlo. 112, Stragd t the count, of )lid4lesex.--Saturday,May, 1,114 k. . ; 4 ' •