The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-02 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION 8, New Burlington-street. EW AND POPULAR NOVELS, NOW READY. 4 1. 11 The QUEEN'S POISONER; or, France in the Six teenth Century. By Miss LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines." Ia 3 vols. post Bvo. 11. The MARRYING MAN. By the Author of " Cousin Geoffrey," &c. In 3 vols. post Bvo. 111. SOME ACCOUNT of MY COUSIN NICHOLAS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq., Author of " The In goldsby Legends." In 3 vols. post Bvo. IV. CECIL. In 3 vols. post Bvo., Second Edition, with a new Preface, by the Author. V. COLIN CLINK. By CHARLES HOOTON. Ia 3 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, &e. VI. COMPTON AUDLEY ; or, Hands not Hearts. By Lord WILLIAM LENNOX. In 3 vols. post Bvo. VII. TIPPOO SULTAUN. By Captain MEADOWS TAYLOR, Author of " Confessions of a Thug." In 3 vols. post Bvo. VIII. The SCHOOLFELLOWS ; or, a By-way to Fame. By RICHARD JOHNS, Esq. In 3 vols. post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. INDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VF.STRIS, LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. GROGAN AND MR. --- AND AIRS. GILBERT, THIS EVENING, JUNE 2, Will be repeated Shakepere'e MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, 3 7 17TdoOPer ; Quince, Mr. Bartley • Bottom, Mr. ' Harley • Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows • ' Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. After which, the Ballet of AULD ROBIN GRAY. ;To conclude with, the New Farce, in Ono Act, entitled BROTHER BEN. Commodore Cutlass, Mr. Bartiey ; Benjamin Bowles, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Shuffleton, Mr. Harley; Dorothy, C. Jones. To-morrow, Loudon Assurance, with Beauty and the Beast. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with Auld Robin Gray, and Brother Ben. Doors to to epened at ball-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, bs. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, es.; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets nay be had upon application. Private Bolas to be had so'.ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, t 67. New Bond-street. =LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. iNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Extensive Novelty. The first Vocalists in the Kingdom—Miss Romer, Mr Wilson, and Mr. Leffler, assisted by Mrs. Serle, and a numerous Chorus from the Theatres Royal—Conduc tor, Mr. G. Stansbury. THIS EVENING, JUNE 2, Will be acted Bellini's Grand Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Miss Romer ; Lisa, Mrs. Serle ; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler; Elvino, Mr. Wilson. After which, an entirely New Drama, entitled FEMALE POLITICS. To conclude with the Grand Romance of BLUE BEARD. Splendid scenery, dresses, and ............, supported by Mr. W. Stoker, and the entire Company of this popular Establishment. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON.. THIS EVENING, JUNE 2, AND TO-MORROW. An entirely new beautiful pathetic Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, with splendid scenery, decorations, &c., entitled SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI- TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL! - - William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley by Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, the Operatic Drama of THE PRISONER OF ROCHELLE. _ . _ _ Henri (the Prisoner), Mr. Osbaldiston ; Beatrice by Miss Vincent, who will introduce the popular Song of " Wanted a Governess !" accompaniod by herself on the Pianoforte. To conclude with, a new Romance. in Three Acts, entitled THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON; OR, THE HIDDETTREASURE! Louis de Valere, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Lapelle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Babin, Mr.° - Saisl ; Bouquet, Mr. Ross ; Antoine, Mr. Hoivard; Leonora, Miss Lee ; Madame Bouquet, Miss Howard, &c. &c. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. Half-price at Half-past Eight. THE GREATEST WONDER AT PRESENT IN LONDON, is the WIZARD of the NORTH, at the THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI . he has prepared a Ban quet of Mephistophelian, Dextrological, and Necromantic Cabals, for the Wonderseekers of the approaching Holidays. London is again set on fire by the supernatural fame of the eximious Wizard ; he is again on his magic throne, he waves his mystic sceptre, and thousands of Leauty, fashion, and lite rature rush as if charmed, or spell-commanded, to behold the mesteriachist of this age of science and wonder ! Hundreds are nightly turned from the doors of the mystic palace, that cannot gain admission ; this is proof, and more than proof, of the Wizard's powers of charming. During the last six nights twelve thousand spectators have been witness of the Wizard's mighty feats of the science of darkness, and all exclaim, Can this man be of earth? is he mortal or superhuman. To- morrow, and during the week, The Great Delusionist will perform his thousand feats of Photographic and Aliadnic Enchantments, concluding every evening with the GUN DELUSION. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second price at Nine o'Clock, Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Doors open at half-past Scven, the Wizard enters his Magic Laboratory at Eight, concluding at half-past Ten. Carriages at Ten; ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY!! ! Exhibition of the Great Fire Works of St. Angelo ! Promenade Musicale by the Band of Sixty Wind Instruments! ;TO-MORROW, JUNE 3, THE GRAND ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicings which take place in Home at the celebration of "II giurno di S. Pietro," will be repeated TO-MORROW, when will be presented an exact fac-simile of the superb GIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Angelo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fire Works in the World, com prising. arcoog its beautiful effects, the Cascade of Fire— Fountains of Blazing Stars—and the tremendous LErial Bou quet ; with the ILLUMINATION of St. PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and glorious edifice is brilliantly lighted with countless myriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'ceil of in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Band of this Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, augmented by the addition of many performers of eminence, will give a Promenade Musicale et Champetre in the. enlarged and newly-deeorated Orchestra The Menagerie, including the great male Orang Outang, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Dansou's Colossal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admission One Shilling. Concert at Six. Fire Works at Nine. HIGH . WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 19 minutes attar 0. 1 Evening 42 minutes after 0 LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1841. NEWS FROM CPANA. The Overland Mail from India Arrived at Mar seilles on Sunday. By telegr Aphic despatches communicated to the Frencl., Government, and transmitted to London, we learn that hostilities have recommenced beoveen Great Britain and China. The EMPEP,,OR having refused to ratify the treaty conclu(led between the Imperial Com missioner KESUEN and Plenipotentiary ELLIOT, and having ordered KESHEN to be sent in irons to Pekin, to answer before the Supreme Tribu nals for the concessions made to the " outer barbarians," the British troops took pos session of the Bogue forts on the 25th of Feb ruary, and immediately afterwards of the factory :at Canton. The EMPEROR, however, declared himself resolved to grant no terms to the " bar barians," save on their most abject submission, after having first evacuated all their conquests. His Imperial Celestiality has found by this time that all British Plenipotentiaries are not made exactly on the ELLIOT model. The same despatches announce that on the =22.d of April, Sir GORDON BREMER arrived at Cal outta from the Canton River, to confer with the Gove'enor-General on the subject of our relations Witt China. The nature of the conference may inferred from the fact, that re-inforce -ments from India were at once to proceed to China to join the British fore' , at Whampoa. We may therefore anticipate something like an honourable settlement of the China question at sio distant period. With the factory at Canton in the possession of our soldiery, the city is en tirt.ely at our mercy. In one hour our troops -could reduce it to a heap of ashes. What is most to be guarded against, is the prolongation of the war. The Chinese well deserve a good drubbing, but if it be not quickly administered the moral effect of it will be lost. Besides, it is only by long fighting with us that they can learn so much of the art of war as to become our most formidable enemies. For all details we must await the arrival of the Anglo-Indian Papers and letters brought by the Overland Mail. We congratulate the City of London on its re- Coyery. The meeting yesterday shows that it 18 again awake and restored to its senses. We cannot flatter it by saying that it has taken the lead in the good cause; it is far in the rear; but he well-conduOted, unanimous meeting yes terday will carry it forward towards the first rank. It ,=ice both numerous and well ordered. j'he speeches, particularly Mr. GROTE'S and Mr- Misv.E.tis's, were excellent ; and altogether it confers honour on the City. It will stimulate other towns, and be the herald, we hope, of con tinual and rapid progress. It will be observed that none of the speakers advocated a fixed duty, but the purport of their resolutions was to support Ministers. The meet ing " highly approved of the proposed alteration in the existing Corn-laws." " The hand of sym pathy," as Mr. TRAVERS expressed it, " was now held out to them from high quarters. Let, them seize the hand so held out. For his own part, he was for the total abolition of all the laws which imposed a tax on human food." Mr. GROTE, too, said " I hope, Gentlemen, we are not to look on the duty as invested with finality. I hope we are to look on it as a temporary expedient to secure a transition from the present system of monopoly to one of perfect freedom of trade." All the speakers ex pressed some similar opinions. We know that the League and the bulk of the manufacturing population are for the total abolition, and it ought to be highly gratifying to the Ministers, a proof of the real confidence placed in them, to find gentlemen like Mr. GROTE and Mr. TRAVERS, and like those composing the great City meeting, coming forward to accept their offer, and, waiv ing their own opinions, to adopt the plan pro posed to Parliament. We are disposed to honour their catholic spi rit, but we dread the consequences of the con tradiction between their expressed conviction and their conduct. Such political expedieqcy,twe are afraid, is not calculated to impress the ear nest and hungering people of England with a thorough conviction of the earnestness of their leaders, nor will it excite that zeal, wanting which success must be hopeless. That opinions are uni versally expressed at the meetings held by the town population, in favour of the total abolition. and that they only accept the fixed duty as an instalment of the abolition, is a decisive proof that the Ministers' plan does not satisfy the town po pulation. At the same time that plan is met by the agriculturists with determined hostility. At all these meetings they express the fiercest opposi tion to it. They declare Bs. is no protection at all. The plan, then, has the misfortune of not satisfying either of the great interests. It is not what either the master-manufacturers, the farmers, the landlords, or the labourers demand. The fixed duty is something like a crotchet of some theorist, a little bit of economical, so called science, picked up, one hardly knows how, and supported, as we think, by most insufficient rea soning.. The parentage of the opinion that a fixed duty of about Bs. or 10s. is necessary to counteract the peculiar burdens of the agriculturists, is due, we believe, to Mr. RICARDO. Since his death, how ever, the tithes have been commuted, and as the real charge is made to depend on prices, while it will no longer be increased as cultivation is ex tended, we must suggest that the principal cause why Mr. RICARDO advocated a fixed duty of Bs. or 10s. no longer exists. Since his death, too, the Poor-law has been altered, and the Poor rates in agricultural districts have been ma terially decreased. At the Chelmsford meeting speakers' praised the New Poor-law. They be nefit by it. Since Mr. RICARDO'S death, too, the agriculturists have been relieved by the re 'mission of taxes which pressed peculiarly on them ; so that nearly all the circumstances which led him to the conclusion that a fixed duty was required to counteract the burden im posed upon the land, have been changed. But though the burdens no longer exist, the idle and wealthy owners of rent are still to be indulged in their vile and sordid desire of plundering the in dustrious poor, In the preface to a second edition of Mr. M'CuLLocn's pamphlet " On the Policy and Pro bable Consequences of the proposed Repeal of the existing Corn-lazes," a reason for proposing so high a fixed duty is given, which strikes us as extraordinary, and not likely to stand the test of that searching investigation to which the whole question will be subjected:- 1 "We have," says Mr. M'Culloch, " previously en deavoured to show, that a duty of ss. per quarter on wheat would more than cover the excess of the peculiar taxes falling on the land, so that the additional 3s. a quarter may be regarded as a protection in favour o f th e agriculturists. Ad though they do not certainly re-. quire any such protection, it was probably the more . ex pedient course, considering the prevalent notions as t o th e extreme low price of corn abroad, to fix the 411,4 at the outset of the new system at a higher rate 'than might, under other circumstances, have been yroper. At all events, with such a duty, the idea that 'Cis the intention of Government to swamp,' as it harl, been termed, the agriculture of the United Kingit.dm by admitting un limited importations of foreign corn, is too absurd to deserve any lengthened notice. The only good Objection that can be made to the Mir,' sterial project is not that it gives too little, but that it gives too much protection," Mr. M'CULLOCH, t h en , though he is for some protection, states ',flat the Bs. proposed by'Minis ters, is 3s. too ; but he says, proposing that " probably w as th e more expedient course, consi dering the, prevalent notions as to the extreme low price of corn abroad." All legislation, founded on prices abroad, has a most unstable bas . . 4. They vary in different countries, and in 0 1 . fferent seasons ; and a law to protect our agri culture, founded on prices abroad, should vary with the seasons, with the skill of different cul tivr;tors, and as the wheat is imported from `Jdessa or New York. A law founded on actual prices abroad seems to be little better than a piece of solemn quackery. Now it is very remarkable that Mr. M'Cur.- LOCH assigns the proposed high fixed duty not to a knowledge of actual prices abroad, but to a deference to some prevalent notion, implying that it is erroneous, as to extreme low prices abroad. Did any body ever hear before of a .law affecting the whole subsistence of • the people being founded on a deference to the acknowledged error of some theorists? The people complain of starvation—the Minis ters profess a wish to relieve them—but out of deference to an erroneous notion entertained by their opponents, the offspring of idle fears and abominable sordidness, they persist, contrary to justice, and contrary to the demands and. wishes of those on whom they reckon for support, in im posing a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter on the people's food. Such a law so defended may be matched, we think, amongst our old statutes con cerning witchcraft or prohibiting the feeding of spirits, but nowhere else. Such a law, too, so defended, will not, and cannot enlist the sympa thies of the people heartily in its favour, and will not be a sufficiently powerful instrument to con quer the Tories. We notice with pleasure that the agitation on the subject of the Corn -laws is very active in the agricultural districts. In the Essex Herald of yesterday we find report of no less than three meetings; and though they were all unanimously for maintaining the Corn-law as it now exists, we are so convinced that our cause must gain by dis cussion, that even these meetings give us satisfac tion. Some of the subjects mooted at them are worthy of notice, and we should think our cause on the verge of success if the agriculturists would only really think of what they themselves say and do. At all these meetings, as in Parliament and as in Lincolnshire,the speakers say that Bs. is no protection at all, - . and one and all cry "away with it." At the same time the fact is, as we have more than once mentioned already, that the actual duty paid under the present system has been only os. 9d. The proposed plan offers them, therefore, a protection of :2s. 3d. per quarter more than they have received, and yet they cry " away with it." They are deceived by the working of the averages, by which alone the gamblers profit. They have appeared to receive a much higher protection, but the corn-dealers have taken care to work- the law to their profit, and to the deception of the' corn-growers. If the farmers, then, gay that Ss. is not?,a sufficient protection, how miserably they have been de ceived by the present law, which has cheated than into a belief that they were to hav'e an average protection of upwards of 205., and wocked them with a protection of ss. 9d. The farmers have made their agreements ex pecting to receive what the law held out to them, and all between that and the actual protection afforded them has been, as it were, filched from them by the law and the landlords. We are not surprised, therefore, to find Mr, ROBERT BAKER, an intelligent tenant-farmer, at the meeting at Chelmsford, on Friday, de claring— " From 1828 we have had the present scale, and I leave it to the farmers to say whether under that scale they have realized capital. I say there is not a farmer amongst us who has realized capital." This is quite in conformity with what we have repeatedly stated in The Sun ; but while the pro tected farmers have realized no capital, the un protected manufacturers—fbr exporting the com modities they really have no protection—have realised such immense sums that they have sup plied, as Lord ASHBURTON correctly stated, three-fourths of the 60,000,0001. sterling, which have been employed in making railroads. It is plain, then, that the law puts a cheat upon the farmers, and lures them to poverty and decay. Mr. BAKER went on to say of the farmers, " As a body they have not realised further than by a reinvestment of it in the land, where they expected to find it, and where they would have found it but for this breach of good faith towards' them." . The farmers depend, therefore, on the preserva tion of the law as it now exists, and depend on con tinually starving, as we have repeatedly proved, their humble fellow-countrymen, in order to realise their poor and petty profits. At the same time, they run a great risk, though that breach of faith be not committed which substi tutes an Bs. protection for a ss. 9d. protection, of not realising their investment. Mr. BAKER showed that between 1817 and 182:?., when the farmers had Lord RIPON'S beloved Corn-law in the parish where he " resides, three-fourths of the farms were abandoned, and every tenant left it a ruined man." They have incurred almost as great a misfortune under the present law, and Mr. BAKER correctly anticipates another year likelB3s, though the Corn-law be not repealed. Let the farmers throughout England mark his words, and let them be assured, if the Corn-law be not repealed or altered, to give a stimulus to trade, that the first two favourable harvests in succes sion Trhich they have, if not the very first great harvest, will reduce them to a worse condition than in 1835. Mr. BAKER said— " In the year 1835, under this very Corn Bill, we were petitioning that we might have the support of the House of Commons to protect us under the depression which then existed—existed too, under this Bill, for .under it we then had wheat at 40s. in the face of a full crop. . . . If wheat did not come down to the price that it fell to in 1835, we should have no reason to complain —(Hear, hear)—for it has now been on the decline for eighteen months. In 1839 and 1840, from deficient har vests it rose, but it has now descended 4s. to ss. in price from. that period, and there is every appearance from the criJps that it will still go on descending." If the farmers look to the trade reports they will find that stagnation and distress prevail in the manufacturing districts, that men are giv ang up their mills and turning off their han . - d . s and when they remember 1835, and 10, o k at t h e i r own prospects in face of the ruin of their customers, they will dread ; not without reason, a speedy repetition of disasters as great as those of 1817-1822. At all these meetings the speakers say they rely on the Act of Parliament not being disturbed. They over and over again spoke of their faith that the law would not be altered, and referred to the necessity, should it be altered, of revising the Commutation of Tithes Act. To us it, appears singular that the brave and intelligent yeomen of England should rely for prosperity on the law. The time was when they worked out their prosperity with their own hands, and all that they required from the law was to be pro tected from depredation and violence. They are as bad now as the boors of Austria, or the wooden shoe peasantry of France, who can only move as the law prescribes, - which may be altered to-mor row. This is a, total perversion of the ancient English character, which resisted the law when it interfered with private concerns, and thought it a degradation to rely for prosperity on aught but itz, own skill and industry. When the farmers of England say that they '.annot cultivate so cheaply as foreigners, they do themselves a great injustice. Why should they embrace so disheartening, so dependent, so desponding a faith ? They ask, they say, for a protection in proportion to their burdens. They want to he enabled, by taxing others, to pay their share of the National Debt. But have not other persons to pay their share ? Is not the bulk of the revenue raised by customs, excise duties, and assessed taxes, of which the farmers pay no more in proportion to their property and consumption than 'any other persons ? It is well observed, in a pamphlet entitled " The Many sacrificed to the Few, proved by the Effect!, o f the Sugar Monopoly," that other intere!,', s b ear their share of taxation, and bear, a share of taxation for the landlords, and et can compete with foreigners. The passa6 e is as follows : The argument upon whic.,'the advocates for a sy s t em of preferences most F.:;`,nerally and most triumphantly rely in favour of th.r.,ir theory, is drawn from the finan cial condition of the country. " low is it possible," they say, " that a heavily taxed people, as we are, can grow e'drn, or produce sugar as cheaply as other people less heavily burthened ?" It is of no use to answer them by pointing to the fact that we export every year the products of our labour to the value of more than fifty millions of money, proving by the very fact of such exportation that, burthened as we are with taxes, we can and do produce manufactures at a cheaper rate than they can be produced by any other people. It would sorely puzzle the protectionists to explain why a heavily taxed people can produce cheap cottons and hardwares, and at the same time be therefore unable to produce cheap corn: They are ail unable to point out any causes which give to taxation a greater influence in the one case than in the other, and the candid among them have long since been driven from the position which they falsely held, that the land has a greater proportion of the national burthens laid on it than is borne by other interests in the kingdom. This might have been the case to some small extent formerly, but has long since ceased to be true ; the last burthen peculiarly affecting the landed interest that could be found was a tax on shepherds' dogs, and this has been removed. It would not be difficult to produce a somewhat formidable array of instances in which that interf:.st is exempted from burthens which are borne by other classes ;—we may mention the duty on insuring farming produce—assessed taxes on farm-house;;,—and that crying injustice, the exemption of rea; p ro p er ty from all probate duty. If the farmers will but look at the manufac turers struggling under their full share of the national burdens, and bearing, moreover, the great burden of the bread-tax—which not only shortens their supply of food, but limits the market for the sale of their commodities—if they can become sensible that the manufacturers could still, up to this time, realise capital, they will surely be ashamed of their great real infe riority to those manufacturers whom they pre tend to despise. Why should not farmers make fortunes, as well as money-lenders and manufac turers? Their industry is the main source of the social wealth. Their whining despair—their hopeless dependence on a law which can only be maintained by annually starving a multitude of their own customers out of existence, is un worthy of Englishmen. At the Chelmsford meeting Mr. TOWER de scribed the corn monopolists as three-fourths of the society. We know not where Mr. TOWER picked up his statistics, but we never before heard of the agricultural labourers being in cluded amongst the monopolists, and without including them we cannot make out that the persons connected with the land amount to the tenth part of the proportion mentioned by Mr. TOWER. It is against the whole body of the labourers, agricultural as well as others, that the landowners have their monopoly, and it is a poor fallacy of Mr. TOWER to include the victims of the monopoly amongst those who profit by it. Such strange exaggerations—such bald attempts to delude--if the agriculturists will but reflect .on them, should awaken in them a strong suspicion that their cause is not a just one. If -they also reflect on the moral nature of the. Corn-law--if they can only be broughtto see that pii ces can on l y b e ra i se d by limiting the quantity.of food, that limiting the L quantity is withholding food-from those who-ar perishing, that -vsithholding of preventing ties • i',: f t• * 11 . 21:,* Vtrik • 4 611;;* 1 11Wrf \ ` 1) /n° THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1841. from obtaining food by their own honest exer tions is a far greater crime than refusing to give it from a man's own store, which is not asked—if the farmers will but reflect on the murderous consequences of the Corn-laws, we are sure that they will repudiate the enormous guilt for the paltry gain, if any, which they admit it gives them, particularly as it is accompanied by the sad and lamentable degradation of making them tax-gatherers for the owners of rent. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 23d ult., have reached us. A formidable opposition to the new Cabinet was in course of being orga nized in the Cortes. On the 22(1 a disgraceful squabble took place at Bilbao, between the military and the town's people; one officer was nearly killed. The Paris papers of Sunday have been re ceived. The condemnation of DARMES to death, for attempting to assassinate the King excited no interest, as it was generally believed that the sentence would be commuted to one of imprison ment for life. We regret that at the eleventh hour grounds should exist for doubting this. They are based upon the fact that M. PINEDE, the counsel for DARMES, after sentence of death was pronounced on his client, implored an audience of the King to beg his life; but was refused admission to his Majesty's presence. If the ghastly spectacle of the severed heads of FIESCHI, MOREY, PEPIN, ALIBAUD, and HER BERT failed to deter DARMES ftolll the crime of Regicide, does the King suppose that the decapitation of this miserable floor-scrub ber will prevent the hand of frantic enthu siasm from endeavouring to rid France of a Prince whom one portion of his subjects denounce as an usurper, and another as a tyrant ? Not that we are either hostile to the ORLEANS dynasty, or indifferent to the preservation of the life of an able, far-sighted, and, in all private relations of life, most amiable monarch. EXECUTION OF DARMES. Since the above was written, we have received by express, an account of the execution of DARMES, at seven o'clock on Monday morning, at the Barriere St. Jacques. He walked bare footed, in his shirt, to the place of execution, his head being covered with a piece of black crape, in conformity with his sentence. There were but few spectators, owing to the early hour at which it took place, and the almost moral cer tainty on the part of the citizens of Paris the KING would commute the capital la to was escorted. Luxembourg ment for imprisonment for life. D Anm escorted from the prison of the - the foot of the guillotine l oy a strong military firm, calm, and col force. His bearing refused to make any con fession lected. To the be :,sting others, and died more no bl y tbanh hnP he 'rived. :,stingd. The spectators were unmoved, ex / ..ibiting neither sympathy nor horror, and when the bloody apparatus was removed, dis persed peaceably to their several homes. For the KING'S sake—for the sake of France —we deeply regret the execution of this miser able wretch. As the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church, so the blood of such criminals as DARMES is the seed of the atrocities for which he has suffered decapitation. The guillotine, instead of terrifying, was the crowning gratification of his wretched vanity. He competed the risk of dezth with a Monarch—interested all Europe in his trial—and left behind him a name never to be forgotten by Kings and Crown prosecutors fur High Treason. Where the crime of regicide is known not to be the demoniac inspirations of a single bosom, such an example is of fearful moment. God grant that King Louis PHI LIPPE may not have cause to regret the precipi tancy with which he has suffered the sentence of a most unpopular court to be carried into effect on this memorable occasion. The disturbances in Europintn Turkey have im posed upon Austria the `r:tecessity of concentrat iNnVg e a trust rcate on her Turkish fronti er . shelterita7vill not be refused to the lrg e military un happy Christ2,an refugees. Such imriense quantities of locusts have appeared this year in Spain., that they threaten in some places entirely to destroy the crops. At Daimiel, in the province of Citidad-Real. 300 persons are constantly employed in collecting these destructive insects, and though they destroy 70 or SO sacks every day, they do not appear to diminish. There is something frightful in the appearance of these locusts proceeding in divisions, some of which are a league in length, and two thousand paces in breadth. It is sufficient if these terrible columns stop half an hour on any spo., for every thing growing on it, vines, olive trees, and corn, to be entirely destroyed. After they have passed, nothing remains but the large branches and the mots, which, being under ground, have escaped their voracity. —Le Constifrtionnel. '1 he Journal du Havre, of the 29th, publishes the transla tion of an article, which, it says, was published at Portsmouth, and dated from the Telegraph-office, stating that a despatch had been received from Holyhead, and addressed to Sir Ed ward Codrington. stating that the President had arrived at Holyhead, and that it had been blocked up in the ice. As this news is not confirmed by th.s London letters of Friday evening, it is feared that a crue Hoax has been perpetrated. A ';;.;blic meeting is to take place this day at the As sr..,mbly Rooms at Edinburgh, for the purpose of express ing sympathy with the seven Ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, and strong disapprobation of the conduct of the majority of the General Assembly, in their at tempt to depose them in consequence of having yielded obedience to the law of the land. The requisition is most numerously signed, and contains the names of some of the first men in Scotland. Among others, the follow ing Noblemen :—Lord Dunfermline, the Earl of Caith ness, Lord Abercromby, Lord Elcho, Lord Seafield. and above 500 merchants, advocates, solicitors, and other per sons of the first respectability in Edinburgh. REPRESENTATION OF THE TOWER ITAMLETS.—At a very respectable meeting of the electors of this borough last evening, it was resolved to put Colonel Fox in nomina tion as the candidate, in the room of Dr. Lushington, on the principlies of free trade and civil and religious liberty. Mr. Hume had been applied to, and had de clined because he had promised to stand for Leeds. The lion. Member assured the deputation, which waited on him, that but for the urgency of the present crisis, it was his intention to have retired into private life. Lord Palmerston, had also been applied to and declined, be cause he did not like to separate from his present con stituents. Colonel Fox, after taking time to deliberate, accepted the offer, and the meeting having signified its determination to support him, he was requested to meet the electors this evening. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duchess of Sutherland, left the Castle shortly before eleven a'clock this morning to honour with their presence the Eton Montem. Her Majesty's Suite followed in several of the Royal carriages and fur, and consisted of the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Aboyne, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Hon. Major Keppel, Colonels Wemyss and Wylde, and Dr. Proetorius. The Royal Party drove to the College where her Ma jesty and the Prince witnessed the promenade round the Quadrangle and the first flag. The scholars then left the College in procession to Salt-hill, wearing their ele gant costumes and uniforms. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Party remained at the College and partook of a dejeune at the Provost s. The Queen and his Royal Highness, and the Royal visitors and Suite, afterwards re-entered their carriages and drove to Salt hill, and r e t urne d to t h e C a stle. Her Maj est y an d P r i nce Albert, accompanied by the Princes s R oya l, too k t h er d e parture for town at halt-past four o ' t c h l o ce commandl c, escorted of b y a Lieutenantp ar t o f Lordth e Thus.lst Life c Guard, t under The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in town at twenty minutes before seven o'clock last evening in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, from Windsor Castle. Her Royal Highness the Prin cess Royal and her attendants were in another carriage. The Royal suite occupied three carriages and four ; in one were Colonel Wemyss and Colonel Wylde, the Equerries in Waiting ; in another carriage were the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Lister, and the Earl of Aboyne ; and in the last carriage were the Hon. Miss Murray, Baroness Lehzen, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, and Major the Hon. George Keppel. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at Buckingham Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord ISitieslsvaLrdisttehr,e IV:aicrel•oefha:beo)rmlaei,n, and Major-General Sir . E i d a : c ia r rd t iß e aw ll a o t n er . ,. G E eo qu r erry to the Prince. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the th ih ilse e i i rß r o p y r a e l se u nce i last even ' in e g l : : Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Right Hon. G. S. Byng, e ppel, Sir Edward Bowater, Her Majes g t and Colonel Wemyss, honoured the Italian Opera with Major-General Sir Edward Bowater has relieved Colonel Wylde in the duties of Equerry in waiting on accompanied by Majesty n theess Q Prince tteen Albert. Dowager, Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by her suite, honoured the Italian Opera with her presence last evening. ~ The Duke. o±' Sussex .visited her Majesty the Queen Dmvager,en Monday at Marlborough House. .:., The Du c h ess an d th e princess Augusta of Cambridge I.ainl ftmr., - " - Y ' M e l bo urn e took an'-a:u'i4 - izterda Afternoon :in an open l . ancla u_ n .. 0 .0 , Viscount s fr c 0 6 i n un , ta,visito herremtuarinesetyd t u o .t t l n iv w: l6 ye o s r te c rd a a s yg!ter ..-, ida; - Mr...lohn .2ercesltl - had:ao interview with. the. - IVarquis: - 01 441;13aakr. atLie Uoimvoilico. - . , . - .-. 2 , ,_ _ ,t ATEST AMERICAN NEWS. (BY EXPRESS.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The Cornelia, Capt. French, a fine large new ship, from New York, came into our river this evening, bringing New York papers to the 7th ult. ; thus, in part, anticipating the Ros coe, and the Halifax and Boston steamer, which are both expected every tide; indeed the Roscoe was signalled by telegraph to have passed Holyhead, at one o'clock, P.M., to-day, and will bring one day's date later than we have now received only. This is the first voyage of the Cornelia; she is a splen did ship, replete with every convenience for her passengers' comfort. She has brought fourteen out on this trip, and they have expressed their gratification at the kind attentions of her Com- Inander in a very flattering manner. The following are Extracts from the New York Papers : (From the New York Courier and Enquirer, May 6. ) Stocks generally were a little better to-day, although the operations were not extensive. The sales of United States Bonk Shares reached about 900, opening at 16, and leaving off at.; the second board at 17, showing an improvement of 14 per cent. on yesterday's sales. North American Trust improved j• Delaware and Hudson, 4 ; Stoningten, 1 ; Pater son, 1 ; and Harken' decined ' The operations in Bills on Paris hive been of fair extent to day at and London, at 711 to 74. Some Southern Bills, not endorsed here, 107 ; Amserdam, 394 to 40 ; Ham burgh, 36 ; Bremen, 761. Our banks are constantly adding to their stock of specie, as no export demand exists. Generally they are opposed to loans on stock of all kinds, but business paper from sixty days to four months is readily taken. Caution and prudence appears govern our merchants, and business may be said + .O be in as wholesome a train as for many years past. At New Orleans there was an active demote! . for Cotton at advancing rates. This was attributed to a rise in Exchange, and a decline in freights, as well a s a growing eviction that the crop will be smaller than use2l. (Correspondence of • Courier and Enquirer.) PHILADELPHIA, MAY 4. MEETING OF STO -..CKHOLDEAS OF THE UNITED STATES BANK.—The meeting of the Stockholders of the United States Bank was crowded. The President presented a letter stating th:.t in compliance with a resolution of the Stockholders, a Committee had been a?pointed to see what legal liabilities the former officers of the Bank had incurred, And to enforce any such liabilities. No new discounts 'm i l been made, and no new business taken without a full Board ; the Directors had made assignment to protect the post notes new in the hands of the city banks, but had not been able to procure legislative authority to make an assignment to secure the circulation and deposit., as the Le gislature refused to make a special alteration in the law. This gave rise to much discussion, as it was said that the Directors had exceeded their authority under''the sth resolui 'oh o f 7 t h April, which emp owere d t h em to make the' banks of the city secure only on condition the United States B an k s h ou ld ' t eat the notes of on deposit. This g ave r i se be received by them a resolution was offered. • t o much discussion, and holders to the action refusing the assent of the Sto c k- Mr. Bayard ,' ..of the Directors. , were ustabl- ~r Delaware, i n re ply, s t a t e d, th a t th e Di rectors and ie _a to comply with th e reso l ut i on o f t h e S toc kh o ld ers, • order to protect the assets of the Bsnk and keep the of the Bank, which was pledged to the redemption, if the resumption did not go on, the Directors were compelled to act on the authority which they held is Directors, and not from the authority given by th e reso l u ti ons of the 7th of April. In the ceurse of his speech Mr. Bayard said, that some gentlemen argued as if the Bank was insolvent ; it was not so, the stock was worth 14 million dollars, and if the credit of the State rallied, it might become worth 20 mil lion do:lars. After much discussion the resolution was lost. A resolution, proposed by Mr. Josiah Randall, that a trust be created to protect the currency sad deposits, was carried. A long paper was presented by Mr. Lippincott, being a re ply to the published letters of Mr. Biddle—this part of the proceedings will require another notice. The meeting adjourned to the 18th, to hear the report of the committee on the state and prospects of the Bank. (From the Courier and Enquire).) SUPREME COURT. (Present Chief Justice Nelson and Justice Coman. ) This Court met yesterday for the Term, and held their sit ting in the Chamber of the Board of Assistant Aldermen, City Hall. No business of importance was transacted. Alexander 111‘Leod, indicted for murder, in having partici pated in the destruction of the Caroline steamer on Niagara River, arrived in town on Sunday evening, in custody of the Sheriff of Niagara County, and took lodgings in the Tombs.' 111gLeod is to be brought before the Supreme Court on habeas corpus, citing the people to show cause w hy h e s h ou ld not b e released. (From the New York Commercial Advertiser, May 4.) REMOVAL OF M'LEOD. The arrival of this gentleman in our city, this " teterrima cause, belli," yesterday, took us somewhat by surprise ; and even now the exact purpose, the absolute bow and why of the matter, are not very clearly ascertained. There is to be a mo tion for a habeas corpus argued before the Supreme Court on Thursday ; but by whom it is applied for, and with what object, we are not as yet informed. On Thursday, perhaps, e shall know all about. it. Our wonder in the matter is that the application was not made long ago to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the whole question could be argued and settled at once. The Rochester Democrat gives the annexed account of the removal : On Thursday evening the Lockport coach brought to this city the famous Alexander M'Leod, in custody of the Sheriff of Niagara County, on his way to the city of New York, on a writ of habeas corpus, i,sued by the Supreme Court, to bring him before it during its May term in that city. He was lodged in gaol until the time for the packet to leave for the East the next morning, when he was brought on board, and took his departure. i ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) ARRIVAL OF FLEOD FROM LOCKPORT.—Alexander M‘Leoit arrived in the steam-boat Swallow, from Albany yes terday morning, in the custody of T. Stone, Sheriff of Niagara County. Mr. J. L. Wood, District Attorney for the County of Niagara, accompanied the party, and they all took lodgings at Howard's Ho:el. Willis Hall, the Attorney-General, and Messrs. Spencer and Bradley, 11I'Leciors Counsel, are also in town. M'Leod comes here by habeas corpus. His counsel are to apply to the Supreme Court to-day, for his discharge, on the ground that, as the destruction of the Caro line was ordered by the British authorities, and has been avowed by the Government, he is not liable to punishment or trial by the Judiciary of this State. The motion will be heard next week, end the arguments will cover the whole ground of con troversy. If the Court shall deny the application 1, - ,r the discharge of M'Leod, his counsel will apply for a change of the venue. This will no doubt be granted, and he will go to trial at such time and place es his Counsel shall deem advisable. An early day is wished for by the prisoner, and is desirable on every account. M'Leod was ostensibly in the custody of the Sheriff, and no restraint was imposed upon his motions, and if he bad any dis position to evade a trial and go back to Canada, or to the devil, it would seem that every facility was offered him. He is a stout, and rather powerful man, and was wandering about the city yesterday, looking at the lions, with nobody to pre vent his escape but the Sheriff of Niagara county, a man much inferior in point of physical strength. On his return to Howard's from his stroll, there was such a rush to see him, and so much excitement, that it was deemed best to shut him up ; he was accordingly taken to the tombs. Could there have been any design in sending M'Leod here, with an escort so insufficient to guard him? M'Leod, it is understood, has no desire to get out of the way. He intends to brave it out, unless he is discharged by authority of law. But he might have been made a fugitive without his own consent. The State Barber understands the art and mystery of kidnap ping—the Sheriff, and M'Leod too, might have been picked up and shipped for England, or sent to Canada, whether they wou'd or no. This would have been the easiest mode of getting rid of the whole difficulty, and there is nothing in the history or character of the Albany Junto to render the suppo sition incredible. 111 , 1.e0d is apparently some 45 years old, about the middle height, compactly built—broad, full face, sandy hair and whis kers, a small scar on his nose, with a determined and some what sullen expression of countenance. He is very well dressed, of respectable appearance, and might easily be taken for a sub stantial Duchess County farmer, come to town to sell butte and eggs. SOUTH AMERICA. (From the New York Journal of Commerce, May 6.) IMPORTANT FROM NEW GRENADA.—By way of Havannah, we learn that on the 9th of January General Herran, com manding the Government troops of New GreLada, gained a decisive victory over a body of insurgents, represented to have been 2,000 strong, under Generals Gonzalez and Petrie, at a place called Aratoca. Many were killed, and about one thousand taken prisoners, among whom were many chiefs and officers of the rebellion. Other advantages were subsequently obtained by the Govern ment troops at different points, ana it was supposed that the insurgent provinces would soon be reduced to subjection. In fact several of them were already re-organised under autho rities appointed under the general Government. General Herran, by the: last accounts, had about 4,000 men under his command in the province of Pamplona, and there were also two thousand Government troops, under Borrero, in Popayan. The insurgent forces in Ocana, and on the whole line of the Magdalena, were said not to exceed one thousand men ; those commanded by Colonels Vesga and Lopez having been routed on the same day (Jan. 9) with the battle of Aratoca. In consequence of overtures made to General Herren by General Carmona, the former was about to proceed to Ocana with the hope of effecting a reconciliation without further effusion of blood. • The Gazette of Venezuela publishes in detail the news of the above events, and adds :—"Tire preceding statements give a correct idea of the state of things ifi Grenada. They autho rise us to expect a speedy termination of the disorders which afflict our sister republic, and the complete restoration of constitutional order throughout the whole territory. The victory of Aratoca, and the total defeat of Gonzalez, are con firmed by a letter from the insurgents of the (so called) State of A!azanares. This letter we have seen. It was addressed by Vincent Gutierrez de Pineres, Commander of a column of observation, to the insurgent Governor of Pamplona of Cucuta, and is dated in the parish of La Cruz 22d February." FATAL ACCIDENT.—Monday evening, dur ing the return of the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-vessel the City of London, Captain Grant, from an ex cursion to the Nore and Sheerness, a most afflicting accident occurred in Long Reach. Two boys, whose parents were on board, in defiance of an order of the Captain, and an inscrip tion painted on the vessel warning passengers not to go upon the paddle-boxes, ascended one of them for the purpose of ob taining a more commanding view of the river and scenery, and its banks. One of the lads was about to seat himself upon a stool he took with him, when, the vessel giving a lurch, he fell overboard, and, as he was falling, seized the other boy, and (bagged him over with him. A shout from the people in formed the Captain that some one was overboard; the engines were immediately stopped, a boat was lowered, and ropes thrown out to save the lads, one •of whom was almost directly picked up by William Rome and Henry Alston, fishermen, of Gravesend. The City of London was detained for some time. and the Captain, his crew, and the fishermen searched in all directions for the other lad, but did not succeed in finding him, arid the steamer proceeded to London-bridge. The name of the boy saved is I lenry Appleby, but the name of the lad who was drowned could not, be ascertained. THE STEAM COMMUNICATION TO DIEPPE AND HArrmos...-1t is understood the Railroad Company in tend to run a steamer from Brighton to Dieppe. Hitherto the ,Steaki- Naiigation- Company have been allowed a monopoly by: the-Bier -Company, who, until now, have given.them the exclusive-: right of landing passengers at the . pier -head; .steamer. also run from. Brighton. to Hotiug§i.tios fisr.nkrig AiSlY:agropAbientcatt§o(oorpniuttieatioDbutmiertlhspe fashioh ;WA watering-plicei MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The market for the public Securities was heavy before the arrival of the news from China, Consols being at 89i 3 for present transfer. The highest quotation for Consols was 90, and the market was confirmed in its previously heavy tone on the receipt of the intelligence from China. The latest bargains in Consols for Money were at S9l sellers, and for the Account at 90i to 901 ; Exchequer Bills were at 11 to 13 premium ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. bro ug ht 99* t o 983 ; an d Three per Cent. Annuities receded to eB l and 884; India Stock was worth 251 In the Foreign Market to-day there was More business doing. The activity, however, was more on the part of sellers than buyers, and became attended therefore by a decline in the current value of nearly every Security. The Spanish Bonds wore at 23i to 23% ; the New Portuguese at 331 to 331; the Three per Cents. at 24; Mexican at 28 to 284; Colombian at 21i ; Peruvian at 15%; Danish at 77i to 77i • Russian at 112% to ; and Dutch Two-and-a-H a lf per Cents. at 52& to 52%. In the Share Market there was no animation. (rent Western were at 29; Birmingham, Thirds, at 21} ; Sottth Western at l 6 ; and York and North Midland, Nevr t at ld prem. ; Brighton were -111; Blackwell, 6; Manchester and Leeds, New, 81 ; and North Midland, 33 dis. In the Exchanges there was an appearance of steadiness to day, and on Hamburgh there was a slight improvement. It seems doubtful, now the French loan is out, whether the rate on Paris will keep up. Three months' bills were taken as fol lows :—Paris 251. 60c. to 62ic. ; Hamburgh 13 14 to Amsterdam 12 31,; Frankfort 1494 ; and Trieste 959 to lot The Roscius packet from New York brings civilly! of the Bth ult. Money was then easy, and trade muck at the date of th e p rev i ous accounts n the same a 5 Uited States Bank Shares were 17$ ; and the Exchange on London was 8 ;n em. Mr. Al 4 Leod's case, which was abot ,. to man being in confi nemen t at. come on,that gentle- The following are rw York, excited much interest. lion from th e p o t' C i a l returns of the exp or t s of bul last : of London for the week ending Thursday oilver Coin to British West Indies ... Do. do. Rotterdam Do. do. Mauritius Do. Bars Rotterdam— 7,000 ~ Gold Coin to British West Indies (From The Sun of Last Night.) Lavitneoot. COTTON MARKET, MIT 31.—We have to report an excessively dull business in the Cotton trade to-day ; the sales do not amount to more than 1,200 bales, all of which have been purchased by consumers. LIVERPOOL SHARE-MARKET, MAY 31.—We have had an exceedingly dull business at the Stock Exchange this day. The transactions comprise only Grand Junction at 199, being reduction of two pounds upon the last quotations; Half shares 99; London and Birmingham 321. Shares 53. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 31.—The Mar ket is very inactive, but prices remain without alteration. Manchester and Leeds half Shares, 20% ; Eastern Counties, 7i to 8 Manchester and Birmingham, 24i to 25 ; London and South Western, 54} to 55}; Manchester and Liverpool District Banks, lq 11. Some disappointment was manifested in the city this morn ing at the non-arrival of the Britannia steam-ship. from Bos ton and Halifax. She was to leave the former thee on the 16th, and the latter the 18th ult. The packet-ship Roscoe has arrived off Liverpool from New York. Her day of sailing was on the 7th ult., which will be four days later than the last accounts. The letters and papers are expected about three o'clock. The English Stock Market opened flat this morning with a de cline upon the closing prices of yesterday. Consols are now quoted at 89a for Money, and 90i j for the Account ;Ex chequer Bills, 11 13 prem. ; Spanish Active Stock opened at 23i ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 334 34, and the Threes at 20k a. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton London and South Western 3B; Ditto Tenths North Midland York and North Midland. Ditto New Shares lO - JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland 174 16% to 16 The Overland Mail from India has arrived at Marseilles in thirty days from Bombay, being the shortest time it bas ever yet been accomplished in. The dates from Bombay are of the Ist May. The news from China is of great importance. On the 25th February the Bogue Forts were taken by the British, who marched on to Canton. The Emperor will not yield. Rein forcements had been sent from Calcutta. Keshin had been disgraced, and sent in irons to Pekin. Sir George Bremer arrived on the 22d of April at Calcutta. The above intelligence caused considerable excitement in the City, particularly among the Tea speculators, and the price has advanced 2d. per pound, with a firm market. The news from China has had little or no effect upon the Funds. Consol, are now quoted at S9k 90 for Money, and 90% for the Account. Exchequer Bills 11 13 prem. Money is very scarce to-day in the Stock Exchange. ' In the Share Market there has been but little business doing. Great Western are quoted at 94 ; London and Brighton, 45k ; North Midland, 67 ; York and North Midland, 7 ; New Shares, 204. The business doing in the Foreign Securities has been but limited. Portuguese Five per Cents. are now quoted at 33%, ditto Three per Cents. 204 ; Spanish Active Stock, 234 4 ; Mexican 284. Consols are steady at 93%. Tea speculators were all on the qui vive : the more so from the fact of public sales having commenced at ten o'clock in the morning of about 10,000 packages. The market for Tea, as is well known, has been in an exceedingly dull state for some time past, owing to the frequency of the auctions brought for ward, and up to the receipt of the accounts received from China this morning, prices were ruling much the slme as pre viously, but at present we may quote an advance of 2d. to 2%d. per lb. Consols, Money, 89i 90 ; Account 90/ j ; Mexican 29%; Spanish 23i 4. Markets more firm. CLOSING PRICES, BRITISH FUNDS. Bmk Stock l7O India Stock 254 3 per Cent Red 864 Ditto Bonds 3 par 3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 974 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 99 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2 id 11 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 l3 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l3 pm Jan. 1660 — Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 — India Stock for 0pg.... Jan. 1860. — Consols for Opg FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOOl Ditto, New Ditto 34 Brazilian 80nd5.......... 68 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent 23 Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent...... 63 Ditto, Metallic , Colombian, 6 per cent... 22k 'Spanish, 5 per cent 234 Ditto, 1824. — 'Ditto Deferred ll • Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28* French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1625. Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 52i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. 16 Ditto, 5 per cent 100 „ . SHARES . . Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Bi Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94 London and Brighton (50 paid) 451 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 19 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western Ditto Tenths (li paid) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)........... Ditto New Shares (30 paid) . , North Midland Railway (100 paid) York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) Ditto New Shares (10 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam C F. 12 i i Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam . ..... ...2 U l2 6 Genoa . 25 85 Antwerp Hamburgh lli. B. 13 14 , Veniee 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo, per oz 119 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 85 ltio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin. _ _ Th.__ INeff York, 21 days sight 4bi Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 959 Philadelphia - 46 Trieste, ditto lO 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid _ _ Cadiz Gold, bars... 3 17 9 ign s. _ Bilboa ...35# New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ...35i 'Silver in Bars 0 5 01 ADMIRAL STOPFORD AND COM- MODOEE NAPIER. 67, Baker-street, May 31, DEAR SIR,-I have read with pain a speech of yours at Malta. accusing me of arrogating to myself the whole credit of the Syrian campaign, which has gone the round of the newspapers in this country. I conclude you have taken your text from some of the public journals, who for party . purposes have endea voured to damage me in the opinion of my brother offi cers, but have signally failed in this country. Had you done me the honour of writing to me, 1 should have informed you that I had at all times, and in all places, done justice to the officers and men placed under my command. I shall not fall into the error you have done with regard to me, and take for granted that your speech is properly reported. Before I make any animadver sions on it, I should wish you would be good enough to inform me whether what has appeared in the papers is correct or not. I am, dear Sir, your obedient Servant, CHARLES NAPIER. Admiral the Honourable Sir Robert Stopford. GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP. RACE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. —The following letter from Captain Hosken, Commander of the Great Western steamer, has been _handed to us by Mr. H. B. Webb; . agent for the Company in this city, and it is only. neces sary to state that we copied the paragraph in question from a Liverpool Paper of the 17th instant. We in serted the paragraph in the usual business way, without even the most remote idea of giving umbrage to.any party whatever : "London. May '24, 1841. "My dear Sir,—l have just received the Glasgow Courier of the 20th instant, .and notice a paragraph headed " Race across the Atlantic," which states the result of the passages of the Columbia and Great West tern, in the slang of the turf, a dead 'heat.' I cannot allow this to pass without correction,' as the result was a dead beat, as is very easily proved. The Columbia left Boston about two hours after the Great Western. left . New York—Boston is about 180 miles nearer Liverpool than New York is to Bristol —allowing twelve hours' loss of time for calling at Halifax, which is more than, sufficient, still the Columbia, to make a dead heat, ought to have reached Liverpool four hours before the Great Western reached Bristol. At six o'clock on the morn ing of the 15th, the Colombia was (where ?) off Holy head, and at one P.M on that day, she reached Liver pool. The Great Western was in King Road, Bristol, at seven P.M. of the 14th, or at her destination eighteen hours before the Columbia reached hers. I therefore say most decidedly; the Great Western has beaten the Columbia one-day s- sail, at an average of-rather more:than lest knots or nautical miles, per hour, in the s' race 'across fhe 4tklntiC.' If the Glasgow Courier will-hot dolls the, justice' to acknowledge the Columbia beiteri,•lniust, fi n d other 'channels to make the Tact kndwn at- Glasv-w,,,as asitis known in - London, - Liverpeoli - 13ristol, dear stir, yones'vciy fait fully, JA DIE RO S KN. - TO li t 13. Webb; E 6 ( l .,Dia4m."=-...Q./Ogov)Qcourief. - - MORN ENO EDITION": MAGAZINES-- - -CONT I NC EP. BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE. • '; In the article on the Magazine adopts a bolder and more uncy.alll mising political tone than has of late W000.'11,30 with it. It now proclaims " war to the 1 0 , 111 : t " Whig Ministry," tl!' against the Ministers, and is full of -confide expectation that the whole counq will ;VI atcly respond to its battle-cry. The artia: e very fierce one, and in more than one iOt' i " o f the writer's tempErseems to have got the his common sense, for he actually uttributes` Lel% length of time for which the Whig hug - been Added to eXicity'' to the fact tb,gy aa " Conservative feeling is more deeply routo t o e ever in the country!" Was there ever an abs 13 b e lt power, than this? The Whigs maiutaia t ar power, because their sworn foes, the T0ri e ,,, 5 ',0-stronger stronger than ever they were ! Were the vrr„, sitiOn tit IN last gasp ti parity re a ' l '" , y 0 fl og 0 vern111.11"; ing, the Ministers, we suppose, woniti tie od ejected from office! " The force of folly of furth er go," than in this paradoxical remarilist Maga. 'The writer is compelled to admit, vie Lord John Russell's late speech " showed a a .e . measure ofcleverness and dexterity;" ditttely afterwards he stultifies himself r i s e declaration that " full-grown men can u t. o r little satisfaction from sounding seutenc°,ery delusive generalltieo." Why, it was thel e i % big full-grown men who were so delighted w i l d " p ot Lordship's speech, which certainlY have "showed a large measure of c:Cve" - „,,,0" if it had consisted on;y of " sounding sentea' Between d. sense and sound there exists as r g l : r e e ro , ifference as between a Sibthorp and it t', l '„itv The writer is horror-struck at the flagrant iin c l - a o f of the Penny Postage scheme. The bare r.„;;e.o but inl.tilbe cheap postage Shocks his delicate sensl'"„-ogr, and no wonder, f o r in Tory e y es ete the is synonymous with revolution. " Wise" is an arch, sprightly poem, whoscl l g od cation, however, is here and there as itt ii , l ":o rough A as the bellman's rhymes. In " 14 ;jetti uthors " occur some capital hits at 111 ,, are biographers, whose tastes for the eulogis,vti'hets exposed in a searching strain of ridicule. hilef I was in the Legion" is a memoir of militarY e pt abounding in broad humour. The Pre 000 portion of " Ten Thousand a Year" Ilteeo powerful scene,--that, we mean, UQ de Gammon and Lord Dreddlingten, wb e ' 7 c tiog former states to the latter his eo°", - otli that Titmouse is illegitimate, and con9equ'llti4 has no just claim on the Yatton estates' ,i e ft scene is wrought up in Mr. Warren's manner. The incident, - however, which in'peo duces it—namely, that of Gammon leavia on his table chambers a legal document it i t be proves his own roguery, is improbable 11 : o rli highest degree ; for an attorney, 5° 4 td thoughtful, and sagacious as he is represefgeto, be, in all cases where his own interests cerned, could never, by the remotest pos 64 , c l i,ere have been guilty of such negligence. , po rl is here a sad want of keepin and cons'6'.;oo' in the character. 4 , Russia as g it was in t1 1 ;,; o tlf mer and winter of 1812," is an article exo''"ilta; suited to the tastes of magazine readers.,4oo year was, it may be remembered, the cele" ate ) one of the French invasion, and the write 5 0 e , that he himself was present in Russia at the t ioa His sketch of Stnolensko at that stirri lo 4 l :refe r is replete with life and vigour; but Tv t A r d rio° quoting his personal sketch of Napoleon "- the sanguinary battle of Borodino:— lat e, t h fl e On the 20th of October, just five weeks too -. 4-ef e trumpet sounded in Moscow for a retreat; ai lci t i; c g . know what followed. I, for my part, saw sou l what what followed, and this it is which I shall 10 w „' 1 %, - . 1 , 1 ' But let me pause to say, that it was not xueroll' solely the obstinacy of pride, and the blindn es . s A o oe, ance upon one man's infirm nature, which had t Or ( leon thus far astray. It was well-known at !": 1 - a te ' that the coats of his stomach were in a dreadful oet, nervous irritation, partly from general mistnatlirt,ool of the digestive organs, but more from the reeellt„eocu of using strong stimulants, especially green tea ar 1 10 0 with brandy, in the proportion of half-and-1100, 4.'31. h 1 purpose of keeping himself awake—a habit wh'ectioll' times incapacitated him either for thought or fQ e r..t ' s treli% Bourrienne has denied emphatically his use 01- evrj coffee, or of snuff to any excess ; but Bourrientle's dente applies only to a period eight years earlier' at present so altered were Napoleon's habt on the day of Borodino his internal wr`, c e re' ness absolutely obliged him at times to lay aside"`")ol3‘ ports from the different points of attack , a s th coming into his tent. He walked feebly about, _,541)re1)0. his green tea, in a state of mixed helplessness aft' ir:o lessness ; and it was owing to the dire depressi en nt this state of feverish weakness, that he could 13,-rio moved by any entreaties to unmuzzle the IP 3 rolie Guard, forty thousand strong, upon the Russians , o, latter part of the battle. He pleaded, indeed, disaster to the Guard would co.npromise the sat''' t iot the entire army ; but his poicy had never been spirit of rigorous caution • for almost every adro v- ibe throughout his military life, he had been indebted very opposite principle, of staking the whole sump one decisive throw. It is the very necessity of sti c ,`:,;o ol , sical alterations in a man, that he is not aware' cb condition. He himself could see nothing u nusty"":o' preternatural timidity of his plans ; but all th°""ijsort r , had access to his person viewed him, on the day dino, as a mere wreck of what he had been eve!' years before. TAIT' S MA AZ r ole' The " National Crisis" is a very spirited 8 vt .iter put forth just at the right season. The ' e arl' justly enough praises Ministers for their r h e's, bold and liberal conduct, observing g( theY o of moved in the right direction, under di ll; the fairly unfurled banner of Free Trade, an d i j th e strength of a good cause. They have ofie rt ioll e t country a fair opportunity of getting rid ` i ts tb s " of the most galling and pernicious imp os . r ect l Y ever indirectly crippled the energies, and di o rte robbed a people." And of this fair 01/1)0116 nity, the People--unless we misinterP re c iec ei signs of the times which are daily li ce; loping themselves with more . signifir! t ou: will be piompt to take advantage, notwitoBforce,, ing all the opposition which the combin ed tite, if , of prejudice and intolerance may. m ake t ° ,t ov, exertions. The writer shrewdly adds, re die` weeks since it would have been safe to I ) , ii Di that the Tories would gain very consider ° '!.o ll , a dissolution. Now, the event - is d ° 4 ` l ,, r ti l 'i parties are breaking up ; • there is '." P s moment a kind of political . c haos. f . the amid all this confusion the fate ° ,oof, Bread-tax is sealed, and it is immaterial at es ! V , hands it receives its death-stroke." " 1e5 ,. - P i :, an entertaining notice of Mr. Kennedy 'orfoi!t work on this subject. The Reviewer n dite t praises the work, but protests against its w i ,, ti° ' defence of slave-holding, which is certai:,lol‘ to be justified under any circumstances., io ctir,„ spearian Rambles " is a spirited series of , u ad 1 1, tive sketches of some of the localities a ll° r otig in the great dramatist's plays. " Quackleh° itti': Election ; a Mystery," is the cleverest O f i 4 tation we have yet seen of g r : ;c ie i 'p lyle's Anglo-German style. The art s eoie one of those good-natured quizzes, to whi c o i ri* the most fastidious cannot object. Mr* A iver t ` f himself, we suspect, will be not a little 1 1, ctt / f by it. " Violet Hamilton" continues t° 01° I , e ried on with vigour arid ability. Froth t i ; 1 t' l intelligent article, entitled " Slavery ' j -10 c; United States," we select a description of i '', gil o auction in the capital of Virginia, which l vl o r ti i t , our readers some insight into the horror s d 10,1 atrocious system, which inflicts a deep 8 1 Ve o tar ing disgrace, as O'Connell: has justly 0-- . ~ e on the national character of the AmericniPs4, Monday next, at 9 Lit., at Public sale, the sh've o fo e ' t y names follow, all negroes of the first quality age , o ',g, Betsy, a negro-woman, twenty-three years of ,f,,,e' ti co ir her child Caesar, three years old ; an exech`" - a i l l,l , washer, and ironer ;, warranted healthy. ,Jolt fi' ll e latto girl, aged thirteen, robust and active, A g; ill labourer ; with the exception of a slight dei ee ' ``„b , " left eye, she ,is without fault. . . . . .__,, ti o,'" a ? us proceed, gentleman," cried the seller of / . 1'i5 9 ;1 in a stentorian voice ; "let us proceed—a w otaso F o le,'"/ " An excellent woman ; not a fault ! and sl e ld 1 " 0 .0 in the bargain. How much for the mother Ar p _ o oe e " ( 250 dollars ;'very well, Sir, 250 to begin: S°Ltr:. 1 l' , /Pr bid 250. Truly, gentlemen, they sell cattle itli l oqi,l price ; 250 ? Look at these eyes, examine thes e jots.i e , shall I say 260 ? Thanks, gentlemen , some Otl e aelP fo r 260. It seems to me that I heard 275 ;1° ° _.Pl igi,er men ; I have never sold such a bargain. of e - 5 0 0 of the best cook; the best washer, and the best of, '„riee l if, in Virginia ? Must I sell her for the in iserahA e - re 0 $ -or., 0 280 ? 300 ; two gentlemen have said 300. of 0 0 gentlemen ; I am happy to see you begi° ,.. t . , 3 ° 351:0 1 little. Some one bid-310-310, going- 33° . t is i4 fo e —340, go ing. Upon my honour, gentlemen, i _ ga in det a sacrifice to lose so good a cook ; a great halo,(0111 340 dollars. Reflect upon it a little, and d° eiv' there is a little boy in the bargain." ; 101;4 Here our auctioneer was interrupted in h• 5 ro ce,„ of by one of his customers, a man whose atP e ''f e ch ° ,s 0' inspired me, from the first moment, wit ii ,;; fro' ,/ horror, and who, with the indifference and s_a ll ,4tiO t . 0 an assassin, made to him the following oht fi g ; fiber' As for the negro child, it is good for wi tlt h " e le t jjer not worth a day's nourishment ; and if I have rst til I will give away the child very quick ; th e ,, a ° will be able to have it at a cheap bargain." ,i o s . „ - i ;JI' I glanced at the unfortunate mother, all' ha ve " 0' i o'b i 1 what effect this barbarous proposal would .. 01 .5 el' her. She did not speak, but a profound sa chic a n t , ; pressed on her countenance. The little innoceben poj she held in her arms,_ fixed his large eyes on ii he tor iv itil saying, " Mamma, why do you weep ?" Th e s ne , doos towards the witnesses of this heart-rending., bad, ef er an impresAen-that seemed to ask, What the. ', o il' -to his - mother m make her-weep so.bitterlY:oo.3,,ol:ll will this'-moment ever-escape my-memo-I'Y !, st j ai d of firmed: itie. for all-silly- life in the horror vu tiot iLo o tr, felt at this infamous traffic. -.The anotigil t b A liag o l i i li ft finally the crier.;.striking a14.04111, -- hloYGs . bn. 360 ' 01% fr,pronounced • the._awarAso My s: __-_-_, : 1 . ,°.,,-;ii . i.ll it , 0 1 .4 u_The_victim_descended Irvin ihe . tai , a1 2 t 1 : : , - 6. - - 0 1 4 Ow hy-lhe purchaser.,. -4-11e'.,04t4: elascs `;. -Od * i -- `. nizaTiiiannok:#al3ls47-Bia.,. 404 3 4 ** .